AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey everyone, I hope you had a good holiday weekend I know I did. I was able to get two parts written! And my charity race went well, we had beautiful weather and I felt good afterwards. Decided to post one day early this week as you can see.

Again I want to thank everyone for the reviews I have gotten for this story. You guys are fantastic and I just want to hug each one of you when I get a new review.

Speaking of reviews, many of you has said how much you like the twins so I have a confession to make. In regards to the twins, I use my youngest son and my oldest niece for their personalities. They are less than two years apart but are so physically similiar that they are mistaken as siblings all of the time and fight like they are as well.

Also, I had two people guess the right movie from which the quote came from. It was Jurassic Park if anyone is interested.

Thanks again to CeCeVolume for betaing this for me.

Part 6

A few days later, Caroline was in the kitchen when she heard the front doorbell ring. She was alone in the Mikaelson house, Lexi and Henry were in school and Klaus was at work so she headed to answer the door. She wasn't expecting any visitors nor any deliveries so she used the peephole to see who it was. The view was distorted but could see two women; one brunette and one red head with a small child on the front steps. She opened the door and put on a smile, "Hello, may I help you?"

The brunette smiled back at her. "You must be Caroline."

Caroline felt a little uneasy at the statement. The women looked vaguely familiar but didn't understand why until the red head made introductions. "I'm Sage; this is Katherine. We are Niklaus's sisters-in-law."

Recognition hit her, she had seen their faces in a couple of the pictures that were hanging around the house, and Caroline's eyes widened. "Of course. Come in, come in, please."

The women entered after Caroline stepped back and opened the door wider. She shut the door behind them and turned towards them with a smile. When she did, she noticed the little boy looking at her with curious eyes. She squatted and waved. "Hi there. I'm Caroline; you must be Daniel."

The little boy nodded slowly, still watching her. "Henry and Lexi have told me about you; they are at school right now. They will be sorry they missed you."

Daniel smiled shyly at her before burying his face in his mother's leg. Caroline just smiled again at him before she stood up and looked at Sage and Katherine. "Klaus isn't here; he is at work."

"We know," Katherine replied. "We just wanted to come by and…introduce ourselves to the newest member of Nik's household."

"Oh, well, it's nice to meet you. Would either of you care for a cup of coffee or tea?" the blonde asked as she headed into the kitchen. She was feeling a little self-conscious at the moment. Caroline hadn't been expecting company; thankfully they hadn't showed up an hour or so before when she was nasty and sweaty from her workout. Now she was dressed in a pair of jeans and a long sleeve top with her hair up in a chignon so felt much more put together.

"Coffee for me," Sage answered her offer before motioning over to the brunette. "Decaf tea for the pregnant one over here."

Katherine rolled her eyes as she sat Daniel down at the table with a book and a few other things to entertain him. "One cup of coffee is not going to hurt me."

"Maybe not, but I'm not facing Elijah's wrath if he finds out that you had one and I was around to stop it," Sage retorted with a smile.

Caroline looked away from the coffee machine and towards Katherine, as she took in the conversation. "Klaus mentioned that one of his sisters-in-law was pregnant. Congratulations."

"Thank you," Katherine accepted with a bright smile that she couldn't seem to get off of her face whenever the subject of her pregnancy came up. "My husband is being a little overbearing, though I don't know why I'm surprised; everyone in this family is a bit overprotective. We watch out for each other."

Caroline wasn't sure why but she could have sworn that the other woman was telling her that as more of a threat than a simple statement. She busied herself with making the coffee as well as some tea for Katherine. "Would Daniel like anything? I can get him some milk or juice."

"Daniel sweetie, are you thirsty?" Katherine asked her son who nodded. "Juice please."

Caroline quickly got a small cup of juice for Daniel. As she did, Sage noticed the various papers and books lying around the kitchen counter. "Caroline, I hope we aren't interrupting anything. It looks as if you were in the middle of something."

The blonde saw where Sage's eyes were directed. "Oh, it's nothing. I was just looking over some recipes and planning a trip to the market later tomorrow."

"Well, it sounds like Nik found himself the perfect little housewife," Katherine stated as she moved next to Sage. "Isn't that just precious?"

Something in Katherine's tone set Caroline's nerves on edge. "It is part of the job that Mr. Mikaelson hired me to do."

"Oh, so it's Mr. Mikaelson now? You were calling him Klaus when we got here," Katherine fired back. "Very friendly with your boss, aren't you?"

"He insisted that I call him Klaus," Caroline explained. "It is his house and he hired me, so I do as he asks."

"I'm sure," Katherine said with a devious looking smile. "I'm sure you'd be willing to do anything he asks."

"Katherine," Sage called in warning. She should have known that Katherine had been up to something when she had suggested they come over to meet Caroline. While she understood where her sister in law was coming from, Niklaus would not be happy.

"I don't like what you are implying."

"And whatever would that be?" Katherine asked in a sweetly innocent voice. "You must see how it looks Caroline, a young bubbly woman like you living with someone like Nik? He's very handsome, not to mention single and rich; most girls would see this job as an easy way to seduce him."

It was then that Caroline got what the other woman was doing. She was testing her, trying to see if she would be a pushover or if she would stand her ground and speak up for herself. Well the brunette was about to find out exactly who Caroline Forbes was. "Klaus hired me to take care of Henry and Lexi, as well as some housekeeping. Those are my duties and the only ones I will be carrying out. Whether he is single or not does not matter; I take my job very seriously."

The two women stared at each. Katherine seemed to consider the blonde's words while Caroline thought about what she had been implying. She knew that outsiders might look at the situation and see something salacious but she hadn't expected Klaus's family to. Granted, she didn't know any of them, didn't really know Klaus either, but after the discussion during the interview and the reaction that she got at her overreaction, she didn't think it would ever be brought up again. Caroline figured she was wrong. They were going to run into this response repeatedly, but it didn't make her regret her decision one bit.

Katherine saw the determination in the nanny's eyes and smiled. "Good, I'm glad to hear it."

Caroline was confused at her reaction. She expected the other woman to argue more or something. "That's it?"

"What else were you expecting?" Katherine asked as she took a sip of her tea.

"I…I don't know," Caroline admitted as she glanced between Sage and Katherine. "More of a fight?"

Katherine brought one of her manicured fingers up to her pursed lips before she spoke. "As you said, Nik hired you. Despite how I just acted, I do actually trust his judgment. And I like to think I am a good judge of character and you passed my test with flying colors. If you actually had taken this job for the reasons I alluded to, you would have been all bashful and stammering while trying to act offended. But you didn't."

She stepped closer before continuing. "I wasn't exaggerating earlier when I said we were a protective family. The siblings especially, but you'll find that I'm just as bad when it comes to Elijah and Daniel, of course, but also Nik and the twins. See their mother was my sister."

"Your sister?" Caroline repeated surprised.

"My twin sister, identical actually. Twins run in my family," Katherine answered. "Tell me Caroline, what have you been told about Tatia?"

"Nothing," Caroline replied. "Well, next to nothing. Ayanna briefed me on a lot of the family history, but not her. Klaus briefly mentioned her when we were negotiating my contract, stated that she has no legal rights to them, and she hasn't seen them since they were young."

"That's an understatement, they were still in diapers," Katherine scoffed.

Caroline felt like her mouth almost hit the floor with Katherine's admission. Lexi and Henry's mother had left them while they were still babies? What kind of mother could do that to her children that she carried inside her body? She understood Klaus's hostility when she had brought up his ex-wife before. "That must make things difficult for your relationship with your sister."

Katherine moved back towards Daniel and kissed the top of his head lightly before looking back at Caroline. "I no longer have a relationship with my sister. When she abandoned her children and husband, she left me too. So, I made my choice; if Tatia came back, I would choose Elijah and his family. We have not heard from her since she left, so I think she knows my choice."

"Have any of you looked for her?"

"No, why would we? She deserted us," Katherine answered.

"I just thought Klaus…"

"That Klaus would look for her? No, he didn't. He has never stated exactly why to me though, truthfully, I never asked. Nik is a difficult guy to explain but two things that define him loyalty and family. Tatia disappointed him in both areas," The brunette explained. "So you can understand where my initial distrust of you comes from."

"But you trust me now?" Caroline asked.

"No, but I like you and that's a step in the right direction," Katherine admitted with a smile. "So tell me, how are you settling in?"

Feeling as if she just had been hit with whiplash due the change in subjects, Caroline stuttered out an answer. Sage and Katherine stayed with her for another hour, talking about various subjects regarding Caroline's background and what not, but the information that she had learned was always at the forefront of her mind.

Well what did you guys think of seeing a little bit more Katherine and Sage? Plus you got to learn a little bit more about Klaus's ex-wife. And in case anyone wants to know, I picture Daniel looking like a little Elijah. The Mikaelson genes are stronger than the Pierce/Petrova ones.