Promises (Klaus Mikaelson TVD)

Six

~Adeline~

   I sat in my apartment by my phone waiting to hear from the group. Caroline and some guy named Tyler were rescued from being apart of Klaus' sacrifice. In return, Klaus took some other werewolf named Jules and he turned Ric's ex, Jenna, into a vampire.

   I'm still trying to process how such a loving man could turn so selfish. Did it have something to do with me "dying"? Or did he turn this way after he left me? All these things are running through my mind but one thought stuck out. Maybe he turned off his humanity after he left me and when he turned it back on he couldn't come back to himself.

   Seeing Klaus earlier today scared me. I was scared that I'd lose control over myself. That I'd just give him another chance even after everything he has done and is still doing. And I almost did. It surprised me when I got a hold on myself and told him no. Hell, I was surprised I could even say everything that I did to him. This is not how I imagined we'd meet each other for the first time.

--after the sacrifice--

   "Well it's done...", Caroline says as she comes into my room, looking distressed. A few days ago, I gave her the spare key to the apartment. We had gotten that close in two weeks.

   "What happened?", I ask and sit up.

   She looks up at me with a hurt expression. "Damon force fed Elena his blood because he knew she was going to die. She's going to come back as a vampire. And I know that John, her biological father, will be the first to try to kill her."

   Over the past few days, Caroline has caught me up on everything Supernatural Drama. Since the others still don't know what I am, they don't bring anything up around me. I give Caroline all the ideas to give to them so that I'm not exposed when they are in need of help.

   "Shit...I don't know Elena that well, but from what I hear, this will break her. She doesn't want to be a vampire. She should've made that choice. Not him. Dammit, Damon!", I yell and stand up. No one deserves this..especially if they have a choice.

   "I know. Stefan isn't happy at all. He is pissed at Damon. And Damon...he sort of feels kind of terrible. But he said that he doesn't regret it because she could've died."

   "Wait..does Damon-", I'm cut off by Care.

   "Have feelings for Elena? Yes...strong feelings. Elena keeps telling herself she doesn't feel that way because she's in love with Stefan but we all know how she really feels. Stefan knows how she really feels."

   "Wow...Care I need to tell you something..I need boy advice..."

   She nods as if she's telling me to go on. So I do. "Okay...what if the guy you were in love with years ago is back and says how much he still loves you because he thought you died 168 years ago when you were still human but you didn't and you still love him, maybe even more?"

   She giggles. "Give him a chance. It'll make you feel a lot better."

   I sigh and twiddle my thumbs. "What if said guy also tried to kill your friends for a sacrifice?"

   She stands up immediately from my desk chair. "Wait what?! Klaus?? You're in love with Klaus?!?!"

   I stand and cover her mouth with my hand. "Speak a little louder I don't think all of the vampires in town heard you."

   She takes my hand off of her mouth and speaks in a more quiet tone. "Addie. When did this happen?"

   I sigh and sit back on my bed and she sits back on my chair. "He came to me today before the sacrifice. We had a past. When I was still human back in the 1800s. We met in 1840 at a ball that was thrown for my sister's 19th birthday. We danced, talked, laughed, and when the night was over, we agreed to meet at the pond the next day. 

   "He was my everything and I was his. Over a year I made him a better person than what he was when he first showed up. I didn't know at the time that he was a vampire however. A year later, his brother, Elijah, fed on me and nearly killed me. Klaus stopped him and Elijah healed me with his blood and compelled me to forget everything. 

   "That night, I was murdered by a man who came after my whole family. All of my family members were dead, as I was supposed to be. Klaus left me that same night, before I was murdered. I guess after the Elijah incident he thought it was best to leave me. He thought that leaving me would protect me...but he was wrong.

   "A while after I turned, all of my memories of him came flashing back. He compelled me to forget him, as he was trying to protect me. With those memories, I fell for him all over again. And when I saw him today, Care...I nearly broke. He tried to kiss me.

   "When he did..I backed away and told him that I loved him and I wanted to be with him but it'd be wrong because of what he was doing to my friends. I left him there...." Once I end my speech I look up at Caroline and she looks like she was about to cry. A few tears had already spilled from my eyes.

   She stands me up when she gets up and pulls me into a big hug. "Go get him, Addie. I can see how much he means to you. Don't let him leave you. I won't tell the others. I promise."

   She smiles at me when I pull away and I smile back. "Thanks, Care. I'll be back!"

   As I run out of the room she yells at me. "I want details later of how it goes!!"

   I run. I run as fast as my extra speed will take me into the woods, a little while away from where the sacrifice happened. I quietly walk to a tree and see him with his back towards me, staring off into the water at the lake. 

   I walk towards him and speak up. "Y'know a guy once told me that it's dangerous to be all alone in these woods."

   When he turns around a sees me his smile grows. I run up to him and wrap my legs around his waist, hugging him as tight as I can without absolutely crushing him.

   "Adeline...", he whispers and buries his face into my shoulder.

   "I take back everything I said Klaus. All of it. I take it back. I love you...I always have."

   He pulls his head up and looks at me with his signature smirk. "I never stopped loving you, Addie." And with that he kisses me. My heart flutters in my chest like it did all those years ago every time we'd kiss. This is our chance to start over. To become even better than we were before. This is my chance to fix him and make him better.

   "I'm here...as long as you want me to be."

   He looks at me with hopeful eyes, making sure my response is true. "Promise?"

   I look back at him, feeling the strongest feeling I could possibly feel...Love. "I promise."