The Awaited Appearance of Klaus:

They all decided that they shouldn't wait to long to give Elena the house. The sooner the girls were safe the better, so the next day they had a lawyer come over so Elena could sign the papers. Bonnie and Beth were with her as the lawyer went over everything with her. "Please sign here and here." He told her handing her the pen.

"So, this place is all yours? They just gave it to you?" Bonnie asked still amazed. It was pretty unbelievable to have the whole house, technically in yours.

"For now. It'll be Beth's too since she's staying here." She said giving her a smile. "As sole owner, I'm the only one who can invite a certain type of person in here, if you know what I mean." She gave Bonnie a pointed look. She couldn't say too much with the lawyer there but she understood exactly what she meant.

"Our own personal safe house." Beth smiled. It was actually a great idea.

"Wouldn't want to clean it." Bonnie said looking around and all of the girls laughed. Elena finished up with the lawyer. Beth and her walked him out of the house. Damon and Stefan were in the front waiting for them to finish up, so they could come inside.

"Thank you, Mr. Henry." She thanked him politely as he left. She went to turn to go back before stopping. "I'm sorry. I completely forgot." She apologized. She exchanged a look with Beth and then looked to Stefan. "Stefan. Would you like to come into our house?" She asked.

He grinned at her. "I would love to. Thank you." He stepped inside and Damon was left standing there. He looked at both of the girls, obviously annoyed.

"What are we, 12?"

"One of us is. If I let you in, do you promise to obey the owners of this house?" She asked him. Beth playfully stuck her tongue at him.

"No."

"Seriously, Damon. My way. You promised. I call the shots. No lies, no secret agenda. Remember?" She reminded him. Damon was getting really irritated, which just made Beth smile. He hated to not be in control of a situation. "Plus, Beth has requested full privacy of her room." Damon glared playfully at Beth who just smiled at him.

"Yes, fine. Sure." He agreed. Elena looked at Beth who looked like she was thinking it over. "Just let me in." He demanded irritated. Beth finally nodded in Elena's direction.

"Then please, come in." Elena said opening the door wider for him. He walked in the house and muttered a 'shut up' to a smiling Stefan. Beth laughed as she walked into the other room. Bonnie came into the room and handed Beth and Elena their jackets to which they thanked her. Beth wanted to hurry to get to school and talk to Matt. Caroline had called her and told her how she erased his memories of there being vampires but she wanted to talk to him about the kiss too.

"Wait where are you going?" Stefan asked them.

"To school."

"No, no, no. We didn't create a safe house for you guys to leave it." Damon told them.

"Yeah, guys, Klaus is out there we know that." Stefan agreed with his brother. He knew that he was after not only Elena but Beth. It was dangerous for them to be out in the open.

"Right. But where? No one knows. Look we really appreciate what you guys are doing. And I'll be able to sleep at night knowing I'm safe here, but we're not going to be prisoners." Elena said to them. They both looked at Damon, who was annoyed but he agreed.

"Your way, Elena."

"Don't worry. Bonnie and I are ready. If he shows his face, we take him. Bonnie knows how and so do I." Beth reassured them. Bonnie nodded in agreement with her.

"The way I see it, next to my two favorite witches is the safest place I can be." She smiled at her friends. "Come on." They left the brothers to themselves as they walked out of the house.

There was 5 minutes till the bell so Beth stuffed all her books in her locker but some of them dropped. She groaned and bent to pick it up. Matt walked up to her. She smiled as he began to help her get them up. "Thanks." She said as they stood up.

"No problem." He smiled back at her. She put the books in her locker.

"So about the other night…"

"What other night?" He questioned. Beth was confused as well. It was literally like 2 days ago. That was practically the only thing she could think about. Caroline told her that he should still have his memories from the entire day except anything to do with vampires and everything else she told him.

"At the grill? Where we kissed?" She said to him.

"Um, what? I was working the whole time that night until there was a fire and I helped get everyone out." Matt told her. He had to pretend that Caroline's compelling worked but he could see the disappointment cross her face.

"Yeah but before that…" Beth trailed off. He seemed to be certain that nothing happened. She could see he didn't want to remember. It was probably just a mistake he wanted to forget. He went to talk but Beth interrupted him. "You know what, just forget it. Sorry I even brought it up." She said she slammed her locker door closed and made her way to History.

Beth walked into the classroom. She saw Stefan who was sitting next to Elena. She sat behind Bonnie and next to Elena. She smiled at her and showed her a poster for the 60's decade dance that was tonight. She gave a half-hearted smile and nodded. Elena seemed worried. She mouthed 'You okay' and Beth nodded but Elena knew better. She quickly wrote on a piece of paper and tossed it lightly on her desk. 'Talk at lunch?' Beth smiled at her as Alaric walked into the room.

"Hello, class. What are we learning today?" Alaric asked looking through a book.

"With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the sixties all night." Dana spoke up from the front of the class.

"Right. The sixties." He said kind of disappointed. He looked around the classroom and his eyes landed on Elena and then he saw next to her was Beth. She was grabbing a pencil so she didn't notice him staring until he turned back to the bored. "The…. um sixties. I wish there was something good I could say about the sixties, but uh actually the kind of sucked. Except for the Beatles, of course. They made it bearable. He seemed to be kind of out of it to Beth, which was weird because Alaric usually just went with the flow of things. "The Cuban missile thing, the…we walked on the moon. There was Watergate."

"Watergate was in the seventies, Ric." Beth smiled. He turned to look at her with the rest of the class. She caught herself, she always forgot that she couldn't call him that at school. "I-I mean Mr. Saltzman."

He gave her a smile but it didn't seem like his usual one. It was more secretive, wasn't like him. "Right, it all kind of mushes up in here. The sixties, seventies. Thank you, Elizabeth." He said as he turned back to the board. Beth shook it off but it was odd for him to call her Elizabeth. She ignored it and focused on the lesson.

Beth walked into the cafeteria. Bonnie and Elena were talking at a table off on the side. Elena saw her and waved her over. Beth walked over to them and sat beside Elena. "Hey, what's wrong? Did something happen before History?"

"Uh, it's just Matt." Beth sighed.

"What happened? I thought Caroline erased his memories." Bonnie asked her. "And apparently you guys got together." She said sharing a smile with Elena. Beth gave them a weak smile.

"Yeah, I thought so too except when I tried to talk to him he doesn't know anything about the kiss." Beth told them. Elena and Bonnie looked at her confused. "I guess he just wanted to forget all about it." Elena gave her a sympathetic look and gave her a side hug. She didn't know why Matt would blow her off. It was pretty obvious that he liked her and she liked him.

"I'm sorry, Beth." Bonnie apologized. Beth waved it off but the girls could see how hurt she was. "You're still going to the dance right?" She asked and she shrugged. "Come on! You don't need Matt."

"Yeah, Bonnie's right. We can all go together! You already have an outfit. It'll be fun." Elena promised her. Beth smiled at them. Before she could answer either of them, Dana walked up to their table.

"Hey, Elena, there you are. Okay. This is going to sound really freaky, but this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight." She told her excited. The girls exchanged a look. That was random and kind of weird.

"Tell him she has a boyfriend." Bonnie said.

"You could at least meet him!" Dana encouraged her. "He'll be at the dance tonight. Look for him. His name is Klaus." Beth felt her blood run cold at the sound of the name. Bonnie looked shocked as well. Elena was no longer smiling as she looked at her friends.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?"

"His name's Klaus. I know the name's stupid, but I swear he's hot." She smiled happily at them. Beth looked around the cafeteria but it was just filled with students. No one looked out of the ordinary.

"Where is he? Is he here?" Bonnie asked her.

"I don't know." She said looking slightly confused.

"She's being compelled." Beth realized.

"Oh and he wants to know if Beth could save him the last dance. How cute is that?" Dana asked with a smile. It meant that he was really here and he was making a move tonight. Bonnie and Elena looked at her, slightly worried. Beth suddenly felt sick to her stomach. They would definitely be going tonight.

xxxxx

There was a knock on her door. She took the room, right next to Damon's. It was usually where she kept her stuff anyways. "Come in." She yelled from her bed as she tied her head wrap around her head. Damon entered with white shoes in his hand. "Oh my gosh, you're learning the concept of knocking and privacy!" Beth smiled sarcastically at him.

"Well, it was either that or be locked out of my own house. Here." He threw the white go-go boots on the floor next to her feet and lay across her bed, next to her. She thanked him and put them on. As soon as they were all zipped up, she stood up and flattened her blue dress and looked in the mirror. She found an old go-go girl outfit in the basement of the Salvatore house.

"So how do I look?" She asked Damon. He finally sat up

"You know I usually thought you more of an 80's girl but if you did live in the 60's that's exactly how I imagine you in then" Damon smirked looking her up and down. She laughed.

"As a go-go dancer?"

"Yeah but it's a compliment. You look hot." He assured her and she rolled her eyes at him as she sat back down next to him. "You ready for this?" He asked her.

"Of course. I'll be ok. Tonight we put an end to Klaus for good. Right?" She gave him an unconvincing smile.

"I won't let him hurt you. You know that, right?" He told her seriously. She smiled and nodded at him. She knew he would make sure she was safe. "Good. Now let's go and show you off. If we're going to take down Klaus, I want to have to at least have one good dance in before we do." Damon smirked at her and she smiled as he stood up and pulled her up with him. He led her out as they made their way to the dance.

Damon drove her to the dance while Stefan and Elena took another car. He let her out of the car but he wasn't looking at her. His eyes were peeled on Jeremy and Bonnie who seemed to be in an intense conversation. Beth noticed his expression. "Everything okay?" She asked him worried and he nodded.

Bonnie finally seemed to see Damon. "Damon!" She said surprised. Jeremy looked behind him at them.

"Evening." He smiled at her. Beth couldn't help but feel there was something more going on. Damon led her into the school, leaving them behind. The others caught up to them in the hallway. Bonnie looked at Damon, slightly worried.

"Hey, you look great!" She complimented Beth.

"Thanks. You do too." She smiled back at her.

They all went into the cafeteria. It was completely decorated for the dance. There was disco ball in the center of the room and lights and streamers all over the place. Dana walked up the stage and stood in front of the microphone. The group stopped near the stage dim lit. "Thanks for being here, everybody. We have a two special shout outs tonight." She smiled. "This is for Elena and Elizabeth. From Klaus."

Beth felt her stomach drop and the look on Elena's face was pure shock as a song started to play on the speakers. Damon could tell she was feeling scared and nervous even though she tried to keep it off her face. The whole group seemed to be in shock for a moment. He wrapped an arm around Beth's waist, protectively. "That was a lame, cheap shot. He's just trying to bait us." He said shrugging it off more for her benefit.

"We know everybody here." Elena added.

"Maybe he's not here. Just wants us to believe that what he is." Stefan suggested. He was mainly talking to Elena and Beth. They were still scared but they felt better knowing they had their friends to help protect them. Beth smiled at him.

"It's a party, people! Blend. Let him come to us." Damon said cheerfully.

"Good idea." Bonnie agreed and she took Jeremy off to go dancing.

"There's, Ric. I'll be right back." He told Beth letting her go. He looked at Stefan, making sure he knew not to let Beth out of his sight. After a nod from his brother he left to go talk to the history teacher. Stefan looked at Beth.

"Go! Dance! I'll be fine." She smiled at them. Stefan hesitated but Beth pushed them towards the dance floor as a song started to play. Elena flashed her a smile before dragging Stefan with her. Beth smiled and scanned the cafeteria. Jeremy and Bonnie were still dancing. Beth saw Matt with Caroline. She suddenly felt worst than before. What had changed from that night? She didn't understand. Was it her?

Before she had time to overanalyze the situation Damon came over to her and grabbed her hand and pulled her to the dance floor. "Come one, I said we'd dance, right?" He smirked at her and she couldn't help but smile back as he swayed to the music. He grabbed her after seeing her look at Matt. He had overheard Elena and Beth talk earlier about Matt at the house and it didn't seem good. All that mattered was that he made Beth upset. "Jock boy is staring." He whispered in her ear as he pulled her close and nodded over to Matt.

Beth rolled her eyes. "I don't care." She said softly but he could see she did. He hated her feeling down like this. Beth had known that he wasn't a saint when they met. She knew that he was dangerous and it would be a bad idea to trust him but she did anyways. Since she got here she had always been on his side. She had always been his best friend and she continued to. She had even saved his life a few times. They had a strong bond and he trusted her more than anyone. He was in love with Elena and would do anything for her to but he loved Beth like a sister and would protect her no matter what even if it were from regular jerks.

"Let's show him what he's missing." He smirked before she could say a word; Damon spun her around and dipped her low before snapping her back up and kissing her on her cheek. He looked over to see Matt looking with jealousy. Damon smiled when he heard her laugh. "Told you I had moves."

A half hour later there was still no sign of Klaus. They all took that as a good sign. Damon was dancing with Elena now while Stefan relayed a messaged to Caroline. Beth was standing off to the side. Jeremy and Bonnie were still dancing. Damon had stopped dancing with Elena. Right now Matt was alone and Beth didn't notice Damon looking over at him. Matt would be lucky to have her and it was his fault that she was feeling bad. He smiled mischievously. This was the perfect time to have a little talk with him. He walked over to Matt, who was standing off to the side.

"Hey buddy." Damon greeted him.

"Hey." He said leery of him. He knew what Damon was now and that he could probably kill him in a second if he wanted too. He wasn't about to give him a reason to do that, anymore than he already wanted to.

"You know I love football. I would never go pro but it was a nice game. Beth and I play it sometimes. I have a special football. It's really special and not everyone is allowed to use it and everyone knows better than to mess with it and not treat it right." Damon told Matt. He put his hand over his shoulder and gave it a tighter squeeze than necessary. "I'd hate to see what would happen to someone's hand or back if they took my football and didn't treat it right. So, I think people like that should keep their hands off of the football." Damon walked away smirking before he could even reply.