Lions Tigers And Bears

Ready to go

"She said she wants to travel to Liberia after her residency is finished, and I offered to go with her." Freya rambled to Bonnie about Keelin. She watched her friend's infectious smile as she talked about the girl she met literally four days ago. They have somehow been on three dates within that time.

It suits Freya to have a relationship that moves so quickly. When Freya loved you, she loved you deeply. She would go to the end of the earth for you. She knew Freya wasn't there yet, and she wondered how she would react to why Bonnie never wrote about Keelin in her books.

Keelin was meant for Freya and vice versa, and she wanted them to have a moment before the chaos. If Keelin became family a bit sooner, that would mean that Freya wouldn't hurt her as easily. That's why she had Niklaus use his influence to get her an offer she could not refuse from one of the hospitals here.

Freya looked at her friend, who returned her smile; she was in a much better mood, as was her brother; she guessed they resolved their issues.

"What?" Freya asked when she noticed Bonnie frowning when she stopped talking about Keelin. They were on their way to meet Vincent, who had been asking for help. She wanted to just kill him and be done with it, and she knew Bonnie wanted the same, but her morality kept her from saying it.

Bonnie smiled at her, but this time it didn't meet her eyes. They stopped walking, watching each other.

"It's about Keelin," she said. Freya inhaled deeply. She knew Bonnie had visions of Keelin and never told her; she thought maybe she wanted to be surprised.

"What about her?" she asked. She felt her heart beating faster; the connection she had with Keelin was just like it clicked. Everything seemed a bit hazy, and then she went to the counter to get the cinnamon roll for Bonnie, and her vision became clear; her focus was only on Keelin.

On their third date, when she leaned in to kiss Keelin, she reminded Freya of the citrus sweets she loved dearly. She should have known it was really a bittersweet thing with Keelin. For the first time in a while, she wanted more. Whatever Bonnie said would blur her vision. She hugged herself, and Bonnie took her hand and held it firmly to reassure her.

"This could go either way." Bonnie said, looking at her friend, "Keelin is a wolf." She said that, and Freya nodded. She felt it when she kissed Keelin, but she knew there was more to that.

"She is the last of her bloodline." Bonnie confessed, "which makes her very valuable." Freya felt like she swallowed her heart and bit her lips.

"You are wondering why I am telling you this? Because if all else fails, you will need her, and you could use her to save your family." She said Freya looked away from Bonnie and took her hand from hers.

"I won't let that happen." Freya said, swallowing her saliva; her throat was dried. She wanted to make that promise, but there were things that came before her happiness, her family's safety and Hope's safety.

"I am glad you told me, Bonnie," she said, looking at her friend with a smile that didn't reach her eyes for the first time in days. She knew Bonnie was telling her everything and trying to protect her. Keelin was already so reserved with this information; she knows that the reaction won't go well when Freya tells her she is a witch.

"I didn't want to take away your smile," Bonnie said, frowning. Freya pulled her in for a side hug.

"For you, I will smile all day." She said that, smiling down at Bonnie, the past few days have been the first time within a while she has taken a break. Her siblings treated her like a basic witch to do their bidding at any time, not like they didn't have very capable girlfriends.