A.N. Hey All! I'm back with another chapter! Many thanks to all that have read and replied to this story. I'm glad you liked the last chapter. I know Klaus overreacted in the last chapter he's in a mood we'll see how long it last. This chapter is very Bonnie centered, so I hope you all enjoy!
Chapter 36: Love has everything to do with us
"I'm dating Klaus Mikaelson."
Coming clean to Caroline had been something that I should've done eons before. It was refreshing to finally be able to be honest and open with my friend. My admission left me feeling like I could finally breathe.
I had told myself that I wasn't hiding Klaus, everyone in NOLA had known we were seeing each other, Damon had known I was seeing him and by default so did Stefan. Lucy and Vincent were also aware, but when it came to everyone back home, I stalled on letting that information slip out.
Was I ashamed, not really everyone back home had done things far worse and the world still kept spinning so, I felt no need to be ashamed.
"Wait!" Caroline asks as look of surprise that crosses her face, is that of wonder. "What, how, when?" She asks with a hint of perplexity and lot of excitement.
"Well," I say beginning to pace. "It all started around the time I helped lift the ban of magic in the quarter." I say my mind drifting back to an encounter I had with him around that time.
Flashback
I had just gotten into an argument with Damon the made me want to run for the hills, so that was what I had done. I went for a run.
The moment I stepped out, instantly my mood had brightened. Damon had locked himself in his own room on the phone with Stefan or Elena talking or in his case fighting about one thing or another, so the coast was clear for me to do my own thing.
Hair in a ponytail, ear-buds nestled in my ear I start my run. The fresh air, the adrenalin and my heart pumping is just what I needed. My goal was to make it over to Lucy's shop. She taught a yoga class on Tuesday and after running, I'd need a good cool down.
As I get closer to the quarter I feel like something, or someone is following me. Picking up the pace I run quicker. When I make it to the corner I stop and look behind me seeing nothing. It's only when I turn around do I find Klaus looking pleased with himself.
"The fuck Klaus, you scared me!" I say edging back.
"Who knew you were so shaky." He says eyeing me up and down, before plucking a flower out of my hair. His denim blues eye me from my face dipping down to my neck, settling on my sports bra clad breast which is teal all the way down to my tights which are the same color and my white shoes.
"My eyes are up here." I say lifting his chin up which only causes him to dimple my way.
"I thought for sure you would've been M.F. bound, tell me does it lack all the things you desire, or are you looking for more?" He says pushing hair that had fallen away from my face.
Crossing my arms I look back at him, unwaveringly. "What's it to you?"
Klaus only grins. "Well you're in my city and while you're here I'd have no problem showing you a thing or two about desire."
I scoff.
"Why not let bygones be bygones?" He says suavely as he moves closer.
"Never gonna happen." I say side stepping him. "Now if you'll excuse me."
"You came here to help the witches," Klaus says all knowingly. "You wanna help them, you'll have to listen to my terms!" He says determined. "Or I'll make this a very long painful and strenuous experience for all."
Hands on my hips I turn around to face him. "Fine." I say blinking up at him.
Pleased Klaus comes close, it reminded me when Ester had come to town and he wanted me to do a spell for him. For a brief moment his cologne goes straight to my head. He's close, way too close and he's grinning down at me. Was his eyes always this blue and what about the dimples had they gotten deeper? "You wanted to talk, talk." I say keeping my cool.
He stands just as close. Inhaling, he steps back and grins. "Not yet, you're not ready." He says backing away. " But, I'll be seeing you, soon Bonnie."
End of flashback
"I thought that would be the end of it, that Klaus was just being Klaus. "I say with a soft chuckle. "But days later he was at it again."
Flashback
The park had been throwing a concert in the park type of event where local bands played music to the wee hours of the night. Naturally being a music lover, I had been more than exited to attend the event.
So, dressed in my favorite hot weather outfit, which consisted of hunter green shorts and a white tube top, I danced along and sang at the top of my lungs to many bands that played that night. Lucy had invited me out with her friends and fellow witches which was a win for me. I had never really been around a lot of people who were like me, so here I welcomed it!
As I danced about, I bumped into someone. Turning around I was poised to apologize when I realized whom I bumped into. "Klaus." I say my face sour. "Are you following me?"
He chuckles showing deep indents on both sides of his cheeks. "You are aware that this is a public event?"
I study him, waiting for the moment when he gives any inkling that he's playing games. Of course nothing happens though, Klaus only grins again. "You weren't here before?"
He nods, denim blue eyes lighting up in a way that makes me curious. "And I'm ready to give you what you've been waiting for."
My mouth hangs open that the implication and audacity of it all. I must look like I'm ready to launch into a rant because Klaus dares to touch my shoulder.
"Settle down now love, you wanted answers, I'm ready to give them to you." He says nodding behind me.
When I look around Damon has just arrived and he looks ticked off. As per the style of my friend, he gets behind me and starts mouthing off to Klaus which only causes the hybrid to chuckle.
"Leave her alone Klaus." Damon shouts over the music, while I stand in the middle of him and Klaus.
I wipe my forehead as the sun and heat is starting to get to me. "Damon, calm down."
"Bonnie and I have business to discuss , why don't you go run along and chase the skirt of Katherine or go find your brothers girlfriend and prey on her inability to make good choices." Klaus snaps back
Well damn! "Stop it." I say causing both men to look at me. "Damon," I say looking to my friend. "I won't be long." I say honestly. "Klaus has answers to questions I've wanted to know about."
Damon grits his teeth. "I don't trust him."
"Trust me." I say placing a kiss to his cheek.
BB-BB-BB
We decided to meet at a local bar that was shut down for the night. The owner Cami watched us with a keen eye while Klaus kept his back to me the whole time. He already had a drink in hand when I made it to the bar and was watching as the liquid sloshed back and forth.
"Why am I here, if you're just going to ignore me?" I ask after several moments of silence.
"You wanted to know why the witches are not allowed to practice magic in the quarter, I'm ready to tell you." Klaus says motioning for me to sit.
I'm poised to do as he says but stop suddenly noticing that the bartender is still listening intently. Klaus seems to catch on and soon introduces the two of us, he introduces the bar owner as his therapist and me as the most recent pain in his arse.
"I'd rather stand." I say looking over to his hybrids who were standing guard as well. What I really wanted to do was go back outside because this bar, was a freaking sauna. Not even the ceiling fans above were cooling me off.
Tilting his head he spoke. "You know, when you perspire you give off the smell of fresh magic." he points out. "It can be like catnip to some, especially since your blood is the intoxicating kind."
I bite my lip. "Are you flirting with me?"
He grins. "Maybe, or maybe I just enjoy the view and wanted a better look."
I throw my hands up in the air. "I'm outta here." I say walking to the entrance only to stop at his voice.
"They wanted to stop the birth of my child!" He says suddenly. His voice is calm, so calm that a chill runs down my spine. The underline threat that is soaked in ice is what his words are. "The witches of the quarter, of this quarter they conspired together in an effort to harm Hope."
I turned around slowly. "What, who would be so cruel?" I ask brows furrowed.
Blinking, Klaus is in front of me. "The very people you want to help, in an effort to get to me, they wanted to destroy Hope, who knows what they would've done if I had not," He stops and I can't help but feel bad for him...and the whole situation.
My hand lands ontop of his. "I'm sorry." I say causing denim blues to meet mine. "I swear to you, I have no intention of helping the witches if this is the direction they plan."
"Hope is off limits, if anyone wants me then they come after me alone."
"I agree." I say swallowing hard. "I will let the witches know your stance and present a stance of my own as well...I won't be used for fuckery." I say realizing how close Klaus and I are in this moment. Pause. "Klaus you may be a lot of things but even you deserved better than that, and especially Hope."
Klaus looks stunned by my words, but recovers by grabbing my hand to kiss it.
End of Flashback
"At first we kept running into each other and then one night it just kind of happen." I say shaking my head as memories of that first night came to the forefront of my mind. "It was like a fire was lit and it consumed us both." Pause. "I thought it would be just one time, get it out of our systems and move on. It was suppose to be recreational, a fling of some sort...that was the plan."
Blue eyes go wide. "Oh." Caroline says still surprised. "But–"
"But," I say my tone changing. "It feels like a lot more than a fling." I admit. It was true, sometimes Klaus held me in the middle of the night with arms that were so strong and so tender with me. Other times, he looked at me as if I was something good that fell into his lap.
Caroline who had nearly silent the whole time finally speaks, drawing my attention her way. "You're not the type to sleep around Bon."
My face feels hot at her implication. "How about we stop talking about me." I say brightly. "How is everything with the wedding planning situation?" I ask knowing that once Caroline got started talking about her dream wedding, she couldn't stop."
Blue eyes send me strong glare, that tells me I will not get out of this conversation. "No. We're going to talk about this over some drinks and I want everything raw and unfiltered about both the men in your life."
I roll my eyes as Caroline puts her arm around me. "Ok, fine but I need Tequila."
Giggle. "And I need food, what a coincidence."
BB-CF-BB
One of the things I had learned over the years was that I could count on Caroline to know exactly what I needed when I needed it. It was the bond we had as best friends who had parents who constantly worked leaving the two of us often with each other and Matt because he was in the same boat to spend so much free time together. Till this day, I could easily send Caroline a look and without even saying a word, she'd know what I was about to say. That of course was why we had ended up a local bar instead of the fancy restaurant Caroline had reservations for.
Stepping into the bar, it was my kind of place. It was just enough noise to help drown out the voice in my head which was talking all kinds of shit about my latest decisions and my reactions to just about everything. Spotting a booth, Caroline hooked her arm in mine as we plowed through everyone for the perfect spot.
I let out a chuckle because leave it to Caroline to find one of the highest rated spots to eat at in the city. The girl loved her food, as since she was part of the food lovers triplets as we liked to call ourselves, the third person being Matt since he was beast when it came to his food, her place of choice had been perfect.
Speaking of food, the waiter soon brings out everything Caroline had pre- ordered on the app.
"You don't think you over did it?" I asks as food is planted on every inch of the massive table.
"You need food Bon, nourishment will help with everything you've got going on." Caroline babbles as she picks up a warm tortilla and prompted loads it was guacamole, tomatoes and shredded chicken. When a server sets down more tortilla chips, Caroline only beams at the guy before taking a healthy bite of her taco.
"I guess." I say opting for a steak nachos.
Soon enough we share a small toast with a shot of tequila and then it's like everything I had been holding in was spilling out.
"When I got to NOLA the last thing I expected was to find Klaus." I say as Caroline munches on a chip. "The plan originally had been to just drop in spend some time with Lucy and get out of town." I admit. "Dick was not really on my radar, but it was welcomed." I say as my lips twitch, as Caroline can't even bother to hide her smile.
Snort. "Leave it to you, to find the messiah of big dick energy."
Her words cause me to choke so hard, I'm afraid food might fly out my mouth, luckily it didn't. "What happened next wasn't planned, at least not on my part." Pause. "I fell in love with the city and wanted to spend as much time as possible in it." I say with a small smile. "I felt so much more alive in NOLA, it just made me feel good. I felt like I could spread my wings and for the first time live, live like I always wanted to live."
Lips twitch. "You look like you've been living really good." Caroline says peering over at me. "Your skin is brighter, your hair is shiny and look at your nails. For the first time in a very long time you look happy and healthy." Smirk. "Could it be all the BDE?"
Drink in hand a take a sip. "It certainly does help." I say causing Caroline to throw her napkin my way.
Lip twitch "Work it!" Caroline grinned.
"Honestly," I say dipping my chip into some refried beans. "Being back home, the thought of it, makes my throat want to close up. Everything about home is dark and depressing. Even some of the good parts about it, don't feel as good as I thought it would." I admit. "Everything is just different now."
"How so?" Caroline asks nibbling at her food.
"Everything about home is just heavy. Especially thinking about my parents and grams." I say pausing because it was still very difficult to talk about them. "The ghosts of all my failed relationships scream at me whenever I'm home. I mean every relationship I've been in has been heavy and ended on bad terms, but with but with Klaus is was different..it is different. "We started off purely physical and that gave me this sort of room to breathe and to live."
Caroline pushes her hair off her shoulder. "I get it, I really do." Caroline says comfortingly. "Sometimes you just want something different, something more than what you've experienced." She continues. "And Klaus, he offers that kind of escape and his brand of comfort."
I can't help but feel comforted by her words and a bit weary by her words as well. Though I can agree with them, it's the mere fact that she's experienced this inhibited love affair of some sort with Klaus that is turning my stomach. It wasn't like I didn't know about it, he had shared some details with me but it's different coming from Caroline.
"I almost forgot you guys had your own thing going on." I say sitting back, as I push my plate forward.
Cornflower blue eyes fly up my way, searching me. "He told you?"
My eyebrows raise. "Yea." I say as nonchalant as possible. "We promised to be as honest and open about our situation as possible."
Caroline bites her lip. "It wasn't serious." She says suddenly. "It was just something to do, to get my mind off of the mess that was our lives."
I hold my hand up halting her words. "I don't need an explanation." I say causing her eyes to soften. "I remember the hell we went through, if only I had just gotten up and left Mystic, I probably could've saved myself some of the heartache."
Silence falls between us before Caroline starts to hum. "Things between Klaus and I were never serious." She says again when I look up at her like she had lost her mind. "But it's different with you." She says excitedly. "I mean, think about it," She says pushing hair behind her ear. "You said things were supposed to be strictly physical, but I've seen your phone, and your social media accounts. You've got pictures of galore." Caroline says pulling out her phone to look at my social media. Though you never get to see his face, I do have many pictures of our entwined hands, our shadow as we embraced, the back of us when we wore the same leather jacket and the endless amount of flowers that get sent my way.
"Bon," Caroline calls. "You go on dates, lots of dates to expensive looking restaurants, and the amount of flowers he sends you–" Grin. "At this point you could open your own flower shop." She beams. "Whatever is going on between the two of o you– it's more than just hooking up."
I tilt my head back. "How did I get here?" I ask more to myself than to Caroline.
"That BDE got to you." Caroline smacks after taking a bite of her food.
My shoulders start to shake as I begin to laugh. "It's more than that though." I admit. "He's charming and funny." I say nodding my head. "And of course he has his own set of issues but, so do I." I say with a small smile on my lips. "He knows little things about me that you'd think he wouldn't pay attention like my favorite coffee, and tea, he also knows what flowers brighten my mood and my favorite scent." I say playing with the bracelet on my wrist. "When he puts his arms around me I feel safe." I say finally. "And I hadn't felt safe, really safe since finding out about vampires and everything with grams."
Caroline reaches across the table to take hold of my hand. "That's huge Bon!"
My eyes start to water. "It is, but I'm scared. My every relationship had been a failure and because of that, I give my body to him hoping to make up for the distance I put between us when things get too heavy for me."
Caroline pushes her food to the side. "Listen to me Bon, you are the most fearless person I have ever met." She says smiling. "You'll easily risk it all for the people you love...now it's time to risk it all for your heart, in either direction it wants to go in."
"Love is risky." I admit looking out as couples join the dance floor to dance together.
"Yeah it is." Caroline admits while she looks out the window. "But love with the right person is easy when it's your time." Caroline says turning to look at me once again. "I mean look at me and Tyler, do you remember how we started off, I mean I was dating Matt and cheating on him with his best friend."
I wrinkle my nose. "That was a mess."
"And then once I got together with Tyler and he activated his werewolf gene, things got even messier and I round up hooking up with Klaus after what he did to Carol." Caroline says all in one breath.
At that we both reach for the bottle of tequila.
"All I'm saying," Caroline says pausing to toss back her drink. "Is the road to the right person has many up and downs but once you settle in, it's as easy as breathing."
I smirk. "You're a wise woman."
Caroline only dismisses my words with a simple wave. "I read too many romance novels." Pause. "Speaking of romance novels, that declaration Damon did was top tier." She bites her lip. "How you feeling about that?"
I let out a small whine. Honestly, I had tried my hardest not to think about it. Damon and I had been through a lot together. Some may even say that our story was the perfect love story in the making. We cared about each other immensely. We even loved each other but I knew that I wasn't in love with Damon...at least not anymore.
"I feel like Damon has been through a lot in the last couple of days and the trauma of it all changed his mind set."
"Lets not forget you've been through a lot too." Pause. "I know that you have to be feeling–"
I shake my head and stop her. "I don't feel anything when it comes to Enzo, not a thing."
Sensing my distress, Caroline quickly changes the topic. "Ok, back to Damon." Caroline says with a tilt of the head. "He's been in love with you for a very long time, being a vampire he was able to manage his emotions better but now, he can't do that and for the first time I heard the man you speak so highly of, the man that is love with you."
"Damon," Pause. "He's been through a lot since Enzo and that bitch, pulled this card. He's human and I'm sure his emotions are probably all over the place." I surmised. "It's probably really difficult for him right now, everything is probably colliding right now in the worst way."
"Bon, I agree but that doesn't negate from his truth." Caroline reaches across the table to hold my hand. "The man that you've been traveling the world with, the same man you've been protecting your heart against has admitted to being in love with you."
I mesh my lips together. "He was on the brink of death Caroline," I whisper out. "It probably messed with his mind and now,
"And now he can finally be honest with himself." Caroline interjects. "Bon, he said he loved you and this wasn't normal jackass Damon. This was Damon, who was vulnerable, the same Damon who said–"
"I know what he said!" I snap. I had been replaying everything that had happen today over and over in my head non stop. No amount of tequila or talking about it was going to change my situation. The truth was that my best friend had fallen in love with me and at one point in time I could've and maybe I did feel the same way. "I saw the look in his eyes, the raw emotion and a clarity I've never seen before." I whisper out. "But things aren't the same as they were before."
"Because of your feelings for Klaus?"
I nod. "Before everything happen with Damon and Enzo, Klaus and I got into this huge argument." I say smiling once the server brings out more of our order. "I was done, I don't like arguing and I told him I was leaving and that we were over." I admit. "I meant it. when I said I was going to leave him but," Pause. "He followed me out into the rain and we weren't ready to let it end, so instead we made up." I looked down at my food.
"Are you falling in love with Klaus or have you already fallen in love with him?" Caroline finally asks her eyes trained on me.
I swallow. "I know, I'm not ready to give him up, I know that he make me feel things I've never felt before, and I know that when the time comes for me to admit how I feel, Klaus will be the first person to hear about it."
DS-DS-DS
Damon
He had watched with a trained eye as Caroline had escorted Bonnie out of harms way. Despite everything bad he had ever said about the blond, all things may have been true but the truest thing had been her love for Bonnie. He knew that with Caroline at her side Bonnie would be protected in case anything should go left. Though he could readily admit that Bonnie was strong enough on her own but with Caroline on her side the two of them could damage some if needed.
"Stefan if this is your idea of a surprise than brother, I could've done without it." He mutters once finally turn around to face Elena who is still be restrained by Stefan.
Angered she shakes her head and clenches her fist. "Is that what I am now, an it? What is wrong with you Damon? Is this supposed to be payback for me leaning on Stefan because if so, you left first and you left me all alone!" Elena cries.
At the look of pure anger and sadness that falls on her face he can't help but think this is when she looks more beautiful to him. It was probably what had drawn him her way in the first place. He had wanted Katherine who never wanted him, and then he wanted to get back at Stefan when in reality– it was stupid to blame Stefan for Katherine and her feelings. He knows that now. Being on the brink of death... it makes you think about a lot of things about things you wish you could change and things you want to do better.
And he wanted to do better and not just because he wanted Bonnie, but because he wanted better for himself.
"For the record, I don't blame you for leaning on Stefan." He admits honestly. "The two of you, had a bond that I was always envious of, something I always wanted." Pause. "It was something that I wanted to be mine." He admits looking down. "And I did everything to make it happen and when it happened."
Elena soon breaks away from Stefan and meets him halfway. "It was beautiful, wild and reckless." Elena smiles. Being with you it's exhilarating, it's living without a care in the world, just the two of us." Elena says leaning close. "We're still those same two people Damon, we just we have to get back to being us." She says almost breathless as if the idea of the two of them together takes her breath away.
He pulls away. His eyes moving toward his brother as Stefan who would always love Elena listens with a well practiced face of indifference. He knows the truth though, like fallen petals from a flower, pieces of his brothers heart had fallen once again. "It would be easy to give in, lock ourselves in my bedroom and stay till the world ended," He admits
"It's what we need, all this space, it's clouding your mind and if I'm being honest it was messing with my mind as well." She admits tearfully, because Elena always shed tears. "Just us, that's when we're at our best." She says as if she can convince him and probably herself that- the great love they had was really as grand as they made it out to be.
"It's not what I want though." He says his words causing her to stand before him as if she had been slapped by his words. "I've been thinking about this for a very long time. Although we loved each other, we loved hard, what we had was unhealthy. All the fights, all the makeups and everything in between. When we're together we're damaged people who care for nothing else. We're addicted to the high we get from the sex, the chaotic web we spin around ourselves and the mere fact that you became just as obsessed with me as I was with Katherine and then you."
She shakes her head venously. "You act like that's a bad thing! We loved each other desperately so, and now you act like it's nothing!" She rants. "You think you'll ever find that again, with Bonnie of all people?" She says not bothering to cover a chuckle. "Stop it. She'll never be enough for you, she's never been able to be enough for anyone let alone you."
He licks his teeth. "Well I guess I just proved you wrong because Bonnie is the woman I love, she is the person I wanted to see on my deathbed." He growls out causing Elena to take a step back. "I've been in love with her for months and I hung on because of what I did to Stefan." He says catching eyes with his brother.
Stefan ever the good guy waves him off. "It hurt when you both betrayed me but, " Stefan says swallowing. "It is what it is. I just want you both to be happy that's all."
"I felt like I owed it to him, to stay with you because I wrecked your relationship out of jealously and pettiness." He admits. "I felt like I owed it to you to fight my feelings for Bonnie, because you gave up everything for me."
"Do you have any idea how difficult it's been for me?" She asks. "You ran away with my best friend and left me all alone. Everyone in my life has moved on Jeremy is gone, Caroline and I are barley friends." she mutters. "But Stefan, he always cared." She shouts. "I had to consciously stop myself from falling in love with him all over again. I did that for you, just like I gave him up for you because I believed our love was bigger than any and everyone!" She says rushing for him, only for Stefan to intervene.
"Elena, he's human now, calm down." Stefan says keeping Elena from launching his way.
"I won't calm down!' Elena admits loudly. "My boyfriend just admitted to being in love with my so called best friend and I'm suppose to be the problem."
He watches her, the anger on her face and he knows that feeling, he understands it. "I love her Elena, I love Bonnie and I know this hurts to hear but nothing will change my mind about this. What we had," Pause. "What we had it's over."
Just as anyone was about to say something Vincent and Lucy, come strolling in the latter grinning from ear to ear, though she was a bit unsteady in her extremely high heeled shoes.
"Woah, what did we just walk in on?" Vincent asks while rounding the corner.
Turning to his friend he offers him a tiny smile. "Well, I'm finally telling my truth to Elena."
Lucy who had been busy taking money out of her shirt that as per Lucy style was low cut in the front. "Good for you." Lucy dead pans. "Where's Bon, we were suppose to meet up and my phone died and Vincent got distracted by a slot machine." She says good heartedly.
"As if you didn't beat those guys at poker at the card table." Vincent retorts.
Elena having heard enough glares at the intruders. "Excuse me but me and my boyfriend are trying to have a conversation, if you want to find Bonnie, why don't you look her up under the words backstabbing bitch."
It was then that the whole area got a sudden chill.
Lucy turned her attention to the brunette. "What did you call my cousin?"
Everyone stood still while Lucy glared at Elena and vice versa.
"Danger, danger, danger." Vincent mutters.
"Somebody better get her because I don't play nice." Lucy says looking to the brothers who hold their hands up not wanting any kind of trouble.
Elena only digs her heels in further. "I don't play nice either, not with backstabbers." Elena says her vampire teeth showing. "Now, as a reminder, I said look her up under backstabbing–" Elena tried to say when suddenly invisible hands were wrapped around her neck choking her.
"Bitch!" Lucy said suddenly. "I suggest you change your tone when speaking about Bonnie and speaking to me." She says flexing her hands harder causing invisible hands to squeeze tighter. This time Elena starts to cough up blood. "Now," She says brightly looking between the brothers. "Get her in check or I'll be back and it'll be with vengeance." she says letting the pitiful looking Gilbert go.
"Lucy, how about we go check out that chocolate mouse cake I saw earlier."
"Sure." The witch says walking away but then stopping only when Damon called after her.
"If you run into Bonnie, tell her I meant every word I said." He says knowing that Lucy of all people would love to know what he had told Bonnie. "Tell her, I love her and I loved her when I said it and I still love her now even after seeing Elena."
At his final words Lucy looks between him and then at Elena and cackles. "Will do."
Elena continues to cough and scratch at her neck when suddenly Stefan speaks now. "Thank you Vincent, and Lucy for what you did to help my brother. I'll never be able to truly thank you, but I will try."
Lucy side eyes Stefan, while Vincent offers a nod before escorting the vibrant witch away. From his position across from Stefan he noticed how his brother seemed to lingering eyes on Lucy. It was too bad that Stefan had no idea that- that situation would never happen. But it would be interesting watching his brother try to make it happen.
Elena having had enough of not being the center of attention breaks away from Stefan who had probably loosened his grip as he watched Lucy and her cleavage and then her ass as she walked away.
"What is wrong with the two of you?" Elena demands. "You just let her attack me and did nothing."
He and Stefan shared a look both understanding each other after being on the wrong side of Lucy Bennett before.
"You know what?" Elena says suddenly, throwing her hands up in the air. "I don't care anymore! You can have Bonnie!" She says looking at him with dark angry eyes. "And as for you Stefan, you think I didn't notice how you were checking out Bonnie's cousin. As far as I care, you can have Lucy!" she spits out. "I'm done with the both you." She says walking away. "You two were the worst thing to ever happen to me, and I hope they are the worst thing to ever happen to you." she says stomping to the elevator.
"One more thing," Elena says turning around to look him dead in the eye. "You say you love Bonnie, but do you really think she'll ever love anyone like you?" She says suddenly as if she's better.
"What's that suppose to mean?" He asked aggravated. In the back of his mind, he was wondering if Elena could perhaps be right. But then again he and Bonnie, nothing could stop them..not Elena and not Klaus.
"She's a good girl." She reminds, widening her eyes almost doe like.
Annoyed he grits his teeth. "That didn't stop you."
Slighted she curls her lip. "She's my best friend, my real best friend. I've known Bonnie since we were kids, I know her deep down and I know that your type of love is something she isn't going to want." Smile. "You consume everything, devour it till its nothing but rotten– case in point look at me." she says motioning to herself. "You killed everything good about me, everything I loved about myself with your brand of love."
He has to tell himself that this is the hurt talking, that Elena doesn't really mean all of this. But looking into her eyes, he can see that this is all true, at least to her it is. He liked to think they were poisonous together, the fault hadn't just been on him but her as well.
Licking his teeth he takes a dangerous step forward. "Bonnie may have been your best friend past tense, but she's mine now." He says his voice rising. "You may have known the old Bonnie, the girl, but I know the woman she is now inside out and I love her just the same."
She chuckles now and leans into him. Her hands sinks into his hair as she grins. "She's never going to love you. Bonnie will never love you. You're a vampire, you've treated her horribly for years and let's not forget, you're responsible for the demise of Grams, and Abby." Grin. "I hope that hurt, and the realization that you've lost me for good, will hurt even more."
After Elena leaves once again they share a look before going back to his room. After fixing a healthy amount of rum Stefan sits down in the chair, while he sits on the bed, feet up and opts to take one sip out of the flask.
"So," Stefan calls. "You're really, in love with Bonnie?"
"Yeah I am." He admits. "I'm in love with Bonnie."
Stefan nods. "No more doubling back to Elena?"
"Nope." He says simply. "I'm done with that." Pause. "What about you?"
Stefan sighs. "I think it's time for me to be done with that as well." Pause. "Maybe it's high time I get out in the world again and see some familiar and different sights. Maybe even crash with you and see how NOLA treats me."
His steel blue eyes catch that of cactus green. "Lucy!" He snorts causing Stefan to all but blush. "She's gonna make you beg for it."
"I'm not above begging." Stefan says carefully.
"She's gonna make you crawl over broken glass and shit."
"I like a bit of kink." Stefan murmurs.
It's then that they share a chuckle. "What the fuck have we gotten ourselves in?"
"Something different."
"Something different indeed."
C-C-S-S-
Sabine/ Celeste
Alone in her room at the bed and breakfast she make her way over to the bed, her breath is coming out in harsh pants while her body and it's magic is fighting for dominance against the magic of the Bennett cousins. Sweat dots along on her lip line and chest as the urge to vomit is strong. Her stomach is twisted up in knots with cramps as her body feels achy. She muses that this sort of feeling is similar to that of the influenza.
On her back she lies looking up at the ceiling fan. It wasn't easy to admit defeat, especially when said defeat came at the hands of the two very witches you were trying to save and the motherphuckers that had started it all from the very beginning. Despite her ways, she really was trying to protect and save both Bonnie and Lucy. Judging by the way Elijah reacted it seemed that he had already lost any ground he had managed to gain with Lucy. As for Klaus he had managed to keep his hooks sunk into Bonnie. It was a pity because the younger Bennett was exceptional, that was probably what had drawn Klaus her way. In the end power always called out to power and the two of them together was a force to reckon with.
Sitting up in bed, she lets out a shriek in anger. The perceived good guys are probably celebrating while she's here licking her wounds. It's not fair! All she wanted to do was save a pair of her fellow witches and finally get revenge on that bastard that killed her and the brother who forgot all about her.
Reaching in a bedside drawer, she pulls out a ring, a ring she had been given so long ago, but it had meant everything to her. Holding the object in her hand, her mind drifts back...back in time when she had been part of the Mikaelsons. Her mind drifted back to when always and forever had meant something to her...but to the others it meant protecting each other and throwing away those who were unworthy.
Flashback
Strong arms rest on her hips as his voice whispers in her ear. "No peeking."
"My eyes are closed darling." She giggles as he steers the way.
His fingertips trail against her warm skin causing gooseflesh to appear. "You are certain that it is just us?" Elijah asks his breath tickling her ear.
"I am certain." She says with a content sigh. " Your brothers have run off to in search of the next witch to bed while your sister has carved out time with the senators son."
"Perfect." He says placing a kiss just below her earlobe. "Come with me?"
"What is the meaning of this?" She asks her heart beating faster than it ever had.
"You love me?" He asks all the while leading the way.
"Of course I do." she says as her feet touch the soft grass.
"Those are the words I love to hear." He says stopping suddenly. "Now open your eyes."
When she opens her eyes she doesn't see Elijah right away, it's when she turns around that she see's him down on one knee.
"Celeste Du Bois, I have never loved another woman, the way I love you." He says getting emotional. She cant help but wipe his tears. "Make me the happiest man alive, and become my wife."
She smiles down at him never feeling this loved in her life. "Yes! Yes Elijah I will marry you!"
Seconds later Elijah has hopped up and has scooped her up in his arms. "We'll be happy together, our lives entwined are love forever and always."
She cups his face and places her lips on his. "Forever and always." She gushes elated. "We can adopt children, children like me that get overlooked in orphanages."
He spins her around. "Whatever your heart desires. All I ask is that you love me, and the family we build together."
"I can do that, I can love you and our family and I will love you and our family with all of my heart."
When he kisses her lips she wants more and he obliges right under the tree on the blanket he set up for their picnic. The love making that had ensued was passionate, breath taking but most of all it was with so much love. She couldn't wait to Mrs. Elijah Mikaelson.
End of flashback
As the story went on, she of course never got a chance to marry Elijah. Klaus had made sure of that by spreading the word that she was a witch. Till this very day she gets anxiety whenever taking a bath. She remembers what had happened, in nightmare form. Sometimes it creeps up on her and instead of the person who had done the deed, she see's Elijah or Klaus being the ones to do the deed, because in reality it's the fault of the two of them that she became this shell of a person she use to be.
That was why she was doing all of this, she refused to watch Elijah and Klaus ruin another witch the way they ruined her. Instead she would make sure to ruin them, to ruin the Mikaelson brothers.
BB-BB-BB
Bonnie
After we had finished our meal Caroline and I still sit together talking about the everything under the sun.
"So," Caroline poises. "When are you going back to NOLA?" She asks whilst pulling a chip that has melted cheese from the nacho volcano on her plate and watching as the cheese pulls back. "I mean I know you're anxious to get back to Klaus and figure that whole thing out." She says pausing to put the nacho in her mouth. "And Damon should be healed in a matter of hours...he's got Stefan who can take care of him.
Her words caught me off guard. Essentially the moment Caroline had said she was coming down to spend time with me, I knew I would stay in town for a few more days. Yes it was important to figure out this thing with Klaus, but I also knew that he was dealing with parental issues with Haley, and those issues needed to handled by the two of them. As for the Damon aspect, it did make me a bit nervous with him walking around human, but that was based on the mere fact that the Salvatore brothers had shit for luck.
"Well," I say crossing my legs. "My plan is to be here with you for as long as you plan to be here." I admit causing Caroline to look up with almost startled eyes.
"Really?" She asks dropping her chip altogether. "You're gonna stay here for me."
I nod
"Are you sure, I mean with both Klaus and Damon vying for your attention you're a hard girl to have alone time with."
I bite my lip. "I think what's best for Klaus and I, is giving him time to cool off." I say licking my lips. We were all accustomed to Klaus being at 100, we knew how he reacted when he was mad, and right now he was mad at me and at Haley. "He's got a personal issue that needs his full attention." I reveal. "And he needs to be fully attuned to his personal life outside of me."
Caroline shakes her head. "You're too good for this world Bonnie."
I shrug. "Giving Klaus space is what needs to be done, but more importantly it's what we both need." I say easily. "As for the subject of Damon," I say blowing out a long breath.
Caroline only giggle, "You did it not me." She says suddenly.
"I might not have a ton of faith in Stefan, but I know he'll protect Damon at all cost."
"You sure you can do that, you've become a control freak in your old age?" Caroline says lips twitching.
"Bitch." I say scandalized. Only for Caroline to grin. "And for the record before Damon and after Damon you're always be my best friend #1."
At my words Caroline only breams my way. "I really needed to hear it."
"It's true." I shrug. "After all, it was you who called me everyday after Grams."
Caroline puts her arm around me. "Because, when you hurt, I hurt."
I send her a watery smile. "And you who staged a homecoming boycott when I got mono."
Caroline gnashes her teeth, the memory still a sore spot years later. "I could not then and still can't believe Nathan gave you mono and almost ruined homecoming for us!" Caroline says with the rage of high school Caroline rages through her veins.
I tilt my head to the side and give her a knowing look. "But he didn't ruin it, because you got the cheer team to boycott going to the dance, along with color guard and the dance team."
She only grins. "Well, I was class president, and cheer captain and you were captain of the dance team, we weren't going to let Nathan ruin your homecoming!"
I can't help but snort. "What I'm trying to say is, your more than just my friend, you're my family." I say causing Caroline to tear up. "We might not share the same blood but your family just the same."
With happy tears in our eyes we grin at each other. "Ditto babe! That's why you were my plus one at dads wedding."
It's then that I stand up. "Now you know, why I'm happy to stay here with you." I say grinning. "Now lets stop crying and start celebrating." I say ready to dance off all the blues and all the insecurities and everything that has been weighing me down.
"Are you sure about this?" Caroline asks skeptical and insecure, something I hated seeing.
I look over to her. "I'm positive,men come and go but you are family and I want to spend time with my family." I beam. "Klaus is going to have to deal with it and then we'll deal with it together or we wont, bottom line is you and I are spending some much needed time together and anyone who has a problem with that,
"Does that include Damon because he's probably freaking out or about to freak out?"
"That includes Damon as well. Anyone with a problem with this–" I say holding her hand up. "Can eat dirt."
CF-CF-CF
Caroline
The music was loud as shots of whisky was thrown back in a rapid speed. Bonnie was probably one of the funniest people you would ever meet, once she let her hair down, and boy had she let her hair down. Over the years she had changed. The world had made her change, the harsh reality was that Bonnie had been a rose that never managed to blossom in her home town because of circumstances out of her control. M.F. was still a town that although appeared to have moved forward still held certain ideologies about beauty standards and so much more.
Looking at her friend now, she sees how her travels around the world had opened Bonnie up to so much more in life. She's confident without being full of herself. Though her love life might be a mess at the moment (with Damon and Klaus it could only get meesier), Bonnie had no lack of suitors. People were starting to see her friend for the brilliant, fun loving, ass kicking beauty that she was truly was and that wasn't a bad thing.
But what was more telling was that for the first time, maybe ever Bonnie seemed secure in her words, in her stance and in her decisions. Yes, her friend was weary of everything with Klaus, but at the end of the day she knew they needed space, him so he could get a grip and her because she had a life outside of him, and outside of Damon. She had never been prouder.
The two of us dance like it was our last night on earth and it's magnificent.
Later on we walk back to the hotel room tipsy and giggling like two friends who hadn't seen each other in ages. Arms looped together we find that time hadn't really skipped a beat with the two of us, we were still the same two people we had always been together, just a tiny bit wiser. I was more settled down then I had ever been in my entire life. For once, everything was turning out right, Tyler and I were on the fast track to wedding bliss, my career as an event planner was taking off, everything was falling into place the way it should be.
"Alright, you've been stingy with the information about the wedding, I know your dying to spill, so tell me everything." Bonnie says the light reflecting in her mint green eyes reminding me of when we were kids and I snuck down to see what grams had gotten her for Christmas. When I made it back up stairs Bonnie who was just as curious as I, had waited all of ten minutes before she had asked me what I saw, and I course told her everything. She later paid me back by snooping when my mom wrapped presents at her house and told me everything when I asked.
Excited I begin to fill her in. "Well, the wedding color are mint, green and lavender. " I gush. "The Lockwood estate is the setting because it's just so beautiful and I'm planning a June wedding."
Bonnie smiles though she looks tired. "I can almost see it now." She says wistfully. Bonnie had always been the hopeless romantic type, she just hid it better than anyone else. But I knew the real her. I knew that she wanted to one day fall in love, the type of love that takes your breath away and breathes life into you at the same time. I knew that her parents marriage and the bitter end of it really messed her up but, she secretly liked looking through bridal magazines when I pointed out my favorite dresses. And most of all, I knew that she wanted it all deep down inside. I knew she wanted the man, the white picket fence and the baby or three...she was just afraid to let herself think too far in the future.
Arm slung around her shoulders I grin. "Babe, you won't just see it, you'll be standing on the other side of me." I beam. "If Tyler is going to marry me and accept all sides of me then he's gonna have to realize that when he marries me, he marries you too– we're a package deal."
"Yep." Bonnie hiccups. "Always have been and always will be"
Just as we're about to go into the hotel a gush of wind nearly knocks us over, and Bonnie who's had way too much to drink is teetering in her shoes. Glare on my face I look to see Elena.
I expected Elena to keep walking but she surprises me and stops.
"What's wrong with Bonnie?" Elena asks slowly, almost reminding me of the old Elena.
Brows furrowed I speak. "She's had a long night." I bite out. "Crazy stalker ex, and other crazies."
For a split second Elena, looks like the Elena of the past, the Elena before she turned into this monster bitch that blamed everything on the shitty hand she had been dealt. Elena used the situation with her parents as a crutch to become a shitty person. "I guess that's what happens when you rip out the hearts of the people the loved you."
Elena then flounces of and it's then that Bonnie who's resting on me speaks. "Gosh she's such a bitch." Bonnie says loudly. "Remind me why we were ever friends with her again?"
The bubble that escapes my mouth is contagious.