PLEASE READ THIS FIRST; This is only half of what I had planned for this chapter, which is why there is hardly any Klaus/Caroline interaction. I need to change a few things with the second half, but I'm pretty busy lately so instead of making you wait for a few more days, I decided to post this in two parts, so I'm sorry if it seems slightly…rushed.
I'm gonna shut up now, thanks for reading! ღ
"Elijah!" Rebekah called after her brother, frowning in confusion as she watched him run out of the crowded club. "Elijah, where are you going!?"
"Maybe we should follow him…" Caroline suggested, looking up at Klaus with a worried expression on her face. He nodded, before grabbing her hand in his own and tugging her towards the exit, glancing over his shoulder as he did so, raising his brows at the others in a silent demand for them to follow him.
Rebekah and Stefan quickly caught up and followed closely behind them, Rebekah occasionally rising up on her tip-toes to try to catch a glance of Elijah over Caroline's shoulder. Kol checked that his camera was still recording, before speeding off in front of the others, ignoring the scowl that Rebekah threw his way as he accidently banged his shoulder against hers.
"Kol, you idiot!" She called after him, and he only laughed, ignoring her further as he exited the club. He frowned as he searched for his brother, his eyes frantically taking in his surroundings, but only finding darkness.
"Where the bloody hell is he?" Klaus grumbled, appearing next to Kol with Caroline close at his side, the two of them mimicking Kol's actions, their eyes frantically searching the parking lot in front of them for any sign of Elijah.
"Well, he couldn't have gotten very far" Stefan said with a shrug, tugging Rebekah towards where the others were stood. "He's really drunk; he's probably passed out on the pavement somewhere".
"Yes, unless he vamped it up and sped off somewhere" Kol sighed. He was about to stop his phone from recording, when a voice to the left of him startled him.
"Bitch magnet coming through!"
All five vampires turned towards the direction of the voice, to see Elijah stumbling around near one of the cars parked in the VIP section. He lost his footing, landing not so gracefully on the bonnet, laughing hysterically before the alarm started to sound.
His eyes widened, and he instantly stood upright, before staggering towards a nearby alley, disappearing into the darkness, screaming; "No! I didn't do it, officer! Don't take me to prison!".
"For the love of all that is Holy…" Klaus muttered under his breath as he pulled Caroline in the direction of the alley, a chuckling Kol right at their heels, Stefan and Rebekah close behind him.
"Elijah, what the hell are you doing, mate?" Klaus called, squinting his eyes into the darkness. He was thankful to see that the alley led to another street, and that Elijah was sat directly underneath a lamp post, in clear view.
"Nik!" He called back, smiling at his brother and gesturing for him to come closer with his hand. "Nik, come and look at my new home! Bring your wife, too!".
"I'm not his wife…" Caroline mumbled as Klaus pulled her towards where Elijah was sat, Kol right at their heels with his camera in hand.
"I am his girlfriend, though" she thought to herself with a smile, absentmindedly tightening the grip that she held on his hand.
"Elijah, you're being ridiculous!" Rebekah grumbled, losing her footing herself as her heel caught in the pavement beneath her.
"Woah, easy there, beautiful" Stefan exclaimed, catching her in his arms just as she was about to fall backwards. She smiled at him as he helped her stand upright, before leaning forwards and gratefully planting a light kiss on his lips.
"You're seriously going to miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity, Bekah, of seeing the ever graceful Elijah intoxicated, just so you can suck face with him?" Kol asked in disappointment, glancing over his shoulder at Rebekah and Stefan as he continued to make his way towards Elijah, who was still sat underneath the lamp post.
"Shut up" She spat back at him, turning back to Stefan with a smile before kissing him once more, and leading him by the hand to where the others were now stood around Elijah.
"This is my new house" Elijah stated in a serious tone to Klaus, waving his arms around in the air, before leaning back against the lamp post and beginning to laugh. "Look at that stupid dog!".
Everybody's gaze followed the direction of where Elijah was now pointing, and Kol laughed, turning back towards his brother with a sigh. "That's a cat".
"Don't be stupid" Elijah grumbled, squinting at the camera that was pointing at his face. "What is that?".
"My phone. I'm recording you so that you can see how ridiculous you look, when I show it to you tomorrow".
"Hello there, future Elijah" he began, staring into the camera lens with a serious expression on his face. "It is I, past Elijah. You had a great time tonight; you're a sexy bitch magnet, and you-"
His sentence was cut short as the 'dog' (cat) that he had spotted earlier crawled onto his knee, purring and butting its head against Elijah's shoulder.
Elijah let his gaze drop down to the cat on his knee, a smile on his face that Caroline could only compare to that of a child on Christmas morning. Running his hand through the cat's fur, he looked back up at the camera with a goofy grin on his face.
"This is your dog. His name is Geraldine, and he smells of, of…" he wrinkled his nose up in disgust, before making a gagging gesture at the ground. "He smells of pee!".
"Okay, come on, mate, let's get you home" Klaus said softly, letting go of Caroline's hand and leaning down to Elijah's level. He placed a hand on each shoulder, forcing him to make eye contact. "Come on".
"Nik, this is my home" Elijah groaned, bringing a hand to his head and closing his eyes with furrowed brows. "I want to go to sleep".
He let his body slump sideways, onto the ground so that he was lying on his side. Klaus stood upright again, crossing his arms across his chest and staring in disbelief at Elijah, who was normally so proper and well behaved, yet was now passed out on the pavement like a drunken teenager. The cat that had been sat on his knee strolled over to Kol, butting its head against his leg and purring loudly.
"Scram, flea bag!" Kol spat, moving his leg away abruptly, before bending down to the cat's level and hissing at it, his vampire face in full view.
The cat shrieked in terror, its back arching upwards and its tail fuzzing outwards, before bringing its paw up and scratching Kol's face, causing all of the other vampires to laugh. All except from Elijah, that is, who seemed to be asleep now.
"Son of a bitch!" Kol exclaimed, kicking in the direction of the cat, intent on literally kicking it to the curb. The cat scurried away before his foot could make contact, however, and he groaned in defeat.
"Okay, enough" Klaus sighed, turning his attention away from Kol and back to Elijah. "We really should get him home".
"Elijah, get up!" Rebekah commanded, letting go of Stefan's hand and making her way over to her brother, who was still lying on the floor. She lightly prodded him with the toe of her shoe, causing him to groan and his eyes to flutter open.
"Come on, let's go" Klaus said, bending down to Elijah's level once more, before grabbing his left arm and slinging it around his shoulder. "I'm going to help you up, okay?".
"Hmm" Elijah groaned in response, sluggishly staggering to his feet with the help of his brother.
Caroline couldn't help but watch Klaus, an infatuated smile on her face as she did so. She had never seen this side to him before; so affectionate, caring. Of course, he was nothing but these things towards her, but she hadn't seen him act this way towards anybody else before, and it was so intriguing.
"You know, Kol," Klaus grumbled, interrupting Caroline's thoughts as he threw a death glare towards his younger brother. "You could help me".
"Can't, Nik, sorry" Kol replied nonchalantly with a shrug of his shoulders, laughing as he followed Klaus and a staggering Elijah back towards the alley. "I'm the one recording this. Perhaps Bekah could help you; she's butch like a man".
"Oh, you little-" Rebekah started as she lunged towards Kol, with every intention of snapping his neck. Kol effortlessly dodged out of her way, his laughter increasing as she let out angry, frustrated breaths.
"Rebekah, sweetie, leave it" Stefan said softly, appearing in front of her and resting his hands on her shoulders. "We don't need another body to carry home".
"Can't we just leave him in the street?" She suggested bitterly. Her gaze returned to Kol, who was still chuckling, and was now walking in front of Klaus and Elijah, backwards and with the camera pointed at their faces, ignoring any and every insult that Klaus threw his way.
"Come on" Stefan said, laughing softly and taking her hand in his own, pulling her back towards the others.
"Let me help you" Caroline said quietly as she grabbed Elijah's other arm, mimicking Klaus' actions and throwing it over her shoulder. Klaus instantly felt the weight lessen, and it did feel much better, but he didn't want her to strain herself.
"Caroline, sweetheart, I-"
"No, don't" She interrupted him. "I know what you're going to say, so just don't".
He shot a sideways glance at her, fascinated by how stubborn she was. Maybe she was more like him than he had initially realised.
She felt his gaze on her, and she let her eyes travel to meet his, before continuing with a sigh. "I may not be an Original, Klaus, but I am still a Vampire, and I'm strong. Give me more credit".
He smiled and nodded his head, before returning his line of sight to Kol and the alley in front of him. He had always loved how forward she was with him, how she never let him boss her around, and if he was completely honest with himself, it was a huge turn on.
"Stefan, look at you!" Kol exclaimed, peering over Klaus' shoulder, towards Stefan and his sister, who were walking behind them. "You're just watching Caroline do the work, and you're a man!".
"Being a man has nothing to do with it, you sexist pig!" Rebekah spat back at him from her place next to Stefan, glaring at him as she did so. "Women are just as capable as-"
"Oh blah, blah, blah!" Kol teased, before smirking at her and continuing. "And I do believe the word that you were looking for was 'sexy', not 'sexist'".
"You're such a dick!" She grumbled in response, tightening her grip on Stefan's hand in an attempt to stop herself from tackling Kol to the ground.
"Care, all you have to do is ask, and I'll happily switch places with you" Stefan said to his friend softly, a slight feeling of guilt settling in his stomach as he realised that yes, he was just watching her do all the work, whilst he was leisurely strolling behind with Rebekah.
Caroline was about to respond, telling him that it was okay and that he needn't worry about her, when Rebekah cut her off.
"Yes, Stefan, switch with Caroline, and then I can walk with her".
"Lesbian" Kol chuckled, sticking his tongue out at Klaus as he glared at him in warning. Rebekah just rolled her eyes and ignored him, deciding that she wasn't even going to waste her breath on him anymore.
Idiot.
Caroline thought about arguing, but then she remembered that Rebekah was just as stubborn as Klaus was, and since all she wanted to do was get back to the Mikaelson mansion and go to sleep, and without any arguments along the way, she looked back at Stefan with a nod.
Stefan let go of his girlfriend's hand, and made his way over to Caroline, smiling at her before taking Elijah's arm in his hand, quickly taking Caroline's place when she ducked out of the way. Caroline flashed Rebekah a smile as she began to walk next to her, one which she happily returned.
"Are we going to Disneyland?" Elijah asked sluggishly, turning to look at Stefan with half closed lids.
"Err, no, we're going back to the mansion" Stefan answered with a smile, chuckling at Elijah's question.
"What mansion?" Elijah asked with a furrow of his brows, and Klaus groaned from his place next to him, wondering where his prim, proper, and intelligent brother had disappeared to.
"My mansion" he growled in response, tightening the grip that he held on Elijah when he felt him begin to struggle in his grasp.
"Elijah, stop moving!" Klaus instructed, rolling his eyes as Elijah began to struggle even more at his words. "I mean it, stop! Are you insane!?"
Elijah carried on wriggling around, shouting out incoherent sentences, of which only a few words were actually understandable. From what Klaus could hear, though, he was pretty sure that Elijah wanted to meet Mickey Mouse.
Even in his drunken state, Elijah was still much stronger than Stefan, who was very much a baby vampire in comparison to the eldest Mikaelson brother, and he managed to wriggle free of his hold on him, the impact sending him flying forwards, onto the ground and into a nearby puddle.
"Elijah, oh my God!" Rebekah shrieked, hurrying to her brother's side and leaning down to offer him her hand. "Here, let me help you up".
Kol was laughing uncontrollably now, so much so that tears were beginning to stream down his face, and he made sure to point the camera in his brother's direction; there was no way in hell that Elijah would ever hear the end of this.
"I can't believe this" Klaus mumbled, running a hand over his face and letting out a long, exasperated sigh. Caroline appeared next to him, her mouth open and her eyes wide in shock, and Stefan hurried over to aid his girlfriend in getting Elijah back on his feet.
"Help me, someone help me!" Elijah screamed, flailing around in the puddle that he was currently lying in. "I can't swim! I'm drowning!"
"Vampires can't drown, you bloody moron, we don't even breathe" Kol chuckled, his laughter increasing as Rebekah and Stefan struggled to get a hold on Elijah, since every time they touched him in the slightest, he would begin crying about how he was being eaten alive by sharks.
For some reason, Caroline had a feeling that it was going to be a very, very long night.
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"Good morning, bitch magnet" Kol chuckled as he walked into the Mikaelson's living room, to which Elijah only responded with a groan and a dismissive wave of his hand.
"Go away, Kol"
"Aw, don't be like that, brother!" Kol said with a smirk, walking over to where Elijah was sat on the sofa and pulling the book that he was reading from his hands, before flinging it across the room. "I want to congratulate you on your performance last night".
Elijah scowled at his younger brother, getting up from his seat and attempting to walk over to where his book now lay on the floor, scowling once more as Kol sped in front of him and blocked his path.
"Tell me, Elijah, do you do anything but read?"
"Kol, I-"
"Just sit down whilst I show you something on my phone, and then I'll leave you alone" Kol said, raising his hands in the air as if surrendering. "I promise".
Elijah shook his head at his younger brother in disbelief; how was it possible for one person to be so annoying!?
Judging by the last time Kol had said to Elijah that he 'wanted to show him something', when he had proceeded to force Elijah to watch a very inappropriate video involving two very flexible women, he wouldn't be surprised if he was about to witness something similar, or equally as inappropriate.
He decided, though, that if he truly did want Kol to leave him be, he'd have to endure whatever it was he wanted to show him, unfortunately.
"Fine" Elijah sighed in defeat, before taking his earlier seat on the sofa and watching Kol as he began to rummage around in his jeans pockets, before finally locating his mobile phone and smiling in triumph.
"What do you remember from last night, Elijah?" Kol asked as he took the seat next to his older brother, navigating to where the video was stored on his iPhone with a mischievous smile.
"Not much" Elijah replied with a shrug. "I remember dancing with a beautiful woman, and then, for some bizarre reason, you were all calling me 'the bitch magnet' on the way home".
"Well, the title was self-proclaimed" Kol chuckled, causing Elijah to furrow his brows in confusion.
"Self-proclaimed? Whatever do you mean, Kol?"
His younger brother only chuckled in response, before moving so that he was sitting closer to Elijah, and then pressing play on the video and turning the phone around in his grasp, making it easier for Elijah to see.
"Oh my…" Elijah gasped, wide eyed as he watched himself dance on a table, in a rather provocative manner. "Kol, where is my jacket!? Where is my suit jacket!?"
"Calm down, brother" Kol began with a soft laugh, bringing the hand that wasn't holding his phone to rest on Elijah's shoulder reassuringly. "I hung it up in your wardrobe, it's fine".
"Oh, thank God" Elijah exclaimed, bringing a hand to rest on his chest and closing his eyes, breathing a sigh of relief. "I thought something bad may have happened to it".
"Would you shut up and watch the damn video!?" Kol muttered, and Elijah reluctantly brought his attention back to the mobile phone in his younger brother's hand, almost dying of shame as he proceeded to watch himself tumble off of the table with a rather loud, embarrassing thud.
Kol laughed as he watched Elijah react to the many events of last night that he had managed to record, his laughter especially increased as Elijah almost vomited, upon seeing the part where his pet 'dog', Geraldine, was crawling all over him.
"Okay, I think that I've seen enough, Kol," Elijah began, bringing a hand to his face and pinching his nose between his thumb and forefinger, closing his eyes and silently promising himself to never drink alcohol again. "I don't want to watch it anymore, and-"
"Haha! Watch this part, it's fantastic!" Kol exclaimed, ignoring his brother's comment, and Elijah couldn't help but be curious about what was so funny, so he opened his eyes again, and refocused his attention to the mobile in his younger brother's hand.
"Am I in a puddle?" Elijah asked with a furrow of his brows, his eyes widening once more in horror as he realised that yes, he was in a puddle, and a rather dirty one at that. "Please tell me that I put my clothes in the washing machine".
"I put them in the washing machine, actually" Rebekah answered him with a smile, sauntering into the living room and taking a seat on the armchair, opposite from where her two brothers were sat . "Even in your drunken state, Elijah, you made sure to remind us that your suits are precious, and must be taken care of".
"I said that?" Elijah asked her, a small smile appearing on his face as he silently praised himself for his quick thinking, even in his 'drunken state', as Rebekah called it.
"Yes, you did say that…" Rebekah replied flatly, folding her arms across her chest and sinking further back into the sofa. "We finally managed to get you home, at 3:30am, and you decided to strip naked in the living room".
"Then, you threw your clothes at Rebekah, and demanded that she clean them" Kol finished with a chuckle, and Elijah smiled apologetically at his sister.
"I do apologise, Rebekah"
"It's Niklaus who you should be apologising to, Elijah" Rebekah added with a small smirk, noticing the confused expression that spread on her elder brother's face, and adding; "When I say 'naked', I mean naked. Nik wasn't very happy when you began to grind against Caroline, completely nude".
"Don't be obscene, Bekah! I would never do such a thing" Elijah chuckled nervously, hoping that, more than anything, he was right.
"Oh, really?" Kol asked mischievously, grinning as he waved his mobile phone in front of Elijah's face, the footage that was being played proving him to be very, very wrong.
"Kol!" Elijah practically screamed, reaching for the phone and groaning in defeat as Kol tossed it to Rebekah, who caught the phone and was laughing hysterically. Angry, Elijah returned his attention to his brother, scowling at him as he asked; "Why would you record such a thing!?"
"To use it against you, of course, all of the time" Kol shrugged casually, earning him a smack on the back of his head from his older brother.
"Good morning everyone!" Caroline said with a bright smile as she appeared in the living room, and Elijah instantly reddened at the sight of her, bowing his head and staring at his lap in shame.
"Aw, don't be shy, Elijah!" Caroline teased, causing Rebekah to laugh even more, and causing Kol to smirk at her. "It's nothing that I haven't seen before!"
Elijah groaned at her words, and buried his face in his hands, and Caroline only giggled, before adding; "I mean, okay, so I hadn't ever experienced a naked Original vampire grinding on my leg before last night, but it's a good story to tell in the future, right?"
Rebekah and Kol laughed even more, and Elijah continued to groan into his hands, and, just when he thought that his morning couldn't get any worse, Klaus decided to walk into the living room, a smirk planted firmly on his face.
"Good morning, Elijah" He chuckled, making his way over to Caroline and kissing her on the cheek, before wrapping his arm around her waist and then turning back towards his brother. "How are you on this fine morning?"
"Nik, Caroline…" Elijah began, glancing up at them, and Caroline couldn't help but feel a bit bad for teasing him when she noticed how uncomfortable and embarrassed he looked. "I'm sorry for my highly inappropriate and vulgar actions last night, I'm extremely ashamed of myself".
"Aw don't worry about it, Elijah! You were drunk, people do crazy things when they're drunk" Caroline answered with a wave of her hand and a smile, flashing Klaus a warning glance as he proceeded to glare at his brother. "Right, Klaus?"
"Of course" Klaus mumbled with a tight lipped smile, before walking towards the kitchen, calling over his shoulder, "Breakfast, anyone?"
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"What the hell has gotten into you, brother?" Kol chuckled as he entered the kitchen, causing Klaus to turn to face him with a questioning raise of his eyebrows.
"What do you mean, Kol?"
"Well, this time a few weeks ago, you didn't even want to acknowledge us as family," Kol began, walking over to where Klaus was stood at the kitchen island, pouring syrup over a rather tall pile of pancakes. "And now, here you are, cooking us breakfast and jetting us off to spend Christmas together in Paris".
"Paris was Rebekah's idea, Kol" Klaus stated, turning his attention back to the pile of food, continuing to pour the syrup. "And pancakes happen to be Caroline's favourite, so I'm making them for her, not for you".
"Well, I didn't know that Caroline had such a large appetite!" Kol replied sarcastically, motioning with his hand towards the food, and chuckling at just how many there were.
Klaus smiled at him with just as much sarcasm, before picking up the plate of food and shoving past him, walking into the dining room and calling over the laughter that was coming from the living room; "Breakfast is ready!"
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"Oh my God, these are delicious!" Rebekah exclaimed, after swallowing yet another mouthful of the amazing breakfast that Klaus had made. "You have to make these more often, Nik".
"Oh, absolutely not" Klaus chuckled from his seat next to Caroline, causing Kol to frown at him in protest, and causing Elijah to shake his head in disagreement.
"You have to make them again, it would simply be a sin not to" Elijah added, stabbing his fork into another piece of pancake that he had so neatly cut up, and then placing it in his mouth, smiling at how divine it tasted.
"Why are you using a knife and fork, you freak?" Kol asked, shaking his head in disbelief at his elder brother, before reaching across the dining table and grabbing another pancake from the pile. "This is how you eat one of these bad boys!"
He proceeded to shove the whole thing into his mouth, rather ungracefully, earning him some disapproving looks from Elijah and a kick under the table from Rebekah. Caroline laughed at the way that Kol had referred to the pancake as a 'bad boy', and Klaus simply rolled his eyes at just how stupid his brother was.
Stefan walked into the room, then, fiercely rubbing at his eyes with his fists and yawning rather loudly, mumbling; "Morning, everyone".
He took the empty seat between Rebekah and Kol, kissed his girlfriend on the cheek and then smiled as he noticed the pile of pancakes in the middle of the table, before reaching over and mimicking Kol's earlier actions, grabbing one and shoving the whole thing into his mouth.
"I'm surrounded by morons" Klaus grumbled as he watched Kol laugh at Stefan and then high five him, and then the two of them burst into laughter, before simultaneously grabbing another pancake and shoving those into their mouths, too.
"Stefan, where are your manners!?" Rebekah scolded her boyfriend, truly horrified at how similar he and Kol were behaving right now.
"Oh right, sorry" Stefan said with a mouthful of food, causing syrup to dribble down and onto his chin. "Thanks to whoever made these, they're well nice".
" 'Well nice'?" Elijah questioned, pointing at Stefan with his fork and asking, "Don't you mean 'really nice'?"
"Sure" Stefan answered with a casual shrug of his shoulders, before reaching across and grabbing two pancakes this time, and then handing one to Kol before proceeding to devour his own. "Whatever you say, bitch magnet".
Kol laughed at Stefan's response, and then found himself questioning why he had been so harsh on him in the past; Stefan seemed to be pretty cool, actually, and maybe he would have a positive influence on Rebekah, and she'd stop being such a bore.
Hopefully.
"Well, I'm going to play on my Xbox" Kol stated, jumping up from his seat at the dining table, and then tuning towards Stefan and asking; "Care to join me, Salvatore?"
"Sure, but I'll totally kick your arse" Stefan chuckled, before getting up from his own seat and following Kol into the living room. "I am the Xbox king!"
Caroline watched with a small, amused smile on her face as the boys exited the room, and Elijah chuckled at Rebekah's mortified expression, before reaching over and taking another pancake from the pile. Honestly, if he wanted to, his brother could be a chef!
"So, how does it feel to be the girlfriend of 'the Xbox king', Rebekah?" Caroline teased with a small laugh, and Klaus laughed along with her, causing Rebekah to scowl at him.
"Shut up, the both of you!"