Slow Burn [Klaus Mikaelson Story]

6. Alone

"Alright Isla you can leave now" I hear Chris's voice, "Yeah ah just a minute" I holler back, I quickly clean the table and take the plates and glasses back to the kitchen and grab the table cleaning towel from the hook. I rush back to the table and start to wipe it.

"All done" I huff out as I see the table spotless. I throw the towel towards Chris who catches it effortlessly. I go behind the bar counter and pick my bag and sling it over my shoulder.

"At least change" he says shaking his head at me.

"Well I m going home so I'll just clean and change in one go" I shrug walking outside towards home.

"Lazy" he shouts as I open the door, I turn my head slightly and poke my tongue out making him chuckle.

"See you tomorrow" I wave and he nods and goes back into his office. Chris is really humble and awesome, he was open to every question plus he was impressed when I told him for how long I had work in a safe before. 

I take out my phone from pocket and see the time, I have twenty minutes still. So I am just gonna walk to home.

My job is pretty easy, wait tables, clean tables, take orders and when someone is not behind the coffee machine: serve coffee. Chris said I can work behind the bar from next year as I will be at proper age to handle alcohol. I bluntly roll my eyes at him but he didn't mind plus the pay is good too, seventeen dollars per hour plus tips. It's definitely better than the previous job I had.

When I reached home the sun started to set, I see Elena's room light on.

I adjust my bag on my shoulder and take out the keys from my jean pocket and unlock the front door.

"Home" I holler.

"Welcome Back" I hear two voices from upstairs.

"Jenna?" I ask loudly as I take off my shoes and place them near shoe rack.

"Um she is at college for her thesis, again" Elena replies.

I walk upstairs to see Jeremy's door open and he is on his study table with headphones over his one year.

I walk inside his room and plop myself onto his bed. A weird smell hit me.

"So since when you've been using pot?" I ask him casually.

"What are you talking about?" he takes his headphones off and turns towards me. "You know what I am talking about" I sit up straight looking him dead in the eye.

He groans in annoyance, "Please not you-"

"I am not scolding you or anything Jer and I have no problem of you using one, even I would prefer you won't but sure everyone has their own way of cooping and this is yours just as long as you don't mess up your future" I get up from his bed and ruffle his hair. He looks at me and nods. Before I can turn he wraps his around my waist and bury his face in my stomach.

I slightly lean in and shut his bedroom door and wrap my arms around his head.

"I-i am so glad you are here after mom and dad I felt so alone. Everyone was just jumping on me, and I-" he sobs, clutching to me tightly.

"Hey it is okay" I run my fingers through his hair.

"Everyone is moving on and I am stuck-"

"You are not stuck, everyone deals with grief in their own way everyone takes time no matter how long it is, yeah?"

He nods against my stomach and pulls back. I wipe his tears off.

"Come on I should change, we have a party to go to and I really don't wanna be waitressing over there" I point towards my attire.

He chuckles and nods his head.

"Take your time kid, you are going through something a fifteen year old should never" I ruffle his hair and walk outside closing the door behind me.

I walk towards my room and see Elena's room door open, I slightly peek in to see her sitting on the window sill with her diary in her hand.

I leave without saying anything. "Get ready Isla" I hear her voice I chuckle to myself walking towards my room.

I grab a denim shorts, a black blouse and my underwear. I grab the towel from the hook behind the door of my room and walk towards the bathroom.

I strip off my clothes and put them on the edge of the wash basin, and place the fresh clothes on the hook behind the door. I get in the shower and clean myself. Grabbing the vanilla soap that Jenna got for me this morning. I clean myself and rinse my body. I turn off the shower and grab the towel. I dry myself and grab my underwear. I wear my undergarments and put the towel on the edge of the basin with other clothes and look myself in the mirror. I grab the brush from my basket and start to untangle my hair after combing my hair out, I grab a hair tie from Elena's basket and tie my hair in a bun.

I grab the face wash and squeeze it out. My eyes land on the ring and for some reason I cannot take it off, like physically I can't bring myself to remove the ring.

Oh well.

I rub the face wash on my palm and rub it on my face. I clean my face nice and rinse the soap off. I grab my clothes and quickly put them on. I look myself in the mirror and nod to myself. I untie my hair and ruffle it up a bit.

I look good.

I exit the bathroom after garbing my clothes. I go back to my room and grab the rest of my clothes which are not washed and walk downstairs towards the kitchen. I throw my dirty clothes along with the apron in the washing machine and set the machine to dry my clothes after washing. The machine starts to whirl and I look at the timer. It should be done till we come back.

I hear footsteps coming down the stairs and I see Jeremy and Elena.

"Let's go" I hear Elena say, followed by a car honk outside.

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