Chapter 4

A/N: This is an AU story for the vampire diaries. I do not own the vampire dairies/Originals

Hey guys so here is another chapter. Mabekah. Enjoy.

The Perfect Christmas Tree

The following morning after Elijah and Elena had spent the day grocery shopping, Rebekah and Matt had been instructed to find the Christmas tree. Rebekah was eager to find the perfect one, practically dragging Matt out of bed at dawn to go find one. It was her first Christmas, and she had always wanted to celebrate it. But her brothers, didn't see the wonder that she saw. She had always envied when another family having a Christmas dinner, decorating a tree, opening presents, and baking cookies together. And for the first time in a thousand years she would finally be celebrating it. She was especially happy because Matt would be joining them.

Close to when Klaus and Caroline had started dating Matt had asked her on a date. She had thought that she had lost her chance, when he had to wait a few minutes for her. It wasn't her though, it was her over protective brothers. Kol was the worse. She had thought for sure that they had scared him off. Kol and Klaus were interrogating him, asking him what his intentions were threatening his life as well. Elijah wasn't so bad, she was just relieved that Caroline arrived then. Telling everyone that Kol was obsessed with the Harry Potter movies. Making him shut up, and giving Rebekah and Matt time to escape her insane family.

So they had taken his truck, and drove out of the city to look for the perfect tree. Rebekah had warned Matt before that tonight would be a full moon, because they had traveled to Bayou in the woods where there were werewolf packs. Matt knew he was safe with Rebekah, seeing as she was an original but still brought his grandfather's rifle with him. Just in case, he didn't want Rebekah to get hurt even if she couldn't be killed she could still get bitten. They parked the car and began trudging into the woods looking at different oak trees. Rebekah was fairly picky, stating that 'that one was too skinny' 'that one too stubby,' or 'that one is small.' He was sure that they had been wandering around for three hours at the very least.

"Matty!" Rebekah called back. She was ahead of him, using vampire speed to move around faster. "I found the perfect tree!" She grabbed Matt's arm and began dragging him through the woods. "Come on," She said like an eager child. There it stood tall, not to wide oak tree. He knew he couldn't probably fit it into his house back in Mystic Falls, but remembering the Mikaelson mansion which he found to be a palace he knew this would fit in there perfectly.

This is how he found himself trying to get the tree into the house. Matt wasn't a vampire, he was human. And just because he was the quarterback on his high school football team, that didn't mean he could just lift anything.

"Matt," Rebekah said. He was tugging, pushing and pulling trying to bring the tree inside but he didn't seem to be getting anywhere. "Matt." Rebekah said again.

"It's ok," He reassured her. "I can do this." He tugged with all his might finally getting it to move at least some way through the front doorway, in the process losing his footing and falling to the ground landing on his back. A branch of bristles flopped on his face. He groaned and heard the clatter of heels coming closer to him.

"Matt, are you ok?" She asked.

"I'm fine," His voice muffled against the branch. Rebekah sighed and easily picked up the tree. In a flash the branch in his face was gone and he turned over on his stomach glancing to the living room where Rebekah had brought the tree and positioned it to stand up straight. He stood brushing the fallen bristles off him before making his way into the living room. He had to admit, having an original girlfriend had its uses even if he still wished to have been strong enough to be the one to bring the tree in.

"Ok, now what's next?" She asked excitedly.

"Lights and ornaments. Luckily Elena and Elijah brought some when they went to the store the other day." He said. She walked over to the closest where her older brother had stored the decorations. "Lights first." Rebekah watched as Matt started from the top to the bottom, she helped by passing the next set of lights to him. "So you haven't ever had a Christmas?" He asked. She nodded.

"I wanted to once, back in 1815, it was around the time I wanted to marry Emil a mortal. It was because he was celebrating it with his family. And I wanted to celebrate the holiday with my brothers. Of course, Nik and Kol didn't see the point, Elijah understood my want for celebrating it but he had also sided with Nik and Kol not really thinking we needed one." Matt swallowed hard at the mention of her old lover. Matt remembered Kol telling him that story and what happened to him. It was the first time he truly started to fear Klaus. Caroline had to reassure him that Klaus wasn't planning his death. "What about you?" She asked.

"I haven't celebrated Christmas since Vicki." He murmured. He looked to the ground sadly. He truly loved his older sister, he did. He missed her, and still thought that perhaps there could have been some way to save her. She was the only true family that he had left. And that had been the last Christmas he ever had. After she died, he didn't have one. And besides he would have had to work anyway. Rebekah glanced to him. He had told her about Vicki before, though she didn't know much about her. She knew that Matt loved his sister. She gave him a small smile and touched his arm. He looked up at her.

"Well I am honored to be spending my first Christmas with you." She moved to place a kiss on his cheek. He returned the smile before they proceeded to wrap the lights around the tree. Next came the ornaments, she was placing a red bulb ornament on the tree before she noticed Matt had disappeared only to reappear with something behind his back. He gave her a smile.

"I wanted to give you a little something for your first Christmas tree." He said. He handed her the golden star. "It's supposed to go on top of the tree, you can be the one to put it on."

"Thank you," She replied happily. He nodded and the two finished placing the ornaments on the tree. Matt turned to get a ladder from the garage, to help Rebekah place the star on the top. Moving up the ladder she raised the star to the top of the tree and placed it there. Matt took this time to plug in the lights. The tree lit up, and the two stood back to gaze at the tree. The tree shined brightly in the room, and was beautifully decorated.

"You were right," He agreed. She turned to him confused. "It is the perfect tree." She grinned and nodded. "But not as perfect as this moment." She raised an eyebrow at him.

"What- He pointed to something above them. She looked at the holly that dangled above them before glancing back at him. "What's this tradition?" She asked.

"This is mistletoe and- He never did finish his sentence before she crashed her lips to his in a sweet kiss. He couldn't help but kiss her back. He cupped her face to deepen the kiss before they broke apart both breathless.

"I think I like this tradition the best." She replied.

"Me too." Before pulling her lips back to his. The two got lost in the kiss, she wrapped her arms around his neck to bring him closer to her. He began to move them towards the couch, but instead Rebekah flashed them to the floor on top of him. She shifted so that she was straddling his waist, and moved to get rid of her shirt. He sat up somewhat to help her. She removed the shirt and tossed it to the side. The light from the tree illuminated off her skin. She gripped his ripped it from his body, before pulling his face back to her in a passionate kiss. His arms wrapped around her waist pulling her closer to him. The tree glowed behind them, and yes it was the perfect tree.

Note: So here is another chapter sorry for the delay. I was with my family, celebrating the holidays myself. Next chapter should be up soon. I have some free time. Next is Klaroline, then there will be a final chapter after that I think. Stay tune. Reviews thanks.

End of Chapter 4