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'What are you doing here?'
I bumped in the back of Rebekah, at the entrance gate of her mother's living room, with the accuser tone in her question.
'Your mother invited me'.
Ah, Damon. I looked around Rebekah to see him sitting on the couch with Alaric and Henrik beside him. They were watching football together.
'My mother invited you?' Rebekah entered in the room, with her arms crossed on the chest. 'When?'.
A voice answered. 'Yesterday' it was Esther coming behind us. 'What's wrong with you?'.
Rebekah looked frowning to Damon, who smiled back to her without repentance.
'Nothing'.
'Damon, you're missing the game'. Henrik pulled the sleeve of the sweater of Damon that did wonders for his body. It's no wonder that he and Klaus arranged girlfriends so easily. Together the two were like an announcement of a scent, those with a greek god that appears out of the water. Those that made us, women, slobber.
'Sorry'. He gave Rebekah a provocative look 'Sorry, I can't speak. We are watching the football game'.
'Better be careful for you don't lead with a soccer ball right in your ass' Rebekah murmured softly, but Damon heard and laughed, shaking his head as he was returning to television.
'What's funny?' Esther smiled sweetly, completely unaware of the tension between her daughter and Damon, while delivering everyone a glass of wine, except to Henrik who was drinking a Pepsi.
'Rebekah said a bad word' Henrik replied.
'Rebekah, he hears all'. Esther complained with her daughter.
Rebekah grimaced, while she sat in an armchair. I thought it was best to give her some support, since Damon was clearly causing her.
Rebekah sighed. 'I'm sure he heard worse in school'.
Henrik smiled at her mother. 'It is true'.
Alaric smiled with the answer. Esther shot her husband a angry look before returning to Rebekah 'This is not a excuse to talk like that in front of him'.
'I just said 'ass'. Rebekah rolled her eyes 'Mom, it's not a big deal'.
'It's really true' Henrik agreed 'I've heard far worse things in school'.
Alaric and Damon began to laugh and I shrugged my shoulders, smiling sweetly for Esther. She rolled her eyes and threw her hands up high. 'I'll see dinner'.
Laughing, I watched her going out and then looked for Rebekah with a wide smile.
Rebekah rose, shooting the man in question a angry look, and then she came out, following her mother.
I could feel the eyes of Alaric in us when Damon sighed, and when I looked at the step-father of Rebekah, I saw that he wasn't having fun anymore. His eyes burned in Damon with a million questions, and I have the impression that he was adding two plus two.
A few minutes later, we were sitting around the table, when Alaric decided to start chatting with Rebekah.
'So Rebekah, when are you going to bring a boyfriend to lunch with us?'.
'She doesn't have a boyfriend!' Damon said while he put the potatoes on the plate. When he lifted his face, he smiled to Rebekah.
'I have no boyfriend because someone always ruins my dates!'.
'They are not good enough for you' was the response of Damon.
'You didn't even knew them. And thanks to you, I'll never meet anyone interesting'.
'You are being a child'.
'I'm being a child? He was not good enough for me? What is your next excuse, Damon?'
He frowned, and lowered his voice. 'I was just worried about you'.
I leaned my head to the side, observing him. He was looking at her like Stefan looked to Elena.
Damon loves Rebekah?
I managed the urge to throw my knife on him and tell him that he should fight harder for her.
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After lunch on Saturday, where Rebekah and Damon acted as our entertainment, I was in a kind of exhaustion, observing her through the house. Still upset, Rebekah disappeared in her room and didn't come out.
I, on the other hand, was sitting at my computer and started/continued writing my article. My phone rang and I picked it up to find out that I had a message from Matt.
'Can you meet me in the Office in 30 minutes?'
I got in a taxi and I decided to go and see what Matt wanted. On a Saturday I thought he needed help to end the issue of the magazine.
When I entered into the office, Matt was at my secretary.
'Caroline, sit down please'.
He was scaring me. I sat in the chair.
'You ask me to be in here to fire me?'.
He smiled and handed me an iPad to my hands. 'How could I lay off the magazine's pot of gold?!'
I looked at the iPad and saw an open gossip internet page, on that page were the photos where I was kissing Klaus and the news headlines suggested that the most coveted Bachelor in England was dating an American unknown girl. Now everybody knew ... oh no! My brain took the Matt words.
'What do you mean by 'pot of gold'?'
'Now, officially, you know all the news about the Mikaelson's! You can launch exclusive articles about this family. Nobody ever managed to discover the secrets of this family. These articles will make the magazine sell'.
I didn't believe in what he was asking me. I did not want to betray the confidence of Klaus.
'I'm not going to do that, Matt'.
He looked confused to me. 'I guess you didn't notice, Caroline. This order isn't mine. I've been ordered by the owner of the magazine. He wants to share new gossips'
'Who is the owner of the magazine, anyway?' I had never discovered who was the owner of this magazine. When I signed the contract, I just contacted with Matt.
'I can't say. I do not have permission to say'.
Mystery!. Why this man or woman put me in this situation?
'Matt, I'm not going to do this'. I had already decided.
'Caroline, go home and think about it. I don't want you to lose your employment, really. I like you a lot and I like a lot the articles that you wrote so far'. He touched me on the shoulder 'I'll try to explain to the owner of the magazine that you are not interested in writing stories about your boyfriend, don't worry.'
'Thank You, Matt'. He assented and walked away. I decided to take a bus, instead of a taxi. I needed to think and the noise of people helped me calm down.
When I got a place to sit on the bus, I received another message in my mobile phone, this time was Klaus.
'I forgot how I have a great office desk. I definitely need you to debut it with me'.
I shook my head, my lips curving upwards while I responding.
'I agree'.
Maybe my answer was too short or Klaus has a sixth sense but he replied instantly to my text.
'Are you Okay?'
How could he know? Probably he has not seen the photos published nor imagine the problems we would have. Clearly I needed to talk to him.
'Of Course'.
'Great ;)'
For some reason, Klaus responding with a smile made me smile like an idiot. The lady who was on my side, was looking at me as if I were crazy.
My phone rang suddenly. It was my mother.
'Mom?' I replied.
'I was wondering of you. We do not talk long ago'.
I took a deep breath. 'Have you seen the news about me and Klaus, right? That is why you are calling me?'.
'Well, I saw the pictures, and I was very glad for you finally dating with someone of his caliber. You choose well. I think we are more similar than you ever thought.
'Mom, I'm not dating Klaus. And if I had wasn't going to be because of his money. You know that I don't need it, the inheritance that dad left me is enough for me and for my future grandchildren's'.
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