E p i s o d e 8 P a r t 1

Aleksios P.O.V:

The next morning an elaborate breakfast has been set up in the dining room of the plantation house.

Last night after I was at the church Nik and I has our sleepover in his room. He prepared some snacks and blood.

Currently Rebekah and Nik sit across from each other while I sit besides him at the table which is full of fruit and pastries. One of the servers, stands by Nik' chair as he bites her wrist and feeds from her.

"Have you spoken to our good friend Marcel today?" Nik asks Bekah and I look at her. Nik has already complained to me that Marcel has been avoiding him.

"No, should I have?" She asks him back.

"He's been mysteriously silent- avoiding me, some might say. I thought perhaps he may have whispered reasons into your ear. Along with all of those sweet nothings." Nik says and I grin.

"So you're at it again, are you? Scandalous!" I tease her and Nik chuckles.

"If I see him, I'll be sure to ask if he's still sore at you." She answer Nik but ignores me.

"Let me give a voice to that look in your eyes." He starts mocking her voice "My saintly noble brother lies writhing in agony in the Bayou, victim of my bastard brother and sister's bite, when just one or two drops of their blood would ease his pain." He mocks her and I burst out laughing.

"Nice, twin." I say still laughing and he smiles at me.

"On the contrary, Nik, I am simply enjoying my brekkie, waiting for Elijah's healthy return." Bekah retorts and I snort.

"Oh, come on Rebekah, you've been giving me the devil's eye all morning. Out with it!" Nik says, fed up with her mood.

"Perhaps I'm concerned that if I voice my opinion about what you did to Elijah, I will end up on the wrong side of your toxic hybrid teeth." Bekah retorts and I roll my eyes.

"Poppycock! I would never bite you. Elijah made some very offensive accusations about my intentions towards my child. He deserves a day or two of discomfort. Besides, you know my preferred method of punishment for your indiscretions is the dagger." Nik tells her.

Rebekah smirks as she stands up from her seat.

"There is something fundamentally wrong with you." She says andwalks out of the room, leaving Nik and I alone at the table.

"That went well." I tell him with a grin and he glares at me before cracking a smile.

"On a more serious note though, do you really think Marcel is up to something." I ask Nik and he looks thoughtful for a moment.

"I don't know but I think Rebekah deserves some dagger time." He says and I sigh. Sure she can be exusting sometimes but she doesn't deserve the dagger.

"Can I change your mind?" I ask him.

"You could." He admits nodding. "But I'd rather you not." He says, looking at me.

"Well, seeing my siblings daggered has never been a sight I fancy so I'm going to visit someone." I say and smiling at the thought of Davina.

"Someone, eh? Could this someone perhaps be a witch? Brown hair, yea high, anger issues." He teases with a huge smirk and a blush stains my cheeks. Blushing? What the hell? Nik releases a booming laugh as he spots my enflamed cheeks.

"Shut up, Nik." I complain but it only makes him laugh harder. He finally sobers up after a few minutes and looks at me fondly.

"Come on Lex, you can't blame me for a little teasing. I've waited a millenia for this day."

"Ass." I say with a huff and he looks at me with that stupid smirk of his.

"You love this ass." He says pointing to himself and I chuckle.

"Obviously. I put up with you every day don't I?" I ask him with amusement.

"Can I ask you something?" He asks and I grin as he rolls his eyes when he realises what I'm about to say.

"You just did."

"Lex, please." He says seriously, jokes forgotten.

"Yeah, sure." I say sitting up and giving him my full attention.

"If...if you had a choice. Wou- would you pick someone else as your brother?" He asks me fumbling over his words and I'm stunned.

"What makes you think that?" I ask him seriously. Why is he asking me.

"Just thinking about what Tyler and Rebekah said. About how I failed my family and how I am unredeemable." He says softly.

Damn you Tyler Lockwood and damn you too Rebekah.

"Wanna know what I think? Honestly?" I ask him and he nods, looking afraid my answer.

"Screw them. The only person who's lectures, scoldings and serious down grading you're allowed to believe is mine. Okay?" I ask him and he nods.

"You may not always make the best choices but in the end you always make it right. Or at least you try too. Besides, since when does the big bad hybrid Klaus Mikaelson doubt himself." I say with a smirk and he laughs heartily.

"You're right. But it's not myself I'm worried about. I don't want to dissapoint you or..." He says trailing of and I understand.

"You don't want to risk ending up like Mikael and disappointing your child like he has you?" I ask him and he nods wordlessly.

"I guess it's a good thing your where only raised by him and not actually him. Huh? And as for me, you never truly disappoint me. You anger and irritate me but, that's it." I says and he smiles at me.

"Thank you, Lexie." He says sincerely and I smile at my childhood nickname. "And don't call me that." He adds on and my eyebrows furow.

"Call you what?" I ask him confused.

"Klaus. Don't call me Klaus. It feels weird." He says sheepishly.

"Yeah. I know how you feel." I say nodding, it does feel weird. "I'll make you a deal." I say and he nods.

"You start calling me Lexie again and I never call you Klaus again. Unless I'm mad." I bargain and he nods.

"Fair enough. Thank you."

"No problem, twin." I say and we grin at each other.

"You'll be a great father, you know." I tell him after a few minutes of silence.

"How can you be so sure?" He asks me curiously.

"Apart from the fact that you've learned out of our parents' mistakes?" I ask him and he nods.

"Cause I'll be there to kick your ass if you ain't." I tell him and he chuckles.

"I'm sure you will." He says smiling.

"Well, I should go. If you need me, you know where to find me." I say and I walk over to him.

"Get up." I say after he looks at me quizically. He rolls his eyes but complies anyways. I give him a hug and mutter a 'goodbye' which he return before I speed off.

***

Standing in front of Davina's attic door am nervous. I haven't talked to her since Nik releaved that I'm falling in love with her. How can I fall in love with her so fast? It doesn't make sense. I can't exactly comment because I've never experience it before.

Putting it to the back of my mind for now and composing myself I finally knock on the door.

I hear her shuffling inside and when she opens the door, the breath is knocked out of me. Again. Will this happen everytime I see her?

Her face transfors from confusion to a big grin when she spots me and I'm sure I look the same. We stand there for awhile, just grinning at one another like idiots.

"I came to visit you. I hope you don't mind." I say and she shakes her head.

"I don't mind." She says smilling and I let out a breath of air, I didn't know I was hold.

"C-come in." She stutter and moves to the side so I can enter.

"Thank you, love." I say grinning at her.

"So what do you want to do?" She asks me.

"What to you usually do?" I ask her. In all honesty I had no idea what we could do in here and we can't go outside because the witches would attack her and I'd slaughter them all and I'm sure that wouldn't go of to well.

"Well...I draw and listen to music." She tells me shyly.

"Then we draw and listen to music." I say and she beams at me.

She hands me a pad of paper and a piece of black chalk. We sit down on her bed, accros from one another crosssed legged.

I decide to draw her. I know, cliché but my life is becoming more cliché the more time I spend with her. Strangely enough, I don't care.

"Can I ask you something?" Her silky voice asks me after a long silence and I nod in response as I glance at her. Wondering what's going on in the pretty little head of hers.

"What's your favorite colour?" She asks me and I'm caught of guard by the question.

"I beg your pardon?" I ask her looking up and I see her cheeks enflame.

"Sorry. I-i just wanted to know something about you-" She says quickly "-but it's fine." She mumbles sadly.

"Rosy Plumb. Yours?" I blurt out, thinking of her lips.

"Blue." She answers with a big grin and I return it.

"How about this: We ask one another questions and the other has to answer truthfully. While we draw." I suggest and she thinks about it.

"Okay, yeah." She says nodding her head.

"You go first." I tell her and her eyes widen.

"Okay. Ummm." She says and hums. I get distracted by her lips which is pulled into slight pout and it takes all of my control not to grab her and smash my lips to hers.

"Okay. I have one. What are your hobbies?" She asks me and I smirk.

"I gave you a pass to ask me anything, something which I've never done, and that's what you ask me?" I question her amused.

"Yes." She says softly. "I want to get to know you, not your secrets." She says honestly and I look into her eyes. Her eyes, so full of emotion. Honesty, purity, kindness and good.

The oppisite of me in so many ways. Oh, this girl. This girl is going to be the death of me. Even if I'm immortal.

Clearing my throat I speak up: "Well my twin and I enjoy painting together. I also enjoy reading and lately I've gotten a taste for cooking." I tell her and she looks at me with those eyes of her.

"Cooking?" She asks me curiously and I'm not surprised. I'm a vampire.

"No, I don't need to eat. Yes, I can eat. I enjoy cooking." I answer her unspoken question. "Maybe, maybe someday I'll cook for you. If you let me." I tell her nervously. It's weird, I'm always confident that a girl will say yes. She probably will, but I'm still nervous of her answer.

"I'd like that." She says and relief washes over me.

Just as I'm about to say something my phone rings. I check the caller I.D and I see it's Nik.

"Hello twin. What's going on?" I ask my brother when I pick up the phone.

"It's Marcel. He tried to take me down. And Rebekah helped him."

***

So like Lex and Nik is very close as you see. He'd never do anything to hurt her.

Like I said before, exam preparations starts this week and that on top of homework, I don't know how much I am going to post but I'll definitely post.

Here you go, enjoy.

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-mixie_2000