Chapter 55
Two weeks had gone by since the blood incident. Klaus was no where near figuring out how to stop his parents and he and Cassie barely spoke which just frustrated him.
Elena and Caroline had no idea how to get a message out without putting Carol into any danger.
While the crew at the lake house had managed to get Jeremy's hunter instincts back to where they were, they had only managed to find a couple a vampires around the lake house.
"No" Cassie said walking into kitchen of the lake house. Mason following.
"Why not?" Mason asked "its your birthday"
"Because nobody has time to stop and celebrate," Cassie said pulling plates down from the cabinet.
"Everybody is going to want to come" Mason said sitting on a chair across from where Cassie was working.
Cassie just rolled her eyes "you just want an excuse to party." She countered.
"I want to celebrate the birth of my best friend" Mason said
"Fine" Cassie huffed. "Alaric can come and we can have a nice dinner"
"Just Alaric?" Mason asked.
"Well Elena has been MIA and do you know anybody else beside her who would stop everything to come down here?" she asked.
"Um I don't know" Damon sauntered in sitting next to Mason "your boyfriend?"
Cassie just remained quiet.
"Cass?" Mason nudged, noticing that.
"We are going through a rough patch," Cassie said as she handed Damon a vial of vervain.
"Delicious" Damon said as he downed it.
Cassie handed him a glass of juice.
"So just because you guys are having a rough patch you don't think he will come down for your birthday?" Mason asked.
"I don't think he knows it its my birthday" she said quietly.
"Well, your boy toy might not want to come, but your bestest blonde friend will definitely show up." Damon said.
"And if Rebecca or anybody from the original family does decide to come, you will be nice." Cassie said pointing the spatula at him.
Damon held his hands up in surrender.
Mason chuckled at the two of them and the three of them fell into comfortable silence. Until there was a loud crash.
Cassie looked up at Damon "where is Jeremy?" she asked.
"I left him upstairs to clean some weapons." Damon said.
Cassie huffed and walked up the stairs to where Jeremy was.
Mason chuckled at her.
"Well it's a good thing you got her to agree" Damon said
"You're telling me" Mason said "she would have killed us both if she said no and everyone still showed up."
Rebecca walked into Klaus's study.
"Please tell me that is not what your wearing for the party tonight" she said eyeing his clothes.
Klaus just raised an eyebrow at his sister.
"Your going tonight" Rebecca said "you are going and you are going to do something special so you two will make you and you can stop moping around."
"I don't think she wants me there" he said.
Rebecca slapped him across the back of the head.
"Of course she wants you there" Rebecca told him before walking out of the room.
Klaus leaned back in his chair, running his hands through his hair he started to think about Cassie. It drove him nuts, not hearing her voice everyday, not being able to hold her in his arms whenever he wanted to.
He smiled as he looked down at a small sketch of her; it was from the first day he saw her, at the Lockwood house. He had sketched her so many times since she left, trying to fill the his time with something, anything to keep him from running to the lake house and just being with her.
And that drove him crazy, he was Nicklaus Mikaelson the original hybrid he didn't need anybody. But he did, he needed her, needed her input and her smile every morning, or her hands running through his hair when he was upset.
He stood up and walked to his room and started to change.
He stood up and walked to his room and started to change.
Cassie had changed into a simple light blue sundress with sandals as she walked out to the backyard where Mason and Damon had set up the barbeque.
"Happy birthday" everyone cheered as she walked out.
She smiled as everyone was there.
Mason, Damon, Jeremy, Stefan, Alaric, Elena, matt, bonnie, Caroline, Kol, Elijah, Robert, Rebecca, and Tyler.
Everyone except for Klaus.
Her heart tugged a little bit at not seeing him there. But she quickly hid it and smiled at everyone who was here.
Alaric came forward and hugged her, "happy birthday sweetie" he said dropping a kiss into her hair.
"Thanks dad" she said back at him, feeling a rush of happiness as she said that.
"So" Damon said walking up to the two of them "I told you that more then just your dad would come to party"
Cassie rolled her eyes but gave him a hug anyway. "Thanks" she told him.
"We got the day off from training and I got a hug" Damon said "are you sure that the world isn't going to end"
Alaric just slapped him on the arm as the two of them walked away.
Cassie walked over to Elena and Caroline.
"Happy birthday" Caroline squealed giving her another hug,
"Thanks Care" she said returning the hug.
Once they broke apart Cassie looked at Elena "heard you where gone for a while" she told her little sister.
"I had a lot of things to think about, had some revelations," Elena said quietly.
Caroline shot her a look real quick; Cassie caught it but filed it away. "Well stay the night and we can talk if you want" she said.
Elena nodded her head and Cassie walked away and from them to talk to everyone else.
"Got any more hugs left in you?" Robert asked as she made her way over to the originals.
"For you?" Cassie asked "sure" she smirked giving him a hug. Kol and Rebecca took one from her as well.
Cassie smiled as Elijah just gave her a handshake "Elijah" she said
"Cassandra" he replied.
Hours went by as Cassie was talking with everyone.
"Cassie" Mason called "cake!"
Cassie laughed at him "I'll be right back" she told the originals.
"Mason" she said "what kind of cake"
"Red velvet as always" Mason said as he swiped his finger through the icing.
She slapped him on the arm and took a piece of cake.
"Happy birthday" he told her kissing her on the cheek.
She smiled "I'm going to grab some thing from inside," she said softly.
"He will show up" Mason reassured her.
She nodded and walked around the house to the front door.
"Looking for someone?" a deep British voice came form behind her.
Cassie turned around and saw Klaus standing there; he was in slacks and a dark blue dress shirt. She smiled at him "just my boyfriend," she said "maybe you know him, tall, handsome hasn't talked to me in a while."
"Ah him" Klaus said stepping foreword to her "I have seen him around. He seemed pretty hung up on you."
Cassie took another step towards him "oh really?" she asked.
"Really" he agreed, "he was miserable, pouted even if you were to talk to his family. Don't think he could go another minute without kissing you."
Cassie blushed as Klaus closed the gap between them. He cupped her face and kissed her soundly. Klaus poured how much he needed her and missed her into the kiss. Cassie returned it pouring just as much into it as Klaus.
They broke apart, as Cassie needed air. Klaus rested his head on her forehead, still cupping her face.
"Hello" he said gazing down at her
"Hello" she said looking up to meet his eyes.
"I missed you," he said tracing her cheekbone with his thumb.
"I missed you too" she said a little breathless.
"Cassandra I am so sorry" he begged "I shouldn't have left I should have stayed and we could have figured everything out."
"Shh" she said putting her finger to his lips "not tonight, tonight lets just be you and me"
Klaus kissed her finger "ok" he said as she pulled her finger from his lips.
"Come away with me" he said.
Cassie leaned her head back raising an eyebrow. "What?" she asked.
"Come away with me, tonight" he said again.
"I can't just leave" she said, "Everyone is here"
"Just for tonight," he begged "you have spent enough time with them, the night is winding down come with me"
Cassie glanced back at the party.
"Cassandra" he whispered softly.
She looked back to him and kissed him softly on the lips "take me away then" she whispered against her lips.
Klaus smiled and took her hand "lets go" he said.
Cassie smiled as she went with him.
They walked to the dock. "Nik where are we going?" she asked.
"It's a surprise," he said as they walked to a boat, well if you could call it a boat. It was huge.
And there were fairy lights all over the deck.
"Nik" she said looking at it.
"Happy birthday" he said looking down at her.
She looked up at him and smiled.
Klaus lead her to the deck and Cassie took in the sight.
Klaus just kept a hold of her hand; afraid if he was going to let go she would disappear.
The two walked over to where the wheel was.
"Oh captain my captain" Cassie teased and she sat in a chair as Klaus took the wheel.
Klaus just grinned cheekily at her as he steered the ship out into the lake.
Once they got into the middle of the lake. Klaus dropped the anchor. He turned towards Cassie, who had slipped her shoes off.
"Come here" he said holding a hand out for her.
She took it as Klaus slipped off his own shoes and he led her out to the deck.
He twirled her in his arm and the two of them started to dance.
Cassie laid her head on his chest.
"I missed this," she said.
"Missed what love?" he asked.
"You" she said, "being with you"
Klaus smiled although Cassie couldn't see it.
"I missed having you in my arms" Klaus said softly squeezing her in his arms.
"I know," she said looking up at him. "I can hear your heart race"
Klaus dropped a kiss on her lips.
Cassie put her head back on his chest. "Nik" she began "what are we going to do?" she asked.
"Not tonight love" he said "your words"
"We need to tell them, it's not right to keep their hopes up." She started leaning her head back.
"But not tonight," he said, "tonight is for me to show you how much I care about you."
Cassie stopped and stepped away from him.
"Cassandra?" Klaus asked confused.
"What's wrong," she said
"I don't understand?" he still asked.
"You're hiding something," she said looking at him "I can tell"
"No I'm not," Klaus said stepping up to her "I promise, I have told you everything."
"There is something your hiding," she said again.
Klaus just grabbed her and gave her a kiss, he started to cling to her and he felt Cassie grab him and kiss him just as eagerly.
The pulled back, Cassie breathing for air.
"The only thing I might be hiding form you is the depth of how much I wanted to be with you." He said "ho- how much I needed you sometimes."
Cassie's breath caught in her throat. "Nik" she whispered.
"Please, I need to say this or I'm not going to get this out." He begged her, still holding her just as tightly "I was so scared at the thought that something had happened to you, or that you were so mad at me and that you didn't need me anymore."
"Never" she said looking at him "Nik, I was hurt that you didn't say goodbye but I could never be so mad that I just decide I didn't need you anymore."
Klaus took a deep breath as the knowledge settled with him, a weight lifted off his shoulders.
She started to play with hair.
Klaus turned his face into her palm and dropped a kiss into her palm.
"So are we good?" he asked.
Cassie smiled at him "we're good." She said smiling biting her lip.
Klaus smirked at her "careful" he teased, "it's been a while since I saw you"
Cassie backed up from him smiling.
"Love" he warned.
But Cassie took off, down to the bottom of the ship, Klaus followed at human pace. He stopped at the entrance to the kitchen, where Cassie's dress was laying on the floor, Klaus picked it up.
He smiled as he followed her scent around the bottom of the ship till he was led back to the stairs. Where her bra was laying at the bottom of the stairs following similar fashion he picked it up.
Klaus walked, a little bit faster now up the stairs and now on the deck back where they began. He walked over to the edge of the railing, where her underwear was sitting on the ground. Klaus looked over the railing and saw Cassie in the water.
"Are you going to join me?" she asked biting her lip again.
"Your playing with fire" Klaus said dropping her clothes as he started to undress himself.
"Luckily I'm in the water" she teased him.
Klaus dropped his shirt on the pile of clothes and undid his belt.
"You're taking a while" she said, "Aren't you suppose to be fast or something."
"Love" Klaus said as he finished taking the rest of his clothes off.
"Love" she mocked him as he jumped over the edge to join her.
She squealed a little bit as the water splashed her.
Klaus popped behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Its mighty dangerous to play with fire ma'am" Klaus said adopting an American accent as he whispered in her ear.
Cassie turned around in his arms "well then, it's a good thing I have a strong man to protect me" she said playing with a southern belle accent as she draped her arms around his neck.
Klaus chuckled as he pulled her closer to him.
"You found me," she said.
"I'll always find you," he promised pushing her damp hair away form her face.
"Promise?" she asked looking up at him into his sea green eyes.
"Promise" he promised staring into her eyes.
She smiled and kissed him, not as passionate as the one they shared on the deck but still just as filled with emotion.
The two played around in the water for a little until Cassie got to cold.
"Its midnight" Cassie said as they wrapped themselves into towels.
"It is" Klaus said staring at the moon.
"We should face reality," she said staring at the moon.
"Or we could wait until the sun is up." Klaus countered.
Cassie nodded "or we could do that" she said.
Klaus smiled at that and scooped her up she laughed as he carried her down to the bedroom.
Everyone at the barbeque had cleaned up and either headed home or stayed in Elena's case, she was determined to somehow let Cassie know what was going on.
"I'm just going to assume that my invite was lost in the mail," Mikael said walking up to Damon and Elena.
"You do that," Damon said.
"Now where is the birthday girl, I have my gift" he said.
"She is off with her boyfriend" Elena said
Mikael just shook his head at that "that is going to get her killed someday" he said.
"Is that a threat?" Damon asked
"It's a fact," Mikael said "like the fact that you are taking vervain again prevents me from lifting the compulsion I originally put on you. Like I did for our dear Elena"
Damon just raised an eyebrow.
"I'll come back for the Christmas party in Mystic Falls, maybe I'll lift your compulsion then. Elena remember what we talked about." He said before blurring away.
"What the hell was that?" Damon asked turning to Elena.
"Mikael released me from his compulsion" Elena said turning to Damon "in exchange that I deliver a message to Tyler"
"What was the message?" Damon asked.
Elena just gave Damon a pointed look.
After Cassie and Klaus had showered and changed into pj's (in Cassie's case her underwear and one of Klaus's shirts.)
"Are you ready for your present?" he asked.
"You mean the romantic boat ride wasn't it?" she asked confused.
"One of them" he smirked.
"Nik" she began.
"Nope" he said holding a finger up, "its your birthday, you never let me buy things for you or shower you with gifts. Let me"
"Fine" she said.
Klaus smiled like a little kid. "Close your eyes." He said.
Cassie gave him a look, but did it anyway.
Klaus moved her to the middle of the room and got her present ready.
"Ok, look" he said.
Cassie turned around and saw her present.
She was speechless, it was a painted drawing of her, her dancing from the first time he saw her, when she was doing her solo. It was almost exactly, the detail on her outfit was right, she remembered it was still hanging in her room, but the only difference was her hair, it wasn't the color that it was when she danced that, it was the color it was now.
Klaus was standing next to the picture, fidgeting a little at trying to read Cassie's expression and her silence.
Klaus didn't know how much time went by; in fact time seemed to stand still as he waited for her reaction.
"Say something" he begged "please"
"Its, beautiful" she said. "Nik, I love it"
Klaus smiled at her and a little blush crept up on his cheeks.
Cassie felt tears well up in her eyes.
"No one has ever done anything like this for me" she said taking a step closer to the painting, her fingers trailed around the outline of her silhouette.
"I changed your hair color," he said.
"I like it" she said, "I was in a phase when that happened, but dancing, it's my life"
"I know what's that's like" he said
"How?" she asked finally tearing her gaze away from the painting to Klaus for the first time. "How did you manage that?"
Klaus rubbed the back of his neck "remember how I said I missed you, I had to have painted or sketched hundreds of pictures of you. I started this one and got entranced."
She smiled up at him and then launched herself into his arms "thank you" she said as she pressed a kiss into the crook of his neck.
Klaus returned the hug, never getting tired of hugging her, or just holding her in his arms. "For you, anything" he said dropping another kiss into her hair.
Cassie just smiled at the feeling that someone would do this just for her.
She felt a feeling rush through her; she hadn't felt it in a long while.
Love, she loved the man who was holding her in his arms.
And it terrified her.
Did Klaus fell the same? Did he feel something close to love for her?
Did she tell him?
"Come on" Klaus said holding her hand and leading the two of the to the bed "bedtime"
Cassie got into the bed with Klaus and snuggled into his side, she took a deep breath and inhaled his scent.
"Good night" she said
Klaus kissed the top of her head "good night" he whispered back to her.
Klaus heard her breathing settle down and felt her try and get closer to his side.
He loved her, and he knew it, no more hiding it from himself, the only thing know that mattered was Cassandra.
Did she feel the same?
Could he tell her?
The thoughts raced through his mind as soon he too drifted off to sleep.
Jeremy, Stefan, Damon, Elena, and Mason were sitting around the kitchen table in the lake house.
"Ok so your telling me that Tyler Lockwood has been planning a revolution with the hybrids and nobody knew about it?" Damon asked staring at mason.
Mason rolled his eyes. "Tyler has been avoiding me," he said, "now I know why"
"So Elena you don't have any more compulsion on you?" Stefan asked looking at her.
Elena shook her head "no more, and I started taking vervain again."
"What are we going to do?" Jeremy asked.
"Well, we have to tell Cassie" Stefan said. "This is to big for them not to know."
"We cant" Elena said, "They will kill Carol"
"They are going to kill us all if we don't" Damon said "now Carol is my friend and ill write her a great eulogy but they have no reason to keep her alive if Tyler's half bit plan actually works."
"So you are saying she is dead either way" mason said angrily.
"I'm saying if we once again trust that original family will keep to their word we might as well label idiot across all of our foreheads." Damon said.
"So we rescue Carol" Stefan said, "try to figure out what Tyler is planning with Mikael and Ester."
Damon turned to face the window, the sun was rising.
"We can try" Elena said.
Damon grabbed the phone from the base.
"What are you doing?" Jeremy asked
"Calling our lovebirds back to reality" Damon replied.
An: not much happened action wise this chapter but huge revelations!
klaus loves cassie and cassie loves klaus. but they are both to stubborn to realize it!
cassie is starting to see that there is something else klaus is hiding from her, what will she do when she realizes that they had to love each other in order for the cure to work? will she be mad? or happy?... To Be Continued!
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