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Just to let you guys know, I have never actually been to New York City. I had to google the Ko restaurant lol. If I get anything wrong about the city, please forgive me.
Was the line breaks a good way to change the POV from different characters, or was it really confusing? I'm new to writing so I'm trying to figure out how to make this stuff make sense when it isn't just in my head. Any tips are appreciated!
Chapter Two: Hump Day!
Klaus Mikaelson couldn't believe the woman Katherine told him about was the beautiful blonde working for his older brother. The way Katherine described her, was not how Klaus had pictured the blonde to begin with, and he has met a lot of blondes in his day. She is also on first name basis with Elijah, and didn't fall for his accent and smirk trick that almost every American woman falls for nowadays. If she really was Elijah's mistress, then she might have acted differently. Klaus would have suspected Hayley or any other of the assistants working at Mikael & Sons to go for Elijah than the lithely blonde with those blue eyes that Katherine thinks is sleeping with his brother.
Interrupted out of his thoughts by Elijah, "Niklaus, I'm glad you stopped by. I hope you want to talk about joining the company once and for all. You are apart of this family, no matter what father says, he will be retiring soon. I know Finn an I want you to join us here."
Trying and failing to ignore his brothers mention of Mikael I say "I suppose I have come to talk about joining the company, but I doubt Mikael will ever let me join with you and our dullard of a brother, Finn."
"Mikael does not have as much say in the company as you would think, Niklaus. He is getting quite old, an I believe there is something going on with his health."
"What do you mean his health?" Snorted Klaus in distain. The last he seen Mikael he was still mean as ever, and healthy. It seems nothing could kill him. All that hate is keeping him alive.
"Niklaus," sighed Elijah while he poured two glasses of bourbon, "Finn has come across some of his finances and it would appear he has been having frequent hospital visits the past couple of months. Mother has not said anything to Sage, but he has not been in the office for a month now. Finn and I have been covering his work, and we need you now more than ever if we really want to take this company farther." Elijah says with confidence as he hands me a glass.
Taking a heavy drink I retort, "How would we take the company farther if the name in no way relates to me? Mikael will be gone one day, and his 'sons' should be running the company. Everyone publicly knows I am not his son, Elijah." Why am I even considering joining this company now. Do I really miss my family that much? For the past year I have been traveling in-between New Orleans and London, I have missed some of my siblings, but since Katherine's call I decided to head back to the city. I feel Elijah put his hand on my shoulder, and looking at me more as a father than an older brother, I continue "lets discuss business on Friday brother. I would rather talk about what you have been up to this past year. How is life with Katherine?"
"It has been the same as usual. Why the interest in my personal life, Niklaus?" Inquired Elijah.
"I do care about your happiness, brother, don't seem so surprised." I said, smirking while finishing my bourbon. "Life between you two has just been the 'usual', how dull. Please don't say your becoming a dullard as well? Perhaps the dull-ness comes from Mikael's side."
With a smile Elijah retorts, "Have you been traveling with Kol again? I haven't heard from him, only what Rebekah has told me when she seen him in London a few months ago."
"Kol and Rebekah are both good, but I feel they will soon follow me over here if I do choose to stay. Did you make reservations for three on Friday? I know Katherine loves Ko just as much as I do." I say.
"It will just be the two of us Niklaus. Now, lets head out and pick up Henrik. I know he has been missing you something terrible." Elijah says.
With a quirked eyebrow, I nod, and wonder why Elijah is not making an effort to share on his life with Katherine or why he doesn't want to invite her to Ko. Elijah has always been the nobel brother, taking care of us when we were younger, doing the right thing by Katherine, and following in Finn's foot steps when joining the family business. I know he loves Katherine, but could he really not be as noble as we all think he is? Never one for missing an opportunity I ask, "Since you won't talk about Katherine, how about you tell me about your lovely assistant, Caroline?"
Smoothing out the non-existent wrinkles on his jacket Elijah takes a moment to answer. Then with a smile I don't recognize he says, "Caroline and I have a respectable working relationship and she is not interested in men like you brother. Please do not try to pursue a sexual relationship with her like you have done with the other woman who work at this company. I do value her work ethic here. Caroline has contributed a lot to this company and I do not want to lose her because you can't 'take a hint' so to speak."
"How would you know what type of men Caroline is interested in to begin with?" I ask with a smirk. I have always loved trying to rile Elijah up whenever I get the chance. I have never seen Elijah guilty of anything before, or not that I know of from the past. If he really is cheating on Katherine with Caroline, perhaps his guilt will shake up his demeanor and he might reveal something to me.
"Like I have previously stated, we have a working relationship which does mean we are on a friendly level with each other. Caroline and I have lunch together, occasionally, because she says "I can't survive being a workaholic everyday without some decent food" and she has told me about who she is seeing. I know she is very invested in getting that relationship to work out. So please do not make a fool of yourself."
"So she does have a boyfriend. Well, I do like a good challenge, and since you two are on a friendly level then I don't see why her and I can't also be…friendly."
"Behave yourself, Niklaus. Now lets head out to pick up Henrik."
Taking a sip of her cocktail Caroline looks at Stefan and nudges his arm playfully, "Come on stef it can't be that bad. Did you at least call Valeria back to see what is going on?"
"No I haven't called her back yet." Stefan said finishing off his drink. "She has texted me about 10 times and left me almost twice as many voicemails. Thats more than you have ever done since you called me freaking out about how to cook dinner for your date a few years back."
"Stefan Salvatore! How dare you not call her back! You are being a horrible human being right now. You can't just leave her hanging, women do not like it when the man doesn't answer back. You better call her back right now or so help me I will." I glare at him. Stefan is a better man than this, hell, he is a better man then most men out there.
"Care chill, I will —"
"Do not tell me to chill, I hate when men say that." Waving at the bartender to get us refills I turn to him and threaten, "If you don't go outside and call her back right now, I'm going to reach into your pocket and do it for you."
Stefan looking at me with his 'stop being so crazy' eyes, sighs a fine, and walks out to make that call. Thanking the bartender, I take a sip of my drink, and think about what I'm going to do for my date on Sunday. Its Sunday and New York City which means there is plenty to do but who really wants to get on that day? Yes I'm from a small town where Sundays were reserved for church and judginess in general, but I always did enjoy staying in and relaxing. Mentally planning when I get home to check my fridge to see if I have all the ingredients for a dinner and to check my closet for something to wear. Hmmm, I might have to go shopping. Maybe Katherine will want to have a little shopping trip before coming over for wine and food on Saturday. Deciding I wore my big girl panties today, I pull out my phone, and text Katherine.
"Hi! This is Caroline Forbes. I need to go shopping Saturday for my date on Sunday, and was wondering if you wanted to join me around 12?"
Why did I put my full name like a weird-o? Of course she knows who I am, sighing I look up and wonder what is taking Stefan so long. Its only been about 10 minutes. I mean it couldn't have been that crazy of a phone call right? He better not have chickened out. I will just go look for him if another 10 minutes go by and he isn't back. Feeling my phone buzz I look down expecting to see a text from Katherine but instead its from Stefan.
"Care I had to go home, sorry for just leaving you alone at the bar, can you pick up the tab? Thanks, love you."
WHAT! He just left? Something must be wrong, paying the bartender, I head out with my phone to my ear because no way is Caroline Forbes getting left at a bar, by her best friend without some form of explanation.
Ring. Ring. Ring. Ring.
"This is Stefan I can't come to the phone right now please le-" hanging up I redial his number. Hailing a cab, I'm on my fourth call when I decided to leave a very concerned and angry voicemail for Stefan. I mean doesn't he realize what this is doing to me? What if she proclaimed her love for him or broke up with him. Or worse gave him an STD or is moving to another country! I mean that is all it really could be because Damon already stole his first love back in Mystic Falls so thats not an option anymore. Maybe making a mean mental joke like that shouldn't make me feel guilty but he did just leave me so who cares! Paying the cabbie, I hop out and head up to my apartment.
Walking in I put my purse and jacket on my kitchen island, take a water from the fridge, and take a sip, "Well tonight could have gone a little bit better I suppose. Now I'm talking to an empty apartment. I need a pet." Changing into my pjs and getting in to bed I check my phone for any texts.
No new messages. Hmm, why hasn't Katherine responded? I know I have her correct number. Maybe I will just send her another text, I mean how weird could it be? I'm not being overbearing.
"I really need some advice on my outfit, and my bff really isn't into shopping so it will be really fun for us to get to know each other!"
Sent.
She also has an iPhone, and yes I see she has read my first text, and now this one. Butttttttttt still no response.
"Just let me know. Goodnight :)"
Sent.
Ok, that wasn't strange of me was it? Gosh I'm such a dork. Well I have to at least redeem myself tonight and call my on-again Casey before I go to sleep. Its only going on nine at night, Casey should still be awake.
"Hello."
"Casey, baby, hey!" I say with maybe a touch to much enthusiasm.
"Care, I wasn't expecting to here from you. It's late and I know you like to go to sleep around this time so your not a demon in the morning."
Giggling, "Baby, I wanted to call you and just tell you how excited I am for our date on Sunday. I do have a dinner planned, and some movies that you can pick from for us to watch."
Casey doesn't responded right away, instead I hear a sigh and some shuffling in the background. With a weird silence settling on the phone, I hurry up and say, "Case, I swear I will not cancel on this Sunday. I'm literally so excited that I'm buying a new outfit."
"Care, I just want our relationship to actually mean something this time. I know we broke up for a few months and I missed you the whole time. Did you even miss me? Did you see other people?"
This was not the direction I was planning for this phone call to take. I was expecting some light flirting maybe, but not this somber tone from Casey. I really don't want to get into this tonight. With a cough, because obviously that is the best way to avoid the topic, I reply "Baby, I just want us to pick up where we left off. Lets not talk about what happened between the two months of us being broken up, ok? Now, get excited for Sunday, and I will see you then. Goodnight!"
Smiling in the dark I hope to hear a good reply. "Ok Care, but if you do cancel on me again I will not forgive you and we really will be done for good this time. Work isn't the most important thing in life. Goodnight."
And on that final note Casey hung up on me. Welp, I can't screw this up. But what does Casey expect? Was I supposed to be a monk while we were broken up? Casey did break up with me and I was entitled to rebound sex after all.
Grabbing my face mask for sleeping, I check and make sure my alarm is set in the morning. Hopefully the next three days go by quickly.
Thoughts? Comments? Horrible, bad, or decently good I hope ;)