Chapter Eight
And still inside, I felt alone. For reasons unknown to me. - Lana del rey.
"Bloody hell" Carina hissed as she sped down the stairs of the Mikaelson Mansion, she blurred into the living room and stopped dead, she growled at the sight before her.
"Nik!" she bellowed, he shot up from the sofa looking dazed and furious.
"Rina," he sighed calming himself down, "You almost made me rip your heart out" he said and her face didn't seem touched by that.
"Get up get ready, pack! You are late for your flighty thing!" she hissed and he rolled his eyes.
"Rina, love. I have a private jet" he said and she scoffed.
"I don't know what that is, and I don't care. Come on! Move it!" she yelled clapping her hands.
He stood up and walked towards the stairs, smirking at her muttering about 'all this mess' and her furious cleaning.
"We have maids!" He called and then 3 women rushed in and began mopping the blood from the floor and sweeping up smashed bourbon bottles, Carina seethed and blurred into the kitchen to get some delicious future food, as she called it.
Just then the car horn honked outside, her face brightened up from it's morning gloom.
"Klaus!" she bellowed and he stepped from the bottom of the stairs.
"God Rina, I'm right here" he snapped and she smiled.
"Must you really pick him? I can call a cab" he said
"Nope, he is my friend and he offered to take us there and then me back" she said proudly.
"I feel like you are replacing me" he said and then a knock sounded out from the door.
"Are you two screwing or something? I thought we had a plane to catch?!" A familiar British drawl called from the other side of the door, Klaus growled and swung the door open, Carina's face flushed and Enzo smirked as Klaus stormed past.
"I wish you wouldn't, we are both neither morning people" she whispered and he smiled.
"Darling, every British person isn't a morning person" Enzo said and she rolled her eyes smirking.
"I'll give you that" she said and he pulled on her arm towards the car where Klaus sat glaring at the front seat.
Enzo opened the door for her to get in the passenger side, she smiled and did so wiggling her eyebrows at a seething Klaus.
"You have everything?" Carina asked again standing in front of him, he rolled his eyes smiling, he tucked a piece of her curly hair behind her ear, he took a good look at her, a nice silk white button up blouse tucked into a red flowing skirt that came to her mid thigh and then her boots that came to her knees, he remembered her in the 18th century, he remembered how much in love they were, and how much in love they could have been before that Salvatore sunk his claws into her.
Love will be love, it is too late for them to love each other like they once did now.
"I have everything" he said and she hugged him, he felt warm tears seep through the material of his t-shirt.
"You are the bestest friend I could ever have, promise me we will see each other soon?" she asked
"Of course Rina, transport now is easy, I could be there in a few hours or you could come to New Orleans, I know you will love it but you have to tell me, it is a dangerous place Rina, no surprises" he said and she nodded.
"Now, you be strong and the Bird you need to be, if that Salvatore hurts you again, say the words and he is dead" he said and she giggled.
"I love him Nik, I wish I didn't most of the time, but I do, wherever he is my heart goes too" she said and he nodded.
"I want to be the first to hear when that baby of yours is born" Carina said and he smiled.
"Ditto love, Ditto" he said and she hugged him again.
"I have one last thing" he said and stepped back, he pulled a box from his pocket and handed it to her.
"Here, you have my number, stay in contact, I will text you when I get home" he said, she frowned, he kissed her forhead and then was gone, she looked up and sighed, she wiped her tears away and opened the box.
It was an 'iPhone' like Damon has but white! She gasped, a phone of her own! she smiled when it began trilling.
NIK showed up on the screen she smiled and tapped it.
"Miss me already?" he asked
"Thank you so much Nik, I love it" she said and he laughed.
"It's just a phone love, You are welcome anyway, stay safe" he said
"Bye Nik, safe journey" she said smiling, She ended the call, then someone tapped on her shoulder.
"Enzo" she said smiling and he smirked.
"Here gorgeous, let me put in my number" he said winking and she smiled as he took the phone from her.
"You know Damon has been driving me insane, he has been pacing like a maniac and wont go kill people with me" Enzo said, his eyes fixed on the road, Carina looked over to him and frowned.
"You two go kill people? But Damon... He is so good around Elena" Carina said and Enzo smirked.
"All part of the 'I'm Damon and I'm whipped' façade" he said and she raised her eyebrows.
"She is whipping him?" She asked in horror, he cackled.
"No gorgeous, whipped means following her around like a lost puppy" he said and she settled back in her seat.
"Say what you want Enzo, but I will always be second best, sometimes not even that. Love sucks" she said folding her arms, she rubbed her stomach.
"Love is painful and just ends badly" Enzo agreed, Carina's eyes settled on his face.
"Have you ever been in love before?" she almost whispered, Enzo glanced at her from the road.
"Yes," he said and swallowed thickly, "Maggie, her name was Maggie. I had to let her go" he said and Carina sighed and rubbed his shoulder.
"I'm ever so sorry" she said
"I'm sorry you love Damon, he is my best friend and all I have, but he is a selfish jerk to you" Enzo said.
"But I can't seem to fall out of love with him" she finished.
"I hate how he can do what ever he wants to me and I'd let him! I hate it! I hate that he always choses that bitch over me! I hate that the friendship we had is ruined because I love him and he can't love me back! I hate it! I hate him!" she wailed bursting into tears, Enzo's hands tightened on the wheel as he pulled over sharply.
"There is one thing I despise more than humans. Women crying" Enzo said as he pulled her shoulder, she buried her face onto his shoulder and he pulled her closer.
"I know you don't know me well, but everything will be okay, I am here for you Carina okay" he said and she nodded and clutched his t-shirt.
"It hurts" she croaked.
"It always does" Enzo said, she cried for 10 minutes and he soothed her by rubbing her back.
"I promise, you have me, just give me a call when life gets too much" Enzo said, she pulled away and kissed his cheek.
"You are a good man Enzo, thank you" She said and he smiled.
"Lets get you to that baby scan!" he yelled as the car screeched off, Carina wiped her tears away smiling, she set about fixing her face.
"Stop pacing" Stefan growled.
"She is 12 minutes late" Damon muttered his thumb rubbing his own bottom lip.
"This way gorgeous" The British drawl alerted them of their presence, Damon's head snapped up as she appeared, his eyes widened, she looked gorgeous, her hair was wild like he remembered in it's crazy curls, she was dressed in a silk blouse with a red skirt and knee length boots that made him go crazy, but his face almost fell when he noticed she had been crying, her shirt had droplets on it and her eyes were still a little red.
"You are late" Damon couldn't help himself from blurting, he hadn't seen her for a while and that's the first thing he says? Genius.
"Don't blame her mate, we got held up, we shouldn't have had that make out session" Enzo said winking to her, she blushed and Damon's eyes turned hard and furious.
"You what?!" He seethed.
"Oh relax mate, you have Elena" Enzo said putting his arm over her shoulder, she smiled at him and shook her head.
"We didn't" she said to Damon, he hadn't heard her voice for what felt like years. As much as he didn't want to - for Elena, he didn't want to miss her like this, he didn't want to crave her attention and love like he did but he couldn't help it, he had never had someone pining over him like this, he loved her and he knew it. But he fought tooth and nail for Elena and he didn't want to throw that away.
"Mr and Mrs Salvatore" startled Carina, she looked around the room in shock.
"That's us honey" Damon said and she blinked uncertain, she looked over her shoulder at Enzo and he smirked.
"Go on" he muttered and winked, she scoffed, Stefan stood up and Damon put his hand on the small of her back.
"Mr and Mrs Salvatore?" she hissed in his ear, he wanted to shudder but bit the inside of his cheek.
"It was easier, honey" he mocked, she seethed and stomped after the lady, Stefan and Enzo followed.
"I'm sorry, Only the mother and father are allowed in" the nurse said, Stefan began to compel her but she must have been on vervain.
"Go, I will tell you, I promise" Carina said to Stefan and Enzo who nodded and walked off, as far from each other as possible.
"So Mrs Carina Salvatore, you will feel a slight cool gel on your stomach, it only helps me see the baby" She said and then spread the gel all over the growing bump, she jumped at the cold slightly.
She began to slide the electronic device over it, the nurse smiled and tilted the screen towards them.
"There is your baby, congratulations" she said, Carina's eyes widened in shock.
"My... our baby" she whispered, as she saw the tiny little thing on the screen, she felt a hand slip into her own, Damon held her hand so tightly it would have broken if she wasn't a hybrid, his eyes stared at the screen in disbelief.
"Our baby" he whispered, the nurse blushed at the couple, he kissed her temple as a tear slid from her eye.
"You two are so adorable together" the nurse commented, Carina smiled slightly and Damon's hand slid to her shoulder, his love soared for her, they had made that together, she had carried and fed their baby all this time, but then one word killed that rocket of soaring love.
Elena.
"Would you like to know the sex?" the nurse asked, Carina's heart beat accelerated.
"Yes" they both said after a brief glance, the nurse beamed.
"Congratulations Mr and Mrs Salvatore.
You have a baby Girl!" She said gushing.
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Klaus left :( and don't worry, Klaus and Carina won't have any relationship, just a very very STRONG friendship, but I don't know if Klaus should become a regular? What do you guys think?
And the 'Carinzo' interaction? What did you think of that?
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