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After much reassurance that she was fine and nothing was wrong, Claire was able to keep her mates from returning home. They had felt her drastic change in mood. The panic, the fear, everything.

After the reassurance, the girls continued with their slumber party. They watched plenty of chick flicks and destroyed their stash of popcorn. Penelope and Bonnie were getting along great. The two of them were always talking about witches. Penelope still had a lot to learn and Bonnie was giving her tips and telling her stories of Shelia.

Every now and then Rebekah would join their conversation. Rebekah had plenty to say about witches, some things were good and others were bad. Penelope hung onto every word. She loved the stories, she loved the attention.

Claire wanted to pay attention but she couldn't. She couldn't stop looking at Madelyn. The girl had fallen asleep and Claire was about to carry her to bed but in the meantime, Claire simply watched her. Her right hand subconsciously rubbed her stomach.

She knew she wasn't ready to go through this again but she didn't have a choice. She wondered how this process was going to be. This isn't a normal baby. Even though the baby is going to be half-vampire, what baby of Kol's will ever be normal?

A soft smile came to her lips as she envisions Kol holding their baby for the first time. The giant smile on his face, the excitement in his eyes. She wanted a boy but wouldn't be upset with a girl. She wanted them to look like Kol. She wanted them to have his hair, his facial structure, his eyes, his everything.

She knew this baby was going to be good for Kol. Maybe now he would understand the meaning of love and how it's a two-way street, not one. She knew this baby is going to love him just as much as she does. She also knew that this baby is going to have Kol wrapped around their finger.

She then begins to think back in the last few weeks. Kol had become clingy and possessive, more than usual. She had brushed it off to his insecurities and tried to assure him that she loves him, that she wasn't going anywhere and that she is his. But as she thinks, she wonders if Kol knew.

Maybe on some level, Kol knew she was pregnant? Maybe he had a sixth sense, an instinct. She knew he didn't consciously know but it would explain his behavior. His instincts were telling him to be close to her, more than normal. To be more protective because she's carrying his offspring.

Her heart warms at the thought. Even before either of them knew she is pregnant, he protected the babe. She knew she was in good hands. She knew this wouldn't turn out as it had been with Tyler. She knew he wouldn't abandon her, none of them would.

"I'm going to go put Madelyn to bed" Claire speaks up. She stands and scoops her daughter in her arms. Madelyn cuddles to her mother as Claire walks to her room. She gently sets her in her crib.

She then wondered how Madelyn would react to the new baby. She feels like Madelyn is too young to get jealous but what would she know? It's not like she's an expert in parenting, as much as she'd like to be.

"You're going to be a great mother, you already are" Caroline speaks up. Claire turns slightly seeing her standing in the doorway.

"Do you think he's even going to believe me?" Claire asks her.

"If he doesn't, we'll convince him," Caroline says. Claire sighs feeling dread bubbling in her stomach. "He's not Tyler," Caroline said walking up to her sister. "He's not going to turn his back on you, he's not going to talk behind your back, he's not going to spread rumors."

"Vampires aren't supposed to be able to procreate." Claire reminds her.

"Mother nature has loopholes, it's a valid explanation," Caroline tells her. "He's going to go nuts but in a good way." Claire smiles and turns her gaze to Madelyn.

"And she's just now starting to sleep the whole night... now I'm going to have a screaming baby waking me up at night again" Claire groans rubbing her face.

"Thank God you live here now," Caroline said playfully. The two of them giggled.

"Oh God," Claire whispers.

"What?"

"How's mom going to react?" Claire whispers looking at her. "She completely shunned me when I was pregnant the first time and then again when she found out about my mates. Whenever she gets angry with me she just gives me the silent treatment."

"Hey, relax," Caroline said hugging her. "We did this together the first time, we'll do it together the second time. We'll get through this."

"I don't want to do this without her" Claire whispers. Caroline sighed knowing there was no guarantee that their mother was going to get involved.

"It's going to be ok" Caroline whispers kissing the side of her head. "BTBFF?"

"BTBFF" Claire agrees. They link their pinkies and press their foreheads together. They smile at each other.

"What does that mean?" Penelope ask. Caroline and Claire look at her. "BTBFF" Penelope clarifies.

"Born Together Best Friends Forever," Caroline and Claire both say at the same time. The twins grin at each other and hug.

"Aw," Penelope grins. "Are you ok?" Penelope asked more seriously.

"I'm ok" Claire nods. "I'm just... nervous," Claire said.

"That's reasonable" Penelope shrugs. "But he loves your right?" Claire nods. "Then everything will work out."

"Thanks, Penny" Penelope grins at her.

"So, when are you gonna tell him?" Penelope asked. Claire sighed and looked at Caroline.

"The sooner the better," Caroline said. "There's gonna be a heartbeat soon, they will notice" Caroline reminded her.

"I know" Claire mutters and looks at Madelyn. "I'll tell him tomorrow." She grumbles. Caroline smiles and rubs her sister's arm. Claire gives her a small smile.

"Bonnie and Rebekah are getting into the karaoke." Penelope brought up. "I think they also raided Elijah's liquor cabinet." The girls laughed.

"Well, let's go join the party," Claire said leading the two of them back to the main room where they saw that Rebekah and Bonnie had in fact raided Elijah's liquor. It had been a long time since Claire saw Bonnie drunk and she had forgotten how fun it was.

Unfortunately, now that Claire knows she's pregnant, she couldn't join them in the drinking department. Even though she couldn't drink, she had a great time making fun of the drunks with Penelope.

None of them knew when they had gone to bed but when they woke up, the sun was shining in their eyes. Claire was the first one awake. She realized none of them had made it to the bedroom. Rebekah was curled up in the love seat. Caroline and Bonnie were sprawled out on the floor. She then noticed Penelope was sharing the couch with her, their limbs tangled together.

"Ew" Claire whispers shoving Penelope's foot away from her face. Before she knows it, she could feel the morning sickness coming on. She leaps from the bed and stumbles to the bathroom. She barely makes it to the toilet before she's throwing up. It's the first of many mornings she'll wake up only to throw up.

Almost instantly, she felt a pair of hands holding her hair back. She heard mumbling but didn't pay attention. When she felt as if she was done, she fell back and leaned against the wall. Somebody else flushes the toilet.

"Fun night?" Elijah asks amusingly believing that her throwing up had to do with her being 'hungover'.

"Time of my life" Claire answers sarcastically. Elijah grins as he runs a rag under the water. He then kneels beside her and wipes her mouth. "Tell me, Elijah, how sexy do I look?" She smirks. Elijah grins and kisses her forehead.

"I'm barely stopping myself from ravaging you" He growls in her ear. She feels a shiver run down her spine, something that Elijah notices. He smirks and nibbles at her ear before pulling away.

"Here you go, sweetheart" Claire looks over and sees Klaus handing her a glass of water with some pain pills. She takes them instantly.

"Come on, let's get you somewhere more comfortable" Elijah scoops her up in his arms. "How much sleep did you get?" He asks carrying her out of the room and to his bedroom.

"Not much" She mutters cuddling in his chest. Klaus grabs the empty glass, kisses the side of her head before leaving the two of them.

"Did you enjoy yourself?" He asks. She simply hums not wanting to talk about it. His grip on her tightens. She doesn't remember falling back asleep but when she wakes up, she wakes in Elijah's bed.

Her head is on his stomach, her body laying between his legs. He's slightly propped up against the headboard. His computer is resting beside him. One of his hands is rubbing her back soothingly while the other types.

She moans and snuggles into his stomach more. He grins and looks away from the computer screen. He could hear her breathing quicken signaling that she was waking up. He glances at the clock noticing it was well past noon. It didn't bother him, he knew she needed the sleep.

Closing the laptop, he places it on the bedside table. His full attention turns to Claire as she shuffles around. Her head lifts and looks at him. She gives him a lazy smile.

"Good afternoon" He mutters.

"Afternoon?" She asks and he nods.

"You needed the rest." He says shifting down the bed more. His head lays on the pillow and she shifts up to rest on his chest. "Feeling better?" She nods wordlessly. "Caroline said she would text you later. Bonnie asked if you would text her when you did it. I don't know what 'it ' is but she said you would understand. Penelope has been gone home, she made it safely."

"Thank you" She whispers. He nods bending his head to kiss her forehead. She smiles and turns her head to the side and lays it on his chest. She runs her fingers along his arm lightly.

"What's bothering you?" He asks softly. She smiles wondering why she felt surprised at his ability to read her. "What happened last night?" She knew Elijah wanted to know why she had felt panicked and terrified.

"I need to talk to Kol" She whispers feeling the dread bubble in her stomach. Elijah frowned but nodded. "I'll explain everything to you and the others but I have to talk to Kol first"

"Alright," Elijah says. She turns her head and looks at him.

"I love you" She whispers desperately. Elijah quickly flips them so she's laying on the bed and he's hovering over her. He kisses her passionately, dominantly. She moans wrapping her arms around him, holding him close.

Her legs wrap around him, his hand travels down her thigh. She moans again. Her fingers comb through his hair. He slowly pulls away and looks into her eyes hoping he's proved his point.

"I love you and nothing you say can change that" He reassures her. He didn't know what was on her mind but knew something was severely bothering her for her to feel like she had last night, to feel like she is now. He knew this was serious and not something to joke about.

His words calm her down and she pulls him into a softer kiss. She knew she had to do this. She had to tell them but Kol deserves to be the first one. It is his child after all.

"As much as I'd love to continue this" She whispers against his lips.

"You have to talk to Kol" He understands. She smiles and kisses his nose.

"Thank you" She mutters. He nods nuzzling his head in her neck. He nips at his mark both causing her to shiver and calm down. She knew it was his way to reassure her and it was working. Reluctantly, he pulls away and climbs off of her.

"Get dressed, I'll grab Kol," He says before slipping out of the room. Claire sits on the edge of the bed. She felt her hands begin to tremble. She could feel the fear returning to her.

"Tyler, we need to talk," Claire said nervously. She's sitting on his bed with her homework spread out in front of her. He's sitting at his desk chair spinning around bored. He hums not really paying attention. Claire sighs and blurts out, "I'm pregnant" Tyler freezes.

"What?" He asks slowly turning to her. Claire fiddles with her fingers.

"I'm pregnant" She whispers looking in his eyes.

"And it's mine?" He asks. Claire frowns her eyebrows.

"Who else would it be?" She snapped. "Of course it's yours"

"How can you be sure?" He snaps standing up.

"What are you suggesting? That I cheated on you?" She growled standing up as well. "Tyler, I love you. I would never, ever cheat on you."

"Are you sure about that? The whole town knows how much of a party girl you are. Sure it's not Matt's? You're pretty cozy around him." Tyler accuses. Claire gives him a nasty right hook.

"Fuck you, Tyler." Claire snapped. "I have never cheated on you, I never even thought about cheating on you!"

"You may be pregnant but it is not mine!" Tyler snapped shoving her. "You want to know why? Because you're a whore who sleeps around. You slept around before me and I was stupid to think you'd stop now. God, I should have never gotten involved with you. You probably just want me for my money and now you're trying to trap me but guess what? It's not gonna work. I don't give a fuck if you're pregnant, get the hell out of my house!"

"Screw you, Tyler!" Claire snapped gathering her things.

"Haven't you been screwing enough, that's how you got in this in the first place?" Tyler said sarcastically. Claire shakes her head and flips him off. She goes to leave but Tyler grips her arm. "If you even think about telling anybody that this kid is mine, you'll regret it" He threatens.

"Don't worry Tyler, I don't want shit from you. I don't care about your money, I never did. I love you but you've made it clear I'm on my own and that's ok. I'll be a kick-ass mom and all you'll ever be is a future washed-up jock and in a few years, nobody will remember you." Claire smirks at him. Tyler shoves her into a wall and slaps her.

"Everyone said I was way out of your league, should have listened to them but I guess that's what I get for wanting some easy, cheap sex." Tyler snipped.

"The only thing in your league are dogs and not even the cute ones" Claire snips. "I'll raise this kid and you won't have anything to do with them."

"Good, cause I don't even want them because their not mine, whore!" Claire rolls her eyes and marches out of the room angrily wiping away her tears.

"Darling?" Claire snaps out of her gaze and realizes that Kol's kneeling in front of her. He grazes his thumb over her cheek. Only then did she realize she was crying. "What's wrong, love?" He whispers concern clear in his eyes.

"I'm... I'm..." Claire tries to get the word out but it's stuck in her throat. All she can think about is how Tyler reacted. If Kol reacted similarly, it'd destroy her.

"What is it? You can tell me anything" He sits beside her. She licks her lips and takes a deep breath.

"I'm pregnant" She whispers. He tenses but doesn't say anything. "Bonnie did a spell" She pulls the paper out of her pocket. The blood dried on it. She shows him, he takes it.

"It's... it's mine?" He whispers. He recognizes the spell that Bonnie had used and knew it was the truth. He knew how absolute the spell is, how accurate it is. "How?" He asks out of pure curiosity.

"Caroline thinks it's because of the soulmate bond," Claire said looking at him. "If you think about it, it makes sense" She whispers. Kol doesn't say anything, he simply looks at the paper. The longer the silence, the more anxiety she feels. "Please say something" She begs.

"I never... I never thought I'd be a father" He whispers. "I never thought about when I was human and I never cared to think about it as a vampire. I thought it was impossible so I avoided such thoughts with you." He said standing up. He paces slightly. "You're pregnant" He whispers to himself. "With my kid."

"Kol?" Claire asks softly.

"You're pregnant... With my kid" He continues to repeat this to himself. Trying to get his mind wrapped around it.

"Kol?" Claire asks again still feeling nervous. His hand runs through his hair multiple times. Eventually, she can't take it anymore and stands up. She enters his pacing path forcing him to stop and look at her.

"What if I ruin them?" He whispers to her. "What if... What if I'm not a good father? What if they don't like me? What if I mess up?"

"Kol," Claire said grabbing his face with her hands gently. "You are not going to ruin them, I won't let you. You will be an amazing father because I know you're going to love them and I know you'll do anything for them. You are going to mess up but so am I, we'll learn what work and what doesn't together." Claire smiles her hands going to his chest, rubbing it gently. "Baby love their parents unconditionally just as we love them." She smiles at him.

"They do?" He whispers.

"Kol, you are an amazing person. You love your family, you love me, you love Madelyn. There isn't anything you wouldn't do for us, right?" Claire asks.

"Right" He agrees instantly. She smiles and kisses him softly. He relaxes at her touch.

"How couldn't I love you? How couldn't Madelyn love you? How couldn't this child, our child, love you?" Claire asks smiling at him.

"I'm a psychopath. A killer. A murderer. I've destroyed lives, families and laughed while I did it. I don't care about the consequences-"

"You didn't" Claire corrects him. Kol frowns his eyebrows at her. "You didn't care about the consequences, past tense," She tells him. "You care now, I can see it. Tell me Kol, how many people have you killed since you've been undaggered?" She asks. He doesn't answer her because there isn't a number. "How many lives have you ruined since you've been undaggered?" He still doesn't answer. "You've changed. Before, you would have killed most of this town by now. Kol it's been months since you've been undaggered and you have yet to kill anybody."

"I always think of you," He says softly. "When I feed on someone. I just.. I can't kill them knowing that you're human. Knowing that you would most likely be disappointed in me. I can handle my siblings, my parents, anybody in the world being disappointed in me but not you."

"And I am not disappointed in you. I'm so proud of you and I love you so much. What can I do to show you how much I love you?" She asks desperately. Her hand goes back up to his face. "I love you Kol. This child is going to love you. Your siblings love you. Madelyn loves you. You are so loved, Kol, so loved." She pulls him into a kiss as a few tears fall down his face.

She wipes his tears away and presses her forehead on his. He grips her like a lifeline. Her words are screaming at him in his mind. She tries to use the bond to push her feelings for him to him so he could feel what she's feeling. So he can feel the love she has for him.

"I need you Kol. I need you to help me through this. I can't do this alone."

"You won't," He tells her strongly. He grabs her face gently, their eyes connect. "You are not going to do this alone. I will be there. I will love him just as much as I love you. I will protect him and I will help you raise him." Claire smiles brightly at him.

"Him?" She whispers happy tears coming to her eyes. He grins and kisses the tear that falls down her face.

"I hope its a boy" He whispers. She smiles and pulls him in a tight hug. He wraps his arms around her and lifts her off the ground, spinning her in the air. She giggles happily. "We're gonna have a baby! We're gonna be parents!" She laughs as his boyish excitement outshines his fear and insecurities.