VOTE OR ILL HUNT YOU DOWNNNNN

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Chapter Seventeen

God I'm so stupid

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    GUILT IS SUCH A COMPLICATED AND HORRIBLE EMOTION, in my opinion it's worse than betrayal and sadness, guilt suffocates you, it makes you feel as if you're drowning in a body of water

    I know this because I know what it feels like to drown, I know the feeling of breathing water into your lungs, and it feels as if you're whole body is on fire, you suffocate, then eventually you die, it's such a torturous feeling

    That's what guilt feels like, it consumes you, it swallows you whole, almost like a snake, snakes swallow their prey while they are still alive and breathing

    That's what guilt does

    But then the guilt got even worse when my parents died, they died because of me, if I wouldn't have started that argument, if I wouldn't had made my father take his eyes off the road for less than a second then they would still have been here

    I would have my mom, my mother, my protector, the one person that I Trust most in this world

    She's dead because of me

I also feel guilty because I'm in a secret relationship with someone that my sister hates

I'm with someone that made her life a living hell

God I hate guilt

   "So you feel guilty, about your feelings for Klaus and Elijah?" My therapist asked

   I looked at her and sighed, getting more comfortable in my chair, it had been more than a month since I last saw and spoken with her. Our session was long overdue.

   "Well yes but-."

   "But it seems like you don't really mind"

   "I do mind" I said

    "If you did mind then you would only want one of them, but you want both" she said

    "Well of course I want them both. I have them both it just feels so wrong"

    "Did they tell you that?"

   "No"

    "Then what's so bad about it?"

    I ran my hands through my hair "I don't know" I said "it's wrong you know? I mean I get that their my soulmates but it's wrong, I love Elijah"

    "But you love Klaus too don't you?"

"He killed my sister" I said with a glare

    "Yes but apparently that doesn't matter does it?"

    "It does !"

    "But yet you still love Klaus. Despite everything he's done you love him"

    I look down "it's the soulmate bond that's making me feel like this"

   "You're in denial" she said in a sing song voice

    I glared "I am not in denial"

    "Then accept the fact that you love Klaus and be happy Anastasia, he happy with them"

    "I can't do that" I said with a sigh

   "But you can Anastasia, and what's worse is you want to"

     How can I just pardon Klaus for all that he's done? How can I just forget that he killed my sister? Can I forget it all?

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"Okay, Oh-ow, ow!" I yell out In pain when the punching bag practically knocks the air out of my goddamn lungs.

Here I am, at Ric's apartment, helping Elena get out her pent-up frustration. I tried to see Elijah in my dream this past night but I couldn't and I don't know if that's a bad thing or not.

Elena finally stops beating the shit out of the punching bag "Sorry" she said, gasping for air

I shake my head, looking at her up and down "It's fine" I say letting go of the bag and walking over to the fridge to get a water bottle "You seem stressed" I state the obvious making her roll her eyes at me as I give her the cold water bottle

"Wow, really? what makes you think that?" She asks sarcastically

"wanna talk about it?"

"Talk about what? There's nothing to talk about" Elena shrugs

"If you're worried about Stefan, don't be, I'm sure he'll understand"

Elena sighs "You don't know that, he could hate me for all I know, I don't want him to hate me, I still care about him"

"Just because you kissed Damon, Doesn't mean you should feel guilty"

If this was a different situation, she should have totally felt guilty

But this isn't just a normal situation

This situation is very fucked

"Damon did what?" Jenna asks In shock as she walks out of Alaric's room and into the kitchen

Elena glares at me "Sorry" I say with my hands in the air in a mock surrender

"Nothing, It's nothing, Jen," she says then goes back to punching the bag

Jenna leans towards me "It really isn't nothing huh?" She whispers

I nod "This isn't the first time they've kissed" I whisper back

"Ohhhh," Jenna says in realization her eyes widening a little

"Can you not talk about this as if I'm not right here? How's Jeremy?" Elena asks walking away and looking in the fridge, trying to find something to do

"fine, but I want all the details later" she points out "but He's good, saw him packing before I left the house," Jenna says as she pours herself and Elena some coffee

"And How are you?" I ask

Did I really just ask that?

Jenna shrugs "I feel like I just came back from the dead, You two need to get to school, go get ready before I tell Alaric to not bring you two McDonald's"

I dramatically gasp "You wouldn't"

"Oh I would, now hurry up, we're leaving in 15 minutes,"

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"Have you uh, heard from Damon?" Elena asks awkwardly as she puts glitter tape on the locker, trying to make the birthday decorations pop out as much as possible

I smile, leaning my head against the locker "Noooo, but I can call him if you want" I pull out my phone dialing Damon

"No! Anastasia" Elena sighs "I don't-"

"Hey, sorry I'm late... I got held up" Bonnie says as she walks up to us holding a poster that says "Happy birthday Caroline!"

"Um, It's okay, we just got here too" I smile while putting away my phone

"Will you pass me the balloons?" Elena asks and Bonnie gives them to her "Thanks, What got you running late?" 

"I uh, was working on some new spells. You?"

"Working out with Anastasia " Elena smiles as Bonnie holds up the happy birthday poster she made for Caroline

"I was not and will never work out," I say in annoyance but my sister just rolls her eyes at me

After a few seconds of comfortable silence, Elena clears her throat "So, uh... we have something to tell you..." Elena says slowly

Oh no...

I suddenly get interested in the white walls "Oh look, is that an off-white I see? Oh, how pretty! Gotta go!" I say then quickly run away from that situation

Coward

I know, how stupid, but I just can't see Bonnie's face when Elena tells her what we did, I just can't

I find myself outside walking around the school, class already started so I'm the only one out here, I'm basically ditching class

I don't ditch class... normally, it's just that today I really don't feel like dealing with school and homework, how can I even focus on that shit when this is my life?

I'm a witch with two originals for soulmates, vampires and hybrids exist, I can't just go and have a regular life when death quite literally follows me everywhere.

It's safe to say this shit sucks. I can't focus on school like I should be. My abscesses are piling up and if I keep this shit up I won't be graduating, sure I could have Damon compel the principal to force me to pass but I don't want that. I want to graduate because I earned it.

"Anastasia?" Someone says from behind me, I turn around to see a girl

"Hi?" I say wondering if she's new because I've never seen her around here before

"Klaus is requesting to see you," she says and my face falls, of course, she's a hybrid

"Kindly fuck off"

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I walk into Klaus's huge fucking house already in a bad mood, yes I followed her, I know stupid you don't have to tell me

"Follow me," she says then leads me to I'm guessing where Klaus is

We walk into an unfinished room with random wool pieces and tools everywhere and I see Klaus looking over Rebekah's body in a coffin

I hope she'll forgive me, I don't want her to be mad at me

"She's here," the girl says

Klaus looks up and his eyes find mine, "thank you, Mindy, take Rebekah with the rest of them will you?" He asks, Mindy nods and wheels Rebekah away

Why didn't he undagger her? As I'm about to ask I keep my mouth shut, that's not what I'm here for "Look I get why you're having me followed but Stop it. It's fucking creepy and not to mention psychotic"

"I'm not-"

"Oh but then again that's what you are, a psychopath that doesn't care about anything but yourself. Right?"

At that he sighs heavily "Sweetheart... let me explain"

I hum putting a finger on my chin and pretending to think about it "No, you betrayed me in the worst way possible, just as I was beginning to think that I can trust you, you betray me"

Klaus narrows his eyes at me while slamming his drink on a nearby table making me flinch "Do not talk to me about betrayal Anastasia"

"What-?"

"You knew where Stefan was this whole time didn't you?"

Ah shit

I stay silent for a moment "Uh, No?"

He released a humorless chuckle "Here you are still lying to me, I guess you can say that we're even"

"You killed my aunt with a car that was meant for my little brother" I harshly seethed "We're far from even"

"I only want my siblings back, and if I don't get what I want you'll leave me no choice but to retaliate"

I walk up to him "So you're threatening me now?" looking to my left I see a metal rod on a table and with a grin I reach for it and stab him in the stomach making him release a groan making me push the rod in further "you have no idea what I'm capable of Nik, I've played nice when I didn't have to, I've given you the benefit of doubt" I twist it making him spit out blood "December was right, you don't deserve me."

"Anastasia-."

"Fuck you klaus, fuck you"

I take the rod out making him inhale a deep staggering breath, when he finally looks up he flinches when he sees my glare, I grip his jaw tightly making sure he keeps eye contact with me "If you even think of hurting Stefan or my family I swear to god I'll kill you"

"You won't hurt me" he grins and I narrow my eyes and glance down at his bloody shirt "Okay granted you just did, but you won't kill me, our bond won't let you"

"I'll find a way to break it, Elijah is enough for me"

panic flashes through his eyes "You wouldn't"

"Try me" I grin "Swear to me that you will never, ever hurt anyone that I care about"

"You know that I can't promise that"

"you can and you will, or you'll lose me forever and you'll never get me back"

"I can't-."

"Tsk tsk tsk, say it"

"Anastasia-"

"say it"

He stays silent for a moment "i can't promise you that sweetheart"

With a glare i scoff "fuck you" just as I turn to walk away he calls out for me

I turn around and cross my arms "I'm sorry my love"

"Don't call me that, I'm not your anything anymore."

"don't be angry with me"

"I am angry, You fucked up" 

"I want my family back, you have to understand, I truly didn't mean for your aunt or brother to get harmed, my hybrid took it too far"

"Jenna is in the hospital because of you" I ran my fingers through my hair. "She's okay but she's in pain"

Klaus frowns "I'm sorry"

"I don't forgive you"

"I understand"

"I was starting to let you In Klaus" there were tears in my eyes "and you fucked it up. I thought you cared about me?"

He tried to walk up to me but I backed away "I'm sorry"

"Stop saying that when you don't mean it"

"I'm surprised your still in town, I gave you your freedom, you could have gone anywhere," Klaus says coldly,

"Wha-" I look up at him noticing his tense posture "What's wrong?"

"I live here Klaus" I hear Stefan say, making me take a few more steps away from Klaus

"Well if we're playing this game then uh... I was here first" Klaus smiles sarcastically

"What the hell are you doing here?" Stefan asked with a glare

I stay quiet, not knowing what to say

"I said what the hell are you doing here?"

"What the hell are you doing here?"

"I asked first"

"It's none of your business"

"Fine, it's none of your business either"

"Asshole" I mumble

"You know, I don't like your hybrid friends," Stefan says to Klaus, ignoring my comment "They're everywhere, kinda like fleas, I want them gone"

This wasn't part of the plan

Klaus smiles sarcastically "Yeah well, I kind of like having them around. you know, I'm hurt. I hoped that uh, I'd free you and we'd pick up where we left off." he says glancing towards me "But here you are, guzzling vervain like the rest of them I'm sure, so much for friendship," Klaus says he walks away to pour himself a drink

"Friends don't strip friends of their free will," Stefan says, ignoring his comment

"Oh jeez" I whisper not wanting to be here

"Okay, granted, yeah, that was a little extreme." Klaus nods "But I get a little moody, just ask my siblings. Speaking of whom... isn't it time you handed them over?"

Stefan smiles "Klaus... get your hybrids out of mystic falls or I will remove them myself"

Klaus hums "If you continue to threaten me, I'm going to be forced to retaliate... kill people and it'll get messy"

Stefan shrugs "Do whatever you want, I don't care... or you know what? Maybe I do. Yeah. maybe I care so much that I drop Elijah in the Arctic"

My eyes widen, he wouldn't. Right?

"Woah, what the fuck Stefan?" But He ignores me like always

"Well, maybe I'd be willing to lose one brother if that meant killing yours"

My eyes widen even further "can we like talk about this before we do anything irrational?"

They both ignore me

"Try me, let's find out," Stefan says and they just stare at each other not backing down

Suddenly one of Klaus' hybrids walks in "Is everything okay?" She asks looking at me and then at Stefan

"Everything is fine Mindy, Stefan was just leaving after failing to make his point" Klaus smiles

Stefan hums under his breath then before I could even process anything Stefan chops off Mindy's head making blood go everywhere and by everywhere I mean all over my clothes and my face

"Well... one down, you may want to uh, send the rest of them away before it gets messy... again," Stefan says then looks at me "Let's go"

"Are you fucking kidding me?! Do you even know how expensive these shoes were?! Or this dress?!" I yell gesturing to my ruined clothes

Stefan just rolls his eyes, he walks up to me and grabs my arm "Let's go" he says and my whole mood sifts making me frown

"Fine" I look back at Klaus "Uh bye"

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After Stefan dropped me off at my house I cleaned myself up, Elena called me telling me to meet her Bonnie and Matt at Caroline's house so we can surprise her

Once I get there I open the door with my spear key and walk in To see all of them getting ready and putting on decorations and then randomly getting into position, I look at them confused but then Elena pulls me with them and puts a party hat on my head

"Surprise!" All of us yell when Caroline walks in and I throw confetti at her

Caroline laughs "What are you guys doing here?"

"Well, you blew off school and missed our work of birthday art," Elena says

"So, now we're here," I say as I go up to Caroline and put a birthday crown on her head

"Change into warmer clothes, we're going to the falls," Bonnie says "S'mores, campfire-"

"Vodka" I chirp

Caroline smiles "Ah, thanks, guys, really. Um, I'm just not feeling my birthday this year"

What? Is this Caroline?

"I'm sorry, what?" Bonnie asks in confusion

"Oh come on care, you were the one that declared your birthday as everyone's favorite day of the year. come on don't you wanna get drunk?" I ask with a smile

"I do it's just, my birthday is just a reminder that, technically, I'm dead" Caroline sighs

"Caroline..."

"Look I didn't even like 17, and the only point to 17 was to get to 18. It's a filler year, I'm stuck in a filler year"

"You're not stuck Caroline," Elena says

"Yeah, I am, but it's okay. You know. It's all good. I will be fine" Caroline smiles "but I just need some time to wallow in it"

I take a deep breath "Okay, well I have an amazing idea"

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With the help of Elena, we ended up taking Caroline to the cemetery with Bonne and Matt

I know this may be morbid but it's fine

"This is creepy, even for us," Bonnie says as she looks around the tomb

"It is, but Caroline was right, technically she's dead... dead as- never mind. Sorry but you don't get a birthday, you get... A funeral" I say cheerfully

"Yeah, you need to say goodbye to your old life so you can move on with your new one," Elena says as she puts candles on the cake

Caroline laughs "Okay," she says "heard lies Caroline Forbes..."

"Cheerleader"

"Third-grade hopscotch champion," Elena says

"Friend... daughter... overachiever" Bonnie laughs

"Mean girl, sometimes, no Offense" Matt comments

"Ah, none taken" Caroline shrugs

"She was 17 and she had an amazing life, so Rest In Peace so that you can move forward," I say as Elena brings the cake to Caroline

"that's what you really need," Elena says "It's what we all really need"

"Amen- or cheers- hallelujah, whatever you say in this situation," I say making everyone laugh along with me

"Ah, Ana" Elena nods toward the candles

"Oh right" I lift my hand and in less than a second the candles light on fire and everyone laughs in awe

"Okay make a wish," Elena tells Caroline

Caroline hesitates for a moment then finally blows out the candles with a wide smile on her face

Happy birthday Caroline Forbes

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"Remember when Caroline got us in trouble because she couldn't think of a good lie to tell her mom when she called asking where we were, knowing we were in a whole different state?" I ask with a laugh

"I got scared okay? My mom is scary" Caroline shrugs

I shake my head and go for the bottle of alcohol but Elena snatches it away from me

"Ah, ah, I need it more, trust me" Elena laughs then takes a sip

I roll my eyes playfully, and my eyes land on Caroline who's on her phone texting someone, and that someone being Tyler

She told me all about her feelings for Tyler and I wasn't mad, yeah he may have did that to Jeremy but it wasn't necessarily his fault, it was Klaus, he got into Tyler's head

"Caroline, what are you doing?" Elena asks

Caroline looks up "Huh? Hmm? Nothing" she lies putting down her phone

"Okay, you're a bad sober liar, you're an even worse drunk liar,"

"she's not wrong care," I say with cake in my mouth

"I... might have texted Tyler," Caroline says sheepishly

"Caroline" Elena says in disbelief

"What? I'm delicate" Caroline shrugs

"Oh give her a brake, you can't control what everyone does all the time" Bonnie snaps at Elena

"Ohhh shit" I whisper then shove a piece of cake in my mouth to keep me from talking

"Wow" Elena scoffs

"Ouch bon," Matt says then gets up clearly uncomfortable

Bonnie sighs "I'm sorry, I know it's Caroline's birthday, funeral, or whatever. But... I just feel it's really wrong that you and Anastasia compelled Jeremy to leave town"

"Let's not talk about that okay? It's Caroline's day, Bonnie" I say but she just rolls her eyes

"You shouldn't have done it," Bonnie says

"We're doing it to protect him, Bonnie," Elena sighs "We want to give him a chance at a halfway normal life"

"He should be able to choose how he wants to live it. You're taking his choices away, again" Bonnie expresses

"Look, Your right Bonnie, it was wrong for us to do that, but you know he wouldn't have left even if we asked him," I say

"you shouldn't have done it," she repeats and I nod agreeing with her

"Bonnie, you can't tell him," Elena says slowly, I elbow her side "Stop making it worse" I snap at my sister

"Why, are you gonna compel me not to?" Bonnie scoffs

"No, that's not what she's saying, Bonnie"

"You know, you guys are ruining a perfectly good funeral" Matt comments

Bonnie looks down and takes a deep breath "I'm sorry, I'm just gonna go sleep it off or something" she says getting up and walking towards Caroline giving her a hug "Happy birthday" she says then walks away

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"No no no, she pushed me into the lake!"

"How was I supposed to know you couldn't swim?" Caroline laughs

I shake my head in laughter as Elena passes me the bottle, with her head on my lap

But now we're all drunk, and the cake is almost all gone

how sad, cake is amazing, cake is happiness

Cake is life

Just when I'm about to talk Tyler comes in making everyone go silent

"Sorry, I didn't mean to crash the party" Tyler apologizes

"So don't" Matt snaps

Caroline sits up quickly "No, it's, uh, it's okay, hi" she stammers

"Can I talk to you for a sec? It's kind of important" Tyler asks, Caroline looks back at me and I nod my head with a wide smile

"Yeah," she says then follows him outside

After a few seconds, Elena sighs and sits up too "Are you okay?" She asks Matt

I get up to get the rest of the cake, almost tripping in the process

Trip and fall

Haha, imagine if I tripped and fell.

Before I could process anything my ass hits the cold floor

"Nooooo," I say dramatically when I see my cake on the floor

"Yeah," Matt says taking the bottle from Elena "I just want her to be happy, you know?" He looks over at me and laughs while helping me up

"It's what I want for all of you guys," he says "In the middle of this crazy life you got stuck living"

"Is that how you see this? That we're just stuck?" Elena asks as I sit back down next to her with me stealing the rest of her cake

Life is cake

"I'd say it's attached itself to all of you pretty tight, yeah" Matt nods

"Bonnie's right, you know, we have no business messing in Jeremy's head,"

"We didn't know what else to do Lena, he doesn't deserve all of this, and neither does Jenna, they need to get out of here until everything cools down, which it will because when Klaus gets his family back he won't be so angry anymore and he'll actually listen to me we can bring Jeremy back," I say with a small smile, how did I even manage to talk without stuttering?

Elena smiles "Hopefully," she says

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"Caroline!" Matt calls out after not hearing from Caroline for like 30 minutes

Elena laughs "Great. We've been abandoned" She sighs In annoyance "Okay we're going on a search party. I don't trust that she won't get back together with him"

"Caroline!" Matt calls out again

"Come on Caroline, we don't have any more drinks, and Ana wants more cake!"

I randomly get a call from Tyler and I answer it "Hello?"

"I bit her Ana- I bit her" Tyler panicked

I frown in confusion "What do you mean, you bit her? What the hell are you talking about?"

"It was Klaus, he got to my head, I bit Caroline Ana," he says, and just like that my blood runs cold

Caroline was bitten by a werewolf, she's gonna die if she doesn't get Klaus's blood

Why would Klaus do this?

He promised me

"Take her home okay? I'll be there in a few minutes, don't worry she'll be fine" I hang up the phone and when I do look up I see Stefan and that makes me frown "Stefan? what are you doing?"

"I'm so sorry"

I gasp when he throws Matt against a wall but before I could even hear a response he places an alcohol-covered cloth over my mouth making me immediately pass out

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I wake up with a groan and my hand goes straight to my head, it's fucking pounding, and the first thing that I noticed is that I'm on a very comfortable bed, I roll over and slightly open my eyes, this isn't my room

Where am I?

When I fully open my eyes I see Klaus sitting on a chair, a few feet away from the bed and that makes me frown in confusion

That's when I remembered what happened

Caroline, Tyler bit her

Stefan knocked me out, where was Elena? Matt?

"Elena-."

"She's fine," he said, eying the bourbon glass in his hand

I sit up and lean against the bed frame, after a few moments of silence I speak up "You made Tyler bite Caroline"

Klaus smiles "I didn't make Tyler do anything, sweetheart"

"God, you are such a fucking asshole."

"I did what I had to do"

"go to hell"

I try to get off the bed but He takes two large steps and stops in front of my face, he grabs my chin making me look up at him in the eyes "You are Mine Anastasia Gilbert, I have waited over 1000 years for you and I'll be damned if I'm going to let you just walk away as if our love means nothing to you"

"Our love means nothing to you. You don't think you've hurt me? Huh? Killing my aunt? Brainwashing Tyler to bite Caroline? Killing my sister" I say "You're just as much of a bad person as everyone says you are. You never deserved me"

Klaus flinched "I love you! Why can't you see how much I care for you? The things I'm willing to do for you?" he expresses, his eyes bright with desire for me

"Bullshit, if you loved me you would have kept your word Klaus."

"Why can't you understand that I did what I had to do?"

"You almost killed my aunt! You almost killed Jeremy all because a fucking psycho that doesn't care about anyone but yourself"

Klaus takes a step towards me and takes me face in his hands "I'll never, ever betray you again, I was angry, and I shouldn't have done what I did. Don't leave me Anastasia, let me love you the way you deserve to be loved"

No that doesn't even make sense, klaus is an original hybrid, he doesn't need me "you don't love me"

Klaus puts his forehead on mine "I've loved you for a thousand years, know that I'm here, I'll always be here"

After a few moments I let out a sigh, too tried to even think "Klaus... just don't hurt Stefan... please"

"You're asking too much of me"

"I'll stay with you, okay? Just give Caroline your blood and I'll stay with you"

He stood quietly for a few seconds "Okay"

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I walk into Caroline's house already feeling incredibly guilty, but I know I shouldn't feel guilty, I'm here to help her, and she's going to be fine

We're all going to be fine

When I turn around to close the door I see Klaus with his hands behind his back "Take your time, I'll be waiting" he says then walks away to god knows where

After our conversation ended I immediately demanded his blood to cure Caroline of her werewolf bite and he didn't object, he gave me his blood and we immediately headed straight to her house

I was able to call Elena and make sure that she was okay, I was going to comfort her but she asked for some time alone and I'll respect it, as for Stefan: all the calls were sent straight to voicemail, not having the desire to talk to him left me with multiple messages making me eventually turn off my phone but not before reassigning December and Amora that I was fine, not telling them about my deal with Klaus

Thank god they left to deal with problems back in forks Washington with the Cullens

I close the door and sigh, when I walk further into the home I see Liz and the look on her face makes me want to throw up

"I have the cure Auntie, don't worry okay?" she nods with tears in her eyes while coming up to give me a hug

When I talk into Caroline's room I have to force myself to not cry, rushing to her side and taking a better look, she looks so pale and her skin was burning up, I waste no time in taking the vial of blood from the pocket of my jacket and bring it to her lips, once she took not one sip I can already see the color return to her face and I let out of sigh of relief

After a few seconds, I get the blood bag that was on her nightstand and hand it to her and watch as she drinks it with a satisfied sigh "Your boyfriend ruined my birthday" she playfully glares and I let out a chuckle

"Trust me, anything you want I'll make him gets for you, as for your birthday party, we can always have another one"

Caroline hums "I want his debit card, I mean he has to be loaded right?"

I smile at my best friend "I'll get it for you, don't worry"

"He wasn't trying to kill me right? Ugh I can't imagine having to deal with him, it must be so stressful"

"No, he was just trying to scare Stefan which obviously didn't work, as for me dealing with him, it's very stressful"

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After talking to Caroline much longer than I planned I did end up making Klaus give her his card before we left, it was a much-needed therapy session, we talked about everything and anything but it makes me sad knowing that we probably won't have a conversation like that in a very long time

When I walk into my new home for the next god knows how long, I can't help but feel a sense of relief, I don't know why, but maybe being here with Klaus won't be such a bad thing. But that's probably the exhaustion hitting me, I haven't slept all day besides being knocked out by Stefan, so now it's almost 4 in the morning and all I want to do is get out of this dress, wash my face, and go to sleep.

I feel Klaus's hand on my lower back as I get out of his car and guides me inside, when he does I take a better look at his house, and holy shit it's absolutely beautiful

The exterior is gorgeous, it reminds me of an old Victorian castle, once we walk inside I'm met with two huge spiral staircases, both are this dark almost black wood, in fact, everything I can see is covered in this beautiful dark wood, the doors, the floor

It's all so beautiful, I have to stop myself from opening my mouth in shock

This wasn't how this house was when I'd last seen it not even 24 hours ago

Klaus guides me upstairs and into I'm guessing his room, once he opens the door my eyes widen, It's so pretty, it's not like the rest of the house, it's more open and the open windows give it a sense of peace, it's a light room with none of the dark colors from the rest of the house in this room, I could almost fall asleep here just by how comfortable and calm the energy of this room gives off

"You have everything you could need here, clothes, skincare, everything. I do not expect you to sleep in the same room as I, so you'll have your own separate room down the hall if that is what you prefer" Klaus says while looking at me with his hands behind his back, I didn't even notice he stepped away

I look at him and smile, "Thank you" is all I can say

I lean my weight on one foot when I feel the dull pain of the back of my heel digging into my foot making me wince when the pain gets worse, I look down at my foot debating if I should just take them off already but I decided to just wait until I change

When I look up hoping to find Klaus, he's gone but not even a second later he appears holding what I'm guessing is his clothes, a white shirt, and sweatpants "You are tired" is all he said while handing me the clothes, and walks out of the room leaving me alone in confusion

I don't question it, I just head to the bathroom and change, and get ready for bed

once I'm done I walk out to find Klaus sitting at the edge of the bed, still in the same clothes I saw from earlier, I thought he would have changed as well "do vampires sleep?" I asked as I took a seat next to him

He looked at me and smiled "Vampires yes, it's rather difficult for an original to fall into unconsciousness known as sleeping"

I can't even imagine a life without sleep, having to be awake at all hours of day and night sounds horrible, Klaus must have seen my face because he lets out a soft laugh, a laugh that melts into my bones "It's not all that bad sweetheart, I've gotten used to not sleeping"

I still frown because it does sound bad, not sleeping sounds like a torture

"Well," he says standing up "Unlike me, you need rest, lots and lots of rest, so I'll leave you to it" he points to the nightside table "Water and medication for your aching feet. if you need anything just call my name, or ring that bell and the servants will be here in less than a second, as for I, I'll be in the next room"

With a slow nod, he smiles then turns away, I don't want him to leave, I don't want to be alone, I can't be alone "Wait" I say and he turns around

With an awkward clear of my throat I look up to meet his eyes "Can you stay? Please? Just until I fall asleep and then you can leave" I asked with a shaky voice

Klaus smiled at me, a soft smile that I never thought I'd see on his face "Of course I will" the hybrid made his way to lay on the bed next to me, I grab his hand giving it a squeeze and drift off into a deep sleep.

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I wake up when I hear glass shattering from downstairs, what the hell?

I immediately make my way downstairs where I see a man whose back is turned towards me throw Klaus across the room making him land on an a table and break it in two

"Easy, I just finished renovating" Klaus growls

I make eye contact with the man and he stops what's he's doing

my eyes widen

"Elijah"

"Anastasia"

Idk what this is ngl