A/N: I own nothing. This is purely my imagination running on minimal sleep and lots of sugar. There is some "big kid" themes, just a heads up. I see you all reading, why not tell me what you think? Whether its love or hate, feedback would be awesome. Thanks homies of the skillet variety. Now back the the shenanigans
"Well this is awkward." Kat muttered, as she started to giggle at Klaus's open mouth.
"What you've never seen a jealous man sweep away a girl in hopes that he will win her over regardless of her obvious attraction to his younger brother?"
"Umm no. I can't say I've seen that before. Unless you count the time we were at a party and Cali ran off with some frat boy."
"I didn't know the darling little whore was a collegiate." Niklaus chucked at his own joke.
"She'd stab you if she heard you, I hope you know that. But no she didn't go to college but she would come visit me at Stanford and drag me to all the parties." Kat said as she begun to clean up the mess in living room from the movie marathon.
"Don't bother to clean there is a maid for that. Katerina how old were you when you had sex?" Klaus asked causing Kat to spit the sip of coffee she had just taken onto the carpet.
"That is a little personal to ask, especially since to you I am nothing more than a pawn." Kat stared at the original with disdain.
The twos staring contest was cut short by the sounds of pleasure that echoed from the room that was being shared by Elijah and Cali.
"Can you just take me home please. I need to sleep." Kat asked in a defeated voice.
"You can just stay in the guest room if you would like. That way you don't have to stay in a house Marcel can get into." Klaus offered.
"Fine show me to it." Klaus lead Kat upstairs and to the room where she could stay.
"And my room is right down here if you have any bad dreams." Niklaus said with a wink and left Kat to get ready for bed.
"I was eighteen." Kat whispered as she entered the room, hearing a soft chuckle from down the hall.
Although Cali enjoyed the romantic gesture of being swept off of her feet. Had the gesture not been out of jealousy, it would have been truly romantic.
"Not that I am opposed to wild crazy revenge sex," Cali said between kisses trailing off as Elijah kissed down her neck lightly nipping at the pulse point. "But why must you let your brother get under your skin like that?"
"Sweetheart, I do not know why you are talking about now shush." Elijah silenced Cali with kisses and love bites on her bottom lip.
The two bodies connected like they had repeatedly since the night of their first meeting. The millenia old vampire knew exactly how to please a woman, no doubt from centuries of practice. Cali had never experienced an evening like this before. Knowing there were others in the house was not motivation enough to keep her from loudly expressing her ecstasy. The other people in the house were forced to listen late into the morning.
Wandering down the hall as the noises came to a lull, Kat knocked on Klaus's door.
"What?" Klaus snapped as the door swung open, revealing his bare torso.
"Sorry, I just wanted to know who the wolf girl across the hall from me was, and why she's here, and pregnant." Kat snapped back.
"Oh, that's Haley. And she's here because she's pregnant with my child, any more questions love?" He replied.
"No, that's what I figured. She needs a check up, I can feel her emotional tension from across the hall, it's not healthy for the baby. When I told her that though, she slammed the door in my face." Kat said, walking off.
"I'll try to talk to her about letting you help her, she can be pretty stubborn that little wolf." Klaus chuckled following Kat down the hall.
"Why are you following me?"
"Eighteen, why did you wait so long compared to your lascivious friend?"
"Oh God, well I had just turned eighteen. I was at my birthday party, Cali got me to drink finally. And I made some decisions that I wouldn't have made sober. Not that I regret it. I was just young, and naive back then. I'm not anymore." Kat said as she stopped at the entranceway into the kitchen.
"I know that love, I know." Klaus whispered.
"Well I'm going to make some breakfast, I know Cali will be ravenous." Kat muttered, as she swung around the corner, and ran smack into Haley.
"Someone said my name and breakfast, I love them oh it was you Kat. Whoa, who's the pregnant chick?" Cali said, taking in the tangle of limbs on the ground.
"Who am I? Who are you two?" Haley shrieked as Kat flipped up from the ground.
"I'm Kat, Katerina Malfoy. The witch who you slammed a door in her face. Yeah. This is Cali. She' s not a witch."
"Okay, so the witch who doesn't know to mind her own business and the whore who is loud as all hell in the middle of the night while I am trying to sleep." Haley walked to the fridge to grab a glass of orange juice.
"Really? The girl who is pregnant with god knows whose baby is calling me a whore?" Cali turned with the coffee pot in her hand not noticing her cup was overflowing.
"Now now ladies calm down. There is no need to fight. Accalia, Haley is carrying my child, so I would appreciate it if you didn't insult her." Klaus said removing the coffee pot from Cali's hands.
"Someone want to explain how a vampire can be the father of a child. Not that I'm one to judge I know how much fun it is to try but I'm a little confused by the mechanics. Considering the fact you are dead." Cali said snatching the coffee pot back.
"Hun, he's a werewolf too. They can reproduce. Now enough of these nasty talks of Niklaus' personal life, I do not wish to spoil my breakfast." Elijah walked into the kitchen pulling a pair of pajamas pants up.
Kat made the five breakfast, the spread was impressive for someone who hated to cook. When the cooking was done they sat down at the table in the dining hall and began to plan their days.
"Klaus, may Accalia and I borrow the massive TV today, before we go to work?" Kat asked in a sickeningly sweet voice.
"What for?" Klaus asked with a mouth full of a feta and spinach omelette.
"Didn't your mother ever teach you not talk with food in your mouth? And so we can marathon Harry Potter." Kat said shaking her head at Klaus.
"Oh, do you guys mind if I join?" Haley said as she picked at the fruit platter that had been laid out.
"If you apologize for calling me a whore yes and if you agree to let Kat give you a check up." Cali said ignoring the fact Klaus had not actually given them the okay.
"Those are fair enough terms. I have a term of my own. You two have to keep your mouths shut about me and my situation. Considering Marcel doesn't take too well the werewolfs being in the quarter." Haley raised her glass of orange juice proposing a toast as their agreement. Kat and Cali lifted their mimosas agreeing to the terms.
"What do you mean you didn't cry reading the fifth book?" Kat asked shocked by the fact Haley had just said that she stayed dry eyed until the sixth book.
"I didn't really understand why Sirius was so important in Harry's life. He knew him for two years not that big of a deal." Haley said with a shrug.
"Knock, knock." Elijah popped his head in the movie room, "You three need to eat something besides the delicious breakfast from this morning. What would you like me to order?"
"Pizza, pepperoni and bacon. And an order of breadstick." Haley responded before the other two girls had a chance to think of what they wanted.
Elijah left and went to fetch the girls their meal as the girls began to watch the fourth movie. Halfway through the world cup scenes Elijah returned with the pizza and the girls dug in. With the pizza gone and the movie almost over, the clock struck 7. Signalling Kat and Cali needed to get ready for work.
Hopping up Kat dragged Cali behind her forcing her to get ready for work. The two had their usual hours at the brothel. From the time it opened until it closed not trusting anyone else with the running of their business. The two quickly changed into their outfits and made their way out the door with a wave to the brothers and Haley, they were gone.
"Le Baiser Immortel, this is The Mistress, what can I do to you tonight?" Cali was back into her routine now that Kat was back at work with her.
"Hi, I called about a week or two ago about a job offer. My name is Kiran Eldora." A young feminine voice said.
"Right, Kiran. Well now is a great time to apply. Just stop by tomorrow around nine thirty and I can set up and interview." Cali replied, running her nails along a file.
"Oh. Okay thank you so much. I'll be there. Bye!" Kiran said, the phone clicking as the line went dead.
"Hey Kat, want to interview a baby tomorrow?" Cali called as Kat mixed drinks at the bar.
"Ugh. Fine, but only if she takes my place as DJ every Wednesday and Friday cause I'm swamped on the bills." Kat yelled back.
"Sure. But we need a replacement for the Oasis room, Darla and Sugar quit last Thursday." Cali said, walking past the bar as she snagged a glass of tequila from the end.
"I'll test her. It will be, interesting. And that's coming out of your tips." Kat snapped as Candy their exotic dancer copied Cali's drink swipe.
The night passed rather uneventfully, until Haley decided to pay a visit. Sauntering in the back entrance she propped herself up at the bar, smirking at Kat as she rushed to make drinks for the crowd.
"Hey witch. How's it going?" Haley said, elbowing a sweaty drunk past her side.
"Busy as fucking hell Haley. Why are you here? Do you want the two idiots to kill me?" Kat hissed, practically throwing a beer bottle at their regular Joseph.
"I'm bored. You guys left, and the two idiots began to fight. I figure this is a much healthier environment for the baby."
"Not my problem. You going to order something? Cause if not you can't be here. Marcel will kill me."
"Fine. Get me a virgin strawberry daiquiri."
"You came all this way to order a strawberry smoothie?" Kat glared at the wolf across the bar.
Kat shoved the daiquiri to Haley and ran back to make sure that it wasn't a night where the night walkers would be visiting. Because had this been one of those nights there would be blood shed and it would most likely be her own and Cali's.
"Well Katerina, what are you doing back here and not out there caring for your clientele?" Klaus said, lurking at Cali's desk with none of the lights on.
Kat let out a blood curdling scream, within seconds Cali came running in naked, obviously she had been with a client.
"The fuck is going on here?" Cali said taking in the scene before her. "Really Klaus must you terrify Katerina. I was in the middle of making three thousand dollars and now will be lucky to make half of that. I swear to god I will stab you."
"Oh Love, I didn't mean to scare our little witch. I just wanted to visit my two favorite managers. Accalia I never knew you had a tattoo there." Klaus said reaching out to stroke the tattoo on Cali's ribs.
"Fuck off Klaus." Cali walked out returning to her client.
"Kat can I stay? I don't want to go home Elijah is being mean and Rebekah is looking for me." Klaus asked jutting his lower lip out hoping the pouty lip would gain Kat's sympathy.
"Fine, but get out of the office." Kat lead Klaus back out to the bar where he sat and sipped scotch for the next three hours.
As the sun slowly rose above the horizon outside, Kat sent the last of the drunk stragglers out the door, and locked it up. Turning back to the bar she sighed noting the two problems that were still lingering on the stools.
"Don't you have anywhere else to be?" She snapped, bending down to pick up some trash.
"No. Besides Rebekah is waiting at the house to lecture me. I don't actually remember what I did this time, oh well. Can I have another drink please?"
"Get it yourself. We're closed and I need to take out the garbage. Would you like me to create a nest in there for you?" Kat said, hauling the bag over her shoulder.
"Oh what a lovely thought love, but no I think I'll pass." Klaus chuckled as Kat walked out.
"Great, you two are still here." Cali grumbled as she came from one of the back rooms.
"Yeah, they don't seem to comprehend the notion that we need to finish working and then go sleep." Kat replied as she came back inside.
"How you wound me loves." Klaus smirked as Haley slumped against the bar, passed out.
"Well it's true. Kat has to do the books, and I need to organize staff scheduling. And we have an interview tomorrow before we open." Cali said, pulling her laptop from under the concierge desk.
"So serious. I guess I should take the Little Wolf home then, and face my irritating siblings." Klaus responded. Slowly, he rose from his chair and picked Haley up, and in a swift motion, he was gone.
"Finally. You know he kept asking me questions like all night." Kat sighed as she slumped against the bar.
"What kind of questions?" asked Cali as she typed away on her laptop.
"Just general stuff like what my favorite place to visit is, where I would want to vacation if money was no object, and just stuff like that. It was strange"
"Awe I think the heartless bastard has a crush. Katerina and Klaus sittin in a tr- FUCK! Not cool." Knowing where her friends song was going Kat used simple magic to make Cali feel like her brain was splitting in two.
"Whaa? I haven't any clue what on earth you are talking about" Kat gave a faux innocent look as she wiped down the bar.
Ignoring her friend Accalia furiously worked over the next weeks schedule, being short two girls did not make the task any easier. After 45 minutes she accepted defeat and closed her laptop. After packing her things Accalia made her way to the back office to see if Katerina was done with her paperwork for the previous nights income.
"Gimme two more minutes and then we can go. The laundry service overcharged so I'll have to call them before that interview tonight, because they charged us three times what they normally do." said Kat after the door opening signalled her friends entrance.
"You know if we weren't stuck here, between the two of us we could run a legit business and make serious money with how business savvy we are?"
"One day we will be free of here and we can do whatever we please. Personally I never want to run a business again I would want to become a novelist. I would write thrilling stories that inspire generations to be whomever they want. I'd model characters after everyone in my life. Then one day I will be happily living safely away from all this vampire werewolf business. I would only have to use my abilities for simple things never to protect anyone like I have to now."
"Kat, you are probably the best family I have ever had. When we are out of here I can be your literary agent and we can take over the world together. One day we will be free of vampires." The two made their way out to their car and drove home in silence dreaming of the life they will have after this horror story ended.
Kat awoke to loud thuds coming from the kitchen. Grabbing the baseball bat that she had stowed under her bed, she crept out of her room and headed down the short hallway. Whispering softly, Kat sent out a spell, freezing whoever was in the kitchen in place. Raising the bat, she rounded the corner and ran smack into Klaus.
"Uh, Klaus. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING IN MY KITCHEN?" Kat snarled, smacking him with the bat.
"Well, I was going to make you breakfast. And then explain some new developments on the Marcel front. Where is Accalia? Shouldn't she have woken by now?" He replied, lifting his hands in surrender.
"She sleeps like the dead, nothing wakes her up. Especially if she takes the sleeping pills her doctor prescribed." Kat said,setting the bat down while releasing Klaus from the spell.
"Ah, and you love? You woke up very quickly."
"I have chronic insomnia, not only can I not sleep, but I also wake up at the slightest noise."
"Well, that's not very pleasant. What do you want to eat love? I can cook you anything you desire?" Klaus chuckled as he moved back towards the fridge.
"Waffles. So what's up on the Marcel front?" Kat said, settling into a seat at the table.
"Shouldn't we wait for Miss Cali?"
"No, I can fill her in later. Spill, what's going on, you seem awfully excited."
"Well aren't you a nice friend keeping her out of the loop. I'll go wake her." Klaus bounded out of the kitchen and up the stairs to Cali's room.
"Oh no you don't" Kat quickly cast a spell that prevented vampires from going into her room.
"But what it would be fun! She is always so defensive she would be helpless. Just imagine the look on her face."
"Go down stairs we will make breakfast. She'll get up when she smells food." Kat herded Klaus to the kitchen where the two worked in silence while preparing an unnecessary amount of food for the three of them.
Walking down stairs Cali smelt bacon. Only half awake Cali did not realize that she had walked down stairs wearing one of Elijah's shirts.
"Well it appears that the dead has risen. Food?" Kat held out a plate that Cali took and began eating off of without even really noticing what she was eating.
"Yes. What's the devil doing here?" Cali mumbled, between bites of waffle.
"He has big news." Kat replied, sipping at her coffee cup as she turned to Niklaus expectantly.
"I do love, I do. Marcel made a very very bad decision last night. He put up a group of nightwalkers to attack me. Suffice it to say, they did not make it. And as a result, Marcel well decided to swear loyalty to me." Klaus smirked, earning choking gasps from both Cali and Kat.
"Shit, shit, shit. What does that mean?" Kat whispered.
"It means love, that I am in charge of the city. You two now work for me, and are safe." Klaus managed to squeak out as the two girls tackled him.
"Thank you. Does that mean I can do magic without like being punished? Cause I've been itching to try some spells on transfiguration." Kat jumped up and down.
"Of course love, you're not a witch on my bad side. And if say, you were to cast some spells on the New Orleans witches, I wouldn't be too put out."
"Thank you Klaus. You have no idea how wonderful it is to have Marcel off our backs." Cali said, giving him another hug.
"Well, then you're welcome. I must leave now darlings, but if say you wanted to take Haley out for awhile tomorrow as a thank you, it would be appreciated." Klaus chuckled as he left.
"Well, things are going to change around here. Let's get ready for work." Cali laughed as they began clean up.
Several hours into prep work, Kiran showed up for her interview slot. Walking through the doors, her pale blonde hair brushed against her shoulders, creamy skin contrasting with the electric blue tank top that brought out her eyes.
"Hi, I'm here for the interview." she whispered to Kat at the front desk.
"Oh hey, Kiran right? Well I'm Kat, Katarina Malfoy. I'll be doing your interview tonight, just go take a seat at the bar and I'll be with you in a sec." Kat replied, as she grabbed the phone and dialed to room 8, "Cali the interviewee is here, and Candy called in sick, you'll need to cover for her."
Joining Kiran at the bar, Kat pulled out some papers, and turned towards the young woman, smiling slightly.
"Okay, let's start off with the basics, state your name and age."
"Right, I'm Kiran Eldora and I'm twenty two."
"Great okay, do you have any references, or previous job experience working a bar or DJ set?"
"Yes." Kiran replied sliding over some papers which Kat flicked through. "I worked as a bartender at Rousseau's for a couple years, I stopped and went on to work upstate. Now I'm back here."
"That's great, okay where did you hear about us?"
"Cami, she mentioned your name. And then I've done some research, you have one of the highest pay rates in the city, which works since I'm trying to go back for a Master's in Event Planning, but that's during the day and I promise it won't carry over into my working hours."
"Wow, props to you. So, everything looks and sounds great. Now here are the ground rules. You will be bartending from eight pm to four am. You are on call for DJ if I cannot manage it. You do not under any circumstances have to work the back rooms or the stage unless you choose to do so, and if that is the case let either me or Cali know. If someone tries to pressure you into it, accosts you, or anything just call out and one of the bouncers or I will take care of it. Starting rate is fifteen an hour and its twenty if you DJ as well. You keep all tips, and it goes up after your first six months. Oh and you get full coverage of health and dental. Any questions?" Kat said, crossing her arms as she reclined back.
"Um, when do I start?" Kiran giggled.
"In half an hour, the first couple of hours are pretty busy, it dies off around twelve and picks up at one thirty again. There's an apron hanging at the back of the counter and if you run out of anything come to the back office, it's straight down the hall. I'll be in there most the night doing paperwork." Kat said, giving Kiran a squeeze on the arm. "Oh and one more thing, do you believe in vampires?"
"Uh no, should I?" Kiran muttered.
"Yeah, you should." Cali said as she sauntered out of the back. "Get going Buttercup."
"Nah, I think her nickname should be Sunshine. It goes with her hair." Kat smirked as she went back to the front counter.