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1 Year later - Mia's POV
It had been a year. A year since I saw my love, my family and home. I sat in that forest and watched the sun rise and set before seeing the beauty in the sky as the sun turned everything a burning orange and purple before a velvet blue with spotted stars enraptured me.
The mere simplicity of it had me.
I had lived so little. Klaus had opened me up to a few new experiences along with meeting his family which I then included as my own, then there was Kol... I knew he searched for me. We were, after all mates, I could feel the bond there despite not seeing him in a year. The first thing I did when I came out of my trance was make a plan, a choice to leave. Not forever just to make up my mind about things, come to terms with the last year.
So I ran to Chicago. I truly loved it there when Klaus had kidnapped me, the lights, glamor and atmosphere was simply stunning. I also knew of one of Klaus's safe houses where he had said I could use whenever in need. Shortly after arriving I had him at the front door, with Caroline. Both hugged me.
FLASHBACK
A sharp knock alerted me to someone at the front door making me freeze. The house was in the middle of the woods just off the outskirts of Chicago, the only person in theory who knew about it was Klaus.
Opening the door revealed exactly him, and a bubbly bouncing blonde who knocked me over in a flourish of movements.
"Mia! I am so happy you are ok! Klaus and the others told me and Abby what happened when they returned. I can't believe this. Are you ok? Why did you run?" Caroline spurted in one breath as Klaus shut the front door and helped us both up, as he helped me up he yanked me into his arms for a bear hug almost exhaling in relief.
"I.. I am handling this... I don't know what to do. This is too much and I can't handle facing everyone yet - I thought running would make me feel more level headed. Turns out the sun rose and set showed me the beauty in the world that I just had not seen so I wanted to come somewhere neutral and recalibrate my mind almost to gather myself and know myself before returning..." I murmured as we all absent mindedly walked into the living room.
It was a small country house with 2 stories, 3 bedrooms and 2 baths all rustic and most likely built over 200 years ago and just updated every now and then. As you entered the house it led straight into a large open floor plan, the main of the room had 2 large 3 seat sofas in front of a large fireplace that dominated the far wall. A kitchen covered the wall and island to the left of the front door as you pass a small coat cupboard and to the right was a small study area which was made up with bookshelves which were built into the staircase.
"Well I understand why but do you really think this is the best way to go about it? No hunting practice, no help or anything and yet you were just going to ... what?" Klaus started dominating a sofa to himself as his arms stretched along the back.
"I don't know! I just wanted to think without Kol trying to helicopter around me..." I said as my tears dripped down my cheeks.
"It's ok. He will understand." Caroline murmured, brushing my tears away. "He loves you and you both have eternity. Take the time you need to adjust, he should know how it feels, they all do." She continued as she straightened looking at Klaus who looked in thought.
"How about me and Caroline staying... say a month? I found the hikers, they are your last feed I assume?" At my shamed nod he continued. "Well we need to teach you hunting, did you burn in the sun? You say you saw it rise and set but I could only smell you in the area before you came here?" He queried.
"I didn't burn, I just laid there in the grass and watched the world pass...Did they have a family or ...?" I asked guilty.
"They were wanted by the police, do not fret they were wanted for drug trafficking and sexual assault. You found them and they both had guns on their corpses, they were due to meet a drug dealer there but were found by police dogs instead. At the investigation a drug supplier was found in the immediate area on his way for a trade so you stopped a large part of the underground criminals." Klaus started nonchalantly trying to get to the main issue.
"Oh.." I felt less guilty.
"Now, I suggest we help you for a month. You can stay here, you can have one of my spare alias bank accounts and IDs, no problem and you can have a list of my homes around the world along with the numbers to my private jets and transportations should you want to travel the world also." Klaus listed off as my jaw dropped.
"I can't let you-" I started.
"Yes. You can, you are family and I look after family anyway I can." He cut me off with a look that stated no arguments.
CURRENT TIME
True to his and Carolines words, they - well he mainly taught me. How to hunt, hide my tracks, how to defend myself from hunters etc. Thankfully it was all easy once I grasped the hang of it. The only thing that annoyed me was the heightened emotions that still caught me off guard but it was simply a matter of adjusting.
Finally I think I am ready, they all know I am alive and well as Klaus had gotten me a phone that had a untrackable feature so nobody could find me, Bekah and me had spoken the most - I spoke with Abby too as we both were at a similar pace of learning but I had a intense crash course so to be on my own quicker but it was nice talking to her as she went threw the same things near the same timeline so it felt nice talking with her about the transition.
Ami my adorable little sister was living with Sheriff Forbes after my parents had been found neglectful and raising her in a hostile environment and so Caroline had essentially adopted her under the sheriff's name and so she had her own room at the mansion and was loving life looking after Cotton while I wasn't there, Klaus had been teaching her art and history in my absence but I still spoke to her daily normally when she was on her way home from school or when she called me - no matter what I answered and will protect her, I made sure she was under the best care, I video called her on weekends and we had grown closer from our distance. She was on her way to graduating with the highest honors at the rate she was going and I was so proud of her.
I spoke with Elijah and Finn about my travels and they encouraged me after the big brother speech of how to look after myself and call them if need be. From what I gathered Elijah was traveling with Abby around England at the moment showing her the history around the world, she was loving it and he had announced his interest not long ago much to her pleasure so I can see that going well.
Finn and Sage were living on a private island for a honeymoon type thing to try and get to know one another again.
Bekah was still in Mystic falls trying things with Matt who was opening up to this new world but she was still trying and that was the main thing, Klaus and Caroline were there too going strong. A few months ago the Dopplebitch had a accident with blood in her system and from what I gathered was now in a relationship with both Damon and Stefan who were now getting along a lot better as she had basically outed and said she liked them both to which they compromised on it and they all came to a arrangement type thing I didn't understand but long as they were all happy thats all that mattered.
Kol from what I heard essentially was stalking me, not that I blame him but I could scent and feel him in the area when he was getting close I ran... but not this time. I sat at a small coffee shop in paris as I watched the world go by, the smell of the freshly baked croissants and bitter coffee fermented the air, the sound of people bustling about as the regulars rushed in and out, pigeons running around looking for any crumbs possible to steal.
Ripping a strip of pastry off my almond and honey croissant I threw it to a nearby pigeon that was smaller than the rest, she gobbled it up.
A hand clasped over my shoulder as a inhale behind me enhanced the worry and nervousness emerging at the conversation that was about to happen.
"Finally caught you. I heard it's hard to get but never thought you would take it this far, my love." His smooth honey voice made me tingle.
He walked and sat in the seat next to me nursing the coffee that I ordered for him knowing he was close. Sniffing it he carefully took a sip moaning.
"Haven't had coffee from Paris in many years, still one of the best in the world." He replied making small talk.
"Why did you leave?" He asked after a few minutes of silence.
"I wanted to come to terms with .. me, you, everything and I wasnt ready to face you with fangs and eternity in one evening of fighting and murder..." I started taking a sip of coffee.
"So you didn't take into consideration how I feel?" He replied with barely contained anger.
"Honestly you were the only thing that made me not want to run. But I needed this time to know not only myself but understand everything." I know it wasn't the best answer... but it was all I had.
"And you leaving me, making me see your heart ripped out by a disgusting pig of a man, my mother conspiring to kill us all and thinking you were dead wasn't enough, you then had to run and hide from me?" He growled, snapping the handle of his cup clean off.
"You had it hard but I want- no need time! I had no clue what was happening. I still thought you wanted to leave without me. Our last conversation you told me I quote 'Love is a weakness, you give me strength but I can't have the leverage of you because you can't be mine. Not fully and this is the last night we are to be together. And I wanted to make this memory last.' Why on earth would I have wanted to run back to you after hearing that? I know that Esther was eavesdropping. I remember her telling me but they were the words ringing in my ears the moment I awoke next to my own heart and all I thought was... run. So I did." I sharply snapped back before taking a deep breath.
Silence rang over us as he processed this, I was thinking and the pigeon was awaited by my feet. I fed her the rest of my pastry.
"How is Cotton?" I asked abruptly, I know she was as well as Bekah told me but I wanted him to talk to me like a normal conversation, no matter how little it would last.
"Fine. Mia, I ...I love you, nobody else in the world would I spend a year looking for, I am a killer. I am not perfect nor am I the best in the world - other than looks then I am the most dashing. But for you, I will try to be whoever you want me to be." He uttered almost sadly as I smiled with tears dripping out the corners of my eyes while he looked down at the table dejected.
"I want you to be you. You are not perfect by the world's standards, not at all but you are perfect for me. You make me angry, cry, scream, laugh, smile and tingle all at once and that is love. It's the adrenaline of knowing who you are seeing and just smiling because you're thinking of that one person. That person for me is you, I know I hurt you, you hurt me too and I know we will bicker, shout and scream but all I want at this moment... Is for you to grab me and hold me." I hadn't finished saying hold before I was encased in his warmth. His deep smell made me melt in his arms and I knew. I knew we would be ok. We will fight and make up, travel together and apart, but for now everything is perfect.
And it always will be if he is with me, Always and Forever after all.
The End.
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