Time passed and nobody was able to get Stefan to say where the coffins were hidden. He was going to school and didn't try anything else against Klaus for the moment because he wanted to hurt him with the anticipation of what he could possibly do.

Klaus had mainly spent his time making a place for himself in town and keeping busy supervising his hybrids. He saw Rachel from time to time but tried not to think about her at all to keep a clear mind.

He knew she was mad at him for his outburst when Stefan called to say he wouldn't be getting his coffins back right now, even if he did behave himself. He had been so mad that he had screamed that he was going to kill Stefan and described how he was going to do it. Of course he calmed down afterward but it still had scared Rachel a bit and now, she seemed to try and stay clear of him. Why did she have to be in his house with Rebekah just when it happened?

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Rachel was in her bathroom, staring at the now empty box of tampons. She had been so sure that becoming half vampire would mean that she didn't need them anymore that shehdn't bought any in a while...

"Something wrong honey?" Sage asked Rachel as she knocked on the bathroom she saw Rachel's face and the box of tampons she said:

"Please don't tell me that your pregnant, I don't think your father is up for a news like this yet!"

"No! Oh god no, not at all! I was just thinking that I needed to buy more...I never thought that I would need them again, not after becoming a half vampire... But I guess that being a half witch means that I do have my menstruations." Rachel replied.

"Look at it on the bright side, it means you'll be able to have a child some day." Sage told her softly.

"Yes, you're probably right. Well, I better go and buy some if I don't want an incident later. It would be too embarrassing!" Rachel said.

"I'll come with you." Sage added before she followed her niece out the door, ready to spend more time with her.

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In his dorm room in UCLA, Jesse St James was sitting crossed leg on the floor, his eyes closed ad his mind concentrating hard. Indeed, he had met an old man a few weeks ago who told him how to break compulsion and how to be able to resist it in the future.

His goal was pretty simple, break out of the compulsion that Rachel's father had put on him so he could once again listen to his beloved musicals and, of course, find Rachel again.

He didn't know yet if he wanted to get her to love him and to date her or to get revenge, but he knew he would find her as soon as he managed to get enough self control on his mind. After all, he was strong enough right?

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On the way to the store, Sage decided to bring up a subject her young friend had been avoiding for a while.

"So, are you finally going to tell me why you're avoiding Klaus?"

Sage knew that Klaus was, too avoiding her to avoid facing the feelings Rachel brought out in him and she had decided, with Finn, to get involved. They both thought that being with Rachel would be a very good things for Klaus and they knew Rachel would forever be safe with Klaus. They just had to get the two hybrids to open their eyes a little. They knew first hand that Klaus was, too, confused about Rachel because they were staying with him for the time being, before they left again.

"What makes you think I'm avoiding him?" Rachel replied as her aunt parked the car in front of the store.

"Come on Rachel, remember who you're talking to. Are you that afraid of Klaus now? Just because of one outburst? Because it was just that, an outburst. Once upon a time he would have killed Stefan on the spot and been done with it you know." Sage explained.

"I know... It's not really him that I'm afraid of... It's what he makes me feel..." Rachel said as she chose a couple of tampon boxes before they went to pay for them.

"What does he make you feel?" Sage asked, happy to be getting somewhere.

"I don't know... I'm not sure... One minute he makes me think that we can be great friends and the next he does something impulsive that makes me want to kick him in the balls!" She said as she paid, happy that nobody else was in the line at this time.

"That's your problem right there Honey. I ask you about feeling and you reply with what you think... It's not your brain you need to listen to, it's your heart... the one that, when you were a little girl, thought that Klaus was just misunderstood and needed a friend." Sage said.

Rachel was silent for a while.

"I remember that night you told me of their story for the first time... That night I dreamt that Klaus was my prince..." Rachel confessed.

"I think you need to look at Klaus with this little girl's eyes. I know you don't want to get hurt by another boy, not after Finn playing with you, and what Jesse and Tyler did to you but Klaus isn't some boy. He's a man with honor. He won't break your heart!" Sage explained as they reached the car once more.

"Break my heart? I... I'm not... I'm not in love with him!" Rachel shouted, sounding like she was trying to convince herself rather than her aunt.

"Of course you're not..." Sage replied with a small smile.

She could almost see the wheels turning in Rachel's brain right now.

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