Christmas Charades [The Vampire Diaries]

Let it snow

When the snowman was finally build and Caroline had allowed everyone to go back inside, the non-vampires were freezing and the blizzard had come back with renewed strength. Most of the party had moved to the kitchen and Klaus wasn’t surprised when he found Caroline in the midst of making hot cocoa for the humans and the Bennett witch.

Jeremy, Matt and Bonnie were all rubbing their hands together in an attempt to regain some warmth and they smiled thankfully when a warm mug was placed in front of them. Klaus glared shortly when he found his younger brother present in the kitchen as well, but an amused smirk appeared on his lips as he noticed how all of Kol’s attention was on the witch.   

Caroline shot him a bright smile from her place by the sink where she had now begun peeling potatoes for their Christmas dinner. For some reason Klaus didn’t understand she had insisted on making the dinner herself instead of ‘hiring’ help.

Klaus wrapped an arm around Caroline’s waist as he stood behind her and placed a few chaste kisses on her neck, which in turn made the blonde giggle. He could feel Kol and the humans glaring holes in his back, but Klaus couldn’t care less about their thoughts of him and Caroline.

“Klaus, you’re distracting me.” Caroline whispered as she turned her head to look at him and Klaus noticed how her hands had stopped working.

“My apologies, love.” Klaus said with a smirk as he kissed her cheek and then stepped away from her. “Anything I can help with?”

“You can chop the vegetables.” Caroline told with a gesture towards the kitchen desk where a large bag of root vegetables lay. Klaus gave her a small nod as he rolled up the sleeves of his Henley and got to work.

“The weather outside is really frightful.” Caroline spoke with a small shudder as she turned away from her work to look out the windows at the blizzard that raging outside. She sent Klaus a sideway glance and then tilted her head at Kol, who was wearing an amused smirk.

“But this cocoa is delightful, Care.” Bonnie said when Kol refused to help the blonde out and nudged him in the ribs harshly.

“Well, since we’ve got no place to go I guess we can just let it snow.” Kol responded, sounding slightly out of breath, which made Klaus turn around to look at him. Kol just sent his brother an innocent smile, which only made Klaus more suspicious, and then glared at Bonnie, who shot him a wink in return.

“Let it snow, let it snow.” Caroline breathed to herself when her neurotic tendencies kicked in and she had to finish the song. She purposely ignored the confused look Klaus sent her and returned to the potatoes. 

----------
All rights to "Let it snow" belongs to Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne.