"Rebekah, darling sister, must you insist on trying on the whole store" said Kol a little aggravated. They had been at this particular store over three hours. Rebekah thought it a runaway show with all the outfits she was trying on. I'm almost at my wits end when I ask, "have mercy on me sister, can we move on soon?"
"Hush now Kol, I only have a couple of more things to try on."
A couple of minutes pass when I hear Bekah call me from the fitting room.
"What is it?" I said getting up from the chair and heading over to the dressing room she was in.
"Here take these" she said handing him piles of clothes.
"Are you taking the whole store with you?" he said while trying to keep the pile of clothes balanced on his arms. He shouldn't relly be surprised thought, he knew his sister loved to shop.
"Almost" giggled Rebekah. She could never have enough outfit choices. "Boys" Rebekah thought they just don't get it.
By the time they had finished checking out they, and by "they" I mean Rebekah, had rung up a total of 10,248.85. Rebekah happily handed over Elijah's credit card and paid for her new clothes. Kol was having trouble trying to carry everything she had bought, now the real challenge was going to be trying to make everything fit into his trunk.
"Wait, Kol, before we go home I want to go into one more store. I promise I'll be quick this time. I'll meet you in there" she said while running off to a store that was three doors down from where they parked. She had left Kol playing a game of Tetris with all her shopping bags and boxes. Kol didn't even have a chance to respond before she had run off. He quickly finished fitting everything into his trunk and then made his way to where his sister had gone.
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"What are you doing? Let go of me!" Great he hadn't even left her side for two minutes and she was already in trouble.
He speed over to the store and saw his sister against a wall with a man standing almost on top of her and he had her by the wrist.
"If I were you mate I'd let her go or I'll break both your arms" said Kol casually with a smirk.
"This doesn't concern you" said the stranger not bothering to look at Kol.
"Oh but it does. See that girl you have there by the wrist, yea that happens to be my sister. And if you don't let her go I'll be forced to kill you" said Kol seriously.
The stranger back off and scurried away. Rebekah suddenly felt her breath return. She threw herself at Kol and held on to him. "There, there brother is here" he said quietly while he embraced her and ran a hand through her hair. She was shaking in his arms. "Let's go home I think we've done enough shopping for today don't you think?"
"I think so" said Rebekah with a small smile. She stayed close to him after that.
As they walked out of the store Kol asked, "why was he bothering you anyways?"
"He asked me out and I said no. I guess he is not used to people refusing him" she said simply.
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It's not like she was not used to being harassed, she definitely was, but now she didn't have the strength to fight back. She couldn't compel men to stay away from her, or break their fingers in one swift movement. She never told her brothers about her daily encounters with scumbags like the stranger Kol had just scared off because she could take care of herself. What frightened her the most now was that she was depended on her brothers to keep her safe, and she wasn't used to that, she was used to taking care of herself and being home before sundown as if nothing happened.
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While driving up to the house Rebekah asked, "Why are all these people at our house?"
"We have something to discuss with you, but let's get inside first" said Kol while putting his car in park and opening the door for his sister. Rebekah headed straight into the house to see what was going on with purse in hand.
"No, please, allow me to get the bags" called out Kol in a mocking tone.
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"So you thought the best thing to do to me was have strange men follow me around!" yelled Rebekah at her brothers "and install cameras!"
"Just for the record I was against it sister" said Kol. He knew it was best, but he knew his sister wouldn't like it.
"You're not helping Kol" said Elijah.
"It's for your protection Bekah. What if we weren't home and someone tries to attack the house. You would be safe. There would be guards" said Nik as if it was that simple.
Rebekah just rolled her eyes. "You just don't get it" she said with a huff and walked out of the living room and headed straight for the front door, she opened it and slammed it shut.
"Well, that went well" said Nik.
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She didn't even know where she was headed but she didn't get too far before she realized she was being followed. Her breath hitched as whoever was following her got closer. She suddenly remembered the new "improvements" her brothers had made, there were just the guards that were assigned to her.
"Go away! I want to be left alone" huffed Rebekah.
The guards showed no intention of leaving her side. She thought she could make a run for it, but surely they could outrun her, especially since she was wearing heels. Her brothers thought they were helping keep her safe, but they didn't understand how terrified she was when strange men were around her at the moment. Mark had hurt her, sure Nik had given her his blood which healed her, but the emotional scarring was still there. And she didn't know if it was going to go away anytime soon, if ever. She hugged herself tight and turned the corner and started heading home. "I'm Rebekah Mikaelson. I am an original. I am immortal. I'm strong than I think" she repeated to herself as to remind herself how strong she truly was and what she had been through. She had made it through so much worse centuries ago; she would be alright once again.
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"Rebekah, it's been a month, are you still angry with me?" asked Elijah.
His sister had barely spoken to him. He did his best to apologize in numerous of ways, but she still remained angry.
"What can I do to acquit myself?" he asked while staring straight at her. He stood there in front of her wearing one of his suits which was accessories with that smile of his which always seemed so genuine.
"I'm not angry Elijah. I'm just frustrated and a bit sad. Honestly there is nothing that can be done on your behalf. I just wish you would have at least told me what you had planned with the house and the guards" she said simply. She truly wasn't angry any longer; she was just frustrated with the situation. She didn't even have to deal with her security detail this last month much because her brothers happily volunteered to accompany her everywhere she went. But she was sure it was mostly due to her outburst on the whole "they have to follow you everywhere" bit. And this was their way of making it better.
"I see. You have to understand, dear sister, that I have the best intentions in mind"
"I do. And I thank you for that."
After some moments of silence he asked "Are we as we were?"
"Yes. We're alright now Elijah" she said giving his hand a light squeeze and continued her way to the kitchen to look through the fridge for something to eat.
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