She just continued to stare as his face, so calm, so serene.

How did she end up with him? She couldn't really figure exactly, it's not that she found herself very lucky to have him; in fact it could be argued that she was unlucky to have fallen for the single most dangerous being of all time. But he loved her back, just as passionately if not more.

They had stayed up the entire night talking, only talking. Nothing more, nothing less and she felt as though she would sprout wings and fly out the window. She'd never felt so content in all of her life. This was definitely going into her favorite memories list. She could watch him sleep all morning, however she could see signs of his stirring—a twitch of the nose here and a tired moan there. His eyes fluttered open to reveal to her his woodland iris. His captivating eyes gazed out of her in a tired haze, for a moment he was disoriented and was franticly trying to figure out a way in which his parents—or worse Elijah—would not catch his beloved in his bed. He knew they had done nothing but what would the neighborhood think, especially considering her history and reputation.

"Good morning, Nicklaus." She mused in a soft voice.

As his brain dragged out of the smog of sleep he realized that he was now in a time where it was acceptable to have a woman in his bed. He smiled up at her beautiful face, a warm fuzziness spreading throughout his chest, such that he hadn't felt in such a long time. "Good morning, Love." He responded propping himself onto his elbows and planting an innocent yet firm kiss on Tatia's lips. He pulled away slowly, ragged breaths just barely seething out of them.

"Good morning, indeed!" She murmured onto his lips leaning down at deepen his kiss. His whole body setting alight, he hooked his arm around her waist to pull her on top of him. She smiled and let out a light laugh as she swung around before leaning back down to continue to kiss her boyfriend.

She'd never been so happy in all of her life.

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Bonnie heaved a deep sigh as she walked up to the door to the Mikaelson mansion. This was the part that she'd been dreading for the past couple of months. She wrapped her knuckles against the front door, her gut lurching as she watched Klaus open it with Tatia in tow behind him. She figured she'd be here.

"Morning Bonnie, what can I do yah for?" He asked in an uncharacteristically chipper voice. She looked deeply into his eyes and saw a boyish gleam of pure joy shine out of them. Tatia really did have a good effect on him, didn't she?

"I'm actually here to see Tatia…" She choked out, looking directly at her with a knowing look which was returned in a regal manner. She knew why she was here and she understood.

"What for?" Klaus interrupted their silent communication, the protective and hostile tone returning to his voice as he took another step between the two girls. He did not trust that Bennet girl as far as she could throw him.

"Nicklaus," Tatia placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, catching his attention with her tone of voice. It was full of compassion and understanding. Worse of all it held a sadness to it that froze his internal sun. "Bonnie and I have a deal, she's upheld her end and now I must uphold my own."

She took a step around him, completely ready to go, when she felt a death grip ring around her wrist. She froze and lifted her eyes to Klaus'. "You will be back later?"

"Of course." She replied with a meek smile, reaching up for a soft and tender kiss. "I love you, Nicklaus. Always have, always will."

"Why does it feel like we're saying goodbye?" He questioned, a lead brick dropping into his stomach at her words.

"Because we are. For now. I'll be back, I promise."

Another emotional kiss was shared between the two before she departed with Bonnie away from the estate in the wood. They made it to the end of Klaus' driveway—out of his hearing range due to the fact that he had a fairly long drive—when Bonnie turned to the original dopple ganger and said in a shocked tone of voice, "You just blatantly lied to his face."

She kept her eyes pointed forward as they walked, tears beginning to sear at the very crevices of her eyes.

"I know."

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