Cami came home and quietly walked into Hope's bedroom. She was fast asleep. Cami laid down next to her and kissed her forehead. She loved this little girl as if she was her own. But was she willing to have a child with Klaus and then risk Esther coming after it? She was about to leave the room when Hope turned over and spoke quietly.
"I love you Mommy."
"I love you too Princess."
She kissed her head again and stepped out.
"She still asleep?"
Cami jumped and turned around. Klaus grinned wickedly.
"Sorry did I startle you?"
She shook her head. "No you're just trying to give me a heart attack."
"Well don't worry you can't have one anymore."
She rolled her eyes and stepped into her room. He followed her. She spoke as she took off her necklace.
"Did she go down okay?"
"Yes. She did insist upon an original story. Apparently I do not tell stories as well as you."
She smiled. "Mine aren't that good."
"She did tell me one. About a princess who collected sea shells for the king."
She nodded and opened the trunk. He smiled.
"You collected them for your dad?"
"Yeah. It started out just throughout the summers. But then when my mom left us I started getting them everyday."
He nodded and sat on the edge of her bed. "She left you?"
"Yeah when I was ten. She left in the middle of the night and she never came back."
"That must have been difficult."
"We still had dad. He was amazing to us."
"And he died?"
"When I was nineteen. I was away at school, Sean was at seminary. He was in a car accident."
"I'm sorry."
"It was a long time ago."
He could tell that it hurt her to talk about them. "You know that you still have a family right?"
She turned her head and smiled slightly. "I know."
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"So we still aren't going to tell them?"
Cami thought but then shook her head. "Not until we figure out where she is and if that is what she truly wants."
"Well we may need their help to do that."
She went quiet. He was flipping through his spell book trying to find something that could help them locate Esther. He glanced at Cami.
"You two haven't...you know..."
She rolled her eyes. "None of your business."
"Cami seriously, have you?"
"A couple of times why?"
"What if you already are pregnant?"
She looked stunned. "Huh?"
"What if Esther got to Klaus before we did?"
"What do you mean?"
"Marcel was letting people in to see him be tortured like an amusement ride. What if she was one of those people without Marcel knowing?"
Cami paused. "Klaus could remember."
"Which means we need to tell them."
She sighed. "I guess we do."
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Elijah and Rebekah were cooking while the others sat around the kitchen. Kol looked up.
"I'm bored. We really need to get out of this house."
Hayley looked at him. "But we all agreed to wait."
"A few days not a couple weeks."
When Cami and Vincent walked in Kol turned to them.
"So when can we leave the house?"
Vincent sighed. "Well I may have something that complicates that."
Freya groaned. "What now?"
Vincent looked at Klaus carefully. "When you were with Marcel did someone ever come see you that you truly knew?"
Klaus raised his brows. "Excuse me?"
"A woman?"
Klaus thought. "A couple why?"
Cami groaned and flopped onto a counter stool. Vincent looked at them.
"Esther likes to jump bodies right?"
Elijah gave him his full attention. "It is one of her favorite tricks."
"Is it possible that she came to see you?"
Klaus thought. "I suppose. But what does that have to do with anything?"
Vincent sighed. "Hope says she's coming."
They all stood in unison. Hayley gritted her teeth.
"What do you mean Hope says she's coming?"
"Hope saw her in a dream. Coming for her and Cami."
Klaus rounded on Cami. "You knew?"
She nodded. "I didn't want to worry you."
"Well this is something that effects all of us."
She threw Vincent a look to shut up there. He shockingly listened. The siblings looked worried enough.
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A few days later Cami started feeling off. She was tired and moodier then normal. Something that almost everyone noticed. One morning Cami laid into Rebekah about her coming home late. Rebekah brought it up to Klaus after Cami took Hope to school.
"Did you and Camille have a fight?"
Klaus looked up from his drawing. "Not that I know of."
"Well she is in a foul mood."
Hayley nodded. "I thought it was just me."
Kol spoke up. "Really I thought it was me. Apparently I put the cereal in the wrong cabinet."
Elijah brushed it off. "This is an adjustment for her. She went from just living with Hope to living with all of us again."
Rebekah sighed. "Maybe."
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Cami was sitting in the den when Vincent walked in. He set a paper bag down in front of her. She cocked her brow.
"What is this?"
"For everyone would you please take a test."
Cami looked in the bag and pulled out a pregnancy test. She rolled her eyes.
"There is no way I am pregnant. Vampires can not procreate."
"But Esther has ways of bypassing nature."
She sighed. "If I take it will you get off my back?"
"Yes."
She went upstairs without another word. She had just peed on the stick and set it on the vanity when she heard someone come up the stairs. Before she could hide the test Klaus walked in. His eyes flashed from her terrified expression to the test on the vanity. He looked stunned.
"Camille you do realize that you can't get pregnant right?"
She sighed. "Well...Vincent has this stupid theory."
He waited until she continued.
"He thinks that your mom may have brought me back so that I could give her a new coven of Mikaelson witches. She could have done some weird magic so that I could have a baby but it's crazy right?"
The more she said the more Klaus looked unsure. When the timer on her phone dinged she grabbed the test and smiled.
"See we're fine."
He looked and nodded. "Maybe Vincent is just paranoid."
"I am not."
He appeared in the doorway.
"I'm telling you Cami there is something wrong with you. Hope's dreams...that is not a coincidence."
Klaus turned to her. "Hope's dream?"
She sighed. "Hope saw us holding a baby and Esther trying to take it."
His eyes widened. Vincent looked at her carefully.
"Cami you're tired, you've been having headaches and you're in a terrible mood."
"Says who?"
"Says everyone. I think you need to go and see an actual doctor."
"No way."
"Fine then I'll just be up your butt until you do."
Cami stood her ground.
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After hearing of Hope's dream Klaus started keeping a closer eye on Cami. He half wondered if Vincent was right. By the time Hope's last day of school came he definitely saw a difference in Cami. He pointed it out to her when she slid out of his bed that morning.
"Camille."
"Hmm?"
He slid and sat on the edge. He gently lifted her camisole and placed his hand on the tiny bump of her stomach.
"I think you need to see a doctor."
She still denied it. "I'm fine. You and Vincent need to stop worrying."
"But Cami..."
"No."
She walked into Hope's room and woke her. She quickly dressed her in a hot pink halter dress and silver gladiator sandals. Hope smiled and hugged her.
"Now we get to spend everyday together."
Cami nodded. "You'll have to decide what you want to do first."
When Cami walked out Klaus paused in the hallway. His eyes widened and he looked at her. She was beginning to get frustrated.
"What now?"
"Camille. Listen."
Cami focused her hearing. That's when she heard it. A quick little heartbeat. She put her hand on her stomach and looked at him terrified. She spoke in a whisper.
"This isn't possible."
He walked over and grabbed her face gently. "We'll go to a doctor and then we'll go from there."
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