Always and Forever

chapter 8

"What about this one?" Rebekah showed me evening-length burgundy off shoulders dress. I whistled in admiration.

It was much better than the one before.

"Let me try this. And pray that it will fit me." I joked while walking to the dressing room.

With Rebekah, we have shopped for hours and what I can say.

It's extremely hard to find something for my figure without looking vulgar and cheap.

Rebekah was very helpful, but I know. She didn't trust me and we weren't best friends.

Yet.

The blonde vampire was my one of favorites The Originals and The Vampires Diaries character. And call me selfish, but I will do anything to make her trust me and see me like her friend.

Mark my word, you will be my bff Becca

"Still alive?" The said vampire mockingly asked me and I could feel her smirk even from another side of dressing room curtains.

"Well more alive than you." I sassed back while zipping the dress. She opened curtains without any words and looked at me from head to toes.

I looked at mirror too and smiled.

That dress was really nice looking.

"What you think? I really love this dress." I asked her opinion and she pursed her lips while still looking at me.

After few seconds she nodded.

"It's look elegant and pretty on you. My brothers going to love this " she finally gave her opinion.

"The girl always must look lovely for herself first. Only then for other people. " I told her softly remembering my aunt. "But you are right. I look really good."

We were walking from shopping, my few bags of clothes were already in Rebekah's car and we were walking towards Grill. To do something she's need to do.

Cough cough Ask Matt to the ball cough cough

"So you going to invite somebody to the ball?" I innocently asked girl beside me. She looked at me with surprise.

"Some guy" she sheepishly answered and when I wiggled my eyebrows suggestively she rapidly reassured me.

"He is one of Doppelganger friends, it's just to spit in her face"

Who I am to judge her

I just raised my hands in surrender

"You say, you know." I laughed at her face and without thinking added "Matt Donovan is one of the nicest humans in Mystic Falls," I said bumping my hip into hers but stopped when I realized what I fuck did just said.

That's what you got saying things without thinking.

Idiot

"That's enough Nicolette. Tell me, how did you know?." Rebekah demanded and grabbed my forearm tightly.

It's going to bruise.

I winced but she didn't let me go.

She stared at me while I stared back.

Think Lette, spin some bullshit with pinch of truth.

"I can't. I am not allowed. So please, don't make me tell you what I can't."

Good enough

Rebekah after a moment of silence just nodded and let me go.

We keep going on walking but in my corner of the eye, I saw how she often glanced at me with a calculating look.

It was an uncomfortable silence.

Like a lot.

After few moments we were on the Grill. Like yesterday there were few people, two of them were Caroline and Elena.

Cow

I saw how Rebekah evilly smirked and made her way to the girls. I just followed her.

"Careful Caroline, it's all well until she stabs you in the back." The original vampire sneered at the brunette. The said brunette just glared at her.

Uuuuu cat fight.

"What are you doing here? I know your mother's rules - no murdering locals," she ordered and I rolled my eyes. Dumb hoe.

"Oh my frigging god, it's not all about you Gilbert. Get over yourself. It's Grill. Everybody can be here " without letting Rebekah answer I told her and she quickly averted her eyes from Original to me. I saw how she looked me up and down.

"And you are? One of hers compelled friends?" The brunette harshly asked and I raised an eyebrow, but before I could answer Caroline interrupted

"Let's just calm down ladies. We all friends here. You are new obviously, I'm Caroline Forbes, and this, even you already know is Elena Gilbert." The baby vampire cheerily announced and I automatically smiled. In the five of my favorite female characters, Caroline was the third one. After Katherine and Rebekah. Badass ladies

"It's pleasure to meet you, Caroline. I've heard great things about you." I greeted her enthusiastically and she gasped in surprise

"Excuse me, and who are you? And I hope its all good, " I sighed and turned to the doppelganger?

"She is Nicolette. She is part of family" Rebekah just said and dragged me away from them.

Part of family, eh?

After Rebekah successfully invited Matt to the ball she turned to me and threw me her car keys. I raised an eyebrow in question.

"You know how to drive? Yes? I have some business to do. Drive safely, I don't need any of my brothers on my tail." she just told me and after a moment she was gone.

Part of family, yeaah

I made my way to her automobile when I saw Finn sitting on one of the benches in the park.

Let's try make some allies

I thought to myself and made my way towards him.

"It's quite different from when you remember?" I sit in the spare place near his left. He raised his eyes to meet mine and scoffed.

"Quite?" He asked in disbelief and I raised my hands in surrender.

"You right, it's absolutely different" I agreed with him and crossed my legs elegantly.

"You know" I started while looking in the sky. "It's still new and strange, that concept of mates. I'm human, they are vampires. And this connection its something I wasn't taught about. My rational and irrational parts are in a quite intense civil war." I chuckled and he observed me with a strange look on his face. Just say something.

"Mate is one of most precious gift vampire can ever be been given" he simply stated and I nodded. I wonder if he and Sage are mated pair.

"I still don't believe in love at first sight because it takes time to truly fall for someone, but I believe in that moment, that moment when you glimpse the truth and familiarity within a person. In that moment, in that second you don't belong yourself any longer, not completely. Part of you belongs to that person and part of him belongs to you." I vocalized my thought while viewing the people who walked in the park. "And I'm so damn lucky to find them so early in my life."

"Lucky? They are monst-"

"Monsters. Yes, they are vampires. They have done some terrible, unimaginable things. They killed, tortured, maimed thousands of people. They took masses of lives." I interrupted him and put my hand on his "I know that. But they are not bad people. They are not monsters because of who they are. Monsters don't care for anything. And they care. You all care for the family. And I think they might, maybe a little started to care about me. But that's not the point" I softly told him while looking at him.

Surprise marred his face.

Just a little bit more

"The point is, that they are not monsters. You are not monster."

I heavily sighed and decided to take an extremely risky step.

"And they don't deserve to be killed. Not when they are finally together. Not by their mother. And not by their older brother." I uttered anxiously and saw how his body went rigid. He narrowed his eyes at me suspiciously.

And that's the end of my short spectacular life.

"How did you know this, girl?" He coldly demanded me and I gulped, but I still wasn't done.

You started you finished

"I know many things but it doesn't matter now, but what matter is your decision. I know you call yourself a monster, and I know that you hate Niklaus and others for daggering you. 900 years it's not a joke. And you think, that killing them would satisfy your thirst for revenge and save a lot of people. And that's okay, " I calmly spoke while looking right into his eyes. "But you are Originals Vampires, and think what happens to other vampires?" I asked him but before he could answer I told him

"They die. Every vampire dies," He stared at me with his eyes almost popping out his socket.

"That right didn't Esther tell you this part of her plan.?" I mockingly asked him and he almost invisibly shook his head

"But do you think that being vampire equal to being monster? Let me tell you, that's not true. They are a lot of vampires who are good people. Who love, who have families, who have a purpose to make this world a better place. They are vampires who love with all their hearts. And please, don't be that monster who's going to take that from them" I told him and stand up. He was still as a rock and I turned to him.

"Two last things, nobody except you, me, and Esther don't know this. And Sage is alive, and she is looking for you. She loved you for 900 years. And still, love you. Did you going to kill her too?" I whispered and started to make my way towards Rebekah's car.

Smile started to cross my face. I knew I had him with the last sentence. It may have been low blow but a good one nonetheless.

A hand grabbed my forearm.

"Why are you telling me this?" He asked and I stopped. And without turning answered him.

"Because you need to know what you are doing."

"Sage...is she still looking for me? After all these years?"

"Always. But now the question is, did you ready to fight for her? Do you really love her?"