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Chapter 2
As soon as Elijah told Rebekah their plans her eye began to twitch. She thought back to how it had all started:
"I will tell you the identity of your true mates," the old witch pronounced. She needed to stay in Klaus' good graces and felt this was an opportunity. Kol looked over the spell and validated its authenticity.
Ten minutes later the three brothers sat there quietly. The witch had been quickly dismissed after she had shown them images of their true mates. Now Elijah, Klaus and Kol were discussing the results.
"So I guess the third time really is a charm with regards to doppelgangers," Klaus smirked at his older brother.
"Bonbon is perfect. What did I tell you," Kol grinned.
"This changes things," Elijah said still deep in thought.
"Yeah it means Caroline is Klaus', Elena is yours and my little witch belongs with me for the all of time," Kol grinned clearly excited about the results.
"It means we are about to do the only selfless thing we have probably ever done in our lives," Elijah began, "these girls are only seventeen and about to graduate high school. Their lives have been far from normal for the last two years since the supernatural came to them."
"That sounds like a Salvatore problem I'd be happy to help you fix," Klaus interrupted with a grin. Kol was eager to agree.
"We are all responsible but they are our mates so their protection becomes our responsibility now. We are going to give them a normal college experience - a supernatural free experience."
"Has it slipped your mind that two of them are vampires and the other one is a witch?" Kol added.
"Not at all," Elijah replied, "but we are going to remove all other conflicts from their life. We are going to give them a few years of normalcy before we explain to them that they are the ones destiny created for us."
"What are you saying?" Kol frowned.
"I'm saying come graduation night we say our goodbyes and have no further contact with them until they graduate college. We're going to ask the Salvatores to do the same but if they won't then we'll ask a little more forcefully," Elijah said.
"You're serious," Klaus gasped.
"Deadly," Elijah confirmed.
"What if something happens to them?" Kol worried. Rebekah had been sitting silently taking the conversation in. Now seeing her younger brother's distress she laid her hand atop his.
"What if I went with them Elijah? I could room with them and keep an eye out. I would report back to you what's going on in their lives. I've wanted to go to college for some time."
"If I let you do this Rebekah it means no supernatural for you also. You will attend all your classes. You won't compel your grades and you will let the girls live normal lives. Do you understand?"
"Yes"
"Why would you want to do this Rebekah?" Elijah asked.
"Firstly I want to see you find happiness with your true mates and secondly I'm really enjoying doing the whole school thing with these girls - even the doppelganger grows on you," Rebekah said ignoring Elijah's glare. "You three do intend to pursue them right?"
"Yes," Kol and Klaus answered quickly.
"If it makes Elena happy; I will not force her to be unhappy," Elijah replied.
"Then I'll be watching over and getting to know my sisters," Rebekah smiled.
Now, after all these years, they want to do something about it? She shook her head and smirked. Turning to see the girls in question, she still had the smirk on her face.
"Would you three like to go out tonight and party?" she asked.
"That sounds like fun!" Elena said squealing. It would be the first time that she actually had fun after her breakup with Matt and the reason that she told her friends was a lie. The truth was, once she and Matt got back together, she had tried to make it work but one night she found him kissing some girl. He had claimed that she came onto him but she didn't believe it. Every little bit in her tried to make whatever they had work but once he kissed the sorority girl it was all over. They broke up and he transferred to a different college-the last that she knew, it was somewhere on the west coast. Smiling, she turned to look at Bonnie and Caroline, trying to gauge their reactions to going out.
Bonnie was apprehensive-which was completely normal with the attacks happening on campus. The four girls had begun speculating that perhaps vampires were to blame. Despite her trepidation however, Bonnie seemed willing to go. Caroline was already ready to go. She had a wicked smile and the perfect outfit all settled in her mind.
"It looks like we're all going out tonight." Rebekah told them brightly.
That night, the girls were all at a party in some frat house and having a good time. Caroline's little black dress had barely any back and she was dancing in between the two guys she was dating at the same time – Jesse and Mark.
Rebekah was in a pair of skinny jeans and a strapless top, just having a good time and moving to the music while Bonnie was letting loose and dancing with some frat boy. Her outfit was a shimmery gold halter-top and a pair of shorts she paired with flats.
It was Elena's outfit that made Elijah, who was there; want to slaughter every guy that was trying to grope her.
Her dress fell to her knees and was in a shade of red. It was a halter-style and-like Caroline's dress-didn't have that much back except for a string to tie it together and that was it as it showed the skin down to the small of her back. What surprised him the most was the tattoo she had on the back of her right shoulder blade of a crescent moon and star. Managing to make his way to her, he placed his hand on her waist and growled lightly in her ear.
"Do you know what you are doing Lovely?" she turned and was wide eyed at him.
"Elijah? What are you doing here?" He could see the confusion on her face and smirked to himself.
"I'm one of your new professors." He replied evenly. She blushed as much as a vampire could.
"Seriously?" she asked him and at his nod, she rolled her eyes. "Yeah-sure, how did you get the position? Compulsion?" He shook his head, knowing that she was angry.
"All I did was ask to be that professor since the last one became vampire food." Now she was shocked. Her eyes searched his, trying to see if he was deceiving her and when she saw that he was being honest, she turned from him and began to exit the frat house with him following behind her. As she continued on the path towards her dormitory hall she vented her frustrations.
"No phone call, no letter…YOU left me! Every damnable feeling that I felt and for some damn reason still feel for you-you abandoned me!"
"You think I wanted to?" He was trying hard not to yell at her but his voice was raised a bit.
"Then if you didn't want to why did you leave Elijah? You were just gone!" Elena railed at him as he followed her angry trail back towards her dormitory hall. She had reached the front entrance by this time and she looked at him.
"You know what? Just don't answer. I don't want to hear it right now. This is me pulling a 'you' and I'm just leaving!" He stood stationary as he watched her pass through the doors and take an elevator to her floor. He hadn't expected quite such an explosive reaction but as he walked away he couldn't help the smirk on his face. It did tell him one thing - it told him that Elena had feelings for him; deep feelings if she was that hurt by his absence. He wasn't going to be absent any longer.
"Now Love," Klaus nearly growled at Caroline. "Who are these two…gentlemen that you are dancing with?" She huffed.
"These are Jesse and Mark." She sniffed. His eyes flashed. Looking at them, he compelled them to leave the party before turning around to face his mate who was furious with him.
"What are you bloody well thinking?" He demanded. She glared at him.
"I believe it's called having fun you narcissistic jackass! I was having fun with them!"
"Caroline…" he began when she slapped him hard across the face. His cheek ended up having a red handprint from her slap.
"You don't get to 'Caroline' me Klaus! After what we did the night of graduation you left me! You promised me so many things and then you just leave?" She was teary eyed. "Don't talk to me and don't come anywhere near me!"
She stormed away.
Bonnie couldn't believe it as she spotted Elijah talking to Elena. She had to check twice to be sure that it was the eldest living original. Judging by the expression of hurt on Elena's face as she stormed from the party it couldn't be anyone else.
When she saw Caroline with Klaus and then saw the very public dressing-down that she gave the hybrid she knew they were back. The Mikaelsons were back. As the song finished she made excuses to her dance partner and began to walk the room. She thought her eyes had been playing tricks on her earlier in the day when she had looked across the common and spotted a guy with a baseball bat slung over his shoulder as he walked along with a group of guys all talking animatedly. Her heart had declared it to be Kol but her head had reminded her that she had spotted him quite a few times over the past couple of years only to find out her mind had deceived her.
Her heart clenched as she worried that she might find him with someone else. What if he had a lover or a girlfriend or whatever originals declared their relationships? She just didn't think she could bear it if he did. She entered the kitchen to find people getting drinks while others made out. Each time she had to work up the courage to see if one of them was Kol. She came up empty each time and then passed through into the next room. There was a pool table set up there and she stopped in the doorway because there was no mistaking Kol Mikaelson as he was leaned over the table taking a shot.
She had just entered when he glanced up under hooded eyes and gazed directly at her. Then he winked at her before he took the shot. Of course he made it. There was a large group of people cheering him on and Bonnie watched as he finished the game.
"Bonnie," he smiled when he surrendered his pool stick. "Why don't you walk me back to my dorm room? This party is getting lame."
"Dorm room? Why do you have a dorm room?"
"Because I'm a student here?"
"What hall are you in?"
"Bower"
"Me too" Bonnie said as they stepped out of the frat house. He could tell she was wary as they walked along. She was careful to avoid darkness.
"Bonnie, you're with me – you're safe now. I don't think anyone wants to take me on," he whispered near her ear as he stealthily wrapped his arm around her waist. She didn't correct him.
"I'd forgotten what that's like," Bonnie gave a quick smile. They reached Bower hall and took the elevator to the third floor. Towards the end of the hallway Kol stopped at a door.
"This is me," he smiled.
"Rebekah and I are turn right and two doors down that hall on the right, 317," Bonnie smiled. "Care and Elena are across the hall, 318."
"Well I'll see you around then," Kol smiled.
"Will I?" she frowned.
"I'll find you my little witch. I always find you." He opened the door of his dorm room then and was gone.
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