Music is playing. Rebekah is having her nails polished by an assistant. Kol is standing before a full-length mirror wearing a black evening suit while a tailor adjusts it. Finn and Elijah are also standing in the room preparing for the ball. i left my dress in my Mum's room so I shall fetch that later, instead, I loll on the Mikaelson sofa, reading the Stefan's diaries.

"Evie? Tell me how handsome I am. " Kol says, flaunting his suit.

"Ah Kol, you know I can't be compelled."I reply as Finn smirks, Klaus storms into the room, disturbing the peaceful atmosphere with an annoyed look.

"You went after Elena? What is wrong with you?!" Klaus says,glaring at Elena.

"Here we go." I mutter under my breath, Rebekah smiles at me.

" Do you want another dagger in your heart?" Klaus growls.

"Again with the dagger threats? Don't you have any other tricks?"Kol asks exasperatedly, turning away from the mirror.

"Oh, go back to staring at yourself"Klaus mocks.

"And who are you, my father?" Kol asks.

"No, Kol, but you're in my house." Klaus glares as I snap my book closed, throwing it to the side.

"Klaus." I warn, but he just ignores me.

"Then perhaps we should go outside" Kol says, expression just as angry as Klaus's. I begin to feel very awkward surrounded by arguing, so, abruptly, I decide to take my ass out side, where I can happily swoon at the sight of my new golf buggy...

It is not there, I frown in confusion, looking all around me to see if Klaus has moved it or something. Annoyed, I head back into the house.

"Klaus?" I ask, as he leaves the room after a conversation with his Mother.

"Yes, Evie."He sighs.

"Have you seen my golf buggy?" I ask, growing more confused by the minute. How can a golf buggy just disappear?

"Ah, yes, that awful contraption, I tuck it back." He says casually as my mouth drops.

"You what?" I ask, hoping I had confused him.

"I tuck it back." He continues. "You act too much like a six year old and if my enemy's met you, they would think you're weak, so I'm going to grow you some back bone, toughen you up and make you grow up." I frown, slightly hurt. He thinks I'm weak? He smiles at me as I frown deeper, is he embarrassed of me?

"Why?" I ask, frowning deeper.

"Because I can't be seen dating the weak."He shrugs, as if it's nothing. Annoyed, I swing my arm back and slap my hand across his cheek, leaving a red mark. He turns back to me, furious.

"You can find someone else to go to your stupid ball with, I'm too weak for you to go with."I say, calmly walking out of his house.

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I walk out of my house carefully, making sure I do not trip over the bottom of my black and silver ball gown, strolling towards Matt's , well, my car that Matt is driving.

"You look beautiful." He says, wrapping a white rose around my wrist. I smile.

"You don't look too bad yourself." He grins.

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"Uh, if everyone could gather, please." Elijah says from the stop of the stairs. I place my arm in Matt's arm as we both turn to look at Elijah, along with every one else in the crowded room.

All of the originals gather along the stairs. Klaus looks down at me, glaring at Matt. Internally,I smirk.

"Welcome, thank you for joining us. You know, whenever my mother brings our family together like this, it's tradition for us to commence the evening with a dance." Elijah continues, finishing with a smile.

"Tonight's pick is a centuries-old waltz, so if all of you could please find yourselves a partner, please join us in the ballroom"Matt takes my hand, leading me towards the direction that Elijah pointed towards.

Matt takes my hand, beginning the dance, over his shoulder, I spot Klaus dancing with Caroline. I shrug as Matt continues to compliment me.

Matt spins me and I find myself in the arms of the last person I wanted to speak to tonight as Caroline dances with Matt.

"You're here with Donovan?" He asks me in disbelief, I shrug.

"He's a nicer person than you are." His had rests tightly on my waste, slowly trying to pull me closer towards him and my hand rests on his shoulder.

"Plus, I went out with him once a while before the Elena drama, and to be honest, he puts up a better time in-"

"Don't even finish that sentence, he says, growling slightly.

"-bed than you do." I finish, quicker than a natural human speed, he dips me, holding me in the position for a few seconds.

"You-are-mine." He whispers to me quietly, pulling me back up straight and twirling me into Damon's arms.

"Little E, lookin' good" He winks at me playfully,I smile at him.

"Oh, ya know, I just know how to take care of myself..."

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I stand outside laughing at one of Matt's cheesy jokes as he smiles brightly at me.

"I miss when we were like this Evie." He says, causing me to stare at him strangely. He looks at the ground, sighing as I try to understand what he means, I run it over a few times in my head before just asking him.

"What do you mean?" I look at him curiously as he finds sudden interest in a rock. As we remain in silence, he finally looks up.

"When it wasn't just Matt and Evie, when we were, you know, Matt and Evie." He says, I furrow my eyebrows together.

"Unless you've recently changed your name to Ben, then I'm pretty sure we are still Matt and Evie."I say... honestly, it's like talking to Damon Salvatore.

"No." He sighs, looking at me intently." When we were together." He says, mustering up all of the courage he could find.

"Matt-" I start as he reaches a hand up to caress my cheek. I try to step back but he holds me firmly in place.

"Matt." I say again as he closes his eyes and brings his lips towards mine.

As I can feel his breath fan against my face, a pair of hands forcefully pull us apart."OK, that's enough." He says while doing so.

Caroline stands behind him awkwardly,her eyes widening at her ex boyfriend.

"Klaus." I sigh thankfully at him. He leans down and kisses my cheek before averting his gaze towards Matt who stands in shock at his actions.

"Run along Mate before I rip your lips off your face to make sure that you don't try to kiss my girlfriend again." Klaus says, well, growls.

Matt, full of terror, runs off back inside of the house, Caroline decides to follow.

Klaus pulls me by my waste closer towards him and rests his chin on the top of my head, pressing a gentle kiss against my hair. after some time of standing like this, I pull back to stare into his jewelled eyes.

"I thought I'm too weak to be loved by someone like the big bad Klaus Mikaelson."I say, keeping eye contact at all costs. He stares back into my eyes, looking slightly hurt.

"Evie Amethyst Lockwood." He says, pausing, "I never said anything about not loving you." He pauses again to make sure that his words are all sinking in. "And you are not weak... I was exaggerating so that I would have more reason to protect you,and..." He sighs. " You were giving that awful golf buggy more attention than you were to me." His cheeks redden as he breaks eye contact, staring fixatedly at our feet instead.

A cheesy smile breaks out across my face as I smile at his cuteness. "I love you, Evie."He says, finally looking up at me again. If it were possible, my smile grows even wider. "I love you to you overgrown baby." I pull him down to my own height by his neck and crash my lips against my own, feeling him also melt into it. He bites my bottom lip lightly, silently asking for entrance and I give it to him, feeling him slide his tongue into my mouth. Eventually, we both pull back for breath, resting our foreheads against each other.

"You are so lucky to have someone like me in your life." He states cockily.

" Don't get too far ahead of yourself, old man." I say, removing myself from his arms to sit next to the water fountain.

"Must you always be such hard work." He says, mostly to himself as I scoff.

"When you convert to hippiness, then I will go easy on you." I say as he sits across from me.

He smiles, pressing his lips against my own again, his hand trails down towards my arse.

Smirking to my self, I grab his hand and bring it towards my lips, pretending that I am about to kiss it. Instead, I use it as assistance in pushing his horny ass into the fountain.

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