Chapter Five:

Bella's POV

They all look at me worried and confused. "Who's Victoria? Love, you gotta be honest with us." Klaus tells me. I nod and try to stand. Klaus and Hayley help me up and set me down on the couch.

"Start explaining." Marcel says gently, careful of my emotions. Despite his hard looks, he's more of a big teddy bear and an older brother. Kinda like Emmett.

I started explaining the Cullens, the pack, James, Victoria, and Laurent, the incident in Phoenix, and my eighteenth birthday. I can feel the whole getting bigger and bigger, not because of the thought of them, but the thought of Victoria finding me and hurting the people I love and care about. When I finished my story, Finn looked dumbstruck, Elijah was clenching and unclenching his fist, Marcel was pacing, Kol was gripping the couch, Hayley looked close to throwing something, Davina and Sophie were tearing up but had anger on their expressions, Rebekah was about ready to rant off and then break a ton of stuff in the villa. Klaus already knew my story, but he didn't think about what Victoria would do.

"Go ahead, let it out." I said cautiously, stepping up from the couch and moving closer to a door. Then all hell broke loose.

The coffee table caught on fire because of Davina, Sophie, and Kol's deadly glares; Elijah kept punching stuff; Klaus was ripping through a couch; Rebekah was throwing a bunch of stuff all over the place; Marcel was hitting the stuff she threw; Hayley was continuously hitting the walls and railings.

I just stayed back and watched, letting them take out their angers. Lord knows they need a release. It was about forty five minutes till they stopped and they were all breathing heavily, clothes and hair a mess; almost everything was wrecked.

I heard a few footsteps and in walked some of Klaus' hybrids. They skidded to a stop and looked wide eyed at the mess.

"Holy shit…" I heard one of them mutter.

"What the hell happened?" Another one asked.

"I told them my story and they got pretty angry, so I let them find their release." I explained. They nodded and stayed off to the side with me. They all finally calmed down and sat down on either the stairs or what was left of the couch.

"Did Jacob mention anything else?" I asked Hayley. She shook her head.

"No, but he did say he was gonna be here with some people named Seth, Leah, Brady, Colin, and Paul." She listed. I raised my eyebrow at one person's name.

"What the hell is Paul doing coming to New Orleans? He always viewed as a 'Leech-Lover'." I wondered. She just shrugged. "When are they gonna be here?"

"Maybe this weekend or next week? I don't know." She told me. I nodded.

"What are we gonna do?" I asked no one in particular. But Klaus was the one to answer me.

"I'm going to have hybrids patrol around this area in case any Cold Ones by Victoria's description show up. And Bella, if you ever decide to go out, make sure one or two of us is with you." He told me. I nodded, deciding not to argue. I can take care of myself when it comes to fighting, but I do care about the lives of my little Mikaelsons. All of a sudden, I could hear my cell phone ringing in my room.

I quickly went up to my room and grabbed my phone off the nightstand. It was an unknown number, but I answered anyway.

"Hello?"

"Hello darlin'." I never forget a voice, even after four years since I've seen him.

"Jasper?"

"In the cold, marble flesh." He joked in his original southern drawl.

"Why are you calling? Not that I mind, but why? After four years?" I said a little upset. I heard him sigh sadly.

"Darlin', I only left because I thought you would never forgive me. After what happened on your birthday. I just want to say that I'm sorry.."

"Jazz, there was nothing to forgive. You only acted on pure instinct. You could feel everyone's blood lust, especially Edward's seeing as I was his singer." I heard him growl when I mentioned Edward. "What is it?"

"Alice cheated on me with Edward. So I divorced her and went back to live with my friends Peter and Charlotte. Plus Rosalie and Emmett got tired of Eddie, Alice, Carlisle, and Esme's bullshit, so they followed me. And with Peter's, Yoda like powers, he found out about Victoria. Where are ya darlin'?"

"New Orleans. Just ask someone where the Mikaelson residence is and they'll tell you."

"Don't worry, darlin'. We'll be there in two days tops. I gotta go. Bye."

"Bye, brother.." I whisper. I heard his intake of breath and practically heard him smile.

"Bye, sister." And then he hangs up. I shut off my phone and lay down on my bed. Victoria is after me, I have one of my brothers back, and my adoptive father has died. Oh god, Charlie.

I wrap my arms around myself and silently cry. The man who raised me as his own, cared for me, tried to teach me to fish, picked me up whenever I fell down, he's gone. Quiet sobs wrack my body as never ending tears fall on my pillow. I heard the door open and someone walk in, I didn't bother to look up to see who it was.

I felt the bed shift and then someone pick me up and place me in their lap, wrapping their arms around me. From the scent, I knew it was Klaus. I wrapped my thin arms around his waist and hugged him. Both of us didn't talk, all that could be heard was my sobs and sniffles. Klaus rocked me back and forth as a sign of comfort. And I eventually fell asleep in the arms of the man I was falling in love with.