The Prince of Mystic Falls

115. Testing Limits

Pairing: Klaus/Freya-Penny (MF/f) paddle

Notes:

I didn't mean for this chapter to happen or be so long!

If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.

— Epictetus

Mystic Falls, Virginia

Monday, January 1, 2011

New Year's Day

Late Evening

Klaus stalked into the bedroom holding the journal box, Jeremy's iPad, and Jeremy's phone.

"I was going to send a search party after you," Cami laughed, "What's all this?" Cami was in Klaus' bed waiting with a bottle of red wine that was almost empty.

"So, Penny started a fire in her room with Dana's lighter and cigarettes. Apparently, Dana can't stop chain smoking just yet. Tyler, who is going to be the father of twins in a few months, threw a gaming controller on the floor when I told him to go to bed and almost hit the dog...Oh, and this is a journal that Jeremy stole from Ric at school," Klaus groaned.

"Oh, you poor thing! A fire? And here I was drinking wine in your giant marble bathtub. Never tell me how much that cost because I think it's more than my condo..But anyway, here, lay down. Let me take care of you now. Here, put this stuff down," Cami said in a soothing tone.

Klaus followed her directions. She got him on the bed and tried to rub the tension out of his shoulders.

"Is everyone all right?" Cami asked.

"I believe so, at the moment. Though tomorrow, we need to call security about fire safety and I need to call Ric about this Jeremy incident," Klaus shared.

"How's that? Too hard?" Cami purred.

"No, luv, it's perfect. My empress is also an accomplished masseuse. I am the luckiest man alive...Though, I am perhaps not completely alive, but I am very lucky by any metric. Oh Cami, how can I convince you to stay?" Klaus asked softly.

Cami laughed, "If it wasn't for my patients, I would be here in a second, Klaus. My brother is leaving tomorrow. He's begged me to fly with him and see Uncle Kieran, would that be okay with you?"

"Of course, Camille. Just allow me to arrange a private jet," Klaus said gasping as she pressed into a knot of tension in his back.

"Stop! Sean already bought me the ticket, but thank you. You are too generous. Do you want to talk about the kids? You actually haven't said much about Tyler's situation lately," Cami prodded.

"Well, they decided they want to keep and raise the babies. Of course, they are too young to marry. Elijah suggested they could even live on the third floor here or the guest house. We'd hire them a nanny, hell, maybe two. They still have another year of high school, but Caroline's mother wants her to live there, of course," Klaus noted.

"Sounds like a plan. Vast wealth does have it's perks. I mean most people are just scrapping by to make ends mean and hardly have time to see their kids, no less, get to spend quality time with them. They are lucky in that regard," Cami replied.

"I just don't want Tyler living away from me. I know it sounds selfish, but with him being a hybrid, he is even stronger and faster than he was as a wolf. I fear that without a firm hand, he would grow unruly and aggressive. I am trying to teach him to control his emotions, but this is still all very new to him, then add being a teenage dad!" Klaus revealed.

"Oh yeah, I see what you mean. Tell me about Penny and Dana," Cami prompted.

"Dana is a very rare siphon witch vampire hybrid. Witches fear nothing more than siphons because they can steal magic from other witches, but when Dana became a vampire, she could get magic from any source of magic, including herself. She and Penny grew up in that Guerrera training institute and Dana wanted to open some secret vault to find, it's a little silly, the cure for vampirism," Klaus laughed.