A/N: Is this real life? This is chapter 20…like I've actually written a story that has 20 chapters…and that is now over 40,000 words…what the actual fuck? Haha u guys should go read my first A/N on my very first chapter…and then I'm just looking at the number of reviews and favorites and follows…and I'm in shock! I love you guys! You are the best readers and reviewers I could ever hope for!

Elijah hasn't found out about Kol's death yet…btw… ;)

He heard Elijah's footsteps retreat from the room and then raised both of his hands to cup Caroline's face between them. His thumbs brushed over her cheeks, wiping away the tears as they continued to leak from her eyes

Klaus felt conflicted—she had turned her emotions back on in his presence but she was now upset.

"Why did you turn it back on?" he asked quietly, he didn't particularly like that his siblings were probably listening in on their conversation. At least he suspected that Elijah would have the decency to no eavesdrop. Rebekah was another story entirely.

"What do you mean why? Isn't this what you and Stefan wanted?" she frowned at him through her tears. All that time they had spent trying to get her to turn it back on and he was asking why. "Why does it matter why I did it?"

"It matters why, because you just killed twelve people—you had to have known it would destroy you when you turned it back on. I knew it would, Stefan knew it would—why now?" Klaus asked releasing her face from his hold.

He didn't know where to put his hands, this was new territory for him. Comforting someone else? Who would've thought that he, Klaus Mikaelson would be comforting someone. He settled on letting his hands drop to her shoulders, holding her close but not too close. He didn't want to scare her off now that her emotions were on. Sure emotionless Caroline had been more than happy to dance and seduce him—but the real Caroline, with her humanity—that was a different story.

"I—I don't know—I guess—it's just, that for the first time in a long time, I felt needed," Caroline said stumbling over her words. She didn't know how to explain it, she had liked being close to him. And that scared her. "You called me—me stupid baby vampire Caroline who always gets herself into sticky situations—you called me for help. I wanted to actually be able to feel being needed." Caroline insisted meeting his eyes, his beautiful blue eyes. For a moment she was distracted, it seemed that this was another one of their things, because never before had she gazed into someone's eyes as much as she did with Klaus. It was just so intimate, and when she had been with Tyler she had almost felt guilty sharing moments like these with Klaus.

"Plus I was being selfish to have them off," she said breaking their eye contact and looking at his chest in front of her, focusing on the material of his Henley for a moment to distract herself. "You and Stefan have spent the past two days chasing me all over the place trying to get me to turn it back on. I'm not Elena. I realize that Silas is a bigger problem than my issues."

"Which speaking of, we need to figure out what to do about him—so why don't you go take a shower and then we can, or you can talk to Elijah about the cure," she said quickly not giving him a chance to respond. She didn't know if she was ready to hear his response. She knew that he cared about her, that he loved her—but she didn't know how she felt.

He raised his eyebrows when she mentioned him taking a shower. Was she trying to boss him around?

"Caroline," he said before she could go off on another rant. "I know we have Silas to deal with, but when you want to talk about the witches—I'm here," Klaus offered. Once again he found himself doing something completely out of character.

She met his eyes again, and for once she could see genuine concern there. He really wanted to be there for her, he was really trying.

"As much as I want to take you up on that offer, I just don't think it's a good idea. At least not yet—I mean I just turned my emotions back on, I need more than just a few minutes to sort out what's happened in the past few days," she said quietly.

"Fair enough" he said, finally letting his hands drop. "You're not going to run off on me if I go take a shower are you?"

"No," she said giving him a look that could best be described as mock disbelief that he would suggest such a thing.

He rolled his eyes with a smile and then left the room, shooting her one last glance before he turned the corner. He really did need a shower, especially after digging twelve graves and then sweating and bleeding everywhere.

As Klaus left the room and she heard him walk up the steps, she took a moment to take in her surroundings—which were a mess. Klaus's blood was still everywhere, and it was drying. Well at least she could occupy her time with something she was good at, before there were dried bloodstains everywhere. Cleaning and fixing is what she did best when she was anxious.

She walked out of the room and down the hall in search of some cleaning supplies. First she checked under the sink in the kitchen and grabbed a rag and small bucket. Now she needed some bleach. She stood at the end of the hall near the kitchen for a moment tapping her forefinger against her chin. Laundry room? She set off in search of the laundry room.

She found it around the corner down another hallway and smiled when she saw a bottle of bleach sitting on a rack. She snagged that off the shelf and walked back to the parlor to set to work.

Klaus walked down the stairs and into the room opposite the parlor where his brother was sitting with his glass of scotch.

"Brother," Klaus said nodding his head towards the parlor, indicating he should follow him.

Elijah took another sip of his drink before he set the glass down and followed his brother into the other room.

Klaus stopped in the doorway of the parlor and crossed his arms over his chest, a smile tugging at the corner of his lips.

Caroline was on her hands a knees scrubbing the floor with bleach.

"Sweetheart what are you doing?" Klaus asked leaning against the doorframe with a wide grin.

"Cleaning up!" Caroline said exasperatedly, looking up at him and his little smug grin, she saw Elijah walk up behind him and quirk an eyebrow at her.

"Someone needs to do it," she said tossing the rag into the bucket and standing up to put her hands on her hips. "You know like when everyone left me behind to clean up the huge burn mark on the Gilbert kitchen floor from Kol."

"What?" Elijah asked, furrowing his eyebrows and stepping into the room past Klaus.

"The Gilberts and their merry band of misfits killed another of our brothers" Klaus said quietly.

Elijah spun around to face Klaus. Kol was dead? No, it couldn't be—sure there were times when he had desired to dagger their irritating little brother as well—but dead? And Elena had the audacity to try and guilt him with the fact that Katherine had killed Jeremy?

"Surely it's not true?" Elijah asked in disbelief turning to look at Miss Forbes and then back and Niklaus.

"It is," Caroline said quietly.

While she hadn't known their brother, she would've never approved of killing him. Elena and Jeremy killed thousands of vampires, probably even more—it was selfish, and stupid, and in the end all for nothing because now Jeremy was dead and Elena wouldn't get the cure anyways. Sure the sire bond was a part of it, but she honestly couldn't even recognize the girl who she had grown up with, in this new vampire Elena.

"And you let them off the hook?" Elijah demanded, appalled as he turned to Klaus once more.

"No brother, they will suffer for what they did to Kol—but after we deal with Silas," Klaus said stepping into the room towards Elijah and placing his hand on his brother's shoulder. "Silas has proved that he isn't above manipulating to get the cure—he was in my head. He made me believe I was dying—and right now that takes precedence over the bloody doppelganger."

"I agree, it's about time we start showing these naïve young vampires who we really are—the time for leniency is over," Elijah said nodding in agreement. "We would be mocked if the other supernaturals knew what this mere girl and her Salvatore's have gotten away with."

Caroline looked back and forth between the two brothers as they talked of killing Elena. She didn't know what to say—sure she had wanted to get payback on Elena, but she didn't want her to die. She had to believe that eventually her friend would emerge again—even if it took a century.

She was about to open her mouth and say something when Klaus interrupted.

"So brother, I assume you were more successful than our sister in obtaining the cure?" Klaus asked with another of his smug grins.

"I have not decided who is getting the cure yet Niklaus," Elijah said calmly.

Klaus's hand dropped from his brother's shoulder in disbelief. Deciding? There was no choice on the matter, that cure needed to go towards putting down Silas.

"Brother, did you not hear me when I said that Silas can get into our minds and manipulate us?" Klaus asked raising his eyebrows at Elijah.

"Niklaus, for all I know this could be another one of your many schemes to get what you want," Elijah said calmly as he walked towards the fireplace.

"Schemes?" Klaus uttered out in incredulously. "What could I possibly want so badly with the cure aside from putting Silas down or destroying it so it can't be used against us?"

"Your hybrids—something you have spent your entire existence on this earth trying to make," Elijah said simply turning to stare at him with his hands in his pockets.

"You fail to realize that if we don't put down Silas, he will drop the veil—every supernatural being that has ever died will come back," Klaus growled out stepping towards Elijah as he clenched his fists in frustration and anger. "Including father, and mother—both of whom are hell bent on ending our existence."

Klaus was fuming, was Elijah so blinded by his love for Katarina and his desires to give into Rebekah's whims about being human? "My hybrids are nothing if our mother and father are resurrected—we will all be dead, including any hybrids I make—including Katherine."

When he said that, he saw the flash of emotion in Elijah's eyes, which was quickly replaced with anger. He knew that the second Petrova doppelganger still had his brother wrapped around her finger. If Elijah wouldn't see sense over Silas, he would make him fear for Katherine's life.

"Or have you forgotten that our sire-lines die with us? Would you fate that on dear Katarina. If I die, so does she," Klaus spat out spitefully.

They were interrupted by a cheerful ringtone playing loudly. Both of them whipped around to see Caroline standing frozen by the desk, eyes wide as she watched them practically at each other's throats.

Caroline had never seen Klaus like this. His time he spent with her was when he showed his humanity. Sure he had been ruthless when he had bitten her to get back at Tyler—but against his own brother? Holding threats over his head?

And then she remembered the genuine fear that she had seen in his eyes. He was still afraid, so he was lashing out to get the cure—to get what he wanted so he wouldn't have to fear Silas anymore.

"Caroline," Klaus said suddenly causing her to jump, he startled her. She had been so focused on their fight and her thoughts that she didn't even realize her phone was ringing.

She quickly fished it out of her pocket and saw Bonnie's name flashing on it. She glanced at the two brothers again and then pressed talk, holding it to her ear.

"What's up Bon?" she asked trying to sound cheerful and failing miserably.

"I think I know how to take down Silas"

A/N: I know, I know… I use — that thing too much…whatever…I'm not a real writer…and I like to cut my dialogue into pieces instead of one rushed out paragraph that would leave any real person gasping for air…ok they have made progress in their relationship…but I don't think shes at the 100% confide in Klaus about my guilt and fears stage yet…

That's right Elijah is classy in his mind too…he refers to Caroline as Miss Forbes in his mind!

Oh my fucking god… I thought that nothing could make me not watch The Originals but Julie made it happen.

How could they make the MOST HATED character pregnant with the MOST LOVED character's baby?

SIGH…this was too much…this episode I mean…but here u guys go! A chapter to hopefully make it better…my gift to you ;)

Reviews and suggestions please?! I'm in need of some awesome reviews after that god awful episode…