Chapter 18: No place like home
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"You're in labour? The baby's coming?" Elijah asked wide eyed as he got up.
Katherine barely took a second breath when Elijah had instantly been changed into fresh clothing and gotten her a bag ready.
"Call the mid wife.." she said holding onto the bed frame grunting as her first contraction took over her.
"Mid wife? I'd rather we go to the hospital Katerina." Elijah implored.
She had made her intentions of having a home birth quite clear to Elijah. Only he thought the closer they got to the due date the more likely she'd change her mind.
Katherine shook her head. "No hospital. I'm having this baby here.."
Elijah stared at her. She sounded sane and rational, but the words coming out of her mouth didn't sit well with him.
"Katerina please. We need to go to the hospital."
Katherine glared at him. What wasn't he getting?
"No I don't. And I won't. This baby will be born here."
She opened her mouth to continue the argument when she stopped, grabbed the bed frame again and started to grunt and pant. This time she swung her hips round simultaneously
When she straightened up again Elijah reasonably stated "You can't possibly have the baby here. There's no equipment.. What if something were to happen? I will not risk either one of you Katerina."
Couldn't she understand that Elijah was just being a worried husband and protective father. This was there first baby, her first pregnancy and he did not want to risk anything.
"What equipment? Call Estelle, Elijah. Now." Katherine hissed
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Estelle arrived 30 minutes later with her assistant Mya, much to Elijah's dismay. Katherine's contractions were getting closer and closer
Upstairs in their bedroom, Katherine had just finished another contraction. She greeted Estelle with relief who examined her and monitored her progress thus far.
Rebekah having been woken up by Greta who heard the commotion at 5am in the morning, excitedly entered the room. Her niece finally decided to show up.
Katherine was leaning onto the bed frame with Mya rubbing her back and Estelle readying a few things. Elijah remained at Katherine's side.
"Wow.. So you were serious about the home birth then.." Rebekah noted
"Rebekah.." Katherine started but failed to carry out her threat as another contraction started.
By now Katherine's whole body was swaying and gyrating with each contraction. It looked like extreme belly dancing to Rebekah.
She quickly fished out her phone to text the rest of the gang because she was sure Elijah hadn't. He looked extremely panicked and for once did not know what to do. For the first time her older brother looked completely out of place and in his own home no doubt.
"Rebekah, be a dear and turn up the thermostat a tad bit." Estelle stated and Rebekah nodded, glad to be a bit of help.
Elijah whispered soft soothing words to her remaining passive by her side.
Katherine's face was bright red and bathed in sweat. The tempreture of the room had increased slightly, but the warmth would be good for the baby, as Estelle pointed out.
Kat grimaced with effort, but she didn't look like she was in agony, and thank god she wasn't screaming.
Elijah would not have been able to bear hearing her scream. He'd drag an entire panel of doctors and wheeled a room full of equipment in here if it came to that.
At a nod from Estelle, he tentatively tried to rub her back, but Katherine groaned. On the next contraction she dropped to all fours on the carpet, but continued to move her hips frantically.
"Do something." Elijah breathed out looking to Estelle who passively watched the scene unfold
"No need. She's doing it all beautifully. This baby is coming very soon." She nodded to Mya
Estelle examined Katerina once again and Elijah was so focused on Katherine he almost missed Estelle indicate that she was now nine and a half centimeters dilated.
For what seemed like an endless time to Elijah, but was only a few minutes, Katherine stayed on all fours, writhing and swaying.
By now her grunts sounded more like groans. He felt helpless in the face of her self contained struggle
Then suddenly the contraction was over and Katherine got up with the help of Mya and Elijah and laid down onto the bed. Mya grabbed a towel to wipe the sweat off her face and neck.
"That was a tough one hey!" Estelle noted, as if commenting on a football game.
Estelle drawed closer to Katherine to examine her again.
"You're ready to go. Clever girl." Estelle smirked. She was rather impressed with Katherine. Not a lot of first time mothers handled the contractions as well as she did.
"Read all the books, watched all the videos.." Kat breathed out proudly
Abruptly, Katherine's face started to turn red again. This time she stayed on her back, hands bracing the bed. Estelle hovered near murmuring soft words of encouragement.
"Easy, easy. Breathe gently."
Katherine couldn't.
Her whole being, every muscle and gland was concentrated on pushing. Elijah could see the pressure in her body once again and held onto her hand.
"There's the head. She's crowning." Estelle smiled and Elijah kissed Katherine's hand
"Have a little rest.. And then get ready to push again."
Katherine nodded breathlessly and with a sharp intake of breath, she braced herself grabbing hold of Elijah's hand firmly, giving one enormous push as she arched her entire body forward.
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A few minutes later the piercing sound of his little girl's screams as she took her first breath echoed through the room. And Katherine's body collapsed back onto the bed as she tried to catch her breath.
"You are so welcome little one." Estelle cooed at the pink little being she held
"Elijah.. Do you want to cut the chord?" Estelle motioned towards him and he nodded eagerly before kissing his wife's cheek.
He cut the chord and after Estelle had been done cleaning the baby, checking, measuring and making sure everything was okay under Elijah's insistence, she wrapped her up in a blanket
He took a sharp intake of breath as Estelle neared handing him his daughter.
"Congratulations. Its a healthy baby girl."
She was so beautiful.
Without taking his eyes off her, he walked closer to the bed and sat down next to Katherine handing their little girl to her.
"Hey you.." Katherine cooed breathlessly as she dawned on their baby girl. She had strong lungs or so she thought as their daughter continued to wail on her chest.
"She looks like her mother." Rebekah smiled
"She's perfect." Elijah murmured and kissed Katherine's hair.
Rebekah itched to hold her little niece but knew that this was a special moment for the new parents. So she waited for Estelle and Mya to finish up before she accompanied them out the room leaving Kat, Elijah and the baby.
The rest of the gang would probably be arriving soon and she needed to make sure they let Katherine and the baby rest. She also needed to make sure that she gloated infront of Elena, Caroline and Kol since she was there first seeing their beautiful niece come into the world.
Katherine cuddled the baby against her breasts and smiled. She finally stopped crying and had yet to open her eyes.
"She's finally here."
"She.." He frowned. They haven't even talked about names yet.
"Emily.." Katherine smiled.
Clearly his wife had already planned out a name. Why was he not surprised. He snickered
"Emily" He smiled and then gasped as his baby girl opened her big brown doe eyes for the very first time.
"I think she likes it too."
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By 11am, both Katherine and baby Emily had a bath and were in bed resting.
Elijah stood by the bed post and looked at his perfect little family..
His wife Katerina sleeping being utterly worn out. And his little Emily, wrapped in a fluffy pink blanket with a little bunny hat on her head sleeping soundly in a make shift crib next to their bed. She had a fully stocked nursery just waiting to be used but Katherine insisted she spent the first few weeks with them, in order to make nursing and changing easier.
Looking down to his wife, he knew he made the right choice in trusting to know that she could have their baby here. She was strong and not as fragile as she looked sometimes. He had to remind himself of that. He had been extremely proud of how well she had endured the labor.
His heart would burst from pride and happiness.
There really was no place like home.
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The minute the door opened, Kol Mikealson scurried inside not even bothering to knock, ring the bell or wait for Greta to open.
Rebekah and Elijah watched in amusement as Kol, Bonnie, Elena, Stefan and Caroline walked in with all sorts of things.
Elena looked disheleved yet very eager tugging along a yawning Stefan, carrying what looked to be cinnamon rolls. Katherine's favorite.
Kol however took the cake.
He was rather excited to meet the very first baby into the Mikealson family and felt she deserved a 'proper' welcoming. And much to Bonnie and Caroline's dismay, they'd been driving around all morning looking for an open mini-mart of some sort in wee hours of the morning.
Kol insisted that he needed to get the necessary welcome gifts for his little niece. And of course, according to him that included 5 large balloons saying all sorts of things, both his arms filled with stuffed animals and Bonnie and Caroline tugging slightly behind him with a large gift basket for Katherine.
"Kol, what in the world.." Elijah frowned
"Don't ask." Bonnie sighed
"What? I got some things for my niece." He stated as a matter of faculty and strutted further into the living room.
"How are they?" Elena smiled tiredly.
"They're good. They're Healthy." Elijah smiled
"Can we see them?" Kol demanded more than asked already slipping towards the staircase.
"No Kol. They're resting." Rebekah barked at him. Already getting into over-protective Auntie Bex mode.
"Its not fair that you got to see her first." Kol scoffed and followed the others to the living room where everyone assembled and tiredly slugged down onto the couch.
Rebekah boastfully took them through the entire birthing process that morning not leaving out a single detail.
"Was she in a lot of pain?" Elena asked
"There were a few killer contractions that had her on all fours at a time.. But she pulled through. The mid wife was rather impressed with her." Rebekah smiled
"Well that's Kat for ya. When she puts her mind to something, there's nothing she can't do." Caroline snickered and everyone nodded in agreement.
"She looks just like her mother." Rebekah added fondly and Kol started snickering, as if laughing at a private joke he made with himself.
"What Kol.." Rebekah rolled her eyes
"Well I'm just thinking as to how the child is going to identify her own mother between Kat and Elena. They are identical.. That'd be the funniest thing ever!" He laughed and everyone sighed
Leave it to Kol to think of the silliest little things at the most inopportune times.
Ignoring Kol's stupidity, Elena smiled in admiration at the thought of the baby looking like her and Kat and suddenly became teary eyed as her mind wandered to her parents.
How proud Grayson and Miranda would have been of Katherine. How much they'd love the idea of being grandparents.
As young children, they were always told as to how much they looked like their mother. And it seemed that the newest addition to the family did not fall far from the tree.
"Where's Nik?" Rebekah asked bringing everyone out of their insomniac revere.
Everyone in the room turned to Caroline for some sort of answer which annoyed her to no end.
"Seriously?" She scoffed
"Well you still live with him last time we checked." Kol added in a grumpy tired voice
"Kol." Everyone chided him.
"Given his lack of enthusiam toward impending fatherhood, I'm not surprised he isn't here. That shouldn't come as a shock anymore so can we drop it now?" Caroline sighed.
It hurt to a point where she didn't even feel it anymore. The fact that Klaus would never be the man she wanted was so real and none knew it better than Caroline herself. She was so past the point of grovelling, picking at the little scraps of affection he gave off here and there.. She was moving out and better yet moving on to a total Klaus-free life for herself and her kids.
"Care.." Stefan started but she was having none of it.
"No. Can we please not dwell on this anymore? I don't know what you guys expect from him, do you think he'll come riding in on a horse in shining armour and whisk me away? Do you really believe that he could be a father to our kids because I sure as hell don't."
Maybe it was the fact that she was sleep-deprived, her back hurt like hell and her feet were beyond swollen that got her a bit too worked up. Reminding herself that it wasn't fair to her friends nor her babies if she continued getting worked up like this so she stopped.
Caroline sighed. "Look we're here for Kat and the baby so let's just focus on that. This negative energy is not something I want around right her or anyone for that matter."
And everyone in the room returned to a hault of awkward silence.. That is until something clicked pulling Elijah's attention back toward Caroline
"Kids?" Elijah frowned putting emphasis on the plural causing Kol to perk up in interest.
Caroline sighed.
She'd forgotten that the girls, and well Stefan were the only ones who knew that she was carrying twins. She didn't see the need to keep it a secret any longer. She was 8 months pregnant and nearly at the end, the family needed to be informed before it came to that.
"I'll be damned!" Kol shrieked
"You're carrying twins aren't you.." He added smirking. "Great Scott! It looks like I'll be getting my nephews after all."
Elijah's eyebrows rose in astonishment.
Twins?
Did Klaus know?
And as if reading his mind Caroline shook her head at Elijah despondently
"No. Klaus doesn't know. And I don't think it'd make a difference if he knew either." She said looking to Elijah.
Everyone hovered in the awkward silence afraid to even say anything. They pitied Caroline but never said anything out of fear she'd get worked up. She didn't want their pity.
Stefan was about to interject on the whole 'Klaus not knowing matter' when Greta entered the living room
"Ms Katherine is awake.." She announced happily as she entered. Kol was the first one who shot up taking on two steps at a time as he raced up the stairs tugging all the goodies along with him.
He was in such good spirits now that he knew there were another 2 chances at him having a nephew. Not that he loved his niece any less.
As everyone entered the room they came face to face with the beautiful sight that was Katherine lying in bed with a burp cloth draped over her shoulder and the little baby against her chest as she rubbed her little back gently, clearly in the process of burping her after she'd fed. Elijah smiled as he climbs onto the bed next to his girls.
For the first time ever, Katherine looks disorganized, messy and incredibly happy. Her face completely natural without and inch of make up on. Her curls held up in a messy bun, a few loose strands disheleved around her glowing face. A few used burp cloths are on the bedside table and a bassinet pushed close to the bed. Obviously she hasn't been away from the baby for a single moment and enjoyed every second of becoming a mother.
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After the many questions, pictures, gifts and balloons. Emily is passed around to everyone who is inamored with her beauty. Rebekah was right, she did in fact look like Katherine.
Kol however was the last one to hold her due to the fact that Katherine threatened to kill him if he dropped her.
"I see how it is, I come bearing all sorts of gifts and she can't even stay awake long enough to meet her favorite uncle." Kol teased his voice hushed as he and Bonnie peered down into the pink fluffly blanket.
Emily was beautiful.
Her eyes were closed, which accentuated her long black lashes, her little thumb was tucked away in her cute mouth. Her nose reminded Kol of Katherine's nose. Other than that he didn't see anything else that made Rebekah think she looked exactly like her mother. He did see some Mikealson in her if he was being honest.
"She has your nose Katerina." Kol smirked. His eyes not leaving Emily for a second.
Katherine smiled tiredly resting her head on Elijah's shoulder as they sat on the bed. Her smile soon turned to a frown however as she watched Kol closely.
Kol managed to manouver Emily into the crook of his right arm which could only be described as holding a football and extended his left hand into the air, clutching onto his cellphone.
"Kol what on earth.." Elijah trailed off
"Are you taking a selfie?" Kat frowned
"Yes." He smirked and snapped a few pics of himself and Emily.
"I need to instagram this." Kol giggled peering down to kiss the baby on her forehead.
"Okay.. Enough selfies." Bonnie snickered and took the baby from him handing Emily back to her parents.
Soon enough Greta annoucned that dinner was ready and everyone was so shocked as to how quickly time flew by. The lot assembled in the dinning room with even Katherine and little Emily joining in as Elijah carried her against his chest in a baby holder.
Everyone indulged in their meal except for Stefan and Elena who left earlier after Stefan got paged in to the hospital.
"So how was it the whole birth thing? Did you eat your placenta?" Kol ever so eagerly asked. Never minded that everyone else sat around the table eating.
"No we passed on that." Katherine grimaced glancing to Elijah who rocked back and forth with little Emily
He was so good with her.
"Oh.. Its really good for you, crazy nutrients. People dehydrate them and make it into pills, but that's the expensive way. I always just thought you could scramble it up.. Like put it in a pan, some salt and pepper. It sounds gross but possibly delicious. Throw some sage in their too..." Kol drifted off
Elijah having witnessed his daughter come into the world couldn't even begin to finish his meal after now having an image of Katherine's placenta being cooked and made possibily into a meal.
"Do you still have it?" Kol asked hopeful
"I don't." Katherine made a face.
"Euw. Kol do you honestly think I'd want to kiss you after you ate a placenta?" Bonnie physically grimaced.
Emily started fussing and Katherine quickly finished her meal so that she could take her.
"Nursing time." Katherine smiled and quietly took Emily from Elijah, excusing herself from the room
"Cool. Can I come?" Kol asked
"No!" Elijah and Katherine screamed in unision
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"I can't believe I had two helpings of Greta's risitto." Bonnie sighed rubbing her tummy.
"I can't believe Kat's a mom." Caroline smiled
"I can't believe I'm going to have 3 nieces in little over a month" Rebekah sighed seeming pretty pleased with herself.
"Well you better believe it." Bonnie snickered
The three girls lounged in Rebekah's room while Elijah and Kol went over some 'business' in the study. And by now Caroline knew that was code for 'talking about the her and Klaus situation' not to mention the fact that now that cat or rather twin cats in this case were out of the bag.
"So Bex.. Howcome you're not well on your way to the mommy waggon?" Bonnie asked rather randomly before she could even stop herself.
Caroline and Rebekah having figured it was the lack of sleep and overfilled bellies that had them all on a little cray cray vibe of some sort. It made sense that they were all yapping on about the craziest things without even having to think about it.
"Well I guess I haven't met 'the one' yet." Rebekah shrugged
"You honestly don't believe in that right.." Caroline snickered
"It exists Caroline.. And no matter what anyone says I'd like to think that there's someone in the world for everyone." Rebekah stated
"Well I guess I just pegged you to be.. I don't know a man-eater?" Bonnie added
Rebekah started laughing
"What gave it away? Was it the Choo's? Or maybe the Gucci?" She joked
"Well yeah. I mean you dress like a total rockstar. Not to mention you're wealthy and hot. I guess I just can't understand why you don't have a lot of men rolling around in bed with you." Bonnie snickered
"In all honesty, I've only had 2 boyfriends in my life." Rebekah admitted
"Prude alert!" Bonnie sing songed
It wasn't that far-fetched given that she grew up with 4 older brothers.
"Well two serious ones. I've dated others in between that." She added
"Slut alert!" Caroline sing songed causing all three to erupt in laughter falling back on Rebekah's bed that was big enough so that all three of them lay side by side staring up at the ceiling.
"I guess having four brothers in your life kind of puts a damper on the whole having a boyfriend thing. As a teen, my suitors were way to scared to even try and have a relationship. It was always Nik and Kol that scared them off." She sighed
"I bet you have the craziest stories growing up about Kol.. You. Have. To. Spill." Bonnie urged her
"Not really.." Rebekah shrugged
"Oh come on!"
"Well.. there was this one time he brought a prostitute to my parents annual gala."
Caroline burst out into laughter. "Oh come on I bet she wasn't really a prostitute, she probably just dressed like one right?"
"No I'm serious Caroline. When Elijah introduced himself and asked her what she does, she said and I quote; "anything you want me to for a 100 baby","
"That's gross. But so funny." Caroline giggled
"Yeah..no. Not the kind of dirt I was looking for." Bonnie frowned.
"My brothers gave me a hard time." Rebekah snorted thinking back to the good old days.
"I still don't know how you did it! With Kol's annoying personality and Klaus's paranoia.. I'm surprised you're not lesbian." Bonnie snickered
"Well at least you lot are getting some.. Some of us girls have got to do it the hard way and that's battery operated in my top drawer."
"You're preaching to the choir." Caroline sighed
"It must be terrible for you.. Being all sensitive and hormonal and no sex. I feel for you Care."
"Yeah well.. What can I do." She shrugged.
"Do not live in a dream world of spontaneity. Lower your expectations. Mid-week masturbation like do it on wednesdays -it takes you through to Friday." Rebekah announced
"Easy for you to say." Bonnie snickered
"Oh please Bonnie, you're the only one here that is actually getting laid. Let's not get it twisted." Rebekah snorted
"Oh yeah? Well Kol's idea of spontaneity is to put a hand on my boob." Bonnie sighed
"That doesn't even surprise me." Caroline frowned
They continued into their little banter when the soft coo's and cries sounded out from the corner of the room.
"What is that?" Bonnie frowned and peered towards the source.
In the corner cabinet next to Rebekah's bed was a baby monitor, and by the flicking red light it was obviously on and working.
"Why do you have a baby monitor?" Caroline laughed
"Well.. I live here too. And I figured if Kat was too tired, or if she and Elijah needed some alone time.. I'd be glad to help out with Emily." She stated proudly
"Does Kat know you have one?" Caroline asked knowingly
"Let's go check on her shall we." She quickly dismissed walking out. Caroline and Bonnie shaking their heads in unision following closely behind.
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"Emily Miranda Mikaelson. It really is kind of a mouthful, don't you think?" Caroline asked, smiling down at her children's little cousin, all brown eyes and dark brown tuffs of hair.
"I like it," Katherine replied, "It's a strong name and she needs that to make it in this family."
"Oh come on Ems, what's wrong?" Kat asked, rubbing her hands soothingly across her daughter's stomach as she began to wail, "You aren't hungry, you've been changed, you've had a nap. I think I've did my part."
Rebekah grimaced as she edged closer to the the crib, "What is wrong with her? She sounds like she's being tortured."
Emily's wails started to turn into high-pitched shrieks.
Katherine rolled her eyes, "Babies cry, Rebekah. She probably just needs some attention. She gets that from you."
Caroline and Katherine started giggling profusely as Rebekah puffed up like the sassy drama queen that she was.
Katherine started rocking back and forth with her little girl, but she would not stop crying. She feared something might have been wrong with her.
"Is she sick?" Caroline asked worried
"I don't know.." Katherine muttered. She looked extremely worried. And it just killed her that she didn't know what was wrong and what to do to soothe her daughter.
Elijah entered the room after hearing his daughters piercing screams and without a word walked over to his wife taking Emily from her.
The moment their little girl was tucked in his embrace, she stopped crying. Just like that.
"Ha! Not even a week out and already a daddy's girl" Rebekah snickered.
"Hey there gorgeous."
"Thanks for picking me up. I could catch a ride with Bonnie but Kol keeps yapping on about me having boys." Caroline sighed as they made their way down the driveway
"Ah so you've told them..You know I could still tell you the sex, if you're interested that is.." Enzo offered
"Nope I want to be surprised."
Enzo nodded absentmindedly
"What's the matter?" Caroline frowned
"What do you mean?" Enzo kept his gaze focused on the road.
"You seem.. Nervous." She noted
Enzo bit his lip as the anxiety unfolded. Damn. He wanted it to be a surprise and Caroline saw right through him. Damn.
"Well?" She asked eyebrows raised.
"I.. Well" he sighed
"Can you keep an open mind?" He added
Caroline raised her eyebrows. Really trying to figure out what the hell was going on with Enzo.
He sighed.
"Is something wrong? Did something happen?" She frowned. Her mind already working in overdrive.
"No.. Well somethings going to happen. I just, I need you to trust me. Can you do that?" He stole a quick glance from her and turned back to the road.
"Does it have anything to do with the fact that we've missed the turn-off to my house?"
"Yeah.."
"Is this the part where I found out you're not my doctor, but a crazy stalker that's going to strangle me with my purse?" Caroline joked but really wondered what he was up to.
"Its nothing bad I promise. I just want you to see something. Its kind of important." He tried his best to explain without giving too much away.
He'd been planning this for months now and well, this was the last step.
"O-kay. I guess." She muttered
Enzo physically relaxed, a small smile tucked in the corner of his mouth and sped further into the evening. Caroline had no idea where they were going or why..but she trusted him. She did however notice that they were in the French Quarter, a little after 7pm and all the shops on the sides of the road were lit up and seemed busy at this time of night.
Caroline wrecked her brainas to what Enzo was up to. If he was taking her to dinner she would slap him silly at how intense he made it all sound.
"Okay. Where are we going?" Caroline whined her compulsive disorder kicking in.
"You'll see." Enzo grinned as he pulled into a parking space along the side walk.
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Klaus had been on a mission all afternoon that he barely had time to check his phone.
He was rather astonished to see that he had about 12 missed calls and 5 texts, majority of which belonged to Rebekah no doubt. The funny thing though, was that he hadn't heard his phone for the entire day. It wasn't on silent, in fact it was fine. He blamed it on his determination to get rather urgent things done today.
Sighing in a half smirk, he opened the texts.
'Katherine's in labour. Get your arse over here right now!'
-R
'Its a girl. She's beautiful :). Where are you? :/'
-R
'Nik I swear to god if you do not answer your bloody phone...'
-R
He switched the thing off before she ruined his mood. He was happy for his brother and sister-in-law on their baby. Truly.
It reminded him that he needed to stop by their house. The probability of it being jam packed full of people was great which is why he refrained and he couldn't have bumping into Caroline.
No.
Not until everything was ready.
So far he had checked off everything on his list and only had one more stop.. The most important one that is.
Pulling into a parking space he walked into the jewelers with such a blinding smile it was almost annoying.
Yes, he was going to propose.
He loved her, he'd never love anyone as much as he'd loved her. There wasn't anything in his life that he could be more sure of.
And his babies.. Those babies she carried in her womb underneath her heart. Their babies.. He wanted to kick himself for not seeing it before. That it took a bloody sonogram to open up his eyes. He wanted to be there for them. He wanted to be a good father, he didn't know the first thing about being a good father.
There was one thing he did know..
He would never be like Mikeal, so help him he would be better. And as long as he had Caroline and his family's support, he was sure he'd manage somehow.
"Can I help you sir?" An elderly man approached Klaus from behind a glass cabinet. One of many that the shop entailed that consisted of various eqsusite jewels.
"I'm going to propose.." He croaked. As if stating it made it all the more real.
"Ah. Tell me about this lovely lady." The man smiled
"Caroline is the best thing that ever happened to me. She's beautiful, smart, kind, intelligent.. Very witty. She's been independent for most of her life and is yet so selfless, always thinking about others.."
"Hmm" the man nodded
"She's total OCD and can't function without a clean house, she scrunches up her nose when she gets annoyed, bites her lip when she's nervous.. And can't cook a single thing to save her life."
The man snickered
"I hurt her, but I love her so much. And if it means spending the rest of my life making it up to her, I will do just that." He stated snapping out of his revere and looked towards the man who had a blinding smile
"Sounds to me like you really are head over heels." He smiled
Klaus nodded smiling
"Well from what you've told me.. I think the best choice would be between these.." He replied lifting a casing and placing it on the glass cabinet.
The rings were simirlar, yet different in each small detail, making them unique in style.
One in particular stood out to Klaus and it seemed to scream Caroline. He picked up the ring bringing it closer to inspect.
"The vintage halo design.. Very good choice sir."
The ring itself had delicate diamond details surrounding the center stone creating a heavenly halo effect. It was simple, yet very elegant and stylish.. Much like Caroline.
He could picture her wearing this ring and then looking to him with her famous megawatt blinding smile.
"This is the one." Klaus smiled
"Very good sir. I'll go and box it up for you." He smiled and left Klaus to his own devices for a moment.
It was pricey, but she was worth every penny if not more.
He felt as if a heavy weight had been lifted from his shoulders, that for the first time in a long time he was happy and where he was suppose to be.
After the payment, the man handed the gift bag to Klaus who thanked him and made his way through the jewelers.
He was nearly at the exit when his eyes caught something..
A flash of gold.
He turned, eagerly.
His heart constricted at the sight.
There Caroline was, beautiful sweet Caroline. She glowed, beaming with joy.
And then there was Enzo, smiling like a love sick fool as he held her hand. Caroline beamed as she inspected the huge diamond on her left ring finger.
The air in his lungs felt as if it were being sucked out. His mouth completely dried up.
Caroline..
No.
No..
He was too late.
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Can these guys ever catch a break :(( Lol
Sorry for the wait, this year has been such a buzz with work and college starting so its been difficult to write.
There's still a few more chapters to go though so I hope to finish it up for you guys ;)
Hope the chapter was okay?
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