The End Of The Affair

"So I happen to remember that missed your birthday." Nik said nonchalantly as we strolled down the street, hand in hand. I smirked up at him.

"I believe what we did last night, and again this morning, was more than enough of a present and an apology." I told him huskily as I remember what had transpired once we were united the previous morning.

"Well, maybe you'll be gracious enough to accept my gift anyway, since it is in returnable." He replied with a smug smile on his face. I frowned at him in confusion.

"Let it never be said that I am ungracious." I joked. Nik smiled down at me and pulled me after him a little faster. I giggled as I jogged to keep up with him. The busy streets emptied as we neared an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Chicago. "Oh, Nik! You got me a sweatshop."

"I know how much you hate retail." He played along with my teasing. Finally, he pulled me to a stop outside one of the many warehouses surrounding us. I looked around in confusion.

"Seriously, Nik, why are we here?" I asked him. He smiled at me lovingly before beginning to explain our field trip.

"A few months ago, when we started seeing each other, before you knew I was a vampire." He started. "You were questioning, me about my family."

"Right. But then I found out they were all vampires, and daggered so they could be carried around in coffins." I finished pointedly. We had had this conversations before so Nik just rolled his eyes at me and continued.

"Well, today I will be undaggering one of them." He announced with a twinkle on his eye. I knew this twinkle. It was the same look he got when ever he spoke of his younger sister, Rebekah. I smiled at him.

"You're undaggering Rebekah?" I asked him, dumbfounded. Although, I don't know why I was so surprised. He had always said he would undaggering them once the curse placed on him by the Original Witch was broken. Maybe it was surprising since I thought he would wait until to found a solution to his hybrid turning problem. Nik raised an eyebrow in silent question, asking me how I knew it was Rebekah he was undaggering. I shrugged my shouldered nonchalantly. "You get this look when you speak of your sister. It's rather adorable actually." Smiling, he grabbed my hand again and lead me into the building where a man was waiting impatiently. I could tell immediately that the man was a vampire but I wasn't afraid. I knew without a doubt that Nik would keep me safe.

"Stefan, come introduce yourself." Nik commanded the other vampire in the room.

"Let me guess. Stefan?" I teased the handsome vampire. He smirked in response and held out a hand for me to shake.

"Stefan Salvatore. You look familiar. Have we met before?" He asked me.

"I don't think so. I definitely would've remembered you." I flirted back lightly. Nik place an arm around my shoulders in effectively marking what he saw as his. I smile slightly and let him do it without causing a fuss. It was strangely flattering to have the most power being in the world proclaim you as his.

"I'm Ellyse Gilbert." I traduced myself politely. Stefan looked taken back at my name.

"Gilbert?" He asked in shock. Nik chuckled lightly at his expression and I smirked as he recognised my name. Nik had already explained to me who Stefan was to my twin sister, Elena. He had told me what had happened in order to broke the hybrid curse. At first, the thought of never seeing Elena again shocked my and I was understandable unset, but then I remembered all the horrible things that she said to me the last time saw her and the effect that her words had on me.

"Hmm, yes. I'm Elena's fraternal twin sister." I explained but he just looked at me with a blank look. "She never mentioned me? That's about right." I mumbled the last part. Nik must have felt my sadness because he tightened his grip on my shoulders in comfort. Stefan smiled at me lightly and turned to Nik.

"Is Rebekah awake yet? We need her for the spell." Stefan asked him. I raised an eyebrow in question and crossed my arms over my chest.

"My birthday, huh?" I mocked. He turned to me and held his arms up in surrender.

"I might also need her for a spell so that Gloria can contact the original witch and I can find out what the hell is happening with my hybrids." He defended himself. I rolled my eyes and walked further into the building. I looked into the open coffin and smirked at the sight.

"Honey?" I called over to Nik. He walked without Stefan so he must have told him to wait outside. He came over and looked into the coffin and scoffed.

"Rebekah... Come out, come out where ever you are!" Nik called out into the warehouse. I looked around and saw the body of a dead security guard laying to the side.

"Well, she's awake." I said and looked around again. Suddenly, someone came flying out of nowhere and I jumped back automatically. A blonde girl in a flapper dress was in front of Nik and plunging a dagger into his chest. I knew that it couldn't kill him but it still unnerved me a little.

"Go to hell, Nik!" The woman, who I assumed was Rebekah spat at him. Nik gasped and pulled out the dagger and I muffled my laughter at the siblings spat.

"Oh, don't pout. You know it wouldn't kill me." He huffed and threw the dagger on the ground at his feet.

"Yeah, but I was hoping it would hurt more." She pouted and crossed her arms over her chest. I giggled out loud at that and Nik's head snap around to me.

"And don't you laugh." He said to me but I just shrugged at him.

"You deserved it. You did dagger her and leave her to rot for 90 years." He defended myself. Nik rolled his eyes at me and turned back to Rebekah, who was looking at me with interest.

"90 years?" She asked Nik. "What year is it anyway?"

"2012." I answered and walked closer to them both so that's was next to Nik.

"And who are you?" She asks me in her pretty British voice.

"Rebekah, this is Ellyse Gilbert, my girlfriend. Ellyse, this is my sister Rebekah."

"Charmed." Rebekah said with a smile. I held out my hand with a smile of my own.

"Nice to meet you, Rebekah. I've heard lovely things." I said and she and Nik both chuckled. Rebekah looked back at Nik in disgust and I moved over to the side so that I wasn't in the way. Especially if there was going to be more violence.

"I understand that you're upset with me, Rebekah... So, I brought you a little peace offering. You can come in!" Nik called out and I turned and watch Stefan walk into the warehouse. Rebekah's eyes widen when she saw him.

"Stefan." She breathed softly. Nik watched over to a confused Stefan and looked deeply into his eyes and knew he was compelling him.

"Now you remember." He ordered Stefan. I watched as comprehension dawned on him and he remembered the time he spent with Nik and Rebekah in the 1920's. Nik had told me about his last time in Chicago the night before. Stefan looked over at Rebekah in astonishment and then over at Nik.

"I remember you." He said so quietly that I nearly didn't hear him. "We were friends."

"We are friends." Nik corrected him and I smiled because I knew how important his friendship with Stefan was. He turned back to Rebekah. "And now for the reason you're here. Besides being a birthday present for Ellyse." He said with a glance in my direction. "Gloria tells me you know how are contact the original witch."

"The original witch?" She asked, confused because the original witch was dead.

"What did you have that Gloria needs?" Nik asked his sister. Rebekah gave Nik a look and reach up to her neck.

"Where's my necklace?" She demanded loudly."What you do with it? I never take it off!"

"I don't know. I didn't touch it." He replied in an exasperated tone.

"We need to find it, Nik! I want it back now!" She screamed at him. I watched the two of them in growing concern. She went back to the coffin that she had been kept in for 90 years and searched for it.

"Tell me that's not what you need, Rebekah!" He yelled back at her. Rebekah screamed and flipped the coffin over and kicked it. I watched her angry tantrum and Nik ran his hands through his hair. I want to go over and calm him down but knew that what he needed right then was to calm down on his own. I saw Stefan look the ground nervously and wondered what he knew.

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