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Say Something

Savannah woke up the next morning with a massive hangover to knocking on the door of the guest room she was staying in. Yawning and rubbing her forehead, she rolled out of bed, checking her appearance as she had passed out in her clothes from yesterday. Sighing and shaking her head, she opened the door and light came pouring in from the hall, making her wince as it hurt her head.

"Hi!" Scarlett grinned at her from the other side of the doorway. Savannah thought pregnancy was supposed to make you moody, but Scarlett was just all grins and giggles these days as she was so thrilled to be pregnant.

"Ugh," Savannah groaned, rubbing at her eyes. "Can we not? My head is throbbing and..." Her mouth dropped open. "Now I'm blind from the glare off of that!" Savannah said, grabbing Scarlett's hand to look at her ring more closely. "Oh. My. GOD!" Savannah squealed with her now, throwing her arms around her friend.

"When did this happen?!" Savannah asked now excitedly, pulling away to look at the ring again.

"Last night," Scarlett replied, even more excited than Savannah. "And, get this, we're getting married in three weeks."

"Three weeks?" Savannah asked, surprised more by this than the proposal.

"Well, she's pregnant," Klaus said, coming out of his room down the hall after he heard all the squealing and screaming. "Got to get the wedding in before the bride is showing, right?" Scarlett just rolled her eyes at Klaus being his usual jerk towards her.

"Most people just say congratulations," Scarlett informed him and he smirked.

"Congratulations," Klaus told her simply. Neither had noticed Savannah leave the hall to go back into the guest room, grabbing her phone; she had several missed calls, all of which were from Marcel. She hadn't answered him since she was with Scarlett the night before, who had told her what happened at the witches' party.

"But, hey," Scarlett changed the subject as Savannah came back. "Davina's already gone out to do something, Elijah and I were going to meet her to find out the sex of the baby. After that, do you wanna marathon shop to find a dress with me?"

"Ah, yeah," Savannah said, seeming distracted. She was going through her texts, one was from Marcel asking where she was; the second told her that Elijah had killed Thierry. "Just call me and I'll meet you, ok?" she put on a cheerful smile.

"K," Scarlett grinned, hugging and kissing her friend's cheek before practically skipping down the hall she was so happy.

"Hey," Savannah said, showing up at Marcel's place. He was alone, a complete wreck. And, she was guessing the reason he looked so surprised to see her was because she hadn't called first, she had just shown up.

"You're ok?" Marcel asked in confusion.

"Ah," Savannah looked herself over and shrugged. "Kinda hungover, but ok."

"I couldn't get a hold of you last night," Marcel said. "I thought Elijah thought you had something to do with last night and-"

"And killed Scar's best friend?" Savannah asked skeptically and Marcel figured she was right, that his mind just got away from him; he only shrugged as she sat next to him on the couch. "What were you thinking last night?" she asked now. "Pulling that stunt at the party?"

"You're kidding me, right?" Marcel asked her, not believing this. She knew what he was doing, that he wanted his city back.

"Davina was at that party," Savannah argued. "Scarlett was at that party, I was almost at that party."

"You and Scar are big girls, vampires, you can take care of yourselves," Marcel reasoned. "I knew Scar would take care of D, and if I knew she was pregnant I never would have-"

"What about Hayley?" Savannah countered now. "She's pregnant and not a vampire. She could have gotten hurt or lost her baby, does that even matter to you?"

"You're right Sav," Marcel said sarcastically. "I'm the bad guy in all of this, blame me."

"Last night you were the bad guy," Savannah argued.

"I wonder how many conversations you had like this with Klaus," Marcel snapped back and Savannah backed off; he knew he hit a nerve.

"I know you want your home back," Savannah agreed with him now. "But you can't do it like this."

"Violence is the only thing they're going to understand," Marcel said back. "There's no other way to get the city back, not by just talking about it." Savannah knew she wasn't going to get through to him, sighing as she heard her phone going off in her bag; it was Scarlett.

"Hey," Scarlett said when she answered. "So, we couldn't meet up with Davina. Hayley called and we're heading out to the bayou now. Would you wanna meet up after for dress shopping?"

"Ah, yeah," Savannah nodded. "Sure." With that, she hung up, getting a look from Marcel.

"Seems a little early for her to be getting maternity dresses," Marcel said lightly, though Savannah knew that it hurt him that she was having a baby with someone else. She hesitated before breaking the news.

"Or...wedding dresses," Savannah confessed; he was going to find out eventually.

"Damn," Marcel commented. Savannah couldn't tell what he was feeling; shock, hurt, regret? "Well, as maid of honor, you probably shouldn't be late." He nodded at the door. "Better head out."

Scarlett and Elijah went out into the bayou to talk to Hayley and the others. It came out that the wolves were working with Klaus. They weren't sure what Klaus wanted, but they were supposed to get rings out of this deal to help them control when they turned. Elijah was against it, saying that working with Klaus would not end well for them, but all they saw was a way out of turning on the full moon, letting them control what they were.

As they were arguing about what to do, they heard a motorcycle pulling up outside, the five of them going to investigate. The man on the motorcycle asked who was in charge and Jackson stepped forward. That was when Elijah noticed it, the explosive. His first instinct was to get it as far away from everyone as possible, though it was too late as it was already going off as he tackled the driver; Scarlett's first instinct was to yank Hayley out of the way. Elijah got up from the ground immediately, rushing over to them.

"Are you both all right?" Elijah asked, kneeling next to Scarlett as both women slowly sat up. Hayley looked around at the damage, touching her stomach and nodding. Scarlett was happy to still hear her baby's heart beating, nodding at Elijah as well as he helped them both to their feet. "I want you to go home," Elijah told Scarlett.

"They need our help here," Scarlett argued, though she didn't intend to stay; she just wanted Elijah distracted. "We're faster and can help move the injured, ok?" Hayley agreed with her as she started helping everyone through the camp as well.

With Elijah busy helping the others, Scarlett took this opportunity to slip away, asking Hayley to cover for her if Elijah came looking for her. Rather than go home like he had asked, she took their car and drove back into town, heading across the river to the abandoned warehouse she knew a certain someone would be using as an apartment.

"Scar?" Marcel asked in confusion as she came storming into his temporary home. "What are you doing here?" He noticed her clothes, how they were splattered with a mixture of dirt and blood. "What the hell happened to you?"

"Don't act like you don't know," Scarlett accused and he didn't understand. "Tell me, was this little act in the bayou against me or Hayley?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Marcel demanded.

"Some jack ass on a bike came into the werewolf camp and bombed the place," Scarlett snapped at him. "You can't tell me he wasn't compelled, and who else would-"

"Maybe Diego," Marcel cut her off. "Or any of the other vampires that were friends with Thierry. You remember him, right?" Scarlett didn't say anything back. "You know, friend of mine from the forties, got to be pretty good friends with you two." He paused, giving her a hard stare. "Elijah killed him last night," he added on at the end.

"If I got hurt last night, I could have lost my baby," Scarlett defended Elijah.

"I HAD NO CLUE YOU WERE PREGNANT!" Marcel shouted at her, raising his voice like he never had at her before, but he was tired of being accused of this. By Elijah, by Savannah, and now Scarlett. "I never, ever would have started that riot if I knew you were there and pregnant. You know my rule about kids." He nodded at her. "Especially yours, I mean dammit." He shook his head. "Do you think I'm that cold?"

"Marcel-"

"I would never hurt you," Marcel stopped her. "Ever." He shook his head. "I love-"

"Don't," Scarlett warned him and he stopped.

"You know it's true," Marcel said, though he didn't say it; he nodded at her again. "Not that I stand that much of a chance, not with that rock on your finger."

"Don't make this about me and you," Scarlett argued.

"It's always been about me and you princess," Marcel informed her. "I'm not dying to get back into the Quarter for the party scene and jazz music," he said simply, stepping closer to her and she crossed her arms over herself, reserved. "Things are going to get bad around here," he told her now. "It'll be dangerous for you, but I swear I will never hurt you or your baby. I'll do whatever it is to keep you both safe."

"That's not your job," Scarlett said softly.

"Loving you isn't something you just quit," Marcel said now; he laughed a little, shaking his head. "Just ask Elijah." Scarlett didn't say anything as Marcel turned to grab something. "I want you to have something."

"You're making this hard," she accused and he ignored her.

"This is everything you would need if you were to leave," he said. "Move some place else with your baby, some place safe, and never come back here."

"Hayley," Elijah said as all the wolves were being tended to, the madness around them slowing down. "Where's Scarlett?"

"Ah, she left," Hayley shrugged nonchalantly. "Said she was super hungry or something." She shrugged again. "Pregnancy thing."

"I thought she told you she was going to talk to Marcel," Oliver was saying as he was helping someone walk by and Hayley shot him a death glare; he always seemed to enjoy stirring up trouble.

"And you just let her go?" Elijah asked Hayley now.

"I'm eight months pregnant Elijah," Hayley snapped at him. "I'm not really stopping anybody from doing anything."

Shaking his head to himself, Elijah turned to go but realized he didn't have a car to go anywhere. Hayley offered him hers which he graciously accepted, going to track down his fiancee, wherever she had gone off to. He had to drive by the compound first before he could go over to Marcel's; spotting her car, he stopped there to find out what she was thinking.

"Scarlett?" Elijah asked, finding her in the study. She looked up from the desk, studying his expression.

"You're angry," Scarlett observed and Elijah let out a defeated sigh.

"I would think so," Elijah argued. "What were you thinking Scarlett? After what Marcel did last night-"

"The bombing wasn't him," Scarlett stopped him.

"Even if it wasn't," Elijah said, leaving that point alone for now. "After what happened with Thierry, I don't think it's a good idea for you to be around him."

"I don't disagree with you," Scarlett told him, though it wasn't Marcel she was afraid of; it was his feelings. "I looked into the ID of that guy on the bike though." She handed Elijah a file. "He had a mountain of debt, he was in trouble with the casinos."

"What does that have to do with anything?" Elijah asked curiously.

"Maybe they cleared him and his family if he agreed to go in and stir up some trouble," Scarlett shrugged. "I don't know, I just know it wasn't Marcel. And..." She sighed. "What do we know about the new human faction?"

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just a few questions for my own curiosity: 1) what do you want elijah/scarlett to have? & 2) is anyone rooting for marcel/scarlett, or is it just fun love triangle drama with elijah/scarlett all the way? just wondering!