Note: Final Chapter of this story. I wanted to write how life in hell was like for our favorite crazy couple and then the cross over to The Monster's Daughter, a story which is Bella's POV on her life, her love with Damon and how she sees her birth parents' crazy relationship. There would also be several revelations here and what Klaus' diabolical plans are when he gets out. Hahaha* evil laughter…Even Hell can't rehabilitate a badass evil Original… Thanx for reading and for your reviews.
Chapter Eighteen: Finality…
Years later in Hell/Underworld…Hades…whatever it's called.
Elly's rants. Mad ramblings of The Monster's Bride.
I guessed you all know the story by now or at least what was revealed, which really isn't much. So Klaus did succeed in breaking the curse and he was able to transform into his wolf self. He moved the entire family back East to Mystic Falls, Virginia which didn't exactly turn out for the best. I had warned him beforehand but of course Klaus wasn't one to listen. He was stubborn to his very Original bone.
Anyway…where was I? Ah yes…I was reunited with my dear sister, who strangely was reborn/ reincarnated into her doppelganger. Strange I know, but remembering that famous line from Hamlet long ago, nothing fazes me anymore. There are more things in heaven and Earth Horatio than are dreamt of in your philosophy…
Karina is now known as Elena Gilbert. She was reunited with Elijah and I guessed they had their own little happy ending. I got pregnant again, or I was forced to. It was a terrible mess, what had happened. I didn't want a baby. Klaus wouldn't take no for an answer, so he wins… Of course. Its Klaus, he always wins, one way or another. I had our little girl, Isabella, named after his mother, whom I did not like at all. I think I just don't get along well with women in Klaus' family. His three bitchy sisters for instance hated my guts. I called my daughter Bella just to annoy Klaus. He hated the Twilight series.
Bella was a beautiful baby, my little sweet angel Bella. She looked so much like Klaus and Alexander with her golden blonde hair, a dimpled chin and the sweetest smile. Bella had my eyes, deep blue with golden flecks in some parts. She was going to be a beauty when she grows up. Sadly, of course, I didn't get to see that. A huge kerfuffle had occurred that caused me to be separated from my family. I don't want to talk about it. It would just make my blood boil.
So I was ripped away from Klaus for a whole period of four years or so. I spent the four years being in indentured servitude to some shady, clandestine organization known as the Egregoi. They were Watchers, the so called guardians of Earth, who hardly did any guarding especially when you see how everything just seemed to be a hell hole up there, on Earth. The Director, some fresh faced kid who like he was straight out of the Ivy Leagues, was my boss, and Lo and Behold. He turned out to be my nephew. Estranged though, we didn't have any kind of aunt nephew relationship. It was obvious that Eli Petrov hated me. He blamed me for his mother, Karina's death and was convinced that having Klaus and I around was just too much trouble for him and his sorry ass minions of Watchers.
Eli was responsible for recruiting me into the Egregoi and for separating me from my family. Klaus had no memory of who I was, those four years. It was painful but I overcame that, like I had overcome many things. I am a Petrova, Katerina had said, echoing my dearest Papa, that we Petrovas are survivors. It's in our Slavic blood. We can overcome any adversity.
The four years I was in Watcher training school and office was quite, how should I put it? It was like being reeducated and brainwashed. The only thing that kept me sane was having Anthony The Original as my partner. He was so sweet, Anthony. The things he would do for me. I could have fallen in love with him again. It was that easy. But my heart belonged to Klaus, my body, my soul, everything. I had nothing left to give. Nothing. Anthony would sneak into my room sometimes and we'd just talk for hours. About anything and everything. I didn't feel so lonely with Anthony there.
"What was it like to have children?" He had asked me. I was lying in my bed on the top bunk whole Anthony lied below. We just came back from some covert Op and decided to spend the night talking.
"It changes you." I replied. "It's a cliché but it's true."
"I bet you're a wonderful mother…" Anthony said. I sighed hearing that. He always thought so much of me.
"I try…" I chuckled. I thought of my son and my daughter. It made me sad but I hoped they were doing well.
"Do you think we would have been happy?" Anthony suddenly asked.
I wondered what he meant by that. I bent across the railing and stared down at him. His beautiful green eyes looked up at me. Anthony looked so handsome. Something must be really wrong with me not to be sexually attracted to him and jump on him when I had the chance. Then I thought of Klaus. Yup. That's what's wrong with me. Mystery solved.
"You and me…" Anthony spoke. "If we were together, hypothetically speaking in some alternate world, where you don't belong to Klaus…"
"I can't think of a world, where I don't belong to him Anthony…" I said in a sullen voice. "A world where I don't love Klaus…It's just so unreal to me. I don't accept that."
"He's lucky…" Anthony commented. He sounded sad and I hated that. I didn't want Anthony to be sad. I cared for him too much. "Klaus is lucky that you love him so much, even if he doesn't deserve you Elly…"
"Don't say that Anthony. He deserves me just like I deserve him. We're both too fucked up for anyone else…" I sighed.
Anthony laughed hearing that. It was true though. Klaus and Elly, Elly and Klaus. Two broken halves of a plate. The broken edges would then fit perfectly but you can still see the cracks. We needed each other to be whole. It just wouldn't work with anyone else. I didn't care what they all might say. That I was stuck in a needy, unhealthy, psychotic, co-dependent relationship, that I was too addicted to Klaus. Alexander told me that there will always be haters. But I felt that many people just couldn't understand what it is, between me and Klaus. It would be hard for them to fathom and it wouldn't really be their fault if they tried to analyze it.
They would say that I'm a masochistic psychopath. Which I think I kinda am anyway… Or that I have battered woman's syndrome. Hah… Puh Lease… I never claimed to be a role model for girls. If my daughter ever found herself in an unhealthy relationship with a womanizing asshole, I'd tell her to leave. Run, run far far away Bella. Find someone better. Someone sweet and kind like Aidan or Anthony even Kael. Find someone who will love you more… That's what normal mothers would say, wouldn't they? Find someone who loves you more so they would never hurt you. You'd have the power.
But Love is not about power. Love is not about being secure. Love is not some new age bullshit of understanding and mutual affection and calming peaceful presence. Love is about giving it all, taking the biggest risk you would ever take, plunging into the unknown. You'd never know if you'll survive. That's why they call it falling in love. You could hit rock bottom and it would hurt like hell. Love is giving up everything for someone, accepting them unconditionally and putting up with their bullshit and of course for them to do the same as well. Klaus put up with my crap for centuries.
Maybe I'm just so Old School that way, a product of the Dark Ages where the man had the power and women were submissive wives. But I always felt like the outsider. I was the rebel. Misunderstood and different. Klaus felt that way too. Maybe that was why we clicked so well. What am I saying? We clashed so often. Our fights were legendary. Whatever it is, I chose to be with Klaus despite his flaws, his infidelities, the fact that he is a cruel sadistic monster. It's probably not the right choice or the wise one. I mean look what it did to me? I'm stuck in hell. Hey but it is my choice and I'd answer for it somehow. I chose Klaus. I would always choose him. Don't try to make sense of it. I love him and I don't think that would ever make sense.
Being in the Egregoi, I also figured out who Wesley really was. I was walking down the hallways of the office when I saw the framed portraits of previous Directors that had headed the organization. Imagine my shock when I looked up and saw a portrait of the handsome, broody looking, former Duke of Wellington. He was in charge of the Egregoi from 950AD to well 2000 AD, which was before Eli took charge. Being the famous Arthur Wellesley and later Wesley Arthur was just one of his many human identities. And then he ascended or something, whatever it was. Like a kind of supernatural promotion I supposed.
When I was finally fired from the Egregoi, who had chucked me out in the cold, mind you with nothing but the clothes on my back. Heartless bastards the lot of them. No severance pay, not even a freaking pink slip or a Thank You note. Corporate downsizing actually originated from the Egregoi. I found out from Anthony, dear sweet Anthony, that Klaus had been banished to hell, which brings me here…
I'm in hell. Hah. With my dearest, beloved Niklaus. And there was nowhere else I'd rather be. Karina or Elena would roll her eyes at that. I had always been too presumptuous in my younger mortal days. I was such a hellion, always so sure of myself. That I would never be like those silly girls when it comes to love. I would be strong and independent, never needing anyone else but myself.
Then of course, He came along, literally stopping me right in my tracks. I smiled every time I recalled how I had bumped into Klaus when I skipped down the flight of stairs in my old farmhouse, all those centuries ago. I looked up and there he was, a golden haired angel, smiling down at me. I didn't smile back though.
Honestly, Klaus had that pretty boy look which was never really my type. I always preferred the tall, dark, handsome and mysterious man. Men like Anthony, Kael or Damon. Not Klaus who looked like some guy playing a Christmas angel in a school play or a member of a nineties boyband. That head of blonde curls, the dimpled smile and his shining pale blue eyes. You would never think that such a sweet looking young man was capable of any cruelty, which I guess is part of his charming disguise to lure the unknowing ones in. You are in for a shuddering surprise.
Klaus would rip your heart out without blinking after he had impaled your family members right before your eyes only because he thought it was fun and that you had pissed him off. He wanted to enjoy his revenge. Klaus was like the Mafia in that respect. He would come after your entire family and loved ones, anyone that you have ever known and kill them before he kills you. If the Originals were the Corleones in The Godfather, Klaus would be Sonny Corleone. Hot tempered and impatient. Hah…Elijah was more like Michael. The quiet, unassuming, deadly one. Klaus scowled when I had made that analogy. How could he possibly be Sonny? Sonny got himself killed, Klaus would like to think he was smarter than that but I digress.
My husband was such a sadistic ass sometimes. I'd swear Klaus was probably dropped on his head as a baby. I couldn't blame him though. Isabella, Klaus' mother didn't exactly look like she was good at mothering. Half the time, she was probably figuring out ways to escape the castle and her evil husband, Lord Lucas, to be reunited with her Lycanthrope lover, Gregory. But that is another long history, a can of worms that I wouldn't want to touch, let alone open.
Life in Hell...
"What are we going to do today?" I asked Klaus.
We were in the grand dining hall of castle ruins. I had tried my best to keep the place clean, tidy and livable. But it is still hell, so the furniture was horrible. The tapestries torn and ripped, the chandeliers broken. There were bloodstains and burnt marks on the walls. It's not exactly the Four Seasons.
"We'll go hunt for moles…" Klaus replied. My face scrunched up in disgust. Roasted moles, rats and the occasional hare. Sometimes we'd fish in the murky river and have slimy eel or one of those nasty piranhas. Guess it is called hell for a reason… I hated the food.
"I'm sick of this place…" I groaned. I gave Klaus my unhappy look and he only sighed. He took my arm and pulled me into his lap, while I just sat there and snuggled close.
"We have each other. That's what matters Elly…" He said softly. I nodded and breathed in his chest. I wriggled my nose and groaned. "You need a bath Niklaus."
One more thing about hell, we couldn't find any sort of fragrance there. I did try to make soap from apples and leftover animal fat from the moles and rats that we managed to find and eat. But the apple tree that was by the river no longer bore any fruit and there were no sweet smelling flowers around. The clothes that we have were old period pieces that had started to wear and tear. It was difficult to mend them. It was cold when winter came, we had to snuggle close naked, near the fire and share our body warmth which wasn't much, especially since Klaus was still a vampire.
It had started to get really depressing lately. Sometimes I'd cry in Klaus' arms. I missed my children so very much. I knew I had missed out a lot on them, especially Bella. My sweet Isabella. She would never know both her parents.
"We have to get out of here Niklaus…" I whispered. I must have sounded so brokenhearted. And I was. I was miserable and sad. But I was grateful. I had Klaus. I just wished we weren't stuck in hell. I wished we were reunited with our children. With Alexander and Isabella.
"I know Darling." Klaus replied and stroked my hair. It had gotten so rough lately, it felt more like a broom's head. I felt him kiss my head and it comforted me somewhat. Klaus loved me still despite my bad hair days.
"Let's go take a walk by the river…" Klaus said after a while. "Might cheer you up a bit."
I didn't really feel like taking a walk. I just wanted to mope indoors as I lied in Klaus' arms. He would just hold me close and tell me that everything will be alright and I guessed I would feel better in this hopeless place.
The sun was shining which was rare. The weather in hell was often cloudy, gloomy and gray. Klaus held my hand while we walked. I always liked that. The hand holding was sweet, I think Klaus just couldn't let me go. He was still a little traumatized by what had happened. He was stuck in hell for long time before I came. It took him a while to talk about it. About what really happened. The witches had some ghosts from the civil war era to drag him down to hell. What I didn't know was that my sister and her husband were somehow responsible for Klaus being dragged down there in the first place.
Klaus had tried to track Elijah down in Mystic Falls. It all happened after I was taken away from him again. When the Egregoi crashed into his office and tried to make him forget. The Director had me placed in solitary confinement. During that period, Klaus had frequent blackouts in his mind but also some flashbacks of the past. He knew something was wrong, he could feel it and he believed that his brother might have known something.
"It was horrible Elly…" Klaus told me one night. We were lying in that old musty bed in our chamber. He held me close and kissed my forehead.
"I had flashbacks of you and our life. Of Alexander and even our daughter. I managed to track Elijah down and I watched him. I saw his family, his big house and that fancy car he drives. I saw his wife and then I saw her Elly…" Klaus sighed. I only looked at him. His eyes held so much emotion.
"That blonde little girl playing outside. She looked so familiar…"
"You saw Bella?" I asked him and stared at his sad blue eyes. Klaus nodded.
"I didn't know who she was, but there was something about her. I felt it Elly. She was a part of me…"
"They took her away Klaus…" I said sadly. I felt tears rolling down my cheeks and I brushed them aside. "They said that Bella would be in better care with my sister and Elijah…They said we were horrible parents"
"They had no right Elly." Klaus gritted furiously. "She is our daughter."
I couldn't control myself and started crying. Klaus held me closer. "Oh Sweetheart…" he cooed.
"She looks so much like you…" I wept. "And she's so beautiful and smart and she will never know who we are Niklaus." I cried even harder as Klaus clutched me close to his chest.
"Bella will never know how much we love her. And Alexander. I wonder if he even remembers us…"
My heart lurched when I thought of my son. My precious little baby boy. I wondered about Alexander. What a fine, strong, young man he must have become. I only prayed that he is happy up there. Happy, safe and loved. Isn't that what every mother would want for their child?
"I swear Elly. We will get out of here and I will hunt them down…" Klaus spoke in a low, gravelly tone. "Every single one of the wretched watchers down…and Elijah and your sister…and whoever's involved."
"No Niklaus…" I said and stared at him. "Leave Elena out of this!"
"I can't Elly…" Klaus sighed. "They are all responsible. See, Elijah got the witches to band together to drag me down here. And if I kill my brother, you know his wife will come after me. It would be best for us to get rid of them all…"
"But she's my sister Klaus." I argued. He shook his head and planted a firm kiss on my forehead. "She will get rid of me Elly. Your sister, the Bennet witch and even the Salvatore brothers. We have to strike first. It is self defense."
I was annoyed and folded my arms. I didn't want anything to ever happen to my sister. I'd rather be stuck in hell with Klaus. If he ever gets out, he would want his revenge, I was sure of it and it would not be a pretty sight.
Seeing the sun rays did lift my spirits up a bit. I smiled as Klaus held me while we strolled by the river. I looked at him and smiled and he smiled back. It would be alright I supposed, I had Klaus. It wasn't so bad…I mused inwardly. Better than being in heaven all by myself. Ah…the power of love. Makes you see stars everywhere even in such a hellish place.
We started talking, reminiscing about the past and telling each other of the things we had missed in our lives. We'd list down silly things like cable TV and Jersey Shore. It was Katerina's favorite show. She had it on all the time and I guessed I would watch it as well. Klaus missed his motorcycles, he missed modern amenities and inventions like bottled spring water. The food…oh how I missed pizza and Starbucks and even a simple black coffee.
"When I get out of here…I'm getting a huge Quarter pounder," I told Klaus with a grin. I had been dreaming about Macdonald's for quite sometime. It would be close to heaven to see that famous double golden arch and that wide grinning clown.
"With fries and all and Coke..so much coke." I sounded so excited like a child on Christmas day. Klaus smiled back at me.
"I'll bring you to that fancy restaurant in town and have a huge fillet mignon, your favorite Lobster risotto and some nice Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir…" Klaus mused.
"But I want Macdonald's Klaus…" I frowned. "A huge Quarter pounder meal once we're out."
Klaus gave me a snubbing look. "That's not good food Elly…"
"You are such a snob." I told him and rolled my eyes. Klaus was never a fan of fast food. He had told Alexander that it was trash food. "Once a snob always a snob."
"I'm an Original Elly and you are my wife. We have a reputation to keep."
"Hah…" I laughed snidely. "I supposed you're going to start dressing up in three piece custom suits then like Elijah does…"
Klaus flashed me a handsome, playful grin. "You did say I look nice and sexy in a suit."
"Everyone looks nice in a suit Niklaus…even the fat ugly ones…" I said and rolled my eyes more. He could be so cocky sometimes.
Klaus took me in his arms and held my waist. He then lifted me up as if I was a child and kissed me. "Except I look better than all of them Elly."
I giggled and kissed him back. "Yes you do Darling," I smiled. "You look better than all of them."
Klaus put me down on the ground and kissed me again. The kiss grew deep and I let myself be lost in it as Klaus wrapped his arms around me. I loved the way he tasted and the way it felt being in Klaus' arms. I felt safe and loved, as if nothing could harm me. I feel secured, Klaus was there and he would never let anything get between us. I finally pulled away and looked into his eyes, seeing the love in there. What a silly thing love is… And powerful too… That I would let myself be condemned to spend an eternity in hell for love. I could never be away from Klaus. It was a fate far worse than death.
Bella…
I turned around and I saw someone, a young woman standing there in the fields, by the river. She looked so young, in her late teens, rather tall at almost 5'10. She had long wavy blonde hair, the color of golden corn silk and such a striking beautiful face, like that of an angel. Her eyes were so blue, the color of gemstones, sapphires and lapis lazuli comes to mind. Her skin was so pale almost translucent, white like porcelain. She was dressed in some baggy pajamas and she looked a little lost. She was just staring at me and Klaus. And then it hit me. I knew the young woman, I would know her anywhere. She was my daughter, my precious Isabella.
"Bella…" I called her and walked to where she was. I looked at Klaus and he gave me an odd look of surprise back. He still held my hand and walked with me.
"Is that really you?" I asked her. I stared at her a little unsure. I wondered if I was hallucinating. I pulled away from Klaus and walked closer to where she was standing.
She stared back at me, looking very lost. "What am I doing here? Where is this place?"
"The Underworld or hell,"I said with a shrug. Bella looked shocked as hell, no pun intended when she heard that. I wondered how she even got there. I turned and looked at Klaus.
"Klaus…come here. It's our daughter. It's Bella."
"I'm called Izzie…actually." Bella said and it sounded like a tired sigh. I was a little annoyed. Izzie? Her name is Bella. I called her that. Not Izzie.
Klaus walked to Bella and looked at our daughter rather curiously. "You're all grown up now." He commented. She really was, and so very beautiful. I was in such awe of her. Elena really did a good job, raising her. She looked healthy and fine.
"Yah well thanks for noticing." Bella said and gave Klaus a rather insincere smile. I laughed softly hearing the snark in her voice. It reminded me a bit of Damon Salvatore. Maybe she hung out too much with him up there, that the vampire's prickly sarcasm rubbed onto her.
I heard Klaus laughing softly at that and I smiled. I then took Bella's hand. I couldn't help the tears that pooled in my eyes and fell down.
"Oh…you look so pretty…" I said and touched Bella's perfect face. I then looked at Klaus. "Doesn't she Niklaus?She looks so much like you…"
"She's beautiful like her mother." Klaus said and pulled me to him. He bent and kissed my head as I leaned in his embrace. Klaus had seen my tears and he just wanted to comfort me.
"So you guys died?" Bella asked us, her blue eyes shone with curiosity.
"It's complicated…" I replied. "But we're stuck here."
"Is that why you left me…" Bella said and I was so emotionally affected hearing that. I wanted her to know that it wasn't by choice. They took her away from me. I had tried to get her back. I was ready to kidnap her from my sister but they came again and took me.
"Oh Bella…we didn't leave you." I told her and immediately hugged her. "We love you so much but they took you away from us."
"Your sister?"
"No Sweetheart," Klaus said. "The Watchers. They tore our family apart."
He sounded so pissed. I saw the anger and hatred burning in his eyes. I knew what he was thinking. I could almost read Klaus' thoughts. His fist was clenched and I knew Klaus wanted retaliation. Revenge. They would all pay. Nobody pisses Klaus off and gets away with it. No one rips his family apart and survives. No one…
"Who are they? I want to know." Bella asked us.
"They're just very powerful people Bella." I said. I smiled at my daughter and stroked her cheek gently. "I'm just glad that you and your brother are safe."
"Brother?"
"Alexander Bella…he's our son and your brother." I told her and she looked so surprised, her mouth gaped. I looked at Klaus and he gave a small nod.
"Did you really not want me when you were pregnant?" Bella asked me. I winced hearing that. Did she found my journals? I wrote so many crazy things in there. Some things were spur of the moment.
"Oh Bella. It was not you that I was angry with. It was your father…" I tried to explained . I frowned at Klaus who only rolled his eyes.
"So you did rape her?" Bella asked in an angry tone and stared at Klaus in shock. He had kept quiet. A silent admission. "I was a child born of rape…"
She sounded sad and I needed to let my daughter know that I had forgiven Klaus. What happened was the past. It was true I didn't want it and was not consensual and I hated Klaus for forcing me to conceive but I forgave him.
"Bella it's alright. I have forgiven your father…" I told her and hugged her tightly. Strange that she was taller than I am. I still remembered that chubby little baby I had placed on a pram. She had always been such a happy, smiling baby with pink cherubic cheeks and a sweet babyish laughter. I remembered how unsettled she was in my womb, always moving, kicking up a fuss.
"I love him and I love you. Don't ever forget that…" I whispered to my daughter. She had to know that. That I loved her so much. That losing her was so painful to me, the scar of it would never leave my heart.
Forgiveness…
Bella disappeared as mysteriously as she appeared. I cried in Klaus' arms when she left. He held me close like he always did, trying his best to comfort me. His time in hell had made him to be quite a patient vampire. Klaus and I sat on the grassy banks of the river. The sun had set and it was dark. We could see the stars even in our hell. Klaus was so quiet, I wondered what he was thinking.
"Niklaus…" I called his name softly. I didn't want Klaus to be lost in his thoughts.
"I hurt you didn't I Elly?" Klaus asked. He looked so distant as he spoke. "For centuries. All I did was hurt you..."
Klaus sounded remorseful which made me a bit suspicious. Klaus never sounded remorseful. But the emotions were so raw in his eyes and voice. I guessed Bella's anger that he had raped me got to him.
"I was horrible to you." Klaus said and looked at me. "What I did to you…to have Bella…I even broke your wrist the night of Alexander's party." He was shaking his head in despair. "God…I was so…" Klaus paused trying to find the words.
"So you?" I said and Klaus gave a scowl.
"I hurt you too…" I said and took his hand, caressing it gently. "I betrayed you Niklaus. I was the one who got you cursed in the first place. I told you a lie that your sister hurt me when she didn't. You hunt them down because of that lie…" I paused and bit my bottom lip. I did so much horrible things to him.
"I told Trevor that Katerina needed to run and I gave him the moonstone…I slept with the Duke of Wellington…" I winced and looked at Klaus. He looked so surprised, his blue eyes went wide. "He was that mysterious lover of mine." I gulped. What a confession…
"I manipulated the Alpha thinking that he would have me one day and he was my silent co conspirator for centuries…" I breathed and continued.
"And not to forget that I plunged the silver dagger in your heart twice maybe thrice." I finally stopped and looked at Klaus. Strangely he seemed rather calm. He breathed in deeply and let out a loud, shuddering sigh.
"You know when you list it that way…It sounds like you really fuck me over Elly." Klaus said wryly and looked at me. I looked at him back, a little fearful of how he would react. He sighed and pulled me close, kissing my lips.
"Why did you forgive me Elly? For what I did. I don't deserve your forgiveness…"
"I love you Klaus." I said and leaned my forehead on his. It was Klaus trying to apologize in his own way. "I think it comes together, love and forgiveness."
"Anthony told me once that I don't deserve you. Maybe he's right…" Klaus mused. I looked at him and gave a small frown.
"Don't be silly Niklaus. We deserve each other. Always…Me and You. You and me. Body and soul forever…"
He smiled and kissed me again. "You know they all said that I am cold, heartless monster. My family, your sister, the Salvatores, Katerina. They were wrong, I do have a heart…" Klaus said to me.
"I know Niklaus." I smiled and clutched his hand to mine. I let it pressed right on top of my beating heart. "You have me…"
Epilogue
Mystic Falls.
It was just your typical Saturday morning when Damon Salvatore woke up in bed. He groaned seeing that he was all alone. His girlfriend wasn't there and he hated that. That she would took off in the morning when all he wanted to do was to cuddle in bed. Damon took his phone and dialed her number.
"Seriously Babe…you can't even wake me up?" Damon groaned. "Saturdays are cuddling days." He heard her adorable giggles when he said that.
"You were sleeping like a baby, and I thought maybe you needed to sleep some more," Izzie told him. "And you know I have to open the store today." She complained. "Emily is dead drunk at home."
"Yeah…yeah…" Damon muttered and headed to the bathroom. "Can you stop by the Grill and get me coffee on your way back?"
"Alright." She chirped.
"And get some for Kat and Stefan too."
"You sure you want me to do that Baby? I'll put vervain in hers…" Izzie mused wickedly.
"Izzie be nice. Kat's like family." Damon shook his head. Izzie never did like Katherine. Maybe it was Elena's influence. Or that Katherine was just a bitch around Izzie.
"Whatever…" Came the annoyed response. Damon looked at the bathroom mirror and rolled his eyes. He heard the front door bell rang.
"Shit…" Damon swore.
"What's wrong?" Izzie asked him.
"Someone's at the door…Crap…" Damon started to panic. "I think it's your Dad."
"Nope." Izzie said. "My mom said that Dad's gone to Atlanta for business."
"He's an Original Iz. He could be in two places at once…" Damon spoke. He thought of Elijah and he felt this anxiety that he couldn't explain. For the first time in a long time, Damon was actually afraid.
"I could just tell him you know…saves us a whole load of trouble." Izzie said in a melodic tone. Damon heard her whistling that haunting tune.
"You're doing it again…" He said wryly.
"What?"
"The creepy song…" Damon reminded her. Damon didn't know but the song was kinda creepy. It's the Jaws music to him. Just another of Izzie's idiosyncrasies Damon put up with. The things you do for love…
"Oh…Sorry…"
"Look I gotta go see who's at the door." Damon informed her. "God knows Stefan and Kat are probably sleeping like the lazy pigs that they are."
"Alright…" Izzie said cheerfully. "I gotta go open shop."
"Love you…" Damon smiled.
"Love you more…" She told him.
He smiled to himself when Izzie put the phone down. He would never grow sick of it. To love someone so much and have them love you. Damon headed down the stairs. The bell was still ringing but it stopped. He saw his brother shirtless. Stefan had opened the door.
"I thought you're still sleeping…" Damon commented. Stefan just stared at him and then stared at the opened doorway. Something's just not right. Damon could feel it in his bones. His vampiric senses were pff the charts.
"What's wrong?" Damon asked. He looked at his younger brother's face. Stefan looked rather shell shocked.
"Stefan…" It was Katherine.
She had just walked up from the basement carrying bags of blood with her. Katherine looked at Stefan and saw the look on his face and then she looked at Damon. Both Damon and Katherine immediately speeded their way to the front door.
"What the fuck…" Damon spoke when he saw who it was. More specifically who the visitors were. No fucking way!
"Hi Damon," The pretty, blue eyed brunette grinned at him. "Aren't you gonna invite us in?"
The tall blonde man who held her in his arms gave three of them a wide grin. He looked at Katherine and smiled charmingly as he greeted her in Katherine's native tongue. "Stravei Katerina…"
"Fuck no…" Katherine swore. She looked at Damon and then at Stefan. "No! Do not invite them in!" She cried out in a panic.
"Don't be silly Kat…" The brunette said in an admonishing tone and rolled her eyes at her bestfriend.
"Klaus is a hybrid and I'm not a vampire…We don't even need a fucking invitation…we were trying to be polite" She said acidly and gave a sweet smile. The woman walked right in and pulled the blonde man with her.
"Elly…" Katherine muttered reluctantly under her breath. The bitch is back… Straight from the depths of hell. Elly looked at Katherine, smiling brightly and hugged her tight. Katherine knew better. Behind that sweet smile, Elly was just trouble. She was Klaus' immortal bride after all.
"I missed you so much Kat. Hell is such a horrible place without all the fun people."
"Couldn't you both just stay there?" Damon said snarkily. Klaus gave him an annoyed look and let it pass.
Elly pulled away from the hug and smiled at the Salvatore brothers. "Now where is she?" Elly asked them. " Where is Bella? Where's my daughter?"
Klaus had pulled Elly in his arms, letting her back rest against him. They looked like any young couple in love. Katherine rolled her eyes. She knew it wouldn't last long, this sweet phase of theirs. Anytime soon, Klaus and Elly would start to get into their infamous lovers fights. Katherine could predict it like clockwork. She winced for a while as she looked around. There was just too much wood in the house. Elly could go berserk and burn the Salvatore boarding house down. Katherine wondered if they had enough fire insurance on the house just in case.
"This is not going to be a good day…" Stefan murmured to his brother.
Damon only groaned and gave his younger brother an irritated glare. Like Duh…"You'd think Stef?"
The End for now…