Twisted Bonds

Chapter 64: Movies

Emma's POV

About a year had passed. I finished my junior year of high school. Not much had happened over this past year. Just a couple of highlights that I found enjoyable. The funniest one being Damon seeing Enzo. I was there when it happened. He was hanging out with me during one of my breaks. The look on Damon's face was absolutely priceless.

Another funny thing about that was that he didn't even see Enzo when he first walked in. Enzo thought it was time to make himself known to Damon. That, and neither of us could wait any longer to see his reaction. So, when Damon sat down at the bar, Enzo came up and sat a couple seats over from him. When Damon finally looked over at him, his eyes became as big as saucers and he paled. I didn't even know that vampires could pale.

Soon after that, he let me introduce him to the Mikaelsons. They seemed to get along nicely. I was thankful for that. I didn't want my soulmates and my first friend to hate each other.

About a month after that event, I quit my job at the grill. Junior year was a lot harder than sophomore year, and working a job on top of trying to keep my grades up was getting hard for me to handle.

Things with the Mikaelsons were great. All of the brothers had little nicknames for me at this point. Finn calls me 'darling'. Elijah likes to call me 'elskan'. To be honest, I had to look up what that meant. Kol calls me 'my dear'. And, like always, Nik calls me 'love'.

Earlier this year, Klaus had told me that he prefers the name Nik over Klaus. So, since then, I had been calling him Nik.

Recently, Jeremy graduated. His graduation party happened just a few days ago. He had it the day before my eighteenth birthday. So, that weekend was one big celebration.

Summer break had just started, and I was enjoying it. I wasn't dealing with the loss of my friends, I wasn't working every single day, it was the first summer break in a while where I could just relax. Without a job, I had a lot more time to practice with my powers. I could spend more time coming up with new ways to use my powers.

Over the last couple months, I've been spending more and more time over at the Mikaelson mansion. Elena was back from her first year of college. She didn't hate me anymore, but we hardly ever speak. Whenever we do, it feels so forced and awkward. So, to make it easier on both of us, I spend more time at the mansion than I do at home. But, at this point, the mansion is my home now.

I was lounging on the couch with Finn. He had me pulled up onto his lap with his arms around me. We were watching a movie. I was hardly paying attention to the movie. I was focused on the warmth and comfort Finn's embrace brought me.

I opened my eyes to see the ending credits rolling on the TV screen. I hadn't even realized that I had fallen asleep. I looked up to see Finn's head tilted to the side with his eyes closed. Well, at least I wasn't the only one.

I carefully moved Finn's arms so that I could get up without waking him. Once I managed to pry his arms off of me, I carefully slid off of his lap. Once I was successfully off of his lap, I took the blanket from the couch and draped it over him before heading into the kitchen to search for something to eat.

Kol walked in while I was washing my dishes after eating. "Hello my dear." he said as he hugged my waist from behind.

"Hey Kol." I said back. I continued washing the dishes.

"I was hoping to take you out for lunch, but it looks like you've already eaten." Kol said as he watched me wash the dishes.

"Maybe for dinner." I suggested.

"Does seven tonight work for you?" Kol asked.

"Yes." I told him.

"Great! Be ready to go by 6:30. See you later, my dear." he said. He moved some of my hair and kissed my neck. A blush lit up my face at that.