A/N: YAY they have finally arrived, thank god! I did do quite a bit of research about the Universal resort because I haven't actually been there myself, so I'm not actually sure how everything works... The whole wrist-band thing was my idea though and I know that the Hard Rock Hotel more than likely doesn't use that sort of system. Thank you for all the reviews about my last chap guys! And I hope to get many more with this one :D


Chapter Twelve - Red or Blue?

Universal Orlando Resort (Hard Rock Hotel)

Rebekah was truly grateful that she was now standing in the lobby of the Hard Rock Hotel and was no longer driving around in the hired SUV with her frustrating, awkward, attention seeking brothers. As she wondered around to take in her new surroundings, she noticed Kol was just in awe as she.
"Did you really book this place without having a clue what it would be like?" She uttered while making her way towards her older brother, leaving the eldest two, to sort out the check-in conformation.
"I didn't exactly have enough time to see, as seen as though Nik wasn't fairly impressed, remember?" Kol muttered without facing her as he examined all the memorabilia dotted around the place.
"You had like a week to check?" Rebekah interjected.
"I like surprises." He simply said while noticing a stand what was filled with leaflets/brochures about the resort and went to go a take a few with him.
"No you don't?" She whispered while frowning so he wouldn't hear. Kol finally turned around to Rebekah, fanning brightly colored papers at her.
"I can do my research tonight now." He sarcastically smiled.
"A bit late now don't you think?" She raised an eyebrow.
"I'm never late for anything sister..." He shook his head in a mocking disapproval as he strolled past her to make his way back to their brothers.
"Kol, Rebekah?" Elijah summoned the two of them back to the check-in desk. Niklaus was leaning his arm against the counter as he scrolled through his phone, what meant he left Elijah to deal with all the paper work. The both of them wasn't exactly on talking terms after earlier. He finally took notice after hearing him call his siblings back and decided that he should actually pay attention now. Once the four of them were all reunited Elijah began.
"You need to put these on..." He held out four different colored wrist-bands. Two were blue and the other two were red.
"Why?" Kol asked automatically snatching a red one from his brothers grasp.
"Because these show we are all inclusive, meaning food and drink etc from the hotel is free." Elijah explained as he took the red band back replacing it with a blue one.
"I wanted the red one?" Kol looked blankly at the blue wrist-band in his palm.
"The red ones are for me and Niklaus." He clarified while passing a red one to Nik and the other blue to Rebekah.
"Why do you get the red ones?" Kol continued to question, clearly not happy that he wasn't getting his favorite color band.
"If you read Kol it says on your band: under 21..." Klaus answered as he put his one on. Kol did as Klaus said and looked down and read the small print explaining he was under twenty-one, when technically he really wasn't.
"Wait, me and Kol have to where the children wrist-bands?" Rebekah freaked once she realized what the bands meant, however she already put hers on.
"Well you do both act like a couple of kids." Klaus remarked.
"Huh? Do I look like a child?" Kol was beginning to understand the concept of the plastic bracelets. The three of them frowned at their brother after his sentence.
"Alright, ignore my last comment." He shook his head, "But I am not wearing the blue one." He demanded.
"Me either Elijah!" Rebekah added. Elijah sighed. How could even think that this was going to be a simple task?
"I do not make the rules." He replied.
"Well rules are intended to be broken." Kol uttered as he tried to hand the band back to his brother.
"Kol just put it on, I'm not dealing with this right now." Elijah pushed his hand back. Kol saw the amusement casting in Nik's eyes. He might be permanently stuck in a nineteen year old body, but Kol certainly wasn't under twenty-one! He refused to do what his brother asked and shoved the band in his back pocket instead.

Before the youngest siblings had a chance to argue any more, Elijah finished and moved on.
"These are your passes to the theme-parks..." He handed the blue tickets out, "Do not lose them." He aimed the last sentence at Kol as he was the last to get his pass. Kol snatched the ticket with a scowl, knowing Elijah purposely meant him.
"And finally, our room keys..." He held out two rectangle pieces of plastic that looked like credit cards.
"They do not look like keys?" Kol asked.
"Well, they are." Rebekah sighed and went to take one, however Elijah swiftly moved his hand away.
"We need to decide the sleeping arrangements?" He gave his baby sister a stern look.
"Well I'm having my own room because there is no way I'm sharing with any of you!" She stated.
"I don't really think you have a choice Rebekah?" Klaus muttered.
"Kol only booked two twin, deluxe rooms." Elijah refrained. Rebekah's head darted round to her brother.
"Did you not think I might of wanted my own room!" She hissed.
"Oh I'm sorry, next time I decide to use Nik's credit card to book accommodation, I will make sure to ask for your preferences..." Kol sarcastically uttered. Out of frustration Rebekah groaned knowing she would now have to share with one of them. Suddenly out of the corner of her eye she noticed a man who looked like the hotel manager and stormed off to speak to him.
"What is she doing?" Klaus complained.
"Using our vampire advantages..." Elijah breathed. After a thirty second chat a slightly confused manager and a happier Rebekah returned.
"I do apologize with the unfortunate mix-up we have here." He began. Everyone stared at Rebekah wondering what she had done.
"I'm sure everything will be resolved..." Elijah replied, however not turning away from his sister who looked very smug. The manager briefly disappeared through the back door to have a word with the receptionist whom assisted the brothers moments ago.
"So what have you compelled yourself this time?" Kol asked with a slight smirk.
"My own room." She huffed, still pretending to be annoyed that only two rooms were booked in the first place.
"You are not doing this all holiday Rebekah." The eldest original stated.
"If I have to wear a poxy children's band during these two weeks, then the least I can do is get my own room?" She jeered. No one had a chance to reply because the manager and receptionist were back.
"I'm sorry about that. Here is the key for the deluxe queen room you also booked." He placed the card into Rebekah's palm and she nodded in acceptance.
"If you four are ready, I can call the bell-boy to take you to your rooms?" The receptionist added.
"That would be most kind, thank you." Elijah agreed deciding he needed a lie down. The two behind the desk left once again leaving the originals to chat among their selves as they waited to be shown to their accommodation.
"So if 'Bekah gets her own room, why can't I?" Kol questioned.
"Don't start." Klaus breathed.
"Kol is right, you three need to decide who is sharing and who has the other room?" Rebekah added with a sly grin. Without warning Niklaus took a card off the table (that Elijah had previously placed down) with his vampire speed.
"I am having a room to myself." He announced.
"That isn't exactly fair?!" Kol exclaimed.
"Life isn't fair." Klaus stated.
"Well, I guess that settles it then. Me and Nik have our own rooms while you and Elijah share." Rebekah finalized.

Elijah wasn't happy with the arrangements but he really didn't want to deal with another confrontation with his siblings and decided to come to terms with sharing a room with his baby brother. Kol wasn't impressed either, however at least if he had to share, it was with the brother who hasn't harmed him in anyway. Yet.
The bell-boy had now appeared to guide the vampires to their rooms. Everyone began to follow except Kol who luckily noticed a box of red bands sat on a shelf behind the check-in desk. He looked left and right to make sure no one was around before jumping over the desk so quickly and swiping a couple of the red bands in his jacket pocket. Pleased with his sneaky moves he ran away to catch up with everyone else...


Third floor of hotel...

Finally the original vampires were settling in to their new habitats for the next couple of weeks. Klaus and Rebekah didn't even bother to thank the young man who lead and pointed them to their rooms. Nor did they utter a goodbye to Elijah or Kol. The rooms were spread throughout the third floor of the hotel. The shared room was the first on the floor and was number sixty-four, where as Nikalus' was seventy and Rebekah's room was number seventy-five.


"Shotgun!" Kol called out once again today as he ran and dived onto the bed closest to the window, leaving Elijah with the bags and utterly confused.
"I thought that only worked on cars?" He asked while he dragged the cases inside.
"I don't know, to be honest I just wanted to test the mattress." Kol answered as he bounced while he sat on his bed. Once he was comfortable with the many pillows, he slipped out the brochures he took earlier and began to flick through them.
"Wow this place is huge, Elijah." He awed as he observed the complementary map of the whole resort. His brother laughed and smiled.
"I don't need a map to tell me that Kol..." He replied while unzipping the first lot of luggage that ended up being his brother's. Kol glanced up to see a recognizable white wire sitting on top of his newly bought, twenty-first century clothes. Suddenly remembering, he threw the map away from him and pulled out his phone.
"Finally!" He grinned and took the wire to the closest plug to charge his cell. He waited until the famous apple icon appeared and jumped back first onto his bed to continue his map reading.
"Are you going to unpack or am I going to have to do everything for you?" Elijah noticed that Kol's luggage hadn't moved.
"Get into the groove and enjoy the pulsating music and swirling lights of the hottest dance club in the universe." Kol didn't acknowledge his brother as he was reading aloud. "See, now that sound like my kind of thing!" He was now looking at the many clubs on the resort. "To get into a club you need a red wrist-band, Kol." Elijah reminded him as he was getting frustrated about his brother lack of involvement.
"Oh, thanks for reminding me brother!" Kol pulled out one of the red wrist-bands out from his pocket and placed it across his wrist.
"How did you get that?" Elijah looked at him displeased and had now stopped hanging his outfits in the wardrobe.
"I found it." Kol frowned.
"You found it?" Elijah folded his arms.
"Yes on a shelf, behind the check-in desk." The younger brother smiled as innocently as he could.
"You stole it." Elijah corrected. Kol never replied and lifted the map back up to his face.
"Kol, get out." Elijah suddenly said.
"Huh?"
"If you are not going to unpack or help in the slightest, go and bother someone else please?"
Kol abruptly got up of the bed and scrunched the map back into his pocket.
"Fine, I know when I'm not wanted!" He exaggerated and ripped his cell away from its charge before stomping out of the door and slamming it shut causing Elijah to tense and sigh in defeat.


Kol stood on the third floor not sure of where to go now and immediately regretted charging out of the room. He remembered Rebekah's room was the last door on the right and found his self walking towards it. He knocked confidently as he pulled out the brochure to unscramble the screwed up map. She answered with a smile but as soon as she saw it was her brother it erased.
"What do you want?"
"I'm bored, can we go and look around?" He asked while flattening the map on a nearby wall.
"No I'm busy unpacking and so should you?" She replied.
"Elijah kicked me out until he was done." He confessed.
"Well, don't think you're coming in here to pester me?" She tried to close her door but Kol's foot stopped it from shutting.
"Not even if I bribe you with this?" He took out the other red band and her face automatically lit up. Rebekah quickly grabbed it and put it on her free wrist.
"I'll see you at dinner Kol." She randomly said and slammed the it in his face.
"A thanks would have been nice!" He shouted to the door. Next, he saw something blue being shoved under the entrance and it happened to be Rebekah's now torn, old wrist-band.
"Funny 'Bekah, really? This is the last time I do something considerate for you!" He banged the door with his fist (making sure he wouldn't break it) and left.


Approximately the same time (outside The Hard Rock Hotel)

"Talk about a long journey! That half hour trip turned into an hour?!" Caroline complained and stretched out her arms and neck while stepping off the coach.
"I know, and I'm starving." Bonnie agreed.
"Oh my God, I could kill for a blood-bag right now." The blonde uttered.
"I meant actual food Care?" The witch looked at her disapprovingly.
"Err I knew that?" Caroline nervously smiled and walked away to get her case.


Elena had purposely avoided all communication with Damon for the rest of that trip and briskly got off the coach as soon as she could. She was focusing so hard on not accidentally making any eye contact with him, that she never realized her blonde vampire friend sneaking up behind.
"Soo 'Lena?" Caroline whispered in her ear.
"Hello Caroline?" Elena turned to give her an odd look.
"You going to tell me about you and Damon or shall I ask him?" You couldn't get nothing past that girl.
"There isn't a me and Damon, so no," Elena muttered as she pushed a case into Caroline's chest.
"Oh really? You are going to act like that?" The blonde frowned.
"I'm not acting like anything Caroline?" The brunette followed.
"Ugh! You and Damon totally had something back there and it was weird okay?!" Caroline hissed.
"Had something?" Elena raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, me and Bonnie had to keep pausing our conversations because of your damn giggling and fooling around half the time, explain that?" Caroline was beginning to sound like a judgy mother.
"It isn't that difficult to get along with someone, you do know that?"
"It is when it's Damon."
"Well, how about we continue this discussion another day, like you know, once I got a few cocktails in my system." Elena mimicked her best friend as she was becoming fairly pissed off with how she was acting. Caroline gasped before ending the conversation.
"People only act bitchy, when they are in denial Elena!" She started to walk away.
"Then I guess you're in denial most of the time then Caroline!" Elena called back and got the last word. Unfortunately, the whole group including a couple of other guests were watching the bickering vampires and it all became to uncomfortable for Elena.


"What's wrong with Elena and Caroline?" Jeremy was stood next to Bonnie and decided it was time to break the tension between the both of them.
"I don't know, I'm guessing everyone is going to be a little ratty and hungry after that journey and vampire's emotions are heightened." She smiled politely as she tried to pull her suitcase out from under another one.
"Here let me-" Jeremy offered.
"I got it." Bonnie exclaimed as she still struggled.
"Bonnie I can help-"
"Jeremy I got it, it's fine!" Suddenly, the force of the case coming out caused her to fall back into him. For a split moment, Bonnie remembered how good it felt to be wrapped inside Jeremy Gilbert's arms and how he was the only one who ever made her feel safe during everything that had happened. Unfortunately, all it was now was a distant memory and she quickly shook her mind back to reality and positioned herself back up.
"Thanks." She murmured and lifted her case's handle to drag it away.
"Welcome Bon." Jeremy mumbled under a deflated breath as he watched her walk away from him once again. What is going to have to do to win her back?


Damon and Stefan were the last to get their cases as everyone else made their ways to the Hotel lobby.
"How was your journey brother?" Damon simpered and gave Stefan an innocent grin.
"I would say quiet but hearing you and Elena enjoying each others company kind of counteracts the statement." Stefan remarked and yanked out his case effortlessly.
"Do I hear a hint of jealousy there?" Damon continued to smirk as he was next to take out his luggage.
"Are you wanting the first evening of our vacation to start with an argument Damon?"
"No, why would I want that?"

Stefan put his hand over his face before replying to his brother's question.
"Look, whatever game your playing, don't bring Elena into it okay?"

Damon pretended to look utterly hurt.
"All this because I sat next to her? Christ Stefan, I'd hate to see how you react, if me and Elena have to share the same roller-coaster together? Or even worse the tea-cups?" Damon gasped sarcastically.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." Stefan muttered and grudgingly dragged his case behind him and left Damon to relish in his younger brothers misery...


Second floor of hotel...

The group were now all in their own rooms sorting out their luggage. Matt and Jeremy had a room exactly next door to the Salvatore's, where as the girls shared a room further up the hall.

Elena and Caroline had completely forgot about their latest argument as soon as they entered the deluxe guest room and took over the two twin beds, leaving an unhappy Bonnie with the pull out sofa.
"I can't believe Damon is the only one with a red band?!" Caroline bitched while she sat crossed legged piling up her clothes into different outfits.
"Well technically he is over twenty-one Care?" Bonnie explained as she placed the girls shoes at the bottom of the wardrobe.
"I know, but what are we going to do, while he goes swanning off to City-Walk every night?" "I'm sure he will probably compel the bouncers to let us lot in..." Bonnie assured.
"But the whole point of this vacation was not to use our supernatural advantages?" Elena put a downer on the situation and the three girls sat on their beds disheartened.
"Well how about, as long as we don't compel or Bonnie uses any spells it's okay?" Caroline rearranged the rule. The witch and brunette vampire thought about it before agreeing that, that was their new rule.

A few minutes of unpacking past before Bonnie started a new conversation.
"What do you think happened to the originals?"
"They are probably just late, I mean Klaus could still be held up at the airport?" Elena shrugged.
"Or they could even be at another hotel in the resort?" Bonnie secretly hoped, even though she agreed to them coming.
"Or maybe they have decided to leave us alone and go back to Mystic Falls?" Caroline smiled.
"No chance Care. Klaus wouldn't give up a chance to try and get as close to you as possible." Elena laughed.
"Yeah, and as seen as though you and Rebekah are pals now?" Bonnie joined in the teasing.
"Huh? We are not pals?!" Caroline scowled. The other two snickered at the blonde's frustration.
"Not what Elena told me?" The witch grassed up her friend.
"Eleenaa?" Caroline's expression showed she wasn't impressed.
"Oops?" Elena muttered before a pillow came flying across the room and smacked her right in the face. The pillow fighting between the girls commenced...


Matt and Jeremy's room...

"And she just walked away, like that?" Matt looked apologetically towards the younger Gilbert as he chilled on the comfiest bed he had ever lied on.
"Yup." Jeremy simply replied while flicking through the TV channels with the remote.
"Just give her time man, I'm sure she will come through in the end." Matt tried his best to help however, he wasn't very good with these sort of chats.
"How much time am I meant to give? It's been months." Jeremy dramatically fell back on his bed.
"As long as she needs, I guess?"
Jeremy turned his head to his pal and thanked him before changing the subject.
"Well, how are you and April doing?"
"Still early days bro, but it's okay I guess." He smiled as his eyes noticed the two suitcases still waiting to be unpacked.
"Jer, don't you think we should at least start with the unpacking?" He pointed at the luggage. Suddenly Jeremy saw a metal contraption beside the wardrobe and got up to take a look.
"Oh my God, dude check this out!" He called Matt over.
"What is it?"
"Come here, look!"

As Matt arrived, Jeremy opened it up to reveal a mini-fridge filled with snacks, beer and spirits.
"I guess the unpacking can wait..." Matt grinned as the both of them began to rummage through the fridge taking anything in reach...


Downstairs near the restaurant...

Kol had been wondering around for about half an hour, denying the fact he was lost. The map had definitely took him to the wrong place. He wanted to find the bar however, he had no idea where he was now. Why did Elijah have to kick him out? He was going to do his luggage, just not there and then...

Unexpectedly, a familiar ringtone vibrated in his pocket and he realized his cell must still be alive. He pulled it out to see it was Elijah who was trying to get hold of him.
"Ah, are you missing me already big brother?" Kol answered in his usual sarcastic tone.
"Where are you?" Elijah's voice replied.
"If I knew I would tell you..." He rested his mobile between his shoulder and ear as he tried once more to read the screwed up map.
"Can you please just get back to the room, Niklaus, Rebekah and I are waiting for you as always?" His brother sighed.
"Well, If I didn't get kicked out or if Rebekah wasn't so rude to me, you three wouldn't be waiting now would you?" Kol complained.
"Kol just hurry up!" Rebekah's shriek appeared from a distance.
"You've got five minutes." Elijah finished before hanging up.
"You've got five minutes." Kol imitated his brother and shoved his phone angrily in his pocket.


He began to make his way back to the elevator that he remembered using to get down here in the first place. When he arrived, it took too long to make its way back down to the ground floor for his patience and he went to use the nearby stairs. Unfortunately due to not really paying much attention to his surroundings when other things are ticking in his mind, he couldn't remember what floor his room was on and exited the staircase from the second floor. The corridor looked the same. To be honest it looked exactly the same.
"What number was the room?" He asked his self. He saw that these doors were in their forties and that's when he recalled that there was definitely a four in his room number. Kol stopped walking when he saw the door forty-six and it seem to trigger a slight memory, however he wasn't sure.
"Ah, what the hell..." He muttered before using his confident knock once more.
"We told you guys to give us half an hour-Oh..."

To Kol's shock the pretty little blonde his brother had quite a fancy to answered the door.
"What the hell do you want?" Her eyes narrowed.
"I seem to have got the wrong room..." He smirked. He felt foolish, out of all the doors in this hotel he manages to find their one? However, Kol could never let his guard down.
"Who is it Care?" Elena had now appeared with a couple of white feathers stuck in her hair as she blew a piece of her fringe off her face.
"Well if I knew you girls were having a pillow fight, I would of found your room much earlier and bought a couple of my own." He smugly stated.
"Seriously Kol what are you doing here? Has Klaus set you up to this?" Caroline glared.
"As much as I would love to say this was meaningful, it really isn't and totally coincidental darling."


Damon and Stefan were now walking down the hall after hearing the accent they are getting know all to well.
"Well hello guys, I hope you brought more pillows if you have come to join this private party?" Kol referenced to the girls.
"What?" Damon scrunched his face, disinterested in the original.
Kol's ringtone had interrupted the reunion and he saw it was Elijah once again calling him.
"Hi, I'm sorry but I'm not able to get to the phone at the moment, but if you leave your name and number after the-" He cut his self off with a chuckle that escaped him, "Okay sorry I couldn't keep that up, what do you want Elijah?" He asked.
"Where the hell are you Kol?" His brother was becoming quite angry.
"With a few of our darling friends."
"What?"
"Wait..." He shoved the phone in front of Caroline, "Say hello Nik!"
"Kol get the damn phone away from me!" She hissed.
"What the hell is he playing at?!" Everyone else heard Klaus' voice appear from the other line.
"Will you just get to the third floor now!" Elijah bellowed.
"Ohhhhhh, the third floor. That explains why I have bumped into you lot then." He nodded at the group.
"Now, Kol!" Elijah hissed and hung up once again.
"Well I must dash and I do hope to see all you lovelies at dinner." Kol took a bow before using his vampire speed to escape.
"The originals have well and truly arrived..." Bonnie uttered...