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Chapter 30

"Well that was a little odd," Elena said once they had left. "Well I suppose we should..." Elena stopped mid-thought and looked to Elijah. "Would you indulge one of my fantasies?"

"You fantasized about me?" Elijah smirked. Elena blushed.

"You're a handsome thousand year old vampire...of course I fantasized about you."

"What did you fantasize about?"

"Come in through my window, confess your feelings for me and then make love to me," Elena blushed.
He gave her a heated glance and was outside quickly. She flashed up to her room and as she closed the door, he was already waiting for her in front of the window. As she made her way to him, at a human speed, he wasted no time getting to her quicker and pulling her flush against him, he began to declare his feelings for her.

"I've loved you and only you in my thousand years of living on this plane. If I could, I would make sure that you were mine for eternity."

She lifted up her head and began to kiss him. Lifting her up, he made sure that her legs were around his waist and he laid her down on the bed, stripping off her clothes at the same time as he placed open mouthed kisses along her throat.

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As Klaus was putting up the last of the new vases, he saw Caroline was grumbling.

"What's the matter love?" He asked and she looked at him.

"My mother called. She wants to see me and to see how I'm doing."

"I'll accompany you," Klaus offered. He couldn't believe he was offering to go visit the girl's mother like a dutiful boyfriend but the words had been out of his mouth as naturally as if he'd asked for blood.

She stared at him and he heard laughter coming from Kol.

"My brother's whipped like a puppy dog!" He crowed happily but he had no time to dodge the fist that hit him in the gut.

"You do know you promised to have dinner with my Dad tonight right?" Bonnie said. "To discuss the fact that we're going to be living together? Klaus could you not bruise him too bad. I don't want my Dad to wonder what goes on up here..."

A laugh came from Rebekah who just walked in on the scene. "You're both whipped." She teased. "All three brothers are whipped by girls."

"What about Finn?" Caroline asked. "Is he as whipped as these two?"

"Oh yes love," Klaus got out once he was beside Rebekah and away from Kol who had a bloody nose at the moment. "Though I do wonder where that suicidal bastard is."

"I could do a location spell to find him for you." Bonnie told him as she went to check on Kol.

"Were you serious?" Kol asked gently pinning her against the wall as she encountered him in the bathroom. "You want to live with me?"

"You don't want to live with me?" Bonnie worried. Kol silenced her with a long kiss.

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Later that evening Klaus and Kol were both dressed up to depart with their girlfriends.

"You're right they're definitely in love," Stefan smiled to Rebekah. "It's admittedly much quieter in Mystic Falls though. I for one am in favor of it. How about I make my girlfriend some pasta primavera?"

"I have a feeling that she would be up to it." She smiled and kissed him deeply. Pulling back, he took her hand and they went into the kitchen where they started making dinner for the two of them.

Kol was staring at Bonnie as she was looking at the house with trepidation.

"Please be on your very best behavior," Bonnie worried.

"I do know how to do the whole boyfriend thing Bonnie. I'm sure it hasn't changed much in the last three hundred years," Kol grinned. As Bonnie entered her house she quickly had to remember to invite Kol over the threshold before her father noticed.

"Mr. Bennett," Kol greeted with a handshake and already things were off to a good start. By the middle of the meal Kol and Bonnie's father were thick as thieves and Bonnie was utterly in shock as she watched Kol exercise every bit of his charm even though her father knew full well who and what Kol was.

Over at Caroline's house, it was a different matter and the dinner was a bit of a tense affair. Liz was trying hard to be on her best behavior like Klaus was until Tyler showed up.

"Tyler," Liz greeted him apprehensively at the door. "We were just sitting down to dinner..."

"We? Is Caroline home?"

"She's visiting with her boyfriend."

"You let him in your house!" Tyler exploded and then walked into the dining room as well.

"Fancy seeing you here mate," Klaus said with a grin and raised brows. Tyler promptly punched him wanting to wipe that smug expression off his face.

Caroline gave him a heated glare. "You idiot! Why would you do that?"

"He deserved it Care!" Tyler explode. "Do you know all the horrible crap he's done?"

"I do and I still love him Tyler!" She shouted at him. "He has only picked me because he loves me more than you have!"

"Okay that's enough of that," Liz said with authority, "Tyler I won't stand for that in my home."

"You know what he's done right? He's murdered hundreds of people! He's a monster and you're throwing me out?"

"Klaus is having a civilized dinner with my daughter and I, Tyler. I think it's time you let this go."

"Are you serious Sheriff?" Tyler looked at her like she was crazy. "There's no way that anyone could have a civilized dinner with him! No way!"

"We actually are having one." Caroline pointed out. "It was going pretty well until you barged in here." She had a hard gaze in her eyes. "Tyler, I don't want to hash out anything with you at this moment as I remember breaking up with you when you told me that you never really loved me."

"I had to lie to protect you!" She scoffed.

"It wasn't me that you were protecting." She snapped.

"Tyler, mate you are upsetting the ladies," Klaus said evenly. "I believe they have asked you to leave. Do you need me to assist you with that?" A timer went off at that moment.

"Caserole's done," Caroline said trying to get focus back on the dinner. She had really wanted this to go well. It was kind of important to her that her mother liked Klaus.

Tyler wanted to argue but he did, indeed, leave and Liz sighed.

"Would you like something stronger to drink Sheriff?" Klaus asked.

"No, thank you. I've got to pull the graveyard shift tonight," Liz said. "So I've been hearing some talk...Bonnie Bennett has practically moved in with your family...Elena Gilbert too..."

Klaus nodded. "That is true...I have a feeling that both girls need to be around us to learn better control." He gave Caroline a look. "Elena was okay today but we still aren't sure about when she could go off and sadly hurt someone."

"You do realize how it looks to the community at large..." Liz began treading lightly. "It looks like these girls are living with your brothers."

"Actually they are mom," Caroline said, "Bonnie's deeply in love with Kol and I think the same thing can be said for Elijah and Elena."

"Let me come to the point then at the risk of my own peril," Liz turned to Klaus bravely, "what are your intentions with regards to my daughter? I'm assuming I didn't make Caroline's favorite casserole just because she was hungry."

"I was hoping to get your blessing in me formally asking to date your daughter." Klaus decided to get right to the point. "Caroline wants us to get together and I would like to get to know you better. This whole evening was meant for us to formally meet."

Liz had to admit that the Original Hybrid had guts but she wasn't going to say anything yet until she knew what his intentions truly were.

"Do you love my daughter?" Klaus nodded.

"I do. Out of my thousand years of life...the one thing that was lost to me was placed with you to cherish." He smiled and grabbed Caroline's hand. "Caroline is my humanity."

Liz studied the two of them for a long moment, "I pride myself on having raised my daughter with a good head on her shoulders. She has grown to be brave, headstrong and heart sure. If she has chosen you to love then my daughter's heart is guiding her. I expect my trust in you with regards to my only daughter to be rewarded. I expect your family to be model citizens here in Mystic Falls. The death count has been far too high recently..."

"We will be on our best behavior as we want this as our new home as well." He gave her a charming smile and as he let go of Caroline's hand, he moved back into the kitchen and pulled out Liz's chair for her as well as Caroline's.

That dinner ended up with Liz accepting that Caroline and Klaus being together was a good thing.

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