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This is the final chapter. It includes tons of fluffy fluff fluff and some smut. The smut is contained to the Thanksgiving part of the story so if you do not like do not read.

The chapter takes place a year before the epilogue of DWTH.

Thanksgiving 2018

Kol straightened the green sweater and pushed the door to swing open gently before laying his son down beside his niece in the large bed.

He smoothed back the dark hair before removing his shoes and lifting a blanket over the two children. He caught Hope's stuffed wolf before it could fall over and smiled when she wrapped her fingers in the soft fur.

Quietly, so as not to wake the sleeping children, he stood and pulled the door shut. He still had days when he didn't quite believe it had happened.

Now and then he would wake up in the middle of the night convinced it had all been a dream. When that happened he would wrap his arm firmly around his wife's waist and listen to the gentle variations in her heart. Nine times out of ten she would typically wake up and focus all of her energy into easing his worries in a tangle of limbs and a mess of gentle kisses.

Then there were the times she would find him standing over their son in the nursery. He always assured her he was fine on those occasions. He wasn't worried he was in awe. He just loved watching his son sleep. The innocence he saw on their child's face was breathtaking.

Kol paused when he reached the stairs that led into the courtyard. His smile was fond if a little confused when his eyes landed on his wife.

Her eyes were closed as she spun in a slow circle with her pale face angled towards the night sky. He could see the near giddy smile on her face as the water swirled around her calves.

"What are you doing, Elskling?" He flashed into the courtyard. He tilted his head and tipped it back while he smirked up at her.

"Trying to cool off," she giggled innocently. "Where's Gabe?"

"Sound asleep," Kol settled his hands on her hips, "I put him down with Hope." He chuckled when she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"I'm taller," she grinned. Her eyes flickered over his amused features.

"Yes," he hummed, "you are," his hands slid around to her back. "That leads me to believe you are wearing your shoes in the fountain."

"Maybe I am," she drew kissed along his jaw and nibbled on his ear, "maybe I'm not," her breath tickled his neck. "If you want to know you'll have to come in."

"I could just lift you out," he closed his eyes and relished the feeling of her teeth scraping across his jaw.

Lexa dragged her fingers down his torso and tugged on his belt. After the feast Caroline had practically force fed them all she should not have been hungry, but she found she had a sudden craving for dessert.

"That's not going to cool you off, little witch," Kol inhaled sharply when she unfastened his pants. Her deft fingers dipped into the fabric and wrapped around his hardening cock.

"Maybe," she pumped him slowly, "I want to warm up." She could smell her own arousal dampening her panties.

"Now that I can help you with," he caught her lips in a frantic kiss.

His fingers dug into her hips deliciously. He was going to pull her from the fountain and flash upstairs when she shook her head.

"Too far," she panted against his lips.

"Here?" His eyes widened when she nodded.

"Got a problem with that?" She left fiery kisses across his throat and pulled him free from his pants.

"Not at all, Elskling," he chuckled. Kicking off his shoes he stepped into the fountain and hissed when the cold water circled his ankles. "No wonder you wanted to warm up."

Lexa smirked before backing up and using her palms to hoist herself onto the basin. A shiver traveled her spine when the water seeped into her skin.

"And now I'm cold and wet," she caught his shirt and pulled him between her open legs.

"Let me help you with that," Kol smirked.

Heat curled down her spine under his mouth's assault on her throat. Her stomach quivered with desire.

She heard the sharp sound of her underwear ripping and felt his fingers graze her swollen lips. She glared as he worked her into a frenzy with teasing swipes of his thumb over her clit.

She took matters into her own hands and reached between them for his throbbing erection. The look in her eyes was fierce when she lined him up with her dripping entrance.

"I need you," she grasped the back of his neck and brushed her lips over his ear, "I need you right now."

"Mm, yes," she gasped when he drove into her pliant body in one smooth thrust. Her head fell back when he gained momentum and snapped his hips into her.

Kol used his left hand to steady her and keep her from tumbling backwards into the shallow bowl of water. His right hand edged up her blouse and caressed her breast. Leaning forward he sucked her bottom lip into his mouth and swept his tongue over hers.

Lexa tightened her muscles and swallowed his groan. She popped the top buttons of his shirt and traced his collarbone with her tongue.

His hearing was stronger than hers so when he picked up the sound of tiny feet in the upstairs hall, and approached steps from the kitchen he lowered his hand from her supple breast to her engorged clit.

A moment under the expert manipulation of his thumb and Lexa's head fell back in ecstasy.

Kol buried his face in her neck and bit down his moan while letting go deep inside of her lithe body. He smiled into her lazy kiss before breaking contact and chuckling at the pout on her face.

He resisted the urge to laugh at the crimson stain on her cheeks.

"Mommy… daddy," Gabe rubbed his eyes sleepily and blinked from the top of the stairs, "what are you doing?"

Lexa wrapped her leg around Kol's waist for balance and looked over her shoulder. To her credit she did not sputter.

"Nothing, sweetie," she smiled, "I tripped. Your dad is just helping me get up."

"I think you meant 'off', Elskling," he breathed against her cheek.

She inhaled sharply and smiled. "Go find your shoes Gabe." She waited until he scampered off towards Hope's bedroom. "Remind me to punish you for that later."

"I swear," Kol straightened his clothes as the steps from the kitchen got closer, "that I will swiftly forget."

"Do I want to know what you're doing in the fountain?" Klaus paused when he saw them.

"We were just leaving," Kol chuckled.

Lexa laughed when he pulled her into his arms and flashed her into the car outside. "Are you forgetting something, mi amor?"

"Never," he swore, "I just thought you'd like to get out of there before the wind shifted and Nik got a whiff of you."

She blushed when he shut her door and flashed back into the house. He returned moments later with Gabe in his arms.

New Year's Eve, 2018

Lexa took a deep breath and inhaled the soothing smell of ginger rising from her mug. The steam from the tea lifted into the still air of the kitchen.

She had been feeling a little run down all day. She had blamed it on the time of year. Christmas was a stressful season.

If her mother was still alive she would have laughed and told her she was in firm denial. Tia would have said the same thing when Lexa started rubbing the sore spot from her breast.

It finally clicked for her when Kol kissed her cheek before pulling a bag of blood from the fridge. Her mouth watered and her stomach turned when he warmed the blood and poured some into a cup for Gabe and the rest into a mug.

"Are you alright, little witch?" Kol lowered his mug before he could take a sip and wrapped an arm around her waist.

"You look white," Gabe chimed in from the table.

"I'm alright," she stretched up and kissed Kol's cheek. Carefully she slid from his arms and bent over Gabe's dark curls. She kept her back to her husband so he wouldn't see her nose wrinkle when she kissed their son's head. "I just forgot an errand I need to run. Will you be alright for a few hours?"

"I think we can manage," Kol came around and tousled his son's hair. "What do you have to do?"

"I'll tell you later," she smirked before exiting the kitchen. "Try not to set the house on fire."

"That happened one time," Kol called after her, "and it wasn't even us."

"Yeah," Gabe's little voice chimed in, "it was Grace."

"Are we expecting company?" Elena turned towards her husband when the knock sounded on the door.

"Not that I'm aware of," Elijah shook his head. He turned towards the sound of loud shrieks coming from the twin's bedroom. "You want the door, or the girls?"

"Well," Elena cocked her head to the right, "it sounds like they're up to no good so I'll take the door."

"I get to deal with the troublemakers?" Elijah chuckled.

"I took the last round," Elena backed away towards the door, "besides you've got a thousand years of experience dealing with Klaus and Kol. Hurry up now," she waved to the stairs, "before Grace sets the house on fire again."

Elijah rolled his eyes. He caught her waist before she could open the door and pressed a kiss to her cheek.

Elena laughed when he flashed up the stairs and the shrieks turned to hushed giggles.

"Okay," Lexa strode in through the front door, "I need you to do something for me, and you can't say a word about it to anyone."

"Good afternoon to you to," Elena cocked an eyebrow. Her eyes widened as a gleeful grin lifted the corners of her lips when Lexa pulled a blue pendant from her pocket. "Are you…"

"Not a word," Lexa slapped her hand over Elena's mouth. "Can you do it or not?"

Elena nodded. She took the pendant and led Lexa into the sitting room.

Stretching out over the plush couch she smoothed down her shirt over her flat stomach and watched Elena lift the stone. She stilled the pendant so it hung still over Lexa's abdomen and murmured the incantation she had learned years before.

Lexa couldn't stop her grin when the sodalite made slow arches over stomach.

"What are you doing?" Gabe climbed onto the couch and looked at the dried flowers on the coffee table. They had turned brown in the winter air.

"I am restoring these flowers for your mom," Kol pulled Gabe into his lap. "They're her favorite." He picked up one of the flowers and whispered the spell: "Phasmatos Tribum, Plantus Vivifey, Plantus Herbus."

He smiled when the daisy took on a new life.

"Can I try?" Gabe reached for one of the stems.

"Of course," Kol laid the revived flower on the table. He was going to help his son with the words when he turned around and found the flower in perfect health. "How did you do that?" He tilted his head and took the flower.

"Like this," Gabe picked up another daisy and cupped his hands around the petals. He blew gently before opening his hands.

"Well," Kol lifted the daisy, "it looks like you can do this a lot faster than I can."

Lexa bent at the waist when Gabe came running around the corner and stopped in front of her with a big grin.

"What are you up to?" She smiled and lifted an eyebrow. She gasped when he pulled a handful of white flowers from behind his back and held them to her face.

"Daddy says they're your favorite," Gabe grinned from ear to ear.

"Well," Lexa smelled the fresh scent before pulling her son up into her arms, "daddy was right, but don't tell him that," she whispered conspiratorially when she saw Kol leaning in the door frame to the living room, "it'll just go to his head."

"Okay," Gabe dropped his voice.

Kol shook his head and laughed before revealing the blue vase he had been hiding behind his back.

"Did you restore all of these flowers just for me?" Lexa guided Gabe's hand so he could place the daisies in the vase.

"Technically Gabe did most of them," Kol held the vase in his hand and turned his full attention to his son. "Where should we put these?"

Gabe frowned and narrowed his eyes. His hand lifted from his mother's shoulder to tap his cheek in the way he had seen her do from time to time.

"In the sunroom," he decided after a minute, "so mommy can see them when she's reading."

"I think that's an excellent idea," Lexa nodded solemnly. She lowered Gabe to the floor and watched him carefully carry the flowers to the small table by her reading chair. "Thank you."

"Your welcome," Gabe hugged her legs before grinning and running off to play.

Lexa watched him go and laid her head on Kol's shoulder. "He did that by himself?"

"Before I could even coach him through the spell," he chuckled and smelled her hair. "Doesn't really surprise me though."

"Why not?" Lexa let him pull her down into the chair and snuggled into his chest.

"Well," he ran his fingers through her curls, "for starters he comes from two very powerful witch bloodlines."

"I sense there is more to this," she took his hand and slotted her fingers between his.

"I have a theory," Kol nodded solemnly. "There were four children all conceived and born within a year of each other; all sharing a common bloodline. Grace has a gift for pyrotechnics and Gabe showed today a talent for plants and the earth. I wouldn't be surprised it Sheila and Faith start to show signs of elemental control soon."

"Just Sheila," Lexa hummed. She leaned back so she could look into his eyes. "I stopped by because I needed Elena's help with something and Faith had turned the floor of the bedroom into a skating rink. It was actually kind of funny; Elijah wasn't expecting it so he slipped on the ice. Elena and I found the girls sliding across the floor and Elijah struggling not to laugh."

"It'll likely be air then," Kol chuckled. He toyed with her engagement ring. "Did you get your errand done?"

"Yes," she opened her purse and pulled out an envelope before handing it to him.

"Elskling," Kol pulled out a few pieces of heavy paper, "why did you run out on New Year's Eve for paint chips?"

"We need to repaint," she spread out the colours in her hand like poker cards, "the room across from our bedroom. Now I personally hate pink," she pulled a few of the chips from her hand, "I think it's overdone, but it's also traditional. Although I'd prefer purple, maybe," she pointed to the lavender, periwinkle, and orchid.

"Or we could go with green," she held up a turquoise and jade chip, "its gender neutral but nowhere as hideous as yellow. I'm leaning towards a purple though," she kept her expression neutral when she heard his breath catch on the word 'gender', "what do you think?"

"Lexa…" he swallowed and flattened his hand over her stomach, "… are you… are we…?"

A grin broke out across her face when she nodded. Warmth filled her chest when she saw the happiness sparkling in his dark eyes.

"It's a girl," she laughed when he kissed her soundly. "Seriously though," she gasped when he pulled back to let her breathe, "Which colour?"

Kol rested his forehead against hers and smiled. He closed his eyes and shook his head. "Show me again," he caressed her flat stomach.

The End.

I've got this headcannon that Giulia (that's the baby) has her mom's hair but the curls are softer like Rebekah's. She got her grandmother's (the one she took her name from) turquoise eyes and her dad's mischievous smirk... Gabe got that too.