okaythis is the second part hope you enjoy.

i will like to acknowledge my friend and confidant Javeria for the exhibition scene it was her awesome idea Jia thank you thank you thank you so very much means alot hon.

PART 2:

Long after Klaus had left and Caroline had cried her heart out she got up from the couch of the living room. She was still teary eyed though, grief again digging the hole in her heart where once Klaus Mikealson lived or to be more accurate still resided. Getting up from the couch she clumsily tottered to the bathroom, after washing her face she decided she needed a coffee. Entering the kitchen she turned on the coffee maker and contemplated the whole incident. She wasn't feeling guilty or ashamed but she was hurt, after all these years his betrayal still hurt and what was more tormenting was that he had the gall to expect her to continue with this charade until he was done with her once again . His declaration that he was dead hollow and empty inside was actually a mirror to her own state of affairs and over the years she had conditioned herself to survive with it, which although was the biggest truth for her for him it was a lie. At times she even forgot about him but those times lasted only a few minutes and he always managed to sneak back into her mind.

With an inner turmoil and agitation she moved over to the living room window with coffee in her hand. Glancing back at the clock she saw it was 4 pm but since it was snowing outside it cast an evening gloom to the environment. Watching snowfall had always soothed her but it did nothing for her peace of mind today. She took a long sip of her coffee from the mug and sat on the window seat.

Just as she was stilly gazing at the snow falling on the front lawn she noticed a familiar classy Porsche and the guy sleeping in it. Hurriedly she got up put the coffee mug on the window seat and moving to the closet under the staircase she took out her cashmere coat and boats. She wore them and went outside. Reaching the car she forcefully rapped on the car window.

Klaus Mikealson had made many mistakes but making love to Caroline Forbes never even came close to being one. In fact having her in his arms and loving her till the end of the time was his fantasy. Neither it was a mistake nor it was his attempt at scoring macho points as she had so casually put it to be and trampled all over his feelings.

The last time they had an ugly confrontation he had ended up being a week too late and she had left his dark and gloomy live of which she was the only light.

Now they had been through another argument but this time he wasn't leaving until she heard what he had to say. That is why Klaus was sitting in his Porsche since morning when she had angrily asked him to leave.

A furious knock on his window jolted him out of his musings. And he was astonished to see his angel with an ominous expression on her pretty face he immediately turned down the window and she yelled, " Klaus what the hell are you doing? Are you stalking me? It's freezing out here you jerk. I don't wanna be responsible for your untimely demise you moron. Come inside. "

Klaus was once again stunned that she was inviting him inside grappling at the chance he got out and followed her inside.

Once inside she rounded on him all the while getting out of her coat and boots, " What are you trying prove? Is this stalkery creepy thing supposed to make any of this better? Do you think that this would accomplish something Klaus?"

Strangely Klaus was getting turned on with her all fired up and taking her clothes off correction only coat and boots.

"Caroline.. "

"What? You don't have any bullshit response this time? "

"I'm sorry. " his sincere apology mellowed her ire. And she sat on the living room couch with a sigh. Running her hands through her hair she glanced at him and said. " You are right we need to forgive each other. "

"In order to do that you have to hear me out first please. " Klaus replied moving over to sit beside her.

"Klaus I don't want to listen please it'll hurt too much. " she whispered her confession.

It shook Klaus to his core he wanted to take her in his arms and wash away all the torment with his love. Swallowing he pleaded, "Please, Caroline."

For the lack of a better response Caroline just nodded.

Klaus didn't know where to start, all his well versed speeches suddenly flew out of his mind, "I'm not with Camille in fact I never was. Back then when we were together it was the most joyous phase of my life it still is, I still cherish those moments and re live them every day. I was nineteen soon to be twenty and Mikeal was pressuring me into getting affianced. When I tried to shake him off by saying I wasn't ready he didn't listen in fact he announced my and Camille's engagement in one of his do gooder charity events. I was enraged I made quite a scene at the party telling everyone that I wasn't and how Mikeal was controlling me and I was in love with you. " Klaus paused at that and looked at her trying to comprehend what was going through her mind. It was a day of surprises for him as she squeezed his hands for reassurance and gave a sad smile. He then furthered, " He then in turn threatened me by saying he would take my trust fund and my football scholarship away as he was the one who had arranged that. When I wasn't even deterred by that he told me he only needed to make one phone call to ruin your college scholarship. "

"Klaus. I can understand that but you didn't have to cheat on me. "

Getting up and pacing agitation rolling off of him he said, "But that's just it I didn't it was just one staged kiss nothing happened after that. I know we had planned to move away together so he threatening me was no big deal for me Caroline but I also know what your college scholarship meant to you." Saying this he now keeled in front of her taking her hands in his continued, " I couldn't do that to you."

Caroline got up feeling nonplussed, irate and melancholy all at once and Klaus followed suit both standing facing each other with an inner turmoil.

Caroline spoke first, "Are you telling me you broke my heart out of some weird sense of saving me? "

"Caroline. You know I would do anything for you. I loved you.. I still love you. "

"But apparently you didn't think I loved you back. You had no right to make that decision for both of us."anger resonating in her voice.

"Caroline I was nineteen I didn't know what I was doing. "

"Exactly. You tried to save my dream I thank you for that but it also says you didn't trust me enough to share it with me. You didn't love me enough or probably didn't think I loved you enough to let me make my own decisions. " Caroline was practically hollering now.

"What if i had told you what would you have done? " Klaus yelled back.

"I would've left everything. " Caroline replied shouting at the top of her voice and tears streaking down her angelic face, then after a beat continued in a low volume, " I would've left everything Klaus for you. But you killed us rather than giving us a chance. " harshly wiping her tears she hugged her arms around her waist.

"And I've regretted it every day since then." Seeing her turn away he grabbed her, " No don't turn away. I came looking for you after a week leaving all of Mikeals fortune behind because I couldn't bear to live without you. I was going to confess everything but I was too late. And I don't want to be late this time around too. " seeing tears in those topaz blue eyes always made him feel like the weakest man on earth.

"I forgive you. " Caroline said moving out of his arms.

"Caroline I want more than your forgiveness love. "

"We're back to square one. It's again what you want from me. You didn't consider what I wanted back then and you're doing the same again. Have you considered that i might not want all of this anymore?" Caroline questioned but in her heart knew it was a terrible lie as she still wanted and loved him passionately.

"Caroline. " Klaus sighed her name taking her in his arms and resting his for head on hers. Thankfully she didn't resist and Klaus said, "You're right its unfair of me to expect you to give up your life for me. " and moving his head away a little loving ran his knuckles over her petal soft cheek.

" Nik I'm sorry too. Maybe it just wasn't meant to be back then. " Caroline replied enjoying his caress.

"Okay but trust me my love when I say i'll wait for you for however long it takes. " Klaus vowed.

Caroline didn't know how to respond, her heart with every beat was telling her to kiss him and be his forever but her other more rational part was terrified at being hurt again. So she gently moved out of his embrace and lightheartedly said, " Since you'll wait how about we spend Christmas together first. "

"What did you have in mind? " Klaus asked with a heart melting grin.

"I'm wondering after all this time have you mastered the art of ice skating? "

"Oh no anything but that. " Klaus replied positively horrified.

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An hour later she was laughing uncontrollably standing in the rink and Klaus was sprawled on the ice. "Hey this is not humorous at all? "

" From where I'm standing it's pretty much a full time comedy show. " Caroline bit back another laugh.

"I just don't understand you were so athletic how come your so shitty at this balance thing. " She asked helping him up. Holding onto her arms for his dear life. He announced giving a wolfish grin, " In case you're forgetting last night I'll remind you I'm still athletic. "

" Haha you're a riot. Now hold onto me and don't let go. " Caroline replied.

"I couldn't even if I wanted which I don't. " Klaus replied with intensity clouding in his eyes.

She wanted to say please don't but ended up just guiding and helping him skate.

They then went to the park and had ice cream where Klaus ended up eating all of hers claiming he didn't know his caramel flavor would end up tasting like plastic.

He walked her back to her grandma's house and kissed her on her cheek and lingered for a while.

As she turned to enter the house Klaus said," Caroline. " When she glanced back he declared, " However long it takes, love. "

With her heart beating in her throat she entered the house and Klaus left.

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Next few days were boring with the exception of an occasional phone call or visit from Klaus. His avowal had left her with a lot of what if's swirling in her mind. But that nagging fear that she'll get hurt once again was becoming bigger. The rush of love was also inviting a new round of vulnerability inside her.

Entering the house after receiving the papers from Mr. Fell she reluctantly started packing her stuff. She had an evening bus to catch. She wished Klaus would stop her make one of those big Hollywood movie gestures to try and stop her. Like maybe showing up at the bus station and declaring his love or something like that. But she knew he was giving her the space she had asked him to give her.

After she was done packing she still had one hour she kept looking at the living room clock subconsciously waiting for Klaus to call. For a guy who promised to wait an eternity he couldn't even be bothered to say good bye on phone.

Great going Caroline he was practically begging to be back into your life and you had to be a diva the angel on her shoulder chastised her but the devil soon made her feel better by whispering if he really did love you he wouldn't have given up so easily you're better off without that cheat slash self-righteous prig.

Ughh she shook both the voices on her shoulders and called a taxi to take her to the bus stop.

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She was sitting on her seat in the bus and a thirteen year old girl sitting beside her kept eyeing her necklace. The girl finally gained enough confidence to ask her, " It's a really pretty necklace. Is it tinker bell? The pendant I mean? "

"No it's the angel of light and I don't know if the angel of light is an actual thing. " Caroline replied.

"Well whoever gave it to you must really love you. "

"Excuse me? "

"I mean i think they see you as their angel full of light. " the girl replied with a wisdom rare for her age.

"I guess. " Caroline mused cradling the pendant hanging from the chain, which Klaus had given her for her eighteenth birthday and which she always wore. Last few days she had hid it from him for fear of looking pathetic in front of him but now she was leaving and besides he wasn't coming, with an exaggerated sigh began staring out of the window. Guess she wasn't getting her Hollywood ending.

The bus moved out of the station slowly and suddenly came to an abrupt halt. The driver yelled, " Shit there is a guy in front of the bus holding a stop sign and now he's signaling to open the door. "

The driver opened the bus door and Caroline saw Klaus entering the bus. She immediately got up and went to him both standing at the aisle.

"What are you doing here? "

"Caroline I know I said I would wait forever but why wait when we can be together now? "

"Klaus.. " she interjected.

The driver yelled interrupting them, " Hey man you got a ticket? " but the driver was shushed by rest of the people in the bus.

"Do you remember the first time we met? You were wearing a beautiful pink frock and had attended schools football practices for the first time. I'm still grateful to that football which landed at your feet otherwise I would never have laid my eyes on my shinning angel. " at this part they were interrupted by an Awww from the thirteen year old.

"Yeah I remember but.. " Caroline said

" And I came onto you and you said you didn't have time for quintessential dumb jocks. "

"Quintessential dumb sweaty jocks. " she said with a smile.

Klaus cupped her face and carried on, " And I said will you please let me ask you something if it sucks I'll never bother you again."

"Yeah and you asked me out on a date. "

"Yes and then on our date I asked you out again and you refused which prompted me to ask something again if it sucks I would disappear and I wouldn't bother you again. "

"Yeah you.. "

"Let me do that again if it sucks I'll never bother you again. " then he kissed her soft lips pouring all his love and passion in the kiss and Caroline began kissing him back with the people in the bus hooting and applauding.

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( A Few Christmas eves later)

Caroline was standing in her kitchen wearing a top and her comfy maternity jeans. She was brewing a soup for her and hot coco for Nicholas. She ran a comforting hand on her protuberant abdomen trying to soothe the baby who was really impatient to see th outside world she guessed but for him it was still two weeks early for him to come out. Mama's making hot soup for you sweety she mumbled when the doorbell rang.

A five year old boy ran towards the door, opened it and after recieving an invite from the mailman ran back to where she was standing in front of the stove.

"Mum he said it's for you. " handing her the invitation card he ran out of the kitchen.

"Nicholas come back your cocoa is ready. " she said calling the five year old back.

Opening the invite she saw it was to an art exhibition and the artist was none other than Klaus Mikealson.

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Caroline wore a black strapless dress with black pumps her hair pulled back in French knot with a few curly strands left loose around her face giving her an ethereal appearance.

She looked ravishing. Discreetly she entered the art gallery all the while looking for the artist who had invited her.

A painting caught her attention it was a marvelous piece of art which showed that darkness was seeping through every crypt of the ground yet still at the core of it a small angel was trying to shine its light bright and eventually darkness being defeated by the blinding light of that angel.

It brought unmitigated tears to her cerulean blue eyes. Wiping them she rushed to buy it. She knew the artist in question was probably way too busy for her but she still asked the manager of the event that she would like to thank him for such a beautiful and positive contribution to the world.

The manager asked whom should I say is asking for him and she replied, "Tell him it's someone whom he promised a " However long it takes. "

As soon as manager had told him Klaus rushed to where she was standing.

"You came? " Klaus asked and was overwhelmed to see she was pregnant and beautiful. The whole pregnancy thing gave her glow he was completely mesmerized by.

"I had to. You invited me. "

" So what did you want to say to the artist? " he asked moving closer to her.

"I had heard the artist was quite a hunk and personally wanted to thank him for the beautiful piece of art I bought. "

"Welcome then. " Klaus replied standing within an inch of her winding one curl around his fingers.

"Also I wanted to do something if it sucks I won't bother you again. "

"Yeah? "

"Yes. " Caroline replied and kissed him coiling her arms around his neck. The kiss turned from sweet to hot and both felt the baby kick.

" He approves mommy kissing daddy I think we should make him happy more often. " Klaus remarked picking her up in his arms with ease.

"Put me down Klaus you'll break your backbone."

"Love you've been on your feet for so long you need to rest. " Klaus replied sitting down on a sofa and settling her on his lap.

"People are watching. "

"That's only my staff. You were late everybody left. "

"I'm sorry it took me a long time to decide what to wear. I wanted to look pretty for you. "

"You look gorgeous in anything you wear and even more so when you don't at all. " Klaus said and kissed her head.

"Ughh when did you become such a nympho? " Caroline asked kissing his neck.

"When I married you two Christmases ago. You've made me insatiable for you. " Klaus shivered at her kiss and replied with a smirk.

"So I heard Rebekah again left his demon spawn Nicholas for you to babysit. "

"Yeah. But I don't mind since he calls me mum and is a cupcake. By the way I dropped him back at Bekahs. "

Suddenly she got up from his lap and informed him that the baby was coming.

Klaus panicked looked down to see water on the floor and realized that indeed the baby had decided to come on Christmas Eve.

Ten hours later Klaus's hands were full of two miracles Christmas had given him. With his right hand around Caroline and left around his son Henrik he was the most blessed man. And decided Christmas indeed was miraculous.

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