A/N: Hey guys! Another day, another chapter! I hope you enjoy this one, things are beginning to develop mire in terms of plot for this story! Thanks for the reviews!

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Caroline sighed, taking a deep breath to calm herself before knocking on the heavy oak door in front of her. The conversation with Klaus had thrown her out of sync and she honestly didn't know what to make of it. She knew Klaus coming back into her life was going to be difficult, especially because he was Liam's father. She just hadn't anticipated what would happen if he wanted her back, Caroline was sure when he had looked her in the eyes and told her things were over that was it. She didn't even consider the possibility of Klaus lying to her.

He couldn't do that. What gave him the right to walk back into her life after five years and tell her he wasn't giving up on them? He was the one that put them where they were now, he was the one that pushed her away.

The whole situation made her head spin. He was Klaus, the only man she had ever loved and opened up to. There was a time he was her best friend, worst enemy and her lover all rolled into one. How was she meant to forget all that with his presence reminding her every day?

"Come in." She heard a muffled voice behind the door shout. Caroline lifted her head up high as she entered the room.

"Hey, Elijah. Do you have a second?" She asked, closing the door behind her.

Elijah looked up from the file on his desk, his brown eyes meeting her blue ones, "Of course, is everything alright?"

Caroline gave him a nervous chuckle, "If by alright you mean Liam knows about Klaus and Klaus pretty much just told me he wants me back and is willing to do whatever it takes to prove it, then yes, everything's alright." She ranted, flopping now into the chair opposite his own ungracefully.

Elijah's eyes went wide, "Liam knows Niklaus is his father?"

"Rebekah and Klaus were talking about it when we came home. It's not their fault. I should have done things differently, told him sooner." She sighed.

"You were doing what you thought was best for your family, Caroline, no one can blame you for that." Elijah assured her, "How did Liam take it?"

"He was great, it shocked him at first but we spoke to him about it and explained everything. Liam has always wanted to know about his dad, I think he is excited he finally has a proper answer."

"And how are you handling everything?"

Caroline smiled exhaustedly, "I'm not sure I am." She admitted, "I knew Klaus would be released eventually and I knew if he wanted to be a part of Liam's life then I was going to support that."

"But that's not the problem, is it?" Elijah prompted.

"He wants me back, Elijah." She sighed, "And that thought terrifies me so much I just want to run in the opposite direction."

"Have your feelings changed from five years ago?" Elijah asked and Caroline had to admire the diplomacy in his voice.

"I have spent so long blocking every thought and feeling about Klaus out I can't even tell anymore." Caroline said softly, "He's always had the power to destroy me, Elijah. He could do it and I would probably let him. Klaus is like fire sometimes."

Elijah nodded, "You're worried about getting burned?"

"I'm worried if I let him in and he hurts me again I wouldn't be able to block him out anymore."

"Then maybe you should see if it's worth the risk?" Elijah suggested.

Caroline stopped short then, "I told him I need time to deal with everything. I just can't even think about that right now."

"You're stronger than you think you are, Caroline. I love my brother but you need to be certain about what you want. If you're not ready, tell him." Elijah replied.

Caroline nodded, feeling better for the first time since she arrived at work, "Thank you." She smiled reaching over the table to hug him. Elijah froze uncomfortably, not a fan of being hugged and it caused Caroline to laugh, "You're the best, Elijah."

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It was late when Caroline finally made it back home, her client's trial had been moved up by a few weeks and so she needed to go over several statements for their defence to make sure everything was ready for court. She let out a small groan as she slipped her heels off, kicking them to one side. She placed her coat on the rack along with her bag.

The house was unusually quiet even though she knew there was only Klaus and Liam there, all the lights were still on though so she knew they were in.

"Hello?" she called out as she rounded the corner to the living room, the sight in front of her making her smile.

Klaus was sprawled out on the couch on his back asleep, paint was splattered on his clothes and his hair was ruffled. Liam was sleeping against him, paint covering the boy's clothes too as he cuddled up to his father. It was in that moment Caroline noticed how much Liam looked like Klaus. The same shade of hair, the curve of the nose and she knew their eyes were the exact same shade too.

Caroline had to hold back her laughter as she dug into her pocket for her phone. She smiled as she set her camera up, snapping a picture of the pair.

The flash caused Klaus to stir, his hold on Liam tightening slightly as his eyes blinked open. He frowned before noticing Caroline standing by the door with her phone in her hand.

"You know, love, this could be classed as creepy." He mused from his spot on the couch.

Caroline smiled, "Only if you didn't enjoy it, which you did." She replied, "I'll send you the picture later, it's a good one."

Klaus smiled, "What time is it? The last thing I recall is some cartoon dog solving some sort of crime."

"It's late, my meeting over ran." Caroline explained, "It looks like you two had fun."

Gently Klaus eased Liam onto the couch, slipping out from underneath him to stand up. He stretched slightly, his clothes rumpled from sleep, "Well he started feeling better after about 3, and his temperature went down so we decided to do some painting."

"Yeah, he got that artistic streak from you." Caroline smiled.

"He must get his understanding from you."

Caroline looked over at Liam fondly, "Yeah, we did pretty well at the baby making." She laughed.

"We clearly make a good team, sweetheart." Klaus smirked.

Caroline tried not to blush at the implication of his comment, instead she shook her head, "So what masterpiece did you make today?"

Klaus smiled proudly, he led her over to the dining table where their works of art were drying. Caroline studied them carefully, Klaus had obviously drawn the outline and Liam coloured them in.

"These are really good." She smiled, "He is going to need his own studio before he is 6 at this rate."

Klaus smiled over at the boy, still asleep on the couch, "I look over at him and I can't believe he's ours. We have a little boy."

"We do." She smiled, "Although we should probably take him upstairs, it's past his bedtime."

"I'll do it." Klaus offered, "You just got in, go and grab a coffee or something."

Caroline smiled gratefully before moving over to Liam, placing a quick kiss on his forehead and whispering goodnight softly. She moved back as Klaus lifted him off the couch into his arms, Liam's head settling against Klaus' shoulder.

"Dad? Mom?" He muttered sleepily.

"Go back to sleep, son." Klaus murmured softly as he began to carry Liam up the stairs to his room.

Caroline watched them go, a smile on her lips. Klaus was good with him, it looked effortless and natural although she knew it was anything but. She could tell he was worried about messing things up and not being good enough. It didn't matter about her history with him though, if she was certain of one thing it was that there was no better man to be a father to Liam than Klaus.

A knock at the door brought her out of her thoughts, she frowned slightly as she walked over to it. The last thing she wanted was visitors. It had been a hell of a day and all Caroline wanted to do was have a nice hot bath and crawl into bed.

She was shocked to find Jesse, her intern standing on the front porch. His black coat was zipped up, a stack of papers under his right arm.

"Jesse." She greeted trying not to let the exhaustion show in her voice.

He shot her a large smile, "Evening, Caroline. Sorry to bother you at home but I need your signature on a few of this case documents."

Caroline nodded, "Come in, I completely forgot to do them before I left."

"Don't worry about it, you looked kind of out of it today." Jesse smiled following her over to the dining table as he handed her the papers in his hand, he looked at the paper cluttering the area and smiled, "Did Liam draw these?"

"Yeah, he did." She replied, "Today has just been a long day."

"Well, we're not lawyers for all the time off and holiday pay." Jesse laughed.

Caroline gave him a smile, "I guess not." She grabbed a pen from the side, scanning through the papers quickly before signing her name at the bottom, "These notes are really good, Jesse. Straight to the point."

"Well I studied a lot of old ones you and Elijah had done for previous cases and used the same format." Jesse admitted, "It's my first big case, I want to get it right."

"You will, Elijah only hires the best." Caroline smiled.

"Actually I would love it if you could read through my case, just to make sure I got everything. Maybe one night this week? I'll even by you dinner as a thank you." Jesse asked somewhat nervously.

Caroline froze slightly, that sounded a little like he was asking her on a date. She was about to reply when she heard Klaus' voice.

"Sweetheart, have you seen Liam's wolf? Apparently he can't sleep without it." Klaus asked as he came into the room, stopping as he noticed Jesse.

Jesse was looking at Caroline, her eyes were looking at Klaus. "I didn't know you were seeing someone." Jesse said awkwardly.

Caroline shook her head, "I'm not. This is Klaus," She gestured to him.

"Klaus Mikaelson." Klaus smirked, "Liam's father."

Caroline could have killed him for the cocky way he said it.

"I'm Jesse." He said shaking Klaus' hand, "I work with Caroline."

"Yeah, Jesse is our number one junior intern at Mikaelson and Associates." Caroline clarified.

Klaus nodded, "And you're here at 9 in the evening because…"

"I had to get Caroline to sign a few things before tomorrow." Jesse explained, "Sorry to disturb you guys."

"That's alright, Caroline and I were just thinking about making something to eat. Right, love?" Klaus asked honestly. Caroline shot him a death glare, she knew what he was doing. It wasn't the first time he had played the jealous boyfriend, the only difference was he had no right to do it now.

"Listen, Caroline if now is a bad time I can always come back tomorrow morning?" Jesse asked sensing the tension between the two.

Caroline shook her head, "Now is a great time. Let me finish the rest of these and you're all good." She replied, quickly scrawling her name at the bottom of each paper.

"I don't remember Caroline mentioning you." Jesse said to Klaus and she didn't have to look up to know he was smirking.

"No well, I was away for a while and before that we were a little busy with other activities."

Caroline shut her eyes, quickly handing Jesse his papers, "Okay, it's all done. I'll see you tomorrow, Jesse." She said, ushering Jesse to the front door.

"I'll see you at work then." Jesse said and Caroline nodded before shutting the door quickly.

She spun round to look at Klaus who was leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed, a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Well, he seemed rather rude." Klaus commented drily.

Caroline shook her head, "Seriously?"

"What you're not actually thinking about going to dinner with him?" Klaus replied, "He's not good enough for you."

"Look whose back to playing the jealous boyfriend again." Caroline sighed angrily.

Klaus' eyes narrowed as he took a step toward her, invading her personal space. Caroline moved up until her back was against the wall, she could feel Klaus' body heat and gulped.

"I didn't tell him anything that wasn't true." He said gruffly, "Surely you remember what it felt like? You screaming my name as I pleasured you in ways a boy like him would have no idea about."

Caroline pushed down the thoughts that were clawing their way to the surface, she refused to think about those things. With all her strength Caroline pushed him backwards, Klaus backed off instantly, letting her have her space.

"What you just did, that was a dick move." She told him before walking over to the couch to pick up Liam's stuffed wolf. She shoved it into Klaus' chest with a scowl before walking away from him.

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"Marcel Gerard?"

Marcel's head snapped up from the table in front of him to see an older man enter the interrogation room.

"Finally, I have been stuck here for hours and you still haven't told me what the hell I've been charged with." Marcel said as he threw his arms out wide, "The police force is a joke."

The man gave him a scowl as he sat down opposite Marcel. He was wearing a black suit with dark hair, wrinkles around his eyes which were hard and cold.

"Forgive me for that, there seems to be a bit of miscommunications on that front," The man explained, "I'm the Chief Superintendent and I was hoping to discuss a business deal with you."

Marcel laughed, "I don't make deals with cops, I don't care how high up the food chain they are."

"You'll like this one." The Superintendent promised with a devilish smile. "See I don't want to arrest you, Mr Gerard. I would much rather get someone far more dangerous off the streets. A man who shouldn't have been released in the first place."

Marcel frowned, "What's this got to do with me?"

"You know Niklaus Mikaelson? Also known as the Hybrid?"

"This is about Klaus?"

The superintendent sighed, "I thought I had done my job when he was arrested and sent to prison. If I had my way he wouldn't have got out but his lawyer was very good."

"Klaus isn't my problem. You want him, you go after him yourself." Marcel stated, his face unreadable.

"I would but I have a reputation to uphold." The superintendent smiled, "Besides this situation can benefit us both."

"How does you wanting Klaus benefit me?" Marcel asked confused.

"You help me get Klaus Mikaelson back behind bars and I won't arrest you for your criminal activities." The superintendent said producing a folder from his jacket, spreading out pictures on the table. They were all of the different jobs Marcel had taken part in over the last year, "Did you really think no one was watching? As of right now we are the only two to see these files and I can make sure it stays that way. All you have to do is help me get Niklaus."

Marcel's eyes were still on the pictures in front of him, "What did you have in mind?" he asked, Klaus made his own bed, he turned his back on Marcel and the business. He betrayed Marcel first.

"Just get him involved on a job, give me the details and I will make sure we arrest him for it." The superintendent replied, "You get to walk off into the sunset and he gets a one way ticket back to jail. A repeat offence will land him a longer prison sentence, I'll plant witnesses to testify to how dangerous he is."

"You're corrupt." Marcel stated.

The superintendent laughed, "You don't get any justice in the world by following the rules. Niklaus Mikaelson needs to pay."

"If I do help you, these pictures get destroyed?" Marcel questioned.

"This is the only copy, once Klaus is in custody I will hand them over to you and you never have to see me again." He vowed with a nod.

Marcel stopped for a second, the pictures on the table glaring at him. After a moment he sighed, "It's a deal."

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