The next day, Rachel was back to her normal self. She knew she wouldn't be able to do as much magic as she did the previous day but she also knew that she wouldn't have to, not today.
Today was for celebrating.
She, along with Santana and her father, was going to have lunch at Klaus' to celebrate Esther's passing. Klaus had invited them, along with the hybrids that lived nearby but nobody else.
It was a private celebration.
Klaus had thought for a moment inviting Stefan to come too but he changed his mind. They were better off without Stefan right now. Especially since he felt things could go further between his sister and Damon. He needed to think about his family now instead of what he wanted for himself.
Stefan would end up coming back to him eventually. He just knew it and he felt it would be Rachel's doing.
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When she arrived, Rachel was nervous.
She didn't know how things would be with Klaus. They were dating now but would he kiss her or hug her or just shake her hand? She was just as nervous as she had been the previous day when she came to offer her help to him and his family.
She shook the questions out of her head when her father parked his car in front of Klaus' house. They were immediately welcomed by Rebekah who took Rachel in her arms and gave her one of the tightest hugs of her life.
"Rebekah, my daughter survived your mother, I would hate for her to die from being hugged by an Original vampire!" Damon said.
Rebekah let go of Rachel who was chuckling at her friend's enthusiasm.
"Yes, that would be quite embarrassing! I'm happy to see you too Rebekah." Rachel replied.
"I'll owe you forever for saving all of us. We all owe you our lives!" Rebekah said before she greeted Damon in a much shyer way before she hugged Santana hello and showed them all inside.
While Tyler, Santana and Damon greeted everyone, Rachel's eyes immediately landed on Klaus who stood before her.
"Rachel, I hope that you're feeling better!" Klaus told her with a worried smile as he took both of her hands in his.
As they looked into each other's eyes, they both temporarily forgot that there were other people in the room. They were all alone at the moment, happy.
"Much better, thank you. A few blood bags, some rest and a good breakfast and I'm as good as new." Rachel replied with her brightest smile.
"Good." Klaus said before they were interrupted by Kol.
"Rachel, good to see you. I'm happy to see you're doing better!" He said as he hugged her, forcing Klaus to let go of her hands and breaking the momentthe two were having.
Klaus let out a small growl to show his brother that he wasn't happy about this situation but it got ignored.
"Kol, you're walking a thin line!" Klaus said.
"He's just teasing you brother, calm down. He understands the limits." Elijah whispered in his hybrid brother's ear to calm him down.
Klaus nodded but kept his eyes on Kol and Rachel.
"He better." Was all he replied.
Kol was telling her how Sage explained to them the previous night why she had said "ding dong the witch is dead" before dropping a house on Esther and how he had learned the song to sing with her. Rachel was happily laughing and it made Klaus jealous to see that she got along so well with his brother.
He hadn't had that problem with Elijah since Rachel didn't care much for him ever since he broke his word and he hadn't even had to think about it when she met Finn because she saw him as an uncle since he was her Aunt's love.
Klaus wasn't stranger to the feeling of jealousy, far from it.
He had been jealous of his siblings whenever Mickeal was unfair to him. He had been jealous of the power of some kings and managed to take said power from them. He had been jealous of some land owners or other things and even the jealousy of a siblings because of the attention he got from a girl wasn't new to him, he remembered when he felt it for Elijah whenever Tatia talked with him but never in his entire life had he felt it this strongly.
"Don't worry brother, they'll be friends but nothing more, she cares too much about you." Rebekah reassured him and he believed her.
He believed his sister because she was one of Rachel's best friends and because she had always been there for him.
They all moved to the living room where maids served them some drinks and appetizers.
"What do you say Rachel, shall we sing it together?" Kol asked Rachel all of the sudden.
"Now?" She asked him, surprised.
She had been so sure he was joking when he said he had learned the song to sing it with her.
"Yes, Now!" He replied, excited.
"Someone obviously got his fix of the wizard of oz and can't get enough..." Damon joked as Rachel nodded and went to stand by Kol while he motioned for the maid to put the music on.
"He's just excited about their new life." Sage replied while Rachel and Kol discussed their song and how they were going to do it.
"What do you mean?" Santana asked curiously.
"Last night when we got home Elijah made a speech about starting a new life here and Rachel giving us one in a lifetime chance. Kol is excited about starting over and he decided that Rachel would be his first real friend here." Sage added while Klaus tried to act like he didn't care.
"Okay, we're ready now." Rachel said while Kol stood behind her.
As soon as the music started, Rachel and Kol started to sing.
RACHEL: Once there was a wicked witch, in the lovely land of Oz.
And the wicked old, wicked old, wicked old witch that never, ever was.
Kol made them all chuckle when he got on his knees so he really looked like a munchkin. They were both mimicking the song perfectly and everyone was having fun watching them, well, almost everyone. At least Klaus wasn't hating it.
KOL: She filled the folks in Munchkin Land with terror, and with dread!
'Til one fine day from Kansas, a house fell on her head.
And the coroner pronounced her...
"Kol is hilarious in his mimics." Santana chuckled.
RACHEL: dead.
And through the town, the joyous news went runnin'.
The joyous news that the wicked old witch was finally done-er.
"I didn't know Kol was such Glee material." Rebekah whispered to Santana.
TOGETHER: Ding Dong the witch is dead,
"Is he going to join us in school then?" Tyler asked Rebekah or whoever could answer him.
KOL: Which old witch?
"He can't he looks too old for that. He was changed when he was 21, he can't go to school, he doesn't look the part." Klaus replied, his eyes never leaving Rachel's moving and smiling form before him.
RACHEL: Well uh, the wicked witch!
"I remember when she was just a kid and she used to sing this on her own… You were there Sage remember?" Damon asked.
"Yes, she said that she wished she had a little brother to sing this with." Sage replied with a soft smile at the sweet memory of a tiny Rachel.
TOGETHER: Oh! Ding Dong the witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head!
Rub your eyes,
KOL: And get out of that bed!
"Brother…yes, she should just consider him like a brother." Klaus muttered with a small smile.
RACHEL: Wake up the wicked witch is dead!
KOL: She's gone, where, the goblins go, below, below, below, yo-ho
RACHEL: Let's open up and sing.
KOL: And ring those bells out!
Sing the news out (laughing)
RACHEL: Ding Dong the merry-oh!
Sing it high, sing it low,
Let them know the wicked old witch is dead!
KOL: Why everyone's glad she took such a crowning,
RACHEL: Getting hit by a house is even worse than drowning!
TOGETHER: Let them know the wicked old witch is DEAD!
They finished their song with happy smiles on their faces as the other people in the house cheered them on.
"Thank you Rachel, that was great!" Kol told her as he hugged her, his teasing eyes on Klaus.
"Well, I personally think that it was an appropriate song considering everything that's going on." Rachel replied.
Kol let her go and they went to sit with the others. There were several free seats, one of them next to Klaus. Rachel hesitated but one look at Klaus told her that he had kept it for her so she smiled at him and went to sit next to him, happy to feel him so close to her.
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The party lasted a while, they ate, and laughed and celebrated Esther's passing while making plans for the future.
Damon and Rebekah decided to give themselves a chance and to see where things could go with them.
Sage and Finn informed everyone that they would go and travel a bit but would be back in time to celebrate Christmas with everyone.
They didn't know what else would be coming their way, they were sure that Elena and Katherine wouldn't give up but they knew they had at least a few weeks of calm before anyone tried anything else. Right now, they all just wanted to enjoy the present, which was why Rachel herself asked Klaus out on their third date. Of course he agreed, after all, spending time with Rachel was all he ever wanted to do now.
I hope you liked this one. The song was planed before I decided how I was going to kill Esther off. Maybe the song inspired the killing...
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I know this chapter's ending sounds a lot like an 'It's over now' but it's not. Don't worry, there are plenty more chapters left and I just might plan to make it even bigger when the new season comes and inspires me! Although with the summer being here now, I might write a little less than usual... but I'll try to keep on updating at least once a week.
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