June 23rd 2015
Mystic Falls
(Damon POV)
We were having eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, and pancakes for breakfast. Mom had cooked them. Very well. They were delicious. I bit into my fork of eggs as I poured syrup on my pancakes. I'd already put butter on them.
I used my fork and knife to cut my pancakes before checking on Elena. She was doing fine with her own food. Bonnie was being helped by Enzo. Mom was doing just fine herself. She was… being her. Cleaning her mouth with her napkin before moving onto a different part of her breakfast. Everyone had napkins.
"I had a nice sleep." Mom said, trying to start conversation instead of our 20 minute silence, besides for the silverware, plates, and chewing going on. I looked up at her, nodding.
"Mine was fantastic. I woke up feeling great and well rested." Enzo looked up from finishing his task.
"My sleep was amazing. I love this house. Where did you get it Damon?" I smiled.
"Thanks for the compliment."
"I feel great. Anyone want a snow cone? We could do floats?" Elena added, trying to keep the talking going, there'd been an interval of silence.
"Yeah. Let's do floats. Though we should go buy our own ingredients and make them ourselves, it could be a fun bonding experience." Bonnie teased and Elena nodded.
"I'll get the keys."
(Klaus POV)
I walked into the kitchen, wondering why I was hearing music come from the room. What I found was Rebekah. I walked up behind her and wrapped my arms around her waist, laying my chin on her shoulder. She smiled brightly.
"Good morning Nik. I thought for once that I could cook."
"While listening to..." I looked at the phone. "Justin Bieber? I thought people hated him? More importantly, why are you up so early? You're never up this early." She looked at me.
"I just told you. I'm cooking breakfast." I hummed at her before moving away from her.
"Or you got bored of being in bed. Thank you for that though, cooking."
"It's okay Niky, I've been cooking long before you have." I frowned at the memory of my childhood. "Niky?"
"Yes Beky?"
"Do you ever miss being human?" I tilted my head, confused.
"Why would I? Why do you ask?"
"Do you ever miss being care free and having fun almost 24/7?" I smirked, scoffing at her.
"You do recall Mikael never really liked me, right?"
"Yes but that didn't stop you from doing what ever it was that you wanted to do." I smiled wider, narrowing my eyes.
"And for which most of it I got in trouble for." She giggled. I rolled my eyes at her.
"It seems like it was just a few days ago we were turned into vampires."
"I assure you it has been much longer than you think it has been." She glared at me before continuing her work. I watched her cook as the song came to an end. "You've still not brought up the reason you've brought up the subject, unless of course you're being sentimental again. In which case, don't tell me, and stop thinking about it."
"Do you remember Kyle and Carr?" She asked as I picked up her phone and put on one song myself. Oh, great. Kyle and Carr.
"Yes, and I also remember that their dead."
"Did you ever find out who Kyle married?" I looked at her, as my song began. I sighed. I suppose there's no avoiding the topic. I rolled my eyes again, sighing.
"Kyle married Olivia. They staid together. They had a kid. I shouldn't be telling you that because I know very well that you had your very first crush on Kyle Rayton." I looked at her face and she was between overwhelming joy and overwhelming sadness. Oh Beky.
"Do you think we could find their modern descendants?" I scoffed.
"No, there are too many humans around the world to look for one specific being, having to know before hand that person is related to Kyle. The same goes for Carr."
"If you found them, do you believe you'd be fast friends with them or not?" I shook my head.
"There would not be a connection Rebekah, only their first child. Mikael ran us out of the village before we could even meet the kids though, so why bring it up?" She was quiet as she stirred whatever was in her pot.
"I've been up for a while Nik."
"Nightmares perhaps?"
"… No, just a memory."
"Memory can be a bitch." She giggled again, shaking her head.
"Don't, you know I'm vulnerable to laughter."
"Everyone is." I picked up her phone and she snatched it, playing a different song.
"My turn." I smiled before frowning again.
"If you want to talk then talk."
"Is there anything at all that you miss?"
"I know what you miss. You miss having fun and all that plus the longing of Kyle. Me? What do I miss?" I tried to think about what I could possibly miss. "I miss… my horse? Nothing has changed for me, I still do the things I did back then, the only difference is back then I got in trouble with Esther and Mikael. I miss spatting with the older warriors. Done." She scoffed at me.
"You spat with Finn."
"Yes but he's not really authority is he now?"
"I miss watching you do it. The way you would rile up the older warriors, act superior until they got Mikael to come and then you'd act submissive and hope he didn't think you did whatever had messed up the others."
"You mean like cutting down their authority in front of the others. Do you miss Maria?"
"Maria's related to Bonnie right?"
"Yes, and they are also related to Ayanna. Tatia and Elena are related as well. Tatia is probably rolling in her grave at the things Elena does."
"No, more likely Katerina." Again silence until I played a song that seemed to spark something in her. She started naming boyfriends. For instance, by Plain T she named Stefan. For Stitches, she named Alexander.
"Alexander?" I asked before it hit me and I growled at her. "I killed him for a reason. He daggered us, he planned to kill us all, not dead dead, but that was your fault. He wouldn't have made a move unless he knew you were vulnerable. Luckily I'm half wolf. It didn't work on me." I remembered Rebekah trying to dagger me… or stab me when I woke her because Gloria demanded her presence. Then she ran off. That was before Tyler was a newborn hybrid. I chose Love Story from Taylor Swift. She danced to that song in the house before Esther came to 'live with us'. To 'be a family again'. She was lying the entire time. Bitch.
The next one she played was also by her. Red. I listened to the song before I realized the implied meaning of the song. I looked at Rebekah. She was in tears as she finished cooking breakfast, setting the food on plates. I could hear Finn's and Elijah's rooms waking. Kol's room, with the children of course, was still sleeping.
I stood up and sat Rebekah in my lap as I sat on the island of the kitchen. The food was in the dining room. I began to shush her and she snuggled into my chest. This song was for Kyle.
"I never even got a chance to be with him. Of all things I would think you to miss, it would have been Crystal." I smiled gently at her.
"Crystal? I don't need Crystal. As for Kyle, you got to talk to him plenty of times. If you'd even had a chance to mate with Kyle, being turned vampire would have ruined the whole thing. If you remember not more than 7 months had passed did we get turned into vampires. Before you actually began to flirt with him behind Olivia's back, I might add." She smiled.
"She deserved it didn't she? Both those Taylor Swift songs fight Kyle and me. Especially Love Story, but it also fits Marcel and Sarafina." I'd forgotten about her… I kissed her cheek instead of answering.
"Care to try placing a song to me? Or are you self wallowing?" I teased.
"You, Crystal, and Charles." I groaned. Definitely forgotten about him. "Rude by Magic."
"What?"
"Let me show you." She grabbed my phone from within my back pocket. Instead she ended up playing a few different songs before ours. I heard everyone coming down the stairs when the song she'd said she'd play came on. "Remember 'cause we're dead if they knew'?" I smirked.
"Yes."
"It fits every secret love. Hi Elijah." I looked up and saw Elijah, Finn, Katerina, and Sage enter the kitchen. "Food's on the table, as warm as you like it."
"You two should get down from there."
"Shut up Finn." I warned. Elijah gave me a warning look but said nothing as they left to sit down.
"Are you going to wake up Kol and his friends right now?"
"In a minute."
(Kol POV)
We were having breakfast now. Nik woke us up and told us that today he'd be with our sister… my sister. Rebekah. We were having tacos for breakfast. Breakfast tacos. I was happy to get away from the old pancakes and bacon breakfast. It had gotten… tasteless.
I had trouble keeping my food in the taco but it was fun to stuff it back in there. I had a great time with my food. I looked up when I finished my tacos to see that I had to wait for my friends Jeremy and Tyler. Kai was done already and Nik had taken him to go have a talk. I was beginning to wonder if Kai was in trouble. If Kai was being lectured or something.
Kai came back in smiling. I stood up and Tyler and Jeremy got up and headed to the car we'd been using for this month. It was one of Nik's that Nik said we could borrow. I'm not stupid. I know better than to just take something from Nik that isn't money.
I looked at Nik as Kai followed Jeremy. "Nik? What are you and Kai doing?"
"None of your business Kol. We're talking. That's all I will give you. Stop being nosy." I frowned. He smiled and kissed my forehead. "I love you Kol." Nik walked away and back to the table.
I vamped over into the car and took the driver's seat. "I know what we're doing first." I replied, driving away from the house and towards our first destination for the day. I was excited for this. I hope they are when they realize what we're doing.
When we got there I showed them to where we were going to be for a while. Their eyes widened in surprise and Jeremy went to where they get their skating shoes. Kai and Ty followed and I vamped to the front of the line. How did this work again?
It had taken ten minutes to sort out our shoe sizes and then with it bought, we went out onto the ice skating thing. I twirled and looped around a bit around them before they started skating.
"Hey guys, watch this, I'm going to see if I can break the ice." I grabbed the back of Ty's shirt, yanking him back to us.
"No. Then we'd have to wait a while for them to fix the rink again. That would be boring and piss off a bunch of people." I said, looking at the other people on the rink. "Then I'd have to kill them all. Before they get the news to Nik." Ty shook his head, exasperated.
"Fine Uncle Kol." I smiled.
"Good boy." I let go of him as quickly as I grabbed onto him. I skated away and jumped into the air, twirling around just to show off. I made eights, circles, and any other shapes I could think of until I noticed they were getting bored of the rink. Jeremy had fallen at least twice. I skated back to them, corralling them all together.
"Can we leave yet?" Jer asked. I nodded.
"What do you want to do now?"
(Tyler POV)
We were back at the car and we were driving back to the house. It was a nine minute drive… remind me why we didn't walk again? We were going home to watch Comedy Of Errors. I was hoping that it was funny, otherwise I don't get the title. Reading it was horrible.
When we reached the house Kol was done making his calls and he ushered us all into the basement of the house where they were waiting to do their job. None of them were going to die this time, that was a good thing… least I don't remember anyone dying.
People went on stage and they began their lines:
"Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall and by the doom of death end woes and all."
"Merchant of Syracuse, plead no more; I am not partial to infringe our laws: The enmity and discord which of late..."
There was only one mistake but they paid almost dearly for it. Kol had stood up and whacked the man with a bat, nothing broke but he got bruises. "I send you up here to play, you told me you had it memorized. I do not take kindly to liars. Now speak what you supposedly have memorized from the page. Not a word amiss. Got it? Or this comes in contact with your skull, not your arm. Got it?" They nodded quickly, tears threatening to come out. I looked away from the scene Kol was making for the other actors.
Kol sat down. "Now restart from the beginning of that part and make sure you say it correctly."
"Nay, then, thus: We came into the world like brother and brother; And now let's go hand in hand, not one before another." The left the stage and I stood up, clapping. The others joined in the clapping and they came out and bowed, like Kol had taught them to do.
"That, my friends, was a good show!" Kol said. "Now I ask you leave and maybe we'll see you again. Remember, don't get seen by anyone in this house. It will be the death of you." They left after getting back into their modern day clothes.
(Jeremy POV)
We were walking up the stairs from the basement back to the first floor of the house… this house is huge. Almost as big as the Salvatore Boarding House. Or home. Elena burned down my real house. There was nothing you could do about the house now though but that did mean constant supervision from Damon at all times… which can get on your nerves. At least I'm not Tyler though. That was a mean thought to have…
Kol walked us to the living room so I guess we're now watching the television. The shows. The Amazing World Of Gumball… Total Drama… and Adventure Time. Total Drama played when I was in Junior High I believe.
The Poltergeist? Is this going to be silly or scary? I watched Pulse 3, without watching the ones before it, late at like 2 AM and got the hell scared out of me especially about that part that seemed like the wife was going to kill the husband. A lightning storm? Some wife. ...You kidnapped him? Woah. Poor Mr. Robinson. Ha ha ha. Ha ha poor Darwin. You mean he's sadistic? He he. I love this episode. It's hilarious but he's so sad. So she'd love Klaus. She likes angry men.
The Moustache. have I seen this episode before? You can? Wonder if Damon'd fall for that... wait. I've graduated! He'll never make me go to school again! YES! Pimples? Gross. I saw Tyler frown when Darwin said Gumball looked like a baby werewolf. Go T Rex! Is that what I'm going to look like when I'm an adult? Whoo hoo! This is hilarious. Rent over due?! Kol chuckled. I smiled at the ending. He he he. Kol took the remote and started looking for our next episode.
Who got kicked off last time? Not Heather. Trent! Trent got kicked off?!
"Hey Kol!"
"Yeah Jer?"
"What do we do when this show is over?"
"Watch the next set of course. What else would we do?"
"Stop watching."
"Good point mate, now shush, it's starting."
How is he that fast? Chris is obviously helping Chef. I guess that's his job since he's in charge. Go Duncan! Why is there six girls and only four boys? Go Leshawna! Go Izzy! Go Duncan! Izzy! What are you doing?! Izzy kind of reminds me of Sage. Is she going to get wet? Damn Heather. Wow. Go Chef. You're brilliant. Get to safety! YES! WHOO HOO! Who gets kicked off? These things are always so dramatic. Duncan! Shit. Please not Duncan. Damn it! Only one left... YES! Duncan wins! I sighed in relief as Kol took the remote once more.
"Adventure Time!"
"Adventure time, Come on, grab your friends, go to a very distant land." I loved Kol and his... Kolness. He was trying to sing the intro song.
Inflatable Angel. Billy! YEAH! This is just the most amazing thing I've seen! On this episode. What? ...This doesn't make any sense... Oh shit. What the heck is a cobbler? Or a dermatologist? Woah. Stop doing that! Ha ha! Don't take advice from old people. Does that mean Damon and Klaus? I smiled, laughing. Violence is AWESOME! ...In the TV. YES!
Ha ha! I love Finn and Jake. Viola? I thought it was a violin. Jake. I'll mess you up! Finn's eyes made me laugh. Jail. Ha ha ha. NO! Ow.
"Time for lunch!" I heard my stomach growl, happy lunch was ready.
(Kai POV)
I got up and walked off to the dining room where we usually ate meals. We were having a salad, a hamburger with bowls of salad tomato pickles and other things, and finally options of chips and dips. I sat down and was given a plate of salad to eat first.
"Try to eat it slowly, enjoy your meal." Genevieve said, passing out plates. Klaus nodded and dug in. I picked up my fork, after pouring dressing on my salad, and began to eat. It was… admittedly tasted better than when rushing through the meal.
After I finished my salad I got a hamburger and I made it the way I always take my burgers before slowly eating it, again I found more taste in it than before. I was enjoying my meal so far, I actually appreciated their cooking. Though I found it weird that they swapped places with who gets to cook the meals.
When I finished my meal, Klaus stood up and I followed him back to his office to talk to him. Like he is always doing when we finish eating. When we reached his office, he motioned me to sit in one of the chairs and I did. He sat next to me this time.
(Klaus POV)
Lunch was over and I'd gone to the store. I'd bought a present for Davina and flowers for Kara, her favourites as Van told me, and was now looking for Davina. I found her at her house. She didn't seem happy. I left Stefan outside with the flowers and went inside to see her personally. She jumped when I entered.
"Davina, don't worry. It's just me, your friend."
"Klaus, what do you want?"
"I got something for you." I held out what I'd bought her, it was a glass flower around a red glass heart with a backboard behind it that said above the flower 'You are loved and cherished.' She took the gift, smiling.
"Thank you. I'm sorry about your party." I sat next to her on the couch.
"Don't worry about the party, sweetheart. I'm not mad, I'm only sorry for trying to get Kara to talk to you. I had no idea that's the way the conversation would go. I'd thought I'd gotten her to have at least a bit of sympathy for you. I was wrong."
"Why do you care if she has sympathy for me?"
"Your my friend, you're her superior, there are many reasons."
"I'm only 21, there are many more experienced witches than me."
"Not that is not true but you've more experience in the battle field." She smiled at that. "So how is 21 and pregnant working out for you? You still kind of look 18 to me." She giggled and looked back at her present.
"It's working out just fine." I stood up and walked to her fridge and opened it. "We're just at a difficult time." The fridge was almost bare of food. Just a few sodas. I looked at her, concerned.
"What happened to the money that Marcel gave you?"
"We used it on the house. Bills and repairs."
"It's much harder being human than you think it is, is it not? I have money you could use for food, water, what ever you might need." She shook her head.
"Isn't that cheating?"
"Said nothing about compulsion."
"Please don't make me feel guilty about this." I glared at her.
"I'm not trying to make you feel guilty. You want to see me manipulate you into feeling guilty? What does your dad say about this? Marcellus? When he saved you, you became his. I, personally, think you deserve way better than this dump and you deserve your heart's desires." She was staring at me, tears of anger or sadness threatening to spill over. She's exhausted. Being pregnant and having horrible living conditions is having its toll on her. I pulled out my wallet and took out one of my debit cards.
"What are you doing?"
"I may not be up to moving you into a better house right now but I sure am interested in giving you money to keep yourself from dying. If you don't stay healthy that child is going to end up being an unborn child."
"Tim's been giving me all the food we get. He's in worse shape than me, give him something to eat." she pleaded. I walked over to her and gave her the card.
"This is yours for the rest of the year or until Tim gets on his feet, which ever comes first."
"He's coming home today. He's getting a letter next week if he's in or out."
"He has a letter for acceptance or denial? For what?" I asked, having forgotten.
"He'll become an artist and he can make albums and sell them at home, he could work at home. We wouldn't need any free bees. So take this back Klaus." She gave me the card back. I shook my head.
"Keep it." She shook her head.
"If I keep it, I'm not going to use it." She frowned at me. "Sorry Klaus." I growled at her and stormed out of the house.
"What's wrong Nik?" Stefan asked.
"I bloody hate witches." I walked Stefan away from Davina's apartment and out into the city again. By the time I reached where I was to see Kara I was calm again. Which was good because I could not seem like an angry man to her. It would ruin everything I have worked so hard for.
I took the flowers from Stefan and walked into the coffee shop. I walked into the kitchen and found Kara. She looked up at me and I walked closer. I offered her the flowers and she smiled, taking them. She loved blue bells. She sniffed them and hummed in delight.
"What is this for?"
"I need to apologize for what happened last night at the party." She looked at me surprised.
"You got me flowers to apologize?" She was kind of suspicious. I acted like I was nervous.
"… Yeah. I should not have let Davina talk to you. I know you still kind of don't like her and that was my fault. I am sorry for what I did and I was hoping if we could still keep in contact. If you wish not to see me anymore then I completely understand." I sighed, looking her in the eye through out that apology and she blinked before she looked away, thinking.
"I don't wish to stop seeing you Nik." She looked back at me, catching my eye. "I forgive you and thank you for the flowers." She kissed my left cheek and I smiled at her, kissing her back on her right cheek. "I'll see you tomorrow?"
"Yes. If not today?"
"I have work to do." She smiled. I turned around and left the shop to find Stefan waiting for me. I took Stefan back to the house to wait for dinner. I had nothing left to do for today.
(Jeremy POV)
We were in the bayou. Tyler was talking to Kevin and that Sarah girl. I walked closer to Tyler to listen in on what they were saying. Kol smirked and Kai was sitting against a tree, humming to himself.
"So Kevin, do you think you could… leave camp and come with us?" Tyler asked.
"Why couldn't I? I'd love to. Saricantá, you'll come too." Saricantá nodded and walked forward and Kevin followed her. "Hey, me first remember?" He said gently. Tyler vamped in front of both of them.
"Actually I thought we could not have a leader."
"Fine with me." So we walked off, away from the wolf camp. The wolves Tyler called 'Akatai'. I do remember these people from the first time Tyler took me to this place but then we had Matt with us too.
(Tyler POV)
I stood back as Kevin began to climb a tree, I stared at him, confused. "What the hell are you doing?" I asked.
"Practising. It's fun and Norman says this is how we see prey without being seen ourselves. That way the wind won't give us away immediately." Saricantá followed his lead, up a tree of her own.
"The wind won't bother you until you have to actually get down and hunt the prey." I looked at the tree closest to me and grabbed it with my hands before looking up again.
"Can I try? The hunting technique you're talking about?" Kevin beamed down at me.
"Sure. Just don't fall or make any loud noises. When you do see the prey, make sure we notice it too. Then I'll tell you what to do from there." He looked at Saricantá. "This teaching thing isn't at all as hard as Norman makes it out to be."
"Well don't tell Norman that. He'd probably give you a lecture or something."
"I thought Norman was the Beta." I said, getting up into the tree, high as they were going. Jeremy had climbed up enough but stopped after a few branches, Kai climbed higher than Jeremy and Kol was still climbing.
"Norman is the Beta. He's also my mentor. Did I not tell you that?" Kevin asked.
"No, you didn't tell me Norman was your mentor. What's a mentor?"
"He's teaching me to be a warrior."
"A warrior?"
"Yeah, that means I'll move on to the final stage of being a werewolf."
"It's pack hierarchy, isn't it?"
"Yeah, I guess it kind of is. Now be quiet."
"Unless you don't want to hunt."
So we sat in the tree for a few minutes before Kevin spoke again. "That is our prey. Saricantá, which way is the wind blowing?" I looked down to see a deer, a stag really. It was grazing in the grass.
"… It's coming from… the west."
"That stag is in the east of these trees. Tyler, copy us. You'll learn that way, and definitely keep quiet." He climbed down very slowly, keeping his head to the side to keep the stag in sight. I climbed down and landed right after Saricantá.
We moved toward the stag, keeping up wind of it, and soon it was in sight. "Tyler, circle around and chase the stag toward us. We'll catch it off guard and you can use your speed to come up and help us take it down." Kevin whispered, low enough to not scare the deer.
I nodded and made a wide arc around the stag and my friends and when I was opposite them, I did what Kevin told me and the stag dashed where we wanted it to go and I vamped up to help them.
When the stag was dead, they sat down. Kevin sighed. "That is how you hunt. Now we're going to have to carry it back to the camp. Tyler wouldn't be happy if we just ate what we hunted."
"Tyler. Sometimes… I think he… has too many rules."
"Well, Sari, that is what Alphas do. They make up rules so that they don't have to make you do what they want you to do. You know, without actually making you do it." I smiled, huffing out a laugh at what they were talking about. Kevin looked at me.
"So Ty, what's his son like?"
"You know, Klaus? What's he like?" Kevin asked.
(Kai POV)
We were back at Tyler and Kol's house, eating. We were having McDonald's. This, from what I heard from Klaus, was Finn's attempt at cooking. I could still smell the scent of burned food, if you sniffed hard enough above the food that's in the bag.
I guess Finn can't cook? I've tasted everyone's cooking but Finn and Elijah's cooking. I looked at Klaus, smiling. "You should probably do something about the smell of burnt food. I know how you like to pretend the 'Originals' are perfect." He smirked right back.
"Finn might be an Original but he is no way perfect, in fact way from it. I, however, can cook better than Rebekah." Rebekah gasped.
"No you can't! I've been-"
"Rebekah, I remember you usually go to a restaurant if you're hungry for food and no one's cooking. Remember the first time I asked you to watch Tyler?" He smiled wide at her and she quickly looked away, humming. Klaus chuckled before kissing her cheek, making her smile. That did not go the way I planned it to…
(Kol POV)
I was in bed, waiting for the others to come get in. We'd been sent to bed early. Why? Who knows. All I do know is that for some reason we've almost fallen into the habit of doing what we're told at night.
Maybe I should take them back to the club, we're watching a movie tomorrow anyway. Tomorrow would be awesome. Though I've lost track of whose setting up which days now. 'It's too confusing.' I thought to myself, falling asleep despite my efforts.
(Damon POV)
We were at a parking lot… I was trying to teach mother how to use a car. She was behaving like herself now… her old self anyway. I was going to try to modernize her a bit now. Because stage 1 of Operation: Mother was complete. Elena and Bonnie were sleeping.
"This is the brake, this is the gas, and this… I don't really know what that's for, never really used it, so don't even try to use it either. For all I know it could set the car on fire. This is the gear shift." We were using an old car but young enough to be like a car we'd buy her later. "This is the wind shield wipers switch, we've got three speeds. Basically slow, medium, and fast. This is an important part of the car, it's called the signal switch. If you want to go left, you pull it this way. If you want to go right, you pull it this way. You have to always remember to use it." Otherwise Stefan will throw a fit at me. "You always wear a seatbelt, otherwise you get a ticket. Trust me, I've got plenty." I chuckled before getting her to try getting the car ready to drive.
"Great job. Now try driving forward. That's the gas."
(Stefan POV)
"Hey Nik." I looked over at him in his chair. I was lying down on his couch, throwing a ball in the air and catching it over and over again. I was bored, Nik was bored and reading, and I was wondering if Damon was doing okay. Mother was a ripper. A ripper like me.
"What?" He replied, not at all friendly. He was annoyed.
"Guess who's the most powerful creature, and my number one friend or maybe I should say best friend." He smirked a bit.
"Me."
"Who's the most handsome man in the world who can get whatever he wants, when he wants and how he wants it?" He looked up at me finally. He was between smirking and glaring. He knew I was trying to get to a point.
"Me?"
"Then why didn't you just force Davina to take what you were trying to give? That's not the Klaus I know. The Klaus I know isn't so soft to let a sixteen or seventeen or eighteen year old girl defy him, in fact he'd be pissed she even had the nerve to do so. Remember Ashley Sanchez?" I had to be careful with my words, Nik was short tempered, impulsive, and had anger issues especially when being called out on something. Ashley, he'd liked her from the start but she denied him something, he never told me, and he killed her. Almost right out.
He sighed and put down his book, crossing his legs and stared at me, his arms on the arm rests. This was dangerous. I should know, I've been with this guy for a few years to pick up on his vibes.
"Why didn't I force Davina to take the money? She wouldn't have used it. Why didn't I compel her? Because she's a friend. Why do I care for her? Because she's proven that she's not an enemy and if I just killed her, Marcel would be upset, not to mention I also like her." I rolled onto my side, keeping eye contact with him.
"Nik, you're using restraint. We both know you hate being restrained, you like getting what you want more. Or am I wrong?"
"I am using restraint? Then you clearly have no idea what's going on Stefan. I'd tell you to put your ear a little closer to the ground instead of me. Then you'd know what was really going on." I sat up. I couldn't stand or he'd take it as a challenge. He'd probably see it as a challenge anyway…
"Then go ahead and do whatever 'secret' thing you're planning on doing. You've gone soft, Nik. Just admit it." He stood immediately. "I admit I've gone soft. I'm not the rippah I used to be. But I'd love to be again. If only you also start being like you were before." He stood there, thinking.
"I'd thought you were still the Ripper of Monterey. You just can't stop being 'hero' Stefan, can you?" It's hard to be friends with a guy who likes that side of me sometimes… but it's worth it.
"Well, right now… I'm taking a break. Just like you are." I stood up. I'd said what I'd wanted to say and now I was done. I smiled at him. "Good night Klaus." I walked out of the room as he said goodnight back. I went to the room I've been sleeping in.