Chapter 4
Previously, in "Oh, Baby!," Elijah confronts Katherine and threatens her with the recording Dean made.
MYSTIC GRILL - LATER...Katherine pulled up to the Grill after her shift ended and walked in, seeing Elena waiting for her. The sisters hugged and sat down at the table
"We've got to rethink our strategy," said Katherine. "Our game has become complicated now that Elijah has a recording Dean made of us that he can use against us."
Elena bit on her bottom lip and thought about it. "No. We'll just keep doing it. I'm sure that Elijah thinks he will win, but we're both going to come out on top and get the man we deserve," she told her sister.
Katherine nodded. "I guess you're right."
Elena smiled. "I am right."
"So, how are we going to keep going? Elijah is already onto us, and Damon doesn't suspect a thing," Katherine said as she reached up to scratch her forehead in thought and Elena gasped when she saw the bruises in the shape of a hand.
"Katherine, did he do this to you?!" she asked in a demanding tone as she grabbed her sister's fingers and pulled her hand toward her to examine the handiwork Elijah had done.
Katherine nodded. "Yes, he did. He was angry."
Elena sighed. "Did you at least try to talk to him?" she asked her sister.
"No," Katherine said with a shake of her head. "He was angry and I don't really blame him for lashing out at me first. I just hope that he doesn't do the same to you, Lena."
Elena nodded. "Well, if he does, I'll be ready. I can be pretty tough when I want to be, Katherine. I promise you, we'll get through this." She placed a hand on her sister's shoulder. "We've been in worst situations than this, and we've managed to come out on top before."
Katherine was about to reply when she saw Caroline approaching them. The blonde had been in bathroom for the past five minutes. She smiled when she saw Katherine. "Hey, Katherine. Elena told me that you called her. Is everything okay?"
"She needed my advice on something," said Elena, answering the question for her sister. "You know, sister stuff."
Caroline nodded. "Yeah, I know. My stepsister, Jessica, calls me for advice all the time."
Both brunettes nodded. Caroline was referring to the girl that her father, Bill, and his partner-husband, Stephen, adopted from Japan about two years ago. She was twelve years old and in a private school.
Later…
Lexi sneaks into Elijah's office as they're in a meeting and looks around for the recording she'd heard her husband and brother in law mention, holding a bobby pin in case she had to break into any drawers. She goes into all the open ones first then jiggles the one in the very middle, smirking when she sees that it was locked and using her bobby pin to unlock it.
Once she got the middle drawer unlocked, Lexi took out the cell phone that contained the recording. She then looked around to see anyone was coming and sighed in relief when she heard no one. Taking advantage of the quiet, Lexi turned on the phone and went to where the recording was kept, pressing the play button. She heard the conversation that both Katherine and Elena were having and bit her lip.
"So, that's why Elijah attacked Katherine," she said, more to herself than anyone in particular. "She and Elena are playing some kind of twisted game."
She puts it back quickly when she hears Kol's and Elijah's voices down the hall and shuts the drawer then hurries over and hides in the closet of Elijah's office while listening a little to their conversation.
Not knowing that Lexi was in the closet, Elijah walked into his office and sat at his desk, followed closely by Kol. "I just don't get it, Kol. Why would Elena do this to me? Doesn't she love me? Haven't I given her everything her heart desires?"
"Why don't you ask her that yourself?" said Kol. "Maybe she has a reason for doing this."
"I suppose I could ask her directly, but what if she denies it?"
"She won't deny it if she knows about the recording," said Kol. "Though, you might want to be a little more gentle with Elena than you were with Katherine. She may not respond well to brute force."
Elijah nodded. "I suppose you're right." He then noticed that the middle drawer had been tampered with. "I think someone has been in here."
"What do you mean?"
"The middle drawer was locked when I left," said Elijah. "I'm looking at it now and I see that it's been tampered with. No one else has the key to that drawer but me."
Kol glanced around and saw the feet belonging to his wife sticking out a little and she looked down to pull them back in, easing the door shut. "Elijah, why don't you go and see Finn for a bit; I'll check to see who did it," he suggested to his older brother as he turned back around so he didn't give his brother any suspicions.
After Elijah was gone, Lexi came out of the closet and began to poke her finger into her husband's chest. "I found that recording Elijah had made! That's why he attacked Katherine!" she hissed before backing off to calm down her nerves.
"Yes, but he made it because he was suspicious," said Kol. "He told Dean to do it while she and Elena weren't aware they were being recorded."
"Yes, but he didn't have to grab Katherine's wrist like that. She's my friend, and if it affects her, it affects me to. She's like a sister to me, Kol," Lexi replied as she tried to keep her tears at bay.
Kol saw her trying to keep her tears at bay and pulled her into his arms, "I know, Lexi, and I'm sorry that Elijah did what he did to her."
Lexi nodded tearfully. "Are you going to tell him I was here?"
"I know I should, but I'm not," said Kol. "I don't usually lie to my brother, but for you, I'll make an exception. You only did what you did because you were concerned about Katherine and I admire that about you." He sighed. "If he asks, I'll tell him that I didn't find anyone."
"Kol, you don't have to lie to him for me."
Kol nodded. "I know, but you're my wife and I don't want you to get in trouble because you wanted answers."
She nodded and clutched his arms before smiling at him. "Are you free right now?"
"I might be; I'd be free any time for my beautiful wife," he said with a smirk before guiding her out of his brother's office, checking to make sure that the coast was clear before taking her into the nearest bathroom, which happened to be in his office.
Lexi laughed as they went into the bathroom Kol's office. "You are such a bad boy, Kol Mikaelson."
"When it comes to you, my love, I can be whatever you want," said Kol. "Now, how about I show you just how bad I can be?"
Not giving Lexi a chance to reply, he kissed her passionately, pushing her up against the wall as his hands roamed up and down her body, mindful of her belly, where their child resided.
She kissed him back just as passionately, her arms moving up his chest until they met with the buttons of his shirt, ripping it open and he growled against her mouth before returning the favor, but just simply sliding her scrub top up over her head and tossing it onto the floor with his shirt. "Did you lock the door?" she whispered against his lips.
He let out a soft curse then stepped back from her and hurried over to lock the door before returning to her, resuming their kiss, his hands moving up behind her to unhook the clasps of her bra and letting it fall away from her body.
Lexi panted as she felt him take off her bra and moved her hands down to his pants, the belt, zipper and button of which she made short work of and let them fall down his legs and land in a pool on the floor. She felt herself getting close and pulled away from his lips to let out a scream of pleasure.
He thrust up into her, keeping a soft, steady rhythm and holding her close to him, his kisses spreading around her neck and collarbone before going back up to her lips to capture them.
Lexi moaned against his lips and let her hands settle on the waistband of his boxers, playing with it.
"Do you want me, Alexia?" he whispered in her ear and she nodded, giving him a soft whimper, much to his delight and he gave her what she wanted, lowering her hands beneath his as they removed his boxers altogether. He then removed her scrub pants and her panties then thrust gently into her, giving her time to adjust before he began to move.
Lexi panted as she felt his thrusts. "Oh, yes, Kol, right there. Keep going."
He grinned and continued to thrust inside of her before releasing a groan into her shoulder when he heard his oldest brother's voice on the other side of the door. "Go away, Finnegan!" he called out as he kept his rhythm going, fingers flexing against the wall as he tried not to climax with his brother as an audience.
"Yes, Finnegan, we're in the middle of Branson-Mikaelson time, and you're interrupting us!" Lexi said in agreement as she began to laugh in quiet spurts.
Finn rolled his eyes. "You two just can't keep your hands off each other for five minutes, can you? You're worse than me and Sage."
"Yes, but you and Sage have been married longer than any of us," Lexi threw back. "Besides, I'm horny and hormonal. Can you really blame us?"
Finn rolled his eyes again. "No, I suppose I can't. Sage was that way when she was pregnant with Ruby." He went to leave, but turned around and said, "Oh, and Kol, when you're done, Elijah wants to know if you were successful in finding the person who broke into his drawer."
Kol bit his lip and kept his eyes on Lexi as he said, "Uh, no, I didn't find anyone."
Finn didn't quite believe him, but decided to take him at his word. "Okay, I'll let him know."
His footsteps retreated and Lexi sighed in relief once he was finally gone. "That was close," she said as her fingers tangled in Kol's hair, playing with it.
Kol smiled. "A little too close, if you ask me."
Note: Big update, huh? Well, there was a lot here! Stay tuned as the story continues to unfold!
