AN: Thank you all that reviewed and favorited and liked my story. I was kinda surprised that you guys wanted this one shot to be more. So fine I give into peer pressure. Here's another chapt. I'm going to be make this a holidays edition fic. and yes I like chibi klaroline! See you at the bottom!
Klaus was drawing with his crayons on whatever paper he could find. Elijah was trying to figure out to make macaroni and cheese from the blue box. He was told children loved eating it. He was reading the box for instructions. Klaus heard Caroline laugh outside and looked out the window. He saw her running around jumping into a pile of leaves. She laughed and then her mother came running over.
"Caroline! How many times have I told you?!" Liz yelled
"Sorry mommy" Caroline said as she got up
"Since you have all this energy you can pick up these leaves"
"Mommy!" Caroline whined
"Make sure you put them in the bag"
"Ok Mommy"
Caroline bent down and picked up the leaves and put them in the bag. She saw Stefan and Damon riding their bikes down the street.
"What you doing blondie?" Damon asked
"Puting leaves in a bag" Caroline answered
"Why?" Damon asked
"My mommy's making me"
"Let's go Damon before dad finds out we're gone" Stefan said
"Boys where are you?!" their father yelled
"Time to go!" Damon rode off
Caroline watched Stefan and Damon ride off. She saw their father chasing after them.
"Get back here! You have chores to do!"
Caroline giggled to herself and went back to picking up leaves. She looked up and saw Klaus in the window. She waved to him. He waved back. He heard Elijah yell and a pot smash to the floor. He looked outside his room and saw Elijah looking down at the pot of spilled and half cooked macaroni on the floor. Elijah sighed and bent down to pick it up. Klaus quickly hid in the closet.
Elijah finished cleaning up the mess and went to find Klaus. They were going to be eating take out again. He walked into the room and wondered where Klaus went.
"Niklaus? Where are you?" Elijah called out
He looked and saw Klaus's crayon drawings on the table. He looked under the bed wondering where he went. Klaus was trying to be quiet as he hid in the closet. He didn't want to be found. He knew from before when something bad happened it was always his fault. It didn't matter if his mother dropped something, or if Mikael had a bad day, it was always his fault.
The closet door opened and the light blinded Klaus. He shut his eyes. He wrapped his arms protectively around himself.
"What are you doing in here?" Elijah asked
Elijah looked at Klaus wondering what the boy was doing.
"Well my attempt at making dinner has failed again. I suppose we're ordering out again. Pizza?"
Klaus opened his eyes and looked at Elijah.
"You don't want pizza? How about mexican? I thought all kids liked tacos"
Klaus looked at Elijah confused. Elijah bent down to Klaus's level.
"I'm not very good at this cooking thing as you can see. I'm looking for a nanny who can cook, or maybe I should just look for a cook. Either way we're ordering dinner. Or maybe we should go out"
Elijah held onto Klaus's hand as they walked down the street. They walked past a window and Klaus stopped. He looked into the window and saw a man tossing pizza dough into the air. He was amazed. He watched as they made the pizza. He saw the pizza come out of the oven and watched as it was being sliced up. Klaus flinched and backed away from the window.
"No pizza?" Elijah asked
Klaus shook his head. Pizza reminded him of what he ate when he lived with Mikael. Ester wasn't always able to cook so she would get a pizza instead. It would always be pizza, stale, cold pizza. Sometimes he wondered how old it was.
Elijah and Klaus kept walking and stopped at a mexican restaurant.
"Kids like tacos right?" Elijah asked
Klaus looked up at him confused. Elijah took him inside. They sat at a table and Klaus looked around. The waitress gave him a place matt and crayons. Elijah noticed that Klaus was happier when he was able to draw.
Caroline was in the italian restaurant with her mom trying to eat spaghetti with her fork. Liz was eating her dinner with she felt something hit her. She looked around. She turned back to her food when she felt it again.
"Careful, you're gonna get caught" Stefan whispered to his brother
"You be quiet, bet you I can hit her again" Damon said
Damon starting flicking his peas off his plate with his finger towards Liz. Liz turned around and glared at them. She couldn't prove it was them but she had a hunch. Stefan starting flicking his peas as well. Damon and Stefan started laughing together and then immediately stopped when their father appeared again.
"What are you two up to now?" their father asked
"Nothing pop" Damon answered
"You two, behave"
Their father's phone went off again and he went to answer it. Stefan grabbed a meatball from his father's dinner. He threw it at a waiter walking by. Stefan and Damon were quiet and didn't say anything as the waiter looked around. Damon reached for a meatball when the waiter left and threw it in Caroline's direction. It landed on her table and Caroline looked up and saw Damon. She narrowed her eyes and threw a meatball back at him.
"Caroline!" Liz yelled
"He started it!" Caroline yelled back
"Food fight!" Stefan yelled
Damon wasted no time in throwing his food at Caroline. Stefan joined in. Their father turned around and saw his two sons throwing food.
"Stop this at once!" he yelled
Damon and Stefan stopped and looked down at the table.
"i can't take either of you anywhere. You're both a bad influence on each other!"
"Sorry pop" Damon said
"We're leaving, now"
Klaus was enjoying his taco, eating with his hands. Elijah watched his brother eat and wondered how long it would take before he would talk to him normally. Klaus managed to say a few words to him. It was a start. He had to take Klaus to see the child psychologist later in the week. He hoped that he would get better.
Klaus looked over and saw Damon and Stefan covered in food standing by the door with their father. He wondered what happened to them. Their father was ordering food to go. Damon saw the giant sombrero on an inflatable cactus and ran over to it. Stefan followed. Damon knocked the cactus over and put the sombrero on his head. Stefan took the macaranas off the wall and started shaking them as he ran off with Damon.
"Boys!" their father yelled
Damon and Stefan ran through the restaurant. Damon grabbed a burrito off someone's plate and Stefan grabbed a taco. Damon bit into his burrito and spit it out.
"Ew" Damon said as he grabbed another taco off someone's plate
Damon and Stefan kept running until their father caught them. Elijah asked for the bill and started to leave with Klaus.
"You two are going to be the death of me. Can you keep out of trouble for a minute?" their father yelled
Elijah held onto Klaus's hand as they walked out. They ran into Liz and Caroline.
"Nik!" Caroline yelled as she ran over to him, letting go of her mother's hand
"Caroline, you can't just run off like that" Liz said
Klaus smiled at Caroline. He wondered why she had spaghetti in her hair.
"I like tacos, do you?" Caroline asked
Klaus nodded
"Me too. I like the green stuff they put on it" Caroline said
"Didn't feel like cooking tonight?" Liz asked
"More like my attempt at cooking ended up on the floor" Elijah said
"It happens. You get better after a while"
"I doubt that. I need to hire a cook or a nanny or both"
"I haven't seen Klaus in school yet. Caroline's wondering where he is"
"I have to take him to see a therapist first. They have to see if school is an option for him right now."
"Oh, of course. What are you doing for Thanksgiving?"
"I'm not sure"
"I only ask because you just said you weren't good at cooking. Caroline and I are spending it at the Lockwoods. It's a tradition of sorts being that its just me and Caroline, we can't eat a whole turkey. Carol Lockwood invites a few small families over because it's just her and her son"
"I wouldn't want to intrude"
"Oh no, she would love to meet you and your brother. She has a boy around his age."
"I'll take it under consideration"
"How come you're not at school?" Caroline asked
Klaus looked confused. He had never been to school.
"You should come, it's fun. They have construction paper, and paste, and crayons! And they let us make this turkey with our hand!" Caroline beamed
Klaus watched her as she explained how to make a turkey with her hand. Tracing along the outline of her hand and explained where the feathers were. She lifted up his hand and pressed her hand against it. She traced along both the outsides of their hands to show how to draw a turkey.
"Let's go Caroline" Liz said
"Ok, bye Nik, see you soon" Caroline waved as she went off with her mom
Klaus waved to her and smiled.
"You know she's too young for you" Elijah joked
Damon burst through the restaurant door with the sombrero still on his head. He ran down the street while Stefan ran behind him holding the inflatable cactus. Their father ran out and chased after them.
"Boys!"
Klaus sat in the room filled with toys. He looked down and didn't move. The child psych doctor sat there watching him.
"Would you like to draw? Your brother says you like to draw"
Klaus didn't say anything.
"I'm Dr Meredith Fells, but you most kids can't say my name. You can call me Dr M ok?" Meredith placed a blank piece of paper in front of him and a box of crayons. Klaus looked up as he had never seen a box so big with so many colors before. He hesitantly reached out for the box and pulled it closer to look at it.
"You can draw whatever you want. You're safe here, no one will hurt you. I can bring your brother back if you want"
Klaus nodded. Meredith got up and went to the other room where Elijah was. There was a mirror there, he was able to watch the session. Elijah got up.
"I looked at your brother's file. It's amazing how he's even still functioning." Meredith said
"I don't know what to do, he barely speaks to me. I'm not a parent"
"No, you're his brother, and you're doing the best you can. He's been through a lot. I've read the medical records. I've never seen a child suffer so many injuries."
"Can you help him?"
"Yes, but I'll need your help. How long have you had him?"
"2 weeks"
"has there been any change in his behavior?"
"I took him out for halloween, he went trick or treating with a group of children. One girl in particular he seemed to warm up to"
"Children are very resilient. You should let him interact with kids his own age. Make him feel at ease. He needs to feel safe"
"One of the parents asked why he wasn't in school. Is it too soon for him?"
"A bit. He needs some time. School may be overwhelming for him, the kids, the teachers, the social structure and he's not familiar with it yet. But letting him interact with other kids is a good idea. I know you might feel he's behind in school, but he needs to feel safe. He'll catch up. Is he eating?"
"I'm not a good cook, I end up ordering out, which I know is not very healthy for a child"
"He looks good, I know when you found him he was incredibly emaciated. And that his diet was comprised mostly of old, stale pizza. No way for a child to live"
"Pizza?"
"Yes, the report stated that your brother's room was littered with old pizza boxes. Most of the pizza was old and stale but there was no other food there. And all the pizza boxes had drawings on them. It showed that your brother had some hope"
"He is quite resilient isn't he?"
"Yes he is. How has he reacted to people touching him?"
"He only lets me hold his hand, and that's when he feels uncomfortable in public"
"Alright, so those are his limits. Does he lash out?"
"No, he's very quiet, too quiet for a child"
Elijah was looking over his notes. He was still in law school studying. He had gained his inheritance when he turned 18 and never looked back at his family. though part of him regretted that decision as he left Klaus at the hands of his father. He rubbed his eyes and put his notes down. He was taking care of his younger brother who barely spoke to him. He heard the sound of the kettle and got up. He walked to the kitchen where he found Klaus standing on a chair reaching in the cupboard. Klaus took out the box and jumped down from the chair. He turned off the stove and Elijah realized that Klaus had set up a tray with a teapot and teacup. He saw Klaus set the cookies on a plate and turn back to the chair. He moved the chair to the stove and Elijah watched in horror as Klaus climbed up and reached for the kettle.
"Niklaus!" Elijah yelled
Klaus flinched and turned and saw Elijah running towards him. Elijah stopped before reaching out and grabbing him.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt? Don't do that, it's very hot!"
Klaus only nodded.
"You scared me, don't ever do that again please Niklaus"
Klaus nodded not looking up.
"I'm sorry if I yelled, but you scared me" Elijah hugged him
Klaus's body stiffened at the touch. But he relaxed when Elijah held him.
"If anything had happened to you, I don't know what I would have done" Elijah said
Klaus heard Elijah's words and realized he did care. He lifted his arm up and touched Elijha's arm that was wrapped around him.
"I'm not very good at this Niklaus, you'll have to forgive me, I've never taken care of a child before."
"It's ok Lijah" Klaus said
Elijah lifted his head up at the tiny voice he had heard. He looked at Klaus. He smiled.
"When did you learn how to make tea?" Elijah asked
"Mommy" Klaus whispered
Elijah could see his little brother making tea for their mother. He could see him carrying the tray out to her. He could see his little brother taking care of her the best a child could.
"Let's have tea" Elijah said as he stood up.
Klaus jumped down from the chair and followed Elijah back to the table.
"Do you like tea?" Elijah asked
Klaus shook his head
"Well you should, you are British"
Elijah knocked on the door of the Lockwood's house. Klaus was standing next to him, dressed up in a mini suit just like Elijah. Klaus fidgeted with the tie around his neck. The door opened and Carol saw him.
"Hello there. You must be Elijah" Carol said
There was a crash and she turned around. She saw Damon, Stefan and Tyler standing around a shattered vase.
They all looked at each other and pointed.
"He did it!" they all said
"Tyler!" Carol scolded
"Run!" Stefan said
The three boys ran off. Caroline saw Nik and she ran out towards the door.
"Nik!" she grabbed onto his hand and pulled him in
He followed her inside as she ran down the hallway. He didn't know where she was taking him. They stopped in a large living room. There were crayons, paper, markers and an etch a sketch. Caroline led him over to the table where she was coloring.
Klaus sat down next to her and started to draw with the crayons. Caroline sat next to him. Klaus looked at the pink ribbons in her hair that went with the pink dress she was wearing. The skirt was almost like a tutu.
Elijah was trying to get away from Carol. She had made her advances towards him known.
"I need to check on my brother" Elijah said
"Oh, I heard what happened to him. Terrible. My son is the same age as him. He also had to deal with his abusive father"
"Oh"
"Yes, I'm glad that I had the strength to get away from him" Carol said as she invaded Elijah's personal space
"I need to see my brother. NIklaus where are you?!" Elijah started running
He found Klaus sitting with Caroline drawing. He looked over at what he was drawing. It was a house, with what appeared to be Elijah and Klaus and then leaves outside the house, with a blond girl with pink ribbons standing next to the pile of leaves.
There was another loud crash and everyone went to see what it was. They looked into the hallway and it was Tyler riding his bike inside pulling Stefan and Damon who were on skateboards. They were bumping into stuff as they went down the hallway, before finally crashing into the grandfather clock at the end of the hall.
"We're ok!" Damon announced as he got up
"Boys!" their father yelled
"TYLER!" Carol yelled
"Welcome to Thanksgiving at the Lockwood house" Liz said
I've realized Damon & Stefan's dad has a name. It's a really long name. And I'll use it next time. But now who wants turkey?