I was drying my hair in my room. I heard a knock. ,,Come in." Diego opened the door a gave me a little smile. ,,Luther called a family meeting in 10" he informed me. ,,Yeah, I'm coming. Give me a minute." I said. Diego was standing there looking at me. ,,Really nice to see you again, sis",,Well, it's nice to see you and not have to bail you out again." I joked. ,,Yeah, Thanks for that" Diego replied.
,,Hey, Diego.. you know, you have every right to be mad at Vanya, but try to go easy on her." I told him with a soft smile. He looked at me and sighed ,,Trust me, I'm trying. I'm surprised you didn't beat the hell out of her after what she wrote about you." I chuckled. ,,I was angry and hurt when I read it, but I got over it. She spoke her mind. She thinks I'm responsible for what happened to Ben, so what. God knows she can't blame me more than I already blame myself."
,,Hey, look at me. It wasn't your fault. Stop blaming yourself for it. We all know it wasn't your fault...and Klaus knows it too." he told me. I gave him a confused look. ,,Why are you talking about Klaus?" I asked. ,,Oh please, Rory, do you really think I never noticed the way you looked at each other? You always light up when you talk about him or when you see him. He was your rock when we were kids. And I'm pretty sure you were his. You care more about what he thinks of you than you care about what other people think. You are afraid that he blame you for Ben."
Well, I didn't expect this at all. I suddenly felt nervous, he caught me off guard, but I was damn sure not to show it. ,,You know what, that's enough. I have no idea what you are talking about." I acted like I was dumb or something. ,,And hey, we have a family meeting. Go, go! We don't want to upset Luther. That much." I said as I pushed him out the door. He started to laugh and nod ,,Okay, whatever you say, princess." ,,And don't call me that!" I shouted at him from my room.
When I came to the living room, everyone was already there. Luther was standing in front of everyone and Allison was sitting not far from him. Diego was looking out the window. Vanya was sitting on the couch and Klaus was standing at the bar pouring himself a drink.,,Do you want one, babygirl? he asked me. I smilled when i heard this nickname. I felt heat all over my body. He started calling me that when we were about 14 years old. This guy has no idea what he's doing to me, does he? ,,No thanks, maybe later." I said trying to cover my probably red cheeks.
I sat on the couch next to Vanya. Luther cleared his throat and spoke ,,So I guess we should get this started. I figured we could have a sort of memorial service in the cortyard at sundown." he explained. ,,Say a few words at dad's favorite spot" he finished. His what now?
Klaus sat down next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. That one touch made the butterflies in my stomach go crazy. I forgot how to breathe for a minut. I calmed down and lifted the corner of my lips slightly. I put my arm around his waist as I leaned into him. We've always been like that. This is how we comforted each other. And right now, I feel really comfortable.
,,Dad had a favorite spot?" Allison asked confused. I looked around, everyone looks confused by his statement.
,,You know, under the oak tree. We used to sit out there all of the time. None of you every did that?" He questioned.
,,No" we said all at once.
,,Well, that's awkward." I blurted out. Klaus started to laugh. He lit a cigarette ,,Will there be refreshments? Tea? Scones? Cucumber sandwiches? These are always a winner." he said and run circles on my shoulders. I snorted at his statement and tried to ignore the strange feeling in my body from his touch.
,,What? No. And put that out. Dad didn't allowed smoking in here." Luther said already annoyed. I raised one eyebrow and smirked a little.
,,Well, he's not here, is he?" I asked. I saw Klaus smirked. Luther looked at me as if he wanted to slap me. I rolled my eyes.
,,Is that my skirt?" Allison asked as she looked over at Klaus, who was indeed wearing her skirt. Hm..why does it look so good on him?
,,What? Oh Yeah. I found it in your room. It's little dated, I know, but it's very breathey on the bits." he said, gestured to his croatch and then he winked at me. I smirked at response.
,,Listen guys. Still have some important things that we need to discuss, all right?" Luther interrupted. Klaus groaned and rolled his eyes.
,,Like what?" Diego asked.
,,Like the way he died" Luther responded and quickly looked at me. Huh..That's weird.
,,And here we go" Diego said under his breathe. What the hell is going on?
,,I don't understand. I thought they said it was a heart attack." Vanya spoke up.
,,Exactly." I joined her.
,,Yeah, according to the coroner." He looked at everyone.
,,Well, wouldn't they know? It's kinda their job" I asked.
,,Theoretically" he responded
,,Theoretically?" Allison asked with another confused look.
,,I'm just saying, at very least, something happened. The last time I spoke to Dad he sounded strange." Luther said while Diego raised his eyebrow with a 'are you serious" look.
,,Oh, quelle suprise!" Klaus said and took sip of his drink. I started to laugh only to be glared by everyone except Klaus and Diego.
,,Strange how?" Allison asked looking away from us.
,,He sounded on edge. Told me I should be careful who to trust." Luther answered her with concerned look.
,,Luther, he was paranoid, bitter old man who was starting to lose what was left of his marbles." Diego said calmly while walking towards Luther.
,,No. He must have known something was going to happen." Luther said with a hint of paranoia. Wow, and I thought I was loosing it.
,,Look, I know you don't like to do it, but I need you to talk to dad." Luther said looking at Klaus who snapped at him a look full of a surprise. My eyes widened as Allison scofed. What the hell is their problem?
,,I can't just call dad in the afterlife and be like, 'Dad, could you just stop playing tennis with Hitler for a moment and take a quick call?" Klaus sat up a little bit. I started laugh again and Allison shoot me another glare.
,,Since when? That's your thing." Luther asked him.
,,I'm not in the right... frame of mind." he responded.
,,He's high." I said with 'duh' tone.
,,Yeah! I mean, how are you not, listening to this nonsence?" he laughed and looked towards me.
,,I wish I was, trust me babe" I responded adding my nickname for him. He looked surprised when I called him like that.
,,Well, sober up! This is important." Luther snapped at him. Klaus and I just sighed.
,,What about you, Aurora? You didn't hear anything?" He asked me with strange look.
,,No I didn't and I'm not gonna try." I said with a shrug.
,,Then there is the issue of the missing monocle." he continued.
,,Who gives a shit about a stupid monocle?" Diego asked harshly.
,,Exactly, it's worthless. So whoever took it, I think it was personal." Luther stated looking straight at me again. What the hell is his problem today?
,,Someone close to him. Someone with a grudge." he added.
Klaus and I looked at each other confused and than back at Luther.
,,Where are you going with this?" we asked at the same time.
,,Oh, isn't it obvious, Klaus, Rory?" Diego said slowly turning to face Luther with angry look.
,,He thinks one of us killed dad and you are his first suspect, Rory." Diego continued glarring at Luther.
,,What?!" Klaus snapped.
,,I beg you pardon?" I said slowly. Anger and shock in my voice. I furrowed my eyebrows.
,,Well, you were the first to leave the house. Or maybe you didn't. Maybe dad kicked you out and you planned this for years. I also spoke with Pogo. He told me that when he called you because of dad, you told him you already knew. He treated you the worst. Nobody forgets something like that."
Everyone remained silent. Now I was pissed.
,,Are you serious right now?" I asked as I slowly stood up with a death glare. I took a step towards Luther.
,,Did you lose your brain cells when you were growing up? Do you remember that predicting and feeling death is literally part of my ability?" I snapped at him. Diego and Klaus chuckled.
,,Do you want to hear the truth Luther?" I yelled at him. I couldn't hold my anger anymore.
,,Dad didn't kicked me out. I left. I left of my own free will. I left because I couldn't bear to look at your faces after what happened to Ben. I blamed myself enough and I didn't need it from anyone else. I couldn't stay here with the guilt I felt. I didn't want to stay here and just wait for everyone to start hating me! And he didn't treated me the worst. Have you forgotten how Dad treated Klaus, or you just don't care? Yes, I hated dad with all my heart, but I wouldn't kill him!
You dare stand here as the master of the universe and accuse us all of murdering our father. Screw you, Luther." I finished, I took a deep breath. I didn't even notice that I was almost not breathing when I was yelling at Luther. I looked at him with disgust and scoffed.
,,How could you think that?" Vanya asked Luther with pure shock in her face.
,,Great job, Luther. Way to lead." Diego followed and patted him on his back. He looked at me with soft look and squeezed my hand. Then he left the room.
,,That's not what I'm saying..." Luther tried to defending himself. Allison looked at him with disbelief.
,,You're crazy man. You're crazy." Klaus said as he stood up from his seat.
,,Let's go, baby girl." He took my hand and we started leave the room just like Diego. Vanya followed right behind us.
,,I'm not finished.." Luther called after us.
,,Oh, sorry. We're just gonna go murder mom. Be right back." Klaus said with bottle of alcohol in one hand while he grabbed my shoulders with the other.