Chapter 6:Finn and Sage's wedding
The few remaining days until Finn's wedding went by pretty fast after that.
The black mare had given birth to a cute black male that would turn into a very strong stallion some day. Klaus decided to give it to Elijah and Bella as an engagement gift. The couple was very happy and Klaus taught everything he knew about horses to Bella so she could know how to take care of it.
Bella thought, for a moment, that it was pointless to learn that since she'd be going back to the future soon anyway. She had less than a couple of months ahead of her after all, but she wanted to learn, to fit in. Maybe, once back in the future, Elijah would get her a horse.
When she thought about it, Klaus was turning into her best friend very fast. They told each other a lot and he confided in her that he wanted to be a shape-shifter so he could spend forever with his siblings and, eventually create a family with the girl he would love.
"It's not a bad idea. It was my personal favourite." She told him when he announced it to her.
"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked her.
"Because I thought you needed to make your own decision without anyone influencing you." She answered him.
"Maybe you're right, I just hope I won't have to be alone forever…" Her friend told her.
"You won't. Someday you will fall in love and you'll have the choice between changing her into a vampire with the help of your siblings or you could stop shifting and be a human with her." Bella answered him.
"How can you be so sure?" He asked her curiously.
"Because I… I'm not sure I can tell you the whole truth but let me tell you one thing: If you really don't meet anyone until I come back, I will introduce you to someone you will like a lot in Mystic Fall's." She answered him with truthful eyes.
"You promise?" he asked with a small smile.
"I give you my word!" She promised in an intense tone before she proceeded in telling him everything she knew about the wolves of La Push.
When she told him about imprinting he asked:
"Do you think I should wait until I imprint or try with the first girl I love?"
"I'm not really sure, I guess finding your Imprint could take a long time… Maybe your mother could do a spell to help you locate her or find at least when she would be born. Then it's your choice if you want to wait or not…" Bella answered him.
When she left him to go do some sewing with Sage and Rebekah, Klaus was very pensive.
Bella spent the next few days working on house laundry with Sage, Esther and Rebekah. Sometimes it was for Sage and Finn, sometimes it was for Bella and Elijah… It was hard for Bella to believe she had been here for only a week, it felt to her like she had been in this town and with these people her whole life. Esther told her it was because she actually belonged there, with them, with Elijah…
There was now two days left before the wedding and Bella had her menstruation so she decided to empty her bag for the first time to get what she needed. She remembered arriving after Caroline, Elena and Bonnie had started packing and she had no idea of what was packed under the pads and the tampons. After putting them away, she saw some silky-like fabric she had never seen in her life and she blushed when she realised it was sexy lingerie. There was a few negligees (one black, one red and one white) as well as 5 pairs of matching underwear. She didn't know why they thought she could use them, especially in this time, and the thought made her blush. Looking at the white negligee, she realised it would be a bit too big for her, but definitely not for Sage. She grinned: she now had a gift for her friend. As she put the fabric aside, she saw a pretty big box of condoms… She blushed as she thought what it was for. How could her friends have thought about this when they packed her bag? Obviously it was Caroline's idea. What had she been thinking about? That she would arrive in the past and tramp her way into the lives of the people? Crazy! That was the only word she had in mind as she turned the box around and saw "Have fun, Love, Caroline." written on it.
What was she supposed to do with it? Not wanting to think about it, she threw them in the fire and went back to the room to wrap the small piece of fabric for her friend, hoping she wouldn't find indecent to use it.
When the day of the wedding finally arrived, everyone was getting ready for the ceremony and Bella was with Sage, helping her putting her dress on.
"How are you feeling?" Bella asked Sage.
"Really well." Sage replied in a pretty calm voice.
"So you're ready then?" Bella asked her.
"Are you kidding me? I was born ready!" Sage nodded with a soft smile at the thought of finally being married to Finn.
"You're beautiful!" Bella complimented the bride.
"And to think next week is your turn!" Sage exclaimed, hugging Bella close to her.
"Don't bring that up now or I'll start stressing out, I still have a whole week before I have to start stressing." Bella giggled.
"I have a little something for you…" Bella added as she took the present out of her dress pocket.
"What is it?" Sage asked her.
"It's a little wedding present… In the future, women wear this to seduce their husband…" Bella answered as Sage opened the present.
She took it out of the paper and spread it in front of her to get a better look.
"I'm supposed to wear it?" Sage asked with a small blush.
"Well, you don't have to wear it if you think it's indecent. A friend of mine packed a few things like that in my bag, I don't know why but anyway… I thought you'd like it…" Bella explained with a blush.
"It's pretty and I think that as long as we are inside our home and alone when I wear it this won't be indecent…" Sage smiled as she examined the fabric a bit.
It was made of two pieces. The first was a silky dress with small shoulder straps. The second piece was made of white lace and covered it all. The ensemble showed the top of her breasts and covered her legs if she stood. However the silky part opened up to her tights on one side.
"I'm sure Finn will love it!" Sage concluded as she hugged Bella to thank her and put it with the bag of things that would be brought to her house during the feast.
"Okay, everyone is ready we just need the bride now!" Sage's father exclaimed before he poked his head inside the room to see if the two young women were ready.
"In a minute Father. Just one more minute please…" Sage asked him as Bella helped her put some old and blue necklace on.
The dress was new and she wore a bracelet she had borrowed from her mother.
Bella walked to her place and looked as Sage walked with her father, slowly, toward her future husband. The ceremony was sweet and lovely and when it was done, the friends and families of the new couple were invited to a big feast they had prepared for a long time.
Bella was next to Elijah and she had a really good time. However, she was deep in thought the whole time. She couldn't help but think about her own ceremony the next week.
"What is bothering you my love?" Elijah asked Bella as they danced slowly among the other couples.
"I was just thinking about our own ceremony next week, I won't have my mother's jewellery or my father to walk me down the alley…" Bella told him sadly.
"I'm sorry, I wish there was a solution… I would do anything to have you happy Bella." He answered, just as sadly as her.
"Don't worry it's just a little nostalgia, I'll be fine. I'm sure I'll find someone to walk me down the alley…" Bella shook her head with a small smile.
"My father would probably love to do it…" Elijah suggested with a soft smile before he kissed her on the cheek.
"Yeah… Our ceremony will be smaller though right?" Bella asked with worry.
"Yes, that's what you told mother you wanted, right?" He asked her as they watched the newly married couple dancing.
"Yes, it is, I was just checking. We will always be able to have a bigger one when I come back in my present, to celebrate our reunion." Bella suggested.
"Great idea Love. This way your parents and your friends will all be present too." Elijah replied with a smile.
"Yes, I hope it will be in a long time because right now I have absolutly no idea of how I will tell them. My mother doesn't believe in marriage before you're thirty and my father would just freak out…" Bella told him with a chuckle.
"I'm sure you're exaggerating." Elijah chuckled with her.
"Not as much as you think. You might have to use compulsion to get them to agree…" She told him before they joined Finn and Sage to dance on the soft music some villagers were playing.
"I feel like I should warn you, I'm not a good dancer…" Bella told Elijah as they stepped among the other dancing couples.
"Don't worry, I won't let you fall." He replied with a smile.
"You should be worried about your feet." She warned him with real worry, making him laugh.
Of course nothing happened. They were made for each others and he was leading her well.
She danced with Elijah until Henrik asked for a dance. Smiling, she accepted and danced with the younger Mickealson until Mickeal cut in. He was followed by Kol, then Klaus. After Klaus, Elijah cut back in, getting tired of not being able to dance with his own fiancée.
"Could we sit down for a while? My feet are starting to hurt…" Bella asked him.
"Of course Love." He agreed as he led her toward their previous seats.
The whole town had been invited for the big occasion and Tatia Petrova seemed to really want to "score" with one of the Mickealson sons. She looked furious when Klaus walked past her and invited another girl to dance. She then tired to flirt with Kol who ignored her and changed seats. Bella chuckled when she saw this and when Elijah asked her what was so funny she showed him.
"Klaus really liked her… He is trying very hard to listen to your advice." Elijah admitted.
"I know, he told me so, I explained to him she worked for Ayana and it seemed to help him get over her." Bella told Elijah.
"I'm glad the two of you are such good friends." Elijah told her.
"If anyone had told me that once I got here I would come to think of him as my best friend I would have told them they are crazy!" She confessed to her future husband.
"Well, you made sure he turned out different." He told her before planting a soft kiss on her lips.
"Elijah, how nice to see you! It's been a while since we last talked." Tatia greeted, ignoring Bella who was drinking a cup of wine in the seat next to him.
"Tatia…" Elijah greeted her as he put his arm around Bella's waist.
"Oh, Hello Bella, I didn't see you there…" Tatia declared smugly.
"Hello Tatia. I hope you're having a good time today." Bella greeted the woman, trying her best to be nice to her.
"Elijah, I was wondering if you'd dance with me, it looks like Niklaus is busy today." The Petrova girl asked.
"I'm sorry Tatia but I'm busy entertaining my lovely Bella. I'm sure you've heard that we are engaged. We'll marry next week." Elijah told Tatia.
"Oh… Well… You seemed to like spending time with me before she arrived." Tatia reminded him smugly as Bella tensed slightly.
"You mean like when you asked me to come and help you fix things? Or when you flirted with me to make my brother jealous? I don't mean to be rude Tatia but you don't have enough fingers to count the men you like to spend time with, I like my sweet Bella's company much better because I know I'm the only one she's entertaining and that she loves me as much as I love her." Elijah replied, tightening his hold on Bella as she smiled softly.
Tatia looked pissed off and stomped her foot before she walked away.
Bella was worried for Rebekah. Her young friend seemed to be sad tonight and she was obviously fighting tears off. Bella knew now wasn't the right time to ask her what was wrong but she promised herself she would do it later, once they both were alone. Asking her now would just bring attention to the young blond that she might not want.
The rest of the night went by pretty well. Bella stood with the Mickealson's among Sage's family to wave the newly weds off to their new life. Sage hugged Bella before she left and promised her she would tell her how much Finn liked the negligee. Bella smiled to her friend as they entered their new home together.
"Well, next week is your turn Bella!" Esther exclaimed as they all walked back home.
"Don't even mention it yet or I'll start getting nervous way before the right time." She answered, making everyone chuckled.
When Bella went to bed that night, Rebekah looked slightly off and she decided to ask her what was wrong now, so she knew that she wasn't alone, that she had someone to talk to that wasn't her brothers.
"Is there something wrong Bekah? You've looked a little off tonight…" Bella asked her future sister in law.
"It's nothing… I'll be fine…" The blond girl answered, trying hard to be strong.
"You know, I'm not one of your brothers, I won't make fun of you if you cry. I'm ready to listen to anything you have to say, I'm your friend, your sister…" Bella insisted as she sat next to Rebekah who was having a hard time keeping her emotions in.
"It's silly of me to be upset over this…"
"You can tell me anything!" Bella promised her as she gently stroke her back, trying to calm her down.
"There is this boy, he's my age and we practically grew up together… I've been waiting all night for him to ask me to dance with him and when I grew tired of waiting I went to look for him. I wanted to tell him that I liked him more than a friend… but… He was…" Rebekah was crying and now she looked like a lost little girl.
"He was what Rebekah?" Bella asked.
"He was kissing Tatia Petrova!" Rebekah was sounding unconsolable.
Bella had never been a very violent girl but at this moment she knew that if Tatia was to walk in front of her, she would have hit her hard across the face. She was ready to bet that the Petrova girl had chosen this guy especially because he was liked by Rebekah. She wanted to hurt a Mikealson as revenge for not being able to score with one of the sons.
"Tatia is a tramp Rebekah! The only reason men go to her is because she's easy, she'd let anyone have a go at her and if that boy is stupid enough to fall for her charm then maybe he isn't worth it." Bella said, trying to comfort Rebekah the best way she could.
"I really liked him…" Rebekah insisted, still crying.
"I know you did Bekah… Don't worry, I promise you one day you'll meet a man that is worthy of you and your love. A man that will treat you like you're a princess. That man will be the only one worthy of your love." Bella told the blond girl as she snuggled in Bella's side.
They ended up falling asleep together on Rebekah's bed and when Bella woke up the next day, she could hear some of the family was already up. She slowly untangled herself from Rebecca's tight hold, silently hoping that Elijah wouldn't have a hold as tight as his sister's or she'd have a hard time getting out of bed.
Blushing at the thought that she would find out in less than a week, she got ready as silently as she could before she went to the main room.
When she entered, she saw that Esther, Mickeal and Elijah were up. She saw Elijah was about to speak but she motioned for him to keep quiet by putting her finger on her lips until she closed the door.
"Rebekah is still asleep and after the night she had she needs to sleep some more." Bella explained as she kissed Elijah good morning.
"Was she sick?" Mickeal asked with worry as Esther gave her a worried look.
"No… Not really." Bella shook her head softly.
"What's happened Isabella?" Esther asked.
"Last night Rebekah experienced her first real heartbreak." Bella told them in a quiet voice.
"What? Who was it?" Elijah asked as they all sat in front of some breakfast.
"She didn't tell me his name, only that she waited for him to ask her to dance so she could tell him she liked him as more than a friend. She told me they grew up together… Anyway… She was tired of waiting so she went to look for him, to take charge of things and when she found him…" Bella interrupted, wondering how they would react.
"What happened when she found him?" Mickeal asked.
"When she found him, he was kissing Tatia Petrova. And by what she told me, it was obvious that it was about to lead to more than just a few kisses." Bella finished, looking very mad. Esther had to remind Mickeal to stay silent.
"Why didn't she tell us about it last night?" Elijah asked Bella.
"Because you're boys and she probably thought you would have made fun of her for crying. She needed a girl to talk to, and it's never easy to speak with your mother about this sort of things." Bella explained.
"I'm glad she found such a good friend in you Bella." Esther told her, smiling sincerely.
"Thanks…" Bella replied simply.
"Was she really that sad?" Esther asked.
"She cried a good part of the night. She didn't let go of me either, she might be a girl but I can assure you she has a strong hold. I had a hard time breaking free this morning!" Bella answered with a smile.
They went on eating their breakfast quietly.
After a while, Klaus and Kol joined them, soon followed by Henrik. Mickeal asked them to stay quiet and quickly told them why Rebekah was still in her bed. Henrik didn't wait to eat his breakfast and ran outside only to come back 20 minutes later out of breath with a bunch of flowers he had run to pick around the property. He then slipped silently into his sister's room and placed the flowers next to her before going back to the main room to have breakfast with his family.
"That was very sweet of you Henrik!" Bella complimented the younger boy before kissing his cheek.
The little boy looked proudly at his parents and then smugly at his brothers. Elijah chuckled before he kissed Bella on the cheek, telling her he had to go hunting with his father. Bella stayed around the house and helped Esther until Rebekah was up. After that, they all worked on finishing her wedding dress.
When Elijah came back around lunch, Bella had a basket packed and they both went to the new house to work on it together. They ate lunch together inside the house on the newly made furniture.
"Do you like the bread?" Bella asked him.
"Yes, it's really good. Why?" Elijah asked her.
"I made it myself." She answered proudly.
"Well, you're very good!" Elijah complimented her before kissing her softly.
"I can't believe that in less than a week you'll be my wife and we'll be living here together!" Elijah exclaimed with dreamy eyes as Bella blushed.
"It's going to be a bit strange, I mean… I'm only 18, I had no idea I would be getting married this soon…" She told him.
"Do you want to wait longer?" He asked her worried she'd jumped into it to please him and wasn't ready yet.
"No!" She almost screamed before she added softly: "I really want to marry you as soon as possible!"
"Good, because I do too!" He replied before he took her in his arms and they kissed for a while.
"I think I'm going to like this being married thing!" She whispered with a smile before they ate desert (pie she made) in each other's arms.
After a while of making out, they both went to work on what they had to do around the house. While Elijah worked on the house (furniture, doors, windows…), Bella started with the garden she wanted to have in the back yard. She planted vervain and aconite (wolf's bane) as well as other herbs Esther taught her to use in her meals and in medicine. She hadn't had time to learn them all yet but Esther told her what to plant with the promise she would teach her everything later or, if she had to leave, write it all down for her to learn on her own in the future. After she was done with the herbs, Bella planted some vegetables.
Bella wanted to take a small break so she went to the well and got some water to drink and rinse her face off from the dirt. When she looked up, a sweaty Elijah was looking at her from the barn were he was fixing the stall for the baby stallion Klaus had given them.
"What are you looking at?" She asked him softly.
"I'm looking at a very beautiful woman that has all my love." He answered as he came closer to kiss her.
"You covered in sweat!" She complained when he took her in his arms.
"Does it bother you?" He asked, knowing the answer already.
"Not really… It only proves that you're a hard working man, I love it!" She replied as she snuggled closer to him in his arms.
"You want us to take a small break?" He asked her.
"That would be great!" She replied.
"Good, because if memory serves me right, there is a big piece of your amazing pie left over in the kitchen!" He added with a smile as she chuckled and they both rushed inside.
"Father told me the youngest cow is hold enough to be milked now… He already has enough with the ones he has and since the last one was for Finn he would give us this one." Elijah informed her;
"That's great!" Bella exclaimed.
"That's not all, he's going to give us one of the youngest roosters as well as a couple of chicken so we can have fresh eggs." Elijah added happily.
"It's very generous of your father to do this." Bella said.
"You know, it's tradition to do so. He did it for Finn and Sage and he will do it for Klaus, Kol and Rebekah when their times come." Elijah explained.
"Do you want another piece of pie?" She asked him when she saw he had finished the first one.
"Sure, I can find some place for it." He answered with a smile.
After their small break, they both went in the barn to work together. They arranged the stall for the horse and soon it was ready to welcome him.
"We should get cleaned up before dinner. Sage and Finn are supposed to be there tonight." Bella remnded him.
"You're right." Elijah replied as he led her to the well where she helped him cleaning himself up.
"I like it when you do that you know, it feels right." He confessed as she wiped his chest, shoulders and back to clean him up a bit.
"I like doing it." She answered before she helped him putting his shirt back on.
They slowly walked back to the main house and arrived just in time to see a smiling Finn and Sage greeted by the rest of the family.
Rebekah seemed to be in a better mood than she was in the morning.
"Where have the two of you been?" Finn asked Elijah and Bella as they arrived.
"We were working on the house." Elijah answered as Bella hugged Sage.
"Bella! I owe you one sister! The gift you gave Sage was wonderful!" Finn whispered to Bella as he hugged her.
Bella blushed both from the attention and from the fact that he was speaking about the negligee she had given Sage.
After the usual greetings and before dinner started, the two women isolated each other from the others to speak privately.
"So, how was your night?" Bella asked Sage whose smile seemed to be craved on her face permanently.
"Very good. I believe Finn loved your gift…" Sage answered before they talked some more about the joys of married life.
On the other side of the house, Finn and Elijah were having the same kind of conversation.
The evening was quiet and joyful.
Esther used that opportunity to announce that Niklaus had decided to be a shape-shifter and that she would hold his transformation during the next full moon. Then the next full moon would be used to change Elijah, Sage, Finn, Kol and Rebekah into vampires. Well, Rebekah would be half a witch since Esther had found a way for her to be both. Henrik had told his parents that he wished to stay human and so Esther and Mickeal decided to stay human with him.
"What about Tatia? Did you find a way to make sure there are doppelgangers in the future?" Kol asked his mother during dinner.
"Yes, the doppelganger will be used to complete your transition in the first vampires of this line. Her blood will make you stronger and the first of your lines. The doppelganger will exist until Bella is changed in the future." Esther explained.
"So Elena will be the last doppelganger then?" Bella asked her mother in law.
"Yes, she will be." Esther nodded.
"I'm sure she'll like that. She was really freaked out as it was to have Katerina always trying to ruin her life constantly, trying to take over what she had." Bella explained.
"Does it mean that Bella will be leaving in less than 2 months?" Henrik asked.
Everyone fell silent.
Elijah paled slightly, he hadn't thought of the fact he would be loosing his love so soon.
"We could always wait some more…" Mickeal suggested, knowing losing Bella would hurt his entire family, not just Elijah.
"But it would be too dangerous… Who knows what Ayana will do if you wait too long? What will happen with the wolves next time? I would love nothing more than to stay longer here but we need to keep the plan the way it is. With a little luck, I won't be sent back immediately…" Bella replied, resigned.
"What do you mean? Why wouldn't they send you back right after the ritual?" Esther asked.
"I might stay until everyone controls their new abilities and decide to do good…" Bella replied, explaining her point of view.
"I think she's right… It actually makes sense." Esther nodded.
"Well then all we have to do is having one of us stay out of control a little longer!" Kol exclaimed.
"And risk people's lives?" Sage replied.
"Right… Well, we'll find something…" Kol muttered.
"We still have a while until then. Let's make the most of it." Elijah concluded.
"Yes, we have less than a week to prepare Elijah and Bella's wedding, let's get some work done!" Esther exclaimed, wanting to start talking about the preparations.
"Please keep in mind that we want things to remain small, we'll be able to have a bg wedding in the future, when I come back." Bella pleaded as Esther and Mickeal started to decide what the feast would be made of.
Rewritten May 2020
Lorelei Candice Black.