Chapter Four: Shopping
I woke up the next morning on the couch. I laid there for a few moments trying to remember the events from yesterday. "Alice?" I called out. I looked on the table to see that there was a note.
We left around one this morning when we realized that you were okay. Edward finished your homework for you. We love you.
My doorbell rang, so I slowly got off the couch and walked to the door. I saw that Niklaus was standing there with a bouquet of roses. I smiled and opened up the door. "Morning, Nik. Come in." He walked into the house.
"Thank you, love. These are for you." He gave me the flowers.
I smiled at him and grabbed the flowers. "Thank you, Nik." I kissed his cheek. I took the flowers to the kitchen with him following me. "What are your plans for tonight?" I asked my Niklaus in hopes that he would love to hang out with me tonight.
"I'm taking my Isobelle Melisendra on a date," Niklaus said with confidence.
"Oh, really?" I turned around with a smile, and he had the biggest smirk on his face. "Do you know another Isobelle Melisendra besides me?" I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist He wrapped my arms around my waist. "Do you know another Isobelle?" I asked him with a smirk.
He smirked at me. "Isobelle Melisandra Lebonair, would you give me the honor of going on a date tonight?"
I gave him a wide smile. "Niklaus Mikaelson, I would love to go on a date with you." I kissed the left corner of his mouth as my doorbell rang.
"Are you expecting any guests this morning?" He asked me. I shook my head, and we walked to the front door with our hands clasped together. We saw that Elijah, Hayley, and Elisa were standing there. I opened up the door and let them in. "Ruined my perfectly good morning," Niklaus said.
"Nik, be nice," I said. He just looked at me and kissed my cheek.
"Bee," Elisa said loudly. I let go of Niklaus' hand and held my arms out to her. "Bee," she said and laughed. She leaned towards me with a smile on her face.
"Come here, stinker." I grabbed her, and she immediately started to play with my hair.
"What do we owe the pleasure of seeing you guys this morning?" Niklaus asked his brother and sister-in-law with an annoyed tone.
"Well brother, I thought it would be quite important to let you know that I found out where the flowers came from," Elijah said.
Niklaus' face dropped. "Well brother, it seems like we have some business to do today." He turned to me. "I will pick you up at seven."
I nodded my head. "Sounds good. What are we doing? What should I wear?" Elisa put her head on my shoulder, so I rubbed her back.
"I can't quite tell you what our date is, but I will tell you that a nice dress and heels will work perfectly." He kissed my cheek and Elisa's head. "I will see you at seven, Love." Elijah and Niklaus left my house.
I turned to Hayley. "Get the girls over here now," I said in a panic voice. "We need to outfit plan."
She laughed. "Okay," she said while laughing. She grabbed out her phone and texted the girls. "They will be here soon." Seriously, seconds later there was a knock on the door.
"Come in," I called out. Freya, Davina, and Rebekah walked in. "Girls, I am sending an S.O.S out to you all."
"What's going on?" Davina asked concerned.
"Niklaus asked me on a date. He said to wear a cute dress and heels. We need to look through my closet to find an outfit. If we don't find a good outfit, we need to go shopping."
Rebekah held up her hands. "Let's go," she said. The six of us went upstairs to my room. The other girls sat on the bed while Elisa and I walked to the closet. "Get all of your dresses out of the closet."
I carried Elisa over to the bed. I sat her down between her mother and Aunt Freya. "Elisa, will you give me your input too?"
She laughed and clapped her hands together. "Yes," she said like she knew exactly what was going on.
"Her favorite words are Bee, Mama, Dada, No, Yes, Bed, and Ous," Hayley said. "She can say other words, but those are her favorites at his moment."
"What is Ous?" I asked Elisa with a smile.
"Uncle Niklaus," Hayley said, and I smiled. "Get the dresses," Hayley asked with a smile.
I walked over to the closet again, and I looked at all of my dresses. "None of these are screaming date night dress to me at this moment." I turned to face the girls. "You girls go back to the compound and get dressed. I will get ready and dressed. Then, we will walk around the French Quarter to find a new outfit for tonight?"
They all stood up, and Hayley grabbed Elisa. "We will meet back in front of the compound in an hour?" She said.
"That sounds perfect," I said. The other girls agreed with me, and they left. I walked into the bathroom to get ready. I brushed my teeth, used the toilet, and got into the shower. When I was done, I quickly blow dried my hair and brushed it. I put on deodorant, perfume, powder foundation, nude eyeshadow, black eyeliner, and black mascara. I walked into the bedroom to quickly get dressed. I put on a white thong, tight jean shorts, black bustier crop top, open front deep red kimono, and black gladiator sandals. I grabbed my black Michael Kors purse, keys, and my phone. I walked downstairs, locked up my house, and walked over to the compound.
"Ready?" Hayley asked when I walked into the compound.
"I am," I said. I grabbed Elisa from her because she was reaching for me. "Where are we going?"
Rebekah, Freya, and Davina walked over to us. "While we are out, can we stop and get lunch?" Freya asked.
"I figured that we were going to do that," I said. Hayley stood up and grabbed her purse and Elisa's diaper bag. "Let's go," I said. We walked out of the compound, and we made our way down the road. "Can someone please text Niklaus and ask him what type of nice dress he wants me to wear?"
"I'll do it," Rebekah said and kissed Elisa's cheek.
"OUS!" Elisa screamed out and clapped her hands. She looked at me and grabbed my cheeks. She stuck out her tongue and lightly touched it to my nose.
I looked at her, and I saw that she looks more like her Dad than I thought. "What are you doing, stinker?" I asked her. She laughed and let go of my face. "You are so cute." I kissed her cheek.
She turned her head to face Hayley. "Mama," she said and smiled. She reached her Mom, and Hayley grabbed her. "Mama," she said with her head on Hayley's shoulder.
"Niklaus said a dress that is worn to a nice, fancy, expensive restaurant. He did reassure me that you guys are not going to a restaurant," Rebekah said.
"I know exactly where to go," Davina said. We walked two blocks away from our homes.
We walked inside the store, and we made our way to the dresses. I saw this dress, and I fell in love with it. "I think I found her," I said. I looked at the rack the held my dress and saw that they had it in my size. Just my luck, they have it.
"I think that would look so pretty with your skin tone," Freya said.
A worker walked up to us. "Would you like a fitting room?" She asked.
"Yes, please," I said. We followed her to the fitting room, and I walked into a stall. I took off my clothes and put the dress on. I stared at myself in the mirror and smiled. I loved this dress when I saw it on the hanger, and I still loved it when it was on me. The dress was a short deep red dress. It was made with a silk/satin material, and it stopped when it reached the middle of my thighs.
I walked out of the fitting room with a smile on my face. Davina's jaw dropped. "It looks so pretty on you," she said.
"Bee," Elisa said with a smile.
"I do love this dressed a lot," I said with my own smile.
"I think that you should get it," Hayley said with a smile. "If Klaus doesn't faint when he sees you, then I will faint for him." I ran my hands along the dress. "He will fall to his knees."
"He wouldn't know what to say," Freya said.
"I'm getting it," I said and bit my lip. I walked back into the fitting room, and I started to change back into my clothes when my cell phone rang. I grabbed it out of my purse and saw that Jacob Black was calling me. I sighed and hit ignore. I finished getting dressed when my phone rang again. I sighed and saw that Jacob Black was calling me again. I hit accept and put my phone to my ear. "What do you want?"
"You moved out of Washington?" He asked with anger laced in his voice.
I sat on the bench as Elisa crawled under the fitting room stall door. "You told me to go to hell. I don't want that negativity around me," I said as I picked up Elisa. "Jacob, I'm busy right now. Plus, I'm not going to sit here and listen to you." I stood up with Elisa and hung up my phone.
She laid her head on my shoulder. "Bed."
I grabbed the dress and my purse. I opened up the door and walked out. "You go to sleep," I told her. She grabbed the straps of my top and buried her head in my shoulder. "Let's go pay for this or find some shoes."
The girls stood up. "Do you know what color shoes that you want to wear?" Rebekah asked me.
I rubbed Elisa's back, and I shrugged my shoulders. "I think that I want to wear nude colored heels or black colored heels." We walked over to the shoes, and I didn't find a single pair of shoes that I didn't like. "None of these shoes are calling out to me."
"All right," Hayley said. "There is another shoe store around here." I nodded, and we walked over to the counter. I paid for the dress, and we walked out of the store. "It's on the way to Rousseau's, so we will stop there and then go get something to eat."
"Sounds good to me," Freya said. Davina and I nodded our heads in agreement. We walked down the street to the shoe store that Hayley was talking about. Freya stopped and stared at the window. "I found some boots that I think I need to reward myself with because I haven't killed a single witch this week," Freya said with a smile.
We all laughed and walked inside. I saw the perfect pair of heels in the corner of my eye. I walked over to the perfect pair of black heels. They were black suede platform heels with ankle straps. Elisa woke up and made a squeak. "Hi, beautiful. Did you have a nice small nap?"
"Bed," she said and smiled. She started to look around, and she looked back at me. "Mama?"
"I will take you to Mama in a second," I said. I put her on the ground, and I grabbed my size of the shoes. "Grab my hand, Elisa."
I reached my hand out, and she reached her hand up. "Mama?" She called out loudly. She let go of my hand and ran to the window. She started to smack the window. "Dada," she said loudly.
I looked up to see that Elijah, Niklaus, Rebekah, and Hayley were standing there talking. Niklaus looked pissed. "Don't do that, honey." I walked over to them and grabbed her hands. "Help Aunt Bee try on shoes."
"Otay," she said. She grabbed my hand and walked to the couch with me. I sat down on a chair with Elisa right next to me. "Eat?" She pointed at my feet and asked.
"Yes, those are my feet." I took off my shoes and grabbed the heels out of the box. "Are you getting hungry?"
"Cheese," she said.
"Do you want Macaroni and Cheese?" She nodded her head. "Aunt Bee and Aunt Freya want to buy some shoes, and then we will go eat." She nodded her head. I put the heels on just as I felt someone sitting next to me. I turned my head to see Freya sitting next to me with a pair of shoes that she picked out.
"Did you have a nice nap?" Freya asked Elisa.
Elisa smiled and clapped. "Pretty." She said with a smile and pointed at the heels. "Cheese," she repeated.
"Thank you, Elle." I stood up with the heels, and they were actually quite comfortable. "Should I get them?"
There was a knock on the window, so I looked up to see Rebekah standing there with her thumbs up. I just laughed. I looked behind her to see Niklaus and Elijah talking with Hayley, and Niklaus still looked pissed off. I walked back over to the couch, and I sat down. I saw that Davina was kneeling next to Elisa and playing with her. "Freya is paying for her shoes, and then she is going to talk to them."
I took off my shoes and put them back into the box. I put my shoes back on, and I picked up my purse, bag from the other store, and the shoe box. "Elle, grab my hand." Elisa grabbed onto my hand, and we walked to the counter together. I paid for my shoes and picked Elisa up. "Let's go get Macaroni and Cheese," I said and kissed her cheek.
"Cheese," she said and clapped.
I grabbed the bag that held my shoes and walked out with my arms full. I walked over to the group to see that Niklaus was still seething. "There's my Ellie Girl," Elijah said. He reached out to get her, but she held onto my tightly. "Come see, Dada," he said with a smirk knowing that he knew she wasn't going to let go of me.
"No, Dada. Bee," she said and put her head on my shoulder. She ran her fingers through my hair. "Cheese," she said with a smile.
"Let's go get your macaroni and cheese," I told her.
"Macaroni and Cheese?" Hayley asked Elisa.
Elisa reached out of Hayley. "Mama," she said. Hayley grabbed her, and they rubbed their noses together.
I just walked over to Niklaus, and I wrapped my arms around him. As soon as our arms were wrapped against each other, I felt more at ease. "You okay?" I whispered in his ear.
"Nothing to worry about right now, little wolf." He kissed my cheek. "We will talk about this later when we are on our date," He said. "I'm taking care of it as we speak." I made a face and shook my head. "What, little wolf?"
"Can we wait to talk about someone trying to kill me until after our date? I just want our date to be about the two of us. How about after we get done with our date, we can talk about it?" I asked him and kissed his cheek.
"That sounds perfect, little wolf." He kissed the corner of my mouth.
"Cheese, Bee," Elisa said.
"We will go get your cheese, stinker," I said as I let go of Niklaus.
"Well, we will finish this conversation later tonight or in the morning," Rebekah said. "As of right now, we have to finish our girls day," she finished.
I kissed the corner of Niklaus' mouth. "I will see you at seven, Nik." I walked over to the girls before I heard him say anything, and we walked down the road. "Let's go eat something. I'm starting to get hungry."
"Cheese," Elisa said loudly.
We laughed and walked into Rousseau's. "Hey, guys. Sit wherever you like," a blond waitress said. We walked over to a big booth and sat down. The waitress came over and put menus on the table. "Can I get you all anything to drink?"
"Hey, Camille. I'll have a scotch, and Elisa will have a chocolate milk," Hayley said.
"I'll have a scotch," Freya said.
"I'll have a water with lemon," Davina said.
"I'll have a scotch," Rebekah said.
"I'll have a Mr. Pibb," I said.
She took our orders, and she walked away. I grabbed a menu and looked at Elisa. "What should Aunt Bee eat?"
"Cheese," Elisa said.
"You can have cheese," I told her. "Aunt Bee wants something else." She nodded and clapped her hands. I just laughed and shook my head.
Camille came back over with our drinks. "What can I get you all to eat?" She asked as she put the drink down.
"Elisa will have a macaroni and cheese. I'll have cheese fries," Hayley said.
"I'll have broccoli cheese soup," Davina said.
"I'll have onion rings," Rebekah said.
"I'll have a Louisiana burger with housemade chips and green beans," Freya said.
"Can I get chicken strips?" I asked her.
"You get two sides with the chicken. What sides do you want?" Camille asked.
I looked at the sides. "I'll have macaroni and cheese with housemade fries," I told her as I looked Elisa.
"Cheese," Elisa said.
We all just laughed as Camille left. "Bella, did Klaus say anything to you about the flowers?" Rebekah asked.
I shook my head no. "He said that we were going to talk about it tonight on our date, but I asked him to wait until after our date because I wanted it to be about Niklaus and I being in a relationship and not about someone trying to kill me." I took a sip of my drink. "We will talk about it after, though." I took another sip of my soda. "I don't want to be left in the dark at all, but I don't want to worry about it right now. I just want to enjoy a girls day."
"Sounds like a plan," Freya said. She sighed. "Vince wants to have a baby." She shook her head no. "He thinks that the fertility spell would work on me, but if I don't the right equipment to carry a baby then it won't work."
I chose to not press for details. "Does he understand that?" Davina asked.
"I told him that I don't have a uterus. I would love to have a child with him, but I can't because my uterus is just there. It has no function," Freya said. She turned to face me. "Long story short, our psychotic Aunt claimed that all of our first borns were rightfully hers. Since I'm the eldest Mikaelson child, I was rightfully hers. Well, I got pregnant centuries ago, and I took a magical potion that killed my baby and got rid of my uterus' function." I nodded my head because I honestly didn't know what to say to that, and I didn't want to say the wrong thing. "I need to get off this topic now." She finished her scotch. "So, Bella. Are you wanting to talk about the flowers tonight or tomorrow morning?"
"I want to talk about it tonight. When I was dating Edward, I was left in the dark about everything. I'm not going to be left in the dark for this situation. I just want to enjoy girls day, and I want to enjoy my night with my Niklaus." Camille brought the food over, and she put mine right in front of me. "Thank you."
She gave me a gentle smile and finished putting the food down. "No problem," she said and grabbed our cups to refill. She looked at the door, and her face paled. "Let me go fill these up for you." She turned and walked away from the table.
"That was weird," I said. We all looked up to see Niklaus, Elijah, Kol, Marcel, and Vincent standing there. "Is Camille scared of the guys?"
Hayley made a face. "She is obsessed with Niklaus, so she gets very antsy when he is around her."
My face dropped. "Huh," I huffed out. "Trust me, I don't like sharing," I copied what Niklaus said when I first met him. I grabbed my spoon and started to eat the macaroni and cheese.
Camille came back and gave us our drinks. As soon as she put my drink down. "Hello, little wolf," Niklaus said. Camille's eyes widened. "Camille, I see that you have met my Isobelle."
I just put my head down and ate because I wasn't going to have any sort of drama with Camille. Well, not today at least. "Niklaus, don't start anything," Elijah warned.
"Dada," Elisa said. I looked at her to see that she was trying to get out of the booster to Elijah. "Dada, cheese."
Elijah laughed and picked her out of the high chair. "Hello, baby girl. Did you get some macaroni and cheese?"
"We are going to sit in the booth behind you," Marcel said. Elijah put Elisa back into the seat, and she immediately went back to her food.
I ate my food and watched Niklaus sit behind me because our booth connected to each other. I turned to face him with a chicken strip in my hand. "Can you please tell me what we are doing?" He shook his head no. "Why not?"
"It's supposed to be a surprise, little wolf." He moved some hair out of my face. "How has your day been?"
"It's been good. I found a beautiful dress and good shoes for tonight. I have jewelry at home already," I shrugged. "I wish I knew where we were going," I said and tried to get the surprise out of him.
He laughed and kissed the corner of my mouth. "I'm not going to tell you," he laughed out.
I scowled, took a bite of my chicken strips, and turned my attention to the girls. "Niklaus is being mean." I pouted and chewed on my food. As I was eating, I felt hands run through my hair. I just leaned my head back because I knew that it was Niklaus.
"Bed, Bee," Elisa said. "Bed," she repeated.
"Are you sleepy?" She nodded her head.
"After we eat, we can go home," Hayley said to her daughter. "You do look tired." She wiped some brown hair out of her daughter's face.
Elisa started to cry. "Bed," she said. She moved her head to look at Hayley. "Bed, Mama. Bed," she screamed out.
Elijah stood up from the guys table, and he walked over to our table. "Elisa, come see Dad." Elisa reached her arms out for Elijah. He picked her up, and he carried her out of the restaurant.
Camille walked over. "Is Elisa okay?"
"She's just tired," Hayley said. She turned to face us. "Do you guys want to go?"
"We can go," I said and the rest of us agree. I grabbed my wallet out of my purse.
"How are you all going to have the tab?" Camille asked.
"I'll take it," I said before anyone else can say anything. I handed my debit card over to Camille. "To-go boxes?" I asked her. She nodded her head and walked away.
Elijah walked back in and gave Elisa over to Hayley. "She's passed out. We are going to go out after Kol and Vincent eat something, but we will be back before the date." We nodded our heads.
Camille came back over and gave us everything. I signed the receipt and gave it back to her. I put my food in the container and my card went back into my wallet. I turned around to face Niklaus. "I will see you tonight." I kissed his cheek. I grabbed all of my things and left with the girls.
"What are you going to do when you get home?" Hayley asked me.
"I'm going to take a nap because I don't know what Niklaus has planned for us." She nodded her head. We walked to our street and stood by my front door. "I will see you, ladies, later tonight. I'll come over tonight after the date, and we can talk about what happened." I kissed Elisa's sleeping face.
"All right. Sounds good," Rebekah said.
"Bye, ladies." I walked across the street my house. I got inside and locked the door behind me. I put the container into the fridge right before I made my way up to my room. When I got to my room, I put my phone on the charger after I set an alarm. I put the dress into the closet on a hanger, and I put the box of shoes on my dresser. "Time for a nap," I said to the air. I stripped out of my clothes. "Screw clothes," I whispered. I laid down on my bed completely naked. I buried myself under covers, closed my eyes, and fell asleep for my nap.
