Disturbing Behaviour

LOLA POV:

"It's probably best if I just show you." I say to Klaus as I put his hands against my face.

He looks at me concerned, "Are you sure?"

I nod, "I can't keep this from you any longer."

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FLASHBACK 1958:

November 14, 1958 - it was my birthday.

I was on my way to meet Nik tonight, he left our apartment an hour earlier than me; explaining he had some big surprise for our date night tonight. He told me to meet him along Venice Beach, it's where we found each other again 3 years ago, both watching someone paint. It was a bit of a rough restart when I realised he compelled me back in the twenties but after a lot of grovelling from Nik's end, it just picked up where it left off.

As I continue walking, a swooshing sound comes up behind me. I turn to see no one there, laughing thinking it's Nik, "Very funny, Nik." I grow concerned when Nik doesn't appear. I turn to continue walking when the man I haven't seen since 1919 appears in front of me.

"We meet again, Charlotte."

"What the hell are you doing here?" I snap back at him. I try to run away but he appears in front of me yet again, grabbing me by my hair and sinks his teeth into my neck and then everything goes black.

I wake up with pain in my neck, as well as drinking my blood the asshole broke my neck, looking down, my wrists are tied up on the chair I'm on, laced with vervain. Trying to break free as I groan out in pain at the burning sensation from the vervain but it's no use, I'm too weak. I'm trapped in some dark warehouse, no one else is around but I can hear movement coming from outside the room.

"I know you're out there, Mikael! Be the big tough guy you always claim to be and show yourself!"

Mikael laughs as he appears into the room, "You still have your repulsive attitude I see."

"Only repulsive when the likes of you are around. What the hell do you want?" I snap, still trying to break free from the ropes.

He walks over and grabs me by my face, "There's no point in trying to break free. It's never going to work. You're just as weak and pathetic as the bastard himself!"

"I see you're still taking your anger out on Nik. Considering it was your wife who went behind your back because you clearly weren't satisfying her enough. Can't blame her I guess." He slaps me hard across the face, making my nose bleed, so hard the chair almost falls backwards. Mikael grabs the chair to keep it up straight as he stabs me in the stomach with a stake. I scream out in pain but then calm myself and start laughing, "If you want to kill me, you'll need better aim. I advise to go between the fourth and fifth rib."

"As much it would bring me joy to kill you, I'm not going to."

I look up at him confused, "You're not?"

"No."

"Then what the hell are you doing?" I scoff.

He turns his back to him and starts to pace, "I hear that you're looking for that brother of yours." He turns to face me, "Damon, is it?"

I grow angry and try to break free once more, "What have you done to my brother?"

He chuckles, "Nothing, not yet anyway."

"I swear to god if you touch him, Mikael, I'll..."

He vamp speeds to me, choking me, "You'll what? Kill me?" He laughs, "You're nothing but a pathetic little vampire. You can't do anything to me." He removes his hand from my neck, I start to breathe heavily to catch my breath as he steps back, "Have you ever heard of Augustine?" He faces me but I don't respond, looking at him annoyed, "Well it's clear by your face that you do. But I bet one thing you didn't know is that they have Damon and have so for the last five years."

I glare at him, "You're bluffing."

He crouches down to be eye level, "Am I?"

Mikael stabs me in the stomach again. I grit my teeth to stop myself from screaming, "Why are you telling me this?"

He starts to circle me like I'm his prey, when he is behind me, he grabs my hair, "I want to make a deal with you."

"A deal?" I ask, he nods. I burst out laughing, "You think after all of this I'm going to make a deal with you? Shove your deal up your ass."

"You will accept my deal." He seethes as his grip becomes tighter on my hair, "Or I will kill both of your brothers and make you watch." He let's go and walks in front of me, "Your other brother, Stefan, I understand he's not too far from here." He reaches into his pocket and holds up some photographs. My eyes widen when I see Stefan in the photographs, "Here's Stefan in San Francisco with Alexia Branson. It would be a shame for the pair of them to die because you won't accept my deal. I can easily get Damon killed too so do not test me."

I look down at my lap, holding back tears, "What do you want?" I say defeated.

He laughs, "Not so brave now, are you?" He crouches down to be eye level once more, "I want you to leave Niklaus. I want you to break him."

"You might as well just kill me because I'm never going to leave him!" I scream at him.

He punches his hand into my chest, gripping onto my heart. I start coughing up blood as he laughs, "It would be too easy to kill you." He pulls his hand back out of my chest, he walks away to wipe my blood off his hands while I gasp for breath, "Niklaus already hates me just as much as I hate him. He would expect nothing less than for me to kill his little pet." He starts to circle me again, "But what he wouldn't expect is for said pet to leave him and break his heart, which is what I want you to do."

"Why are you doing this to him? Nothing that happened is his fault! You cannot blame him for something his mother done!" I argue.

"Everything is because of him! He was born a beast, a pathetic, good for nothing beast!" He shouts back.

"He is nothing like you describe!" I defend, "Yes he may have his faults but we all do! And his faults have been caused by how you treated him as a boy! You abused him, forced his mother to cast a spell to hide who he truly is. All because you're ashamed at what your wife done!" He looks away annoyed, I know I'm getting to him, "All he needed was you to act like his father and you didn't!"

He vamp speeds over to me, gripping onto my wrist so hard he breaks it. I scream out in pain, "He is not my son!" He stands up straight and composes himself, "Okay fine. If you don't do what I say, then I'll go and kill your brothers myself."

He begins to walk away as I start to panic. I try to break from the ropes, "Wait!" He stops walking, still with his back to me. I sigh, "I'll leave him."

He turns to face me and smirks, "You really would do anything for your family, wouldn't you?"

I sit up straight and stare at him, emotionless, "I'll do anything as long as my brothers come to no harm."

He steps towards me, grabs my face to make me look up at him, "I won't compel you. But make no mistake if you breathe a word of this to Niklaus or anyone, I will compel you. I might even compel you to kill your own brothers to show that you don't go against me. I'll even compel you to kill yourself. So mark my words, Charlotte. Do not disobey me." He breaks the ropes off me, he forces me to stand as he grips on my arms, "Just one more taste." As he sinks his teeth into me again and everything goes black once more.

When I awaken, no one is here, Mikael is no longer here. I make my escape, not having a clue where I am. I can't go back home just yet, not looking like this, covered in my own blood. Once I get my bearings I head over to Adrianna's place. A good friend, who I turned a few years ago now.

Before I even get chance to knock, the door to her apartment swings open. She looks at me in shock, "Jesus, Lola, what happened?"

I walk into her apartment and collapse onto her couch, "I need blood." She rushes to her kitchen and pours me a glass of blood. I take it off her and drain it within seconds, "Thank you."

"What happened?" She asks looking at me worried, "Nik has been looking everywhere for you."

"What day is it?" I ask.

"It's Sunday." Wow. I've been gone 2 days.

I turn to face her as I start to cry, "Please don't tell Nik I'm here."

She looks at me concerned, "Did he do this to you?"

I shake my head, "No, it wasn't him. I'll explain but please just help me get cleaned up." She nods and takes me into the bathroom to get cleaned up. I get changed into some of Ade's clothes.

I lay on her bed as she walks in with a cup of tea, "Are you ready to talk about it?"

I sit up and explain everything. She promises me that she won't tell a soul, and I believe her. Adrianna is the one of few I trust. I advise her to leave the City because once I've done what I need to do with Nik, I can't say that he won't retaliate by taking it out on her.

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"Enough!" Klaus shouts as he pulls away from my hands, standing up as he buries his face into his hands.

"I'm sorry." I mumble as I wipe tears away from my face and look down at my lap.

He sighs as he removes his hands from his face, with his back to me, "You should have told me." He turns to face me with tears in his eyes, "Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because I was scared!" I snap, I look up at him, with tears streaming down my face as I stand up, "I was so scared."

Klaus looks down at the ground, disheartened, "So that's why you left."

Looking back at everything, I feel so ashamed for leaving, "It wasn't an easy thing for me to do."

He turns to face me, looking betrayed, "It looked easy enough for you to give up when Mikael asked you to. You gave up on us."

My heart dropped at the point, I look over at him hurt, "You thought that was easy for me?" He doesn't respond, "I had to pick between you and my brothers. Between the love of my life and my blood. If you really think that was easy for me then what the hell are we doing here? Get out."

"Lola, wait-"

"I said get out!" I snap at him, "You should know how important family is to me! If you had to make the decision between me or your family I know exactly who you would pick!" Klaus looks away from me, knowing I'm right but not admitting it, I push further, "Are you really going to stand here and not respond to me? So come on then, Nik, tell me. Would you pick me over Elijah?" He still doesn't look at me, more tears stream down my face, "Rebekah?" He looks up at me with tears in his eyes, knowing he would choose his sister over me. I nod, "That's what I thought. I would never be mad at you for doing that, and I would never turn that around on you and say you gave up easily and make out that you're the bad guy when all you were doing was looking out for your family, your blood."

When it's obvious Klaus isn't going to leave, I leave instead. I push past him and storm out of the apartment and go back to the hotel. Once I'm back at the hotel I make my way up to my room and close the door behind me. I fall down the door onto the floor and break down. It was so hard bringing up that horrible memory, one of the worst things that happened to me and one of the worst things I ever did.

Footsteps approach my hotel room door, then there's a knock at the door, "Lola, please I know you're in there. Just talk to me." Klaus says, defeated.

I don't respond, I stay sitting in my spot, not moving an inch. I jump when an even louder knock bangs on the door, "Lola!" Klaus snaps, clearly getting agitated I'm not biting.

"Hey, what's going on?" I hear Rebekah's voice come into play. I can hear their footsteps walk into the distance and they're finally gone.

I head into the bathroom and go into the shower to wash today away. How can a day that started so great, end so badly. Once out the shower and changed into some comfy clothes I head to bed when there's another knock at the door, a much softer knock.

"Hey, Lola. It's me." Rebekah says softly from the other side of the door.

I open the door to see her smiling softly at me, I smile back, "You've spoken to him then?"

She nods, I open the door further for her to step in. I sit on my bed and she follows, "You know Nik and his temper." Rebekah starts, "He's not angry at you, he's angry at himself. He blames himself for what happened between you and Mikael."

I frown at her, "It's not his fault."

She nods, "It's no ones fault other than Mikael's. Nik blames himself because the only reason Mikael done what he did to you was because you were close to Nik."

I bow my head and let my hair cover my face as the tears fall once more. Rebekah cups my cheek to make me face her as she wipes away my tears, "He really loves you, you know. I've spent the last 90 years in a box but I still know true love when I see it."

I laugh slightly, "Have I told you how much I've missed you?"

Rebekah smiles, "You have. But it doesn't harm to hear it once more." She pulls me in for a hug, "Get some rest and then speak to Nik in the morning."

We pull away from the hug and I nod. Rebekah then leaves and I fall into bed. It's understandable why Klaus is so hurt, the things I said to him were not me and I've regretted them ever since. As I drift off to sleep, my mind goes back to that night.

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FLASHBACK 1958:

After I have spoken to Adrianna, I head back to Klaus and I's apartment. I try to go through in my head how I'm going to go about this.

As I walk through the door, I see Klaus pacing around in the living room. He looks relived when he sees me walking into the apartment, "Thank god." He says as he walks over to me, "Where have you been? I've looked everywhere for you."

I look away from him as I walk past him, "I just needed some space."

He turns to face me, looking confused, "Space from what?"

I shrug, "Space from you, space from us."

He already looks hurt by my words, "Where is this all coming from?" I don't respond, I continue walking into the bedroom and start packing. Klaus follows me and continues, "How long have you felt like this?"

"For a while." I mumble as I pack my things up.

Klaus grabs a piece of clothing out of my hands, "Talk to me."

Oh god, this is going to hurt me way more than it's going to hurt Klaus. He's going to hate me forever.

I turn to face him as I glare up at him, "You want me to talk? Okay, fine. I don't love you. I was so stupid to forgive you so easily about the twenties. You took away my memories, you took away a big chunk of my life. I just got my relationship with Stefan back on track and you destroyed it."

Klaus sighs, "I've already apologised so many times about that, Lola. It's one of the biggest regrets I've done in my life, you know that." I take the piece of clothing out of his hands and continue to back, "You don't love me?" He practically whispers, I can hear the hurt in his voice.

"No I don't. I hate to say it, Nik, but sometimes I feel like I don't exist in your life because you love me." I fasten my bag and then turn to face him, no expression on my face, "I feel like I exist in your life for the attention you crave and for the gap of loneliness to fade."

His hurt expression leaves, anger is filling his eyes, "So that's how you really feel?"

"Yes it is." I bluntly reply, "You turned me into a weak person and you loved that weak person because it made you feel better about yourself."

I walk out of the bedroom and start to walk out when Klaus comes storming after me, "If you leave this apartment, believe me, Lola, when I say I will make you regret it."

I don't respond, I walk out of the apartment and close the door behind me. I can hear Klaus screaming and smashing things inside. I turn to walk back into the apartment but with a lot of strength, I resist and flee.

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It's finally the next morning. I spent most of the night drowning in self loathing and coming to the realisation I've spent too much time around Elena Gilbert because I'm turning into her, I've became so selfish.

I blamed Klaus last night and said he turned everything round to make me look like the bad guy. Well, for one, he didn't make me look like the bad guy because I already was. Two, I should have told him straight away about Mikael, I should never have said the things I did say. I can be a real selfish bitch when I want to be.

As soon as it was an acceptable time, I got dressed and went straight to Klaus' room. I stand in front of his door, trying to pluck up the courage to knock, I take a deep breath and then knock.

Klaus answers the door, looking as handsome as he always does. He smiles awkwardly at me, and I smile awkwardly back, "Can I come in?"

He nods and opens the door further as I step in, "I was just coming over to speak to you. I need to apologise for how I spoken to you last night, it was all my fault and-"

I interrupt Klaus speaking by pressing my lips onto his, I pull away as I cup his cheeks and smile up at him, "The only thing that is your fault is making me fall so goddamn head over heels for you."

Klaus looks down at me smiling, but also looking shocked, "Really?"

I smile as I nod and wrap my arms around his neck, "Really. You may be a massive pain in the ass sometimes but I wouldn't have you any other way."

He raises a brow, "Is that suppose to be a compliment?"

Klaus smiles down at me, I smile back at him and laugh, his smile is so contagious. My smile soon drifts away when the guilt over powers me once more as I place a hand on his cheek. He looks at me concerned, "What's wrong?"

"I'm the one who needs to apologise, Nik." Klaus tries to talk back but I put a finger across his lips to stop him, "Everything I said that night, I didn't mean any of it. I just had to make you think all those words were real. I am so sorry for hurting you, Nik. I know I've said in the past that I hate you, but just know I'll never hate you, even if I act like I do."

Klaus sighs, "It is true that you hurt me. If I'm being honest, you broke my heart." I look down in shame at his words, but he lifts my head up to look at him as he smiles, "But this heartbreak is nothing like the others. Because now I know this heartbreak is something that I know you wouldn't have chosen if it hadn't have been forced on you." I smile up at him with tears in my eyes as I pull him into a hug. Klaus chuckles slightly, "You really do need to win an oscar though."

I laugh as we break away from the hug and we both press our lips onto each other's. Klaus breaks away from the kiss and smirks down at me, "So shall we pick up from where we left off in Tennessee?"

I close my eyes and smile as Klaus starts to kiss my neck, "Mm, you'll have to remind me about that." I tease.

Klaus looks at me and smirks, "Gladly." He picks me up, making me laugh and carries me over to his bed where we do pick up where we left off.

That's what it was always like with Klaus and I. We'd fight and not even a day later we would be making up, in more ways than one.

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Once Klaus and I have calmed ourselves down, we head to a clothing store along with Rebekah and Stefan considering the only thing that Rebekah owned was a twenties flapper dress. I lent her some of my clothes for the time being but I'd rather not keep doing that in the future.

Most girls love this whole shopping spree malarkey but I for one, hate it. I don't have enough patience to be going round shops and finding things, I'd much rather be sat at home and online shop that way you also don't have to deal with other people.

I can tell Klaus is also growing tired of being in this shop, he's also still a little annoyed about the whole Rebekah losing her necklace. Klaus and Stefan are both sat on the waiting seats, sipping champagne while Rebekah is trying on the entire clothing collection of this store and making me look through the rack and finding something for her.

"There has to be more to this dress." Rebekah says, still in the fitting room.

"There's not." Klaus answers as he stands to pass me a glass of champagne.

Rebekah walks out of the fitting room in a short black dress, looking just as gorgeous as my best friend always did, "So women in the 21st century dress like prostitutes, then?"

I scoff, "Uh, excuse me. Not all of us, thank you."

Rebekah flaps her hands in the air, "You know, I got dirty looks for wearing trousers."

"Yes, I remember those trousers." I answer her, "To be honest though, Bex. Those trousers weren't great to begin with."

Klaus smirks, "You wore trousers so women today could wear nothing." I look down at him and give him a 'Really?' look and he responds with a wink, making me laugh as I roll my eyes.

Rebekah cringes at the background music, "And what is this music? It sounds like a cable car accident."

"It's dance music." Stefan answers.

Rebekah scoffs, "People dance to this?" Stefan hums a yes.

Klaus looks over to Rebekah, annoyed, "Are we done?"

Rebekah steps towards Klaus, "And why are you so grumpy?"

"I needed one thing from you for my witch to find out why my hybrids are dying, one thing. Your necklace. And you lost it." Klaus says spitefully.

Rebekah shrugs, "I didn't lose it. It's just been missing for 90 years."

I laugh, "So you lost it."

Rebekah glares over at me, "You're suppose to be my best friend, why are you taking his side?" I raise my hands in surrender and mimic zipping my mouth shut.

Rebekah looks at Stefan and does a twirl in the black dress, "So what do you think?"

"I like it." Stefan lies terribly. Rebekah clearly notices his horrible lie as well as she looks at him unsatisfied, Stefan shrugs, "What? I said I like it." He repeats innocently.

"I can always tell when you're lying, Stefan." Rebekah points out as I walk over to her with a new outfit for her to try, a top and a pair of shorts.

"Try these on." I say as I hand them over to her. Rebekah takes them and walks back into the fitting room, I turn to face Stefan and glare at him, "Well done."

Klaus smiles sarcastically, "Nice one. Good work."

Stefan shrugs, "You're the one that pulled the dagger out of her."

"I heard that!" Rebekah shouts from inside the fitting room.

Stefan sighs, "All right. I'm going to get some fresh air." Stefan stands up and walks outside.

I walk back over to the clothes racks when Klaus comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist and buries his face into my neck, "Finally."

I turn around to face him, wrapping my arms around his neck. Klaus leans in to kiss me but I place my finger on him to stop him as Rebekah shouts out from the fitting room, "There's still another vampire in here, you know!" I press my lips together to stop myself from laughing as Klaus groans in frustration and buries his face into my neck once more.

3RD PERSON POV:

Stefan walks up to Katherine on the sidewalk, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"You all look chummy." Katherine laughs, "Klaus your new bestie?"

"You know, if he finds out you're in Chicago, you're dead." Stefan warns her.

Katherine smiles, "Happy to know that you still care. So tell me if I'm wrong...Rebekah's necklace that Klaus is looking for...that's the necklace that you gave to Elena." Katherine shrugs, "I'm surprised Lola hasn't spilled the beans about it yet, her and Klaus seem just as close as they always used to be."

"Goodbye, Katherine." Stefan says as he starts to walk away.

Katherine steps in front of him to stop him, "Hey, hey. Wait. You're up to something, tell me..."

Stefan sighs, "Lola didn't pay much attention to Elena unless she had to, so she definitely didn't notice what jewellery Elena would wear. They don't know where the necklace is. I just have to keep them from figuring it out. I have it all under control."

"Please, tell me you have a better plan than that." Katherine asks, Stefan doesn't respond, "You do. Come on, Stefan. You're not the diabolical type. Whatever you're planning, it's not going to work."

Stefan shrugs, "Well, if the most diabolical woman I know can't seem to figure it out, then I must be doing something right."

Katherine scoffs, "Uh-huh. I forgot. You're bad now. Don't get too cocky. Klaus is smarter than you. He's smarter than everyone." Stefan smiles sarcastically at her and begins to walk away. Katherine turns to face him, "And I've heard about that sister. Be careful. She'll ruin you."

Stefan turns to face her as he walks backwards, "Happy to know you still care." He turns around and continues to walk away.

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LOLA POV:

Klaus, Rebekah and I are all back at Gloria's bar, waiting for her to find answers. I must be hiding my anxiety well because none of them have picked up on the fact I know exactly why Klaus' hybrids aren't working.

Gloria is sitting at a table, her hands floating above a large tome on a table filled with candles. I could tell them right now about what I know before Stefan gets here. That way I could maybe persuade them all to not actually say that I'm the one that told them. Ha, who am I kidding, that will never work.

"You left us." Rebekah says as she sits next to me on top of the bar, bringing me out of my daze, I look up to see Stefan walking in. Well even if I was going to do that plan, can't do it now.

"Yeah, sorry. Retail therapy was making my head explode." Stefan says as he walks towards us all.

"Tell me about it." Klaus mumbles into his glass of bourbon.

Stefan looks at Gloria, "What's she doing?"

Klaus glares at Gloria, "She's failing."

Gloria huffs, "It's hard to find something when you don't have anything to go on."

"So use me." Rebekah suggests, "I only wore it for a thousand years." Rebekah hops off the bar and walks over to Gloria's table.

"See?" Gloria says as she points over to Rebekah, "Now this one offers a solution." Rebekah sits on the table as Gloria holds her hand out, "All right, give me your hand, sweetheart."

Stefan and I both share a knowing glance, Stefan looks over to Klaus, "She's, uh, she's looking for the necklace, huh?"

Gloria still has hold of Rebekah's hand, "I can sense something."

I look over to see Stefan tensing up as he takes a couple steps towards them both as Gloria chants. Gloria drops Rebekah's hand and looks over to us all, "I found it."

Rebekah gets excited, "So where is it?"

Gloria shakes her head, "It doesn't work like that, doll. I get images. There's a girl with her friends..."

"Yes, a dead girl with dead friends, if I don't get my necklace back." Rebekah interrupts Gloria.

Gloria sighs, "Well, I'll have to dive back in to get the details."

"So dive." Klaus demands as he walks towards the table.

"I need more time." Gloria points out. Klaus leans on the table Gloria is seated at, she fans him away, "And space. You're harshing my ju-ju."

Klaus smirks, "We can wait."

Gloria scoffs, "I'm sure you can. But that's not what I asked."

Stefan walks over to Klaus and puts his hand on Klaus' shoulder, "Hey. Hey, you know, why don't we just come back later. I'm hungry anyway. I'll let you pick who we eat." Stefan stands up straight and starts to make his way to the door, he looks over to me, still sitting on top of the bar and motions for me to follow which I do. Shortly after Rebekah and Klaus also follow.

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In the warehouse, we are all sitting feeding on a group of girls, Klaus and I on a couch and Stefan on a chair next to us. Rebekah looks at us sitting atop a nearby crate, "My girl's dead. I'm bored." I pull away from the girl once dead and drop her onto the floor.

Klaus pulls away from the girl he's feeding on and looks at Stefan, "You weren't kidding about being hungry."

Stefan pulls away and looks over to Klaus, "Yeah, well, it's been a long day."

Klaus gestures over to Rebekah, "Try being related to her." Both of them laugh, I kick Klaus and glare over at him.

Rebekah also glares at Klaus, "You're being mean." She looks over to Stefan, "And why are you being mean? You used to love me."

Klaus rolls his eyes, "It's been ninety years, Rebekah. Give him a minute."

Rebekah is now clearly upset, "Why are you taking his side?"

Klaus scoffs, "Because, my dear sister, I feel pity for any man who doesn't give you what you want."

"Will you stop making me out to be a brat? I am not a brat!" Rebekah whines, kinda sounding like a brat.

"A thousand years of life experience says otherwise." Klaus says in a cocky attitude as he looks over to Stefan.

Stefan laughs, "Well, you're no picnic, either. I mean, I've only spent one summer with you and I feel like I want to blow my head off, I don't know how Lola stayed with you all those years."

I scoff, "Well, it meant I was able to stay away from you and Damon; so it wasn't that bad actually."

Rebekah laughs, "Fantastic."

Stefan drops the dead girl he was feeding from on the ground, "I need to go." Stefan walks out of the warehouse.

Rebekah watches as he does so, then turns to face Klaus and I, "Where's he going?"

"To write a name on a wall." Klaus answers.

Rebekah looks at me confused, I laugh, "It's a long story."

It's been a while since Stefan has left now. I laid across the couch, resting my head on Klaus' lap. I look up at him, not amused, "Okay, I'm bored now too."

Klaus gestures for me to sit up, "Come on then." I sit up as he stands and holds his hand out for me, "Let's go hurry up Gloria." I grab his hand and stand up, he looks over to Rebekah, "You stay here until Stefan comes back and then meet us back at Gloria's."

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Klaus and I went back to Gloria's bar but she was nowhere to be found. All her belongings were gone so she must have fled. We both rush back to the warehouse, now is my chance to tell Klaus the truth, "Nik, there's something I need to tell you."

He grabs hold of my hand as we enter the warehouse, "You can tell me later, love."

"Don't bother. Your kiss already gave you away." We hear Rebekah say within the warehouse.

"Gloria's gone. She's cleared out." Klaus gets straight to the point as we both enter the warehouse, "We need to find a new witch immediately." We both stop and look at Rebekah and Stefan, something has happened, Klaus looks at them confused, "What's going on?"

"Something's wrong. He was asking about Mikael." Rebekah points out, my heart sinks as my eyes widen in shock, "He's not with us, Nik. I can sense it."

"She's wrong." Stefan intervenes, "Klaus..."

Klaus rushes over to him and snaps his neck. He turns to face me, looking pissed, "You have 5 seconds to tell me what you are playing at." I look away, trying to figure out how to word this but he grows impatient as he steps closer to me, "5...4...3..."

"Elena's alive!" I blurt out.

Klaus looks at me dumbfounded, "What did you just say?"

"Elena, she's alive." I repeat, "This is what I wanted to talk to you about. They found a way to save her from the ritual, that's why your hybrids aren't working."

"You've had all summer to tell me this!" He argues.

"I wasn't keeping this from you for her, I was doing it for Stefan." I step closer and look him in the eyes with sincerity and cup his face, "Believe me though when I say, everything that has happened on this trip wasn't fake, my feelings for you aren't fake."

"Lola was just protecting her brother, Nik." Rebekah defends me.

Klaus doesn't say anything, he removes my hands from his face and walks away. I run my hands through my hair as I sigh, "Shit."

Rebekah walks over to me and hugs me, "I would have done the same, don't worry."

Klaus doesn't speak a word to me while the work men load all the coffins into a truck and then dumps Stefan into the back of the van as well. Klaus walks over to Rebekah, thinking I'm not listening, "I need you to go in the truck with the driver. Lola and I need to talk in the car." Great, I can sense a lecture coming on.

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It's already been a few hours while we've been in this car, god knows where we are going. My guess, is we are going back to Mystic Falls.

Klaus finally breaks the silence, "Did you tell him about Mikael?"

"The only person who knows about Mikael is Adrianna." I respond.

Klaus sighs, "I'm not mad at you."

I laugh slightly, "Could have fooled me." The silence takes over again, I can't take it much longer, "I can't believe I'm having to defend myself about this. But no, I've never said a word about Mikael to Stefan or Damon. I never would, why would I do that? They hate you, so they will obviously use him against you and Mikael will no doubt use me against you, yet again." Klaus doesn't respond, "We're going back to Mystic Falls, aren't we?"

"Just to finish what I started." Klaus finally responds, "Then I'll be leaving, I want you to come with me."

I look at him confused, "You want me to go away with you? Aren't you pissed that I kept the fact the doppelgänger is still alive?"

Klaus shrugs, "I understand why you did it, you were doing it for your brother. I admire that." He grabs hold of my hand and kisses it, he smirks over to me, "It's also impossible for me to stay mad at you."