Update! Thank you for all your reviews, follows and favs, I hope the story will continue to bring enjoyment for you all!

As for why did I include the baby, or why is Klaus being so friendly to Hayley, I'm only including it because I want to justify this whole situation as to The Originals currently. It's all necessary so I hope you guys would stay and read on!

And I haven't yet included the name on the main fanfiction page as it is a surprise, but there will be one more main character to the story besides Klaus and Caroline and the character will be coming very soon! Xoxo

Caroline

Caroline first regained consciousness to thirst. Thirst for blood. She wants blood. Her eyelids slowly lifted open and she surveyed her surrounding. She's in a huge room, the curtains were drawn but she can see the hint of light shining through, so it's definitely daytime. Caroline lifted the blanket that was covering her and noticed her bloodstained clothes have been changed. Happenings of the past days slowly came to her mind and she immediately raised her hand up to touch the wound where Tyler had bit her. Nothing. It was perfectly healed and gone. It wasn't long until she recalled the previous night, where amongst her hallucinations she had briefly heard Klaus at her side. She couldn't stop a slight smile forming as she thought about Klaus saving her again. Getting infected with werewolf venom is becoming her thing and he saving her is becoming their thing. Like it's a good thing, which is ridiculous, of course. But there was someone else helping her there besides Klaus too, she knew, but Caroline couldn't quite remember who he or she was.

She slowly stood up and walked to the door of the room, glancing down at the big foyer of the place she was at. Caroline immediately took a step back the moment she saw Klaus, alone, pacing at the foyer. Her heart was beating fast. Why is she so nervous to see him again? The way they parted last year returned to her mind, where Klaus had kissed her cheek and left after saying a simple goodbye. Then the sex, the kisses before the goodbye, it all returned to her mind. Caroline felt herself blushing with heat as her heartbeat accelerates further. She certainly hasn't expected to see Klaus again, not to mention so soon. Her thoughts were interrupted just as someone exited from the room beside and her eyes widened upon seeing her. Oh right, she totally forgot she was here too.

"Hey… um, Caroline." Hayley spoke first, not exactly looking at her, more like avoiding her gaze. When was their last meeting? Right, when she snapped my neck, Caroline thought to herself. Caroline looked down at Hayley's belly.

Out of his anger last year upon finding out Caroline slept with Klaus, Tyler spilled all that was going on in New Orleans with Klaus right in her face. Well, at least the fact that Hayley was pregnant with Klaus' child after their one-night stand. She was shocked and disgusted, had no idea when did Klaus ever slept with Hayley. But then again she had pushed Klaus away over and over, and she was still sleeping with Tyler when Klaus was around so, Caroline didn't think she has the right to be angry with him.

She noticed now Hayley's belly was flat. The baby must have been given birth already. Oh wow. She gathered her thoughts before looking at Hayley, trying to hold her gaze. "Hello, Hayley. Fancy reuniting with you under such circumstances." Caroline replied. She was glaring and may have sounded a little meaner than she intended to, but she can't help herself after the way she and Hayley have left things at.

Before she or Hayley can muster up another word, Caroline heard the whoosh as someone approached. It's time, she thought as she steadied herself and turned around. "Hey." She said to him, almost like a whisper, accompanied by a small smile.

Klaus

It's been a year since he heard Caroline's voice, see her smile. And he couldn't help offering one in return as he greeted her. "Hello, love." Klaus wasn't sure what else should he say first, as he held up his hand from behind his back, offering Caroline the blood bag he was holding. "Here, drink up." In New Orleans, the vampires are open enough and they drink from the vein. They hardly get blood bags. But he knew Caroline, she wouldn't want to drink from the vein, and she needed a lot of blood after the ordeal she went through. So blood bags it shall be.

"Thanks." Caroline said, louder this time, as she took the blood bag from him and immediately started drinking it. She's thirsty, of course. The little blood she drank from him yesterday wasn't enough, and it was mainly to heal the venom. She had passed out afterwards, so Caroline hasn't had her enough share of blood for her body yet. Klaus was stunned when Caroline stopped drinking so abruptly and started choking and coughing. He noticed Hayley tried to go forward to help Caroline but stopped and hesitated.

Caroline cleared her throat and stared at him with wide eyes. "Wait, did… did you… did you changed this?" Klaus didn't understand what was she referring until he saw her gestured at her clothes. He tried to contain his laughter but couldn't help himself and started laughing right out. Has he ever laughed because of anyone so genuinely like that? Klaus only remembered that other time he laughed like that was when Caroline had barged into his place at Mystic Falls, demanding for a prom dress when Elena stole hers. Despite some differences Klaus had noticed about the Caroline now, her usual personality is still there, he thought to himself, as he tried to stop laughing since Caroline was glaring at him.

"No, actually, I kind of helped you with that." Hayley said from behind Caroline. Caroline turned to Hayley and Klaus could see her internal debate about how to react to that. He knew Caroline hated Hayley after all that happened in Mystic Falls so he was surprised and lifted his brow when he heard Caroline's reply. "Um, thank… you, I guess." Caroline said, sounding bit reluctant yet still pretty unpretentious. "You're welcome," Hayley replied, before looking back and forth between Klaus and Caroline.

"I guess, um, I'll leave you two to catch up. Klaus, I'll be out looking for Elijah in the meantime. I'm worried." She said her last sentence looking at him and left. Elijah has been missing since the phone call last night and to be completely honest, Klaus knew something has already happened. The witches, perhaps. That was why he was pacing earlier on, wanting to find Elijah but also having to wait for Caroline come to. At least Hayley will start to look for Elijah first.

As for now though, Klaus thought to himself as he smiled at Caroline who's slowly turning to faced him again. She looked different. Her hair is now longer, still blonde of course, but her curls are no longer there. Instead, her hair is straight now. She's still a bright light to him, but the light seemed to have fade a little and Caroline looked… darker, sadder, Klaus realized. His heart did a slight squeeze. And he sure intends to find out what has happened to her over the year.

Caroline slowly let out a deep breath and started in a nervous tone. "So, catch up."

Katherine

Katherine looked down at Elijah, he is as still as a dead person. Being unable to kill an Original without the white oak stake, the witches had resort to putting him down into a kind of sleep mode. Something that had been done to him before, from what Katherine heard from Marcel. Most of the witches in the quarters have linked their power to execute this spell, since Davina was not as powerful as before.

This whole plan was supposed to be used on Klaus, the moment he granted them freedom for Caroline. Katherine, Tyler, Marcel and Rebekah had never intended for him to roam freely because they all knew once he gets Caroline back, he would hunt them down and kill them all. It ached and angered her so badly, now that it was Elijah in place of Klaus.

In her long 500 years, she had never fall for anyone but two men. Stefan Salvatore, and then there's Elijah Mikaelson. She had honestly believed Elijah's words. Katherine was known for being witty, smart and never letting a lose screw in her plans – but it was Elijah this time, her true love. She had wanted him to take a chance with her, and it broke her heart when he didn't want to back then.

Sure, Katherine had said Elijah isn't going to affect her plans for Klaus but to hear those words from him earlier on, when he finally said he will take a chance with her, for her this time, she had believed that to be true. She reached out to caress Elijah's cheek. Why did you lie? Why are you still putting Klaus above all? She thought as tears came to her eyes.

Katherine blinked back her tears and pulled away. She won't take any betrayal anymore. Elijah has made it clear. He was a man of honor, but he lied for Klaus. Elijah had once said he loved her, but he never gave up on Klaus for her. Even after all the things Klaus done to her family, all his evil deeds. It was always Klaus. He didn't even try to fight for her freedom when she gave him the cure last year. He didn't stay in Mystic Falls for her. And he didn't care when she was about to die. She should have known better.

Katherine steeled herself. She won't be weak because of anyone anymore. She will fight for herself, for her own survival. She will take her revenge against Klaus.

"Klaus has Tyler and Rebekah. He's rescued Caroline. Elijah was a trick." Marcel announced as he barged in furiously. "What, now? You came in with this great idea and now you screwed it up." He stared Katherine down, looking ready to kill her.

"Here's the thing, would you rather spend time and energy here trying to kill me for the screwed up plan, or think of our next move against Klaus? Think about it, Klaus must have daggered Rebekah again. Do you want to dwell on me ruining the plan? Or fight Klaus and rescue her?" Katherine said, and judging by the fuming look on Marcel's face, she knew she had convinced him.

"He will hunt us down now, no matter what it takes. We still have the witches on our side and we happened to have the Original brother on our hand, but we have to think of our next move." She continued.

Marcel nodded and looked at Elijah's still body. "War is on, Klaus Mikaelson."

Caroline

Caroline has been sitting in the foyer with Klaus for almost an hour now. In that period of time, Klaus had briefly filled her in on the dynamics of the supernatural beings in New Orleans, and what happened in the past few days. On the other hand, Caroline updated Klaus on how the whole Elena-Katherine situation happened and how she was kidnapped here. She had tried to avoid personal topics that Klaus directed at her, and while Caroline knows that he was getting suspicious, he's at least respecting her and not forcing her to tell him.

"So, you have Tyler and daggered Rebekah? Where are they? Because honestly, I would love to kick some ass." Caroline half-joked as Klaus smiled, with a knowing look in his eyes. He knows she's still trying hard to avoid personal topics, Caroline can see that in his expression. But she also meant her words, after all that Tyler, especially, had done to her, his betrayal alone.

"Yes, love, but I would rather you not meet them first. You deserve a good rest after all that's happened, and you have to regained your energy first." Klaus replied simply, with a slight smirk.

"Don't you dare try to get back at them first without my approval." Caroline said and can't help but smile at the amused look that showed up his eyes. Then, just as she remembered something, Klaus brought it up at the same time. "Caroline, about Hayley…" He started. She noticed a slight hint of worry in his eyes. "She's here because…"

"I know." Caroline interrupted before Klaus could finish his words. He looked surprise for a moment, and then slowly nodded. "My guess is that little bitch Tyler couldn't wait to tell you all of that which would make you mad at me." He said angrily.

"Actually, I'm pretty sure he didn't want to bring it up. At least, not until he was mad when he found out that you and I…" Caroline stopped for a moment and blushed. "That we slept together." Klaus was holding a mischievous look on his face as he helped Caroline finished her words.

Caroline glared at Klaus but sighed in defeat. "Yes, when you and I, that. I was shocked, and yes, kind of mad. Actually, absolutely mad and ridiculed because Hayley basically planned against you, betrayed Tyler and snapped my neck the last time I saw her." Her tone was getting a little too worked up and she noticed Klaus being uneasy. Caroline wasn't sure if anyone can make Klaus uneasy the way he is now. It was like he truly cared for how she feels about him, for everything about him and what he've done.

She relaxed her tone and continued, "But then, I thought, do I have the right to? I mean, we weren't anything and everyone has his or her freewill and I've also been sleeping with Tyler at that time… So, there's that. And no one can deny that it's a miracle baby. For you, and for your family. It's… beautiful." She admitted.

It was the truth. When Caroline became a vampire, she had been devastated that her whole life was ruined. She won't experience the perks of growing up, leading a human life – won't get married the same way and give birth to a new life. When she heard about the whole Hayley and Klaus thing, as much as it was ludicrous, she had find it somehow meaningful. Especially to immortals who couldn't reproduce like them.

She pushed away her thoughts and looked at Klaus. He was looking at her too, his eyes reddened and full of emotions. Emotions that seem to be conveying some sort of gratefulness, a sort of understanding, looking surprise, touched even.

He blinked and looked away after a while, as if gathering his courage to speak to her again. What had she said to make him this way? Caroline thought, confused at the sudden moment between them. She was wary as Klaus turned back to her, and he whispered ever so softly that she thought she was imagining it.

"Thank you."

Caroline returned a tiny smile and her heart warmed at this side of his humanity. She has always known he has this side of him, and although Klaus didn't show it to most, but she had seen it herself. For that exclusivity, she felt strangely proud deep down.

"So, now that we seemed to have some sort of a moment and connection," Klaus started again, gazing into her eyes sincerely. "Would you allow me to know what has happened to you over the past year?" He asked softly.

Caroline jerked into her protective mode instantly. "What? Why? I'm fine, it's good, college is fun, we had our fair share of problems but nothing big and I'm good. I'm happy." She attempted to laugh it off but her laughter came out extremely fake, as she felt her emotions churning up inside of her and she felt her tears coming. Oh my god, don't you dare cry on me, Caroline Forbes. She silently cursed herself and tried to maintain a smile and avoid his gaze as Klaus looked at her even more worriedly.

"You're different. I can sense that. And it's not just different on the surface. You can't lie to me. Tell me. Just tell me, Caroline." Klaus whispered as he moved closer from the opposite of her.

Before Caroline could stop herself, her tears started forming and she started sobbing. She hated and refused to break down in front of anyone since that accident, not to mention in front of Klaus. But the way he had whispered her name just made her breakdown inside. She felt Klaus moved forward, holding on to her shaking hands softly, without saying anything more. She sobbed even harder and kept her head down, not wanting to see Klaus' look, not wanting to show him how weak she is now.

"It's okay." He finally said again. "Everything will be fine."

She shook her head violently. Caroline had been trying so hard to hold it all in until now, but her efforts are all wasted just because of him, because of his whisper. She was letting it all out now and strangely, she wanted to. She wanted to cry and screamed it all out.

After a long while, Caroline finally stopped crying. The tears had contained all her heartbreak, all her devastation, all her grieves built up over the last four months. It felt as though a really huge rock has been lifted in her heart, leaving a space there, and she felt empty and relieved at the same time. She looked up and saw that Klaus was still holding onto her hands and gazing at her with so much care. At that moment when their eyes met again, Caroline felt comfort in his presence, despite everything.

He slowly let go of her as he saw her regaining her composure. He didn't say anything, but Caroline knows that Klaus was waiting for her to start first.

She hadn't wanted to say it out loud again, to anyone, even to her friends in Mystic Falls since the accident happened. Saying out loud would make it too true, and she would breakdown again. And her friends had understood that. But Caroline finds herself wanting to say it to Klaus now, wanting to tap on his comfort. It's time for her to face it and stop living in denial, too.

Caroline took a deep breath and gathered up her courage. She could feel tears forming again as she looked at Klaus, who held her gaze without a hint of his usual sarcasm but only sincerity and care.

"My mum. She's dead."