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Chapter 7

Sara had returned later that night and could hear her father had someone in bed. She'd gone for a run before returning home and was plain exhausted. The noises coming from his room would have kept her awake, if she wasn't ready to pass out standing up. She fell asleep in the room the furthest from Damon's that she could. It just so happened to be Stefan's. She hadn't even woken when he'd joined her.

She was used to sharing a bed with Stefan as she'd done it when they were younger and she had nightmares. And again years later when she'd had to hold him in his sleep because his ripper nightmares disturbed his sleep.

She'd woken before him and started to make her way downstairs when she heard Damon, Elena and Rebekah's awkward exchange. She stopped in her tracks and waited a few minutes.

"Did you stop taking your vervain?" Elena asked. Her judgey voice bothered Sara, but she decided to let this all play out a bit. They both needed to get it out of their systems.

Damon practically laughed out his response, "You think Rebekah had to compel me?"

This only served to infuriate Elena more. "What's wrong with you? She tried to kill me less than forty eight hours ago."

"Can we just move past that, Elena?"

"So is that how it's going to be now? I hurt your feelings and this is how you lash out at me?" That officially pushed Sara over the edge. The conversation had been borderline funny before, but the girl needed to take her head out of her ass.

"Well, maybe, for once, something he did had nothing to do with you." Sara spoke up walking into the room. "I want one too." She told her dad having noticed he was pouring himself a drink.

He handed her a drink, she raised it to Elena and went to drink it.

Elena was unimpressed. "You're okay with him sleeping around?" She asked Sara.

Her response was to shrug and say, "He can sleep with whoever he wants. He's single."

Elena was done with this conversation. She realized that Sara was just like her dad. "You should know that Esther is planning on killing her entire family. She linked them all together with a spell. Whatever happens to one, happens to all of them."

"So if I slept with Kol and scratched his back, they'd all feel it?" This earned a glare from Elena. "Kinky!" She said seductively. There was an enticing sick on her face.

Damon rolled his eyes, before turning to Elena, "Well, that's great! Klaus will finally be dead. We win. Why do you look like someone shot a panda bear?"

Sara decided she'd observe the conversation, without interrupting. She wasn't sure how she felt about this. She didn't believe anyone should decide that another should die. She was also appalled at how a mother could kill her own children.

"Uh, because to kill Klaus, she has to kill all of them, including Elijah. And he doesn't deserve that." The doppelgänger gestured with her arms while speaking.

Damon scoffed. "I'm supposed to care about Elijah?"

"Shouldn't you at least care about Rebekah?" When Elena asked that, Sara had to withhold a laugh, which only caused her to snort. This drew the attention of the other two back to her. "Shouldn't you care about Kol? You did last night." She directed this question at her.

"Kol was my friend a long time ago, but I'm not blinded to who he and his family are. I saved him, because I knew he'd try to kill Damon as revenge. And two seconds ago you were pissed that Rebekah attacked you." She knew she didn't want Kol to die, but she wasn't sure yet if she'd allow it to rid the world of his and his sibling's evil. If she decided to save them, she knew she couldn't let on because her father would try to stop her.

Elena turned to walk out. Damon was quickly in front of her. "Don't do anything to screw this up, Elena."

"Why are you doing this?" She asked.

Stefan walked into the room. "He's right, you know. Klaus has to die. They all do." Both Elena and Sara flinched at the last phrase. The brothers thankfully only noticed Elena.

Damon, being Damon, had to add a snarky comment. "See? It's democracy in action."

Elena huffed, and started walking out. She purposefully knocked into Damon spilling his drink.

"Not cool Elena. The bourbon did nothing to you!" Sara called after her.

Sara went upstairs to shower and get ready for the day. She knew Damon and Stefan needed to talk, and she honestly needed time alone to think. She wasn't sure where she fell in all of this, but she wanted to think it through. She took a long, very hot shower. Just standing under the spray for a few minutes letting it wash all the guilt away, before stepping out.

She dried her hair and pulled it up. Wanting it out of her way today. She had a feeling it'd be a long day. She then threw on a pair of black jeans, a white v-neck t-shirt, a brown leather jacket and matching ankle boots. She walked back downstairs as she heard her uncle and father finish their conversation.

She walked over the the liquor and poured herself a glass. Stefan's phone rang loudly breaking the awkward family silence.

"Klaus what do you want?" He asked

"Kol?"

He looked up at Sara. "She's not here at the moment."

Sara interrupted his next comment. "Oh for fuck sakes Steffie, give me the phone." He reluctantly did as she said. He knew they would be able to hear the conversation anyways.

"Kol?" She said

"I'm bored. I convinced Nik to come drinking with me. Will you come too? I've missed you so."

"Sure Kol. Where?" She raised her hand to cut Damon off. She knew he'd interrupt. She turned away from them.

"The Grill. I will see you there in 10."

Kol hung up and Sara turned back to her family. "He's my friend. If he's going to die, I want him to die happy. I will give him a good last day. You both know neither of you can stop me, so good bye."

She started walking out, and Damon sped in front of her. "Really Dad? I'm not 14 anymore, you can't control who I spend my time with."

"You are not going." He spoke firmly.

"Damon, just let her go. She's right to want to see her friend on his last day." Stefan interrupted.

Sara walked into the Mystic Grill, and before long her eyes landed on the person she was there to see. To her chagrin, Kol and Klaus seemed to be in a rather uncomfortable conversation with Meredith and Alaric. She did not miss the way that Kol eyed the doctor like a piece of meat. She'd seen that look before, and knew that she'd either end up in his bed, or drained of blood, or potentially both.

"Now, now, Kol. Leave the humans alone. I'm much more fun." She wrapped her arms around his waist from behind and placed her chin on his shoulder.

Kol laughed. "That you are darling." He loosened her arms and turned around to face her. "Can I buy you a drink?"

Before she could reply, Klaus spoke. "What are you doing here?"

"Aweh, Nikki, Kol invited me. Cause I'm fun." She winked at him. "Yes please Kol!"

"Same as always?" He asked her. She nodded, and Kol ordered drinks for each of them.

When their drinks arrived, she led them further down the bar away from the humans. The moment they were seated Klaus started his Spanish Inquisition. "So, I have many questions. Beginning with, what are you?"

"Niklaus." Kol warned.

"I will not discuss this here, where anyone can hear. Nor will I go over it multiple times. I gave my word to tell you and your family, and I will but not right now. Can I please just enjoy a night out with my best friend and his grumpy older brother?" She winked at him. "I'll answer all your questions, that have nothing to do with my powers or abilities or anything like that."

"Sounds good to me, right Nik?" Kol said, somewhat tense.

Right as Klaus was about to answer, Sara's phone rang. "Excuse me a moment."

"Damon, what the hell happened to letting me have night with a friend?"

"Have you seen Elena? No one has seen her in hours, I need your help to find her. I'm sorry, please. I'm begging you." He blurted it all out so quickly, she didn't have a chance to interrupt.

"Fine, but you owe me, huge. I'll be home soon."

She hung up, lowered her head and let out a sigh. She raised her head when she felt someone touch her hand. Surprisingly it was Klaus. "I will hold you to your promises love, but right now I believe your family needs you."

She didn't let her shock hold her back long. She nodded at the hybrid and quickly hugged Kol. She then ran out of the Grill, to her car.

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