AN: Thank you for all the support! Please read and review!

"Are you ready to talk now, love?"

"Yes" Caroline uttered firmly. There was no point in postponing the inevitable, as much as she would have liked to do so. Truth be told, she was not the only one. Even though Klaus hated beating around the bush, in this particular situation he was not certain that he wanted to hear her answer, but he knew they had to have this conversation as without it there was no moving forward ad he was frankly tired of being stuck in the same place when she was concerned. They have been at it for a century now and it was time to move on, it was now or never.

"Shall we" Klaus pointed towards the living room before grabbing the plates he just finished preparing for them to enjoy.

"We shall" Caroline said in a quiet voice, not trusting herself not to start rambling because of her nerves.

After they were both seated around the coffee table with the plates in their laps silence was omnipresent before one of them, the one being Caroline dared to break it.

"Thank you so much for not turning me away. I know that me coming here was not expected, especially after all this time, but I dare to hope that it is a positive sign." Caroline said standing up and walking to kneel in front of Klaus as she wanted to see his expressive eyes. She had always been able to tell what he was feeling based on the look in his eyes, in the beginning it scared her, but now she welcomed it. Not many managed to master the skill, but she was one of the lucky few.

"I am here to stay, if you let me that is." Caroline said in the end in a surprisingly unwavering voice. It was clear that she meant it as her voice did not leave any space for doubts or interpretation.

"I know" Klaus whispered. He knew it before she even showed up, but hearing her say it made his heart skip a beat. He waited for so long to hear her say that she was choosing him, until he convinced himself that he should let her go and focus on the relationship he was in at the time.

Caroline was slightly confused when she heard Klaus' answer as she could not comprehend how in the world he still believed in her after so long.

"How?" Caroline said in a small voice.

"When I said that I was going to be your last, I meant it. As hard as it might be to believe love, in the short time we spend together back in Mystic Falls, I learnt quite a few things about you. You were young and you needed time, but I knew that one day you would be back to stay." Klaus said firmly before adding in a much lower tone, as if he were ashamed "But I have to admit that at some points I started wondering whether it was all in my head, or if maybe I wanted you to be mine so badly that I lost track of reality, but despite it all, something deep inside told me that one day we would be reunited. I honestly do not know how to explain it as it is not something I ever felt before."

"Oh Klaus" Caroline said with tears in her big baby blue eyes.

"None of that, love. You are here now and that is all that matters." Klaus said with a tone of finality, but in this case it just meant that the chapter was finally closed, but that a new one was about to start.

The next hours were passed in the same manner, the two of them sitting on the living room floor as Klaus decided to join his beloved, enjoying each other's company and talking about everything they missed in each other's lives.

"Thank you. I should have it said long ago, but thank you for telling me that it was not a crime to love the things I did not understand. You were right and I do not know what I would have done if it weren't for your words. Spending time with my two little girls… It was something I never thought I would get to experience, especially after Katherine decided to kill me just to get back at my friends and of course to have someone to use in breaking your curse."

"No love, no need. You would have figured it out on your own as that is who you are. Someone as bright and full of light as you would have never been able to abandon two little girls, no matter how they came to be."

"Thank you anyway, for your words as well as your faith in me. Speaking about little girls, where in yours?" Caroline said once more confused as she just realized that Hope was not home despite the fact that she was convinced that she was spending most of her time with her father as in her mind there was not way someone like Klaus would allow his princess to be far away from his watching eye.

"Hope is travelling and discovering the beauties that this world has to offer. They all left, you just missed Elijah." Klaus said slightly frustrated. He could still not believe that he actually allowed Camille to convince him that Hope should be allowed to live her life far away from him.

"Don't worry overprotective papa!" Caroline said in a teasing tone with a smile on her face. It was cute seeing the big bad wolf being an overprotective daddy. It was nice seeing him able to love someone more than anything in the world.

Klaus wanted to say something, but he realized that she was right. He was an overprotective father, but so what? Hope was and will always be his little girl. He was blessed to have her to begin with even though she was born from one of his many mistakes. Just like Caroline, Klaus never thought that he would ever have a child, least of all that he would love her. Hope was his blessing, one of the few beautiful and pure things in his life like Caroline and Cami.

After so many hours they just started scratching the surface of things as over one hundred years is a long time and many things happened in between. They were quickly approaching the heavy stuff as it was obvious from their conversation and Klaus knew that he had to tell her about Camille, but he simply did not know how.

"Love?"

"Hmm" Caroline said not paying attention as she just started cleaning up their plates.

"After you take those, there is something else I need to talk to you about."

"What is it?" Caroline asked slightly afraid of his answer, but she tried to remind herself that he wanted her here and that everything will be all right.

"Nothing bad, I promise. Just hurry back" Klaus said with a tint of a smile as he realized that she was afraid of what he had to say and he wanted to push those fears away before he started talking.

Caroline left the plates in the sink, and even though she wanted once more to avoid Klaus, she hurried back.

"Okay" Klaus said once she got settled back next to him on the carpet. "Here it goes."

TBC

AN: Thanks for reading! Don't forget to review! Also, I will try to get another chapter out soon, but it will probably be next weekend due to coursework…