Hey, my lovely readers. We're back with a new chapter and hopefully I can write the one for next week before I post a rather dark one considering this is a comedy but everyone in the story has an alternate history and it's time to reveal why Hayley is in Mystic Falls in chapter 38. Trust me, it's not what you might expect. On with the show…
Chapter 36: Jump in a Lake
Funny thing is that when you get settled into a new life with new mates and you think that you've come to accept what your life is, then another curve ball hits you in the face. This would be the day of the second visit from home and I was racing around our room trying to straighten the place up. It turns out that Enzo was a slob. I should have known. It usually did not bother me but Bonnie had sent me a letter informing me that Caroline had become a neat freak. I would have not thought too much of this warning if she had not included photos of Caroline's frightfully ordered living quarters.
Now, I was whirling about the room, throwing things into the closet and then pressing my body to it to force it to shut. Damon was tossing things under his bed. Enzo was sitting on top of his bed like he had no idea what we were so upset about. "Get off your arse," I ordered him.
I was still furious about Enzo's week in which he was in charge of my dares. Most of the Dare Club refused to take my calls or respond to my letters due to Enzo's ideas of what a joke I was.
Rose was unhappy because Enzo had ordered her to send him photos of her in a bikini which he had then taken to the copier and handed out for five dollars apiece to our fellow students. Jenna had to break up with Alaric and date Finn for a week. Finn had to profess to everyone at his school that would listen that he was celibate. Sage had to write her parents a letter of apology that she had not chosen to join the circus. Katherine and Hayley were ordered to spend a week handcuffed to each other. Elena and Caroline were ordered to convince everyone at the school that they were in love. Bonnie had to create a spell that would make Enzo invisible. Rebekah had to bark whenever our parents walked into the room or any member of the Dare Club. Jeremy had to eat Leo the dog's food. Kol had to give all his baseball cards to Damon. Stefan had to tell everyone that he was really a space alien and that he was not Damon's brother. Mason had to date Kat. Elijah had to sleep in Henrick's room while he was still crying all night long. And Alaric had to fill out an application for the army.
Thanks to Enzo's little pranks, I had to deal with the fury that any of the members who would be coming to see us would be feeling. Since they refused to talk to me, I had no idea who was coming to see us during this weekend. That made me rather miserable to think that Caroline might not be coming. Would she not forgive me for Enzo's regrettable actions?
I had sent Marcel down to meet whoever might be sent in case they would see me, turn and leave the way that they had come. When the doorknob began to twist, I sucked in a deep breath and then I sighed when the door opened.
"Hey, what's up?" Diego asked, looking around from me to Damon to Enzo who was whistling. "Are we going to be having a party tonight to welcome your friends?"
"I don't know," I informed him with a shrug when someone came to the door behind him.
"NIK," a little voice called and I peered around Diego and felt my heart leap when a little blonde head popped around Diego. Marcel appeared beside Diego and patted him on the shoulder to get him to move aside.
"NIK," Rebekah called before rushing at me like a little missile. I leaned down and lifted my sister off her feet.
"Bekah, my darling sister," I murmured, feeling her press her tear stained face into my shoulder.
"NIK," Kol shouted before racing into the room and running into my legs. "Nik, Nik, Nik," Kol chanted and I wrapped an arm around his shoulders.
"Hello, brother," Elijah called and I felt my own eyes filling with tears as Elijah came to wrap his arms around us.
"Nik! Damon!" Caroline shouted before dropping a bag in the doorway.
"Dear, God, Klaus did half of bleeding Mystic Falls come to see you?" Enzo called.
"I came for Damon," Elena called as she stepped through the door.
"So did I," Stefan called and I began to laugh in surprise.
"I came because I had nowhere else to go," Tyler called as he walked into the room with a shrug.
"Who in the bloody hell are you?" Enzo asked Tyler who gave him a nasty look.
"I'm the person you forgot to dare," Tyler snapped.
"Oh, seems like I forgot about you. Guess that means that you're not an important member of the club," Enzo retorted with a smile.
I coughed loudly to gain everyone's attention. "Every member of the club is important. Thank you, Enzo."
"What's a dare club?" Marcel asked me and Diego nodded.
Caroline gasped. "You didn't invite them but you invited that?" She pointed at Enzo in disgust who smirked at her.
"You're cute," Enzo told Caroline with a wink.
"She's off limits," I snapped at him.
"Bugger yourself, Mikaelson," Enzo retorted and then he noticed that four sets of eyes were on him. "Klaus Mikaelson," he added with an eye roll.
"Why don't you find a lake to jump in and drown?" Caroline asked Enzo with a smirk of her own.
"Only if you'll join me, love," Enzo told her and Caroline blushed deeply.
"Stop flirting with him," Rebekah ordered Caroline.
"I am not," Caroline told my little sister who wrinkled her nose and stuck her tongue out.
"She must have gotten that from her 'big sister,'" Elena muttered loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear.
"This is boring," Tyler growled. "It's like being at home."
"Why don't you jump in the lake with Caroline and Enzo?" Kol told Tyler. "You can have a threesome."
"What's a threesome?" Bekah asked and I wanted to scream or to laugh. It really was like being at home.
"Where did you hear about threesomes?" Elijah asked Kol, looking horrified.
"Jer's parents have cable," Kol stated simply. "You're the idiot who made me give my cards to Damon. I don't like you," Kol was speaking to Enzo who nodded.
"Sorry, kid. You can have them back. I think I like you better now that I've found out what you're like," Enzo informed my brother who grinned up at Enzo.
"Give me my cards, arse-hole," Kol told Enzo.
"Found them," Stefan announced. While everyone had been distracted Stefan had been rifling throw his brother's belongings under the bed. He now had Kol's set of baseball cards and Rose's bra. "What's this for?" He asked holding up the bra.
Enzo began to laugh when Elena gasped and then slapped Damon. "Ow," Damon grunted, placing a hand to his red cheek.
"Man whore," Elena snarled before walking out the door.
"Feisty," Enzo said, rubbing his hands together. He started to get up and follow Elena. Marcel stepped in front of the door, blocking Enzo inside the room.
"Diego, can you go find the Gilbert girl?" Marcel asked and Diego headed out of sight.
"I can't believe that you're all here," I exclaimed, wanting to claim the attention of my family as Kol counted his cards to make sure they were all there.
"What are you doing here again, Stef?" Damon asked his brother who shrugged.
"I missed you," Stefan told him.
"Ah, that is just heartwarming," Enzo told them, placing his hand over his heart.
"Lake. Jump. Now," Caroline told him through gritted teeth. Enzo turned and was about to reply when Rebekah walked over and gave him a swift kick in the crotch.
"REBEKAH!" Elijah thundered and then Marcel scooped Rebekah up off the floor before Enzo could react. "I have told you time and time again that you cannot do that to people!" He murmured, his voice quiet but I knew that tone and this was not the time to test Elijah's patience.
"He's mean," Rebekah told us from her position atop Marcel's shoulders. "I don't like him and you cannot make me, Lijah." She looked like a little princess with her head held high. All she needed was a tiny tiara.
"How is Henrick?" I asked Elijah, trying to stop the possibility of a fight.
"He's finally beginning to sleep through the night," Elijah told me. "Which is a good thing since I have been the only one to get up lately to walk him up and down the hall. Mother is far too tired. She has been retiring to her room more often since you were sent here. She misses you very much, Niklaus."
I smiled as Kol finished counting his cards and looked to see that Tyler was about to open my closet. "No," I protested. But I was too late. All the things that I had stuffed inside the closet came tumbling out and onto the floor. Enzo walked over and began to pick through the things. Anything that he found boring he tossed aside.
"Let's get out of here," Caroline whispered to me with one eye on Enzo. As much as I did not want him touching my things I wanted to spend time with Caroline and my family without the company of my most annoying roommate. Nodding, I took her hand and we walked slowly toward the door before escaping into the hallway. Soon everyone but Enzo had left. However, he seemed too preoccupied with my things to give us notice.
"So, what do you guys do for fun around here?" Tyler asked me when we entered the main room.
"Nothing," Damon told him. At that moment he seemed to be engaged in a game that involved trying to jerk his brother's underwear up his bum.
"Ow. Damon. Leave me alone," Stefan pleaded, attempting to pull away.
"You first," Damon replied, tugging harder, causing Stefan to squeal in pain.
"I really, really hate you right now," Stefan said as he began to limp along, his face turning red. "Hate," he whispered.
"Is your sole purpose on the planet to torture your brother, Damon?" Elijah inquired lightly while observing Stefan with a shake of his head.
"Hate," Stefan whispered, walking around the milling adults. He seemed to be aware of the fact that he could not drop his pants and adjust his underwear in front of all these people.
Damon grinned at Elijah. "I dare you to drop your pants and walk around the room. Complete circle."
Turning redder in the face than Stefan, Elijah unbuckled his pants and then allowed them to drop to the floor. "You will pay for this, Damon," he whispered.
"We'll see about that. Now, march, soldier," Damon commanded. "Left. Right. Left. About face. And let's keep going. Why don't you show the nice people what kind of dentistry your father's money can pay for?"
"Why don't you jump in that lake Caroline was discussing earlier," Elijah replied through gritted teeth.
"I dare you to pull your pants back up," Caroline called and Elijah sighed in relief.
Damon turned to glare at Caroline. "Did you have to ruin my fun?"
"Elijah has never done anything to you," Caroline protested, shaking her head in anger.
"Yeah, he did. He's the reason that Nik got sent away because Elijah is a man whore," Damon retorted.
"I am not a man whore," Elijah told Damon when Elena arrived.
"Yes, you are. You're a cheater, too," Elena told him. My brother could only stare in horror at the girl.
"Cow," Rebekah shouted at Elena, pointing her finger at the older girl.
"Brat," Elena accused, placing her hands on her hips.
"Hey," Marcel protested when Rebekah tried to fling herself at Elena.
"Shit," Kol called, smiling enthusiastically. He seemed to want to join what he thought was a rousing game of curse for the sole purpose of cursing.
"Idiot," Damon said as he looked at Kol.
"Stupid," Caroline spat at Damon.
"Bitch," Damon snapped at Caroline.
"Bloody fools," Elijah shouted, drawing attention from the entire room and then we raced toward the front door and I jerked it open. We flung ourselves out into the shining sunlight and ran as fast as we could before anyone could identify us.
"Marcel, what is a man whore?" Rebekah asked and Marcel groaned loudly.
"None of your bee's wax," Damon told her and she laughed. "That's my girl. How ya been, Becky?"
"My name is Rebekah," my baby sister said haughtily.
"Your name is spoiled brat," Elena informed Rebekah who narrowed her eyes and made a claw of her hand.
"Stop, Bekah," Marcel ordered when she reached down to claw out Elena's eyeballs.
"Why are you letting him call you nicknames and not me?" Damon asked Rebekah who blinked and then poked her bottom lip out.
"You're mean to Stefan. We're married. So, you can't be mean to him. See my ring," Rebekah held out a ring from a cereal box and grinned. "Stefan," she shouted loudly enough to cause me to cover my ears.
"Yes, Bex," Stefan called up to his "wife."
"I want you to knock Elena over," Rebekah told him. Stefan turned around and shoved Elena to the ground.
Looking down at Elena, Stefan shrugged. "Sorry. But when a man's wife orders him to do something, he should do it."
"What kind of messed up logic is that?" Damon demanded, grabbing his brother and turning him to face him. "You don't take orders from your woman. You tell her to stop riding around on other guy's shoulders and to behave like a wife."
Nodding, Stefan puffed up his chest and then came to stand in front of Marcel. Looking up at Rebekah, he put on a brave face and pointed up at Bekah. "I demand that you get down from there and act like a good wife."
"NO," Rebekah screamed and Stefan deflated before turning to Damon.
"I tried," Stefan whispered before walking over to talk to Tyler.
"And that is why you will make a horrible husband one day," Damon called to Stefan who acted like he didn't hear him. "See, this is how it's done. Lena, be a dear and go back inside. I need my jacket."
"Get it yourself," Elena told him, taking a step to the side and then Rebekah launched herself at her prey, scratching Elena's check. "Ow. I'm going to spank you so hard, Rebekah Mikaelson." Elena swore reaching up for Rebekah.
"Elena, stop it," Caroline shouted and threw herself on top of her friend.
"Bird fight," Enzo called as he made his way toward us. What did I have to do to get rid of this guy? "I'm glad I came down for this." Caroline and Elena looked up at the sound of Enzo's voice and then looked at each other. Seeing that there was someone in their midst who they disliked more than they disliked each other, they got to their feet and made their way toward Enzo.
At first Enzo did not seem to understand what was about to happen to him when Elena and Caroline ran toward him knocking him to the ground. "You are mean," Elena told him.
"And rude," Caroline added.
Just as they were about to attack I stepped forward. "Bygones," I called to Caroline who continued to glare down at Enzo.
"We," Caroline started.
"Dare," Elena added.
"You," Caroline said.
"To" Elena inserted.
"Jump," Caroline began when Enzo got to his feet and began to trudge forward. It was early spring and we should have all been wearing jackets. Therefore, I was not sure that the girls' revenge was a good idea but I refused to be the one to stop them. I expected that Elijah would do so since he was the oldest and most responsible of us.
However, Elijah did not say anything. Since there was no lake, Enzo had to walk to the pond. "Take off your clothes," Rebekah ordered Enzo and I stared at my sister. Was she watching TV she shouldn't be, too? Enzo stripped down to his boxers and climbed into the cold water.
Moving until his head was covered, Enzo waved at us. "Can I come out yet?"
"Yes," I shouted. When Enzo got out he was shivering slightly. "Let's go back inside before we all get sick." Looking at Enzo I nodded quickly before leading everyone back inside. If anyone became ill they couldn't go to the party. And my thoughts told me that we needed to have a party, given the mixture of sad, glum and depressed looks on the faces of my family and friends.
Looping my arm through Caroline's, I walked by her side up the stairs. "Would you like to go to the party with me?" I questioned Caroline feeling my heart begin to beat slightly faster.
"Yes," Caroline told me with a wide smile. It would be several years later that I realized that was our first unofficial date.
Okay, so there you go. In the next chapter we will see Klaroline's first "date" since they're still very young it's more like a playing than what you might expect from an actual date date.
cchavi: They will make guest appearances. Other than that I can't say what will happen becasue that would rin the end of the story.
ferrylis: I hope you liked te reactions to Enzo.
Klaroline-lovegames: You're welcome. :)
Elijahlover: There will be no love trinagle between Enzo, Caroline and Klaus.
Rose: Marcel is still Klaus and Damon's roommate but now so is Enzo. Enzo tends to get of people's nerves but he's not a total jackass he's been through some crap that made him, well, insane. But I'm not sure what his back story in MFDC is yet but I will come up with something good. As for when they go back home I can't say yet.
CB4389: I will see what I can do. I think that I could find a way to keep them in the story and if nothing else there are always guest appearances.
Snow Guest: There will be no love trinagle between Enzo, Caroline and Klaus.
ParicTBLover4ever: I can't give away when they go back. And thank you for the lovley review. They really mean a lot to me. :)
Peace,
Jessica