AN: Hello all! Merry Christmas! Here's another part of the kiddies in Mystic Falls, and what trouble they're getting into!
Klaus stood in the living room, holding a red ornament ball in his hands. He looked at his reflection on it. Katherine was wrapping the tinsel around the tree and looked over at Klaus.
"What are you doing?" Katherine asked
Klaus looked up at her.
"Are you going to talk to me? Or do you only talk when your little blond friend is around?"
Klaus looked at her blankly. Katherine didn't say anything and kept wrapping the tinsel around the tree. Elijah walked into the room and watched Katherine. His eyes roamed down her body and he quickly stopped and looked over at Klaus.
"Klaus, are you having fun decorating the tree" Elijah asked walking over to him
Klaus merely nodded.
"You can put that on the tree you know" Katherine said from behind the tree
Klaus placed the the ornament on the tree branch and smiled. Katherine pulled on the tinsel and the ornament crashed onto the floor. Klaus flinched and stepped back. He looked up at Elijah afraid. Elijah knew whenever anything broke, Klaus would be afraid and try to run. Elijah bent down and took Klaus's hand in his.
"It's alright, it's only an red ornament, there are more of them" Elijah said
Klaus looked up at Elijah.
"I won't ever hurt you, try to understand that, please"
Katherine stood behind the tree quietly, listening. She knew something happened to Klaus, but exactly what no one knew for sure. Elijah didn't share all the details. She listened to Elijah talk to Klaus, try to comfort him and make him feel safe. Part of her wished for an older sibling that cared that much for her.
Elijah held onto Klaus's hand as they walked into the Lockwood house again. Klaus looked back and saw Katherine walking behind them.
"I get the feeling you don't want to be here" Elijah said
"What gave it away?" katherine said
"We won't stay long." Elijah said
"You say that now, but wait till Carol gets her hooks in you" Katherine said standing next to Klaus
Klaus reached up and held onto her hand. Klaus didn't talk to Katherine much, but he did trust her. The door opened and Carol was shocked to see Elijah with Katherine.
"Elijah, I'm glad you made it!" Carol beamed
Damon, Stefan and Tyler were running down the hallways, tossing the wrapped present boxes to each other.
"These are socks!" Damon yelled
"No, I think its underwear!" Stefan yelled as he threw it back
"Lame!" Tyler threw it on the ground
"Tyler!" Carol scolded
The three boys started running away. Stefan bumped into Elena and she fell onto the floor dropping her piece of candy. She started to cry. Katherine walked towards her and picked her up off the ground.
"How many times have I told you? You don't have to cry over every little thing" Katherine said
"But they pushed me"
"Because you let them, stand up and don't get pushed around."
Klaus walked in with Elijah who suddenly felt swarmed and overwhelmed by the women in the town. He glanced over at Katherine who was talking to Elena and wiping her tears away. Caroline saw Klaus and ran over to him. She grabbed onto his hand and pulled him away. He followed her into the other room, where there was a massive Christmas tree. He looked up in awe. There were so many presents under the tree.
Klaus reached out to touch the pines on the tree to see if it was real. He had never seen a tree so big. Caroline reached under the tree and pulled out a small box, wrapped in colorful wrapping paper with candy canes on it with a ribbon. She handed it to Klaus.
"For you Nik," Caroline said
Klaus looked over at her and was surprised. He reached out and took the box from her. He had never received any presents before.
"You're not suppose to open it till tomorrow morning, but I won't tell anyone" Caroline said
Klaus put the box down on the ground and then hugged Caroline. Caroline hugged him back.
"Thank you Caroline" Klaus whispered
"Your welcome Nik"
"No one's given me a christmas present before"
"Really?"
"Yeah"
"Cmon" Caroline said as she led him towards the tree again
Damon, Stefan and Tyler were running around the house again. Damon was running and saw Caroline and Klaus sitting under the tree together. He stopped and walked towards them.
"What are you two doing?" Damon asked
"Nik's never got christmas presents before" Caroline said
"What? No way!" Damon said
"It's true, no one's ever given him one before"
"We'll fix that"
Stefan and Tyler ran into the room.
Carol and the other adults were heading into the dining room. Elena wondered where all the kids went so she ran off to find them. She found them all under the Christmas tree surrounded by wrapping paper, ribbons and bows.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked
"Helping Nik open presents" Damon said
"You can't open it till tomorrow!" Elena said
"Nik's never gotten any christmas presents, so we told him he could open ours" Tyler said
"You're gonna get in trouble" Elena said
"Who's gonna tell them?" Stefan threw a bow at her
"You've never gotten any christmas presents before?" Elena asked
Nik only nodded. Elena sat down with the kids and picked up a box. She handed it over to Nik.
"Here you can have mine" Elena said
Damon picked it up instead and shook it.
"This one is lame, it's a sweater" Damon said tossing it aside
"Hey!" Elena yelled
Elijah and the adults were getting seated in the dining room when they realized none of the children were at the children's table. Elijah got up and went to search for Klaus. He found the children all around the christmas tree, rolling around in wrapper paper, ribbons and bows. He saw Klaus wearing a Santa hat and playing a video game on a small hand held device. Stefan was next to him telling him how to get to the next level. Damon and Tyler were shredding up the wrapping paper. Elena was covered in bows and ribbons. Caroline was dancing around with a few ribbons, twirling them around. Elijah was at a loss for words.
Caroline sat down next to Klaus. She moved a box that was tossed aside towards Klaus.
"This is the one I got for you" Caroline said
Klaus stopped what he was doing and handed the game device to Stefan who readily started playing. He opened the present and inside was a Paul Frank knit scarf, hat and gloves. Caroline took the scarf out and wrapped it around Klaus's neck.
"So you won't be cold" Caroline said
Klaus smiled at her.
"You two are standing under the mistletoe! Now kiss!" Elena said as she held it over the both of them
Caroline looked up and Klaus didn't know what she meant.
"Ew gross!" Tyler said
"Cootie central!" Damon added
"Go away Elena!" Stefan said while still playing his game
"You're both standing under it, you have to kiss!" Elena said
Caroline quickly leaned in and kissed Klaus on the corner of his mouth. Klaus instantly felt hot and his face turn red.
"Cooties!" Damon yelled
Carol and the other adults walked into the room and saw the children with all the opened presents.
"Tyler! What did you do?!" Carol yelled
"Nothing!" Tyler yelled back
"Caroline! What happened?!" Liz yelled
"Stop yelling at me!" Caroling snapped back
Before Guiseppe could say anything, Damon stood up.
"Nik's never gotten any Christmas presents before. So we gave him ours. He has 7 years with of presents to catch up on" Damon said
"Yeah, he deserves presents just like any of us!" Stefan said
"So you can be mad all you want!" Tyler said crossing his arms
The adults stood there for a moment before they could say anything.
"I apologize, I didn't mean to spoil anyone's evening" Elijah said, "I'll take Niklaus and we'll leave"
"No!" Caroline yelled
"You can't take Nik!" Damon yelled
"Yeah he still has to open the lame presents" Stefan said
"No one wants the lame presents" Tyler said
"Niklaus let's go" Elijah said
"No, there's no need for that" Carol said
"We've all been a bit wrapped up lately, that I think we've all forgotten what Christmas is about" Liz said
"And it just takes a few kids to remind us of it" Guiseppe added
"You didn't spoil anything, let's eat dinner, come on kids" Carol said
The kids all got up and headed towards the dining room. Elena happily held onto katherine's hand and held onto the mistletoe.
"What are you doing with that?" katherine asked
"I made Caroline kiss Nik" Elena answered
"Already meddling in people's love lives, I taught you well" Katherine smiled
Caroline helped Nik up and held onto his hand as they walked to the dining room. Elijah watched the two as they walked. He realized that Nik would be ok, and with friends like that he'd never be alone. He knew Caroline was good for him. She pulled him out when he was afraid. She made him smile.
The two kids walked into the dining room and saw the kids already at the kid's table. They had saved them both seats together.
"Come on" Caroline pulled on his hand
Klaus followed her. Right before they reached the table, Klaus stopped. Caroline turned around.
"What's wrong?" Caroline asked
"Nothing. Thank you Caroline"
"Your welcome Nik"
The two sat down at the table and waited for the food to come. As their plates were set down, the kids didn't bother with the utensils. They used their hands again. Klaus looked around him and for the first time, he was happy.
"Thank you" Klaus said
All the kids stopped eating and looked at him.
"He talks" Stefan said
"Only when Blondie's around" Damon added
Elijah and katherine sat next to each other at the table. They were enjoying their meal when they heard a tiny voice behind them.
"You're both under the mistletoe" Elena said holding it over them
Katherine and Elijah looked up and realized they were.
"Stop meddling" Katherine said
"But I learned it from you" Elena smiled, "Now kiss"
Elijah felt uncomfortable as the table watched them. Katherine leaned over and quickly kissed him on the cheek.
"There happy?" Katherine asked
"Very" Elena smiled
Elijah was embarrassed as everyone was looking at him. He did notice all the women were glaring at Katherine as well. Katherine leaned over to Elena.
"Good job" katherine whispered in Elena's ear
Caroline was putting her coat on, and her cupcake earmuffs and scarf. The boys had run off as their father chased after them. Klaus appeared and tapped Caroline on her shoulder. She turned around. Klaus didn't say anything and handed her a small box. Caroline opened the box slowly and gasped at what was inside.
"Oh, it's so pretty!" Caroline said as she took it out of the box
Inside was a snowflake necklace, with a small snowflake hanging off the necklace. Caroline watched as the light caught the crystals on it.
"Thank you so much Nik! I'll wear it all the time and never take it off!" Caroline said as she hugged him
"Merry Christmas Caroline" Klaus said as he hugged her back
Yes Merry Christmas one and all! Nothing has been abandoned! I continue and try to finish my fics, I do, just that real life is just taking up all my time! But rest assured, I am writing!