The only ones to take Lea up on her offer for dinner was Stiles, Derek, and Klaus. The others complained about being too tired and sleepy to go out so Klaus gave them the number for pizza delivery and even some spending cash to keep them fed since they were guests in his home.
Klaus had surprisingly rode with Derek in his Camaro while Lea hopped in 'Baby Blue' with Stiles. The entire ride over was filled with music by 'Imagine Dragons' and Lea's wondering of why Derek and Klaus seemed to get along better than expected. When they had pulled up to the Mystic Grill, Derek and Klaus went ahead and walked right on in while Stiles and Lea lagged behind. Walking side-by-side, Stiles' hand kept brushing Lea's and in one bold movement, Stiles grabbed her hand.
Grinning when his hand seemed to tense, Lea peeked at him from her peripheral vision and entwined their fingers, giving his hand a squeeze. Walking into the establishment hand-in-hand, their 'moment' didn't last too long seeing as Stiles immediately made a beeline for the bar where Matt was serving Klaus, Derek, and Damon drinks.
"Mattie!"
Lea laughed at his enthusiasm, looking around the place for any familiar faces. At the pool table off to the side stood Stefan, Elena, and Jeremy who were all laughing at Stiles who hopped up on the bar and started pestering Matt with questions.
"Hey, guys!" She greeted them when she reached them. "Are we waiting for anyone else or it's just you who came?"
"Just us." Elena told her. "Caroline said to tell you 'sorry'. She wanted to come but Tyler threw a tantrum so she stayed behind."
"It's fine." Lea smiled before frowning. "And I don't mean to cross any lines but why is Tyler such an arse towards me? He's given me attitude since we first met and even then, I was being nice to him."
Stefan and Jeremy both chuckled while Elena frowned. "Sorry about him. He just really hates Klaus, you know with the whole siring thing and constantly flirting with Caroline."
"So it's not just me!" Lea gushed. "I thought I was imagining those looks he was giving her!"
Elena chuckled but agreed nonetheless. "Yeah. He has a thing for her and if I'm being quite honest, she might have a thing for him but she won't do anything about it because she can't forgive him for what he's done."
Lea walks around the pool table, her gaze meeting Klaus' from across the room before he goes back to his drink with a small grin. She notices Derek walking towards them, his eyes boring into hers. "Lea, can I talk to you for a second?" He asks. "Over there?" He nods towards part of the Grill that's empty.
"Uh, sure." She agrees.
Walking over to a secluded booth, Derek and Lea both take a seat opposite each other. Once they settle in, Derek opens his mouth to speak but then quickly shuts it, shifting in his seat as he thinks about what he's about to say.
After looking like a fish out of water, Derek finally cracks. "I know about you and Stiles."
Lea's eyebrows furrow with confusion. "Uh, I kind of figured you did." She mumbled. "After all, you did catch us making out."
"No." Derek snorts. "Not that. I mean, anyone could sense the sexual tension between you two but I'm talking about the other thing." Lea's is now blushing about everyone sensing the sexual attraction and the fact that Klaus, Damon, Elena, and possibly Stefan is eavesdropping in. "I know." He tells her. "Klaus explained a few things to me on the way here."
Lea's eyes widen in shock at the fact that Klaus took it upon himself to out whatever was going on between her Stiles. Her head instantly whirls in his direction only to find him staring right back at her, saluting her with his glass before turning back around. To his right, Damon is sitting there and smirking at her, pointing in Stiles' direction where he's still talking Matt's ear off, and snickering. She takes a moment to glare at Damon before looking back at Derek. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you." She sighs in defeat. "I wasn't even sure what was going on at first but then it kind of clicked into place when I didn't attack him in wolf form. I've read a few things about something called 'Bonded Mates' but not enough to confront Stiles with it." She smiles sadly as she takes a moment to stare at Stiles who now has Matt cracking up at something he just said. "I wanted to talk to you first anyway. Let you know what was going on and see if you approved or not."
"Why wouldn't I approve?" Derek asks, his face void of any emotion.
Lea shrugs. "Bonded Mates are a pretty big thing. And very rare. Not to mention that I'm old, never aging again, and Stiles is human. It's all very complicated." Lea chances another look at the bar only to have Damon staring between her and Stiles with a curious gaze. She didn't even want to see if Elena and Stefan were keeping up with their conversation.
Derek's lips twitched but he managed to keep his features masked. "Just because Stiles is part of my pack doesn't mean I dictate his love life. Sure, I will have opinions about it but it's not my final decision on what he or anyone else chooses." He took a small sigh before offering her a sly grin. "Besides, having you as an addition to the pack would be a good thing."
Lea just nods along before she abruptly freezes. "Are you saying what I think you're saying?" She asks.
"I could be." He chuckles before sliding out from the booth and turning serious. "Just think about it, Lea. Should you and Stiles become a serious thing, there's a spot in my pack for you. You also wouldn't have to answer to me for everything seeing as you're an alpha in your own way."
"You're just afraid I'd kick your arse." She teases him.
Derek grunts in amusement before slowly walking away and back towards the bar. "If you say so."
"Aye, aye, alpha." Lea smirks behind his back before making her way back to the pool table where Stefan, Elena, Jeremy, and now Stiles are waiting for her.
Before she makes it up to them, she hears Derek mumble something about her and Stiles, and about them being two peas in a fuckin' pod. "Hey!" Stiles grins at her. "What did sourwolf want?" Stefan, Jeremy, and even Klaus at the bar snort at the nickname but when Lea takes a moment to think up an excuse, Stiles shrugs it off. "So how good are you at pool?" He throws an arm across her shoulders and leads her to stand next to the pool table. "Stefan challenged me but I think it'd be an unfair advantage 'cause of his vampy skills so I'm tagging you in. Kick his ass!" He playfully nudges her towards the rack of sticks.
Chuckling, Lea shrugged off her leather jacket and dropped it on the pool table behind them that was empty. As Lea took a moment to carefully choose her stick, Elena racked up the balls for them while Stefan went to go get them drinks. Within a minute, he was back with five glasses of Cola, two baskets of fries, and a basket of curly fries that Derek had prompted Stefan to get unless he wanted to be lectured by Stiles on how curly fries were, by far, better than straight.
"Ladies first." Stefan grinned before taking his spot next to Elena once the drinks were passed out and Stiles hoarded all the curly fries for himself.
Lea nodded before getting into position and breaking. She didn't sink any balls so Stefan took his turn and then two more before he had finally missed. As Lea circled the table, trying to find the perfect shot, she ended up on the side of the table with her back facing the bar.
Elena was off to the side, sitting on the empty pool table beside them with Stiles sitting next to her, the fries in between them, and Jeremy standing on the other side of Stiles. Finding her shot, Lea bent over the table and lined it up. "You know," Lea smirked as she pulled the pool stick back. "If you weren't totally in love with Elena, I'd totally use these pants to my advantage." She swiveled her hips side-to-side for emphasis, smirking even wider when Stefan barked out a laugh and Elena sprayed Stiles and Jeremy with soda that shot out of her mouth when she laughed as well.
Jeremy cried out an, "Ew!", in outrage before promptly bursting in laughter.
The only one who didn't seem to find it so funny was Stiles who was softly glaring, but glaring nonetheless, off at something or someone behind her. With her forehead crinkled in confusion, Stefan followed her gaze to Stiles and then followed Stiles' gaze to a smirking Damon. "Lovely view." The words caused Lea to abruptly stand straight. "Don't stop on my account, Princess." She whirled around, glaring at Damon who waved at her with his fingers mockingly. She opened her mouth to curse at him but a soft growl cut her off. Eyes flickering to the culprit, Lea grinned when Damon peered over his shoulder at a scowling Derek. "Easy, Wolfie. I'm only messing with her." Damon held up his hands in surrender. "I'm well aware she's off limits." Derek seemed pleased by his answer, offering Lea a smirk when she winked at him for coming to her rescue.
"..and back to the game!" Lea turned back to an amused Stefan, quickly bending over to take her shot which only resulted in her missing.
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After playing five games, Stefan walked away victorious with three wins. Elena challenged Stiles next, Stiles hesitating a bit before Elena told him that since she was newly turned, it would still be fair. She had yet to master most of her skills, her still being clumsy and slow at some things so Stiles took her up on the challenge.
Lea hopped up on the empty pool table that her friends had just vacated, Stefan leaning up against it right next to her as Jeremy hopped up to sit next to her. During the game, Derek had wandered over to watch, mumbling something under his breath about Stiles being a closet pool shark.
Lea, Jeremy, and Stefan were busy roaring with laughter at Elena having shed her jacket and pulling down her v-neck tee some so her cleavage was on full view to make Stiles a blushing and stuttering mess, that they didn't bother paying attention to the newcomers that had just walked through the door and were making their way towards the pool game in session.
"Well hello there, pookie. Long time, no see." Lea's laughter immediately cut off while Derek and Stiles tensed up. They knew that voice. And if they hadn't known the voice, they knew that nickname. Only one person used that nickname on Lea.
Seeing their reactions, Elena cautiously made her way to Stefan's side. Lea hopped off the table, stepping forward to grip Stiles by the hem of his shirt to pull him back. Standing in front of Stiles and Jeremy, Lea tensely nodded in greeting. "Louis." There were two vampires with Louis, both of them standing off behind him as they glared at Lea. She wouldn't put it passed them to try something in their secluded area. "What brings you here?" She asks innocently.
"You know why we're here." Louis chuckled as he tucked his hands in the pockets of his jeans. "It was very moronic of you to run, LeeLee." He shook his head at her. "And even more so when you decided to ban together supernatural beings who are beneath you."
Lea growled in the back of her throat, her eyes glowing softly before going back to their normal brown. The two vampires behind Louis widened their eyes in shock before they got over what they just saw and shook it off but not before Lea saw their reactions and grinned. "I see you didn't fill in your new bitches on what it was they were hunting."
The vampire to Louis' right snarled at her but was cut off when he felt someone brush past him, bumping harshly into his shoulder. "Oh, sorry about that." Damon grinned. "I didn't see you there." He sauntered up to Lea and Derek, pushing Stiles back further before standing in front of him. Looking to Elena and flickering his gaze to Stiles, Elena took the hint and pulled Stiles between her and Stefan.
"Really, Lea?" Louis tutted. "Did you really run away with a pack of dogs to find solace with the Salvatore brothers?" He darkly chuckled. "They're toddlers compared to us, sweetheart. You should have known better than that." Louis took a few steps closer, standing right before a rigid Lea and twirled one of her loose curls around his fingers. There was nothing Derek or Damon could do to him without causing a scene and exposing them. "Come with us, Lea. Come with us and we won't harm this pathetic excuse of back-up that you have accumulated."
"Never." Lea snapped, swatting Louis' hand away from her face. She knew damn well how the Council worked and knew for a fact that once she was out of the picture, they'd hunt down those who dared to stand up with her.
Louis whole demeanor stiffened, his eyes taking on a cold, hard glint. "You made your choice." He murmured, his top lip trembling in anger. "When we come back, and we will, Desmond will have your head. But first," The angry scowl left his face which was quickly replaced by a playful grin. "We'll immobilize you and make you watch as we drain your precious mutts dry. Then, we'll take our sweet time ripping out the hearts of each and every idiotic vampire who stands against us right before we make you watch the light in your precious human's eyes fade away." The ending of his statement was directed at Stiles who was being guarded by Stefan and Elena with Jeremy at his side, and whose heartbeat was thundering in everyone's sensitive ears.
Black veins slithered to the surface on both Elena and Lea's face, both females huffing and hissing in anger. Their reactions only caused Louis to laugh. "Control yourselves." Louis murmured. "You wouldn't want to alert the locals."
Elena's veins immediately disappeared, Lea's taking a bit longer to fade away in her angered state. Louis smirked victoriously at having gotten under her skin but his smirk faded when Lea snorted in laughter, her hands covering her mouth to stifle her giggles.
"What are you laughing at?"
"You." Lea's lips twitched in amusement when she managed to contain her laughter. "And the fact that you thought I'd really rely on only a small group of vampires and wolves who are younger than myself to take you on." Louis frowned in disappointment and anger when the one's he was just threatening all seemed amused now, each of their faces smirking at what he wasn't grasping just yet. "Is your old age finally catching up, Louis?" She sneered at him. "Did you forget that it was I who helped the Council come up with their sneak tactics? I'm wiser than you, Louis, so did you really think I didn't find anyone older?" Her gaze flickered behind him, as well as everyone else's and Louis finally turned to see what or who they were looking at.
"You really think I'd let you murder my first turned?" Klaus smirked down at him. "You have a lot of nerve to threaten what's mine, mate?"
"N-Niklaus." Louis stammered. "What are you doing here? I thought you and your family wanted nothing to do with us?"
"We don't." Klaus shrugged. "But when you come into my home and threaten my family and friends, well, you're bound to know this won't end well for you."
"She disobeyed us!" Louis stood straighter, walking off to the side so his back wasn't exposed to either enemy. "You should know we do not take disobedience lightly."
Klaus rolled his eyes as he walked over to Lea and her friends, taking a stand next to them. "She didn't disobey, you power hungry fool. She did what she was asked to do and then she quit! It's not her fault you and the others are afraid of the power and strength she has."
"She's a threat to us all!" Louis gritted out through clenched teeth.
"I wasn't until you decided to threaten my friends and I." Lea spat back. "You should have known I wouldn't have taken the threat lightly with the temper I have."
Louis growled, his gaze flickering between Lea and Klaus. "This isn't over." He sneered before turning tail and walking out, his two vampires following without a word.
"Well.. that was fun." Damon snorted. "What do we do now?"
Lea kept her eyes on Louis' form through the windows until he disappeared from sight. "We stick together." She told him, her eyes meeting his. "Whatever grudges any of you have with Nik, I suggest you get over them quickly. The Mikaelson Mansion just became home base."