Veronika couldn't help but sigh in content. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt this happy as she lounged on a couch with her head in Klaus' lap. It was January 1st 2000 and the two of them had just celebrated the new millennium by themselves. They had danced the night away under the stars and they roamed the streets of Paris hand in hand until the early hours of the morning. For Veronika it had been the perfect night as last night had just been about the two of them, there had been no distractions and Klaus' attention had been on the two of them. There was no mentions of the curse or doppelgangers, his attention had been solely on her. It had been a magical night which Veronika would remember for the rest of her life as there wasn't many occasions where her and Klaus got to spend real meaningful time together without any distractions. That was the price for the lives that they led but Veronika wouldn't change any of it, not for a single second because as complicated and volatile as her relationship could be with Klaus, she had never loved anyone as much as she had loved Klaus. They brought out the best and worst in each other, it wasn't easy but they worked at it everyday. Veronika loved Klaus with a love that was more than love. The night Klaus found her and turned her into a vampire, Veronika would have never dreamt that she would have fallen in love with her savior and be by his side five hundred years later. That night Klaus had forever changed her life.

"Tell me what your thinking Little Petrova, I want to know what's going on in that pretty little head of yours…" Klaus prompted and Veronika couldn't help but smile as she looked up into the blue eyes that had the ability to make her go completely weak at the knees. The way Klaus looked at her was like nothing she had ever experienced before, he looked at Veronika as if she was the only woman he could see; like she was the only one in the room. There were times when Veronika would look into his eyes and nothing else would matter except the two of them. Those two blue eyes were the last thing Veronika saw before she died and the first thing she saw after she began the transitioning period to become a vampire. Klaus' eyes were the things that Veronika loved most about him.

"I was just thinking about how happy I am, I had a wonderful time with you last night Nikalus, you spoil me way too much…" Veronika admitted in a quiet voice, only to be surprised by Klaus pulled her up so that she was sitting in his lap. Even after five hundred years together Klaus still managed to make her heart beat faster, still make her blush with suggestive comments. He knew her better than anyone else did, her heart had been blinded him. Klaus had saved her in so many ways that Veronika couldn't help but fall in love with him and she had given her heart to him wholeheartedly.

"Nonsense. You deserve it for putting up with me." Klaus quipped and Veronika couldn't help but giggle, sure Klaus could be difficult at times but she wouldn't have him any other way. Veronika looked at Klaus and she couldn't help but wonder how on earth it was possible to love someone so much. Although there were times when Veronika did feel neglected by Klaus who was seemingly obsessed by his mission to try and break the curse on him without the Petrova doppelganger. It was times like this that Klaus reminded Veronika that she mattered to him, last night he had showered her in so much affection that she was still smiling from last night.

"Tell me something, tell me a something that no one else knows…" Veronika began and Klaus lifted him hand and gently stroked her cheek.

"I knew the second that I met you that there was something about you that I needed, it took me a while to realize that I needed you. All that time before I met you I had been looking for something and then you came out of nowhere into my life and changed it completely… You want to know a secret Veronika Petrova? My mind is full of you…"

The waiting was killing her. Whilst Veronika was the most patient out of her and Klaus, she herself even had limits and the wait for news was slowly killing her. Hour by hour went and Veronika had no idea what was happening, whether or not Klaus and his siblings had succeeded in stopping their mother and brother, or in fact they were dead because Esther had succeeded with her plan to rid the world of her children. Veronika couldn't help but worry immensely as she knew this was no doubt taking a toll of her surrogate family, this was probably the worst thing ever; their own mother trying to kill them all even with the help of one of their own siblings. Veronika couldn't even begin to imagine how any of them were feeling but mostly she worried about Klaus, even though she wasn't with him Veronika knew that this had to be taking a toll on Klaus despite his best efforts to put on a front for everybody else. But Veronika knew better, she was the one there when Mikael was tearing into him, calling him an abomination, a coward. Speaking to Klaus, the way no father should ever speak to his son. The two of them hadn't spoken much about Mikael much ever since Klaus had killed him, but one night not long after what happened at the homecoming party Klaus had brought up Mikael idly. All Klaus had really said that Mikael had always seemed to have it out for him when he was a child, which caused him to try so much harder to try and win his father's approval, which never seemed to work. Veronika's heart ached thinking of Klaus and how both of his parents wanted him dead, a far cry from the relationship from what she had with her parents. It wasn't fair, Klaus thought that he had this fresh start with his family, only to find out that his mother had been planning on killing him.

Veronika couldn't understand how on earth a mother could honestly decided to kill her kids, sure Klaus was difficult and no saint, he had done a lot of bad things in his time but he had his good qualities. Klaus was the most determined person Veronika knew as well as the most protective, he was sweet and charming most of the time unless he felt threaten. If she had been a mother, Veronika knew there was no way she could ever harm her own child, even if them resembled Klaus' worst qualities. Everything was so messy and getting even more complicated and all Veronika wanted to do was be by Klaus' side to help or comfort him, but she had to stay with Katerina. It was too risky for her to go back to Mystic Falls as Esther had made her feelings pretty clear. She wasn't above using violence and hurting anyone if it meant she succeeded in her goal of killing the original vampires. As she idly sat in an armchair drinking her seventh cup of tea this morning, Veronika was taken aback when her phone started ringing. Veornika jumped to her feet and raced across the room to reach the phone but her heart sank ever so slightly when she saw the caller id. It was a Mikaelson, just not the Mikaelson that Veronika was hoping for.

"Well if it isn't my favourite little imp, it's good to hear from you…" Veronika warmly greeted after answering Kol's call, although she had been expecting Klaus on the other end of the phone, she was glad to hear from Kol. By hearing from him, it meant that Klaus was still alive as right now all the originals were still bound to each other, so if one was alive then the rest of them had to be alive. Veronika knew Klaus would have called her the moment, the blood tie between him and his siblings had been broken. Veronika was still worried and would be until she saw Klaus again but right now, having Kol get in contact with her managed to calm her down ever so slightly.

"You too Veronika, I was bored and I figured I'd call my future sister in law and offer my congratulations." Kol said and the amusement was clear as day in his voice and Veronika couldn't help but smile as Kol referred to her as his future sister in law. Although there had been no kind of formal proposal of any kind, there was no real need, Veronika had told Klaus that she had changed her mind and would marry him the moment that he stopped Esther and Finn, allowing her to come home. Marriage was never something that Veronika wasn't interested in doing again after her disastrous first marriage and it never really seemed important in terms of her relationship with Klaus. They had been together for over five hundred years and they were still going strong without even being married. Veronika saw no need to change that until recently, however this situation with Esther had got her thinking about her life with Klaus. He was the love of life, sure he had her miserable on occasions and they could get into horrible fights at times but her heart belonged to him. Five hundred years with him wasn't enough for Veronika, she wanted more than that and she had been content with just being Klaus' other half. But now Veronika wanted more than that, she knew she couldn't live without Klaus and so now she wanted to be more than just his other half. Veronika had her doubts over the years about the two of them but now they were fine and she wanted everything with Klaus, including being his wife.

"Klaus told you I see." Veronika slowly said as she hadn't told anyone that she had changed her mind on the whole marriage thing, so Klaus had to be the only one who had informed Kol. Not that Veronika minded in the slightest as she was rather fond of Kol, sure he had a tendency to get himself into trouble like his older brother but there was something innately sweet and mischievous about him. Veronika had only wished that she had known Kol for longer than she already had, she couldn't believe that Klaus had been keeping her from meeting him for over four hundred years before he daggered Kol and then there was the extra hundred and seventeen years before she finally got round to meeting him. Veronika adored Kol, he was like the little brother that she never had.

"He did indeed and I have to say I'm thrilled about the prospect as I've always wanted a sister." Kol stated with pride and Veronika couldn't help but chuckle in amusement, he never failed to make her laugh.

"Kol you already have a sister or have you already forgotten about Rebekah?" Veronika quipped in a teasingly yet good natured response as whilst she was flattered by Kol's comment, he did already have a sister. One he seemed to get on with rather well at the best of times.

"Ah yes Bekah! Almost forgot about her but you know what I mean Veronika, I always wanted to have a big sister. I only had older brothers and to tell you the truth it wasn't much fun as Finn has always had a stick stuck up his buttocks, then Elijah has always been the moral one, always trying to keep us all out of trouble and you know what Klaus is like." Kol explained and Veronika couldn't help but laugh as it seemed like Kol always had an answer for everything.

"So you're okay with the fact that Klaus will be lowering the standards of the family by marrying me? You guys are after all The Originals, whereas I am just a lowly vampire. It could cause quite the scandal you know…":

"Nonsense! There is nobody else better suited for my brother than you Veronika and you also happen to be the only person who can actually keep him in line. You joining the family would be the best thing to ever happen to us, we would be lucky to have you. No doubt it would probably help clean up the family image and reputation given everything going on. Family trying to kill family, isn't exactly good for us…" Kol noted.

"Speaking of which, how are you dealing with all of this? I've been so caught up with your brother and what was going on with me that I never thought to ask how you are dealing with this? It must be hard… Veronika wearily began as she wasn't sure whether Kol would want to talk about this as Elijah kept his feelings about this situation to himself, which was nothing knew. The eldest of the Original siblings tended to keep his emotions in check. Klaus was tricky as you couldn't push him to talk about these kind of things as he would lash out, you had to wait until he was ready to talk about it. Veronika wasn't exactly sure how Kol was dealing with any of this or how he was really coping with it so she figured she should ask,, after all she was his future sister in law.

"Does it matter what I think? Won't change the fact that my mother and Finn is trying to kill me and the rest of my siblings?" Kol questioned.

"It matters to me." Veronika replied and through the phone she could hear Kol quietly sigh on his end.

"And that Veronika Petrova, is why you are the best of all of us."

"You give me way too much credit but seriously Kol, how are you doing? I can't imagine how hard this must be given what happened to my parents but I can only imagine that this must be very difficult for all of you. Esther has no right to be doing what she's doing." Veronika stated as she could see that Kol was trying to deflect attention away from him and onto her which wasn't like him. She may have not known him very long but Veronika knew Kol well enough to know that he liked having attention on him. He wasn't exactly one to shy away from the spotlight.

"This wasn't how things were supposed to end up when our mother turned us into vampires, she made us like this to protect us, so we could all remain together. But look at us? Our family is divided and trying to kill each other. If Henrik hadn't been killed by those werewolves, none of this would have happened. We would have still been a family, he would have still been with us." Kol wearily said and for the first time since Veronika had met him, was being rather serious and she could hear the sadness in his voice as he referred to his late younger brother. Veronika knew of Henrik from what Klaus had told her, he didn't speak of him much but from what he had told her, Henrik had been adored by all of them and his death was something that had hit them hard. Even after a thousand years Klaus was still devastated by his brother's loss and the guilt around with him because had been with Henrik when he had been mauled to death by a werewolf.

"You miss him." Veronika noted.

"All the time." Kol grimly replied which caused Veronika desperately to want to give her favourite mischievous imp a hug although that wasn't possible. "I suppose you are missing my brother?"

"Occasionally I'll admit…"

"Well I'll assure you now that he misses you terribly and apparently is becoming rather unbearable according to Rebekah. Here's hoping that something is figured out soon enough to end all of this nonsense. Then we call head back home to Mystic Falls for the wedding, as you can probably tell I am very much excited about it. I do love a wedding." Kol quipped in a humorous manner, all signs of his previous pensive demeanor gone. Veronika couldn't help but note that Kol wasn't one to be down for long.

"So I've heard, well wherever you are and whatever Klaus has you doing for him, stay safe Kol. I need you back in one piece if you are going to come to this wedding once all of these problems with your mother and Finn have been dealt with." Veronika began with a small smile. "Don't do anything that I wouldn't do…"

"Oh Veronika! I wish you hadn't of said that as now I am going to have to behave!"