Stand Up Straight - with Harry Styles. (Under construction.)

Make A Decision For Yourself.

Selena woke up early this morning, it was about 5:30am. The sun had not risen yet but the sky had a light blue setting to it. She slept in the bed with Caroline, who was still asleep, for the night. But Selena couldn't fall back so, she got out of the bed and walked out of the room. When she was standing outside the door she realized she didn't know where to go. She though about going to Elena's room but she was more-than-likely uh... comforting Stefan. She thought about going to Lexi's room but she was Stefan's best friend, so she was just as close to Louis as everyone else in the castle and she probably cried her self to sleep last night too, so she didn't want to bother her. She even thought going to Harry's room but......yeah. so she just decided to go down to the kitchen. She walked downstairs and was about to turn the corner when she seen the kitchen light was already on. She pushed the door open and was surprised to see Jenna rumbling about in the cabinets. "Jenna?" Selena said walking in. "Good morning lady Selena, come sit down. What are you doing up so early? You have, at least, another hour." She asked taking out dishes to start making breakfast. Selena sat on the counter. "I don't know. Can't really sleep, I guess." She answered. "I would guess not, not after everything that happened to you last night." Jenna said. Selena remembered the events last night and shivered at the thought. "Um.. h-how are you feeling today? You went though a lot last night too." Selena asked. "the table? Oh, I'm fine, bonnie came and healed me right up. That was was nothing compared to a normal day here, and nothing compared to what I went though before I was asked to come to the castle." Jenna told her. This caught Selena's attention. "Before you were asked to come here? You had a choice?" Selena asked her. "Yes I did. This is the 1800's, women, we....we Dont have much of a say in anything. The place I was living in before here was.... a nightmare. The men that owned it sold women to pay the rent, sold me. One day the village heard that the 'vile Mikaelson family' were looking for workers to keep their castle clean. So people who would dare step foot in there were asked to wait outside their shacks that morning. As you would expect, the only people that actually waited for them had a death wish. Everyone heard the story's about what they were, so people thought the whole 'looking for workers' thing was a scam. That they were actually looking for snacks. As you could imagine, I didn't want to live anymore so I woke up early that morning, and snuck out a small window and waited. I heard the sound of a horse carriage coming my way and jumped up. It was Prince elijah and Prince niklaus who showed up that day, I even remembered how the conversion went. "You stand out here for the work in our castle?" Elijah asked. "Um..yes-yes sir." Jenna said standing up from where she sat by the shack. "Where is your clothing?" Nik asked. Jenna looked down at what she was wearing, a filthy rag that barely covered anything. "This is all I have." She answered. "Yeah, looks like she needs the money." Nik said under his breath. "Be quiet." Elijah said kicking him in the leg. "No, I'm just not allowed to wear anything else." She corrected. "You're not allowed?" Elijah asked. Just then the door to the shack flew open and the male owner came out. "I'm sorry prince Mikaelson but there is no one here looking for work of your kind." He said. "Where are her clothes?" Elijah asked him. "You Dont have to worry about it, I will take care of it sir." The owner said. "Hmm. Would you like to to come work in our castle?" Elijah asked her. "No sir." The owner answered for her. "I believe.....my brother was not talking to you." Nik said to the owner. Jenna looked between him and the Mikaelsons. "It's your choice." Elijah said. And with that word she caved. "Yes. I would like to come work for you.". "......Look at me, I'm reminiscing." Jenna said back in the kitchen. "Oh Jenna, I'm so sorry." Selena said listening to her story. "I'm not. If my life hadn't been the way it was, I wouldn't have been ask to come here. I've been in this castle for 7 years and I love it here. I love the people here. Monsters or not. They're like the family I never had and I wouldn't change any of it if I had the chance.." Jenna finished. Just then the kitchen door came open. "Hello prince elijah!" Jenna said with a smile for him. "Good morning ladies, am I interrupting something?" He asked standing in the doorway. "No, Come in. Just a little story telling. is something the matter?.....other then everything?" Jenna asked. "Just can't sleep, is all" Elijah said with a laugh. "Seems to be a pattern." Selena said. "Mm-hmm. Well, it looks like a cold day out there, I'm going to make you two something to drink." Jenna told them as she went to the refrigerator. "How are you today?" Elijah asked Selena walking in the kitchen now. "I think I should be asking you that question." She replied. "I'm fine thank you." He said. She looked at him. "Well, as good as one can be....in this situation.... that I'm in- Stop starring at me." He told her. She laughed. "How are the Salvatore's doing?" She asked. "You do realize it is only 5:30am, right? I'm sure they will be fine but ask me later when they wake up and I had a chance to talk to them." He told her with a smile. "Right. Um...how's harry....?" She asked looking down. He shot her a glance. "He was asking for you, you know?" He told her. She looked up at him. "....he was?" She asked. He nodded. "Late last night, after we found out about Louis's death, he was asking to come to your room. To come see you. But it was really late and i knew you were sleep so nik stayed with him." He told her. "He could have came up anyway..." she said out loud before she knew it. "Here you guys go. Warm gin. Yours with a hint of lemon Selena, and your with something red Mr Mikaelson." Jenna said giving them their mugs with a smile. "Thank you." Selena told her. "I have a long day ahead of me, I'm going to try to get that last hour of sleep. Ladies. And Thank you for the drink Jenna." Elijah said making his way out of the kitchen with his drink. "Try opening a window, the sound of the rain will do you good." Jenna told him. "Beauty and brains." He yelled back over his shoulder. "You all always been close? You and elijah?" Selena asked. "Sure. Elijah's a good man, he'll do whatever to help any and everyone. Stubborn though, he'll never listen to anyone when it comes to protecting his family." Jenna told her. "Well, at least I know he's one of the good one's." Selena said jumping off the counter and going to sit at the table next to the patio. "One of the good what's?" Jenna asked. "One of the good Mikaelsons? Good vampire? I Dont know. He's not trying to kill me like the others.." she told her. "Who's trying to kill you?" Jenna asked. "Only about 90% of the Mikaelsons." Selena said. "What? What are you talking about?" She asked walking over to the table where Selena sat. "They Dont like me Jenna. They don't like me being around their little brother. They Dont like that I Dont take any of their threats seriously. And They definitely Dont like that I'm a village girl who could, potentially, marry into their family." Selena told her. "I love the Mikaelsons a lot but Dont ever let anyone scare you out of here. Monsters or not." Jenna told her. "Well that's kind of hard when all of them can kill me without blinking........and I'm not scared." She said. "Honey, whether you like it or not, or they like it or not, you are going to be the princess bride of a Mikaelson. You are going to marry into this family and they have no say over that. Now, they might have 'powers' but you are too strong of a person, of a woman, to let any kind of 'power' threaten you..." Jenna told her. Selena sat back in her chair and though about this. Jenna was right. Selena wasn't the type of person to run from anybody, no matter how big and scary you were. But she was also smart, her mother was the main thing of her mind. And she wasn't about to lose her life over a 'who's-tougher-at-words' competition. So, for now, leaving still sounded like the best idea. Selena was never able to go back to sleep, so she stayed in the kitchen with Jenna all morning to talk and help her prepare breakfast. It was around 9:00am when someone else came in the kitchen. It was Niklaus. And Selena's smile instantly faded. "Good morning prince Niklaus!" Jenna told him. "Good morning and I wish you would stop calling me that." He said walking in. "I have to call all of you that or else your mother will have a reason to kill me." She told him. "And than I will finally have a reason to kill her without elijah getting angry with me." He said. "I will get you something to drink." She said laughing and shaking her head. "And Dont call that wench my mother!" He yelled over at her. "Hello Selena, how are you today?" He asked with a smile. She didn't look up, she didn't acknowledge him at all. "Come now, is that any way to treat a prince?" He asked. She finally looked up. "What? What do you want? What are doing down here?" Selena asked him. "I'm down here for drink. Blood, of course. Why? Are you offering?" He asked. She was disgusted. "You know what? What would Caroline think if you said all this to her? Hmm?" Selena said to him. "Well, I wouldn't say any of this to her because I actually like her." He told her. "I Dont believe you. Not at all." She said. "Well thank heavens for me, I Dont care if you do. But she is the woman I'm going to chose to be my wife." He said. "Pretty soon you're gonna have to find someone else, cause she won't be here." Selena told him. ".....what are you talking about?" He asked. "Here you go! It's A-b, your favorite." Jenna said handing him his glass. He took it with a smile and walked out of the kitchen but not before giving Selena one last cold look. Harry woke up that morning with a heavy heart as He thought about last night's events. His siblings angry at him. His best friend was dead. And he put Selena in great danger. Selena. He thought about her about her as he got out of bed, got dressed and made his way to her room. He used his 'vamp-speed' and got there in no time. He opened her room door and didn't find her, but the maid, Anna. "Oh, hi Anna. Have you seen Selena?" He asked. "Oh! Prince harry! I didn't hear you come in. I believe she slept in lady Caroline's room last night." She said standing up straight and wiping her eyes. "Thank you....were you crying?" He asked her. "No sir, I was dusting." She said holding up a dust rag. "Oh, okay." He said walking out of the room. For some reason he didn't believe her. Anyway, he made his way down to Caroline's room. He opened the door to find Caroline herself. "Hi prin- uh harry!" She said reminding herself not to call him prince. "Hello Caroline, have you seen s-" he stopped when he looked around and seen suitcases packed up everywhere. "....are you going somewhere?" He asked with a fake laugh. She looked around and seen all the cases. "Um...." she stuttered. Selena didn't tell her what to say to people if they asked. "Are you really leaving Caroline?" He asked her. She didn't know what to say to him. "Um..no. I was just...uh..." she stuttered. Then it clicked to him. "Wait a minute. Is Selena going too? Are you both leaving?" He asked her. ".....no." she lied. And he knew it. "This is my siblings fault isn't it? This is nik's and Bekah's doing isn't it? Did they threaten you?" He asked clearly angry. "What? No. Nik wouldn't do something like that." Caroline said. "You obviously Dont know him that well. Where is Selena?" He asked. ".....uh I Dont know, I woke up and she was gone." She told him. He walked out, leaving the room and her standing alone. Harry made his way up to the study where he knew all his sibling would be. Niklaus was at the piano with rebekah, where he was teaching her how to play. Harry stormed over to them. "What the hell are you doing?!" He yelled at them. "Wait your turn Harold, you and I will play when rebekah is finished." Nik said without looking up from the piano once. "That's not what I'm talking about and you know it!" Harry yelled. "What's going on?" Elijah asked walking over to them. "They think they go behind our backs and do whatever they bloody want! They threaten Selena and Caroline both!." He told him. "I didn't threaten anyone." Rebekah said then returned to playing the piano. "And I didn't threaten..... Caroline." Nik said trying to hide a laugh. Rebekah did laugh and that's when nik joined in. "Nik!" Elijah yelled. "Oh come now, i just scared her, what did you expect me to do? I never touched her." He said. "Well congratulations, it work. They're leaving." Harry said. " 'they'? As in Caroline too?" Nik asked standing up now. "Well, they can't leave, the castle is completely locked down. But why were you even talking to her if you do not like her, niklaus?" Elijah asked him. "It doesn't matter now, because she is never going to marry me..." harry said walking out of the room. Elijah turned to nik. "....what?....... fine! I'm going." He said walking out as well. Selena was making her way up to her room when she seen Elena coming her way, arm and arm with Stefan Salvatore. Selena wasn't that close to them yet but from where she stood she could already see how red his eyes were from crying and how tired he looked. When they seen Selena they didn't unlink arms like she thought they would, instead they walked up to her. "Good morning Elena, hello Stefan how are you doing?" Selena was the first to speak. Elena gave her a warm smile. "Hello Selena, I'm fine thank you. I wanted to ask you, if you were not busy, uh...well, Louis's funeral is tomorrow and-" "I will be there." She finished for him. "Thank you." He told her with a sad tragic smile. "You go ahead, I want to talk to her for a moment." Elena told Stefan, As he parted ways with them. "Is he really okay?" Selena asked once he was out of earshot. "Not at all......but he will be. I wanted to ask you if you were okay, a lot was going on last night and I didn't get a chance to ask you." Elena said. "Oh, yeah. I'm fine." Selena said to her. "You're lying. A vampire can tell if a human is lying. Your heart skips." Elena told her. Damn it. Selena thought. I'm gonna have to find a way around that. "Really, are you okay?" Elena asked. Selena took a deep breath and sighed. "I've been better, but I'm okay." She told her. "Well, Stefan's going to be with his brothers tonight so my room door is open to you and Caroline." Elena told her. "Okay. Thanks." Selena said. Elena gave her a smile and walked off downstairs. Selena entered Caroline's room. "Hey! Are you still packing?" She asked walking over to where she sat on the floor. "Yes but I might not be for long." Caroline said standing up now. "What's wrong?" Selena asked. "......harry found out that we were leaving.." Caroline told her. "What!? How!? Did you tell him!?" She asked, or yelled. "No! I mean, I didn't mean to! I Dont know, he got it out of me somehow. I didn't know what to tell him!" Caroline said. "You could have thought of something! Now thanks to you, I will never get out of here. Ugh! This is why I Dont hang out with other girls like you! All of you are alike. Dumb and can't think for yourselves!" Selena said walking out and slamming the door. This was the second time someone left Caroline standing alone in her room today. And although she was use to people walking out on her, this time sure hurt a lot worse. Selena went to look for harry herself. She didn't have to look far, as she approached a hallway she heard yelling then she turned to see niklaus and harry arguing. They both stopped when she cleaned her throat. "We'll talk later." Nik told him. Surprisingly, he didn't give her a cold look as he passed her, instead, he gave her a smile. Obviously it was a fake one to make his little brother feel better but nonetheless a smile. She, however, didn't care about his fake smile. She was the one to give him a cold look as he passed by. Harry was obviously still angry as he kept walking back and forth. "Hey....I've uh..been looking for you..." she said walking a little bit closer to him. He scoffed. "I've been looking for you." He said clearly upset. She stopped walking towards him. "Let me ask you this question. Were you going to leave because you were scared of my family?" He asked her. "No. No matter what they think, I'm not afraid of them. They can't make me do anything." She told him truthfully. "Yeah.......that's what I was afraid of.." harry said. "What do you mean? You want me to be scared of them?" Selena asked confused. "No but I rather that be the reason why you would leave, then you just not wanting to be here...with me." Harry told her. Then she understood. "No. No. You're not the reason why I was leaving. It's just--" "I told you I would protect you from anything in this castle. Weather it be an oni or my family. So what other reason is there for you to leave me?" He asked walking closer to her. Leave me. Those words hurt her just as much they hurt him. "...harry, I was not trying to leave you." She said taking his hands in hers. "Then what is it? Please tell me. If it's my family, then I will happily run away with you. But if it's me and you were just going to leave without talking to me first then..." he stopped. "Harry of course its not you. It's just... I'm not use to this. All the magic and people dying. I want to be in my home. My own home, with my mother. Do you know what its like to be away from the woman who took care of you your whole life, who will lay down her life for yours in a second? Do you know that feeling...?" She asked. ".......No." he said dropping her hands and walking away. Caroline had given up on packing and went to sit on the bed and write in her diary when there was a knock at her door. She was getting real tired of having visitors today. "Come in!" She said. And in walked niklaus. She jumped off her bed with a smile. "Hi nik, how are you today?" She asked straightening her dress to look nice for him. "I'm fine just a little heartbroken." He said moving closer. "But why? Over Louis?" She asked remembering what happened. "No. Over you." He told her. "What?" She asked. "Are you really that unhappy to the point where you want to leave?" He asked afraid of what she might say. "Oh no. No, it's just... Selena going thought a lot and she can't stand to be here anymore, so...." she told him. "Ah, Selena." He said As he started to think of horrible ways to kill her. "I Dont want to leave but she needs me right now." She said thinking about how nice Selena was to her, you know, before she called her dumb. "You have a very sweet heart Caroline but you do realize how easy it is for someone to take advantage of you...?" He asked. She looked at ground. She realized it. All her life she's been too good to everyone and all they ever done was spit in her face. "Do you remember what you told me a few weeks ago? About how you're trying to be stronger? I know she's your best friend but maybe, just maybe this is one of those time where you're suppose to make a decision for yourself. Not have someone make it for you.." he said to her. And she knew he was right. "You're a good man niklaus." She said moving his hair out of his eyes with her hand. ".....there is suppose to be a ceremony before we do this but if you won't tell anyone I can give it to you now." He said to her. "Give me what?" She asked. He reached into the inside of his jacket pocket and pulled out a little black box. She gasped. "I see you already know what it is." He said with a laugh. He opened the box to reveal a wedding ring. "Marry me....". Selena walked the hallways, alone. Not wanting to be with anyone and not wanting to be found by anyone. But instead she found something. She heard a voice. The more she got down the hall, the more she heard it. Is that a woman crying? Selena thought. Louder and louder it grew till she stopped at a door. It was closed but she could see the light was still on from under the door. She opened it and found Anna, the maid, she was sitting on the floor beside the bed that was in the room. Selena didn't know her that well but she knew she was a young, sweet girl who always had a smile on her face. so to see her now, on the floor crying, didn't sit right with Selena. "Anna?" She called out. "Oh! Hi lady Selena! Can I get you anything?" She said not turning around to look at Selena "You can look at me." Selena said walking to her. Anna didn't turn around. Selena touched her shoulder and turned her around to see a tear fill face. "Anna what's wrong?" Selena asked hugging the girl now. "I'm sorry. It's just this room is the only way I can be near him." She said though tears. Selena then realized that the room they were standing in belonged to Louis. "Oh, I'm so sorry Anna." Selena said to her. "I just can't believe he's really gone." Anna said sitting on the bed now. "I've worked here for a while now, and he was the first person besides the Mikaelsons to treat me like I'm something other then a village girl." She told her. "You're from the village too?" Selena asked. "Yes" she answered with a little smile. "He wasn't just another guest in the Mikaelsons castle, he was a friend to me. Whenever it was time for he and his brothers to leave, he would make sure I was the last person he would see." She told her. "But this time....I wasn't the last person he saw.." she said as more tears came to her eyes. "Anna Dont cry. Louis wouldn't want to see you like this. He would want to see you happy. Weren't you happy with him?" She asked. Anna nodded. "Then think of that. at least you have that. Even if they are only memories." She told her. Anna didn't say anything for a long while. She just had a blank look on her face. ".....Anna?" Selena asked. Then out of nowhere she blurred as if she been holding it in forever. "Selena, I'm pregnant with Louis child.".