VI

"Will that be all?" the checkout lady raised an eyebrow as she looked as Caroline's purchases. After Katherine had left anxiety had settled in the pit of Caroline's stomach as she had ran to the nearest pharmacy.

She knew she was being stupid and paranoid, but she couldn't get the feeling out of her mind. Her period always came at the right time, why was it suddenly late? Maybe it was just the news that Katherine was pregnant that had made her nervous.

"Uh, yes please." Caroline said quickly as she pulled out her wallet trying to ignore the fact that she had placed eight different pregnancy sticks on the counter. She just wanted to double and triple check and since she didn't know what were the good brands she had decided to get one of each.

"That will be $50. 89." The lady behind the counter said as Caroline gulped and handed her, her credit card and watched as the lady rang up her purchases. Great, another bill she had to pay, why did pregnancy tests have to be so expensive anyway?

After she had sign the recipe Caroline grabbed her bag and headed towards her car. She drove pass the street were Be Positive was and sighed. She had finally gotten everything she had always dreams off, Caroline couldn't afford any more problems right now.

Had Klaus and her used any protection? She doubted, Klaus didn't seem like he was fond of using condoms and Caroline was so drunk that night that she could barely remembered what happened, only that there was a lot of kissing and groping.

"You can do this Forbes." She told herself as she closed the bathroom door and sat on the toilet seat. Caroline read the back of each box, but most of them were the same pee on the stick, wait a few minutes, if you saw a + sign you were pregnant if you were saw a – you weren't.

Caroline closed her eyes as she did each of the eight tests and placed them on the bathroom counter. She closed her eyes and put her hands in prayer position, please, please don't let me be pregnant.

After the ten minutes were up, Caroline grabbed one of the pregnancy tests. Positive. She grabbed another one. Positive. Another one positive. "No, no," Caroline could feel her panic growing she couldn't be pregnant, she just couldn't and with Klaus' baby for god's sake.

Caroline finally let the tears fall when she saw the remaining five pregnancy tests. She was pregnant, she was going to have a baby. Klaus' baby. She sank to her knees and she felt the tears continuing to fall. No, this couldn't be happening, she couldn't be pregnant.

She had the store. Her apartment. Bills that she couldn't pay, how was she supposed to add a baby to the mess? "No, it can't be . . . it can't be true . . . please not now."

Caroline heard her cell phone ringing and she plastered it to her ear. "H-Hello?"

"Caroline?" Bonnie sounded confused at the end. "Are you crying? Caroline what-"

Caroline pressed ignored as she leaned her head against the bathroom wall. Her life had gone from complicated to completely insane.

"Are you ok?" Lexi asked when he noticed that Katherine was looking unusually twitchy. Katherine still hadn't told Elijah about the fact that she wanted an abortion and she was making it worse by not telling him because Elijah was already planning their whole lives together and Katherine wasn't ready for that.

"I'm fine." She said annoyed, though she had hardly slept.

"No, you're not." Lexi said firmly. "You've been like this since I gave you and Elijah the news about the baby so spill."

"All right," Katherine said. She had already talked to Caroline, but Katherine needed to talk to someone else. "The thing is, I don't want a baby . . . I've never wanted children and Elijah doesn't understand that, he's all excited and I haven't told him that I want to terminate the pregnancy. What should I do? I don't want to make him angry."

"My guess is that he's not going to be angry, he's going to be hurt." Lexi said. "Do you know the different types of abortion procedures, they are not exactly painless."

Katherine nodded. "I know that there is a special pill and the surgery, but honestly Lexi I don't want a baby, I'm not mother material and I know I'm going to screw up." She felt her throat tightening as she said desperately. "What if I get an abortion and then tell him?"

"No, that's a bad idea." Lexi said quickly. "It may be your decision at the end Kat, but he's the father of your baby he deserves to know. You two need to talk things out, not sneak around all over the place."

Katherine sighed. "You're right, I'll tell him tonight."

"Bonnie?" Caroline called Bonnie later that night when she was calmer, she had thought about calling Katherine, but Katherine already had enough on her plate. "I'm sorry I hung up on your earlier, it's just I got some bad news earlier today."

"It's ok, Care." She whispered. "Do you want to talk about it?"

Caroline could feel the tears trying to spill again, she was tired of crying. "I'm pregnant, Bonnie." Caroline blurted out. "Klaus and I hooked up at Stefan and Rebekah's wedding and now I'm pregnant, and I don't know what I'm going to do and-"

"Care, calm down." Bonnie said. "It's going to be ok, I know it's going to be ok-"

"It's not going to be ok, Bonnie." She said. "I don't want to have an abortion, but I have the store and these bills to pay, I can't afford a baby right now."

"Tell Klaus, he's the father he deserves to know and to help you out."

"I can't." Klaus would laugh in her face, he barely cared about his family. Why would he care about a baby?

"Why not? He need to know. You need to tell him, Caroline. As soon as possible, I'll watch the store for you, I have no parties to plan tomorrow."

"All right," Caroline said between hiccups. "I'll go tomorrow, thanks Bon."

"I was thinking we should go look for houses this weekend." Elijah told Katherine as he helped her clean the kitchen after dinner. "There are a few nice houses by Whitmore Lane and there's some good schools as well near there-"

"Elijah," Katherine interrupted. That was it, she couldn't let him fantasize anymore about their perfect little family. Nor could she keep lying to him. "I have something to tell you, it's about the baby."

Elijah grew panicked. "Is something wrong?"

"Yes, no." Katherine was starting to grow nervous. "This baby is not going to be born, Elijah, I'm going to have an abortion."

Elijah was speechless, and when he finally spoke he simply said. "Why?"

"Because," Katherine said. "I don't want to ruin things, I'm still working on my medical career and you know I've never wanted children . . .and everything is moving too fast for me, you want to have babies and get married and I don't. . .I'm not ready Elijah."

"So that's it?" he raised his hands exasperated, his anger clearly showing. "You can't handle it, and suddenly you decided to give up? That's a life inside you, Katherine? That's your baby Katherine, that's our baby. You've always liked a challenge and now you're throwing everything away. And what about me, am I just supposed to be ok with it?"

"No, you're not." Katherine said. "But this is my decision, not yours and I already made up my mind." Elijah didn't speak, but he still looked pissed. "I can understand why you're upset . . . I think it's best if I go away for a few days."

She was halfway to their room when Elijah said coldly. "Are you ever going to be ready Katherine?"

Klaus felt Genevieve, his and Elijah's shared secretary land butterfly kisses from his neck to his torso. Since Elijah had left early for the fifth time in a row to welcome Katherine home (which Klaus thought was absurd since Katherine was only a month into her pregnancy, but he could already tell that his brother was going to play the overprotective card) he had "suggested" to Genevieve that they should finish their work in Klaus' newly remodeled penthouse.

Not that he and Genevieve were exclusive, they were just fuck buddies to say the least, friends didn't even come in the sentence. Genevieve had always had a crush on the younger Mikaelson and she was more than eager to be Klaus' lover even if it didn't amount to anything other than a one night stand.

Klaus wasn't exactly well known for his long term relationships.

"Ow!" Klaus pulled back. "Genevieve! You bit me!"

"Sorry." Genevieve pouted, embarrassed. "I thought it was sexy."

"Well, it's not ok." Klaus snapped, at least when you do it, Klaus had been "bitten" by several other woman before during sex (he had found out that Caroline was more of a nibbler) and he enjoyed it, but when Genevieve did it, he felt like he getting bitten by an anaconda.

Genevieve stiffen. "I should probably go."

"You're right." Klaus said as he pulled out his cell phone. "I have a lot of work to do tomorrow."

-End of Chapter Six-

Klaus will find out about the baby in the next chapter!