Party In Mystic Grill.

Caroline joined them for dinner, and Hayley asked her.

"Do you really have time for Hope?" She asked, "With the school and all?!"

"Why not?" Caroline put her fork down. "We have some empty space at the Salvatore School…..so, she can see the school, if she wants."

She told her.

"And at night…" Caroline told Hayley. "She can use the extra bedroom at my house…..Klaus can bring her whenever he wants!"

Hope beamed.

"Can I go now?" Hope asked,

"Yes.." Hayley whispered. "But she is not leaving yet!"

Hope settled down in her chair.

That's how Caroline was having Hope at the Forbes House for a week, almost every month.

Hayley wanted her to get used to the environment before she enrolled into the school. Since she didn't see many kids in New Orleans, Hayley was actually grateful for Caroline asking Hope to stay out with her.

"I love having her…." Caroline was on the phone. "She is great company for Lizzie and Josie…..and honestly, she is nothing like Kla…."

She was talking to Hayley who was thanking for having Hope.

"I'll have to call you back!" She said quickly.

Hope was gone.

"Hope!" Caroline shouted. "Where are you?"

She heard giggles, and she appeared out of nowhere.

She was using magic.

"Oh!" She said exasperatedly. "I take it back…You are exactly like your dad!"

She told Hope.

"You know, I have to know where everything and everyone is…." She told Hope. "Because…."

"Because you hate surprises!" Hope and Klaus completed the sentence, as Klaus came inside from the backyard.

Caroline's face stiffened.

"That is when you know she's mad, Hope!" Klaus told Hope.

Caroline laughed. She loved the pair.

"Okay…." She took her coat off the rack. "I am going to go to school." She wore it, putting the keys down. "Hayley called, Elijah will come to pick up Hope in the evening."

"Aww…." Hope pouted.

"You'll be at the school soon."

Hope smiled. Caroline opened the door, and went out. There was a lot for her to do for the school. She had an interview with a witch from Scotland, who had a cure for the merge.

Caroline had finally found a solution to the merge. And she was willing to give anything to get it. She was focused on the task.

Hope turned to her father after the door closed.

"Are you going to do it?" She asked.

"Yes...I am!" Klaus Mikaelson was holding a small box in his hand. It was a ring.

Hope smiled. She wanted this so bad. Having a normal family. And to her, Her mom moving in with Uncle Elijah, and her dad moving in with Caroline Forbes. It was normal. It was the most normal she could ever wish for.

She loved staying at Caroline. Caroline did all the girly stuff with her, Lizzie and Josie. Something Hayley never did. It wasn't because Hayley didn't want to, Hayley just didn't how. She had never had a normal life. So, she didn't know how to do all those things Caroline did with her kids.

Hope was at Alaric's with the twins, when Klaus was waiting at the Forbes House. It was 6 0'Clock. It was Caroline's time to come home.

After seven minutes, he thought he should panic, and find her. Because Caroline counted every minute on her schedule.

He was standing outside the house at 6:08 when his phone chimed. It was a text message.

"Found the cure to the merge…..Calling a party at the Mystic Grill! Bring Hope.

Love you."

He smiled.

Klaus Mikaelson was going to the Mystic grill, His plan was slightly changed, but still intact.

The place was completely changed from what he had seen two hours ago.

Many people were already there.

"You really outdid yourself, Love!" Caroline turned around.

"It's great, isn't it?" She exclaimed. "I know...You know, I am so happy! Happy! I can't tell you how happy I am!"

Klaus smiled. He just nodded, she was talking so quickly, he couldn't get a word in.

"Did you bring Hope?" She was talking very fast, "And if Lizzie and Josie ask about why the party....Feel free to say it is Elijah's birthday...."

She took a glass from the bar, and drank the whole content without a breath.

"Cause, they don't know about the merge!" She whispered. "And I can't tell them…"

She looked at the bar, and tapped it,

"Hit me!" She picked up the glass and drank again.

"How many have you had of those…." Klaus's face broke into a smile.

"Twooo…...elve" She smiled. "Twelve!"

"You had twelve shots?" Klaus asked her, he was a little shocked. Caroline was so contained that he never saw her drinking more than one glass. She tapped the bar, and told the bartender.

"Hit me, again!"

He laughed.

"As much as I will have fun with, Caroline plied with tequila." He said, "I need you sober with this!"

He told her.

"You are being boring…..Klaus!" She swayed. "You are always telling....You don't have fun Caroline, You don't get the point of the fun, love. You can drink more than one glass, Caroline!" She imitated him. "Do something other than work, Care….Now, loooook at me," She swayed, and took another glass and drank it all. "Is this the face of a not fun Caroline!"

He laughed again, taking the glass from her hands.

"Coffee, black!"

He told the man behind the bar, and tapped the table,

"I am going to regret this…." He muttered. "But I just need you sober for this!"

He directed Caroline, and seated her with Elena Gilbert, Damon Salvatore and Bonnie Bennett.