Saturday June 22nd 1680
"Aurora!" I hear the British voice call in the morning light, but I keep walking, not daring to turn around to come face-to-face with the guy that murdered my parents, and turned me into some sort of night beast, the guy who also just so happens to be the one man that I've ever truly felt could be my Mr. Perfect.
'Not anymore' I repeat to myself, he's the monster that he warned you he was, plus you've only known him a night, of course he isn't your soulmate.
But it's not long before a flash appears and I'm brought to an abrupt stop by a body colliding with mine.
"Please, Aurora, I did this for you and I, you are the person I chose to be my…"
"Yes, you're eternal queen, I know, so you keep saying. But you didn't do this for us Klaus, you did it for yourself. I never wanted this, yes I didn't want to live a forced, false life, but I was prepared for it. This, turning into a blood-feaster and finding my parents killed by the man I was ready to run to England with, no way was I ever going to be ready for this. Any of this".
"I was selfish, I'm sorry, but we both know it needed to happen, you couldn't come back here and I couldn't lose you, this was the only way to ensure that it wouldn't happen".
"No. No, you're not selfish. You are more than that, much more. You are a wreckless, supernatural creature, who doesn't seem to care about anyone except himself!"
"You know I bloody care about you! And it's all true, we both know that you would have run back here to check on them as soon as possible, and then it would cause suspicion and you'd die, I don't want that to happen".
"I wouldn't! I wasn't planning on coming back here, once I had my notebook I would have taken off with you, heading to England and not looking back. Except you put a dent in that plan".
"A dent that you provoked!"
"Me, I made you kill my parents who just wanted the best for me? How'd I do that? Compel you to slaughter them to death?"
"Actually vampires can't compel other, more powerful vampires".
"I don't care! You're a monster, Klaus Mikaelson, one who is set on ruining my future, not to mention my dream, just so I'll stay with you for eternity. Do you even care about me, truly care about me I mean?"
"I care about you Aurora, I really do".
"Right, you see the thing is I've only seen the real you, the person who I believe you are, once, where's that Mikaelson?"
"Vampires aren't meant to have humanity…"
"Stop using the term vampire to define who you are! You can be anyone that you want to be, and I know that you know that. Just because you're a vampire-werewolf hybrid it doesn't mean you have to act like one".
"Yes it does".
"No, it doesn't. You are meant to be in control of your own life, and not deciding other people's fate. Be who you want to be Klaus, not what everyone expects you to be".
Suddenly my face is taken into his warm, strong hands, and his soft, pink lips crash onto mine once more. He lowers one hand to the bottom of my spine, while the other resides behind my neck, his waits for me to kiss back, which doesn't take long. Soon the kiss deepens, becoming more passionate and lust-worthy. The vision of him fills my mind; his dark, ocean blue eyes looking out at me, his reddened lips slightly parted, a small smile forming on his face, lightly tinted hair floppy carefully over his forehead, having fallen out of the perfect combed style that it's normally placed in, and his gentle, yet so full of strength, hands holding mine like they're the perfect fit.
The kiss seems to last a lifetime, each second better than the last. Slowly, and without warning he pulls away, forehead still resting carefully against mine, "run away with me" he states, more in a whisper than out loud, "we can leave, start a new life, forget all about this" his humanity starts to show again. I look up from the floor, into his eyes, a glint of hope seems to sparkle within them. "What do you say?"
I take a deep breath, not quite sure what to do at this moment in time. Do I go with him? Try to forget everything that's happened and run off with the one man who could make me happy. Or do I stay here? Away from the man who changes in a second. "Give me one good reason why I should stay with you?"
He looks at me, a puzzled look covering his face, "why do you need a reason to stay, shouldn't I be enough?"
"Just…please, why should I stay with you?" I half beg, wanting to know what's going on in his seemingly ever-changing mind.
"You should stay with me because you need me, because…"
"No. I mean, why do you want me to stay with you?"
"I want you to stay with me because" he pauses, expression blank on his face, almost as if he's debating his next few words "because…because I need you".
Shock takes over my body, "you need me?"
"Of course I need you, you are the only person who didn't run away when you found out who, rather what I truly was, I need you in my life, you make me want to be a better person".
"You've only known me a day" I interrupt, tears slowly gathering in my eyes, no one has ever told me that I matter, not even the very people I've seen every day of my life.
"But that's enough for me, like I've said before; there's something about you, Aurora, I know we have a connection, and I'm determined to find out what it is".
"But what if there's nothing? What if you're wrong?"
"I know I'm right, believe me, I've been around for enough years to know when a gut feeling is right". Silence descends between us, our eyes locking and neither one of us daring to look away. I feel myself falling for him even more, my heartbeat quickening and throat drying out, although I can't tell if my new found love of blood is to blame for that. "You're the one I want my love, and I'm going to get you one way or another".
Finally I look away, trying to stop myself from falling for him completely, even though I know it's already happened.
"You say you did this for me" he nods, although I try ever so hard not to look back into his beautiful blue eyes to ensure I don't cave from my final decision, "well then let me go".
Silence fills the space, his eyes, once light, grow darker, "let you go?" I nod, not able to form a sentence due to the fear that I'll cave and confess my real feelings. "What? But, why? I just told you I need you Aurora, why do I have to let you go when I've only just found you?"
I gulp, trying ever so hard not to break down for the third time today "because" but I can't. The lump in my throat grows and becomes more painful with each passing minute.
"Because what?" he states, anger filling his usually smooth voice.
"Because" I sigh, keep it together, you can't show him that you're only weakness is him "because if it's meant to be it'll find a way".
"This is the way, we've met and now we can be together".
"Look" I say, still not daring to look away from the dry, cracked ground beneath me "I need time, this has been sprung upon me, let me figure it out, please Klaus".
"Figure it out with me" the tone of his voice becoming increasingly angrier as the conversation goes on.
"Alone, I need to figure it out alone, I need to make my own decision. And to do that I can't have you there, it's unfair on both of us".
"Why? Why is it unfair on both of us?"
"It just is".
"Why?"
"It just is".
"Tell me Aurora!"
"Because I love you Klaus" I blurt out, fed up of his constant asking. After a, really, deep breath I continue "I'm in love with you Klaus, I've fallen for you" I see a small smile find its way onto his face out of the corner of my eye "but I just don't like you" the smile fades.
"What?" he asks, voice quiet, a characteristic that has yet to grace him.
"You killed my family, tried to take me away from my life, you didn't even give me a chance to say goodbye, to make a decision. This is me asking for that decision, please just let me".
Nobody says anything, we both stand there. "I've done so much for you" he starts, voice still barely audible. "You want to know how you can walk in the bloody sun, I went out last night to get you a bloody daylight walking ring. I found a stupid, naïve girl and gave her to you instead of feasting upon her myself. I went against my morals of killing the first woman who catches my eye. But I did all of that because I know that we have something, you said you love me, what if I tell you I feel the same way? What if that's our connection? Maybe we're meant to be together. Like I said before, you make me want to be a better person, you've made me care for someone else".
Guilt rushes through my body, he loves me? "I want you to change because you want to, not because of me". Briefly I look up into his dark blue eyes, but I instantly regret it, they look so sorrowful and lost, like they've given up. However, I'm more than certain that they reflect the very emotion that are portrayed in my own. Looking away I continue "listen, if it's meant to be…if we're meant to be, then we'll meet again. And then we'll know".
"But" his voice gives up, much like him; his shoulders down, head facing the floor, eyes seeming to stare into mine. I can't cry, not yet, I need to show him that I'm strong "but what if we don't? What if you meet someone else?"
"I won't be the one to find someone else".
"Well it certainly won't be me" his strength and determinism seems to return in an instant, appearing to want me all for himself.
"It will be. You'll find you're queen, for real this time, I'm just a candidate that fell through, you'll be with her soon".
"What if I'm already with her?"
"You aren't, believe me, I'm no royalty".
Taking me off-guard he whispers "you are in my eyes" just loud enough for the both of us to hear. That's when I know I need to leave, I need to get away from him before I willingly spend my new eternity with him.
"Good luck finding you're true princess, and when you inevitably do, don't go and ruin it". I stifle a sob, desperately hoping he can't see how close to breaking down I am "goodbye blue eyes, have a nice life", and with that I walk away, a single tear rolling down my cold cheek, leaving the only guy I know I'll ever love.