Chapter 4

Rain.

Pouring rain that pounded heavily on his window and it would normally keep him up at night. But tonight, it didn't. It was actually quite soothing as he slept, really slept in almost eleven years. He felt he could finally breathe without Hayley, especially knowing now that he won't be alone anymore.

As he lay on the bed that still smelled like his late wife, he couldn't help but feel fear of losing another Andie. First, it was Andrea, then Andrea, then Andrea, then Angelica, then another Andrea again, and finally Hayley. He didn't think he could allow himself to love again if she was going to die once more.

Knock. Knock.

"Come in."

The door opened and popped in a little blonde headed boy. The boy slowly came to stand by the bed before Klaus picked him up and held him close to his chest while breathing in his son's scent. Leonard smelled like rain and mud.

Mud?

Klaus gently shook his son awake and smiled down at him. "Hey, my little lion, where have you been? Huh?"

"With mommy."

Klaus sat up quickly and got out of bed with the little one and made his way to the compound and saw Camille standing there with a small smile. The little boy who was asleep was now awake and more aware of his surroundings. He reached for his mother and she came to get him but Klaus pulled him away.

"Come on, Klaus. Don't you think I have been punished enough? Okay, it wasn't entirely my fault you know. You had some part in it too."

"Really, Camille, tell me how I wanted the woman I loved to fuck my brother and get pregnant. Please enlighten me on how I wanted that. This is your fault. Now stop being a baby and deal with it because I am not."

Camille turned to walk away but turned around to him again. "Klaus, I am not the baby, you are. God, I am here and I am telling and showing you that I love you but you can't even see it. You couldn't even put a ring on my finger for seven years because of what? A woman who you couldn't have given two fucks for."

With that, she walked away and he regretted the day he had ever met her.

Everyone was seated at the table to eat breakfast but Klaus had yet to come down and no one wanted to start until he came. After a couple of minutes, there was a knock on his door and he opened it to see Caroline asking if she could come in for a second. He allowed her but he was still torn with what Camille said.

"Hey, how are you doing? I know that this is hard and everything but don't shut us out. That's what family and friends are here for. Talk to us. Better yet talk to Hayley. Just open up and yes, it is such a big thing for me to ask but try. That's all Hayley ever wanted for you. Hey, what happened after Andrea died?"

Klaus looked up at his friend and replied, "Which time?"

"The first time. What happened to make you seem so sure that you can't be happy? What made you so paranoid?"

"Andrea was the first woman that I ever loved and she was taken away from my mother. My family took away my child and wife and at that time I didn't have anything. My father started to hate me more and eventually, my family looked at me as the odd one. A monster."

"Oh."

"Yeah, so there it is. Hayley saw it and Camille does too. Eventually, my children will see it too. I am a monster."

"No, you are not a monster. Hayley loved you and she may have pushed you away but that is because she saw herself as a monster as well. Klaus, sweetie, I know that you think that Andrea and Hayley's death was your fault but it wasn't. Okay, your wife just seems very kinky and weird to make you wait so, so many years. I am just saying and Cami is very upset and hormonal. Okay, don't think about her. She is not your problem anymore, so come down and eat and then we can all learn more about this situation. Okay." Caroline pulled him towards the door and hugged.

"I know that I am young and stupidly in love but everything will be fine. I just know it and something came in the mail. Nobody wanted to open it."

They both walked downstairs and sat down by Jeremy and the children.

"Camille came by today. I am guessing she is keeping the baby. Congrats Finn. I hope you have many restless nights, brother." Klaus clinked his glass full of blood with his older brother and everyone chuckled at the idea of Finn being a father.

"Yeah, me too," Finn replied sarcastically.

"What did she say when she came to visit? And when did she visit? I didn't see her." Rebekah asked while she sipped on her mimosa.

"She paid a visit this morning with Leo in the rain."

"What?"

"Yeah, something about wanting me to see that she was right for me and all that jazz. Nothing that I haven't heard before in the many texts she sends every day."

"Sorry, but you always knew how to pick the crazy ones. Well, except Hayley."

"Kol." Mikael scold while cutting into his sausage and omelet.

"What? Camille is completely off the rails and so many of his exes are as well." Kol smiled as he said this and gave a wink to Klaus. Klaus just shook his head at his childish brother who believed in the crazier the better.

"Anyway, I got some more books on the mother of witches coming in. We decided that we would stay awhile to help out." Jeremy got up to grab a book and handed it to Klaus.

"Do you recognize that at all?"

"Yes." Klaus couldn't believe it. He stared at the book in astonishment.

"What is it?" Everyone replied at the same time while peering at it.

"It is her spell book. How did you get this? Jeremy?"

"There were plenty of replicas in the Bennett house but I found this in Australia. For some reason, Hayley and her friends before going to high school decided to go there and some weird things happened. So, I went there and found the place where they lived and I found it just sitting there like it was expecting me."

"Creepy." Finn downed some alcohol before pouring some more.

"Extremely. Anyway, that is how I started to look for any other books and I found a lot. Her resurrections moved around a lot but they were always around the Appalachians before venturing out. I was wondering that maybe we could find something there. What do you think?"

"That's all I wanted. A family and you gave me that and I wanted you to know that I love you and N'28 S'67 E'19."

Those words flashed into Klaus' mind as he stared at his family and his wife's spell book.

"Then, that is where we are going to go."

Hey guys, I know that this short but I haven't really been getting a lot of sleep lately so... I just hope you all enjoyed this and can't wait for the next chapter. I honestly wanted you all to get a feel of what Camille is feeling and the main plot. The main plot is pretty much figuring out what the fuck is going on.

Remember life is short and to listen to JoJo more. Especially her song Fuck Apologies. It is pretty good.