Reincarnated Love

Chapter 27: The Last Dance & Klaus

EDITED OCT22

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Brea trudged up the stairs to Ric's apartment and knocked on the door. She heard a lot of movement from in the apartment before the door creaked open slightly. "You ok, Ric?" Brea asked trying to peek behind him.

Ric just stared at her before his face slowly lifted into a smile. "Hello sweetheart," he greeted and Brea frowned confused.

"Feeling alright there Ric?" she asked and his face immediately fell.

"Yes," he coughed. "How can I help you?"

"You asked me yesterday to come over in the morning," she said and he just stared at her confused. "Remember?"

"Ah, yes. Now what was that about again Brenna?" he asked.

Brea looked down at the ground at this, he only called her Brenna when she was annoying him. "Um, sorry, you ugh. You wanted to load up my trunk with all the papers you marked, you know, since yours is so full of wooden stakes it won't fit."

"Ah yes, that's right. Now do you know where I'd keep those papers?" he asked.

Brea frowned and tilted her head, unsure of why he was acting strangely. "Kitchen bench. You know if you're not feeling well I can just grab them and leave them on your desk," she said trying to move around him into the apartment, but he stuck his arm in the way preventing her from entering.

Ric then turned to look back into his apartment and let out a little groan. "You just meet me downstairs alright love, I'll grab the papers," he said quickly before closing the door causing her to jump slightly.

"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed," she grumbled making her way down the stairs to her car.

"Alright here are the papers," Ric said finally arriving at the car.

"Seriously?" she asked looking at the pile. "That's nothing, you can fit that on your passenger seat!" she exclaimed and all he did was shrug. "You must've wanted to talk to me about something, this is ridiculous. Is it about Jenna?"

"No need to be grumpy love."

"Stop those weird names!" Brea snapped.

Ric just smirked. "As you wish Brenna," he said making her frown again.

"Just give them here," Brea said taking the pile from Ric and putting it in her passenger seat. "I'll see you in class," she said driving off without looking back at him.

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"Hey," Brea greeted Elena and Stefan as she entered history class, dropping the papers on Ric's desk as she walked in.

"Hey," the said back.

"Have either of you spoken to Ric today?" she asked.

"No," Elena answered. "Why?"

"I think he's mad at me. He asked me yesterday before he left ours to pop over in the morning and then when I got there he kept calling me Brenna."

"Wow, what did you do?" Elena asked and Brea just shrugged.

"Oh!" Brea exclaimed, grabbing a flyer for the decade dance from a student walking past, she turned to Elena and nodded before handing her sister the flyer. Elena gasped excitedly before waving it at Stefan, who immediately shook his head. Elena then turned to show Bonnie the flyer. Bonnie immediately nodded. Brea snickered and Elena turned to smirk at Stefan.

"Hello, class," Ric said entering the classroom. "What are we learning today?" he asked flicking through the textbook. Elena and Brea turned to look at each other and Brea shrugged as Elena tilted her head at Ric's behaviour.