Chapter Sixteen

I was tossing and turning all night in Damons arms, feeling so uncomfortable. Now I sighed internally, picking up my phone from the side and sitting up, glancing at Damon as I texted.

"Are you busy?"

The reply was almost instantanious.

"Of course not for you love. What is it?"

"I can't sleep."

"Oh, we'll soon fix that then?"

I smiled at his reply, then lay back and closed my eyes, feeling myself nod off straight away

"So, you can't sleep?"

Now I chuckled and opened my eyes. "No. It's hard work when you have a Salvatore persuing you at the same time."

Klaus now scowled, and I knew that look well. "Has he tried anything with you?"

I sighed, knowing he would find out sooner or later. "We might have slept together a few times, but that's about it. Man the guy is so... jeez."

Klaus's face was near enough the personification of murder by the time I finnished, but I just sighed and pulled myself closer into him.

"He's so young, don't worry."

I climbed onto him and kissed him for a moment, closing my eyes against his chest. "Don't kill him ok?"

"He touched you."

"Still? You know I love you, Niklaus. Hell, take my necklace off and compel me to tell the truth if you don't believe me."

He groaned now and put his arms around me, kissing my cheek. "You drive me insane." Klaus told me quietly, then I asked. "Is everything ready?"

A silence.

"Yes. Just two more days."

"Good." I smiled, closing my eyes against him.

God I couldn't wait until moments like this were real again and not just in my head.

-FORSAKEN-

The morning was such a letdown when I woke up in Damons arms, not Klaus's.

"You kept smiling in your sleep last night." Damon chuckled when I woke up. I raised an eyebrow and just said. "I must have nodded off with a hotter guy then instead (!)"

"Ouch (!)"

Now I went downstairs, grabbing a cup of coffee from the recently boiled kettle.

I closed my eyes, letting Damon kiss my cheek before he left.

But not that long after, I heard a clatter that made my head snap to- it had come from below. I ran downstairs and gasped at the sight of Elijah gone.

"No-" I breathed, realizing that he was going to tell them all who I truly was.

He was going to ruin everything!

As I ran upstairs, I froze in the hallway as I saw him stood outside with Elena. But now Elijah saw me and snarled, but was unable to enter the house as he went for me.

"Claudia!" he hissed as I walked forwards, folding my arms just inside the house. "Hello Elly." then said to Elena. "What the hell are you doing-!"

"More like what are you doing." Elijah butted in, eyes hard. "They may not know the truth on who you really are, but I do."

Elena frowned now, then looked at me. "Claudia-?"

I shook my head, not breaking our locked eyes. "I'm not anymore, Elijah."

"And that, is why I don't believe you." he retorted, but Elena just said to me. "What is he talking about?"

Elijah raised an eyebrow, so I groaned and said. "I didn't just know Klaus... I was his lover."

Now her eyes widenened. "What-?"

"And still are." Elijah snarled quietly, and I could see him wishing that he could get inside so he could tear me apart.

"No I am not." I hissed, then looked at his charred clothes. "You look bloody awful. Now piss off and do whatever. Blah."

Elijah was looking daggers at me as I turned and slammed the door in his face.

I heard the car pull away, then sighed, picking up my phone and texted Damon.

"Elenas woke up Elijah!"

Both he and Stefan arrived, looking incredibly pissed as they found the cellar empty. I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. "Why would she do that?"

Silence.

"Guys?"

I turned and faced the silent pair, making me frown. "What?"

"So, are you going to tell us then?"

"Huh?"

Damon slammed me against the wall now by my throat and snarled. "Well, why has Elena told us just now that you're Klauses bitch?"

"I was! I'm not anymore."

"Wrong answer." Damon hissed, then stabbed me in the arm with vervain, making me groan and sink to the floor while he felt for my phone, then scrolled through and snorted. "Oh look! There's a guy named Niklaus in your contacts. Let's give him a ring shall we?"

"You're making a really big mistake." I groaned, hardly able to keep my eyes open.

"Hey dick. Sorry, no bitch here. Although, she's here if you wanna go all "I love you.""

I listened now as Klaus obviously lost his temper at them trapping and no doubt going to torture me for information.

The rest of the conversation I didn't hear as Damon ended it and scoffed. "He won't even call the ritual off for you. Some love huh?"

I chuckled. "That's our policy actually. No matter what happens to the other, we continue until we meet our aims."

Damon hissed, then picked me up by my shirt and slammed me against the hard stone wall. "All this time... and you let me fall in love with you-?"

Now I frowned and opened my eyes a little to see his expression- he was trying not to look hurt, but I could sense it.

"I warned you not to tangle with me." I chuckled, closing my eyes. "You are first on his hit list now you fool."

I closed my eyes and nodded of now as the vervain took effect.

-FORSAKEN-

I was woken up later on due to some screaming up above me, then the door flew open and Maddox walked in. "Can you stand?" he asked me and I shook my head. "Sorry, no. You didn't kill them did you?"

He shook his head as he picked me up. "No, just knocked them out for a while. Klaus isn't happy with them."

"So am I." I groaned, closing my eyes once more for a second, then saw Damon and Stefan out cold on the ground, knocked out by Maddox and his psychic attack no doubt.

When I opened them again, I was in Alarics place on the sofa, but now I sat up with a groan at him stood beside the window. "Are you ok?" Klaus now asked me, and I raised a hand to my still hurting head. "Yeah, I'm good. God that brother of yours-! What a shit stirrer."

Now he turned to me and I frowned at the massive black box. "What's-?" but then I realized with a grin, getting shakily to my feet, walking over and opened it.

"Oh look, there's a sexy guy in here." I laughed.

There was a chuckle from behind me, then I closed it and sighed. "Let's just break this curse and get out of town already."

He nodded, going to kiss me, but I held up a hand and raised an eyebrow. "Swap back first."

"I was just about to do it before you woke up actually."

"Good." I smiled, then walked over and sat on the sofa, looking behind me at Katerina who was stood back with her arms folded tightly. "Hey Kitkat." I smirked, then turned back to Alarics form. "Let's do it already."

The front door opened now and a young woman came in, followed by Maddox. "Greta I take it?" I asked the woman, the witch. She nodded. "Claudia correct?"

I nodded too. "Nice to meet you at last." then turned forwards as Maddox stepped forwards, causing the candles to flare up as Klaus stood by the box and winked at me, causing me to shake my head with a small laugh.

Now he closed his eyes as the witch and warlock started to chant, and a few moments later, the flames erupted for second,then Alaric crashed to the floor. I stood up as Greta opened it and I was faced with a grin.

"Hello Sweetie."

"Finally." I groaned, walking forwards and letting him pull me into his chest. "Have you missed me?" he chuckled, raising his hands and put them either side of my face.

"You're going mad in your old age (!)"

He kissed me now for a good few minuets, then he said quietly into my ear.

"Let's get this party started."

As promised:) another chapter for today! might be another up later:) so, reviews are much loved and cheers! x Nicc