A/N: Hey everyone! Thanks for all the reviews and favourites and follows! You are the best! Chapter 8 is here and there is a smut warning at the beginning of this chapter – it's not what you think ;p.

Remember italics are flashbacks – I think you will like this one!

Enjoy!

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He was kissing her passionately, his lips eager against her own as their tongues tangled together. Caroline pulled him closer, every line of his body pressing her further into the mattress as she melted against him. She knotted her hand into his hair as his own wandered the exposed flesh of her ribs, they were both still in their underwear, neither wanting to break the connection to remove the garments.

He nipped her bottom lip once before trailing his mouth down the column of her throat, Caroline hummed in approval as he sucked at her pulse point, determined to mark her as his own. He didn't stop there, his lips moved down to the swell of her breasts, heaving against the material of her bra. He made no attempt to remove it though, instead licking and kissing whatever skin he could reach as Caroline tried not to hyperventilate below him.

"Klaus…" She said in a breathless plea.

His stormy blue eyes snapped up to look at her, the irises darkened by lust, a look Caroline knew was mirrored in her own eyes. He gave her his signature smirk before returning his lips to her body. Caroline laughed as his moved down to her ribcage, placing hot open mouthed kisses at random intervals on her stomach.

One of his hands moved under the material of her panties, his fingers running along her already soaked flesh. One finger moved to enter her causing Caroline to gasp and buck up towards him.

"Is this what you wanted, love?" He asked roughly making her head swim.

"Klaus."

He moved back up to kiss her soundly, not removing his hand from her panties. Caroline returned his kiss, biting down on his lower lip slightly in frustration.

"Don't worry, sweetheart. I've got you." He whispered against her mouth as he moved back down her body.

Klaus lifted one of her legs round his waist so he was settled in the middle of her before removing her panties all together. Caroline shuffled up against the pillows to give him more room, her breath hitched at the thought of what was to come.

He moved her leg so it was resting over his shoulder before his head dipped down between her legs. Caroline couldn't stop the moan that came out as she first felt his tongue caressing her, one of her hands reaching out for the headboard behind her to steady herself.

Klaus licked her expertly, her taste collecting on his tongue as he sucked her clit into her mouth. Caroline was writhing below him, her eyes closed in ecstasy as she bit her lip between her teeth. Klaus' tongue worked magic on her, he knew what to do to have her gasping and moaning beneath him and the added sensation of his stubble grazing her sensitive flesh only added to her arousal.

His hands dancing along the skin of her stomach and thighs as he continued his actions, occasionally moving to nip her thigh playfully. At the first stroke on his tongue inside her core Caroline's grip on the headboard got tighter. Her other hand threading into his dirty blonde curls.

"God, Klaus." She panted as he worked her up to her peak.

Caroline was nothing more than a bundle of excitement at his mercy, Klaus sucked her relentlessly knowing she was so close to her release, her legs tightening around his shoulders as the pressure built.

It wasn't long before she was coming, hard. Klaus riding her through the aftershocks of her orgasm using flat strokes of his tongue to prolong her pleasure. Caroline made a noise that was half way between a scream and his name, her whole body arching up against him.

The next thing she knew Klaus' face was in her sight, his lips at her jaw.

"You are so beautiful, Caroline." He murmured against her skin as she came down from her orgasm, her lips already searching for his own.

Caroline awoke with a gasp, sitting bolt up in bed, her breathing heavy and the sheets tangled round her legs. She was hot and sweaty, blinking rapidly in the darkness of her room. Caroline's heart was hammering against her chest, tearing the covers from her body as if they burned her.

What the hell was that? Did she just have a sex dream about Klaus? Seriously?

As if her life wasn't enough of a mess right now, she had to start reliving their imitate moments together too?

She got out of bed quickly, making her way over to her bathroom to splash cold water on her face. Caroline was still trembling from the dream and it was hard to believe that a simple dream could have such an effect on her. A fleeting thought crossed her mind that it might not be the dream at all, maybe that was just how powerful an effect Klaus had on her?

There was always something about Klaus that allured to darkness, it was a trait Caroline knew she shouldn't be attracted to but she was anyway. She liked how protective he was over things he cared about. Where everyone else saw a monster she saw a mystery, a challenge. A man with a troubled past who was capable of so much love.

It really shouldn't be a surprise to her Klaus was now plaguing her subconscious mind. She was angry at his behaviour last night with Jesse but a part of her was turned on by the fact he still got that jealous over her with other guys.

Caroline would never date Jesse, of course, he was a nice guy and maybe if she gave him half a chance he could make her happy, but the whole time she would be comparing him to what she had with Klaus and that wasn't fair on either on them.

She stripped down and stepped into the shower, the water helping to relieve the tense and buzzing of her limbs as she scrubbed away all traces of her dream. She knew one thing for sure, it was going to be a long day.

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"Look at Blondie working through lunch." Damon smirked as he popped his head through her doorway, "Careful, someone might think you want a raise."

Caroline smiled, "It's a bit crowded at home and I need to finish this paperwork up." Caroline replied, choosing not to tell Damon the reason she was working through lunch is because she was avoiding Klaus. She could barely look at him that morning without thinking back to her dream.

"Yeah, Elijah mentioned Klaus was back in town." Damon replied clicking his tongue.

"I'm kind of in the middle of something right now, Damon." Caroline insisted, gesturing to her paperwork. The last thing she wanted was to discuss Klaus.

Damon saw straight through her, "You're deflecting, now spill." He replied settling into one of her office chairs, kicking his feet up to rest on the edge of her desk.

Caroline sighed, "Did you want something or are you just trying to annoy me?"

"A little of both," Damon chuckled, "I wanted to see how you were."

"I'm fine." She insisted with a pointed stare.

"That's bullshit." Damon argued, "Try again."

"I have a lot going round in my mind, okay. I'm a little frazzled, sue me." Caroline scowled knowing Damon wasn't going to drop the issue now.

"You want to know what I think."

"Not really."

"I think you still like this guy," Damon concluded, "Otherwise you wouldn't let him get under your skin."

Caroline frowned, "That makes no difference. Klaus is Liam's father, I can't handle anything else right now."

"That doesn't mean you don't want anything else." Damon pointed out, rolling his sleeves up to his elbows before resting them on his knees, "It means you're scared."

"Damon, I really don't want to talk about this." Caroline sighed, leaning back into her seat.

"Klaus isn't going away, Caroline. You can't bury your head in the sand and pretend none of this is happening."

"So what do I do?"

Damon smiled, "Do the thing that scares you."

"When did you become insightful?" Caroline questioned with a little smile.

"Well either that or fuck like bunnies until he is out of your system." Damon quipped and Caroline threw her pen at him.

"And there's the Damon I know." She laughed.

"Whatever you need, Blondie." Damon bowed in jest, "Don't forget the meeting at 2. Elijah told me to remind you." He finished before standing up and striding out of her office.

Caroline shook her head at him with a smile before looking back at the papers on her desk. It was then she realised he had taken her pen with him.

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Klaus was waiting for Caroline when she got home, he was in the living room with a photo album stretched out in front of him as he heard her close the door.

"Tell me about your pregnancy." He blurted out as he looked up to see her enter the room.

Caroline stopped short, "Where did that come from?"

"You were right before, I can't come back and expect things to be like they were when I know nothing about what you went through. So tell me." Klaus insisted as he patted the spot next to him on the couch.

Caroline sighed, "I don't think…"

"I need to know, Caroline. I want to know." He replied giving her a soft stare.

She settled down next to him as she kicked off her shoes before folding her legs underneath her, "What do you want to know?"

Klaus smiled, "Everything, your scans, the birth. Just start from the beginning. We use to be able to tell each other anything, Caroline. Let's see if that's still the case."

"Okay, my first scan was when I got it confirmed, Elijah was with me because I didn't want to go by myself. I heard Liam's heartbeat and it was strong and real, you know. That's when it hit me I was going to be a mother. I had some pretty bad mood swings too, I cried a lot."

Klaus chuckled, "I'm sure that made Elijah uncomfortable."

"A little bit, he was very supportive though. Rebekah too, she helped me with Liam's name. I wanted to honour you in there somehow and we came up with Henrik for his middle name." Caroline smiled.

"Thank you."

"For what?"

"I was locked up and had no idea I had a son and you still took my feelings into consideration, Caroline." He said softly.

She smiled at him, "He is your son, Nik, and no one can take that away from you."

"That's the second time you have called me that since I have been back, love." He smiled at the nickname.

"Force of habit." Caroline replied, "Sometimes it's hard to tell between the two."

Klaus frowned then, "What do you mean?"

"When we were dating it's like you were Klaus, the Hybrid, the rough criminal but then you would come home to me and you were Nik, my boyfriend and best friend." Caroline explained.

"I was the same person, sweetheart, and all of me belonged to you." Klaus told her, his eyes searching hers.

Caroline was the first to break eye contact, "What else? I have some pretty weird cravings too." She smiled, hoping he would let the subject go, "I was obsessed with peanut butter, I put it on everything."

Klaus chuckled, "Now that I would have paid to see." He said letting her change the topic, he knew things had to move at her pace and after last night he didn't want to overdo it, "What about when you went into labour?"

"Rebekah was with me in the delivery room, I think I screamed the place down. It was worth it when Liam was placed into my arms, 7 pounds of perfection in a bundle." She smiled.

"Then you moved in here?"

"Pretty much," Caroline nodded, "Elijah was insistent that we needed more space and my rent was expensive."

"I'm sorry I wasn't there, love."

"What was prison like?" The question had been burning through her mind since he came back and she was amazed she held back this long to ask it.

Klaus sighed, his eyes hardening, "You don't want to know about that, Caroline."

"I thought we were being open and honest with each other?" She reminded him.

"It was hell," He told her bluntly, "There were fights pretty much every day and even though some guys in there were worse than me they still cracked."

"Did you get into fights?" She asked gently, not wanting to pressure him.

Klaus ran a hand through his hair, "I didn't have much of a choice. Fight back or get a knife in your skin."

Her eyes grew wide, "Klaus…"

"I'm okay, Caroline, I swear." He answered her unspoken question.

"But you got hurt?" She guessed.

Klaus sighed before taking her hand in his own, Caroline didn't pull away. She let Klaus move her hand under his black Henley, their fingers settling on a rough line on his skin by his ribs. She gasped as she felt it, moving her fingers across the skin gently. Klaus shivered under her touch and they both ignored it, before long Caroline moved her hand back with a shake of her head.

"How did you cope in there?" She wondered.

Klaus smiled, "I thought of you, every day. I dreamt of you every night. It was hell inside, Caroline but you kept me sane. You were the one I clung to when I thought I was falling apart."

There were tears in her eyes now and gave him a watery smile, grabbing his hand in hers and squeezing tightly, "I'm glad you're home."

"Me too, love, me too."

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The last person Elijah expected to see at his office was Klaus, his eyes widening slightly as he invited his brother into his office, closing the door behind them. It was getting late, the sky dark outside and Elijah was just about to head out when Klaus knocked on his door.

"Niklaus, what can I do for you." He asked curtly as Klaus walked further into the room.

He sighed, "I need to ask you something, Elijah, I beg for you to be honest with me."

"I will always be honest with you, we are family." Elijah insisted leaning back against his desk as Klaus paced in front of him stiffly.

"Do you love her?" His voice was accusing yet there was a softer helpless plead to his tone.

Elijah frowned, "I'm sorry?"

"Do you love Caroline?"

"I though we went over this when you first got back, we are friends." Elijah insisted.

Klaus nodded, "But do you love her?"

"Yes." Elijah replied, "As a sister. As I love Rebekah."

The answer was enough for Klaus to sigh, his shoulders sagging slightly as he collapsed into the nearest chair.

"What is this about, Niklaus?" Elijah asked with a frown.

"She confides you, Elijah." He explained, "Caroline tells you things she can't tell anyone else and that use to be my job. I feel like I've lost her."

"You've been away for five year, brother, that's a long time. Things have changed but if I am certain of one thing it's that you will never truly lose her." Elijah replied, his face soften.

"After everything I have done, I don't even believe I deserve her back."

"That woman loves you, even if she doesn't want to admit it to herself. She has missed you, Niklaus, she is scared and worried that she is going to get hurt again but I swear her feelings for you haven't changed."

Klaus nodded, "I needed to know."

"And now you do." Elijah replied, "Caroline is very dear to me, Liam too. They are family. If you want them back, earn them."

"I think I pushed her too far last night, Jesse came over and I handled things poorly." Klaus admitted, his eyes cast down at the floor.

Elijah held back a smile, "Sometimes I think you two will never make any sense without the other."

"And yet here we are."

"You'll get your family back, Niklaus. You have keep trying."

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Next chapter we have another flashback, some Marcel and Klaus interaction and Jesse pops up again!