Twisted Bonds

Chapter 55: Meeting Over Cheesy Fries

Emma's POV

The next day, I called Elijah. "Hello Emma." he said once he picked up.

"Hey Elijah! So, I told Jenna about what happened when I met your other siblings." I told him.

"Oh, alright, how did she react?" he asked.

"Well, it was a lot for her to take in. She wants to meet them. She wants to make sure that none of you guys have any harmful intentions when it comes to me." I told him.

"Oh, I suppose we could set up a meeting with her, but it might have to wait a bit. I want Finn to become more accustomed to everything first." Elijah said.

"That's fine, just let me know when you guys are able to meet, okay?" I said.

"Of course, Emma. Is that all you needed to talk about?" he questioned.

"Pretty much. Anything new going on over at your place?" I asked.

"Nope. We're just trying our best to teach Finn modern English. He's only just started learning the language, but he's picking it up faster than I thought. It won't take him long to be able to hold conversations with people." he told me.

"That's great! How's Kol doing?" I asked. "I know he wasn't daggered for nearly as long as Finn was, but I'm sure that some things came as a shock to him."

"He's doing fine. He'll be fully adjusted in a couple days or so. Klaus is currently out getting him and Finn a phone, although, we won't give Finn his phone right away. We want him to become more used to the English language first." Elijah explained.

"That makes sense. Can you give me their numbers once Klaus gets back?" I asked.

"We'll put your number in their phones right away." he assured me.

"Awesome! So, I'll talk to you soon to set up a date for the meeting." I said.

"Yes, I'll talk to you then. Goodbye, Emma." Elijah said.

"Goodbye, Elijah." I said before hanging up.

Jenna soon came home with groceries. I helped her put things away while I talked to her about my call with Elijah. "So, we have to wait for one of them to get adjusted to the times before I can meet them?" Jenna asked.

"Yes." I confirmed.

"And how long until that happens?" she asked.

"Well, I don't know how long it'll take him to learn an entire language," I said.

Just as Jenna was about to ask something else, the ring of my phone interrupted her. I took it out to see who was calling. It was an unknown number. I answered it. "Hello?" I asked.

"Hey Emma!" I heard someone say over the phone. It took me a second to place the voice.

"Kol?" I asked as I finally discovered who it was. Jenna sent me a surprised look.

"That's right, my dear." Kol said. "These 'cell phone' things are so cool! I can call whoever I want, whenever I want, and I don't even have to remember their numbers! I just have to save it into the cell phone!" Kol went on.

I let out a breathy laugh at his excitement. "Well, I'm glad you're enjoying this time period. So, how are you adjusting so far?" I asked.

"Put him on speaker phone." Jenna whispered.

I put him on speaker phone. "Well, I'm sure there's more for me to see. But so far, I like how much technology has advanced. Tomorrow, they're gonna take me out of the house to let me see for myself how much has changed. We're going to the grill tomorrow afternoon. Do you want to come?" Kol asked.

"Sure, I'd love to!" I told him.

"Can I come?" Jenna asked.

"Who's that?" Kol asked.

"That was Jenna." I told him.

"She's the one that adopted you, right?" Kol asked.

"Yep." I confirmed.

"Sure, she can come. Wow, after only two days, I'm already meeting your guardian!" Kol joked.

I laughed lightly at that. I even saw Jenna crack a smile at that. "That, you are." I said.

"So, I'll see you tomorrow?" he asked.

"Yeah, I'll see you tomorrow." I said.

The call ended. I saved his number before I closed my phone and helped Jenna put away the rest of the groceries.

The next day came around. It was early afternoon and Jenna and I were heading out. We drove to the grill. We didn't know exactly when the Mikaelsons would be at the grill. Kol had only told me that they'd be there at some point in the afternoon. So, to avoid missing them, we made it there just past noon.

We selected a booth that had room for more people to join. Matt came up to take our order. We each ordered a soda and a basket of cheesy fries to share.

We were about to polish off the cheesy fries when I saw three of my four soulmates walk in. Kol spotted me immediately. I smiled at him. He grabbed his brothers and brought them to the booth Jenna and I were in. We scooted in to give them some more room. Kol snagged the seat right next to me, Elijah sat next to Jenna, and Klaus pulled up a chair from a different table to sit down on.

"Hello, my dear." Kol said once he was all settled.

"Hey Kol." I said back.

Kol then looked at the woman in front of me. "You must be Jenna." he said.

"That I am." Jenna said with a curt nod. She put on a brave face, but I could tell that she was a bit uneasy about being in the presence of three Original vampires.

I reached out and grabbed one of the few cheesy fries out of the basket. "Hey, what's that?" Kol asked, gesturing to said basket of cheesy fries.

"Cheesy fries. You want to try some? I can order more." I told him.

"Can I try them first?" he asked as I munched on the fry.

I nodded and gestured for him to go for it. He grabbed one of the cheesy fries. His eyes lit up when he ate it. He immediately grabbed another one.

I smiled at him. "I'll go order some more, then." I said. Got him to scoot out of the booth to let me out. I went up to the bar and ordered some more cheesy fries for Kol.

As we continued to chat, Kol munched on the cheesy fries I got for him. Occasionally, Klaus or Elijah would grab one. And each time they did, Kol sent them a glare.

The meeting was going great. I could tell that Jenna had started to relax around them. By the time the meeting was over, about half of the cheesy fries were gone. "Can we take the rest of these home? I want Finn to try them." Kol asked.

"Yeah, you can, you just need to ask for a box for them." I said. I saw that Matt was coming over to clear the table right next to us. "In fact, hey Matt, any chance we could get a small box for the rest of these fries?" I asked.

"Sure, just let me clear this table first." Matt said as he forced a smile.

Once the fries were packed into a box, Matt came by with the bill. I offered to pay the tab, though I had to work to convince Klaus that I could indeed pay for it.

I went up to the bar with the bill and some money. I ended up leaving Matt a twenty dollar tip. I knew that he and the other employees here had it rough in this town. I've witnessed Damon compel the bartender to let him drink for free on several occasions. I was sure that the owner of the place had noticed all of the missing liquor and probably scolds the staff whenever they have employee meetings.

As we left, I took a peek back and saw the employee that I settled the bill with talking with Matt. The employee made a gesture towards me. Matt looked over at me with a look of surprise before my sight of him was blocked by the door closing behind me.