She knew they were forever, somewhere in the back of her head she had known that at least. But as the minutes had passed and he hadn’t returned home every insecurity that Caroline had decided it was time to rear its ugly head. She’d done a good job of squashing them all in Lawrence, of realizing that she did matter, that she wasn’t “second best” and that Klaus really did love her...but during the time he had been gone and she’d been waiting it had been really hard to hold onto that knowledge. After all she’d thought Matt had loved her at one point and he’d decided her vampire issues were too much to handle. The nagging doubt had settled in her mind and it was incredibly hard to make it just go away.
Klaus’ words eased some of that and so she nodded, not entirely sure what to say at first, but she knew she needed to talk. “Congratulations then. This should be a good thing. It is a good thing. It’s just...a lot to take in.” For him as well but she didn’t want to be the one who put a damper on him finding out something good and a baby was good news, wasn’t it?
“And maybe I did think that for a minute...or more...which really sucked and like I’m totally not codependent and have to be at your side every waking moment or whatever, but the thought that you might like…” Want her to move out, to be done with her, so many things had gone through her mind. The thought of losing Klaus had hurt more than she’d ever been able to anticipate. Caroline really didn’t know what she’d have done if that had happened.
But she didn’t want to focus on an of that. “But Hope?” That was what he’d said, right? “Did you take a picture?”