A/N: Hey y'all! I AM SO SORRY. I lost my muse there for a little while, but now I'm back on track! I'm splitting up the ball into two, possibly three chapters just because I want to get as much detail into this episode as possible. A lot changed for our favorite hybrid that night! Anyway, thanks for not hating me too much for my slow update!
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Chapter 3: The Invitation
It was odd watching his siblings getting ready for the ball. They were so…normal. Reliving their past moments was one thing, but to see how he lived his life without you around was not something you had prepared for. They bantered and joked back and forth, and while sometimes is could be spiteful, it was not something you thought he took as a threat. When he stormed in and reprimanded Rebkeah about harming Elena, your old insecurities about always being second come rushing in. That is until Esther then calls him over,
"So who are you bringing to the ball this evening?"
Your and his heart stutters – and a flash of your face races across your mind. Suddenly you realize that this particular memory is from the night he turned Tyler into a hybrid. You standing tall and fighting for Tyler, a fierce look in your eye and glare on your face that makes you look determined. Beautiful and determined. You hadn't even thought that he remembered you from that night. After all, you were just a blonde who happened to have an unlucky boyfriend, but not to him. He saw you even then.
"Don't be ridiculous. You're lucky I'm even going," he says, but even has he says this to his mother you feel the gears turning in his mind.
When he finished the conversation with his mother – and oh the irony of the "magical evening" comment- he flashes to what appears to be an attic. Determinedly he goes through the same closet that also holds your future prom dress until you spot your blue gown. You feel a smirk appear on his face and he flashes back down to his room with the dress. He sees the unmarked invite Esther left for him on his desk and quickly, but delicately he writes:
Save me a dance
Fondly,
Klaus
He's vampire sped so quickly that the next thing you see is your house. When you hear the end of your phone call with Tyler, you instantly feel his jealousy coursing through his veins. You leave the box, ring the doorbell, and flash around the side of your house. While you hear yourself complain and say your signature line, "Seriously?!" you also can't help, but hear your heart beat just that little bit faster at the site of the dress he's given you.
You feel his excitement coursing through him at the thought that you might show up to the ball in his dress. Little does he know that he's about to get more than he bargained for tonight and you can't wait to be on the other side of the show this time around.