Freya Pov

...

Life at the compound seemed to be both better and worse.

I had all the friends and family I could ask for. A roof over my head, a warm bed to sleep in, and all the food I could ever ask for.

But to every upside there was at least five more downsides.

The downside was the stress. Finding Rebekah/Eva was proving to be difficult. Luna and Davina helped when they could but usually we just ended up talking and getting no real work done.

Once I finally found her she was gone, off to somewhere else. That was on a good day. On the bad days I couldn't even manage to pull her up on the map, it was like she just disappeared. Klaus suggested that I should take a break. I suggested that Luna had something to do with it. My brother seemed to not like when Luna was tired, stressed, and drained of all energy. Now that I thought about it he seemed to want to care of her. Or at least want to be near her. He always seemed to make excuses weather they be big or small, just to come in andcheckon us. Though he talked to me and Davina I suspected the he had an ulterior motive.

The three of us me, Luna, and Davina were in the living room. We were talking. No about spells or magic just talking.

I found it to be very relaxing even therapeutic. When we got on the topic ofboys,I had nothing. Which saddened me a bit but I pushed those feelings to the side. I wanted to find someone to love me but first family needed to be taken care of.

Family first. My motto's were coming very similar to Elijah's.

Davina talked about Kol and their latest date. I thought that they were adorable. I was happy for my brother and for my friend. But when it came to Luna she tried to get out of it by saying she had nothing. But Davina wasn't having it. Usually Luna was a very open person. There were only two things she wouldn't talk about. Her past and apparently the boy she liked. She had to like someone.

"Luna come on, you have to give us something. If you don't have anything at least tell her that you have feelings for-"

Luna cut Davina's sentence off by throwing a well aimed pillow at her head.

"Wait, who do you have feelings for?" I asked looking at Luna and she gave Davina a glare. Davina simply shrugged her shoulders and smiled back.

"Freya maybe I can tell you a different time but Kai did call me last night." She said and I turned to her interested as did Davina. The pillow that Luna had thrown at her now laid in her lap.

"But I thought you didn't give him your number!" I exclaimed remembering the other night I had talked to her about Kai.

She held up her hands defensively. "I didn't he said that he just found it."

"Aww how romantic." Davina said putting her arm around Luna's shoulders. She scoffed, "How is that romantic besides we just talked."

"About..." I asked trailing off interested in what they could have talked about. That Kai Parker was very good looking. I would have said something but he didn't really seem interested in me. He seemed interested in Luna. I wasn't offended or angry it was just the truth and I was fine with it.

"Everything. He asked about my brother and I told him that he hadn't come back yet one of his friends from school is in a lot of trouble right now, and Leo is with him helping with what he can. He told me about a spell he was working on. That's all, really, nothing interesting about it."

"Did he call you baby girl?" Davina asked and Luna opened her mouth but the closed it, hesitating.

"Once or twice but it's really not that big of a deal-"

"I think he likes you!"

"We are friends of course he like me."

"That's not what I mean Sil. I think he is attracted to you."

"Why did you give me that nickname anyway?

"Because your wolf fur color is silver. Sil is short for silver."

"Oh okay I didn't realize, that's actually really creative. I kind of like it now." Luna said and Davina smiled flipping her hair behind her back with her hand. She then frowned at Luna who now had a small smirk on her face.

"Oh ugh I know what your doing. Your trying to distract me, it's not going to work."

"But it did work." Luna said laughing when Davina threw the pillow at Luna but missed.

"Freya do you think that Kai is attracted to Luna?"

I swallowed a lump in my throat, the spotlight was now on me, uh oh.

"There is some chemistry...between them." I said and Luna leaned back and groaned. Not even trying to hide her frustration.

"Jake is your friend and he kissed you."

"And I slapped him."

"What if Kai kissed you? Would you slap him?"

"Maybe not hit him but explain to him that I want to be nothing more than his friendship. Besides I don't really think Kai would do something like that."

"Why would you hit Jake who is your best friend who you've known for two years and not Kai a guy you've only just met two weeks ago?"

"Jake first of all knows how I feel about him. Yet he kissed me anyway. Kai isn't just some random Kai. He's a vampire witch hybrid. He saved my brother and I will forever owe him for that."

"If you are not attracted to Kai then why did you describe his eyes as dreamy? Explain that Sil!"

"Ugh I said smoky not dreamy. His eyes are this weird gray blue color that's why I said smoky. You must have misunderstood me."

"Luna me and Freya won't tell anyone how you feel. It's okay to like someone even if he is a crazy psychopathic killer and a little older."

"Kai is not a crazy psychopathic killer."

"That's not what Damon said."

"Damon isn't always right."

"Well how do you know that Kai isn't a crazy psychopathic killer? You've spent less then three days with him and you've only known the man for two weeks!"

"A crazy psychopathic killer wouldn't have helped me save my brother! Somethings you just know aren't true. People from Mystic Falls think Klaus is a monster and he's not."

Davina laughed and nodded. "Oh so your comparing Kai and Klaus now?"

Luna growled, pulling at her hair. "No I'm saying that just because someone calls somebody else a crazy psychopathic killer or a monster doesn't mean that they are."

I sat by smiling as I watched the exchange. I knew it would probably be hours before they stopped so I decided to speak up.

"Hey I am getting tired of wearing jeans everyday can the two of you take me-"

"Shopping!" Davina said jumping up excitedly, clapping her hands together.

Luna looked down and scratched her arm. Something she did when she was nervous. "I don't know guys, Klaus said that he didn't want me leaving the compound unless I was-"

"With someone. Come on," I said pulling her up from the couch, "We are three powerful bad-ass witches I'm pretty sure we can take care of ourselves."

Luna nodded finally agreeing. It was then that Hayley walked in. "Luna we need to talk. I know that you've been avoiding me but this is really important. I'm sorry if I ruined your plans but this can't wait." She said holding her arm out.

Luna sighed giving me and Davina a sheepish smile before linking her arm with her sisters'.

"I guess it's just you and me." Davina said and I nodded. Feeling a pang in my chest. I wish Rebekah was here. But I was glad that I had Davina. It was better than being alone. I had been alone for most of my life, I didn't want to be alone ever again.

For the first time in all of my years of life I felt like I had a chance. A chance to keep what I had. Family, friends, love.

I just had to get Rebekah back. Then every thing would be complete again.

...

Hayley Pov

...

The long walk to the bayou was uneventful. Meaning I didn't say anything, and she didn't either. Something seemed to be wrong with her I just didn't know what it could be. She had this look on her face.

At last, we had made it to the bayou. Instead of going into the cabin I sat on the porch, motioning for her to join me. She did, sighing as she did.

I nudged her shoulder with mine causing her to look up at me. "Hey what's wrong? You haven't said a word since I took you out of the compound."

"I miss Rebekah and I'm worried that I won't be able to save her from Eva. I miss Chris, he said he would be back but he's not. It's not that I dislike the fact that he is gone away helping a friend but I just got him back. Damon and Klaus are at it again, fighting."

"Luna don't worry about everything at once. Your just going to stress yourself out and that's not going to be good for anyone. As for Damon and Klaus let them handle it. If they have a problem with each other I am sure that they are quite capable of handling it like the adults that they are."

"I just don't want them to get hurt. It doesn't feel right to act normal or be happy when Rebekah is gone and in danger."

I put my arm around her shoulder trying to comfort her. It must have worked because she leaned against me. So that I was supporting her. I felt accomplished not only as a big sister, but also as an Alpha comforting one of my pack members.

"Rebekah wouldn't want you to put your life on hold for her."

We sat there for a while in silence. Her leaning against me, the two of us sitting on the porch steps, watching as the wind blew pollen around.

"What did you need to talk to me about?" Luna asked. This was it. Now was the time to tell her. No interruptions, no more excuses, no more holding back.

"Luna this is going to sound strange but I need you to bare with me okay." She nodded now turned towards me, her hands in her lap.

"Every werewolf girl goes through this. The only reason you didn't go through it right off is because you age slower, that's why it was put off for so long."

She furrowed her brow at me, clearly confused. "What is it?"

"It's sort of like a rite of passage an-"

"Event marking an important stage of someones life, I know what it means." She finished and I nodded. Putting a lock of hair behind my ear.

"Anyway it's inevitable there's nothing you can do to stop it."

"What is it?" She asked again repeating her previous question. Now sounding a little worried.

"You are going to change. And by that I mean your appearance. Sometimes it's not a lot but you need to be aware."

She didn't say anything so I continued.

"The pack will start to view you differently. Your not a teenager anymore, you are a young adult. And by the pack viewing you differently I mean the men. You are going to be more noticed and looked at."

She groaned shaking her head. "Great now I can't even pretend to be invisible." I ignored her statement and continued on.

"This change isn't going to be seen just by our pack but by others to. And you are going to have to deal with the sick, disgusting, vulgar comments. You are going to feel weird around guys for a little bit, uncomfortable, hot, among other things but it will pass. It's not going to be easy but your just going to have to keep on going forward. You have to push. You can't just want the be invisible. You can't want to hide."

When I had stopped speaking I noticed that the confused look was gone from her face replaced with what looked like anger.

"Luna what's wrong?" I asked trying to comfort her.

"Hayley my life gets more and more complicated everyday. I don't understand my feelings. I have to look behind my back everywhere I go because there might be some small chance that someone will be following me. People I care about keep going missing, or the end up hurt somehow. Jake kissed me and I don't know if we can even still be friends after he did that. He knew how I felt but he did it anyway. The pack hates me, and they want to get rid of me. Maybe I should just go. Run away so that maybe I won't mess everybody's lives up. Disappear because apparently I can't be invisible or even pretend to be. Here of late that's all I've been doing is messing everything up. The only reason Eva is using Rebekah is because she wants to get to me, so that she can get to my powers. That's what she wants, my powers, my magic. I'm causing fights between Damon and Klaus. I'm hurting Jake. I don't meant to but I know I do every time I push him away. I stress you out along with Klaus and Elijah. I ruin things, people, lives..."

"Luna you don't ruin anything. We are stressed out about you because we love and care about you. The pack can be dealt with and so can Eva. It's just going to take time. Maybe if you had fun more often then maybe we wouldn't be so stressed and worried about you all the time."

"I can't have fun. I can't even leave the compound I am probably going to be in a lot of trouble when I go back."

"Well I am going to have a talk with Klaus-"

"No your not. He's just trying to protect me. Don't be mad at him." She said glaring at me a little as she spoke. She hated it when I thought bad of Klaus. It had been that way ever since I had assumed that he was going to use Hope to create hybrids. And that was way back when.

"I should be getting back." She said standing up. I stood with her. I winced at the sad look on her face. I decided that I would take the blame. I was the one who brought her out here after all.

I linked our arms together as we started our path out of the bayou. "So is that all you wanted to talk to me about?"

"Yes. We are having a pack meeting tomorrow and you can't miss it like you usually do."

"Why?"

"Because it is all about you."

She nodded. "Oh right, I guess I kind of forgot about the whole banishment thing."

"Luna I am not going to let the pack banish you. I don't think they can given who our father was and even if they try I won't let them." I said and she looked at me with a small smirk on her face. It was one of her ways of saying 'thank-you' without actually saying it.

We made it to the compound and I was surprised to find no one there besides Elijah. Luna was relieved. I immediately left without so much as a"hello"or a"good-bye."

I don't even think he looked at me. Why did the thought of that hurt me so much?

It's not that I was ignoring him I just didn't want to make things more awkward between us then they already were. I did love him. I was pushing him away because I didn't want to hurt him any more than I already was. But I was with Jackson now, I couldn't afford to spend any time with him. No matter how much I wanted to.

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Elijah Pov

...

The compound was quiet. The occasional sound of footsteps, turning pages, and the heavy sigh were the only things that told me that I wasn't alone.

Freya and Davina had went out shopping for the day, from what they told me they weren't going to return until later in the evening. Mikeal was hunting for Finn, he wouldn't be back until tomorrow. Ansel was in the bayou talking to Jackson. Marcel was looking for more night-walkers, to replace the ones that we had lost. There numbers were getting low so he had decided to strengthen them again. Josh went along with him. Klaus, Damon, and Kol had left to go pick up Cami from Mystic Falls. I had suggested that Klaus and Damon ride together, hopefully the long drive would soothe some of the tension between them. And just in case anything went wrong I had sent Kol with them. He hadn't complained, he was just happy that he got to go somewhere. It had been hard getting Klaus to leave. He didn't want to leave without saying goodbye to Luna. But at that time it was 7:00 in the morning and Luna hadn't got much sleep the past few nights so she was most likely going to sleep in. I convinced him by telling him that he would just be gone for a day. He made me promise that I would take care of her. I think the only reason he left was because I did.

Looking down at my watch I saw that it was almost 6:30 and Luna had not eaten anything all day. I decided that I was going to take her out.

I stood up and vamped to the outside of her room. The door was wide open just as it always was but I paused not wanting invade her privacy. I knocked on the door and immediately after I heard the sound of glass breaking and a startled gasp.

I went into her room scanning it. Worried for her safety. If anything happened to her while she was in my care my brother just might just kill me.

She was sitting on the floor on her knees, blood on her hands. Glass was on the ground along with some clear liquid.

"Luna sweetheart what happened?" I asked as I helped her up by her up under her arms. Careful not to touch her hands.

"I just got scared and dropped the bowl. I'm sorry."

I gently examined her hands causing her to briefly wince. Her hands had somehow managed to get sliced open. "There's no need to apologize it happens." I gently let go of her hands telling her to stay put. I decided that I was going to bandage them up. Yes giving her my blood would have healed her not quickly (because of how deep the cuts were) but I decided that it would be best if Klaus healed her. It would give him an opportunity to talk to her possibly about his feelings, it was a long shot. But it was a shot nonetheless. I did not want to take an opportunity away from him.

I came back into her room after finding some gauss and tape. After wrapping her hands I cleaned up the mess. She hadn't wanted me to do it because it was her mess. She sat down like I told her to, after seeing that I was going to do as I wanted. After the mess was gone I joined her on the bed.

"I had originally came up here to ask if you wanted to go out and have dinner. I'm sorry to say that you won't be doing anything with your hands for the rest of the night. How about pizza instead?" I said and she nodded. "That would be nice. Thank you Elijah."

...

After ordering some pizza which arrived shortly, we sat in the kitchen.

"Is there something bothering you, Luna?"

"Quite a few things actually. I feel responsible for what has happened Rebekah. I don't know what to do about Jake. Hayley told me about this 'rite of passage thing' and I'm supposed to change and guys are suppose to notice me more and I don't want that. Damon and Klaus are at it again. It seems like everything for me is going downhill." She said picking up her pizza carefully to avoid getting it on her bandages. Taking a bite she sighed, satisfying her hunger.

"Luna it is not your fault that Rebekah is being held hostage by this Eva. And as for Damon and Klaus their relationship is rocky right now especially after the fight they had."

"Fight?" Luna questioned setting the pizza down back onto her plate, a look of worry on her face.

"What happened? What was said? What was it over?"

"I'm not entirely sure I should be the one to to tell you that. But I can help you with your Jake problem you just have to eat first."

Luna winced as she picked up her cup taking a long drink from it before she went back to her pizza.

After she finished I set another one on her plate causing her to look up at me, confused.

"I'm full." She said and I shook my head folding my arms across my chest. No way was shefull. She hadn't had anything to eat all day. If Klaus came back and found out that pizza had been the only thing she ate today he was going to accuse me of starving her. I couldn't see the future but I knew it would not turn out well.

"Luna I know your hungry. Why are you lying?"

"Because I really need to figure out what to do with Jake." She replied to my question, picking up the slice of pepperoni and taking a small bite out of it. Just as I had thought (still hungry).

"Is Jake a good friend to you?" I asked after she had finished her second slice.

"Yeah, I mean he's always there for me if I need him. He's even here for me when I don't want him to be. He used to be someone I could go to, and tell everything to but now I don't know. He just keeps persisting. I want him to be in my life, I want us to be friends. But I don't know if it's even worth it. What if he tries to kiss me again?"

"If he tries to kiss you don't tell Klaus come to me. It seems to me that your friendship with him means a lot. If you think it can be saved then try. It's all you can do."

"It's going to be a challenge because every chance he gets he tells me that he loves me."

"Do you, love him?" I asked and she nodded. "Of course I do but only as a friend. I don't know a lot about love but I imagine that I would feel something different from what I feel with Jake. If I loved someone in that way, I'm sure I wouldn't be upset about them kissing me."

I hummed thinking she was of course right. But in order to help her I had to know her feelings.

"What do you feel when you are with Jake?"

She sighed running her hands over her face, something she did when she was tired. "I feel guilty because I know I'm hurting him because I push him away. I feel happy whenever we aren't fighting, and we do something normal friends would do like talk."

"Have you ever had feelings for someone?" I asked and she leaned back mistakenly.

I stood up, wincing as she fell to the ground. "Luna are you alright."

She winced rubbing her back as I helped her up, careful not to touch her hands. "Yeah maybe we should take this in the living room."

"Agreed." I said placing my hand on her back to make sure that if she slipped some how she wouldn't fall. Hopefully Klaus would be back soon before she managed to break a bone.

...

Kol Pov

...

I sat in the backseat texting Davina while Klaus drove sending Damon glares every so often. He would glare back apparently not phased. Davina had to go so that left me with nothing to do. I didn't like all of this silence so I decided it was time to break it.

"So you two are back to hating each other..." I said trailing off causing them to both glare at me.

"Nonsense Kol we are just going through a minor disagreement."

"What minor disagreement?" I asked looking between the two. I certainly hadn't heard about it. If I had missed a fight I was going to be upset.

"Klaus thinks that I am not being a good father figure for Luna." Damon said briefly turning to look at me and then resumed his glaring at Klaus.

"Brother why do you think Damon isn't being a-"

"Because Kol he is not there for her and if he intends to call himself her"Dad"or"fatherfigure"then he needs to start acting like it. He needs to be there for her and not with his friends. Being a father is a big responsibility and if he can't handle it then he should not be able to call himself her father figure."

I sat back with his hands behind his head as the two started going back and fourth at each other.

"Klaus I was doing something for Alaric."

"Are you saying that Alaric is more important than Luna. Because if you are your wrong."

"No I'm not saying that Alaric is more important than Luna what I am saying is that I can't always be there for her. She knows that and she understands that. Why can't you?"

"That solves it then. You are no longer her father figure. To be a father you have to be there, support, and to offer comfort."

"I do offer my support and comfort."

"But you aren't there..."

"You are, so what's the problem?"

"Damon just because I am there does not meant that I am enough. That is the problem. You weren't there that night at the bar, you weren't there when Jake kissed her, you weren't there to comfort her when she was depressed about her brother, or when she remembered her awful past."

"That's not fair!"

"What's not fair is that you keep leaving her!"

"If you know better why don't you just be her dad."

Just when it was about to get good my phone vibrated. I looked down to see that Luna was calling. I put the phone to my ear wondering why she was calling me.

"Hey I'm sorry if I'm bothering you but can I ask you something?"

"Sure I'm not really doing anything besides listening to arguing ask away."

"What does it mean when a guy calls you baby girl?"

"By you-"

"I mean me." She said clarifying things.

"And who Luna has been calling you this?" I asked and immediately the fighting stopped. Judging by the silence they were most likely listening in on our conversation.

"Does it really matter?" She asked and I laughed. "Oh yeah."

"Kai."

I hummed watching as Klaus' jaw clenched. Interesting.

"Was it once or-"

"All the time. Phone call, text, in person..."

"Well it seems to me that he likes you. What brought this up?"

"Something Davina said. Do you really think it's possible that he could like me?"

"Do you like him or something?" I asked sinking down as Klaus glared at me in the rear-view mirror.

"No. But everyone seems to think that I do."

"By everyone you mean..."

"Freya, Davina, Aiden, Josh, even Hayley."

"It's okay if you do Luna. We all like someone."

"I do like him but only as a friend. Right now I'm not interested. But I do admit he is good with his words. Thanks for answering my question. I have to go."

"I'll see you later Luna don't get into trouble with Elijah."

"Trouble?" Luna questioned and I could almost see her raise her eyebrows. Klaus and Damon's were raised as well.

"Yeah I mean when we come back I expect the both of you to be fully clothed, breathing normally, and bruise free."

"Kol." Luna said in a tone I had never heard her use before. It was almost scalding, nearly motherly.

Before I could reply she hung up and I noticed that the car had stopped and that we were pulled over to the side of the road. It took me less time to notice that both Damon and Klaus were turned around looking at me.

"That was not necessary." Klaus said and I shrugged.

"Anything could happen..." I trailed off suggestively and Damon frowned.

"Not Elijah and Luna."

"Luna does resemble her sister, especially in the eyes, and in the lips." I said causing Klaus to look over at Damon, annoyance plain on his face.

"Damon how would you like to enjoy the rest of the ride in silence?"

"I would love to." Damon said replying to Klaus' question.

Before I knew what was happening there was darkness.

...

Cami Pov

...

I smiled as Damon opened the car door for me. He was always such a gentleman. But something was wrong I could feel it.

My eyebrows went up when I saw Kol's unconscious body in the seat next to mine. "What happened to him?" I asked both curious and a little worried for my friend.

"Oh me and Damon just wanted some quiet. He'll wake up in a few hours." Klaus said and I nodded resting my head back. Thinking. Damon didn't seem to be in a really talkative mood, in fact he didn't seem to be in any mood at all. His face was expressionless which bothered me. Usually I could read his emotions and the fact that I couldn't made me nervous. I would rather him be angry then emotionless.

Klaus tried to start a conversation but it soon died out. Hours passed and not a word was said. I was starting to get worried. Kol then groaned and sat up, glaring at Damon as he did.

"What in the bloody hell did you do that for?" He asked causing Damon to look back at him, his usual bright blue eyes were cold and un-inviting.

"I wanted some peace and quiet don't make me do it again."

"I'd like to see you try." Kol scoffed replying to what Damon had said.

He then unbuckled his seat-belt and turned around. Practically crawling in the back pushing me closer to the window in this process. The two of them started yelling and then Klaus slammed on the breaks of the car causing Damon to fall back and me along with Kol to lurch forward.

"What the hell-" Damon's words were cut off by Klaus snapping his neck. He then turned to Kol who had a shocked look on his face. "I have had enough. Cami come sit up front."

I opened the door without hesitation doing as he asked. He also got out of the car putting Damon's limp body in the seat that I had just gotten out of.

...

Kol Pov

...

I smiled in a better mood after seeing Davina and Freya walk dizzily up the stairs to the compound clearly drunk.

Walking in to the living room gave me joy. Just by seeing Luna and Elijah on the couch asleep together. They were sitting next to each other not touching, but close enough to assume that they had been talking. Elijah still somehow managed to hold his straight posture while Luna on the other hand did not. It took me a moment to realize that her hands were wrapped/bandaged. I could see her blood seeping through the white material. That caught me by surprise. How exactly did that happen? Then again Luna happened to be clumsy when it came to a lot of things. She didn't usually trip but when handling something sharp she would always find a way to injure herself. Not on-purpose of course but I always found it amusing. I had never seen her hands this bad before. And I was 100% sure that Klaus had never seen her cut up at all.

My brother cleared his throat causing Elijah to wake up almost immediately. He stood up smoothing down his suit, not that it needed it.

"Have a nice nap brother?"

"I didn't-"

Klaus cut Elijah off seeing Luna rise from the couch, with a confused expression on her face. Seeing our eyes on her hands she quickly put them behind her back, looking down as she did.

"What happened to her hands?" Klaus asked looking at Elijah as she spoke. Anger clearly in his tone.

"It's my fault, I dropped a glass bowl and this is the result." Luna said revealing her hands from her back as Klaus approached her inspecting them.

Wordlessly Klaus and Luna began to leave the room. Luna gave me and Elijah an apologetic look. Klaus with a hand on her upper back guided her up the stairs either to his room or her room probably to heal her. And that made me wonder why Elijah didn't heal her. He was perfectly capable of doing so.

"You know for once it feels good to not be the one in the doghouse." I said causing Elijah to sigh heavily.

He wasn't looking forward to the conversation he was about to have with Klaus, but I was.

...

Luna Pov

...

I couldn't help but feel ashamed as Klaus unwrapped my hands. Like I had done something wrong.

My heart did give a little jolt in my chest as he did his work. His fingers would brush against mine causing this tingly almost shocking feeling. I wanted to laugh every time he did this because it made me feel giddy.

But I had to keep my cool and not freak out.

"Did you leave the compound today?"

I let my shoulders slump down as I answered his question. There was no point in lying he would find out anyway somehow. I didn't think I could lie to him if I wanted to. Not because I was a bad liar but because it would feel wrong. Like I was betraying him. He had saved me from the witches. He kept a roof over my head, put clothes on my back, kept me safe. What kind of person would I be if I lied to him?

"Yes Hayley and I went to the bayou, she wanted to talk to me about something. I was gone for maybe three hours."

"Why are you all down?" He asked and I looked up at him to see his eyes still focused on my hands. I winced as he pulled the tape gently of my skin.

"I know you don't like it when I leave the compound. You don't ask me to follow a lot of rules and when I don't I feel bad-"

"Don't feel bad Luna. Sometimes I can't control my over-protectiveness. Sometimes I can be overbearing. I hate thinking that something could happen to you, that someone would try and steal you away. I know you want to go out but I also want you to be safe. I want you to be able to go anywhere you want to without looking over your shoulder. When you do go out, don't go alone and be careful. That's all I ask."

I nodded biting my lip down harshly as he pulled a thin piece of glass from my hand. I frowned not knowing that had been there.

After making sure that I had no more glass in my hand he bit into his wrist wanting me to drink from it. I did as he asked wanting the burning pain in my hand to stop. Who knew a cut could hurt this bad.

Klaus left to go get some fresh gauss and tape. My hands would be healed probably by tomorrow, but it would be best to wrap them anyway. I didn't mind, especially if it meant he got to touch my hands again.

I wasn't left to my thoughts long, he came back before I could count to 20.

"Let's get started shall we." He said leading me to my bed. I was grateful to sit down. I was really tired, but Klaus' presence reminded me to stay awake. The constant brush of his fingers against my skin helped to.

"Thanks for bandaging me up."

"Your welcome, I'm sure you would do the same for me should the opportunity ever arise. What were you and Elijah doing before the two of you managed to fall asleep?" Klaus asked after he finished his work on my hands. He still held them which made me feel all warm and mushy on the inside. Maybe me being hurt wasn't such a bad thing after all.

"Talking."

"About what?" He inquired wanting to know more.

"Jake and if I should be friends with him or not."

"That's the question isn't it?"

"Well what do you think I should do?" I asked turning my body more towards him if that was even possible.

He chuckled causing me to smile despite my nervousness. I hadn't said anything funny so I was a little confused to.

"Oh I'm sorry love but I'm not sure that you would like to hear my answer."

I nodded knowing what his answer would be.

"Why?" I asked and he stood up and dropped my hands causing my heart to skip in my chest.

"He brings you down. If you wish to spend your time with someone it should be because you want to, because they make you happy. Jake doesn't make you happy, he makes you sad. That is why I don't want him to be your friend. Besides I don't think he understands the word friend anyway."

I nodded he did have a point.

"So what are you going to do?" He asked after a silence passed in the room.

I sighed taking a deep breath before I spoke.

"I'm going to give him one more chance. Then if he messes up-"

"I'll be there waiting." Klaus said an enthusiastic smirk on his face. I stood up and hugged him. Feeling the urge to let Klaus know how much I appreciated him.

"You are the best friend anyone could ever ask for. Your always there for me, you are a good listener, you give me advice when I need it, and you heal me whenever I get hurt."

He returned the hug, smoothing down my hair as he spoke.

"That's whatgoodfriends are supposed to do."

I smiled at the emphasis he put intogood.

"No one can be as great as you. So could you try to cut him some slack." I saidhimreferring to Jake.

Klaus was always so hard on him. I don't know if he meant to do it but it was the truth.

"You think I'm great?" He asked stepping back from me his hands still on my shoulders.

"Yeah, I think you are amazing. I also think that everyone takes advantage of you so every chance I get I try to show how much I appreciate you." I said looking down feeling the familiar heat rush to my face when I was around him. I was surprised it had stayed back this long. Or maybe it was because I had just realized that he was wearing a t-shirt that showed off how built he really was. I could see how strong he really was, so powerful. And here I was all small and insignificant. I remember the one time I had seen him without a shirt I had only freaked out a little. Back then I was just only beginning to realize that I had feelings for him. I don't know what I would do now if I saw him without a shirt. Probably just break down and end up having a panic attack. It didn't help that he smelled really good either.

"What's going on in here?"

I turned to see Damon standing in the door way his arms folded over his chest, glaring at Klaus.

"We were just talking and he fixed me up." I said but I had a feeling that Damon wasn't really paying attention to me. "Luna sweetie why don't you go see what Kol's doing. Me and Klaus have to talk."

I laughed causing Damon to look at me confused. Klaus had long since removed his hands from my shoulders and he was now against the wall. I could see that he to was confused.

"Oh what you thought I was going to leave you two together alone. Yeah that is so not happening."

"Luna-" Damon started out his tone sounded whiny.

"No. Don't Luna me. I am sick of it. You and Klaus, you and Jake, you and Kol. You and Kai. All of this fighting, and for what?!"

"Kai could have hurt you Luna and it would have been Klaus' fault-"

"Why does everything have to be his fault! Klaus does not make my decisions I do! You can't expect me to do whatever you want all the time. If I want to be friends with Kai Parker then I am going to be friends with Kai Parker. Not because you, Klaus, or anyone else told me to. But because I want to."

It was silent for a few minutes before I heard the sound of clapping.

I turned around to see that Klaus was the one who was doing it. He came around and put his arm around my shoulders a genuine smile on his face.

"What did I tell you?"

Damon scoffed folding his arms over his chest. "That she can handle making her own decisions as she is now a young adult."

I smiled at that word,adult.

Luna Rahmah Labonair was no longer the naive teenager who grew up in the witches caves. Luna Rahmah Labonair had a GED certificate, money to her name, and had went to college. I was not one to like or appreciate change (because most of the time it was bad and affected me negatively) but this status was good.

"So does this mean you guys are done fighting?" I asked looking between Klaus and Damon.

"If it's what you want." Damon said and I nodded.

"Goodnight Klaus, there is something I have to talk to Luna about." Damon said and for the first time in a while he wasn't glaring at Klaus. I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of my chest. I felt like I had accomplished something.

Klaus kissed me on my hand, and left the room. That smile was still in place on his face. I know because he turned to look back. He wasn't looking at Damon.

He was looking at me.

...

Me and Damon stayed up until one in the morning talking. Not about me, or him, but about Cami.

He was having as he called it "commitment issues."

I helped him as best as I could. Telling him that he should be more open and talk to her about it. Damon loved Cami just as Cami loved Damon. They don't want to lose each other yet one was willing to make a sacrifice and the other wasn't.

He said that he would talk to her about it but that was hours ago. He had told me to go to sleep but I was struggling. I was tired enough but from some reason I just had this bad feeling.

But soon enough I felt myself slipping away.

...

Klaus Pov

...

After tossing and turning it was obvious that I wasn't getting any rest tonight. Painting wasn't helping with my restlessness.

There was this pang of longing in my chest, like I was missing something.

I walked out of my room and quietly into Luna's.

It wasn't something I usually did. Sometimes I just wanted to make sure she was alright, because I had heard her thrashing. But tonight that had not been the case. I had went because I simply wanted to, or maybe I needed to. I didn't know anymore.

I felt a sense of peace when I saw her, lying there. There wasn't that tired stressed out look on her face when she was sleeping. She looked younger, more her and not the witch/werewolf machine everyone expected her to be. Her right here in this moment was an artist dream. The curve of her long thick eyelashes, her dark naturally arched eyebrows, her full plump lips, her clear caramel skin, her curly dark hair against the pillow in a braid, one particular stubborn lock of hair had found it's way over her face.

A part of me wanted to get up and remove that lock of curly hair that was partially ruining my view. The other part thought that I would be crossing a line, that I would be going to far. I shouldn't even be here right now, in her room, in the middle of the night.

What would happen if Elijah or Kol walked past to see me here? I wanted to move, to go back to my room and lock the door. I couldn't bring myself to leave.

I happened to find the sound of her breathing, the sound of her heartbeat to be comforting. If I wanted to I could have went to sleep then, because I felt content. The restlessness now was all but a mere memory. That however was not something I could afford to do. If I did then I would have to explain to her along with everyone else why I had come to her room and that couldn't happen. Because then I would have to explain all of the other late night visits to her room I sometimes had. It wasn't something I was proud of, I was ashamed.

Ashamed that I was comforted by being in the same room with her. I felt like I was losing my mind. I couldn't ask Elijah because then I would have to tell him about me being in her room, watching her sleep. Me being here in the past, present, and future was something I planned on never admitting to anyone, not even Elijah. And I told him everything.

Well almost everything.

I frowned hearing what sounded like breathing. Not Luna's nor mine, but the breathing of someone else. I stood vamping to the balcony in her room, that's where I had been hearing the sounds.

Looking down I could see what looked to be a group of men climbing the wall.

Normally my first reaction would have been to kill all of them but this was Luna's room and she was still in it. That was a problem.

I wasted no time gently, but quickly picking her up and going downstairs. I set her on the couch much to Kol and Elijah's surprise.

I grabbed Kol's arm and told Elijah to not leave her side, no matter what he hears.

...

Kol Pov

...

Walking into Luna's room I wasn't expecting to see what I saw.

A group of men climbing dressed in all black. They were in her clothes putting them into bags, touching them, smelling them. My stomach churned when I saw them pick up a pair of her underwear.

The fighting started then by my older brother of course. I was still standing there trying to wrap my head around what was going on.

These men were in her room. If she had been here what would they have done.

I followed my brother and started killing them. In the end most of the men were down dead their organs hanging out of their body, the others disappeared, the air shimmering around them. Luna's room was destroyed. Their blood on the floor, the walls her bed, her dresser. The strange thing was their blood wasn't red, but black. All my years of life I had never seen blood like this. I asked my brother what it was and he said he didn't know that he would have to call Cole.

He then left leaving me alone and I had nothing else to do but to go downstairs.

Luna was still fast asleep Elijah standing beside her, alert.

"What happened? Where is our brother?" He asked speaking in a hushed tone, not wanting to wake Luna.

"I'm not sure but there are dead men on the floor in Luna's room, the others mysteriously disappeared. They were touching on her clothes sticking them into bags and smelling them. Luna's room is destroyed. This icky black stuff is everywhere on the walls, the floor, the bed. Nik said he had to run off and call Cole."

Just as soon as the words came out of my mouth Klaus and a man appeared, I assumed him to be Cole.

The two looked at Luna, completely ignoring Elijah and I, and then proceeded to go up the stairs talking at a rapid rate.

"Hey what's that?" I asked confused to see a large manila envelope in my brothers suit jacket.

He frowned, but before he could say anything I reached out and took the envelope from his jacket emptying the contents onto the table. Going back I wish I hadn't. Going back I wish I had just minded my own business.

What I had dumped on to the table was nothing I had been expecting.

They were photographs, some black and white, while others were in color. They were all of Luna, my best friend.

Some were of her when she was younger, a kid. These were not happy pictures, she was not smiling. She was bloody, it looked as if she had just gotten done being beaten half to death. Others looked recent. I remember her wearing that Nickleback t-shirt the other day.

"What in the bloody hell is this?" I asked and Elijah shushed me, putting the photographs back where they came as Luna began to stir on the couch.

She groaned turning over onto her side now her face was turned to us.

Maybe I should have been quieter but I couldn't help it. I was feeling a lot of emotions right now. Well mainly anger, confusion, and disgust.

Before I could ask Elijah about the pictures, Klaus and Cole came downstairs.

"My minions found more pictures, I didn't bring them with me because they are painful to think about..."

Klaus had attempted to stop this Cole person from talking but it had been to late. I had heard everything.

"More pictures, do tell?" I said and Klaus folded his arms over his chest glaring at Elijah.

"Well someone tell me what exactly is going on? Don't you dare give me the"weweregoingtotellyou,wejustdidn'tknowwhen"card because that is shit. Don't say that it's none of my business because that girl on the couch over there happens to be my best friend."

Cole stepped forward. Looking between Klaus and Elijah. "If the two of you don't mind I'm going to explain to him what's been going on?"

My brothers shifted on their feet, clearly uncomfortable at the situation we were in now.

"He deserves to know." The Cole guy said and I hummed in approval. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all.

After Cole filled me in on Abbraxas and the pictures I was certain of a few things.

My best friend was being stalked, I was always the one to be left out on important things, and there was no way I was going to let her go anywhere by herself.

...

Luna Pov

...

I frowned opening my eyes and looking around the room. For some reason I was in the living room and not my bedroom. I don't remember getting here. Looking down I saw that I had a blanket over me. As I sat up I pushed it off of me feeling hot.

This wasn't the samehotas being at the bayou in 103 degree weather. This hot/heat was coming from inside of me. It reminded me of the way Klaus made me feel sometimes. When he would put his arm around my shoulders, when he brushed my hair back out of my face, when he would kiss me goodnight on the cheek. But it was never this intense. Klaus had never made me sweat before, he just gave me the chills.

I stood taking off the gauss and tape off of my hands. I was happy to see that they were completely healed. There wasn't even a scar.

"Good morning love."

I looked up to see that Kol was standing in front of me. Some orange juice in a cup in his hand, and what looked like a banana nut bread muffin.

"Good morning Kol." I replied as we walked to the kitchen.

He set the orange juice and the muffin in front of me a smirk on his face. "Eat up, after you get dressed Ansel, my brother, along with Aiden are going to escort you to the meeting."

I sighed as my stomach grumbled. That muffin really did look good right now.

After I finished the muffin and after the cup of orange juice Kol led me upstairs to my room which I found odd.

What I found even more strange was that my room was destroyed.

I had asked Kol if he had known what had happened but he ignored my question and told me to go ahead and get dresses and to shower if I needed to, that he would just be here waiting for me.

As I got my clothes together out of the closet and the dresser I couldn't help but think that there was something he wasn't telling me. Usually he answered my questions without fault or hesitation but today was different.

The shower was short and cold. I thought that cold water would help with this overbearing heat that I felt. It didn't really help but it didn't do any harm either.

After braiding my hair and putting it into a bun in the back of my head I brushed my teeth. I put on my underwear and then slipped on a pair of jeans. Which were tight around the waste. So tight that I was probably going to have to go into a whole different size. But then these jeans were boot cut, I didn't usually wear those type of jeans maybe I just wasn't used to them. Then I tried putting on my bra, emphasis ontried. Like the jeans it was tight, worse than that it didn't even fit. The strange thing was I was the same size yesterday.

Frustrated I threw on a rob that I had on a shelf. I walked out to see that Kol was still there standing by the entrance of my balcony tense. I would have to ask him about that latter but right now was not the time. First I had to get dressed, which for some reason was proving to be a challenge.

I grabbed half of the bra's I owned and took them to the bathroom, to try them on.

Every. Single. One. Of. Them. Did. Not. Fit.

I couldn't just go bra-less, I didn't exactly have a flat chest. Not wearing a bra would only draw attention, the kind that I really didn't want.

The world, my world seemed to have turned upside down. Meanwhile Kol was knocking on my door, sounding worried.

"Luna are you alright? What's going on in there? You've been in there for quite some time."

I exhaled to try and calm myself. I was burning up, I was sweating (not lightly either), and to make matters worse I was fighting a panic attack. What was I supposed to tell him?

"I'm okay, today is just not my day."

I put a piece of hair behind my ear, feeling it brush against my face.

"Kol is it okay if I just stay in here. All day." I said and there was a pause before he chuckled.

"Who are you and what have you done with my best friend? I've never know you to be a comedian Luna?"

Normally I would have laughed a little or I at least would have cracked a smile, a small smile at that. But I didn't.

I was feeling depressed. I hadn't felt this way since I was sent away from the compound all of those long months.

What was happening to me? Was I getting fat? Why did I have to grow? And why did it hurt so much?

I didn't know what else to think. None of my bra's were fitting, my pants were tighter than usual.

Okay so maybe I had junk food every other day, but I worked it off. Chasing Kol around the compound when he pranked me, jogging with Davina, sparring with Hayley.

Ugh! Why did everything in my life have to be so hard, painful, and complicated. It was like every happy moment I had, five or more bad things would happen right after.

Kol continued to knock on the door. His face somewhere between irritated and worried.

"Luna if you don't open this bloody door right now, and tell me what's wrong I am going to get Klaus-"

I panicked when I heard Klaus' name, so I had opened the door cutting Kol off.

"Luna what's the matter with you?" Kol asked placing his hands on my shoulders, trying to comfort me.

"Luna If you don't tell me what's wrong I'll-"

"None of my bra's fit, these jeans are tight, and my life is over." I said interrupting him.

"It's not the end of the world Jewel, so just relax, calm down, and breathe."

I did as he said to, or tried to. I took slow deep breaths to calm myself. The overwhelming heat that I felt in my body hadn't gone away, it was the reason why I found it so hard to breathe, the reason I was still sweating.

A thought popped up into my mind. Could Eva or another witch be doing this to me? But then I remembered me and Hayley's conversation. Therite of passage, my appearance changing, the un-comfortableness, the heat.

Of course that rite of passage thing would have to happen to me, today. The day of my designated banishment meeting.

"Jewel there is nothing to be ashamed of. Everyone grows up, and when that happens people tend to change." He said pulling me in for a hug.

I smiled a little when he saidJewel.Itwashis new nickname for me. When ever he said it I would feel a little better.

"If you would like I could go get one of the girls and they could take you to a store-"

"Could you take me?" I asked wanting to get this over with as soon as possible. Getting one of the girls involved waking them up (there's no way they would be up yet), eating breakfast, small talk, and then finally going to the store.

"If your comfortable with it, I will." He said and I nodded to show him that I was.

...

"Was it really necessary of you to bring that?" I said referring to the baseball bat he had slung over his shoulder.

"But of course Jewel. To defend you from any possible stalkers..." Kol said trailing off as he swung the bat in the air. The people in the isle we were in gave us a strange look. A couple even walking/jogging out of the isle. I guess Kol could be more intimidating than I gave him credit for.

I looked threw the racks trying to find a bigger size then I had previously been in. After searching for what seemed like forever I had finally found one. I pulled it off the rack planning to go try it on when it was suddenly gone from my hands and into Kol.

His face was all scrunched up like he had just witnessed some horrible scene.

"Bloody hell! This is possibly the most ugliest bra I've ever seen, and I've seen a lot. Come on Jewel let's get out of this shop it's not worth your time."

Kol wasn't exaggerating. The bra was indeed ugly, even terrible. But I wasn't shopping for pretty I was shopping for manageable, and workable. I could do pretty when Rebekah came back but Kol seemed to have other plans as he led me out of the store. An arm over my shoulder, while his hand held the bat.

"Kol where are we going?"

"Victoria Secret."

I opened my mouth to protest but Kol shook his head.

"Don't even try and change my mind Jewel because it's not going to work. No way is my best friend going around wearing something as awful as those bra's in that store."

...

After getting back from the store me and Kol went back to my room. I got dressed in the bathroom and he was sitting on my bed. I found that strange but I didn't ask because a) he would probably ignore me like he did the first time b) maybe it wasn't anything at all, maybe it was nothing. But then why was my room destroyed?

I decided putting on a pair of cut-offs after a lot of thinking. Internally I was burning up. On the outside it wasn't exactly cold. It was summertime so it was more than 90 degrees outside (not counting the humidity), and the sun was out. As much as I wanted to wear jeans or sweat pants to cover up my legs, to hide my body as much as possible. It was unrealistic to think that way especially when it was like this. I put on a Linkin Park tank top. It was a smokey gray with yellow writing. After putting on some chap-stick I left the bathroom and went downstairs with Kol.

Klaus, Ansel, and Aiden where there dressed like I was for hot weather.

"Are you ready to go to your banishment?" Aiden asked and I replied with. "I don't think I could ever be ready to go to my own banishment."

"Don't worry sweetie everything is going to turn out fine." Ansel said placing a comforting hand on my shoulder I nodded and told myself to believe in what he said. That everything is going to turn out fine, that everything was going to be okay.

I waved goodbye to Kol as the three of us walked out of the compound.

Feeling an arm being laid on my shoulders I turned and looked to see Klaus. I smiled, feeling relaxed. Not as nervous, or worried as I was before. The uneasy feelings all but disappeared when he put his arm around my shoulders.

He was wearing a thin light blue t-shirt, with black jeans, and a pair of boots. I was surprised at how laid back he looked. The light blue of his shirt really brought out his eyes.

It was probably cliche of me thinking this but he hadoceaneyes. Part of why I thought this was because they were so blue, but there was a better reason. When I think of an ocean I imagine beauty, depth, and clarity. Beauty because of the different shades and colors. On bad days when he was sad, worried, and stressed his eyes were a stormy blue, almost gray but not completely. When he was angry they would darken, and if he was really angry they would change. Into the gold color. It didn't happen often but whenever he did it I was not scared but mesmerized, I would even go to say that I was charmed by him. On a good day when he was content or happy they were bright, not as bright as Damon's but close to it. Depth because of how deep they were they often seemed to hide things. Emotions like anger or feelings like sadness. Clarity because of their honesty and clearness.

"Like what you see love?" Klaus asked in a tone I'd never heard him use before. It was almost teasing.

I let my mouth fall open in surprise. Had a been staring at him all this time? Oh no no no no! This day could not get any worse. I scrambled my brain for an excuse, but I needed to think fast. I couldn't look away from him because then he would start to suspect my feelings for him. And he couldn't know, not ever. So I had to scrounge up enough courage to meet his ocean eyed gaze, no matter how much I wanted to drop to the ground and curl up in a ball.

"No- I mean yes. It's just that you never usually dress like this, laid back. Not that it's a bad thing because it isn't. You just look different." I said wincing after I realized how much of an idiot I sounded like.

"So are you saying that I look better dressed in all black with a leather jacket?" He asked using that tone again.

I scoffed, that was ridiculous he always looks good. I stupidly didn't think before I opened my mouth.

"No you always look good, the leather jacket doesn't have anything to do with it."

He looked me over a smirk on his face. "You think I look good?" He asked and stopped walking. I did to. My heart seemed to stop, and stutter before it started again. Beating faster, and harder. As if it was about to come bursting out of my chest.

He then chuckled and began walking again. "Relax love I was just teasing you, no need to get all flustered."

No need to get all flustered! Ugh I wish he knew what it felt like when he said things like that to me, when he looked at me a certain way, or when he put his arm around me. I just wish he could understand. But in order to do that he would have to know, and that couldn't ever happen.

"Sorry it's just everything today is going bad." I said and he frowned. "Bad?"

"Yeah when I woke up I wasn't in my room, by the way it's destroyed and I didn't do it. I had a clothing malfunction, my hair is everywhere."

"Nonsense your hair is perfect that goes for you clothing to. If I had known you were wear sporting Linkin Park today I would have joined you..." Klaus trailed off looking at my shirt.

"I'll tell you next time."

"You don't actually think that I would let you get banished?" He said stopping us again.

"No but there isn't a lot you could do besides you should see the way Mary and Eve look at me. Like I'm nothing but the dirt on their shoes-"

"Don't let them get to you. They are just jealous."

I raised my eyebrows and laughed. Eve and Mary jealous of me, but why, and how.

"Klaus why would they be jealous of me?"

"Your father was the alpha of the crescent pack, and you being his daughter makes you royalty. So you are above them in a way, you outrank them. You are not nothing. They fear you because you are stronger then them. You are going to walk out of that meeting a member of your pack and you are going to hold you head high just because you can."

"You don't have to come with me if you don't want to. If there's something else, somewhere else you'd rather be then-"

"There is nothing more important than being here with you today."

"Thank you Klaus, for being with me today." I said looking down as we started walking again. Ansel and Aiden were so ahead of us that I was sure that they couldn't hear our conversation, not that it mattered.

"It's nothing you wouldn't do for me." He said and I nodded he was right. If we switched rolls I would be there for him. I would be the one with me arm over his shoulder.

Walking in to the large cabin where the meeting was going to be held was much worse than I had imagined.

I had imagined them'booing'me but that is not at all how it happened.

Most of the men in there had been talking among themselves but then I came in and they all looked at me. And to my dismay they started wolf-whistling. I looked down feeling all the heat in my body rush to my face. This happened when Klaus looked at me from across the room but what I was feeling right now was discomfort and embarrassment. I would have much preferred it that theybooedme. I looked over at Klaus confused at why he had tightened his grip on my shoulder.

...

Ansel Pov

...

After taking our seats and after some waiting the meeting had begun. Mary and Eve up font giving reasons why Luna should be banished from the pack. Aiden was sitting next to Jake the both of them whispering quietly about something. Niklaus still had his arm around Luna's shoulders. Glaring at anyone who so much as looked at her.

It was then that one brave soul came forward and tapped on Luna's shoulder causing both her and Klaus to turn around.

"Hey sexy legs you got a boy friend?"

I allowed myself a small smile seeing the look on my son's face. This was going to be a long meeting.

...

After calming my son down I along with everyone else was back to paying attention to the meeting.

"She will only do us more harm then good with that witch blood running through her veins we can only expect trouble. And these days trouble is the last thing we need." Eve said looking at Luna with a scowl. Luna stared right back expressionless.

"Now hang on that's not true. We could use her to get to the witches." Said someone and I recognized him as the brave soul who had came up to Luna and asked if she had a boyfriend.

"True but how are we to now that she isn't on their side?" Mary replied and the boy sat down an unsatisfied look on his face.

"Alright you two that's enough is there anyone else who thinks that Luna should or shouldn't stay in the pack?" Jackson said standing up and there were murmurs in the crowd. People stood up and walked to the podium were they would take their turn to speak.

"I think she should stay because she is pretty hot, ummm pretty good at stuff I mean."

Most of the males said something along the lines of this which angered my son. I thought it was rather funny watching him glare at everyone who got up to speak. Some of the women even said this much to Luna's surprise, and my son remained where he was. Silently sulking in his seat, his arm still lay around her shoulders. There was a few jealous girls that said that she was to ugly to be a part of the pack. Of course they were immediately shut down.

"Four hours of sitting here we have solved something..." Jackson said at the podium and Luna sat up looking up at him attentively.

"Luna is not being banished today, not tomorrow and not ever. Yes she is part witch but it is part of who she is. Just as the Crescent blood is apart of of who she is. Just because she is different from me and you doesn't mean that she deserves to get banished. The Labonairs are very valuable and rare. We should be glad to call them our own, glad that they graced us with their presence. What we should not be trying to do is banish one of our own. Jason Labonair had two daughters when he was Alpha, so as far as I'm concerned you should be treating Hayley and Luna like royalty, Hope to. And if anyone has a problem with that then there is the door. I am not asking you to be here. But as the Alpha of this pack you shouldn't be forced to do anything you don't want to do. Weather it be marriage, spying, fighting, whatever it is you don't have to. As alpha you are supposed to follow me blindly. I don't agree with that. If you follow me it should be because you trust me, not because it's in your DNA to do so. If anyone wants to walk out please, be my guest."

Silence fell over the room as Jackson looked everyone over. No one made any move to leave.

"If you stay then you choose to follow me. You will respect Luna, Hayley, and Hope. The Mikealson's to. They show us more kindness then the witches yet some of us go around trying to start a war. That's it."

At the last two words people began chatter among themselves and making their way towards the exit. Luna was trying to make her way to her sister and Jackson who were having a quiet conversation. Klaus had his hand on the middle of her back. In a way guiding her but in another way still sending the "back-off vibe".

"Thank you for today, Jackson I really appreciate it." Luna said as Jackson hugged her.

"It wasn't anything really. It was a problem that needed to be dealt with and now that it is we have to talk." Jackson said looking over at Hayley who nodded.

"Me and Jack have been talking and we decided that it's time we should find someone for you to spar with." Hayley said and Luna frowned.

"You want me to fight. I appreciate the thought but I already know-"

"Luna don't be against me on this. I know that you know how to fight but you could learn how to fight better. More knowledge wouldn't hurt you it might just help you. Right guys?" Hayley asked looking between me and Klaus.

"Yes I think that would be wonderful." Klaus said and Luna sighed, looking at the four of us.

"Alright when do I start?" She asked and Hayley smiled. "As soon as possible."

...

Cole Pov

...

"So are you the one I'm sparring?" Luna asked and I smiled and shook my head.

"Nope I'm just here to warm you up."

"That doesn't make me feel any better." She said stretching as she spoke.

"Why do I intimidate you?" I asked and Luna shook her head putting her long dark curly hair into a braid.

"No it's just the thought of fighting the Source of all Evil makes me wish I had more training."

"Relax Luna it's just a warm up." I said and she exhaled deeply before nodding.

"Okay I am going to come at you and try to grab you, and you are going to try and not let me get my arms around you okay. Don't be scared of hurting me, I am not only immortal but I am the Source of all Evil."

She nodded and I rolled up the sleeves of my hoodie, getting ready to see how fast her response time was.

...

Luna Pov

...

Fighting with Cole was awful. It wasn't him, but me. I hesitated a few times. I didn't want to hurt him even if he could heal right back up. Other than hesitating he had said that my response time was good, but it was something I would have to work on so I could be better.

I still didn't know who was supposed to be teaching me how to fight. Cole had been as he called it just a warm up.

I really really hoped that it wasn't Klaus. Not because I was picky or anything but there was no way I would be able to fight him. I would not only be scared of hurting him but scared of my feelings and emotions. If he came at me like Cole did and wrapped his arms around me to pick me up I wouldn't fight, I would let him. That could be a potential problem. If I fought him I would have to look at him like he was the enemy, when in reality he was anything but. Instead of punching him in the face I would want to kiss him. Instead of pushing him away, I would pull him closer to me.

The door opened and my mouth fell open in surprise. It wasn't Klaus, it wasn't anyone I had expected or even thought about.

"Surprised to see me little witch?" Mikeal said as he walked towards me. Two carved wooden staffs were in his hands which confused me even more.

"A little, your not exactly who I was expecting."

"And just who exactly were you expecting?" He asked handing me one of the staffs. It was heavy and smooth. It felt foreign and strange in my hands.

"Elijah maybe..." I said trailing off as we walked to the mat laid out in the middle of the room. Mikeal took of his shoes before stepping on it so I did to, setting the staff temporally down before picking it up.

"Are you afraid?" He asked pointing his staff towards me.

"Of you no. Of messing up yes."

"Luna it's alright if you mess up, I am here to help you in anyway I can." He said and I nodded feeling a little bit better.

"I'll go slow and then speed up to see how fast your reflexes are..."

...

Klaus Pov

...

"I don't like this." I said speaking threw gritted teeth.

Me and Elijah were on a balcony in the compound, watching Mikeal and Luna spar, much to my displeasure.

"This isn't about you. He is going to teach her how to fight isn't that what you wanted?"

"What I wanted Elijah, was for someone to teach her how to fight, not him."

"The three of you didn't specify and he volunteered what is the harm in him-"

"He could hurt her Elijah." I said cutting him off. Not bothering to hide the worry in my voice, he could probably see it all over my face. He just knew me so well.

"That my little witch was not bad at all." Mikeal said as Luna blocked him.

I winced 'his little witch' more like 'my -

That was the problem. She wasn't just some mere acquaintance, or a really good friend. She was more than that. The point was that I didn't want Mikeal to hurt her like he had hurt me. All this time she could have been spending with me but instead she was spending it with him. Maybe it was selfish of me to want her near me all the time, and if that made me a bad person then so be it. I was done trying to convince myself to stay away, to ignore, to not feel. I had accepted that I loved her, that I was in love with her. That this love wasn't brotherly, or friendly, but something more, something stronger. Yes I admit I get jealous when other men stare at her, yes I get jealous when Freya or even Josh got to spend more time with her than I do, and yes I am jealous that these days she went to Kol or Davina to tell them about her problems instead of me. When before it had always been me. I had been the one she confided to, the one she told all her secrets and problems to. She was keeping something from me, I could tell that from the way she acted around me nervous. Not looking me in the eyes, her raised heartbeat, the pink blush that covered her cheeks, lying whenever I asked if something was on her mind. Maybe she was purposefully avoiding me because she just didn't want to be around me. Maybe I was being paranoid but I was scared that she would find out and not feel the same way I felt about her. All of theseWhatif'sandMaybeswere starting to make my head hurt.

"Then why don't you teach her then?"

I chuckled at that. "No Elijah I'm afraid that isn't a possibility."

"Why?"

"Because I am afraid that I would hurt her, among other things..."

He gave a small smile and straightened his suit jacket. "Would those other things include your feelings for her?"

I didn't answer him. If he didn't already know the answer then he was going to have to figure it out himself. I watched Luna and Mikeal move along the mat. Him striking her, and her blocking him. I could see that he was backing her into a corner which made uneasiness begin to form in my chest. I shifted my feet uncomfortable.

"Elijah I have a call to make would you mind watching over her?"

He furrowed his brows apparently confused at my question. "Make sure that he doesn't hurt her." I said watching as Mikeal backed her into a corner. She hit him, quite a few times. So much so that he had to back away from her to avoid being hit in the face. Luna was now out of the corner. Mikeal was now the one who was the one blocking her hits. I must say it took me by surprise. I could see that even she was to. Mikeal looked pleased, a small smile on his face as she continued to hit him and as he continued to block. Mikeal pushed her harder, and she pushed right back.

Those wooden staffs are quite heavy. I was surprised that she was able to hold it up so well, and move it around skillfully as if she had been using it for years, even though it was her first time. I knew she was strong, on the inside. I was however unfamiliar with her outside strength. Maybe I had underestimated her. Maybe she could take care of herself. But the thing was I didn't want her to have to fight. If any fighting was necessary at all I wanted to be the one to do it. With her behind my back, safe from harm.

"You know that I will."

I nodded looking at Luna one last time before speeding outside.

After a few rings he picked up.

"Stefan I would like your advice on something."

"Does this have something to do with a certain green and gray eyed girl, with long dark brown curly hair?" He asked and I allowed myself to laugh.

"So what if it does?"

"Then I'm surprised at how long it took you to call me."

...

Jake Pov

...

Walking up to the compound I saw Klaus there. He was sitting on the steps, on the phone talking on the phone. When I had walked up he had looked up at me, annoyed.

"I'm sorry Stefan I am going to have to cut this short, something's come up."

He then put his phone in the pocket of his jeans folding his arms over his chest.

"Now what exactly are you doing here Jake?" He asked looking at me threw narrowed eyes.

I knew that he didn't like me, hell he probably hated me. I wasn't here for him, I was here for Luna.

"Not to cause any trouble, I just want to talk to Luna. To apologize for everything. The song, the words I said, the kiss..."

Klaus stood up sighing as he did.

"Well I suppose you can come in as long as you don't cause any problems. And what happened to your face?"

I frowned at the last part. Why would he care? I decided to tell him anyway, no point in lying.

"Me and Oliver and his friends got into it."

"And you got into it because..." He trailed off genuinely sounding interested.

"One of his friends said he would like to take Luna to his car and show her a good time. I heard it of course and words were said, and fists were exchanged. Jackson stopped the fight but not before I was all bruised up. It was six against one, but there was no way I was going to sit there let them talk about her in that way, graphic."

He clenched his jaw and nodded to himself. "Jake if you wouldn't mind passing the names along-"

"It's already been handled. Besides you can't kill them, I've already asked."

He hummed to himself as he opened the door to the compound. "Come on in but before you go talk to Luna I have something for you, stay put." He said speeding off in the direction of the stairs. He came back before I could count to 50.

He handed me a small vial of red liquid. "What is this?" I asked holding it up to the light.

"My blood. It will heal you, unless of course if you want Luna to freak out whenever she see's you then by all means-"

I shook my head only imaging her reaction. After making sure I was okay she would ask, or rather demand what happened, how it happened, why it happened, and who.

I uncorked the vial and drunk it's contents. Well aware of the bitter expression on my face. His blood tasted just like I had imagined, disgusting. But with the sharp bitter metallic relief also came. The bruises had begun to heal to the point where all I felt was a dull ache.

Klaus came back and handed me a glass of water wordlessly. I of course accepted it. Grateful to have something to get the taste of his blood out of my mouth.

"Thank-"

"There is no need to thank me, I know."

It was silent for a few moments.

"Do you think that she'll forgive me?" I asked and Klaus smirked as he drunk from his glass of bourbon.

"I don't know it depends on what you say, and how it makes her feel. Typically Luna is not one to hold grudges. But if she does hold grudges then it is on someone or something that has seriously hurt her."

"What if I did seriously hurt her?" I asked feeling my heart sink at the thought. I could have, it was a strong possibility

"Make it up to her like a friend would. That is the best advice I can give you. Now if you excuse me I have a conversation to finish."

Then he was gone and I was left alone. Racking my brain trying to think of what to say to Luna. I realized that after a few minutes of standing there this wasn't an apology I could think of, write down. This was something that was going to have to come from the heart.

...

The journey to her room was long. That could be because I was dragging my feet, because I was dreading the possibility that she wouldn't forgive me. That she would hate me.

I really wanted, needed her to not to hate me. I guess I should have thought of that before I kissed her and hit on Klaus.

It wasn't necessary to knock on the door. Given the fact that it was wide open and I could see her sitting on the floor, writing in what looked like a journal. Her hair was in a braid. I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't straightened today. I loved when she went all natural. She was wearing what looked to be work-out clothes. A white tank-top paired with black leggings. It was crazy how she managed to make something so simple, look so stunning. I chastised myself. I couldn't think like that anymore. I had to see her as my friend, my best friend. It couldn't go any further than that.

I knocked anyway. Usually I wouldn't have but it was the most polite thing to do. I didn't even know if we were friends anymore. I just hoped that she could hear me out, so that I could get this off my chest.

She jumped startled. She slowly stood up and put the pen and journal on her bed. "Jake what are you doing here?"

"I came to see you, but I also came to apologize. And if you would hear me out I promise it's not what you think."

Luna folded her arms across her chest and nodded.

The look on her face wasn't exactly anger, yet it wasn't exactly happy.

"There isn't really any other way for me to say this. It was wrong of me to kiss you. It was wrong of me to fight with Klaus. I'm not going to say that it wasn't worth it because you are. I love you. All these hours, days, and weeks without you has made me realize how empty my life is without you. I miss you a lot. And knowing that I caused it, hurt. I want to be here for you, as a friend. I should have never taken that for granted. I just had to try, and now that I failed I'm done. I won't ever do it again. And if you'll take me back I promise to be the best friend you've ever had. So please, please forgive me."

She looked down at the floor putting her hands on her hips. "Do you mean it?"

I nodded when she looked up. Before I could turn around and leave I was tackled by Luna. Her arms wrapped around my torso, squeezing. It felt like she was trying to break my ribs but I didn't care.

"Does this mean you forgive me?" I asked and she growled.

"Yes and if you don't hug me right now I'm going to-"

She didn't get a chance to finish her sentence because I hugged her back. Picking her up. I haven't felt this good in weeks, maybe even months.

"It's good to have you back Jake." Luna mumbled into my shoulder. "It's good to be back Luna."

...

Cami Pov

...

After getting into yet another fight with Damon he left. Saying something about going to the bar.

So I just wondered around in the library aimlessly. I had picked up a view books and put them on the table. Planning to read them whenever I managed to clear my mind, which seemed impossible at this time.

Caroline and Jo called me. Even Stefan and Alaric but I didn't answer. I thanked them and told them that I wasn't really in the mood for talking. It wasn't exactly a lie, so I did't feel as bad about it.

I loved Damon but sometimes (which now seemed to be all the time) he drove me crazy.

If he really loved me then wouldn't he want me to stay with him forever. I had thought it over, becoming a vampire. I would do it for him, for us. But he wouldn't even let me get the words. That frustrated me.

"Oh hey Cams I didn't know you were down here." Said a voice and I looked up to see Kol.

"Yeah I'm just trying to clear my head." I replied and he nodded taking one of the books from the pile I had made up.

"You and Damion have problems again?" He asked keeping his tone light. Though by the look on his face he was curious.

I allowed myself a small smile. Damon hated when Kol called himDamion.

"Why would you think me and Damon are having problems?" I asked and Kol set the book down and folding his hands in his lap, chuckling as he did.

"Come on Cami, the tension between you two is almost enough to start a fire. I think the two of you could give Klaus and Luna a run for their money."

I laughed. "I seriously doubt that where are they anyway?"

"Luna is out with Jake and if you didn't know they are friends again. My brother Nik the last time I checked is somewhere in his room painting."

...

Elijah Pov

...

Hearing someone walk up the steps to the compound, I sped to the door opening it.

In it's threshold stood Luna. She was wearing a Nickleback t-shirt and a pair of jean capris. Her hair was down, and she had a smile plastered on her face. She looked to be in a good mood. Hopefully my brother would come down and notice this. Whenever she was happy, he was. Over the course of many conversations, weeks, and months I had gathered this fact.

"How was dinner with Jake?" I asked as I let her in. "It was great. There wasn't any awkward silence, or staring. We just talked about everything. It was really nice for a change."

I smiled happy that her "Jake" problem was solved. Hopefully now him and Klaus would not fight with each other.

"Do you know where Klaus is? There's something I have to tell you both." The smile that she had on her face was now gone. Instead of the happier look she sported a more worried one. It was as if someone had flipped a switch. One moment everything was fine, calm, even joyful. And then in the next everything wasn't fine, the joyfulness was replaced with not only worry, but fear as well. It could have been nothing, something silly. But the way she said it, the look on her face told me that something was wrong.

"I will go get him would you mind going to the library?" Luna nodded and started walking in the direction of the library while I headed in the direction of my brothers room.

He was painting what looked like a meadow of some sorts.

"Elijah do you plan on just standing-"

"Luna needs to tell us something, she sounds worried and she looks scared."

The smirk dropped from his face and he set the pant brush along with the pallet down.

"Where is she?"

"The library."

...

When we arrived Luna was pacing. Her phone in her hands.

She handed us the phone. On it was a picture of her and Jake both smiling at what looked like outside. In the background just barely noticeable was a man.

"That guy was in the same restaurant me and Jake went to. He wasn't sitting far away from us, in fact he was uncomfortably close. He was talking on the phone and I overheard what he was saying. It was latin, she's not alone. After Jake and I left he went home and I started walking to the compound. I swear I heard someone following me, I felt like someone was staring at me but when I turned around but nothing was there."

"Why did Jake let you walk alone?" Klaus asked in an almost aggravated tone. Though it wasn't directed to Luna, it was directed to Jake. But she must have assumed the latter because she looked down at her feet.

"Jake got sick. And I told him to go home, he didn't want to, but I made him."

"Why didn't you call?" Klaus asked before I could say anything.

"I thought I was just being paranoid. I'm sorry."

Klaus made his way over to Luna putting his hands on her shoulders. "Don't apologize you have no reason to, it's not your fault."

Luna looked up at Klaus and he sighed. "It's not Jake's fault either. Though I'm sure Elijah would love nothing more than to take care of this. With Cole's help of course..." He trailed off giving me this look. I nodded getting the message though it puzzled me.

"Why don't you go get dressed for bed and we can finish that movie, just to take your mind off of tonight's events."

She looked at him in an expression of aww.

"You would do that?" She said her voice breaking.

I looked away feeling like I was intruding on a private moment. The way she was looking up at him, the way he was looking down at her. Surely the both of them could see that there wassomethingthere.

"Of course if you don't want to I would understand-"

Luna cut him off by grabbing his hand. "No, I want to."

Silence began to fill the room. As the seconds passed the tension in the room became more intense. It was almost painful seeing the look of want, desire on my brothers face.

Luna stepped back looking down at her hands as she spoke. "I should go um... get dressed. I'll see you later." She looked between me and my brother before turning around and walking to the exit.

Silence filled the room again after her departure.

"When are you going to tell her?" I asked the question hanging in the air.

Minutes passed before he replied.

"Whenever I feel the time is right. Not anywhere in the near future, I'm not ready and she isn't either. When Abbraxas is dead maybe then. I just have to trust myself and I have to be patient. And restrain myself if and when necessary."

I nodded. That was a good answer. Different from the one I had been expecting.

"I'm going to call Cole and inform him of what's happened. Enjoy your time with Luna."

He frowned folding his arm over his chest. "Why do you say it like that?"

"You never know, she could be ripped away from you at any moment. Be it by some werewolf, Abbraxas, or a family enemy from her side or ours. Just don't take her and the time you spend with her for granted."

He nodded and I sped off to my study. Dialing Cole's number as I did.

I didn't want him to end up like I did. I took Hayley for granted, and someone snatched her up and away from me. But it wasn't an enemy, it was a werewolf who went by the name Jackson.

...

Luna Pov

...

We started right where we left off. The unnamed man had taken the girls to some secret hide out. As the movie progresses I grew more creeped out. Especially when the man Dennis came out in a skirt and heels. He was speaking in a more feminine voice. It sounded soothing but there were darker undertones.

Looking over at Klaus he didn't seem to be as affected as I was.

Wrapping the blanket tighter around me didn't offer any warmth like I had expected causing me to let out a sigh.

"Are you cold love?" He asked and I nodded.

Klaus didn't get up and get another blanket or fix the room temperature like I had expected. Instead he put his arm around my side and pulled me closer. My head was now laying on partially on his chest. His arm was still on my side. Not gripping or holding, just laying.

I was immediately satisfied feeling much warmer than before. My chest was were most of the heat resided. Mainly because of the rapid beating of my heart.

"Thank you." I said and he only hummed in response causing me to direct my attention back to the movie.

The man or should I say Patrica was making Casey and the other girl a sandwich. It was then that the other girl stood up quietly. Picking up the chair planning on hitting Patrica on the back as if to knock her out.

I felt uneasy as I watched this. I didn't much care for the other girl but I did care for Casey.

The girl hit Patrica with the chair, she ran out of the room while Casey pushed the table towards Patrica as if to prevent her from moving. But Patrica moved it easily without effort. She told Casey to go to her room and lock the door.

The movie was proving to be rather interesting yet disturbing at the same time. Hedwig was showing Casey his bedroom. He began to dance to some music that had been jarring. I was tense waiting for a jump scare of sorts but it never came. So I allowed my self to relax back onto Klaus' chest.

Casey asked where the window in his room was and Hedwig pointed to a picture of one. He walked over and flipped it over revealing an open window. Then he pushed it back down revealing that it was closed again. Hedwig like Casey was confused."Did you think it was a real window? So you could leave etcetera..."

I shivered getting goosebumps. The dance scene could have been laughable but for some reason it freaked me out a little more. Then that line.

"Scared love?" Klaus asked his voice barely above a whisper.

"I don't know if I'm more scared or disturbed." I mumbled losing my train of thought as Hedwig now Dennis picked Casey up as if she were a rag doll.

"Don't worry I've got you."

I grow uncomfortable and even more disturbed after finding out what Casey's uncle did to her. I was starting to question what kind of movies Kol liked to watch.

Casey was looking at videos of more of Kevin's personalities as Dennis went to the train station where he would meet this supposed beast. It then cut back to Dr. Fletcher who was trying to write something on a piece of paper, which was proving to be difficult.

The creepy music came back as Dennis well nowtheBeast.Ran in the streets, under the lights on all fours. He even climbed the gate. I jumped slightly when he hit the ground, causing Klaus to chuckle lightly.

I chastised myself over jumping at something that wasn't even scary.

The Beast was now in the room with Dr. Fletcher and I got this bad feeling. She tried to stab him with a knife but it sadly didn't penetrate the skin, thus not injuring him. The beast thanked the doctor in a loud gravely voice. He wrapped his large muscle arms around her torso, and squeezed. I flinched hearing her bones break. Casey had finally made it out of the room, I was starting to notice that this girl had really bad timing. She opened the door to one of the other girls' rooms to find the beast eating her insides. I closed my eyes trying to push down the sick feeling I was currently experiencing. She ran to the room that Dr. Fletcher was in, locking the door. Seconds passed and the beast was there pushing against it. The door slammed open and he started to crawl on the walls.

I shook my head confused to why Casey hadn't ran while he was doing his wall climbing. But then I put myself in her shoes. What if I had seen seem psycho climbing on the walls, I might have been stunned for a minute but I would have gathered my senses and ran the other way.

Casey then looked on the desk to see the name,Kevin Wendell Crumbwritten on the paper. She must have gotten a clue because she started saying his name, yelling it. The beast hit the wall and then disappeared. A few minutes later he emerged a towel covering his shoulders. The blood that had been on his mouth was wiped off. The other personalities soon took over Kevin's body. But not before Casey had gotten the gun. After shots being fired, running, and biting the beast had let her go. Because Casey was not like the rest, she waspure. As the movie came to it's end I couldn't help to feel relieved. It had freaked me out more than I liked to admit. I wouldn't be surprised if I had a bad dream tonight because of it.

"That was-"

"Disturbing, graphic, and something I'm never watching again." I said finishing his sentence he smiled and stood up I did to. The cold covering my whole being again. I really wish that his arm was still around me.

"Thank you for taking my mind off of everything. I really appreciate it."

"This can become a normal thing if you would like? We don't have to watch movies but-"

"Yeah I'd like that." I said and he looked at the clock on the wall. "It's getting let you should probably go to bed."

I leaned forward and hugged him. "Goodnight." I said before pulling away. His hands gently gripped my elbows stopping me. He leaned forward and tilted his head to the side kissing under my jaw.

"Goodnight love." He said his mouth now under my ear. Immediately I shivered and goosebumps covered my skin. His husky accented voice along with the kiss had made me feel like I was going crazy. I couldn't form a single coherent thought. My heart seemed to have a mind of it own as it started beating at a rapid rate again.

He then let me go and I walked away. I turned and smiled before I made it to the exit. He of course smiled or rather smirked back.

Falling asleep had proved to be a rather impossible task tonight. As I tossed and turned I couldn't help but think about the kiss. My bed had never seemed so big before. I wished that someone was with me to fill the empty space. Someone like Klaus. They would hold me until I fell asleep, they would stay, they would keep me warm.

I didn't want someonelikehim. I wanted him.

Being cold was one of the worst things for me. Being cold reminded me of my time I spent at the witches' place, all those long hours, days, weeks inside of that cell. When I slept with Klaus I didn't think about my past, to be honest I didn't really think at all. He was like a cure of some sorts. I felt at peace when I slept with him. Without him I felt cold and alone.

After some more tossing and turning I fell asleep. Little did I know that I would be waking up in a nightmare.

...

I was in the living room. A body covered by a white sheet seemed to be on a metal table. I didn't want to but I was forced to move forward. My hands moved to peel back the sheet and when I did I fell back. It was Jake.

Jake was dead. All pale, still, and oh so cold.

...

I woke up to someone shaking me. Opening my eyes I saw that my bedroom light was on and that Hayley was standing above me with a tear stricken face.

My heart dropped to the floor seeing this. I sat up with the intention of asking what was wrong but she hugged me. Saying how sorry she was. That it wasn't my fault. That there was nothing I could have done.

I pushed her away and stood up. "Hayley what is going on?" I asked ignoring the way my voice broke in the middle. It was a rare thing to see Hayley cry so it had to be something serious.

She put her hands on my shoulders and looked me straight in the eyes.

Nothing could have prepared me for what she said.

"Jake was killed Luna."

My nightmare had become a reality.