THIN WHITE LIES - n. mikaelson

ten

[ not an episode ]

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Elliot was lucky that Walker hadn't returned from the movie in the park, so he was able to grab his stuff, but the hybrid that watched him from the doorway put a lot of pressure on the boy.

As he sat in the back of Klaus' car, he noticed that the only thing he had managed to grab were his backup meds, five Redbull cans, a toothbrush, a couple t shirts, one of Walker's bandanas and three pairs of drumsticks. He sighed to himself, opening one of the energy drinks and downing it.

Elliot had almost fallen asleep when the driver's seat became occupied by the immortal hybrid. He jumped awake in fear at the sound of the door slamming. Elliot had enough courage to get through one encounter, but he didn't know how he would survive Klaus' trip that would last for as long as he wanted. He would have to be around the man who killed his mom in front of his own eyes.

"Where's Stefan?" Elliot hesitantly asked.

"Dealing with a...." Klaus searched for the word with a smirk. "....friend," Elliot figured it wasn't a friend, but he tried not to dwell on what could be happening. He laid his head back against the window with a sigh. "You don't look very comfortable back there. You're welcome to the front seat,"

Elliot was very confused by the hybrid's hospitality. "Actually, uh, I like the backseat," He told the man. A partial truth. He really didn't want to sit next to the hybrid for however long they would be driving. "I can spread out across the whole car instead of just the one seat up there,"

"And what of your seatbelt?" Klaus asks the boy with a smirk.

Without hesitation, Elliot scrunched up his eyebrows and replied. "Don't need one,"

Klaus laughed and turned the key into the ignition. As Elliot spread out across the backseat, he smiled lightly when he heard All Time Low faintly playing from the car stereo.

Stefan returned to the car, and Elliot had to look away when he saw the blood trailing down his face. "Where are we going?" The brooding vampire asked. Elliot sat up and looked at Klaus, wondering the same thing.

"You'll find out soon enough," Klaus smirked, changing gears and driving away from the warehouse.

Elliot sighed and leaned back against the car window. He tried to fall asleep, but his thoughts kept him and he grabbed his drumstick to begin fidgeting with. Looking out the tinted window, he felt like Bella Swan running from those vampires in the first movie as he drove past his friends. He watched Reed, Calvin, and Walker step out of the grill with worried looks on their faces. Reed had on his angry and worried scowl as he pulled his phone away from his ear. Elliot could tell that they were trying to get a hold of him, but Klaus had already confiscated his phone.