The Wolf - Klaroline

13. Crescent City

Season 1 Episode 13

Notes:

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"Caroline," Father Kieran greets her with a smile when she leaves the church after mass.

She was never really the religious type, even though her mom used to take her to Sunday masses every once in a while when she was younger. When you're a witch, growing up aware that the mysteries of this world are far greater than anything the Bible might've ever implied, the church's notions of right and wrong, good and evil, kind of seem totally beside the point. And, well. Once you understand that Jesus might have actually been a vampire, your perspective on the whole miracle thing kind of changes as well.

But when Klaus said he was going to the church, it was just too good a chance to pass.

He's still in a caustic mood, which is saying a lot when you consider that grumpy is Klaus' default state of being, but there have been improvements. Instead of lashing out, he's taken to being unusually quiet. Elijah has been pointedly avoiding Caroline, especially when his brother is around, even though she still thinks that is utter bullshit. It's ridiculous that they can't be friends just because Klaus is weird. If he has issues, he needs to deal with it like a thousand years old grown up; scowling and pouting his way through life is not gonna take him anywhere. But since he refuses to acknowledge there's a problem, Caroline has decided to approach the situation by simply pretending it doesn't exist. If Klaus talks to her, she talks to him. If he wakes up roaring and snappish, she just ignores him until he's approachable again. Far from ideal, she knows, but then absolutely nothing about their circumstance is, and she's got way too many problems to be mindful of Klaus' delicate mood swings.

She is the hormonal person in that house. Pregnant trumps temperamental. They should all be mindful of her.

He seemed to have woken up in a semi-decent mood that morning, even sat with her for breakfast, and when he announced he'd be attending mass, she immediately volunteered to tag along. It just seemed to her like one of those once in a lifetime opportunities she couldn't miss.

Much to Klaus' annoyance - and Marcel's amusement - Caroline teased him all the way there. "Do you think the statues will bleed when you walk in? What happens if someone throws holy water on you? Can you pray? Do you even believe in God? How do you feel knowing that you're almost as old as Jesus Christ but he has a much larger fanbase?"

"He's dead and I'm still here, so I guess that means I win."

"How do you know? I'm pretty sure he could be a vampire. Maybe the first one ever. What if he just cut his hair, changed his name and moved to Florida? He could be just a stranger on a bus, trying to make his way home, you never know."

Marcel understood the reference, Klaus clearly didn't.

It was interesting to be back at a church after so many years, considering everything that's happened in her life. She almost burst into laughter in the middle of Father Kieran's sermon when it dawned on her that she was in a church, living in sin with Klaus Mikaelson, 28 weeks pregnant with his baby. How to be religious when life is crazy like that?