2nd Chance
Andrea P.O.V
After Klaus and I talked we walked back to his apartment, he had rented one today knowing he was going to have to stay a little longer than he thought. Elijah was also staying there, he wanted me to stay with them but I knew it was a little early for that; I still needed to get my head around things.
"Morning" I said softly as I walked into their apartment, it was still early but I knew we had a lot of things to do today. Klaus needed to get back on Marcel's good side.
"Morning love" Klaus said as he came over to me and kissed me on the cheek, he knew not to push all the affectionate stuff, not just yet it was too early.
"Morning Andrea" Elijah said as he walked into the lounge room with a coffee in his hand. He could see that it was still tense around Klaus and I.
"So you ready Andrea" Elijah asked, I just nodded. We had already worked it out with Sophie, I was going with Elijah to the cemetery while Klaus was going to go get back on Marcel's good side, I didn't know how he was going to do that but I knew Klaus was good at making plans. We said our goodbyes and I hoped into the car with Elijah, it was quite at the start.
"Thank you Andrea" he said breaking the silence between us, I glanced at him before looking back out the window.
"I know it must be hard standing by Klaus through this, but I know you are strong and that's why I admire you and if you ever need to talk to someone I am here" he said as he continued to drive.
"Thanks Elijah, I am doing this because you all deserve the chance at having a human good life. it's going to take a while for me and Klaus to be good again but I promised him I would stick by him no matter what" I said, I wanted my life to go back to the way it was before and I knew Klaus cared about me and he has done so much for me. "I am scared you know" I said, again breaking the silence between us, Elijah glanced over at me.
"I am scared he is going to get close with Hayley and them being parents will bring them together and him getting over me and starting a life with Hayley" I said softly, I didn't want to think about it but my life was going to change, even though Klaus wanted to be with me now, that might change when he becomes part of Hayley's life more.
"He has no feelings for Hayley, I saw that when he found out she was being captive, and in his eyes was just pure anger towards her and hatred because she tried to kill you. I don't think Hayley will ever be part of Klaus heart I think she will always be the woman that tried to kill the love of his life" he said, I glanced back at him and I had totally forgotten that she tried to kill me a while ago.
I didn't reply, we just drove in silence to we got to the cemetery. As soon as we entered I saw Hayley being held by two witches, her face changed into anger when she saw me I knew she didn't want me here but honestly I didn't care. She might be having a baby with my boyfriend but I knew how much I mean to Klaus and I knew she would never have the same impact.
"so I see you are standing by your man, I admire you for that must be hard knowing he slept with someone else" Sophie said, I just shot her a glared look I knew I could beat her because I was stronger than she would ever be but they didn't know I was part witch and I knew I was meant to keep that a secret.
"before we start let's get one thing straight, if I hear you say a comment about Andrea or her relationship with Klaus I will kill one of your witches and I know for fact that if Klaus hears you say a comment about Andrea he will kill all of your witches without re thinking it. Andrea is family to us and if any of you hurt her or make her feel unwanted or uncomfortable at any time, you will have 4 originals hunting you down, you got it" Elijah said, I couldn't believe he came out with that but all of the witches looked shaken up about it and they just nodded so he knew they understood.
"Well shall we take a walk" Elijah asked as he gestured for Sophie to follow us, we me helping I knew that I was going to be part of the decision making and they won't going to hide anything from me.
"So, how do you propose this will work?" Elijah asked Sophie as we walked down the cemetery, after all these years I still hated this place.
"Your brother needs to cement his place in Marcel's world. His inner circle, the day walkers- that's where we begin. They're his friends, his family. We'll be hitting him where it hurts" she said, I just listened while Elijah and Sophie figured out a plan. I kind of got side tracked because this place reminded me of when I lived here with my brothers, that's when I realized that I hadn't called them for so long all I did was text them to say I was alright.
Klaus P.O.V
I was in better mood this morning, I knew Andrea still had a lot of things to work out but I was happy she decided to stick by me, I knew I had to make it up to her because I didn't want to lose her. Right now I had just finished pretending to be nice to Marcel; I gave his friend my blood that would heal him from my bite. I was on the corner of a busy street; they must have been a festival off because it was very crowded and there was lots of music. I knew Andrea would love this place, and I hoped one day we could visit and do normal human things here, maybe even start our family here but I knew we had to figure all this vampire crap out, but I wanted to remind Andrea she was my future so I picked up phone, I knew she wouldn't answer but I could leave a voicemail.
Klaus: Andrea. I'm standing in one of my favorite places in the world, surrounded by food, music, art, culture, and all I can think about is how much I want to show it to you. Hopefully one day after all this drama has brushed over that we can experience normal things like this and live the life together that I have dreamed off.
I love you
Elijah P.O.V
It had been 3 days since Klaus had given his blood to that guy to save him, after I worked out some information with Sophie I knew I needed to head home and hopefully get Rebecca to come back to New Orleans with me. I knew it was going to be tricky but it was worth a shot. My life was over in Mystic falls I guess it ended when my mother tried to kill me. I wanted to start fresh, I had Klaus, Kol and Andrea only one left was Rebecca.
It had already been half an hour and Rebecca and I were already arguing like always.
"So that's it? I'm just supposed to pack up my things and leave for good? Forget my life here and my pursuit of the cure?" she yelled as I just stood there, I don't know what her fascination was about being human but she was determine
"Oh, the cure was a fool's errand. I mean, taking it would've stripped you of everything you are, for what? More high school proms?" I yelled, human wasn't the same as being immortal I mean you can still be a vampire and have a human life.
"I wanted to be human. I wanted children and a family." she argued, I did have to agree with her here but I knew this was a chance for it.
"And I stand before you to offer you both." I said but she didn't budge, she just stood there glaring at me.
"And if I decide against you? A dagger in my heart and then back in a box?" she said, I knew she didn't trust her family still, I mean Klaus did dagger her when she didn't agree to his plan but I wasn't like that, I just wanted my family to be together again.
"I've made my case. Your family needs you, and what choice you make right now is your own." I said more calmly, I was over fighting with her. She just stood there and I knew she was considering my offer, she than walked closer to me
"I owe him nothing. I wish him no joy, no love. Andrea should have never given him a second chance. I will stay here and live my life the way I want to, and if you're smart I suggest you do the same." She said before walking away leaving me there alone.
"She's right. Be smart, Elijah. Klaus is stark raving mad, not to mention completely irredeemable. Leave him to set off on this new adventure, and lets you and I go out on ours. I have lost so much of my life to Klaus. So have you" she said as she brought her hands to sooth my arms "It's our turn. Elijah, please." She continued on, I wanted to but I knew that would be making a mistake, and I had a chance to be with my family.
"Katerina..." I said as I placed my hand over her cheek, I leant in and I knew she thought I was going to kiss her lips but instead I kissed her forehead.
"Goodbye." I said before walking away, I knew I was leaving the woman I loved but deep down I knew I was doing the right thing, I knew she was still not the Katherine the woman I once deeply loved and she had to prove to me she had changed before I scarified my family for her. I was sad that Rebecca didn't want to come and live with us but I knew I had to give her time, it didn't mean we didn't love each other less it just meant that I was letting her live a free life, the same thing Kol and I were. Kol wasn't going to live with us in New Orleans but he had decided to give our family a second chance so he said he would visit as much as possible. Besides I had to let them live the life they wanted after all we have lived 1000 years in fear and being chased down.
Klaus P.O.V
Elijah had been gone for 3 days that meant I had to do the interacting with Sophie and the witches. When I agreed to this Elijah said he would interact with her and that all I had to do was become friends with Marcel. He knew I hated her and I couldn't stand to be around them, because I still believed they were lying about this kid but Elijah swore they weren't.
"So are we done" I said as we finished discussing things, I knew Marcel had people following me so Sophie did a spell to show when Vampires were lurking around.
" yeah we are for now" she said, I just nodded and looked at the other witches standing beside and around her, two of them had hold of Hayley and she looked upset but I knew they were being kind and caring for her. I was kind of glad because I really didn't want her causing anymore drama with Andrea and I. these last couple of days it the tension had dropped, we were talking more and hanging out more. There were times when the baby was brought up and that made it more awkward but I knew it would calm down soon. I was just glad that things were getting back to the way things used to be.
"good because it's getting late, and I need to find Andrea" I said, I saw Hayley tense up when I said her name but she didn't say anything, none of them did but I knew they were thinking about it, I wondered why but I figured they were probably too scared thinking would rip their heads of if they did which I would have. With that I left, I knew Andrea was still in the cemetery because she did come with me she just wasn't ready to be in the same room as Hayley or the witches.
I walked around until I found her; she wasn't very far away from the place where we had the meeting. She was standing in front of a grave and for a while I wondered who it was. I walked up closer to her and read the name on the grave.
"Andrea Samantha Salvatore" I said softly, as I stood behind her, she didn't flinch when I spoke so she knew I was there.
" my brothers showed me it when we were here a couple of months ago, they said they put it up a couple of days after I was staked before they went their separate ways" she said not bothering to turn round, I knew she was thinking of her old life when it just consisted of her and her brothers. I grabbed her hand softly and held it while I stood behind her.
"It must be hard for you to be here, since the last time you lived here you lost your brothers" I said softly, she squeezed my hand.
"It isn't the last time I was, I came back when I was Andy a couple of months after you left. Let's just say I was a total wreck and all I wanted to do was get my anger out so I tried to find the people who killed my brothers. It got out of control, so I left "she said, I knew it was getting to her so I rubbed my hands up her arms, she had goose bumps.
"Come on your cold, let's go back the apartment and I don't know we can watch a movie and order take out. Only if you want to" I said softly, I didn't want to push her into anything is she still wasn't comfortable with it.
"Only if we get pizza, I am craving it" she said as she laughed a little bit, making me laugh at her.
" okay but I get to choose the movie, last time I had to sit through a whole movie of a vampire falling in love with a human" I said, we turned and started to walk, I knew she was cold so I took of my jacket and gave it to her before taking her hand again. I was happy when she intervened our fingers together, I wanted to hold her by the waist but I didn't want to push it.
"A nightmare on Elm Street, No way Klaus I won't be able to sleep tonight" she said smiling as she reacted to my choice.
"Come on you have seen worse than this" I said, she finally agreed so I put it in and sat on the lounge, I didn't really know how to go about it, I wanted to cuddle with her but again I didn't want to push it, we were still had a long way to get back to the way it used to be.
At the start we just sat next to each other holding each other's hands but then when the movie was really beginning to get scary, she curled up to my side and took my arm which was on the top of the couch and placed it over her shoulder and held my hand as she snuggled into my side.
"You are going to pay for this Klaus" she said, I just giggled knowing she was referring back to me making her watch a scary movie.
"And how is that" I asked as I looked down to her, she leant her head up to face me.
"Don't get angry at me when I wake up constantly from nightmares" she said before turning back towards the TV.
"You know I would never get angry at you for waking me up at night. You know I will sit up all night if I had to" I said softly, she didn't say anything for a while.
"I know you would "she said while squeezing my hand, it wasn't much but it showed me we were making a lot of progress with fixing our relationship.
After the movie we were both really tired, we laid there for a while not saying anything.
"I should head back to my apartment "she said as she got up and gathered her things together, I really didn't want her to leave so I decided I was going to take a chance.
"You can stay if you like" I said, I was so worried that it was going to make her mad, she just stared at me. "You know nothing like that, I can sleep on the lounge and you can have my room" I said quickly trying to cover up the mistake I had made before. I wanted her to know I wasn't trying to rush into anything.
"I would love to" she said quietly, she took a couple of minutes to thing about and it and I was surprised when she agreed. We both just smiled at each other before I broke the silence.
"Well I will go grab one of my shirts for you to wear" I said as I left to go, she followed me into my bedroom and sat on my bed while I looked for a shirt.
"Here you go, your favorite" I said as I passed her my old grey shirt, she smiled when I remembered it was her favorite one of mine. "Well I will let you get some rest, you must be tired" I said before I started to walk to the door to go out and sleep on the lounge, I didn't care that I had to sleep on the lounge I was just happy she was staying in the same apartment.
"Klaus, you are not really going to sleep on the lounge" she said making me turn round. "Come on Klaus we might be having some troubles but it's not like we are total strangers and not comfortable with each other. So you are welcomed to sleep in here with me, unless you want to sleep on the lounge" she said, I smiled when I heard her say that.
"I will just go lock up than" I said turning to go lock the front door. I was happy she still felt comfortable with me. I knew nothing was going to happen but being able to sleep beside her again was good enough for me.
When I returned she was out of her clothes and was wearing my shirt, I always loved it when she wore my clothes and I wanted to compliment her but I didn't want to push I just gently pushed back my side of the covers and hopped next to her. I didn't know what to do or how to act, I wanted to cuddle her but I knew she needed space. So we both looked like statues on our side as we laid there and stared at each other. She didn't say anything she just came closer to me and buried her face into neck, I wrapped my arms around her and held her tight, I knew it wasn't a time for talking it was time to soak up the present time and right now the woman I loved was falling asleep in my arms.