It was a snowy evening, the street lights had turned on and the white powder covered the paths. The breeze drifted past me, sending chills down my legs, my blonde hair gusted in amongst my lashes and behind my shoulders. I was on the way to the Mikaelson Manor.
I hastily knocked on the wooden door, it looked as if it was carved from the very hand of Geppetto himself. Every stroke of fine oil was delicate, the gold plate handle twinkled under the nights sky.
"Caroline?"
The woman's voice struck me as warm and comforting. It was my other favourite blonde, Rebekah Mikaelson. To my surprise she took me in her arms, her touch instantly made me crave the inside of the house, the fires and marble floors.
"How far?"
To her question I already knew the answer, my stomach dropped at the anxiety of the situation. I was really here at the Mikaelson Manor to see Klaus, after all this time.
"Caroline?"
There it was, the voice I feared of hearing the most. The husky purr of my name coming from his lips. It was like throwing fuel into fire.
"7 months." I replied. My eyes darted towards the floor and already I could tell his jaw dropped. The seriousness in his eyes scared me, the only other time I saw this look was the time he'd rescued me from Alaric.
"It's a girl." I said once more when the room fell silent. Kol and Elijah watched from the living room sofas, too nervous to approach whilst Klaus was around. Rebekah already backed up with an awkward congratulations and headed to where her brothers sat.
I swallowed hard as he approached, he brushed what seemed to be hard polystyrene off my shoulders, only to find it melt in his hands. "You walked in this weather? At 7 months pregnant."
At the word, my hands found themselves wrapped around the bump that poked out of my stomach. I hadn't seen or heard from Klaus since we slept together in the forest, and he swore he'd never come back. But that's the problem, I thought he would. I found my hand intertwined with his as I pondered within my thoughts.
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner, Michael. He." I was stopped mid-sentence when all four Mikaelson's stood up and made theirselves known to me. It was clear now, they were all protective of the foetus growing in my womb, only ten minutes into knowing they had a niece/daughter on the way, to the very name of their father did they hover around me.
"What has our father done?" Elijah said. He was very formal and friendly within his tone, warm and comforting, just like his sister; he stepped forward and breached my arm.
"He stopped me from coming to any of you, threatened me, shoved money into my bank accounts. He told me that if I told you, any of you, he'd kill me and my daughter. I came today because you all deserve to know, and I believe I can rely on your protection to keep your family safe. It doesn't have to be me, just until she's born. And then swear you'll protect her."
Again I was rudely cut off. "Of course we'd protect you also, love. I wouldn't let Michael's vulgar threats get to you or our child. How do we even have a child?"
All these questions and the reality of it all made me feel as if the world around me was crumbling all at once. I didn't know how the child was made, we were both vampire. Immortals with dead cells, immortals who couldn't create something so beautiful and innocent like a child. It was one of natures wormholes.
Before I knew it I found myself in Klaus' arms, his chest pressed up against my face. I inhaled the scent of which I once knew, it was intoxicating. I didn't want to let go, after all I'd been through during my pregnancy, this was the safest and most comfortable I'd felt since first finding out.
"Miss Forbes-"
"Please, call me Caroline." I smiled lightly at Elijah whom approached me with his formal tone. If Elijah's smile could stretch further he'd be on the face of Mount Rushmore.
"We will protect you both, even after the child is born. Myself and Kol will search for answers in our library about Vampire children, Rebekah shall lend you a pair of pyjamas to sleep in to get you out of those wet clothes and Klaus. Well, he'll keep you company tonight."
I smiled. Then, I turned to face Klaus. I'd missed that face so much- the hard stubble, the stern chin, his dimples and his smile. How I'd hoped he would come back for me. But I suppose a promise is a promise. Klaus could tell I was thinking too hard and pulled me aside.
"Michael will never hurt us. I won't allow it."
Elijah and Kol stormed into the room with an old, dusty book in Kol's arms. "The child, it's been made on a mass scale of impossible. There is less than a billionth chance, but it's happened before. A hybrid, a bond between immortal man and female so strong, their sex hormones fully functioned in a time shift less than a second apart. But during that time shift, the wolf sperm crashed into the vampire egg, the seconds worth of life, and formed. It's a mercile."
I couldn't believe I was stood hand in hand with Klaus, but our baby was on her way and she was growing fast. Michael had to be stopped.
Rebekah hummed as she handed me a pair of pink flowery shorts and a white pyjama shirt. "Thank you." I smiled. Rebekah urged to touch the bump. I grabbed her wrist gently. "Go ahead." Rebekah smirked and carefully moved her hand across the skin of my stomach. The baby reacted, kicking. Rebekah was thrilled and Klaus demanded he to be next. He knelt down and pressed his head up against me. I felt awkward. Our past was so tense and now he was kneeling before me. The baby moved a little, enough for Klaus to get extremely happy. He smiled and grabbed my face. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly, but he kissed me. It was a raw, yet delicate kiss, passionate and full of lust that had yearned to be called on for months. Of course, it really had. We'd missed each other.
As the three siblings marched off in their winter coats on hunt to catch and destroy our biggest threat, Klaus placed some logs into the dying down fire. He offered me a seat next to him on their soft velvet couch. It was silent, but I probably would've preferred it that way once Klaus spoke. "I'm sorry for not coming back to Mystic Falls. Truly. Please, forgive me Caroline."
I smiled as I looked into those blue pools of ocean water. "Of course I will. I'm sorry I didn't come to you sooner..." I sighed. Klaus lifted my chin and did nothing but place his forehead onto mine like they were meant to be together. Like we, were meant to be together. I felt safe, at last. I was home.
