Again |1| Niklaus Mikaelson

Vingt | n o w

Love is that condition in the happiness of another person is essential to your own

- Robert Heinlein

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"-Besides you know my preferred method of your indecisive accusations is the dagger." Athena had been walking down the stairs when she heard the ending to Klaus and Rebekah's conversation. "There's something fundamentally wrong with you." Rebekah said and stood to leave the house giving Athena a light smile on the way out. Athena followed Rebekah with her eyes and turned back to Klaus who was casually sipping his drink with a look that seemed like he was in thought. "I'll assume that went well." Athena said and stood in entrance way of the parlor. Klaus only gave Athena a side glance and placed his cup down before standing to walk over to Athena.

"I'll be having a friend over later. Please play nice, 'Thena." Klaus said and gave her a kiss on the forehead. Athena only made a face and leaned on her side before going to the kitchen to get her something to eat. Along the way Athena's phone rang. "Hello?" She answers and takes a sip of her orange juice. "Athena I'm just checking in." Louis had said from the other side of the phone. Athena made a small smile knowing he father is ok. "Everything is fine. Nothing to worry about. He hasn't done anything rational." Athena said and looked out to Klaus standing in the parlor. "Well since we left." She added and turned back to the fridge.

"That's good. Elijah is just going through his fever stage." Louis said. Athena let out a hum in acknowledgment. A knock on the front door had Athena turning and telling her father good bye before walking out to where Niklaus stood. Camille walked in and gave Athena a small wave. Athena only gave Camille a nod in return seeing as she sometimes didn't like the human for being the person Klaus preferred to walk to instead of her. "I'll be in my art room." Athena said and began to walk upstairs. Camille turned to Klaus with frowned eyebrows. "She doesn't like me much does she?" Camille asked making Klaus chuckle. "She is just jealous, darling. Nothing too serious." Klaus said and lead Camille to the parlor.

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Athena began to clean up her studio when she stopped halfway to the kitchen when she heard Niklaus and Camille bickering some. "-Look at you. Repeating the same destructive cycles over and over again. You are the architect of you own unhappiness. You're 1,000 years old pretty sure you know how to type. Truth is, you only have one person to talk to, but you don't talk to her because you're scared she'll change her point of view on you. So you compel me to be understood which leads you to compelling me again to forgot all of this, once again being to scared to trust." Athena looks down at the floor feeling upset at how much Camille was right about Klaus not telling her anything. But at least now she knew he didn't tell her anything because he was scared she'll leave him.

"-This is my own time, you steal it from me." Camille snaps and snatches a paper away from Klaus. "You can leave now, Camille." Athena finally stepped into the conversation when things got heated. "We're not do-" Athena stopped Klaus from talking anymore. "I said she can leave. Seems she needs it." Athena glared at Klaus making him shrink some and look to the floor. Camille gave Athena a grateful smile on the way out and Athena only glanced at her. Athena turned back to Klaus with her arms crossed. "I'll assume you'd like to talk." Klaus says and folds his hands together. "Not like you'd say anything to me. I might change my point of view on you." Athena snaps and begins to walk out the parlor back to her art room.

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"Do you feel ok, knowing Klaus could've bitten you?" Hayley asked Louis wrapping her arms around her knees. They were sitting outside by the bayou as they let Elijah sleep. "I do not fear death nor do I fear Niklaus. I've been with him for hundreds of years, I've learned to accept his temper." Louis said casually and looked out to the bayou. "The only thing I fear is leaving Athena in my death. I've kept her hidden from this nasty world and from all the things that want to kill her because of who she was born to." Louis added and looked down at his hands with a sigh. "Do you miss her? Your wife?" Hayley suddenly asked feeling as though she'd liked to know about Louis's old love. Louis let out a chuckle and looked down at the remembrance of his wife.