Caroline p.o.v,
It had been 3 weeks since Nadia was born and came to live at home, and those 3 weeks had been full of non stop, crying, feeding, washing, cuddling, cleaning, lack of sleep and late night walks in the park to get her to sleep, I'm not saying I hate it but the lack of sleep part is getting to all of us and after a week of all of us getting up when ever she cries we take nights shifts swapping on who gets the late night walks and tonight is my night to which has me walking down 5th avenue at 2:30 am in my pyjamas pushing the stroller which holds the adorable but wide awake baby.
"see that's how I met your mommy and auntie Bonnie, and then you came in the picture and well I would say your amazing but I think that would just go to Kats head and we wouldn't want that now would we" I say as I push her down the street sighing when I just get a smile filled with gurgles,
I yawn for what felt like the 1000th time this week before ending on a sigh "you know you should really be asleep right now" I say turning down a side street coming face to face with Tyler.
"Tyler" my heart starts beating wildly and so fast that it feels like its going to beat out of my chest, adrenaline starts to flood my entire being, spreading from vein to vein, My grip on the push chair tightens till my knuckles start to turn white, My breath starts coming out in pants of air as he takes a step closer to me, The street light casting an onmimous glow over his features as they twist in a smirk like smile,
"Miss me babe" he says I'm frozen in panic as he stands there surveying me my body with a lust full look in his eye before his eyes land on the stroller and my heart stops, Nadia OH GOD NO! screams my mind and I find my voice again.
"Is that-" he starts to ask when I shout "no its not, you need to leave Tyler, I don't want to see you I have a restraining order, the police are looking for you, You cant be near me" I say my hands never leaving the handle bar,
His face starts to twist in a look I know so well as he starts walking towards me "Yes that was a lovely surprise, coming home to find the police had ransacked the place, oh and now I'm a criminal for giving you what you deserve, Why are you lying to them to every one" he says now standing right near me "I'm not lying, You nearly killed me" my voice sounds weak even to my own ears "You know I could forgive and forget about your lapse in judgement if you call off the dogs that want to put me behind bars, and it will go back to how it was" he says tucking a stray curl behind my ear , I'm surprised I didn't flinch away with how scared I am right now but fear keeps me rooted in the spot,
"do you remember how good it used to be, we can have that again" he says but a cry from the pram brings me back to the now and has me looking quickly down at Nadia "no" relief fills me when Nadia doesn't continue to cry but Tyler's hand grips my throat and turns my face directly to him.
"no, are you really saying no to me" my hand tries loosening his tightening grip on my throat but he doesn't budge nor stop talking "You don't say no to me, Its not your choice, you don't belong to yourself you belong to me, You will always belong to me" one of my hands were desperately clawing at his grip on my throat as it was getting harder and harder to breathe the other still clutching the pram shook from my loss of balance making Nadia begin to cry hysterically as if she could sense something was wrong and was trying to be as loud as possible,
"you are nothing with out me, nothing but a used useless excuse-" his words were cut of by a force that knocked him away causing me to fall on my knees crumpled like a sack gasping for air, while my head was bowed I could hear fighting and people shoving and falling into things , Words being said but with the crying from Nadia it was hard to hear what was exactly being said, forcing myself up of my knees I wobbled my way to the pram "shhh its okay, shhh I got you I got you" I was saying as I cradled her against my chest quieting her shrieks to whimpers as I rocked her side to side.
Reaching into my pocket I dialled the police as I turned my back on the fight that was still happening a few feet away from us, my mind going numb only doing what I need to deal with right now, my main focus being on soothing Nadia and to get help.
luck seemed to find its way back to me as officers where walking by after stopping for coffee and heard the commotion that was going on and came round the corner one stopping at me the other running to the fight.
"ma'am are you hurt" said the officer he had kind eyes and a loveable face that made me want to trust him straight away "my throats a little sore but Ty-ler HE um he attacked me you got to stop him" I plead my eyes drifting from his face to the broken up scene of the fight only two men stood there now and they both weren't Tyler,
the other officer walked up and started to ask me if this was the man who attacked me, the back of the man looked familiar the curls atop his head also looked familiar "no it was my ex boyfriend" I say the officer nodded and called over to the man who turned and I couldn't help but let out my surprised Klaus that rang out at the same time he saw me and something about the way he said my name made me think that he didn't even know who he was protecting
"do you know this man ma'am" the kind eyed one asked and not knowing what to say "he's my friend" I some how mutter out of my still sore throat earning a smile from him albeit a small tug at the corner type smile but a smile nonetheless.
after a quick telling the police I would be down in the morning to the station to make my report and a small argument with Klaus about how I was going to get home I was on my way back walking home with Klaus pushing the empty stroller and me beside him holding the now asleep Nadia, in a some what comfortable silence.
"how did you know what was going on?" I ask wanting to break the ice, and open into a running conversation hopefully "I was coming home from a date when i heard the cry of a baby and saw you" a date, coming home at 3 in the morning he was with another woman for some strange reason a part of me an undiscovered uncharted part of me was jealous of that, but who would I be if I didnt know how to bury strange unwanted emotions, so smiling I wiggled my eyebrows in an uncharacteristic manner "a date huh, the kind of sneak out before dawn date" I state smiling at his surprised face "what was it that made you want to run, bad in bed or was she just a real bore" I ask curious about it,
after a pregnant pause where I was beginning to think he wasn't going to answer me he spoke "both" "really well if you found her boring then why did you sleep with her" I ask confused to why all men seem to think its okay behaviour, all it does is send mixed messages to every female on the planet when they do that, "well now what kind of gentlemen would I be if I kissed and told" he says with a smirk "you are so not a gentlemen" I say enjoying how different and light this kind of conversation with him was being "you do realise she's going to wonder where you went, you know when she wakes up in bed all alone most likely still naked and then she's going to want to see you again and when she doesn't hear from you will cry and most likely eat a gallon of chunkie monkey just to feel better about herself, but by the time she weighs herself and realises she just gained 10 pounds of pity eating and it will all be down to you and your sneek out after sex act and I mean really is it worth it" I say stopping for air after my mini rant about girl psyche "It was worth it darling" he says with an arragont smirk "I thought you said the sex was boring" I say now slightly confused "yes it was, for me not for her love" he says as we near my front steps.
Laughing lightly at him "ah but no sex would be worth the extra 10 pounds of pity weight, any way here we are" I say heading into my gate "we?" he ask cocking one eyebrow up slightly "yeah bonnie and Kat, any way thanks for pushing that but I got it from here" I say gesturing with my free arm "here, before I go i would just like to make sure you are all right" I nod and surprising him and even more so myself I step forward and place a hand on his cheek before leaning up on my tiptoes and placing a feather light kiss to his cheek "thank you for what you did and for the walk home, It means a lot" I say before walking up to my front door and saying a quick bye head in straight for the nursery putting the baby down I walk back into the living room and grabbing the baby monitor sit on the sofa my hand reaching for my neck as I sit in the dark.
Katherine p.o.v,
I stretched while yawning as I opened my eyes to the blinding light that flittered through my window before closing my eyes again, when the sound of bonnies frightened squeal had me leaping out of bed like a fire cracker before I ran into the living room, "what, whats wrong?" I asked a little breathless, scanning the area quickly with my tired eyes,
Bonnie stood in her pyjamas while Caroline sat with her knees pulled up to her chest looking tired on the couch, everything was in place "where's Nadia" I asked not seeing her "she's down for her morning nap" I nod okay before Bonnie brings me back into the now "what are you doing there sat like that" she asked completely confused,
Instead of answering Bonnie she looked pointedly at me making me start to worry "you should sit down, both of you" she says letting myself slowly relax I did as she said and followed Bonnie into a chair "whats going on care?" I ask confused about her shady-ness,
stretching her legs down she sat up and I couldn't contain my gasp and judging by Bonnies reaction neither could she, As we took in the bruises around her throat big purple bruising, before we could fire rapid questions she started to speak.. "last night I took Nadia out for a walk, You know to get her to sleep seeing how its the only way at night, I was walking and talking to her, telling her about how we all met, When we... Um ran in to Tyler" she swallowed the only sound for a while was the pounding in my ears.
"He started to argue with me, I tried to move away from him, When he grabbed me by the throat, I'm not going to lie it was bad, But Klaus you know Kol's brother he heard and saved me, while he was fighting Tyler police heard and came straight away but, Tyler got away, I have to go to the station at 10 for the report" she says finishing Bonnie got up and pulled her into a hug, while I sat immobilised , fear and anger coursed through my body as all the thoughts of what could of happened ran through my mind.
"Kat, please say something" Caroline says after what felt like a second my head snapped up to her face that I could see was fighting to hold back tears "how? what would of happened if he hadnt been there, Nadia was with you!" I say my voice getting louder as I continued to speak before standing up to pace back and forth, "I know and" "AND what Caroline, If he had killed you, what would he of done with my baby, would he of left her there to be found hours later, or would he of stolen her, He could of killed you!" I shout causing Nadia to wake up and start to cry.
"Kat come on its not her fault" Bonnie says trying to reason with me "well who's fault is it Bonnie" I shout at her, causing them both to shut up we all stared at each other until Nadia started to cry again "you know what I can't deal with this right now," I say turning my back to them "I have a baby to deal with" I start walking into the nursery trying to ignore the sob that I know comes from Caroline,
Trying to push aside my anger at the situation I smile at my baby and pick her up holding her close to me in the hopes that she'll be able to block the fear and anger at what has happened.
Bonnie, p.o.v,
"So they haven't spoken to each other since?" Kol asked as he sat across from me in his apartment "no its got to the point where they'll just sit there and be completely in silence, although she's finally letting us hold Nadia again, that was tough, I'm thinking about locking them in a room together and just making them hash it out you know its not good them sitting in silence" I say picking up my wine glass and taking a sip "any leads on who attacked her" he asks making me feel guilty about not telling him the truth,
Avoiding his eye contact I answer going to place my glass on the table when he catches me of gaurd by moving infront of me, Making me jump and spill my wine on his white shirt "Oh god sorry" I say automatically reaching for a napkin to press onto his shirt "no worries" he says taking me by surprise and lifting the shirt over his head, While turning to stand I notice a few scars on his back, not being able to stop myself I reach out and touch one, the smallest circle scar that is closest to me making him flinch,
"what happened?" I ask after we stare at each other for what feels like forever, I watch as more emotions flit across his face "you can tell me" I say wanting desperately to know what happened.
He sighs before turning to look out his large window "My father" he says making me gasp and stand up to move to him when he turns abruptly and the look he gives me makes me stay firmly in place "what did he do" to you? I want to say but leave it at that looking at him waiting for bated breath, "everybody has secrets Bon" he says eyeing me warily "you can tell me" I ask trying to ignore all the worst case scenarios that are running through my head.
Turning away from me he looks out of the window and in the reflection on the stained glass I can see his internal battle but I have hope when he sighs and starts to speak "My father is a hard man to please, When we were young he would be very strict, when we did something wrong he would either spank us depending on the crime we some how committed, he was hard on all of us but especially Nik," my heart starts pounding in my chest as I slowly make my way towards him as he continues "I got into trouble, broke a plate of plant pot I cant remember which, My brothers were away It was only me and my sister at home, he caught me and instead of taking the spanking quietly I answered back and he used his cigar to teach me a lesson" He says trailing of when I stand next to him "I'm so sorry Kol, I-" his lips find mine effectively ending my sentence.
Desire pools in my belly as his hands roam my face and back, I feel tingles run through my fingertips as I touch his chiselled chest, He turns me and presses my back against the cold glass before his lips move lower, I freeze when his hand grabs my ass, Adrenaline kicks in my system and I push him back , avoiding to look at his confused gaze I stare at the wall that holds the posters "tell me" he says his voice strained and I want to so badly but I know he'll look at me different so I continue to stare at the wall,
"bonnie look at me" reluctantly I turn my head and look at his worried expression "let me get a shirt okay, don't leave" he says I nod "Bonnie we all have secrets, but you need to give me something here okay, any thing" he says kissing my forehead before walking off leaving me to make a quick dash to my bag grabbing my cell phone I head to the bathroom and call Caroline.
"hey, Bon whats up" she says when she answers the call, I rush out and spill my fears to her as she listened to me rant on and on to her until I lost my breath and bent over clutching the phone in one hand and the sink in the other,
"Bonnie what did I tell you back at the hospital?" she says making me think back to her whispered words "the fear of the jump is worse than the jump itself" I repeat remembering them clear as day "see this is what I meant your more scared about what could happen but if you just get it over with then it wont be as bad as being stood on the ledge like you are right now, so just jump, what ever happens happens" I nod even though she cant see me "okay I'll just jump" I say more to my reflection then to her but she speaks any way "just remember that what ever happens we'll be here with wine and Ice cream okay but Kol doesn't seem like the guy to run okay" I nod and hang up,
Finishing my mental pep talk to myself in the mirror I leave the bathroom to find Kol pacing in the living room who looks up and stops when he sees me "Bonnie what am I to you" he asks as soon as I move further into the room "what do you mean" I ask confused
"What I mean is, I tell you things that I've never shared with any one before, I respect everything you do but yet you never tell me any thing, Its like you expect me to be an open book to you but when it comes to you its like I have to deal with the cliff notes version, so why wont you ever tell me whats going on with you" he says standing opposite me now dressed in trousers and a v-neck t-shirt that shows off his muscles in his chest.
'the fear of the jump is worse then the jump itself' "I met Katherine and Caroline in a group that I started to go to we met and became instant friends like were all connected some how, after a while the group got dismembered but we had stopped going to it before that, I met them 3 weeks after I moved back here" I say looking around for something stronger then red wine and spotted a bottle of bourbon and briskly walked over to it pouring us both a glass "okay I know you moved here from new York but I thought you new them before you even went to New York" I shook my head "no I've none them, since after I left New York" "okay I'm confused, why did you even leave New York in the first place, and what sort of group was it that you met them at, I'm going to need more information than that" he said gesturing wildly with his arms,
"The fear of the jump is worse then the jump itself so here it goes I will tell you everything but I need you to promise me something" I ask prolonging the inevitable "anything" "that you'll still look at me the same, as you did 2 hours ago" I ask , he goes to step towards me but I take a voluntary step back "of course I will" he says and its the sincerity in his voice that enables me to be able to jump "I was raped" a huge weight seems to come of my chest but panic seizes me as he stops trying to advance towards me and numbly asks me to repeat.
"It happened a while ago, I was out with friends celebrating and on my way home I -he grabbed me and I fought you know I did but he Knocked me unconcious" I take a deep breath and turn away from him as I watch pity start to fill his eyes and that look hurts me more then saying any of this so I carry on "I woke up in the hospital, the preformed the kit and I told police everything but it wasn't enough they never found the guy who did it" "Bonnie" Ignoring Kol I continue like he never spoke "a week after it happened I was back here living with my Grams, she eventually got sick of me mopping about and forced me to go to the meetings for abused women and thats where I met Kat and Care, they were the first people I ever told, see the police assumed before I met them I had never said the words aloud before"
I didnt realise I was crying until I catch a glimpse at my reflection and quickly wipe them away "the reason I left that night back on our first date, was because I closed my eyes and I couldn't see you any more, all I could see was that man from the alley, and I was suddenly back in New York reliving it all again so after I got out from under you I ran and ran until I couldnt breath any more" I say stopping my pace and gulping back the burning alcohol before I could turn Kol started to speak again.
"is that why you put a stop to us and me whenever we go a little to far" "yes and no, I thought that if I stayed away you wouldnt have to know about it and I wouldnt have to tell you and see you look at me the way you are right now" I say getting angry with the pity I see reflected in his eyes "how am I looking at you" "with pity Kol, and that is one thing that I never wanted from you" his sighs loudly turning around before looking back at me "you used to look at me and no matter what was the main emotion in your eyes there was always lust and it made me feel good, wanted again, But now its gone and replaced by -" I'm unable to finish because before I even saw him moving his lips were on mine in a hot demanding kiss that made my knees feel week and fireworks to go off in my head.
"I dont pity you for fuck sake, I feel sympathy and anger that some one could do this to you and that you would" he seemed to be struggling with what he wanted to say but I couldnt interrupt still struggling for air "I'm always going to want sex with you bonnie, but I love you too much to show you that when your telling me about something this bi" this time it was me that cut him off with my lips, because as he said the words something inside me snapped and I didnt care any more I wanted him most importantly I needed him.
we had some how made it to the couch when he picked me up and sat up so that his back was straight up "if were going to do this, then you need to be in control I wouldnt want to do anything that would hurt you" he says looking me dead in the eyes as his erection presses tauntingly against my aching core, love swells in me banishing any last lingering doubts, leaning into him I allow myself to open up and become connected with the man I love.
Okay so how did you like this chapter, let me know, next chapter will be up soon hopefully, lots of Katherine and Caroline, also it will be Nadia's first jabs :)
hope you guys like this :) x