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Chapter 24: The Horse's Friendship
June 22, 2010
Elena looked stunned when Klaus handed her the keys to one of his cars and said, "Happy Birthday my little helpful doppelganger, I hope you have a good day back in Mystic Falls."
"W-what?" Elena sputters as she reflexively gripped the keys, "Are you serious Klaus?!"
"Yes," Klaus smirks, "You've been a good sport these last few months. Dying for me, giving your blood for the hybrids, and calming Stefan's moodiness. So I thought why not give you a break on your birthday? You are turning eighteen and that is an important milestone."
"What's the catch?" Stefan asks with as scowl from beside Elena.
"When you and Elena leave you'll have a hybrid shadowing you from afar so you remember not to do anything foolish," Klaus states with a warning glint in his eye, "After all you wouldn't want to force my hand and have me have to kill one of your little friends back home if this taste of freedom gives you...any rebellious or treacherous ideas, right Elena?"
"I will not do anything behind your back Klaus," Elena promises seriously and says, "Thank you for the gift."
"You're welcome," Klaus smiles fleetingly, "See you tomorrow at 8 am sharp that's when we'll have some new werewolves recruits arriving."
Elena just nods and she and Stefan leave.
Klaus watches them leave and then out the corner of his eye he sees Jackson arrive beside him and Klaus simply says to him, "You know your orders."
"Yes sire." Jackson agrees and then starts carefully following the car from a careful distance.
Klaus leaves his garage and goes to search for Sasha who hadn't been able to speak to much since arriving back in the city as Rebekah has been taking up most of her time. Those two were acting strange too.
Rebekah keep boldly saying the most outrageous sexual innuendos to Sasha but then backing off later when Sasha gathered her wits to responded in kind. It was like they were playing some twisted cat and mouse game one moment and then being best friends the next. It was baffling.
Klaus was mostly just annoyed that Rebekah was basically hogging Sasha's attention and that even when Sasha was alone she seemed to be purposely avoiding him.
Klaus didn't understand why and it was really bothering him but he was being kept busy himself with the new werewolves that were showing up wanting to be turned. So he'd have to figure out what exactly was going on later.
Sasha glances back at Rebekah as she and Rebekah tailed Marcel together like they have been doing for the past few days. While Sasha was glad things weren't extremely awkward after her way too early confession, Sasha worried about how Rebekah did seem to have put an unconscious distance between them.
Sure she put up the bold playful persona but still avoided getting to emotional close to Sasha. They were mostly just shared shallow jokes and talked about pop culture and spying on Marcel. Which she supposed was for the best if they wanted to just be friends. Sasha really wished she hadn't had revealed her feeling as so soon. But Sasha did and now she has to live with it. They were just friends now and she would be okay with it. She mostly coped by focusing on discovering Marcel's secrets like she should have in the first place.
Right now it appeared like Marcel had a meeting inside some church with the human leader of the factor and the witch elders. Finally they were getting somewhere, Sasha stayed outside hidden but did her new ear trick to eavesdrop as they lit sage which cancelled out Rebekah's hearing but not Sasha's powers.
"Marcel, you lied to us." The witch condemns sounding angry.
"I haven't lied about anything." Marcel denies.
"You said you'd get rid of Klaus and his blasted hybrid and they're still here and it's been much longer than the three days you promised!" The witch snapped.
"The plan is a bit slow going," Marcel concedes, "But it is in-progress I assure you."
"What is this plan?" The priest asks.
"I released Katherine Pierce from my Garden the day after Rebekah Mikaelson was awoken and sent her to go find Klaus's greatest enemy." Marcel states confidently, "His dear old Papa."
"The vampire that hunts vampire?" The witch gasps.
"Yes," Marcel confirms with probable smirk.
"Speaking of Ms. Mikaelson," The priest interjects, "Where did she come from? I was under the impression the Mikaelson siblings were currently neutralized."
"I believe one of Klaus's hybrids woke her up by mistake." Marcel lies casually.
"Mikael is extremely dangerous," The witch says bringing the conversation back to him, "Getting him involved will cause so much more bloodshed than anybody wants!"
"Trust me," Marcel assures, "I have somebody else on my side who can handle Mikael so he won't harm anybody but Klaus and the hybrids. The rest of us will be safe."
"Who is this person?" The witch demands to know.
"Sorry that's classified." Marcel responds coolly
"Marcel, please we need all the information-" The priest starts to insist but Marcel interrupts him.
"Sorry Kieran but you'll just have to trust me on this," Marcel insist, "I cannot tell you unless I want to risk this person wrath and I don't want them as my enemy."
"Gerard-" The witch growls but he interrupts her too.
"This meeting is over." Marcel states simply and it sounds like he flashed away.
Sasha and Rebekah trade uneasy looks at the fact that Mikael involvement was confirmed. Sasha had honestly forgotten about Katherine she should have thought to check up on her. Now the doppelganger, who had to have even more hateful thoughts about Klaus because he tortured her for so long, was out in the world to find Mikael. The thing is did anyone actually know where Mikael is at? If not it could take them a while to find him which would give them time to prepare.
"Marcel is such an idiot," Rebekah condemns harshly, "Father-Mikael is the strongest original vampire in the world and he thinks he's find someone who can control him, he's an insane powerhouse of bitterness and rage. You can't control that."
"Marcel seemed pretty confident," Sasha states with a worried frown, "But also wary of whoever this mysterious person is."
"He's just bluffing," Rebekah scoffs, "No way someone like that actually exists."
"Marcel knows how much devastation summoning Mikael causes," Sasha mentions carefully, "I think he really does have a way to prevent him from hurting his men who Marcel sees as comrades and friends. He wouldn't purposely risk them."
"Well we'll just have to keep spying on him to figure out who this mystery person is!" Rebekah declares.
Sasha nods in agreement and they go in search for where Marcel went now.
June 26, 2010
"We should have a girl's night tonight!" Sasha suggests to Rebekah over breakfast days later.
"A girl's night?" Rebekah repeats curiously as she drink blood from a coffee cup, "What do you mean?"
"It when you and a bunch of girl-friends hang out with each other without any boys!" Sasha explained enthusiastically, "One of my old friends texted me and invited me to hang out and since I haven't hung out with her in a while. Klaus is busy with the full moon tonight so I thought we could go!"
"We still haven't found out who Marcel's mystery person is yet." Rebekah points out.
"I know but we've been tailing him nonstop for the last four days we deserve a break!" Sasha insists, "And I'm supposed to be showing you what human girls do in the twenty-first century and I've been slacking of late, so what do you say?"
"Do your friends know of the supernatural?" Rebekah questions curiously.
"Only Tate does no one else." Sasha responds.
"And we don't have to invite Elena do we?" Rebekah asks with a scrunched up nose.
"No," Sasha laughs in amusement at Rebekah's hatred for Elena, "We don't. She's more interested in hanging out with Stefan anyway. Ever since they've returned from Mystic Falls they've been even more attached at the hip than usual."
"I know!" Rebekah scoffs with a roll of her eyes.
"Anyways do you want to go with me?" Sasha asks again.
"Alright," Rebekah agrees with a smile, "I'm up for a girl's night."
"Awesome, I'll tell them we're in!" Sasha grinned.
She was so pleased that Rebekah agreed she hoped being around normal humans would gave them a chance to unwind and feel normal too.
Later that night Sasha and Rebekah arrived at Chelsea's apartment at different times as Sasha teleported there and Rebekah ran as driving would have taken too long. Sasha had to wait a bit for Rebekah to arrive after following Sasha's directions. But when she did Sasha knocked on Chelsea's door and it swung open to reveal a beaming Chelsea who pulled her into a hug immediately and she says, "I'm so glad you came!~"
"Hello Chelsea!" Sasha laughs as she hugs her back.
Chelsea looks over Sasha's shoulder at Rebekah and says, "You must be Rebekah, it's nice to meet you!"
"You as well." Rebekah replies back politely.
Chelsea release Sasha and the urges both girls inside her apartment while saying, "You guys are just in time were going to start the romantic comedies!~"
"Oh god, what did you pick?" Sasha groans remembering Chelsea's weird tastes.
"The Proposal," Chelsea answers with a smirk.
"Oh Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds, yes!" Sasha beams pleasantly surprised.
"It's crude!" Natasha complains from the couch.
"It's funny," Sasha counters and looks at Rebekah, "You'll like it!"
"Have you never seen it before Rebekah?" Chelsea asks her.
"I haven't," Rebekah confirms, "But I assume it has something to do with marriage?"
"Yep." Vanessa drawls from beside Natasha.
"I love this movie!" A girl Sasha doesn't recognize exclaims.
"I know, babe." Vanessa laughs and she then she looks at Sasha and says, "This is one of my partners, Beverly."
"Nice to meet you Sasha, Rebekah." Beverley smiles.
"And I'm Amy, Vanessa's other partner!" A different dark-haired girl seated next to Natasha exclaims.
Sasha nods in greeting at her as she goes over to sit down in front of the TV with Rebekah following behind her.
"Partners?" Rebekah questions lowly to Sasha sounding confused.
"Vanessa in a polyamorous relationship with them." Sasha explained back quietly as the sat a little ways away from the couch.
"You mean polygamy?" Rebekah questions quietly.
"No they're not married, only dating." Sasha replies back.
"Oh." Rebekah responded back looking nonplussed before she shrugs and says, "Good for them."
There is another knock at the door and Sasha wonders who else Chelsea invited. An unfamiliar pair of girl's come into the living room and Chelsea introduces them, "These are my work friends, Kali and Alyssa."
Everyone introduces themselves and then it's time for the girl's night to really kick off.
"So Sasha," Vanessa starts, "How goes things with what we talked about?"
Sasha grimaced as she looked at Vanessa and Chelsea who both caught her alone in the pantry getting more snacks and she responds, "Well I told Rebekah I love her and because of that disaster I am avoiding Klaus. So not really great."
"Wait what?" Chelsea exclaimed, "You have feelings for Rebekah now!"
"You told her you love her?" Vanessa repeats in disbelief and she shakes her head and says, "Oh Sasha why?"
"After our conversation I was feeling kind of vulnerable and I had been pretty open with you and then it just slipped out! Well actually I told her I love her brothers first and then I told her I love her. I swear it was like my common sense and sanity fled me or something!"
"Well she's here now," Chelsea notes, "It couldn't have been that bad."
"She told me she just wants to be friends and I get that, she doesn't really know me. I'm totally fine with just being friends. I can't convince her to be in love me she has to decide that on her own and she might never and that's okay. She wants to be friends so we're being friends. Hence why I invited her to hang out with my other friends." Sasha explains.
"That's mature of you," Vanessa comments looking slightly impressed, "Well things didn't go how you hoped with Rebekah but you can still try with Klaus! Don't avoid him."
"Yeah you and Klaus are really cute together!" Chelsea inputs, "He totally likes you back!"
"I need to find out how much he trust me first," Sasha replies with a sigh, "And I'm afraid that he won't trust me enough with-" She pauses and finishes vaguely, "private things."
"Well ask him, stop being a chicken Sash." Vanessa states bluntly.
"I ask him eventually." Sasha responds defensively.
Chelsea gives her a look and Sasha glares at her and says, "You better not try and meddle again, Chelsea. I swear."
"I don't have Klaus's number!" Chelsea assures her with her hands raised placidly.
"I better go make sure Rebekah's not being interrogated out there," Sasha says as she walks out of the pantry and back out into the living room and she finds Rebekah smiling and looking engaged in a conversation with Alyssa, Kali, and Beverly.
Sasha blinks in slight surprise at the scene but then she smiles happy that Rebekah was getting herself some human friends. She deserved some real friends that wouldn't betray her or plot against her. Sasha didn't know these girls but they were Chelsea's friends and Vanessa partner and those two were usually pretty good judges of character, so she sure they were nice people.
She didn't get the chance to go and join them as Natasha decided to snag her and interrogate her for the next thirty minutes about how about Klaus and how the dogs they were training were doing.
June 27, 2010
Rebekah was positively beaming as they left the Chelsea's house the next morning and started walking down the McKinley streets. She was texting either Kali or Beverley on the phone that Klaus got her a few days ago. She really hit it off with those two last night.
"So Rebekah, you had fun?" Sasha asks rhetorically.
"It was wonderful!" Rebekah responds brightly, "So many interesting movies. Film has really got advanced and I love the color Kali chose to paint my nails. We've got such similar tastes. Beverley is so the most carefree fun person I've ever met. She had some really interesting stories! The best part was that they had no expectations for me! They just treated me like Rebekah not Rebekah Mikaelson. It was odd at first and I wasn't sure if I'd liked it but I ended up loving it, it was really nice to get the full human experience!"
"I'm really happy you had a good time Bekah." Sasha smiles.
"Shame we didn't get to hang out much though." Rebekah says looking slightly disappointed.
"We can hang out now if you want?" Sasha offered, "Wanna go to Tate's?"
"He has a chocolate shop, right?" Rebekah asks for clarification.
"Yep!" Sasha grins.
"Sure!" Rebekah agrees, "Breakfast at Chelsea's was filling but I sure I have room in me for chocolate."
"There's always room for chocolate." Sasha responds with a wink.
It was Tate's day off today so Sasha and Rebekah didn't see him at the diner. But they ordered their breakfast specials from one of his employees and just enjoyed each other company. Sasha was happy to note is was the most genuinely relaxed they'd been around each other since her untimely confession. It gave Sasha hope that eventually they'd get to a place where they could become true close friends. She was so glad that Rebekah was finding herself her own friends and was feeling so happy.
Her feelings for Rebekah were still there and they probably wouldn't ever really fade. She swear she saw even a glimmer of Rebekah's own not so platonic affection for her inside of her blue gaze but she knew Rebekah won't act on them. Not now, now the future however...you never know. Regardless Sasha who not make the first move again. It was up to Rebekah and she made herself clear. But if she ever wanted more, Sasha would gladly give but for now they were friends.
She also knew the lurking threat of Mikael and the mystery person Marcel claimed could control Mikael was in the back of their minds. But right in this moment, this were in a good place and Sasha was satisfied with that.
A/N: Again Rebekah and Sasha will get together in the future but it's a slow burn on Rebekah's side so buckle in. Next chapter however I think you guys will like, it's about Klaus after all! ;)