Oh Look, Vampires Are Real (Elijah Mikaelson/The Originals fanfic)

Oh Look, Vampires Are Real

~~~~ One Year Later ~~~~

*Finlay's POV*

                           What can I say, time flies when you are super busy with studying & exams. The summer holidays were great. Rebekah, Clark, Elijah & myself went on a relaxing 21 day cruise which was just what the doctor ordered for all of us. Both Rebekah & Elijah heard from Nik but both of them were afraid his stay in New Orleans wasn't as he said it was. They had been in contact with Kol & Freya who had told them that he was behaving himself to begin with, then he wants to become king of the French Quarter once again. He had gotten them to trust him again. Elijah had explained to me why they had moved to Los Angeles. It's apparent that Nik was getting a little too overbearing & it took its toll on some of the other vampires & witches. Rebekah & Elijah both convinced Nik to start somewhere fresh.

                          Rebekah had decided that university just wasn't her thing & she had delved into her own business in one of the local fashion boutiques. She thrived & was happy with what she had. She was an entrepreneur, like her brothers. Elijah had also surprised me with my own business – the art gallery. He said that we should wait until we had a full range of art pieces before opening to the public. I was excited about this because he had said we were only needing two more pieces.

"You know you're going to be late if you don't get moving my love," Elijah handed me a travel mug full of coffee.

"I know, I know, but you seriously have to stop distracting me in the morning," I took the mug from his hands & kissed his lips.

"I'll stop distracting you on the provisory you stop walking around half naked," he grabbed my waist.

"How else do you want me to walk around while trying to get dressed?" I kissed him again & pulled out of his grasp.

"I guess you have a point there. You better get going before I distract you again," he slapped my arse as I started to walk off.

A yelp left my lips, "you are a bad influence."

                                I raced out the door because I checked the time & I had about five minutes to get there. I drove as quickly as I could without breaking the speed limit. I seized my bag & ran to the lecture room.

"Glad you could grace us with your presence Miss Roland," our new full-time lecturer said as I busted through the door.

"Sorry Marcus, it won't happen again," I made my way to my seat next to Clark.

"I hope not. Now get on with what you have been working on," he smiled at me.

"Why are you late?" Clark whispered trying to look like he was doing his work.

"Overslept," I lied & took out my sketch book.

"Yeah, I bet you did," Clark smirked nudging me.

"Shut up," I giggled & got to work.

                               Marcus was making his way around the room, checking on the progress of each student. He finally got to us, standing there looking at our works. I heard his breath catch.

"Who are they Finlay?" he asked turning the sketch pad around to face him.

"My new family you could say. This is my best friend Rebekah, my partner Elijah & their brother Nik," I answered pointing them out.

"Interesting choices," he said.

I was confused but his statement. Even Clark looked as dumbfounded as I seemed.