All in all, Bella's first summer in Mystic Fall's went pretty well.
She saw Elena, Damon, Stefan, John and Caroline regularly in her office, Jeremy had even started seeing her as well after seeing how much it had helped his sister.
Alaric also came to see Bella to clear things up a couple of weeks after her office opened and they ended up deciding to try and be friends. He invited her to a dinner party with Jenna and him at the beginning of summer and it got the two women pretty close. They weren't the best friends in the world of course, but the potential was there and the fact that they were both aware of the supernatural helped them bond. It was nice for Jenna to have someone like Bella to ease her into the supernatural world she had been dragged into.
Liz came to see Bella once in a while as well and had asked her to join to town's founder's secret council. Of course Bella agreed. She could probably help the town better this way and since she was new in this town, it would help her make new friends.
Damon and Stefan had even agreed to try and have family sessions together, they would have their first one after school started again. If the two of them put on brave faces and acted as if they weren't worried about what the result of these sessions would be, inside, they were both scared. It could help them opening up and this could radically change everything, for the best sure, but also for the worst. Their relationship could change forever and it made them very nervous.
Elena was still dating Stefan and unsure about what she wanted to do with her future but Bella knew that the young woman would take the right decision eventually. She was still young and needed time. You couldn't expect an 18 year old girl to have everything figured out so fast.
At the end of July, Bella had the beginning of a clue about Abby Bennett and so she called Bonnie and asked her to come and see her. Once Bonnie was there, wondering why she was asked to come over, Bella explained to her why she was looking for Abby.
"So, you want to give her out to Klaus?" Bonnie asked her.
They weren't in Bella's office but in her apartment. Bella figured that the young witch would feel more at ease there.
"No, it's nothing like that. Klaus gave me his word that he wouldn't hurt her. He just wants to know where she hid his father so he can move him to a location where he can keep an eye on him." Bella explained.
"Why did you ask me to come here then?" Bonnie asked Bella, confused and curious.
"Well, she's your mother and it would be the perfect occasion if you wanted to mend your relationship with her. I just figured you'd want to be informed. I know I would if I were in your situation." Bella told her.
"I… I don't know if I want to see her yet but I'd like to be kept informed about what you find, what she's been up to and everything…" Bonnie replied.
"As you wish. I'll call you when I know more. Just know that you still have the option of going with Klaus when he goes to find your mother." Bella reminded her.
"Thank you. Elena and Caroline are right, you're pretty cool." Bonnie smiled before she left the building.
Bella had seen pretty much all of Elena's friends at least once over the summer.
Tyler came to see her after Matt recommended her to him and she helped him deal with being a werewolf and telling his mother. She also helped him control his urges and he was now calmer and happier. His mother certainly was happy to see that he wasn't going from one girl to another anymore. He was single and looking for the right girl.
Caroline kept on coming to see Bella from time to time. She was still single and had revealed her growing interest for Stefan, which made her feel guilty because of Elena. Bella advised her to wait and keep hope. The blond vampire still hadn't told her father who she was but Bella knew it was for the best.
Matt had done all the work Bella had asked of him and was slowly working on the last floor for her in exchange of his sessions. He had a lot of work to do there and it would assure him all the sessions he needed to deal with his sister's death, his mother's disappearance and the supernatural he seemed to be surrounded with. He had confessed to Bella that he sometimes felt like he was being followed when he went back home but that he never saw anyone and so Bella revealed what she had seen the night of the ritual.
None of them knew who or what it was, except that it appeared to be a woman with long dark hair who drove away. Matt had a feeling it might be his mother trying to get back in touch with him but he wasn't sure so he kept his doubts for himself and concentrated on his work and his friends.
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Klaus had just arrived in Chicago, on one of the last night of August, with a few of his hybrids and his siblings' coffins when he got a call from Bella.
"Bella, how are you doing?" he asked her after answering.
"Good. I've got the information you wanted on Abby Bennett. I just sent it to you by email. Her address and everything I managed to find on her current life. I also sent it to Bonnie. She'll contact you if she decides to go with you but I doubt she will." Bella explained.
"Why is that?" Klaus asked her, motioning to his hybrids that they could leave.
"Well, Abby got remarried a few years back to a man who had a son whose mother was in jail. When the guy left and got himself in trouble, Abby stayed with the kid and raised him. I don't think Bonnie will take to kindly to the fact the mother who abandoned her rose another man's child, who's the same age as she is." Bella explained to him.
"Right. Well, I'll just go alone with my hybrids then, unless you want to join me?" he asked her in a flirty tone.
"Tempting but no thanks. Don't worry though, you won't have much trouble with her. According to my sources, she seems to have lost her powers."
"Good. Thank you."
"Where are you right now?" She asked him.
"I just arrived in Chicago. I'll go see Gloria and ask her to help me find the White Oak stake. As soon as it's done I'll go back to Mystic Fall's, find Abby and get rid of Mickeal. Then my family and I will finally be able to live in peace." He replied with enthusiasm.
"Considering all the issues you have with your siblings, that's pretty optimistic." Bella chuckled.
"Then I guess it's a good thing I have a friend who also happens to be a therapist." He replied, a smile audible in his voice.
"True." Bella replied in a small voice as a wave of nausea hit her.
"You're okay? You don't sound too good…" he sounded worried for her.
"Don't worry, I've been feeling a bit sick for the last couple of days, it's probably nothing. I should go and get some rest though. Call me when you get in town?" She asked.
"Of course Love. Have a good night." He replied before he hung up.
Bella had told him the truth, she had been feeling a bit nauseous for the past couple of days, what she hadn't told him was that she hadn't had her periods since before she moved to Mystic Fall's and if she could put her conscience to rest for the first month by telling herself it was just the stress of the move and of living in an entirely new town, when her menstruation didn't come in July or in August either, she really started getting worried.
Was it even possible? Klaus was the only one she had been with in a long time and he was a vampire. But then again, he wasn't a normal vampire and werewolves spread their bloodline not by changing people but by reproducing…
She knew that she had to see a doctor so she finally decided that she would go and see Doctor Fell the next day. Meredith was a council member with whom Bella got along well and this way, if anything weird happened, she knew the secret would be well kept.
The ideal would have been Carlisle Cullen and Bella knew that if she really wanted to see him, she'd be able to find him either by calling the Volturi and exchanging their help for information she had and knew they would want or by looking herself but she didn't think she'd be able to face them again. Him alone? Sure, she'd be able to handle it but she knew that he would come with the rest of his family and she didn't want to see them again, she wasn't ready, even after 10 years.
So, yes, Bella is pregnant with Klaus' child, which will change absolutely nothing with the pairing I have planned. Most of you had guessed it... I'm that predictable I guess...
Thank you so much for all the love you're giving me and this story. I hope you'll keep on loving it as I go.
This chapter was more of a filler chapter.
Sorry for it taking me a bit longer to update. I'm at a pivotal part of my life where big decisions have to be made, which distracted me from this story. I also got sucked up in Teen Wolf and started getting several ideas for fictions (and Grimm fictions as well). It took time to write it all down until I have time to write it completely. I'll try to do better, I promise.
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