Familia • Klaroline [SLOW UPDATES] ✗

𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦

♔

The dial tone seemed to loud. Her room too quiet. The hallways too empty.

She couldn't be more uncomfortable if she tried.

Her Uncle's name was displayed in bold letters across the screen, waiting for the man himself to replace the lettering and pick up the phone.

Lexi was a mess. Her hair had been pilled into a hazardous bun on top of her head and her face had been wiped clean of any makeup, tear tracks were engraved in her skin and a slight red tint was hidden in her skin.

The phone went quiet for half a second before the call connected and Kol's face lit up on the screen. "My favourite niece!"

It took a grand total of two seconds for his face to drop. Two agonising seconds were Lexi refused to speak in case she revealed her hoarse voice from crying.

"Little witch? What's wrong."

She took a deep breath and dropped her phone back onto her bed, she just needed a second without him analysing her body language and facial expressions. Just a second were her face could display all the conflicting emotions that she held bottled up without him knowing.

"Lex? Alexia!"

She sniffled and picked up the phone again, a single tear had fallen from her eye. All the sadness she felt from not having a father growing up was resurfacing. Seeing all the other children with their fathers in the park, The Grill, even in the school, all of it seemed to be coming back to cause her pain.

"Hi." She said in a small voice. "I- uh. I just needed to ask you something."

"What is it darling?"

"Am I your only niece?"

Silence.

Deafening silence.

That was answer enough.

"No, little witch. You're not."

"Does she know about me?" Alexia asked with a little bit of hope. If Hope had been left in the dark just as she had, then that would take away some of the sting.

"No, she doesn't."

Lexi nodded whilst staying silent.

"I'm assuming you know that she's coming to your school then?" She nodded again. "Do you know that we're all coming with her?"

Alexia froze. All? They were all coming with her? Despite the years of agonising of the fact she didn't have a dad, she didn't she actually have it in her to meet him. There was one burning question in her mind yet she didn't have enough words to ask it. "All?"

"Yes, he's coming too."

She nodded, and buried herself further into her blankets and pillows. She wanted to drive under the covers and never come out. She felt like she was betraying Lizzie and Josie; she already had two sisters, she shouldn't be this upset about a third. But this was a biological sister who had started her life with their father, someone she could relate to about being a tribrid, talk about full moons with. Someone who, in the most non-cliche way possible, understood her. It was the worst feeling in the world.

"Can you tell me about her?"

♔

The door to Caroline's office opened slightly, enough to let a sliver of sunlight flood through from the large windows in the hallway. "You my darling have messed up majorly."

The playful voice of Kol Mikaelson filled the room and somehow managed to remove the heavy atmosphere Caroline found herself suffocated in. The blonde vampire perked up at the sound of the Original's voice. "How did you get here so fast."

"I was already here. The old mansion needs a bit of dusting but it'll do for now." Caroline laughed lightly and stood from her desk to give what seemed like her only friend at the moment a hug.

"Are they all here yet?"

"No, Rebekah and Elijah will be here tomorrow morning. Freya is staying in New Orleans for now." Caroline nodded along with his words, tensing as he listed off family members and waited to hear his name. Kol took a breath, as if to speak again, but paused and debated the words he wanted to say. "Hope says she's coming on Wednesday?"

"Stop dodging Kol. When does he get here?"

Kol sighed, "There really is no patience in you blondes." Caroline raised her eyebrows in playful challenge. "Oh alright, he should be arriving in Mystic Falls on Tuesday evening, then of course he'll be here in the morning."

Tomorrow, he'll be in Mystic Falls within the next 36 hours. Caroline groaned and collapsed back into her chair, "I'm nowhere near ready for this."

"Well, I hate to break it to you but you have to be."

This only encouraged her to glare fiercely at him and slouch further into her seat. Kol perched on the edge of her desk, thinking over his words carefully. What he said next would most likely set her off. "Hypothetically speaking-"

"I already don't like this."

He held back a laugh, maintaining a look of annoyance, he continued, "Anyway, hypothetically speaking, what would happen if I told Hope about Lexi?"

"Kol you didn't!" The vampire sat ramrod upright in her chair, perfectly ready and willing to rip the Original infront of her to shreds if he admitted that he'd told Hope.

"You're right, I didn't" Caroline relaxed ever so slightly, "But, what would happen if I did?"

She released a heavy sigh, "I don't know. They're going to have to meet at some point, I just don't know whether I want that to be as classmates or as sisters."

"And let's not forget who you screwed to make Lexi."

"You really have no filter, do you?" she huffed.

"No, I do not."