Part 11

After school that day, Veronica rushed home so she could get things ready for her sleep over/ girls' night when she was greeted by her father's open arms and a tight hug.

"Have I ever told you that I love you and that you are the best daughter ever? You deserve the world Veronica." Klaus whispered in her ear, making her chuckle.

"It's good to know you appreciate me. Now, word of advice, don't try too hard tonight, just act like you've acted since we met and everything will go perfectly. I've tried to talk her into becoming your friends to begin with and she needs to see you the way you are with me, the real you." Veronica advised him.

"So no evil hybrid act tonight then?" he chuckled as he led her to the kitchen where he had prepared a snack for her.

"I haven't seen the evil hybrid act yet and I'm beginning to doubt it's even here. You're just like me." She smiled as he sat in front of her, none of them seeing Elijah smiling from the doorway.

"What what's that?" Klaus asked her with a happy smile.

Nothing pleased him more than these normal moments with his daughter.

"You and I, we're good at the tough act but beneath the angry shell, we're marshmallows." Veronica explained.

"Don't let the word spread, I'd lose all credibility." He joked and she smiled.

"By the way, am I right to assume that the 20 years old shaved head, green eyed man that's been following me for the past two days is your hybrid?" She asked him.

"Is it bothering you? I just want to make sure you're safe…" he replied, no denying anything.

"No, if it helps you feel better then it's fine. At least I know I don't have a weird stalker. You definitely should get your hybrids to take some spying lessons though because they're bad at it. Being spotted by a 16 years old girl… They're lucky they're not following someone more dangerous." Veronica explained.

"I'll think about it. So, besides becoming friend with Caroline, what did you do today at school?" Klaus asked her and Elijah, still smiling, left the room, happy to see his brother so human.

"I argued with Aunt Rebekah. Don't worry, it's nothing bad, we're still on speaking terms."

"What was it about?" Klaus asked, curious and hoping he didn't have to dagger his sister.

"She's convinced that Jeremy Gilbert is interested in me and that the only reason he sat with us at lunch was to flirt with me. I didn't agree. Don't worry, we don't have the same opinion but we're not mad at each other or anything." She reassured him.

"So you're telling me that so far my daughter's only choices at dating in Mystic Fall's are Damon Salvatore who's over 170 years old and Jeremy Gilbert, 17 years old potential hunter with a doppelganger sister… great."

"Don't worry, Jeremy isn't interested in me, he's just trying to distract himself from his worries for Bonnie Bennett. As for Damon, I've heard that he's in love with Elena so… No problems there either." Veronica smiled before she finished her cup of tea and stood up.

"I'm going upstairs to do my homework before Caroline arrives." She said as she left the kitchen, leaving her father alone until Elijah joined him.

"You want me to have someone keep an eye on the Gilbert boy?" Elijah asked his brother.

"I already have one watching over Damon… Do you think I'm going too far?" Klaus asked his elder brother.

"I don't think so. In this town, little is always more. And it's to protect veronica, heartache could hurt her more than any knife." Elijah replied wisely.

"Good… and maybe she had a point about the spying lessons… We should try to find someone who can teach them… other than her." Klaus added and Elijah nodded before he took his cell phone out.

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After school, Jeremy had gone to speak with Bonnie, wanting to know what was going on with her and why she was ignoring everyone but it quickly became obvious that she didn't have her powers under control. Worried about the girl he loved, Jeremy talked to her father and he agreed with him, calling her mother back in town almost immediately. Abby came and after knocking her daughter out with some herbs, she took her away to a coven of witches she knew that would be able to help her get better and stop using dark magic.

It sounded a lot like rehab to Jeremy and he figured that if expressionism was like a drug, it made sense that she needed to be isolated and helped by people who knew what they were doing.

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Kol had been pretty busy since the meeting with the Salvatore. With Lilly's ghostly help and her capacity to communicate with his mother, he took care of Shane and of the hunter at the same time. He had kept Liz Forbes in the loop and managed to get Shane arrested for blowing up the 12 council members. If he hadn't done it directly, he had pushed the Pastor to do it and he was going to be in jail for the rest of his life for this.

As for the hunter, Lilly had helped Kol and with the help of a compelled human that deserved to go to jail anyway, they managed to get him killed.

Not only had it kept him busy but he had taken care of everyone's problem and gotten an offer from Liz Forbes: he was now a deputy for her a few hours a week. He'd have to stick to the law but it would keep him busy and he actually liked it. PLus he understood how, in a town filled with supernatural beings, having an original vampire as a deputy could be a good idea.

When he got home that night, pretty late, he found Klaus watching over Veronica, Rebekah and Caroline asleep in front of a turned off TV and Klaus was placing blankets over them.

The Mickealson's had been domesticated by a 16 years old girl. Kol wondered if the next step would be for Elijah to find a job as teacher at the local school or something.

So, what did you think of Kol's job? Of his idea for Elijah?

Thank you for the reviews so far, keep them going.

I was thinking of getting Veronica involved with the Augustine's at Whitemore college... What do you think?

Lorelei Candice Black