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A Few Days Later
"So, what? We're not even gonna talk now?"
Skylar kept her eyes on the road as she replied."Not really. You got me up at seven in the morning to drive you to school."
"So?"
"So you're a vampire..."
"Yeah," Caroline laughed nervously, glancing at the human behind her."But, uh..."
Caroline sent Matt a pleading look. The human leant in between the seats, clearly both awkward and not wanting any part of what was going on.
"We just wanted to ask how you are."
"I'm tired," Skylar said, pushing at Matt's head until he was sitting back down in the back seat, eyes on the road." and It's clear that Stefan sent you to talk to me."
"What?"Caroline laughed again, shaking her head."That's, uh...damn it! I'm so bad at this."
"Yeah, you are."
"Stefan is worried. You haven't spoken to him or Damon in, like days, and now that he's back on the waggon, he wants you to build bridges."
"I did. I just built my own bridge, and I got over it."Skylar simply replied, turning left and adding."Maybe you should be the one building bridges since you're the go-to."
"What do you mean?"
Skylar met Caroline's gaze for a moment."Elena is getting in between my brothers and, while I've tried to sort it, I can't. You have Elena and Stefan's ear. Tell her to stay away from Damon and tell Stefan to fix things with Damon."
Caroline's smile fell, and she became defensive."This isn't Elena's fault!"
"Sure it is. I was there in 1864, and I'm here now, it's the same thing."Skylar simply stated, brushing the hair from her eyes as she stared at the road ahead of her."Only this time it's gotten worse, and Elena knows it. Tell her to stop."
"Damon stole Elena from Stefan."
Skylar shook her head."No, Elena is getting in between them."
Caroline straightened, blue eyes darkening."Elena has been through so much in the last few years-"
"And my brothers haven't?"She hissed back, making Caroline go silent."Why does she get a pass? Oh, I know! Because she's Elena, because she is so sweet that she can do no wrong. My brothers can't have a conversation without fighting, and I'm not even talking to them because each time I do, they bring Elena up and fight over her."
Matt leant forward again."Hey, how about we-"
The Salvatore sister cut him off by slamming her elbow into his nose, the force of it knocking him back. Caroline gasped, eyes widening as she crawled back and tried to wake her friend, taking her seatbelt off in the process.
"Matt?"She shook the human, worried."Matt?"
She sat beside him in the back seat, glaring at Skylar in the mirror."What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Ask Elena that exact question."
Caroline opened her mouth to speak but, all of a sudden, Skylar pressed down on the break. The Salvatore flashed out of the car, shutting the door behind her, standing back. The wheels screeched and, because of the abrupt stop and because they had no belts on, the two behind her fell forward, crashing into the seats, Caroline flying through to the front of the car.
Skylar watched with eyes wide, shocked at what she had done.
"Oh, crap..."She whispered, hand over her mouth."My car!"
What had she done?
She had tolerated the two up until then.
Until they had mentioned Elena.
"What the hell?!"
She looked over to see that she was in front of the school. Students, teachers and others filled the grass as they all looked on. The car wasn't wrecked but there was blood splattered on the windows and, due to the impact of Caroline smashing into the windscreen, she was hanging outside and inside of the car.
She knew that Caroline wasn't dead, but there was a chance that Matt was.
Skylar swallowed the lump in her throat eyes on the students that were staring at her.
Everyone stared at her, mumbling to each other.
Skylar broke out of her thoughts at the sound of familiar voices.
"What did you do?!"
She looked up to see Elena and Stefan, school bags in hand, rushing over to the car. Stefan instantly went to aid the two injured, mainly Matt.
"What did you do?!"Elena repeated, eyes glassed over as she stared at the blood.
Skylar finally understood what Damon had been talking about all those years. He had told her how amazing it had felt to make Stefan feel bad whenever he hurt him if they bumped into each-other. Damon had promised his brother eternal misery over Katherine, and he would get his younger brother to drink human blood and verbally or mentally torture him afterwards to make him feel sad or guilty.
If felt good to bring people down if you felt bad about yourself.
"I think it's pretty clear what I did, and it's horrible."Skylar said, gesturing to the glass and the blood."It's gonna take a while to get that fixed."
Elena turned to the female vampire, eyes filled with hate.
"You're a monster!"
Skylar glared at Elena with hate."No, Elena, I'm a vampire."
Elena raised her hand to slap the Salvatore, but the vampire easily grabbed Elena's wrist, fingers tightening around it. She twisted it harshly, making Elena cry out in pain, eyes filling with more tears.
"Let go of me!"Elena demanded as she felt the pain consume her."Stop it. You're h-hurting me!"
"It doesn't feel nice when someone hurts you, does it?"Skylar snarled as she pushed Elena back, making her fall against the car.
Skylar backed away slowly as Stefan pulled Matt out of the car.
Their eyes met.
"Sky-"
She, like before, didn't answer.
She just walked away, turning her back on her little brother.
Later—Mikaelson Mansion
"She did what? In front of everyone?"
"It was fantastic."Rebekah nodded with a broad smile, apparently amused."Elena was crying."
Kol chuckled as he walked further into the front room, Rebekah stepping down the steps, tossing aside her bag. The blonde Original pulled out the hair tie that held her locks up in a high ponytail and her hair tumbled down her shoulders. She made her way over to the couch and sat down, accepting the glass of wine from one of the members of domestic help.
Kol pouted as he swung his legs back and forth.
"I should've taken you up on your offer to drive you to that ghastly place."
Rebekah smiled, leg crossing over the other as she glanced at her hybrid brother who was sketching beside her.
He had said nothing but she could see the small smile on his face and the twinkle in his eye. He was clearly both impressed and amused by Skylar's actions.
"I like this girl, Nik."Kol said as he slumped down into the armchair, legs over one arm and his back resting against the other."She's a minx between the sheets and she loves a good spot of violence."
Klaus looked up, glaring at Kol, and a growl ripped from his throat.
Rebekah turned to Kol with a look of disgust."How do you know such things?"
Kol raised his eyebrow, staring at his sister.
"You just told me."
"No, not the school, I meant the-"
"I have ears, Rebekah; it's not like Nik soundproofed his room."Kol waggled his eyebrows, hiding a smirk when Klaus glowered at him."I've never heard a woman tantalise you so much both in and out of the bed like that in centuries."
While Klaus raised his eyebrows in amusement, Rebekah threw her shoe at him, missing him by an inch."KOL!"
"What?"Kol innocently asked."Again, he didn't install soundproofing, and we didn't have that choice back then."
"You could try not being such a degenerate!"
"Oh, darling Bex,"Kol grinned at his sister, chuckling." you wouldn't enjoy life so much without me."
The blonde opened her mouth to fire back with a retort, but the sound of the doorbell ringing hit their ears. Klaus stopped sketching, and Kol's smile fell as he leant back against the arm of the chair.
Eyes turned to Rebekah.
She shook her head, stubborn."Nope!"
The three shared a look before shouting at the same time."FINN!"
"What is it?"
"DOOR!"
Their silent brother, who was most likely in his own study reading, could be heard sighing as he got up. The three simpered before the two youngest siblings returned to bickering and Klaus to his sketchbook.
The Original hybrid let the end of his pencil brush lightly against the paper before he pulled it back, gaze dropping onto the paper.
A perfect womanly figure with her head resting on a pillow, full lips curved up into a sleepy smile and hair draped over closed eyes graced him. Klaus tilted his head, pencil end hovering over the hand underneath her cheek. It was clearly Skylar sleeping from their night together but he would never admit it and would kill anyone who dared to look in his sketchbook.
Klaus hummed, about to work more on the sketch, but stopped when Finn yelled.
"Niklaus!"
Klaus rolled his eyes, not bothering to look up.
"You have a friend at the door."
Rebekah and Kol's heads snapped up, and they both turned to Klaus, bewildered.
"What?"Klaus glared at them as he stood, setting aside his sketchbook."I have friends."
The shook their heads, still shocked."No, you don't."
"Unless you compelled them."Kol piped up, making Rebekah giggle.
Klaus merely glowered at them childishly before he stormed off, passing Finn who made his way back to his study.
Klaus entered the large foyer where the grand staircase was, one of his favourite parts of the mansion. He would never let it show how much he enjoyed having his family with him. Sure, they fought and even came to blows at times, but that was what he had missed. He had missed Rebekah and Kol arguing, Elijah lecturing them all and he had even missed Finn sitting reading, smiling now and then when something amused him.
He'd missed his family.
Klaus cleared his throat, assuming that the person on the other side was a very unfortunate teenaged boy there to take his beloved Rebekah on a date. He smirked, always prepared to torture another young man who wanted to corrupt his little sister.
"Do you want me to get that for you, Mr Mikaelson?"
Klaus turned his head to Jeffery, one of their domestic staff, and shook his head."No, I'm all right, mate."
Jeffery nodded and stepped backwards, hands in front of him as he stood, waiting for an order. Klaus, smirking, curled his fingers around the door handle and pulled it open, gaze landing on the person on the other side.
His smirk turned into a smile.
"Gotten the handle of knocking now, have we, Skylar?"
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