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06-01-2014
Klaus was not happy.
Although he never was after he had just seen her, every time it reinforced the fact that he could never stay with her and would always be leaving her for her own protection. He knew he shouldn't have gone to see her last night with the Salvatore's hot on his trail frantically looking for a way to end his live, but he couldn't bear not seeing her. She was the light in his life and when he was with her, nothing else mattered- it was just them.
He remembered the first time he had ever seen her, and he felt like his 900 year old heart was finally awoken. There she was, in her 1920's golden flapper dress that made her look like she was glowing.
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Gloria's Bar: Chicago, 1920
Claudia arrived late for her shift for the night at the bar that was one of the only places in the city that still sold alcohol, illegally of course. She never intended on working in a bar but she needed enough money to get her through her law school before she had access to her money that was locked away in an airtight trust fund.
She rushed past some of the other girls that worked in the bar and saw that they were all dressed and ready for the night. She quickly put her stuff down at her vanity and started to touch up her hair in the classic 20's up do. She noticed that Gloria, the owner had made her way into the back.
"King! Why aren't you dressed yet? People have started to arrive!" Gloria made her way over to Claudia and started to finish her hair while Claudia went to work on touching up her make-up and adding a fresh coat of her favourite blood red lipstick.
Claudia caught Gloria's eye in the mirror and sighed. "Why are you late this time, honey?" Gloria felt a motherly connection to Claudia and was one of the reasons she let her work in her bar. Since the first time she saw her she had felt the pain and heartbreak that she was going through and knew she needed someone to look out for her.
Claudia bit her lip and cast her eyes down. "I'm sorry! I had to turn in my paper before my professor left for the weekend and then missed the bus!"
This had been the worst year of Claudia's life, first with the murder then having her money cut off from her while the trial took place, she knew it was going to be difficult coming from someone that had everything to someone that had nothing.
Gloria saw the guilt on her face and gave her a small smile in the mirror. "It's okay honey, but I can't keep treating you different from the other girls."Gloria put her hands onto Claudia's shoulders and continued "Now, let's get you out there so we can get you to work!" Claudia stood up and slipped into her favourite golden flapper dress that fit her like a second skin.
Claudia gave her a smile, she didn't know what she would do if it wasn't for Gloria, she had picked her up when she had nothing and helped her get back onto her feet. She and Gloria made their way out into the bar already filled with customers even though they only opened less than an hour ago.
That's when he saw her, making her way into the crowded bar, the customers parted for her like she was fire and no one could take their eyes off of her. From the way her chestnut coloured hair was pinned just to show enough of her fine neckline to her golden dress that made her skin glow and made people do a double take when she walked past just to make sure they weren't dreaming.
In all of his years he had never seen such perfection that she had, not even from Tatia back when he was human, although it appeared that his vampirism only made him see the finer perfection of her beauty. As she turned her back from him and made her way across the bar, he got to see the shape of her supple body, from her lengthy toned legs to the deep curves of her torso.
Then he saw her eyes. He'd never seen such a colour that was as rich and deep as hers. If he hadn't believed he was dreaming before, he did now. They were the colour of deep honey, so rich you could stare at them all day and get lost in them. Her face was perfectly symmetrical from her straight nose to her lightly blushed cheek bones to her plump lips painted the colour of blood.
Klaus had never believed in love at first sight, but if she was anything, it was that.
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When Klaus looked back at the night, it was one of the best of his existence because it was the night he met her, fell for her and became obsessed with her. Of course, it was that night that meant that now he could never dream of leaving her either.
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A/N: So this is the next chapter, hope you like it!
A big thank you to everyone who has favourited, followed and reviewed the story, i love waking up and checking my emails to see all the new follows and favourite's this story has!
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