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So I'm back, I don't know if you waited for this update or not, but here it is!
Thanks to the Guest review that was left on the story yesterday, I was motivated to complete this half-written chap and here it is...
And the song used in this chapter is "Je t'aime" by Lara Fabian...
I hope you enjoy it...
Chapter21_Je t'aime
"Sounds great. See you then." Elijah said and hung up the phone. There was an almost invisible smile on his face when he put his phone in his pocket. He didn't notice Kol was staring at him, sitting quietly on the sofa.
"So it is serious." Kol said simply and it made Elijah flinch a little. He looked at his brother and answered: "I guess. Kol, please don't try to ruin this one." Kol stood up offended and smirked: "Oh come on brother! Why would I do that?"
After Elijah stared at him, he gave up and said seriously: "I swear I won't do anything wrong. I'm actually happy for you. You deserve happiness Elijah, I mean that."
With that Kol left Elijah in complete shock. Suddenly his smile grew brighter.
He heard the door slam and went to check if Rebekah was back. He saw her lying on the couch; wearing sunglasses and her shoes were across the room. He asked: "Where were you last night? Why was your phone turned off?"
Rebekah groaned: "Not so loud, Elijah. I don't feel well."
Elijah sat down on the couch and she put her legs on his lap. He started rubbing her feet and it made her take off her sunglasses and look at him surprised. Elijah said without looking at her: "Remember when we were kids and you would come home after playing outside? You were always tired of running and would ask me to rub your feet."
"I remember."
There was silence around them until Rebekah asked: "Do you ever wish to go back? Back in time? And change everything?" He simply nodded. Rebekah said: "I wish we would just go back to when we were kids. Just go back and convince our parents that everybody can get hurt and they don't have to protect us the way they did."
Kol entered the room and sat somewhere near them and offered: "Do you realize if they didn't come up with that spell we all would be dead and somewhere around the world, someone was walking around with our family blood in their system?"
Rebekah laughed quietly and said: "Someone looking gorgeous." Her brothers laughed at her comment and Kol added: "Of course!"
The laughter stopped finally and they kept quiet. Something was changing around them. All three of them could feel it. Their bond that had been shaken throughout the time was getting a little stronger. They felt like a family.
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"Just breathe Anna. In. Out." Klaus offered looking worried. Anna breathed deeply for a couple of minutes until she got used to the plane. Blair was used to planes but Anna?
Klaus smiled as she started to relax and offered her a glass of champagne that she accepted eagerly. He held his own glass and they drank to the weekend.
While Klaus didn't have any idea, Blair was still nervous but not because of flying. She knew being alone with him brings that other side of her. The soft and loving side. The side that she tried to hide so hard.
"This feels good, doesn't it?" Blair asked happily as she leaned closer to Mick. He sighed and nodded silently. She had her eyes closed, breathing in his scent. She threw her arm around him and held him tighter.
Mick spoke up: "It's amazing how you can be so cruel and so innocent whenever you want. You are a great actress, I must admit."
Although she didn't want to admit it, his words hurt.
"I'm not an actress. That's just who I am." She responded and Mick spat back: "Then you must have a natural talent. It all just comes easy for you."
Remembering how she used to adore him, idolize him and love him made her sick to her stomach. She didn't know why it was so easy to turn on him, to fall into Klaus's trap. She didn't have the answers anymore and it scared the hell out of her.
That's why she called Katherine, so it would seem she was on the plan and at the meantime she could gather her thoughts to find a way to get out of the mess she put herself into.
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"Mystic Falls is a beautiful town. I've been here a lot actually. I have an old aunt who lives here so sometimes I come and visit her and I stay for a couple of days." Daniella explained after she sipped her coffee.
Elijah was listening intently, with a curious smile on his face. She was about to drink again that Elijah noticed a stray of her hair would soon be in the cup so he reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear.
She looked up shyly and stared into his eyes. Elijah didn't know why but he felt a little weak in his knees. That was a feeling he hadn't experienced since...
"This is really cute and everything but I'm sorry, I have to step in."
Speaking of the devil and it appears...
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Klaus whispered in her ear: "You can open your eyes now, we just landed." She took a deep breath and opened her eyes; looking right at him. He had the most charming smile on his face and she felt weak as he held his hand out for her to grab.
They walked to the exit of his private plane and Klaus whispered something to the pilot and then squeezed her hand and they both took the steps and got off the plane finally.
A limo was waiting for them and the driver politely opened the door and Klaus led her in. She asked the minute the car started moving: "Where are we? You still haven't told me." Klaus smirked and kissed her cheek and answered: "Just wait…"
As the car exited the airport and emerged into the city, Blair was mesmerized. She put her hand on the window and watched in awe as the car passed the beautiful streets.
Blair was never out of the country in her whole life. She remembered her young self; wanting to see the world, to experience but then her life took a turn after her father died. After that, everything became meaningless to her; including her own mother.
She tried to hold her old memories back and focus on what she was seeing. Klaus put a hand on hers and whispered: "Welcome to Paris, love."
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Elijah looked at her disbelievingly and finally asked: "Katerina, what are you doing here?" She gave him a smirk and answered: "Just trying to visit some old friends. I didn't know I'd be interrupting a very cute date, Elijah."
Daniella was looking at the beautiful woman in front of her and biting her lip subconsciously. Elijah knew how uncomfortable Katherine was making her feel and tried to make things alright: "Well, you are. So why don't you leave and visit those friends of yours?"
Katherine, instead, sat down next to Daniella and made a face like she was shocked: "Elijah Mikaelson, since when you became so rude? Is it her influence?" Katherine eyed Daniella up and down and before she could say anything else, Daniella stood up.
She looked at Elijah offended and offered: "Maybe I should leave…" Katherine answered enthusiastically: "That would be great!" Daniella didn't even acknowledge her, as she was only looking at Elijah.
He finally made up his mind up and said: "Maybe…" Daniella looked hurt but she grabbed her bag and went to walk away that Elijah stood up and reached her: "But I will make it up to you…" Daniella turned around and raised his eyebrows.
Before she could say anything else, Elijah did the one thing he never thought he would do that day or maybe secretly hoped for. He leaned in and put his lips on hers. Daniella's eyes closed immediately and although she was shocked, she truly enjoyed his tender kiss.
Elijah pulled away finally and looked at her with a question in his eyes. Daniella opened her eyes to him and smiled shyly and said: "I hope I'll hear from you soon, Elijah." Elijah smiled genuinely and watched her leave and then turned and saw Katherine staring at him with a look of disgust.
She said proudly with a smirk: "You shouldn't have just put on a show for me like that." Elijah sat down and answered confidently: "It wasn't a show, and if it was, it certainly wasn't for you."
Katherine's smirk faded away and she whispered: "If you had stopped being a gentleman and kissed me like that, maybe I would've chosen you." Elijah scoffed and put some money on the table and stood up to leave.
But before he left, he said something he wanted to say to her for so long: "I don't give a damn anymore, Katerina."
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Anna turned around and asked shocked: "You brought me to Paris?" Klaus took her hand and kissed it and said: "How could I not? Paris was your favorite after all." Tears suddenly formed in her eyes and Klaus said rushed: "Hey, you shouldn't cry."
Blair let out: "You brought me where we spent our honeymoon?" Klaus nodded and asked: "Doesn't it seem like a million years ago?" She nodded as a tear left her eyes and she said: "Thank you…"
As the driver put on a song, Klaus remembered…
"Thank you…" Anna whispered amazed, as the ship got closer and closer to the shore. Klaus wrapped his arms around her from behind and whispered back: "You are welcome…"
D'accord, il existait
D'autres façons de se quitter
Quelques éclats de verre
Auraient peut-être pu nous aider
I admit, there existed
Other ways of parting from each other
A few shards of glass
Might have helped us
Blair didn't know French, but she knew the song and it just broke her heart. Klaus was looking at her with love in his eyes and she felt disgusted with herself…
Dans ce silence amer
J'ai décidé de pardonner
Les erreurs qu'on peut faire
À trop s'aimer
In this bitter silence
I decided to forgive
The errors that we made
Loving too much
They walked in the city quietly and held on to each other as they passed people by. Finally they reached the place they were supposed to stay in; it belonged to one of Klaus's friends and he was happy to lend it to the happy couple.
The mansion was magnificent as Anna had imagined; Klaus would not settle for some mediocre place. Maids were lining in front of the entrance, and as the head of them recognized Klaus, he came closer and bowed in front of him.
Klaus was in a good mood so he exclaimed: "Charles! Good to see you, mate." Charles smiled politely and answered with a heavy accent: "It is an honor to see you again, my lord." He took a look at Anna and bowed again and said: "Congratulations."
Anna smiled and held on tighter to Klaus as they walked in. The place was simply breathtaking, every single thing was beautiful, not a thing needed to be changed or replaced. Klaus whispered: "Do you like it?"
Anna asked excited: "Are you kidding?!" Klaus chuckled and asked Charles to show them their suit. They were guided upstairs and to the master bedroom. Charles had arranged maids to leave them clean clothes and food so they wouldn't need anything else.
After he left, Klaus walked around in the room and sat on the bed. Anna walked to him and sat right next to him. She took his hand and held it in her petite one and said: "I never thought I would be this happy again…"
Klaus turned his face and kissed her slowly and with passion. She took a hold of his clothes and pulled him closer like she never wanted to let go.
D'accord souvent la petite fille
En moi souvent te réclamait
Presque comme une mère
Tu me bordais, me protégeais
I admit, the little girl
Inside of me often claimed you
Almost like a mother
You tucked me in, you sheltered me
Blair all the while was reminded of a memory and before she could stop herself, images started to appear in front of her eyes…
"He took me to Paris…" She whispered all of a sudden and stunned Blair. Blair was drinking blood right in front of her to torture her but then she went and muttered that.
Blair threw the bottle of fresh blood on the ground and got closer to her and asked: "What did you just say?" Anna didn't have any strength to look up and face her so she answered with her head down: "He took me to Paris… For our honeymoon…"
Blair wanted to scoff, mock her, but surprisingly she couldn't. There was something in her voice that pained her so much, more than she was willing to admit.
Anna continued: "We spent a whole month there… Best days of my life…" Blair was still silent as Anna tried to smile, even chuckle but she was too weak for that too. However, her lips moved and shaped into a smile as she let out: "Nik…"
Suddenly Blair realized Anna wasn't talking to her, she was hallucinating, maybe daydreaming. She was apparently seeing him, as her smile grew wider and wider. Blair felt something was caught in her throat, she felt like she couldn't breathe.
Je t'ai volé ce sang
Qu'on aurait pas dû partager
À bout de mots, de rêves
Je vais crier
I stole you from this blood
That we never should have shared
Lost for words, for dreams
I will cry
Klaus leaned in and pulled her out of her dark memories. His lips were on hers, so tender and loving, and she returned the favor as she kissed him with all the emotions she felt boiling up inside of her.
Je t'aime, Je t'aime
Comme un fou, comme un soldat
Comme une star de cinéma
Je t'aime, je t'aime
Comme un loup, comme un roi
Comme un homme que je ne suis pas
Tu vois, je t'aime comme ça
I love you, I love you
Like a fool, like a soldier
Like a movie star
I love you, I love you
Like a wolf, like a king
Like a man that I am not
You see, I love you like this
Blair knew she loved him in that moment and she wanted nothing more than making sure nothing would stand in the way of them; in the way of her happiness, nothing…
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Xoxo,
S