An: so another chapter! up and done

another author's note at the end

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Chapter 42

Klaus walked Cassie into the kitchen and sat her at the island.

"Now your going to have to give me a clue sweetheart, because you drink hot chocolate when your upset, alcohol when your angry or need to calm down, but what do you drink after single-handly taking over a room full of vampires?" Klaus said as he searched through the cabinets.

"How do you?" Cassie said but her voice caught in her throat, "how do you know that?" she repeated.

Klaus froze, his back still turned away from Cassie. "Well, I've been paying attention" he said.

"How long?" Cassie asked as she walked up behind him "how long have you been paying attention?"

"Since you arrived," he said softly.

Cassie grabbed Klaus's shoulder and turned him around to face her.

"Really?" she asked.

"Really" he told her.

Cassie took her hand and put it on his face. Klaus closed his eyes and pressed him cheek into her palm.

"How did I miss it?" Cassie asked so softly Klaus almost missed it.

She stood on her tiptoes and pressed a kiss his lips.

Immediately Klaus wrapped his arms around her waist while Cassie brought her other hand to cup his face.

Klaus's hands slipped down to cup her ass she gasped against his lips. Klaus quickly shot his tongue into her mouth, her taste buds exploded at the taste of him.

She pulled back for air. Klaus rested his head on her forehead.

"So about that drink?" Klaus asked.

Cassie laughed, still trying to catch her breath.

"Rob told me about what happens after you have a big take down like tonight." Klaus said. "so if you need me,"

Cassie busted out laughing, "sit down Casanova" she said pointing to the island.

Klaus sat as Cassie turned and grabbed a teapot. "I'm going to let you in on a secret." She said as she turned her back to Klaus and started to make the tea.

"Its true that everyone of the hunters have a ritual that they do after something big like this, and its true that Vaughn likes to go out and have a good time but not with me" Cassie said looking over her shoulder at Klaus.

"Not with you?" Klaus asked

"Nope" Cassie said

The teapot started to whine and Cassie poured herself and Klaus one.

"Then why did Rob?" Klaus started.

"Think that I did?" Cassie asked as she set the cup in front of Klaus. "Because I made him believe it."

"I'm afraid I don't understand" Klaus said.

Cassie took a sip of her tea "I was covering for someone, in all honesty what I do is make myself some tea and curl up in front of the fire and I read a book"

Klaus took a drink of his tea, "well I feel a bit stupid." He said.

"Well, it was very sweet of you to offer your services" Cassie said.

"I do what I can," Klaus said.

Cassie gave him a small smile.

"So why books?" Klaus asked

"Books have always had this power over me I guess, a good novel can change the way I think about the world. And after I took the lives of so many people that night it always feels good to live a different life, if only for a little bit." She told him.

"You know you're not a bad person, because you kill vampires," Klaus said.

"I'm a murder Nik" Cassie said looking into her tea, "I've taken lives, too many to count, me and Vaughn both."

"You really don't see yourself in the same category as Vaughn?" Klaus asked reaching a hand across the island to grab hers. "You and that Scottish bloke could never be on the same level."

"How are you so sure?" Cassie asked "you've only known me for four months"

"Because of how you handled yourself tonight, love" Klaus replied.

"I don't play with vampires before I kill them, but that doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy killing them, its how I'm hardwired" Cassie said "but its ok, I've made peace with the fact that when this is over for me I'll have a spot reserved for me in hell"

Cassie froze, her eyes shot up to meet Klaus's, she pulled her hand out of his and walked out of the room.

Klaus followed her "Cassie" he called after her. But Cassie just shook her head refusing to look at him.

"Cassie!" he yelled grabbing her hand and pulled her back to him.

"What are you doing to me?" she asked

"I don't understand" Klaus said.

"I've never said that to anyone I've never even said it out loud before and here I am just talking to you about it, like I'm talking about the weather!" she yelled back

Klaus just stood there, silent.

"Why aren't you saying anything!?" Cassie kept yelling.

"Because it's the same for me" Klaus said

"What?" Cassie asked

"Cassie, there is something about you, your light, your beauty but the most of all you get me, from the moment you turned around at the Lockwood's I was entranced by you." Klaus said.

"Why" she cried "why can I be with you, talk with you, tell you everything I've always been afraid to speak aloud to myself"

"I don't know" Klaus said "but I do know that I feel the exact same way when I'm with you, you see right through the walls I've spent centuries building, straight to the very core of me."

"Those walls are there for a reason," Cassie said "they can't be broken down."

"You don't think I know that!" Klaus roared "you don't think I am fully aware of how dangerous it is to be defenseless, to be stripped down and exposed, but I am when I'm with you!"

"This wasn't suppose to happen, people die and love changes but as long as I remained unattached I was going to be fine." Cassie said "I wasn't going to be hurt."

Klaus pulled Cassie into a hug, "I'm just as scared as you are, sweetheart"

"Nik, I'm not scared, I'm terrified" Cassie mumbled into his shirt "I'm terrified of how close I feel to you, I'm terrified of how much I love being here in you arms."

Klaus closed his eyes and let the words Cassie said sink into him. He buried his face in her hair, "I'm scared of how much I want you here in my arms, I'm scared of how easily I just told that to you." He whispered.

Cassie buried her face into his shoulder, "what are we going to do?" she asked.

"We are going to go sit in the study, I'm going to light a fire, and then I'm not going to let you go" Klaus said.

"Promise?" Cassie asked.

Klaus picked Cassie up and blurred into the study, by the time Cassie blinked the fire was already blazing and Klaus had wrapped her back up in his arms "promise" he whispered in her ear.

Cassie laid her head on his shoulder and watched the fire dance.

Klaus's fingers started drawing on her arm, leaving her skin burning where he trailed them up and down her arms.

"You never answered my question." Cassie finally spoke up.

"Which question?" Klaus asked.

"Do you think Vaughn was right?" Cassie asked "about family"

"I think that when you involve family over someone more qualified it does open up for mistakes" Klaus said

"Do you think I shouldn't have involved my dad and Jeremy?" Cassie asked.

"No, I think you made the right call, there was no way Alaric was going to let you go without him" Klaus said "and besides I'm starting to think that those chances of mistakes are worth it to be with family"

"Really" Cassie asked she started to let her fingers dance across Klaus's jeaned leg.

"I have never been closer to my family then now love, and that is all I wanted, for us to be together," Klaus said.

"Speaking of that, how is the hunt for Mikael going?" Cassie asked, "Have you any idea on what he wants?"

"No" Klaus said "and that what's so frustrating I have no idea what he is up too"

"You'll figure it out" Cassie said "I have faith in you"

"Why are you so sure about that?" Klaus asked.

"Because you love your family and would do anything for them, and right now that requires you to figure out Mikael's plan" Cassie said with hesitation.

"Sometimes I think you think to highly of me" Klaus said his fingers moving from her arm to her hair.

"The same could be said of you" Cassie said.

"Maybe your right" Klaus said. "So how is your part going?"

"Good, I'll have Jeremy add on to the mark tomorrow" Cassie said, still dancing her fingers on his leg. "But, I talked to that professor Shane guy that's helping Bonnie"

"Ah yes, I overheard the Bennett girl talking about him" Klaus said

"I don't trust him" Cassie said "he's not helping us for the cure, he is helping because of what's buried with the cure"

"What does he think is buried with the cure?" Klaus asked

"Silas" Cassie said

"As in the first immortal" Klaus said.

"Yep" she said popping the p "he wants to raise Silas who in turn will raise the dead"

"Raise the dead?" Klaus asked.

Cassie nodded her head "there is something off about him Nik, I don't like it, he is teaching Bonnie expression and I just know he is up to no good, I can feel it"

"Hey, I believe you, if you say this professor is up to something I'll have Kol and Rebecca check out this professor some more tomorrow" Klaus said.

"This is nice" Cassie said.

"What us talking about our plans to find a supernatural cure to vampirism?" Klaus asked tugging on one of her curls.

"The us talking part " Cassie said "its nice to finally talk to someone who gets it"

"And that would be" Klaus said

"The willingness to do anything for family" Cassie said.

Klaus tugged softly on Cassie's hair making Cassie look up at him. The hand that wasn't in her hair cupped her face and he slowly brought himself down to her lips.

They kissed, soft and tender almost afraid to put anything else behind it in case it broke.


Two figures stood outside in the woods, watching Klaus and Cassie's every moment.

"Its about time" the first stranger said.

"You have no idea how stubborn those two are" the second replied

"Which is why they are perfect for each other, they balance each other out" the first said

"You were right," the second said

"I've been watching the girl for a while now, I wouldn't have put her in my plans if I wasn't sure that she and Nicklaus wouldn't be good together." The first said.

"I've done everything you've asked now where is she?" the second one said turning to face the first.

"The two of them aren't completely in love, not yet, they still need to get over there insecurities. Make that happen and you'll get her back," the first one growled and the blurred away.

The second one took a deep breath then blurred away too.


An: now this chapter is pure Klassie! I thought it was needed to kinda keep showing just how similar Klaus and Cassie are.

which means that they are afraid of being completly honest and open with someone.

which might provide some tension in the future...

We see where in the hunt for the cure we are.

Plus the two strangers at the end... Who could they be?

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