Alex's P.O.V
Klaus had set up a dinner table in the courtyard to celebrate his return to leadership over New Orleans and his repossession of the compound from Marcel. I don't think I've ever seen him this happy before. He stood at one end of the table, while I sat down on the other. The vampires looked at me a few times and I simply continued to drink my glass of blood. Marcel sat to Klaus's left and I watched Klaus carefully. It was easy to see that most people weren't happy with the change, and Klaus was probably going to make it worse by the end of the night. I could just feel it. Victor and Daniel were sitting on either side of me.
The original called for everyone's attention, by tapping his glass with his fork. "Let us begin with a toast to our shared gift: immortality." Klaus started and I rolled my eyes. Why must you be so dramatic? "After a thousand years, one might expect life to be less keenly felt, for its beauty and its sorrows do diminish with time. But, like vampires, we feel more deeply than humans could possibly imagine."
Klaus gestured toward a group of waiters and waitresses to have them join us at the table, one for each guest accept for me. I mean he wasn't wrong, I've felt more deeply about everything ever since I became pregnant. "Insatiable need, exquisite pain…" The servants slit their wrists with knives, filling the vampire's bowls with blood. "Our victories, and our defeats." Klaus looked at Marcel and raised his glass in a toast. "..To my city, my home again. May the blood never ceases to flow-" Klaus exclaimed and Marcel stood uplifting his glass with the wine in it.
"-And the party never ends!" Marcel finished Klaus's sentence and looked at one of his vampires with a smile. I looked between the two of them suspiciously. They seemed close like he used to be Marcel's, right-hand man. Mental note: keep an eye on those two in case they decide to turn against Klaus.
"To New Orleans," The vampire cheered. Klaus repeated him, then so did everybody else except for me.
I didn't want to be here, I wanted to be asleep in my bed upstairs. I am so tired, the babies were draining a lot out of me today. I mean I barely did anything, except talking about babies and moving here. I leaned my head back a bit and took a sip of my blood, hoping it would wake me up.
"I understand that some of you may have questions regarding the recent changes in leadership, and I invited you here tonight to assure you that you are not unrepresented. No, my intentions moving forward are to celebrate what we have. What Marcel, in fact, took and built for this true community of vampires," Klaus said to everybody else at the table.
"What about them?" The vampire pointed to me at the far end of the table. "The hybrid and her posse," That woke me up.
"You do realize I can hear you," I snapped at him. He flashed his fangs at me, to which I rolled my eyes and grabbed my glass. I ignored his threat, knowing a bite from me could kill him, and that he was a younger vampire than me.
"Had you'd let me finish, Diego, you would know that there is, of course, another matter I would like to address." Klaus walked over to the other end of the table where I sat. "As many of you know, Alex here is carrying my children." There were shared looks between the vampires. "Consequently, I trust you will all pay her the appropriate amount of respect. Even though she'll happily correct you if you disrespect her," I rolled my eyes again. "As for Victor and Daniel, why they are natural hybrids who turned on the night I broke the curse and close friends of Alex's, here of their own volition.
"You need not worry about them as long as you don't harm Alex in any way." Klaus was standing behind my chair now. "But, Diego," Diego looked at him. "Could you hand me your daylight ring?" Klaus asked him. Huh. Didn't see that coming. I thought Klaus would just try to gain their trust.
"Why?" Diego asked.
"To make an example towards vampires who threaten the woman carrying my children, or anybody I don't deem worthy of being in my inner circle," Klaus explained as he walked behind Diego's chair. Diego looked at Marcel and Marcel seemed pissed, but didn't speak out against Klaus. Slowly, the vampire handed over his daylight ring and Klaus smiled.
June 4th, 2013
So, Davina moved in while I was taking a nap, and I have yet to meet her. I walked into the living room and was taken aback by Klaus. I mean I knew he was in there, but why did he look extremely attractive? I had an urge to rip his shirt off right there and then. Klaus turned to me and stared for a moment confused about why I was staring at him. I mean he did look really handsome sitting there.
"Love?" Klaus's voice snapped me out of my trace.
"What?" I asked, blinking in confusion. Come on, Alex! You have a kiss with the guy and now you want to sleep with him. Get a hold of yourself. The hybrid smirked at me as he walked up to me, and I watched his every move.
"Was there something you needed?" He asked and lightly pushed a piece of hair behind my ear.
"Um-" THINK! I came here for a reason, what was it? I had just sent Victor and Daniel to scope out the wolves and find them. I still wanted to know about my family, but Klaus didn't need to know that bit. "Um, I was thinking about the werewolves in the Bayou," I explained, suddenly gaining some control over my emotions.
"What about them?"
"Well, don't you want to know what's going on out there?" I asked him. Klaus looked at me curiously.
"I'm assuming you've already sent Victor and Daniel out," He commented and I smiled.
"Yup," I told him. "I just thought you'd like to know." Klaus and I stared at each other for a little while longer. He began to lean in a bit closer to me and I could feel his breath on my lips.
"Was that the only reason you came here, darling?" He asked.
It was then that I noticed how close we were. One of his hands was on my lower back, while the other rested on my cheek. Klaus's touch set me on fire and with one more move, we'd be kissing. God, I don't know what's gotten into me, but I knew (for right now) I didn't want it to stop.
"Eh-hem," Someone coughed behind us and Klaus shut his eyes in annoyance. His hands didn't move but his head turned towards Elijah, who was standing behind him.
"What is it?" Klaus growled at him. I looked down and moved my head so Klaus's hand let go of my cheek. He looked at me sadly as I stepped back, away from him. Elijah took a step closer to us, though Klaus never looked away from me.
"Sorry to interrupt," Elijah said. "But Marcel wishes to speak to you," I looked at Elijah and gave him an embarrassed smile.
"Well, then I'll be sure to let you know what Victor and Daniel find out," I told Klaus and looked up at him. He seemed sad that we were interrupted, and I was as well. But what did that mean? Was I ready to let him back in? "Excuse me," Then I turned around and went to my room.
I need some alone time and now that Klaus was going to be out of the house for a while, I had some time to think. Locking my bedroom door, I sat down on my bed and began to pace the length of my room. What is going on with me? One minute I was ready to leave his sorry ass behind to protect my children and the next I'm about to kiss him.
Again for that fact.
Actually, backtrack, what the hell was that kiss in Mystic Falls anyway? Was it simply in the heat of the moment? A product of the joy I felt when I felt one of my babies kick, or maybe it was because I felt happy knowing I was on the same page with Klaus again. That I could give my kids a normal life - or at least as normal as I could give them. I mean it did feel nice to kiss him, it was sweet. It wasn't forced. It felt safe.
But was I ready to let Klaus in again? Was I ready to open my heart to him? To give him control? I mean I felt safe with him now, and I obviously feel something. Two seconds ago, I wanted to rip his clothes off! Though I think if we did kiss I would have done just that.
I sat on my bed and ran my hand through my hair. I then looked at my stomach and rested my hand on top of it. Maybe this is all a pregnancy thing and it'll pass. Maybe tomorrow I'll wake up and not feel this insane attraction to him.
Though I'm always going to feel some attraction to him.
I mean every time I'm in the room with him, our bond keeps trying to pull us together, even more so after that kiss, we shared. I've just chosen to ignore it until now. It didn't really start acting up until a few seconds ago. God, why did Elijah have to come into the room and ruin the moment?
I sat up straighter. I did not just think that, did I? Did I really want to kiss Klaus that badly? I looked down at my baby bump again. I know I shouldn't blame you, but I do. You two are throwing your mommy's emotions out of whack.
I went back to the living room a few hours later. Victor and Daniel were still looking around and I realized I had to leave my bedroom. And there, in all his hybrid glory, was the man I wanted to kiss, apparently. Though this time when I saw him I was pissed off. Then I noticed a blonde human woman writing something and looked at both of them confused.
"Um-" The blonde looked at me. "Sorry, but who are you?" I asked her.
"You're Alex aren't you?" She asked and I nodded slowly. "I'm Cami."
"She's my stenographer," Klaus explained and I rolled my eyes.
"Please tell me you're not writing down your life story?" I asked. Klaus smirked a bit and looked away. "Wow," I whispered before turning back to Cami. "I'm so sorry you've been chosen to write his long-ass life." Cami laughed and I looked back at Klaus. "Have you hear from Victor or Daniel?"
"No, but then again I don't think they'll bother telling me anything they find without running it by you first," Klaus explained. I looked between the two of them, feeling both awkward and a bit jealous.
"Well, then - let me know if you hear from them," I said. "I'll be in my room." I began to walk back towards my room, despite having spent an hour in there already and managing to buy a pregnancy pillow. Klaus suddenly sped in front of me and I stopped in my tracks. "What? Got bored of your little typist?"
"Is that jealousy I hear?" Klaus teased. I scoffed and crossed my arms across my chest.
"No! Why would I be jealous? It's not like we're together anyway," I told him and rubbed my arms awkwardly. I didn't like the silence that sat between us.
"Alex, about this morning-" I stopped him.
"Don't. It was just my hormones getting the best of me and you being my soulmate," I semi-lied. It was also the fact that I'm starting to develop feelings for you again.
"Right," He said, crestfallen, and I felt horrible. I wanted to give him a hug, but instead, I just stood there.
"Was there anything else you wanted to talk about?" I asked him.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner tonight, after I - um, finished this thing with Marcel," Klaus explained and I looked down, sadly.
"Oh," I whispered. Dinner didn't sound bad. The thought of going out on a normal date with him sounded really nice, actually. "Raincheck?" I piped up.
He gave me a smile, a hopeful smile, then nodded. "Raincheck." He agreed and walked back to the living room. I then walked out of their earshot in the living room.
Leaning against the wall of the hallway, I banged the back of my head against it. I'm an asshole. I just gave him false hope. I closed my eyes and groaned softly to myself. Why couldn't I just make up my mind? Why couldn't my brain and my heart answer this one question: Should I date Klaus or not?
"Is everything ok?" I jumped at Daniel's voice and looked at him.
"Jesus Christ, Daniel!" I scolded him. "You almost gave me a heart attack." Daniel walked over to me and leaned on the wall across from me.
"Sorry," He apologized. "Now do you want to tell me what you were groaning about?"
"I hate emotions," I stated. "I hate hormones and I fucking hate my heart and brain right now."
"Ah," Daniel sighed. "So this is about Klaus?" I didn't say anything, just kept looking to the floor. "What happened?"
"We almost kissed, after my hormones decided to make me crave the feeling of jumping his bones," I explained, angrily. "I don't get it! Klaus was about to ask me out on a normal date, but before he could, my stupid ass decides to say no!"
"Sounds like you want to be with him," Daniel commented and I looked at him perplexed.
"What?"
"Alex, right now you sound like a highschool girl who turned down their crush," He laughed. "If you want to be with him that badly, then why aren't you? No one's going to judge you. Damon and Stefan have come to terms with the fact that he's going to be in your life for a long time. So why not be with him?"
"I-I don't know," I stuttered. Daniel looked at me sympathetically and sighed.
"Look, if you truly feel this way, let him take you out to dinner," Daniel said. "It's one date. If you don't feel comfortable, then talk to him at least. If you do, well then you have your answer." I nodded in agreement. Ok, I need to change the subject.
"Um, why were you looking for me?" I asked.
"Oh!" Daniel said. "I didn't find anything about the werewolves in the city, I was just wondering if Victor had come back with anything?"
I shook my head, "No, nothing yet." I replied.
I was walking to the kitchen when I saw the young teenager I met on the night of the festival. She was looking for something in all the cardboard boxes surrounding her. "Hello, again," I said and she turned around to me. "I never did get your name."
"Davina," She informed me.
"Well, then I guess should say thank you for unlinking me from Sophie," I said to her with a smile.
"And you must be Alex, Klaus's wife," Davina said and I looked at her shocked. Did everyone think just because he knocked me up, that I was married? Have you met the man?!
"No, not his wife." I corrected her. Honestly, I don't know what he is to me, aside from the obvious. Davina went back to looking threw her boxes. Her movements were frantic and I looked at her curiously, "What are you looking for?"
"My violin. It must be in the attic." She answered me.
I looked at her confused. "So, just go get it," I told her.
"I can't. It's not safe for me out there." Davina explained.
"Funny, I was under the impression that everyone was afraid of you," I said while smirking a bit.
"The witches are after me," Davina explained.
"You mean that crazy witch, Agnes?" I asked her and she nodded. "Yeah, she tried to kill my babies. The thing is, she's dead." Davina was surprised by the information. "Elijah killed her." Davina then shook her head in disbelief.
"But.. Agnes was the last living Elder. If she's dead, then I'm safe." Davina explained. Ok, then why are you here? "Marcel would've told me." Oh! That's why. Marcel didn't tell you.
" He probably didn't want to lose his secret weapon against the witches?" I asked her. "I mean you were the reason he could control the witches. If I were him, I wouldn't want to lose that."
"You're lying," Davina refused, wanting to believe what I was telling her.
I sighed, "Why would I lie to you?" I asked her.
"Because you want something from me. Everyone does." Davina said. I thought about that for a moment before speaking.
"Davina, I didn't even know you were in this house until a few minutes ago," I told her. "And I, honestly, don't need anything at the moment."
"No I don't believe you, your Klaus's wife and are trying to trick me for him." She said to me.
The look on her face was just pitiful, "Look, believe me, or not. I don't care. But first things first, this is the 21st century. Just because I'm having his kids doesn't mean we are married and no, I'm not lying right now." I explained. "Davina you are a child, so I'm going to give you some advice. You have powerful people all around you, looking to gain more power. You are nothing but a chess piece to them. Right now you have freedom, so if I were you, I'd leave before Klaus makes you his new queen piece."
I turned around and walked out of the room. I began to make my way to the kitchen again. Once I made it, I smiled, and I felt another kick. Yeah, I'm happy we finally got here too. I noticed some peanut butter on the counter, I wonder if we have chocolate. I gasped to myself, I should go get some Reese's. Those sound so good right now.
I grabbed a jar of peanut butter and a spoon. I guess I'll settle for this. I started to eat my peanut butter and almost moaned at how good it tasted. My phone then buzzed and I looked down to see a text from Victor. ' Come to the Bayou, I found something. ' I read and smirked. Finally.