AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello my lovelies! We might not get TVD and Klaroline tonight but I'm updating so you guys at least get something.

The reviews I got on the last part were fantastic! Everyone was surprised by Klaus' past actions but none seem to hate him too much. I'm glad, I had planned that from the beginning and was a little worried how it would be accepted.

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TOHFMIY Part 28-Twins' Speak

'Something weird was going on with Caroline and Dad.' Lexi couldn't help but think as she watched her father cleaning up from dinner. He was seemed to be normal now but earlier when he got home from work, he acted like a stranger with Caroline. And Caroline acted the same way. Most of the time when her dad came home and Caroline was cooking, he would go into the kitchen with her and talk. When dinner was ready the four of them would sit down and talk about their day. Then sometimes afterwards Caroline would hang out with them and have fun.

But over the last couple of days, they acted like they didn't like each other. In the mornings, Caroline would move around the kitchen getting breakfast ready and their lunches packed while her dad just sat at the table with them. And when he got home, Caroline would just finish what she was doing before she would go up to her bedroom or leave the house completely. When they did talk, Daddy's voice sounded like it did when he was upset and trying to not to yell at them and Caroline didn't smile. And Caroline smiled a lot.

"Daddy? Do you need any more help?" Lexi asked him politely. She had already helped him clear off the table and stuff and didn't think there was anything else. But if she wanted to leave the kitchen, she knew she had to ask.

"No, sweetheart, I'm just about finished. You can go and play for a little bit before bed."

Lexi nodded before she got up and went searching for Henry. She needed to talk to him. She found him in his room reading a book. She shut the door so no one would hear them before she plopped down next to her twin. When he didn't look away from his book, she poked him. "Henry…"

But he didn't do anything, he just kept reading so she poked him again. "Henry…"

After she poked him again, she grabbed his book to get his attention. "Henry!"

"Hey!" Her brother protested as his book was ripped away from him. Lexi could be such a mean brat when she didn't get attention. "Give it back."

Lexi closed his book, before tossing it behind her so that he couldn't get it without going through her. That way she knew he would pay attention. "You can read later. We need to talk, it's serious."

"What?" Henry growled, not happy that she was interrupting him.

"Dad and Caroline."

"Why?" Henry asked confused. "I thought Caroline went out."

"She did." Lexi huffed. "That's what's wrong. She left. She usually eats dinner with us and stuff."

"Not always." Henry responded. Caroline usually did stay around after dinner and spend time with them but there were times when she went out with her friends no matter how much they begged her to stay. He had even spilled his milk on her once to try and get her to stay but it hadn't worked. She had just changed and then left. Maybe he needed to try something else.

"No but a lot." Lexi retorted. "Caroline and Dad aren't talking to each other. Like at all."

"Are they mad at each other? Cause you know when Caroline gets mad, she gets quiet. It's kind of scary, scarier than when Dad is mad. Dad at least talks to you and you know why he's mad. Caroline is quiet and you don't know what she's thinking." Henry stated truthfully. It was true, when their dad got upset with them, his face got real serious and his voice got deep which could be scary, but Caroline would just look at them and not say anything. Sometimes that was worse than being yelled at.

Lexi shrugged her shoulders. "Maybe. I heard them fighting when I woke up the other night when Aunt Kat was babysitting us."

"You did?"

"Yep." Lexi answered as she nodded. "I went down to see cause they were yelling at each other. But then they got quiet and then a thud like something hit the wall. I think Caroline hit her knee or something because I heard her kind of whimper a little after."

"What did you do?" Henry asked. If it had happened to him, it would freaked him out and he probably would have ran back upstairs.

"I yelled down to Daddy, what do you think?" Lexi answered him. "I think he was mad about something because when he came up, his hair was sticking up everywhere like it does when he's mad and he runs his hands through it."

"Did he get mad that you were up?"

"No, I told him that I heard him and Caroline fighting and asked him if they made up. But he didn't know and I don't think they did because now they aren't talking."

"Guess not." Henry shrugged before his eyes got really big and Lexi thought he looked like he was scared. "You don't think she'll leave do you? I mean if her and Dad are mad at each other..."

"She's not going to leave." Lexi interrupted, cutting him off.

"But she might. I don't want her to leave." Henry declared, his fists coming down on his knees to show his frustration. "I mean, like ever."

"She's not going to leave. She loves being here, she tells us all of the time." Lexi reminded him. Henry was just being dramatic, like he always was. Caroline wasn't going to leave because she was mad at their dad. If that happened, her aunt would have left her Uncle Elijah when they fought.

"She's...it's like having a mom, Lex. At least what it looks like with other moms. I love having her here." Henry said. Caroline was great; she laughed at the jokes he tried to tell, listened to him talk about animals when no one else would, even read his book about the migratory patterns of African Wildlife to him when he was sick. The only other person who did that was his dad. Ayanna had listened but he knew she was only pretending. He didn't even mind when she made him eat stuff he didn't want to or take a bath. Well most of the time he didn't mind. "Maybe her and Dad can get married or something."

"Dad and Caroline are friends and friends don't marry each other." Lexie stated with a roll of her eyes.

"Well maybe they still could." Henry argued.

"Yeah, like that's going to happen." Lexi snorted. She knew why he wanted them to get married, he wanted Caroline to be their mom. She might have wished for Caroline to be their mom too but she never said it out loud. But she wasn't going to get her hopes up for something that wouldn't happen.

"Well if they are mad at each other, what do you want us to do about it?" Henry asked.

Lexi shrugged. "I don't know."

"You know Dad will just blow it off if we ask him about it." Henry stated.

"And Caroline will probably just say it's nothing." Lexi added

"Maybe we should ask someone?"

"But who?"

The two of them stared at each other for a minute before they answered together. "Aunt Kat."

/

Caroline was putting dishes away when she heard a noise from the front of the house and knew that the front door had opened. She was the only one in the house and knew that she had locked it earlier so that meant one of two things; either someone had broken in or one of Klaus' family members had stopped by. Considering that the bell had not been rang, that pretty much left one person who it could be. "Katherine?"

"Who else?" She heard the voice call back. Katherine appeared in the kitchen a few minutes later, surprisingly alone. "Where's Daniel?"

"Preschool." The brunette answered. "We started him going every morning for a half a day instead of just a few times a week. But I'm not here to talk about that, I'm here to talk to you about two other Mikaelson kids."

"What are you talking about?" Caroline asked confused.

"I got an interesting phone call from Lexi and Henry last night." Katherine explained.

"They called you?"

"Yep. According to them you and Klaus have been acting 'weird', their words not mine by the way." Katherine elaborated. "While I think all kids probably think the adults in their lives are weird, this time they seem to be really worried. They think the two of you are mad at each other for some reason."

"Why do they think that?" Caroline asked.

"Lexi said that she heard the two of you arguing after I left the other night and that you two haven't been talking ever since." Katherine answered. To say that she had been surprised when she had picked up the phone the night before and heard her niece and nephew on the other end was an understatement. Her mind had automatically went to worry thinking it was an emergency but she was relieved when she found out that while something was wrong, it wasn't life threatening. Once she had calmed her racing heart, she had listened as the twins explained why they had called.

Katherine remembered the mood she left Klaus in on Saturday night so she hadn't been surprised when she had learned that Klaus and Caroline had gotten into some kind of argument after Caroline got back from her date. She was curious as to what had happened and what was said.

Caroline took a minute to absorb what Katherine had told her. The last few days had been torture for Caroline. Despite agreeing to be friends with Klaus, they were acting like anything but.

She shouldn't have been surprised that the kids had picked up on the current tension between her and Klaus, the twins were perceptive. Of course, the fact that her and Klaus had been completely ignoring each other since their talk the other day was anything but subtle. "Alright, thanks Katherine. I appreciate it."

Katherine's eyebrow rose in question. "That's all you are going to say? 'Thanks Katherine'? Yeah, I don't think so. What happened the other night?"

"Nothing, we got into an argument because he didn't like that I was dating one of his employees..."

"Wait a minute, you were dating someone who works at Originals? Who?" Katherine asked.

"Dean." Caroline answered.

"Nice." Katherine said with a smile. Caroline hadn't told her the other night who she had been going out with, just that it was a good looking guy who had asked her to dinner, she really should have pressed the blonde to tell her though she knew that Klaus' issue wasn't who she was dating, but that she was dating at all.

"Lexi overheard, interrupted and that ended things." Caroline explained. Her statement wasn't a complete lie, she just didn't tell Katherine the whole story.

"Mmmnn." Katherine replied, she didn't quite believe Caroline. "So why are you two not talking?"

"Katherine, I know that you came over to help the twins, but I'm not talking about this. I will take care of it so that they don't have to worry anymore." Caroline stated. "But as for what is going on, it's not really your business."

Katherine was surprised by the determination in Caroline's voice. She had assumed that she would be able to come over and wheedle out the whole story from Caroline. She had always been able to coax things out of people, even when they didn't want to but Katherine could see that the other woman wasn't going to budge. "You know that by not telling me, you're just fueling my imagination. And that very active imagination is telling me that something more than an argument happened between you and my dear brother in law."

Caroline did her best to keep her face unreadable as Katherine studied her for a reaction. While Katherine had speculated, correctly, what had happened between her and Klaus, she knew nothing definite and if she gave her any indication that she was right, Caroline would never hear the end of it. And she didn't really want to deal with that when she already had to deal with what Katherine had told her about the twins. Having the twins caught in the middle was exactly what she had been trying to avoid. "You can think that if you want, but again, not your business."

The brunette put her hands up in defeat, for the moment anyways. "Okay, fine. I came over to relay the concerns of the twins, and I've done that. I'll trust you to fix whatever the hell needs fixing. If they call me again though, I won't stop digging."

Hours later, Caroline was again in the kitchen this time cooking dinner. She hadn't said anything to Lexi and Henry yet, instead deciding it would be better to talk to Klaus first. Of course that didn't mean that she didn't have butterflies in her stomach when she heard him coming in.

"I'm home." Klaus called out as he entered the house. While he expected to hear one of his children call back to him, he was surprised when he heard Caroline's voice call out to him. He went to the kitchen and was greeted by a small smile from her. "Hi."

Klaus knew he had missed her smile, but he hadn't realized how much until he saw it. He couldn't help but smile back at her. "Hello."

"Dinner is almost ready and the kids are down in the playroom, but I was wondering if we could talk for a minute?" Caroline asked.

"Of course." Klaus replied, surprised again by her sudden desire to speak to him. He knew she wasn't the only guilty party when it came to the distance between them but her willingly engaging him in conversation was an improvement.

"Katherine came by today. The twins called her about you and I, I mean about us not...They noticed that we haven't exactly been talking much and think we are mad at each other. They were worried." Caroline explained nervously as she tried to ignore the way her heart rate sped up when he had smiled at her. She turned away from him to reach up into one of the cabinets to retrieve a serving bowl.

News that Lexi and Henry were concerned about the two of them was news to him. True, he had noticed Lexi studying him a little last night but when she hadn't said anything, he assumed it was nothing. He didn't like that he hadn't picked up on their unease.

When Caroline turned away from him, his gaze followed her and he couldn't keep his eyes from roaming over her form as she stretched to get something from a high cupboard. When he saw her struggling a bit, he moved around the counter to help.

Caroline had to stifle a gasp when she felt his hard warm body press up behind her. He had her pinned between him and the counter and she couldn't escape him. She had to keep herself from thinking about how well he fit against her, or how good it would feel to lean back into him. Instead she opened her mouth to ask what he was doing when his arms came up beside hers and grabbed the bowl she had been going for. He was just helping her that was all. Of course that didn't stop her from admiring the way his forearms flexed briefly above her, reminding her of how his forearms had felt as they flexed against her body when he had run his hands down her body before lifting her up and pinned her to the wall.

As he reached for the bowl she appeared to be going for, he caught a light fruity scent coming from Caroline's hair and couldn't help but breathe in deeply. He also noticed how soft her body felt against him, and he thought of the other day when she was pressed against him in a different way. This was why he had been avoiding her, things were just too fresh.

Since he was still behind her and she couldn't move much, Caroline turned her head to look at him. "Thank you."

Klaus nodded as he caught her eyes. They stared at each other for what seemed like forever before he realized he didn't need to be standing so close to her, even if he wanted to. However he respected her and took a step back. "You're welcome."

She smiled again at him as she turned around so they were face to face. "Um, I didn't say anything to the kids about Katherine's visit."

"Good that is probably for the best." Klaus replied. "It's not surprising that they perceived the tension we created."

"This isn't what I meant to happen when we talked the other day. I didn't mean we should act like strangers." Caroline clarified.

"Of course not." He responded. "My apologies for my part."

"It's not your fault, I haven't exactly been hanging around to chat either. And it ended up making them uncomfortable, which is what I wanted to avoid. So in an effort to get things back to normal, I thought I'd have dinner with the three of you." Caroline suggested. "If that's okay?"

"Yes, it is. I think it is a good idea, a small step." Klaus agreed, and after dinner he would talk to Lexi and Henry as well. He wanted to make sure that they knew things were fine and to come to him if they were worried about something.

"Great," Caroline replied, her face lighting up with a larger smile. That had gone better and easier than she had thought it would. She just needed to approach it the right way. They were adults, it was silly to try and ignore the other one. It had been her choice to stay here and not enter into a 'relationship' with Klaus so she needed to do what was necessary to live with that decision. "If you want to go get them, I'll get the food out on the table and we can eat."

"Awfully bossy now aren't you love?" Klaus teased but it didn't stop him from doing what she requested. When he saw a blush blossom across her cheeks, he couldn't keep the smirk off his face while he went to retrieve the twins. Things were getting back to normal, which was nice considering it would be hard for her to change her mind if she didn't talk to him.

AN: Reviews are my crack so please leave one and let me know what you think! You guys got the twins, Katherine, and Klaroline in one part! And for those who were curious, there will more of the Mikaelsons in upcoming chapters. After all, Rebekah's wedding to Stefan is coming up. Thanks for reading.