Chapter 9: Goodbye

Written by ASHDU4

The next morning after a lot of thinking Beth had decided she and Annie should leave Mystic Falls at least for a little while.

She called Annie who had spent the night elsewhere, but received no answer. She left her a message that said she was leaving and to call her when she was ready to join. Beth continued her packing while thinking of all the things she had accumulated over the years and how much it sucked to be packing it all up again. She had always secretly liked visiting Mystic Falls, since the town was filled with some of the most interesting history.

Closing her suitcase Beth turned around to see Annie standing in her bedroom doorway. Both girls just stared at one another waiting for the other to break the silence.

"Why didn't you tell me Kol was daggered?" Annie asked breaking the silence.

"I knew it would upset you to know he was daggered and that Elijah didn't object to it."

"It does upset me, just like it upsets me that you of all people would lie to me. You're my best friend Beth and you lied to me about the safety of the man I love, how could you do that?" Annie's shaky tone implied she was taking the situation very hard.

"I…I just…I don't know it just seemed like the right thing to do. I guess I was just trying to protect Elijah, I didn't want you to be mad at him."

Suddenly, a shadowed figure entered the room.

"Well I think that was rather sweet of her to try and protect both yours and Elijah's feelings. She tries to protect you and you repay her by being angry."

Both girls snapped their heads towards the hallway where Niklaus now stood, smirking at the both of them.

"I'm not that angry with her I just want to know why she lied to me. Why are you even here Klaus?"

"Yeah why are you here Nik? Are you un-daggering them?" Beth asked hopefully.

Klaus explained to the two girls that he was not ready to un-dagger his siblings just yet but he came to bid farewell to them since he would be leaving town for awhile to run some hybrid errands. Beth informed him they would be leaving too and asked him to pass the information onto Elijah when he became dagger free.

Annie went to her bedroom to pack her things leaving Beth and Klaus to talk.

"What errands do you have to run that require you to leave town?" Beth inquired while going around the room making sure she didn't forget anything.

"I want to talk with an old witch friend of mine about some blood, as well as take a trip with the youngest Salvatore brother. I think it's time he had a proper look into his past."

"Let me know how well that goes over. I was figuring we would go visit New Orleans for a bit then maybe head to London since Annie and I have some friends over there." Beth explained their plan.

"Maybe you could take a side trip to come see me in Chicago, as I recall you and I had a lot of fun vacationing in Chicago which conveniently happened during a previous time Elijah was daggered." Klaus said stepping closer to Beth whispering the last part in her ear.

Being reminded of that time in her past Beth couldn't help but think of how much she cared for Klaus and how much she missed not getting to see him as often as she used to, back when he and Elijah were close. Even though she had such strong feelings for him she knew nothing could ever happen between the two since she was now and would always be sired to Elijah. She honestly loved Elijah as much as she did Klaus but it still hurt her to know she could not be with one without hurting the other.

"You still with me sweetheart?" Klaus asked noticing Beth was spacing out "What were you thinking of that had you in such a deep thought?"

"Love. Isn't that what we all think deeply of?" Beth answered looking into Klaus' eyes.

"I suppose, were you thinking of Elijah? Or someone else perhaps?"

"Do you love me Nik?" Beth asked quietly, knowing he would still hear her.

Klaus looked into Beth's eyes then held her close in his arms hugging her to his chest, he sighed looking down at her knowing that she has been waiting for his answer long before she even asked the question.

"You my dear are one of those special people that no matter what I can't seem to let go of. I would never want to change that, so I guess telling you anything other than yes would be a complete lie."

"Thank you…for telling me the truth, I mean. I know it's hard for you to say those things. I guess I'll see you in Chicago before heading to London." Beth said smiling up at him as he let go of her.

"The time will fly by, and then you and I can continue what we started in Chicago all those years ago." Klaus said with a bemused smirk. "Goodbye for now, love." Then he disappeared from the room leaving only his words behind.

"Bye Nik..."

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Sitting down on the bed Beth didn't notice Annie step into her room until she started talking.

"You know I never understood why you call him Nik. But I guess you could call him whatever since you two are in loooove!" Annie said teasingly.

"Oh shut up!" Beth replied throwing a nearby pillow at Annie's head, unknowingly starting a pillow fight between the two.