The Choice - A Klaus Mikaelson Love Story

She came back Nik

After dancing with Elijah, I left the dance floor before Klaus could catch up to me again. I wandered around the giant mansion dodging anyone who looked like they wanted to start up a conversation with me. Eventually I found myself on a balcony looking over their garden upstairs in someone’s room. I sighed I hated how even after all this time Klaus still had a hold on me. I thought if I could distance myself long enough I would lose all feelings I had for him. I didn’t know any better this was the first time I’d been in love and let me tell you it sucks. A door opening into the room brought me out of my thoughts but I just ignored whoever it was and carried on looking out into the night.

“Didn’t you know it’s not very lady like to leave your dance partner on the floor.” A smooth accented voice that I hated yet loved oh so much echoed through the room

“Well I’m sure you’d know all about being lady like wouldn’t you Nikola?” I teased

“Oh come now love” I could hear his footsteps getting closer as he neared me “I know for sure that you know I am definitely not a woman, unless you need reminding because I am more than happy to show you” He said and I could practically hear him smirking in his voice

“Hmm you know what I think I’ll pass, besides I’ve slept with men who were much better in bed then you will ever be.” I said knowing how territorial he got and the idea of me sleeping with people other than him. It was a lie of course even though I tried so much I could never sleep with another man, it just felt wrong.

A growl escaped Klaus’ lips as I said that and I soon found myself pinned up against the railings of the balcony facing the man who made me want to shoot myself just to stop being confused.

“What.” Klaus growled and I was very aware how close this position was, his eyes had darkened visibly due to what I can only presume was jealousy. I could feel his breath on my lips as he spoke “No one is allowed to touch you but me” he was using his scary I’m-a-big-bad-hybrid-you-mess-with-me-and-it’ll-be-the-last-thing-you-do voice. Which to any other vampire would have them shitting themselves but all it did was piss me off.

“No. You don’t get to come up here and tell me what to do and who can and cannot touch me, you lost that right when you said that I mean nothing to you, remember Klaus you’re the reason I left because of what you said not me and even as much as I want to hate you for it I can’t. I believed you and I trusted you when so many people told me not too, that I was just going to end up hurt or dead in the end. I defended you and stuck up for you but all you ended up doing is breaking my heart. I ask myself everyday why I was so stupid to even think that for a moment the great almighty original hybrid could be capable of love. I can only ever come up with one answer, love. I was so undeniably in love with you I thought that it didn’t matter. I was so in love that I didn’t stop for a second to even think about what I was doing. And do you know the worst part? I’m still in love with you. It’s pathetic.”

 After saying that I ran off back to the boarding house and ran up to my room only pausing to get a bottle of Damon’s bourbon. I leaned against the door and just broke down, for the first time in years I truly broke down sobbing curled up in a ball against the door tears streaming down my face and that was the second time I cried myself to sleepover him.

KLAUS P.O.V.

When she said that to me my dead heart broke all over again, the pain in her eyes as she spoke, I hated knowing I had caused her so much pain, the amount of times I’ve wished that I could go back in time and change what I said. I sat down on the edge of the bed facing the wall, Elijah was right in the end he always was not that I’d ever admit that to him, loving her was never a weakness and I was a fool to believe it was without her I truly was the monster that everyone saw. I could hear them downstairs looking for me apparently the eldest Salvatore had snapped Kol’s neck, not even that cheered me up but maybe when Kol wakes up and goes out for revenge, that might cheer me up. A knock at the door brought me out of my moping and I managed to grumble out a quick come in to whoever was at the door.

Smart, neatly polished shoes appeared in front of me and I looked up into the concerned eyes of my older brother. Out of all my brother Elijah and I always had the strongest bond which was why it hurt so much when I found out he was trying to kill me, not that I could blame him he thought that our entire family were dumped in the middle of the ocean, I’d be pretty pissed at him too if the situation was reversed.

Elijah sat down on the bed and just looked at me before opening his mouth and speaking “At some point in your life you will encounter someone who is 100% perfect for you. There is a catch though, there is always a catch. It could be a force beyond your control or it could be something you bring upon yourself, it may be an age difference, a distant problem or some other way physically keeping you apart or in your case your fears, your needs and feelings that you weren’t ready for. The point is this person could have been everything you ever wanted but they slipped through the cracks and you let them go. They are most commonly known as the one that got away” I scoffed at this point, really he said all that to tell me that she’s escaped and I’m not getting her back

“I think you might need to work on your pep talks brother they’re a bit what’s the word, depressing” I said Elijah just glared at me.

“If you would let me finish brother” He said and I raised my eyebrows to say he could start talking “Luce is your one that got away” I just glared at him to which he rolled his eyes at “But the thing is she may have got away, intentional or not she came back so don’t just sit here in your room and mope. Go out and get her back before someone else does, she knew what she was doing when she came back and I know for a fact that she loves you and you know it to, I know that you love her to but you are both too stubborn for your own good and won’t admit it. Catch her Nik don’t let her get away again” and with that he left. It felt weird hearing him call me Nik after so long but I guess we were finally coming together again closer as a family.

As I lay in bed, my brothers words kept ringing through my ears Catch her Nik and don’t let her get away again, and with that I ‘d decided I was going to get her back and nothing was going to stand in my way