(Just a rambling)

I was awake and had just washed my hair and my nails. Anywhere I felt necessary.

I had made breakfast for them and was waiting for them to get up, to eat my food. They were scalding when I put them down. Now they were warm. Then I heard giggling and shushing.

"Good morning you two love birds. Care to join for breakfast."

They vamp sped down and Rebekah ate hers before sitting on Stefan's lap.

"So you guys eat human food? And drink blood?" Stefan said and began to eat.

I had finished my food already and looked up at him.

"Do you not?"

"No I eat. Though I do prefer blood." He said trying to catch a piece of egg that kept running from the fork.

"As do I. That is what your drink is, blood. If you want to look in the fridge for some alcohol." I said and helped him catch the egg.

"Thanks." He said before he finished up. He got up from his seat. "Um. I'm just going to go wash up shall I? Guys?"

I threw him a towel. Then I turned on Beky.

"What Nik?" she said picking up the plates. I took them from her and washed them myself. I could smell a fight coming on.

"I want you to go wash your hair and your beautiful nails, wash your feet and arms too. I guess I want you to wash your whole body. Then I want you to pack your things because we are heading out." I said as I put the plates back in the cabinet.

"I don't have to do anything Nik. I have to go make the beds." I grabbed her wrist and turned her around to face me.

"I told you to wash" I said and pointed to where the closest bathtub was.

"And I said no." She said trying to yank her arm away but I didn't let her.

"Come one little sister. I bought you some of your favourite shampoo. Ocean Breeze." I said and swished it out.

"Bite me Nik." She said and turned to leave.

"Go. Wash. Rebekah. Last chance." I said.

"Or what? You'll put me in time out? Spank me?" She said mockingly.

I smiled and she suddenly realized her mistake.

"Nik. No. think rationally on this –" but too late. I had already been planning to use this from the beginning. She tried to slap me but I caught her hand, growled at her, and zoomed her to the couch I had sat on earlier. I sat down and pulled her over my lap.

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

I aimed all over from her waist down to the back of her kneecaps.

"Niklaus! What are thinking?" she said struggling. I grabbed hold of her waist. I kept going.

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

She bit me so I stopped.

"You don't want to submit even though you did exchange Stefan for obeying me? Well I could send Stefan back. However I think you should try this on for size." I said.

I held her still and grabbed hold of the lower part of her dress and pulled it up until it came down to her waist and then up above her back and over her head.

"Niklaus! What the bloody hell are you doing?!" she screamed.

"Well seeing as you have been in this position before and you've seen me put Marcel in this position you should know. I am spanking you. I'm doing this because you gave up your obedience to me in exchange for Stefan. Yet you seem to have forgotten that over a few hours Rebekah." I said and then looked down at her and saw something that intrigued me.

"Let me up you narcissistic backstabbing wanker!"

"You're not wearing any panties? You must be naughty. Having morning sex behind my back." I said.

SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! SMACK!

"I'll kill you!" She was obviously embarrassed. At least this time it wasn't in public. Like I'd done to Marcellus once. A few times.

"Aha ah Rebekah. Now I know you are upset but why is that?" I said putting my belt to her backside.

That got the reaction I wanted. She gasped and I could smell her bitter tears. I was finally getting somewhere.

"Nik I'm sorry. Please don't."

"Now wouldn't it make me pathetic to stop when you asked me and you had just said you would kill me? Especially when you are supposed to obey me? You started it by disobeying me Beky." I said and began to rub her bottom in soothing circles.

"Nik stop please. I beg you."

"Have you learned your lesson?" I asked but I knew she would say yes just to get it to stop.

"Yes I'm sorry." She cried.

"I believe you but just to make sure the lesson came out crystal clear…" I said and picked my belt up again.

WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP! WHAP!

"Nik you bast-"

"Do I need to add more? Beky?"

"Noooo. I'm sorry Nik please. I'm sorry I disobeyed. It won't happen again." She sobbed.

Her sobbing woke something in me that I thought had long since died. I knew it was a part of me, the older me. I put my belt back on and pulled her dress back down. I took her and sat on my bed.

I hugged her and began to nuzzle her with my head, the way I used to. I told her things that I used to like how I would set up a date in leaving the village to go have fun.

Later I found we were lying on my bed as she lied her head on my chest as I laid there with her in my arms.

I looked around and then saw she still needed to wash her hair and everything. I moved and she looked up at me.

I stared into her eyes and told her she needed to get up and wash and then pack her things. It was just like old times. I didn't always have to speak. She and I had a special connection between each other.

She rolled over on to her stomach and gave me a hug and a kiss on my cheek. I returned one to her forehead. I hugged her tight and then helped her off the bed and led her to the bathtub.

"Please wash." I handed her the shampoo.

"Thanks Nik." She said and took her dress off. Her butt was still a bit red.

I went downstairs to see Stefan was dressed and sparkly clean. I laughed at him.

"What? Did you use the washing machine?"

"That's hilarious Klaus." He said laughing himself.

I sat there talking to Stefan until Rebekah came down. She had washed and her hair was now dry. She sat on my lap.

"Are we leaving?"

"Yes we are. We are headed off to great places. Pack your things Stefan. We are going on a road trip." I picked up my and Beky's things. I put them in the back of the truck.

Stefan put his in the same place. I sat in the drivers' seat and handed Beky her box of CDs. She smiled and dug through them. She found one she liked, put it in and pressed play.

Over the years, she had begun to bug me. She would never shut up but when I bought one CD of music from Gloria, she had shut up. When it was over, she had begun to talk and beg for more. So I had bought her more and more until she had every CD in existence. I was still keeping that true. In fact, I had just bought her ten new CDs yesterday.

"That Man" started playing. After that came "After Your Gone".

"You have heard that one in New Orleans."

"With Marcellus? Yes. Then the jerk left me in a box."

"Well he couldn't exactly go against his Daddy could he?" I asked smiling at her.

-New Orleans-

Marcellus sneezed and the others looked at him. He just shook his head. It had been a century since he last had seen Bekah Mikaelson. Now it was time to call her back to his kingdom.

"So this bird know how to track down anyone, you say?"

"Yes. Even a vampire."

"Well then I'll give it a try." I said and wrote down a message: "Hello Rebekah Mikaelson. You are welcome to come back to my Kingdom in New Orleans. I'll be King. You be Queen. Love Marc."

"First payment."

"Fine. Here's the ten pounds of gold I promised." I took the bird, gave it the note, and told it to be quick upon returning with an answer.

(Just a rambling.)