Four
Rose came to on a soft bed and her head killing her. She remembered what happened and went to sit up only to have a hand push her back down softly. She opened her eyes to see Klaus putting a finger to his lips and then pointing to the end of her bed where her mother was sleeping in a chair. She sighed and lay back down on the bed and frowned a little when Klaus lay down next to her.
"Your mother is quite fierce she refused to leave," Klaus said with a smirk.
"She's just protective," Rose defended.
"Oh Rose trust me it's a good thing you have her fire," Klaus said pushing her hair so that it wasn't in her face.
"Oh shut it you," Rose whispered.
Rose pushed Klaus so that he was lying flat on his back and then curled up so that her head lay on his chest and she breathed in his scent. Granted she couldn't smell like vampires could but Klaus still had this smell that drove her crazy, in a good way, every time. It was leather and some type of cologne and she breathed it in letting it put her to sleep. She fell asleep with her hands gripping Klaus' shirt and her head on his chest as he ran a hand through her auburn hair.
Klaus was amazed at how this girl made him feel. Never in his thousand years of living had anyone made him feel so much and though he didn't want to admit it, he was scared. The only thing he had been scared of was Mikael but that had been because Mikael wanted to kill him no this thing with Rose felt bigger and he didn't know how he was going to handle that because all he had been before was an angry and broken boy.
~Fell Girl~
Rose woke a couple of hours later to two voices whispering back and forth angrily. She sat up feeling better and looked over to see her mother pointing at Klaus and saying something to fast for her to understand. She sighed and stood up alerting Klaus to her presence but her mother not being a vampire had yet to clue in. Rose put a hand on her mother's shoulder and smiled at her when she turned to face her.
Meredith almost cried when she saw her daughter awake and up. She had been worried when she hadn't woken up right away especially since she had gotten Klaus's blood but the hybrid had assured her that it was just because Rose had vervain in her system slowing the blood down. Meredith pulled her little girl into her arms hugging her to reassure herself that everything was okay.
"I'm okay Mom," Rose said.
"I needed to make sure," Meredith said pulling back.
"What were you guys arguing about?" Rose asked looking at them both.
"Klaus won't let you come home," Meredith answered glaring at the hybrid.
"Mom stops that please. I told you that it was my choice and I choose to go with Klaus for the rest of the summer so please respect that," Rose pleaded to her mother.
"I don't want to lose you," Meredith said worried.
"You won't I promise," Rose reassured her mother hugging her.
Rose's words seemed to calm Meredith down enough to leave it alone though she still threatened Klaus and made him promise to keep Rose safe. Rose waved her mother goodbye as she pulled away in the backseat of a cab. She smiled at Klaus when he held up her bag and pushed her towards a black SUV where Stefan sat in the back seat his usual broody self. Klaus helped her get into the passenger seat and threw his bag into the trunk on his way to the driver side. Rose kept looking at Stefan as his forehead frowned and he had his arms crossed, he honestly looked like a pouting child. She looked at Klaus when he got into the car and pointed at Stefan asking silently what the hell his problem was only for Klaus to roll his eyes and smirk. Rose just laughed and settled in for the drive leaning her head against the window as she relaxed.
~Fell Girl~
Rose pounced in the passenger seat like an excited child when she saw that they had arrived in Chicago. She had always wanted to visit here and explore and shop around. She was now getting the chance thanks to Klaus to visit the city. She looked over to see Klaus smirking at her but this smirk seemed different more genuine then his usual smirks. Usually Klaus was smirking at some sinister plan or because he knew more than he said or just because he was being a jackass but the smirks that he gave Rose were open with feeling and it was something neither of them could explain just like they couldn't explain their connection. Klaus pulled to a stop outside Gloria's Bar and Rose stepped out still excited while Stefan looked annoyed and Klaus was his usual smirking self. Rose was thanking everything there was that she had showered before leaving and pulled on something other then shorts and a t-shirt.
"I think you look quite ravishing," Klaus said wrapping an arm around her.
"Don't look too bad yourself Nik," Rose said wrapping an arm around his waist.
"Will you two stop?" Stefan asked growling.
"I don't know will you ever stop being an annoying asshole?" Rose asked sarcastically annoyed at the Salvatore.
"Ignore him love," Klaus stated glaring at Stefan as he pulled Rose into the bar.
Rose looked as Klaus walked over to an older black woman manning the bar. Stefan had a surprised look his face and she frowned at him but rolled her eyes as she took a step towards Klaus and the woman. She stopped when a picture caught her eye and saw that it was from, if she had to guess, the 20's or 30's and it was of Klaus and Stefan together. She looked back and forth between the two vampires, well one vampire and one hybrid and saw Klaus's smirk. It seemed that things were about to get very interesting and Rose was just going to enjoy the ride.