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Chapter 9 They Went to Dinner
Staring in the mirror Klaus straightened his fancy clothes to prepare himself for the dinner party that night. Out of the corner of his eye he saw his elder brother passing his room and he grimaced to himself at what had to be done about the situation.
"Elijah." He called out.
He heard his brother's footsteps stop and suddenly Elijah was at his doorway.
"Niklaus." Elijah said staring at his brother who hadn't taken his eyes from the mirror.
"Are you ready for tonight?" Klaus asked finally turning from the mirror and looking at him.
Elijah watched him carefully before he nodded in response. "I am. Rebekah is quite excited. So is Kol for some reason." Elijah said bewildered as to why his younger brother would be excited about going to a dinner party. As far as he knew Kol had hated dinner parties since they'd been invented. If that wasn't baffling enough Kol didn't even really know the Salvatores. Kol's thinking habits were generally a mystery though so Elijah didn't think too much about it.
"Yes. Rebekah's told me about a thousand times." Klaus said dryly.
Elijah nodded with a small smirk and turned away ready to leave.
"Is there anything you need to tell me, brother?" Klaus asked before Elijah got too far.
Elijah again paused in his movement and turned back around to regard his brother through guarded eyes.
"Such as?"
Klaus shrugged his expression just as guarded.
"Anything." He added when Elijah didn't speak.
The brunette man frowned and considered his brother's question. "Not that I can think of." Elijah said.
"Are you sure?" Klaus asked feeling his inward anger building.
After speaking with Caroline the day before and figuring out that the woman whom she was housing was indeed Katerina, his anger had been shaping itself. It had taken him almost a full day to be able to look at his brother and ask him the question he was asking him now. He had sent Elijah to that house and Elijah claimed to know nothing. Klaus knew his brother well enough to know that Elijah had found Katerina, there was no way he hadn't, but that left Klaus to wonder why his brother hadn't told him. Did Elijah still feel something for Katerina? Or did his brother really not find her? Klaus found the latter hard to believe since like himself Elijah was a hard man to fool and was as thorough as he was. Klaus knew the truth. Now he wanted Elijah to tell him, not lie to him as he had been. If Elijah told him the truth then he'd know his brother was loyal and they wouldn't have a repeat of what happened in 1492.
"Quite. Let's go. We don't want the Salvatore's to wait." Elijah said his voice and eyes giving nothing away.
Klaus narrowed his eyes at him and then cleared his throat the anger that had been bubbling within was below the surface. He knew when he finally laid eyes on Katerina all hell would break loose. He had yet to figure out how to remove Caroline from the situation, but he figured if push came to shove he'd just compel her. He had the entire situation planned out. They'd eat. He'd flirt with the lovely Ms. Salvatore and then when no one was looking he'd capture Katerina and bring her back to Fell's mansion to torture until his hearts content. Yes, everything was planned and he'd be damned if his brother got in the way.
"Anything else?" Elijah asked as he stared at his brother matching his cold expression.
"Not at all. I'll meet you downstairs." Klaus said trying to maintain his cool demeanor instead of exploding on Elijah.
Elijah nodded and turned away as Klaus watched him go. He growled lowly under his breath and then took the closest thing to him and smashed it against he wall. He closed his eyes in an attempt to maintain control, but it didn't help, until he imagined the gorgeous blonde beauty he was going to be seeing in a little while. Once Caroline's face emerged in his head the anger he'd been housing since he found out of his brother's betrayal seemed to melt away. He smiled softly to himself at her image inside his head, then he opened his eyes, and took a deep breath before leaving the room. Yes, his plan would go on without a hitch and once Katerina was captured he'd continue on to Caroline and then take his leave of the small town.
"Come in." Damon said dryly as he opened the front door to allow the Mikaelson's in the mansion. Damon watched them enter one by one and stand awkwardly in the foyer as he drank the last drops of his bourbon.
He sighed dramatically, "Welcome." He added in the same dry tone as before and then begrudgingly led the guests into the parlor to offer them drinks.
"Would anyone like to partake?" Damon asked gesturing to the extensive bar, which Klaus swore he never left.
"I'll have one." Rebekah piped up from her position on one of the armchairs.
"As will I." Kol added looking around the room in interest.
"Elder Mikaelsons?" Damon asked waving the bottle in the air with a smirk.
"I'll have wine with dinner, thank you." Elijah said taking a seat.
Klaus shook his head and watched as Damon sloppily poured his siblings a drink.
"Where's Caroline?" Rebekah asked as Damon brought them their drinks.
"Being neurotic no doubt." Damon said rolling his eyes at the thought of how his sister had been all day. Since seven that morning she'd been cleaning, overseeing, primping, and taste testing everything. He knew his sister was a perfectionist and liked everything in order, but he'd never seen her so neurotic before. He figured it was because of Klaus and her little crush on him. Damon had overheard her telling Bonnie and the thought of his sister being touched by that creep made his skin crawl.
"What about your brother?" Kol asked interestedly.
"Yes, and your guest." Klaus said smirking as Damon shifted uncomfortably.
Rebekah threw her brother a sharp look as Damon began to speak.
"No idea." He said with a vague shrug. "He hasn't really left his room all day and Katherine…well…she's been odd for a few days now…" Damon said eyeing the drink in his hand. He gulped the rest of it down and then poured another.
"How odd." Klaus said glancing over at Elijah who was still sitting perfectly still not a trace of guilt or interest on his face.
"So—"
"I'm so sorry I'm late! Did Damon get everyone a drink?" Caroline asked hurriedly coming into the room.
Klaus gulped at the sight of her, like he usually did. She was always dressed so beautifully and tonight was not an exception. The dress she'd picked complimented her figure excellently and the color shade brought out the hue in her cheeks and the brightness of her eyes. She was breathtaking and despite seeing her almost every day he couldn't get used to it. She was magnificent.
Klaus cleared his throat and began to walk towards her bowing as he stood before her.
She grinned at him and curtsied. She could feel her heart hammering at the sight of him and she couldn't help the blush that came to her cheeks when he took her hand and delicately kissed it. The moment was ruined though when she was brought back to reality as Damon let out an ungentlemanly snort.
"You look ravishing, sweetheart." Klaus said choosing to ignore her drunkard of a brother.
"Thank you. You look very nice as well." Caroline eventually tore her eyes away from Klaus and then looked over at the other Mikaelson siblings.
"Rebekah it's been too long!" Caroline gushed going over to greet the other blonde.
Rebekah smiled at her and allowed the human to hug her as if they hadn't seen each other in longer than a day or two.
"I'm so happy you came!" Caroline said and then smiled over at Kol who was gazing at her appreciatively as Klaus glared daggers into him. Elijah smiled politely over at Caroline as she said hello to him as well.
"So dinner has yet to be finished, but I was thinking—" Caroline began but was interrupted by Damon drunkenly spilling one of the bottles of Bourbon.
"Ahhhh Carebear! I'm sorry!" Damon slurred as he poured another drink instead of cleaning it up.
Caroline stared at her brother for a minute before her face flamed up mortified and she disappeared into the kitchen to go get a rag.
"Sorry." Damon slurred again smirking at them.
Klaus narrowed his eyes at the eldest Salvatore and was about to tell him off for ruining Caroline's dinner party when Katherine and Stefan came into the parlor. The atmosphere shifted from one of awkwardness to deadliness in a mere two seconds. All of the Mikaelsons stared at Katherine waiting for the first move. Kol and Rebekah's eyes had grown twice their normal size and they were shooting looks between Katherine and Klaus as if it were a tennis match. Elijah stared at Katherine drinking in the sight of her standing hand in hand with Stefan who seemed as if there was something wrong with him. Katherine instead of looking at Klaus seemed to be doing everything in her power to not look at him and instead focused on Elijah.
The air was still as everyone waited for what was to come next. Would Katherine run for it? Or would Klaus leap across the room and kill her right then? And what of the Salvatores? Would Klaus kill them as well?
The air was so thick a knife wouldn't have been able to cut it and right as Rebekah was sure Katherine was going to run Caroline came back into the room like a ray of sunlight holding a dishtowel.
"I'm so sorry—Stefan! Katherine! Finally! These are our guests! The Mikaelsons! This is my brother Stefan and our guest Katherine!" Caroline said cheerily not noticing the thick tension filled atmosphere she'd just walked into.
"Take the cheeriness down a notch, Care, not everyone is as happy about this dinner party as you." Damon snapped drunkenly before drinking another glass of liquor and slamming it down.
No one paid him any attention since everyone was still staring at Katherine and Stefan.
"Damon!" Caroline spat angrily going over to him and cleaning up the mess of the broken bottle.
"Let me help with that." Klaus said breaking the thick tension finally. Everyone turned to look at him in awe as he went over to Caroline and began to help clean up the mess Damon had made.
Once they were finished Katherine shiftily entered the room, Stefan following behind her with a vague expression on his face. Caroline smiled at everyone before asking whether they'd like a tour.
"A tour would be lovely, but since I've already seen the entirety of the house I was thinking my siblings could just go and I could speak with you." Klaus said smiling at her.
She looked over at Damon who was still at the bar and glaring at Stefan. Stefan in turn looked pale and like he was dying.
"Um…alright." She said and then smiled at Katherine and Stefan sitting closest to the exit.
"Do you mind showing everyone around, Katherine? You've been here long enough and my brothers can help you give the history and everything." Caroline asked smiling pleasantly at the brunette.
Katherine jumped up at the chance to escape Klaus and nodded eagerly.
"Sounds like a great idea. Mr. Mikaelson after you." Katherine said curtsying as Elijah stood up and walked past her. She watched him go before turning to Rebekah who was glaring at her and Kol who was smirking. Bringing up the rear was Damon with the next bottle of bourbon. Klaus made eye contact with Rebekah and Kol as a means to keep an eye on the doppleganger.
"I'll call when dinner's ready." Caroline said to Katherine.
Katherine gave her a tight-lipped smile as she edged out of the room.
"Alone at last." Klaus said giving her a swift kiss on the lips and taking her over to one of the armchairs and settling himself into it as she sat atop his lap.
She giggled and leaned down for another kiss enjoying the various foreign emotions that swirled inside her as their lips met. She ran her fingers through his curls and gave a gentle tug as their lips melded together and their tongues danced with each other.
The rage that Klaus felt at seeing Katerina again died down as they kissed. The only thing he could concentrate on was Caroline. How she smelled. Her smooth skin. Her velvety tongue. He was being consumed by her. He wanted all of her. The fire that burned inside of him for her was quickly replacing the rage at Katerina and all he felt was her and the passion and lust for her. He'd never felt this way about any woman and he doubted very much he ever would again.
Caroline broke the kiss and rested her forehead against his her eyes closed and trying to regain her breathe.
"God, you taste so sweet." He mumbled touching her cheek delicately and letting his hand roaming into her hair as his arm was wrapped around her waist bring her closer.
She grinned at him and leaned in for another kiss wanting to feel him on her lips again. She pulled him closer not wanting to waste a second of the time they were alone together.
Upstairs Katherine was giving a very thorough tour of the second floor. Elijah was behind her as well as Stefan. Damon was beside her correcting everything she said. Pulling up the rear were Kol and Rebekah who felt completely befuddled as to what was going on. Rebekah wanted to ask Kol about it, but she didn't want the others to overhear, so they continued to listen to Katherine drown on.
Kol was about to ask an annoying question already growing bored with the tour when he saw Bonnie in one of the rooms they passed. Kol glanced at the group for a quick second and then disappeared going into the room Bonnie was occupying.
"Darling." Kol said smirking as Bonnie finished making the bed.
Bonnie looked up at him for a minute a flash of fear in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by indifference. She stood up straight and stared at him.
"My name is—"
"Bonnie, I know."
"What are you doing in here?"
"Watching you."
Bonnie narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms feeling self-conscious as his gaze rested on her and the smirk on his lips widened.
"I know what you are." Kol said taking a step towards her.
Bonnie raised and eyebrow at him.
"And?"
"And I know you know what I am as well."
"So?"
"Aren't you curious?" Kol asked taking another step closer to her.
Bonnie frowned and shook her head.
"I can tell you're very powerful, but have yet to tap into it. I can help you, you know." Kol said coming to stand a few inches before her.
She laughed dryly. "What makes you think I need your help?"
"I can tell."
She rolled her eyes. "I'm not interested in being a vampire's pet. Besides how would I learn magic from a vampire? Vampire's are an abomination." She said.
Kol chuckled darkly. "I don't want a pet, darling, I want to see what you can do. I've also been around a lot longer than you so I've seen a lot more than you. Granted I can't use magic, but I know people and I know what magic can do." Kol said watching as an array of emotions flickered across her face. The most predominant was interest.
"I don't trust vampires." She said softly.
"Who said anything about trust? I was merely suggesting I'd show you power. You could be so powerful." Kol mused.
"Why are you telling me this? How do you know I won't say anything? How do you know I'm—"
"Because you interest me. I've always had a thing for witches and you, darling, are quite a witch." He said smirking and then snatching her hand up before she could try to escape and kissed her skin gently. She watched him through wide eyes and once his grip loosened she snatched her hand back and took a step back.
"I have to finish cleaning." She said trying to go around him and get to the door.
Kol chuckled watching as she tried to escape him.
"You're better than this place, Ms. Bennett."
"I like this place." She said glancing over her shoulder as she reached the door. She scurried out of it wanting to be as far as possible from Kol Mikaelson.
Kol watched her go before smirking to himself and following her into the hall just in time for the bell to be rang for dinner. He quickly reappeared within the large group and ignored his sister's death glare for his disappearing act. He was glad for the reprieve from the madness that came in the shape of Bonnie Bennet with the sharp tongue.
Caroline had placed name cards on each of the chairs she wanted everyone to sit in. Only Caroline would've made a seating chart for a dinner party. Of course she'd put herself between Klaus and Rebekah. Rebekah sat beside Damon who was at the head of the table. Next to Damon was Kol followed by Katherine and Elijah. Stefan was at the other head of the table beside Elijah and Klaus. Caroline had moved everyone several times earlier in the day before she got the seating right. She wanted tonight to be perfect and so far everything had gone off ok minus Damon's drunken antics and Stefan's odd behavior. They still had to get through dinner though.
The first course was brought out and the wine was poured. As everyone ate the table was filled with silence since each person was lost in their own thoughts.
"Your house is lovely." Elijah said feeling inclined to have polite conversation to fill the silent void.
Caroline smiled at him and nodded. "Thank you! I hope Katherine did us justice. She's been living here long enough." Caroline said glancing over at Katherine who'd barely touched her soup. Caroline looked over at Damon who hadn't touched his either, but instead was drinking from his bottle.
"I like living here. It's like home." Katherine said looking at Klaus through angry eyes.
Caroline frowned not liking the way Katherine was looking at Klaus or the way Klaus was looking at Katherine. It was like they knew each other.
"Then why are you leaving?" Damon slurred hiccupping as he took another slug of bourbon.
The table turned to look at Katherine and Damon curious about what he'd said.
"How do you know about that?" Katherine hissed angrily.
"I heard you tell Carebear!" Damon snarled slamming his bottle of bourbon on the table in anger.
"How could you do this? How could you leave?" Damon yelled glaring at Katherine.
"Damon! This isn't the time!" Stefan rasped. He was even more pale than when they'd arrived. Rebekah looked at him worriedly wondering if he was going to get sick or if this was usual for him.
"I don't care! You took what was mine! Just like you always do!"
"Damon—"
"I love Katherine, Stefan! You don't deserve her! You…" Damon rambled on drunkenly.
Klaus smirked to himself as he ate his soup enjoying the fight that was about to take place between the Salvatores for Katerina. Once they were done he figured she'd storm off and then he'd capture her. His glee was short lived when he looked beside him to Caroline who was looking wistfully into her soup tears gathering in her eyes. He felt a rush of guilt for his merry thoughts when he saw the sad expression on her face.
Under the table he took her hand and squeezed it gently. She looked up and offered him a small smile as Damon began to shout at Katherine about how she was using him. Klaus smiled back at her knowing she'd wanted tonight to be perfect but her brothers were messing it up with their own issues. If Katherine hadn't been there he probably would've just killed the Salvatores to make Caroline smile again, but he had to wait until the time was right to strike. For now he'd just have to try and get Caroline to ignore the disaster her dinner party was turning into and keep the smile on her face.
"Enough!" Katherine finally shouted standing up. She looked at Damon and then Stefan angrily and put her hands on her hips before looking at Caroline the same disdain on her face.
"Don't just sit there and cry, Carebear! Your brothers are ruining the perfect dinner party you've been going on and on about for the entire day!" Katherine mocked catching sight of Caroline's tears.
Klaus clenched his jaw as Katherine ridiculed Caroline. He could feel the anger bubbling beneath the surface and the restraint he'd been holding back was about to break.
"They ruined it? No Katherine, you ruined it! Just like you've ruined everything since you got here. I'm glad you're leaving. All you've been is a whiney little—" Caroline began to say but she didn't get to finish her thought before all hell broke loose.
Klaus suddenly leaped across the table and tackled Katherine. Caroline stared in horror as Damon launched himself at Klaus and Katherine on the floor and tried to remove Klaus. It seemed like, however that Klaus was super strong and threw Damon off of him and against the wall. Blood seeped down Damon's forehead and before anyone could move Stefan was suddenly on his brother licking the blood off of him. Caroline stood up just as the other remaining Mikaelsons did as well each going off in another direction.
Kol watched interestedly from the kitchen doorway to make sure no one would interrupt. Rebekah rushed to Stefan and Damon and pried Stefan off his bleeding brother before he killed him. Elijah threw Klaus off of Katherine and protectively blocked his ex lover from his brother. Katherine scurried away from her place on the floor and moved away from Klaus and Elijah whose faces had transformed into monstrous ones.
Caroline was too scared to scream so instead she turned and tried to run out of the room to get help, but she didn't get very far before Katherine grabbed her and threw her against the wall.
Caroline's eyes were huge as she stared down at Katherine. Her face had transformed similarly to Klaus's and Elijah's. She had veins under her eyes and they were blood red. Caroline gulped as Katherine smirked holding her tightly against the wall.
"Wanna finish that sentence, little girl?" Katherine sneered tightening her grip on her shoulders.
Caroline could see her life flashing before her eyes as Katherine smirked at her and she saw long sharp teeth poke out from her gums.
"What are you?" Caroline whispered.
"I'm a vampire, Carebear. Just like what your brothers are about to become." Katherine grinned viciously. "Sorry for you, you won't get to play." Katherine said before leaning down and sinking her teeth into Caroline's neck. Caroline screamed loudly as she felt her flesh ripping beneath Katherine's fangs. Just as quickly as the pain was there it was gone and she was being tossed across the room. She landed hard on the wooden floor her head connecting with the dining room table and her vision swimming before her. She took several deep breaths trying to calm herself. She couldn't hear anything and everything around her seemed to be moving too slowly.
Caroline blinked rapidly as black spots entered her vision and she felt something sticky and wet on the back of her head. It itched so she went to touch it only to feel liquid. She moved her hand in front of her to reveal blood. The black spots were getting worse and she suddenly felt very tired. She looked up and saw Klaus twist Katherine's neck and her body slumped to the ground. Caroline's world tilted as she lay her head on the wooden floor and closed her eyes.
The last thing she heard before her world went black was, "Nik."
(A/N: yeah... anyway! Let me know what you think! Please review! Next time...the aftermath I guess and more Stebekah, Klaroline, Kalijah, and Kennett. Oh and drunk damon.)
