Chapter Forty
'Rebekah you of all people know what a conniving bitch she can be-' I muttered into my phone, exasperated that she couldn't just let it go.
'Kimmie, you are the only one in our family, besides Hayley, who can carry a child. Though if she does become pregnant it won't be by Elijah. Don't take it for granted; you need to take care of my little niece or nephew. Going to a few doctors appointments won't kill you.' Bekah said, her tone pleading.
'I don't have a good feeling about this,' I told her honestly.
'That's all the more reason to go- there could be something wrong with the baby.' She argued.
'Fine.' I caved and hung up the phone just as Nik and Elijah walked through the door, both wearing matching expressions of amusement.
'Is everything alright, Kimberly?' Elijah asked, his lips twitching.
'How is it that Bekah can still bully me from a different country?' I muttered, not really looking for an answer.
'Our sister has many talents, some more useful than others…' Elijah trailed off, seeing to lose his train of thought as a smile formed on his face. I could sense his amusement and I wondered what he was thinking about but I decided not to pry; this was the first time I'd seen him really smile since Hayley left.
'Where were you both anyway? I woke up and you were both gone.' I said, looking over to Nik, my expression more than likely one of displeasure.
I had woken up alone this morning; I knew Nik hadn't been gone long because his side of the bed was still warm. But I knew that neither of them was at the compound; I couldn't sense them. With Nik being gone I decided to just get up; I threw on a baby pink body-con dress and flats, seeing as that was all I could fit into any more. After grabbing one of the blood bags from the kitchen that contained Nik's blood I wondered into the study, thinking about continuing my search on witches; ever since I had found out that Ester was sending Genevieve after our baby I had been pouring myself into research to see if I could find any kind of weakness that could be used against either of them. So far I'd had no luck, but that wasn't stopping me from giving up. I had been reading for about an hour when Bekah called.
'Sorry, love. Genevieve requested a meeting and seeing as you're not the fondest of her I thought it best to leave you out of it.' Nik explained, coming to stand beside me, his arm going around my waist while his lips placed a tender kiss on my temple.
'Okay, what did she want?' I asked, leaning into Nik's side.
'She's requested that we throw a festival for the witches, in light of our new treaty.' Nik murmured, his thumb moving back and forth softly over my hip.
'What did you say?' I inquired.
'We said we'd think it over and get back to her.' Elijah said, his voice soft as he sat down in one of the armchairs while Nik and I remained standing.
'As much as I hate the bitch- we can't enforce a treaty and then be prejudiced towards one of the species. We should allow the festival.' I reluctantly said.
'Well from the sounds of it we need to be on her good side anyway.' Nik chuckled when I groaned.
'Yeah, apparently I'm going to the bayou doctor.' My voice lacked enthusiasm, but it was hard to be keen when I knew something was going to happen.
'Elijah can handle the festival and I'll take you to the appointment, love. If something is going to happen I'm not leaving you to fend for yourself and our baby alone.' Nik said, his tone becoming dark at the idea of anyone wanting to harm the baby or me.
'Whatever it is, we can handle it.' I assured him, because we could just as we always did.
'I'll make the call and the appointment.' Elijah offered, pulling his phone from his blazer pocket, dialling the number then holding it to his ear, 'ah, Genevieve!...'
I tuned out, not wanting to hear her voice because I knew it would just make me mad, an effect that only she had on me. Instead I turned to face Nik, my arms linking around his neck while my hands tangled in his hair. I smiled when his eyes closed from the pleasure while he leaned into my touch.
'What have you been up to this morning?' He asked, his eyes still closed.
'Research.' I answered, not wanting to go into it; he already knew how long I had been searching and what I had been looking for.
'I'll take it that you haven't had any luck?' He asked, his eyes opening and looking at me with worry.
'Nope.' I told him, keeping my voice light, my hands moving from his hair to either side of his face.
He looked like he wanted to say something; his beautiful blue eyes were shining with vulnerability, his hands tightened on my waist and his mouth hung slightly open as if he was struggling to find the words. For once, I didn't let him off the hook; usually I wouldn't make him struggle to find the words, but this time I waited patiently, wanting to hear what he had to say.
'I-I will do everything in my power to protect you and our baby, love. I promise.' His voice was low, and I suspected that was because he didn't want it to break from the emotion, 'I can't lose you.'
'I know. And you won't.' I said, my voice barely above a whisper. I leaned forward and placed a soft, tender kiss to his lips, before I pulled back.
'Your appointment is arranged for this evening, Kimberly.' Elijah said.
'Evening? That means she doesn't want me at the festival, and she also knows that if I'm not there then both of you are going to have to be.' I said, crossing my arms over my chest after I had turned to face Elijah.
'It seems you were correct in your assumption after all.' Elijah agreed; he looked calm but I could feel that he was already plotting the different ways he could make Genevieve pay.
'I'm going with you; I don't bloody care about missing this party. Elijah, will you be able to handle it on your own?' Nik asked, his hand entwined with mine.
'Yes brother I believe I will be.' Elijah answered, without even looking at him and I sensed hostility coming from Elijah towards Nik that I hadn't noticed before.
'You should know, Genevieve has been sniffing around for our mothers grimoire. If I were you I would set a trap.' Nik offered.
'I have a better idea, brother.' This time the disdain towards Nik was clear and I frowned, looking in between them both.
'What is going on?' I asked.
'It seems, while our dear Niklaus was very good at pretending he wanted nothing more than this treaty being enforced, he had no problem deceiving us both in order to break it.' Elijah said.
'Okay, can you be less evasive please and just tell me what is going on instead of dancing around it.' I muttered, running my free hand through my hair.
'He's been meeting with Jackson and Genevieve, making a deal it seems that will more than likely annoy the humans and vampires of the quarter.' Elijah said, picking an invisible piece of lint from his leg as I yanked my hand from Nik's, glaring at him when I felt that Elijah was telling the truth.
'Why?' I demanded.
'The werewolves are weak, they aren't equally matched against the vampires so I offered them a little something to help them with the full moon business.' Nik smirked, and I rolled my eyes at his demeanour.
I could sense that he was worried at my reaction, as well as Elijah's and he felt genuinely guilty about it. But while he was getting better at dealing with his emotions, he still wasn't brilliant, which meant we weren't going to get anywhere with this discussion while he was wearing his cocky I-don't-care-about-anyone's-opinion-I-do-what-I-want-when-I-want demeanour. I threw my hands up in frustration.
'I am going to talk to the wolves in the bayou. You can come and find me when you haven't got up this arrogant front to protect yourself because you actually feel bad for what you have done. Maybe then we can have an actual discussion about what we are going to do about this.' I said, my voice low and ice cold.
I saw Nik's mask crack just a little before I turned and walked out of the room without another word. I could feel Elijah following behind me, but I we didn't talk as we got into the Range Rover, Elijah in the drivers seat. I assumed he wanted to talk to Hayley about the festival while I wanted to shout at Jackson for being an idiot. We were five minutes away from the wolves' camp when I spoke.
'We should be the ones to tell the humans and the vampires. If they don't know about it and werewolves start popping up with magical rings that allow them the ability to deliver a venomous bite, everyone will be furious.' I murmured, my hand rubbing clockwise circles over my bump, 'I'll call Thierry-,' I started, but stopped when I felt how uncomfortable Elijah was when I bought up his name.
'Thierry will more than likely be indisposed…' Elijah admitted somewhat guiltily.
'You killed him? Why?' I demanded, trying not to raise my voice too much.
'He was conspiring with Marcel and helped him with the attack last night. Marcel revealed information about Niklaus and his suspicious activity, so I couldn't kill him. To make him pay I killed Thierry in front of him.' Elijah said, his voice soft but firm; he wasn't going to make any kind of apology over what he had done.
'You talk about Nik not wanting to keep this treaty, but I don't know how you can be so comfortable on your high horse when your solution is to just kill those who oppose you. You may be unkillable, Elijah but that doesn't mean that you can treat those who aren't as disposable. Peace will never be kept that way. For a smart man you can be so dense.' I said, my voice was barely above a whisper as I tried to control the rage that was simmering in my blood- why was it that both Mikaelson men had to piss me of monumentally within half an hour?
I climbed out of the car, slamming the door on his surprised expression, but of course he collected himself quickly and was soon walking beside me, keeping up with my angry pace easily. I didn't really want to storm into the camp with how pissed off I was in that moment, so I was glad when Hayley and Jackson both came to greet us.
'Hey you two, what's going on?' Hayley was cheerful at first but when she noticed how angry I was she became concerned. That's when I knew; she didn't know about Jackson's secret deal with Klaus either.
'Nothing aside from the fact that your alpha has been making secret deals with Klaus.' I said, my tone eerily calm and I heard Jackson swallow nervously.
'Listen this isn't really any of your…' he trailed off when my glare intensified.
'Actually I think you'll find this is my business seeing as Klaus doesn't particularly care if you live or die. Sure he's offering you a magic ring to stop you turning every full moon and to allow you to access your heightened strength all the time. But do you really think that it's going to come without a cost?' I said, annoyed over the whole situation.
'Jack, what did you do?' Hayley asked, sounding disappointed in him.
'I'll leave you both to think this over, and I really suggest you do. I've given you my warning but I cant stop you.' I said, holding up my hands and leaving Elijah to talk to them about the festival as I made my way back to the car.
The anger that had started to grow inside me when I found out about Nik's betrayal had only continued to flourish. I felt like I either needed to hit something or scream to let it all out, but I didn't think either of those were good options in that moment. I couldn't believe he had done this. Usually when he acted out, I could understand why. But this… I just couldn't think of a valid reason as to why he would betray the treaty not twenty-four hours after he looked me in the eye and signed it himself. Could it have something to do with protecting the baby? When he had told me earlier that he was going to do everything in his power to protect our baby, he had been telling the truth. Maybe that was what this was about? He wanted the wolves to be indebted to him so that he could use them at his disposal to protect our child. Even if that was the case, the wolves wouldn't be enough and he knew that. We needed the witches, the humans and the vampires to be on our side as well, which they wouldn't be if they found out he had been conspiring to make the wolves stronger than the vampires. They would see it as a threat, and he would start a war. I shook my head with a sigh, noticing for the first time that the anger that had been rushing through my veins was gone, almost as if it hadn't been there to begin with.
You need to stop making excuses for him. You need to wait for him to explain himself.
Just as the thought had stopped running though my mind, the drivers side door opened and Elijah slid in to the seat.
'Kimberly-,' Elijah started but he cut himself off, seeming lost for words, I wondered if that was a Mikaelson trait.
'I sincerely apologise for what I did to Thierry. Protecting my family has always been my primary goal, and I have lived on the principle that those who oppose us must die for a thousand years. I want to protect my niece or nephew more than anything and I can assure you that what happened with Thierry will not happen again, from now on I will follow your judgement until I get a sense of how to do it on my own. Forgive me. Please.' Elijah murmured, the honesty I could feel coming from him stunned me to silence as well as his speech.
'I forgive you Elijah. Thank you for saying that, it means a lot.' I told him taking his hand and squeezing it in appreciation before letting go. A small smile formed on his face as he nodded to me before clearing his throat and starting the car's engine.
When we arrived home, Nik wasn't anywhere to be found which was both a relief and an annoyance. I was relived that I wouldn't have to face him because I didn't want to have another argument. I was annoyed that he would just go off gallivanting, perfectly happy to leave this tension between us. With a shake of my head I went to mine and Nik's room, just wanting to lie down for a bit; because of my supernatural status I didn't need the rest but I wanted to relax and pretend that everything that had happened this morning was a mere nightmare that hadn't escaped into my reality.
Was this how it was always going to be? Him going behind my back to form secret alliances and not telling me because he knew I wouldn't approve of his intentions? I didn't know how long I could deal with that before I reached the point of not being able to forgive him. I had already forgiven him for so much in the year that I had known him; sacrificing Elena, trying to sacrifice Caroline and Tyler, using me and Stefan as a bargaining chip for the cure, trying to bribe Davina with her first love's life… The list seemed endless and usually, one betrayal was enough for me to turn my back on someone for good, but with Nik that was different.
I loved him with everything that I was and I knew that if I turned my back on him, I would be turning my back on half of myself, and I didn't know if I would survive that. I didn't know if I could survive without him, period. I mean I can't even sleep without him being in bed with me, the only blood I can feed on while I am pregnant is his, not to mention the fact that I am completely in love with the man. I knew that even though we were mates and essentially "made for each other" we still had free will, meaning I didn't have to be with him if I didn't want to. I also knew that leaving him was the last thing I wanted to do, ever. He was my soul mate, my other half. He knew me better than anyone else ever had and he understood me in a way even Elena didn't. He was my best friend, the one I could talk to about anything and it was because of that, that I couldn't even imagine going behind his back the way that he keeps doing with me. Which was why it hurt so much that he could do it to me without even flinching.
I just wanted him to talk to me and to not go behind my back- was that too much to ask? I had no idea; I had never even been interested in another person before Klaus, much less in a relationship. I didn't know that the protocol was, and this was the first time we had been in an actual fight. Was I supposed to go after him or wait for him to come to me? Would he come to me? I knew how angry and stubborn he got when people disappointed him and opposed him. But he was the one who had gone behind my back and I refused to be the one to broach the silence first. I was going to leave it to him.
'Kimberly?' Elijah's voice broke through my inner ramblings and I looked up to see him stood at the doorway of mine and Klaus' bedroom. I was lying on my back on the bed; I swung my legs to the side, allowing me to sit up so I could look at him.
'Yes?' I answered, suddenly realising how dark it had gotten.
'Your appointment with the bayou doctor is in half an hour.' He told me.
'Oh.' I murmured, standing up and ignoring the nagging in my chest; Klaus was supposed to take me and he wasn't here. I had told him that I had a bad feeling about this appointment and he couldn't look past his quarrels with me to go with me. I felt anger and hurt start to form in my stomach.
'I can accompany you, if you'd like.' Elijah offered, noticing the turmoil on my expression.
'You need to go to the festival.' I reminded him, as if he weren't already aware.
'Yes well, I think they can cope with me being a little late.' Elijah said, his lips twitching in amusement.
'I appreciate the offer, really. But I'll be okay.' I smiled at him, I was genuinely grateful for his offer and it meant a lot that he was there for me when Nik was being an ass, he truly was like the big brother I had always wanted, and I loved him for it.
'Very well. If anything happens, call me.' He said, handing me the keys to his car before he turned and left.
I could sense that he wasn't at all affected by me not wanting him there and I couldn't hold back my sigh of relief. Deciding not to bother with changing my clothes, I went to grab my leather jacket from the closet and then hesitated when I noticed Nik's leather jacket hanging up next to mine. Without giving it another thought I pulled his jacket from the hanger and put it on, happy that it was still a little baggy on me despite my huge baby bump, but that might have had something to do with the fact that I hadn't zipped it up. It smelled like him and I bought the collar to my nose, inhaling deeply before I snapped out of it, grabbing my phone from the nightstand and shoving it into one of the pockets. I kept the keys that Elijah had given me out as I headed towards his Range Rover that was parked in the garage. When I got behind the wheel, I locked the doors behind me and adjusted the seat to accommodate for my height and my baby bump. Once I was finished, I put the address Elijah had texted me into the built in GPS and set off. The drive wasn't long, maybe thirty minutes, but when I reached the cabin that was literally in the middle of nowhere I wanted to turn around and leave before I had even come to a complete stop. I just knew this wasn't going to end well, but I also knew that I was more than capable of protecting my baby despite whatever they had planned, and that was why I got out of the car and locked it behind me. The sound of the central locking sounded extremely loud as I pocketed the keys and made my way to the wooden door. I supposed it was nice and serene in a "this is a perfect house for serial killers" kind of way. I took a deep breath and knocked three times, my hearing focused on the other occupants on the house, but I realised with a start that I couldn't hear anything coming from inside, and that was even more concerning. Either I had the wrong address- which I knew wasn't the case- or a privacy spell had been placed over the property- my gut was telling me that the latter was the winning explanation. Before I had too much time to contemplate the implications, the door swung open revealing an African-American woman a few years older than me. Her hair was long and straight, her eyes brown and startlingly cold. I didn't like her.
'You must be Kimberly Mikaelson. We've been expecting you.' She smiled in what I assumed was supposed to be a warm way, but it made my blood turn cold and my stomach clench.
I was definitely in trouble. As if the baby agreed with me, a sudden blinding pain over me, originating in my stomach. I wasn't expecting it, and the shock caused me to double over as my hands cradled my stomach. The woman took advantage of that, her hand coming over my shoulders and guiding me inside, the door closing it behind her while the blinding pain continued.
'Let's get you up on the table shall we? See what's going on.' The woman mumbled, somehow managing to get me up onto a standard doctors chair in the middle of a fairly modest consulting room. She wheeled over a screen, lifting a horse shoe-shaped wand and adding a clear gel to the top of it. When she was satisfied with the amount she turned on the screen and lifted up my body con dress, leaving me virtually half naked as she left it to rest just under my breasts, but in that moment I didn't care. I needed to know the baby was okay. I gasped through the pain when I heard the sound coming from the monitor.
Thump thump thump.
I had heard it before with my own ears, but hearing it while I was seeing grey shadows that resembled a mini-human, I couldn't deny the emotion catching in my throat. I was going to be a mother. Klaus was going to be a father, and he was missing this. He should be here.
'Well. It looks like you have been blessed.' The doctor murmured, seeming to be thinking aloud before she caught herself, looking over to me with a bright smile, 'you are carrying twins. I'd say you were eight months along. Congratulations. Would you like to know the genders?'
'Yes.' I found myself saying, my voice barely above a whisper, though my mind was reeling TWINS? I bit back a snort when I imagined how Nik was going to react to that.
'You have a boy and a girl.' She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes, she pressed a few more buttons and walked over to the printer by her computer on the wall to the left of me. Once she had collected the paper she walked back over to me, handing me several copies of the same picture. Pictures of my babies. I carefully placed them into the inside pocket of Klaus' jacket, pulling down my dress afterwards. I winced as I pulled the dress down over my bump, not caring about the clear gel that remained. I needed to get out of here; something was wrong.
'Thank you, but I need to go. I am expected at the festival tonight.' I lied to her- I had no plans to go but she didn't need to know that. I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket and I carefully pulled it out responding carefully so that she didn't notice.
Nik: Where are you love? Why are you in pain?
Me: At the bayou doctor. She's up to something. I think the pain is a warning from the babies; it started as soon as I got here.
I quickly put my phone away as she turned around, I felt my phone vibrate with a reply but I ignored it, not wanting to antagonise her; I could sense that she was impatient and I could feel her strain at having to act so calm. She wasn't planning to let me leave.
'Actually, I believe the babies are in distress and I have something I can give you, to help slow your blood pressure and hopefully calm down both children.' The woman said, holding up a syringe that held a light purple liquid, but I knew she was lying.
'Sorry but I prefer tablets.' I told her casually, wondering if I had the strength to dash away with the pain that was traveling through my body- it was worse than Tunde's blade. But I had to focus, taking a deep breath I channelled the pain the babies were giving me towards her, when she keeled over in agony, I took the syringe and jabbed it into her neck. When she fell into unconsciousness a second later I shook my head in annoyance over what she had planned to do. Without wasting another moment I went to walk out into the living room, knowing the front door was near there but I paused when I heard deep voices talking.
'How long do you think she's going to take?' One asked, sounding nervous.
'I don't know, I don't envy her though, injecting an Original with a sedative combined with a poison would be virtually impossible.' The other replied and my fists clenched in anger, they were trying to kill my babies.
'It's fine; she doesn't have anywhere to go. There's a boundary spell placed around the cabin.' The first man said.
I huffed in frustration at this new information. This meant only one thing; to protect my babies and me I was going to have to fight, and with how angry I was at them in that moment, it wasn't going to be a problem. I took a deep breath, wincing at the pain in my gut.
'Listen babies, I get that there's danger but if you want me to be able to do anything about it, you're gonna need to stop hurting mommy.' I murmured to them, gently stroking over my abdomen.
Amazingly, they seemed to listen and the pain disappeared as if it had never been. I pulled open the door and quietly stepped into the other room, grateful for my supernatural eyesight as the living room was completely draped in darkness. The two men were through the other door that was by the staircase, which must have been the kitchen. I stealthily walked over to the front door, opening it slowly, moving my hand over the threshold, only to be met with an invisible barrier. They weren't lying then. I knew they hadn't been, but I was hoping for an easy getaway, but apparently that wasn't going to be the case.
'It's too quiet don't you think?' The first man said, sounding concerned.
'I'll go and check on her.' The second one offered, the sound of a chair scraping on linoleum indicating he was standing up, when I heard his footsteps coming toward the living room, I pushed my back against the wall by the front door, hiding in the shadows. He walked out slowly, the swinging door allowed light to enter the living room for a moment, before it disappeared. I silently stepped behind the man; he was dressed in all black, his blonde shoulder length hair swaying as he walked along. He was bulky, but I could tell from his scent that he wasn't supernatural; he was human, which I found confusing. If they wanted to drug an Original, why was the muscle human? Without giving it too much thought my arm wrapped around his neck, cutting off his air supply. He struggled, but it was to no avail; he couldn't match my strength. After a few more moments he passed out, I dragged him to the same room that the unconscious "doctor" was in silently.
'Caleb?' The first man called out.
Another moment later and he came into the living room too, but he didn't put up as much of a struggle as the first and not even a minute later he joined the room with the other two idiots. I locked the door to the room they were in; if they woke up they would probably be able to get through, but it would give me enough of a heads up that I'd be ready.
I pulled out my phone, noting several missed texts and three missed calls. Two of the missed calls were from Nik, the other Elijah.
Nik: I'm on my way.
Nik: Love are you alright? The pain has stopped.
Elijah: How is the appointment, Kimberly?
Bekah: Did everything go alright with the doctor?
I sighed, dialling Nik's number, surprised when I could hear it ringing close by. I opened the front door and there he was. I was so relieved to see him that I almost forgot about the barrier spell and flung myself into his arms.
'Nik, thank god you're here. I'm trapped inside.' I told him, trying to push my hand over the threshold to prove it, but also not wanting him to get himself stuck here either.
'Who did this to you?' Nik's blue eyes clouded over in anger, but I knew it was his defence mechanism; I could feel his helplessness as well.
'I'm fine. The doctor and her two human helpers are unconscious in the other room.' I told him casually, wanting to assure him; I may still be angry with him but at that moment I was willing to put it aside.
'It's been bound with salt.' Nik realised after he cast his eyes to the floor, I followed his gaze and realised he was right, but I didn't know why that was a cause for relief.
'When Sophie and I found you, she said that boundary spells could be broken with a potent ingredient. Including the blood of a witch.' Klaus murmured, his voice soft; he didn't know how I would handle this information.
My hand went to my stomach protectively, but I knew that at the moment, the babies and I were sharing the same blood, and because the baby was a quarter witch it meant that while I was carrying them I was too. By blood at least. I bought my quadbrid face forward and bit into my wrist, holding it over the salt boundary, watching in fascination as it began to bubble. I didn't know how much blood it would take to break the whole boundary around the cabin so I startled when my wrist was suddenly grabbed and I was pulled out of the premises. But then I was in Nik's arms and nothing mattered anymore. I was calm and I felt like I could finally breathe again. Nik's arms wound around my waist his forehead rested on my shoulder while my face rested in the crook of his neck, both of us taking a moment to calm our racing hearts and allowing ourselves to be comforted by each other's scent.
'We should go.' I murmured after a while, but I made no effort to move out of his arms. Fighting with him was exhausting and I hated it. When he was holding me I was somehow able to forget my anger and I didn't want to be reminded of it just yet.
'Elijah is on his way. He's going to question the people who were stupid enough to think they could take on a quadbrid single-handedly and win.' Nik replied, his voice soft as his hand stroked my hair gently.
'Okay, but I think they were put up to it. I could sense their panic and like you said, they're all human so they didn't stand a chance. But with the boundary spell they've obviously had the help of a witch.' I said, my voice barely able to be heard as I whispered the words into his neck. I felt him shudder in response and I couldn't help my delight that even though we were in a fight I could still get him to respond to me.
'Let's get you home, love.' He kissed my forehead and pulled me to his side, his arm wrapped around my waist as we walked to the car I had drove here. I didn't question his lack of vehicle, assuming that he had ran here. I handed him the keys when he got into the drivers seat, allowing myself to lie back in the seat and relax. It had been a long day. When we were about five minutes from home, I felt my phone vibrating in my pocket and I pulled it out, the caller I.D. telling me it was Elijah, I answered immediately knowing he was probably worried.
'Hey Elijah.' I murmured into the phone, my head resting on Nik's shoulder.
'Kimberly,' he said, his voice dripping with relief, 'you're okay.'
'I'm fine.' I assured him, 'the same cannot be said for the three humans who tried to take me down though.'
'Yes I imagined that would be the case. I have arrived at the address Niklaus provided me with and I can assure you that the three scoundrels are still out cold.' Elijah said, sounding amused.
'Well, be careful. I think that a certain red headed witch was behind this but you never know.'
'I'll be fine, Kimberly I'm sure.' He said and I could tell he was smiling before he hung up.
I put my phone back in my jacket pocket and snuggled closer to Nik, well as close as I could get without falling off my seat. I could feel his amusement and affection grow the closer I tried to get to him.
'What's so funny?' I asked, trying not to pout as we pulled into the compound.
He waited until he had parked the car and the garage door had closed before answering me, 'you,' he murmured huskily, his face not even an inch from mine. My eyes closed in pleasure when he leaned down and gently nibbled on my protruding bottom lip; I guess I was pouting more than I thought. His tongue moved over my lip afterwards, taking away the sting his teeth had left behind. He went to move away from me, but I didn't let him get far; my hands tangled in his curls holding him exactly where he was. I saw him smirk before my mouth crashed over his, my own teeth nibbling on his lower lip; I couldn't help my own smirk when he released a hungry growl. His hands went to my hair, one hand grabbing a fist full and gently pulling my head back, allowing him the room to slant his mouth over mine. We both groaned when we realised we couldn't do much more in such a confined space, I had the feeling he was about to take me and flash me to our room, but we were interrupted by a phone vibrating. My phone.
'Ignore it.' Klaus murmured, his lips kissing along my jaw, down to my neck.
'It might be important,' I told him, yet I was unable to move away, not wanting to deny myself the pleasure that only he could supply.
He paused on his exploration, sighing softly against my collarbone, placing a soft kiss there before he pulled back, knowing how important this was to me. I gave him a look that was a combination of lust and gratitude.
'Hello?' I murmured into the phone.
'Kimberly, I hope this is a good time.' Genevieve responded, making my blood run cold.
'Genevieve. What can I do for you?' I asked, my teeth gritting involuntarily due to my complete hate towards the woman.
'I was calling to let you know that due to Elijah and Klaus' horrific actions this evening, I will not help Camille with the hex on her uncle.' She sounded utterly smug and a little pissed off.
'We both know you wouldn't have been able to help him anyway, Genevieve, so don't act like it's any skin off your back.' I muttered, hanging up the phone not wanting to hear whatever response she managed to knit together.
'What happened tonight?' I demanded, looking over to Klaus, wanting him to explain himself. He opened the driver's side door and climbed out, flashing to the passenger side and offering me his hand to help me out, which I took. He kept my hand linked with his as he led me further into the house, stopping in the courtyard.
'Nik, what happened?' I asked again, not even trying to hide the frustration that had managed to seep into my tone.
'Genevieve sent someone to steal my mother's grimoire while we were at the festival. I laid a trap and removed the thief's hands before killing him. When I returned to the party, I noticed that Davina was being ignored so I singled her out and gave her the spell for daylight rings for her friend Josh. Then I gifted Genevieve the hands of the thief she sent to steal from me. Needless to say, she wasn't too pleased.' Klaus told me, not at all ashamed of his actions, though I did feel a little bad for the man whose hands had been removed.
'So you offended her and now she won't help Cami?' I clarified; when he nodded I had to bite back a scream of rage for the red headed bitch.
I pulled my phone out of my pocket and dialled Cami's number, hating what I was going to have to tell my friend. This morning when I was doing my research, I had discovered something that made a knot form in my stomach, I had been about to deliver the news to Cami myself when Bekah had called and distracted me.
'Hey, Kim.' Cami answered, sounding defeated.
'Hey, Cami. Klaus just told me what happened, I'm so sorry.' I said, and I meant it, I wished there was a way to help her uncle but the truth of the matter was that there wasn't.
'It's not your fault; you have nothing to apologise for. Klaus was the one who-' She started, but I interrupted her not wanting her to blame Klaus for too long.
'Actually, Genevieve was the one who was lying to you Cami. I've been looking into witches the past couple of weeks and this morning I found out a little more on witches and their hexes. Cami, when a witch casts a hex, it cannot, under any circumstances be undone. I am so sorry.' My voice was soft as I tried to fight back the tears; I could sense her complete and utter heartbreak and I felt my own crack for her. She didn't deserve this.
'Oh.' Was all she said.
'Do you want me to come over?' I asked her, my hand squeezing Nik's gratefully as he wound his fingers through mine.
'Thank you, but I just want to be alone right now.'
'Okay, if you need anything I want you to call me.' I told her, before I hung up, knowing she wanted the space.
With a deep breath, I turned back to Nik, my face shifting into a frown as I thought over this morning's events.
'Why did you do it?' I asked quietly, trying to hide the hurt in my voice, but my attempts were pointless; he could sense my pain as if it were his own.
'I'm sorry, love.' He said, and I could feel he meant it, 'I just wanted the wolves to have a chance to be empowered, after all they've been through, after all they have to go through every full moon, they deserve to have some control over what they are. And if we are going to have an army to protect our baby then they need to all be strong.'
'Why didn't you tell me about it?'
'Because I didn't think you'd approve, I thought if I could get it done without you finding out until it was finished, you'd have the chance to see what a good idea it is.' He murmured, hanging his head in shame.
I bought my hands to either side of his face, gently forcing him to meet my gaze, hating the storm that I saw swirling in his blue orbs.
'You think that I'm never worried about your reaction to anything that I propose? Because I am. But I tell you anyway, because that's what relationships are about; we're supposed to believe in each other enough that we can lay our vulnerabilities bare. We're supposed to trust one another not to take advantage and help us find a better way, or support us if there is no other way. We do not go behind one another's back because we are afraid of the reaction we are going to get.' I told him, my voice firm; I wanted him to trust me, but I knew it wasn't something I could just demand, it had to come from him.
His eyes changed from stormy, to vulnerable, to determined to adoration in a nanosecond, but I knew when he landed on the latter, he was with me. He nodded and kissed my forehead, his own hands resting on my bump.
'How did it go with the doctor?' He asked, pulling me towards the sofa. He sat down first before tugging me lightly so I landed next to him, when I was comfy he bought my feet to his lap, pulled my shoes off and started to gently massage my feet, making a moan erupt from my throat before I answered him.
'The babies are healthy.' I told him, realising my mistake when his hands froze on my feet, I opened my eyes and saw the complete panic and confusion on his face.
'Did you just say babies?' He asked, his voice barely loud enough for me to hear even with my supernatural hearing.
'Uh… yes' I said, not sure how he was going to take this, but he just stared straight into my eyes, his expression and his body completely frozen. I couldn't help but snort when I thought about Ross having the exact same reaction when Rachel told him she was pregnant on Friends. But after a while it was just plain creepy.
'Nik?' I murmured, pulling my feet off his lap and leaning forward so that I was only an inch away from his face, but nothing changed.
When half an hour passed and he didn't move a muscle, despite my best efforts, I decided to call in reinforcements.
'Elijah?' I murmured into the phone.
'Kimberly, I am just about to come home now.' He informed me.
'Okay great, hurry up please I need your help.' I told him, hanging up the phone.
When he arrived he looked raring for a fight, but when he saw no intruders he met my gaze, his brown orbs shining with confusion. He opened his mouth, probably about to ask what was wrong, but I just gestured to Nik in explanation.
'What's wrong with him?' He asked, kneeling next to his brother and looking thoroughly concerned.
'I told him about my doctors appointment and he just… froze,' I said, my arms crossed over my chest as Elijah came to stand beside me, both of us regarding Nik.
'Is there something wrong with the baby?' Elijah asked, alarmed.
'If I tell you, do you promise not to do that?' I said, pointing over to Nik who hadn't given any indication that he was aware of his brother's presence.
Elijah nodded, I wasn't completely convinced but I decided to tell him anyway; I could fell his worry.
'Me and Nik are having twins.' I bit my lip as I regarded Elijah's reaction, nervous that I was about to have two frozen Mikaelson's on my hands.
'Twins?' Elijah repeated, looking like he was testing the word, when I nodded he returned the gesture and looked over to Nik once more, understanding shining from him. He kneeled in front of Nik, placing a hand on his shoulder before he closed his eyes. I frowned, not understanding what was happening, and then it hit me; Elijah was going into his mind to reach him. When neither of them appeared to me moving anytime soon, I shrugged and grabbed one of the books on witches I hadn't finished yet, getting comfortable on the sofa, my legs once again resting on Nik's lap. It was going to be a long night.
Klaus' POV
Babies? We were having TWINS? How was that even possible? I was starting to get used to the idea of one baby, but two? Surely that doubles my chances of screwing up? Kimberly deserves a better partner, a better mate, and a better father for our children. I don't know what a good father looks like. Mikael had been a complete beast, the only things he was able to teach me was how to be afraid and how to run. What could I possibly teach two babies? They were undoubtedly going to be just as broken as I was, and Kimberly would never forgive me for that.
'Niklaus.' I started at the voice that suddenly invaded my thoughts, but when I saw it was Elijah I relaxed.
'Hello brother.' I answered, sending him a nod.
'You have Kimberly rather worried. From what she's told me you haven't moved for an hour.' Elijah murmured, coming to sit next to me on the soft grass that I was suddenly sitting on. That's when I realised what he was doing; he was in my mind and constructing a peaceful scenery in order to calm me down.
'Twins, brother. Twins. How can I be a good father to two babies?' I asked, him feeling completely and utterly helpless, which was not an emotion I dealt with well.
'You will be the brilliant father that Kimberly and I know you can be. Your very fear of becoming Mikael will assure that you do not stoop to his evil depths. I can assure you that as a family these children will be cared for and protected more than any other children on this earth.' Elijah promised me, his words and his expression shining with sincerity.
'I'm scared,' I whispered, hating that I sounded so weak but this was my brother and I knew he would not use it against me.
'As is any expecting father, Niklaus. I'd be concerned if you weren't afraid. But that fear will drive you to be the best father you can be.' Elijah clapped his hand on my shoulder, causing me to jerk forward a little.
I nodded, feeling a little better about the situation. No matter how afraid I was, Kimberly needed me, my children needed me. And I would be there for them no matter what; I just had to trust that my family would stop me if I ever stepped out of line.
Kim's POV
I sighed, slamming the now finished book shut with a thud. I was getting more and more concerned with the minutes that ticked by. What was going on? Why was this taking so long? But I knew how afraid Nik was over this new information; it was cascading from him in waves. For what felt like the millionth time I cursed Mikael for being the abusive dick that he was. If Nik had had a kind and loving father, his fear would be nowhere near as excessive as it was right now. I started when I felt Nik's hands slide up my calves, his touch leaving sparks in its wake.
'You're moving.' I said dumbly, my cheeks flushing a little when he smirked in amusement.
'I'm moving.' He reiterated, his dimples flashing.
'Are you alright?' I asked him, noting his fear has lessened a little.
'I'm terrified,' he told me honestly, and I flashed into his lap, my hands tangling in his curls as I forced him to meet my gaze.
'Me too,' I admitted, he seemed apprehensive for a moment until he saw the emotion shining in my eyes.
'You're going to be a great mother, love.' He assured me, his hands moving back and forth over my sides.
'You're going to be a great father, Nik. I know you are.' I assured him, placing a soft kiss to his lips, amplifying the comfort and assurance I was sending towards him. When I felt his fear lessen considerably I pulled back, sharing a smile with him before I remembered something. I reached into the pocket of his jacket that I was still wearing, pulling out the five copies that the doctor had given me before she tried to kill the babies.
'The doctors appointment wasn't a complete waste. I got these before she tried to attack me.' I handed one to Nik before I handed one to Elijah.
I smiled softly as I observed their expressions, both of them amazed and awed by what they were seeing.
'A boy and a girl.' I murmured softly; I heard Nik's heart skip a beat at the news, my hand running though his curls in a comforting manner.
We all sat together in solace, all content as we took in the sonogram pictures, and I found myself revelling in it. We were a family, always and forever and I knew that we could face anything together, including two babies.
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