A/N: Hey everyone, I cannot believe the amount of reviews, favourites and follows I got for the first chapter! Seriously? You guys are amazing and I hope you stick with this story and me for the journey! Here is the next chapter and an insight into Caroline! Enjoy!

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Caroline sighed as she drew the curtains across the dark sky, blocking the city lights from view of the cosy room. She tucked a loose curl behind her ear that had escaped her messy bun before the thudding sound of little feet from behind her caused her to turn around. Her little boy came barrelling into the bedroom, his dirty blonde curls flapping slightly.

"Mommy! I brushed my teeth just like you told me to." The little boy exclaimed excitedly as he came to a stop in front of her, his cheeks slightly red from running.

Caroline laughed and ruffled his curls, "Let's see then."

He grinned wide at her, his teeth on full display as he bared them for Caroline to see. She made a show of inspecting them carefully before placing a quick kiss to his cheek, "Very clean, Liam." She complimented and the boy smiled proudly.

"Uncle 'Lijah said it's important to clean them every day." Liam informed her, his eyes bright like he was sharing a great secret.

"Well, Uncle Elijah is very smart so you should listen to him." Caroline smiled as she lifted him into her arms, "But right now, it's time for bed."

Liam wrapped his arms around her neck as Caroline carried him to his bed, tucking the covers around him before giving him his stuffed animal that she knew he wouldn't be able to sleep without. It was a ratty thing Rebekah had given him as a baby but Liam loved it. It was a grey wolf with yellow eyes.

"What story will it be tonight, little man?" She asked Liam softly as she perched next to him on the bed, Caroline's fingers running through the dirty blonde curls that reminded her so much of his father.

"Will you tell me the one about daddy?" Liam asked as he gazed up at her with his stormy blue eyes.

Klaus' stormy blue eyes.

"Don't you know it off by heart yet?" Caroline chuckled, it was Liam's favourite story and she retold it at least 3 times a week. Caroline made the decision when she found out she was pregnant that she wanted her child to know about their father. She loved Klaus, and despite how things ended she always would. She wanted Liam to know the man she had fallen in love with. Elijah and Rebekah supported that decision and told Liam tales of his father when the little boy asked.

"I like the way you tell it, mommy." He replied simply and Caroline smiled. Liam was four now and the spitting image of Klaus. He was mischievous like him too and had his dimples. Rebekah said he would grow up to be a little heartbreaker and Caroline hoped she was wrong. She didn't want to think about Liam hurting someone the way Klaus hurt her one day. Yet there were days when he did something or gave her a look that made her heart clench because of how much like his father he was. He had her nose and complexion though along with her fierce attitude and stubbornness.

She never told Liam the truth about Klaus being in prison though, he was only a boy and he wouldn't understand until he was older so she simply said Klaus was busy working away from home. Caroline told Elijah that when Klaus was out of prison if he wanted to know Liam she didn't want to stop him but she didn't want him to feel obliged either. Right now he didn't even know Liam existed, Caroline only found out she was pregnant after Klaus broke up with her and he refused to see her afterwards so she didn't get the chance to tell him. She tried to apply for visiting orders but Klaus never agreed and after a while she gave up trying, if he wanted to be a jerk than that was his loss. She had a baby to raise, his baby and that was difficult enough as it was without trying to reach out to him if all he wanted to do was push her away.

She was sat on the tiled floor of the bathroom in her tiny apartment, boxes and tissues surrounding her as she sat with her back against the tub. Her eyes were glued to the little white stick in her hand, the other hand on her stomach in shock. Her mind was spinning and Caroline honestly couldn't focus on anything other than the little plus sign staring back at her on the stick.

Klaus' baby.

She was having Klaus' baby.

It wasn't meant to be like this. Klaus didn't want her anymore and she was still in school, working towards her law degree. She couldn't do this alone, she was a student with little money and a part-time job waiting tables. To make matters worse, the father of her child was in prison for dealing illegal weaponry and didn't want anything to do with her.

This was not the fairy-tale ending she pictured as a little girl.

Yet there was someone about this baby. Klaus' baby. She would always love him, even when she hated him and Caroline knew she already loved their child. It was a surprise to say the least, she hadn't been feeling well for some time but what with breaking up with the man she loved Caroline wasn't exactly keeping healthy. For a long time she put her illness down to stress and the fact she was barely eating or sleeping. It wasn't until that morning when she worked out dates in her head that she managed to get out of bed and make a frantic dash to the drugstore.

Elijah found her in that same position an hour later when he came to check on her. Both him and Rebekah had taken to making sure she was okay after Klaus broke up with her and Caroline appreciated the thought from his siblings.

She didn't hear Elijah knocking so she figured he must have let himself in, her door was open after all. She didn't even notice him until his expensive shoes came into her view, his face following as he crouched down in front of her.

"Caroline?" he asked softly like he was trying not to startle her.

The blonde snapped her head up to meet his eyes, tears rolling down her face. Wordlessly she handed him the stick in her hands, watching as his confused expression turned into shock as he stared at her for confirmation.

"I'm pregnant." She whispered, it was the first time she had said it out loud, "Oh God, Elijah, what do I do. I can't… I don't…" Her sobs cut her off.

Elijah shifted was he was sitting next to her with his back against the bath and in any other situation Caroline would laugh at Elijah in his Italian suit sitting on her bathroom floor. He wrapped an arm around her tightly as she broke down, her head buried into his shoulder.

"It's going to be okay, Caroline. You have us."

Elijah was a man of his word, both him and Rebekah were supportive of her and helped her in any way they could. Caroline would never to able to express how grateful she was to both of them. Elijah paid her medical bills and Rebekah came with her to every appointment.

The hard work was only just starting though as things got difficult after Liam was born. Caroline was close to graduating and Elijah encouraged her to do so, he even offered her a job with him at Mikaelson and Associates when she finished her studies. The problem was taking care of a baby was expensive as well as childcare costs and her rent on top of that.

Elijah came over one night after she had just put Liam down and told her she was to moving in with him at their family home and he wouldn't take no for an answer. Caroline refused at first, she was a single mom and didn't need hand outs, not to mention how awkward it would be to move into Klaus' home. To stay in his room and raise their child while he was serving time in prison. Elijah insisted she was family and it would be better for Liam to be around his auntie and uncle more. Caroline knew he was right, having Liam grow up with a family that loved him was all she wanted and it would be easier for her to finish her studies and support them both.

Liam was asleep before Caroline finished telling him another story about Klaus, this time it was about how they met, the memories were always painful for her to relive but the look of wonderment on Liam's face as he learnt something new about his father was worth the little niggle in her chest. She kissed his forehead gently before making her away out of his bedroom, flicking the light off as she went.

Caroline trudged down the stairs sluggishly, exhaustion overwhelming her as it always did this time of night. Being a full time mom and a full time lawyer was stressful after all. She found Elijah in the living room, the suit of his jacket thrown over a chair with his shirt sleeves rolled up, his tie loosen around his neck. Rebekah was staying with whatever guy she was spending time with this week in her apartment on the other side of the city, Caroline respected the fact she didn't bring them around Liam.

"Is the little trouble maker asleep?" Elijah asked with a smile as he handed Caroline a glass of wine.

Caroline let out a sigh, flopping onto the couch next to him before taking the offered glass, "Yep, I'm really sorry about your suit."

"Don't worry about it, Caroline. He's a four year old little boy, they tend to be messy at the best of times." Elijah responded.

"He painted your several hundred dollar suit with green spots, Elijah." Caroline reminded him as she sipped her wine, tucking her feet underneath her.

Elijah laughed, "He gets more like Niklaus every day."

"What a trouble magnetic?" She laughed.

"Artistic." Elijah supplied, "Liam drew me a picture to stick up in the office this morning. I've never seen a blue cat before but I stuck it up with the rest of them. Damon admired it greatly."

"How's his case going? He should have had a verdict today." Caroline asked thinking about the case Damon had been working on for the past couple of months.

"Not guilty. Damon is out celebrating as we speak." Elijah informed her and Caroline laughed. Nothing new there.

"Seriously? I thought the prosecution had that one all sown up. The evidence was pretty damning."

"You know Damon, he will never take a case he can't win." Elijah said as he sipped his wine, "How's your new intern working out?"

"Jesse." Caroline said, "He's a fast learner and good with the clients. I think he will do just fine. Damon doesn't like him much."

"Damon doesn't like anyone much."

They smiled at that, Damon Salvatore wasn't exactly the friendliest person in their office. He was however a partner in Elijah's law firm and a really good lawyer. He graduated top of his class and was ruthless in a court room. Caroline was glad he was on their side because she would hate to go up against him.

The sound of knocking interrupted their conversation as three harsh knocks sounded throughout the room. Caroline frowned as Elijah got up to answer it.

"Who's that?" She asked as she placed her wine back on the table, not sure if Elijah was expecting anyone.

"I have no idea." He said as he walked towards the door. Caroline moved forward to listen into the conversation.

She heard Elijah open the door and then… nothing. Silence. She was just about to get up when she heard Elijah speak again. The one word from his mouth causing her to freeze in her spot on the couch, her eyes growing wide as her heart pounded in her chest like a machine gun.

"Niklaus?"

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Just what to make it very clear that this is NOT a Carlijah fic! I like the idea of a friendship between them but nothing more because Caroline is meant for Klaus and Elijah is meant for Katherine!

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