Fate

Chapter 47

                                     Klaus, Stefan, and Faye step out of a car and on to a sidewalk. Klaus had done as promised and took Faye shopping, he payed for some and compelled the rest to be free. And, of course, Klaus made Stefan lug her stuff around if they ever traveled by foot.

"Welcome back to Chicago, Stefan," Klaus says to his comrade.

"What are we doing here?" Stefan asks.

"I know how much you loved it here," Klaus replies. "Bringing back memories of the good old ripper days?"

"Blacked our most of them," Stefan claims. "A lot of blood, a lot of partying. The details are all a blur."

"Well, thst is a crying shame," Klaus claims. "The details are what make it legend."
...,

"Chicago was magical," Klaus muses.

"Yeah, well, I'll take your word for it," Stefan says. "Like I said, I don't remember most of it."

"Going to get down to business, then?" Klaus asks.

"Why am I still with you?" Stefan asks as Faye gets back into the car. "We had our fun, your hybrids failed. I mean, don't you want to move on?"

"We're going to see my favorite witch," Klaus replies. "If anyone can help us with our hybrid problem, it's her."

He walks over to the car and gets in beside Faye. Stefan sighs and he follows.
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Faye looks around the bar in awe as a woman named Gloria - Faye assumes - approaches Klaus. Faye walks around to have a look around the bar while Gloria talks to Klaus and Stefan, and she tunes them out instead of hearing her hybrid hearing to spy.

"Can I get you something, sweetie?" Gloria asks faye when she walks away from Klaus and Stefan.

"I could use alcohol to help with my cravings," Faye mumbles.

"Vampire?"

"Hybrid, I was born in a wolf bloodline," Faye says.

Gloria nods and walks around the bar and hands Faye the bottle. "Here ya are. My best whiskey. Enjoy," she says and returns to Klaus.

Faye smiles and she removes her leather jacket, having a feeling they're going to be here a while. She touches the iron moon on her choker necklace as she sits at a table, and she drinks her whiskey.

Faye wishes Elijah were here, so they could talk and he could make her smile somehow. She wishes her mother was alive, she wishes Laney was never even sick. Faye even wishes Mason Lockwood was alive, and Richard Lockwood. The Lockwood's are assholes but she misses those men.

Faye spots Stefan showing Klaus a picture from behind the bar. It's one of him and Klaus at Gloria's back in the day. Faye shrugs and she stands, and she sighs.

"My bottle's empty," Faye puts.

Gloria laughs. "Just throw it away, you're cut off. Hybrid or not."

Faye pours and she walks to the counter, stumbles slightly but she makes it. Klaus watches her cautiously to be sure she doesn't hurt herself before he turns his attention back to the youngest Salvatore.
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"They left you here?" Gloria asks as she finds Faye playing pool by herself.

"Klaus wants me to sober up before 'meeting his sister'," Faye replies. "It's fine, this is fun."

"Need an opponent?" Gloria asks.

Faye nods energetically and Gloria grabs a pool stick, and joins Faye at the tables.
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