Chapter 17: Bridge over troubled water
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They say the passage of time will heal all wounds. But the greater the loss, the deeper the cut and the more difficult the process to become whole again. The pain may fade, but scars serve as a reminder of our suffering and make the bearer all the more resolved never to be wounded again.
So as time moves along we get lost in distractions, act out in frustration, react with aggression and give into anger. And all the while we plot and plan as we wait to grow stronger, and before we know it the time passes. We are healed, ready to begin anew.
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"Niklaus Mikealson?"
"How can I help you?"
Klaus swallowed hard and nodded as he drawed closer to the front desk.
"It's about the pregnancy." He muttered
"You're pregnant?"
"No I'm.. I'm Caroline Forbes's boy-friend." He stammered
"I see.." The nurse stated giving him a once over and then ushered him to a room.
"You'll be attended to shortly. Have a seat." She said and left soon after Klaus had awkwardly sat down
The entire morning had been a blur.
Klaus had woken up having barely gotten a decent hour of sleep. His inner turmoil debating whether he could do the right thing or not kept him up tossing and turning without getting a wink of shut eye.
Somehow he found himself hovering just outside Caroline's door.. Peeking his head in as he watched her sleep. In some strange way, just watching her sleep as she so earnestly clutched her arms around her swollen belly brought him a sense of relief to his insomnia.
Her face remained flushed and slightly swollen; evidence of her previous tear struck demeanor. No thanks to him of course, and yet at the same time she always looked so beautiful, angelic and poised.
Klaus exhaled.
The next thing he knew, he pulled on a hoody and was in the car driving, eventually ending up at the reception desk at the local hospital. Before even having to register what had happened, the nurse took his name and left him in a office.
There was no changing his plans now.
"Klaus." He heard a familiar voice and suppressed the urge to growl.
"Enzo."
Enzo was rather surprised when Nora had come to retrieve him from the cafeteria having said that he was needed and it having been related to one of his patients. He found it rather odd that he was personally called instead of being paged which usually happens. It must have been something that required urgent attention.
Enzo would have passed it over to another doctor that was on duty as he was still on his break, but when Nora insisted that he go stating that it was in fact Caroline Forbes's partner Niklaus Mikealson.. Well, he had to go and find out if it were true.
"I must say, I'm rather surprised to see you here-"
"Is there no other doctor on duty today? I'd prefer not to be dealing with you. No offense." Klaus interjected
"I am Caroline's doctor. So unfortunately for you, everything regarding her and her baby involves me." Enzo snapped
Wasn't it enough that Klaus had to deal with the fact that Enzo was not only Caroline's doctor, but her lover as well? Surely enough he expected her to move on yes but not with this guy.
Everytime Klaus saw him, he tried to suppress the dull and horrid picture of Enzo's wandering arms all over Caroline holding her, but it somehow always managed to infiltrate his mind making him mad with jealousy.
"I'm pretty sure we both know why I'm here so let's cut the dramatics and get on with it shall we.." Klaus groaned
"So you're scared of blood.." Enzo smirked as he got up opening the adjoined door to his office that revealed an examination room and motioned for Klaus to follow him.
Seeing the examination table with all its equipment attached made Klaus's stomach churn. He felt sluggish, light headed and unable to even form a snarky comeback at Enzo
"You're really scared aren't you?" Enzo frowned after seeing how strictly pale Klaus had become after entering the room.
Getting onto the bed rather dejectedly, he eased back and took a sharp intake of breath before shutting his eyes.
Just being in this room, having that rather distinct smell of medicine and disinfectant.. It brought back memories he had stored away.. Memories that he didn't want to ever think about again..
*Flashback*
Emergency room, London England...
"Nik?"
Klaus groaned as he struggled to open his heavy eyes. Pain soared through his head and limbs and he fussed around trying to make sense of where he was and why it had hurt so damn much to move.
"Niklaus can you hear me?"
He heard Elijah's voice and slowly opened his eyes.
Around him stood Elijah, Rebekah and Kol who stared at him wearily.
"Bekah..where- am I?" He moaned and Rebekah burst out in tears as she threw herself to his side clutching him close.
"I thought.. Oh Nik! I'm so glad you're awake. We couldn't loose you too." She whimpered
"What are you talki-"
"Niklaus Mikealson. I'm Doctor Wes, how are you feeling?" A man in a white lab coat came to his side checking his pupils and IV drip making sure everything was in check
"Sore. but what-"
"Do you know where you are and how you got here?" The Doctor peered
Klaus's entire body felt heavy and pain sored through his abdomen as he shrugged up on the bed, taking a moment to recall exactly what had happened.
"The hospital.. I was driving and.." Klaus's eyes widened in terror as he turned to Rebekah and Elijah
"Where's Henrik?" He muttered
Rebekah and Elijah looked at eachother, she was still overcome with tears and Elijah looked pale as a ghost.
The Doctor took it as his cue to leave the room as he presumed what would be a private family moment.
"Where. Is. He?!" Klaus growled lowly
"There was nothing they could do.." Elijah muttered and Rebekah's silent sobs became louder and uncontrolled as she clutched onto Elijah's side.
"No. No no no. Where is he, I have to see him" Klaus started to hyperventilate as he ripped out the IV from his wrists and despite the soaring pain that shot through his body, struggled to get out of the bed and limped toward the door.
"Nik what are you doing?! You cannot-"
"Get out of my way Kol." He growled as his eyes became heavy with tears at the thought of his little brother
All he remembered was driving and then seeing Henrik sneak out from behind the back seat.
The roads were wet from the heavy rain and...
The adrenaline, the shock, the fear for his little brother was the only thing that kept him going as he stumbled throughout the corridors frantically searching every room he came across with his siblings following him closely behind.
Eventually he hobbled upon a room where he found Esther crying frantically on an empty hospital bed.
"Mother.." He gasped
She looked up and panic struck through her as she anxiously got up and shuffled over to him.
"What are you doing here Niklaus. You should not have come here-"
"Where's Henrik." He wept
"His gone." She wailed and clasped onto Klaus as her entire body shook with grief.
Klaus shut his eyes tight as the tears kept flowing down his face, having heard something he had already known.
His little brother, his best friend.. his little warrior was no more.
"You!"
Klaus shot around coming face to face with Mikeal who he had never seen, had swollen red eyes from which Klaus presumed had been tears. He stood rigid, unable to comprehend a single thought at the mere fact of his father crying. He had never seen Mikeal cry.
"Father.." Klaus gasped as Mikeal stalked forward and punched Klaus straight in the face sending him straight onto the floor.
"Father!"
"Mikeal!"
Came the cries of his siblings and his mother as he groaned in pain on the cold floor
"You bastard. My son is dead because of you!" He lept forward and yanked Klaus up by the neck shoving him against the wall in a choke hold position
"Father please!" Elijah shrieked pulling on Mikeal trying to get him away from Klaus
"It was- an accident father.." Klaus struggled out as his airways had been clamped by Mikeal's firm grip around his neck
"You dare call me by that name boy. You're no son of mine. You are the product of a whore's letchury." Mikeal growled
Elijah and Kol had managed to pull Mikeal off him, as Rebekah and Esther who were being consoled by Finn, continued to wail at the sight.
Klaus looked desperately to his mother for some sort of clarity, a misunderstanding of some sort. It was also in that moment when he felt the bile rising to his throat, the feeling of his heart being ripped to a thousand pieces when his mother couldn't even look him in the eye.
He did not want to believe it.
But it was true.
He was the by product of an affair.
A bastard.. And a murderer?
*End of flashback.*
"Can we do this quickly." Klaus whimpered as his throat became dry and his head heavy.
"Try to relax. It won't even take a minute." Enzo stated after he turned to retrieve the necessary equipment.
All Enzo knew was that Klaus had some serious demons when it came to these things.. According to Caroline.
He wasn't going to be immature about it. Being a doctor, Enzo came to face many things including phobia's during his time practising. And Klaus's condition was nothing more than that, a phobia of hospitals it seemed.
"We just need to put a syringe in your vein and extract 10 ccs of blood." He stated having figured that going step by step through the process it'd make Klaus relax a bit.
Seeing the large needle made Klaus's heart beat faster..
*Flashback*
On-call room.. London England
"Maybe he was just trying to get to me. Making up stories to hurt me." Klaus voice broke as he lulled in the denial, the shock had not completely worn out yet. The fact that he was not Mikeals son hadn't quite settled.
Elijah opened his mouth to answer, but hesitated.
"You lost a lot of blood.." He started
"Naturally, we all stepped in to donate but.."
"We weren't a match." Kol sighed
Klaus looked down, shaking his head as the tears spilled over in grief.
Perhaps he was truly alone.
He lost Henrik, and now all the people he had ever known and loved dearly was being ripped out of his life too because they had not shared the same father..had not been bound by blood.
Now that the truth was out, Klaus knew that Mikeal would see to it personally that he never got to see neither one of them ever again.
"You're still our brother Nik. No matter what he says." Rebekah muttered clasping her hand around his.
"We stick together as one." Kol stated moving toward his beside
"Always and Forever." Elijah added
*End of flashback.*
"You okay mate?" Enzo frowned
"No. So please hurry up and do what you have to do." He swallowed hard and shut his eyes.
He was doing this for Caroline..
He was doing this for Caroline..
He recited the mantra to himself repeatedly in his head to try and subside the bile that threatend to rise with the mere thought of being in a hospital again.
"It's over." Enzo stated after a few minutes, cleaning up his arm and placing a cotton swob over the small puncture.
"Can I go?" Klaus sat up rolling down his sleeve wanting to get out as soon as he could. He needed to get some air before he blacked out.
"—Sure. You'll get the report tomorrow." Enzo stated and Klaus nodded after leaving the room.
He went to the nearest washroom he could find and welcomed the cold water over his face.
Looking at his pale reflection staring back at him he felt disgusted.
It was as if everywhere he looked, he saw Henrik's little face.
Life had been cruel, and the path to healing was so hard. At times he didn't know how he would make it. He wished he had never gotten into that car, he wished Caroline had gotten better than him, he wished he could be the man and father to his child that everyone hoped he could.
He let his head drop and closed his eyes, breaking the view he had of his pale and tired face staring back at him in the mirror. He couldn't wait to get out of this place, the memories were too thick here. They were suffocating him.
The thoughts that haunted him only drowned out reality and forced him into the past..
"Klaus?"
"Stefan.." Klaus frowned, confused at first but then remembered that Stefan was in fact finishing up his practical here.
"What are you doing here?" Stefan frowned. This was the last place he would expect to find his troubled friend, unless..
"Is Care here? Is she oka-"
"I came for a blood test."
"I'm glad to hear that." Stefan sighed in relief
"Could you maybe come with me for a minute?"
"I was actually just leaving mate, I'm sorry." Klaus brushed past him
"It won't take long." Stefan stated catching up to him as he briskly walked through the corridors.
Klaus eventually sighed and decided to humor him. So he followed Stefan to another small office where they sat and Stefan poured him a glass of water.
"Sorry there's no bourbon, but that's the best I can do for now." Stefan smirked
Klaus smirked and nodded appreciating the cool liquid that soothed his dry throat.
"I don't know what is about hospitals that's got you so spooked and its not any of my business I guess. But I just wanted to thank you." Stefan started
"Thank me?"
"Caroline's my friend too. But even from a doctor's point of view I can't tell you how important getting that blood test was." Stefan muttered.
He was no stranger to Klaus's mood swings although he was rather pleased to find that Klaus had welcomed his synopsis rather than reject it.
"This is for you.." Stefan rummaged through the drawers and retrieved a disc that he slid over to Klaus.
Seeing his furrowed brows, Stefan elaborated.
"Its a copy of the sonography."
Klaus nodded slowly and slipped the disc into his jacket. He got up to take his leave, when Stefan snickered
"And congratulations." Stefan smirked
"Oh, for the blood test.." Klaus snorted shaking his head
"No.. for the twins." Stefan smiled.
Klaus nodded absentmindedly and then stilled. His back completely rigid as he froze hand on the door knob barely flinching.
Had he heard him correctly?
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"Twins?" Klaus frowned turning back toward Stefan
"Yeah. Didn't Caroline tell you? You're going to have twins."
Klaus opened his mouth to answer but hesitated and staggered forward choosing to sit down instead.
This was certainly news to him.
There were two babies?
Himself and Caroline had made two babies..
Seeing Klaus's inner turmoil probably processing the latest information to Caroline's pregnancy, Stefan figured now was time to have that 'talk'.
Sure Elijah, Rebekah, Kol and Katherine had all tried and failed. But Stefan had a hunch that maybe if he saw things.. Like the sonography for instance, just maybe it'd put things into a better perspective.
No one knew better than Stefan that you could deny, avoid and ignore something for as long as you could.. But once you've actually seen it, felt it, experienced it even for a little while.. It helped a lot in the convincing process. That, or the entire thing could flop.
"I'm seeing you at the hospital for the first time today in eight months of her pregnancy" Stefan stated. His face without any hint of emotion.
"You're the father, Klaus. Don't you have any responsibility? She's doing everything alone. There's nobody to help her, neither her family, nor yours. Sure you're siblings have all stepped in for the moral support but even you know that's not nearly enough."
"The doctors have told her to rest but I don't think she's listening. All this stress she's under right now? Its one of the leading risks to premature labour. I've told her time and again that she should take it easy because with twins? That risk is amplified."
"Klaus, you need to support her, help her. She's gone through this all alone and that's not fair. She needs love, she needs to be cared for and only you can do this." Stefan looked earnestly at him.
"Please. Please be there for her now, Klaus. That's all we ask."
"Penny for your thoughts.."
Bonnie turned away from the car window she had previously been fixated on and looked to Kol who had been driving them to Kat and Elijah's, stealing quick glances from her.
"Just thinking about how off Caroline seemed on our shopping trip. I can't shake the feeling that something's up." Bonnie frowned
"You mean other than the fact that she's having a baby with a man who doesn't want to play house?" Kol sighed
"She's a mess Kol. She either eats too much or starves herself, sleeps for 14 hours straight or has insomniac nights.."
"Well whatever it is, I hope she moves out and fast. The baby's almost due and she really doesn't need all Klaus's negative energy around."
Kol didn't respond but cracked his neck to the side and focused on the road instead.
"What?" She frowned having caught his body language.
Sure they haven't been together for long, but it was long enough to pick up a few things from Kol. Believe it or not, he was quite easy to read..something she would never tell him.
"Well; contrary to what you were saying darling. I was just thinking that maybe being around Caroline and the baby might spark something in him, I don't know.." Kol shrugged.
"He hasn't shown any interest in 8 months Kol. What makes you think that'll change?" She argued
"You don't know my brother like I do Bonnie." He sighed
Bonnie frowned so he elaborated
"When my mother was pregnant with Rebekah and I, Niklaus wouldn't admit it but Elijah and Finn knew he was insanely jealous. Nik was always mothers favourite and naturally he felt threatend when she became with child again, no less with twins of course. I think maybe it was because he was never on the receiving side of Mikeal's affection like Elijah or Finn, so he sought out Esther's. Well, when we eventually came into the world, it changed everything. Elijah expected him to not want anything to do with the new babies but when he saw us for the first time according to Elijah that is; he was enamored." Kol smiled at the memory
"We're all troubled in one way or the other.. Broken in some way. Nik with his paranoia, Bekah's fear of abandoment, poor Elijah dedicates himself to everyone but himself.. And my fear of commitment." He sighed
"I guess we're all forsaken in some way, more Nik than the rest of us. Nik has a tendency to turn anything that's good for him away because he thinks he doesn't deserve it. And for me and my siblings, our unfortunate fate is finding Nik's redemption, making him believe that he is worthy. His my brother, I'll never give up on him." Kol stated
After a few minutes of silence, Kol revived out of his reminicisant thoughts of family and glanced to Bonnie who stared at him in silence.
She hardly ever got a glimpse of the deeper and more in touch with his feelings Kol but when she did, it made her love him all the more.
"What?" He asked
"If you weren't driving, I'd kiss you senseless." She smiled
Kol instantly swerved the car to the road and adruptly stopped the car before turning to a smirking Bonnie
"Not driving anymore.." He smirked.
"Euw. Care what are you eating?"
"The belly rules the mind." She sighed rubbing her large bump before she feasted on a rather distinctive combination of an anchovy and peanut butter sandwich.
Cravings had been hitting her hard lately and they'd been getting stranger and more disgusting by the day. Hence her sitting in Katherine's kitchen devouring a peanut butter and anchovy sandwich.
Shaking her head Katherine just snorted.
"Have Kol and Bonnie arrived yet? I'm getting really bored and impatient. I don't do bored and impatient."
"Fear not sister.. The awesome brother is here indeed." Kol announced loudly as he entered the kitchen and kissed Kat on her cheek who tried to dodge him. He then almost pulled Caroline into a hug, but backed away slowly instead when he saw what she'd been eating.
"Bonnie.. Keep that thing on a leesh. He almost kissed me." Katherine made a gag face.
"Why are you both smiling so much" Caroline frowned at Bonnie and Kol with a mouth full of bread. She might have looked extremely unlady-like right now but she didn't care. When you become pregnant with two babies who incessantly make you puke and crave the weirdest things, table ettiquette kind of goes out the window.
Kol wiggled his eyebrows as he glanced at Bonnie who tamed her hair to hide the evidence of their not too long ago quickie in the car.
"Euw euw euw." Katherine grimaced obviously having picked up on the explanation and Caroline was too caught up in her food to even comment.
"Nothing you and Elijah haven't done darling. Although given my brothers lack for innovation in that department, I can't say it was something you two have done." He snickered
"Are we really gonna do this? We both know I can rip you to shreds and do my nails at the same time." Katherine scoffed and Kol held his hands up in surrender. It was as if he got some sort of thrill in pissing her off. Asshole..
Kol loved his sister in law. And the fact that she was annoyed on another level due to her overdue pregnancy, it made irritating her all the more sweeter.
"Anyway.. Did you bring the stuff?" Kat snapped trying to get Bonnie's attention to her and away from making sex eyes with Kol.
"Miss Bennett, there's an April here for you." Greta announced
"Right on time." Bonnie smiled and in walked her assistant clutching a large box
"Hey guys— omg Caroline you're pregnant too?! Eeeeeeek." April threw the box to Bonnie who almost dropped it after flinching at April's high pitched shriek
April knew that Katherine was pregnant. She was of course in the loop with all Bonnies' client's day-to-days. But seeing Caroline pregnant who visited Bonnie a few times at the office was a surprise.
"May I?" April cooed crouching down to Caroline's belly.
"Er.. Sure." Caroline frowned
April giggled rubbing Caroline's belly. Yeah she gets that some people like to do this kind of thing but she really didn't get it.
"Oh he kicked!" April exclaimed
"Yeah.. That happens." Caroline nodded snorting at her glee
"What makes you say its a boy?" Katherine frowned
"Well for your sake I hope its a boy." April smiled at Caroline already knowing Kat was having a girl so it was much too late for her.
"How so?"
"Well you know when you have a boy you just worry about his wiener but when you have a girl you have to worry about all the wieners coming at her, smacking her around. You remember how it is." April shrugged and Kol started roaring out in laughter followed by Katherine who scowled
"Little tip, woman to woman, don't piss off the diabolical ones." Katherine frowned at April
"Er thanks April I'll see you at work on Monday." Bonnie got her to leave before Katherine made her hate herself.
"Here you go." Bonnie placed the box next to Katherine
"What is all this?" Caroline frowned opening the box taking out one of the many pamphlets amongst all kinds of recipes and books about inducing labour naturally.
"Home birth.. All natural?" Caroline started giggling prefusely
"What's so funny." Kol frowned
"Yeah right. Like Kat's ever going to do a natural birth." Caroline snorted
"I've already made mid-wife plans. Her name is Estelle Walker. Best of the best." She stated as a matter of faculty
"Mid-wife plans? Yeah. Sure. And I'll be there laughing my ass off when you beg for the drugs." Caroline snickered
"Ooh look. They've included a video.." Katherine fished out a disc from the box
"Annnd that's my cue to leave. I'll see you later." He pecked Bonnie on her lips and briskly walked out the kitchen.
Don't get him wrong he was thrilled that his little neice was nearly here but he did not want to be around when they made him watch humans pushing out other humans from their lady junk.
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"You still want to have a natural home birth?" Caroline gaped after a rather skin crawling video.
Katherine, Bonnie, Caroline and Rebekah who joined them later, sat in the TV room after watching the home birth video.
"Well.. Yeah. Trust me its not as terrible as they make it out to be in the movies." Katherine stated. Her tone not as convincing though.
"That wasn't a movie Kat.. That was a documentary. With real people. Real screaming. Real pain." Caroline muttered
"I'm having a home birth okay.. Its decided and done."
"Well that should've happen 2 weeks ago. What's taking so bloody long? Go into labour already." Rebekah growled. Katherine was already past her due date and had already been to the hospital several times with Elijah.
Auntie Bex was getting irritated. She wanted to hold her neice already.
"Its not a freaking switch I can just turn on Rebekah! Don't you think I'm impatient too?!" Katherine groaned. She too was uber excited to meet her daughter. The only problem was that it had already been 2 weeks past her due date and nothing. Little miss mini-Mikealson refused to show up.
And when she says nothing.. She meant nothing. Not a cramp, pre-contraction, back pain..nothing.
The hospital cleared her of any warnings stating that it was normal being 2 weeks late and even offered to induce labour, but Katherine flat out refused. She didn't want any drugs going in while her baby was still there. It was the main reason for her wanting to do the home birth in the first place. She didn't have anything against it, she's just read up a lot on home birthing and decided it suited her best.
Only, that left her trying things the old fashioned way. Spices.. Oils.. Funny looking plants for tea, you name it.
"There's nothing wrong with it home birth Care.. Its proven to be the best procedure so far. With your perfectionist attitude I'm suprised you didn't go for it." Bonnie snorted
"That's a definite no-no too much of a risk-" Caroline blurted out and then cringed shoving her stupid blabbing mouth with popcorn before she said anything further
"What do you mean too much of a risk? Is there something wrong with the baby?" Bonnie frowned
"Well of course not."
"No need to worry Bon Bon."
Rebekah and Katherine answered at the same time and then looked at eachother in confusion.
Rebekah having figured the reason she couldn't do a home birth was due to the blood disorder and Katherine figured it was because she was having twins and twins were sometimes more high risk.
"She told you?" They both yelled at eachother simultaneously and then turned to Caroline who sunk further into the couch stuffing her face in attempts to avoid their questionable gazes
"I can't believe you made me keep this from Elijah and you've told Rebekah, Care." Katherine sighed
"And I thought we agreed we weren't telling anyone until we've gotten through to Nik" Rebekah frowned
Caroline swallowed hard and then sighed in defeat. Might as well come clean about everything, because nothing stays a secret anymore. She thought shaking her head.
"I didn't tell Rebekah." Caroline muttered glancing towards Katherine.
"Then what the hell is she talking about.." Katherine frowned
"Wait.. I'm confused." Rebekah frowned
"Me too. What's going on.." Bonnie frowned
"Okay fine!." Caroline groaned
"Kat is talking about the fact that I'm..having twins." Caroline stated sheepishly.
"What?!" Bonnie and Rebekah exclaimed
"Yeah.." Caroline smiled
"Oh my god!" Rebekah shrieked and sprinted over to where Caroline was seated pulling her into a hug.
"Congratulations Care! That's amazing." Bonnie gushed
"Thanks." She giggled
"And you've only told Katherine? Why." Rebekah scowled
"Hello? Best friend.. Right here." Katherine rolled her eyes
"Well I guess its not that far fetched. I mean Beks and Kol are twins. So they must get it from their side of the family." Bonnie smiled
"So is it boys? Or girls? Or one of each?." Rebekah grinned. Ignoring Katerina
"I didn't want to know that part. I swear I'm not lying before any of you decide to grill me." She held her hands up in surrender.
"Oh this is rather darling! 3 neices to spoil rotten." Rebekah gushed with Caroline and Bonnie both chuckling.
"Wait.. But what does Rebekah know that I don't?" Katherine quickly reminded Caroline before they got caught up talking about the twins too much and dismissed the other topic entirely. Which she figured was what Caroline was trying to do.
And suddenly Rebekah and Caroline's earlier giggling and gushing had vanished into the dark cloud of anxiety and tension that loomed over them.
"Well?" Katherine asked eyebrows raised
Rebekah put her hand on Caroline's urging her to go ahead and that she was here to help her if needed.
"I have a disorder in my blood. It doesn't affect me, I'm only a carrier. But if Klaus has it too.. It could mean trouble for the babies. Which is why I can't even think about having a home birth." Caroline stated
"So does Klaus have it?" Bonnie asked worried
"We don't know.. He needs to have a test done."
"And let me guess, he flat out refused." Katherine sighed
Not receiving a response she almost chuckled darkly to her most accurate guess. He said no.
"Oh goody. Another thing to add to my "Reasons for Hating Klaus list." Katherine growled and then got up stalking out of the room fuming in anger.
"Have you spoken to him yet?" Rebekah gently nudged Caroline
She nodded
"And?" Rebekah looked hopeful, which made it all the more disappointing when Caroline didn't say anything.
She didn't even have to muster up a response because the look on her face was more than enough to bring across the message.
When Klaus reached home, he wasn't surprised to find the house eerily quiet and dark.
Gone was that sweet scent of vanilla that was all Caroline.
Gone was the lit candles and rose petals on the floor that indicated she had been waiting up for him.
Sadly he had gotten use to this. And surely missing it was rather silly since the lack there of is entirely his fault.
Sighing he took off his shoes and socks and stumbled toward the kitchen where he poured himself a large tumbler of whiskey.
Edging toward the living room he sunk onto the couch. There was so many thoughts taking root in his head it became hard to single one out. Falling onto the back rest he took a large gulp of his drink and felt something edge up against him in the pocket of his hoody.
Frowning he dug his hand inside and pulled out the sleeved disc that Stefan had given him earlier.
"The sonogram..." He whispered
Nobody was home and his curiousity got the better of him. He put down his glass and walked across to the DVD player, inserting the disc and went back to the couch with the remote waiting paitently.
Suddenly, the sound of tiny heartbeats filled the room. 'Boom-Boom Boom-Boom' came the sound of their strong little hearts.
There they were..
Cacooned alongside eachother in her womb.
They were beautiful.
The feelings that burst through his chest were indescribable. The 3D image was so clear. He could see their faces, their little noses. Even the little thumb that the one baby had in his mouth.
He strutted toward the flat screen and reached out. It was as if he had been hit with a ton of bricks that was reality
It was almost as if establishing the reality of the coming children, and at the same time reassuring that all was going well with the pregnancy.
It also caused Klaus to reflect on his role in the life of mother and children thus far, he hadn't been there for them. He hadn't been making an important practical and psychological preparation for parenthood..
It was as if Caroline's words came back ringing in his ears...
"Because I love you Nik.
And maybe I want the right to have a say in your life,
and I want to give you that right too.
Why are we afraid of giving this relationship a name, Nik?"
"I'm not afraid, Caroline
I'm not afraid of giving this relationship a name now." Klaus stated earnestly as he wiped the tear that had run down his cheek.
"I'm not afraid anymore."
"Come out!" Katherine wailed and hit the pillow. "Why doesn't she want to come out?"
"She loves your comfortable womb so much," Elijah muttered sleepily.
Elijah and Katherine had just retired to bed after bidding the girls farewell for the day. Elijah had just got off a 3 hour conference call which ended so late due to the time difference. He was groggy and tired and just wanted to curl up with his wife and drift off.
"I'm 14 days past my due date," Katherine said and brushed away a tear of frustration.
"My body isn't functioning the way it should!"
"Katerina, I know you're ill equipped to deal with things that don't go by according to your time preference, but remember what the doctor said: 'due dates are just rough estimates, and your body takes as long as it needs'." Elijah sighed
"Rubbish. My due date must have been calculated wrong. 'Lijah, come on!" Katherine moaned
"What?" Elijah turned his head on the pillow.
"Make love to me! I've been drinking oil and eating spices for days now, but they don't help. Making love is the only thing left on my list." Katherine whined
"You have a list.." Elijah snickered raising his head from the pillow to face her.
Katherine puffed up her lips and knit her eyebrows together giving her husband the puppy dog look. Hoping it would guilt trip some sense into him so that he'd help her get their daughter out.
"Katerina," he said earnestly.
"We've been through this. I don't feel comfortable making love to you while our baby -note: baby, not embryo- is just inches away, ripe and ready to emerge." He sighed
Katherine grounded her teeth in frustration.
"The baby is well protected, so stop mucking around. In fact..." She shifted sideways and straddled herself onto Elijah, who raised his arms in astonishment.
"What are you d-...Katerina!"
Katherine wrenched herself on top of Elijah and started opening the strings of his pajama pants.
"Katerina..' Elijah tried to force her hands away, but she hissed like an angry cat.
"I've had it with being pregnant. You will get this baby out of me Elijah Mikealson." Katherine warned
"This is highly improper!' Elijah tugged at Katherine's hands
"Get down, woman" he sighed
"Put a sock in it," Katherine said breathlessly and pulled the string out in one slick motion.
"Trousers off, Elijah." She commanded
"I will not be manhandled like this" Elijah wriggled under Katherine, who had clamped her legs tightly around him.
"As your husband, I implore you to stop." He groaned.
Elijah restrained but even he couldn't deny that having her on top of him in this compromising position did turn him on. The pregnancy had done wonders to her hips, ass and breasts. Although the thought of his baby quickly rid those erotic thoughts easily.
"Then act like a husband," Katherine said between gritted teeth and pulled down the pajama pants.
"Its been a long day Elijah. I just need one of those hugs that turns into sex. I thought all men dreamed of an aggressive...oh!" She halted suddenly.
"Katerina!" Elijah's eyes rounded and moved down to his waist.
"What is that.."
Katherine lifted the hem of her nightgown. A slow smile spread on her face.
"Elijah" she whispered. "My water just broke."
I don't exactly feel happy with this chaper,idk.
Let me know what you guys think?
A belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all of you guys by the way lol
I'm also debating the idea of bringing Esther and Mikeal back for a little visit. Yay or nay?