Chapter twenty nine
Forgetting
Halia was a terrible liar.
She couldn't lie to save her life- she was just no good at it. And because she knew she and everyone around her knew she couldn't lie, she always just told the truth. It was much easier that way. It didn't waste time or cause unnecessary drama. Telling the truth had always been what Halia chose to do.
But, then again, Halia had never really come across a situation where lying was the best option. Then Adora came back to life, complicating everything even more.
As Halia walked into Niklaus' home, she debated with herself just exactly what she would reveal to Niklaus. Out of everyone she knew and loved and was close to, Klaus the one person- possibly excluding Bella- who not only knew when Halia was lying, but when she was keeping something from him or not revealing everything she knew. Klaus had always seen through her like a window, and no amount of centuries had changed that.
But telling Niklaus that, not only was Adora alive again but that she was being welcomed back into the family with opened arms, could be very, very dangerous.
"Niklaus?" she called, shrugging off her jacket as she looked around for any sign of him. She started into the hallway, but knew better than to go looking for him on her own. Halia had no sense of direction, and she had already gotten lost in the huge mansion-like house more times than she was proud to admit.
"In here, love."
Halia followed the sound of Klaus' voice to find him in one of the five living rooms that was in the mansion. He had a glass of whiskey in one hand, a pencil in the other, and a sketchpad balanced in his lap.
Halia smiled slightly to herself as she sat down beside him, her dark curls bouncing slightly as she did. Her thousand years as a ghost had blurred together, and, truthfully, Halia remembered very little of her time being dead. But what she did remember- what she would always remember- was the loneliness, and the regret of the things she had never done, and even of some of the things she had done.
But mostly, she missed the people she left behind. She missed her family. She missed her friends. She missed the nieces and nephews that she had never gotten to meet. But most of her time and energy was spent missing Niklaus. And now she had him back, for good this time.
"How was the family reunion?" Klaus asked as she made herself comfortable at his side. His eyes were still on the half-finished drawing he was working on. He had always found it hard, drawing Halia's eyes. Either they were too big or too almond shaped. It was a balance Klaus had yet to perfect.
Halia sighed internally. "Good, it was good," she said, looking down at the floor boards.
Klaus frowned, noticing Halia's drastic change in emotion. He looked up at her and raised an eyebrow. "What happened, Halia?" he asked her.
She shook her head, refusing to meet his eyes. "Nothing," she said quickly, her voice going up an octave. "Nothing happened. I just saw my family again, that's all. That was fun, I really-"
"Halia," he cut her off. "You're a terrible liar."
Halia sighed and ran a hand over her face. "You're going to be upset," she muttered quietly. Upset was an understatement, though. If Halia knew Niklaus- which she did- he was going to be furious. He had always had a temper, and she could only imagine what it was like now, heightened because he was a vampire. More than likely, heads would roll. And it would be Adora's head.
Klaus frowned at her. "What did you do, Halia?"
Halia shook her head quickly. "Nothing, I did nothing Niklaus."
"Then what is this about?" He pressed, becoming more suspicious as the conversation continued.
Halia took a deep breath. "Promise me," she said softly, and Klaus' frown deepened.
"Promise you what?" he asked.
"Promise me that you won't act impulsively, once you hear what I am about to tell you," she clarified. Klaus sighed.
"I promise," he told her, not sure if he would be able to keep that promise.
Halia took another deep breath to calm herself. Then she uttered the three words she expected would turn Niklaus mad with anger.
"Adora is alive."
Seconds passed with no real effect on Klaus. Halia frowned and looked up at him. He looked awkwardly away from her, and her eyes widened as she realized something.
"You already knew didn't you?"
Klaus sighed, but nodded. "Yes, I did."
"How?" Halia asked, imagining Adora coming over and having a nice chat with Niklaus. Just as Halia flushed with jealousy, she realized that Adora was smarter than that. She knew better than to go within a hundred feet of Klaus. Her heart would be removed from her chest the second they met again.
"Bella told me," he admitted.
Halia's eyes narrowed in anger. "And you two just forgot to inform me of this?" she asked sarcastically.
"We figured it would be best to let you settle in this century before we told you about Adora," Klaus told her. "But Bella obviously saw things differently," he added somewhat bitterly.
She shook her head angrily. "Why do you two think me too weak to handle the news of Adora's resurrection?" she asked. "I mean, I saw her today and I would say that I handled myself very well."
Klaus' head snapped up at the bit of information Halia accidently let out. "What?"
She bit her lip. "Bella… didn't tell me Adora was back," she said slowly. "I figured it out for myself when I saw her out walking about today."
~EL~
"Hello?"
"What is wrong with you, Bella?" Klaus snarled, pacing the living room angrily as Halia sat quietly on the couch, staring down at her knees.
He heard Bella sigh on the other line. "I take it Halia told you everything?" she said.
"You told me to protect her. I must admit, you are making my job very difficult, teaming her up with the one thing she needs protection from," he said dryly.
"You don't understand, Niklaus," Bella said. "This is what my mother wanted. And she wouldn't have wanted this if she thought Halia was in any real danger."
"I don't care what Abigail wanted," he growled. "If you think Adora has changed even slightly, you're fooling yourself. We turn our backs around for one minute, and she will do exactly what she did a thousand years ago."
"And then you will spend another millennium slaughtering innocent fairies to get Halia back again," Bella finished venomously.
Klaus' eyes flickered to Halia and back, praying that she hadn't heard her sister.
"Do you honestly think I am stupid enough to think Adora is changed?" Bella continued. "No, I don't think she has. But what my mother wants is to give her the chance to change. And during that time, I will personally insure that Adora isn't alone in a room with any of my siblings, especially Halia and Adrian."
Klaus frowned, but Bella wasn't finished yet. "And really, Niklaus," she said. "I would be more concerned with how exactly you're going to tell Halia what you've been doing the past thousand years than with how I take care of my family. Tell Halia I will see her tomorrow."
Then, with a click, Bella hung up on him.
Halia and Klaus stood in silence, neither looking at each other. Minutes passed until Halia finally spoke.
"I don't need you to protect me, Niklaus," she said softly, looking up at him. "I'm very capable of protecting myself."
Klaus looked at her and raised an eyebrow. "May I remind you of the last time I didn't protect you?" he retorted.
Halia frowned. "Well, that's not-"
Klaus cut her off. "And you don't have any powers to protect yourself with. So, yes, Halia. You do need me to protect you."
Halia crossed her arms over her chest and glared at him. "You need to calm down, Niklaus," she said, noticing his gritted teeth, the anger in his eyes, his muscles tensed. He was about to snap, she could sense it.
Klaus narrowed his eyes at her. "How are you not angrier?" he asked her. "Adora is back, yet you don't act like you're upset at all."
"Because I'm not, not really," she said with a slight shake of her head.
Klaus looked at her in confusion. "Why?" he asked, frustrated with her.
"Because you're angry enough for the both of us."
Klaus sighed as Halia approached him. It was stupid, knowing that he was so angry. But Halia had always made reckless decision, especially when it came to Niklaus. She placed her hands on his chest, and the physical contact soothed Klaus slightly.
"Forget of Adora," she told him. "None of us are going to be as naïve as last time. History will not repeat itself. I promise you."
She wrapped her arms around his neck, knowing that she was succeeding in calming him down. Then Halia stretched up on the tip of her toes and kissed him.
Klaus' hands went to Halia's hair, his fingers entangling in her locks as he kissed her back. He had almost forgotten what it was like to kiss her, really kiss her. And that would have been a shame in itself.
Halia gasped against Klaus' lips as he blurred them over to the couch. She wasn't used to vampire speed just yet. But then her thoughts were brought back to Klaus as one of his hands slipped under her shirt, inching towards the bra she wore.
She knew where Klaus' mind was, and where their kissing was heading. But Halia didn't stop him, didn't say anything. She just helped him take off her shirt and brought his lips back to hers as quickly as possible.
As Klaus kissed Halia's neck, the smell of her blood hit him. It was undoubtedly the best smelling blood he had ever encountered. When he pulled away from her neck, Halia seemed to notice the darkening of his eyes as he looked down at her. She also seemed to realize that it wasn't entirely due to lust.
After a second of thinking, Halia nodded. Klaus raised an eyebrow, wondering- hoping- that she was agreeing to what he thought she was agreeing to.
When she nodded again and craned her neck to the right, he knew exactly what she wanted him to do.
As Klaus bit into Halia's neck, the first few seconds of pain were excruciating. But Klaus was nowhere near as violent as he usually was, and the pain quickly turned to pleasure.
When Klaus pulled away from her neck, his lips were covered in her blood. Halia was breathing heavily as he wiped his lips on the back of his hand, and then kissed her heatedly again.
Then clothes continued to be torn off as the two completely forgot about Adora.
~EL~
A/N: This chapter was completely Klalia, and the next episode probably will be too. They're going to play a big part in the plot the next couple of chapters.
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