"Are you ready? 'Cause we can always postpone if you're not ready for this." Klaus asks, while internally freaking out.
Tatia laughs, "Oh I'm ready for this, are you ready for this?" She teases.
"I'm ready for this sweetheart" He replies, inhaling deeply, "C'mon, let go." He gets out of the car, and goes round to her side to open the car door for her.
"Such the gentlemen" She says sweetly giving him a kiss.
In the Mikaelson mansion.
"I don't like this mother." Rebekah complains.
"If she makes your brother happy, then I recommend you to play nice" Ester replies in annoyance.
"But I don't want to 'play nice' with someone who is just -"
"Rebekah you stop that right now! If Niklaus is introducing his girlfriend to us then it must be serious. Now stop being so bitter and selfish and behave yourself!" Ester snapped, then going back to reading her book. Shocking both Stefan and Rebekah who gaped at her.
"Don't worry, she didn't mean it babe." Stefan whispered in her ear.
"Sometimes strumpet, I wonder how you ever got Stefan to propose." Kol said, scratching his forehead in fake wonder.
"Go away Kol." Bekah shouts, throwing a cushion at his head, which he dodged swiftly.
"You didn't answer my question, how did you do it?" Kol asked laughing, knowing he is getting a rise out of his sister.
"He understands me, you idiot. You might understand this kind of connection, if you ever take the time to get to know the girls you sleep with." Rebekah replies, disgusted by how he is with women, but she instantly relaxes when Stefan hugs her from behind.
"And where is the fun it that?" Kol exclaimed like it was the most ridiculous thing he has ever heard. Ester rolls her eyes at her children, clearly not impressed with how Kol treats his .. 'lady friends.'
"Would you two shut up! Klaus and Tatia are outside in the car. Now grow up!" Elijah interrupted calmly but annoyance laced in his voice.
"Why are they still sitting in the car? They should be in here talking to my fine self." He says smugly, and gets smacked in the side of the head by an un-amused Elijah. "Oww" He rubs he head with a pout, "Where Caroline anyway? She should have been here ages ago."
"She said she was on her way here, but that was at least half an hour ago, oh well, she should be here soon. As for Klaus and Tatia, they're obviously talking about something, but Klaus is probably warning her of you." Elijah teased. "And Kol, don't flirt with the poor girl." Causing everyone - even Ester - to laugh, while Kol looked at him.
"You wound me brother." Kol said mockingly putting his hand over his heart.
Finn and Sage walked into the living room with their two 4-year-old twin boys, giving Ester a hug, then sitting down on the sofa opposite to the one Rebekah and Stefan were on.
They all stopped teasing one another, when they heard the front door open and close. They could faintly hear a hushed couple of words, between Klaus and Tatia before they appeared through the living room door.
Silence... Awkward silence ...
Everyone just looked at the couple, waiting for the next move or word. It was highly uncomfortable for everybody. Finally Klaus cleared his throat, and introduced Tatia to his family. He waved his hand at them as he spoke their names, and she politely greeted them and vice versa. Ester smiled at Tatia, thinking that her son should come to his senses soon with his love life as she secretly hopes he soon realizes that Caroline is in love with him, before it's too late. She looks fake anyway, not looks wise, but personality wise.
"Would you like anything to drink dear?" Ester asked in her mother-like tone.
"Oh, I'm fine thank you." She rejected.
"Very well then. So tell me, what are your intentions with my son?"
"Yeah, don't leave anything out now, we don't like liars." Rebekah added.
"Rebekah!" Ester, Elijah and Klaus exclaimed simultaneously.
"Oh, sorry. I meant people who hide things from others and who aren't honest." She said sweetly, making Stefan chuckle quietly behind her.
"Don't mind her darling, but she doesn't like it when she has to share Nik with anyone other than family. But then again, she doesn't like doing that either." Kol told Tatia.
"Shut up Kol, you're just jealous!" Rebekah replied, sticking her tongue out in a childish manner.
"Jealous? Of what? You spending more time with Nik than any of your other siblings? Oh my Bekah! You really have gone mad!" Kol managed to get out while laughing.
"That is it!" She bellowed, tackling a still laughing Kol to the floor, and straddling him then slapping him silly - as that's the only thing she really can do to her brother.
"Who's Nik?" Tatia whispered to Klaus.
He chuckled then whispered back, "That would be me sweetheart. My full name is Niklaus, only family calls me Nik."
"Oww" "Get off" "Stop pulling my hair!" "Stop slapping me" "Oww"
Ester sighs, Finn shakes his head at his younger siblings. Sage, Stefan and the twins try not to laugh out loud. Klaus' face looks like a mix of amusement and embarrassment. Tatia looks bored and a bit uncomfortable, while Elijah tries to separate the two but they pull him down with them.
"Oi"
"Elijah get off"
"This is a new suit"
"He started it"
"She tackled me"
"Stop acting like wild animals."
"STOP ELBOWING ME!"
Everyone jumped as there was a sudden roar of feminine laughter coming from behind Klaus and Tatia. They all turned around to see Caroline - crouching down and holding on the door frame for support - laughing hysterically.
The Mikaelson's and Stefan share a look, then turn back to Caroline who is still practically crying on the floor from laughing so hard. Their all thinking the same thing. What on earth could be so funny.
"Oh god... I just ... You guys were..." Caroline tried to get out but kept failing, making them all - but Tatia - start to chuckle.
"I'm sorry...But you three...Fighting on the floor...unexpected..." She started to laugh harder.
Realization hit everyone then, that she was laughing at the sight of Elijah, Rebekah and Kol on the floor. And again, all but Tatia starting laughing along with Caroline. The three on the floor got up and sat back down in the previous sitting positions.
Thank god she's here! Klaus, Rebekah, Kol, Elijah, Stefan and Ester all thought gratefully.
It took at least 3 more minutes for Caroline to calm down. She just found the whole situation funny. It was probably more the look on Tatia's face when she seen her that made it all the more funnier.
"Don't worry so much Nik, I brought 4 bottles of bourbon with me." Caroline whispered as she passed him. He gave her an appreciating smile, - which of course Tatia seen, and scowled at Caroline. She couldn't hide the smirk on her face from Tatia's expression.
"Now if my children have finished acting like children, I really would like to get to know Tatia better, seeing as she is in my house for us to get to know her." Ester commented while giving her children a stern look.
"Yes mother." They responded in child-like voices, while Stefan, Caroline and Sage tried to cover their laughs with coughs.
They spent at least 3 hours talking about Tatia. Her likes and dislikes, her job, and well .. just everything about Tatia in general. No-one really payed much attention to her after the first 15 minutes, even Klaus zoned her out most of the time she spoke, - in all honesty, her life was boring.
Klaus took her home around 6 after they had dinner with his family, and by the time he got back it was at least half 10. Kol, Rebekah and Caroline, was singing in the living room drunk. Their words were slurring, and they were tripping over their own feet. Finn, Sage and the twins went home shortly after Klaus and Tatia. Ester went upstairs to bed, as she was feeling a bit light-headed, from drinking half a bottle of wine all to herself. Stefan was trying to get Rebekah to go upstairs to bed, while Elijah was doing the same with Kol, it would have been more amusing to watch if Klaus wasn't tired himself.
For god sake. Klaus thought.
He turned off the music, and told everyone to get to bed.
"Hey." The three of them protested.
"Goodnight." He responded sternly, "Caroline love, we're going to bed, C'mon."
"No Nik, we are dancing." She replied, spinning around, she tripped over a cushion that was lying on the floor, but before she hit the ground, a pair of strong muscular arms, wrapped around her waist. She turned her head to the side to see Klaus picking her up, and then carrying her upstairs. She rested her head on his chest, breathing in his woodsy smell. He opened the guest room door - the room next door to his - and gently placed her on the bed.
"I hate you so much right now Nik." Caroline said sleepily.
"Why would you hate me?" Klaus asked confused.
"Because you don't love me."
"Of course I love you Caroline, why would you think such a thing?" He replied, still really confused at to what she's saying.
"No. I love you in a way that a women loves a man, not how a best friend loves their best friend. But you will never love me that way. You have Tatia now, and it just hurts, and you never really seem to realise it." She confessed softly, yawning loudly, she turn on her side. "Goodnight Nik."
Klaus was staring down at Caroline, mouth agape and wide eyes. He was shocked. His mind wouldn't even think of a thought.
'I love you'
That's all that's in there.
He slowly got off the bed, walked to the door, looking back one last time at a deep sleeping Caroline, when he found his voice he whispers, "Goodnight my love."
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