Always and Forever ~2

Let's Start with Forever

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The kids knocked out before the end of the movie. It was so sweet seeing them try to keep their little eyes open but sleep eventually won. "Okay, they are knocked out in the most adorable way. I even have a photo." Caroline shows me and I can't help but smile.

"They have been the best thing that has happened to me." I state without a second thought.

"I wish we could have been there more for you when Hope was born." Bonnie speaks up.

"There was so much going on in our lives then. I...Hope was the very thing I've always wanted and never knew if I could have."

"Hayley we never really said it before but we're saying it now. You're part of our family forever." Elena speaks up and hugs Hayley. "You've been there for my sister when we weren't. You..."

"We started off rocky and that can be understandable when witches forcefully place someone else's baby in your body after kidnapping you. But I wouldn't change it."

"You wouldn't?" I ask her.

"I had no one in my life before I stumbled into the Mikaelson family drama. You and I didn't get along for many reasons one of which you thought I was going after Klaus but..."

"You tried going after Klaus?"

"Caroline not important." I remind her. She raises her hand in surrender.

"Oh, it's very important. The amount of women our brother has cycled through before being a committed man is astonishing." Rebekah comments.

"And his most troublesome ex is still lying on the floor desiccated." Freya comments.

"You have Klaus' ex in your house?" Elena asks me concerned.

"Not in the one we live in now." I state.

"Now?"

"The one in New Orleans."

"And you didn't want to get rid of it?"

"Didn't have the time."

"Well, now we're finally having this wedding. I've been waiting for it forever." Rebekah exclaims.

"I may not have always shown it but...I would never change meeting you and Klaus. I may have found the Crescent pack and they are family but...you Sofia have become the sister I never knew I could have. You've given me a family that loves me unconditionally." Hayley and I embrace each other trying to keep it together.

"I said it from the moment he saved you. He changed the moment he met you. He might not have wanted to admit it but...he loved you before you knew what love was."

"You really think so?"

"I know so."

"We for a long time thought Klaus was this horrible person who ruined our lives but he made us see what was important." Bonnie reaches over and we each take each other's hands. "The people we call family are the most important things."

"He was so scared of becoming a father and...when I got pregnant with Henry I think he finally saw us having a family where we could be happy. We've always talked about where we would go once our lives settled down and...now it might be the time."

"It's wonderful to see him so natural with the kids." Elena states and I rest my head on her shoulder.

"Henry loves him to the point he is almost obsessed."

"Hope and Henry always asked about him and it was wonderful sharing the stories with him."

"Like embarrassing stories?" Caroline asks.