AU: IMPORTANT! My vacation came to an end therefore I will be able to update only once a week over the weekends. It my happen that sometimes it will take two weeks but all depends on how cramped my schedule is.

I do not own TVD or the characters. Everything except for the plot of this story belong to JP. :)

They finally came home after picking up Caroline's bags. Caroline was walking up front with Klaus in tow holding her bags.

"Follow me."

As he went upstairs to put her things in her room.

The room was as expected luxurious. It contained a dark oak king sized bed, right in the middle of the room, and a full dark oak carcass fitted wardrobe. The floor was covered with dark bamboo tiles. A bathroom was connected to the room. Who ever saw Damon's bathroom they would say it looked a lot alike except bigger. It had an in-floor Jacuzzi bathtub with a shower that looked so inviting. The vessel sinks were made out of Carrara marble and the floor was covered in 3 Dimensional limestone panels with texture. It was downright beautiful.

"Wow. Is this how all the rooms in this house look like?"

She had to ask.

"Of course, love. Although the guest rooms are a bit less luxurious."

That confused her.

"What do you mean by guestrooms? Isn't this a guestroom?"

Klaus looked down with a sad smile.

"This was supposed to be Kol's bedroom if we ever came back. You see when we first came to New Orleans he was in the box along with Finn and Elijah insisted to make bedrooms for them both should they be wakened in the future."

Caroline looked around. It did look like Kol's style from what she knows of him which is less.

"It represents his character."

She stated. Klaus nodded.

"I can't take this room, Klaus. It's your brother's room."

He shakes his head.

"Nonsense. It is your room now. It's not like he needs it anymore."

Again a sadness overcame him.

She wanted to say something but knew that all her protests would fall on deaf ears therefor she settled on a sorry.

"What for, love? His death is not your fault. You didn't do it."

It was the truth. His death was not on her hands but on the Gilbert siblings.

"I shouldn't have been so insensitive towards you after his death and I know it's because of me you didn't revenge his death."

Again the truth was being spoken. He showed kindness, forgiveness and pity all for her.

After a few moments of silence he spoke: "Well, join me in the living room after you settle down."

With a nod Caroline began to unpack and Klaus left, closing the door behind him.

After a short amount of time Caroline joined Klaus in the living room where he was sitting on the couch in the 4 figure cross leg position and drawing. He looked so peaceful that it was a sight to behold.

"What are you drawing?"

She asked while moving behind the couch to take a peek over his shoulder at his drawing. Before she could take a look he moved his sketchbook away from her prying eyes.

"You." He looked into her eyes.

"Then why can't I see it? I am the subject after all."

She frowned at him.

"Love, be patient. The drawing is still not done."

Ignoring his answer, she leaned over the couch trying to pry the sketchbook from his hands, but he moved it away from her reaching hands.

That caused her to fall forward right into Klaus arms. If anyone saw them now, they would think they were about to kiss or stopped kissing to gaze into each others eyes. Caroline was gripping his upper-arms and leaning into his chest while Klaus had his arms wrapped around her.

It took a few minutes of silence for them to compose themselves. Caroline was the first to break their gaze. She sat up and with a cough said: "Well... Hum... I have a sneaking suspicion that drawing isn't the only one of me."

Klaus looked at her still a bit dazed from what happened a few minutes before and smiled.

"There are more."

"Then I want to see them."

Klaus was surprised by that but nodded and speeded away to retrieve his sketchbook that was filled with drawings of her.

"I...I..."Caroline tried to find words to describe what she felt when she finished with going through the sketchbook. At the end she gave up and settled on stating the obvious.

"These are beautiful."

Klaus was glad she liked them. Although he was nervous to show her one of the many sketchbooks dedicated to her, fearing she would hate them or started to shout at him that he can't sketch her, he enjoyed watching her going through it.

"I'm glad you like them."

"I love them."

Still watching a drawing of her smiling.

"You can take them, if you want."

He offered.

"No. I can't take them. They are yours."

Caroline tried to give sketchbook back to Klaus but he lightly pushed it back towards her.

"They are mine as much as they are yours, love. I can always make more."

After she still refused to take it he sighed and said: "If it makes you feel better, I have more of them."

Caroline saw that Klaus will keep insisting upon it, therefor she reluctantly agreed to take them.

A voice from the doorway interrupted them.

"Well, what do we have here?"

Klaus turned to the person and snarled.

"Leave Hayley. Now."

At the same time Caroline asked: "What are you doing here?"

Ignoring her question Hayley turned to Klaus.

"I think I'm free to walk this house as I wish since I'm living here."

That made Klaus growl.

"That may be, but this is still MY house. Therefor you will obey me or you will find your heart on the floor."

Hayley smirked.

"You can't kill me or did you forget?"

At that moment Klaus snapped and was in a few seconds in front of Hayley gripping her neck in a tight grip.

"I may not kill you now considering the circumstances, but rest assured when this is all over I WILL hold your heart in my hands."

He released her and she hurriedly scurried away. Caroline was watching the conversation with a confused look.

What is going on? She kept asking herself.

"Klaus."

He turned around at the sound of her voice.

"What is SHE doing here? What does she mean by living here?"

She was standing now, getting closer to him with each word.

"Love, I think you should sit down. There is something I must tell you."

She obeyed still baffled over the whole situation while Klaus started to pace around the room wondering how the hell is he going to explain that Hayley is carrying his child and that is what the witches use to control him, without losing her now that she started to come around.

AU: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Review if you want. I welcome any kind of criticism. ;)