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Chapter 47
Klaus knocked on Alaric's apartment. "Cassie?" he called through the door.
"Its open" she yelled.
Klaus walked in to see the living room to see Cassie standing in front of a white board.
"I was gone for an hour," Klaus said walking behind her and wrapping his arms around her. He rested his chin on top of hers. "How did you manage all of this?"
"I was student body president, I learned how to organize" Cassie said still looking at the board but she put her arms over his.
"What's this?" he asked.
"This is all the information about the three murders," Cassie said.
"You are going to go crazy if you add one more thing to your plate." Klaus said.
"Nope, I can handle this" Cassie said. "So all three of these people were on the founder's council"
"Anything else connect them?" Klaus asked looking over the board with her.
"Besides all three of them being directly involved with vampires and looking the other way, no" Cassie said
"That could be something." Klaus said.
"I thought that, but that means, that Carol, Liz, Meredith, and I would be on the list." Cassie said.
Cassie felt Klaus growl.
"Easy there" she said rubbing her hands over his arm to calm him down. "But, everyone else on the council isn't capable of killing."
"So who could it be?" Klaus asked.
"I have no idea, the last time mystic falls had a serial killer and not a vampire problem, it was Samantha Gilbert." Cassie said.
"Hmm a Gilbert, I always knew they were crazy." Klaus teased.
Cassie chuckled.
"Ug, I have nothing," Cassie groaned.
"Maybe you should take a step away from it, and maybe it will come to you." Klaus said.
"Your right" Cassie said she took a step forward and flipped the board to the other side.
"You know I was going to be disappointed if the other side was blank." Klaus teased as Cassie stepped back into his arms.
"So is this all the hunter stuff?" Klaus asked.
"Yep, everything to do with the cure" Cassie said
"And why is Silas's name writing and circled three times?" Klaus asked.
"Because that's why professor creepy pants is helping us, and Kol seemed to freak out when he heard the name." Cassie said
"Silas is nothing but a bedtime story love," Klaus whispered in her ear.
Cassie shivered as Klaus's breath hit her skin.
"Well, creepy pants thinks he is real and so does Kol so I think we would be stupid to flat out ignore it." Cassie said.
"Alright" Klaus said turning Cassie to face him "tell me"
"Tell you what?" Cassie asked.
"What's wrong" Klaus asked
"Nothings wrong" Cassie said.
"Cassandra Gilbert" Klaus said placing his hands on each of her shoulders, "you are lying to me, tell me what's wrong"
Cassie shook her head.
"Tell me" he said softly "you can tell me anything."
Cassie was quiet for a minute. Klaus could tell she was going to need some time.
"You are still in your wet clothes" Klaus scolded lightly "come on, we need to change your clothes and you need a good nights sleep."
Cassie shook her head and turned back to the white board. "I can't, there is to much to worry about."
"Cassandra, you are going to exhausted your self and then your not going to be any use to anybody" Klaus said "ok, a good nights sleep will do us all some good."
"And what if somebody else dies!" Cassie yelled, "what if another person dies because I'm getting a good nights sleep!"
"Love, you said yourself, Carol, Liz, Meredith and you. But all of you have someone protecting you, you all will be ok tonight and tomorrow we will look more into the who dun it of mystic falls." Klaus said.
"Promise?" Cassie asked, her voice small "I care about these people and seeing my dad, dead" her voice cracked.
"I promise" Klaus said pulling her into a hug
"God" she said into Klaus's shirt "you must think I'm just some sentimental sap"
"Not at all sweetheart" Klaus said "I think you are a strong beautiful women who would sacrifice anything for the ones you love"
Cassie hugged Klaus back squeezing her arms around him.
"Now lets get you in some dry clothes." Klaus said
Cassie nodded and Klaus picked her up and he blurred them to the Gilbert house.
Cassie looked up and saw that they were on the porch of her house.
She frowned.
"What's wrong" Klaus asked confused that something had upset her.
"I just thought we could" she said a blush started to creep up on her cheeks.
"Oh really?" Klaus asked smirking as he pulled her flush up against his body.
"We don't have to" she mumbled.
"I thought" Klaus whispered in her ear "we decided we were going to wait"
"We did" Cassie said, "I just, never mind
"What" he asked kissing the soft skin behind her ear. "Tell me"
"Nothing" Cassie said as she put her arms around his neck.
"Cassandra" Klaus said pulling back to look here in the eye.
"I don't want to be alone" she whispered her face fully flushed. "not tonight."
"And you want to be with me?" Klaus asked just as quietly.
Cassie bit her lip and nodded her head.
Klaus smiled and the two of them blurred away to the mansion.
Elena walked into the boarding house; Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy, Damon, Stefan, and Matt were all there.
"Why did you call us here?" Bonnie asked.
"Because Cassie has sided with the originals." Elena said.
"Elena, that's ridiculous" Jeremy said.
"Ya, we are all on the same side," Caroline said.
"Well that's not true" Damon said.
"Right now we are" Matt said.
"And Cassie is the only person holding us all together." Stefan added.
"Exactly" Elena said, "this whole crap of a plan is based on Cassie, she hasn't been a part of the entire plan and now she walks in her, and can control all of us?"
"What exactly are you saying?" Caroline asked standing up.
"Who do you know that can control Rebecca? Let only Kol and Klaus? And yet Cassie walked in her and she suddenly the puppet master?" Elena asked.
"So Cassie took the time to get to know the originals what's the harm?" Matt asked.
"She is doing a little more then getting to know Klaus" Damon teased
"That's my point" Elena protested, "This is just to easy for Cassie to walk in and be in charge."
"Do you think that she is hiding something?" bonnie asked.
"I think she is working with Mikael." Elena said.
"That's ridiculous" Caroline said.
"Elena" Stefan said
"Elena this is stupid" Jeremy said standing up.
"Hold on," Damon said, "say that what Elena is saying is true, and Cassie is playing all of us."
"Which she isn't," Stefan said
"Its more likely then Elena and I being compelled" Damon said.
"Cassie can't be compelled" Jeremy countered.
Klaus and Cassie walked into the study of the mansion.
"So I was thinking" Klaus said grabbing her hand.
"I don't know if I like the sound of that," Cassie teased as they sat on the couch, Elijah and Rebecca was sitting in there as well.
"You know what" Bonnie said walking over to Elena "Cassie was talking to Shane and apparently she doesn't want his help"
"See" Elena said, "Shane is out best bet at finding the cure"
"She doesn't trust him" Stefan defending.
"Who gets to decide that Cassie's trust is the one we are following?" Elena asked
"I was thinking that maybe we could all go to the Miss Mystic Falls pageant together," Klaus said.
Rebecca looked up at him. "Really?" she asked.
"Why not?" Klaus asked.
Rebecca shot up and grabbed Cassie's hand "come on, we need to find something to wear" she said pulling Cassie away from Klaus.
Klaus growled as Cassie left him.
Elijah chuckled.
"What's funny brother?" Klaus asked.
"It's been a thousand years" Elijah said "who would have thought that it would only take a thousand years for us to be a family again."
"You know ever since we found Elena, I never thought, I never dared to hope that she might have an older sister who was Anita's doppelganger." Klaus said staring into the fire.
"Why?" Elijah asked.
"I never dared to think that I could be lucky enough to find her again, that I could have another shot at happiness." Klaus said.
"She isn't a replacement for Anita" Elijah warned.
"I know" Klaus said, "She is so much more"
"You love her," Elijah stated.
"Cassandra and Stefan came up with a theory." Klaus said ignoring Elijah's statement "that Mikael has compelled Elena and Damon to be together, so there only leaves me as an option for her to be with"
"Which means that as soon as you let yourself fall in love with her" Elijah said
"He is going after her" Klaus finished.
"So what's your plan?" Caroline asked, "Have a munity against Cassie?"
"No, we are just going to hunt our way" Damon said looking towards Jeremy,
"No" Matt said
"This is taking to long" Damon said looking towards Matt "how long until Elena snaps and kills somebody else?"
"Cassie is trying to keep everyone safe," Stefan said
"Cassie has way to much on her plate" Elena countered.
"Which brings us back around to why is Cassie in charge" Damon added.
Caroline looked towards Stefan. The two of them shared an everything is going to hell look.
Rebecca and Cassie were going through Rebecca's closet.
"So tell me about you and Nic?" Rebecca asked.
Cassie blushed a little bit. "There is nothing to tell." Cassie said, "We are taking things slow"
"Really?" Rebecca asked sitting down on the bed. "Why?"
Cassie sat down next to Rebecca, and launched into the story.
"So you have two options," Elijah said sitting down next Klaus.
"We already talked about them," Klaus said.
"And judging by the family outing, you're going to stay together." Elijah said.
"I'm not losing her, she's mine" Klaus growled.
Elijah chuckled. "Is Cassie aware of this?" he asked.
"I might have mentioned it " Klaus said.
"How did she take it?" Elijah asked.
"Do you remember how Anita took it?" Klaus asked.
Elijah laughed.
Flashback
Anita was hanging out with a neighbor in the town square, Klaus and Elijah were there as well.
The two of them were talking to Tatia.
Klaus's attention was drawn away from Tatia when he heard Anita's laugh.
The boy she was talking to had made her laugh!
Jealously surged through Klaus and he walked over to were the two of them were.
"Nik" Anita said, "What can we do for you?"
"Anita," Klaus said still staring at the boy. "Can I talk to you?"
"Sure?" she said hesitantly, Klaus grabbed her hand and dragged her to their spot in the forest.
"Nik!" she called "what are you doing?"
"Why were you talking to him?" he asked.
"What?" Anita asked.
"I saw you with him, you were laughing" Klaus said.
"Yes, I was speaking to Benjamin," Anita said "what's wrong with that?"
"What's wrong with that?" Klaus said "what's wrong with that! Anita you were throwing yourself at him."
SLAP.
Klaus's head whipped to the other side.
"How, dare you" her voice shaking "what gives you the right."
Klaus snapped his head back to face her.
"The right" Klaus said his voice dangerously calm "you're mine Anita,"
"Yours?" Anita scoffed. "Nik, you do realize that you were flirting with my sister."
Klaus was silent.
"That's what I thought," Anita said "the next time you try to lay claim to me, make sure you're willing to leave my sister and just be with me."
She turned around and stormed away, leaving Klaus standing there stunned.
End flashback
"Well she didn't slap me" Klaus teased.
Elijah laughed, "You know when Cassie first showed up, Kol saw her and ran over to tell me, I was so worried about what you would do when you saw her,"
"Why is that?" Klaus asked.
"Because I know deep down, you still feel guilty about killing her, she is your humanity."
"That's ridiculous"
"Then why do you still have her necklace?"
Klaus was silent, but he picked up Anita's necklace that was around his neck.
"You know I don't think that you'll make it for the pageant" Klaus looking to his older brother.
"And why is that?" Elijah asked raising an eyebrow.
"Because I know a beautiful women, who is upset and could use some comfort" Klaus said.
Elijah stood up. "Brother?"
Klaus stood up and held his hand out for his brother "you deserve to be happy, Elijah and if Katerina is that girl"
Elijah shook his hand "its been a thousand years Nicklaus, but I think you are finally becoming the man I knew you could be." He said then he blurred away.
Klaus walked up the stairs to Rebecca's room. "Sorry to interrupt ladies." He said to the girls. "But I'm going to steal Cassandra away for the night."
Cassie smiled at him and walked over to Klaus.
"Night Becca" she called before Klaus scooped her up. She giggled as Klaus took her to his bedroom.
"So you're saying that you want to go behind Cassie's back and kill more vampires?" Jeremy asked.
"Exactly" Damon said, "Cassie is getting to spread thin and we are more then capable of killing a few vampires"
"This isn't going to end well" Matt said standing up. "Leave me out of this"
"Well the quarterback is out" Damon said as soon as the door slammed shut when matt left. "Barbie?"
Caroline scoffed "this isn't going to end well" she said before leaving.
"I agree" Stefan said, following Caroline.
Klaus threw Cassie on his bed, she giggled as she bounced up and the bed.
Klaus grabbed her ankle and pulled her down a little bit.
Klaus crawled over her and leaned down to kiss her.
Cassie wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer to her, her hands grabbing the curls at the base of his head.
Klaus rested his hands on her hips his thumb trailing over her bare skin right above her jeans.
Cassie opened her mouth and allow Klaus's tongue access too her.
"Mmm" Cassie moaned into his mouth.
Klaus pulled back, a smirk on his face.
"Miss Cassandra gilbert" he said leaning down to kiss her jaw right by her ear.
"Will you?" he continued kissing the other side of her face.
"Do me the honor," he said kissing the side of her mouth.
"Of being my date" he kissed the other side of her mouth.
"To the pageant?" he finished, hovering right above her mouth.
"Nicklaus Michaelson, I would love to be your date" Cassie said bringing her lips up to his.
Cassie ran her hands through his hair, her fingernails scrapping his scalp.
Klaus started to kiss her neck, biting her collarbone just hard enough to leave a mark.
"Nik" Cassie groaned as Klaus ran his hands up her sides, she shivered as his fingers trailed up and down her body.
Cassie cupped his face pulling him back up to her face.
"Nik" she said smiling, her thumb rubbing across his cheekbones.
"Say it again" he commanded.
"Nik" she whispered running her hands down to the edge of his t-shirt.
"Nik" she whispered again, slipping the shirt off of him.
"Nik" she flipped the two of the around, so she was on top.
"Nik" she said leaning down to kiss him on the mouth.
Klaus grasped Cassie's hips as she ran her fingernails lightly over his chest.
"Jeremy," Elena pleaded. "We need to find the cure as soon as we can,"
"This is the only way" Bonnie said.
Jeremy ran his hands through his hair. "We can't just backstab Cassie"
"We aren't backstabbing Cassie, we are taking over where she is being lax." Damon countered.
"Fine" Jeremy said.
Klaus was lying in his bed, wearing his boxers.
"You know" Cassie said walking out of the bathroom "you keep saying no to a girl, she might get the wrong idea,"
Klaus smirked seeing Cassie standing there in one of his shirts.
"Get over here," he said.
Cassie smiled and ran and jumped on the bed.
She curled up into Klaus's side; Klaus wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close.
"You are rather playful this evening" Klaus said.
"I guess I am" Cassie said, "I'm happy, deal with it"
"You know, Cassandra," Klaus said "I want nothing more then to"
"Ya, ya, I know" Cassie said, "I told you to work for it and you are. But not only for me, for yourself too."
The two just sat in silence, enjoying each other's company. Cassie was playing with the necklaces on Klaus's chest.
"Are you going to tell me what's got you so upset?" Klaus asked.
"Tomorrow" Cassie said, "I don't want to ruin the night."