*Chapter Eighty* {We'll Always Have Bourbon Street}

"Ultimate girls night" Caroline said barging into Klaus's art room. Klaus was currently painting on his canvas while Claire was sitting on the couch sketching. They had been stealing glances at each other. Claire's sketch was beginning to look like Klaus as he paints while Klaus's painting seemed to be Claire sketching. The pair of them were listening to classical music through an original phonograph.

"Perhaps I should paint a 'do not disturb' on the door" Klaus suggests to himself out loud. Claire sends him an amused grin. Caroline completely ignores him and walks over to Claire. Caroline peeks at her sketch and rolls her eyes at the obviousness of it. All Claire ever draws is the Mikaelson's.

"What were you talking about, Care?" Claire asked looking up at her. Caroline pulls Claire's feet off of the couch and sits down. The two sisters readjust themselves.

"An ultimate girls night. We've all be too busy with our lives. I've hardly seen you lately. I haven't seen Rebekah in.. forever. Poor Penelope's been stuck with her brothers and I think we should start bringing in Bonnie. You said you were going to try" Caroline said pointing at her sister.

"I know. I know" Claire sighs. "I'd like to have Bonnie over" Claire told her sincerely. 

"Excellent! They'll be here in a few hours" Caroline said standing up.

"Wait, you already invited them?" Claire asked.

"And I expect you and your brothers to be gone before they arrive" Caroline said pointing at Klaus before leaving.

"I built this home, the Mikaelson's live here and yet the Forbes sisters run the place" Klaus muses.

"Did you expect anything less?" Claire asked smirking at him. Klaus flashes onto the couch and pulls her into his lap.

"Not for a second" He whispers. She smiles pressing her forehead against his. He grins pulling her closer to him.

"No sex! Their going to be here soon and we need to get ready!" Caroline barged back into the room. Claire groans giving Caroline a look.

"Never once have I cock blocked you" Claire points out to her. Caroline smirks and gives her sister a wink before leaving the room again.

"She said we have a few hours, I can be quick" He whispers to her.

"No, no, no, no, no" Caroline reenters the room and grabs her sister pulling her off of Klaus. Claire whines while Klaus groans. "Come on, get into the shower and make it a cold one" She said pushing Claire into the room. "And I swear to God if any Mikaelson enters this fucking bathroom I will show you the meaning of cock block" She warns loudly.

Claire smiles and rolls her eyes. She gets into the shower. Her body relaxes under the hot water. She cleans herself before climbing out of the shower and getting ready for the 'Ultimate Girls Night'.

As promised, all the boys left for their boys night before the girls arrived. Madelyn basically ignores the girls as she plays in her play pen. Rebekah arrives with Penelope, Bonnie shows up not long after them.

"I just wanted to thank you for inviting me" Bonnie said joining Claire in the kitchen. Claire gives her a small smile.

"Of course" Claire smiles nodding. Bonnie shifts on her feet anxiously. "So, where's Jamie?" Claire asks.

"Elijah invited him to their boys night." Bonnie said. Claire grins happy that they had involved him. "If I remember correcting, your mates, mine, Rebekah's and Archie are all together at the Mystic Grill."

"Good lord, I'll be surprised if it's still standing by morning" The two of them laugh though they were both seriously thinking the same thing. "Anything happen between you and Elena lately?"

"I have something very interesting the share with you." Bonnie said. Claire looks at her interested. "Come on, I want to tell everyone." Claire nods grabbing the pickle themed snacks and followed her into the main room. "Elena's sired to Damon." Caroline's mouth drops while Rebekah chokes on her drink.

"Sired?" Penelope asks. "Like the hyrbids to Klaus?" Bonnie nods. Rebekah laughs.

"Well isn't that interesting." Rebekah shakes her head.

"Will Elena's drama ever end?" Claire rolls her eyes. 

"It's sad if you think about it" Caroline said. "We used to be best friends with her. Remember how we'd do anything for her?"

"How could I forget?" Claire mutters bitterly as she remembers the moments her sister choose Elena over her, how Bonnie choose Elena over her, how everyone choose Elena over her.

"It's like the Salvatore's brought out her true colors" Bonnie said glancing at Claire nervously. She knew the peace between Claire and herself is on thin ice, she didn't want anything to ruin it. 

"I wish she could just see what they've done to her" Caroline mutters. "Sometimes I wonder who's manipulating who with it comes to them."

"Who cares?" Rebekah questions. "All that matters is that we're not falling for her crap, not anymore." She says. "It's her fault she lost you three. She's chosen her side, she's made her opinions very clear."

"Exactly" Claire agrees with Rebekah. "She got herself into the mess she's in. She's manipulated the Salvatore's and she's let them manipulate her. We all have tried to be there for her but she's made it impossible."

"Why would she do that?" Penelope asked not understanding.

"Because Elena is a selfish person that cares about herself. She doesn't care how her actions affect others. She doesn't care that the Salvatore's threaten the people we care about to help Elena." Claire explains. "And now she has the sire bond, maybe that will help her choose a brother." Claire rolls her eyes. Rebekah snorts.

"So, I see you're still eating pickles." Bonnie brings up. Claire shrugs.

"What? You didn't like pickles?" Penelope asked.

"I didn't like them before I was pregnant. Even after I had Madelyn, I still eat them." Claire explains.

"Not as much as you have been recently" Caroline mutters not so quietly.

"Give it a break, Caroline" Claire snipped. "I'm not pregnant. I've been careful." Caroline simply shrugs and munches on some chips.

"Why don't we find out for sure?" Bonnie suggests reaching into her bag.

"Did you plan this?" Claire asked looking at Caroline. 

"Look, she knows a spell that can tell if you're pregnant or not" Caroline said. "I've been thinking about it and I just think-"

"I'm not pregnant, let it go" Claire snapped.

"I'm not going to" Caroline snapped back. "What's the harm of doing a simple spell?" Caroline asked tilting her head. "If you're not you can tell me I told you so, but if you are don't you want to know now?"

"It'll just take a little bit of blood." Bonnie said gently.

"Look, I just want to find out. Please" Caroline said gentler.

"What's the spell?" Penelope asked. Bonnie pulls out a piece of paper and sets it on the table. She writes three words. On the left side of the paper she writes, Not Pregnant, and on the right side she writes, Pregnant.

"I need a little bit of blood and I'll say the spell. If you're pregnant, the blood will go towards the right side of the paper. If you aren't, it'll go to the left." Bonnie explains.

"Fine, if it'll get you off my back." Claire said looking at Caroline.

"Thank you" Caroline said. Claire holds out her hand and Bonnie cuts into it. Claire winces but lets a few drops fall onto the paper. Rebekah hands her a towel.

The four girls wait anxiously as Bonnie says the spell. For a moment, nothing happens. Bonnie continues to say the spell. Claire's eyes widen, her breath hitches in her throat.

The blood moves to the right.

"Impossible" Claire whispers as all eyes turn to her. "I've been careful. I've been using protection." Her heart beat sky rockets, her skin pales dramatically.

"Relax, deep breaths" Rebekah says moving to sit beside her. Caroline sits on the other side of her sister.

"I can't be pregnant. I can't be pregnant" Claire panic's. All she could think about is how her last pregnancy went. The mocking, the judgement, the bullying. Then she thought about Aaron and she really started to lose her mind.

"Claire!" Rebekah shouts now kneeling in front of her. "You have to breath." Rebekah breaths dramatically until Claire starts to mimic her.

"Who's is it?" Penelope asks softly.

"It has to be Henrik's, he's the only one that can get her pregnant." Rebekah responds. "Vampire's can't procreate."

"Umm.. guys" Bonnie said. They look at the witch who's eyes are glued on the paper.

"What does that mean?" Rebekah asks standing up. 

The blood didn't just migrate over to the right side of the paper. It spelled a name and it wasn't Henrik's.

"That's not possible. Vampires cannot procreate" Rebekah snapped.

"I don't know but the spell, it's absolute. It's a strong spell, it can't be wrong." Bonnie said meeting Rebekah's gaze.

"We've been alive for over a thousand years, if we could get pregnant or get someone pregnant, wouldn't we know that by now?" Rebekah growled though there was hope in her eyes.

"Soulmates" Caroline whispers. Everyone looks at her. "Maybe it's a loophole?" Caroline suggests. "Their soulmates. The bond is rare, we may know a great deal about soulmates but not everything. Maybe it's possible but only with Claire?"

"It makes sense" Penelope pipes up. 

"Claire?" Caroline asks gently. Rebekah sits back down, rubbing her friend's back.

Claire didn't respond. She just looked at the paper. She looked at the name written in blood. She couldn't wrap her mind around it. This isn't supposed to be possible.

"I can't do this" Claire whispered. Her head slowly turned to Caroline. "I barely survived the last time. I lost... I lost.." Claire sobs. Caroline instantly holds her sister. "I lost Aaron" She cries. "I can't lose another one, Caroline. I can't.. I can't do this." 

"I'm so sorry, Claire" Caroline whispers rocking her sister lightly. "You can do this, you can."

"I can't"

"Yes you can" Rebekah mutters softly. Rebekah reaches over and rubs her back gently. "This isn't going to be like last time" Rebekah hadn't been there last time, she didn't see what Claire had gone through but she's head plenty of stories to understand Claire's fear. "You're not going to be alone. You're going to have the best support, the best doctors, anything."

"Well, at least you can be sure he's not going to abandon you." Penelope tries to lighten the mood.

"We never even talked about children, what if he doesn't want it?" Claire whispers. "He doesn't exactly seem like the one who would want children."

"He'll want it" Rebekah said trying to sound positive. Out of all her brothers Rebekah truly didn't know if this one would want children. She couldn't help but to share Claire's fear of uncertainty. "You know what he's going to want it?"

"Why?" Claire whispers.

"Because it's a part of you" Rebekah smiles at her. "He's accepted Madelyn, hasn't he?"

"It took a long time for him to do so." Claire remembered.

"But he lose her, just like everyone else. He would do anything for Madelyn, a baby that isn't his. Could you imagine what he would do for a child that is his?"

"He'd spoil it rotten, that's what he would do" Caroline added. The girls smiled and even Claire grinned.

"What if I get sick?" Claire whispers. "Like last time."

"You are going to have the best doctors in the world, they are going to make sure of it." Rebekah tells her. "They know what happened the last time and if you think their going to even risk you going through that again, you're mistaken. Their going to become insufferable, even more so." Rebekah dramatically rolls her eyes.

"Claire, this is a good thing. It's nothing short of a miracle." Caroline said.

"I just turned 18, Caroline" Claire said standing up. "I'm not ready to be a mother again. I want to live my life, I want to do things. It's easy with Madelyn because I have so many people helping me with her but if I continue to have children then it's going to get complicated. I don't want to spend months getting fat, I don't want to risk going through that heartbreak again."

"So, what do you want to do? Get rid of it?" Bonnie asked. Caroline and Rebekah tense as Claire falls silent. Rebekah opens her mouth to convince Claire to keep the baby but doesn't get the chance.

"No" Claire whispers placing a hand on her stomach. "I don't have the heart to do something like that" She mutters looking down at her stomach. Her friends, and sisters, relax in relief. "The town is really going to think I'm a whore now." She laughs but it's filled with so much pain and fear that nobody else smiles.

"Penelope's a good name, if it's a girl." Penelope spoke up trying to break up the tension. Claire gives her a grateful smile knowing what she was trying to do. 

"Claire, you can do this" Caroline said standing up. "You have so many people to support you. You didn't have that the first time around. Besides, it wasn't your fault you got knocked up, not this time. You were careful with Henrik but who knew a vampire could get you knocked up?" Caroline rubs her arms comfortingly. "You will get through this. You are going to stay healthy. And when the time comes, you're going to welcome an amazing baby into the world." 

Claire smiles and hugs her sister tightly. Caroline was right, like usual. She did have a bigger support team this time. She has her mates, more siblings to back her up, more loyal friends. 

Soon she felt more people joining the hug. Claire smiles and the group of them laughed as the atmosphere turned from terrified and uncertain to happy and excited.

"My sisters pregnant!" Caroline squealed. The group hug separated and the girls squealed in excitement.

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