New Orleans Love Story
By: Aria Daughter of Chaos and Lab7417
Elena we haven't always seen eye to eye but Stefan trusts you and we - I need your help - maybe all of your help...
Elena thought back to the cryptic phone call that had started it all two months ago. At first she had been skeptical but once she'd talked to Stefan Elena had explained the situation to Bonne and Caroline - cut ties with everyone else in Mystic Falls and come to New Orleans. She hadn't expected Bonnie and Caroline to come with her but they had shown up days later. Stefan and Rebekah had both been excessively grateful.
She looked out over the balcony into the courtyard of their townhouse. It was in Bonnie's name so they could control who could and could not enter. They were keeping a very low profile hoping that no one would notice that they were in the city. Caroline stepped out on the balcony to join her.
"How's she doing this morning?" Elena asked.
"She hasn't been sick at all. I think we're finally past that," Bonnie said.
"My shift at the coffee house starts at ten," Caroline said where she was putting the finishing touches on her Royal Coffee House uniform - which was a black or khaki skort and any colored polo shirt so long as it had the RCH logo embroidered on it.
"You're going to run into one of them," Bonnie worried.
"I couldn't just stay cooped up here all day," Caroline replied as she fiddled with her ponytail.
"I'm going to make a run to Central Grocery. We're out of those lavender shortbread cookies that she's fallen in love with," Bonnie said.
"When's Stefan due back?" Elena asked.
"He's keeping Damon off our trail..." Bonnie sighed.
"Okay well that's me out," Caroline said and she walked down the outdoor spiral staircase and slipped out the rod iron gateway from the courtyard instead of going out the front door.
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"There you are," Rebekah smiled when she found Elena tending to the courtyard garden.
"Morning Bekah. How are you feeling?"
"Really good actually and it kind of scares me. I mean if I'm feeling this good does it mean something has gone wrong?"
"You're at the point where you should start feeling a little better," Elena said. "We could get Bonnie to lift the spell again but it really tires her when she has to do that. I'm sure it's fine..." Rebekah reached over and grabbed Elena's arm giving it a gentle squeeze.
"Thank you. You don't know what this means to me."
"I know what it would mean to me if I were lucky enough..."
"All it takes is an original..."
"Yeah they're all your brothers and if they even thought we were in this city...if they found out what's been done..." Elena shook her head.
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Meanwhile Bonnie had gotten everything on their list for Central Grocery and had decided to give into her weakness for beignets. She carefully surveyed the open air Café Du Monde before she entered - no Mikaelsons in sight. She ordered three beignets, light powdered sugar and a large coffee. Then she wrangled the far corner table and took a load off. She smiled when the beignets arrived with the coffee. She took a big bite and even though it was light powdered sugar it still managed to flutter into the air and all over her.
"Hello, little witch"
Bonnie froze with her pastry suspended in mid-air. She would know that voice anywhere. She had to think quickly. She turned around and smiled.
"Kol? I had heard reports that you might be in New Orleans but I never thought I'd run into you." She motioned for him to have a seat which he did and he picked up a beignet. He laughed as he took a bite and the sugar fluttered all over them.
"This is messy," he mused.
"But kind of fun," Bonnie smiled and he smiled back.
"What brings you to New Orleans?" he asked. A Mystic Falls Bennett witch in New Orleans could spell trouble.
"I was actually visiting a professor that Grams was real good friends with and then I decided to stay on a couple of days..." Bonnie said as calmly as she could manage while she spelled a perfectly normal heart rhythm. She knew Kol had been listening because when she passed the vampire lie detector he smiled.
"Well I'm glad I ran into you then. Would you like to maybe have lunch? How much longer are you here?"
"Lunch sounds great," Bonnie said nervously. "I'm actually leaving tomorrow I think..."
"You don't have a flight?"
"I drove. Look let me drop this stuff back at my room and I'll meet you in Jackson Square for lunch. How about thirty minutes?"
"I could just walk with you..." Kol offered politely. Bonnie smiled gently.
"I mean no offense Kol but you're an original and I'd really rather you didn't know where I'm staying..."
In the end Kol had agreed but Bonnie had raced up and down several streets to make sure she hadn't been followed and then she'd ducked in the back way through the service alley for their townhouse.
"It took you long enough," Elena teased.
"Well that's because I have a lunch date," Bonnie gave a sarcastic grin, "with Kol Mikaelson."
"Kol! Kol knows you're here!" Elena suddenly went into a panic.
"Yeah I told him I was here visiting a professor friend of Grams. I'm meeting him for lunch so I'll probably be gone most of the day," Bonnie said.
"Don't let your guard slip for a second with Kol," Rebekah said. "I'm booking you a hotel room right now. You can get the key on the way to lunch. Kol is as crafty as Elijah but probably twice as dangerous Bon..."
"Tell me something I don't know..." Bonnie sighed.
"He's had a crush on you forever. You might be able to use that to your advantage," Rebekah said. "Okay here's the reservation info. Good luck. Remember to text the emergency code if things go south." Bonnie nodded. She hugged Elena and Rebekah and then left to pick up her room key. Once that was accomplished she walked back to Jackson Square.
((A/N: Well here's the opening of the new one. We hope that you will enjoy this adventure with the originals as much as we enjoyed writing it. Please let us know what you think.))
