"Jenna!" I call through the house.
"Kitchen! With coffee!" She shouts back at me.
"Wanna take a drive with me?" I ask her, nodding my head slightly in Elena and Stefan's direction.
"Sure. Let me grab my purse." She says walking out of the room.
"I thought we were meeting with everyone later to discuss our new plan." Elena remarks.
"We are. It's nine in the damn morning. I have hours before we meet with everyone. I need to talk to Jenna about a few things before that happens." I tell her, pouring a bit more coffee into the travel mug.
"And you can't do that here?" She pries.
Turning to glare at her, "No, Elena. I have the ability to talk to her wherever I would like to. The fact is I don't have any desire to talk about it in this house. Not where the walls have ears thanks to the vampire boyfriend you have and his jackass of a brother who loves to show up uninvited."
"But if it's about all of this then why not have the conversation where we can all contribute to it." She tells me looking smug.
Scoffing, "Because it's not about that at all. It's about me. I told Jenna that I would explain more about it when I got back from the city and I haven't had the chance up until now."
"When are you planning on telling us that anyway?" She inquires, "I mean it's been forever. I think we need to know."
"I'll tell you when you realize that it's not about you and what you think." I tell them simply. "Plus, I don't want to tell you when I know you'll just flip out."
"Why would we flip out?" Stefan asks.
"It's not an answer that you're going to like. I need to discuss it with Jenna first." I tell them, "After the sacrifice then I'll tell everyone…if it goes according to plan anyway. Jenna gets to know now because she's the only one out of all of you who seemed to care about it."
"We care! I care!" Elena shouts.
"Funny way of showing it, Elena!" I yell back at her. "For months everything has been about you, you, you! Every single one of you has had the opportunity to ask me or help me figure it out. You never did."
"Claws away. I'm ready, lets go." Jenna says once she enters the room again. "Where are we going?"
"I'll tell you in the car." I say handing her a travel mug filled with coffee and ushering her out of the house, "Away from prying vampire ears." I add under my breath.
Pulling into the driveway of one of the homes that Elijah owns, I look over and see the amazed look on Jenna's face.
It is a rather impressive house.
"Jesus." She breathes, "Who owns this?"
"Elijah."
"Elijah? As in the original that was daggered?" She asks me confused.
"The very same. He's inside somewhere with his brother but this is the safest place we can be." I tell her as I open the front door and lead her into the living room.
"I'm confused…again." She says plainly, sitting down.
"You can trust Elijah. He's – well he's important to me. Damon and Stefan, no matter how good their intentions are, are so far out of their league. They're going to wind up getting everyone killed without his help. I know much more about all of this than they do. Everything I'm about to tell you needs to stay completely between us." I explain to her, my nerves slowly rising.
"I promise I won't say a word." She tells me sincerely. "I love Elena and Jeremy but you're the only one who knows that I can handle this. The only one who seems to respect me enough to let me make my own decisions regarding the supernatural."
"You took on the role of guardian to three angst ridden teenagers that just lost their parents – your sister. Even though you have your own life and were terrified of fucking it all up. If that isn't a testament to your strength then I don't know what is." I say with a smile.
"You're going to make me emotional, Liv." She teases me, "No one ever really acknowledges that. I always feel like I'm failing you guys. That your mom would have done a much better job than I ever could."
"Regardless, if mom was here all of this would still be happening. For me…well I'm meant for the supernatural world, destiny and all that shit. Elena, she's the doppelgänger. Her fate was sealed a thousand years ago. This was always bound to happen." I tell her, "It was only a matter of time. If it wasn't for me and Elijah, then she wouldn't survive this at all."
"She's going to survive? I won't have to bury my niece right?" She asks me concerned.
"She'll live. Elijah and I came up with a solution to the sacrifice – well the Elena dying part." I tell her, "I need to have him come down here and double check that you're still chock full of vervain. It's really to make sure that Elena hasn't switched any of the products you use out for ones without vervain…I don't trust that she wouldn't have Damon compel you to forget."
"And you trust Elijah?" She asks skeptically.
"With my life."
"Alright. Get him then." She agrees.
"Lijah! Leave Nik alone for a minute and come here please." I shout.
"You rang?" He mocks, literally a few seconds later.
"Hush, Elijah." I scold, "You're gonna give Jenna a heart attack if you appear like that more. Now please try and compel her. I need to make sure that she's still got vervain in everything."
"Anything specific you would like me to compel her to do?" He asks, looking over at me with an amused smirk.
"You could compel her to do the Macarena in her underwear for all I care, Elijah." I laugh, "As long as it doesn't work then I can tell her everything I brought her here to know."
"Really, Liv?" Jenna asks not amused by my suggestion.
Turning to look Jenna in the eye, "Tell me your darkest, most horrific secret." Elijah compels.
Simple. Not as funny as what I wanted though. Very Elijah.
"No way." Jenna laughs.
"She's on vervain. It's safe to tell her anything you choose. Now I should get back to my brother, he's not meant to be alone this long." He tells us as he ascends back up the stairs.
"If you feel the need to yell, please just wait until I'm done explaining everything." I tell her, the anxiety I'm feeling finally making its presence known in my voice.
"I promise I won't yell at you until you're finished. If I interrupt it's only to ask a question." She swears, grabbing my hand. "I trust your judgment even if no one else does."
"The reason that I can't die is because I'm immortal. I'm…well I'll be stuck at the age of nineteen until I become a vampire." I begin.
"Wait…until you become a vampire? Why do you need to become one?" Jenna interrupts confused.
"Didn't take long to interrupt me." I laugh, "I have to become a vampire because the man that I'm destined to be with – the whole reason that I'm immortal – is a vampire. An original vampire to be precise, he's Elijah and Nik's younger brother."
"Who the hell is Nik?" She asks me.
"Nik is Klaus." I say simply, "Just…let me get this out. I came up with a plan, a brilliant plan I might add. It ensures that Elena survives and Nik still gets what he wants. No one is going to die. Well no one we care about anyway. I don't know how to explain the connection to Kol…it's magic. I can feel him, only not. He's in my dreams, but I don't ever get to see his face. I've been close to him in New York. I got to see the coffin that he's in. I refused to open it. Nik has done terribly awful things, I'm not going to sit here and sing him praises. All of them have done awful things, but Nik isn't a terrible person. He's ill tempered, bossy, prideful, impatient, and has zero tolerance for betrayal but he's not a downright bad person.
"I want Kol. Plain and simple, I need him in my life. They only way to achieve that, is to help Nik. Elijah and I came to an excellent agreement on it. He's upstairs nailing down the final details with Nik."
"He's in the house? Right now?" She says, her eyes glancing towards the ceiling. "Can they hear us?"
"Yes. He's probably rolling his eyes and muttering to himself about me calling him all those things." I laugh, "But he won't hurt you. It'll only hurt me if he does and he cares for me. I'm like another sister to him."
"Right. Okay. So you're immortal. You're vampire boyfriend is in a coffin. Elijah is upstairs with Klaus who as far as anyone else knows you don't know…and there's more that you need to tell me." She mutters to herself. "I would ask why we can't all be normal, but apparently no one in Mystic Falls will ever get normal."
"I know it's a lot and I'm sorry that it's all falling on you." I sigh.
"I can handle this, Olivia. I worry about how all of you are handling this though. I mean you're all in high school. You have your entire lives ahead of you and you're dealing with more death than any of you should have to." She tells me, grabbing my hand, "I don't ever tell you this enough, but I'm so proud of you. You're maturing, growing up. You have a life outside of all this drama, you've accomplished so much."
Smiling, "Thank you. I just…they're going to hate me for this."
"They'll get over it." Jenna shrugs. "In time they'll forgive you and see that every decision you've made has been for the better."
"I don't know. I mean the plan is foolproof. Elena will survive. I just know that once they find out that I've known Nik since New York, once they find out about Kol…they'll hate me. I can deal with Damon, I can deal with Stefan, and hell I can deal with Bonnie hating me. But Elena and Jeremy I can't deal with them hating me." I sigh in frustration.
"Elena will realize that everything you're doing is to help her. To help make sure that everyone that you guys care about is safe and alive. To make sure that everyone is happy. I'm glad you're doing all of this." Jenna smiles at me.
"It's selfish really. I'm doing all this because ultimately I need Kol. Of course I don't want Elena dead, but there is no way to have Kol without Nik being alive." I tell her.
"It's perfectly alright to be selfish about this. This is the man that you're destined for. This is what every girl dreams of. Having that perfect man for you regardless of how you get him. Be selfish about it and forget what everyone else thinks." Jenna tells me sternly.
"As long as you don't hate me for any of this." I say timidly.
"I could never hate you, Olivia." She tells me, hugging me. "Now, tell me the rest of this."
"I need you to stay away from Damon. He snapped my neck because I tried to take the dagger out of Elijah." I tell her.
"…He snapped your neck?" She asks me incredulously. "Who the fucking hell does he think he is? He's lucky I don't find a way to snap his neck!"
Laughing hard at that, "Now that I would pay to see happen. I did threaten to kill him permanently if he ever did it again. I don't have an ounce of trust in him anymore."
"Can I ask do you even want to become a vampire?"
"I want eternity with Kol. Granted I could have that without becoming a vampire, but there's something about it. Knowing that it'll be Kol's blood that turns me, that as long as he lives I wont ever die. I'll become essentially another original vampire. That kind of power, that kind of immortality…as bad as it sounds, is something I've always wanted." I confess.
"I just want you happy. If this will make you happy, I will always be here for you." She smiles at me.
"Who knows, maybe you'll meet your perfect match in a vampire one day to." I joke with her.
"After all this, I might be taking a guy hiatus." She laughs, "I'm not sure what to do with Ric. I mean he lied to me about so much. How can I just let that go?"
"He loves you. I'm not saying forgive him, but he listened to Elena. He put her first and that never should have been the case. I like Ric, he's a decent guy but I also think you could do better. Someone who would give you the world, who will let you determine what you can and can not handle." I tell her, "I want you to be happy too, Jenna. If Ric makes you happy, I'll support it. If he doesn't, I'll play matchmaker."
Laughing at me, "And just who would you set me up with?"
"Elijah." I smirk at her.
Elijah's POV
"Hear that brother, our little Olivia wants to set you up with her Aunt." Klaus smirks over at me.
Shaking my head, "Enough. Are we clear on our agreement?"
"Yes. The doppelgänger can live. I go through my transition. You're reunited with the family." He exhales dramatically, "I do listen when spoken to."
"I find that hard to believe," I scoff. "Though Olivia does have a way with you. You understand that if you hurt her in any way, Kol will do everything in his power to hurt you twice as much."
"Olivia has nothing to fear from me. I quite enjoy her." He tells me. "I have the feeling that she'll be ruthless when she's a vampire. Of course, she'll balance Kol out, but he'll bring out the darkness in her. I'm looking forward to it."
The look on his face forces me to believe his words. She can see past his mask, understand what he truly wants from this life. Her words to her Aunt proved it only moments ago. She's vindictive, a tad selfish but overall she is truly a remarkable young woman.
"I admit, I was thoroughly perturbed when she told me about how you two met. That she seemed to trust you not to harm her." I tell Klaus. "Hearing that you want to see her be a ruthless vampire like the rest of us have done in disconcerting."
"As much as you don't trust me, I know what she means to this family. Family has always been important to me, Elijah. You may not agree with the method I've chosen to keep them all safe, but nevertheless they are safe." He tells me.
"I'm trusting you, Niklaus. Do not make me regret that decision. Not even Olivia will be able to help you if you do." I threaten.
"I understand that perfectly, brother." He says looking me in the eye.
She may have too much faith in him. For her sake, I'm choosing to look past all of his shortcomings. He's stabbed each and every one of us in the back more than once, I have no doubt he'll do it again.
Olivia's POV
"Elijah and I need to get to the boarding house soon. Tell everyone the plan and hope to all hell that Damon doesn't do anything stupid." I tell Jenna, "Would you like to meet Nik?"
"I guess I should, shouldn't I." She sighs.
"Don't worry. Around me, he's harmless." I smile, "Elijah! Nik! Come down here now!"
"You're awfully demanding, love." I hear Nik's voice behind me.
"And you're going to tell me you're not just as demanding?" I scoff at him. "Nik, this is my Aunt Jenna. Jenna this is Nik. Though you should probably call him Klaus."
"Pleasure to meet you." He smirks, taking her hand.
"I wish I could say the same." She tells him taking her hand back, "I trust that you'll honor your deal with Olivia?"
"On my life. Olivia is family to me. She came up with a solution that lets everyone win." He appeases her.
"We'll see." Jenna says skeptically.
"We should be going. I have no doubt that the Salvatore's are growing impatient." Elijah comments.
"Right. I tried to call Caroline but she won't answer her phone. I want her to know what's going on for once since no one ever tells her anything until after the fact." I sigh, pulling my phone out to see if she's answered any of my texts yet.
"Ah…that would be my fault love." Klaus confesses to me.
Glaring at him, "What did you do, Niklaus?"
"Her and the wolf boy – Tyler – are a little distraction. I swear to you they're not the ones I intend to use in the sacrifice. I don't trust that your friends won't do anything stupid. I need them sufficiently distracted, I figured using them would work." He shrugs.
"If anything happens to either of them, I promise I will make your life miserable until I deem enough." I threaten him.
"Understood, love." He smirks at me, "Now you two should run along. You'll let me know when I can release Alaric from his apartment, and pass on my message?"
"You'll get a text when it's time, Nik."
Standing in the Salvatore's living room, I'm only vaguely aware of Damon storming out of the room. Once again not agreeing with our plan. Pulling my phone out, I scroll to Nik's name and send him the text.
Send Alaric. I'm ready for this bullshit to be over.
"He's being an insufferable douchebag." I mutter to Elijah.
"That seems to be an understatement." Elijah says to me, "Damon seems to believe that he knows what is best for your sister."
"Damon wouldn't know what's best for Elena if it was staring him in the face. He's too selfish." I tell him.
"Olivia." Elena scolds me, "He's just worried. You don't have to be so against him all the time."
Laughing bitterly, "He broke my neck. He's tried to compel me more than once. I'll be bitter until the day I die about that."
"You can't die." She says blankly.
"Exactly."
"You know you love me." Damon smirks as he walks back into the room.
"I'd love to shove a sharp object into your heart." I tell him cheerfully.
"Now, this elixir, you know there is a possibility it will not work." Elijah tells Elena, "I don't want to mislead you."
"I know the chance I'm taking." She tells him firmly.
"Wait a minute. You know it might not work and you're still going to try?" Damon asks incredulously. Turning to me, "You're going to let your twin sister take that chance? You're fine with that?"
"Elena was told every possibility. It is Elena's life. It's her choice. I helped her find another option that doesn't involve our friend dying." I glare at him.
"So this is why no one is answering their phones." Alaric says as he walks into the room.
Stefan immediately moves to in front of Elena, while Damon shoves him against the wall.
"It's me! Damon, it's me." Alaric pleads, "He let me go. Klaus let me go."
"Prove it." Damon demands.
"Uh, okay. Olivia, the first night I stayed over I caught you sneaking in through the back door while I was in kitchen getting the choco-"
"Yeah, it's him." I say with a laugh, "Not everyone needs to know what you were grabbing from the fridge, Ric."
"Why did he let you go?" Stefan asks him.
"He wanted me to deliver a message." He looks at Elena, "The sacrifice happens tonight."
I try to update every Sunday. It may be a day or two late depending on my work schedule. I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter.
Also, thank you for the reviews I appreciate every single one of them. That said –
Silverlined Phoenix – I am unsure if I will be carrying this story over to the Originals or not. I'm not quite there yet in writing that far into this story.
Lady El Bass – I do plan on having a few more dreams with Kol, I'm not sure how many more there will be though.