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Chapter 4
Night had fallen across New Orleans, Elijah, Klaus and Rebekah were in the living room. Liam was supposed to be in bed but he wasn't. He got up to see Caroline. He was worried about not seeing her downstairs with his dad, uncle and aunt. Quietly, he tip-toed to Caroline's room, he opened the door and saw her asleep in bed. He didn't want to wake her, he just wanted to be with her and make sure that she was alright. So he slipped into her bed beside her. Despite his quietness, he woke her up.
"Liam, is that you? Why are you here?"
"Sorry Caroline, but you didn't come back down after dad took you to your room and I wanted to see you."
"I was sleeping hun, what time is it?"
"10:15 p.m."
"Shouldn't you be in bed? She asked, amused.
"Well, technically I am in bed!" he replied.
"Yes you are"
"Caroline, can I ask you a question?"
"Yes, of course"
"Where's your mum?"
"Do you remember when I told you about my hometown?"
He nodded his head, to be honest; he hadn't forgotten a word that Caroline had said.
"Well, back home she's the sheriff."
"Like dad here when he controls the wolves!"
"Exactly, but with humans not wolves" she laughed.
"OK cool! What about your dad? Is he nice like mine?"
At these words, Caroline became sad; it had been a long time since she had spoken about her dad. She missed him a lot and without realising it her eyes were full of tears – which Liam did not miss.
"Caroline why are you crying?" he asked.
"Sorry honey, it's just, my dad isn't here anymore."
"Where is he?"
"He's gone…he died."
"Like my mum, did you have time to know him before he died?"
"I did, but I didn't see him for a long time after my mum and dad got divorced as I lived with my mum."
"What's a divorce?"
"Well, it's when two people who are married don't love each other anymore."
"Oh ok, but after that, your dad left you?"
"Euh, yes"
"So my dad could leave me?" he asked worried.
"Oh no Liam, don't think like that. Your dad loves you very much and he would never leave you. He will always be there for you."
"I hope so! So did your dad no longer love you?"
"Liam, we need to sleep now, ok. All that, it's complicated and I don't have answers to all of your questions."
"OK, can I stay and sleep here with you?"
"Of course you can but don't tell your father!"
"It's between you and me Caroline" he said smiling.
Liam already saw Caroline as a friend. He didn't know why but ever since he saw her in the forest he had a feeling about her: it was something powerful which could change everything. He liked her company and even though he was only 8 years old, he saw the change in his dad's behaviour when he was around her.
"Caroline?"
"Sleep Liam" she replied, almost asleep.
"I just want to warn you of something."
"What?" she asked forcing herself to open her eyes.
"During the night, while I sleep, I sometimes turn into a wolf , so don't be afraid ok?
"OK, thank you for warning me" she said, amused at this crazy situation.
"Good night" he said kissing her on the cheek.
And so they slept, just like a mother would do with her son after a nightmare.
The following morning Caroline woke up to a great mass of hair touching her arm, she opened her eyes and saw Liam in his wolf form . A small grey spotted cub was sleeping peacefully beside her. She started caressing him and she realised once again how special this child was, well with a father like Klaus Mikaelson, the original hybrid, he couldn't be anything else. Liam opened his deep blue eyes and stared at her. Before Caroline could mutter a single word Liam turned back into a human. It was indeed very impressive, no bones cracking, no pain, nothing. He simply changed shape like the "metamorphosis" that Klaus had told her about.
"Sorry, I can't control myself when I sleep!"
"It doesn't matter, I've seen many transformations but yours is unique!"
"Yep, Dad says I'm special!"
"He 's right."
The belly of the little boy growled loudly.
"Oh, I'm hungry, come on Caroline let's go get breakfast!" he said, getting up out of the bed.
"Wait Liam, I'm in my pyjamas!"
Caroline was just in some grey joggers and a pink tank top, she thought this wasn't appropriate seeing as she was only a guest.
"Stay like that it's fine, we all wear our pyjamas for breakfast!"
"Oh well, in that case let's go" she said.
They left the room and Liam led to the way to the kitchen. There, she sat on a stool at the breakfast bar. The kitchen was huge, just like the whole house, so was the fridge.
"What do you normally eat in the morning?" he asked.
"Uh, well I usually drink a blood bag" she answered.
"OK I know where Dad keeps them"
He opened the fridge and jumped using his hybrid abilities to the top shelf where the blood bags were kept. He grabbed one and gave it to Caroline.
"Here!"
"Thank you!"
She started stirring her blood and Liam got himself a bowl of cereal with milk. They were eating in silence when the other hybrid arrived.
"Dad!"
"Good morning son" he said kissing him on his forehead.
Caroline looked at Klaus, he too wore joggers that hugged his muscular buttocks and a t-shirt that allowed his chest muscles to be seen. Dang, so beautiful! she thought.
"Hello Love" says Klaus and Caroline taking her out of her reverie.
"Aren't you giving Caroline a kiss too?" Liam asked.
Klaus approached Caroline and placed a chaste kiss on her cheek which made her blush.
"Good morning" she said in a small voice.
Klaus smiled at her and took in her very tight tank top, her hair was slightly messy but it was still beautiful. He finally settled and began eating with them. Shortly after Elijah came down in his impeccable three-piece suit .
"Hello to you all" he greeted them.
"Yeah, small detail Caroline, Uncle Elijah never comes down in his pyjamas!" Liam teased.
Caroline laughed and Klaus followed.
"Don't I have the right to be a distinguished man?"
"Yeah you do uncle 'Lijah, but you could be more relaxed!"
"But I'm casually dressed at the moment!" he said slightly offended.
"Yeah right!" Klaus said.
"Anyway Niklaus, Marcel has planned a deal with the wolves and he wants to speak with the leader of the pack, Daniel, this afternoon."
"And what would this deal consist of?" Klaus asked suspiciously.
"They would give us part of the city."
"Out of the question! All they have to do is stay in their forest, and believe me brother, if they have part of the city, they'll soon want the whole bloody thing!"
"We're going to speak to Marcel about it this afternoon anyway."
Elijah went to plan with Marcel. Klaus wanted to take this morning to have a moment with Caroline. He wanted to get her back which meant he had to show her that he cared for her.
"Caroline I wondered if I could ask you something, seeing as you haven't yet visited the city, how do you fancy a little tour just you and me this morning?"
"Uh, yes why not!" she replied.
"Me too" Liam said with his mouth full of cereal.
"Liam, don't talk with your mouth full, it is Sunday and I haven't seen you do your homework!"
"Dad I don't need homework! School bores me!"
"I thought you liked history?"
"Well yeah when it's Uncle Elijah telling me about it, I mean, at least he was there!"
Caroline laughed, having a family that more than 1000 years old definitely has its advantages.
"That's not a good enough reason, it's important that you go to school and that also includes doing your homework. And then this afternoon I won't be here so I'll need someone to watch over Caroline and you can't take good care of her if you have to do your homework. Is it not better that you do it not this morning?"
"Yes! Then I can spend the afternoon with Caroline and Aunt Bekah!"
"Deal?"
"Deal."
They high-fived and Liam quickly finished his bowl of cereal and rushed upstairs. His goal: to do his pesky homework as soon as possible so he can spend the afternoon with his new friend.
"He is so cute!" exclaimed Caroline.
"He is, yes!" Klaus agreed.
"You did a good job with him, he admires you so much you know."
"Thank you love!"
They stared at each other for a moment. Klaus rarely received compliments from others and had received few from Caroline in the past. Moreover, the fact that it was about his son pleased him even more.
"So where are you taking me?"
"It's a surprise, you'll see" he said with a wink of his eye.
"Well, I'll go and get dressed then!"
"OK, meet me down at the entrance of the house in half an hour?"
"Sure" she nodded.
She jumped down from her stool and went upstairs and Klaus could not help but admire her silky hair that fell cascading over her shoulders and he noticed that it was longer than before and that it suited her. He was thrilled that she accepted his offer, he wanted to meet and fulfil its promise to let her experience everything the world has to offer.
After half an hour Caroline joined Klaus at the entrance to the house as agreed. They walked towards Klaus' black 4x4. Being a perfect gentleman, he opened the passenger door and helped her in.
"Thank you!" she said, impressed by this gesture because nobody had even done it for her before.
Klaus realised this and was happy to be the only one who had done this for Caroline. It was a 'brownie' point for him. From his point of view Caroline was a princess who should be cherished. He drove towards the French Quarter of the city. They arrived shortly after and Klaus parked up. Caroline got out of the car after Klaus had opened the door for her and she looked around.
"Where are we?"
"Welcome to the French Quarter love!"
Back at the house Liam was in his room and was doing his maths homework, he was quite good at maths for a child his age and he rarely asked for help, asking his uncle when he did.
"Knock knock!"
"Come in Aunt Bekah, I've nearly finished!"
"Oh you're doing your homework! You usually do it Sunday evenings!" she said astonished.
"Yeah but dad told me it would be better to do it this morning!"
"Why?"
"So that when Caroline comes back this afternoon I can be with her!"
"OK. You like a lot Caroline don't you?" she asked, sitting on the bed.
"Yeah, she's nice and pretty like you. She listens to me and I like being with her."
"Where has she gone?" asked Rebekah.
"Dad wanted to show her the city!"
"Oh I see" she said, knowing full well that her brother's seduction plan was in place.
"I'll let you finish your homework, if you need help just shout me."
"Aunt Bekah, I do the maths here!"he said.
"And?"
"You suck at maths!"
"You rascal! I can do Key Stage 2 maths!"
"That's not what dad says!"
"Gnagagna dad dad dad! I'll tell him what I think of him later." she said annoyed.
"Don't be angry Aunt Bekah! I love you even if you are rubbish at maths."
"I love you too, now work!" she said, giving him a kiss on the head.
She left, leaving her nephew to concentrate.
Back at the French Quarter, Caroline and Klaus walked side by side. Caroline was admiring the architecture which was so different from what she saw back in Mystic Falls: The wrought iron balconies, brick buildings, gardens and fountains and the atmosphere that was present and everything that emanated from it. It was magic she had never seen anything like it before and it was all thanks to Klaus.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it! It's sublime. It's so different compared to home!"
"Yes, I know! Here, watch this."
He took her hand and took her to take a closer look a violinist who was playing on the pavement. His music was captivating . People left coins to applaude his outstanding work. Caroline said to herself that he had a gift, a gift for music just like Klaus had his own gift for painting and drawing. But her? She was just an ordinary girl, Klaus noticed her deep in thought.
"Everything okay sweetheart?" he whispered in her ear.
"Yeah" she replied.
Klaus knew something was wrong but she didn't want to talk about it so he let it slide. After their walk, he took Caroline to a restaurant where French delicacies were served . They both had 'salade nicoise' and ate in silence until Caroline decided to speak.
"Liam goes to school then? I didn't think you would've enrolled him, it's so uh ... human."
"Actually love, I wasn't going to but my brother convinced me that it would be better for him. Seeing as he was born a supernatural being, he needs to learn to distinguish between the two different worlds."
"Oh yes, I totally agree. Actually Klaus, thank you for all this"
"What?"
"For housing me, and showing me this world!"
"I told you Caroline, I'll take you wherever you want, there is no limit!"
"It seems so unreal!"
"This is real Caroline, you are here with me today, and I want you to know that my feelings for you haven't changed despite all these years!"
This confirmed for Caroline that Klaus still loved her but it was too early to confirm her feelings for him.
"Yes I know." she said.
Klaus understood that he needed to wait, he would wait a thousand year if necessary.
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