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Chapter 2:

The recurring dream!

"Hey!" I hear the same melodic voice. I don't turn around to look that she`s coming towards me instead I keep sketching the beautiful landscape in front of me.

After a moments silence, I finally speak. "You know love its rude to stare." As soon as I turn around to see her face finally, there standing under the tree is that one women, I could never save. "TATIA!"

"Nik! How can you dream of someone else, when you know I am out there waiting for you?" she walks towards me.

"Stop it! I did not ask you to make-out with my brother nor did I ask you to dump me for him and then him for this new fling of yours."

"How can you be so cruel to me Nik? It was your addiction to drugs that tore us apart. All you ever wanted to do was get stoned, get high and fuck me over and over again."

How could she possibly say this? I stare at her for a moment, trying to find the girl I fell in love with or I assumed I fell in love with.

"That's not the story I remember. I was willing to come clean Tatia, cause I wanted you. I wanted us. I wanted to marry you, to have a family with you. Hell that night I wanted to tell you, how I even found a stable job! I WAS READY TO BE A SO-CALLED BETTER MAN FOR YOU!" I yelled at her.

In my moment of rage, I don't realize how close Tatia was standing next to me. I flinch back from her. "Come back to me Nik! Please." She cups my face. "NO!" I start to have a panic attack. "Get away from me." Feelings of loneliness and despair started surfacing.

The air became too thick and the edges between real and perception started fading.I wake up with sweat beads tripping down my face. The dream seemed too real. Yes, a part of what Tatia said was true- my addiction to drugs drove her away to Elijah.

I still remember the night, I came home after selling my first painting. I told no one about it because I knew they would laugh at me.

I just wanted to rush to Tatia and tell her that I am making an attempt to be a man that she dreamt of, that she needs, that was capable of protecting her and giving her everything on a silver platter.

I knew Tatia had said something about swinging by the house later to meet Esther. So I rushed back home, hoping I would still find her there and surprise her!

Only when I reached home, I was welcomed with shock and silence.

"Hello?" I shout once I enter the house.

I start walking in the ground floor corridor of Miakel`s mansion, in hoping of finding someone. Finally I saw Brenda. " Brenda!"

"Mr. Niklaus!" she looked a little flustered and eerie.

"Brenda have you been making-out with the chef in the kitchen again?" I wiggle my eye-brows at her.

She turned a shade more deeper. "What! NO! Mr. Niklaus how can you say such a thing?" but worry seemed to still linger on her face.

"Oh! Come now, Brenda there`s no need to be shy. Your secret`s safe with me. Where`s everyone?"

"Mr. Niklaus!..."

"Could you stop calling me that! `Niklaus is the name my father gave me. Please call me Klaus`. How many times do I have to repeat this line Brenda?"

"My apologies! Mr. Nik..Mr. Klaus." I pass her a shy grin.

"So you were telling me?"

"Its Wednesday Mr. Klaus. It's the family dinner day with the Salvatore's."

"Oh! Shoot! I completely forgot. Haven't I told you to put reminder post-its about this?"

"I did Mr. Klaus, it was on your mirror."

"Oh! I will go check at it once." In my mind, I was already formulating an apology note for Stefan. After all he`s the only friend that I had now was that out of choice or Rebekah`s compulsion, is a whole different story.

"Mr. Klaus, where are you going?" Brenda asked me. Worry written all over her face.

"I am going to my room Brenda." I answer honestly, trying to gauge her reaction.

"Mr. Klaus, why don't you sit here in the living while I bring you some tea."

"What is going on Brenda?" I ask seriously.

"Please don't go upstairs", she whimpers, tears forming in her eyes. I had seen this face, all throughout my childhood. It was that face and those teary eyes, that Brenda would have when she would find me unconscious after a good beating from Miakel. It was that face, with worry etched as deep as her freckles, when she would find me crying for Miakel and Finn embarrassing me at school and family gatherings. It was the same face that Brenda had when she was trying to protect me from an unbearable truth.

I started walking towards the grand staircase.

"Klaus! Listen to me!" Brenda tried to pace up with me.

"Klaus! Don`t" "Back-off!" I suddenly cut her fiercely. Tears started falling, and she let out a small sob. I take the stairs two at a time, and that's when I heard, the voice of a woman moaning. At first I thought someone was hurt, but on approaching the source I realized it was the familiar moans of pleasure. The closer I came to the library the more my doubts came real. The door was slightly ajar, and there in front of me was laying my girl, my woman Tatia all spread out in her naked glory and my older brother hovering over her. Still fighting between reality and a nightmare, I entered the room shamelessly just to prove to my conscious that this was all just a bad nightmare.

"NIK!" Tatia shrieked, and that shattered every little defense that I owned in my body. All I could see was lust filled in both their eyes, I retreated from the room and ran down the stairs.

"Niklaus!" I heard Elijah`s voice, but I didn't stop. I ran away from there, till I reached the place where I knew I did get what I want to forget this, to forget that there was ever a chance for me in this world, cause Tatia just proved Miakel true again that I was never worth of anyone`s affection, love or care. `That at the end of the day you`re left infinitely and utterly alone. `

A knock on the door, breaks me away from my hazed shake. I see Elijah and Meredith standing. I don't know why I say what I say next, but for a minute I hear that sweet voice again and that leads me to say,

"I think it's time to get Klaus back."

Both Elijah and Meredith stare at me blindly. Both knowing what this meant. This meant that it was time to finally visit that small clinic in that small little town after-all.

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