I was laying on my living room couch watching a few movies since I couldn't sleep when I heard a knock at the door. When I opened the door, I saw Rebekah. I was surprised to see her since I assumed she would be dealing with a family reunion, but I figured that it had already finished since she was cleaned up and changed.

I step aside to let her in as I said, "Not that I'm not happy to see you or anything, but what are you doing here?"

"I have news for you, and I'm assuming you could catch me up with what has been happening while I was withering away in a box." She plopped down on my couch.

I sat down next to her. "You look exhausted." Despite her being a century old immortal, I frowned in worry.

She only waved me off, which did nothing to lessen my worry. "I have a feeling my story will be a lot shorter than yours, so I'll go first." She shifted in order to get more comfortable. "After you left, my siblings and I were informing Nik that we would be leaving him to be alone for the rest of his hopefully miserable life. Though it seems everyone's favorite brothers had another surprise." Rebekah's face softened a bit into a slight smile. "It was my mother. Alive. And while I wasn't exactly happy about her forgiving my brother, she wants us all to be a family again."

Hearing the hope in her voice had me hoping that her mother was telling the truth. I haven't met her, and I don't know how she it, but if my son had killed me out of anger a thousand years ago, I wouldn't be as forgiving. Of course there was another thought on my mind. "Does that mean you're all going to try and settle a thousand years worth of family drama?"

"Knowing my brothers, it won't be that easy." She rolled her eyes and huffed a bit. "Hopefully with our mother here they'll try harder. Now, before you start telling me all of the past events that I have missed, I need to give you this."

I was passed an envelope that had "Evangeline" written in extremely fancy cursive on it. I looked up at Rebekah a bit confused, but decided to just open it instead of asking what it was. inside was an elegant looking card inviting me to "Join the Mikaelson Family" at seven.

"What is this for?" I asked her.

"Mother wanted to throw a ball in celebration of us all coming together again. The invitations aren't supposed to be passed out until tomorrow, but I figured I would hand it to you early. Mother wanted us to pass out formal invitations to everyone." She shrugged, but seemed excited all at the same time. It was times like these that I'm able to forget how long she has been alive, and just see her as someone who has a certain kind of innocence that most don't.

I bit my lip. "I'm assuming since it's a ball I kinda have to go all out right? Do you think I'll find a dress in the stores in time?"

Rebekah looked amused. "Don't be absurd. I already have everything taken care of. All you need to do is be ready to leave your house a few hours before the ball, and I'll come and get you. It's not everyday I get another female to do these things with."

I chuckled a bit until I was cut off by me yawning. I blinked a bit in order to stay awake for a while longer. "I guess I should tell you everything now before I fall asleep." I moved in a less sleep tempting position. "On the night of homecoming, everyone went to a large party and the Lockwood house that your brother threw. They still went through with the plan to kill him, but Stefan stopped it which granted his freedom. Also, Klaus killed your father that night as well. Afterwards, Stefan stole the coffins you and your siblings were in. He wanted to drive Klaus out of town and get revenge. To help spy on them without noticing, your brother compelled me, though that didn't exactly work since I ended up being compelled to forget what I saw according to him. After that, Elijah showed up, the compulsion was taken off of me, and out all of you came."

She looked annoyed when I would mention Klaus. After a short moment, Rebekah asked, "What about you and Matt? Weren't you two close to getting together?"

I bit my lip and looked off to the side. "Well, we sort of did, but I ended things when we got into an argument that revolved around helping your brother. He didn't like that I would have helped even without being under compulsion, because you happened to be one of those coffins; I had to help." I shrugged. "It was for the best anyway, I guess."

"Thank you." I quickly looked back at her to see a genuine smile on her face. "I guess I should leave you now. You look close to passing out." Rebekah stood up from the couch and towards the door, with me following. When she was outside, she turned to me. "Don't forget about tomorrow." With that said, she left.


When morning came, I was sitting in the kitchen on the counter of the island while drinking coffee. As I sat there, I began to notice how empty and lonely everything felt. I hadn't focused on the feeling due to everything that has been happening, but since things were calmed down, it hit me fast. I frowned; I needed something to do in order to distract myself. And so, the cleaning began.

I started off with the kitchen and living room, but next thing I knew, the whole house was spotless, the food in the refrigerator was organized, my clothes were washed and organized, and every book my mom and I owned was alphabetically ordered. I always knew I had a bad habit of cleaning when I was upset, but even I was surprised at my work.

After I checked the time as saw that I had some time left to myself, I decided to soak in a nice bubble bath. It turned out to be so relaxing, that I almost jumped out of my skin in shock when my phone rang.

"Hello," I said when I answered.

"Hi honey. I just wanted to check in with you on how everything has been for you? I know I haven't been able to call since I left, but I did miss you." It was my mom.

"Oh, hey Mom. Well everything has been fine over here," complete lie, "I made some friends. I'm actually going to a ball later on that their family is throwing for the town."

"That's wonderful! I hope you have fun. Oh, and before I forget, I was wondering if you could talk to the mayor for me?" She sounded a bit nervous, but I decided not to push her for answers.

"Sure. What is it?"

"I want you to tell her that Dr. Westfield's research and experiment should be finished towards the end of the summer. Now, before you ask, I cannot tell you since it's a bit of a secret. Sorry." She didn't sound very sorry, but I figured I could interrogate her the next time we were face to face. "I have to go now. Love you. Bye."

She hung up before I could reply and I frowned. "Bye." I muttered to myself.

Deciding that I would start turning into a prune if I stayed in the water any longer, I quickly got out and wrapped a towel around myself. Right when I walked from my bathroom to my room, there was a knock on the front door. Knowing that Rebekah was the only one coming over, quickly walked down stairs and opened the door.

My cheeks lightly started to blush as I saw that Rebekah had decided to bring Kol with her.

"Are you sure you want to come over with only that, darling? Not that I'm complaining." He gave a mischievous grin.

I started to blush even more as my embarrassment grew from his comment. Rebekah only rolled her eyes and came inside, pulling me along with her as she closed the door and told Kol to wait in the car.

"Get dressed," she told me as she pushed me towards the stairs.

Once I got to my room, I had finally finished dying of embarrassment. From there, I quickly got dressed and ran back down the stairs.


I felt a bit hesitant as we walked inside the Mikaelson mansion. Usually when I would be here, there would only be Klaus, and the mansion wasn't fully complete. Now that it was completed and all Mikaelson siblings were awakened, it was like entering someone's home for the first time.

"There you both are." I jumped slightly as a voice broke me through my thoughts. I looked to see that it was the brother Klaus called Finn. "Mother wants everything to go smoothly, so we must begin to prepare ourselves."

"Well then," Kol began, "let's pretty ourselves shall we?" With a grin, he walked away.

"While the boys dress, we need to get started on our manicures and pedicures." Rebekah started pulling me along into a room.

"Before you leave," Finn spoke before we fully left. He turned to me and stuck out his hand. "Formal introductions are in order. Finn Mikaelson."

I stuck my hand out to meet his. "Evangeline. Though I prefer Eva." Instead of shaking my hand like I initially thought he would, he turned it gently and kissed the back of it. I gave a small smile at the gentlemanly act.

After a slight nod of his head, he let go, and Rebekah finished pulling me along. When we got inside of the room, she pushed me slightly to where I fell on the couch. Sitting down next to me, she motioned to two women to begin their job.

"My brothers seem to have taken quite a liking towards you." She said as the women began working on our feet after we took off our shoes.

I didn't see what she did. "What do you mean?"

"Well, Nik hasn't killed you. He was even nice to you when he removed the compulsion and gave you a dress to wear. Elijah is a given since he's kind to anyone who seems close to anyone of his siblings. Kol didn't kill you when he drank your blood." She paused when she saw the surprised look on my face. "Oh, don't make that face; he told me what happened. Anyway, as I was saying: Kol must have found you somewhat interesting for him not to take advantage. There's also what recently happened with Finn as well. He isn't always kind, and he normally pays no women any mind unless they are Sage."

"Who's Sage?" My curiosity got the best of me.

"She's the whore that my brother is in love with." Rebekah's voice was bitter and annoyed at the mere thought of her brother being in love with her.

For some reason, that names seemed extremely familiar. It was as if I heard about her before, but I couldn't remember unfortunately. Not wanting to dwell on it, I forced it to the back of my head.

Rebekah saw that the two women were done. "Okay, now for the hands."

"I'm only curious, but are the mani-pedis really necessary?" I asked this while watching the women work.

I heard a voice laced with humor. "I would assume it is her need for everything to be perfect." I looked up to see Elijah. He was smiling in amusement.

"Oh, shut it, Elijah." Rebekah slightly pouted. "Someone put on some music. It's a little to quiet."

I heard the door opened moments later and in came Kol and Finn. Behind them walked two older men who I assumed was here to help them with any other preparations. They were dressed in their suits, except Finn who didn't have the jacket on yet. Looking at all of Rebekah's siblings now, besides Klaus, I noticed just how attractive each of them were.

Apparently, Kol seemed to think so as well, about himself at least. As Finn stood to the side of the couch where Rebekah and I sat, Kol stood in front of a medium sized full length mirror, admiring himself.

He began adjusting his bow tie. "Rebekah? Tell me how handsome I am."

Her nails were finished, so she began to inspect them. Soon mine were done as well. "Ah Kol, you know I can't be compelled." I gave out a laugh that I didn't bother to hide, and I saw that Finn was even grinning. Elijah was only inspecting a shoe.

Suddenly door slams open and in walked Klaus. "You went after Elena? What is wrong with you?"

Rebekah only rolled her eyes. "Here we go."

"Do you want another dagger in your heart?" I was hoping that wouldn't happen with their siblings in the room.

Luckily, Kol intervened. "Again with the dagger threats? Don't you have any other tricks?"

Without missing a beat, Klaus turned his head to Kol. "Oh, go back to staring at yourself."

I wanted to laugh, but I held myself back. Not only did the situation not call for it, but Kol also spoke again. "And who are you, my father?"

Klaus became even further angered. "No, Kol, but you're in my house." I was a bit afraid of a fight breaking out between them.

"Then perhaps we should go outside." He walked up to Klaus.

As Klaus and Kol stood face to face, a woman walked in and stopped them. "Enough! Niklaus... come." Based on how similar she looked to Originals, I assumed she was their mother.

"Well," Rebekah began, "I have to go and invite Matt as my date."

I quickly looked at her. "Wait, what?"

"I'm inviting Matt. I hope you don't mind." With that said she started walking off. As she was walking, she quickly told me that the maids have everything ready for me.

I frowned. Sure, Matt and I had a falling out, but it barely just happened. Not to mention, Rebekah was supposed to be a friend. I just shook my head since I didn't want to think too much on it and looked at the maid who motioned for me to follow her, and I did.


The ball was in full swing, the music was playing at a perfect level, and everything looked beautiful. I stood watching everyone talk and socialize and felt slightly out of place. I couldn't help but continuously admire the dress that Rebekah had gotten for me.

The dress was a beautiful rich blue. The top was sleeveless and made of pure lace and wrapped over my shoulders, the back was open completely with an exception to the shoulder blades, the waist had a thin bengaline silk sash wrapped around it that tied into a small bow at the back, and the skirt of the dress was made of multiple layers of polyester chiffon that puffed outward and was floor length. My shoes were just simple black pumps. My hair had a braid that began from the front of my head towards the side and led towards the back into a medium sized bun, and my bangs were left to the side in a seeping motion.

"You look lovely." I heard Elijah's voice behind me, and when I turned I saw that he was with Finn, Klaus, and Kol.

I smiled at his compliment, then turned to everyone. "Thank you. You all look very nice."

"No need to stroke their ego." Finn chuckled. "They're large enough as it is."

Kol smirked. "There no such thing as being too large." He winked at me when he said this. I felt my eyes widen and face become warm slightly.

"Kol, don't tease the poor girl." Elijah held out his arm to me. "Would you do me the pleasure of walking with me? I wish to speak with you shortly if you don't mind."

I wrapped my arm though his. "Sure." I turned to the others and waved as we walked away.

One we were far enough, Elijah began to talk. "First, I would like to apologize for anything my brother Niklaus has done towards you, if he has caused you harm that is."

"Thank you" I spoke softly. "Honestly, I can't say he has done any harm towards me at all. I may not have enjoyed the compulsion, but he wasn't cruel."

"Very well." He stopped and turned to face me. "Now, there is a question I must ask."

I tilted my head in confusion and bit my lip. "What is it?"

"What are your relations towards my family? After my brother removed the compulsion placed upon you, you insisted that you still help, which means there would have to be some relations."

I was a bit shocked since that was the last thing I thought he would ask. "I think of Rebekah as a close friend of mine. She's helped me understand this psycho town, and she even helped find my family. Klaus is someone who happens to be more of an acquaintance. I decided to help him not to help him gain control or anything like that, but because Rebekah was in one of those coffins. Not to mention, your family had nothing to do with that mess."

Elijah smiled. "That seems very... Noble of you. If you don't mind me asking, however, what did you mean about your family?"

"About finding them?" He nodded. "Well, I'm adopted, but I've always wanted to know who my family was that gave me away. What Rebekah helped me find is that my birthday parents are dead, and I have no other living relatives. Though we did find out that I had two undead ones."

"And they are?"

"The Salvatore brothers," I said simply. "Unfortunately they both happen to be complete jerks."

"I'm very sorry to hear that." I then saw the mayor from afar.

I look back at Elijah apologetically. "I'm sorry to cut this short, but if you'll excuse me, I have to talk to the mayor."

"Of course." He nodded his head and walked away.


I began to walk towards Mayor Lockwood, remembering the message my mom wanted me to pass on. When I had finally reached her, she was alone and her back was to me.

"Excuse me, Mayor Lockwood?" I tapped her on the shoulder as to not startle her.

She turned around to face me and smiled. "Hello. I'm sorry, but I don't think I know you."

I smiled to be polite. "I just moved here with my mom some time ago. I'm Evangeline Emerson. My mother, Chloe, asked me to pass on a message to you."

"Oh! Yes, I was waiting on a message from Chloe." She looked almost relieved.

"She called me this morning, and she asked me to tell you that Dr. Westfield's research and experiment should be finished towards the end of the summer."

For some reason, she was surprised. "Did she say anything else?"

I shook my head. "No, I'm sorry. She didn't want to say anything else."

She went to say something else, but Damon decided to come up to us.

He looked to Mayor Lockwood and completely ignored my presence. "Hanging out with your new besties?"

She talked to him as though her was a child. "I'm the mayor, Damon. When the oldest, deadliest, family of vampires moves into your town, you welcome them with a smile."

Damon was his sarcastic self of course. "Hmm, Well at least you know who you're borrowing that cup of sugar from."

The Mayor kept up with her argument. "I'm trying to protect this town. They've assured me they want peace, and I've assured them that I'd enforce it."

"You know, for someone so old, it's very interesting how you are so close minded." I think Mayor Lockwood had forgotten I was there because she looked a bit panicked.

Kol chose then to walk up to us. "Eva," He winked at me, "Mayor Lockwood. We haven't formally met. Kol Mikaelson. I hope your lovely town embraces us just as much as we plan to embrace it." He took her hand and kissed the back of it.

"Damon Salvatore. Have we met?" I rolled my eyes at how much of an ass he is.

Kol just looked at him. "I've met a lot of people. And you don't particularly stand out." I tried to control my laughter as best as I could, but it was obvious that I wanted to.

Damon then started to stare towards the entrance, and I turn to see that it was because everyone's favorite doppelganger had walked in.

"Excuse me, Carol." Damon acted as though we was compelled and walked away. I stared at him in disbelief.

"Well, goodbye to you too." I rolled my eyes and puffed out my cheeks.

I saw that both brothers were flocked our Elena as though they craved her attention. It was pretty sad to watch. Soon enough, I see the both of them extend their elbows to escort her… and she takes them both.

Suddenly, I hear a voice in my ear. "Don't tell me you're jealous of the attention that the latest doppelganger is getting?"

I jumped slightly and turned my head to see Kol. "Of course not." I noticed how close we were, so I turned to face him which gave us some distance. "That would be a bit disgusting since I happen to be distantly related to them."

Kol then looks up towards the staircase and flashes me a grin before he leaves. Not long after I heard Elijah's voice. "Uh, if everyone could gather, please"

I turned to see all of the originals standing on the staircase just as Finn spoke. "Excuse me." Everyone else then turns as well.

Elijah began to speak again. "Welcome, and thank you for joining us. You know, whenever my mother brings our family together like this, it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance." I see Esther come down the stairs and look upon the guests.

I distantly hear Damon say, "Do you see who I see?"

I also heard Stefan reply, "Oh, yeah."

My focus goes back on Elijah as I figure he's more worth listening to. "Tonight's pick is a centuries-old waltz, so if all of you could please find yourselves a partner, please join us in the ballroom."

Conversations began to overlap as excitement took over. Still staring, I see Esther retreat silently back upstairs and purse my lips in thought. From the corner of my eye I see Elena move to go upstairs to follow, but Damon blocked her way. Shaking my head, I decide that it's none of my business and stopped bothering to watch them.

I was standing off to the side feeling slightly awkward as couples began to form for the dance. I noticed Rebekah was with Matt, Elena was with Damon, and the blonde from school who I keep forgetting her name—Coralyn or something like that I think—was with Klaus. I couldn't see where Finn, Elijah, or Kol was.

"You look too lovely not to dance, darling." I turned my head to the left and saw Kol standing next to me.

"It's kind of hard to dance when I don't have anyone to dance with." I felt myself slightly pouting.

"Well now you do." To my surprise, Kol extends his hand for me to grab. After the shock wore off, I slowly smiled and put my hand in his.

With my hand in his, we joined all of the other couples in the ballroom. As we began the dance, I couldn't help but notice Kol and I were behind Damon and Elena. I tried not to roll my eyes at the sight of them.

"I can't tell who your dislike is aiming towards more. Him or her?" Kol surprised me.

I looked to him and thought about what he said. "My dislike is towards them both. Though, it's more aimed towards her. Since the first moment I spoke to her, there has been something about her that I don't like at all.

We passed through Elijah with some random girl, and Rebekah with Matt. I saw Matt glance towards me awkwardly, and Rebekah just looked away. I bit my lip and looked away as well. As Kol spun me to face him, I saw him looking at them.

"Who is he?" He began to smirk in a way that promised trouble.

"That's Matt," I started, "Why?"

He looked back towards me and pulled me slightly closer so no one would hear. "He's staring at you, yet he's dancing with Rebekah. Tell me, did my sister happen to steal your boyfriend?" He grinned at me.

"No." I began to pout. "We had something… but that isn't anything anymore. Rebekah did nothing wrong."

He chuckled a bit. "Your face says otherwise." He seemed to enjoy teasing me.

Before I could respond, it was time to switch partners. I huffed in annoyance and turned to see it was Elijah that I had ended up with. I immediately smiled since I was hoping for someone familiar.

"I trust that Kol has not displeased you too much?" He seems slightly concerned.

"Kol was only teasing me." I grinned. "No need to worry."

Elijah seemed to be relieved, but then noticed something behind me. When we turned, I followed his trail of sight and saw Elena and Stefan heading outside. I looked back at him in confusion, but decided not to question him. For the rest of the time we danced together, we were in silence. It wasn't awkward or uncomfortable thankfully.

The next time partners were switched, and I ended up dancing with Klaus. I felt slightly nervous since the most I've seen out of him had seemed volatile.

He was smirking at me. "I make you nervous."

"Only because I have no idea of what to expect from you." I didn't see the point in bothering to deny it.

"Honesty. It's quite refreshing." He smiled, and I couldn't help but notice how adorable and innocent his dimples made him look. I chuckled a bit at the irony. He raised an eyebrow in question.

I smiled up at him. "I'm sorry. I just had a weird though."

"Do share." He seemed intrigued.

I felt a bit embarrassed from how random the thought was, so I began to blush a bit. "When you smiled, your dimples showed. It make you look very adorable and innocent, so I couldn't help but notice the irony of it."

"I've been alive for a thousand years, yet this may be the first time someone has described me just as you have." He seemed in thought, but quickly snapped out of it.

The next few moments, I looked around the ballroom and saw that Rebekah was staring at me. I didn't know why she was acting so weirdly.

"Something bothering you?" I turned back to look at Klaus.

I bit my lip for a few moments, deciding if I should tell him. "Well, it's Rebekah."

He rolled his eyes. "And what has my darling sister done this time?"

I shake my head slightly. "It isn't anything like that, she's just been acting strangely." I pursed my lips while thinking of how to explain it. "Like… well, she was acting fine earlier when she brought me here, but then she left, and I haven't seen her since. Now, she's either avoiding me or staring as she just was."

"Rebekah will most likely reveal what is causing her behavior sooner or later. It could have something to do with that quarterback she seems to fancy." He rolled his eyes again.

My eyes widened and quickly snapped back to Rebekah. "She likes him?" I looked back at him only to see him smirking. I huffed in annoyance at him.

Soon enough after that, partners were once again changed. I was now face to face with Matt. For the beginning of our dance, there was a silence that was extremely awkward, and we avoided looking at each other.

Mustering up my courage, I slowly looked up at him. I exhaled and began to speak softly. "I'm sorry."

Matt looked shocked at what I said. "What?"

"I said 'I'm sorry'." I became nervous and bit my lip.

"Listen, maybe I should be the one apologizing." Now it was my time to become surprised. "I was pretty much being a dick to you. We had just started to explore something that could have possibly gotten somewhere, but I was a jerk to you just because of who you were hanging out with."

I smiled at him. "I guess we can both agree we overreacted, huh?"

We both ended up laughing. "Yeah, we did. Look, how about we forget about what happened? What do you say, friends?"

I grinned up at him, happy. "Friends." I nodded.

"You look beautiful, by the way." I began to smile larger and looked away so he wouldn't see.

"You don't look too bad yourself." I looked back at him and playfully winked.

Next thing I know, it's time to switch partners again. I huffed to see that I was now dancing with Damon.

"Well excuse me for not being someone you would like to dance with." He rolled his eyes at me.

I glared at him. "Oh, I'm sorry, did I hurt your feelings?" I began to become sarcastic towards him. "I mean, it's not like I basically had no interest in finding out I had a living relative and told you to basically leave me alone. Wait, no, I remember now, that was you."

"Please tell me you're not still upset about that?" He looked at me, annoyed.

His annoyance only made me angry. "You could have at least attempted to try or something. Or even rejected accepting me as family nicer! I have been wanting to find something, anything, about my family for years. Excuse me for being upset about what a let down it turned out to be."

"Well what did you expect? Did you really expect someone who never even knew you existed to welcome you with open arms? Newsflash, this is the real world. That kind of stuff only happens in movies." I looked down to avoid looking at him.

"I was expecting more that just two brothers. I was expecting there to be at least someone who would be willing to try." Tears filled my eyes, but I willed them not to fall. "I didn't expect to only find two brothers who are technically not even alive."

For the rest of the time, I stayed staring away from Damon. Not soon enough, partners were again changed, but I was with someone I had never met. We shared a brief and awkward smile, but that was it. Thankfully, the person I ended up paired with after that was somewhat familiar.

"Hello again, Finn." I gave a small smile. He only stayed quiet, but did smile softly in return. As quick as he did, though, it had went away. "So, how are you enjoying yourself so far?"

"It is rather difficult becoming used to the way people are now, but I have found this ball to be enjoyable once I have looked passed that." He answered a moment after.

"I'm glad." I gave another small smile, and we both fell into silence. It was like an awkward silence that makes you wish for conversation, but I didn't know what else to say.

Soon enough, I was back to Kol.

"I take it you reconciled things with Rebekah's date, then?" It was the first thing he said to me.

"You were watching?" I was a bit surprised, so I didn't answer his question.

"Rebekah was watching the two of you. It was annoying." That made more sense of course.

I then remembered his question. "To answer your question, we did, but as friends. Rebekah has nothing to worry about."

"Good luck trying to convince her of that." He still seemed a bit annoyed by her.

I smiled teasingly. "Don't tell me you're worried, Mr. Mikaelson?"

He grinned in response. "Well, who else is going to freely offer me their blood and be a worthy dance partner, Ms. Emerson." I was slightly surprised that he had played along, but I couldn't help but laugh anyway.

Everyone had begun to slow to a stop at that moment. Finally, the dance had ended. Kol and I moved apart, and he began to walk towards Rebekah. As I turn to walk outside for some air, I see Damon heading off somewhere, but decide to ignore it.

Once I was back inside, I noticed that some people had decided to go home. The party seemed a lot less full than it had before. As I was looking around, I noticed that Esther was back on the staircase. When our eyes made contact, I felt something inside of me respond. My eyes widened in surprised, and I slightly stepped backwards. Even she seemed a bit surprised. Feeling uncomfortable and confused at what just happened, I decided to break eye contact with her.

Hearing a crystal ring, I am forced to look back up towards her as I see she is the source. "Good Evening, Ladies and Gentleman. Waiters are coming around with champagne. I invite you all to join me in raising a glass. It provides me with no greater joy than to see my family back together as one. I'd like to thank you all for being part of this spectacular evening. Cheers!"

A waiter had given me, along with everyone else a glass of champagne, so we all raised it. "Cheers!"

As I sipped the drink, I spotted Rebekah and decided that it was time to speak with her. I quickly gulped down the rest of it and started to walk towards her, determined. When I reached her, I saw that she seemed slightly nervous once she saw me.

"I'm sorry." She blurted out an apology after I had stopped in front of her.

"You have nothing to be sorry for." I was surprised at how she was acting. "Though a better head up would have been nice." I decided to tease her a bit.

She pouted. "I thought you would be angry with me."

I bit my lip. "I was a bit upset at first, actually. But I think that was more from you not saying anything to me."

Suddenly, something is heard outside, and Stefan rushes out. Seconds later, Rebekah and I heard him yell. "Damon! Are you crazy?!"

The Mikaelsons minus Kol, Elena, and myself then rushed out to see what had happened.

When we got outside, we saw Damon standing over and unconscious Kol. "Maybe a little. Far be it for me to cause a problem." He was answering Stefan's question, but was staring at Elena as he said it.

I began to look between the two. Somehow, Damon's sudden reckless behavior seemed to stem from something that had to do with Elena. Deciding that I had enough excitement for the night, I walk away to leave as well.


As I was halfway home, I saw a blur at the corner of my eye. I turned to see what it was, but I saw nothing. Once I faced forward again, though, I jumped almost screamed. Kol was standing right in front of me.

He seemed to enjoy the fact that he almost gave me a heart attack. "You know, it's dangerous to walk alone at night."

Once I calmed down enough I childishly stuck my tongue out at him. "It's not like I had a choice."

Kol seemed to think for a moment before giving me a devilish grin that made me both want to jump his bones and weary of what he was thinking. Suddenly, he grabbed me and sped off. Once we had stopped, I had to stop my heart from trying to escape my chest.

I looked at him in disbelief, "Are you trying to kill me?!"

Laughing in my face, he stepped away from me. "You're welcome." With that said, he was gone.

I shook my head. "Vampires, I swear."

I then looked around and realized that I was in front of my house. Opening the door, I was surprised at the sight when I stepped inside. "Mom?"