The Original's Mate

Chapter Sixteen: Meeting Michael

Arabella's P.O.V

It's been a couple of months since me and Imogen had arrived back in Mystic Falls and to say that things were normal would be a complete lie. Everyone has been acting strange especially Stephen and Tyler. I knew that Stephen had turned off his humanity and honestly his new outlook on life scared me slightly and Tyler well he just gives me this creepy vibe and he always watches me like a hawk.

I on the other hand haven't really been myself lately. I rarely leave my room which slightly worries the others and for some reason I feel very depressed and lonely, feeling as if I was missing something very important to me. My inner beast had been silent and refused to speak to me, I only knew that she was still alive because of her occasional whimpers which worries me to no end.

It was a week before prom and Caroline was doing everything in her power to make sure that the gym looked perfect. The other girls were trying to get me to go while the guys kept Stephan locked up in the basement so he'd turn his humanity back on.

"Come on Bella it'll be fun, besides I think someone you might like will be there." Bonnie says causing the beast in me to perk up and my eyes to glow yellow. "Who, last I checked all the remotely cute guys in Mystic falls were takin." I say causing Elena to groan and grip my shoulders shaking them. "Please just come it won't be fun without you." She says causing me to laugh and place my hands on top of hers to stop her from shaking me. "Okay, okay, I'll go." I say causing them to cheer until Imogen bursts threw the door with a slightly worried expression. "Michael's here." She says causing all of the girls to exchange a knowing look and quickly leave my room.

I sat there confused for a moment before standing up and following after the girls. I felt my whole body tense up as I stepped into the living room and stared at the man in front of me. He gave me this very bad feeling like I should run from him and not come back until he's gone. "Arabella, I've heard so much about you." Michael says taking a step towards me causing me to take a step back.

I had no idea what came over me but before he could say another word I ran from the boarding house and all the way to the Lockwood manor. "Tyler!" I yelled as I stood outside of his house watching him appear out of no where. "Bella, what's wrong?" He asked while I launched myself at him and hugged him. "Bella." He says in a worried tone and rubs my back before walking up to his house and getting his mom to invite me in.

I laid on Tyler's bed while he was on the phone with someone and tried calming myself down. "Hey Bella, a friend of mine wants to talk to you." He says and hands me the phone before walking out of the room. "Hello." I say and sniffle slightly while rubbing my eyes. "Arabella." A voice says causing my wolf to howl in joy and come back to life. "He scares me." I say not even caring that I was talking to a complete stranger. "Who scares you Bella?" The man asks while I cuddle one of the pillows on the bed. "The bad man." I whisper into the phone and let out a small whimper. "I need you." I say without thinking then burst into tears.

I woke up the next morning realizing that I had cried myself to sleep. I look around the room and gasp when I see roses everywhere each bouquet a different color. I looked at the ones on the nightstand and noticed a small envelope attached to them. I grabbed the envelope and pulled the letter out biting my lip as I begun to read it.

Dear Arabella,
Oh my love you have no idea how much I miss and need you. My wolf is beyond pissed at me for what I've done but he knows it's for the best. I swear I'll come for you when it's safe but until then I need you to stay with Imogen. Oh Bell if I could just hold you in my arms one last time or just kiss you I'd be able to get threw this but it's to dangerous for me to be near you. I hope you'll forgive someday for what I did but until then just know that I love you, your my only reason for living now and I can't lose you. Stay strong my Bell.
With love,
N.M.

I don't know why this letter meant so much to me but it did. The words were stuck in my head and filled me with utter joy instead of the sadness that has been haunting me for the past couple of months.

I slowly got out of bed and took one of the roses with me before leaving the Lockwood Manor. I let out a small sigh when I reached the boarding house and slowly walked inside seeing all of the gang in the living room including Michael. I took a deep breath before walking into the living room and standing in front of Michael.

"Michael, please forgive me for just running off without an explanation, I haven't been myself here recently and it's really been taking a toll on me." I say watching him stand up and flash me a kind smile. "I understand dear, please have a seat, your friends and I were just discussing some plans for my son Niklaus." He says while I hesitantly sit down on the couch.

"Okay so how do we lure him here?" Damon asks while drinking his burbon and sitting next to Elena. "That's an easy answer, we get Stephan to tell him that I'm dead." Michael says with a smirk making me realize that Stephen was sitting across from me and watching me with a hard stare.

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