Cole Pov
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Rain fell heavily from the sky. Booms of thunder could be heard. Flashes of lightning could be seen in the dark clouds that surrounded New Orleans. The worst of the storm was in the French Quarter. The wind continued to blow rain water around the empty flooded streets.
Walking into the compound had not been a joy like it usually was. No one had called me here but I could sense something was wrong I just didn't know what.
Seeing Elijah talking to Klaus in what looked like the entrance to the library I went over to them to see what exactly was going on. Not knowing could be the difference between life and death, that was just a simple fact. Especially in the world I lived in now.
"Has something happened?" I asked curious to why it was so quiet here. Usually there would be sounds of laughter, and causal chatter. The sound of breakfast being cooked in the kitchen. But there was nothing but the sound of the two brother's quiet talking.
"Do you know Jake, Luna's friend?" Elijah asked after straightening his suit jacket.
Did I know Jake? No, not really. I had seen him a view times. Yesterday when I was warming her up she had told me that her and Jake had been having problems with the kiss and all. Which was totally understandable.
"Why?" I asked and Klaus sighed shifting on his feet. Judging by the dark circles under his eyes he hadn't slept. Elijah looked the same; worn down, tired, somber facial expressions. Something bad had happened.
"Jake was killed last night."
My heart dropped. Not for me but for Luna. Losing someone you loved and cared about was a painful thing to go through and experience. I should know. Losing Phoebe had almost killed me. If it hadn't been for Madeline I probably would have been dead, and that was the truth.
"How? Where was his body found?"
"We don't know but if I had to guess it was some dark spell. His body was found where Madeline was killed, a secluded warehouse by the docs." Said a dark skinned man who I recognized as Marcel.
"How is she?" Asked Klaus stepping forward.
I assumed he was asking about Luna, judging by the worried look on his face.
Marcel shook his head. "All I can say is that she is her mother's daughter."
"What do you mean by that?" I asked even though I had known Madeline that could mean a lot of things.
"I mean she isn't acting normal like anyone else would. From what I've seen she hasn't shed a single tear so-"
"She's bottling it up, just like her mother used to." I said cutting him off and he nodded. Whenever Madeline bottled things up weather they were feelings of jealousy, anger, or sadness they always came out. And the way the came out was explosive, dangerous. It was like a power boost for her magic. Not that she did it on purpose. She did it to avoid getting hurt, to avoid feeling pain. It didn't last forever but it lasted long enough until she was ready to let it all out, and deal with it.
Klaus and Elijah were still confused.
"Bottling it up?" Questioned Klaus looking between the two of us, waiting for an explanation.
"When Madeline lost someone important to her she wouldn't cry, at least not a first. What she would do is bottle it up inside of her. Almost like a ticking time bomb. She was particularly dangerous at this time, mainly because she couldn't control her powers, her magic. Luna must have inherited this from her. Bottling up something inside of you be in grief or sadness doesn't hurt as much when you express it out in the open. If she is doing this it is because she doesn't want to feel the pain of losing him." I said and Marcel nodded agreeing with me.
"I think I know a way to help find out who killed Jake."
"Your not-"
"Yes I am. If it's the only way..."
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Hayley Pov
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Closing the door to my sister's bedroom, I made my way to Cami's.
Something was wrong with her. Her best friend was killed and she wasn't crying. There was this blank lost expression on her face. When ever she talked it was in a softer more quiet tone than she usually used. That combined with the look on her face disturbed me.
Maybe Cami could talk to her, or try to help me understand what was happening.
Luckily I didn't have to knock on the door and wake her up, given the fact that she had ran into me.
"Oh my god, sorry Hayley it's just been a really-"
I nodded and held up my hand not wanting to exchange any small talk. I had to go back home to Jackson to make sure that he was doing okay. Help him with whatever I could, and be there if he needed me to be.
'It's fine Cami would you mind talking to Luna for me she seems a bit off. Normally I wouldn't ask you to do this but I have to get home to Jackson."
She put her hand on my shoulder and nodded. "Of course Hayley what ever I can help you with."
I walked away saying thank you before I did. The rain couldn't have been more cold, the wind couldn't have blown any harder to make this day sadder than it already was.
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Cami Pov
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Making my way to Luna's room wasn't far, though it had felt like forever.
Her room was silent, in fact the only sounds that could be heard was the rain and the wind. I had expected to hear sobbing, crying at least. But there was nothing.
Walking into her room I was surprised to find it a mess. Usually it was clean, spotless. Today this was not the case.
Papers were scattered on the floor, along with maps. A dagger was in her hands seeing me she quickly put it in her back pocket. Looking her up and down I saw that she wasn't dressed to stay in, but to go out. Despite this awful weather we were having.
Now that I thought about it she looked different, dangerous. Black ripped jeans, black v-neck long sleeve button front, black converse, and a black jacket that she had just now slipped on. I noticed that the heart necklace she wore around her neck was gone, which was odd.
She always wore it.
Maybe she wore it because she wasn't coming back? But where could she be going?
"Luna what are you doing?" I asked calmly. She sighed pulling her long dark curly air up into a pony tail. Not a single curl was out of place. She had somehow managed to pull it all back, when normally it seemed impossible.
She smirked but it didn't reach her eyes like it normally did. Her eyes weren't green, but this dark stormy gray color. It seemed that her mood had merged with the weather that was going on outside. Her eyes were teary. Like she was on the verge of crying but hadn't. At least not yet.
"Going out." She said walking to move past me.
I grabbed a hold of her arm stopping her.
"It's storming like crazy, where exactly are you trying to go?" I asked wanting to know her motivation.
"There is something I have to do." Replied Luna still turned away from me.
I took a deep breath readying myself.
"Look I understand that this is a very difficult time for you but don't go out and do something you'll regret..."
Finally she turned. I could read the expression on her face. Anger, and a lot of it. That's why I had stopped talking. Seeing the look on her face had startled me.
"Figuring out who killed Jake is not something I would regret. And when I do figure out who did I will show them a fate worse than death."
Whoa that was a little extreme. I couldn't really picture Luna as a killer. I know Jake wouldn't have wanted her to do something like that.
"Killing is not the answer-"
"I never said I was going to kill them. That would be to easy, and so what if I did? Jake would have done the same for me. I loved him, he was my best friend. We had just made up to, and now he's gone. There's nothing I can do, I can't bring him back. The least I can do is find out who his killer is and make them pay for what they took away from me." She said cutting me off. She broke down a little bit. Tears escaped her eyes but before I could say anything she shook my hand off of her arm and turned to wipe them away.
Taking deep shaky breaths, trying to calm herself. Judging by her quivering figure it wasn't working.
"Luna do you want me to get Klaus maybe he-"
"No." She cut me off sharply. I felt the need to shrink down when she sent me a glare that had been just as sharp as when she had said "No."
She winced seeing my facial expression. She must have thought she had hurt me. I was really just trying to understand how she was feeling, and why she was acting so abnormal.
She wiped her eyes to try and stop the tears from coming, but they wouldn't let up. They just kept coming.
"He can't see me like this." Her words soft like a warm blanket, contrast to the sharpness of the edge of the dagger in her pocket.
"Damon-"
"No this is something I have to do by myself."
"This isn't something you have to do alone. I'll go with you." I said cutting her off she was going to object but I took her hand in my own.
"I have experience with sneaking out of houses. I used to do it all the time. You need me. No one will ever have to know that we were gone or where we went. It would just be between us."
"You promise?" She asked with an eye brow raised.
"I swear."
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Freya Pov
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News of Jake's death had spread like wild fire. I hadn't seen Luna even though I probably should have. I didn't know weather to offer her my comfort or give her space.
No one knew who had killed him but I had a hunch. A plan was formulating in my mind. Now all I had to do was carry it out.
The first step of my plan was to find my brother Finn. Vincent was the name of the body he was currently residing. Apparently thisVincentGriffithwas a powerful witch. Maybe he could help me get Rebekah back into her body. In exchange I would put Finn back into his original body, leaving Vincent's bodyhisagain.
The second step of my plan was to find Eva, (I was still working on that part).
The third and final step to my plan is to remove Rebekah's soul and conscious out of Eva's body, and place it in to her original one. And as for Eva after Rebekah was safely inside of her own body I was going to hand her straight over to Luna. Let her get some of that sweet revenge.
"You called Freya, is something wrong?" Asked the voice of my father.
"No nothings wrong there's just something I need you to do for me."
"Maybe another time Freya there is much work to be done-"
"I need you to find Finn. I need him if my plan is going to work."
"Plan?" He questioned a frown on his face.
"Yes my plan to put my family back together and help a friend in need. Here's the address." I said handing him a slip of paper that had directions to my brother's current hideout.
He read the paper over before looking up at me. "I am guessing you want him alive?"
"You guessed right."
Two hours passed since Mikeal had left to go and hunt Finn down. I was beginning to get worried. I was also begging to wonder if I would have to go get Elijah when he came in.
He had Finn slung over his shoulder, he looked bloody, and he wasn't moving which worried me further.
"I thought I made it clear that I needed him alive." I said as he set Finn or should I sayVincentdown.
"He is alive just unconscious don't fret Freya, all is well. I'm assuming that you need Finn's original body."
I allowed myself a small smile glad to have accomplished a part of my plan though as small as it might be.
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Kol Pov
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As soon as I found out about Jake I wanted to go and comfort Luna but Davina stopped me. Saying that I should give her some space. It had been eight hours now, surely that was enough space.
Davina was out cold. Drained completely of energy after crying.
Now that she was asleep, no one could stop me from attempting to comfort my best friend.
I sped out of the room that Davina and I shared and into Luna's. I was surprised that the door wasn't locked. Her room was a mess. Papers lay on the floor. Judging by the unfinished latin these spells were a work in progress. Maps on the floor, specifically of the docs. If I remember that was where his body was found. A warehouse by the docs.
Feeling the blood leave my face I yelled out my brother's names.
In no time they were there behind me.
"Where is Luna?" Asked Klaus his voice quiet.
I ran my hands threw my hair, feeling my stress level go up at the sound of my best friends name.
"I don't know I came in to comfort her and I found this." I said gesturing to the papers and maps on the floor, on the bed, and on the dresser.
"Don't worry yourselves I know where she is." Cole said his arms crossed over his chest. He had a small smile on his face.
That made me mad. Why was he smiling? There was no reason to bloody smile. Jake had been murdered and my best friend was out there, somewhere in a lot of pain.
"Why are you smiling? Do you get a kick out of people in pain who go missing?"
He shook his head. "Luna is proving to be more and more like her mother. All of you thought that she was going to sit here in her room knowing, that the person who killed her best friend is still out there?"
Elijah sighed picking up a small dagger off of her dresser.
"Well I had hopes."
"Earlier you mentioned finding out who Jake's killer is. Can Luna-"
"Luna is our only hope of finding out who killed him." Cole said, cutting Elijah off.
"So what we just allow her to go out alone?" Klaus angrily asked, finally speaking up for the first time in minutes. His face seemed particularly pale like all of the color had been drained out of it. I wouldn't be surprised it I looked like him.
"She is already out and she's not alone. I can sense it."
"So what do we just sit here and wait?" I asked when my brothers failed to.
Cole sighed, the smile wiping itself off of his face. "It's the only thing we can do. When she is ready to come home she will."
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Luna Pov
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The journey to the warehouse was to be as expected.
Cold, wet, and miserable.
The warehouse by the docs was secluded which took a while to find. But eventually we did. It was Cami who pointed it out. I guess it was good that she came after all. The building was cold, possibly even colder than the outside.
Blood was on the floor and the walls.
So much blood. The smell was overwhelming. It flooded my senses, even holding my breath wouldn't have stopped the smell.
I wasn't a queasy person. I've had blood on my hands before, I had killed people (of course to defend myself and because way back when the witches made me).
Knowing that this was Jake's blood, my best friend's blood made me feel sick. I felt uneasy, that I was in the place where he had been killed. Where he took his last breath. None of these feelings could overpower the anger, the rage I felt.
I wasn't crying because I was sad about Jake.
I was crying because I was mad that he was gone. I couldn't bring him back. I couldn't turn back the clock of time. I couldn't save him.
Mad that someone had hurt him, killed him. Mad that the person who killed my best friend was likely in Quarter.
But who would have hated Jake enough to kill him? So many unanswered questions.
Sure him and Klaus had there ups and downs but last night they had made up. Klaus had even let him take me out.
To anyone else this wasn't anything big when in reality it was. Klaus had put his trust in Jake, I know it couldn't have been easy for him to do but he did it anyway.
Everything was starting to turn good. Then I had that dream, that nightmare. Then Hayley woke me up. Now I was here with Cami, awake in my nightmare that had unfortunately become reality.
Knowing that this wasn't a dream, that this was real must have been why I couldn't stop the hot tears coming out of my eyes.
Cami reached down and grabbed my hand squeezing it gently.
There wasn't a smile on her face, but she had a determined expression on her face. This couldn't have been easy on her. I knew right now I wasn't the easiest person to be around right now but she was here with me. A dozen other things she could have been doing but here she was. Soaked due to the rain and cold because of the bone chilling wind.
I cleared my throat. Pushing back the heat against my eyes. Ihadto keep it together. I had to do this for him. I could break down later, Ineededto keep my calm now.
After deep breathing I turned to Cami. "Thank you for being here with me Cami, I'm glad your here. I don't think I would be able to do this alone."
She smiled nodding. "Your stronger then you know. Don't let what your feelings tell you otherwise."
I nodded and dropped her hand and began walking around the large building. Avoiding the blood and water. Running my hands along the cold walls trying to get that spark. The electrical shock that would go through me once I got a premonition.
My heart pounded in my chest as I thought about what exactly I would see.
Seeing my best friend get killed was not something I wanted to witness, ever. This wasn't about what Iwanted, this was about whatneededto be done.
I had to find out who killed him. For Jake, for Jackson, for Mary, for Hayley, the pack, and for me.
"Not that I'm in a rush to do anything or go anywhere but how do premonitions work?" Cami asked pulling me out of the daze I had been in.
Before she spoke I had been completely focused on having a premonition, trying to force one. I remember my mother telling me that I couldn't force them. That they would have to come naturally.
I didn't have the time or patience for natural.
"They sometimes come to me in dreams. Other times they just happen spontaneously. Rarely I can touch something or someone and then I'll see. Sometimes there's just flashes. There is always this shock that goes through me. It doesn't necessarily hurt, it just jolt's me." I said and Cami nodded jumping, startled by the sound of the door to the warehouse opening and slamming shut.
Cami opened her mouth to say something but I mentioned for her to keep quiet.
There was a popping sound, and two figures appeared. There faces were covered in scars. Bumps and warts covered their faces along with their taloned hands. Thin lips stretched over sharp dagger like teeth. Their flesh was orange in color and had the strange smell of rotten flesh. They looked like some low budget horror movie monsters.
"What are those?" Cami asked stepping back to stand beside me. Her eyes wide and an expression of horror on her face. She saw them to. Well there goes the idea that I was hallucinating.
This was not good. I could feel it.
My senses were high, higher than they usual. I could tell that they were because of how tense I had become, and by how I zeroed in on every little thing.
"I don't know,demons."
The six lettered word slipped from my mouth, as if it was a normal.
They started clicking looking at one another. I guess they were talking.
They hadn't looked over at us yet so maybe we still had a chance.
I grabbed Cami's arm and began to walk the both of us back. We had almost made it to behind one of the large boxes but one of us stepped on a piece of glass.
The noise startled us and the demons. They started clicking at a rapid pace. Not as themselves but at me and Cami as they sauntered in our direction.
As they got closer I tried to use my telekinesis. But no matter how hard I tried, nothing happened. This was not the time for my powers to not work.
I touched my wrist wincing. Remembering the bracelet Cole got me wasn't there. I hand't put it on today. I didn't have my phone on me. I couldn't call Klaus or Elijah.
I reached in my pocket, remembering the dagger I had put in there.
Throwing the dagger at them wouldn't be smart. Even if the dagger managed to find it's target there were two, not one.
There was a breeze I turned around to see Cole and Marcel standing behind us.
"Duck!" Yelled Marcel and I pulled Cami to the ground before she could object.
I looked up just in time to see Cole throw an energy ball. Judging by the hissing and sizzling sounds he had hit the demons.
"What in the hell were those?" Marcel asked turning to Cole after he had helped Cami and I up from the ground.
"Demons, but we can get to that later. Luna we know why your here."
Guilt started to build up in my chest. Without Cole and Marcel here Cami and I could have been in a lot of trouble.
"Your not in trouble if you were wondering. Leaving was the best thing you could do for Jake and for yourself." Cole said putting a comforting hand on my shoulder. Who knew that the Source of All Evil could be warm?
"Which is why I'm giving you this."
He said as he handed me a dagger, very unlike the one I had.
It's blade was crooked, black gems were encrusted in the handle. It felt heavy in my hand before I could ask why he had given this to me. I felt that familiar shock go through me.
Everyone around me turned blurry. I could faintly hear Cami and Marcel saying my name and Cole telling them to be quiet.
There was a flash and I saw Jake on the floor, bloody. Someone a girl over him. She turned around and reached behind her, grabbing the dagger that I know had in my hands and stabbed it in his chest. Repeatedly. He couldn't move, he was in chains. His screams got louder, and the blood kept flowing. I could feel his pain as the dagger went in and out, and in and out. The girl stood after what had seemed like forever. I recognized her face, Rebekah? No Eva.
Eva had killed my best friend. Eva had tortured him mercilessly.
I was thrusted back into reality. I let the dagger slip from my hands. Feeling disgusted. Flinching when it clattered loudly to the ground.
Seeing someone die was an awful thing. Seeing someone you loved, being killed, murdered was a thousand times worse. What a terrible power to have. Seeing things like this. That look on his face, the sound of his last plea, his last breath was going to haunt me forever.
Knowing who killed Jake didn't make me feel better or give me closure.
Infact knowing Eva did it made me feel worse.
She had done this to get to me, to hurt me, and possibly break me.
Eva was desperate to get my powers, killing Jake had proved this fact.
The question was, who was going to be next?
Chris my brother, Davina, Josh, Damon, Caroline, Hayley, Klaus???
I allowed myself to put my hands in my hair pulling at it. Trying to regain control of my mind and my emotions. I could feel myself losing it. It didn't matter if I closed my eyes or not I could still see it, hear it, him.
Jake.
Screaming, withering, riving in pain as Eva relentlessly stabbed him. Chanting the spell that she had invented just for my pain. The one that made you feel like you were on fire on the inside. I swear I could see a smile on her face. She enjoyed killing him. She liked it, loved it even.
Eva was the very definition of evil and because, me Rebekah were in her grasp.
I gasped clutching my chest with both hands. I could still feel his pain. It was hard to breathe. It felt like something heavy was on my chest, slowly suffocating me. Almost like I was drowning. The lost feeling began dawning on me. My hands had begun to shake, my legs to. It felt like every inch of my body was vibrating. Tears had already made their way past my eyes and onto my face.
"Luna is there something I can do to?" Asked Cole's quiet voice.
I allowed myself to be pulled into a hug by the Source of All Evil himself.
He rubbed soothing circles on my back.
"Take me home."
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Elijah Pov
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The four of them came in soaked head to toe.
One stood out among the rest.
Luna.
Perhaps it was because she was dressed in all black.
Perhaps it was the fact that there was dried blood on her clothes.
Perhaps the look of utter despair and tears on her face was enough to draw wandering eyes.
Without looking over I could feel my brother tense up. Kol and Davina went to comfort her. She stood still as they hugged her. Not returning it.
After they released her she walked past them, not paying attention to my brother and I as she made her way upstairs. Running a little as she did, not looking back.
"Did she figure it out?" Asked Kol curiousness in his voice.
"Yes and before any of you ask no, I don't know. And no one is to ask, when she's ready to talk she will but until then leave her alone. Give her space. From what I could tell she just stopped herself from having a anxiety attack. It won't take much to set her off again." Cole said and I nodded agreeing with him. Giving her space seemed like the best thing to do. Even if my brother didn't like the idea of staying away from her.
"Jake is alive he just woke up." Said the voice of Hayley.
Klaus rose from his chair, the glass of blood that had been in his hands lay forgotten.
"How is that possible?" I asked.
"I gave him my blood the other day. He had gotten into a fight. Where is he?"
"Here at the compound if I had to guess Luna's room. How is she by the way?"
"Not great." Klaus said leaving the room. I was sure that if I took a guess at where he was going I would be right.
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Jake Pov
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Making my way to Luna's room I tried to predict what her reaction would be? What she would say? Would she be happy to see me?
The door to her room was closed which was a surprise to me. I knocked three different times nothing.
I opened the door against my better judgement.
Her room was clean like usual.
It wasn't hard to find her. She had her knees up to her chest. Her dark curly hair down going past her shoulders. Hiding her face from view. She was wearing pajama bottoms and a t shirt. Maybe that's why she was shaking, because she was cold. But then why was she making those sharp gasping sounds. Like she was trying to catch her breath from crying so hard.
"Luna." I said trying to get her attention.
She looked up. Instead of her face breaking into a smile like I had expected, she just stared. Her eyes and cheeks were red. Telling me that my suspensions were correct, she had been crying.
Crying for me. Normally I would feel good knowing that she cared. But seeing her like this brought me no joy. I didn't like seeing her in this way.
Luna then laughed.
Which shocked me.
"Oh great. I'm hallucinating, who's gonna be next my dead mother." She said getting off of her bed. Walking to me tilting her head to the side.
"For an hallucination you look pretty real."
I put my hand on her shoulder causing her to shake her head.
"You even feel real." She said softly, frowning as she did.
"Luna I am not a hallucination. I'm standing right in front of you." I said and her eyes widened.
"Wow I really am going crazy. Klaus!"
In seconds just like when she always called him he was there. A worried look on his face. He glanced at me for a brief second before turning back to her.
"I can't use my powers. I feel like I am losing my mind and now I'm seeing Jake in my room and he's talking to me-"
"Luna, love take deep breaths."
I agreed with what he said. Not the love part, but she needed to take deep breaths, she was almost panting. Thanks to my new hybrid senses, I could hear the fast beat of her heart. Which made me nervous.
After a while of deep breathing he started talking again.
Using soft tones I've never heard him use before.
"You are not losing your mind, and you are not crazy. I gave Jake my blood the other day, he's in transition."
Her eyes widened and she looked over at me, then back to Klaus again.
"He's real?" She said not speaking above a whisper.
Klaus nodded and before he could say anything she pulled me in for a hug. Her long damp curly hair pushing up against my chest.
I happily hugged back happy that I was being seen real, and not as an hallucination.
Luna was the best huger.
I've talked to Aiden, Josh, and Davina about it and even they've agreed.
Whenever she hugs you it's always so warm and you just feel good even after she pulls away the feeling always lingers. You always feel at peace almost. For example I could be mad about something Oliver did and she would hug me to comfort me. I don't think she's ever smelled so good before. Almost mouthwatering, I held my breath, and clenched my jaw pushing her away.
The last thing I wanted was to feed on my best friend and likely kill her. Though the idea of feeding on her blood was appealing.
"Please tell me that your not going to say that your not going to drink blood because you don't want to be a hybrid. I don't care how much you hate it or don't like it. I need my best friend."
Klaus then appeared back into the room. A cup of red liquid sloshing inside.
Luna stepped back looking between him and me.
Klaus handed me the cup of his blood. Once I drunk it I would officially be a hybrid. I would live forever, drinking blood bags, and bourbon for the rest of my life.
I didn't want to live forever. I wanted to have a family one day, maybe not with Luna, but with someone I met. Someone who loved me almost as much as I loved them.
She wasn'ttheonefor me. As much as I hated to admit that fact it was true. She was someone else's and I had to learn to respect that. I had to be grateful that she loved me enough to call me her friend, her best friend. That she loved me at all. I wasn't blind I knew I wasn't the easiest person to love.
I wanted to decline the glass of Klaus' blood. But then I saw her face, her eyes. It was like she was looking right through me.Silently pleading.
I shifted my feet uncomfortable at the silence and how she was looking at me.
"Don't look at me like that Luna."
She tilted her head to the side and somehow intensified it.
"Damnit." I said as I brought the glass of blood to my mouth. Well aware that my life was going to change forever. I wasn't sure if it was a good or a bad change but things were going to be different.
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Chris Pov
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Everything was going well in San Francisco. I was almost done tracking down all the demons trying to kill my friend. After that I was done, going to the compound to be with my sister.
I decided that now would be a good time to check up on her. Earlier Cole had called telling me that I needed to get my ass down to the compound because Luna's best friend had died. I told him that I was in the middle of something which I had been. It's not that I didn't want to comfort my sister in her time of pain but first I had to help someone important to me. Over the days we had brief conversations on the phone. I would apologize and she would say that it's fine. I even told Cole that but that seemed to displease the Source of All Evil even more.
I told my dad where I was going before orbing to the compound to be specific, outside of Luna's room.
Looking in I saw her and that Jake boy. The one who was supposed to be dead.
They looked to be in a deep conversation.
Frowning I saw her cry, but what confused me was the smile on her face.
I cleared my throat causing both of them to turn and look at me.
"What's with the crying?" I asked as I wrapped my arms around her. I wasn't much of a huger but it felt like the right thing to do.
"I'm happy." She said after pulling away.
I smiled happy to that she wasn't in pain, hurt, or scared.
"Isn't he supposed to be dead?" I asked and the Jake boy stepped forward. Straightening up.
"I'm a hybrid now, and it's nice to meet you." He said holding his hand out.
The handshake was firm, and friendly.
"I'm Luna's brother, Chris." I said.
During our exchange Luna was to the side watching the whole thing a small smirk on her face. It was then that I noticed how tired she looked.
That drew me away from Jake.
"When is the last time you slept?" I asked and before Luna could answer Jake did.
"Oh didn't you know Chris. Luna and sleep don't really get along well. On a good day she sleeps five to six hours. And let me tell you last night was not a good day and she's been up ever since."
Luna slapped Jake light on the arm. "Jake."
He shrugged smiling. "What?! I just answered his question!"
We spent hours just talking. Well it was mainly me and Jake Luna would occasionally jump in but mainly she just kept quiet. I was secretly hoping that she would fall asleep. But apparently my plans didn't exactly correlate with hers.
She stood grabbing an over-sized gray sweater and putting it on over her tank top. She then resorted to let her hair down, and out of the bun it had been. Cole was right and it really did look like our mother's hair. Except not as dark. The only reason I knew that was because of the pictures.
"Hey where are you going?" Jake asked before I could.
"To see someone." She replied.
I raised my eye brows curious, who could she want to see at this hour.
"In the compound." She said after a few more seconds of silence.
"Luna it's almost three in the morning, I'm sure that almost everyone is asleep."
She shook her head. "Not everyone."
Then she left closing the door quietly behind her.
"So do you have any idea who killed you?" I asked after we got done talking about my sister. All good things of course. Her favorite movies, hobbies, likes, dislikes, favorite foods.
"I have no idea. It's like I told Luna, everything was blurry. Occasionally there would be this unbearable burning pain in my chest. Mostly I remember being stabbed repeatedly..."
I nodded feeling sorry that he had to go through that.
"How long have you had feelings for my sister?"
He blanched. "What? How? I mean- but I didn't-"
I held up a hand cutting him off. Instead of feeling over protective I found it all pretty amusing. The look on his face was priceless.
"How long?" I asked and he sighed.
"Since the first day we met. She knows but she doesn't feel the same way. After me pushing and her wanting space I decided that I wanted her in my life. So I gave up deciding to just be her friend, and that's all she's ever wanted is to be friends nothing more. Before I didn't see that, but I do now."
I nodded satisfied with what he said. That was one less guy I was going to have to protect my sister from.
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Klaus Pov
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I was walking the hallways of the compound thinking at who could have killed Jake. Luna knew at least that's what Cole said, but I'm not sure she was up to sharing. She probably wasn't even awake right now.
Unfortunately when I rounded the corner I wasn't paying attention because I knocked someone down.
A familiar fragrance filled the room.
"Love are you hurt? I'm sorry I wasn't paying attention-"
She shook her head as I helped her up. "I'm okay and I was looking for you anyway. I have to talk to you."
Kol then appeared behind her. "Sorry to interrupt Luna but my brother's presence is required for a meeting. Marcel would like to introduce the original hybrid to the new vampires. Put fear into them and all that."
Luna huffed, sounding oddly frustrated, which surprised me. "Well I need him more."
"Surely it can wait."
"It really can't."
"Well what is it about?"
"I can't tell you."
"Luna can't you play with my brother another time?"
"Play, how is talking playing Kol. This is serious. This is about life and death."
"Life and death is pretty serious so I'll let you take him just don't keep him long. Bye now." Kol walked off disappearing in the direction he came.
"So what is so serious?" I asked after walking her to my room.
"Eva. She's the one who killed Jake. I saw it and felt it. Every burn every cut. She also gave my parents' location to Abbraxas, did I mention that my powers aren't working. I'm sorry if I'm rambling and you can go to the meeting if you would like I just needed-"
I grabbed her shoulders causing her eyes to widen. "I don't care about the new meetings you and your thoughts are more important. Don't you ever question that. Politics, meetings, parties they mean nothing to me compared to you."
Thinking before one speaks is vital. Thinking be for one speaks in front of the person you had feelings for was even more so. I just got so worked up and felt the need to tell her how important she was to me, how much she meant, what she was worth. Other times I could help it, but times like these I couldn't.
"Thank you for talking to me, and just being here. I know he hasn't said it so I will. Thank you for saving my best friends life."
Before I could think of a reply she wrapped her arms around my neck.
Usually when she hugged me it was around my torso but this was different. Not that I minded, I would take a hug from her anyway.
I found this particular way cute. She was standing on her tippy toes.
Luna wasn't short but I was taller than her. So I enjoyed seeing her try to reach something. I would of course get whatever she was trying to.
I couldn't resist the opportunity to put my head on her neck.
The scent coming off of her skin was almost intoxicating. So much so that I wouldn't mind breathing it in every minute of every day of forever. It was her, all her. She was so unique. No one I have ever met smelled like her. That's one of the things that made her so much more special. It was floral or fruity, her aroma wasn't really something I could explain. At times I found her scent to be comforting. All the nights she had slept in my room, in my bed had been the best nights of sleep I've had in all my years of life. When she was with me I wasn't alone. The best part was even after she left her scent, her fragrance never left. It lingered, but as time went on it grew faint before eventually completely disappearing. I had thought of lending her one of my jackets and then getting it back. That way I could wear it all the time maybe her scent was stay longer. Maybe that was going to far. I didn't know. At this point I was so far gone.
I desperately wanted to run my fingers through her curls. To feel them how soft they were. Watch as they bounced back when I pulled one down. I was somehow able to resist the urge partly because I had locked my arms around my waist. Not tight enough to hurt her, just enough to stop myself.
"I love you."
It's been exactly five days, sixteen hours, and forty minutes since the last time I told her that I loved her.
I didn't want to say it everyday because then she might think I'm weird or something's up. But when I did tell her I waited for the right moment. But ever since the first night I said it to her and every night after that I had meant it. I did love her, with everything in me. I tried to project that in my words as much as possible to let her know that she was loved. If not by anyone else then by me. But I couldn't give to much away either. My feelings for her had to be kept under lock and key. Few knew, but of those few was not Luna. I trusted her of course, with my life, Hope's life. But some things she couldn't know, and this was one of them. It was easier saying it without looking at her, then I wouldn't be as tempted to kiss her.
"I love you too."
If she only knew how she made me feel, saying those four words to me. I felt special, extraordinary, giddy even. She could have been with Jake and her brother. Yet she was here with me, in my room, at three o'clock in the morning. Because she wanted to talk to me. She loved me, maybe it wasn't in the same way that I loved her but I suppose loving me one way was better than not loving me at all.
One day, though it seemed that day kept being pushed further away, I was going to tell her everything. But most importantly, my love for her.
