Hello there dear readers!
So this small update jumped me earlier today and wouldn't leave me alone until I had written it, so here u go ;)
To Your Reviews.
AngelicSailor: It shan't.
laraliz16: Hahahaha, necesito que me digas por que seria ironico? (tienes todo mi interes). Alex y Stefan son lo mas Goals, pinterest envidia su relacion. Y pues Alex siente que Jeremy es un buen niño que lo que necesita es un buen amigo (o amiga en su caso) Y pues te digo que no esperes mas, porque aqui estamos. Ojala te guste! :)
SarahFanaFanta: Merci beaucoup pour la critique. Je suis content que vous ayez aimé le chapitre. Je vis pour les cliffhangers, j'adore le drame.
SilentMayhem: Yes.
Shannyrox101: Not quite.
Xenocanaan: Thank you!
Chloemika: I know, thanks! They're so cute.
LenaMiaH: Como sempre, sua crítica não deixa de colocar um sorriso no meu rosto. Neste ponto, sinto que postei apenas para ler sua resenha, mas shhh ... não conte a ninguém. Posso prometer que haverá mais Alex, Jeremy e Jenna, que se tornarão bons amigos. E você está certo, quando Stefan não está sendo um estripador, ele é simplesmente adorável. Espero explorar mais personagens à medida que a história se desenvolve, tenho uma reviravolta planejada, bem para Alex e Stefan, pois é algo que afetará os dois, não necessariamente ruim, mas mudará a dinâmica do relacionamento deles. . Além disso, Alex aceitar o fato de que ela ama Stefan é um grande passo para ela, já que ela estava em um lugar tão escuro no começo. Quanto a Alex ter 'poderes' ou 'habilidades', ainda estou brincando com a ideia, porque ainda não tenho muita certeza do que quero, embora tenha um plano para a maldição de Klaus. Quanto a Damon ... ele está por perto, vamos nos encontrar com ele, não neste capítulo, mas talvez em breve. Quanto ao segredo de Stefan, ele está limpo, por enquanto.
Baradi: Thanks!
Guest: ;)
: Thanks, and I agree with you, nice guys don't have to necessarily finish last ;)
iluvfairytale: If you say so, he shall.
FrickHydra: Read and find out.
Smiling Seshat: she figured out that Stefan was a vampire when Zach revealed that his name was Stefan Salvatore. This story is sort of a SI-OC, as Alex is from 'our' universe.
RenTenTen: Don't be scared.
Manypies: I think that my stories are like fightclub, its sort of an underground club, also some people tend to steer away from self inserts. Thank you so much for your kind words, some original(s) are nearby ;)
AnimeFreak71777: :D
~I'm fairly local, I've been around
I've seen the streets you're walking down
I'm fairly local, good people now~
- Fairly Local, TwentyOne Pilots.
I recognized the accent and I had to still myself before turning because I was ninety-five percent sure that I was going to sort of recognize the face. Now that I had realized where I was, I always took enough care to look at everybody twice and I doubt that anything could have prepared me to meet the Niklaus Mikaelson. But it was something that the Original Vampire didn't need to know. I looked at Stefan as he looked at the newcomer, Stefan was frowning at Klaus but trying to be polite at the same time.
Now, Klaus Mikaelson was dangerous, unpredictable and extremely gorgeous. I had eyes and there was no fault in looking, there was something decidedly wild about the Original Hybrid, or … well not a hybrid, and probably wouldn't be, since Elena Gilbert was dead and Elena hadn't had any children, well, fuck.
"Sure," Stefan said after a moment, he stood to shake Klaus' hand, some sort of Macho bullshit going on between them, "I'm Stefan, and this is my girlfriend, Alex."
I waved at Klaus before I took a sip of my beer, he and Stefan sat down at the table and I offered him a smile once I placed my beer down.
"I'm Nik, you're new in the area?" Klaus asked looking at me.
"Yes, we're visiting from New York, we're celebrating our relationship and my three months being free of drugs and alcohol, I was sort of in a bad place and Stef pulled me out of it," I said with a kind smile.
Klaus looked between Stefan and me, there was something in his eyes that I couldn't quite place, "Congratulations then, love."
"How about you?" asked Stefan, "Where are you from?"
"Originally? Small town in Virginia, but my family travelled a lot, I've been all around the world," Klaus said, "My parents were from Norway."
"Were?" I asked, trying to sound sympathetic.
"They passed away a couple of years ago," he informed us.
"We're sorry," I said as I placed my hand on his, "I lost my parents several months ago, my entire family actually, and Stef lost his parents too, I know how hard it is to lose your family."
"It seems that us orphans call out to each other," Klaus said with a small smile.
I looked at Stefan and smiled at him reassuringly before returning my attention to Klaus.
"We're here for two more days before returning to New York, we have tickets for the theater tonight, perhaps you can join us?" Stefan asked.
It was clear that Klaus was surprised by Stefan's offer, but perhaps there was something about Klaus that called out to Stefan, and since they were not in opposing sides of a conflict they could be friends, or sort of.
"I would be honored to join you," Klaus said.
He and Stefan exchanged phone numbers and the three of us continued to make easy conversation. I had to give it to the Original Hybrid, he could be completely charming when he wanted to be. Stefan and I left the bar after a while, Klaus promising to meet us at the theatre at eight.
Niklaus Mikaelson Interlude
Niklaus Mikaelson looked at his reflection in the mirror as he fixed his jacket. Stefan Salvatore and his very human girlfriend had invited him to the theater. It had been a surprise, seeing the once ripper again, specially in Chicago, and Niklaus wasn't really one to believe in coincidences, but then again, the human. The human girl was an enigma to Niklaus, she had garnered his attention and curiosity.
There was something about her that Niklaus couldn't quite place, a softness, something about her made him want to protect her and everything that could harm her, and he was sure that Stefan Salvatore felt the same thing, otherwise he was sure that the ripper would have feasted on her blood long ago, the human also smelled incredibly appetizing. Like something sweet and decadent, a forbidden fruit, but at the same level that she smelt sweet, there was the nagging in the back of Niklaus' mind that she was to be protected at all cost.
Which is why he had accepted the invitation to the theater. He wasn't supposed to last this long in Chicago, he had wanted to ask Gloria about what he had felt recently, the witch had been a dead end and Niklaus was beginning to become frustrated, and a frustrated Niklaus didn't bode well for the local population. Despite it all, he was trying to be careful, he didn't want to clue Elijah into his whereabouts, the last thing he needed was for his big brother to be chasing after him.
As he waited for the appropriate time to meet Stefan Salvatore and his 'Alex', Niklaus' thoughts returned to the girl. She was nothing special, he had seen his fair share of beautiful women through the centuries, and compared to most of them, 'Alex' looked quite plain. He had seen the dark circles under her eyes, something that perhaps human eyes wouldn't catch as they had been craftily concealed under a fine layer of makeup, but his would and did, he could also notice that she was quite thin, her collarbone being an indicator of the fact that the girl needed to put on a little more weight.
He supposed that Stefan Salvatore was a man on a mission then, if the insistence of taking her somewhere to eat something more once they had said they goodbyes. Niklaus had followed them as closely as he could, Stefan had gotten Alex into a small bakery and had needled the girl into eating a rather large piece of cake and a cup of coffee. The girl had accepted her fate with the resignation of a parent that was dealing with an unruly child and managed to eat half of the cake. After they had walked out of the bakery, Stefan had mentioned something about snow cones in the park and Niklaus had found himself smiling at the lack of subtlety coming from the ex-ripper.
"I'm going to get fat," the girl had told the vampire.
Stefan Salvatore had rolled his eyes as he handed her a big red snow cone, "Nonsense, you've barely eaten today, besides we won't be able to get dinner until after the play."
After that small exchange, the pair had continued with their stroll, talking about unimportant things and mentioning something about someone named Zach and a Ghost. For a moment Niklaus had wondered if Alex was versed in the supernatural but scratched the idea when he realized that the girl had been talking about a pet, most likely a dog.
So there he was, Niklaus Mikaelson, going to the theater with a seemingly reformed ripper and the ripper's human lover. He arrived to theater several minutes earlier, deciding to scout the area by himself, he was paranoid and he knew it, but it was better to be safe than to be sorry later. He heard the human laughing first, and his eyes scanned the crowd before his eyes locked onto their figures.
"No way, you're lying, Stef," she told him.
Stefan smirked at the girl, "Once we're home I'll call Lexi to come visit, she has the CD."
"You got it on eBay most likely," she countered.
"Hello," Niklaus greeted before they continued the argument.
"Hi, Nik!" Alex said as she grinned at him.
Niklaus grabbed her hand gently and pressed a kiss to the back of it, "Hello, love," he let go of her hand and then turned his attention to Stefan, they shook hands.
"I rented a balcony box," Stefan informed him, "Alex gets anxious around many people."
"It's no problem," Niklaus assured the younger vampire.
Stefan nodded at him and the three of them walked inside. Niklaus had to admit that Stefan had rented out the best balcony box, balcony box 3, for the night, it was isolated enough from the rest of the attendants. Of course Niklaus probably should have done his research of what he was getting into. When Stefan had invited him to the theatre, he had assumed that the younger vampire had meant to see a play, not to see Kanye West in concert. It seemed that Alex didn't enjoy Kayne West as much as Stefan did, but she managed to enjoy herself with Niklaus' commentary.
"I can't believe you like Kayne West this much, I mean Bon Jovi I can understand, but Kanye?" Alex asked Stefan as the three of them walked outside after the concert.
"Hey, I went with you to that Jonas Brothers concert and you didn't hear me complaining," Stefan countered trying to sound mad, but he was smiling.
"Hey, no dissing the JoBros, they are fantastic," Alex then turned her attention to Nik, "How about you Nik? What's your favorite band?"
"I'm partial to the Beatles," Niklaus answered with a smile.
"See, Stef, the Beatles are nice, when I was kid I was really proud when I learned to play Yesterday on the piano," Alex said with a proud smile.
"You play the piano, love?"
"Not since a long time," she answered softly.
Niklaus seemed to consider his next words, "Why don't I invite you two to dinner?" he proposed, looking between Stefan and Alex.
The pair exchanged glances and nodded. Niklaus led them to one of his favorite restaurants in town. He and Stefan hit it off fairly well, and Niklaus decided that he enjoyed Alexandra's, because that was her full name, he enjoyed her presence as well. They ended up exchanging phone numbers after Niklaus walked the pair back to their hotel, he assured them that he was staying nearby and that he was going to be fine on his own. Amusement causing him to smile at the human's worried glances his way.
He found it a bit endearing that Alexandra was worrying herself over his general wellbeing. So Niklaus had made up his mind. He was going to take a page out of Stefan's book and play the cool human for a little longer, besides, as his brother was fond of saying, having friends was not a sin.
(A/N: Fun fact, Kayne West performed in the Chicago Theatre on the 11th of June 2009)