Chapter 3

A/N: This is an AU story of the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire diaries.

Sorry it's been a while. To make up for it, there are two drabbles in one. Enjoy.

First Day of School

Rating: K+

Lizzie stood in front of the mirror trying desperately to do her hair. Caroline chuckled when she entered the bathroom, at the sight of her daughter's hair. Her daughter had been trying to put her hair in pig tail to no such luck though. But her pigtails were tied at the top of her head making her hair look like some sort of hay stack.

Lizzie huffed in irritation, and pouted. Turning to give her mother a pleading look meaning 'help'. Caroline crossed over the doorway to where she stood in front of the mirror. Taking the ties out of her hair, she grasped the brush on the counter beginning to brush her golden hair.

"Can you braid my hair mommy? Please." Caroline smiled.

"Of course," Caroline began to braid her hair, both of them silent. After a few minutes, she broke the silence.

"Are you excited about your first day of kindergarten?" She asked. Today was Lizzie's first day of kindergarten. It was her first time going to school, along with her brothers. Lizzie frowned at the reminder of going to kindergarten.

"No," Lizzie didn't want to go, she wanted to stay home with her mother. Not that Caroline was home a lot, despite having to raise three children, with her husband. Caroline worked as a journalist at the NOLA Times and Klaus owned his own gallery and worked as an artist. Caroline tied the end of one finished braid.

"Why not?" Caroline asked. "You will be with children your own age, and you will get to play with them." Lizzie turned around to face her, when she had finished the second braid.

"I don't want to go. What if they don't like me?"

"Sweetie, they will like you, just be yourself." Lizzie glanced up at her. "I was scared of going to school for the first time too. But I realized that if I didn't go, then I would have never would have made such good friends." Slowly a small smile began to appear on her daughter's face. Her mother's words seemed to bring her at ease.

As they were getting ready to leave, Henry wished his little sister luck on her first day of kindergarten. He also told her not to worry, and if she had any problems she could come talk to him about it. Henry was going into eighth grade now, and it was his first day, as well as Lorcan's who was going into third grade.

When they arrived at elementary school, Lorcan was the first to be dropped off at his class; which he all but ran in and already got scolded for running in the hall.

Now on their way to her kindergarten class, Lizzie held Caroline's hand the entire way. Once they were at the door, Lizzie's grip tightened and fear crossed her face.

"Mommy, I changed my mind I don't want to go. Please don't make me go." She pleaded, with her best puppy dog eyes that she could muster. Caroline was about to reply, but another voice cut her off.

"Hello," They glanced to a small boy standing next to the door. He hair was a dusty brown color and his eyes were a mix between grassy or a mossy green shade. He was dressed in a blue t-shirt and denim trousers.

Lizzie could only stare at the boy, both shy and fearful; as she hid behind Caroline. She was clinging to Caroline's leg, as hid behind her. Caroline slanted her gaze from the boy to her daughter.

"William," A woman appeared from behind him. "Where do you get off running off like that? What have I told you about running off on your own?" The boy named William sighed.

"I wasn't that far, I didn't get lost mom." The woman turned to Caroline and Lizzie realizing that they weren't alone.

"Who is this William? Did you make a new friend?" Lizzie was still hiding behind her mother as she peaked around her to see the two strangers standing before them. William was looking at Lizzie, with curiosity.

"I don't know." He admitted.

"Hello my name is Miranda Gray, and this is my son William." The woman introduced herself. Caroline gave her a friendly smile and shook her hand.

"I'm Caroline Forbes, and this is my daughter Elizabeth." Lizzie never used her full name, she kind of disliked it, that's why she liked Lizzie better. As far as Lizzie knew she was named after her grandmother, Caroline's mother. William made another step towards Lizzie.

"Hi," He said again, trying to get her attention. Caroline stepped away from Lizzie, and motioned for her to say something.

"Hi." She replied. That seemed like all the response that he needed.

"Are you coming to class too?" He wondered. "You can call me Will if you want." Lizzie slanted her gaze up at Caroline who nodded in encouragement.

"Yes I am." He grinned at her happily, excited because he was starting to make a new friend.

"Want to go play a game with me?" He asked. A small smile spread across her face, and Lizzie nodded. "Come on Elizabeth, let's go before all the good games and toys are taken."

"It's Lizzie," She told him. He raised an eyebrow. "I like to be called Lizzie." She explained.

"Okay, come on Lizzie." He ran back into the classroom, Lizzie about to follow but stopped and turned back to Caroline.

"Go on," She reassured. Lizzie hugged Caroline goodbye, then raced off to play with her new friend. She didn't appear to be scared anymore, now that she had a new friend it seemed.

The Name Henry

Rating: K+

Caroline was at work when she got the call from the middle school. As soon as the nurse contacted her, explaining that Henry was sick, she immediately dropped everything and raced over to the school. Many people might think that she was overreacting, but with Henry it is a very serious matter.

She brought him home, and practically covered him with three blankets. She checked his temperature and gave him some chicken noodle soup.

Henry was really ill, he could barely move, because his whole body was so achy and exhausted. He hated when he got sick, because when he did he was always the worst case. There were sometimes incidents when he nearly had to go to the emergency room.

Caroline had called Klaus, to inform him about Henry. He decided to postpone his meeting until further notice. He had just got home to check on Henry and to speak to Caroline. He offered to cook dinner tonight so that Caroline could watch over Henry.

Lizzie and Lorcan entered the living room to find their older brother passed out on the couch. Lizzie stared at her older brother, he just seemed to lay there un-moving, his eyes closed. But she could see that he was breathing.

"Mommy, what's wrong with Henry?" Lizzie questioned confused. She always wondered why when her brother got sick, her parents worried more about him then when either she or Lorcan were sick.

"Henry is sick with a fever." Caroline replied as she sat down on the opposite couch from Henry, in the living room reading while she watched over her son.

"I don't understand if Henry is sick, then why is it you act like something bad could happen to him?" Lorcan wondered. Sometimes he thought that Caroline and Klaus loved Henry more than him or Lizzie.

"Well you see when Henry gets sick, he gets a lot worse than the two of you." Lizzie stared at her mother completely puzzled as to why Henry would possibly get sicker than them.

"Why?" Caroline sighed and turned to them.

"Well you see when Henry was born, he wasn't born normally-

"He's an alien!" Caroline stared at Lorcan who has said this sudden outburst.

"Um no, he was born prematurely." Caroline could tell they were still confused, they were still young to understand any certain words and sometimes Caroline had to remind herself of that. "What I mean to say is-

"He was born before his time." The three of them glanced over to Klaus who was standing in the doorway. "When a baby is born before it's time, they are slightly weak or for Henry's case sickly." Klaus explained to his children as he sat down next to Caroline on the couch.

"Because of this Henry is more prone to the possibility of dying from a fever if not careful. Your brother is much healthier then when he was a baby but his body is not very strong against certain sicknesses. It gets much worse for him." Henry's immune system wasn't as strong as others were because he was born early. Caroline still remembered the sight of Henry when he was first born, she still recalled the pain that came with carrying her son for almost seven months.

She still remembers the sight of his sickly form, how small and fragile he was the first time that he was in her arms.

"Why was Henry born so early then?" Lizzie inquired. Caroline really didn't know how to explain. The doctors hadn't really been clear about what had happened to cause Caroline to suddenly go into labor after only seven months along in her pregnancy with Henry. She knew that it wasn't really something that Klaus liked to think about. Because sometimes he remembers that day when he had almost lost Caroline and Henry.

Flashback:

15 years ago:

Caroline sighed as she ate another pancake, the unfortunate side affect of being pregnant was craving different kinds of foods. But only certain foods she could keep down, for example pancakes. She had started to love to eat them when she became pregnant and it was one of the few things that she could keep down.

Klaus didn't mind really, seeing as pancakes were his favorite breakfast dish. But Caroline sometimes had them for lunch and dinner as well. After Caroline had finished with her pancakes though, she suggested going on a walk. Klaus was a bit hesitate at first, only because he was constantly worrying over her well-being.

She simply rolled her eyes, and told him to stop worrying. That they were just going for a stroll and she didn't want to be cooped up inside all the time. Klaus finally agreed much to his dismay. He didn't argue, because he learned his lesson the first few months when Caroline was pregnant. Never make a pregnant woman angry, his brother Kol also learned that lesson the hard way. He had never been so scared of Caroline in his life.

Klaus didn't think she wanted to walk around too much seeing as she was now seven months pregnant with their child. So he decided the park was the best place to take a stroll, plus there were plenty of benches if Caroline suddenly was tired and needed to rest. Her stomach was quite swollen now, of course she had to kiss goodbye to her jeans and leggings. Not that she minded wearing dresses at all.

As they walked through the park, hand and hand they talked mostly about the baby. They both had decided on having the baby's gender be a surprise and were still picking out names. If it was a girl, they agreed on Adelaide and if it was a boy they liked the name Carter.

"Oh!" Caroline said suddenly. Klaus was immediately on alert, moving right next to her. Checking her, to see if she was okay. She gave him a look. "I just felt a kick was all. Here." She grasped his hand in hers and placed it on her stomach. Sure enough there was another kick, and Klaus felt it. A smile spread across his face as he felt his child stirring inside of her. She rolled her eyes. "You need to stop worrying I am fine." She insisted. They proceeded walking again.

Unexpectedly, Klaus and Caroline ran into his old friend from college. Marcel Gerard and his fiancé Camille O'Connell were also strolling in the park.

"Klaus, my old friend it's been a while how are you?" He greeted them. Klaus smiled.

"Marcel, good to see you again. I am well thank you. You remember Caroline," Klaus gestured to her beside him. Marcel nodded.

"How could I forget, you miss certainly knew how to hold a grudge back in college." He raised his hand out to shake hers. She gave him a look. "Apparently you still do." She just shook her hand and reached out to shake his hand too, giving him a small smile. "After almost five years you two are still together, and now have a little one on the way congrats to you both."

"Thank you," Caroline never liked Marcel much back in college, but the good news is he seemed much more civil and mature now then back when he was a jerk that was also known for being quite the charmer and a player too.

"This is my fiancé Camille O'Connell." He introduced them. Camille gave a small smile.

"It's nice to meet you, and congratulations." She moved her hand out to shake their hands, but when she got to Caroline something happened.

"Ah!" Caroline pressed a hand on her stomach as if she were in pain. The other couple froze at her cry, and Klaus acted on instinct as always was right beside her.

"Caroline," Klaus wrapped around her, it was that he felt how warm she seemed to be now.

"Ugh the baby…it's just kicking…" Klaus stared at her but could see in her eyes that she was still in pain. "Klaus…I…" Caroline's eyes suddenly rolled into the back of her head and she collapsed. Klaus moved quickly to catch her before she could hit the ground.

"Caroline?! Caroline!" He shook her. Desperately trying to get her open her eyes.

"Call 911!" Camille yelled to Marcel. Klaus lifted Caroline into his arms quickly.

"No time! Please help me get Caroline into the car, there's no time to waste." Marcel helped Klaus get to his car, taking the car keys from him; Camille and Marcel drove Klaus and Caroline to the hospital.

Klaus was pacing in the lobby, the nurses had taken Caroline away and told him to wait in there for further till doctor came out to speak to him. Marcel and Camille had stayed to try and support Klaus. Klaus had also called his family.

It was only a second before the entire Mikaelson family had arrived, Elijah and his wife Kate, Rebekah and her husband Matt, Kol with his wife Bonnie, Finn and his wife Sage. As well as Klaus's best friend Stefan Salvatore entered with his wife Teresa. Elijah was the first one to speak to his younger brother.

"Niklaus, how is she?" Elijah asked with concern.

"I don't know, the doctors haven't told me anything." Elijah put his hand on his brother's shoulder in comfort.

"I am sure that she is going to be fine." Klaus's look of worry didn't phase.

"Yeah Klaus, it's Caroline. You know how stubborn she is, she won't go down without a fight." Stefan reminded him. Caroline had always been so stubborn, as well as sometimes bossy and controlling. He seemed slightly at ease for the moment now.

Just then the doctor entered the room, and scanned the lobby realizing that there were a lot more people here then he expected. Half thinking that he had more patients to treat.

"Mr. Mikaelson." He called. Klaus, Elijah, Finn, and Kol turned to him. "Uh Mr. Klaus Mikaelson."

"I'm Klaus Mikaelson," Klaus took step to him.

"Your wife, is doing fine at the moment, she is resting right now. Unfortunately it seems that she has been going in and out of labor. The problem is that she is also very weak, and so is the child." The doctor hesitated with his next words. "There is a slight chance that the baby might not make it…and she might not either." Klaus had just felt like his entire world had just gone dark as soon as those words left the doctor's mouth.

"Caroline…she might…" He couldn't say the word. Caroline was his entire world, she was the light that came into his life when he was surrounded by darkness (the cause of his dark past). The thought of losing her was unbearable, he couldn't imagine a world without her in it. He wanted her for the rest of his life, no he needed her.

"I'm sorry, to have to tell you this. Right now though she is being cared for by many of our best nurses. We are doing all we can." With that the doctor left and headed back inside the ER. Klaus just stood there, he felt like his heart had been shatter just by the mere possibility that Caroline might not survive and neither would there child.

"Nik," Rebekah spoke putting an arm around your brother. "I am so sorry. But have faith, Caroline has to make it through." She hugged Klaus to her.

Klaus had stayed in the lobby, he couldn't sleep despite that he was indeed tired. Elijah had offered to stay with Klaus but he told him to go home and be with his wife, that he could come back tomorrow. Thoughts swirled around in his mind. Klaus couldn't help but think of Mikael's words, the night that Henrik had died. Mikael had always blamed him, and told him that he didn't deserve love, that he would always hurt the people that he loved.

Klaus had always known that he didn't deserve Caroline or her love. But he was also a selfish man, and he wanted her love. But in truth he never forced her to stay with him, and never hurt her. Until now. He had inadvertently hurt Caroline, because she was now pregnant with their child. And it was slowly killing her. It was his fault that she was in pain and possibly dying. He never hated himself more than in that moment, a tear slide down his cheek.

Suddenly the door opened to reveal a nurse, she glanced around the room. But realized that it couldn't be anyone else that she was looking for because he was the only one there. He stood up in an instant, desperate to hear what she had to say.

"Mr. Mikaelson, your wife is awake now and is asking to see you." Klaus grabbed his jacket and practically shoved the nurse out of the way as he raced to Caroline's room.

There Caroline was in bed, she looked exhausted despite that she had been resting for some time. Her golden hair looked like a hay stack, while she was covered in a sheen coat of sweat. She smiled when she saw him. He grabbed a chair from the side of the room and brought it up next to her bed. She sighed in annoyance.

"Your child is being difficult." She grumbled. But his expression didn't faze. For fear and sadness had been plastered on his face the entire night. Caroline placed her hand on his cheek. "I'm okay Klaus." He gripped her hand to him, keeping it pressed against his cheek. He needed to feel her touch.

Caroline knew about Klaus's dark past, for so long he had blamed himself for his little brother's death. And Mikael had treated him terribly, especially after Henrik's death. She knew that sometimes Klaus didn't feel as though he deserved love after everything.

Klaus was more vulnerable than others knew, that's why when Caroline met him he kept his walls up at first. He feared that she would leave him as well as his family had in the past after the death of Henrik. But Caroline understood, for there were parts of her own life that she had felt abandoned as well.

"Don't leave me Caroline." He whispered only enough for her to hear him. Caroline gaze filled with love and smiled.

"I won't. I promise." She pressed her lips to his. The kiss was soft and sweet, but it only lasted for a few seconds till Caroline broke apart with a sudden cry of pain. She gripped Klaus's hand in hers, gritting her teeth trying to endure another wave of pain. The nurses all but scrambled into the room all at once when they heard Caroline's cries.

"Caroline!" Klaus felt useless to help his wife, as she was suffering from the pain. He wanted nothing more than to take the pain away from her.

"Her contractions are kicking in again, she's going into labor." Answered the lead nurse. "Alright Caroline let's try again, push!" Caroline gripped both Klaus's hand and the sheets so tight that his hand seemed to have less blood circulation.

Caroline was struggling to push, she felt so weak and tired. She tried once again, using the rest of her strength. With a final push, she fell back on the bed, exhausted and panting.

"It's a boy," The nurse announced. But Klaus knew something was wrong instantly. There was no sound, the room was dead silent all that was heard was Caroline's panting. The nurse holding the child cleared her throat, as she looked up at Klaus from the bundle in her arms. "I'm so sorry." Sadness laced through her voice. But he already knew, his son was dead.

Once Caroline caught her breath, she pushed herself to sit up ignoring the slight pain she felt. She scanned the room, wondering what was going on.

"Where's my baby?" She asked. The nurse made a glance toward Klaus. Klaus wanted to tell her, but he couldn't find his voice. He couldn't speak. He couldn't bring himself to tell her that their son was dead. Caroline noticed the nurse holding her child in her arms.

She raised her arms out to the nurse. A silent question between passed between the two of them, and she knew. She felt her eyes begin to water, but she still held out her arms to hold her son even if he was no longer living.

The nurse handed the dead boy to his mother, Klaus watched as Caroline held the body of their infant son. Tears streamed down her cheeks, one tear dripped down onto the boy's cheek. Klaus felt his own eyes begin to water as well.

"Edelweiss, Edelweiss

Every morning you greet me,

Small and white, clean and bright

You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss, Edelweiss

Bless my homeland forever"

Caroline sang, as she rocked the boy back and forth. Klaus had always know that she had a beautiful voice. He loved when she would sing, Caroline never did it often though in front of others. Klaus usually was one of the lucky few that got hear her beautiful melody.

Suddenly there was a sound, it was a small and slightly weak but they heard it. The cry came from the small boy gathered in Caroline's arms. Klaus and Caroline looked down at the boy who moved slightly when he heard the sound of his mother's voice. His eyes started to open slightly but did so very weakly. Caroline smiled through her tears of happiness, their son was alive.

"He's got your eyes." Caroline commented to her husband. Klaus nodded feeling happiness spread through him instantly. Caroline turned her head to Klaus. "I know what I want to name him." She continued. "After your brother but something a little more modern, Henry." Klaus smiled.

"It's a perfect name love,"

Present:

"After Henry was born, your mother got better. But your brother, was still quite weak and sickly. We had to watch him constantly, because his body wasn't well developed yet." Klaus clarified. Lizzie and Lorcan gaze moved to Henry who was still lying unconscious on the other sofa wrapped in blankets.

"Sometimes Henry wouldn't eat, we always had to make sure that he was well fed and taken care of." Caroline added. Lizzie frowned.

"Is Henry going to die?" Caroline shook her head.

"No he won't die, we just have to keep an eye on him and make sure that he doesn't get worse. It has happened before, and we just don't want it to happen again." Caroline said.

"I want to help." Lizzie mumbled. She wanted to help her brother, just like her mom and dad were. She didn't want Henry to possibly die.

"Why don't you go get that bowl of chicken noodle soup on the counter for him? He would like that." Klaus told her. Lizzie grinned and raced off to the kitchen, Lorcan right behind her.

Caroline stood to check Henry's temperature, she sighed with relief his fever was going down. Klaus stood behind her looking over her shoulder at their eldest son.

"How is he?"

"His fever has gone down somewhat, that's good." Klaus wrapped an arm around Caroline's waist and he sighed. "What?" She wondered what he was thinking about.

"Just telling that story, brought back the memory of possibly losing you. I hate to think about what I would have done if I had lost both of you." Caroline cupped his cheek as she stared into his eyes.

"You're stuck with me Niklaus Mikaelson, whether you like it or not." She joked.

"I don't like it sweetheart, I love it." He said with a smirk. "Hopefully we don't have to go through that again." She shrugged.

"Henry may have been hard, and Lorcan may have also taken some work. But Lizzie happen to have slide out like honey." Klaus frowned remembering five years ago when he had been in London with Elijah working his gallery. Lizzie had been a surprise actually, neither Klaus nor Caroline had expected her. Klaus still sometimes felt guilty for not being there to support Caroline and see his beautiful daughter.

"Yes well three is enough." Klaus murmured. Caroline shrugged.

"I don't know, four is sounding like a nice number." Klaus stared at her.

"Caroline,"

"I'm just saying." She gave him a quick kiss then headed to the kitchen to see what Lizzie and Lorcan were up to. It didn't take that long to get soup. All Klaus could do was stare after his wife, his thoughts filled with idea of a 'fourth.' Perhaps.

Notes: So I apologize for the delay, I was busy finishing up a summer class. But I hope that you enjoyed these two drabbles. I think the next chapter, I will bring in Kol and Bonnie. So stay tune. Reviews please, encourages me to continue. Thank!

A/N end of chapter 3