Chapter 9

"You look terrible."

"Thank you Bash, you sure know how to make a girl happy in the morning."

"I take that you didn't sleep well."

"It's not that, I just could stop dreaming about him."

"Elijah?" He asks me and I nod. "Why don't you have a real conversation with him, telling how you really feel, maybe it can help."

"Wow, when did you get so smart?"

"I have always been smart and I found a job." He says and I look at him surprise. "I am training the football team."

"What is the catch?"

"Cheerleading practice at the same time." He says and I roll my eyes.

"Ok everyone make sure you don't forget your homework." I say and all the students leave besides Caroline. "Can I help you Caroline?" I ask her nicely.

"You tell us you were a ballerina right?"

"Yes why?"

"I am the one who trains the cheerleading team but we this is my last year. Well I can repeat every time I want but it's not the same. I really wanted to win the championship this year. So could you please help us." She says with a huge smile and puppy eyes, just like Rebekah.

"Ok will. When do you girls practice?" I ask her.

"Mondays and Wednesday."

"So you have practice today."

"Yes." She nods.

"Then tell your friends that Monday I want everyone to do some kind of tryout just to see how good you all are. If anyone knew what to try they can."

"Ok I will. Thank you very much." She says and leaves with a smile.

"You are welcomed, now go before you get late to the next class."

I walk into my car after the end of the last period when I see Rebekah waiting for me with a smile.

"Hi Becca in what can I help you?"

"I was thinking we could have dinner together or something."

"Why not? You could come to my apartment tonight. Bash will be there but you can be comfortable there is nothing about me that the boy doesn't know."

"Ok." She says and leaves with a smile.

"So hot blonde is coming for dinner?" Bash asks for the 5th time and I roll my eyes.

"Yes she is and you beehive."

Half an hour after Rebekah came in, I knew Sebastian wasn't the only one who need to beehive. They couldn't stop staring at each other and you could see the tension going on. Becca is my little sister and I want to protect her but I know she is also a 1000 plus years old teenager who wants to love and fell love. Sebastian on the other hand already had his heart-broken two times and for him that was enough for him to give up on love. I knew they have things in common and would have fun together.

"I am going out." I say getting up and they look at me. "I don't want to be 3rd wheel." I say with a smile and Rebekah looks down timidly. "It's ok, just don't break anything, you have the house to yourself tonight."

I take my jacket and I am about to leave and I see Becca muttering thank you to me.

I get to the streets and I see the dark sky there is nothing to do in this city so I decide to call someone.

"Hello love."

"Nic where are you?"

"At the grill why?"

"I need company, can you meet me at the park."

"Of course I will be there in 5 minutes."

The park is silence at night, but a comfortable silence. It was still 9 o'clock so there are still a lot of people in the streets.

"So weren't you having dinner with my sister?" Nic appears sitting next to me.

"Yes but she got distracted don't asks it is better that way."

"Remember this place?" He asks me with a smile.

"Yes it when we used to play when we were kids. Remember those times?"

"I do. You were always playing with something or running around. You always had to be doing something."

"That's true. Normally I would drag you to the streets to play ball with me or we would to the caves without anyone knowing."

"We were rebels back then." He says smiling.

"One of us still is." I say playfully and he gives a small laugh.

"True. Did you ever come back?"

"Yes once, when I hear the rumors Katarina was death." I say looking at the stars.

"Came to make sure she indeed was death." He says with a smirk.

"Something like that." I didn't actually came to see if she was death so that I could be happy I came to tell her about her family that she could come home that I would talk to Klaus.

"Would you spare her if I ask you too?" I ask and the takes a deep breath.

"Back in England or now?"

"Both, in the between."

"There was no way, no matter she was your family. I would go after her anyway. After I meet you in Russian, probably I would. You were so angry at me that I would do it. Now I don't know. What would happen if I didn't."

"You had your change when you did the sacrifice and you didn't kill her."

"True." He nods and I smile at him.

"So she is forgiven?"

"You want to bring her here?"

"I don't know, I would like to talk to her to tell her she is free." I say and I can still see the conflicts in him so I change the topic. "So you and Caroline?" I say and he laughs.

"Really you want to talk about me and Caroline."

"Yes, I would like you to know that I approve her as your future love." I say and we laugh.

"I didn't knew I need your approve."

"Of course you do. I like her, she is not an empty girl."

"I know she is constantly saying me no."

"See, that is why I like her she was brains."

"I don't understand you approve but you like she says no to us together?"

"Yes because I want you to work to deserve her not that she falls into your arms."

"Work, hum?"

"Yes work be romantic, woo her."

"I try."

"Try harder, shower her the Nic I know, she would fall for you, you just need to open yourself."

"Valeria Elizabeth Pretova, the romantic adviser." He says and we laugh at the irony of it. "So woo her." He says not softly.

"Yes woo her. Show her that you care. Even if that ruins your evil reputation. Do something she wants and never would expect you to do. That is how you are going to win her heart. But I warn you if you break her heart I will make you suffer for decades." I say smiling at him but he could see the treat was real.

"What about you, any boy troubles?"

"You know me, a ruin marriage is enough."

"Maybe it is not ruined." He says to me and I look at him knowing he is hiding something. "Try to talk to him."

"Now you look like Bash."

"Your friend?" He asks and I nod. "He is the new me in your life?" He asks and I laugh.

"Kind of."

"Hum, I don't like it." He says with a funny face.

"I always have space for you in my heart."

"That was so cheesy." He says and we laugh. I tell him the story of how I meet Sebastian and then I look at my clock and already pass midnight. "We should probably go, people would find it strange that two people are in here at this time of the night."

"True. It nice to see you Nic." I say hugging him. I notice I caught him off guard but he hugs me back after some seconds and we say our goodbyes.

"Hey Val." He calls my name and I turn to him. "She's is free." He says and I smile.