"Rebekah has a last minute issue to deal with and needs kol to watch hope. He and Caroline end up canceling they're first date and spend it watching Disney movies." –P.M

Sequel to 'this is halloween'.

You people seem to enjoy what I now call the Hopscotch and Cool universe.

Kol had everything set up for his long-awaited date with Caroline. He had a smashing, romantic evening planned out for them that would have her head over heels in love with him by the end of the night. This was shit neither Nik nor Elijah could ever pull off. It started with a helicopter ride-

"What do you mean I have to watch Hope tonight?" Kol demanded.

Rebekah gave him her pouty, annoyed look before it dissolved into near desperation. "Just for the night. There's an emergency with the werewolves that I have to fix and you need to watch over our darling niece that we both love very much."

When Kol opened his mouth to protest, Hope bounded down the stairs and throttled Kol in a fierce hug, practically clinging to his leg like a monkey. He smiled down bemusedly at her and patted her blonde head.

"And you love Hope don't you, Uncle Kol?" Rebekah emphasized with a look of Do-As-I-Say-You-Arsehole-Or-Else.

He glared at her in mutiny, wanting to give her the finger but Hope was watching. Instead he returned her look with a You-Are-A-Bitch-And-I-Hate-You look. Rebekah just smiled, kissed Hope goodbye and was off to save the day again.

He hoped she crashed her shiny, red car.

"Uncle Kol," He looked down at his beloved niece. "Can we watch Big Hero 6 again?"

He was about to answer but the doorbell rang and he limped with Hope still clinging to his leg to answer it. He was dismayed to find Caroline smiling excitedly at him. Oh boy. Oh fuck.

"Caroline-"

"Miss Car-o-line!" Hope dislodged from him to hug her teacher who laughed in amusement.

"Hopscotch!" The blonde was all smiles. "How are you?"

"I'm good!" Hope replied. "Uncle Kol and I are gonna watch Big Hero 6 tonight!"

Caroline's expression morphed into confusion before looking up at Kol. "Is that true?"

Kol stared at her apologetically. "Rebekah had to work."

The blonde vampire looked disappointed but tried to hide it, smiling at Hope and shrugging. "Guess I just have to go home then."

"No! Stay!" Hope practically dragged her teacher into the house. "You can watch with us!"

"Um…" Caroline looked helplessly at Kol who just shrugged. "I guess I can stay."

A moment later, the three of them were seated at the living room in front of the large flat screen wrapped up in blankets with bowls of popcorn in hand. Hope was nestled in between them, leaned more towards Kol and enraptured with the movie. Kol couldn't concentrate on the adventures of marshmallow robot though and kept staring at Caroline who would shift between staring back at him and the movie.

He smiled sheepishly at her again and reached out to touch her shoulder before tugging on one of her blonde curls. She'd taken off her coat and his head almost exploded at the red dress she'd worn underneath before she demanded to borrow his largest and comfiest sweater, hiding the delectable view from him. It was cruel and he wanted nothing more than to whisk her away to the awesome date they were supposed to be having then.

She was blushing, the rosiness in her cheeks making smile so he cupped the smooth skin there and she sighed before leaning into his touch. He wanted to kiss her, wanted to know the taste of her lip gloss but his four-year-old niece was practically in his lap and even he had boundaries with inappropriateness.

Instead he poked her nose before moving away, fishing out his phone from his pocket and sending her a text. She smiled at his message.

I'm sorry about our date. I had big plans, really. There was going to be a helicopter! And a rollercoaster! And reindeers!

I don't understand how any of those things are related to each other.

That's because you didn't get to go on the most awesome date to have ever come to existence! It was going to be epic! Really!

The coolest?

Literally!

LOL. Maybe next time then?

You bet your sweet arse on it, honey.

She laughed and couldn't help but lean over to kiss him on the cheek. Hope looked up at the movement and Kol kissed her on the cheek in return.

"What was that for, Uncle Kol?"

"We're sharing the cool, Hopscotch." He tussled her hair and she went back to watching the movie.

He reached out and took Caroline's hand and held it for the rest of the movie.