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Chapter 29: You can't outrun me

We had decided to call this newest transition in our lives as the reset and actually when you think about it, it was exactly what we needed. Klaus and I hadn't started out our relationship in what would be considered typical. No we were a mess. I was a mess, that just wanted everything to make sense for me. I was broken, vulnerable and hurt and Klaus he was my outlet. As for Klaus, though I had once thought it was just the cat and mouse game that was keeping him around, turned out he was really into me.

We had laid everything out on the line. Till we had nothing else to say. It was hard to do, hurt to hear but everything had finally was out in the open. Their was tears, lots of tears. Yelling because we both tended to get rather passionate about our points. So much was shared and shed from my need to push him away from the very beginning to his quiet anger on his. Words, real words harsh words, and real feelings were shared and then worked through

I had pushed him away, so many times because it scared me if we had ever became anything real. I had a throne to think about and everything else was something I didn't want anything to do with. Klaus though, had never given up, not matter how many times I had pushed him away.

Flashback

It's early morning and after spending the night with Klaus, I decide it's time to head to my bedroom. Yes we're married, yes we share a house or at least we live together but things had stalled once we got to Mystic. It was obvious to both of us the reason, I had gotten myself swept up in the Salvatore brothers and that had my head spinning.

Slipping out of bed, I grab my robe and head for the door hoping that Klaus would just give me this moment. We had fun last night getting lost in everything. But now it was morning and I was determined to hit the floor running. The first thing I wanted to do, was meet with the Salvatores so we could at least figure out our roles in each others lives.

Just as I'm about to head for my bedroom, I get the feeling that eyes are on me. Turning round slowly I see Klaus sitting up against the headboard. "Leaving so soon."

I shift my weight from one foot to the other. "It's probably for the best." I say with a nod. "I've got errands to run and a meeting with,"

"The Salvatore brothers." He says pink lips thinning out. He gets this look on his face, one that I've only seen a handful of times before he speaks again. "We had fun last night, we could continue that fun but you're running away again." Klaus says snatching the sheet off and storming to the bathroom.

I nibble on my lip. "I'm not running away, I'm using this time to get to know my guardians." I say like I've said many times before. "We're all stuck together, we might as well try to work it out."

Blue eyes roll

"You know that the brothers are a part of my future, you've always known this." I say my patience running thin. We had been over this topic far too many times to count. Klaus didn't like the Salvatore brothers and vice versa whatever went down happened way before me so they needed to work that out amongst themselves.

Klaus clicks his tongue. "I'm not blind, I see the way they look at you, the way he looks at you. It hasn't escaped me that he isn't the type of man who cares of vows and such."

I tilt my head to the side. "Klaus."

"You're using this to get away from me, you are my wife, my wife Bonnie! I don't care the reasons behind our marriage, you are my wife and nothing will ever change that."

End of flashback

Klaus had never given up on me, not then and not now. Even when he wanted to give up, and I could see it in his eyes. He wanted to be free of me, at least he did before we got everything out in the open. He was tired, tired of me pushing him away, tired of me hurting him when all he wanted to do was love me.

On my part of things I had to open myself up to being in love and being in love with Klaus. Originally I had built all my hopes up in Damon, but that had changed. However, all the ways I hurt Klaus had been something I had failed to see, till he showed me.

That of course was why a reset was needed for us. I meant every word I said we were in this together, and we'd navigate through life together. He was my husband and I was his wife. We'd be stronger together this time around and the renewal of our vows would strengthen us further. This time, we wouldn't be getting married because I needed my town safe. This time we would get married for the right reasons, for us.

But first, we had a date to get to.

KM-KM

Kol

Kol Mikaelson is no stranger to fucked up shit. In his lifetime and the many lifetimes that followed he had done her fair share. Case in point he had bedded Bree knowing damn well she was still holding a torch for his brother. What was even crazier was the fact that she didn't mind pretending to be Lucy. Yep, that was probably characterized as screwed up.

And the screw up didn't just stop with Bree. He had been making mistakes all over the place. For instance he had finally admitted his feeling for Melissa, the girl who saw the real him, past all the bull and everything. The same girl he had won over and what does he do, he gets gone the very moment Lucy got into the picture. Of course then you have all the crap he had put Lucy through and knowing without a doubt what he would continue to put Lucy through because despite everything in him, he couldn't stay away.

Now though, his recent adventures, or at least the one he was about to take was leading him into a territory he had tried and stay far away from.

After a drive he arrives home. Luckily Rebekah and Marcel are far too engrossed in each other to notice. Lucy is passed out in her room. Quickly he rushes to his own room eager to wash off the stench of his time with Bree. Out of the shower he wipes the moisture off the mirror to get a good look at himself. He was spiraling. He knew it to be true. He just couldn't stop it, and maybe just maybe he didn't want to stop it. Maybe he wanted to hit rock bottom for once in his life.

Or maybe it was the thrill of getting close to hitting rock bottom and never really getting to that point. He was immortal after all, nothing could touch him.

Dressing quickly he opens the door to see one of the few people who would pick him up if he had ever fallen so far to rock bottom.

"You're a hard man to find." Melissa says sitting at the foot of his bed. She's got on her workout clothes and he knows just like he knows that this is her attempt to give him one more chance.

One more chance to prove his worth. To prove that he's worth waiting for. In a way he and Bonnie are a lot similar, they push and push people away testing the limits to see if they ever want to come back. He's been testing Melissa longer than Bonnie had ever tested Klaus.

He looks over. A small smile threatening his lips. This was supposed to the thing that they did together. They would train together, and today was training day. She was still waiting for him even when he proved that he was someone that needed to be left behind time and time again.

"One could be said the same about you darling." He says finally meeting her eyes. "You've been off with Caroline driving the men of Mystic crazy."

She bites her lip. "But I don't want just any other man."

He can see it, her eyes are glossy as big fat tears are threatening to fall from beautiful orbs.

If he had the capacity not to bring everyone down with him, he stick with her. He'd give her wanted she needed and what he had wanted if only for a little while.

"I know." He says with a tired sigh. He has the nerve to look down because hurting Melissa doing this to her, hurts him more than he thought. He thought he could make a clean break, save her from him but the pain, it's something that is tearing his insides apart.

He's not over Lucy, never had been over Lucy and seeing her in the flesh it complicates everything.

The sound of her hopping off the bed causes brown orbs to flash up at her. "Melissa,"

She shakes her head and he stops whatever he was about to say. "Was it all in my head?" She asks suddenly as tears spring from her eyes. "Because I thought we were moving toward us," She swallows hard and he takes a step closer. "For once we were getting it right."

Despite himself he reaches for her and when he reaches she doesn't reach back. "It was real, one of the realists things I've ever encountered in all my years."

She swipes at her face. "But not real enough for you not to go home with the girl you went home with last night! Not real enough for you to have the nerve to look me in the eyes after washing her scent off of you?" She's screaming now and he knows all the vampires have heard.

"Not real enough for you to choose me the way I chose you every single time." Her voice is quiet now.

He's running his hands through his hair because this isn't the way he wanted things to go, not with Melissa. He hadn't wanted any of his relationships to end they way they had. "Melissa,"

"You know what your actions have shown me Kol, it shows that we were never anything, nothing at all."

Instead of letting her leave he rushes in front of her, wanting to make it right but knowing that this was probably what was best for her.

When she's peeled out of the compound his phone pings letting him know he has a text message.

Looking at it he groans.

DS-SS-VS

Salvatore home

Damon

To say that he was pissed off was putting it lightly. The fact that Victoria had opted to seek professional help for him alone was ludicrous. Stefan on the other hand was a different story. His ripper of a brother all but had a two personalities and that was putting it lightly.

As for him, he was fine. Yeah he had a tendency to go off on people, he was impulsive and rash at times but his methods had always managed to save everyone in the end so, that was that.

Currently he was sitting in the library a drink in hand a mixture of blood and bourbon in his glass. His leg was crossed as Vincent had sat across from him a pen in hand. His mother, Victoria had claimed that this was what best for all of them. She said that the family was fractured long before and they needed to work through things. He didn't need to work through shit, but if this could earn him points in some way with Bonnie he'd do it...but he'd do it for her– to let her know that he was in this for the long haul.

"Why do you think I'm here Damon?" Vincent asks after a long bout of silence.

He places the glass down and looked at the renowned shrink all the while wondering how long this would take. He had things to do, arrangements to make. The first was, he needed to call a meeting between he and Bonnie. And then a meeting between he and Lucy. In all honesty he wasn't sure which one of them would roast him more. Lucy might draw blood, but Bonnie, seeing her afterwards would be worth the beating Lucy sent his way. Maybe she might even clean up his wounds like she had done when Klaus attacked him. He could almost see it now, how eyes would meet, how he would reach out and touch her face and just like that- they'd fall under the spell that was woven especially for the two of them.

"Damon?"

He sighs and blinks out of his reverie. "Victoria can't handle being a mother and easily got spooked over a misunderstanding."

Vincent furrows his brows and places his notepad down. "Which misunderstanding was that?"

He blinks rapidly. "All of them."

This time Vincent chuckles darkly. "Are you aware that the elders have a library dedicated to you and your brother?"

He shrugs. "Well Stefan was, is a ripper. Dudes got issues stacked so that makes sense."

"You mention Stefan but what about you, what about what you've done, the peoples lives you ripped apart, the people you've hurt?" Vincent asks.

He decides now is a good time to take a drink. "Everything I've done, I did it for love."

"What about Stefan and Elena, and the life you chose to rip apart?" Vincent continues.

After a long swallow he looks at the man. "I...I regret that. I thought I loved her and I knew, I knew she felt something for me."

Vincent nods. "But your brother loved her and,"

"I destroyed them." He chuckles. "And I enjoyed every bit of it. At first I wanted to get back at him for Katherine– but then it was real or at least I thought it was real to me."

"I see." Vincent says eyes back on his notebook. "What about all the others?"

He frowns this time. "Everything I did, I did for love." He says buckling down on his answers. "The one thing I regret now, is everything with Lucy. She..she was my friend and I was hers. I let my feelings get ahead of me, but," He says looking up. "She was talking about Bonnie and Klaus like that marriage isn't a farce." He says standing up and going to the drink cart.

"The only reason she even married him was because I hadn't gone to her." He says whirling around to face Vincent. "If I had gone, then everything would be different. It would be me and her." He growls out.

Vincent takes note of his changed attitude. "You say the marriage between Bonnie and Klaus is a farce but what if it isn't a farce any longer. What if it's real?"

He looks down letting the words echo through his ears and filter to his brain. "It won't ever be real, because Bonnie was meant to be mine." He smiles now. "She was given to me long before she was born it's only a matter of time before we happen."

KM-KM

Klaus

Tonight, he was taking his wife out on the town or at least further into the territory Ansel had. His plan was to show her off in front of everyone. But in all he just wanted to have a good time. He would be lying if he had said that the arguments with her hadn't been hard on him. Because in reality it was difficult to fight with her. He'd fight anyone with his words, his bare hands with everything but fighting with Bonnie, seeing her cry it tore him apart. She was all he wanted, all he had ever wanted. And he wanted everything with her.

Date night had been something that was long overdue so he was excited to share this night with her. Back home, things had been happening rapidly, it was always something that took precedence over the two of them. That was why he had originally brought her here. His intentions had been to whisk his wife away from all the drama that had surrounded them...little did he know that the drama would cling to them like a second skin.

Luckily for the two of them, after the lovers spat they had, they spent the better half of the day sweating it out, in the most delicious way.

Now though, he was doing what every man had loathed to do, and that was to wait till his wife was finished primping. Checking his watch, he drums his fingers on the armchair. If only to make sure his house is still standing. With Lucy being back in the picture and Kol being around in the same vicinity he can only imagine the price his home paid. He also has an itch to call Kol, to make sure his brother is actually feeling Amelia out. The last words he said to Kol, he meant them. If he had found out that his mother had any hand in hurting Bonnie, if she had helped or steered Elena in the direction of his wife, then her days were numbered.

Though a normal person would probably see this as another one of his quick temper, he saw it the other way. His mother, the woman whom had birthed him and his siblings was not one to keep your eyes off for too long, she was a conniving one.

His siblings had never wanted to see the truth when it came to mother, and after spending time with his father, Ansel was no different. The man still held a soft spot for her after all these years– where he was much different then his siblings and his father. Amelia was simply a blimp on his radar, until she became a problem. And when she became a problem he would take care of it. Of course, his actions would cause a rift within the family, but that wasn't anything knew. He could almost see how everything played out. Elijah would go on attack mode, Rebekah would cry and scream before leaving and Kol... well he was the unpredictable one, but at least he was warned.

Before his mind starts to go dark, he's up from the chair and at the drink cart. Quickly he fixes himself something to drink before returning to his previous postion.

Sitting in a chair with his leg crossed, he fiddles with his wedding ring. He'd have to talk with Ansel or Smooth about new rings because really, the old rings signified the alliance he had struck with her, but this time they were going into this new phase eyes wide open. He loved her, he was in love with her and she had finally seen that, had finally seen him. He made it no secret that he wanted everything with Bonnie, he'd take it all at once if he could but f she needed time, he'd give her time. But one day, he hoped she'd carry his children, his greatest creation..his legacy.

Looking down at his expensive watch he sucks in a breath that is not needed. Bonnie had disappeared, what seemed like eons ago leaving him to his own devices. A part of him wanted to speak with Ansel about the wedding, but then again he had planned the first wedding, the least he could do was let Bonnie have some input this round. Then he thought about calling home, but that gnawing thought of the trouble awaited them whenever they returned home had stopped him. He'd rather try and contact Elijah again.

Before he gets a chance to try and contact Elijah, he gets a text from Smooth that reads, "You in?"

A smirk floats to his lips as he types "Of course."

Just as he finished, Bonnie comes down the stairs in form fitting jeans that hug her body just right, and a wrap around cropped top. Explicit images of him, hoisting her up in the shower before plunging into the depths of her, float through his mind.

A grin forms on his lips once he refocuses on her. She's got on a teal wrap around shirt that is showing only a hint of cleavage dark high wasted jeans look like it's painted on her body and shoes that he knows she'll complain about later, but she's all his.

"So, what do you have planned for the night Mr. Mikaelson?"

He stands at once, denim blue eyes going to her wedding ring, before flitting to her face. "You'll just have to wait and see." he says leaning to press a kiss to her cheek.

BB-BB-BB

Bonnie

I had to admit, when Klaus suggested a date night, I had been surprised and yet intrigued at the same time. Given our mess we were earlier, I thought he'd want to sit this one out. But he surprised me. He kept surprising me.

"Are you nervous about where we're going." Klaus as turning onto the main road. He's got one hand on the steering wheel while the other is planted firmly on my leg.

"Please, I'm friends with Kol, if you only knew half of the stuff he has gotten me into over the years you'd know I'm far from fragile."

Klaus looks over at me quiet for a second before speaking. "You talk a good game, but I know you." pause. He squeezes my leg. "It'll be fun, livin you up a bit."

My lips twitch into a smile as we continue to drive.

When we reach our destination I turn to look at Klaus. This was the last place I expected Klaus would ever set foot in, and yet I was already loving the idea. This was the kind of place that made your old school dreams come true.

The promenade was much like any old town square except it something that was straight out of 70's 80's and 90's when it came to entertainment.

An outdoor skating ring was blaring early 90's R&B songs while people were roller skating all over the place. Across from the skating ring, was one of those arcades you could only see on t.v. I could only imagine the retro games that were being played. My inner gamer was itching to battle Klaus in a game or two. I'm sure this place had a quarter machine somewhere. A big bowling ally was also stood out as well as a movie theater and a karaoke bar.

"You like?" Klaus asks a smirk firmly placed on his lips.

"I love." I say excitedly. "I don't know what we should do first." I beam. I mean, I knew from the jump that I was going to drag Klaus to every single source of entertainment, because why not. He hadn't done much at the fair, which was fine I guess but tonight was date night and we were going to do everything! Now I just had to figure out what I wanted to see Klaus do first, I'd pay top dollar to watch him sing in public, I mean who wouldn't. Mini golf was also an option, I loathed it but, everything was on the table.

When I look at Klaus he's grinning, but probably not as much as me. I loved everything old school and this was old school.

"I think I've just died and gone to heaven." I beam.

Blue eyes roll playfully. "Nerd." he says playfully. "Ansel loves everything that puts people in a feel good mood thus we have this place."

I tilt my head back. "I swear I'm dreaming someone pinch me."

No sooner than I've said the words, Klaus grabs my ass and pinches me.

A yelp escapes my mouth while he only pulls me closer. "Should I kiss it to make it better."

"Oh no, nobody wants to hear all that."

Turning around we spot Smooth, who has a date with him.

"That was a private moment between me and my wife Smooth, do not interrupt." Klaus says waggling a finger at him.

Smooth wears a plaid shirt and denim jeans with his cowboy hat chuckles. "I think you're stalling, you heard me soon as I pulled up." The wolf say good heartedly. "Now, I'm here to mop the floor with you Mikalesons."

I snort. "I don't lose." I say causing Smooth to chuckle.

Grin. "You will today. Violet and I, are very good at everything here."

Klaus puts his arm around me. "That's because you've never gone against me and Bonnie."

"Game on." Smooth says confidently. "My man here, hates to lose so he'll only partake in things he's good at."

Klaus leaves me and stands toe to toe with Smooth. "I'm good at everything mate."

Smooth only chuckles. "Well then mate, lets go."

SS-SS-SS

Salvatore home

Stefan

He had watched as Damon had left the house only mere moments after his therapy session had ended. His brother had his phone clutched in his hand as he pushed the same button repeatedly. He'd bet money that his brother was trying to reach either one of the Bennett women. If he was reaching Lucy it was an attempt to apologize to her, to set things straight in his Damon sort of way. If he was trying to locate Bonnie it was to do what he did best, which was beg. He knew for a fact that if Bonnie had asked his brother to crawl on his hands and knees that Damon would do it, anything to sniff a pair of panties.

It was pathetic really, Damon went from one obsession to the next. The one thing he could count on though was the failure which was ensue. He'd have a bowl of popcorn on stand by for the very moment, or in this case moments.

"Stefan, follow me." Vincent says stepping out of the library.

He doesn't even try to resist the urge to roll his eyes. Yes follow the dude that Victoria had been looking at like he was a snack, into his own library. Next thing he knew he'd be calling him daddy because Vicky was giving off Damon vibes. And in Damon vibes that meant, she set her eyes on new eye-candy Vincent.

"Why do you think I'm here Stefan?" Vincent as in a retrained voice.

He doesn't bother holding back. "We scared the crap out of the only person left to love us." He says letting the morosely. "And Victoria seems to have a lady boner for you."

If Vincent is thrown off by his words, it doesn't show.

"Love, you mention love why is that?"

He leans forward in his chair, a smile gracing his lips, or at much as one could at the moment.

"It's the root of it all, isn't it?" He asked not intending for Vincent to answer. "Victoria is afraid of the men we've become and it's her love that got you here." He says pausing. He pulls out a cigarette and starts to smoke. "She and D, are a lot of alike." he muses. "They blame everything on love, it's why they make the decisions they make."

Vincent nods. "Aren't you the same?"

"I only did that twice." He snaps. "The first time was for Damon. When I turned," pause. He swallows hard remembering the ache he felt from the ordeal. " I wanted my brother with me because I loved him. I couldn't imagine my life without him." He chuckles darkly. "The bastard paid me back in full though, with the love of my life no less." He says his tone changing. "He went after the one person he knew I would give it up all for."

"Elena?"

"Don't!" He snaps. "Don't say her name. This is about me and Damon, he caused this, he set all of this in motion."

"Is that why you went after Bonnie? "

He smiles as he looks up at Vincent. His feelings for Bonnie had been all over the place but he could at least be honest about this.

"Yeah! Bonnie was collateral, she was a way to get back at Damon. Nothing hurts him more then realizing the panties he wants so bad, are wet for me." He chuckles because the words sound so vulgar. He liked Bonnie, he really did, she brought calm to him when he felt like a raging storm on the inside. But in the end, he had to let her go.

"Bonnie,"

"Was a way to destroy Damon, that way he'd throw his glass at the fire and look at it for days on. He's know what pain and heartache really felt like. She was also the only way to get Elena back."

Vincent places his notebook down. "Are you really being honest with yourself, because if your words were really true, then you'd stop tapping your foot every time we mention her."

Silence falls between them.

"And just so you know, I'm talking about Bonnie."

He only stares blankly at the shrink. "What are you trying to say?"

Vincent now grins. "I'm saying that if you cared so much and empathized for others as a vampire, now as a servant of nature it must be a different kind of feeling."

He can only shift in his seat. Did he feel things, yes! Would he admit to it. Nope.

Vincent starts again. "You and Bonnie were friends, you spent a lot of time together," Vincent trails off.

He stands at once. He isn't going to go over this or his feelings or whatever he and Bonnie had shared. "This session is over, I'm done." He says walking to the door. "You can tell mother and the elders I've done my good deed for the day."

-Ansel- Ansel-Ansel-

Elsewhere

Ansel

It had come to him in a dream one that was still fresh on his mind. All of the animal totems were telling him something he had felt in his gut. The bear, tattoo he had on his arm was even simmering with it's inner knowing. The fox that was lurking in the background of the ceremony, the ceremony that needed to take place quicker then anyone expect was signified that someone was playing games.

Bonnie brought new life to his son, she was someone that Niklaus had loved deeply and for that, he was going to personally make sure that the wedding happened and that it happened tomorrow night when the moon was at it's highest. He just had to inform the bride and groom.

BB-KM-BK

Bonnie and Klaus

When we had returned from our outing the last thing I expected was for Ansel to be waiting for us, a look of glee crossing his features.

"The two of you look like you've enjoyed yourself." he says standing in front of us.

"Klaus did karaoke! I'm so good." I say stilling grinning from ear to ear. It was only right that the sound that Klaus preformed was from the old school bad boy of R&B. If he would've started dancing I would have lost my mind. In fact I was still all but giggling at the pelvis thrust he had dared to send my way. Not to mention the fact that he sunk down to his knees and started humping the floor old school style. Klaus had clearly lost his mind and I was all for it.

I tossed a look over at Klaus who just shrugged his shoulders in reply. It was his prerogative to shake this up with his wife and it appeared karaoke had done just that. Not to mention he seemed to have gotten his words out for all the nay sayers that needed to reminded that he did whatever the hell he wanted to do at all times.

Eyes went wide. "You sang, in public?"

Once again he shrugs. "It was nothing, especially to the scandalous ditty this one did." he says tightening his hold on her. All he could remember was Bonnie was twisting and turning on the stage and all he could think about is the red lingerie she wore underneath and how he planned on peeling it off with his teeth.

Now it was my turn to shrug. "You said this place is filled with family, so why not be real." I say my face still feeling hot from the song I sang.

"That's not all." Klaus says looking to Ansel. "Bonnie decided to show everyone her skills in roller skating."

"And this fool over here with the help of Smooth managed to beat Violet and I in bowling."

Ansel nods his head all the while listening, a slow grin appearing on his lips. "I'm glad that you've made up and that this night was what you two needed."

"But," Klaus ask a brow furrowed. "Something happen, or is about to happen." He says matter of fact. "Whose neck do I need to snap?"

Ansel chuckles while I look between the two. I'm not laughing.

"It's nothing to worry about, however," Ansel says looking over to me. "I do think it's imperative that we move the wedding date up quite sooner then expected."

I feel my face heat up being put on the spot. "Ok, how much sooner."

"Tomorrow night, when the moon is at its peak."