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Main pairings: Klaroline, Mabekah & Bamon w/ some side pairings
Mostly Bonnie-centric and Caroline-centric
I'd like to thank everyone for their support and their reviews, follows and favorites. I really appreciate the response given to this story
Caroline's date outfit and Klaus' bracelet are on my profile
I'd like to thank: .passion, flyfree1031, Rosy84, HermioneMalfoy08, TopazDragon, Alexis, yourloved,Heleana220, babyshan211, ZOEYSEES and the guest.
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Caroline turned up the sound on the IPOD speaker which was blasting 'Everybody Talks' by Neon Trees. She twirled around causing her fluffy, pink robe to catch some wind before floating back to earth in time to be crushed under Caroline's weight as she flopped onto Rebekah's huge bed. The three female teen vamps of the Mikaelson Mansion were having an in-house spa day partly in preparation of Caroline's date with Klaus and so Bonnie could warn them about the hybrids but also for bonding time. As a result, the three girls were decked out in fluffy robes with towels wrapped around their wet hair and their faces covered in a moisturizing green mask whilst they chatted and painted each other's nails and did each other's hair and gossiped about boys like normal girls (of course most of the boys they chatted about weren't human but that was neither here nor there). Caroline turned onto her stomach and picked up a cosmo magazine before tuning into the conversation being had by Bonnie and Rebekah.
"Yes, we know the hybrids are up to something but we don't know exactly what because your source, who you refuse to name, didn't have all the information." Rebekah commented whilst painting Bonnie's toenails royal purple.
"Well, we can't just go killing hybrids left, right and center." Bonnie replied, eating from the bowl of kettle corn in her hands.
"I don't see why not." The blonde original said
"We don't know which hybrids could be allies and which ones want to kill us."
"More reason to dispatch of them quickly." Rebekah sat back then with a disappointed look on her face
"It's a shame really because most of them are so dishy. It's sad to realize that that level of sexy will have to be extinguished." Caroline and Bonnie giggled at her expression and Rebekah shrugged nonchalantly a second later and returned to painting Bonnie's toes, obviously over the loss already.
"I think what Bonnie's getting at is that she doesn't want to kill an innocent person, even if they're a hybrid." Caroline said to the other blonde who pouted at that
"At least tell me I get to kill some hybrids."
"Sure, Lily and Axle are all yours." Bonnie told her before chuckling as Rebekah's face lit up with triumph then she pouted again
"I don't like him and killing him will bring me great joy, I just wish he wasn't so hot." Bonnie and Caroline looked to each other and shook their heads fondly at Rebekah's antics.
"Hey, I'm going to get more kettle corn." Caroline said, jumping off the bed, unlocking and opening the door and running out the room.
"You know, I wonder how Matt would feel about you talking about all these other hot boys." Bonnie commented.
"Well, I am upset with Matt right now so i'd be more than satisfied if he was a little jealous." Rebekah replied smiling devilishly before putting the nail polish brush back into the bottle and blowing on Bonnie's toes, then placing a plush separator between Bonnie's toes to let them dry.
"What are you upset with him about?" Rebekah's face fell into a mask of worry, she got up and went to the mirror to survey her now dry but curly hair.
"He's keeping a secret from me, I just know it. He acts all nervous and shady when I come around, I know dodgy behavior when I see it and he's the definition of it. Last time he acted all weird Finn ended up dead. I just... I hope it won't hurt me in the end." Bonnie smiled sadly at Rebekah's plight, she knew what Matt was planning and it wouldn't hurt Rebekah in the slightest but she also didn't want to ruin the surprise. Bonnie jumped off the bed and walked towards Rebekah on her heels. She pushed the girl down onto the chair in front of the mirror and began running a brush through her hair, careful not to get any strands stuck in the drying face mask on her porcelain face.
"I can't tell you exactly what the secret is but trust me you'll love it." Rebekah looked at Bonnie skeptically in the mirror. The caramel skinned girl put the brush down and put her hands on the other girl's shoulders comfortingly.
"You trust me right?" Rebekah thought about it. She'd grown close to both Bonnie and Caroline over the month they had been living with the Original family. She finally had friends, real friends. Her life was good, it was satisfying which isn't something she usually attributed to herself and she knew Bonnie and Caroline were a big part of that. A piece of her would always remain locked away waiting for the other shoe to drop because in her life it usually did but if Nik of all people could begin to trust others then so could she.
"Yeah, yeah I trust you." Bonnie smiled before wrapping her arms around Rebekah's shoulders and pulling her into a hug
"Then just know that when the time comes you'll be very happy."
MEANWHILE DOWNSTAIRS
"But baby there you go again, there you go again making me love you. Yeah, I stop using my head, using my head let it all go, ooh. Got you stuck on my body, on my body like a tattoo. And now I'm looking stupid, looking stupid crawling back to you." Caroline sang as she poured some caramel on the popcorn kernels and then placed it in the oven. She continued humming as she pulled some cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew, apple and pineapple slices out of the fridge and began mixing the pre-cut fruit into a fruit salad before adding some grapes to it. She was ecstatic for her date with Klaus that night. She scoffed and shook her head; just three months ago she would've staked the poor soul who had the misfortune of uttering those words to her. However, now she would gladly confirm that person's words. She was happy that she got to see beneath the surface to Klaus, she got to decipher why he was the way he was just like she did with Stefan and the Ripper. Truth was Klaus had so many layers to him he probably didn't know what to do with them all.
There was Klaus, the guy who only cared to be more powerful than everyone else, who needed to gain power thinking it would make him finally superior to everyone else. As a result, he was the guy who sacrificed Elena and killed Jenna. The guy who took away Stefan's humanity and had she and Tyler kidnapped. The guy who tried to kill Bonnie and Jeremy and had Tyler do his bidding.
Then there was Niklaus, the guy who was really a boy inside. The guy who was a brother who would do anything to protect his siblings even if it meant hurting them and having them hate him. The guy who spent his entire existence hated and pursued by the man he called 'father' and never feeling like he was good enough to his mother.
There was also Nik, he was the older and more jaded version of Niklaus. He was still a brother who protected his siblings, still a boy inside running from his hateful father but he was also running scared from loneliness. He couldn't bear the thought of being left alone. Nik was the one who daggered Rebekah to avoid her leaving him. He was the one who compelled Stefan, his best friend, to forget him for his own protection. He was the one who felt the most pain. He was a painter and he was cultured and all he wanted was a family, the family Niklaus never got to enjoy for long. He wanted the love Niklaus was deprived of.
Lastly, there was the hybrid; the one who was all powerful and could kill without a backwards glance. The one who was an Original and no matter how many paintings he drew or how humane he acted he was a well of almost a thousand years of knowledge and experience and strength. He used it to his advantage and he could manipulate you so you would have no idea what he was planning until the very end.
Caroline realized that the fact that people have only ever fallen for one part of him is why it never worked out for him in the end. He was learning to integrate all the multiple sides of himself into one single being just like Stefan was and Caroline was happy she could help them both to do that, now if only she could be of more use in terms of repairing their friendship. Caroline was so ingrained in her thoughts she didn't hear Klaus coming until there was no way she could escape the room. She grabbed the towel off her head and held it up to her green covered face and ducked behind the counter.
"Hello darling." Klaus said distractedly not looking up from his phone as he walked into the kitchen.
"Just go back out." Caroline said from her spot
"What?" Klaus asked confused while looking up from where he was texting Kol on information about the task Klaus had sent him to achieve weeks earlier. He looked around the kitchen then heard the disembodied voice of Caroline speaking again.
"Just go back out of the kitchen so I can leave." Klaus walked around to the other side of the island and saw Caroline on the floor with a towel over her head.
"Is that some kind of weird fashion statement?" Klaus asked curiously
"Yes, it's clearly stating that I don't want to see you and that you should leave."
"Oh." Klaus said with a bit of hurt in his voice.
Did I do something wrong today? Obviously. He thought.
He went to turn back out but Caroline's voice stopped him. She had picked up on the hurt in his tone and immediately regretted her words, which had come out harsher than she intended. Caroline got up and felt her way over to him as the towel on her face was a pitch black color and thus harder to see through. When she got over to him she placed her hands on his shoulders comfortingly
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound so bitchy I just didn't want you to see me like this but you didn't do anything wrong and I'm really looking forward to our date tonight." Caroline said sweetly and reassuringly. Klaus smiled a little at that even though she couldn't see it. Then his smiled turned to a sly smirk
"See you like what exactly?" He asked. She could practically hear the smirk in his words and she clearly detected the mischief in his tone. She took her hands from his shoulders and began to back up slowly.
"Oh no you don't. Don't you dare." Caroline warned.
"Don't I dare what? Don't I dare do this..." Klaus said and a second later the black veil was off of Caroline's head and in Klaus hands. Caroline quickly turned her back and covered her face with her arms.
"Oh my gosh, what the hell Klaus?!" Caroline exclaimed while Klaus just laughed at her. Caroline tried to zoom out of the kitchen but Klaus grabbed her by the waist and wouldn't let her go
"You do remember that I have a very vain sister, right? It isn't my first encounter with a face mask, love." Klaus told her when he managed to stop laughing
"Let me go."
"Turn around."
"No, let me go."
"Just turn around."
"I asked first."
"I'm older." Caroline scoffed as she finally noticed the childish turn the argument had taken.
"Let me go or I'll-"
"Threats? Oh, I really wish you wouldn't have done that." Klaus said playfully.
"Oh really? What are you going to do about it?" Caroline replied in the same tone.
Then she felt his cold fingers running through her curly hair slowly. He tip toed his fingers down her neck and her shoulders causing her to shiver. He slid them down her arms slowly and briefly locked their fingers together as he ran his lips against her neck causing her to shut her eyes then she felt it. His fingers had caught her off guard and attacked her side when she was vulnerable.
She couldn't believe it, he was actually tickling her!
She busted out laughing and struggling against him as one of his hands looped around her waist and the other tickled her all over. She attempted to get away from him but it resulted in her being sprawled out on the floor with him straddling her still tickling her. She was red faced and was laughing so hard that her dead lungs were deprived of the oxygen they didn't need.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha Klaus please. Please, stop. Ha-ha. N-Nik stop." Caroline stuttered and Klaus finally stopped with a puzzled look on his face. Caroline breathed in and out deeply to regain her equilibrium and then she noticed Klaus' face.
"What? What is it? It's the mask isn't it? I know, I probably look like the loch ness monster." Caroline said with a little of the old, insecure Caroline seeping through
"No, no it's not that. You always look beautiful to me Caroline. It's just... you called me Nik." Caroline face turned up in surprise, she didn't even realize she had.
"Huh. Must be because that's what Rebekah calls you. I'm sorry, I didn't realize-"
"No, I like it. I actually hope you call me it more often." Klaus said reassuringly. Caroline smiled at that.
"Okay… Nik. Now if you don't mind this floor is cold and I need to get back upstairs." Klaus got up and pulled the blonde girl up as well
"Do you have to go upstairs? I thought we could spend time together." Caroline got closer to him so that her lips were a breath away from his.
"We will spend time together... in four hours. Right now, I'm spending time with Rebekah and Bonnie. I will see you at eight o'clock mister." Caroline said. She zoomed to the oven and grabbed the popcorn as well as the fruit salad and then dashed upstairs before Klaus could move in to kiss her. He shook his head fondly in thought of her. Caroline Forbes would be the death of him but what a sweet death it would be.
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Damon was bored. He didn't have anything to do. Bonnie had told him to leave her alone because she was spending her day with Barbie vampire and Barbie Klaus (which took Caroline and Rebekah off the table), he was avoiding Elena and he didn't interact with baby Gilbert or the stupid, blonde jock unless absolutely necessary. Times like this he could usually be found at the Grill drinking with Alaric but as his best friend was dead and Andie (his only other friend over the summer) had been dead for some time now and Rose even longer before that (Wow, where did she come from?) he was stuck inside wallowing away the grief of his friends' deaths with no one to take his mind off of his losses. Well, almost no one. It was moments like these that Damon was glad he had a younger brother to pester. He smirked, got up and promptly zoomed to Stefan's room. He was lying in bed asleep at 5 pm. Damon rolled his eyes, walked over to the window and roughly pulled back the curtains to let some of the waning sunshine flood the room and he ripped the covers off of Stefan's frame causing him to wake with a start then blink furiously and cover his eyes as a result of the blinding light.
"What the hell?" Stefan questioned, cranky and confused. Stefan's eyes felt sensitive to the light but he managed to open them. He blinked numerous times trying to get his bearings before he managed to sort his scrambled thoughts enough to get up and adjust the curtains, leaving a reasonable amount of sunlight on the opposite side of the room. He turned to his bed and only then did he notice his brother sitting at the end of it looking way to innocent. He rolled his forest green eyes, immediately knowing that the older Salvatore was the cause of his rude awakening.
"What do you want?" Stefan asked, rather rudely but he was tired and Damon was hindering his sleep.
"I'm bored." Damon announced. Stefan quirked his eyebrow
"And I care because…"
"Ooh cheeky, you're cranky in the morning… except it isn't morning, it's 5 pm. You might look 17 years old but you're 163, I know you take the whole human thing seriously but really? I need entertainment so you can't just sleep the day away, besides this isn't 'True Blood' you don't sleep during the day." Stefan just stared at his brother for a few seconds before turning to leave the room but Damon flashed in front of him
"Where you goin'?" Damon said in that slightly sing song voice that he knew annoyed Stefan
"Away from you."
"But I'm bored."
"And I don't care." Stefan replied walking towards his wardrobe and pulling out a jeans and a blue shirt.
"Why are you being so mean to me today?" Damon whined, falling back against the bed
"Why are you being so annoying today?" Stefan immediately quipped back changing into the clothes he took out of the wardrobe. Stefan turned around to look at his brother almost hesitantly. Damon raised an eyebrow at his change of demeanor.
"I guess since you're here I should probably tell you…"
"Tell me what?" Damon asked
Man, Stefan's got his we-might-have-a-brotherly-heart-to-heart face on. Why didn't I just leave well enough alone? Oh right, because I'm me. Damon thought, chastising himself.
"I'm seeing Elijah." Stefan said to him. Damon reared his head back in shock and surprise.
"What?"
"Officially since yesterday and I'm going to be meeting him later tonight." Damon schooled his features as best he could before responding.
"Wow because that isn't... weird at all." He managed to say
"Weird? Why weird? I think Elijah and I have some things in common and we can be very efficient together when we're loyal." Damon's face screwed up in disgust.
"I don't want to know how 'efficient' you two are together. I could go my entire existence not knowing. Elijah? Seriously? I'm not saying that's a bad thing. I mean he's the sanest one in his brood but I always saw you more so with Rebekah or even Klaus, much to my dismay." Damon said pulling his cell phone out to text Bonnie about this newest development. She would be sure to answer that text. It's sad that the witch who was once the bane of his existence is now a newborn baby vamp who was the only person he could call "friend".
'Stefan just told me he's dating Elijah' He typed out before sending it to the caramel skinned girl.
Stefan stared at him in bemusement, now he was getting confused.
"Wait, what are you talking about?"
"I'm talking about the fact that you're shacking up with Elijah. I think it's way too soon after your break up with Elena to be with somebody else and you picked a horrible rebound." Damon quipped at his brother who was opening and closing his mouth like a fish out of water. His cell chirped and he looked at Bonnie's text
'WHAT?!' His phone chirped with a new text from Bonnie soon after
'Is this auto correct?' Damon quickly replied in the negative before looking at Stefan
"What-I-you... you think I'm seeing Elijah? As in me and Elijah as a couple?" Stefan sputtered out flabbergasted.
"You just told me you were." Damon said, in a tone that screamed 'duh'.
"I didn't mean it like that! Jeez Damon, I'm not gay."
'What did he tell you exactly?' Bonnie's new text read
"I would never dream of putting a label on your sexuality brother." Damon replied sarcastically before continuing
"Besides were vampires, we've all dabbled at one point or another. At least it's Elijah and not Klaus. BTW, you still haven't told me what happened between you two in the twenties." Damon said shrugging,
'He got all serious and then said he's been seeing Elijah since yesterday.' Damon typed out, Stefan said nothing, he couldn't wrap his mind around his brother's presumption.
'You idiot! He's starting to see him for mentorship. For help with his bloodlust, emotions and the Ripper. Pull yourself together, Salvatore!' Bonnie replied
"Oh. Oh..." Damon said trailing off, now realizing the misinterpretation he had made.
"You're seeing Elijah not seeing him, got it." Damon said, giving Stefan a thumb up
"How did—"
"Bonnie told me." Damon said, indicating his cell
"Wait, you've been texting Bonnie. What if I was really with Elijah? You would've just given that news out to any and every one." Stefan said, feeling affronted that Damon would so blatantly hand out his secrets, even if it wasn't real secrets.
"Not just anyone: It was Bonnie, there's a difference. Then I probably would have called Blondie to hear her hilarious reaction, or maybe tell her in person because I have a feeling her face would make it better and I'd definitely want to see Klaus' reaction." Stefan rolled his eyes deciding to leave that argument alone
Note to self: Don't tell Damon any secrets. Stefan thought to himself
"I can't believe you thought me and Elijah…"
"Well, you were always acting a little too comfortable with Klaus and you have had some tendencies that at the very least can be seen as metrosexual." Stefan shook his head and decided to leave that argument alone as well because giving into Damon's pettiness soon became a black hole that you had no escape from so it was best to manuveur away from it at all costs.
"I actually wanted to have a real conversation with you, get your mind out of the gutter."
"You're training with Elijah." Damon stated rather than questioned so Stefan knew Bonnie had set the record all the way straight for him, no pun intended
"Why? I thought you had control… unless there's a decapitated body buried somewhere in the woods because of you." Damon said, with a rarely seen serious face
"No, I didn't hurt anyone but I can't say the same for your blood bags." Stefan quipped moving to lean against his desk
Huh, so that's where they went. I thought Caroline was pillaging from me again. Damon thought fleetingly
"Caroline found me in a moment of weakness and she thinks the break up could push me over the edge so she asked me to learn from Elijah alongside Bonnie and I said 'yes'. We had a session yesterday that went pretty well and I do think he'll be a huge help, maybe even help me get rid of the Ripper forever."
"Hmm." Damon responded simply after looking pensive for a moment
"Care to elaborate?"
"Just… I'm glad you've got some better help than I can give you. Elijah isn't as emotionally invested in you as Lexi or me or even Rebekah but maybe some cut and dry logic and objectiveness is what you need."
"Maybe." Stefan said agreeing with his brother
"So… are we going to talk about the giant ass, pink elephant in the room?" Damon asked in reference to Elena to which Stefan looked surprised
"You want to address a problem instead of ignoring it… you? I'm surprised you've held out for this conversation this long."
"I don't really want to talk about it but we might as well get it out in the o—"
"There's not much to say Damon." Stefan said abruptly cutting Damon off, who was obviously annoyed yet cautious as Stefan got more agitated
"Here's the facts: I broke up with Elena because I was tired of the back and forth and I don't want a repeat of 1864. I have a lot going on and she's not helping me. Me and Elena aren't good for each other right now and I need space to reassess my priorities and work on myself and so does she, even if she doesn't admit it yet. In some weird twist of fate, you haven't flocked to her side yet. I don't even think you've spoken to her, which I think you should if only to put everything to rest or get whatever you two are feeling out in the open. You and I are brothers and that's never going to change, we're blood and that transcends any connection I have with Elena. We're actually acting like we're brothers instead of trying to kill each other or run to opposite ends of the earth to avoid each other and, yes, I think that Elena has a lot to do with it but I think we've gotten as good as we could've gotten out of this situation." Damon was a little surprised at Stefan so bluntly laying out some of the facts because lord knows there were a lot of other things going on, things left unsaid and things ignored that created the toxic pit the two Salvatores had just dug themselves out of but he digested Stefan's words and saw clearly the truth in them.
"So neither of us end up with Elena." Damon said, in a sad but resigned tone he didn't sound devastated by it though. Maybe some part of him knew this was how it was bound to turn out. A human who had no intention of becoming a vampire, who wanted kids and a life free of supernatural danger would never last in a relationship with a never changing vampire who had psychopathic tendencies and really that applied to her relationships with both Salvatore Brothers
"Maybe it's for the best and not just for her." Stefan commented
"Elena wouldn't make a choice so we had to make it for her." Damon added in agreement
We chose each other, he thought.
Stefan shrugged and walked out of the room, this time Damon let him.
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Valerie was sitting at a booth in the corner of Grill with Cassandra next to her waiting for Lily to meet them. She knew that Lily had something big planned, that she was hasty in wanting to take the first step in exacting revenge but Valerie had a feeling that whatever it was it was messy and not well thought out which made it even more dangerous.
"Ugh, I'm not at that psycho bitch's beck and call, she can't summon me and not show up on time." Cassandra grumbled as she sipped some of her bourbon.
"Calm down Cassie, I'm sure she'll be here soon enough." Valerie told her cousin to calm her down, knowing that her anger could be extremely volatile when it came to Lily or anyone who tries to control her. Valerie didn't want to think what would have happened if Cassandra had gotten sired to Klaus.
"Val, you're too cool about this whole thing. Sometimes you need to get angry."
"Being angry and being impulsive are two different things." Valerie said, before nodding her head towards the door where Lily had just walked in along with Axle. They stalked towards the table briskly with faces that screamed that they meant business. The blonde twins slipped into the booth across from the Latina cousins.
"What do you want?" Cassie asked rudely, causing Valerie to hit her leg under the table. Lily quirked her eyebrow at Cassie's tone but didn't address it otherwise
"Like we said, we're making our first move tonight."
"Against who?"
"Bonnie Bennett." Lily said, smirking devilishly
"Wait, you're going to kill her already?" Valerie asked alarmed. She and Bonnie hadn't planned what to do about the hybrid uproar yet
"No, we're not going to kill her yet. We're just going to make sure she hurts." Axle said,
"Samuel is going to take care of the attack." Lily added
"What exactly are you going to do?" Cassie asked in an indifferent tone but she held Valerie's hand comfortingly under the table.
"Spoilers. I wouldn't want to give away all my little secrets." Lily said, smiling secretly and there was something behind that smile that told the two Valencia Girls that part of Lily didn't trust them.
"Well, if that's all we'll be going." Cassie said, slipping out of the booth with Valerie following behind
"Wait." Axle said stopping them in their tracks.
"Valerie, you have an assignment."
"Assignment?" She questioned
"Bonnie is supposed to be with Stefan later tonight for some bonding or whatever while at the same time Caroline and Klaus are going to be out of town and Rebekah will be with the Donovan boy so you're going to have to distract Stefan so Bonnie will be alone." Axle said with a secretive smile on his face
"Why me?"
"Because we haven't forgotten that you and him we're 'friends' at one point so of all of the hybrids he'll trust you the most and break his set meeting with Bonnie for you." Lily explained with that same secretive smile. Valerie and Cassie rolled their eyes at the twins' implications of Valerie and Stefan's nonexistent relationship.
"Come on Val, we're done here." Cassie said, silently ordering her younger cousin to follow her with no questions to which she got up to oblige immediately, she knew that her cousin was seething that Valerie had to be directly involved in the plan.
"Valerie, you better do your part." Lily said in a tone much like Cassie's, obviously challenging Cassandra for dominance over Valerie. Cassandra glared hard at Lily who glared right back. Valerie knew that Cassie was one offhand comment away from blowing her top and she couldn't have her cousin wolfing out and battling with Lily in the middle of the crowded Grill when there were innocent people there.
"Cassie, don't worry. I'll just do it." Valerie said, grabbing her cousin's hand to take her away so as to avoid any conflict. She didn't like the prospect of playing Stefan or Bonnie being hurt but there was nothing she could think of to do at the moment. However, maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing to take Cassandra's advice, get pissed and then get even with Lily for putting her in the position she was currently in.
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Caroline stood in front of the mirror staring at herself. She was incredibly nervous about her date with Klaus and she didn't know why. Maybe it's because it was the first one and it's such a defining moment, maybe because a part of her felt like this was a dream and she was living in a parallel world and maybe because frustratingly enough she had Tyler on her mind. Not in the sense that she wanted to be with him (although she still missed him, afterall they grew up together) she was thinking of him because he was the last first date she had. However, Klaus was definitely an upgrade to Tyler not to mention older, like waaaaayyy older, she had no idea what he had planned. She was prepared to go all out with her clothing and obsess over what to wear and she knew Rebekah would've gladly indulged if it meant shopping but luckily Bonnie reigned her in. No disrespect to Rebekah because she had grown fond of the blonde but Bonnie was the reason Caroline wasn't a hysterical mess. Bonnie had insider knowledge of the date planned but she wouldn't budge to tell Caroline and Rebekah was just as mum about it. She surveyed her blonde hair in a sock bun, her blue one shoulder knee length dress along with black heels, she had on a pristine white pearl necklace/bracelet/earring set plus the bracelet Klaus had given her for her birthday was clasped on her left wrist as well as a black clutch held tightly in her hand. Bonnie and Rebekah popped their heads into Caroline and Bonnie's bedroom
"You look gorgeous." Rebekah commented
"He'll love it... but then again I doubt he'd care if you wore a trash bag." Bonnie added
"In these times, I think someone actually would wear a trash bag." Rebekah said, rolling her eyes at some of the "high fashion" of the 21st century.
"Mmm, maybe just Lady Gaga." Bonnie replied causing Rebekah to smile while nodding.
"Anyway, he'll be happy as long you don't stand him up." Bonnie added
"Which you will if you don't leave now." Rebekah warned. Caroline nodded before taking a few calming breaths and leaving the room.
Meanwhile Downstairs
Klaus was nervous, he hadn't actually been on a date in centuries. He never really had to impress anyone, they usually were sold with just his charm and power but not Caroline, she deserved more and he knew it and he was worried that he hadn't done enough to plan this date. He had asked Bonnie for help to plan this date because she knew Caroline well and plus Elijah wanted him to have more interaction with Bonnie and apologize for the effect all of his decisions had had on her and he figured planning this date with her would help, and it did put them on better terms. But what if Bonnie had planned the date so it would fail because she didn't want he and Caroline to be together? He was just about to go upstairs to demand reassurance from the caramel skinned girl when Elijah walked into the room with a box in his hand.
"Niklaus, I'm glad I caught you before you left."
"Why?" Klaus asked skeptically, Elijah indicated for Klaus to sit to which he did. He didn't want to ruin his suit fighting with his brother. Elijah opened the box and held it out to Klaus, he took it cautiously and peered inside and what was inside shocked him. He removed the old silver cuff bracelet from the box and stared at it for a few moments before looking up at Elijah quizzically
"How..."
"I kept it safe over the years." Elijah replied smiling
Klaus remembered the first time Elijah had given him the bracelet
FLASHBACK
A fifteen year old Niklaus paced in his family's hut. He was nervous, his palms sweating and his heart pounding in his chest. Elijah walked into the hut along with Finn chatting happily after collecting some wood to burn in the fireplace. The two looked between each other as they observed Niklaus' behavior. The 21 year old waved his 17 year old brother away as he went to attend to Klaus.
"Niklaus, is there something the matter?" Elijah asked once Finn was gone
"Oh, Elijah you frightened me." Niklaus said after jumping at least two feet in the air.
"Doesn't surprise me, you seemed quite pensive."
"It's just...well..."
"What is it? Is something wrong? Is it Rebekah or Kol or Henrik?" Elijah asked getting increasingly worried as he looked around and didn't see the three youngest Mikaelsons anywhere
"No, it's nothing of the sort. It's just... I'm supposed to meet Guinevere tonight under the white oak tree." Elijah face turned up in realization as he realized that his younger brother was nervous of being with a girl alone in an intimate setting
"Wait here." Elijah said, getting up and walking to his room and rummaging around before he returned with a silver cuff like bracelet. Niklaus' eyes practically bulged out of his head
"Elijah, where did you get that!? It must've cost a fortune."
"It's a good thing I didn't buy it then." His younger brother's eyes bulged even more which caused Elijah to chuckle slightly
"You stole this?" Nik asked, looking at his brother with a new kind of respect, he would definitely tell Kol about this
"Of course not Nik. I made it. I forged it for you. I was going to give it to you on your 16th birthday but I want you to take it for good luck and know that when you where it you have no reason to be nervous. You'll do just fine." Elijah said, placing the cuff onto his brother's wrist.
"Thanks 'Lijh." Niklaus said before hugging his brother and running out of the hut to meet Guinevere.
END OF FLASHBACK
"I want you to take it for good luck and know that when you where it you have no reason to be nervous." Elijah told him, repeating his words from a thousand years ago. Klaus slipped the cuff onto his wrist gratefully
"Thank you." He said in a low voice, Elijah nodded before looking beyond Klaus shoulder. Klaus stood up quickly and turned to see Caroline in her simple one shoulder blue dress, black heels giving her an extra three inches, her hair pulled away from her face to accentuate it and show it off with red lipstick standing in stark comparison to her milky white skin and in her simplicity she looked breathtaking to him. She didn't need diamonds and ball gowns and embroidered couture to take his breath away. When she walked into the room he didn't even notice Elijah leave. Caroline walked up to him straightening her dress out.
"It's not enough is it? I mean, Bonnie told me to tone down and I took her advice but then I thought of who you were and you totally have a bigger is better mentality and should I change? I'll go change." Caroline rambled on nervously before turning around but Klaus stopped her.
"No, you're... you look beautiful. You always do." Klaus said smiling at her to which she returned it
"Shall we then?" Caroline asked
"We shall." Klaus nodded before offering his arm to her and the two walked out. Unaware that the night would take two very unexpected and unwelcomed turns.
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RANT: So I did watch some clips on Youtube from "Come All ye Faithful" and I loved the Steroline scenes, the Klefan scenes and of course the Klaroline scenes. Klaus killing all of his hybrids was so boss. He went ape shit, people forgot that just because he's writing sonnets to Caroline that he's the Original hybrid and he doesn't play no BS. Him killing Carol I was just like... damn. I didn't know how to feel about it. Hated all the delena scenes even the one where he let her go, I just couldn't stand it and I couldn't stand them being at the lake house. Must they infect everything that belongs to other couples. First their meeting (which is actually the way book Bamon met) and now the lake house weekend (which is Stelena's place) plus I don't think they should've intruded on Bonnie and Shane helping Jeremy but whatever. Of course, I feel bad for Stefan. A lot of people were mad at Caroline for telling Stefan but i'm glad she did. She was being a good friend, i'd want someone to tell me because fact to the matter is Stefan can't fully trust Damon and I hope this leads to more Klefan scenes because right now Klaus has been more of a brother than Damon has we all know he didn't let Elena go for Stefan. He did it for himself and for Elena. And of course, REBEKAH'S BACK! YAY! Now i have to watch the show, I'm so glad she's coming back and I heard Kol was coming back too. I'm so happy April woke her up. I hope we get some Mabekah or Stebekah either one, i'm good with it. As long as Rebekah doesn't get re-daggered. Plus, I think it Rebekah was awake that things wouldn't have crashed and burned like it didn't with Klaus, he needs Rebekah and the sooner he realizes that the better off he'll be.
REVIEWS PLZ?