This chapter was already long but then some of you requested Klaroline so I added that scene in and it made it even longer! I hope that's Ok.
University's going well. I have internet in my room so that's good.
Get ready for a huge plot twist at the end of this chapter!
"I'm sure I've got it here somewhere." Kendra called out as she looked through a large pile of dusty grimoires in the corner of her office.
Bonnie was standing in the doorway. As she waited, her eyes glanced around the room. The office was obviously that of a witch. There were occult and mythological posters on the walls and piles of grimoires and books everywhere.
"Your boyfriend seems quite the handful." Kendra said, still looking through the books. She bumped her head into a cabinet and Bonnie coughed to hide her laughter.
"That's an understatement." She said a moment later.
"You seem to handle him well though."
Bonnie blinked in surprise. "I do?"
"Sure. I don't think a lot of other people would put up with his…" Kendra cut off, trying to think of the appropriate word. "Charm?"
Bonnie laughed again, her eyes dropping to the floor. "That's one word for it."
"But what is it they say," Kendra said, holding a finger in the air. "Oh right!" She pointed the finger at Bonnie. "Never trust a boy with charm."
Bonnie smiled a small smile. "I've heard that before. From a very wise woman."
"It's a good lesson."
Bonnie looked around the room again. She saw the desk was covered in papers. She also saw a thick book sitting right in the middle. Her eyes whipped to Kendra and then back to the book.
"Is that it?" She asked as she pointed to the desk.
Kendra's head turned around and her eyes fell on the grimoire. "Yes! Oh how silly of me. I had already got it out for you."
Bonnie smiled, trying not to laugh.
Kendra went to the desk and lifted the thick book into her arms. "Actually in here is the perfect way to get that boyfriend of yours to let you go to New York."
"Really?"
"Yes, if you're not against witch drugging him."
Bonnie's eyes widened in horror.
"Don't worry!" Kendra cried and waved a hand frantically when she saw Bonnie's expression. "It's perfectly harmless. Unlike vervain, it wouldn't hurt him and he would be out for days."
Bonnie shook her head, completely stunned. "I think I'll just talk to him some more if that's alright."
Kendra looked disappointed. "It's your choice." She handed Bonnie the grimoire. Bonnie buckled slightly under its heavy weight. It was a lot heavier than other ones she had handled.
"Just don't let him change you, won't you?" Kendra spoke quietly, concern in her voice.
Bonnie was taken aback. "I'll… I'll try."
"The thirteenth page." Kendra said, tapping a finger on the cover of the book. "That spell's particularly interesting."
Bonnie nodded and then turned and headed for the door.
"Have a good date, Bonnie." Kendra called out. Bonnie turned her head and smiled once more before walking out. As she moved down the hallway, she thought their conversation over in her mind.
Kendra had wanted her to spell Kol?
What happened to the woman who was so interested to meet an Original five minutes ago?
Caroline pulled the phone from her ear. "Went to voicemail." She said to Klaus a little dejectedly. "Jay hasn't answered any of my calls. I wanted to say I'm sorry for what happened between the three of us."
Klaus smiled insincerely and took the phone from her hand.
"Don't worry about him." He said, keeping hold of her hand. "It's over now."
He then kissed Caroline on the lips softly and she smiled when they pulled apart.
"I don't know, I quite enjoyed jealous Klaus." She grinned.
Klaus rolled his eyes but smiled too. "Well, he'll always be there. Every guy who looks at you, Caroline, for the rest of forever, I'll be silently plotting their murder."
She kissed him again. "The rest of forever? Confident are we?"
Klaus laughed. "No other mortal or immortal can compare to me, love. I'm the Original hybrid."
"Hybrid?" Caroline said, contemplating the word. "Tyler's a hybrid. Maybe I should give him a call?"
Klaus glared at her but Caroline just laughed and pulled him in for an embrace.
"Tyler's lucky he's escaped with his life after all he's done to you." Klaus muttered, running one hand through Caroline's hair.
"Well, I'm glad. With both Tyler and Jay, you didn't let your jealousy get away with you and you just let them be."
Klaus tensed up slightly at her words but Caroline didn't seem to notice.
She sighed, nuzzling Klaus' neck. "I just wish Jay would have said goodbye."
Klaus pulled back and looked at her guiltily, thinking about how he'd killed the boy. He was just about to give in and tell her the truth when there was a buzz from his phone.
Internally breathing a sigh of relief, he took it out of his pocket. It was a text from Kol telling them to come to Bonnie's room. "Kol wants to see us."
Caroline frowned. "Why?"
"I don't know, but we better go and see what he wants."
A few minutes later they arrived at Bonnie's room. Kol opened the door with a flourish.
"Caroline, darling." He greeted flamboyantly, forcibly taking her hand. Caroline exhaled in annoyance as he kissed it. Kol let go of her hand. "You and my brother still together I see. What a pity."
Caroline shoved him into the door and then walked passed him into the room.
Klaus gave Kol a look and followed her.
"Why did you ask us here?" Caroline demanded, her arms crossed, turning on the arrogant Original.
Kol didn't answer the question straight away. Instead he made a real show of moving to Bonnie's bed and flopping down on it and getting into a comfortable position.
"Why not? Let's have a little family gathering." Kol smirked, folding his arms behind his head.
Caroline and Klaus both glared at him.
Kol laughed and slung his legs over the side of the bed. "Oh, alright. I'm going on a date with Bonnie tonight. Candle lit dinner, the works. I just wanted you guys to know so you didn't interrupt us with these annoying cell phones or anything."
"Ugh, a candle lit dinner?" Caroline said in disgust. "She's 19, Kol. Take her out clubbing or something."
Kol raised an eyebrow. "Someone not in touch with their romantic side, Nik?" He asked his brother.
Klaus rolled his eyes. "Caroline and I have done plenty of romantic things."
"I wouldn't call sex every day 'romantic'"
"KOL!" Caroline screamed at him. She began to insult him with every bad word she could think of but Kol just laughed hysterically. As she kept yelling at him, the door to the room opened and Bonnie walked in. She was struggling with the heavy grimoire.
"What's going on here?" She asked, confused.
Kol side stepped around Caroline and over to Bonnie. "Let me get that for you, darling." He said and took the grimoire from Bonnie's arms. He handled it as though it were as light as a feather and put it down on Bonnie's desk.
Caroline fumed on the other side of the room, still mad at him. Klaus put an arm around her. "Just ignore him. I do." He whispered in her ear.
Kol pretended he didn't hear that. He spoke to Bonnie. "Kendra was nice wasn't she?"
"Yeah, but she has some weird ideas." Bonnie admitted, thinking back to the conversation in her lecturer's office.
"Of course she does. She's a witch." Klaus smirked, ready to get his payback on Kol. "They're all a bit strange. Just look at yourself." He gestured at Bonnie. "You'd have to be crazy to want to date my little brother."
Kol and Bonnie both glowered at him but Klaus smiled unapologetically, chuckling at his own joke. Caroline smiled too and looked like she agreed with him.
"I thought I'd better tell you guys," Bonnie began a moment later, letting it go, "Elena and Elijah have broken up and so have Matt and Rebekah."
"What!?" Caroline shrieked and Klaus looked shocked, his smugness receding.
"Yeah, Elena called me earlier."
"Elena… Matt…" Caroline murmured, not believing it.
"The other thing is, Matt's in New York with Elena because he's so upset about the break up. Elena's not coping and she wants our help, Care."
"I thought we'd settled this. I don't want you to go." Kol reiterated.
"This doesn't just affect me, Kol. But Caroline, Elena and Matt too."
"Why don't you want her to go?" Caroline asked suspiciously. "She can do whatever she wants."
Kol shifted uncomfortably. "It's not… safe." He stuttered, giving Klaus a significant look.
Klaus understood his meaning. No matter how much Kol may have dismissed the idea of more attacks like the one from Jay, he was truly worried about Bonnie's safety.
Klaus almost smiled. How his brother had changed.
Caroline scoffed. "She's a witch, I'm a vampire. I think we'll be safe enough." She smirked, wickedly. "Besides, it'd do Bonnie some good to get away from your immaturity."
"This coming from the baby vampire!" Kol remarked, pointing a finger at Caroline. They stared each other down. Bonnie didn't even want to know what had caused this fight between them.
"I think they should go." Klaus said, stepping in between his brother and girlfriend.
Kol's eyes whipped to Klaus. "You're not serious. What about -?"
"They'll be fine." Klaus hushed, cutting him off. He didn't want Caroline and Bonnie to know about Jay. Especially Caroline. He really didn't want to have to tell her he'd been lying to her.
"See? Klaus thinks it will be fine. You're being overbearing." Bonnie grumbled.
"Alright!" Kol relented, throwing his hands in the air. "Because Kol Mikaelson doesn't know a thing right? Do whatever you want." He left the room as the three of them watched him storm out.
Klaus shared a look with the girls before following after him.
Kol had used vampire speed and was on the other side of the campus. Klaus followed him and saw him sitting against a wall. The same wall he'd killed Jay in front of. Or thought he had.
"This isn't like you. Since when have you actually cared?" Klaus joked as he sat down next to him.
Kol looked down at the ground, picking at stones on the concrete. "I have a small list of things I care about. You're lucky to make it."
"Right… thanks."
Kol sighed and threw a pebble into the distance. "Look, there's more to the reason I don't want Bonnie to go, alright?"
Klaus looked at his brother and frowned. "Like?"
"I've…" Kol began hesitantly, "I've been putting vampire blood in her coffee."
This caught Klaus completely off guard. "What?"
"My blood." Kol said, slipping a hand into his pocket and pulling out the vial of blood. "Every day."
Klaus looked down at the vial and then back up at Kol to make sure he wasn't joking.
Kol's expression showed no sign of bluff.
"And Bonnie has no idea?" Klaus asked in disbelief.
Kol shook his head and put the vial back in his pocket. "And if she goes to New York, I won't be able to put it in her coffee."
"It'll just be few days."
"A lot can happen in a few days. I couldn't handle if something happened to her. What about that girl Elijah said has been putting ideas into Elena's head? What if she was in with the werewolf?"
Klaus had an idea. "We'll ask Elijah to keep an eye on the girls for us."
"He and Elena have broken up." Kol pointed out. "For the better in my opinion." He shrugged.
Klaus gave his brother a look but decided to let it go.
"He'll do this for us." He began. "For his brothers. Besides, we can stay here and find out more about what Jay was up to."
Kol thought it over for a moment. Then he gave in. "Alright. But if anything happens to her," He pointed a finger at Klaus, "I will get the white oak stake and murder you."
Klaus laughed. "Understood."
Kol stood up. "Gotta go back and get ready for my date with Bonnie. Tuxedo and a candle lit dinner and all."
Klaus smiled and stood up too. "Let me guess, it'll involve roses."
"You know me too well, brother."
Together they started walking back to their hall with human speed. Klaus smirked. "I don't think you could do it."
"Do what?"
"Kill me."
Kol looked offended. "Of course I could. I'm Kol Mikaelson."
Klaus laughed. "Oh, right. My mistake." He said with sarcasm and pushed his brother playfully.
Kol chuckled and pointed at him again. "I will use that stake if you're not careful."
"That's if you can find it." Klaus said as they rounded the corner.
"And no more jokes about my sex life!"
The weekend came around faster than they expected and Bonnie and Caroline left for New York without a hitch. Although Kol was less than accommodating. He didn't even come to see them off. He was still upset that Bonnie was going. He'd spent half their date constantly pestering her trying to convince her to change her mind but with no success.
Bonnie had been annoyed about his reluctance to let her go until she found a single red rose in her suitcase. It came with a message on pink, heart covered paper.
"Have a lovely trip, darling. You look magnificent as always. Come home safe. Love Kol."
Later that day, an exhausted Caroline and Bonnie arrived at Elena's apartment.
"Elena!" Caroline shrieked when she came to the door. She flung her arms around her and Elena hugged her tightly.
Bonnie hugged Elena as well, although with less flamboyancy. "Are you alright?" She asked.
"Yeah, I've been fine. My friend Anastasia has been helping out."
"Oh, I'd like to meet her."
"Sure. We can go out to lunch or something."
Bonnie and Caroline came into the apartment, pulling their suitcases behind them.
"Alright, I can take the couch if one of you want's my bed." Elena started explaining, moving inside. "Matt might be leaving soon. He's improved these last couple days. Although, he wasn't that good this morning."
"That's a worry." Bonnie said, concerned.
"Where is Matt?" Caroline asked.
Elena turned to her with a smile. "Next door with Anastasia. She's been talking to him and giving him advice. I think they get on well."
Bonnie smiled sweetly. "I'm glad you've met someone like Anastasia who sounds really nice."
"Yeah, that's sure to help you get over -" Caroline started but Bonnie glared at her, stopping her mid speech.
Elena stiffened, knowing what Caroline was implying.
"What she means," Bonnie began, still glaring at Caroline, "is that you seem pretty happy here."
Elena smiled, relieved that she didn't have to talk about Elijah. "I've finally found out who I am, I think. With a little help from Anastasia and COES."
Elena walked off into the bedroom, going to set up the spare bed.
Caroline scoffed and picked up an apple from the fruit bowl. "She must be upset about him, B. We can't just ignore the fact that she's recently gone through a break up." She took a large bite of the apple.
"If she wants to talk about it, she will."
Caroline swallowed the mouthful of apple and then followed Elena into the bedroom, groaning in frustration.
"You're so insensitive sometimes." Bonnie grumbled, knowing perfectly well she could hear her.
Elijah was sitting in a small hotel room. The curtains were shut and no lights were on so the room was bathed in darkness. The darkness matched his mood as he sat thinking about Elena.
Maybe it was a twist of fate? Maybe he was doomed for failed love with girls who were all identical?
His phone started ringing, breaking him out of his reverie. He looked down at it with hope. Could that be Elena?
He snatched it up and answered the call.
"Elijah."
Elijah's shoulders slumped. "What can I do for you, Niklaus?" He asked. He didn't even try to hide the sadness in his voice.
"Cheer up, mate. It's just a girl." Klaus said when he heard Elijah's tone.
"What can I do for you?" Elijah repeated, more forcefully this time.
"Can you keep an eye on Caroline and Bonnie for us? They're in New York visiting Elena."
Elijah felt like a hand had been punched into his chest when he heard Elena's name.
"Sure." Elijah choked out, fighting through his pain.
There was a pause. "Are you alright?" Klaus asked a few seconds later, real concern in his voice.
"I'm fine. I'll look out for the girls." He said in a rush. He hung up, not even caring if he'd offended Klaus.
Why had he agreed to that? Keeping an eye on the girls meant seeing Elena. He didn't know if he could do that. Not if she hated him.
A knock on the door made him look up. His hope returned. This had to be Elena.
He rushed to the door and flung it open. And for a second his hopes had come true. But then he realized it wasn't Elena. The curled hair was more than enough to prove this fact.
Elijah blinked in surprise. "Katerina?"
"Hello, Elijah." Katherine said. "I've just come to tell you what I've found out. You know the girl Anastasia? Well it's not really her. She's Tatia. She's taken over Anastasia's body."
Elijah looked at her in disbelief.
"What do you mean Anastasia is Tatia?!"
Anastasia is Tatia? What?! Do you believe Katherine or do you think is just one of her plots to get back with Elijah?
Klaus feels guilty about keeping secrets from Caroline. Do you think he'll tell her the truth?
Klaus and Kol are going to find out what Jay was up to, what do you think they'll find?
And Bonnie has the grimoire from Kendra. I wonder what will happen with that!
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