*Authors note- Okay after receiving some feedback I have decided to make these chapters longer. So here you are. Also my updates will take a while now as I have a lot of schoolwork to keep up with so please bear with me.*

*Chapter 7*

"I'm not sure if this is a good idea Bon," Caroline said, fidgeting uncomfortably in the car seat. "Especially after…well you know what I mean."

"After she bedded my brother, she means." Kol smirked.

"Why are you still here? Just go back to Mystic falls and we'll see you there." Bonnie said to him, aggravated.

"What?" Caroline looked at her, perplexed. "You asked me to be here, remember?"

"Oh no, not you Care! I wasn't talking to you. But err don't worry okay? We'll go there and Matt and I will be with you the whole time so there's no need to worry. Besides he won't hurt you. He cares about you too much to do that." Bonnie was trying to keep a cool head and comfort Caroline, but that proved to be difficult due to the gagging sound effects coming from the dead man beside her, whom she was trying to desperately to ignore.

"Yeah we will." Matt nodded. "You'll say it and then we'll get out and go home. Then you can put this all behind you." Taking a deep breath, Caroline nodded, in the hope of convincing herself that things would be fine.

"Where are we going by the way?" Kol asked.

"I have no idea," Bonnie muttered under her breath. "Aliyah, where are we going?"

"There's a bar down here where Klaus and his…acquaintance, Marcel, go down there a lot at the weekend. So my guess is they will be there. If not then I'm sure we can find someone who knows about his whereabouts."

"Or we could just drop this whole thing," Caroline said hopefully. The response was brisk and firm;

"No."


This bar was almost as loud as the previous one that Matt and Bonnie had entered but thankfully not as crowded, with the exception of a relatively large group of students in the corner.

"Well?" Matt said, scanning the room. "Where is he usually?"

"Over there," Aliyah nodded at the almost empty bar. From what they could see, there was no Klaus to be seen. "But he could be anywhere around here really so we'll have to look for him. It would be best if we split up and looked around the area." Reluctantly, they all agreed. Matt and Aliyah headed off outside to check around the area, and Bonnie, Kol and Caroline stayed inside to see if he was hidden amongst the people.

As the sky outside grew darker, more and more people started entering the bar; none of which appeared to be Klaus. Bonnie and Caroline decided that perhaps it would be best if they regrouped and tried a different location. They all met outside, away from the bar and near a quiet, empty park.

"But where else could he be?" Caroline asked Aliyah, who responded with nothing more than a mere shrug.

"Care you have his phone number don't you?" Matt questioned, a dim light of hope flickering in him, only to be extinguished by a shake of Caroline's head.

"My phone broke a while back, so I've lost a lot of my contacts, which is incredibly frustrating really. There are so many people that I need to call but I can't anymore. I mean just the other day I needed to call my hairdresser but I couldn't because I don't remember her number either."

"What about you Matt?" Bonnie spoke. "Do you have Rebekah's number? Maybe she can help us. I couldn't imagine why but it's worth a shot."

"Yeah I do actually!" Matt exclaimed, feeling stupid at the fact that they hadn't thought of this sooner. He dug in and punched in her number. For a while, the ringing sound filled the quiet, still air of the night. Then just when Matt was about to hit 'end call', a voice responded.

"Matt?" Rebekah sounded mildly shocked.

"Yeah it's me."

"I thought I told you not to call," her voice no longer sounded shocked but rather more amused.

"I know, I'm sorry but see we're stuck in a bit of a situation right now. We're in New Orleans so where exactly are you?"

"…I don't live in New Orleans anymore." Matt looked over at the group, momentarily dazed. Bonnie made a facial expression as to say 'what's happening?'

"Why don't you live here anymore?" He said, in a way to also answer Bonnie's question. Bonnie's forehead creased as she frowned at this new discovery.

"I've decided I want to live my life for myself now. Without my brothers. Who knows, perhaps this way I can have a shot at being human." Matt opened his mouth to respond but no sound came out. Bonnie sensed his hesitation and stuck out her hand, into which he placed his phone without uttering a single word.

"Hi Rebekah. It's Bonnie."

"Oh the residential witch? Of course, how could I forget?" Bonnie rolled her eyes and decided to not correct the vampire about her status now.

"Yeah that's me. Listen we were just wondering if you knew where Klaus lives?"

"Well of course I know where my brother lives, seeing as I lived there too. But what do you want my brother for?"

"Long story. Can you just give us the address?"

"Not until you tell me why." Bonnie sighed as she realised she would have to repeat herself once more.

"Okay look there's more stuff going on with Mystic Falls. Stuff involving travellers and the otherside being destroyed. But that's an even longer story. Look, I'm no longer a witch, because I died at the end of last semester. I was brought back but as the anchor so every supernatural being that dies, now has to pass through me. And I should be able to see them all. But your brother, Kol, was blocked off from my vision by some form of magic performed by travellers. So we figured the reason they blocked him must've been important and that he might hold information to help us sort out what's going on. We got in touch with another witch who could help us but she wants Klaus to leave her and her family alone, in return for helping us. There. Happy?" There was a prolonged moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"Where are you now?" Rebekah finally asked.

"Err some park."

"What park?"

Bonnie looked around for a sign of some sort that informed her of the street name or the park name. "Cyprus road."

"Okay. Wait around there for a while. I'm coming."

"Wait what? But I thought you didn't-" A beep filled the air as the phone call cut off.

"What's going on now?" Caroline asked.

"What did she say?" Kol followed on from Caroline's question, coming to stand beside Bonnie and peering at the dead screen. "Is she okay?"

"She's coming over."


"Did she mention when she would get here," Matt groaned, yawning and stretching out his legs before him as he tried to stop them from cramping. It was almost 2 in the morning and still there was no sign of Rebekah.

"Nope," Bonnie yawned, rubbing her heavy eyelids. Aliyah and Caroline had fell fast asleep on the other bench as they waited. "She just said to wait a while."

"It's been a while," he grunted.

"He's as impatient as usual, I see" Kol noted.

"I don't really blame him."

"What?" Matt looked at her, quizzical.

"Not you," she shook her hand in a dismissive motion, yawning again and leaning against the back-support of the bench.

"You can sleep you know," Kol muttered.

"Huh?" She peered over at him. Matt had caught on that she was no longer talking to him and had zoned out.

"You can sleep," he repeated. "I'm already dead so sleep isn't really compulsory for me. I'll keep an eye out for my sister and when she shows up, I'll wake you." Snoring from next to them immediately caught their attention. Matt had also dozed off. Looking away from her friend, she focused back on Kol.

"Erm thanks but that's okay. I'm sure she'll be here in a while so I might as well wait."

"Bonnie," his tone was more firm this time as he spoke her name. "I don't know if you've noticed darling but this hasn't been a particularly easy day for you. When Rebekah shows up you'll only have more work to do. It would be best to get some rest while you can."

As much as she hated to see the point in what he was saying, she knew he was right. If she was this tired then she would only be a liability to them later on. She nodded slightly and made to adjusting herself on the bench. Within a matter of seconds she was breathing softly and quietly as she also fell asleep.

Kol looked down at her. This way she almost looked vulnerable, although he knew very well that she was anything but. That much was demonstrated today, he thought, dismissing the slight feeling of admiration nagging at him. Although she may no longer be a witch, she was most certainly still a Bennett with that fiery determination and that sense of authority. Had she been around the right crowd, her powers could have gone to great use. In fact, if he was right to believe, she could be just as powerful as the Originals themselves. She didn't have to keep risking her life for her friends, but she chose to. She chose to go through several amounts of torture to protect them. Hell, she even died for Jeremy! Despite the fact that his sister was the cause of parent's deaths. She still cared about them all and Kol couldn't help but admire that.


Something shook Bonnie vigorously. She grumbled and got up, squinting through the semi-dark haze. A blurry image of blonde hair and a leather jacket stood above her. Immediately, she shot upright, rubbing her eyes furiously and looked towards Rebekah Mikaelson.

"I tried waking you," Kol said, shrugging. "Countless times in fact. But I don't think you heard me over your snoring." She shot a tired glare at him, before turning back to his sister.

"Well here I am," Rebekah declared, waking Caroline and Aliyah as well. Matt still refused to get up. "Now do you mind explaining to me what the hell is going on?"

"I already told you," Bonnie sighed, stretching.

"I meant this whole thing." She snapped, kicking a soda can away. "For Goodness sakes, first I leave Mystic Falls to get away from the torment that is Elena Gilbert and the Salvatore brothers. Then I leave New Orleans in order to live a simple life and now within the course of a couple of months, all hell breaks loose? Again!"

"Well what can you expect when you live amongst vampires, werewolves and the whole latter? It's hardly going to be a stroll in the park."

"But it could be far easier if that latter didn't insist on meddling with things that should be left alone. And what about what you said about Kol? Is he okay? Can you see him now?" Rebekah looked around the park as if to find him somewhere.

"Yeah I can. He's right here in fact. Kol do you want to say something?" She asked him. He thought about it for a second before answering.

"Hello Bekah."

"He said hi."

"Hello brother," she replied, allowing herself a small smile.

"Rebekah?" Matt had begun to wake up and was now propping himself up using his arms.

"Matt," she made a nod of acknowledgment, as her expression grew softer still.

"You're here."

"It appears so. Although," she cast a glance around. "It appears that perhaps my timing wasn't the best. But anyway, what was it that you wanted again?"

"We need to find Klaus for Aliyah." Bonnie said.

"Aliyah huh?" Rebekah cast a glance over at the seemingly frozen witch. Bonnie fought the urge to roll her eyes. The Originals were not nearly as intimidating as everyone believed them to be and a witch should certainly not be afraid of them. "Well then, I guess we best get going. Don't want to keep him waiting."

"What about Caroline?" Matt inclined his head towards the sleeping girl, but his eyes remained on the one before him.

"Perhaps you should wake her up then. I bet Klaus is going to absolutely love this."

Perhaps a little too much, Bonnie couldn't help but think.