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Chapter 9:
Chicago, 1922
"You sure he is here?" I asked as we stopped outside Gloria's.
Damon nodded and ran his fingers through his hair before he stepped out of the car, not bothering to open the door for me like a gentleman now that he knew who I was.
I'd gotten use to his rudeness towards me in the two years we had spent together as sister and brother and searched for our missing younger brother who'd been terrorizing the nearby cities.
Now it seemed that Stefan had returned to Chicago and made himself a permanent home in the windy city, but I had no idea whether he would actually stay here or not.
"He'd better not be doing anything nasty when we find him…" I said as we walked inside together.
Damon laughed. "Oh, like when I caught you doing nasty things to a man two years ago?" he teased.
I rolled my eyes and punched him lightly on the arm, walking into the familiar bar where I last met Klaus and Rebekah.
It didn't take long before Damon spotted Stefan in the crowd, but to my horror he was in the middle of a drinking game with Klaus.
Of all the people I imagined Stefan to spend time with, then Klaus wasn't one of them and I definitely didn't want my little brother to get involved in my business.
"Let's get a drink first and watch him," I said, briefly catching Klaus' gaze on me.
I wasn't sure if he'd actually seen me or was just looking at my direction, because he returned to his game and seemed unfazed by my presence.
So I calmly walked up to a table on the other side of the speakeasy and took a seat with Damon, just enjoying a drink and keeping an eye on Stefan.
"Who is he hanging out with? You know him?" Damon asked, glaring at Klaus.
"Yes and he's not someone Stefan should be around." I answered, taking a swig of my drink.
Damon raised an eyebrow. "Care to elaborate?"
I shook my head and kept my gaze on Klaus, wondering what was on his mind right now. He wasn't the type who did drinking games for fun or who treated a fellow vampire like his brother.
For a very brief moment I wondered if he knew that Stefan was my little brother and was trying to corrupt him even more, but he couldn't possibly know what Stefan was to me.
"I better go there," I said, rising from my seat.
Damon quickly grabbed my wrist and pulled me down to him, leaning in to my ear. "Be careful, ok? Stefan isn't the same anymore. Trust me." he whispered.
I nodded and gave him a peck on his cheek before I left the table and went to the one Stefan and Klaus were at.
Rebekah had just gone to talk with the owner of the bar, so I was free to talk with Nik without causing too much of a scene.
As I walked up to the table where they sat I saw Klaus' gaze move slowly up to mine and a small smile formed on his lips that made my heart beat a little faster.
I thought that I no longer felt anything for him except for perhaps hatred and rage, but when he looked at me that way something changed inside me.
"Evie," he said, his voice sounding slightly slurred. "Well, what a lovely surprise… Where's your boyfriend? Too afraid to come over?"
He sounded a little jealous, but I wasn't sure if it was because of amount of alcohol he had drunk tonight or if he was just trying to annoy me.
"What boyfriend?" I asked, folding my arms.
Stefan finally looked up at me and his eyes widened a bit as he seemed to recognize me. A big grin formed on his lips and he immediately jumped up, hugging me tightly.
"Evie! I can't believe you're still alive – and then a vampire!" he said. "Who turned you?"
I shrugged, avoiding looking at Klaus. "Just some douchebag with a stupid accent. I'm glad to see you too and I actually have something I want to tell you. About you, me and Damon."
Klaus frowned and was clearly very curious about what was going on, but I didn't want to tell him that Stefan was my brother in front of him.
"Can we go talk somewhere else?"
Stefan looked at Klaus and hesitated a bit. "No, let's talk here! Oh, um, this is my buddy Klaus and Klaus, I'd like to introduce you to an old friend of mine. Her name is–"
"Evelina Blackthorn," Klaus finished. "I know. We've met before. Please, Evie. Take a seat. I'm sure that whatever you have to say to Stefan that you can tell me as well. Don't worry. I'll keep it a secret."
I rolled my eyes, but took a seat between Stefan and Klaus and glared at him when he placed his arm almost around me, smirking smugly because I had to sit with him now.
"So… what was it about you, me and Damon? Have you met my brother after you were…?"
I nodded and nodded towards Damon, who was now talking with the owner of the bar too. I instinctively looked around for Rebekah and found her dancing with a couple of men.
"We've been travelling together for two years now… trying to find our missing little brother." I said, making Stefan frown.
"What do you mean by 'our missing little brother'?" he asked.
"I mean you, Stefan. I'm your and Damon's half-sister. I know it sounds crazy, but–"
"I knew it!" he exclaimed, slamming his fist down on the table, nearly breaking it. "I knew there was a reason why our father acted so strangely around you and why he fired your mother when he found out that she was pregnant. But why didn't you tell us?"
"You two are siblings?" Klaus asked casually, but I knew that he was more than a little surprised.
"Yes, we are, Klaus. Now why don't you go find your own sister and let me speak with my brother alone?" I snapped.
Klaus raised an eyebrow. "And what about the young lad you came with? It would be awfully rude of you to leave your boyfriend like that." he said, his voice coated with a hint of jealousy.
I groaned and told Stefan to wait, then dragged Klaus out of the booth with me to the back entrance of the bar, stepping outside into the empty alley.
"I don't care how you met Stefan or why you're suddenly interested in becoming his 'mate', but he is leaving with me and Damon tonight. You've corrupted him enough!" I said.
"Corrupted him?" he repeated and laughed darkly. "I haven't done a thing to your brother. How he is now is in his nature… like it is in your nature too. You're both rippers, Evie! Don't you see? You've both accepted what you are and–"
I slapped Klaus hard, silencing him for a brief moment, but also agitating him into swiftly running towards me and slamming me against a wall, holding me by my throat.
"Don't strike me again, Evelina!" he growled through gritted teeth. "You can hate me and lock away all of your feelings – even the ones you have for me – but you are still the same untamed lioness I fell in love with. You will always be mine."
"Yours? Your servant? Your little ripper who'll kill whoever you want dead?"
He shook his head and let go of my throat, caressing my cheek gently. "I want you to be here with me as my love. Nothing more, nothing less."
"And my brothers? You want me to just leave them now that I've finally found them and they know what I am to them?"
"Not necessarily, but I'll let them come with us if we need to leave. I already enjoy having fun with your younger brother." He chuckled and I remembered that he was still wasted right now.
"God, I've never seen you so drunk before," I said, giggling. "I'm tempted to take advantage of that."
Klaus smirked and tried kissing me, but he was too drunk to aim correctly and ended up kissing the wall behind me instead.
I burst out laughing and decided to help him inside before I began making out with the wall – although that would be quite hilarious to watch…
Once we returned I saw Damon storming angrily out of the bar and Stefan didn't look that happy either, making me dread that they'd just had a fight.
"Stefan, my buddy!" Klaus shouted drunkenly. "You want to hear a joke?"
Stefan was too drunk to stay mad and quickly turned his attention to Klaus, smiling like a drunken fool again.
Dear God… no wonder Rebekah decided to leave them.
"Sure, but it's not that hybrid joke again? That one is getting old."
Klaus shook his head and looked at me. "Your sister and I once slept together."
My eyes widened and so did Stefan's eyes for a moment, but then he suddenly began smirking smugly and walked over to Klaus, patting him on his shoulder.
"You know that is funny and you know why? I've slept with your sister too."
Stefan burst out laughing while Klaus was the one to be annoyed and I couldn't resist the urge to laugh with him.
But that meant that Stefan had slept with my former best friend and… wow, this just turned very awkward.
"No, seriously Klaus. Keep your hands off my sister. I may first have found out that she's my sister, but I've known her in all of my human life, so she is like a sister to me." Stefan said in a slurred voice.
"Jesus Christ, you two are so wasted right now, aren't you? Remind me to not leave you two alone ever again." I said, shaking my head of them.
"Good luck with that. They'll still get pissed anyway," Rebekah said, standing beside me now. "It was a seriously bad idea to let them meet each other."
"Agreed. But since our brothers are busy getting hammered, then I say you and I should go find ourselves some guys who aren't drunk out of their minds."
Rebekah giggled and nodded, walking away with me, but we didn't get very far before Klaus and Stefan ran up to us, pulling us out to the dance floor.
Klaus was going to dance with me, however Stefan beat him to it and started dancing wildly with me like in the old days when we used to have fun together.
"Wait, so if you know Klaus does that then mean that he turned you?" Stefan asked as we danced.
"Yes, but it wasn't intentionally," I answered, letting him twirl me around. "Damon told me about how he and you were turned by a certain girl."
Despite being a ripper now and having blocked out most of his feelings like I had then I could still see the sorrow in his eyes from the time he loved Katherine Pierce.
"Oh… yes, that. I'm surprised you haven't killed Damon yet. He did make your human life miserable."
I laughed. "Oh, I have broken his neck a few times in the last two years."
Stefan grinned and twirled me around again and as I was twirling around I felt someone else take my hand and pull me to him.
Klaus smirked as he now had me again and held me close to him as we now danced together.
"I've really missed you, Evie…" he said, dancing slowly with me. "Promise me that you will stay by my side this time."
I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my head on his shoulder, enjoying the slow dance with him.
"You know I can't promise that, Nik… Not after everything that's happened since the day I first met you." I whispered.
He sighed heavily and pulled away a little, looking at me in that way he'd looked at me when I found out that he truly was in love with me.
It was strange seeing Klaus so… affectionate and carefree, but at least now I knew that underneath his hard exterior hid a man, who just wanted to be loved.
So I leaned forwards and kissed him tenderly, feeling his grip around me tighten a bit as he kissed me back, running the tip of his fingers over my spine and making me shiver of pleasure.
Once the kiss ended he caressed my cheek gently, looking deep into my eyes with a soft look.
"I don't care… I just want you here with me right now."
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