Fire & Flame | Klaus Mikaelson

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01. The Birthday

Tennessee

"Rudy" a blonde haired girl called out, stepping out of her house, she let out a whistle, "Rudy! Come on, it's too hot to make you come looking for you", the girl bent down to grab her dog's ball, once she stood back up, she let out a shocked gasp seeing Klaus and Lily standing infront of her.

"I am so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" Klaus said, in his fake american accent, making Lily give him an are you okay look.

"Can I help you?".

"Yeah, our car ran out of gas a couple miles back, me and my girlfriend here feel like we've been walking forever" Klaus explained, "Yours is the first house we've come to, so we were just hoping we could use your phone".

"Don't either of you a have a cell phone?" the skeptic girl asked, not sure about giving her phone to two total strangers.

"Nope" Lily said, while glaring at the back of Klaus's head for calling her his girlfriend.

Klaus pulled his phone out of his back pocket, "Battery died" he informed, feeling Lily's glare but deciding to ignore it for now, "Look, I promise we're not serial killers, we just wanna use your phone".

The girl let out a sigh, "Sure" she finally agreed.

"So, we can come in?" Klaus asked.

"No, I'll get the phone and bring it out to you".

Klaus's smile suddenly fell and was replaced with an angry expression, "I thought you country folk were supposed to be more trusting" he said in his normal voice.

"I'm for Florida".

"Well, that explains it" Klaus said, he suddenly speeded over to the girl and grabbed her by her neck and started compelling her, "Now, show me a little Southern hospitality, sweet pea".

As Klaus walked inside the house with the frightened girl, Lily went to follow when suddenly she heard barking, turning to the noise a small smile formed on her face seeing a golden retriever standing there, knowing Klaus and Stefan had it in there, Lily walked over to the golden retriever.

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After getting the information he needed from the two women who lived in the house and then ordering Stefan to kill both of them, Klaus walked out the house and immediately he was met with the scene of Lily rubbing her nose against the golden retriever's nose and laughing.

"You are so adorable" Lily cooed, rubbing behind the dog's ear.

Klaus stood back and admired Lily for a moment, he liked seeing that smile on her face, it was the exact smile he has been unknowingly craving her since he forced Lily to come on this road trip with him, he knew he was at fault but he just couldn't leave Lily in Mystic Falls after knowing what she meant to him.

"I can feel you staring" Lily suddenly said, bringing Klaus out of his thoughts.

"You realise you can't keep that, right?" Klaus asked, walking over to Lily.

"It's not a that, he's name is Rudy" Lily corrected, as Klaus kneeled next to her, "And I know I can't keep him, but since you killed his owners, you are going to drop him to a animal shelter".