Fixes to the Timeline

Chapter 6

"Well, someone's in a good mood," Ben said as Klaus sauntered into the kitchen with Dave, humming under his breath.

"It's a good day," Klaus said, dropping into his seat at the kitchen table.

"Hell yeah it is," Dave said, joining him.

Grace, with her usual perfect timing, already had their breakfasts prepared and brought it over for them. She ruffled both of their hair in response to their thanks and Klaus couldn't help but grin at Dave's slight blush. He looked flustered if flattered by the fond gesture. Apparently Klaus was doomed to get the warm fuzzies any time someone in his family was nice to Dave.

"So," Ben said, setting aside the book he'd been reading as Grace took away his own already empty plate. "Just to warn you, Diego dropped by last night after you guys went to bed."

"Oh? Is he avoiding us?" Klaus asked.

"Maybe he figured you'd still be awake."

"Fair, my sleep schedule is shit. What did he want?"

"Apparently he wants everyone to come over here for dinner so they can meet Dave. Tonight."

"Are you kidding me?" Klaus threw his head back and groaned as he slumped into his chair. "They can't even give us time to settle in?"

"Nope," Ben said with a grin. "Sorry, Dave. Welcome to the Hargreeves'. We mean well but we're all terrible."

"That's all right, I'm up for the challenge," Dave laughed.

It was silly how grateful Klaus felt at that. He couldn't help but shoot him a fond smile before he elbowed him playfully. "You did say you wanted to get to know my family."

"Yeah, it's exciting," Dave said with a grin. "I mean, terrifying, but exciting too!"

"Okay, fine, we're down," Klaus said to Ben, taking Dave's hand and squeezing it. "But we reserve the right to bail if they start asking too many awkward questions."

"That sounds reasonable," Ben nodded. "I can always cover your escape. For a price, of course. Don't worry, it won't be too steep."

"Oh you are quickly becoming my favorite," Dave said, gesturing with his fork.

"Second favorite, I'd hope," Klaus elbowed him again.

"Well, yeah, obviously," Dave said, rubbing his ribs where he nudged him. "You get your own category."

"Who all is coming, anyway?" Klaus asked. "Five? Allison?"

"No one knows about Five," Ben said. "He's probably busy with whatever it is he does. Allison's still out of town with her daughter. Honestly it's probably for the best."

"What do you mean?" Dave asked.

"He means she and Luther would probably make it awkward," Klaus said. "Things have been a bit tense between them since the apocalypse. He did some things to try to protect her even though she made it very clear she wanted him to stop, but ya know, she was hurt and he has super strength so there wasn't really much she could do at the time."

"I think Allison feels betrayed, understandably," Ben said. "And while Luther is working on the whole 'listening to other people and understanding their viewpoints' thing, I think it's gonna take a while to rebuild that trust. Doesn't help that none of us are great at feelings or apologies or working through things like actual adults. Thankfully you don't have to worry about that until tonight, so! It's, what, your third day in the future? What do you want to do?"

"Wow, when you put it that way, it's a bit intimidating," Dave laughed.

"Hey, we don't have to do much, we can just chill," Klaus said.