A/N: Thank you all so much for the reviews! I appreciate them all! Loving Kol this season! I can't wait to see what they do with him next. I can't wait to get to season 4 and we're almost there! I hope you guys like this chapter! Thank you all again!
Another Dance:
After finally getting herself to stop crying, Beth made herself leave Kol and find Damon to go home. No amount of questioning from him made her tell him what happened, which sent him pouting. She didn't get to see Alaric, since it still wasn't safe for her to be at home, so she hid herself in her room in Elena's house. Knowing the truth about Klaus killing her made her upset, but she couldn't let it show. She had to go one being normal, whilst avoiding him like the plague.
Since she already promised months ago to help Caroline set up for the dance she was forced to go to the school to help with the finishing touches. As Caroline and Elena were talking, Beth stayed away helping with the clean up. "How are you holding up, beautiful?" She smiled as she read the text from Kol. He had a hard time letting her go back to Mystic Falls, but in the end he allowed it as long as she called to make sure she was okay.
"I'm holding. Can't wait to see you again."
"Soon, I promise." After finally wrapping all the trash up, she went to throw it away, but not before she heard Caroline call her. She ignored her as she walked out to the garbage cans out back.
"You can't hide from me forever, Beth." She heard Caroline say as she followed her to the back of the school. She rolled her eyes.
"Nope, but try and try again, right?" She said sarcastically as she threw the garbage bags into the dumpster. Caroline was right behind her and stopped before she could leave. "What do you want, Caroline?"
"You can't be mad at me forever, Beth. I'm sorry for luring Klaus out there. I know you hate me for that." She said sadly, looking down.
"It's fine, just forget about it." Beth sighed. The last person she wanted to talk about was Klaus right now. She didn't even know what to think of him, but all she felt when she heard his name was rage and betrayal.
"No, it's not fine. He's your friend." She sighed.
"Forget it, Caroline." She insisted, as her eyes teared up. It just brought back the memory if Klaus lying to her. It hurt that she was so stupid to believe that he actually cared about her at all. "It doesn't matter."
"No, Klaus is your friend. Even thought I prefer Kol over his brother. I know you guys were close." Caroline said. Even if she didn't really like Klaus, she knew they got close.
"Not anymore! Just forget it, Caroline!"
"Beth, what...what happened?" She asked her worried. The young witch didn't answer her. Caroline turned her around and saw her upset. "Beth. Sweetie, did something happen?" As soon as she brought up Klaus, she seemed to get angry. Beth just shook her head, crying. Caroline automatically hugged her, knowing that she needed that. Besides, it was time she started to actually be her friend again.
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Beth took a deep breath as she pulled the short dress down some more. After swearing Caroline to secrecy not to tell anyone, she told her all that Kol revealed to her. Needless to say, she was furious with Klaus and had half a mind to confront him, but Beth stopped her. She knew the outcome wouldn't be good. Instead, Caroline decided to take the protective best friend path and wouldn't let her out of her sight. They were now at the dance, both dressed like flappers. "You look amazing, Beth. Stop messing with your dress." She winked at her.
"This thing is too short!" She complained as she tried once again to pull down the authentic 1920's dress, but it just barely reached right above her knees. It wasn't exactly what she was used to wearing, but Caroline refused to let her go in regular clothes.
"You look hot, don't worry about it." She waved it off. She glanced around her. "Are you sure that you want to be here, though? We could have always stayed at home. Popcorn, movies? I don't exactly know the best friend protocol for avoiding psycho hybrids."
Beth gave her a weak smile. "No, it's fine. You worked hard and it's fine. I'll get some appearance of normalcy." She shrugged as she looked into the crowd.
"I swear, if I could? I'd knock his stupid arrogant Original head off." Caroline told her, crossing her arms. Beth gave her a small smile. "I'll be right back. I'm just going to check on Matt. I'll be right over there."
"I'm fine, Caroline. Go!" She encouraged her. She hesitated before finally leaving to talk with their other friend. She stood off to the side, listening to the old music as she took in her surrounding, but she didn't feel anyone behind her until someone spun her around. Beth found herself face to face with Tyler, grinning at her. "You're here!" She hugged him.
Tyler laughed as he hugged her back. "I'm here. I've missed you." He admitted pulling back slightly. Beth found herself giving him a real smile in a while. It was nice to see her friend back after months. It felt as though things were coming back into order.
"I've missed you too. It's good to see you back and sired free." She admitted
"It's good to be back." He nodded as he glanced over at Caroline over her shoulder. Beth rolled her eyes at his weak attempt to be inconspicuous. "Mind it I?"
"Go, get your girl! And tell Care not to worry about me." She nudged him with a smile. He kissed her quickly on the cheek before going over to Caroline. She crossed her arms and watched, happily as her friends danced together. It was nice to see Caroline's face light up seeing Tyler.
"Going stag?" Beth turned around to see Matt behind her with a smile. He looked at her up and down in awe. "You look amazing."
Beth blushed at the compliment and looked away from him. "Thank you. You look dashing, yourself. And my girl date just bailed on me for her boyfriend, so I'm officially stag." She confirmed as he stood by her side and they watched Tyler and Caroline. "You too?"
"Yep, was too busy setting up for the dance. But, it would be an honor if you would dance with me." Matt asked, offering her his arm. She hesitated. He wasn't the person that she wanted to be dancing with tonight, but he was still her friend. Beth gave him a small smile, before taking it. She might as well try and feign having fun for the night.
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After a few dances with Matt and a dance with Caroline, Beth felt herself feel a little better. She was now taking a break and standing off to the side near the drinks. "I thought I'd find you away from the crowd." Beth a breeze go over her as she turned to face Klaus, as he grinned, walking towards her. "You never really liked being the center of attention."
"Yeah, I guess some things never change." She shrugged, trying not to let her nervousness of being so close to him show.
Klaus ignored the semi-cold shoulder she was giving him. He figured it had something to do with why she was ignoring his calls to her. He would find out why soon enough. "I guess not. Do you mind a dance?" He asked her holding out his hand.
"Yes, she does mine." Right on time, Caroline came walking towards them with Tyler in tow. She crossed her arms as she stood next to Beth, in front of the hybrid. "She doesn't want to dance with you."
"I believe that 's her decision, love." Klaus said firmly before glancing over at Tyler. "Where you've been, mate?"
"Just got back into town."
"Funny, I don't recall giving you permission to leave in the first place." He narrowed his eyes at the couple. He took a step forwards towards them. "Why don't you take your girlfriend and go dance, while Elizabeth and I take a spin on the dance floor?"
"No!" Caroline objected. She wasn't going to let her friend go dancing with her murderer, but Tyler didn't know that. And she was sworn to secrecy not to tel him. She and Beth shared a look. Tyler couldn't disobey him and he finds out he's not sired.
"Yeah, sure." He agreed, automatically.
"It's fine, Care. Go, I'll see you after." Beth assured her, as she saw her about to argue with them. Tyler quickly took his girlfriend away. She turned to a smug Klaus. "Why do you always have to prove you're the alpha male?"
"I don't have to prove anything, love. I am the alpha male." He told her confidently holding out his hand for her to take. She rolled her eyes, but took it, hesitantly. He spun her around and took her hand, as they swayed to the music.
"There a reason you were so persistent on dancing with me?" She asked him
"I wanted to dance with the most beautiful girl in here." He grinned down at her, as she rolled her eyes. He sighed, knowing he'd have to do more to get her to actually talk. "You look amazing. You would have loved the 1920's, Elizabeth. The girls were reckless, sexy, fun. They literally used to dance until they dropped. I could see you as a flapper."
"Sucks, that I never got to experience that and never will." She said bitterly. "With my life being taken away while I was so young and all that." Klaus didn't say anything. He only looked at her with curious eyes to see where she was going with this, but she kept her eyes straight ahead. "Did you mourn me?"
"Of course I did. Not as hard as Kol did, but I did, Elizabeth. You were part of the family." He told her sincerely.
Beth scoffed in disbelief. "That's funny cause I don't think that family murders family." She felt the hybrid freeze under her hands as she pulled away from him. It was impossible, she couldn't have known. "Kol told me everything about what happened. At least one brother seems to be honest with me."
"He doesn't know everything. Sweetheart..." He began, but was caught off by a slap to the face. He was stunned not by the stinging pain that was going away, but by the anger that came from the slap. Beth was tearing up, but she wouldn't give him the satisfaction of watching her cry over him.
"Don't call me that." She snapped as she stalked out of the school, past the students and outside the front doors. She didn't get that far before she was blocked by her dancing partner. "Let me go, Klaus. That's the least you can do after everything."
"Elizabeth, you have a right to be mad..."
"Damn right, I do! You lied to me for months! You betrayed me! You humiliated me time after! I trusted you! I defended you to my friends, everyone I loved and it turns out they were right! You killed me, Klaus!" She shouted at him. Klaus actually flinched at every shout. He felt bad about lying to her, but it killed him to see how much he hurt her. "I'm glad you had your laugh about fooling me!"
Klaus swung her around to face him, before she could stalk off again. "It wasn't a laugh, Elizabeth! Listen to me, I'm sorry I lied to you. I couldn't tell you what happened. You wouldn't have trusted me, with good reason, but it's not what you think. Kol doesn't know the whole story, love. You have the wrong idea." He told her seriously. This was why he didn't want his brother to explain, he had no idea what really happened that day.
"Oh, I'm pretty sure I have the right idea!" She snapped back.
"Look at me, Elizabeth! After everything do you honestly think that I would hurt you like that, without a good reason? I cared about you. It killed me that day to do that to you. I could barely comprehend what I did, but Kol didn't tell you everything. He doesn't know everything. Please, let me explain." He begged her. Beth was surprised to see how desperate Klaus was for her to listen to him.
"I...I can't do this right now." She shook her head as she walk away from him out.
"Please, love." Klaus made to follow her, but saw he was blocked. "What is this?" He asked annoyed. Beth stopped and turned around to see the dilemma. He couldn't move through. She looked down to see a salt line. It obviously was made to keep vampires in.
She saw Stefan pop up from behind him. "Your mother is back." He told Klaus. Beth sighed as she walked towards them. That meant she had to stop her. Who knew what Esther was planning now. Things just got way more complicated than it already was.
