AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hello my lovelies, here is the update for this week.

Thanks to klarolineepiclove and a-little-blonde-distraction for their help and Cecevolume for being my wonderful beta!

This part is a little bit of a filler part.

Part 34

After a quick shower, and a kiss goodbye from Klaus that wasn't exactly quick or innocent, Caroline finally made it out the door and on her way. She wanted to leave the house before the twins got home because she knew if she didn't, she would be delayed. As happy as Caroline would be to see the twins, she needed to go to the store and before that, she wanted to go check on Bonnie. She'd texted her before she jumped in the shower and still hadn't heard anything back which was not okay.

She called her friend twice on the way to her place, but it just went to voicemail and she was starting to get really worried. She had called Elena as well but all her friend could tell her about Bonnie was that she was fine when Elena and Damon left the wedding. Elena had offered to ride home with her but Bonnie had assured her that she'd be fine and that was the last she had spoken with her.

As soon as she reached the door, Caroline started to knock rapidly. She didn't care if she bothered the neighbors, she'd worry about that after she saw Bonnie. Her hand was just starting to hurt from the pounding, when she heard the locks being thrown on the other side. A few seconds later, the door opened and there stood Bonnie, perfectly safe if not a bit rumbled.

Caroline rushed inside, before wrapping her arms around her friend in a tight hug. "Bonnie, thank God you are okay."

"Caroline? What are you talking about?" Bonnie asked confused at her friend's sudden appearance.

"I'm talking about the fact that you scared the hell out of me." Caroline scolded, now that she knew Bonnie was okay, the worry she had felt was replaced with anger. "Why is your phone turned off? Do you know what kinds of thoughts were going through my head when you didn't text me or answer my calls?"

"Sorry, Mom. Didn't know I had to report in." Bonnie joked.

"Funny," She replied. "But I'm serious. No one has heard from you since last night and I was worried that something happened to you. I mean we kind of left you all by yourself last night."

"Caroline, it's fine, I'm fine. I left the wedding last night, stopped off for another drink and then came home. Really everything is good." Bonnie assured her.

"Wait a minute, who did you stop to have a drink with? Because I know you would never go on your own to a bar." Caroline asked before her eyes got big as realization. "Bonnie Bennett! You didn't hook up with who I think you hooked up with did you?"

She had barely gotten the questions out of her mouth when a male voice called out from Bonnie's bedroom. "Is that Caroline I hear out there?"

Caroline's eyes widened even more and her mouth dropped open when she recognized the voice. "KOL? When I teased you last night about having a Mikaelson brother I didn't mean to actually 'have' him."

Bonnie hand came up to the bridge of her nose as if she was trying to fend off a headache as she listened to Caroline carry on.

"What happened?" Caroline asked. She didn't have a problem with her friend seeing Kol, after all she had noticed the sparks between them the night before but it was a shock to walk in after they had slept together. Bonnie normally waiting longer before getting into bed with guys. Bonnie and Kol? Seriously?

"Well, darling, if you are asking for a play by play, I'm guessing that you left my brother alone last night." Kol explained when he appeared in the doorway of Bonnie's bedroom wearing nothing but his pants from the night before. Granted she had seen him in less at the beach but the man had no modesty at all, she was starting to think it was a family trait.

"Kol, I told you, I begged you to stay in my room." Bonnie chastised him.

"But you didn't say I couldn't say anything. And it's rude to not greet a friend when they stop by," Kol said cheekily before turning back to Caroline. "How are you today, lovely Caroline?"

"Good, I'm good." Caroline answered. "Especially now that I know why my friend wasn't answering her phone."

"Sorry about that, I seem to have kept her occupied," Kol stated, not a hint of apology in his tone.

Bonnie rolled her eyes at his ego. "Can you go back into my room please so that I can talk to Caroline?"

"I'll leave you two girls to chat but just know that I'll be thinking of ways to get back into your good graces once you join me, little witch." Kol said seductively to Bonnie before turning to Caroline. "Nice to see you, Caroline."

Caroline watched Kol head back the way he had came to Bonnie's bedroom and once he was through the door, she looked at her friend. "Little witch?"

Bonnie just shook her head. "He said that my beauty casted a spell on him."

"Well, no one can accuse the Mikaelson men of lacking in charm," Caroline said with a laugh. "Even Henry; I think they are born with it."

"Does that mean that you fell for a certain other Mikaelson's charms?" Bonnie asked curiously, eyebrow raised in question.

"We went home, he found the resignation letter I gave him, we talked about it, I agreed to stay, and then we went to bed." Caroline answered, trying to stay as vague as possible. She felt guilty for not telling Bonnie when the night before she had told her that she would. But her and Klaus had agreed not to tell anyone yet and she was sticking to that.

"That's it?" Her friend asked, the doubt obvious in her voice. "Why don't I believe you?"

"I have no idea. But if something had happened, it would be too early to tell friends and stuff. You know what I mean?" Caroline replied. She knew Bonnie and knew that if she thought she was lying then she would pick at her until she gave up all of the details about her and Klaus, maybe now she bought herself some leeway. "Besides, we weren't talking about me, we were talking about you. So are you two like a thing now?"

"No, I mean." Bonnie faltered as she tried to answer. "I like him, the sex was...phenomenal but I don't want anything serious. I mean, things with Luka were so back and forth over the last year that I just can't yet."

"Does Kol know this?"

Bonnie shrugged. "We didn't exactly talk a lot."

"BONNIE!" Caroline whispered teasingly.

"I didn't mean it like that! We talked, just not about what is going to happen after." She explained. "I figured we'd see what happens when he leaves and go from there."

"Well I don't think you have to worry too much, I can see Kol being fine with either option." Caroline stated. "And I'll leave the two of you to figure that out because I need to get going. I was running an errand but wanted to check up on you first."

Bonnie reached over and hugged her friend. "Thanks for looking out for me, I'll call you later."

After returning her friend's hug and yelling to Kol a goodbye, Caroline left Bonnie's apartment to head to the store. She was happy for Bonnie, whether she kept seeing Kol or not. She couldn't believe what she had found, and wanted to tell Klaus right away but decided to wait until she got home, this was definitely news you told in person.

/

Sage wasn't sure what she expected when she made her way into her brother-in-law's house.

After all she had had Lexi call ahead to let him know they were coming so it's not like she expected to walk in and see Caroline straddling Klaus on the couch with their lips locked together, but she'd expected to see something when they walked in. With the way the two were having eye sex on the dance floor the night before, she was sure that something either romantic or at least sexual would happen between the two of them if they were alone together without the kids.

However, when Henry opened the door, all Sage saw on the other side was an empty house. No Klaus or Caroline in sight. She was starting to wonder if perhaps the two might be otherwise engaged in one of the bedrooms when he suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs. She watched as he greeted his twins, noticed that he looked freshly showered but nothing else stood out.

Sage glanced around into the living room and kitchen but didn't see the blonde she was looking for and thanks to her niece, she was able to find out the answer to her unspoken question.

"Dad, is Caroline here?" Lexi asked. "I want to show her the bracelet I made with Sarah."

"No, sweetheart, she's not here." Klaus told her. "I'd love to see it though."

A few minutes later after Lexi had shown her father the bracelet, the two kids went upstairs to put their stuff away, leaving Sage with him. He turned and smiled at her. "I hope they weren't too much trouble."

"They were fine; I think Finn is worn out though." She replied. "I hope you took advantage of a kid free house."

"I did." Klaus answered, a smirk on his face.

"Oh really?" Sage inquired, her eyebrow raised in question. Now that she got a closer look at him, she could see there was something in his eyes that said there was a secret behind that smile.

"Yes, I've spent many hours upstairs, working with a new medium." Klaus answered. He knew that his sister in law would assume that he had been working in his studio but it was another work of art that had kept him occupied; a blonde beautiful one.

"So where is Caroline?" She asked casually. "I didn't get much of a chance to talk to her last night."

"She mentioned needing to run an errand, but I'm not entirely sure. Sunday is her day off after all." He informed her. It was the truth, Caroline had said that she was going to run to the grocery store to pick up a few ingredients that she needed for dinner as well as another errand. Something to do with her friend Bonnie.

"Did she get a chance to enjoy the empty house as well?"

He wasn't sure if it was something in her voice or the look on her face but Sage's question made him realize something. "Why do I have the feeling that you set the kids up for this sleepover?"

"Why would I ever do that?" Sage asked.

"To play matchmaker between Caroline and myself perhaps?" Klaus answered. "Just like another dear sister in law of ours."

Sage simply shrugged. "You can't entirely blame us for trying to give the two of you a little bit of a push. We just want you, and the twins to be happy. You've done a fantastic job raising them on your own without thinking of yourself. I know that you would have gone on for years more alone but now Caroline, a woman who have come to care about, is in your lives. A woman that we think loves the twins just as much as you; it's obvious to anyone who looks at either one of you. Plus we all like her and you know how rare a feat that is for this family."

Klaus wanted to say something to her about not wanting his family to interfere in his lovelife but he had to admit that her and Katherine's scheming the night before to ensure that he and Caroline had the night to themselves had worked in his favor. However, he couldn't let her know how successful her plan had been. "I appreciate it, truly I do but no more interfering and matchmaking. If something is to happen between Caroline and myself, it will happen when we choose for it to."

She nodded. Him admitting that there was something between he and Caroline made her curious as to what had indeed happened the night before. But she didn't press. "Well now that I've delivered my niece and nephew back to you, I should get back home before my kids take advantage of their sleepy father."

A few minutes later, after saying goodbye to Klaus, Henry, and Lexi, Sage was dialing Katherine from her car. It only rang twice before the call connected. "So, what happened?"

"Hello to you too, Katherine."

"Yeah, hello Sage, how are you? Okay, pleasantries have been said, now tell me what happened when you got to Nik's house." Katherine demanded.

"Nothing."

"Nothing? What do you mean nothing?" Katherine exclaimed.

"I mean nothing. Niklaus was there, but Caroline was nowhere in sight. I grilled him on what he'd been doing with all of the adult time that I gave him and he figured out that I had set him up." Sage explained.

"Damn him and his intuitiveness." Katherine cried. "We'll have to figure something else out."

Sage shook her head, even though her sister in law couldn't see her. "Nope, not me. I'm done with this Katherine. He asked that we stop and I think we should."

"Why the hell should we do that? You saw them last night..."

"Look, if we keep this up, after he asked us not to all we are going to do is piss him off." Sage explained. "Besides, I really don't think they need anymore pushing."

"What makes you say that?" Katherine asked curiously.

"Call it a hunch." She answered. "There was just something in his smile that makes me think some kind of progress was made between the two of them. So just leave it alone okay?"

She heard Katherine huff on the other end before grumbling an agreement. Once they hung up, Sage just rolled her eyes. She hoped that she was right, otherwise Katherine was going to drive them all nuts with this mission of hers.

/

A few hours later, Caroline pulled the last dish out of the oven when she felt a pair of large hands grasp her hips from behind causing her to almost drop it. "Klaus?!"

"Who else?" He asked, as he placed a kiss on the side of her neck.

"What are you doing?" Caroline whispered unbelievably as she looked past him to make sure that they were alone.

"Sneaking a quick minute with you while the twins are engrossed in an Animal Planet documentary." Klaus explained. He hadn't gotten a second alone with her since she had left earlier. He had been busy with Henry and Lexi when she had gotten back to the house. She had come in and greeted them before becoming occupied in the kitchen.

She couldn't help but smile at his words. She wanted very much to turn around and snuggle into him yet she decided to tease him instead. "And you couldn't wait a couple of more hours until they went to bed?"

"Now that I know what it feels like to have you in my arms, it's hard sitting in the other room knowing you're in here." He replied as he moved closer before wrapping said arms around her waist and placed his chin on her shoulder. He looked at all of the dishes in front of them, before adding. "Its smells divine."

"Thank you. And it's ready; we should call the twins in." Caroline replied though she didn't sound very convincing. She was enjoying this newfound intimacy if only for a minute. Perhaps she shouldn't have left so quickly earlier, she could have had a little bit more time with him but of course she had needed to talk to Bonnie. "Oh! You won't believe what or more accurately who I found at Bonnie's apartment earlier."

"Considering I am not that familiar with the company your friend keeps aside from you, I cannot hazard a guess." Klaus stated.

"Your brother Kol."

"Really?" He replied with surprise in his voice.

"Yep, it looks like you weren't the only one getting lucky last night." Caroline said with a giggle. She turned her head to the side to steal a kiss when they heard Henry calling out. "Is dinner ready yet?"

Klaus released his hold on her and backed away just as the boy came barreling into the room. He looked at the two of them of a minute before he added, "I'm hungry."

"Well then you are in luck, Sweetie, because it is ready. Your dad was just helping me get it out of the oven." Caroline said as she glanced over at Klaus. He nodded in agreement and smiled. "How else could I have snuck a taste when her back was turned?"

"Be careful, Dad, I burned my tongue doing that one time." Henry chastised.

"I'll be careful." He assured his son. "Now go get your sister so we can eat."

Caroline watched Henry scurried out to do what his father had asked, then looked at Klaus. "Snuck a taste huh?"

"I didn't say what I snuck a taste of." Klaus said, grinning wolfishly as he started to move towards her.

Moving quickly, Caroline twisted around, retrieved the stack of plates and silverware there, and shoved them at Klaus. "The table needs to be set since you were making sure that the kids were otherwise occupied."

Klaus took the plates from her begrudgingly and did as she asked. Henry and Lexi came in and took their seats at the table while Caroline started to bring over the food. The twins talked animatedly to the blonde across from him while shoveling food in their mouths. He wanted to reprimand them for their bad manners but he was enjoying the scene too much to spoil it.

Once the kids had eaten a majority of their dinner, Klaus decided it was time for his announcement. "So something is going on next month isn't it? Something important?"

"Our birthday!" The twins said simultaneously.

"That's right." He replied with a smile. "And because of that, I thought maybe this year we would only have a party just for family, no friend party."

"But, why?" Lexi argued. "I wanted…"

"Instead I thought we'd go on a little trip," Klaus said cutting her off. "And go down to Disney to celebrate."

Caroline wasn't sure how long it would take for her ears to recover from the high pitched screaming that came out of the twins' mouths but it was worth it to see the excitement in their faces. They started firing off question after question but she was only able to hear one.

"Can Caroline come with us?" The twins asked, "Please?"

"You want Caroline to come with us huh? Not just the three of us?" Klaus inquired, acting as if he was actually doubting how they would answer. When they nodded their answer, he looked over at Caroline. "Well then you guys should probably ask her."

Of course now that they believed they had their father's permission to ask her, the two of them turned their hopeful faces towards her. Henry was the first one to speak. "You'll go with us right Caroline?"

"You have to go, I'll be miserable in line with Dad and Henry to meet the princesses." Lexi added.

"I wouldn't miss it." Caroline answered, causing another round of shrieks to be heard from the kids before they started talking to each other about all of the stuff they were going to do. She caught Klaus' eyes across the table, smiling widely, as she enjoyed the rest of the meal.

Okay does everyone else's teeth hurt as much as mine from how sweet and fluffy that was? I swear it won't continue to be this nauseating.

However I did give you all that bit of fluff to give you a bit of bad news. I won't be updating for a few weeks. This is the last week of school for my kids and so I'll be getting things going for our new summer schedule but also I'm in the middle of a very busy time at work and am slammed with that. And after starring at a computer screen all day at work, it's hard to do it at home to write as well. I hope you guys will come back when I do!