Heyo! This one's really short. I promise I will write a longer chapter next time. Expect it between Saturday and Sunday. This is for donkey-is-my-spirit-animal. Prompt: Klaus and Caroline meet for the first time after the major death in TVD. Kind of a crack fic but fluffy towards the end.

See You Again

New Orleans was a good place, Caroline decided. With its community of witches, it'll really help the students learn what a good, functioning coven is. She still had yet to encounter Klaus, but Mikaelsons aside, this was a great choice.

Until Kol showed up.

He had been revived around two years before, and he had been using those two years to wreak havoc and be a good uncle.

He always came with the pretense of seeing his favourite niece and running errands for Klaus (which always seemed ridiculous since he could just do them himself), but Caroline knew that was a lie. He was a horrible example, but always manageable. Whether it was playing pranks during classes or moving all the furniture two inches to the left to see people bump into things, it never went that overboard. It was always manageable.

But one time he crossed the line big time.

XXX

Sirens. That was the first thing she heard.

Bolting from her office, she followed the sound of flames and little children worrying. The smell of smoke reached her nose. Normally, this wouldn't be too worrying, but she had the entire school charmed against fires (kind of a necessity when you're teaching around three hundred supernatural kids) so she was baffled at how the entire right wing of the school was on fire.

Just as she was about to go bat shit crazy Kol appeared.

"Hello, darling-"

"Kol I swear to God that if any of the kids are injured or even uncomfortable because of this fire I will chop off your dick and use it in a spell to force you to be celibate until I die," Caroline spat, anger and fury radiating from her. Kol was stun and honestly a little scared, which was ridiculous because he was a thousand year old original for God's sake.

"Relax, Care-Bear, don't get your knickers in a twist," Kol said, trying to lighten the mood. If anything, it just infuriated Caroline further.

"'Don't get my knickers in a twist'?" She repeated, voice getting more and more venomous with each word, "YOU COMPLETELY DESTROYED THE ENTIRE RIGHT WING! YOU SET IT ON FIRE! THAT'S NOT EVEN POSSIBLE!" Caroline yelled, not aware of the little audience that had gathered.

"Mom, don't get mad. It was our fault. We wanted to try a small illuminating spell but it went wrong," Lizzie said, emerging from a closet with Hope and Josie in tow.

"Yeah, the actual wing isn't on fire, only the spell is," Hope mumbled, her red hair glinting from the flames.

"Girls! It's not safe here. Go into your rooms. I'll be there in a minute. Even though I know it was an accident you still could have hurt a lot of people. Hope, I'll have to call your father," Caroline reprimanded, missing the small smile she shared with the twins and the mention of her father.

"Yes, ," the three chorused in unison.

After they walked away she turned to see Kol grinning like a madman.

"You know they're trying to get you two to bone-"

"Shut up Kol."

XXX

A soft knock on her door alerted Caroline to a visitor. "Come in," she called.

There he was, in all his glory. In ten years, he still hadn't changed. He still had those dangling necklaces and that dark henley. He had grown his hair out a bit. She had to admit, he looked damn good.

She was a bit caught up in her staring and only broke out of it when she realised he was now sitting in front of her. "I understand I was called here because of Hope?" He asked, leaning a little forward in his chair.

"Actually, it's more Kol," she said, slightly amused by the way he heaved out a sigh at the name.

"Whatever damage he has caused will be compensated for-"

"Actually I think it would be best if you just did your errands yourself. To be honest, I thought you would be the type of parent who would want to spend as much time as possible with Hope," Caroline stated with a small giggle.

"Of course I want to spend time with my daughter. I just… wasn't sure if you wanted to see me."

His small confession startled Caroline. The fact that he would go out of his way and send Kol of all people made her heart warm.

Klaus thought her silence was a cue for him to continue. "I know you… cared for Stefan deeply. I couldn't handle seeing you and not trying to win your affections. I apologize if it seems like I was avoiding you. I just thought you needed time and-"

"We could start with a date," Caroline nearly yelled, cutting him off.

Klaus' eyes went comically wide. "E-excuse me?" He sputtered.

"If you still want to 'win my affections'," Caroline said with air quotes, "we could start with a date."

Klaus was still stunned when they actually went on their date, and even more so when it ended with a chaste kiss on the lips.