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Chapter 32: Life is the occasion take care
Lucy Bennett had always been the type of woman who people had often said was strong. She had been through her fair share of wars and had come out of top most of the time. Though she could readily admit that from those wars she had invisible scars that took longer to heal than others. When it came to her life, she could handle anything that came her way– but when it came to her family it was different.
She had watched as Bonnie worked tirelessly on a location spell with coming up for more than thirty minutes and she knew that this was taking a toll on her cousin. It was obvious that the witch Bonnie had encountered earlier was trying to counter the spell and apparently it was working. Seeing Bonnie so upset, that had hurt, and knowing that Vincent could be in danger hurt all the same. She had always been good at burying much of her feelings. It was easier that way. But now that Bonnie had come into her life, she had a family a real family and she'd fight tooth and nail for her family.
"Hey," She says taking the necklace away from her cousin. "Maybe you should try to take a break." She says causing wide green eyes to look up at her. "You've been scribing for long enough."
"I'll take a break when I find him." Bonnie says stubborn as ever. She's got her brows furrowed so that the dimple in between show and her teeth are practically clenched. She had seen that resilient deviant streak before, in fact it practically ingrained in every Bennett woman, but to be on the receiving end of it, caused for pause.
She lets out a long sigh and a eye roll. "No, you're going to take a break now."
"But Lucy–"
"Listen to me," She says voice so stern it reminds her of grams. "How about you get up walk around, get some air do anything but stare at that damn map and scribe! We're already planning on going to North Carolina, so when you get their you can use some of Salvatore blood and the location spell should work."
Bonnie looked like she had wanted to say more but then her phone came to life the screen saying Stefan. They shared a look before Bonnie had asked her if she could talk to Stefan alone. She didn't like the idea of leaving her alone, not right now. But luckily she spotted Klaus lurking about outside the door, his normally blue eyes tinted with amber as he paced back and forth. She figured he was itching to be close to Bonnie.
"Good luck." She says getting up from her seat.
"Thanks." Is all Bonnie manages to say before finally answering her phone.
Walking out of the room she's not surprised to see Klaus, in fact they met in the hallway. She could readily admit that when it came to Bonnie, she and Klaus were on the same page.
"How is she?" He asked not wasting time, he's got this whole tight lip thing going and his face looks like he's seconds away from snapping, but that's Klaus for you.
Looking up at him, she realized not for the first time how deep into this Niklaus Mikaelson seemed to have been, when it came to Bonnie– he was falling hard and fast. She wondered even if he was aware of how things had changed?
"She blames herself." She says with a shrug. "But that's understandable. Her ex slinks back into her life with a one track mind and the first thing he does is go at her weak spot." She says shifting her weight from one foot to the other.
His face pales at the mention of said weak spot though he says nothing of it.
"I didn't want to leave her alone, but–" She shakes her head. "She insisted upon it. I figured you wouldn't let her be alone for too long." She says stating the obvious.
She waits for him to say something when he turns his head sharply toward the room. She can only imagine he's listening to the conversation being held. It's only when she snaps her fingers does he turn his attention back to her.
"I'll take care of Bonnie." He says eyes amber and fangs showing. "You– you should call Vincent."
With that she watches as Klaus disappears between double doors, closing the doors once inside.
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Bonnie
Currently, I was sitting in the very war room of Niklaus Mikaelson which was a real trip. How many times had he planned the demise of his enemies here? How many lives had been destroyed by the meticulous plans of hybrid king and what did it mean that here I was planning the next moves I would take in this very same room? Those questions swam in my head for all of five minutes till I realized that the answer to those questions were not needed, at least not today.
Right now I had to focus on getting through this very painful conversation with Stefan. The last thing I had wanted to do was call Stefan to reveal that my ex boyfriend had gone a bit nutty and went after Damon. But it was the truth and Stefan of all people needed to know. He had first hand experience with how crazy Enzo could get, so he of all people knew how bad it could get.
"What do you mean Enzo has Damon?" Stefan asks his voice taking on a unhinged tone. "They were getting along just fine yesterday." Stefan says more to himself then to me. "He was right behind us, he was suppose to be right behind us."
My phone sits on the vintage Oakwood table as Stefan rattles off questions.
I sigh. "I don't know how it happened." I say as my foot bounces off the ground. Anxiety starts to creep up causing little trinkets on the table to start to bounce like my foot that is tapping rapidly. "All I know is that my phone rang, I thought it was Damon and low and behold Enzo is on the other side of the phone."
"I knew this was a bad idea. "Stefan mutters.
"Enzo flipping out was always a possibility." I say as calmly as possible.
"You think." Stefan snaps. "He's unstable, unpredictable and most of all he's out for blood!" Stefan burst. "He's a man that has no fucks to give which makes him dangerous and he has my brother, right now." Stefan huffs out irritated. "This can't possibly get any worse."
I close my eyes. "I thought he'd changed, I thought he was a better man, but here he is trying to use Damon as leverage to get me back, to get back at me, or to just get to me."
Silence falls between us.
"It's not just you," Stefan says his voice much softer which surprises me. " It's Damon too! You guys had to know that sooner or later someone was going to crack, weather that be Enzo or Elena." Pause. "You guys ran away together and left broken hearts in the process."
"That's not how it happened and you know that!" I say stung by his words. "I wanted to go on vacation, I planned on going on vacation and Damon decided to tag along. We didn't do anything wrong, we're just two friends seeing the world together." I say my words catching.
"But we both know he wants more than that– and wether you want to admit it or not, you wanted it too." Stefan says quietly into the phone.
The line goes silent as I try my best not to just hang up the phone leaving Stefan to draw his own conclusion. I was trying to handle this the best way but I was hanging on by a thin thread.
"Do me a favor and don't analyze me or my feelings!" I screech out annoyed. Why was it so hard for people to believe that the other side changed things, that it changed us? And when we came home and things went sour we worked very hard to get to the place Damon and I were at currently, yeah it was rocky sometimes but that happened with every relationship in life. We were friends and that was the bottom line.
I could not and would not deal with Stefan telling me how I felt about anything because at this point he didn't know anything about anything aside from Elena and he didn't know me.
My priority was Damon not anything else, not Enzo and his hurt feelings or Elena and the abandonment she felt due to Damon taking off with me. "I'm not going to get into this with you Stefan." I snap. "I'm single and free to do whatever I want, I ended things with Enzo a long time ago. As for Damon and Elena that has never been any of my business and certainly is not my concern."
Stefan sighs. "Bonnie–"
"No, I don't want to hear your thinly veiled innuendoes or accusations, my only concern is getting my friend back, so I'll let you know when I get to town." I say hanging up quickly.
I scrub my hands over my face as I let my conversation with Stefan sink in. I know he blames me for– for everything. He blames me for the slowly decent of Damon and Elena and that relationship from hell. Most of all, he blames me for everything that is happening to Damon right now, and he's right. Well, he's right about the Enzo part, I should've erased myself from Enzo's mind that night he went wild. I saw it in his eyes, the man I thought I knew was gone, or maybe he was finally showing his true self.
Blindly I reach for the bourbon which had been placed close by when my hand reaches the bottle I feel another hand already on it. Opening my eyes, the travel up the hand to the wrist of the culprit, which was covered in bracelets, my eyes travel up the arm, to his neck, lips, nose and then familiar eyes that were shifting from denim blue to amber.
He stands close to me, causing me to rest my head on him. Being around him makes me feel safe, like nothing and nobody can touch me. But Stefan and Enzo had brought me back down to reality. Stefan had reminded me of things and feelings I thought were long buried. I felt like I was being scolded for not being the old Bonnie who would bend over backward for Elena. It was almost like Stefan expected me to save the sinking ship of Damon and Elena. Nothing could save the that doomed relationship least of all me. Enzo on the other hand just reminded me, that he was lurking in the background waiting to make sure he ruined any kind of happiness that did not include him.
"I guess you heard all of that?" I ask pausing to nibble on my lip.
He nods slowly, as his hand slides across mine linking our fingers together. When our eyes meet he has the softest look in them that nearly melts away all the bad stuff. If I wasn't careful, I could get use to this, use to him. "Would you like me to tear him limb by limb?" Klaus asks getting down to my level and leaning close to me. I can feel his body heat and smell his cologne, which is something woodsy, but it's all Klaus. "Or," He says whispering in my ear. "I could drain him out." He says leaving a kiss just below my earlobe. "Perhaps I should bite him?" He says using blunt teeth to scrape across my neck. "He wouldn't enjoy it as much as you would." He says smiling against my skin. When he pulls back he's grinning, dimples on full display.
I shake my head and roll my eyes. This is a detour that does not need to happen, but he's grinning at me for some reason I can't stop grinning at him. "You think you know me so well."
"I know you inside out." Klaus says a finality in his voice.
For a moment he just rest his hands on my knees as he looks at me. His mouth opens, then closes before he speaks. " Perhaps, I could use his newfound phobia of water against him." Klaus says his face close to mine.
I was taken aback by his sudden words, and his tone. I guess it was true when he said he kept up with everything that happened back home. But what had really gotten me was that he was willing to go this hard on someone he had once been in love with, all for me. Normally I was the last person on anyone thought of.
With furrowed brows I speak. "You'd go after Stefan because he hurt my feelings?" I ask not at all on board for Klaus using the sudden weakness of water as a way to get back at Stefan. I was just curious as to what he'd say.
"Love," He breathes against me. "I'd do just about anything to wipe that sad and insecure look of your face and out of your eyes." He says passionately. "You're a Bennett witch, the Bennett witch– don't let anyone make you feel less than because that is what you'll never be, less than."
No man had ever treated me the way Niklaus Mikaelson had treated me. He looked at me like I was as wonder and went out of his way to make me feel special, even though he didn't have to. Just about everyone in my life had used me, and used me up, but Klaus he didn't. He saw me, the real me and not many people bothered to see me.
I was at a loss for words not for the first time, and all I can do is lean up close to him as our lips meet. The moment our lips touch I'm immersed in everything that is Klaus. His arms wrap around me bringing me closer to him while my hands pull at the curls at the nap of his neck. He makes all the noise stop, and takes me away from the mess that had turned into my life. He makes the world stop, leaving only the two of us as everything else disappears.
Pulling back, I smile up at him, my fingers still in his hair. Klaus places his forehead against mine. My fingers are still in his hair.
"Maybe you do know me better than I thought." I say causing him to grin.
His only reply is to wink before pulling me up from my seat and sitting me on top of the oak table. Once seated he walks as close as the table will allow.
"I do." Klaus says trailing his finger down my neck to my chest and later the snap of my jeans. His hand rest at the snap as he blinks up at me. "And that's why, I know that you, love, need me to take care of you–."
My mouth parts as my legs do the same.
"You're stressed out, worked up and the best medicine for that, is me of course." He says with a handsome grin. "So, let me make you feel good, let me take care of you." He says wrapping an arm around my waist. "All you have to do is say yes."
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Lucy
Nervous, that was what she was. The stress of worrying about Bonnie her reaction to everything and then worrying about Vincent was starting to take it's toll on her. All she wanted was for her people to be safe and right now she beginning to feel like they were anything but. The only bright side of things had been 1: Klaus would take care of Bonnie, he'd calm her down at all costs. The other bright side was that she was about to call Vincent and talk to him, she had done her own scribing to find that he was in a diner that meant he was for all purposes safe.
Letting out a long sigh, she digs in her pockets looking for her cigarettes, but finding none. Instead it's a note from Bonnie about how bad smoking is for her. Instead of her cigarettes she has a lollipop stuffed into her pockets. Good grief.
Scrubbing her face she makes her way down the hall hoping to make it to her car. If she was going to call Vincent she needed to at least have a semblance of a safe place to let her guard down without vampires listening in on her. Rounding the corner she runs smack dab into Elijah.
"Lucy, I'm glad I ran into you– I was thinking we could talk?" Elijah says way too close for his own good. He hitches his mouth up in a half smile. "Please."
"Fuck off Elijah!" She grunts moving to escape him only for the original to block her once again. She corks an eyebrow up, clearly he lost his mind. "I promise you, if you don't get out of my way I will make you regret it!" She seethes.
Elijah only moves forward hands buried in his pockets a look of determination on his handsome features. Seeing him now, after hearing everything about him is probably the worst thing because he was such a pretty liar and she could spot a liar from the jump. He got to her though, made her look like a fool all the while plotting against her family.
"Lucy," Elijah says standing his ground. "I know that now is not the best time but if we put this talk off, we wont be able to fix this- to fix us." He says reaching out to touch her. "If you just give me a chance to explain everything you'll see that you and I will do whatever it is to protect our families and you'll see that what I was trying to do was protect my brother." Pause. "He loves hard and Bonnie can shatter him without even trying."
She tilts her head to the side and walks closer to him. "I said fuck off."
Once again she tries to walk away only for Elijah to grab her by the arms and push her against the wall. His eyes brown eyes go wide just as her do. "If I let you walk away– you'll never look back. You'll never let me fix this misunderstanding between us."
"I warned you." She grabbing both sides of his head as electricity flows from her fingertips to his whole body. The vampire screams out in pain as his body starts to convulse. She watches as foam dribbles out of his mouth.
A gush of wind soon swirls around her. Looking around she spots Marcel. It's only with the help of Marcel who now has grabbed her by the waist, that the attack on Elijah ends.
"What the hell Lucy!" Rebekah says running in blood bag in hand. "You just bloody attacked Elijah!"
"I told him to leave me the fuck alone and he didn't." She yells back. "Now," She says looking up at Marcel. "Let me go, I need to call Vincent." She says all heat leaving her words at the mention of Vincent.
She watches as the newlyweds share a look before Marcel lets her go all together.
"Lucy this is not what we need right now." Marcel says as he follows her outside.
Whirling around she faces him. "Well tell your brother in law / uncle that it's on sight and if needed explain what that means to him." She spits out before getting into her car and slamming the door.
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Rebekah
The original sister had- had it up to the heavens with her brothers. Everything with them was a mess and Elijah seemed to be the messier of the two. Usually she could count of Klaus for being a mess but he seemed to have a one track mind, it was Bonnie all day everyday. Klaus was in love or falling in love, or close to falling in love so he was tame for Klaus, well at least he was tame until everything that happened today. Now she was just waiting for the eventual fall out.
Elijah on the other hand was causing problems all over the place. If Kol had been here he wouldn't believe his eyes and ears. Kol had always said that Elijah was too uptight, too straight laced and now her brother was spiraling out of control. His perfectly crafted persona was crumbing for everyone to see.
Tossing a blood bag in a nearby bin, Elijah finally speaks. "I need to speak with Lucy."
She rolls cornflower blue eyes. "You will do no such thing. She just fried you and you want more, maybe you should give her some bloody space." She bites out annoyed.
Elijah rubs his hands through his hair, leaving the normally put together appearance to look anything but. "Dear sister, space creates problems you will do good to remember that as a married woman an all."
She gawks at his words. "Currently you are the problem." She says standing up. "You'll do best to remember that next time you try to make a woman forgive you when she is not ready to."
Leaving Elijah to his own devices she runs into Marcel who has his arms open for her, he knows just what she needs.
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Lucy
Holding her phone in hand she waits as it rings, and rings, and rings till finally she hears his voice. "Vincent, you're ok."
He chuckles. "Of course I'm okay. But I heard Damon isn't– how are things back home?"
She sniffs. "It's all a mess Vincent, Elijah is a fraud and I fell for all his bullshit!" She rushes out. "And someone was watching Elijah and I last night when we," She pauses trying to catch her breath.
"Hey breathe, Lucy, breathe." Vincent says in that tone that always seems to calm her down.
She catches her breath finally and smile just a little. "I needed that."
"That's what I'm here for." He says a smile in his voice.
"Oh gosh Vincent, someone saw Elijah and I together and who knows what they are going to do with that information and to top it off Bonnie is on the verge of a nervous breakdown." She says as calmly as possible but failing miserably.
"That's a lot going on, it's probably just as bad here." He says a tinge in his voice. "I've been trying to get a magical footprint of Damon but I have nothing."
She nods her head even though he cant see it. "That's because the guy that took Damon is also working with a witch." She says pausing. "Bonnie thinks it's the one from the town hall meeting."
"Damn, the woman can hold a grudge."
"That was why I was so worried about you, I thought she took my best friend too."
"You should know by now, I'd never go out without a fight of the ages."
She can only chuckle at his words. "I'm glad you're ok."
"Me too." Pause. "So when are yall coming down to help search for Damon?"
"As soon as Bonnie is ready." Pause. "That witch is trying to provoke her, tying to provoke us for a reason, and I don't like it."
"Whatever she's trying to do, we'll be ready to fight the good fight– we fight for the people we love."
"All day, everyday." She says with a smile.
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Klaus
"Let me make you feel good, let me take care of you."
The words tumble out of his mouth as he looks into doe green eyes of his lover. Though he words may come off as needy he knew what she needed. Right now Bonnie was a bundle of nerves, anxious and wound tight, nothing would calm her down, not even the best bourbon money could buy. She needed to for a moment, not think and just feel and he was the right person to make her feel.
She lets out a unsure weak chuckle while looking up at him, while he only has dark eyes on her.
"Klaus, you can't be serious?" She says her heart beating quickly. "Not only is this not the time nor place, you have your family here and I could probably give you about a hundred more reasons why–" her words falter as his thumb glides along her neck. "Why this is not a good idea."
He smiles down at her still, she could give him all the reasons why they should be concentrating on a plan, on reasons why they should do anything but what he was suggesting but really all he needed was one good reason why not. "Well, love, how about I give you one good reason as for why not?" He says pressing his forehead against hers. "You need this, your wound tight, let me unwind you." He whispers. "You can let it all out, and I will be the one to put you back together."
Her breath is labored mingling with his and she scoots closer to him. That's when he knows he has her... that he's gotten to her. Her eyes, are shimmering emeralds when she looks up at him, her heart shape mouth is parted in an invitation, but first he needs her to say the words. His mouth hovers over hers "Say it," He says his words coming out husky. "Say it and I will give you everything you need to let go of it all." He says his hands on her lower back as his lips descend on her neck.
"Yes." She says and it's the answer to his prayers.
Shimmering emeralds shine up at him and when he takes her mouth she falls into him. Seconds later he lifted her up into her arms as she wraps her legs around his waist. With every movement, he can admit that this isn't just about her, but about him as well. All this talk about other men have him feeling a hint of insecurity. He wanted to erase every other man from her thoughts.
He would take care of her the way no other man had ever done.
The scenic route is the way he goes about this, he kisses every inch of her, bites where she likes it, sucks with just enough pressure and uses his fingers at just the right time. She's melted in front of him like his favorite dessert. Now all he needs to do is devour her.
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Bonnie
Nothing could ever prepare me for Klaus experience. Every single time I had the pleasure of experiencing him– it was like the first time all over again. The only difference was that now he knew what gears to switch into, what made my toes curl and most of all what made me melt till I was nothing but sweet mess all for him.
Flashback
The definition of shattered is to break into pieces, in my case it was like I had been broken into tiny pieces and then put back together by strong hands, that moved me in the right place, with a delicacy that only someone of the caliber of Niklaus Mikaelson could offer. He's already licked me up like I'm his favorite dessert and now he's just looking at his handy work, while I'm still trying to get it together.
"I told you- you needed that." Klaus says proudly. "You're magic is all around." He says motioning to the mere fact that the furniture is lifting off the ground. His copious amount of alcohol bottles are chattering amongst each other, each bottle make a different sound.
"I need you- I need more of you." I admit, causing Klaus to look startled for only a second before he grins.
"I'm right here love." He says so openly that all I can do is fall into him.
When our lips meet it's in a languid kiss, when I climb astride him, his eyes change colors, and when our bodies meet it's like every fiber in my body has come alive. As we build, and build together everything around me gets louder, his breathing and grunts, the sound of flesh, as well as all the noise in my head, till I heard nothing at all. And finally let it go.
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"How you feeling love?" Klaus asks blue eyes bright as I blink back into the present instead of my head which has us on repeat.
Looking up at him, I realize he's wearing a white t-shirt, his pants are undone and hanging dangerously low on his hips and I'm still in a cloud of him as he lingers close. It's almost like the more I get the more I want and that could turn into a problem because Klaus and I were never supposed to be serious, but sometimes he looks at me like it's more and when he holds me I want it to be more even if its only for a few seconds.
"Better." I say finally finding my voice as Klaus takes hold of my belt loops and slides me across the table bringing me to edge and closer to him. He's teasing me and I feel like I'm just falling for it, hook line and sinker. I know that I shouldn't get lost in him, that I had other things that needed my full attention but Klaus had a way with me that made me unpredictable.
"Is that all?" He asks his face dangerously close to mine. "I thought for sure, with that grand finale you'd be full much more than better." He says with a wicked grin. "Perhaps we can start all over gain with you sitting on my face as the appetizer and then moving onward from their." He says causing me to let out a weak chuckle. "That way we can go step by step so that we can change that better you were feeling into exuberant."
I snort while my hands rest around his neck. "You're a mess, a crazy mess."
"And you're a beautiful mess." He mumbles, though I hear him.
I tilt my head to the side. "Aren't we a pair?"
He chuckles into me, his head dropping on my shoulder. "Who knows," He says muffled. "For all we know, we might just be the perfect match."
His words catch me off guard though I try my best to pretend it doesn't effect me. Klaus has the tendency to say things that just leave me speechless and it come out of nowhere. For someone who had terrorized many– he's surprisingly generous to those he lets in his inner circle. And if he's entertaining you, it's almost as if he'll give you the world if you ask.
"What do you say, we can do it again, and again till we get it just right?" He asks placing his forehead against mine as his arm is around my waist.
I pull back to get a real good look at him to see that he's completely serious. In all honesty I could get lost in Klaus, in fact the reason I had given into him so easily was because I wanted to get lost in him for just a little while. Sometimes I felt like I was just spinning and being with Klaus it slowed me down so much that I was still. I couldn't continue to hide away though, it was time I stood up and finally fought back.
My hand rest on his chest while I twirl his necklaces in my hand. "As tempting as that offer sounds, we need to focus." I say flicking my eyes up to his.
He only licks his lips. "Oh I'm focus alright, on how many times I can–"
I cover his mouth not needing to hear the rest of his words. "Klaus, please." I plead weakly.
He uses his other hand to remove my hand from his mouth, all the while pulling me close with the other. "Fine." He says finally. "He doesn't deserve your loyalty but those we're loyal to, often don't deserve us." He says looking at me but looking past me at the same time.
"So." I say causing him to look my way. "You promise to turn down the charm?"
He offers me a soft smile the kind that show no teeth. "I'll try but I can't promise you too much," He says with a lick of the lips. "I can't seem to help myself when I'm around you."
I understood where he was coming from because I had felt the same way too. The night before I had been adamant that I was leaving and that I was going to leave him, but for some reason, I couldn't seem to leave him alone. Instead of saying anything I rest my forehead against his chest, I could try to figure out what all that meant much later, right now it was time for me to get my head in the game.
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Once we've collected ourselves I go over the conversation I had with Stefan. Every time I think about it– it makes me feel even more bitter than before. "It's just that– I know when it comes to Stefan I'm expandable and that makes him dangerous, at least for me." I say my vulnerability showing. It must be obvious because Klaus gets close to me again.
When he gets close he buries his face in my neck. "I won't let anyone hurt you– I promise you that, not your ex, not that witch, and certainly not Stefan."
When he says those words I believe him, I believe everything he says because Klaus is not liar, in fact he was very truthful about everything. "He blames me." I say returning to our previous conversation before our detour.
Klaus lifts his head from my neck to look at me. "Stefan would blame every single person in the world rather then blame his brother." Klaus says reaching for the bottle of bourbon. "Last time I checked, Damon had his free will and was perfectly capable of taking care of himself."
"Two people can be right about the same thing." I say suddenly. Klaus offers me a drink, which I take and finish off quickly. He then grabs my hand and leads to the couch across the room. When we're seated he puts his arms around me. "He blames me Klaus, because Enzo was my problem and then by association he became a Damon problem." I shake my head. "And to top it off he blames me for Damon leaving him and Elena."
Klaus only holds me tighter. "All to which is not your fault." He says causing me to turn in his arms to look at him. "It's not your fault that you have an ex who can't/ wont let go. Nor is it your fault that you have a clingy best friend who believes he's in love with you."
I blink at his words. The last thing I wanted to do was talk about feelings, especially when it pertained to Damon and me.
"Klaus, I don't want to talk about my friendship with Damon." I say looking down. I knew that our friendship was unconventional and it turned a lot of heads but at the end of the day– we were friends and that wouldn't change for anyone.
Klaus lets out a sigh and I think he might just say something else, but he doesn't. "Ok" He says placing a kiss to each side of my neck. "No talking about feelings."
I bite back a smile. "I'm allergic to it." I say playing with his beaded necklace.
He snorts now. "And here I thought I was the only one?"
We share a long look where it's obvious Klaus gets it, he gets me.
"Stefan was mad, but he was trying to hide it." I admit. "I think he was waiting for me to give into Enzo and sacrifice myself."
Dark eyes appear in front of me as Klaus grips his hand in a fist. "I wouldn't let that happen." He says sharply.
"Enzo says he believes I'll do what's right in the end. He said, that I just can't help myself and I think Stefan was thinking the same thing." I say more to myself. As a plan forms. "What if we made Enzo believe he was right?" I say looking over to Klaus.
Klaus gets close to my face. "Not a chance in hell."
I knew he would say that, but I needed him to listen. "Klaus, here me out, he's working with that witch from the town hall meeting."
"So I'll eliminate them both." He says serious face and voice. "You underestimate me love, I'm still the man that can crush anyone who comes his way." Klaus says proud of his repetition.
I can tell I've offended him just a little bit and work on soothing his ego. "With the notches under your belt, you'll be the perfect person to distract a vengeful witch." I say my hand running through his curls. "Your ego alone will bring her out of hiding."
"I do have quite the ego but I can back it up at all times."
"If that witch is preoccupied by a certain hybrid and his bitch ass brother," I say my hand touching his face. "I can get to Enzo and do what I should've done so long ago."
He tilts his head to the side a stubborn look on his face that tells me I might have to remind him who I am.
"I can do this Klaus, I'm not a damsel, I don't know how to be." I admit. "If you're looking for a damsel, then I'm not that girl and you need to go find her." I say getting up from the couch. I had my own plans, I didn't have to wait for his approval.
I don't make it to the door before his voice stops me.
"If I agree, Rebekah is with you at all times." He says, his voice close to my ear, as his arms encircle me.
I pull back to look up at him, he was serious. "You can't dictate what your sister will or wont do."
"Since when?" He says as I give him an eye roll. "I've been doing it for over a thousand of years.
I can't help but squint his way. I may have a soft spot for him but that didn't make me blind to his ways. "And that's why she eloped." I say with a tilt of the head, all to which Klaus clutches at his chest.
"Harsh."
"It's true though." I say tapping my nails on the chest. "I don't want to be a burden to anyone and I certainly don't want to force someone to help me when they don't want to." I say pausing. "I'm a Bennett witch, I'm from one of the strongest witch lines to ever live, it's time I start acting like it."
Klaus lets out a growl which only makes me side eye him, he was also pouting. "I'm not going to let you face him alone, so how about we see if Rebekah wants to join and if not then it looks like you're stuck with me." He says with a grin.
I shake my head, it could be worst I could be stuck with Elijah.
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Klaus
Walking into the family room he finds his family waiting for him. Marcel is talking with Lucy who seems in better spirits he hears her say that Vincent is fine, and the two share a laugh about how the world could be ending and Vincent would go untouched because nobody dared to fuck with him. His siblings on the other hand were glaring at each other, well at least Rebekah was glaring at Elijah who was staring at Lucy who was ignoring him.
Hand in hand, he escorts Bonnie to a nearby couch before turning to everyone.
"Bonnie and I are leaving in an hour, we've come up with a plan that will shared only with those who plan on helping." He says looking across the room.
"What Klaus meant to say is that I'd love to have your help, the more the merrier but it has to be your choice." She says with a sigh. "Enzo may not be the strongest vampire but he's very angry and he's alined himself with the witch from the town meeting." I say causing murmurs across the room. "She seems to hate us all,
Swear words are heard all throughout the room.
As he suspected the Lucy was all in, he then looked at his family.
"I'm in." Marcel says always ready for a good time. "Bonnie, you're practically part of the family now and the people important to you are important to me." He says easily. "We have a problem with your ex having your best friend. Vincent may be fine but he's one of our own and we protect our family and our friends at all costs."
He watches as Bonnie walks up to Marcel and throws her arms around him with a "Thank you." thrown over her shoulder as she made her way back his way.
"Me too." Rebekah says a thoughtful look on her face. "We simply cannot let people run around unchecked." She says standing. "We are the two most powerful families to ever live, if anyone stands against us, they deserve to get what they get."
He can only look on proudly at his sister. He knew Rebekah had it in her. He also knew that if needed his sister would protect Bonnie almost as good as he would. "I'm glad you're on board Bekah because part of the plan includes you and Bonnie playing into the hands of Lorenzo St. John– the plan is to give him everything he wants and much, much more." He grins. "By the end of this trip, he will be no more."
"What about the witch?" Marcel asks.
He lets out a chuckle. "She's been a face to face, we'll it's time she get one."