TVD/TO AU
Elijah and his brother Klaus were looking forward to celebrating the 4th of July with a huge ball. Everything was going perfectly.
But then Elijah finds out his girlfriend cheated on him. And Klaus, who was enjoying his life as a womanizer...
"Klaus? Here, I brought the papers from last year's Ball that you asked for." Hayley said as she entered her boss' office.
Klaus looked up and nodded. "Thank you. By the way, I was hoping to take Hope for a day at the zoo this weekend."
"As in, you, me and Hope together?"
"No, as in me, Hope and someone else together. But, why don't you seize the opportunity and spend some time with your newest conquest?" Klaus said, smirking a little and wriggling his eyebrows. Hayley glared at him. "Come on! I'll even give him the entire weekend off." Klaus added.
Hayley twisted her lips and looked at him for a long moment. Then, she rolled her eyes, shrugged and left.
A few minutes later, Tyler entered Klaus' office.
"Hayley just came to me and told me you were giving me the weekend off. Is that true?" he asked.
"Oh, yes, it is. This weekend, you will be free to leave at noon on Friday and you won't have to return until Monday at 10am." Klaus replied, smiling.
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
"Cool, thanks." Tyler said, still a little surprised. He then turned to leave. Shortly before he reached the door, however, Klaus added:
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"Of course, in order to get the time off, you will have to work some more during the week. But don't worry! I will certainly let you leave today before midnight. Or, no, wait, not certainly... let's say probably."
Tyler's expression changed. He now looked at his boss with cold fury in his eyes while Klaus only grinned at him. Frustratedly, he stormed out of his boss' office.
***
Meanwhile at the Café Sheila
Lexi Branson smirked as she handed two coffees to another stressed out looking young woman.
"Enjoy! And try not to burn yourself out, please!" she said in a friendly manner. The woman nodded and hurried away.
Lexi turned around to her coworker Camille. "Hey, Cami, why don't you take a few minutes off. You've been working a lot today."
Camille nodded gratefully. "Thanks."
She sat down on a stool in the kitchen. "You know, I really appreciate you amd Bonnie making me rest every now and then. If it weren't for you, I would probably be ignoring my doctor's orders completely." Camille said.
Lexi smiled at her reassuringly. "Of course we do. And it's good that you told us about those doctor's orders. Even though you made the mistake of telling us you only have to take it easy for a few weeks. Meaning very soon, we will stop making you rest."
Camille gave her coworker and new friend a half smile. "Then I better try enjoying those few weeks."
"Uh-huh. By the way, do you mind if I ask you why your doctor told you to rest?" Lexi asked.
