**Author's Note: Wow, I can't believe the response that the prologue has gotten, 12 reviews and 38 Followers. Wow! I'm glad you all seemed to enjoy it. I decided to post a little early so I hope you enjoy it.

In this next part, you guys and Klaus get to meet Caroline.

Thanks to CeCeVolume again for betaing this for me, you're awesome.**

Part 1

Caroline Forbes studied the neighborhood as she walked purposefully to her destination. It was a beautiful area, one of her favorites in Boston, with its brownstones and gardens, and it would be a great place to live. And if Caroline got this job, she would.

To say Caroline was intrigued when she had received the text from Stefan was putting it mildly. She had met Rebekah Mikaelson several times at different get-togethers and had always found the woman to be somewhat distant towards her. Caroline didn't know if it was on purpose or just due to the fact that the two never really spent a lot of time talking. Either way, she didn't have any negative feelings toward her and hoped that the meeting with her brother went well.

Caroline had been looking for a new family for almost three months, ever since the Fells had gotten a last minute transfer to Hong Kong. Caroline had worked for them for two years, and it had been hard to let go of the kids, but she just couldn't take the offer that they had extended her to move with them and continue her job there. Instead, she helped to prepare the kids for the move and soon began the search for a new job. She had interviewed with a few families and thought they had been nice, but Caroline hadn't felt a connection with any of them yet. She was in no way desperate for a job and wanted to find the right one, but she was also eager to get back to work at a job she loved. And it looked like the Mikaelson's needed her as well.

According to the family profile, Niklaus was a single father to seven year old fraternal twins, Henrik and Alexandria. The children's mother was listed, Tatia Pierce Mikaelson, but it was also noted that Niklaus had sole custody of his children. Caroline found that interesting and had made a note to herself if she was offered the job to find out more. She needed to know if there were any legal issues that she should know about. He currently had a nanny who was planning to retire soon due to health reasons, and he was seeking a replacement. The profile also covered his line of work; Niklaus worked for his family business, the antiquities dealer 'Originals', as one of the five owners and in charge of the art acquisition and restoration department.

The address she was looking for came up and, after she took a deep breath and gave herself a once over, Caroline walked up the steps. She checked her watch and saw she was a few minutes early, but that didn't stop her from ringing the bell.

Caroline heard footsteps on the other side before the door opened to reveal one of the most gorgeous men she had ever seen. He had curly dark blonde hair that was styled to look like it was his fingers had been ran through it, he had a strong jaw brushed with blonde stubble that surrounded a pair a ruby red full lips that were curled in a slight smirk. But the feature that stood out the most to her was his bright cerulean eyes that were studying her. Thankfully she found her voice quickly and hopefully hadn't embarrassed herself by staring; she really wished a picture had been in the file to prepare her. "Mr. Mikaelson, I presume?"

"Indeed I am," Klaus acknowledged as he studied the beautiful woman in front of him. "And that would make you Caroline Forbes?"

"Yes." Caroline replied as she stuck out her hand in greeting. His accent had taken her off guard again for a moment. True, she was aware that Rebekah had one, but hearing it in a deep male voice was something else entirely.

Klaus reached out and shook her hand before he stepped back, holding the door open for her to enter. "Please come in."

"Thank you," Caroline said as she stepped inside. The interior was warm and welcoming from the brisk fall air outside.

"May I take your jacket?" Klaus offered. Caroline nodded before she shrugged out of it and handed it over. As their fingers brushed, she noticed his felt unnaturally warm but she figured hers were just colder than she had thought.

"I thought we'd have the interview in the sitting room," Klaus announced before he lead her towards the back of the house. "At least for the first part of it, then you can meet Henry and Lexi who are upstairs. That is how the agency told me that these things are normally handled."

"Yes, typically," Caroline confirmed. Though the initial referral had been through word of mouth, all of the pre-interview paperwork had been done through the agency that Caroline was licensed through; it was the safest way for nannies to be paired with families and safest for the families as well.

As she walked, Caroline was able to see a bit of the main floor of the house. It was decorated in warm colors and dark wood; it looked well taken care of but also had a lived in a way that said a family resided there. As they entered the office, Caroline noticed that they weren't alone.

"I decided to have Rebekah join us; she is very close to my children and I value her opinion," Klaus stated as his sister nodded to Caroline.

"Caroline, pleasure to see you again."

"You as well, Rebekah," Caroline replied.

"Please have a seat and we'll get started," Klaus invited as he motioned to one of the open chairs.

Caroline withdrew some papers from the messenger bag she carried and handed them to the two before taking the proffered seat. "I know that the agency has already emailed you a digital copy of my file, but I brought hard copies for you to review in case there hasn't been time for you to look it over, considering how quickly this interview was set up. And if you have, I find it helps in case there are questions in reference to something on it."

"That was excellent forethought on your part. We have reviewed your file and I think we can skip all of the standard questions," Klaus announced. He allowed the appreciation for her efforts to be heard in his voice before he moved forward.

"However, I would like to hear a brief outline of yourself in your own words," Rebekah added.

Caroline nodded and began a verbal report of her profile; she kept it brief but made sure to hit various highlights that she felt was important to show who she was. She had been a nanny in some capacity since college so despite her age she had the experience and that gave her confidence.

"I can see that you are well educated, have several years of experience, and take your job very seriously," Klaus announced.

"I do," Caroline agreed.

"I must say that the section on skills threw me, it says that you have been certified in self-defense and are licensed to carry a handgun in Virginia and Massachusetts?" Klaus asked, intrigued.

Caroline smiled slightly at question. "While I would like to claim those as my own idea, those certifications come from being raised by the town Sheriff, who wanted to make sure that her daughter could take care of herself if needed."

Klaus smirked at her answer; he understood a parent's need to make sure that their children were always safe, even when they could be there themselves to do it. The world was a scary place, filled with even scarier people that would and did anything that they wanted, even if it hurt others. That line of thought brought another question to Klaus' mind that had not occurred to him until that moment. "Are you currently involved with anyone?"

Caroline's brow wrinkled in confusion. One minute he was smiling at her answer about the self-defense and now suddenly he was asking whether she was single? "I don't believe that is any of your business."

"On the contrary, it is very much my business if you are seeing anyone due to the possibility that that person would be around my children." Klaus argued his voice deepening slightly as it became harder. He was very protective of his children and he did not like the idea of men, men he didn't know hovering around them.

Caroline felt her cheeks flame redder in embarrassment, she had totally screwed up this interview, but she wasn't going to let it beat her. "Of course. Um, no, I'm not currently seeing anyone."

"What about the bloke that Stefan introduced me to when we went out for Damon's birthday?" Rebekah asked. "Taylor?"

"Tyler," Caroline corrected as she remembered the dinner Rebekah was referring to. "We are no longer together. But if I was dating someone, I do not bring them around my charges."

"Good to know," Klaus replied. He was a bit surprised by her answer that she was not dating anyone. She was an extremely beautiful woman with an outgoing personality. He knew most men would flock to her if she walked by them. He made a mental note to speak to Kol if he did end up hiring her to make sure his little brother left her alone.

"I'm going to get straight to the point. Typically, people would see a single father with his own business as a workaholic who pushes his children off onto a nanny to be raised by them twenty four hours a day; however, that is not me. Yes, I do help my siblings run our business, but I also take spending time raising my children just as seriously. Unfortunately, my schedule does not always allow me to do that, and I need someone here in the mornings to help get them off to school, pick them up after, deal with extracurricular activities or watch them until I am able to come home. Most times, that is early evening, but there are times when I'm cannot. That is why a live in works better for my situation than someone that lives across town," Klaus explained. "That does not mean that I plan for you to be on the clock for every day all day. As I said, most evenings would be your own as would weekends, etc."

Caroline mulled over his words as he talked. It would be different than she was used to, but she had known that in the beginning. Mr. Mikaelson was a single parent which meant he didn't have the backup that would normally be found in a two parent household. It would mean more hours possibly, but it also sounded as if he did whatever he could to be with his children as much as he could. And it wasn't as if she didn't like to work. "That sounds reasonable."

"Having explained all that, I do need to tell you an added component of the job that you might not have come across before, but that Stefan assures me that you can handle," Klaus stated. Everything he had read and heard so far was leading him to believe that Caroline would work well for his family; however, he wanted to make sure that she felt the same way, so he decided to lay all of his cards on the table and make sure that she knew what all he needed from the job.

"You have me intrigued."

"The additional duties of the job require not only for you to handle the children but also me."

So what did you guys think? What do you think Caroline's reaction will be to Klaus's statement?

Also, some of this part might have been a little boring due to them talking over the job but I'm like OCD when it comes to details like that so I have to put them in there. And I hope that you guys liked the part about Caroline knowing how to handle a gun and self defense. I was raised by a cop in a family of cops and that's just how I see most police officers' kids being raised.