It had been exactly three weeks.

Three weeks since she had offered to show Matt the world as he had never seen it.

Three weeks since he had agreed…

Three very long and painful weeks… and still nothing.

Rebekah sighed heavily and signed the waitress for another drink. The waitress nodded and poured her another shot of tequila. Not in the mood to thank her or strike up a conversation, she smiled politely hoping this would suffice. The pretty blonde, who reminded her of a quieter version of Caroline Forbes smiled back, obviously getting the hint and going back to drying glasses off the dish-washing rack.

It was another dull Friday and she was bored. She had not spoken to her brother Klaus in weeks. Months, actually if you counted the full length of their estranged relationship of late. Elijah, her other brother had asked her to follow them to New Orleans to be a family again. A year ago this was all that she had ever wanted. But now she had come to learn that Niklaus Mikealson would never be satisfied with his siblings; the family that he spoke so fondly of were his hybrid army and this did not count as 'family' to her.

With Elijah in New Orleans, she found herself daily mourning the loss of Kol. His death had been really hard on her and she wished she still had him around at times like these to pick on her for drinking at 9am in the morning. Elijah would have done just fine as well, but she knew that he needed to be with Nik. Elijah always put duty, honour and family before anything else and right now, she knew that his main responsibility was keeping an eye on Nik and making sure that he did not get into trouble. Rebekah really loved that about her caring brother and it was at times like these, that she really missed him. Elijah would know exactly what to say to her regarding Matt. He always had great insight into the male perspective of things.

Rebekah downed the other shot of tequila and the blonde waitress poured her another glass quickly.

"This one is on the house." She said smiling. "Looks like you could use it."

"I could use the whole bottle today, for the way that I am feeling." Rebekah said sarcastically, before thanking the girl and praying that she would get back to drying her glasses.

It wasn't that she was an anti-social person; she just wasn't in the mood to talk to strangers. Especially not today when she had no patience whatsoever.

Rebekah looked around the busy Grill for a familiar face that she could talk to; hoping to find someone barely tolerable; so that she could keep her mind off wandering back to the blonde quarter back full of broken promises. He was now the latest on her list of guys over the centuries, who had broken her heart.

Despite the room bussing with people, there was not a single one that she could speak to in order to kill some time. Her English teacher was having breakfast with her husband- not that she was an option anyways- the bitch had given her a 'B' grade and Rebekah had to compel her to get an 'A' to maintain her perfect average.

She was bored and running out of things to do or reasons to stay in Mystic Falls. Elena, her newest sort of friend, had gone off with her boyfriend Damon. They were probably back-packing in Europe at the moment. She secretly hated them for being so in love and making the most of the break, while she mopped around a lonely town, praying for any sort of excitement. She hadn't seen Bonnie in weeks, not that she really cared, they weren't even that close. But Bonnie would be a better option than drinking alone at 9am or contemplating whether or not to compel her English teacher and her husband into letting her join them. She also had no idea where Stefan was. She hadn't seen him in weeks either come to think of it. Maybe he had taken off with Bonnie when Elena chose Damon? Katherine had gone MIA on her too; which was probably her biggest loss; because if there was one thing about Katherine Pierce…she knew exactly how to have a fun time! Jeremy had started seeing April Young over the break, so there went her only real friend from school. Caroline, the only person she could possibly hate as much as her brother Nik was somewhere with Tyler. They had reunited and quickly resumed their love for each other, as soon as Nik had given his blessing. That made another couple off somewhere around the world, madly in love with each other; while she waited day in and day out like a lonely loser to see if Matt would hold up his end of the deal.

She knew that she should just march over to his house and talk to him. Talking would get her nowhere though, because as annoyed as she was, she would more than likely be screaming at him; demanding to know why they hadn't left yet and to find out if he was just bluffing when he had said that he would go away with her. She knew better than to frighten him off like that. She also did not want to seem desperate- because despite Kol's best efforts to persuade her otherwise- she was a lady.

"He's not coming in today." The blonde waitress said pouring her another drink.

"What?" she asked snapping her head up.

"Matt. That's who you are waiting for, right? Matt Donovan?"

Rebekah didn't know how to respond. She wanted to ask the girl, how she knew, but she couldn't find the right words to say it without proving that she was. Was she really that obvious? She thought, frowning a little.

"He has some things that he needs to take care off before he leaves, so he asked for the day off."

"He's leaving?" Rebekah exclaimed a little too loudly.

"Yes."

"What? He's leaving and he didn't tell me? How did this happen?" Rebekah asked trying to comprehend the news she had just learnt.

"He's been talking about it for weeks. Didn't he tell you?" she asked frowning a little.

"Apparently not." Rebekah said dryly and downing the shot of tequila. "Thanks for letting me know. Do you know when he is leaving?"

"Sometime this week, I think. I'm sorry that you had to find it out from me. I'm sure he will speak to you before he leaves. He is very fond of you."

Rebekah smiled just to be polite and threw a hundred dollar bill onto the table.

"This is way too much." The girl said unfolding the note.

"Keep it. Consider it as a tip. Now, I should get going. How much for the rest of that bottle?" she asked.

"No charge, just don't let anyone know that I gave you it. They don't like selling bottles to customers, we encourage them to find a bottle shop." She said handing her the open bottle of tequila.

"Sure, it'll be our secret. Thanks again." Rebekah said turning to leave.

She was almost halfway across the Grill when she had a burning desire to go back. Mentally fighting with herself in her head, to not sound like a crazy stalker, she almost lost her nerve and didn't ask. But she needed to know. It was killing her inside and it was better to find it out from her, than sound like a lunatic when she got it out of Matt during a screaming match.

"Did Matt say where he is going?" she called out to the waitress.

"Yeah, he did. I think he said China, Paris, Italy and somewhere else."

"The Northern Lights?" Rebekah asked unable to contain her smile.

"Yes. That's it. The Northern Lights. Why?"

"Nevermind." She said biting down onto her lip, to contain her excitement.

She wanted to jump up and down on the spot and scream, but she would have to wait to do that in the privacy of her own home.

He was telling her the truth.

He did want to go and see the world with her.

She couldn't believe that it was actually going to happen.

As she left the Grill and headed to her parked car, the biggest smile spread across her face.

She needed to go home and pack again.

There was so much to do. She thought excitedly.

The smile did not leave her face at all that day.

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Author's Note:

Hey guys, so this is my FIRST Mabekah fic and I'm extremely nervous! So if you like it or want me to continue...please leave me a review:) I've wanted to write a story about them for so long, but I never thought that I would be able to do them enough justice because I adore them so much!

Thanks for reading!

Paris xoox