Stefan walked out of the Mikaelson house in the early morning. The sun had not risen and the coolness of the night still lingered. He just wasn't able to sleep all night. There was a time when he drifted off but was immediately awakened by Kol's laughter. Kol had spent a lot of time talking about this new girl he had met in the village and teasing Klaus about Tatia. At point Klaus wanted to knock him out but Stefan stepped in and prevented the them from fighting.
He sat down on the log and started to think about what might be happening back at home. Ayana had done a spell that prevented the future from changing but she did say that there were side effects. Just then he heard the front door open. He saw Rebekah step out of the house and quietly close the door behind her. When she turned around, she saw Stefan in front of her.
"Oh! Stefan. You gave me a fright." She said out loud hopefully no one heard her.
"Sorry. I didn't expect someone to be awake so early." Stefan asked quietly.
"Same here." Rebekah said as she walked towards the logs near the fire pit. "Why are you up so early?"
"I couldn't sleep. How about you?" Stefan said.
"Just going somewhere." Rebekah said now walking towards the woods.
"Where? May I join you?" Stefan asked walking after her. Rebekah stopped and Stefan almost bumped into her. Her face was close to his, her light blue eyes gazing into his. She put her index finger on her pink lips, "Shhhhhh" she said as her eyes sparkled with mischief. Then she gestured him to follow her.
Stefan and Rebekah walked through the woods quietly. They had been walking for a while now. Stefan helped her over large logs and around thorn filled bushes as they continued. Finally, Rebekah walked into an open meadow. She started to walk through the meadow and sat down on a subtle grassy area. Stefan came and sat down beside her.
"I come here once in a while to watch the sun rise." Rebekah said. Stefan looked around, the sun was about to rise and the golden rays started to spread across the night sky. It was amazing, as it became brighter, the beautiful colours of the flowers stood out. The sun slowly came into view in the horizon.
"Isn't it breath-taking?" Rebekah said as she watched the sun rise.
"Beautiful." Stefan said looking at her. The sun's rays got brighter shining upon them, Rebekah glowed. He had never seen her like that before and he continued to stare at her. She caught him looking at her and blushed. He lifted his hand and softly touched her red cheeks with the back of his fingers. Rebekah closed her eyes. His hands felt amazing and slowly leaned into him resting her head against his shoulder. It felt so natural being together. They stayed there and watched the sun rise higher into the sky. After a while Rebekah lifted her head from his shoulders and said,
"I think I should be going now. Mother might start looking for me."
Stefan nodded and got up. He extended his hand to help her get up.
"I think you should go first and I'll come later." Stefan said.
Rebekah nodded and started to walk towards the woods. If her family found out that they were together, there would be chaos. Stefan lied down on the grass for a while soaking up vitamin D. He had not been able to do this since he was last human. It felt amazing and especially now with some new feelings.
Ester couldn't find Rebekah and thought she must have gone to wash up so Caroline had volunteered to make breakfast. She made omelets for everyone. They had never tasted anything like it.
"This is delicious Caroline!" Kol said as he went and got another serving.
"I agree. Where did you learn to cook eggs like this?" Rebekah asked. From her mom was what Caroline wanted to say but instead she said,
"When we stopped at one of villages, this lady there taught me how to make it."
"Rebekah you should learn how to cook from Caroline. Perhaps your future husband will over look the fact that you have a big mouth." Kol smirked.
"Shut-up Kol." Rebekah said irritated by his teasing.
Caroline looked at Klaus, he sat beside Stefan and they were talking about something. He looked up and found Caroline looking his way. He smiled, his blue eyes twinkling and placed another serving into his mouth. She smiled back, appreciating how he was enjoying the food she had made.
After breakfast, all the men left to do their work. Ester went to Ayana's house because she needed to discuss something important about the full moon arrangements. Caroline and Rebekah were the only ones left.
"So where were you this morning?" Caroline asked.
"Don't tell anyone, but I went to the meadow to watch the sunrise. It's something I do once in a while to just get away and relax." Rebekah whispered.
"Why didn't you take me?" Caroline pouted.
"I was and I tried waking you up but you wouldn't budge. Anyways, Stefan came with me." She said.
"What? You and Stefan went together?" Caroline said excitedly in hushed voice. Rebekah blushed and nodded.
"Well? What happened?" Caroline asked. Rebekah told her how they just sat there watching the sun rise and all the interaction details.
"Awww, that's so cute." Caroline said. Just then Kol walked up to them.
"Hello ladies. What's going on? Can I get in on the secret?" He said with an evil smile.
"No." Rebekah said.
"Come on darling. I won't tell." Kol insisted.
Rebekah scoffed, "Sure." She said sarcastically. "Now if you would excuse us. Caroline and I have somewhere to go." Rebekah said and started walking with Caroline.
"Then I shall walk you." Kol said as he followed them. Rebekah rolled her eyes as Caroline laughed.
Stefan and Klaus were on their way to the tools place again. Mikael had yelled at Klaus about one of the tools not being proper. As they were walking, Klaus saw someone and said that he would be right back. Stefan stood there waiting for him when someone tapped his shoulder from behind. He turned around to see who it was. The first thought that came to his mind was, 'Elena', 'Katherine', no this was Tatia.
"Hello." She said with a smile.
"Hello." Stefan replied. He didn't know what else to say.
"Is that how you greet a young lady?" Tatia said as her brown eyes looked at him as if they had a secret. Stefan took her hand and kissed it.
"Now that's more like a gentleman." Tatia said. "May I ask what you are doing here?"
"I'm here with Niklaus. We were just on our way to the barn to get tools." Stefan said looking around for Klaus.
"Perhaps you can take me for a walk some time." Tatia said as she batted her eyelashes.
"Sorry, but I think I will pass." Stefan said and walked towards where Niklaus was standing. Tatia watched him walk away with a shocked look on her face.
Caroline had seen Tatia approach Stefan. She was furious and walked towards her as fast as she could followed by Rebekah and Kol.
"I thought I made it clear by our introduction that I wanted you to stay away from my brother." Caroline said heatedly.
"Excuse me?" Tatia was confused as to why this girl, whom she had barely known acted so harshly against her.
"Cat fight." Kol said to Rebekah. Rebekah rolled her eyes and pushed him away. Kol stepped closer to the two girls wanting more action.
"Listen up; stay away from Stefan. If I ever see you approach him again..." Caroline threatened.
Tatia scoffed and started to walk away but Rebekah now stood in her way.
"Listen, try to stay away from my brother as well. I don't think my father would approve a wench like yourself to be apart of our family." Rebekah said.
Tatia left eyeing both girls. She had a rival, a true one in all ways. Tatia had heard everyone talking about how beautiful Caroline was. Before this Caroline came, she was the most wanted by all the men in this village and now it's all about Caroline. Now there was Rebekah too. She never said anything like that before. Tatia would have to do something about both of them.
Klaus had seen Caroline walk up to Tatia. It seemed like she was yelling at her about something and then Rebekah said something to her too. Tatia looked shocked and angry as she walked away. He would probably hear it from Tatia when they met up next. He was also going to ask her to choose between him and Elijah and be done with it.
Everyone was home for lunch. Klaus could see Kol sitting beside Caroline marvelling at her abilities.
"Nik you should have seen her. I thought there was going to be a cat fight between the two most attractive girls in our village." Kol said gulping done food at the same time.
"You are one fiesty thing." Kol continued to flirt with her as Klaus sat there and watched. He wanted to punch Kol right in the mouth. Caroline was not a thing. How dare he call her that? Klaus got up and walked off not finishing his meal.
Klaus went to the lake. He was supposed to meet Tatia there and was going to ask her to pick. He was supposed to be wishing for her to pick him but for some reason, he really couldn't care. All he could think about was Caroline and how she looked when she was talking to Tatia. He sat there immersed in his thoughts. Tatia didn't come and finally Klaus decided to go home.
All the Mikaelsons, Caroline and Stefan had their dinner early because Mikael and Ester had to go to the village meeting. Once they left, all of them went to a nearby field.
"Caroline did you bring the ball?" Stefan asked once they were all there. Caroline passed him what looked like a football.
"Thanks." Stefan said as he took it from her.
"What is that?" Kol asked.
"This is a ball, I learned this game from my brother. It's called football." Stefan said.
"Oh can I play?" Caroline asked.
"Care, it's a men's game. I think you should sit this one out." Stefan smirked. Caroline pouted and sat down beside Rebekah on the side. Everyone laughed. I'm going to get you back for this Stefan Salvatore, Caroline thought. Stefan explained the game to the guys and split them into two teams. It was Finn, Elijah and Kol against Klaus, Henrik and Stefan. At first it seemed like Kol's team was winning but Klaus and Stefan were quite competitive. The game went on as the sun started to set. Stefan threw the ball to Klaus but it went off track and hit Caroline on the arm.
"Ouch!" She said as she got up and rubbed her arm. The ball was harder than it would usually be in the twenty-first century. She picked up the ball and ran after Stefan. "I'm going to get you for this Stefan!" Stefan ran away from her laughing. Caroline threw the ball at him but missed. All the Mikaelsons laughed as Caroline ran after Stefan. As a human, Stefan was still faster and she had no chance. Caroline stopped, crossed her arms and pouted. Stefan stopped and walked over to her.
"Sorry Care." He laughed and put his arms around her shoulder. Caroline smiled. He was one of her best friends and right now he was her brother. She forgave him but she's definitely going to get back at him once they get back. Caroline and Stefan along with all the Mikaelsons went home having enjoyed the time they had just spent.
The next morning everything was hectic. Mikael had told them at breakfast that it was full moon therefore, they had to get their sleeping material and food to the caves. Caroline and Rebekah worked with Ester to make their share of food for the village. All the men carried the cots and blankets to the cave.
All of the people were now in the cave and the moon had almost reached it's apex. Klaus noticed that Tatia sat with Elijah. He walked away to another part of the cave. Caroline came and sat down beside him. The lamps started to burn out and people were falling asleep. They could now hear the wolves howling. He could hear Caroline draw in a sharp and she grabbed his hand tightly holding onto it. It felt good, she had a firm hold. Hed close his hand over her giving her that feeling of safety. They sat there hand in hand until Caroline fell asleep resting her head on his shoulder. She had this wonderful scent of lavender. Klaus's heartbeat picked up. He had never felt like this when he was with Tatia? He wished he could have seen her face while she slept. Thinking that she might be uncomfortable, Nik picked her up. Her arms came around his neck as she burrowed her face into his chest. He carried her to the nearby cots and placed her down carefully resting her head. As he was about to leave he realized that her arms were still locked around his neck. He stayed there for a moment listening to her breathing. He was so close to her and her presence was intoxicating. Then he carefully unlocked her arms from around his neck. He sat on her left side with his right arm across on the other side of her. Then Caroline turned towards her right, hugging his arm. Nik tried to pull it out but she held it tight. He slowly lied down beside her facing her waiting for her to release his arm. He had never been so close to a woman in this manner before, not even Tatia.
"Niklaus." Caroline said softly in her sleep. Niklaus felt warm inside like his heart wanted to flip. This felt so natural. He lied there beside Caroline until sleep came.
Rebekah and Stefan sat down together. The part of the caves they were in was completely empty. As she heard them howling, she leaned into him. Stefan put his arms around her holding her tight against his chest.
"I don't feel so panicked this time." Rebekah whispered.
"Why is that?" Stefan asked already knowing the answer.
"Because you're here." She said. Stefan turned towards her. He took his hand that was around her and touched her face feeling her cheeks. He knew if he could see, her cheeks would be blushing red. He held her face with both of his hand and leaned in lightly brushing his lips to hers.
She leaned in deepening the kiss. It felt like her lips were on fire wanting more. She had never been kissed like this before. She parted her mouth allowing his tongue entry into her mouth. Then Stefan slowly pulled away.
"I think we should go to sleep now." He said not letting her go. Rebekah understood that he was being a proper gentleman. She felt ecstatic about their first kiss and his touch burned her wanting more. She fell asleep in his arms happier than she had ever been.
Caroline woke up in the morning finding someone's hand in hers. She quickly gets up and turned around to find Nik beside her. She smiled as she watched him sleep.
Nik woke up and saw Caroline looking down at him.
"Good morning love." Nik said as he got up.
"You slept here all night." Caroline said.
"Sorry, it's just that you had my arm and weren't letting go." Nik said. Caroline blushed.
"Sorry. You should have woken me up." Caroline said looking into his deep blue eyes. They sat there looking into each other's eyes. Caroline leaned in slowly, their lips were only an inch apart. She could feel his breath on her lips. Nik leaned closer and Caroline closed her eyes. There lips had barely touched when they jumped apart.
"They you are...I've been looking all over for you." Kol said. Then, when he noticed that he kind of walked in on them, he looked shocked. "Oh! Ummm...Nik. Father's looking for you." He said and left.
Nik looked annoyed and quietly got up.
"Come on love. We should get going." Nik said as he helped her up. They walked back in silence.
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