broken (k.p.)

Not What I Expected

Brandon holds me up as soon as the words leave Freya's mouth.

They're here.

I have no idea what is going to happen next, but I know it won't be good.

"Let them in then." Klaus smirks, keeping his eyes on me as Freya leaves.

"I hope this doesn't go worse than it needs to, Noelle." Klaus says, and it almost sounds like a threat.

Almost.

And then they walk in. My family walks in.

All of them.

Caroline, Stefan, Damon, Elena, Alaric, Jeremy, and Bonnie.

But Kai grabs my attention right away.

The look in his eyes makes it obvious that he's completely broken as he looks at me.

I just have an unbuttoned flannel on. He can see the bruises that are already starting to litter my body. It makes me sick as I look at them.

Jackson did this.

And I want to kill him for it.

Kai's eyes trail down my body before they come back up to my face.

"Elle?" He croaks out. I nod, but my usual smile doesn't appear on my face.

I am beyond ecstatic for everyone to be here, but this isn't going to end how I want it to.

"Well, that's everyone," Klaus claps his hands together. "Freya, you can leave now."

She rushes out, shutting the door behind her.

"Everyone sit." Klaus says, gesturing to the couches. There's too many of us, so I stay standing. Brandon, Kai, and Bonnie do too. Klaus looks at all of us with a small smile on his face.

"Fuck this," I whisper. "What do you want, Klaus? To kill every single one of us? Because if you want to do that so bad, then you should really just do it. I'm tired of this bullshit."

My voice cracks, and I feel like I could cry. It feels like that's all I've been doing for the past few hours. Being raped doesn't really help an already-tense situation, though.

The smile leaves Klaus' face.

"I didn't bring you here to kill you, Elle." Klaus replies.

"Then what do you want from me?" I ask, clearly frustrated.

"You and me have something in common, Noelle Bennett." He responds.

"Oh my God!" I yell. "Just spit it out!"

The anger is just rising in me. Klaus becomes angry, too, speeding over to me.

"You will not speak to me like that. Especially not after I saved your ass from Jackson." He whispers through his teeth.

"What?" Everyone asks in unison.

Shit.

They probably don't know that Jackson kidnapped me.

Me and Klaus turn our heads towards them.

"Jackson is the one who kidnapped me. The three of them have been working together." I explain vaguely. Kai's eyes immediately trail to Brandon.

And then before I know it, Kai has Brandon pinned against a wall.

"Ooh, drama." Klaus smirks. I run over to them.

"Kai. Stop." I scold as he chokes Brandon. He doesn't stop.

I put my hands on his arm, and he whips his head around toward me. He looks down at my hands and lets go of Brandon, grabbing me to pull me into a hug. He keeps his arms tight around me, placing his chin on my head.