Chapter 20
Not Off Anymore
Bella's POV
I woke up feeling happier than I felt in a long time. I walked downstairs and grabbed a blood bag and poured it into a mug. I was just starting to drink it when Rebekah and Nik walked down the stairs. "Hey guys." Rebekah eyed me suspiciously and said, "Why are you so happy?" I shrugged my shoulders, "No reason." I spun around the room drinking my blood." All morning I danced around the house ignoring pretty much everyone. For once I didn't have a care in the world. No problems, no boy trouble. I didn't care about anything, it was great. I was getting bored so I loudly announced, "Hey I'm going to the grill anyone want to go?" Rebekah who had been lazily lying on the couch contemplating the possible living white oak tree said, "I'm going anyway to meet with Mayor Lockwood so I'll just go early with you." "Great, you want to come Nik?" I shouted since I didn't really know where he was. A "No thank you echoed through the house in response. I shrugged my shoulders, "Your loss." And with that we walked out and went to the grill.
We sat at the bar, Rebekah waiting for Carol Lockwood while sipping some beer and I drank wine. "Bella why do you only drink wine?" "Because it's elegant and great at helping me feel better." "Something wrong?" I took a long drink before replying. "Nope everything is just fine then I saw Carol walk in, "There's your meeting, I'm just going to go with this very nice bottle of wine and rest. She rolled her eyes and gave me a hug goodbye. I reached the house and could have sworn I heard giggling but when I listened and heard nothing I looked at the wine and shook my head. Wow hadn't ever got that drunk that fast. I decided I better go take a nap and try to sleep off the hangover that I could tell was going to be a doozy.
I ran through the trees giggling as he caught up to me and grabbed me around the waist and whispered in my ear, "Caught you." I turned around coyly sliding my hands over his chest and onto his back and looked into his eyes. "Well then, I'm completely at your mercy." He smiled and grabbed me and kissed me as I grabbed his head in my heads and continued then took a breath as we came to a stop, "Sure nobody's going to find us?" "Of course..." "But what if your dad finds us he'll never let us see each other and..." He silenced me with his lips and I smiled as a tear rolled down my cheek the thought of life without him was too painful and he glided his thumb gently on my face to wipe away the tear. "Hey, no matter what happens to us," then he held my face in his hands and looked down into my eyes, "I will always love you."
I woke with a start a sat up from my bed. I'm not supposed to think about him, then he walked past my room and I had a feeling he had something to do with it. Only he knew that memory. I had to shut off my feelings they were all coming back at once. I took a breath but I couldn't turn it off and a tear rolled down my face as the memories, the pain, the love I had for him. I stood up slowly and walked through the house and realized I just needed a calm, quiet afternoon to myself in the garden so I walked out to the back and as I opened the door I saw Klaus with Caroline so I plastered on a fake smile as my heart broke a little. "Why hello you two." I winked to show that I still had it turned it off. "Having fun?' "Yes actually I just went to get us drinks a few minutes ago." I nodded, "Hope you two have fun but just don't do anything too loud, I'm trying to sleep off this hangover," I said while holding my head and laughing. I turned around and my heart was breaking even more as I realized he was moving on and I ached inside knowing you can't turn off your feelings when they are too strong. I sped to my room and laid on the bed staring at the ceiling, wishing I had some purpose to my life besides Nik.
Klaus's POV
"Okay Klaus I appeared to be having a great time now leave me alone please." "Alright you can leave and I'll stop bothering you." She stood up and left. I sighed and laid down and after an hour I dozed off and started dreaming about her.
"Nik you're going to have to keep up if you're going to catch me." I was breathing heavily. "How am I supposed to catch you when you run so fast? She laughed. "Because I am now out of breath," as she attempted to run from me and I smiled and caught up to her and we rolled over each other and down a hill which left us laughing and catching our breath together. I then leaned over her, kissed her and stroked her loose hair behind her head. She looked at me with her beautiful blue eyes. "How did I ever get so lucky to be with you we only fell in love days ago but I feel like I've known you for years." She smiled again, "Fate has been kind, I love you, my darling," she emphasized and then laughed and she laid her head on my chest. "Niklaus, hold me." "Okay." She sighed and closed her eyes as I continued to stroke her head, "I wish this moment would never end." "Mhmm." Then I woke up to find her looking at me through the window of the door she was looking almost sad or regretful. Then in the blink of an eye she smiled and waved before walking away.
I walked through the house and saw Bekah sitting on the couch. "Bekah I've always been honest with you, I couldn't turn off my feelings for Bella but every time that we've been together we either end up fighting or something goes wrong but I think I still love her. Are we meant for each other?" "Look Nik true love conquers all, so if you are meant to be with her then you will no matter what." "Yes but she still has her feelings turned off…" "No she doesn't Nik, she is always drinking and she has a fake smile on her face when she pretends not to care, Nik she's my best friend and like a sister to me, I know her best… Trust me." I nodded and put my head between my hands and went to try to get my mind off her. I could tell Bekah was just saying that to try and cheer me up. I know she turned it off and I wish I could too.
Bella's POV
"Bella you would not believe who I ran into today." "Well I give up, who?" "Sage. I looked at herDior more but when she didn't answer I said, "And..." "And she and Damon invited me to a party later." "Are you going." "Maybe they may know something about the white oak tree." "Alright be safe, if she finds out I'm alive she'll have my a** for sleeping with Finn." She smirked, "Okay and if you have any updates let me know." As she left I shouted, "I will." Hours later I met up with Rebekah who surprised me with Sage. "Hello slut." I glared at Rebekah "You told her!" She shrugged,"She read my mind and Damon's and found out that we are all linked and if we die, Finn dies, so she has agreed to help us destroy all the white oak." We found the white oak and set fire to it as Damon pulled up we watched it burn. Rebekah said, "Your grand plan always seems to get ruined anyway. Sorry to disappoint you," she paused, "Again." She smiled and then Sage walked over to Damon and argued but I didn't really listen till the end when I heard, "And when I do find another way to kill those originals, I'll start with Finn." And with that he left. "He never gives up does he?" She sighed, "Nope."
General POV
"They think all the wood burned." Stefan said in a realizing voice. "I sold my rage, you should have seen me," Damon said and smirked. Stefan replied, "We have a weapon." "Game's back on brother. Let's go kill some originals."
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