Hope came home from school and found Cami fixing Kova a snack in the kitchen. She set her bag on the counter.

"Can you watch Dad tonight?"

Cami laughed. "He's not a dog. He can take care of himself."

Hope rolled her eyes. "I meant with Ethan coming over and all."

Cami nodded. "I will make sure that he behaves himself."

Klaus walked in and looked at them curious. "Who behaves?"

Cami looked at him. "Hope's boyfriend is coming over to watch a movie. You will leave them alone."

Klaus looked at her stunned. "Boyfriend?"

Hope sighed and sat down next to Kova. "He's really sweet Dad and he is excited to meet you."

Klaus rolled his eyes. "He better be a perfect gentlemen."

Cami smiled and kissed Hope's forehead. Later on Cami found Klaus in the library painting. She handed him a scotch and spoke quietly.

"Ethan is good for Hope. Please behave."

Klaus flashed her his crooked smile. "Oh I will be a perfect gentleman but if he falls short of my standards for her I will compel him into priesthood."

Cami rolled her eyes. "Keep in mind you have another daughter yet that you can intimidate the boyfriends of. This is Hope's first love. Even if it doesn't last she loves him. Hurting him will hurt her and you two are already worlds apart as it is."

He sighed. "I know." He set his palette and paintbrush down and sat on a stool. "I feel guilty being here with her when Hayley is being forced to stay away."

Cami shrugged. "Have her come. As long as Kol and Rebekah stay away at the same time...when Freya leaves have Elijah and Hayley come here."

He nodded. "Perhaps that will be best."

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Ethan walked into the house confident. He walked into the kitchen where everyone was gathered. He smiled at Cami.

"Hello Mrs. Mikaelson thank you for letting me come over."

Cami nodded. "No problem."

Hope motioned to Klaus and Freya. "Ethan this is my dad, Klaus and my Aunt Freya."

Ethan extended his hand to Klaus. "Pleasure to meet you Mr. Mikaelson."

Klaus shook his hand. Freya smiled.

"Pleasure to meet you Ethan."

Ethan then looked at Kova and smiled at her. He handed her a single red rose. "This is for you Kovie."

Kova took it and smiled. "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Hope grabbed his arm. "We'll be in the den."

Cami nodded and watched as they disappeared. Freya looked at Kova.

"How about you go get your pajamas on and i'll come up and tell you a story."

Kova nodded excited. "Okay."

She ran upstairs while Reagan stood and put his dishes in the sink. He followed her up a few minutes later. Soon only Cami and Klaus were left in the kitchen. Cami was clearing the table when Klaus spoke to her.

"Mrs. Mikaelson?"

She glanced over her shoulder. "Huh?"

"He called you Mrs. Mikaelson."

She sighed and nodded. "I changed my name a few months ago."

He looked at her stunned. "Why?"

She shrugged. "Camille O'Connell died over fifteen years ago. Besides all of the kids are Mikaelsons and correcting people was getting annoying."

He nodded and then spoke quietly. "Fifteen years seven months and 12 days." She looked at him confused and he elaborated. "The day you died."

She tried to make a joke out of it. "Thanks for remembering."

He cracked a small smile and pulled her into his arms. He pressed his lips firmly to hers. Cami felt her knees starting to give way. He had just slipped his tongue in her mouth when Freya walked into the room.

"Oh sorry."

Cami and Klaus pulled apart and went back to clearing the table.

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Klaus opened the door and let Elijah and Hayley inside. Hayley looked around.

"Where's Hope?"

He smiled. "Upstairs. I'll get her."

He walked to the foot of the stairs and spoke a little louder than usual.

"Hope can you come downstairs for a moment?"

A minute later Hope came down the stairs. She paused and then grinned.

"Mom?"

Hayley stared at her awestruck. Hope flew down the stairs and hugged her tight. Hayley smiled and kissed her forehead. Hope then hugged Elijah.

"Are you guys staying for a little while?"

They nodded. Elijah reiterated. "At least a week or two."

Cami walked downstairs with Kova in her arms and grinned. Elijah pulled her into a hug then looked at her.

"Thank you for having us Camille."

"Of course."

Klaus smiled and lifted Kova out of Cami's arms. Hayley smiled at the little girl.

"Hello what is your name?"

Kova smiled. "Kova."

Hayley shook her hand. "It's nice to meet you. I'm Hayley."

Elijah smiled at her. "You are as beautiful as your mother."

Kova grinned and laid her head on Klaus's shoulder. Klaus kissed her forehead and turned when he heard Reagan come into the room. Reagan smiled.

"Hey Uncle Elijah."

Elijah smiled and hugged him. "Well you are turning into a fine young man Reagan."

He grinned. He then shook Hayley's hand. He spoke unsure.

"Umm what do I call you?"

Hayley grinned. "Hayley is fine."

"Hayley it is then."

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Cami walked into her office and found Stefan waiting. He was tossing a stress ball into the air. He grinned at her.

"Hey. Got a minute?"

She grinned and sat in her desk chair. "Lay down on the couch."

He chuckled. "Not that kind of minute."

Cami nodded. "What's up?"

He sat down in a chair next to her desk. "How are you doing with all of this?"

"All of what?"

He threw her a look. "Klaus and Hayley being back in Hope's life, in your kid's lives, and in yours. Cami that is a lot of change and on top of it all you're pregnant."

She sighed. "I don't know." She looked passed him out the window as she spoke. "It has taken me ten years to figure out who I am in this life and now...now I am questioning that again."

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Hope came home from school and found Elijah, Hayley and Klaus in the kitchen talking. She looked around confused.

"Where's Cami?"

Klaus shrugged. "She isn't home from work yet."

Hope furrowed her brow. "Well the kids should also be home by now."

She grabbed her phone out of her backpack and dialed. Cami answered on the third ring.

"Hello?"

Hope gave a sigh of relief. "Hey it's me. Where are you? I was starting to worry."

"Reagan is hanging out with Aiden and Kova and I are hiking to her magical stream."

Hope cocked her brow. "Your letting them have fun before homework is done? Did you hit your head?"

Cami laughed dryly. "I figured you could use some time with your parents alone. So I'll pick Reagan up and we'll grab some dinner out to give you all plenty of time."

Hope nodded. "Okay. Are you sure that you don't want me to pick up Reagan?"

"I'm sure. See you later."

"Okay. I love you."

"Me too. Bye."

Hope looked at her phone and grabbed her keys. Klaus looked at her.

"Where are you going?"

Hope looked at them. "Something is wrong. Cami never acts like this."

Elijah gave her his full attention. "What do you need us to do?"

"Go get Reagan and make sure that he is really with Aiden."

Klaus cocked his brow. "Who is Aiden?"

"He's Reagan and Kova's art teacher. He lives at the school."

They nodded.

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Hope knew the trail that Cami had been talking about. It was behind the school. She saw Cami's car in the parking lot and looked back at her parents and Elijah.

"Aiden's office is on the first floor, third door on the right."

They nodded and watched as she started into the woods. It didn't take her long to find Cami and Kova. They were skipping rocks in the stream. Hope looked at Cami.

"Hey. Mind if I join?"

Cami looked surprised. "What are you doing out here?"

Hope rolled her eyes. "Mom you were pretty cryptic on the phone."

Kova ran up to her sister and handed her a rock. "Mommy and I are playing with these."

Hope smiled and knelt down. "Wow can you show me?"

She nodded and showed her how she skipped a rock. Hope then looked at her.

"Can you find the magic rocks and bring them to us so we can play longer."

She nodded and ran off. Cami sat down on a boulder and Hope climbed up next to her. Hope looked at her.

"Are you angry with me?"

Cami shook her head. "Of course not Princess."

"Then what is wrong?"

Cami sighed. She was quiet for a few minutes before pulling something out of her pocket. She handed it to Hope. Hope looked at the picture. It was of a younger Cami standing with a boy that looked just like her, a man and a very pretty woman. Then another man who looked like a priest. Hope didn't quite understand.

"Is this you?"

Cami nodded. "That's my family. My parents, my twin brother Sean, and my Uncle Kieran."

Hope nodded. "What happened to them?"

Cami spoke quietly. "My parents were killed in a car crash when I was sixteen. Kieran took a leave of absence from the church and came to take care of Sean and I till we graduated high school. Then I went to college and Sean went off to seminary. A year before you were born Sean was hexed by a witch. He went mad and killed all of his fellow seminary students and then himself. Kieran blamed himself for involving Sean in this life. Then Kieran was hexed and...I asked your dad to kill him. he was suffering and he had the right to die with dignity. I didn't want to let him go. I was selfish. I...I didn't want to be left alone."

Hope looked at her. "Mom you have us. You're not alone."

Cami smiled slightly. "I have taken care of you for ten years. I think throughout time I came to see you as my daughter. I forget that I am not your mother and I have no say in your life really. I think it's time I take a step back and let your mom take over."

Cami had stood and started walking towards where Kova was picking up rocks. Hope grabbed her arm and spoke with force.

"You are my mom. You will always be my mom."

Cami smiled a little. "But you have your mom back."

"Yeah I know that I do. But she can't do the things that you do. She doesn't know how scared I use to get at thunder storms. Or that everytime someone went on a trip I didn't think that they would ever come back. You were there when I got my period, for my first day of high school, first crush, first date, first everything. You are my mom. She is the person who gave me life and has sacrificed a lot for me. But you are the person that I can always count on. Please don't leave me now."

Cami smiled and hugged her tight. "That could never happen."

"Good because I think Dad would actually kill Ethan if you weren't around."

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That night Hope walked into the den and addressed her parents and Elijah. She spoke to them leaving no room for negotiation.

"You are my family. I know that and most of the time I am glad to be a part of this family. But you all have been gone for the majority of my life and for those ten years Cami, Reagan and Kovie have been my family. They mean a lot to me. And Cami is my mom. I want to keep calling her mom and I want her to be treated equal to Hayley." She looked at Hayley. "You are still my mom too. And I love you."

Hayley nodded. "I understand."

Klaus looked at her confused. "What brought all of this about?"

Hope sat down. "Cami felt like she was stepping on you and Mom's toes. She hasn't had a real family since her uncle and brother died so I think she forgets what it's like to have people care about what happens to her. Speaking of which..." She looked at her father with a little gleam in her eye. "When are you going to ask her to marry you?"

Klaus looked at her. "Excuse me?"

"Oh come on you must have thought about it? You guys have two kids together and two more on the way. Besides when you're together you're like magnets. When she moves you move."

Klaus smiled slightly. "Mind your own business Hope."

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