Hi Guys! I hope you're all still with me after such a long time between posting. I had a lot of RL stuff come up and I wanted this chapter to be perfect. I think it is...hopefully.

A fair warning: there's not a ton of Klaroline in this chapter, but there were so many different reactions that I wanted to write and this chapter is waaaay shorter than my usual, but this is where I wanted to end it. We're heading toward the angsty stuff (well...as angsty as this story can get) and near the conclusion.

Anyhoo. Thanks to all my lovely Betas, you guys are the best!

Enjoy!

There is a single thought since the dawning of time itself that has entered every adolescent boy's mind and stayed with them through their entire life. It's a certain fantasy that they pray and wish to be a part of from the day the vision enters until the day they lay on their deathbed. In fact, it's probably on a multitude of bucket lists and near the top, at that. It's an anomaly to women but a moment of pure bliss for most men.

Two women kissing.

Kol Mikaelson is no different. Witnessing two women kissing in person, right in front of him, has got to be number two on his bucket list, falling right underneath a date with Mila Kunis. But, unfortunately for Kol, this is not what he had in mind. This is all wrong..well...half of the equation is alright, Bonnie looks unbelievably fantastic, but the other half is a travesty. His sister is desiccating a young boy's dream; perverting an image that is meant to be beautiful and special. And now, the fantasy will no longer be able to aid him in his quest for release and a goodnight's sleep.

But Kol, isn't really that shallow. He's not completely out of touch with his emotions, and he doesn't always hide behind a crass demeanor to cover up his true feelings. He knows what's bothering him, and it's not the fact that Bonnie is kissing Rebekah, it's the underlying truth that he wishes she was kissing him.

This is so typically Kol, never can see a good thing when it's staring him right in front of his face. Bonnie is one of his closest friends. They laugh together and bicker over stupid things. They've had an unhealthy amount of debates over comic book characters and spent hours questing together; just the two of them. He's shared more about himself with her then he has with anyone ever.

Maybe he's delusional and it's always been women for Bonnie, but he could swear there were moments between the two of them, a sparkle of something deeper than just friendship. Whatever epiphanies he's having, it doesn't matter now, Bonnie has clearly never felt that way about him.

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This is new.

Well, not the kissing. Rebekah is all too familiar with kissing. But, kissing a woman is something completely different. However trite and cliche Katy Perry's lyrics are, they are making complete and perfect sense to her now.

She's kissing a girl, and...she likes it.

Rebekah's dabbled with the idea before. Once in high school, when she was a bit too schnockered for her own good, she thought about what it would be like to kiss her friend Rose. It almost happened too, until a fight in the other room broke their trance, and her behemoth of a boyfriend Alexander was throwing a mate of his through a window. The raw testosterone that he displayed, quickly broke her momentary curiosity and she was back to men and never looked back.

As the two girls continue in their liplock a silence falls through the room, well...apart from the sound of wheezing and the echo of inhalers from the patrons. Although the Mikaelson boys are truly scarred for life, the rest of the room just placed a mental check on their bucket list.

"Did you see this coming?" Caroline turns to Kat and asks.

"Are you kidding me? Nobody saw this coming," she replies, still shaking her head in disbelief.

Caroline laughs when she sees Klaus standing behind the register, holding his glasses up to the light and wiping them clean with a tissue. He's obviously decided there is no better time to blur his vision of the scene in front of him than at this exact moment. Kol seems too shocked to speak. On the one hand, it serves him right. She has to admit that the idea of Bonnie liking Kol seems to favor the horny Brit much more than it does Bonnie. But on the other hand, she couldn't help but notice the small glimmer of disappointment in his eyes as he drops his gaze from the girls and runs a hand through his hair.

The bell chimes behind them and Elijah walks in, looking as dapper as ever. He hardly notices the silence and the scene that has everyone else captivated, and moves toward Katherine. He stares down at her and waits for her to glance up at him and when she doesn't he follows her gaze to the other side of the room.

"Katherine?"

"Yeah," Kat responds but doesn't look at him.

"Why are Bonnie and Rebekah kissing?"

Katherine laughs and grabs hold of his hand before finally looking up at him. "We're all wondering the same thing."

Elijah shrugs and turns his attention back to Kat. "Katherine?"

"Yeah?" she repeats.

"Would you like to have dinner with me this evening?"

She closes her eyes and chuckles. Only Elijah would be completely unphased by what's going on in the shop. "I would," she tells him and places a hand on his face, "But the ladies and I are going out for drinks tonight."

"Another time then," he nods and saunters back to the register and Klaus.

Caroline nudges Kat and says, "Should we interrupt, or..."

"Yeah, I'll do it."

Kat moves across the room to Bonnie and Rebekah, she clears her throat to get their attention.

"Ladies, as much as I would love to see someone actually die from arousal," she tells them and looks around the room at the gawking faces, "We should probably get going."

The girls finally separate with a loud pop of their lips and a quiet grumble from their audience. Bonnie smiles and grabs hold of Rebekah's hand, who in turn, smiles back and lets out a small giggle.

Rebekah's emotions are scattered and she's truly unsure of how she feels about Bonnie. It's a nice thought though, being with someone so caring and loving and that knows her so well, and who knew Bonnie could kiss like that?

Boys have always been trouble for Rebekah, since she was fourteen. In one summer she grew 6 inches taller and a full cup size bigger, and ever since then, it has never been a problem for Rebekah to find a boy to spend time with. Unfortunately, it meant heartache after heartache, since she was always the first to fall for them and they were quick to remind her that they didn't want anything more. Either that happened, or one of her brothers would interfere. Actually...that happened a lot more often than she cares to remember.

"Well...that was unexpected," she tells her newly confident friend.

"Good unexpected or bad unexpected?" Bonnie eyes Bekah.

"Good...really good," Rebekah winks and grabs Bonnie's hand and the two of them walk toward the front door, swinging their hands and sharing shy glances.

They pass by Elijah at the front counter and Rebekah notices a certain look on his face that she's all too familiar with. This particular look has been the bane of the Mikaelson siblings existence because it's usually followed by a highly inappropriate and honest comment. Like the time Elijah first met Alexander at a family dinner, and asked just before dessert, whether or not he and Rebekah had had intercourse yet.

Rebekah never brought her boyfriends to family dinner after that.

Elijah opens his mouth to speak when she throws out her finger in warning, letting him know that his commentary in this moment can wait. He closes his mouth quickly, for once getting the hint, and turns to Klaus for an explanation who just pats him on the shoulder.

Kat and Caroline follow behind but not before giving their boys a quick goodbye and a promise to see them later.

"Don't worry, Care and I will get the lowdown," Kat tells the guys and lifts herself on her tiptoes to give Elijah a quick kiss on the cheek.

Caroline walks around the counter and wraps her arms around Klaus' neck. "We'll see you tomorrow?"

"I'll be here," he says and wraps his hands around her waist.

"Good," she says with a smile and presses her lips against his. She unlatches herself from him and drags her hand down his arm as she steps back and toward the door.

Klaus watches Caroline leave, the remnants of vanilla tingling his senses. It's the same scent that still lingers in his office, where he spent most of the morning working on his art, and latching onto her for inspiration. It's cliche and he knows it, but he can't help it. For the first time in a long time Klaus is excited about his graphic novel and Caroline is the reason. And when an artist finds his muse, he holds on for dear life and dives deep into his work, hopeful and expectant of what's to come out on the other side.

He continues to stare after her for a brief moment longer before a loud clap breaks through his concentration. A nearly bald 30 something with corduroys and a tucked in Star Wars t-shirt begins to applaud. Soon, the others follow, and the store is giving the two women a loud and uproarious send off; a thank you for fulfilling a lifelong dream. It's short lived, however, when the youngest Mikaelson boy hollers above them.

"Shut the fuck up!" Kol throws his hands out in front of him. "That's my sister!"

The geeks are slow clapping it out! LOL.

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'Til next time!