Finding Peace

The Sequel

Part 1

Klaus/ Bella

After Jasper and Katherine got together.

When Klaus undaggered his sister and Kol, calling Elijah back into town in the process, they were all shocked and wondering what was going on with him. Their brother still hadn't broken his curse and yet he was welcoming them back into his life. Mickeal was still at large somewhere and yet he was trusting them enough to free them.

So, maybe he hadn't freed Finnik but their serious brother had always been working along with their mother to destroy them, so it was probably for the best that he stayed in his coffin a while longer.

"Are you trying to tell us that not only have you let Katerina walk free but that you've forgiven her and that you're letting her be happy with someone?" Elijah asked his hybrid brother, shocked and half expecting someone to come out yelling "surprise" or "April's fool", even though it was mid-June.

"Yes, that's what I'm saying." Klaus nodded.

"But why?" Elijah asked him, not understanding the reason behind this sudden change.

"Why not?" Klaus replied as he shrugged his shoulders.

"Maybe because it doesn't sound like you to let someone who's wronged you go, especially after so long and especially that doppelganger wench." Rebekah insisted.

"Jasper is my friend, I wanted to do something nice for him in return for what he did for me." Klaus shrugged his shoulders.

"Still... Something or someone must have done or said something... Why are we even here, in this town?" Kol asked his brother suspiciously.

"Yes, I was wondering the same thing, brother. This town isn't even close to the kind of place you usually like to stay in. It's too small for your taste, nothing unusual going on..." Elijah nodded as they all turned to look at their hybrid brother.

"Well, there is this girl I find quite intriguing..." Klaus admitted.

"Ah, here it is. Who is she? Is she pretty?" Kol asked, interrupting Klaus.

"Her name is Isabella Swan but she likes to be called Bella. She's... a quiet beauty... But a beauty none the less. She's known Katerina since she was a child, they're friends. Katerina cares for her deeply and I can see why. She can't be compelled, she's wise beyond her years, very mature for a human who's only 17. Definitely an old soul." he explained passionately.

"But?" Rebekah asked him.

"But she has terrible tastes in men. She's dating a red haired Cold One named Edward Cullen. He's been stuck in his 17th year since 1918. He can read people's minds and doesn't seem to know what privacy is. He even sneaks in her bedroom at night when she's sleeping and finds it romantic when really, it's creepy. I don't like him. She could definitely do better." He replied, making them smirk.

"Like you?" Kol asked.

"Well, I wouldn't say no... He puts her in danger because he's too stupid. I wouldn't do that and I would be able to protect her." Klaus shrugged his shoulders, trying to act like he didn't care that much.

"It's why we're here... you want her." Elijah realized.

"Maybe... I'd love to get to know her better, that's for sure. And I think she could be a good friend to our sister. I promised her I'd arrange a meeting between them and she's excited about it." Klaus explained.

"Well, I can't wait to meet her and make up my own mind about your new obsession." The original sister nodded, agreeing to help her big brother.

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Edward wasn't happy.

He had hoped for Jasper's Original hybrid friend to leave town and never look back after helping them get rid of James and Victoria but instead he bought a big house in town, renovated it super quickly and before the summer even started, had moved in with his family, or part of it at least.

To top it all, the house they had moved in was right next to Bella's and they had decided to tell Charlie the truth about vampires. Nobody listened to his worries, not even Bella and she spent more and more time with the Mickealson's.

Against his best advises, Bella had become best friend with this Rebekah and they spent way too much time together, according to him at least. Going for walks, shopping, movies, even reading... Seriously, who reads in group? It was a loner activity, Bella shouldn't be doing this with Rebekah. If she really wanted company while reading, then she should read with him.

Edward was convinced that the fact Bella decided he shouldn't hang out in her bedroom at night anymore was Klaus' doing, or Katherine's. Katherine didn't seem to like him much either but he didn't know why. Reading those vampire's minds was hard and he couldn't see as much and as clearly as he did others. That was another fact that bothered him a lot.

Somehow, Klaus had even managed to make some sort of peace with the wolves from La Push and he was now on better term with the people of their town than the Cullen's were. It wasn't right and Edward was sure that it was hiding something big and/or evil.

"I don't know why you're so worried about this, Edward. Klaus isn't that bad. If you were more open to it, you'd see that he's actually pretty nice." Bella told Edward that day as they argued about what they would be doing with their day.

Bella wanted to accept Klaus' invitation to the cook-out he was having. She had been invited with her father, so had the Black's, some of the wolves, Katherine and of course the Cullen's, even if they couldn't eat like everyone else. Klaus wanted to introduce his entire family to them, officially.

"You don't even know them that well." Edward argued.

"I don't need to know them more than I already do to accept their invitation and I knew you even less when I agreed to meet your family. I trust them, just like I trust you. I don't know what it is with you lately Edward but you're being a bit immature and too controlling for my taste. I can make my own decisions, have been doing it without anyone else helping me for a while now. You better start accepting it right now before things go badly." She snapped at him.

"Don't you see Bella? This behavior of yours comes from them. You're not like this. This isn't you." he tried to convince her.

"Apparently you don't know me that well then. You can do whatever you want. I'm going to their cook out with my father and my friends. You better not try to stop me because you know I won't be alone against you if you do." Bella replied before leaving the Cullen house and driving back home to change into one of the dresses she had bought with Rebekah the previous day.

She hadn't known Rebekah for long. Klaus introduced her on the same day they told her father everything, meaning 2 weeks ago. Yet, they had immediately connected and Bella was more comfortable with the original sister than she had ever been with Alice or even her own mother.

Rebekah and her had gone shopping in Seattle the previous day. Her father had always refused to let her go alone because he was worried for her safety but with a thousand years old un-kill-able vampire to protect her? He was out of arguments.

Bella had been reluctant to try on dresses at first but her new friend made it so much fun that she couldn't stop herself and she had even enjoyed it and bought a couple.

Of course she knew that Edward had followed them, even though she had asked him not to. This had annoyed her, especially when Rebekah warned her that Edward was watching them. Couldn't he trust her for even an afternoon? Were every boyfriend like this or was he an exception? This wasn't what she signed up for. She wanted someone who trusted her enough to leave her alone with her own friends, without spying on her every minute...

"You're ready Bells?" Her father yelled from down the stairs, bringing her out of her thoughts.

"Yes, I'm coming." She replied, quickly putting on a necklace that her grandmother had left her when she died.

Her father seemed to get along well with the originals. He watched sports on TV with Kol and talked about serious things with Elijah. Bella wondered if her father had gotten the opportunity to spend some time with Klaus yet and if he liked him but pushed those thoughts out of her head. She shouldn't think about Klaus, not like this and not this much. She was still with Edward and her boyfriend deserved to be given the chance to change his behavior before she ended things completely with him.

She had talked to Katherine about it, how ever since the James incident, Edward was suffocating her. Katherine thought that Bella was simply falling out of love with Edward, hinting that maybe she was falling in love with a certain someone who had come to the rescue and decided to move to town to be closer to her. It was obvious that Katherine wasn't talking about herself and it made Bella blush, another sign that it was probably true.

"So dad... You like them, right? The Mickealson's, I mean?" She asked her father who, just like her, couldn't be compelled.

"Yes, of course I do. Why?" He asked her.

"Oh... Nothing... Just a question." She blushed.

"It's never just a question with you." He rolled his eyes.

"Katherine hinted that she believed I was falling out of love with Edward..." Bella started.

"Thank God, I never liked him." Charlie let out.

"...and in love with Klaus." Bella finished.

"Oh... Well, I guess he could be better for you than Edward but he's still older than you... I mean... He's in his 20's... You're still my baby..." Charlie said.

"Your baby will be 18 in September, dad and Klaus is over a thousand years older than me." Bella reminded him with a chuckle.

"True. I guess you can make your own choices but if this was you asking for my opinion, well, I like Katherine and I think she has good instinct for these things... I never liked Edward much, there's something about him, beside the fact that he's a Cold whatever... I don't know... I don't trust him completely with you. Klaus on the other hand... I know he's old and I know he can be very dangerous but I also know how he is around you and how much he's trying to change since moving to town. Elijah and Kol actually talked to me about a lot of things and... I guess I wouldn't protest too much if you broke up with Edward to date Klaus..." Charlie told her.

"Well... I... Nobody is breaking up right now dad. Edward has been a bit... I don't know... suffocating? since Katherine arrived and I want to give him a chance to go back to the one I fell in love with before I break up with him." Bella replied honestly.

"I won't hold my breath for it." Charlie replied just as they arrived in front of the large Mickealson house.

"Wow, big house... Wouldn't want to clean it." Charlie said as he watched the house for the first time.

"It's not like you do any cleaning in your own house either dad. And they have endless money, they can hire maids." Bella chuckled.

"True." He smiled just as Klaus came to open the door for them and, after greeting them and kissing Bella's hand, making her blush, he showed them to the back yard where the Quileuts, Katherine and Jasper were already talking happily among each other.

"Bella, You're wearing one of the dresses we bought! I love it! I knew it would look great on you." Rebekah exclaimed as she rushed to hug Bella, bringing all attention on the blushing girl.

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Bella and Charlie had been at the Mickealson's for about an hour and still no Cullen's were in view, except for Jasper but ever since he got back together with Katherine, people had stopped referring to him as a Cullen. He was back to being a Whitlock, his own person, with his own legacy. Katherine and him were a package deal now and they had bought a couple of days ago a small house , also in Bella's street. The other thing that marked that he wasn't a Cullen anymore was that Sam, the pack's Alpha, had allowed him to come to La Push whenever he wanted, as long as he had a wolf, Katherine or an Original vampire with him.

"Edward convinced them all to go hunting. He just wants to make it clear that he doesn't like Klaus and his family being in town. Carlisle would have come with Esmee but he has to work so Esmee tagged along with their hunting." Jasper explained.

Emmett had called him that morning, to keep in touch with him and give him some news because Jasper had been a little 'busy' with Katherine lately. Edward refused to spend time with Katherine and had forced his family to choose between spending time with him or with Katherine and Jasper. He held Katherine responsible for Bella's distancing herself from him.

"He's being an idiot and a spoiled brat, that's what he's being." Bella rolled her eyes.

"He is a bit possessive and controlling... I'm not sure I like the idea of you with him, Bella..." Katherine added.

"He's changed so much lately, I don't know why..." Bella sighted.

"Do you really think he's changed or are you simply seeing him with new eyes?" Jasper asked her wisely.

"What do you mean?" Bella asked as she watched her father from afar having fun with Kol.

"Edward has always been this way. From the beginning he went in your bedroom to watch you sleep at night. He's always been a bit controlling... Maybe you're just seeing it clearly now..." Jasper suggested.

"Maybe..." Bella nodded thoughtfully.

"Hey, Bella, don't let this bring you down, not today. Enjoy yourself, have fun. So what if Edward isn't here? Who cares? You don't need him to have fun. You're an independent woman!" Katherine told Bella.

"You're right. I'm a strong independent woman and I don't need him to have fun. If he wants to act like a child, then he can be a child on his own. I'm not going to let him spoil my afternoon with his childish tantrums!" Bella exclaimed before she went to get herself some potatoes salad.

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The rest of the day went pretty well. The wolves and the vampires improvised a small game of football and everyone watched, having fun. There was vampires and wolfs on both teams and it was very funny to watch.

"Emmett is going to be sorry he missed that." Jasper said from his spot on the field.

"Don't worry Jasper, I'm filming it." Bella smiled after Rebekah, by her side, told her what Jasper had said.

Jasper winked at her and went back to playing.

"Your father is having fun umpiring this game with Billy Black." Rebekah smiled.

"That he is. It's probably a nice change from what he sees on TV." She nodded.

On the field, Katherine was on a team with Jasper, Elijah, Sam and a few other wolves. On the other team, there was Leah, Kol, Klaus, Jacob and a few other wolves.

"You didn't want to play with them?" Bella asked Rebekah.

"I was never one for sports... Never liked them." Rebekah replied.

"Me neither, but it might have to do with my clumsiness. I'd be capable of hurting several people and kill myself in the process if I even tried to play this." Bella chuckled.

"So, to speak about something else, you know that my brother fancies you, right?" Rebekah asked Bella in a whisper.

"What do you mean?" Bella asked her with a deep blush, glancing at the field.

"Don't worry, he can't hear us over the noise of the game if we're whispering."

"I... I don't know what to think... I'm still with Edward and I want to give him a second chance but... It's not easy with the way he's behaving right now. Yet I still love him. I'm still in love with Edward." Bella replied.

"What about Klaus?" Rebekah asked her, still whispering.

"I don't know... Dad has a point, he's a bit older than me... Without counting the vampire years of course. I can't deny that he's handsome and that he has been nothing but nice to me and my father since he arrived... But... I can't let myself think about this... not while I'm with Edward." Bella told her.

"I understand... But you know, Klaus has forever and he seems pretty serious about you, even if he hasn't said anything that clear, I know him enough to know that. He's not going anywhere. Keep that in mind. And no matter what happens between you and Klaus and Edward, I'm still here." Rebekah told Bella.

"Thank you Rebekah. You're a good friend. I'm sure if you tried to give Katherine a chance, the three of us could have a lot of fun."

"Maybe I will." Rebekah smiled.

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When Bella finally got home, with Katherine's help to put her drunk father to bed, she was surprised to find Edward in her bedroom.

"So you went then?" He asked her as soon as she entered her bedroom, before she even saw him.

"Edward? What are you doing here? I thought I asked you not to come here without asking me first. Do I really have to ask Elijah to get his witch to put a spell on this house to stop you from coming in without my knowing it?" Bella sighted, too tired to argue and not wanting her father to wake up.

"I asked you a question Bella." Edward demanded.

"Oh, that's rich! You break into my room and I'm the one who has to answer to you? Who do you think you are exactly? It's my house Edward and I don't have to answer to you. Go back to your house and get a reality check." Bella snapped at him, angry like she never was before and trying to contain her voice.

"I'm your boyfriend Bella!" Edward replied, as if it justified everything.

"Yes, my boyfriend, that's it and it doesn't give you the right to barge into my bedroom without invitation, to give me orders and to tell me what to do. Now leave before you make me even angrier than I already am." Bella replied, grabbing her pajamas and heading to the bathroom to get changed for the night without him getting a free show.

When she came back, Edward was gone and she closed her window, tying a small rope to the window and to her wrist. Edward wouldn't be able to come inside without waking her up. Tomorrow, she would ask Elijah to call his witch. It was clear to her that she couldn't trust Edward anymore.

With that last thought in mind, Bella fell asleep crying. She could have accepted Edward not coming to Klaus' cook out but his behaviour after that really hurt her. He had really been hurtful to her with his words. He didn't have to make it sound like she couldn't act on her own, like she was a child. She wanted to be his equal, not his inferior.

As she fell asleep, Bella really hoped that Edward would find it in him to change his behavior, that she wouldn't have to break her own heart and break up with him because of his behaviour.

So, this is it for the first part of the sequel that will see Bella and Klaus make their way to each other. It will take only 3 parts.

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Lorelei Candice Black