Note: This will be the last chapter for this story.
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"I won't do it" said Elijah to Nik "I won't take the compulsion away. I don't want Kallum around our sister." After some moments of silence he said "although, I will apologize for my actions, I hope you decide to do the same Niklaus."
"There is nothing to apologize for Elijah. He lied to us, betrayed what little trust we had, and had the nerve to touch our sister" he said gritting his teeth.
"Maybe so Niklaus, but we must assess the current situation we are in, and with Rebekah gone we need to do what we must in order to get her back home" he said sternly.
"We could fix this... We could compel Rebekah to forget about him just as you did with Kallum" said Nik to Elijah.
"Compel her?!" yelled out Kol.
"Yes, why not? We could compel her to forget him, just as you made him forget" said Nik. He thought this would be a lot easier for his sister.
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After some discussion, two broken couches, ten broken bottles of scotch, three torn up paintings and a couple broken necks Elijah, Nik and Kol came to an understanding. They would not compel their sister to forget, but with the condition that Kol convince Rebekah to move back in.
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Rebekah had been at Spade for a little over two months, but what was two months when you are an immortal being? Kol would come and check on her every day; he did his best to comfort her but he didn't really know how. He would sit with her in bed and suffer silently through the movies she chose to watch for the day. He would make sure she eats something for the day, and would bring her a duffle bag of her clothes with him every day, which she was appreciative for.
Rebekah was laying down watching a movie and her head rested on Kol's lap. "Bekah" he said looking down at her "You need to come home today."
She lifted herself up and looked at him and was about to respond when he stopped her.
"Bekah, I wouldn't be asking if it weren't absolutely necessarily for you to come back" he said with determination in his voice.
Rebekah knew her brothers very well, she knew their likes and dislikes, she knew what their favorite color, what blood type they preferred, and she could tell when they were lying to her. And she could tell from Kol's voice he wasn't lying or trying to manipulate her for his interest.
"Okay" she gently said, she was going to put her trust in him. Something she rarely did with anyone.
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Rebekah sat in the middle of the bed; she had her legs to her chest and arms around them. She watched as her brother zoomed around in her temporary home trying to gather all her belongings in the least amount of time possible.
"Done" he said not five minutes after he started. This time they had about forty five suitcases with them, and somehow Kol managed not to be surprised. He had traveled with his sister plenty of times and was used to her carrying an obscene amount of luggage with her. "Let's let the bellhops get those" he said with a smile.
She returned the smile and hopped off the bed.
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As Kol pulled up to their home Rebekah felt her stomach full of butterflies, she was nervous and rightfully so. She hadn't left in the best of terms.
From the living room Elijah and Nik heard Kol's car and sped over to the front door and stepped outside to greet their sister.
Kol opened the car door for her sister and helped her jump out. She grabbed her purse and threw it over her shoulder and made the walk to the front door slowly. Elijah stepped down and meet her halfway, and a sudden realization hit him, he missed his sister dearly. He missed having her home. He missed having his family together. He realized then and there that as much as he kept his family together so did Rebekah, each in their own way. He came to stand in front of her and looked straight into her eyes. "Rebekah, dear sister of mine, I'm so sorry, I'm sorry my actions as well as Niklaus's made you leave your home. Forgive me?"
She lifted her arms and wrapped them around his neck and he instinctively wrapped his arms around her waist. "All if forgiven" she said simply. She had long lost her anger with him; she had spent much of her time at the hotel depressed missing her brothers' company.
They stood there for what seemed an eternity when Kol yelled out, "Elijah aren't you going to help me. Our sister insists on traveling with all her belongings."
"I'm always stuck carrying Bekah's luggage" he grunted out.
Elijah chuckled and released his sister. "Of course" he called out and placed a kiss on her forehead and left to go help Kol.
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Rebekah saw Nik leaning against one of the pillars with his arms crossed and walked over to him. She reached the front steps and stood in front of him waiting for a response, explanation, or some sort of apology.
He looked at her and gently said "Bekah you know I'm no good with…" he moved his hands in a circular motion in front of him as if trying to find the words to express himself, "words or feelings."
He continued with trying to get himself across, "I did what I did because you are my sister and I care for you" he took a pause, "I already lost Finn, though I never cared for him much he was still family…" he looked down for a minute and the continued, "and I lost Hendrik when I was only a young man …."
"I couldn't bear the thought of losing you… you have been the only constant in my life. Even when Elijah and Kol left me, you didn't. You stood by me even when I didn't give me a reason to" he said with tear filled eyes.
"Nik" she said embracing him tightly "you don't need to hurt or kill anybody for me to know you love me" she said with a half-smile and tears in her eyes. Nik had only ever once expressed himself the way he had just now once before in his life, and that was many centuries ago. They stood there embracing each other for what seemed an eternity.
Nik returned the smile. And just like that Rebekah and Nik were no longer at odds with each other. A relationship like theirs might be dysfunctional but it works for them.
Kol and Elijah watched them from where Kol parked his car. "And that is why Rebekah must remain with him always" said Elijah to Kol "she brings out the humanity in him."
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