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Chapter 29: Bluejacked
"Where's Elijah?" Evangeline pouted in the waiting room of the doctor's office.
"Don't worry," Meredith reassured her. "I'm sure he's just running a bit late."
Evangeline frowned. It wasn't like Elijah to be late, and she was nervous enough about what the doctor would have to say.
"Evangeline Flemming," a nurse called from the back.
Evangeline rose as slowly as possible, as if by some miracle Elijah would appear if she took long enough. The nurse impatiently called again, and Evangeline sighed and followed Meredith as the nurse ushered them into a room.
The nurse had Evangeline do all the basic tests to make sure everything was okay. "The doctor will be in to see you shortly," she smiled and closed the door gently.
They waited for fifteen minutes before the doctor finally entered. "Meredith, so good to see you again." He shook her hand warmly. "And Miss Flemming, you're looking very good, but where is Mr. Mikaelson?"
Elijah burst through the door with a somewhat flustered expression. "Forgive me for being… late," he hesitated.
Evangeline grabbed his hand. "You didn't really miss anything," she beamed. "I'm just glad you made it." Elijah looked bemused but said nothing as the doctor opened his files.
"Well, Miss Flemming, I have good news for you. The child's DNA matches both yours and the humanoid DNA of Mr. Mikaelson. There are no abnormalities. This baby is completely human and completely healthy."
Evangeline's breathing suddenly came more easily. Finally, some good news.
"I want you to come back in three weeks for your twenty week appointment, and if you want to, we should be able to determine the gender of the child." They set up the appointment on the computer, and the doctor ducked deftly out of the room.
"Wow," Evangeline whispered. "Twenty weeks."
Meredith raised her eyebrows with a curious grin. "So, are you going to find out?"
Evangeline bit her lip. "Actually, I think we're going to wait…" She turned to Elijah and stared, "I mean, unless you're just aching to know."
Elijah gazed deeply at her and inclined his head ever so slightly. "Rebekah will be disappointed."
"She'll be fine," Evangeline teased. "All I need to know right now is why you were so late."
Elijah's facial features suddenly grew taut. He removed his phone from his suit pocket and rubbed it methodically between his thumb and forefinger. Evangeline snatched it from his hand and scrolled immediately to text messages.
"I knew it! 'The appointment has been delayed an hour. See you then,'" Evangeline echoed the text in monotone anger.
Elijah stared at wall. "You see, I was rather under the impression that I had arrived twenty minutes early."
Evangeline read the message over again. "Whoever sent this keeps trying to separate us for short periods of time, but it just doesn't make sense."
Meredith's eyes narrowed. "Well I bet they weren't expecting me to tag along."
"But why wouldn't you come?" Evangeline shook her head. "You're my connection to the doctor."
Elijah continued to concentrate heavily on the deepening conversation. "Perhaps a werewolf is responsible, an acquaintance of Jared."
Evangeline took a deep breath. "Whoever it is has been planning this since Jared first came to Mystic Falls. I think someone's just trying to get us on edge, and this might just be the beginning." Evangeline's eyes suddenly brightened, "But I have an idea."
Two hours later Evangeline drove to her home town while Rebekah sat in the passenger seat, looking both curious and perturbed.
"Explain to me again, Evangeline, why we're visiting the girl who professed to be your best friend then slept with your boyfriend, who ended up killing your nursing home friend and numerous other people…" Rebekah pursed her lips in dissatisfaction.
"Because," Evangeline sighed, "she's the most tech-savvy genius I've ever met. If anyone can find out who's been sending these fake text messages and how they're masking the source as my number, it's her."
"Or we could just get you a new cell phone. Problem solved," Rebekah raised an eyebrow.
"Give a girl a fish, you can feed her for a day. Give a girl the means to track the scamp who's been screwing with her, and we can teach him a lesson he'll never forget," Evangeline smiled serenely.
Rebekah swung around in surprise. "Bravo, Evangeline. I underestimated you; your way is much better."
It was mid-afternoon by the time they arrived at the girl's house. Evangeline knocked roughly on the door and took a wide step back. A blond haired girl with brown eyes creaked open the door. "Evy?"
"I need your help, Stace." Evangeline peered at her former friend hopefully.
The girl took a hesitant step backwards as she swung the door all the way open. "Evy, I've been wanting to talk to you for so long, but I just didn't know how…"
"I'm not here to bring up the past, Stacy, I just need a favor." Evangeline forced a friendly smile.
"What kind of favor?" Stacy's eyes narrowed.
"What kind do you think, Stace? I need your genius." Evangeline stared at Stacy meaningfully.
"Ohh! Of course, come in, Evy. And come on in…"
"Rebekah," Evangeline filled in the blank.
"Yes, of course, come in, Rebekah. I am happy to help out an old friend." Her eyes suddenly fell to Evangeline's midsection. "My pregnant friend! Oh my goodness, Evy! We have so much to catch up on!"
"First things first." Evangeline shut the door and pulled Elijah's cell phone from her pocket. "This phone has received two messages supposedly from my phone in the past six months. Problem is… I didn't send those messages. I've isolated them for you. I'm just hoping you'll be able to do your magic and find out who the real sender is."
Stacy rubbed her palms together excitedly. "Ooh, this is going to be fun!"
After an hour of fiddling with Elijah's phone Stacy sat up abruptly and shouted, "Of course, it's so simple!"
Rebekah, who had nearly dozed off against the arm of the sofa, bolted upright in a daze. "What's so simple?"
"You found out who's sending the texts?" Evangeline brightened hopefully.
"Well, no, but I've eliminated the problem. Your boyfriend's phone was being bluejacked," Stacy replied matter-of-factly.
"What's 'bluejacked?'" Evangeline frowned.
"It's when someone taps into your bluetooth. If the bluetooth is enabled on your phone and someone figures out your pin they can transmit text messages via a remote source. These messages were encrypted to say they were from your number."
Rebekah stood up with a guarded expression. "But who would do something like that to Elijah?"
"Well, considering the incidents were nearly identical but happened months apart you can probably rule out some dumb hacker trying to be funny." Stacy bit her thumbnail. "I mean, whoever this was had intimate knowledge of when you would be meeting each other. Someone who's been able to hear your conversations."
Rebekah glanced tellingly at Evangeline. "You know, I think we have a much better idea of who's behind this. We really must be off though, it's nearly evening."
"Oh," Evangeline stood in surprise. "I'm sorry, Stacy. We'll have to catch up another time."
"It's okay," Stacy shrugged. "I disabled the bluetooth for now, but if your boyfriend wants to use it again I'd recommend changing the pin to something more secure."
Rebekah headed toward the door but suddenly paused and turned around, walking right up to Stacy. She leaned in and stared into her eyes. "Don't tell anyone about what happened tonight. It doesn't matter."
Stacy's eyes fell out of focus for a moment; then she nodded placidly and showed Rebekah and Evangeline kindly out of the house.
Neither Rebekah or Evangeline spoke another word until they were speeding back toward Mystic Falls.
"Well, that certainly was informative," Rebekah finally broke the silence.
"It's almost positively a vampire, which rules out Jared's pals, but which vampires would be so keen on causing so much trouble for Elijah and me?" Evangeline contemplated.
Rebekah pursed her lips. "I can think of a few…"
