I know I'm not the only one

Caroline stands in front of them, eyes shining with unshed tears as she looks into his eyes.

'Klaus'.

She whispers her voice broken as he stares back at her stoically at the hurt and confusion in her eyes as her eyes go back to the women he has his arm protectively around.

'I'm pregnant'.

The words repeat over and over in her mind torturing her.

She finds him watching her with a steely gaze as Cami rest a hand the small bump of her stomach and gives Caroline a sympathetic smile.

'Caroline, you need to move on with your life and accept that it's over'.

She looks at Cami who looks at her like an injured child and then back at him.

'No, tell me this a lie, Klaus this is supposed to be us remember, you told me that you intended to be my last love, no matter how long it takes, how can you not remember that'.

She pleaded not looking at Camille but at Klaus who showed no recognition of those words.

'I never truly loved you Caroline, you where nothing more than a distraction from what I truly wanted from who I truly loved and that is Camille'.

'No'

She screamed and it was now he stepped away from Camille and came towards her as she let the tears fall, she didn't care he had broken her.

'You love me, I know you do'.

She hands beating against his chest as she felt her world crumbling around her.

'Please don't do this to me, Klaus please you promised me'.

She begged looking at him to find no sympathy in his eyes as he grabbed her arms.

'I'm not in love with you Caroline, I have everything I want the women I love and child who I will love dearly and you need to let me go'.

'No'.

Caroline woke up with a start, heart racing.

She looked around the room, her bedroom, no the bedroom she shared with Klaus.

She and Klaus were married, madly in love with each other and had a beautiful daughter who slept peacefully across the hall from her and Cami was no part of her life.

'I was dreaming'.

She whispered to herself looking down at Klaus who was lying on his stomach beside her.

She brushed her hand through his hair and sighed, as she tried to shake the nightmare from her mind.

She tried to close her eyes and but every time she did she saw Cami's face staring back at her with a smile as Klaus stood beside with hate in his eyes for her and she couldn't take it.

She had been trying to keep herself together since she overheard Cami and Rebekah's conversation but 3 days had gone past and she was still finding herself feeling insecure about the part of Klaus's life that came before her.

She knew she had no reason to feel the way she felt, she was with Klaus he did love her but part of couldn't help but torture herself with thought so what if and she hated it.

She didn't even realise that she had started to cry or that Klaus was awake until she felt his hand on her arm as he pulled her down gently into his awaiting embrace.

She didn't speak but instead fell apart in his arms, she held onto tightly as she let out soft sobs as he ran his hand through her hair.

'Caroline'.

He whispered concerned about that state he had awoken to find her in.

'What happened?'.

He asked her as she sighed.

'I had a bad dream'.

She replied shakily, he made a sound of sympathy and kissed the top of her head.

'It must have been pretty bad for you to be this upset'.

He furrowed his brow as she looked at him and he saw the fear and pain in her eyes.

'Tell me?'.

He whispered.

'It was stupid, I'm being stupid but you hurt me, you were so cruel, you said you never loved me and that I was a distraction, you hated me'.

She whispered into his chest her voice breaking.

'It wasn't real, I could never hate you Caroline'.

'You don't know that I could so something that would make you hate me and I'd lose you forever'.

She whispered sadly.

He stared at her, a frown distorting his handsome features.

'I could never hate you Caroline, I will never stop loving you no matter what'

She looked at him and nodded.

'It hurt so much to see you with someone else to see you happy with someone else, see you building our life with another women and I know it wasn't real but I don't know what I would do if lost-'.

Klaus cut her off by pressing his lips to hers.

She whimpered into his kiss as he flipped her onto her back his body covering hers like a shield.

She feels the tears in her eyes as he whispers her name as if it's the only word he knows.

His lips captures hers softly as he strokes her curves while lying between her trembling thighs.

She closes her eyes for a small moment only to find her dream version of him staring back at her with the coldness that had made her cry.

Only when she opens her eyes again does she find his looking back down at her, stealing her breath, piercing, loving and insistent.

He is giving himself all to her his heart, body and soul.

'There isn't anything I don't love about you'.

Klaus whispered, his words made her sigh as she found comfort in his arms, in his words and in his love for her.

'I love you'.

She whimpered as he leaned down to kiss her again, dipping his tongue into her mouth and revelling in the way it felt as it brushed against hers.

He pulls back to caress her cheek tenderly as he smiles at her dipping a kiss to the tip of her nose.

'I love you too'.

He tells her as he thrusts into her slowly making her whimper his name as she pulls him down to her to kiss her.

He can feel her trembling beneath her and this only makes him holder her closer.

He has no intention of rushing this, he wants her no he needs her to know that she is his perfect fit and nothing or nobody will ever change that.

His touch is feather light against her cupids bow and across her soft lips.

His hand rests on her hip, her breath catches in her throat as his body pushes deeper with in her and his eyes hold her captive with every movement.

He awakens before her that morning, he isn't sure when they fell asleep but he awakens with her bare leg draped over his hip, her head resting against his chest.

He kisses her cheek softly as he untangles her body gently from his own and climbs out of the bed, retrieving his sweatpants from the floor.

In the kitchen Stefan was in the middle of serving pancakes to the girls, he had become the pro in the kitchen especially when it came to breakfast.

He always managed to have everything under control which wasn't easy when he was preparing breakfast for the women in his life.

He poured out orange juice and then turned his attention back to the fruit he was slicing fruit.

He could hear Alexa and Lexi in the living room watching cartoons with Lydia who was pottering around the room, she was still getting used to walking back had been making good progress but when she saw Klaus, she dropped to her knees to a crawl and headed in his direction where he picked her up and smiled as she smiled back.

'Dada'.

She smiled as he kissed her cheek and then brought her into the kitchen with him.

'Morning Stefan, smells good in here'.

Klaus commented as he put Lydia into her high chair

'I thought I'd make the girls pancakes it's their favourite'.

Stefan replied.

'Plus it's a distraction for you with my sister being away'.

Klaus commented and Stefan nodded.

'She's back tonight, I'm surprised you didn't want to take some time away I know tonight's going to be hard on you'.

'It would be harder on me if Mikael was likely to be a guest but Elijah has told our mother that he is not welcome here tonight but having her here is hard on Rebekah, she doesn't your girls to know her any more than I want her to know Lydia but Henry insisted that she be part of this meal and we do this for him not for her'.

'I wish I could make it easier on her, she was so stressed when Charlotte told her to join her and Ava at the Spa I knew it was what she needed but I wish I was able to support her more than I have'.

'You've supported her more than anyone I know and tonight our Mother will see that she has done perfectly fine raising two very beautiful and intelligent daughters without her but with you standing by her and supporting through every step of the way'.

Stefan chuckled before calling to Alexa and Lexi.

'Girls, breakfast'.

'Pancakes'.

Alexa said in delight as sat at the table joined by Lexi who kissed Klaus on the cheek as she sat beside Lydia who was enjoying her jam toast and fruit.

'Good morning Uncle Nik'.

Alexa smiled at Klaus who smiled back as Stefan put a plate in front of her and put three pancakes onto the plate pouring honey onto them just the way she liked.

Repeating the same action with Lexi but instead of Honey he poured on maple syrup.

'Thank you for Breakfast, daddy'.

Lexi told him as he sat opposite her and smiled.

'You're welcome'.

He replied looking at his daughter as she took a bite of her pancake and smiled.

'Do you mind if I steal a few of these for Caroline'.

Klaus asked Stefan who shook his head.

'Go ahead, we'll watch little miss messy'.

Lexi and Alexa both looked at Lydia who held a piece of melon in one hand and a piece of mango in the other and Klaus chuckled as he put a few pancakes on a plate and some fruit into a bowl before putting the plate and bowl onto a tray.

Stefan watched him leave and then looked back at his girls who spoke quietly between themselves in-between bites of pancakes.

It was nice for him to have a moment like this with his daughters, he couldn't really remember the last time had been able to sit down at the table with them.

Instead of him preparing breakfast and then rushing out of the door to catch a flight with half a bagel in his mouth while Rebekah stood at the door with the girls who waved him goodbye.

Caroline smiled as he walked into the room and placed the tray on her lap.

'What's this?'.

'Breakfast in bed for my stunning wife'.

He told her as he sat beside her.

'You're so sweet, thank you honey'.

She pecked him on the lips twice before taking a bite of a strawberry.

He watched her eat and then took the tray from her and placed it on the floor.

'How are you feeling?'.

He asked and she could hear the concern in his voice.

'I'm fine, l don't know what happened before my emotions seem to be all over the place lately, I'm sorry for worrying you'.

'You're my wife it's my job to worry about you'.

'I know but if anyone should be worrying about anyone it should be me, tonight your mother is going to be in this house with our family, I think that's more important than me and my nightmares don't you'.

'It's one night, I can make it through one meal with her'.

'I'm glad to hear that but if you can't, I've got your back, I always will'.

She smiled as he took her hand and kissed it.

'Are you still going to Sophie's baby shower?'.

He asked and she nodded.

'No but I told her that I would help set up after all I am a baby shower expert, just ask Rebekah and Bonnie'.

'You're a women of many skills'.

Klaus laughed as he kissed her just on the corner of her mouth as she smiled.

'I actually better starting get ready, I don't have a lot of time and I want to spend some time with you before tonight'.

'Sweetheart, you don't have to rush back to us, I'm find spending the day with our girl'.

Caroline nodded.

'I know you are but we haven't really spent that much time together us just as 3, I kind of miss that'.

'I miss it too but's been nice spending this time together all of us a family'.

'It has been but I like it when I get to spend time with our family'.

She replied kissing him so he could taste the sweetness of the strawberry she had just bitten into.

'Be a good girl for Daddy, okay angel',

Caroline tells Lydia as she tickles her making her daughter laugh before showering her face with kisses which make Lydia squeal in delight as she pulls on one of Caroline's curls.

Caroline then looks at Klaus as he holds Lydia who is fussing to be free from his arms so he lowers her to the ground and watches her scamper over to her toys and then looks at his wife who smiles at him.

'Don't be too long'.

He tells her nipping at her bottom lip and she nods.

'I won't'.

She sighs as he puts his hand on her waist and pulls her closer to him, brushing his lips against hers before kissing her fully and then pulling away to let her leave.

Once Caroline was out of the front door and heading towards the taxi that was waiting for her did she pulled out the address Sophie had texted to her and told the cab driver where to go.

Camille was excited to be throwing her best friend of 5 years a baby shower, it was one of her duties as Godmother to her Sophie's unborn child but as Sophie knew Camille didn't have much experience with baby showers so when Sophie had told her not to worry and that she would be sending someone to help that the last person Cami expected to turn up at her front door was Caroline.

'Caroline, Hi I wasn't expecting you'.

She smiled at Caroline stepping aside to let her into the house and Caroline smiled back.

'I thought Sophie would have told you'.

'No that's kind of typical Sophie but I'm glad you're here because I know nothing about baby showers and I have 3 hours to get this place looking like I do'.

'Well help is here and it gives me a chance to get to know you'.

Caroline replied with a small smile.

They worked together, Caroline offering her small tips and Cami accepting her help as they worked they made small conversation about their lives.

'So do you plan on having any children of your own?'.

Caroline asked as Cami handed her a cup of camomile tea and joined her in the garden.

'Not right now but maybe one day when I meet the right person'.

Cami replied.

'What about you any plans for another?'.

Caroline noticed that Cami couldn't look at her as she asked the question.

'Yes actually we would like to have another in fact we've been trying, Lydia was completely unexpected but we adore her'.

'She's beautiful, you must be proud'.

Caroline nodded as she took a sip of her tea.

'You know, I didn't know you knew Rebekah, how did you two meet?'.

Caroline asked.

'Through Marcel, he was always looking out for Rebekah'.

'Oh Marcel, I thought it would have been through Klaus considering he is the one you used to date right?'.

Cami looked at Caroline she saw no hostility in Caroline's eye more confusion than anything and sighed.

'He told you the truth then?'.

'No he didn't I heard you and Rebekah getting into it the other night'.

'Oh, I wish you hadn't heard any of that to be honest that part of my life isn't exactly something I'm proud of'.

'Well you may not be proud of it but I need to know what happened because when I met Klaus, I knew he had his tangles he said someone had betrayed his trust in the past, you have no idea how hard it was for me to get to him to a place where he could be open up to me but even when he did I knew there was something he was keeping from me'.

'You married him, you have his daughter Caroline, what difference does it make if I tell you what you want to hear or not, is it going to change the way you see him will it make you love him any less'.

'Of course not, he's the love of my life but I can see that you also thought he was the love of your life once and I need to know because ever since I found out, all I can think about is you and him being together and me being on the outside, maybe it's my old insecurities coming back out I don't know but for my sanity I need to know the truth'.

Cami looked at Caroline.

'Does he even know you're here?'.

'No but I do plan on talking to him but I needed to talk to you first as someone who is still clearly in love with him?'.

Cami sighed and nodded as she looked at the sky for a moment/

'There was me thinking I was better at hiding my emotions, letting him go was one of the hardest things I had to do and seeing him again was even harder after all this time.

When I first met Klaus I knew he was different from the other guys at our school, while they partied, he painted while they skipped classes, he read or spent time with Marcel those two where as thick as thieves, so completely different from each other but their friendship was unbreakable.

I didn't even know he knew I existed but he did and soon enough we were spending every second of every day together.

I met his family well not his parents, he always made sure I left before his parents came home and he would never invite me around on the weekends instead he spent most of his time at my house.

I would ask about his parents and he didn't give me many answers.

Anyway we had the most normal relationship that any two teenagers could have and then the accident happened and Henrik died and he changed'.

'His brother died'.

Caroline commented and Cami nodded.

'I know but I didn't know that when Henrik died the piece of him the good part of him that I loved so much died too, I knew something was going on at home I wasn't stupid.

I'd seen his bruises but he'd put down to him fighting his brothers which I believed but it wasn't until Henrik's funeral that I witness Mikael's cruelty with my own eyes.

Klaus had told me not to come that it was just going to be family but I didn't listen I wanted to be there to support him, I knew the things people were whispering about him, he couldn't escape the whispers at college while people would tell him how sorry they were to his face behind his back they blamed him for his families lose.

The day of the funeral I arrived to see Mikael throwing him out of the church, he didn't even care that Klaus wanted to say his goodbyes it wasn't enough that Klaus pleaded with him that was sorry or that he was grieving his little brother.

Mikael just didn't care as Klaus tried to get back to his feet brushing dirt and gravel from his suit, Mikael struck him again and again it was horrible to watch.

Elijah and Kol tried to pull Mikael away but he turned on them too, I remember Rebekah crying and Marcel pulling Klaus away from Mikael before he killed him and he would have done it.

The look in his eyes was to kill and it was that day the Klaus I knew died, it was like everything had become too much for him and he started to shut me out but I kept trying and the more I tried the more he pulled away but I wouldn't give up on him I couldn't so I stuck with him even when he would come to my flat with covered in bruises and with blood on his hands.

I stayed with him because I loved him, I let him in my bed because I loved him and I fell pregnant because of my love for him'.

'I don't understand you're saying you loved him but you hurt him'.

Caroline snapped and Cami nodded.

'Let me tell you something Mikael Mikaelson is a cruel man, hell he disowned Klaus as his son but he still wanted to destroy him which is why he came to me out of the blue and told me everything that Klaus had been doing when he wasn't with me.

I knew all about Klaus and the fighting I wasn't an idiot, I found the money his cut from the fighting, I read his messages when he was in the shower.

I was in love but I wasn't a fool but I was because I let Mikael get into my head made me believe that while I was sitting at home with his child growing every moment in my stomach.

He was telling people he didn't believe that the baby was his.

That he didn't even want to have our baby and that it was ruining his life and I believed every word.

My emotions where all over the place and I was already feeling insecure so when he offered me help I took it and I went along with every word he told me to say'.

Caroline let Cami's words sink in as she realised what had happened.

'You had an abortion'.

She didn't even know why she was crying, Cami not having Klaus baby pushed him to leave but Cami had ripped apart of Klaus out of his life.

'I had no choice'.

'You always have a choice, you knew the kind of person Mikael was why would you believe his words, when you witnessed his cruelty first hand'.

'I know I shouldn't have believed him but'.

'But you did, you were carrying his child part of him was growing inside of you and you stole it away from him because his wicked father spread his malicious words into your head and you let yourself believe them.

Don't blame your actions on your emotions, you were weak when you were supposed to be strong and not just for yourself but for your baby for Klaus and you couldn't do it'.

Caroline yelled as she stood up suddenly her glass falling to the floor

'I did you a favour Caroline, if I had kept his baby, there would be no you, there'd be no Lydia, you wouldn't even exist in his world.

My aborting his child was the best thing that ever happened to you'.

'You're a bitch, you did me a favour by breaking him, well thank you for breaking one of the most loving, attentive, beautifully souled person I have ever met.

You didn't deserve his love.

The most tragic part about this isn't just that you took part of Klaus away, you took the life you created together and killed it because of lies.

Part of you was that baby just like it was part of Klaus, so you let Mikael in and you lost something that would love you unconditionally no matter what'.

'I know what I did and I don't want to sit here and be judged on my mistakes by you who has the life I wanted that I was supposed to have and the man who was in love with me when he left this city'.

Sorry to end the chapter like that but it had to be done for the next part for me to move on with the story.

The next chapter will include the family dinner which as I mentioned doesn't go smoothly and leaves a few characters especially Klaus questioning himself and we will find out about Tatia.

The chapter following the next will be very much focused on Klaus and Caroline and go back to the start from the moment Klaus first saw Caroline so there will be a lot of flashback and questions answered so until then enjoy & review.