Forbidden (Klaus Mikaelson Love Story) #1 in the Forbidden series

Chapter 19

I sat in the Grill with Jenna and Ric as we waited for our dinner, Jenna had decided a while ago that she wanted to get to know me and my relationship with her niece and nephew as well as her boyfriend, she was quite the sweetheart and really funny, I considered her a great friend even though we'd hardly had time to actually get to know one another, I enjoyed her sharp tongue and mischievous eyes, she was also strong which was why I didn't understand why they wanted to keep everything a secret from her.

"I can't believe it, Elena is my sister's, husband's, brother's daughter and her mother is my boyfriend's dead wife. You can't make this stuff up" she shook her head and swallowed a gulp of her drink, turns out John had dropped that nice little bombshell on Jenna this morning and she was in desperate need of answers and wanting to vent to someone, hence why Ric and I were sitting at a table with her having dinner.

"It's definitely overwhelming" I mumbled stealing a chip from Ric's plate as it was out down in front of him, he slapped my hand and shot me a sour look as I just grinned at him, Ric didn't like sharing food.

"I can't believe that they kept it a secret, how is it even possible to keep a secret like that?" Jenna asked, hurt because she obviously wanted to be there for Elena when she found out her true parentage, I glanced at the front door of the bar as John Gilbert made his way into the Grill like he owned the place and made a beeline towards our table, my back stiffened as he stopped just behind my chair.

"Hey you three" he gave me a weird look when I choked on my bourbon and Ric patted my back, guess we were going to play the 'we know each other' game "do you think I can join you?" He asked Jenna who was clearly enjoying seeing me slowly choke to death, oh yeah she and I would definitely get along in the long run.

"Do you have to?" Jenna asked, her attention back on John who just looked down at me like I was a bug he was about to squish.

"I guess I don't have to, but might as well" John pulled out the chair next to me but stopped when he looked to the door where Elena and Damon stood staring at him, they made their way over to us and I caught the last of their conversation.

"Damon, I mean it, all I'm asking is you try and keep it together, be a better man" Elena scolded him, I narrowed my eyes, she was trying to mould Damon into another Stefan, thing is we only needed one Stefan, two would be extra buzz kills, Damon's eyes caught mine and he smiled at me.

"Okay then" he said and hopefully he didn't mean it, they continued weaving their way towards us and Damon put on his best fake, sickly sweet smile on his face and greeted Elena's father "John, buddy, how have you been?" He voice was twisted to sound concerned but I knew my brother, he wanted nothing more then to remove this douchebags heart as much as I did.

"I've been alright, Damon, it's good to see you" John replied tightly, his eyes moved between my brother and Elena, he also didn't like how close the two were, that was something we could agree on, he got up and moved away from us and walked over to the photo memorial for those the town had lost this past year, it was a long list apparently, which had me wondering how many of them had Damon killed? I knew he killed when he was upset and with the drama that this town produced it was a wonder how many people where still living. I got up from the table as well and threw some cash down before saying goodbye to Jenna and Ric before following Damon over to John.

"So, John, rumour has it that you know a lot and won't say anything" Damon said once we stood next to John who was lighting a candle in front of the photos, I rolled my eyes, yes because lighting a candle would let the dead know you wouldn't forget them.

"How can I know you can be trusted, Damon?" He asked with a raised eyebrow, his question caused my brother to clench his teeth, "Originals can compel vampires and according to Stefan that's why Katherine is still in the tomb, because an Original has compelled her to stay there" one thing that Damon did mention was Stefan getting stuck in the tomb with Katherine and Elijah and his witch friends saving his ass from an eternity in that place, I caught John's eye when he glanced at me, he knew, somehow, that I was involved with the Originals and that was bad news bears for me, douchebag was going to use it against me which meant I had a finite amount of time to tell Damon and Stefan what I knew, hiding my surprise and irritation I met his eyes and glared.