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

Chapter 21

I woke wedged between Damon and Stefan, they'd stuck by me all night, when I came out of the shower I found them both sprawled on my bed, Damon had a few blood bags for me while Stefan was reading a copy of Moby Dick, after arguing back and forth for several minutes I finally relented and let them stay, only because Stefan used his puppy dog eyes.

After trying and failing to find a cooler spot in bed I began to drift off once more when my phone started to ring from my bedside table, leaning over Stefan, who grunted when I elbowed him, I grabbed my phone and climbed over Stefan "hello?" I mumbled into the phone, trying not to disturb my brothers who hadn't moved a muscle, I stepped into my bathroom and partially closed the door.

"Hello, love" Klaus' smooth British accent greeted me, my heart, if it were human, would've been pounding a million miles.

"Nik" I mumbled, I peaked at my brothers and found they were still asleep, he must've heard something in my voice because he chuckled.

"Miss me that much?" He laughed again when I grumbled out a 'no' he cleared his throat trying to get his laughter under control "I was wondering when you'd be back, I was thinking dinner and dancing" I could hear the smile in his voice and I winced, lying to him was something that was killer, so was lying to Elijah, his plan to kill Klaus was going to hurt me more then he thought.

"I'd love to come back as soon as possible but the werewolf situation has gotten bigger and I don't think it'll be solved for a while" I peeked our the door again and saw Stefan was up, looking for me, rolling my eyes I turned my attention back to Klaus.

"Do you need me to come down there love? We could deal with it like we used to, in the old days" as he spoke flashes of blood and gore came to the forefront of my mind and I fought a smile, they were pretty good days.

"No I think I have it under control" I rolled my eyes as Stefan pushed open the bathroom door and looked at me with a raised eyebrow "it'll be over soon, then maybe we could get away? The Caribbean sounds good, lay in the sun" I fought a smile when he chuckled, clearly imagining what he'd do to me in the sunshine on a deserted beach.

"That sounds like a plan I will hold you too" Klaus said with a growl that made a smile form on my face, damn it Stefan was right in front of me!

"My brother is waiting on me so I have to go" I locked eyes with Stefan who was listening into the conversation, no goddamn privacy when it came to vampires, I flipped him off and he rolled his eyes.

"I love you" he said making me smile, maybe I could convince Elijah that killing Klaus was a dumb idea and that the Doppelgänger wasn't worth it, I'd prefer Klaus living then Elena, she whined way too much.

"Me too" I said back with a bit of a grin, we hung up and I glared at Stefan who was staring at me with his judgey face on, my least favourite of all his faces, "don't even go there brother" I growled, he raised his hands in surrender as I moved past him only to be stopped by Damon.

"Was that Klaus?" He asked, his chest puffed out and I rolled my eyes, dear lord don't tell me this is going to be a pissing contest to see who gets my attention for the longest.

"No dumbass, that was Nik, the one who helped me turn" I rolled my eyes, Damon could be such a caveman when it came to protecting me, when I was human I thought it was sweet but as I was now a vampire it was really irritating.

"Okay" Damon muttered grumpily, his older brother instincts settling down, Stefan just rolled his eyes and left the room to call Elena, they were planning a trip to her parents lake house to get away from the drama, it sounded nice but I hated lakes, especially ones in America, they just seemed dirty.