Chapter Eighteen

I was warm, very pleasantly warm. I felt completely calm and cosy, not wanting to give that up yet, I nuzzled deeper into the pillow I was laying on, only to realise that it wasn't a pillow. It was a chest, a bare chest. I frowned, my eyes still closed as I tried to remember what had happened the previous day, though the sleepy fog in my brain made it difficult. After a while I gave up; the fog was too thick and I was too comfortable to worry about it. I felt myself being lifted and when I was gently put back down I registered I was lying on top of a body. His hands wound around my waist, and mine went to his neck as my head rested above his heart, the steady beat lulling me to sleep once more.

'Nik! Nik! Oh for goodness sake you cannot seriously still be in-,' Rebekah's voice broke off, but she had already succeeded in waking me up. I blinked up at her, annoyed, which only grew when I had to cover my eyes because of the sunlight that was now invading the room.

'Bekah, do you mind?' I muttered, moving my head back to its original position.

'You two are almost cute.' Bekah said and I could hear the smirk in her voice.

Funnily enough, I had forgotten that I was at Klaus' mansion as he had brought me here last night, at my request, seeing as I didn't want to be alone after Stefan went nuclear and threatened to kill me. I remembered getting into bed with Klaus and nuzzling against his chest before I fell asleep, and now I was here lying on top of him, my head on his chest and my arms around his neck. His hands were still securely wrapped around my waist, as they had been when he had moved me into this position however long ago. Klaus of course was still asleep, his eyes or ears not bothered by the disruption.

'Thank you.' I mumbled to Rebekah, fully intending to go back to sleep, 'I assume it's your brother you were after so I'm gonna go back to sleep.'

'Are you serious? It's one in the afternoon! Nik's usually up by at least ten, that's why I'm here.' Bekah said, sounding a mixture of appalled and amused.

'No it's not,' I said, panicked as my eyes snapped open. I tried to move so that my eyes could look for a clock but Klaus' supernatural strength wasn't leaving me much room for movement.

'It is. Need help there, sweetheart?' Bekah said, sounding amused, I heard her make her way over to the side of the bed and I looked up at her with big doe eyes. She rolled her eyes but did smile as she reached down and attempted to remove Klaus' hands from my body, her grip slipped at one point, making her basically slap my ass. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the horrified look on her face, my amusement made Klaus smile in his sleep and pull me slightly tighter.

'Come on, Bekah you're an Original for Christ sake.' I muttered as she failed to loosen Klaus' grip. Eventually she huffed and held her hands up in a defeated gesture.

'He is not letting go of you anytime soon.' She said, crossing her arms and shaking her head in disbelief.

'Oh for heavens sake,' I muttered, 'well this calls for drastic measures.'

'Oh, no you're not going to-,' She cut off, a disgusted look on her face when she saw me put my index finger into my mouth, like I had in Chicago, before I put it into his ear and wriggled it around. I saw Bekah stiffen as she waited for him to abruptly sit up like he did the last time I completed this activity, but he just shook his head, shaking my finger out of his ear and then happily sighed.

'God dammit! What the hell am I supposed to do now?' I wondered, genuinely at a loss.

'Get comfortable?' Rebekah suggested with a laugh, which only continued when I glared at her.

'This is not funny.'

'It's a little funny.' Bekah countered, her nose wrinkling a little when she tried to stop her laughter, I shook my head at her and turned back to Klaus.

'Klaus! Wake up, someone's trying to murder me!' I shouted, trying to make my voice sound panicked, and by some miracle it actually worked, he shot up, taking me with him and bending me in an awkward position, mind you, but at least he was awake.

'What the-,' Klaus broke off when I brought the fact that my back was bending the wrong way to his attention. As quick as a flash he flipped me over so that my back was now against his chest, his hands still around my waist, which wasn't exactly helpful seeing as I was trying to get out of his grip.

'Rebekah, sweetheart, what can I do for you?' Klaus asked, his voice sounding huskier due to the fact he had just woken up, I tried to ignore what that did to my body as I waited for Bekah's reply.

'Well, Nik I was just checking that you hadn't been kidnapped, seeing as it is one in the afternoon. You haven't slept this late in centuries.' Bekah responded, looking bewildered.

Klaus blinked at her as he tried to process her words, when he realised the time his mouth hung open in shock, 'well I haven't really slept since…' he glanced down at me before he answered, 'since the night at the high school.'

'But that was ages ago!' I said, shocked.

'Believe me, love, I know.' He muttered, now that he mentioned it I did notice that his expression was much brighter now that the dark circles underneath his eyes had quelled considerably.

'So that's why you've been so cranky,' I teased, grinning at Bekah when she laughed.

'Yes, sweetheart, Nik with no sleep is not a pleasant sight to behold.' Bekah agreed.

'You should have heard him yesterday,' I rolled my eyes teasingly, 'I don't share what is mine,' I mimicked in a terrible British accent.

'Women are not pieces of property, Nik,' Rebekah said in a somewhat scolding tone as she shook her head.

'That's exactly what I said,' I held my hand out to her for a high five, which she returned with a small smile on her face. I had asked her for a high five the other day and she looked at me like I had spoken pig Latin; she told me she didn't know what a 'high five' was and I wasted no time in teaching her.

'Well when I'm sleep deprived I'm slightly irrational.' Klaus said as if that were a reasonable explanation, Bekah and I shared a look and rolled our eyes.

'I'll accept that as your apology,' I said, patting one of the hands he still had wrapped around my waist, 'anyway I should be going. I wouldn't be surprised if Elena thinks I've been kidnapped.'

Klaus didn't let me go, in fact he pulled me slightly tighter, I frowned and looked over to him, confused. Bekah answered before Klaus could though.

'Elena was absolutely trashed last night when Damon picked her up, I wouldn't be surprised if she's still fast asleep.' Bekah smirked.

'You were with them last night? At the cemetery party?' I asked.

'Yes, Elena invited me. It was actually a lot of fun, M-,' She cut off when she realized that Klaus was in the room. I could feel her apprehension at mentioning a boy's name in front of Klaus and with good reason; she had told me how protective he got and how he reacted towards those who showed an interest in his sister.

'Tell me later,' I winked at her.

'No, little sister, don't go quiet on my account.' Klaus said, and I didn't have to look up to know he had a dangerous smile on his face.

Rebekah looked annoyed and I mirrored her expression as I rolled my eyes.

'Leave the girl alone, Nik. She deserves a crush.' I muttered, giving Bekah a look as I pointed at Klaus' hands on my waist, indicating that I wanted her help. She just stared at me, shocked, making me frown; what had I done?

'She deserves the best, love.' Klaus countered, sounding slightly surprised himself but also… pleased. What the hell?

'She deserves whatever she chooses she deserves. It's her love life, her choice.' I said, getting slightly irritated now, at both his arrogance and the fact that I couldn't get out of his grip, 'can you let me go, please. I really need to get home.'

He sighed, squeezing me tighter for a moment before he reluctantly let me go. I stood, hating how cold my body now felt without him. I turned, giving him a smile as I leaned forward and kissed his cheek in thanks, he smiled back, his genuine smile making my heart skip a beat before I grabbed Bekah's wrist and pulled her out of the room with me.

Once we were out of the room and in the hallway, however, Rebekah flipped the tables and started to drag me further down the hall, I assumed to her room. It was confirmed when I saw the pinks and purples scattered throughout the interior of the room; her headboard of her bed was covered in fairy lights on her canopy bed; she had about twenty cushions, all different shades of pink and purple scattered on her giant bed.

'Thank you for that, Kimmie.' Bekah said, her voice soft as she started to root in a giant chest of draws on the wall opposite her bed, 'he's protective, most of the time it's nice but sometimes he just goes too far.'

'I've noticed.' I muttered, 'don't worry about it, girl power and all that,' I winked, smiling genuinely at the grateful look on her face. She seemed to have found what she was looking for and she quickly pulled out something black and something white and threw them in my direction. I caught them barely and grinned when I realised that she had thrown me a white vest top and some high waisted black shorts.

'Aw, Bekah. I love you.' I said, throwing my hands around her neck as I hugged her, genuinely touched and grateful that she had been so thoughtful. We weren't the same size and these clothes were my size, meaning that she'd purposely gone out of her way to make sure I had something to wear at her house. Best friend goals or what?

She hugged me back tightly, 'love you too, Kimmie.' She whispered, 'you're like the sister I've always wanted.' She admitted and I felt my heart expand, warmed by her words.

'You're like a sister to me too, Bekah.' I told her, genuinely meaning it, she seemed to sense this as she hugged me tighter for a moment before she let me go, smiling brightly.

'Right, well you go and shower and get dressed; we are having a girls day.' Bekah said, her tone leaving no room for argument.

I grinned and nodded, 'sounds wonderful. I just need to call my sister first to check in though.'

'Fair enough. I'll give you some privacy.' Bekah said, walking out of the room and closing the door softly behind her.

I went to pull out my phone from my sports bra, only to realise that it wasn't there, which made me frown; that's where I usually kept it unless… it was still in Klaus' room. Without another thought, I opened the door about to walk down the corridor to knock on Klaus' door, only to see him already stood there, fully dressed, a smirk on his face. Of course, he would have heard me say that I was going to check in with my sister. Sure enough he held up my phone as an explanation of why he was here. I went to grab it but he lifted it out of my reach; I raised my brow in warning but he just grinned.

'What are you-,' my question was cut off when his lips gently met mine. I gasped at the pleasurable shock that echoed throughout my body when his lips moved against mine. This gave him an opening and he happily took advantage of it; his tongue expertly moving to invade the gap my mouth had provided. Our tongues fought for dominance and I couldn't stop the moan that escaped me when he won. I reached up, my hands tangling in his hair as if I needed to make sure that his lips would stay against mine; he had one hand in my hair as if he had the same motivation. His other hand moved to grab my ass, squeezing slightly, making me moan once more. I felt him smirk against my lips before his lips continued to move against mine again. His hand moved from my hair to join the other hand on my ass, he was about to lift me and my body hummed in anticipation, waiting to wrap my legs around his waist. But before he could, a throat clearing interrupted us; I reluctantly pulled away from his mouth, resting my forehead against his as we both regained our breath. I looked into his eyes and I could see the same hunger that was undoubtedly reflected in mine. I looked over to my left when I heard the click of a camera, and sure enough, Bekah was stood there with her camera pointed at us, a smirk on her lips. Klaus handed me my phone before he made his way towards his sister, he tried to take her phone but she flashed away, moving behind me and basically using me as a shield.

'Oh come on, don't put the human in the middle of a supernatural fight,' I muttered.

Klaus smirked at me before he went to move me from in front of Rebekah, but before he could Bekah flashed us both into her room before she locked the door, making me snort.

'Oh yeah, he definitely can't get in now you've locked the door. I mean the fact that he is an Original hybrid doesn't matter when it comes to a locked door,' My voice dripped with sarcasm; I could hear Klaus laughing from the other side of the door, and even Bekah looked slightly amused.

'No, but Nik, Kim is naked!' Bekah shouted from behind me.

I snorted and was about to retort but Nik cut me off before I could, 'you are forgetting I've already seen her naked, Bekah. All that does is make me want to come in more.' I could tell that he was smirking, and I couldn't help but smile as I shook my head.

'Has he really?' Bekah asked, not believing her brother, she sighed in defeat when I nodded in answer, but then her face lit up with an idea and she grinned devilishly, 'okay then, but you don't want to see your little sister naked do you?'

'What you're not-,' I cut off when she started to strip and I turned away facing the wall, 'let me know when your decent will you?' I muttered, slightly uncomfortable.

'You're bluffing.' Klaus said, sounding unsure.

'Trust me, Nik, she isn't.' I muttered, covering my hands with my eyes for good measure.

'Fine, but I will get those pictures, Bekah.' Klaus said warningly, though his voice had a soft edge to it, why, I had no idea but before I could question it Bekah's voice brought me out of my thoughts.

'I'm decent.' She murmured, amused and slightly victorious that she had won. I turned in her direction, peeking through my fingers, making sure she was actually dressed before I removed them.

'Nicely done, sister,' I winked at her, giving her a high five before we both laughed, 'can I see it?' I asked, curiously. She pulled out her phone, but didn't turn it to show me the picture instead I felt my own phone beep and saw that she had sent the picture to me. I opened it and almost gasped at how much sexual tension was in the picture, but also… affection. It was clear by Klaus' hands on my ass and mine in his hair as well in as the hunger in both of our gazes that we were attracted to each other. But there was something else in the way we were looking at each other, it was as if we were sharing a look of adoration for each other and I couldn't help but wonder if we shared that look often. I saved the picture to my phone and decided to send it to Klaus followed by a message.

Me: Though Bekah's tendency to take pictures without us knowing is somewhat inconvenient; you have to admit this picture is rather… captivating.

'You know, you'd make a good photographer,' I told her honestly; she had a good eye for a perfect picture, there had been many times when we had been out when she had made me stop so that she could take a picture of something that had captured her attention, and the images always turned out great and looked professional, despite the fact that she was only taking them on her phone.

'Thank you.' She smiled brightly, moving to sit on her bed, I'm assuming because she didn't want to run into her brother.

I pulled up my favourites list and dialled Elena's number, happy when she picked up on the third ring.

'Kim, are you all right? Where are you?' She asked, sounding panicked.

'I'm fine, I'm at Klaus'. After Stefan's little stunt last night I didn't want to be alone.' I admitted.

'I can't blame you. If he had done that to me I… I don't know what I would have done.' She sounded lost for words.

'I'd rather me than you,' I told her honestly, 'anyway, I was just calling to let you know I'm hanging out with Bekah all day.'

'Okay, that'll be good for you.' She said, but her tone hinted that she was keeping something from me.

'What's going on?' I asked, worried.

'It's nothing, honestly. You have a fun day, let me know if you'll be coming home later, if not I'll call you.' She hung up the phone before I could get another word in.

I pulled my phone from my ear and frowned at it for a moment, wondering what the hell she was keeping from me. I knew she meant well, and she just wanted me to have today to myself, most likely because of what happened yesterday, and when I didn't feel that she was in any immediate danger I shrugged and decided to go along with it. I couldn't remember the last time I had a nice girly day with no supernatural interruptions, so I tossed my phone onto the bed and made my way to the shower, sighing happily as the warm water cascaded over my head and body. I washed my hair, taking my time; I found washing my hair rather therapeutic. After I was done I quickly washed my body, shaved my underarms and legs, and turned off the water, stepping out. I dried myself off and dressed in the clothes that Bekah had provided; I was going to leave my hair down to dry but I could only imagine Bekah's horror if I did that so, with a sigh I picked up the hair dryer and dried my hair until it fell in it's natural loose curls down to my waist. Finally finished, I stepped out of the bathroom and sat next to Bekah on the bed as I picked up my phone, noticing I had a text message.

Klaus: I can't disagree with that, love.

I smiled when I read the words, and I felt Bekah looking at me curiously, I met her gaze and shrugged innocently, locking my phone and putting it in my back pocket.

'So, what are we doing today?' I asked, lying back against her cushions, sighing softly at how soft they were.

'Whatever you want.' Bekah said, smiling.

'Hmmm…' I trailed off thinking, but I shot up, grinning when an idea came to mind, 'we should have a movie day!'

'A what?' Rebekah inquired, confused.

'A movie day, we should close the curtains, but pyjama's on get loads of junk food and watch movie after movie. It'll be fun.' I said, already running around to get the room ready; I closed the drapes and threw some pyjamas in Rebekah's direction before pulling out a pair myself and getting quickly changed in the bathroom, Bekah laughing at my excitement as I made my way past her. When I came out of the bathroom I saw that Bekah had an abundance of junk food on her bed and she had the T.V all set up. I eagerly got into the bed beside her, grabbing and opening one of the bags of popcorn. After a while she handed me the remote, not knowing what movie to go with seeing as she had been daggered when most of them had come out. I took it happily, scrolling through them all before I settled on one of my favourites; 10 Things I Hate About You. Julia Stiles was so beautiful and don't even get me started on Heath Ledger. Rebekah seemed to enjoy it, laughing in amusement when Verona set up the school band so that he could sing and dance to make up for rejecting Kat. By the end of the film, she loved it just as much as I did.

'That was great! So romantic.' She gushed.

'Right? I love this film so much, I mean they're so cute together.' I commented.

'Definitely. That's the kind of love I want. Someone who loves me enough to embarrass himself in front of a room full of people just to apologize.'

'Then that is the love you shall find,' I promised her as I scrolled through the list for another movie. I decided on Dirty Dancing, because come on, that was a classic, and Rebekah needed to see it. The rest of the afternoon consisted of us watching movie after movie and what seemed like only minutes later, it was 9:30 in the evening. Seeing as I was already in my pyjamas I decided that I may as well stay the night and have the full slumber party experience, though I didn't have Nik's shirt with me so I probably wouldn't get any sleep… I pulled out my phone and texted Elena to let her know what the plan was.

Me: I'm gonna stay with Bekah tonight. Will be home tomorrow though.

Elena: Ok. Probably better you stay away from the drama anyway.

Me: ?

Elena: Klaus compelled Bonnie's Mom to get the location of the coffins. We had time to get the spelled one out before he came to get the other three. Bonnie thinks whatever is in the spelled one is the key to killing Klaus.

Me: You knew where the coffins are and you didn't tell me? You have been planning to KILL Klaus and you didn't tell me?

Elena: I didn't find out until this morning when Bonnie told me; she wanted me to help her to find her Mom because she figured that she was the key to getting the coffin open.

Me: Well keeping it from him isn't a good idea, Elena.

Elena: I know that but Stefan is hell bent on destroying Klaus and Damon is, well, Damon.

Me: Do you know where they've taken it?

Elena: No, Damon and Stefan don't trust me not to tell you, and they know you'll tell Klaus.

Me: Of course I'd tell Klaus this whole thing is ridiculous!

Elena: I'm with you on that one, sis.

Me: I'm gonna go to sleep, anyway. Night Lena, love you xxx

Elena: Night, love you too Kimmie xxx

I shook my head in annoyance; I understood that Stefan was pissed at Klaus and he wanted revenge, but seeking it against the most powerful being in the world wasn't really the brightest idea he had ever had. In fact it was plain idiotic, I looked over to Rebekah, wanting to vent to someone, but she was fast asleep with a bag of popcorn on her stomach, dangerously close to falling out all over the bed. I gently pried the bag from her hands and put it with the rest at the very bottom of the bed; the bed was so long we shouldn't be in any danger of kicking it off in the night. I turned off the T.V. having had enough of watching it, and I was about to scroll through Facebook for something to do seeing as I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep, when I heard a loud bang coming from the floor blow. I frowned and looked over to Rebekah, only to see she was still sleeping, I rolled my eyes in amusement; if I had heard it then the one with supernatural hearing would have been able to as well, but apparently it wasn't loud enough to wake her from her slumber. I shrugged off the covers and made my way down stairs, I heard another bang and made my way towards it, I knew one of the people was Klaus, but the other was a mystery. I found myself in a small room; my eyes immediately going to the open and empty coffin sitting in front of the burning fire. I noticed the broken dining table and the broken picture frame on the floor, as if someone had been thrown at the wall.

'Well… this could be bad.' I muttered to myself, looking around for any sense that someone was near. I felt Klaus' amusement and I knew that he had heard me; I felt someone else's humour as well but I couldn't make out whom it was.

'Miss Gilbert, how lovely to see you again,' my head whipped around in the direction that the voice came from; which was right behind me. Although I knew that politeness anywhere, and there was only one person who called me Miss Gilbert.

'Elijah!' I gave him a warm smile and a quick hug; I felt his momentary surprise before he returned it. I pulled back, putting an acceptable amount of distance between us before he spoke again.

'I must say, I am rather surprised to see you here, Kimberly.' Elijah's voice was as polite and controlled as ever.

'You know what, Elijah you have missed so much! Come on, I'm gonna make us both some hot chocolate and I'll fill you in on everything.' I said, making my way to the door before I stopped and frowned, I turned back to Elijah with a sheepish smile on my face, 'I have no idea where the kitchen is.'

'Well, me neither. I'm sure we'll find it.' Elijah said, walking in front of me confidently.

'Well, it would have been nice of your brother to actually show you around,' I said, knowing he was listening to the conversation.

'You're right, love.' Klaus popped up behind me, I sensed he was there so I didn't have much of a reaction other than rolling my eyes at his attempt to scare me.

'Nice try, Nik.' I shook my head with an amused smile on my face, which grew slightly when I heard him chuckle.

I felt Elijah's surprise but I didn't pay any attention to it; the last time he had seen us in a room together Nik had stabbed me, albeit it was an accident but still.

'The kitchen is the second door on the left,' Nik said to Elijah as he opened a door that led to a hallway, Elijah followed his instructions without a word, and I could feel his irritation with his younger sibling.

'Oooo you really aren't his favourite person right now,' I teased, laughing when Nik frowned at me.

We made our way into the kitchen and I started rooting through the cupboards for some hot chocolate mixture; I did ask Nik where it was but he said he had no idea, he didn't do the shopping and he had staff to cook for him. I eventually found it, in the last cupboard I looked into, typical I know. I grabbed three mugs from the mug tree by the kettle, pleased that they were a decent size. I grabbed the milk, filling all three mugs up half way, then I added the instant hot chocolate mixture, along with three tea spoons of sugar; I placed the mugs in the microwave for two minutes, pulled them out filled it the rest of the way and put them back in for another minute.

'Seems complicated,' Klaus smirked from the breakfast bar as he watched me.

'Trust me, it's worth it,' I replied, pulling the mugs out when the microwave beeped. I stirred them all and passed Klaus and Elijah a mug before I got my own. I sat down across from them both, which could have been a little intimidating if I wasn't already comfortable around the family.

'So, lets start from where Niklaus pierced my heart with the dagger shall we?' Elijah asked, his tone causal but the underlying distaste for the brother sat next to him was evident.

'Well… after Nik stabbed you he kidnapped me and Stefan for four months to hunt werewolves because he wanted to create more hybrids, but then he couldn't turn any so we went to Chicago to try and get a solution from this sketchy witch, Gloria. She said she needed a way to contact the Original witch, so Nik woke Bekah and turns out she lost the necklace so Nik had a tantrum, you know how he is. Then Stefan kept asking questions about why they were running when he knew them in the twenties, Bekah said he couldn't be trusted so Nik snapped his neck, we came back to Mystic Falls, Nik found out Elena was still alive and had another tantrum, he found out her blood was the key to making his hybrids so then he tried to kill her, and knocked me out in the process. Damon saved her after he name-dropped Mikael, Nik left for a while; making hybrids with the few litres of blood he took from Elena. Katherine woke Mikael after I said it was a stupid idea, Mikael had us all lure Nik back to Mystic falls by threatening to kill us all, we did and then Mikael tried to kill me to make Nik suffer but then Nik killed him. Nik had another tantrum when he found out I knew about the Mikael plan but he calmed down when I told him that I knew he wouldn't die… He was also pissed that Bekah had a part in it but he cooled off when he found out that Elena had told her about him killing your mother. Stefan stole the coffins that had all of you in it as revenge for Nik compelling Stefan to obey him. He's being using them as a bargaining chip and nearly ran me off Wickery Bridge to get Nik to give in, which I am still pissed at him for… and they still have the spelled shut coffin which they think is the key to killing Nik.' I finished, pretty confident that I had covered everything, I looked between Nik and Elijah's expressions; Nik was amused that I had managed to reiterate so much information in less than five minutes while Elijah was just trying to take all of it in.

'You left out a few things there, love.' Nik eventually said.

'What's that?' I asked, taking a drink of my hot chocolate, closing my eyes to savour the taste.

'What Gloria told us about what you are,' he said his brow rose as he wondered why I had skipped over that.

'I'm not important;' I waved my hand dismissively, 'that's not relevant to the main events that have been happening.'

'Please, Kimberly, I would like all the details,' Elijah insisted.

'Well she said that I'm a hybrid,' I continued when I felt Elijah's confusion, 'part Prophet and part Empath.'

'Well that is fascinating, such an interesting combination.' He said, his index finger stroking his chin as he studied me.

'Not really.' I muttered, uncomfortable with the attention.

'She also told us something else,' Nik started, drawing Elijah's attention away from me, which I was grateful for, 'she told us that we are mates.'

Elijah's eyebrows rose, but otherwise didn't give any other indication that he was surprised, but I knew he was. I could feel his surprise as well as his shock and amazement.

'Yeah and then Mikael was spouting about it when he kept stabbing me. Apparently a witch confirmed it for him as well.' I said, finishing my hot chocolate and walking to put the mug in the sink.

'That's very rare. Did father say anything else?' Elijah asked Nik.

'He said he was going to kill her because if I turned her then she would share my power; she would have the power of an Original, as well as the ones she currently possesses.' Nik said, looking at me curiously.

'For all we know it's complete bullshit.' I shrugged, laughing when Elijah looked taken aback by my language.

'There is a way we can test it.' Nik said and I felt a ball of anxiety in my gut form at his words.

'No, whatever it is, no.' I held out my hand as if that would keep him away from me, he just chuckled and shook his head at my reaction.

'He said we feel one another's pain. When Stefan kidnapped you, I knew before I got that call; I felt like my head had been smashed against a wall. And when Mikael stabbed you in the back that night, though the rest I didn't feel because you were taking my pain as well as your own,' Nik looked to me disapprovingly.

'Hey, Mikael was being an arrogant arsehole and I wasn't going to give him anymore ammunition to use.' I muttered before I continued, 'so what are you saying? You want to test it even though you know it already works?'

'I want to test it once more to know it definitely works. If it does then we need to look into everything we have been told to determine its validity.' Nik replied, grabbing a knife from the knife rack.

'Okay but only like a little cut on the hand, please. Nothing drastic, Klaus I mean it!' I said when the ball of dread in my gut grew. He handed the knife to Elijah and indicated for him to stab him in the gut. Elijah looked eager to stab Nik but he hesitated and looked over to me when he realised he might be hurting me as well; I sent him a wave of reassurance and nodded for good measure. That was all of the encouragement he needed as he moved the knife into Klaus' abdomen. I felt the knife in my stomach as if he had stabbed me, when he yanked it out of Nik's stomach I felt my teeth grind together as I tried not to scream in pain. My knuckles were white from how hard I was gripping the counter, I looked over to Klaus and noticed that his wound had healed, but I was still in pain. I frowned and looked down to my abdomen, lifting up my shirt to reveal the toned olive skin only to see that I had a stab mark on my own body where Klaus' had been on his.

'Well… that's inconvenient.' I muttered, I started to cough and when I moved the hand I had covered my mouth with, there was blood.

'Here, love, drink,' Klaus murmured softly, his warm breath tickling my ear as he suddenly appeared behind me. I took his wrist without hesitation, biting back a moan at how good his blood tasted as I drank until my stomach didn't feel torn open anymore.

'Let's not do that again, okay?' I muttered, wiping my mouth on the back of my hand.

Klaus laughed lightly, clearly relieved but when I felt Elijah's concern from across from me I met his eyes questioningly.

'Your bond is the strongest I have ever seen. Usually when one's mate is in danger you feel the pain, but not as badly as your mate would be feeling it, and you definitely wouldn't have the same wound.' Elijah explained.

'Is that a good thing or a bad thing?' I asked, concerned Klaus took the seat next to me and placed his hand on my thigh comfortingly.

'I'd imagine it can be both; especially when you're both immortal. But with you still being human I am sure you can see the dangers that can arise.'

'Especially with how many people he pisses off,' I said, my tone was teasing but I was deadly serious; as we spoke Damon and Stefan were trying to open a coffin that they hoped held the key to kill Klaus.

Klaus glared at me, but Elijah smiled softly; his only tell that he was amused.

'So if one of us dies the other dies?' I questioned then continued before either could comment, 'nah, that won't work because he can't be killed. I don't get it though, I was knocked out the other day and he wasn't.'

'Perhaps you actually suffer the same wounds because you are part Empath?' Elijah suggested.

'Well… there's only one way to find out,' I said, picking up the knife that was still stained with Klaus' blood. I grabbed Klaus right arm and rolled up the sleeve, then I took the knife to my own right arm and dragged the blade down wards, holding back my cry of pain as the blade pierced my skin. I looked over to Klaus' arm and saw a trail of blood down his own arm. He added a bite mark and allowed me to drink from him to heal the new wound on my arm.

'Now what?' I asked.

'We'll figure it out, love. Once I have the final coffin that will become my primary focus.' Klaus promised, his hand moving up and down on my leg as he assured me.

'Until we know more, I suggest we keep this between us. The fewer that know, the better, we don't want this being used as a weakness against either of you.' Elijah said, his tone ringing with caution.

'Stefan knows, that's why he took me. I don't think he heard anything more than what happens if one of us have to live without the other but if he gets desperate enough to look into it…' I trailed off, not particularly worried because I didn't think he would give it a second thought after the stunt he pulled yesterday, but I figured they should know.

'We'll deal with that if it becomes a problem.' Elijah promised, his voice sounding deadly.

'If by deal with it you mean compel him to forget then I am totally for that plan.' I winked.

Klaus chuckled at me while Elijah's lips twitched in amusement.

'If you don't mind I'm going to retire, coming back to life really takes it out of you,' Elijah said, his tone somewhat condescending for Klaus' benefit.

'That was definitely directed at you, encase you didn't know,' I said to Klaus, grinning when I felt Elijah's amusement, and laughing when Klaus rolled his eyes at me.

'Anyway… I should probably get to bed too,' I muttered as I stood up, I rested my hand on Klaus' shoulder and leaned down, placing a soft kiss on his cheek. My lips lingered on his skin for a moment; I had to force myself to pull away, 'goodnight.' I whispered before I made my way to the door and upstairs, my lips still tingling, demanding more.

I reached Bekah's room but I hesitated as I reached for the door handle. I felt Klaus join me in the hallway a moment later and my gaze snapped up to meet his. My whole body felt like it was vibrating with want, and I knew he felt it too; I could see the hunger and lust in his eyes. We both walked towards each other at the same time, meeting half way; my hands immediately went to his hair and bought his lips hungrily to mine, while his hands went to my ass and lifted me up swiftly; I wasted no time in wrapping my legs around his waist, moaning at the friction created from his hips moving against mine. I felt my back meeting a door before Klaus opened it, swiftly walking us inside before he kicked the door shut, his lips never straying from mine. A moment later my back was on his bed and his lips moved from mine as he made his way down to my neck, never breaking contact with my skin. I moaned softly as he sucked and nipped as he went, his human teeth bit into the crook of my neck and my back arched from the pleasure of it; I felt him smirk against my skin before he continued nipping and sucking, one of his hands went up my shirt, his palm flattening against my stomach.

I reached down, gabbing at the bottom of his shirt, managing to tug it half way up his body before he pulled back slightly and removed it completely. He ripped the pyjama top I was wearing, apparently too impatient to just lift it over my head. He growled in approval when he saw that I wasn't wearing a bra underneath; his mouth went to my right breast, taking my nipple into his mouth as he sucked tenderly, his teeth grazing me softly as his tongue moved over my nipple tauntingly, causing me to moan deep in my throat. One of my hands curled in his hair while the other rested on his back. Klaus placed a kiss to my breast, before his mouth moved down over my abdomen, kissing my skin as he went; my hips started to sway in anticipation. He yanked the pyjama shorts I was wearing down and tossed them carelessly behind him. His eyes looked up to meet mine for a moment; his gaze ravenous before his mouth suddenly went to where I needed him the most. My hips buckled from the abrupt jolt of pleasure and I cried out at the same time; Klaus brought one of his hands to my hips to prevent me from moving any further as he worked his incredible lips and tongue over my clit. His mouth moved expertly and thoroughly, so it wasn't long before he brought me to the edge; he nipped me softly with his teeth and that was all it took for the orgasm to take over my body with a shudder.

I reached down pulling him to me and bringing my lips to his, moaning when he dominated the kiss. I felt him enter me slowly and we both took a moment to appreciate how amazing the other felt; it had been so long since we had been intimate in this way. Not long after my hips moved up to meet his, providing him with all of the encouragement he needed. His mouth went to my jaw, kissing me back and forth as he moved in and out of me swiftly; my hands went to his back, my nails digging into the skin hard enough to draw blood; I ignored the stinging on my own back as I felt myself clench around him at his approving growl. His hips met mine faster, rougher, and I knew that it wouldn't be long before we both reached our climax; I moved my head to the side, inviting him to bite into my neck, which he did without hesitation. I moaned as I became overcome with pleasure, when I noticed a bite mark appear on the same place on his neck where he was biting me on mine I leaned forward and drank him in without reluctance. I felt my body reach it's peak and I carried on drinking Klaus' blood, while he carried on drinking mine, as we fell over the edge together. After a moment we both pulled away; he rested his forehead against mine and gazed at me with a soft look on his face. I leaned forward and placed a tender kiss on his lips; enjoying the taste of his blood mixed with mine. He gently pulled out of me before lying on his back, hauling me against his chest, kissing my hair. I wrapped my arm around his waist as my legs tangled with his, my head nuzzling into him. He started to play with my hair, the relaxing feeling of it lulling me to sleep before I could have another conscious thought.

There's chapter eighteen! I know this one strays very far away from the original episode but I wanted the chance to let her bond more with Rebekah and Klaus, plus I just didn't see me fitting her in very well with everything else. I figure she wouldn't want to help open the coffin that may potentially hold the one thing that can kill Klaus, and I don't want her to betray Klaus either, so I decided that keeping her in the dark about that would be the best thing. Let me know what you think!

A huge thank you to kleekeaton for giving my story a favourite and a follow- it means a lot! :)

Guest: So good! Please update again! I love this story! Here's the update; I hope you like it and thank you so much :)

XxSunnaxX: AWWW! They're so sweet! Great job! :) Thank you, I thought it was important to show that they weren't just sexually attracted to one another and that they could just be there for each other when they're needed. I'm glad you liked it :)