Chapter four

Evil vampire hoe bags

Elizabeth

"Lizzie, this is Mina," Lily said once she pulled away from Mina, leaving one arm wrapped around her shoulders. "She's one of my oldest friends."

"And best," Mina added, her arm wrapped around Lily's waist. She was smiling, but it reminded me more of bared teeth. Her eyes were full of danger as she looked at me, no doubt remembering me from two days ago.

"Well, I'm Elizabeth Salvatore," I said sweetly, offering her my hand. "I'm Lily's best friend, and maid of honor."

"Mina Stark. Pleasure, I'm sure," she said, squeezing my hand hard enough to break it. I didn't give any sign that I was in pain, though. "One of Lily's oldest friends. Hell, we've been friends since she went by Lilianna."

"All I'm getting is that you're old," I snapped, unable to control myself. Mina glared at me, though there was a spark in her eyes, as if she was glad that she had gotten me to snap.

"Elizabeth!" Lily said, narrowing her eyes at me, like I was her child and not her best friend, and she was chiding me for insulting one of her friends.

I shrugged. "Sorry, Mila. I have no filter. It's my thing, really." I smirked at her, silently telling her that I really wasn't sorry.

"I'm sure it is." I smirked again, slowly walking away from her and Lily. "Well, it was great meeting you, Millie, but I have some name cards I have to alphabetize."

"Elizabeth-" Lily said, frowning at me.

"See you two later," I said, already walking away. "Really important maid of honor business to attend to."

"Elizabeth!" Lily shouted after me.

"Really, Lily. There's a week until your wedding, and you barely have anything done! We have to crack down and put our noses to the grindstone if you want to walk down the aisle next Friday!" I exclaimed, before turning a corner.

I had no intention of alphabetizing. I had to find Stefan, the only person who knew Mina and I had met before, and that I had lied to her about knowing Klaus. That was going to blow up in my face, maybe even before he got here in two days. I needed to talk to Stefan, to vent to him about freaking Mina Stark, evil best friend and- possibly- love of life stealing hoe bag.

I didn't even want to think about Mina's history with Klaus. There wasn't even a possibility that they were just friends. Klaus didn't have any friends, and if he did, they wouldn't be gorgeous women who's beauty put supermodels to shame. He'd sleep with them, no doubt. He and Poppy had been friends, but they were friends with benefits. She had been jealous of Klaus' love for me. What if Mina turned out to be Poppy reincarnated? I really didn't want to go through that again.

"Stefan!" I shouted. "Stefan! I need to talk to you!"

I burst into Stefan's room, only to find him shirtless, going through his closet looking for a new shirt. I groaned and covered my eyes. "Cover up, Stef. I don't want to see my brother half-naked."

Stefan rolled his eyes at me and pulled a shirt on. "Shouldn't you be doing something maid of honor-ish?" he asked, as I plopped down on his bed and stretched out.

"Not when evil vampire hoe bags show up and plot to steal two of the most important things in my life," I muttered, throwing an arm over my face.

Stefan's eyebrows furrowed. "Explain, please," he said, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"Mina is here," I spat, nose wrinkling. I knew she was a bitch. She was an evil vampire hoe bag, I just knew it. My bitch-dar went off when I was anywhere near her.

Stefan raised an eyebrow. "Mina? She's the girl who was asking for Klaus a couple of days ago, right? She's here? In this house? Right now?"

I nodded. "Apparently, she and Lily are old friends. But, it makes sense, when you think about it. Lily spent the first four centuries of her life with the originals. If Mina was whoring around with Klaus, they were bound to run into each other. What if she's a home wrecking, best friend stealing, bitch from hell?" I asked him, sitting up.

Stefan sighed. "Or maybe you're just jealous and scared of losing Klaus and Lily?"

I glared at him. "No, that's definitely not it. It's definitely what I said, not what you said. What you said is totally off base."

"Lizzie- I mean, if Lily's friends with her, she can't be all bad, right? Lily's a pretty good judge of character," he argued reasonably.

My glare intensified, and I got off of his bed. "God, Stefan, you suck at being a girlfriend!" I exclaimed, storming towards the door.

"Thank you, Elizabeth. That's a compliment," he retorted dryly, as I walked out of his room, slamming the door behind me.

"Elizabeth Alessandra Salvatore, what the hell is wrong with you?"

I sighed, turning to face a glaring Lily. "It's a long list, Lily," I replied, running a hand over my face.

"Why were you being such a bitch to Mina? What did she ever do to you?" she growled, crossing her arms over her chest.

"It's not what she did, it's what she might do," I muttered.

Lily frowned. "Did you two meet before or something?" she asked. "Because I seriously don't understand why you'd be so mean to a vampire you've never met."

I gaped at her. "Mean? Me?" I scoffed. "Please, Lily. She was practically flaunting the fact that you two have been friends since the beginning of time. I mean, if you two were such good friends, how come you haven't mentioned her even once?"

"We haven't seen each other in a few centuries. She dropped off the grid a while ago, because Poppy wanted her dead. But now that Poppy's dead-" she stopped suddenly and frowned at me. "Are you jealous, Lizzie? Of Mina being one of my best friends?" a funny smile formed on her lips.

I scoffed again, crossing my arms over my chest. "Of course not. I have nothing to be jealous off. I mean, sure, you two had fun a couple centuries back, but at the end of the day, I'm your maid of honor, I'm the person you call for advice, for gossip, and just to talk. Mina may be one of your oldest and closest friends, but I'm your best friend. I have nothing to be jealous of."

Her smirk grew. "You are. You're jealous! Oh, Lizzie, I'm flattered-"

I glared at her. "Well, don't be, okay? I'm not jealous, I'm just defending my title. That's all."

All of Lily's anger was gone, and she was grinning. "You're possessive of me, Lizzie," she teased. "It's kind of hot. Keep it up and Damon won't be the Salvatore I'll be marrying."

I rolled my eyes, but couldn't help smiling back. "Please, Lil. You're so not my type."

She laughed, looking less stressed than I had seen her in months. The wedding really had worn her down. "Just take it easy on Mina, alright? She's staying here until the wedding. You should get to know her. I'm sure you'll love her if you give her a chance."

I doubted it. I'd probably just hate her more.

"Yeah, sure, Lil. I'll totally do that," I said, just so we wouldn't fight again. I hated fighting with Lily.

I thought Lily knew I wasn't being serious, but she didn't say anything. "Good, because bridezilla orders it," she said with a smile. Then she sobered. "Just so you know, Elizabeth, you really don't have anything to be jealous over."

I shrugged. "I know. You'd never cheat on me."

"Okay, I'm gonna go call the florist before this conversation gets anymore gay and I actually do end up marrying you instead of Damon," Lily said, already pulling out her phone.

"Our kids would be beautiful!" I called at her retreating figure. She just rolled her eyes at me and I laughed.

Feeling a lot better, I walked downstairs. I got a glass of blood from the kitchen, before returning to the living room to get back to sorting the name cards. Elena and Caroline were long gone, and I was just left alone with my thoughts.

I didn't tell Lily about meeting Mina before, because I was sure that I knew what her reaction would be. She'd tell me that Klaus and Mina did have history but that I had nothing to worry about. I did, though. Because Mina made beautiful people look ugly. And the only girls who didn't worry about their boyfriend's history with a girl like Mina were the stupid ones.

I was worried. Because I wasn't anything special. I wasn't overly pretty. The only unique things about me were my eyes and my long legs. I was just a regular 166 year old vampire, yet I was the one Klaus loved, the one who brought out his humanity. And I was worried that he'd change his mind about me once he found out that Mina was back on the grid.

But I wouldn't tell anyone, not even Lily, that.

It took me about ten minutes to realize that I was just staring at a name card, and not actually doing any work. I took a sip from my glass of blood, only to have it taken out of my hands. I frowned, as Klaus finished my drink while sitting down next to me.

My eyes widened at the sight of him. I hadn't expected him to come back to Mystic Falls until Sunday. "What are you doing here?" I asked him.

Klaus shrugged. "I missed you," he said simply. Then he raised an eyebrow. "You don't mind, do you, love?"

I smiled at him. I had completely forgotten about Mina. She wasn't even on my mind. Just seeing Klaus, hearing him call me love, knowing that he missed me even after a few hours apart, gave me the self-confidence boost I needed.

"No," I said. "I don't mind. I missed you too." I smiled softly before gently pulling his face closer to mine and kissing him. He tasted like blood.

"Well, doesn't this look cozy?"

I pulled away to look up at Mina. She was leaning against the wall by the doorway, arms crossed over her chest. She was smiling like a cat who ate the canary. Caught you red-handed, bitch, her eyes told me.

"So, Lizzie, you've really never heard of Klaus before?"

~LGM~

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