To say Elijah was confused would be an understatement. He was in Caroline's living room, having tea with Caroline's mother, without Caroline, whilst Sheriff Forbes stared him down. With a gun on her hip. He could smell the vervain from the bullets, too. "Sheriff Forbes, I do not quite understand why you wished to speak with me," he admitted as he studied her. She was tense, but her face showed no fear. Now he understood where Caroline got her bravery from.
"Damon tells me you are the sanest of the Originals. I want to discuss my daughter's relationship with your brother." He nodded slowly, apprehensive to give details after being with the couple for half a day and not knowing Caroline actually shared with her mother. "I have only witnessed them together for a few hours, Sheriff. Honestly, I do not know much."
"Is she safe with your brother?" The sheriff asked softly. Ah. "Yes." There was no hesitation. "My brother is in love with your daughter. This fact is more shocking to me than to you. My brother has felt nothing of the sort in all his life. Caroline is safe with him. He would do anything and give anything to keep her safe. According to my youngest brother, Kol, he has tried to push her away but Caroline is rather stubborn and refuses to leave him now."
Liz swallowed, looking down at her glass. "Needs vodka," she sighed. Elijah's lips twitched in amusement as she pulled a bottle from under the table. The woman was prepared. "Is she safe in general?" Liz asked as she poured in plenty of vodka. "I mean, with Klaus' enemies. They won't... kill her, will they?" He tilted his head slightly and regarded her seriously. "We have lived for over a thousand years. We all have enemies, mostly people we crossed to escape our father over the centuries. If any cause Caroline harm, my brother will not hold back. Should your daughter be killed, nothing would stop my brother avenging her and then killing himself to join her on the Other Side. A world without her is unthinkable to him."
Liz sighed, eyes wide as she drank straight from the bottle. Elijah lowered his head to hide his amused expression. "New Orléans, then," she demanded, "tell me about it because I need to test your brother." Elijah knew now where Caroline got her entire personality from. With a small chuckle, he began telling her everything.
Elijah had barely gotten through the door before Klaus threw himself from his perch on the bottom step and landed in front of him. "She hates me, doesn't she?" He gasped before stepping away and pacing. "Her only daughter is not only a vampire but her boyfriend is over a thousand years older with a history of being a homicidal psychopath that they once called the enemy. She is apprehensive and worried. As any mother would be."
"You flying out of the window when she walks in to the room won't help either," Kol smirked as he strolled past. "Shut up!" Klaus barked before turning to Elijah pleadingly. "She's going to hate me. I'll mess up. I know it." Giving his younger brother a sympathetic look, he patted Klaus' shoulder. "Just don't kill her and you'll be fine," Kol offered. "SHUT UP OR I'LL DAGGER YOU!" Klaus threatened, only to have Kol laugh and run out of the back door.
"I wonder why Kol is still here," Elijah murmured as they walked to the lounge. "He is usually first to leave once a problem has been dealt with." Throwing himself onto the sofa, Klaus just pouted. "He finds my misery amusing," he muttered bitterly. "I highly doubt that is enough to keep him here, Niklaus. We all take much enjoyment from your misery." Handing him a glass of scotch, Elijah allowed himself a small smile. "Rude," Klaus spat him before drinking.
Rebekah strolled in, stealing Elijah's glass and settling herself down. "Kol's taken a fancy to the Bennett witch. He also seems to like Caroline. They've become fast friends and it worries me. She has a penchant for trouble, as does he," Rebekah commented. "Caroline is usually in trouble whilst our dear little brother is the trouble," Klaus pointed out.
"Now back to Nik's mother-in-law problems," Rebekah grinned at him cruelly. "You all truly enjoy my misery!" He huffed as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Stop pouting, Niklaus. You are not a child," Elijah scolded as he fixed himself another drink. "Nik, give her flowers. Go to the house, give Caroline her flowers first and you'll get her mother alone a moment. You will apologise, even if she doesn't accept it, you will prove your love for Caroline and then you'll have the most awkward family dinner of eternity."
Turning to her with his bitch face, he glared at his sister. "That is not encouraging," he deadpanned. "It's not supposed to be. This is a war you will not win. She is Caroline's mother. It doesn't matter that Caroline's a vampire that can take care of herself. It doesn't matter that she is just a human and you're a thousand year old hybrid. She will give you a look that make you feel inadequate and unworthy of her daughter. She will not like you until you prove yourself. In fact, she'll probably compare you to Tyler. Whilst you are there."
Klaus began grumbling about the mutt, but Rebekah carried on. "You've got to suck it up, put on your big boy pants and take it. She's a mother. It is a test, not dinner. Just don't let her catch you sucking face with Caroline again until she likes you... If she ever does." With a groan, Klaus fell to the side and lay across the sofa. "Kill me now. It'll be easier," he begged. "And you all call me a drama queen," Rebekah huffed as she left the room. "Get your boots off the cushion!" Elijah snapped, smacking Klaus' feet.
"Such a housewife," Kol drawled as he strolled past without a care. "Shut up, Kol," Elijah and Klaus shouted after him. "Bekah, they're ganging up on me!" He whined. "GOOD!" Their sister retorted smugly, earning smiles from the older brothers as Kol slunk into his room muttering.
It was Sunday and Klaus was panicking. He was stood on the porch of Caroline's house with two bouquets of flowers and a bottle of wine. When the door finally opened, he was greeted with a flustered Caroline. "She's in a good mood. I'm afraid of what that means," she greeted. "Thank you for easing my worries," he returned sarcastically. She rolled her eyes at him as Liz came up behind them.
Handing Caroline a bouquet of bright colours; yellow and pink and pale blue. With a brilliant smile, she bounded off to put them in a vase as she smiled at them. A small smile graced his features but then he turned to Liz and was apprehensive again. "I wish to call a truce for Caroline's sake," he said as he produced a bouquet of white flowers from behind his back.
"I apologise greatly for the pain I have caused. I have been stuck in my ways for a thousand years. Whilst I know I cannot be excused for my actions, I beg that you try to understand that I am a difficult man - if you even wish to think me so highly as a man - but I would never bring harm to Caroline. The thought of her hurt pains me more than anyone could ever believe."
Silently, she took the flowers from him and nodded. "Come in, Klaus," she simply said as she turned and walked to the kitchen as Caroline walked out. "Wow, I thought she'd shoot on sight," she murmured before greeting him with a kiss. "I think she's just trying to decide whether to shoot me in the crotch or the face, to be honest," he whispered, releasing the tension from his shoulders and holding her waist. A giggle escaped her and she slapped his chest lightly.
Looking her over, he smirked at the deep blue skater dress she wore. It was modest enough for her mother, but she knew what blue did to him. "You look ravishing, love," he purred in her ear before kissing her temple. "You look rather dashing yourself," she returned, playing with his jacket. She slipped out of his arm and led him to the kitchen where the table was.
The three of them sat around the table, with Liz at the head of the table with Caroline on her right and Klaus on her left. After a long and awkward silence interrupted only by cutlery, liz finally spoke. "What are your intentions with my daughter?" She asked Klaus, staring him down. "Mom," Caroline whined embarrassed as Klaus swallowed his food. "To love her and be with her as long as she will allow me," Klaus answered.
"And if she leaves, would you stop her?" Liz asked. "Mom," Caroline hissed, but Klaus just gave her a reassuring glance before turning back to Liz. "I would try to convince her to stay with me as anyone would in losing the love of their life. However, if she had made her mind up I would let her go. I wish only for Caroline to be happy, be it with me or someone else."
"What if she fell in love with one of your brothers?" Caroline snapped. "MOM!" They both turned to her, seeing her glaring at her mother in horror. "I'm not Elena!" She pushed herself away and stormed up to her room, slamming the door behind her. Liz and Klaus sat awkwardly, not looking at one another before she sighed. "Go," she allowed, waving a hand. Nodding to her, he stood and ran up the stairs to Caroline.
He found her sniffling as she sat cross legged on the bed, playing a tissue in her hand. "Sweetheart, can I come in?" He questioned softly. She just shrugged and didn't look at him. "I don't know. Is my mom done with the interrogation?" She spat bitterly. With a heavy sigh, he joined her on the bed. Leaning against the headboard, he brought her in against his chest.
"Your mother is just scared," he told her softly. "Scared? She could've fooled me, what with her questioning you about what you'd do if I did a doppelgänger and fell for a brother," she growled, making him smirk as he kissed the top of her head. "You forget that you are the only person that's seen my humanity." His fingers brushed through her curls and he felt her smile against his chest.
"I think my mom saw some of it when you threw yourself out of my window the other night," she teased, making him groan. "I will never hear the end of that, will I?" She giggled and shook her head. "We have eternity. I'm sure you'll do something else that we can hold against you." A wicked grin grew on his face as she sat up. "What?" She demanded warily. "You really think I'll let you get away with mocking me?" He drawled.
Fear crept up in her eyes as he got on to his knees. "What are you going to do?" She asked slowly. He wouldn't hurt her, so she wasn't truly afraid, but he knew where she was- "AH!" She yelped as he pinned her to the bed under him. "Don't you dare," she hissed. "I dare," he smirked before beginning the torture. "No! Ah! Klaus!" She laughed as he tickled her.
She squirmed beneath him, trying to get him off her, but she was laughing too hard to actually do anything. Liz looked on from the door, holding back tears as she watched them. They hadn't noticed her, too lost in the moment. It was Klaus' smile that made her pause. She had been wrong about him. He wasn't a monster. He was just lost. The smile and look of pure love - and mischief - he had was enough to change her mind about him. And her baby's smile and laughter was something new too. Caroline hadn't been that happy in... so long.
Somewhere in New Orléans, green eyes glared into the bowl. The water rippled slightly, showing the vision of the hybrid and his mate. A high pitched scream escaped the red haired witch and she kicked at the bowl, knocking it off the stand it was on. Her hands pulled with force against the chains with fury, but they did not break.
"Are you ready to help me now?" A deep voice asked her. "Yes. I'll RUIN him. That LIAR!" She screamed as she looked at the puddle. The vision was still there, of Klaus leaning down to kiss the blonde. "I kill her in front of him. I'll make him watch. I'll destroy him!" She seethed, eyes flickering to meet dark brown ones. "Very well." The chains broke and she fell to her knees. She had been there so long her legs couldn't hold her up.
"Find your way to the coven. Hide yourself from him. They will arrive before the season changes," a woman told her. Then she was left alone in a cell, hundreds of years out of her time with no help. "BASTARDS!" She roared at thin air, knowing that wherever they were they could hear her. She would get her revenge on Niklaus Mikaelson, and then she would come back for them. Oh, there was hell to pay.
AN: Dun dun DUUUUN! So, what do you think? I hope you liked it.