EDITED OCT22
"You sure about this?" Brea asked Rebekah nervously.
"Yeah," Rebekah breathed. "You?" she asked.
"No," Brea said. "But I'll stand by you," she said taking her friend's hand. She then turned to look at Elena and gave her a small nod.
"Do it," Elena said to Stefan who nodded and dialled the phone.
"Your father's dead," Stefan greeted when Klaus answered the phone. "Oh, my mistake. Not your actual father, and not dead. Mikael. Daggered," he said looking down at Mikael lying daggered on the floor. "What do you want me to do with the body?" he asked. "Well, Michael followed Elena and Brea into the boarding house and tried to grab them, so he could use them as bait. Damon and I vervained him, got him down enough to find out he had a dagger on him which he must have planned to use on Rebekah, so Elena used it and drove it through his heart." Klaus then said something and Stefan reassured, "well, he's here. Come by whenever. It's true," Stefan reassured, "I saw it with my own eyes." Klaus then said something and Stefan looked up at Damon and Elena. "Well that's not a problem they're right here," Stefan said and they turned to look at Brea and Rebekah. Stefan walked over and handed Rebekah the phone first and Brea took deep breaths.
"Hello, Nik," Rebekah greeted him on the phone. Rebekah looked up at Elena who nodded her reassurance that this was the right thing to do. "It's true," she said. "He's finally out of our lives for good. I miss you," she said genuinely. "I'm miserable here, Brenna is my only company. Good, I'll see you then, brother," she said handing the phone to Brea.
Brea took one last deep breath. "Hi," she greeted nervously.
"Brenna, love, are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
"He didn't touch you?"
"No. They got him down before he could get too close." Brea turned around so she couldn't see the others and said quieter on the phone, "I'm scared to even be near his body."
"I'll be home soon, love. I'll take his body away, I just need you to deal with it for another day ok?"
"Alright," Brea said before hanging up the phone and slowly handing it back to Stefan.
"He bought it," Rebekah said. "He's coming home," she said before walking out of the room.
"Now was that easy or what?" Damon asked walking up to Brea and throwing his arm around her shoulders to try to cheer her up.
"Let's just get this over with," Elena said as she bent down and ripped the dagger out of Mikael's chest.
"I don't want to be here," Brea sang as she sat tensely on the couch while Rebekah painted her toenails.
"You can leave," Rebekah offered. "I, however, want to talk to him."
"I'm not leaving you with him," Brea scoffed as Mikael began wiggling his finger and the girls sat up straight as he gasped and sat up, alive again.
"Finally," Rebekah said, causing his head to snap around to look at the girls. "Took you long enough."
"It did take quite a while," Brea said nervously.
"Rebekah… Brenna," he said.
"Whatever fatherly rubbish you're thinking, save it," Rebekah snapped. "Nothing you say matters to me."
"I see," Mikael said sadly as he stood up. "Where's my dagger?" he asked and Brea looked down sad, that was his first thought.
"Elena has it," Rebekah said. "So you can forget your plans to use it on me."
"You were never the one I was after. Neither were you, Brenna," he said looking at her.
"Nik was our family. If you were after him, you were after all of us," Rebekah snapped.
"He blinded you, Rebekah. He killed your mother."
This angered Rebekah and she stood up off the couch, "I know what he did. And he'll pay for it with his life. But Nik was not born a killer. None of us were. You did this to us when you turned us into vampires. You destroyed our family. Not him," she said storming out of the room.
"Rebekah," he sighed but she was already gone. He turned around to look at Brenna who was still sitting on the couch. "Kol…"
"Still daggered, yes."
"Doesn't that make you angry?" he asked.
"Yes. It does," she said standing up. "But not as angry as I am about the pain you have caused your family over the centuries. It doesn't even compare. I can't be in this room with you," she said leaving the room.
"I hate everything in my closet. I have nothing to wear to homecoming," Elena whined as she ripped through her closet.
"You can borrow something of mine?" Brea suggested.
"Might have to," Elena sighed.
"Or don't go," Bonnie suggested. "Let's stay home, order take out and over analyse ancient hieroglyphic thingies with Alaric."
"What have you got left to figure out?" Brea asked picking up some of the photos.
"Want to help?" Bonnie asked.
"I can't really. Most of these things I was dead for anyway."
"What happened after they turned?" Bonnie asked.
"Not much honestly," Brea said riffling through the photos. "Running from Mikael, they fled to France and met me again. That was fun," she said sarcastically. "Homecoming!" she said looking at Elena, hoping to change the subject.
Elena laughed. "We have to go. Caroline will kill us."
"Yeah, I'm avoiding her at the moment," Brea laughed. "I do not want to help."
"Caroline actually has a date," Bonnie scoffed and the room quickly got very awkward.
Elena came and sat down on the bed. "You know that you can talk to us about Jeremy, right?"
"No she can't," Brea pointed out.
"I don't need to talk about it," Bonnie. "He fell in love with his ghost girlfriend and lied about it. What's done is done."
"Little rotten dirtbag," Brea said.
"You have to talk about it," Elena pushed. "He hurt you, Bonnie. I'm mad at him too."
"You're mad at your little brother. You'll yell at him a little, teach him a life lesson. But you can't really be mad like I'm mad."
"Facts," Brea said pointing at Bonnie.
"Bonnie," Elena argued.
"And you shouldn't have to be," Bonnie continued. "He's your brother. So, like Brea said, no, I can't really talk to you about it."
"Well, if it pleases you to know, I gave him one hell of a wedgie," Brea smiled.
Bonnie laughed. "That does actually help a bit."
"So, dresses," Brea laughed clapping her hands.
Brea sat on a bed in a room at the boarding house staring at her phone. Eventually, she picked it up and dialled her sister's number, it went straight to voicemail. "Katerina I swear to god I am going to kill you. Pick up your phone you absolute pain in the ass. I've left you about 20 million voice messages. I know you, you're listening. So pick up and tell me what the hell you were thinking of bringing back Mikael, the world's first vampire hunter. Lunatic sister," she hissed before hanging up. As soon as she hung up her phone rang and she answered without checking the call log. "Kat?" she asked.
"Um, no," Matt said confused.
"Oh, hey, thought you were someone else."
"Katherine?"
"Yeah. What's up?"
"Can't take you to homecoming tonight, sorry."
"Um, what? Excuse me?" she snapped.
"Tyler told Rebekah Mikaelson I'd take her. And no offence but she's a 1000-year-old vampire. She's a little scarier than you. I'd rather piss you off than her."
"Fair enough. You know Rebekah is my friend right? All I would have to do is tell her that we were going together and she'd drop it."
"Maybe. But anyway, Ty said you have to go by yourself. He said he found someone who wants to see you."
"A date? Matt, I don't want a date. I want a Matt."
"It's not a date, anyway it's just for one night, Brea, come on. Tyler promised me you'd have fun.
"Fine. Fine. Ok."
"Alright. Glad that's sorted. I will see you tonight. I'll still drive you. So I'll pick you both up at 7. See ya."
"Bye," Brea said hanging up and proceeded to text Tyler.
B - So Matt says you've got someone who wants to meet me?
T - I sure do. You'll have a great time. I promise. He says you've already met and he's just going to make sure you have a great night.
B - Who is he?
T - Can't tell you. You'll just have to wait and see
B - Hate you
T - Love you
"Rebekah!" Brea yelled sticking her head out of her room. "Zip me up!" she yelled.
"Hey," Elena said walking up to her. "I'll help," she said. "Spin."
"Thanks," Brea said turning around. "Where's Bekah?" Brea asked.
"She left," Elena said.
"What?"
"She freaked out about tonight and just ran."
"Without me?" Brea asked hurt, eyes filling with tears. "She wouldn't leave me. Not possible."
"I'm sorry Brea," Elena said genuinely. "You can come with me?"
"That's alright," Brea sighed. "You just go with Matt, he was going to go with Bekah. I'll go to Bonnie's, that way we both have each other as dates," she said putting on her shoes. "I'll try to call Bekah on the way. Try to see if she'll come back, at least after this is over."
"Ok," Elena said. "See you later," she said shakily and Brea nodded before leaving and driving to Bonnie's.
"Hello?" Brea said answering Caroline's call as she pulled up in front of Bonnie's.
"I'm freaking out. I'm freaking out. I'm freaking out! Brea!" Caroline yelled.
"Woah, slow down, what's up?" Brea asked.
"The gym flooded!"
"What?!"
"The place is flooded, Brea!"
"Ok, ok, relax, slow down."
"Tyler just ran home, he said we could move it to his house. Come pick me up from school. I'm here, trying to sort out the gym. Tyler promised he'd get the party sorted. Oh my god, Brea!"
"Ok, ok, sit tight. I'm just around the corner at Bonnie's. I'll get her and then I'll head straight for you. Just relax," she said hanging up with a smile. She got out of her car and walked up to Bonnie's house and knocked.
"Hey," Bonnie said opening the door.
"Ready for some fun?" Brea asked.
"No," Bonnie replied bluntly.
"Neither," Brea sighed. "School gym flooded."
"What? Oh my god. Caroline, she must be freaked."
"Oh completely," Brea laughed. "Let's go, we got to go pick her up and take her. The dance is at Ty's house now. God knows how that boy is going to organise it. He's bloody clueless."
"We're picking Care up?" Bonnie asked eyes widening and Brea nodded. "Brea!" she yelled, "get in the car, start driving! If she thinks we're slow she'll kill us!"
Brea, Bonnie and Caroline walked up the steps to Tyler's house to a raging party. Brea had copped a hiding from Caroline in the car for dawdling at Bonnie's house. "How did he plan a better party than me so fast?" Caroline asked shocked.
"He's a legend," Brea laughed looking around.
"Is that a band outside?" Caroline asked.
"Who are all these people?" Bonnie asked.
"Bon, don't you recognise the people we go to school with?" Brea laughed. "Look, that's Beth from gym class," she said gesturing at a random girl to the side.
"Ok, so many lies in that sentence," Bonnie laughed. "Firstly, you never go to gym class and secondly, you have no clue who that girl is!"
"You calling me a liar?"
"Yes," Bonnie confirmed.
"This is weird," Caroline said cutting the two off. "Where is Tyler?" she said storming into the party leaving Brea and Bonnie alone.
"You know he has supernatural hearing we can just yell and he might hear us," Brea said.
"Give it a whirl," Bonnie encouraged.
"Ok, TYLER!" she yelled loudly causing a few people to turn and look at her.
"Oh my god," Bonnie laughed covering Brea's mouth. "You are insane, you know that right? Absolutely insane," she laughed.
"Hey, what's up?" Tyler asked coming to stand in front of them.
Brea throw her fists in the air with pride and Bonnie's mouth dropped open and she took her hand off Brea's mouth. "I can't believe that worked," Bonnie said shocked.
"Yeah, well I mean I was only standing a few feet over there," he said.
Brea turned to Bonnie holding a finger up, silencing her before she could say anything. "It worked, and we're going to tell people it worked," Brea warned and Bonnie nodded with an eye roll. "Care's looking for you, she marched off in a huff. You want to know my opinion. I think the girl's super jealous of your super cool party," Brea laughed holding her hand up so he could high-five her.
Tyler laughed and high-fived her. "It's not actually a party though."
"What do you mean? Looks like a party to me," Brea said. "Look, you're carrying a case of beer, Ty. Can I have one actually?"
Tyler nodded and opened a bottle before handing her one. "It's a wake. Klaus organised it," he said and Brea froze. "He said to let you know that if you wanted to see him, he's outside, and he said if you don't come to him tonight he won't bother you because he wants you to have a good time. So cheers," he said tapping his bottle to Brea's. "I'll catch you two later," he said walking off.
"Nik's here," Brea breathed looking at Bonnie.
"Ok, we just need to stay inside and he won't bother us," Bonnie said.
"I need to see him, Bon," Brea said her eye tearing up as her breath quickened. "After tonight, he'll be gone. I have to say goodbye. You, stay inside. He's not a fan of you. I need to do this by myself," she said skulling her beer. "I need another drink," she said marching off to a table and grabbing a glass of wine and throwing it back. She took one more deep breath before walking outside.
"Good evening, everyone," Nik's voice boomed over the outdoor speaker system as Brea raced outside.
Brea spotted Tyler and Stefan and she ran up to stand next to them and looped her hand through Tyler's elbow. "Drink," Brea said and Tyler opened another bottle and handed it to her without taking his eyes off Klaus. Brea took a big swig as Klaus began talking again.
"I want to thank you all for being here with me to celebrate. It's been a long time coming," he said looking over at the three of them.
"Find Care yet?" Brea asked Tyler.
"Oh crap," he said and walked off to go find his girlfriend.
Brea turned to see it was just her and Stefan. "Nope," she said and walked off. As she got halfway to being back inside she saw her sister walking around. "What the hell," she hissed and marched up to her. "What the hell!" she yelled. "What are you doing here?" she snapped. "That's my dress, where did you get my dress?"
"From home," Katherine replied giving Brea a look.
Brea tilted her. "Elena, you could've asked before you borrowed it."
"Act cool," Katherine whispered in Brea's ear.
"I am acting cool," Brea hissed. "I just wasn't filled in on this part of the plan."
"Last minute," Katherine shrugged. Brea looked around and saw Stefan and Klaus talking.
"What are they talking about?" Brea asked.
"He's going to give Stefan his freedom back once Stefan brings Mikael," Katherine said.
Brea watched Stefan walk away from Klaus. "I have to talk to him," Brea said moving forward but Katherine reached out and grabbed her arm firmly. "Don't," Brea hissed tugging her arm but it wouldn't budge. "Elena," Brea said loudly. "I know you want to get stronger, but you're not that strong yet," she smirked and Katherine frowned, releasing Brea's arm, it would've looked suspicious if she could hold Brea in place. "I'll find you later, and answer your bloody phone when I call," Brea said walking off towards where Klaus was standing, waiting for her. "Hey," Brea said.
"Hello love," Klaus greeted. "Dance?" he asked and Brea hesitated. "Come on love, it's a happy occasion. I won't bite," he smiled and Brea laughed.
"Alright," Brea said holding out her hand for him to take. He took it and lead her to the dance area, nodding at a member of the band on the way, and the song changed to a slow song. "Seriously?" Brea smiled as he put his hand on her waist and they started swaying.
"You're different," he said. "More yourself."
"Rebekah said the same," Brea sighed. She closed her eyes as they filled with tears before opening them. "You're not a good person Nik. You've done so much bad in your life it. You've hurt so many people that I love. And I… I hate myself for it, but I… I can't hate you Nik. You're my best friend, and I love you. I still love you, even after everything that you've done, ok," she cried laying her head on his chest and her tears fell.
Nik pulled away slightly, so she lifted her head to look at him. "I know how much I've hurt you," he said and she saw tears in his own eyes. "And I just want to let you know that once I've seen Mikael's body and this whole thing is put to rest after a thousand years of running, I'm going to reunite my family," he said and Brea's eye's widened. "I'm going to bring him back, for you. It's just one of the many ways I'll be pleading for your forgiveness for these past few months of pain. I'll bring him back and you two can stay with me and the others, or you can go wherever you please. I won't stop you."
"Nik," Brea smiled and pulled him in for a hug and looked up to see Matt and Katherine watching her intensely.
"Do you remember when we were married?" Klaus asked as she let him go.
"Nik!" Brea laughed.
"Oh come on, you remember. That was fun."
"It wasn't all that fun," Brea laughed. "You had to marry me because Kol was too far away and couldn't come to save me in time. But you're right, it was kind of fun, before you found me my life was quite awful. I mean my fiancé was an awful person that my father wanted me to marry for his fortune." Brea laughed looking down before looking up to meet his eyes, "I think that life I loved you more than I ever had before. I mean the fear in your eyes when you saw me with that man. I had genuinely never seen you that frightened before. I think that's when I realised that, next to Kol, you're probably the person who loves me most in the world. You just have a funny way of showing it sometimes. Anyway, we were hardly married," Brea said shoving his shoulder playfully. "Kol got there a few days later, you'd already killed Arthur and we slept in separate beds," Brea laughed and Klaus looked down his smile faltering. Brea's smile fell and she took his hands in hers. "Aside from the whole Arthur of it all, that life was probably one of my favourites," she said to him. "I mean, that was the most time we'd spent together and consecutively since you were human." Brea didn't break eye contact with him and bit her lip, she was going to tell him tonight was a trap, "Nik…"
"Hey, Brea," Matt said coming up to the two. "Elena needs help with her dress."
"What?" Brea asked.
"I don't know she said to come and get you so you could help. She said it was your dress so you'd know how to fix it."
"Can you give us a minute Matt?" Brea asked.
"I mean sure," Matt said looking at Nik. "But she's tugging real hard on the zip, I'm worried she'll break it."
"No! I love that dress!" Brea whined before turning to Nik. "I'll be back," Brea said kissing his cheek. Once she was close to his ear she whispered as quietly as she could. "Get inside and stay there. Trust me," before pulling away and walking off with Matt. "Ok, where is she?" Brea asked Matt. "I swear to god if she breaks my bloody dress I'll end her here and now."
"In the bathroom," Matt gestured and ushered her in before closing the door behind him.
Brea turned to look at Katherine who was leaning against the bathroom sink and then back at Matt. "You don't need any help. This is an ambush," Brea realised. "Are you serious?"
"What the hell were you doing?" Katherine asked.
"Nothing."
"You can't tell him anything about tonight Brea, I'm serious."
"I don't want him to die," Brea argued.
"Well, I'm sorry. But he has to. You know that," Katherine said turning to Matt. "Get her upstairs. Tyler and Caroline just went up there. We can't have her blowing this," she said leaving.
"I'm so sorry, Brea," Matt said grabbing her elbow and pulling her along. "Our town just needs to be rid of him. I promise we'll go find your boyfriend after he's gone, but we need him gone.
"He's my friend Matt," Brea argued. "You can't do this!"
"I'm sorry," Matt said as they reached Tyler's room.
"Oh my god!" Brea exclaimed running into Tyler's room as she saw Caroline lying unconscious on the ground.
Matt ran in after her and checked over Caroline to make sure she was ok. "What'd you do to her?" Matt asked angrily.
"It's just vervain," Tyler assured.
"You could have put her on the bed you dick," Brea snapped at Tyler.
"Yeah, yeah," Tyler nodded, picking his girlfriend to lay her down on his bed. "She'll be fine. I need you to get her out of here as fast as possible."
"What's going on?" Matt asked as Brea sat next to Caroline's body on the bed.
"Something's going down against Klaus," Tyler said. "This house is full of hybrids like me who can't let anything happen to him."
"What do you mean, can't?" Matt asked.
"I can't explain it," Tyler said.
"Sire bond, we talked about this dude, keep up," Brea said clicking her fingers at Matt.
"I can't fight against it," Tyler said to the two of them. "I just need to protect him no matter who gets in my way."
"By attacking Caroline?" Matt hissed.
"I'm protecting her, Matt," Tyler snapped. "This is the only way to keep her safe."
"He's right," Brea said to Matt. "When this plan eventually implodes, and it will, he will kill virtually everybody here, just to send a message. He's just gotten her out of danger's way."
Tyler nodded and made to leave the room before turning back to Matt. "Please, just get them both out of here safely. Get everyone out," Tyler begged before leaving.
"This is why I want to tell him," Brea snapped at Matt.
"Katherine thinks there's a chance this plan could work if you tell him we'll never get another shot," Matt argued.
"But no one will die if I tell him. I can make that happen. He's so desperate for my forgiveness he won't do anything to upset me right now. If I ask, he'll let everyone go."
"I'm sorry, you can't," Matt said shaking his head.
Brea turned away and smiled as she came up with a plan. "Is she going to be ok?" she said turning around and giving Matt 'worried' eyes for Caroline.
"She'll be fine, we just got to get her out of here."
Brea nodded. "Ok, ok, we just got to get her somewhere safe. That's the priority. Give me your keys, you carry her and I'll unlock the car," Brea said holding out her hand. Matt nodded and handed her the keys before scooping up Caroline's body. Brea leant back on Tyler's dresser and sneakily put her hand behind one of his photo frames and picked up the key to his bedroom door. "Ready?" she asked and Matt nodded. Brea suddenly dropped his keys. "Sorry Matt!" she yelled as she ran out of Tyler's room, Matt's arms were full from carrying Caroline, so he couldn't stop her. On her way out she slammed the door shut behind her and locked it with the key, preventing Matt from leaving. "Sorry," she called out.
"Brea!" Matt yelled, "Brea open up!" he yelled, but Brea had already taken off for the stairs.
"Nik! Nik!" Brea screamed as she ran down the stairs. She saw Klaus standing on the inside, and Mikael stuck on the outside of the front door. "No, no, no," Brea panted as she reached the bottom of the stairs and ran to Klaus. As she got near him, he held an arm out, stopping her from getting too close to Mikael and she grabbed onto the arm of his blazer, afraid to let go.
"Brenna, nice to see you again," Mikael smirked and Brea shook her head.
"Won't you come in?" Klaus taunted. "Oh, that's right, I forgot, you can't."
"Or you could come outside if you want?" Mikael said and Brea held onto Klaus' blazer even harder.
"Or I could watch my hybrids tear you limb from limb," Klaus said and his hybrids all appeared on the front lawn. Brea slowly let go of him and stepped back, knowing he needed to do this alone.
"They can't kill me," Mikael said.
"True, but it'd make a hell of a party game," Klaus hissed. "All I have to do is rub these two fingers together, and they'll pounce," he said holding his hand up as if he were going to click his fingers.
"The big bad wolf," Mikael taunted. "You haven't changed. Still hiding behind your playthings like a coward. Oh, and you forget, they may be sired by you, but they're still part vampire. And they can be compelled by me," he said and Klaus' hybrids then came to stand with Mikael. One of the hybrids then yanked Katherine out of a hiding place and threw her into Mikael's arms. Klaus thought this was Elena, but Brea didn't know if Mikael thought it was Elena, or whether he knew it was Katherine. Either way, he could kill her.
"No," Brea stuttered, moving forward, only to be stopped by Klaus holding out his arm in front of her.
"I was hoping to have you as leverage, if I had you he'd throw himself on the white oak stake," Mikael said to Brea. "But you were holed up inside, so I grabbed the next best thing. Come out and face me, Niklaus, or she dies."
"No, please, Mikael, please," Brea begged.
Klaus sighed and circled his arm around Brea's waist, pulling her to him, and stopping her from going anywhere. "Go ahead. Kill her," Klaus said and as much as she hated it, Brea couldn't blame him, she knew how much he feared his father.
"No. Klaus," Katherine whimpered as she pretended to be Elena. "He'll do it," Katherine looked at Brea and sent her a look, and in that look, Brea knew her sister was in no danger. Mikael thought this was Elena. Brea gently squeezed Klaus' hand, trying to let him know it was ok, but she'd have to keep the facade up for Mikael.
"If she dies, this lot will be the last of your abominations," Mikael said.
"I don't need them. I just need to be rid of you."
"Nik please," Brea begged, spinning around in his arm to look at him. "Please, don't let my sister die, please. There has to be another way," she said, but her eyes told a different story than her voice and he spun her back around, his grip looser now.
"I'm sorry," Klaus whispered in Brea's hair.
"To what end, Niklaus?" Mikael asked. "So you can live forever with no one at your side? Nobody cares about you anymore boy!"
"I care," Brea whispered, but she knew not to interrupt.
"Who do you have other than those whose loyalty you've forced? Not Brenna, after what you've taken from her. Not your siblings you cart around in boxes. No one. No one."
"I'm calling your bluff, Father. Kill her."
"Come outside and face me you little coward, and I won't have to."
"My whole life you've underestimated me. If you kill her, you lose your leverage. So go ahead. Go on, kill her. Come on, old man. Kill her. Kill her!" he yelled.
Mikael laughed. "Ah… your impulse, Niklaus. It has, and will forever be, the one thing that keeps you from truly being great," he said before stabbing Katherine in the back. Katherine gasped in pain, falling to the ground. Klaus released his grip on Brea and she ran to the doorway and looked down at her sister without stepping outside, she knew if she did Mikael would grab her and as she and Klaus stared at Mikael in shock, all Mikael did was laugh. Brea heard Klaus scream behind her and turned to see Damon had plunged the white oak stake into his chest.
"No!" Brea screamed as she ran forward while Damon tried to push the stake further into his chest. Damon ripped it out, ready to plunge it into his heart when Stefan ran at him and threw Damon off of Klaus. The white oak stake rolled to Brea's foot and she bent down and picked it up. "Nik!" she yelled and threw it to him. Nik nodded and ran outside, throwing himself on Mikael as he plunged the stake into his heart. Mikael yelled out in pain, catching on fire as he died.
"What the hell did you do?" Damon asked Stefan as Klaus came back into the house.
"He's earned his freedom," Klaus said. Stefan stood up in front of Klaus. "Thank you, my friend, you no longer have to do as I say, you're free." Stefan turned to look behind him to see that Damon had already taken off. Stefan gave Klaus an awkward nod before he walked out. Klaus turned around to look at Brea. "Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah," Brea breathed running forward and hugging Klaus. "I'm so glad you're ok," she sighed.
"You knew that was Katherine."
"Yeah," Brea nodded. "I can always tell. Don't chase her now, please."
"Of course," Klaus said and Brea released him.
"I knew," Brea said.
"I know," Klaus said.
"I wanted to tell you. They stopped me. I did want you dead, but only for a little bit. I regretted it. I'm sorry."
"I deserve it," Klaus said. "Don't feel bad. You told me to go inside and I did. That might have saved me. I still owe you a million gestures of apology. To start, first thing tomorrow, I'm undaggering my family," he said and Brea leapt forward to hug him.
"Thank you. Thank you," she said releasing him. "I should go. Matt will have found the spare key so he's probably home now and super mad at me for locking him in Tyler's room, so I better go and apologise. I'll see you tomorrow," Brea said before walking out of the house.
"Apology machine coming on through," Brea called as she let herself into Matt's house.
"What the hell Brea? What was that?" Matt snapped from the couch.
Brea plopped herself down next to Matt on the couch. "You ask, but you know the answer," Brea said and he sighed.
"I know."
"He's waking up Kol tomorrow," Brea said excitedly.
"Wow, that's really great Brea," Matt said sitting up straight.
"So you're not mad?"
"Well, I'm not happy. But I'm happy for you. You deserve this. After all the shit that happened over the past year, you deserve something good."
Brea smiled and grabbed his hand, "I'm sorry I locked you in a room."
Matt sighed and nodded, "I'm sorry for trying to stop you from doing what you needed to do."
Brea smiled and said. "You know you were meant to be my date tonight and you ended up going with my sister."
Matt laughed. "Sorry about that. Call it even?"
"Even," Brea said shaking his hand. "I'm going to get some sleep," she said standing up. "I'm just going to stay here tonight in my room if that's ok?"
"Yeah, yeah completely cool, you know that."
"I know, but it's always nice to ask. Night."
"Hey," Brea said answering her phone to Klaus the next morning.
"Do you know where Stefan is?"
"Stefan? No, why?"
"He has them."
"What?"
"He has them Brenna, all of them. He took the coffins."
"No. No!" Brea yelled causing Matt to run into the room.
"You don't know where he ran off to?"
"No, I'm sorry," Brea said tears running down her cheek.
Klaus sighed, "I'm sorry, Brenna. I'll find them," he said before hanging up.
"What's wrong?" Matt asked.
"Stefan took the coffins from Nik, he can't wake him," Brea cried.
"I'm so sorry," Matt said pulling her in for a hug, letting her cry on his shoulder.