Reagan was sitting on the back patio with his sketchbook and a pencil. Klaus opened the back door and looked at his son.
"It's freezing out here. Where is your coat?"
Reagan smirked but kept his eyes on his drawing. "You sound like Mom."
Klaus smiled and sat down across from him. "what are you working on?"
Reagan handed him the book. Klaus looked down at a drawing of Kova. She was laughing with her long hair blowing. Klaus grinned.
"This is excellent."
Reagan shrugged. "I was gonna give it to Mom for Christmas."
"She will love it."
He handed the book back and stared out over the back field. Their was frost on the grass making the entire field look like ice. Reagan spoke quietly.
"Is she really coming for us?"
Klaus looked at him. "Pardon?"
"I heard Hayley and Freya talking. They said that your mother is coming for us. She is going to take Kova and I away from Mom."
Klaus leaned forward. "No one is taking you anywhere."
Reagan nodded and went back to drawing.
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Cami watched as Freya and Hayley decorated the Christmas tree that had been set up in the foyer. She set another box of decorations down and turned to see Klaus walking in from outside. She smiled.
"He still drawing?"
He nodded. "I told him to come in out of the cold."
"I bet he didn't listen."
He chuckled. "He's devoted."
She nodded in agreement. She leaned against the doorframe and looked into the playroom where Kova was having a tea party with her dolls. She spoke quietly.
"She has no idea that she is in danger. The biggest stress in her life right now is all about what Santa will bring her.""
Klaus wrapped an arm around Cami and pulled her tight to his side. "Esther will not get near them. I promise you that."
She looked at him. "That is a hard promise to keep."
She turned and walked upstairs. Klaus stared after her. He knew deep down that she was right.
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On Christmas Eve, Elijah knocked on Cami's bedroom door pulling her attention away from the gifts she was wrapping. He smiled.
"Sorry to disturb you."
She smiled. "You're not."
He walked in and sat down on the edge of the bed. He lifted one of Kova's gifts and smiled.
"I remember buying this stuff for Hope."
Cami nodded. "They grow up too fast."
"They do."
He set the toy aside and turned serious.
"Niklaus is worried about you and the children. I know that he is terrible at showing it but he does care. They way he is with those kids...he is the person that I always knew he could be. You all bring that out in him."
Cami sighed. "What are you getting at?"
"Just that I think you two have a chance here to be a real family. You are already a Mikaelson in my siblings and I's opinion."
She looks at her hands. "I just do not know where we stand."
"I understand. I truly do. Maybe you two need some time alone to work through things."
Cami barked out a laugh. "Yeah like that is going to happen."
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Later on that night they all gathered in the den. Hope carried Kova down the stairs and showed her the Christmas tree. Once they were all there Cami set her tablet on a table. Klaus cocked his brow but then the rest of his family filled the screen. Elijah smiled.
"A family Christmas?"
Cami nodded. "Exactly." She then turned to Klaus. "Well the kids and I have a tradition that you all do as well."
He looked curious. "What?"
Reagan walked in and answered his question. "Fire's ready Mom."
Klaus looked out the front door and saw the bonfire. He groaned.
"Really?"
She nodded and handed him a notepad. "It's tradition."
They all filled out their wishes then burned them. Cami stared into the depths of the fire. She watched as her paper caught fire then disintegrated into ashes. She heard Klaus behind her.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
She smiled. "Last time you asked me that I died."
He chuckled and stepped next to her. "Well tonight I can assure your safety."
She nodded. He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close. She spoke to him softly.
"Will you promise me something?"
"What?"
She turned and looked at him. "I want you there. When these babies are born."
He softened and kissed her. "I promise I will be there."
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Cami was woken the next morning by Kova jumping on the bed.
"Mommy! Daddy! Santa Claus came!"
Cami sat up and smiled at Kova. "Go wake your brother and sister."
"Okay."
She ran out of the room. Klaus groaned and flipped onto his back. "That is going to end in an argument."
Cami laughed and kissed his temple. She slipped out of bed and made her way to the kitchen. Freya and Elijah were already there with coffee in hand. Freya held out mug of tee.
"I figured that you needed this."
Cami took it gratefully. "Thanks. Did Kova wake you?"
Elijah shook his head. "We were already awake. I had a few last minute things to finish."
Before Cami could ask Klaus walked in and accepted coffee from Elijah. They then heard Reagan.
"Get out of my room Kova!"
Cami sighed. Kova came downstairs with her very annoyed siblings behind her. Hope held her head.
"Please let her go in there."
Cami laughed. "Go on Kova."
Kova ran in excited and squealed. When the adults walked in they saw why. There was a handmade dollhouse that was a replica of their house. Kova opened it and revealed tiny handmade furniture. Hayley whispered to Elijah.
"So that is what you spent the past week working on."
He shrugged. "Santa is excellent."
Cami rolled her eyes. Kova grinned at the little dolls that also went with the house. Hope looked at her new art easel while Reagan examined his new guitar. Soon the foyer was filled with brightly colored wrapping paper. Kova held up a pink polka dot ceramic tea set smiling.
"Look what Aunt Freya got me."
Cami smiled and kissed her forehead. "That's beautiful."
Hope reached a gift and looked at it curious. It was a gold amulet in the shape of a crescent moon with a single diamond. She looked at Hayley.
"Thank you Mom."
She smiled. "I figured it was time to pass it on."
Reagan opened hiss gift from Hayley. A modern record player with vintage records. He looked at the ones she had given him. He laughed.
"Guns N Roses?"
Hope grinned. "Oh Sweet Child of Mine."
He rolled his eyes. "Okay that was weak."
She shrugged. As Cami looked around she realized that this was the first Christmas where she didn't feel like something was missing. It felt right. But that simply meant that something bad was about to happen.
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