The Prince of Mystic Falls

149. Salve Business

Pairing: Freya/Dana (F/f) hand/beach paddle

Saturday, January 20, 2011

Fun Town

4pm

Elijah made sure that Vanessa left with the rest of the ladies to go out to lunch and shop. That meant he was on birthday party dad duty. He sat at a chipped formica table in the shade of puce and listened to a mother complain about the prices at their "all-inclusive vacation."

"All-inclusive, my ass, I told Brent... It was a total rip off. To go to the five star restaurants, you had to pay. Next time, we're going to Disney...," the sharp faced blond said to her friend.

"But I thought you liked Punta Cana, Delores...," the other woman said.

Elijah tried to block them out and focus on watching the kids. Klaus had taken everyone else except Kol home. Connor and Erik needed to sleep and everyone else was just done. Elijah felt like the party was finally wrapping up.

Elijah's vampire hearing zoned in on the children.

Penny was playing miniature golf with another little girl whose name he didn't know.

"...well, maybe if you weren't so fat!" he heard Penny say. Oh God, his brother was in over his head with that child, Elijah thought as he started to get up. Then, he heard the other girl laugh, "It is a lady bug, Penny. Rolly polly!" Then, he heard laugher. That's what he got for eavesdropping he chided himself.

Finn and Henrik were at the table with the birthday boy going through some goody bags. Elijah was dismayed to see it was loaded with candies that he had never seen before. He forced himself to remain seated as Finn licked a stick and then dug it back into the bag of sugar over and over again. The boys were laughing and having fun. Henrik dropped a bouncing ball from his bag and almost hit his head on the table retrieving it. He looked up and saw Elijah watching and gave him a big, toothy grin and a wave. He had lost another tooth. Elijah smiled and waved back.

The party mother who was collecting garbage in a bag, turned and announced, "Okay, kids, time for presents!"

Elijah cringed. It was never going to end. He would not let himself look at his watch. Penny and her friend and the other kids gathered around the birthday boy and watched him rip off the wrapping paper of the assorted boxes. Luckily, there were a good number of gift bags with expedited the process.

Kol sat down suddenly across from Elijah drinking something out of a straw.

"Where were you? What is in that cup?" Elijah asked. He thought he smelled artificial cherry or was it watermelon?

"It's called a slushie. This is my third one. There's a shop next door where they sell them," Kol explained.

"Oh, well, I thought we were done with the party, but they just started unwrapping the presents. You know, I was just thinking of something," Elijah said.

"What?" Kol said sucking on his drink.

"We don't have birthdays for the boys. I think I recall Mother saying about Finn being born in the winter, maybe Freya would remember? Henrik was in the summer," Elijah recalled.