Chapter 11
Tony walked up to his sired masters house right outside of Virginia to tell him what he had found out about the Aj girl Klaus had been keeping tabs on for the past 17 years or so. Tony hated being sired, just his luck to be a vampire with a sire bond. How weird.
"Klaus are you here?" He said opening the door.
"Hello, Mate hows my darling girl doing?" Klaus said with an arrogant smirk flashing his blue eyes.
"Shes fine, healthy. I approached her however and she ran.. she sprayed me with vervain Klaus, she knows about vampires. She even had one protecting her. He seemed A bit too protective of her if you ask me." Tony said blatantly.
"Well then It's time to make our move. Pack your bags Tony, we're going to get my girl." Klaus said with an eager voice.
Aj had been suspicious of Damon, ever since he had talked to Bree he had been acting weird. Once he was ready to go he dragged Aj away from the pool table and they drove back to dear old Mystic Falls. He had been pretty silent the whole way back, a drastic change from the ride here. He seemed to stare at her as if weighing her value, she didnt like it. She was glad when he dropped her off at home. She needed to play her guitar and get away. She needed a friend and who better to call then Bonnie and Caroline? Elena was busy with Stefan.
"Bonnie, Care? Hey" Aj said into her phone on the 3 way call.
"Hey Aj! whats up?" Caroline said brightly. Enthusiastic as ever.
"I really want to go out tonight, have some fun.." Aj said wistfully.
"Well there is an open mic night at the grill Aj, maybe you could play a song of yours" Bonnie suggested.
"Oh yeah Aj totally! and I can find a hot guy" Caroline giggled.
"Normally Im pretty shy though.. I guess I could give it a try." Aj said.
"Alright! Ill pick you guys up in 20 minutes, look sexy" Caroline said before disconnecting the call.
Aj sighed. She was shy but she had to get out and sing eventually if she wanted to be a professional. Oh well, she may as well look good. She went to her mirror and brushed out her long brown waves with blue and pink highlights until they fell softly down her back. She settled on a purple lace scoop neck tight dress. She grabbed her guitar and headed out. She was ready.
"You can do it Aj, I know you can" Bonnie said reassuringly as Aj stood at the bar nervous. Caroline was off chatting up the guys and Bonnie she knew, was eager to go talk to Elena who had just showed up with Stefan and Lexi in tow.
"I know I can Bon, I just need a few minutes, you go talk to 'Lena" Aj said as her best friend hugged her and left. She couldnt shake the nervousness. She stashed her guitar behind the bar with Matt and leaned her head back breathing deeply.
"You alright there love?" She heard in a british accent. She turned her head to see a very attractive Blond guy with lovely blue eyes. Great, now a hot guy would make her more nervous.
"Yeah Im okay, just nervous. My friends want me to play a song. I want to be a songwriter for the pros one day" She said with a small smile.
"Ah thats it. Well a gorgeous girl like you has nothing to worry about darling, Im sure you'd be lovely"
"Thanks.. I havent seen you around before, whats your name? Im Aj."
"Hello Aj Im Niklaus Mikaelson, but please call me Klaus. I just moved here, but you'll see me out and about soon enough" He said with a wink.
"Youll like Mystic Falls."
"I like you, Love"
Aj blushed heavily.
"Oh great now Im more nervous!" she said covering her face, he took her hands and looked her in the eyes.
"You have nothing to be nervous about. Come on Darling, dance with me? That'll get your mind off it." He said nudging her onto the dance floor.
"Alright Niklaus, one dance" He moaned glaring at her for using his full name. as he pulled her closer to him for the slow dance that was playing.
"So darling tell me, why are you nervous about singing? Klaus said as he twirled her around.
"I dont know.. I normally dont share my songs and Im afraid people will think Im horrible" Aj whispered
"Ah come now, Im sure youre talent is as amazing as you are" Klaus said with a wink making Aj blush.
"Alright Nik lets put it to a test" She said, he smiled at her calling him Nik, he liked it.
Aj took Klaus' hand and dragged him to the front row smiling, she then waited her turn and hopped up on stage as Matt brought her guitar out. Little did she know that Damon Salvatore had his blue eyes trained on her from a hidden corner of the bar.
"This song goes out to my new friend Niklaus, he helped me get over my fears tonight, so heres to you Nik" She said into the Mic shooting the grinning Klaus a wink as she began to strum her guitar..
"Ive always been a little bit afraid..
I always just seemed to get in the way
But not anymore Im gonna make it to a new shore
I want everyone to see the heart of me
she strummed the guitar slowly but built up to a faster pace.
I'd like to say I could do it on my own
but Im afraid if I did I would end up cold and alone
why cant people feel? why cant they see?
there is so much more to me...
So heres to me
I'm breaking free...
She strummed the last notes of the song as everyone in the grill clapped loudly and she ran down to give Nik a Hug.
"Oh Nik thanks for encouraging me.."
"No problem Love, I knew you could do it"
Damon had seen Aj with a Blonde man and he wasnt happy. The guy was obviously a vampire, takes one to know one. He seemed a bit to interested in Aj so Damon decided to Intervene.
"So Aj, whos your friend?" He said sauntering up to them.
"Damon meet Niklaus, Niklaus meet Damon"
"Hello Mate, call me Klaus."
"Klaus" Damon said smirking and shaking Klaus' hand firmly. he was gonna make sure this guy kept his distance from Aj.
A/N Happy Holidays!3 team Klaus? Team Damon? atleast 2 reviews before the next chapter, I need your opinions!
