Chapter Forty Three

"He's what now? What the hell is going on! Who's the he? Why's your belly so big and why are we still here! We need to go, now!""Klaus, we can't move her. She is in labor, and she's going to have the baby now."Klaus seemed to be in a shocked state. When he last saw Alisha just a day ago, she was only a few months along, and now she was in labor, clearly full term. Pacing the room for a few moments he'd look over to them all, frantic to help her. Damon, Stefan, Jeremy, Elena, even Alaric was there. It was as if everything was in a slow motion for him.

He would go over to her, and try to hold her hand, then let go and walk away. He felt as though it was all his fault. She would never have been kidnapped in the first place had he been a better man and not given up on all of humanity and became such a vicious killer. He never realized how much he loved humans until she came along. Meeting her, was the best thing that ever happened to him. Although, he wondered... if given the chance to go back in time and do it all over again, knowing what he knows now, would he do it differently? Or the same. Everything he had done in his life was to protect his family.His blood. His lifeAnd it made him what he is as a person. Good and bad, he's Klaus Mikaelson. Now he has this wonderful woman, that he doesn't deserve, and this child coming that he never did any good to have? He didn't deserve this goodness. He put her here, gave her this life. She'd have been better off without him but yet, he pursued her anyway for his own selfish reasons. "Klaus, man. You ok? Alisha needs you right now. Can you handle it? Do you need anything?""Ya. I need air."And with that, he left the building,  and left Stefan standing alone.

"Stefan! Where did he go?""Out. I'll be back."As Stefan ran after Klaus, Alisha was still trying not to deliver this child that was tearing her up inside to get out. This child that those witches called a monster. This child, that she knew in her heart was not evil. They told her Klaus had no soul, but she knew better. She had seen it in him. She has seen the good. And you can't be good, or do good, without a soul. And he does love her, and you can't do that without a soul either. "Alisha" Elena said trying to calmly speak, but was panicking. "You need to push!""I can't! I'm scared!"

"Damon, tell Stefan to hurry! Klaus needs to be here, he needs to help her. This labor will kill her, she needs to cooperate and she won't listen to me.""I'm On it."Damon said as he ran out to find the guys.

He had ran all over town, looking for them. Where did they go? What were they doing?

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Stefan caught up to Klaus. He was at the cemetery, next to an unmarked grave."What are you doing man? Are you ok?"But Klaus just stared down at the blank headstone.

"You know, after I knew I was falling for Alisha, and still thought Elena was dead, I had this put here."Stefan looked down, at the gravestone he knew very well. Klaus had him make it and set it all up. He knew, because he was here a lot before he found out she was alive. "This was when I realized I couldn't live without her, I wanted to help give her closure.""You feel bad. Oh my God! YOU FEEL REMORSE!""Stefan, I don't know What I feel, so if you'd please stop labeling what it is that I am feeling, that would be great.""Well, while you're out here... reminiscing, Alisha is in there, killing herself trying to not have this baby. Klaus, she needs you. You're about to become a father!"Klaus looked up from Elena's grave to Stefan.

"Then let's get to it."