A/N: Hello, my lovelies! Here comes another chapter for you, presumably at least a little bit longer than the last one. NOTE: As of next week, I will be updating either daily, or every couple of days (depends on whether I have something to do, or not.)
Also, lovable characters brought back. ;)
-New bonds-
Imagine Dragons – It's time
"Jake?"
He didn't budge, only groaned under his breath and turned to his side. He was so stubborn.
Like his father.
"Come on, sweetie, it's school day." Alice said, this time a little louder, before flicking her wrist, causing the covers to fly off the bed.
Jacob grumbled something under his breath and the covers flew back onto him, this time covering his head. Alice let out a breath, not able to help the smile that tugged on her lips.
"So it's gonna be like that, is it?" She wondered, before yanking the covers off of Jake and attacking him in one of the most effective ways to wake up a stubborn-ass hybrid. He giggled as she tickled him, his body squirming to get out of her grasp.
"Okay, okay, I give up. I give up!" He pleaded and Alice stopped, still giggling as she watched his breathing even.
"Why do I have to go to school, anyways? I already know everything."
"'Cause that's the law." Alice stated, then lowered her voice dramatically. "You don't want to be against the law, do you?" She smiled at Jacob's snort.
"Oh come on, going to school was... one of the most interesting parts of my life – and you know I lived for a while."
"Every parent says that to their kids only to make them go to school." Jake huffed, but propped himself up.
"True." Alice agreed, while moving a few stray curls from his forehead. "But that doesn't mean they're wrong."
"Fine." Jacob sighed, then kicked the covers so that he could get up. "Are you gonna show me that spell when I get home?" He asked, putting up his best puppy-dog eyes, and god, she couldn't say 'no' to that look."
"Deal. Just hurry up, okay?" She said, as she got up and staightened her dress. Jacob grinned, all dimples, happy that he got it his way, before rushing to the bathroom. Alice sighed and walked to the kitchen to make breakfast, smiling at Isis who jumped up at the counter.
"You so spoiled that child." She meowed, as she sat down and licked her paws. "Oh, and please don't tell me you're going out with that... labrapoodle of a vampire you crushed on in the eighties."
Alice rolled her eyes at the title. "It's not a date, it's just... coffee."
"I'm sure." Isis said sarcastically, looking down at the big gray-ish husky curled in the corner. "Well, he's not very enthusiastic about anything, is he? Old bones aching again Ansie?"
"I told you not to call me that." The dog said, before getting up and streching with a groan. "And these bones are a thousand years old. I'm not as vibrant as I used to be."
"Yeah, well these bones as six thousand years old, and I've been feeling as young as ever." Isis said with a soft purr, before jumping back onto the ground and streching her front paws a bit. "Oh well, tonight's a full moon, so we are both going to be human for a night – I might give you one of my special massages."
"Ew, Isis. No flirting while I'm in the house, please." Alice said, as she set a plate of toast on the counter, just in time when Jacob got out of his room, dressed in a school uniform. He grabbed a piece of toast on his way and shoved it into his mouth, before petting Ansel along his back, letting him eat the small piece of toast he had in his hand.
"Ugh, that is so unhygienic." Isis said, shivering a bit in disgust.
"I'm a dog, remember?" Ansel stated, as he licked his snout. "That's what you turned me into after pulling me back from the Other Side, as kids call it these days."
"Would you have rather liked if I turned you into a chihuahua?" Isis wondered and Ansel only rolled his eyes, knowing that fighting with her had no purpoise.
"Okay, you two. Don't break the house down while we're gone." Alice said teasingly, before walking out with Jacob. Ansel only sighed, before walking back to his usual place and lying down.
"Who is this kid that she's meeting up with?" He wondered, his curiosity taking the better of him. Isis scoffed, before softly tapping to him and curling to his side.
"One of your son's sirelings. No one important, as far as I know." She said and Ansel hummed in understandment. "I just don't want them to get back together, that's all."
"And why's that?"
"Well... as much as Niklaus annoys me, he is the father of her child." Isis said, swaying her tail as she spoke. "And she still loves him, no matter how much she denies it."
"Of course she does. Klaus got his good looks from me." He added with a smirk and Isis rolled her eyes, before leaning her head against Ansel's side and drifting to sleep.
(x)
"Bekah! Have you seen my phone?" Kol asked his sister and she only rolled her eyes, before gesturing to a table, where the said phone was. "Oh, right." He mumbled for himself, before retrieving his phone and plopping on an armchair and starting a game of Doodle Jump.
"Brother, have you even considered going outside?" Elijah asked, as he walked into the room.
"Where, in the bloody field? No thanks, brother." Kol said, and Elijah couldn't help but roll his eyes at his brother's complete lack of interest at anything that's going on around him.
He walked out on the porch and leaned against the wall, smiling at Rebekah and Freya, who were walking around the garden, each with a basket of flowers on her arm. This reminded Elijah of when they were only children, when Rebekah would make Niklaus and Henrik go and pick flowers with her and make necklaces. He smiled at the memory, remembering well how his brothers and sister would come home with armfulls of various flowers that only his little sister could find.
"Evening, Elijah." Klaus greeted and Elijah nodded at his brother as a form of a greeting.
"Have you finally decided to leave your room, Niklaus?" He asked and Klaus stood beside him, folding his arms behind his back.
"Yes, well... I'm out of canvases. And paper, and paint." Elijah felt a smile tug on his lips – his brother had been doing a lot of painting lately.
"Perhaps you could try on something new – like sculpturing." Elijah teased, causing Klaus to glare at him. There was a long moment of silence, before Klaus spoke again.
"Do you miss her? Hayley." This caused Elijah to frown. He hadn't stopped thinking about the woman, and Klaus knew that (everyone knew that), and all Elijah wanted, all he yerned for was to wrap his arms around her and never let her go. Even though he sometimes denied it, he loved Hayley and he knew that she loved him. Perhaps he had a chance of happiness.
Perhaps they all did.
Aaaaaand, hope you like that chapter! And, yes – I brought Ansel back.
As always, if you have any ideas, or prompts, or whatever the hell, just leave 'em in the review – I never miss out on those things.
XOXO
