Stefan's POV
Me and Damon wait on the porch as Natalie signs the deeds to the house. "I wouldn't want to clean it." Bonnie says making us look up, seeing the two of them plus Elena and Mr Henry still looking through the documents. "Oh, trust me. I'm definitely making Damon do all the cleaning." Natalie replies cheekily.
I chuckle at the look on Damon's face making him glare at me. "Shut up." He grumbles which only makes me chuckle more. "Do you really think Bonnie can take on Klaus?" Damon suddenly asks, a wary tone in his voice. "She said she could channel enough witches power to kill him." I state. Unlike Damon, I trusted Bonnie but I'm still nervous about the plan.
This isn't an easy situation for me as I don't like it when someone besides me has to keep my girl safe like when Jonas was after her. I would rather be the one protecting Natalie as I would rather give up my life to keep the love of my life safe and alive.
"According to Laine, Elijah thought it would work against Klaus. He must have figured it out." I say shrugging, still not trusting Elijah. "We just need to find him." Damon mumbles, silently nodding his head. We can't exactly do anything until Klaus shows his face and tries to do something since no one alive, besides Kathrine, has any idea what he actually looks like.
"Yeah." I murmur as I keep my eyes on my green-eyed beauty, who is laughing with Bonnie, as I lean against the door frame. The day I saved her life at Wickery Bridge, I made a vow to always protect her but now, I feel like I'm failing her since I can't help her right now. It's just so frustrating.
"Do you think Bonnie could track him? You know, like when Bonnie had to find Tia and Elena when Rose kidnapped her." Damon questions, crossing his arms over his chest and I instantly shake my head. "Nope." I mutter before I let out a heavy sigh. "Bonnie would need something personal to Klaus like when Bonnie had used Jeremy blood to find the girls."
I had asked Bonnie the very same question as soon as she arrived but sadly, it was a wasted attempt as no one had anything personal that belongs to Klaus. "I hate this." Damon mumbles as he slumps against the wall. "You're telling me." I grumble, moving my eyes back to Natalie. "Do you think he killed her?" Damon curiously wonders.
"Kathrine?" I inquire, glancing over at him before lightly shrugging my shoulders. "Probably." I mumble. "I hope he did." Damon exclaims and I nod in agreement. "Thank you for coming, Mr Henry." Natalie's soft voice makes us look through the entrance of the house, seeing her walking the older man out of the house.
"Have a nice day." She says politely, shaking his hand. Natalie watches him walk away to his car before looking at me and Damon amused as we both stand directly in front of the entrance, impatient expressions on our faces. "Oh, my bad, boys." She mumbles with a bright smirk on her face before she moves her eyes to mine.
"Stefan, baby, it would be my greatest honour to have my king to join his queen in her house." She says, holding her hand out to me. I let out an amused chuckle as I cross over the threshold and take her hand. "The honour will be all mine, my queen." I say, before I twirl her around into my arms, pulling her into a deep kiss.
"Any day now, Stefan." Damon exclaims grumpily as he taps his foot against the ground in annoyance. I pull away from Natalie, a smirk on my face as she winks up at me cheekily. "Let's go, gorgeous." Damon commands, folding his arms across his chest. "I don't have all day."
"I'm pretty sure you do have all day, Dames, with being immortal and all." Natalie teases as she leans against the door and Damon chuckles humourlessly. "Tia, if you don't let me in, I'm gonna make you pay." He growls and Natalie grows a mischievous look in her eyes. "Don't threaten me with a good time." She joked making me chuckle.
"Tia!" Damon exclaims and Natalie chuckles at his frustration. "You can enter as soon as you answer my question. Are you gonna uphold your promise to me?" She asks and Damon quirks his eyebrow at her. "What promise, gorgeous? I've made a lot of them in my very immortal life." He smirks.
"That there will be no more secrets kept from me." Natalie explains with an eye roll on the fact that Damon is playing dumb right now. "You promised me that there will be no more secrets or lies. If there are any more involved, I will hand myself over to Klaus because I will not put any one I love in danger. You got it?" She finishes in a deadly tone making Damon gulp and my jeans to tighten.
Fuck! She's hot when she speaks like that.
"Got it. I swear to tell our queen whatever she wants. Promise. Can I come in now?" Damon inquires, raising his eyebrow at her. "Mmmh, I suppose so." Natalie grumbles before she gives Damon a small smirk. "Dames, you may come in." She tells him and he finally steps over the threshold, stopping beside Natalie.
"You are a goddamn minx." He grumbles, pecking her temple before he starts to walk past me as I grin in amusement. "Shut up." He mumbles making me chuckle. "Okay, now that is done. Girls, you ready to go?" Natalie questions Elena and Bonnie as she grabs her bag. "Wait, where are you going?" I question confused.
"School." Natalie states simply before I see amusement full her green eyes. "You know, that place we go to every week with all the books and the teachers." She adds sarcastically and my eyes widen as I move closer to her. "Huh? What did you say?" I ask, making sure I heard her right.
There is no way in hell that Natalie is actually thinking of going to school when we have just learned Klaus is in town.
"Uh, no, no, no. Just no!" Damon exclaims immediately, shaking his head at Natalie. "We did not just create this safe house for you and I did not wait outside my own house for nothing." He growls. "Maybe Damon's right. We should just skip school." Elena agrees, looking at her sister worriedly to which Natalie rolls her eyes.
"Baby, Klaus is out there." I add, as Natalie looks over at Bonnie, silently communicating with her. "You said it yourselves this morning. We can't do anything when we don't even know what Klaus looks like and I will not hide away." Natalie exclaims, looking between me and Damon. "If he wants me, he can come and try but I'm not gonna cower away like some scared little girl."
Me and Damon silently glance at each other for a moment. "We're not gonna change your mind, are we?" Damon questions and Natalie shakes her head. "Don't worry." Bonnie assures as she looks between me and Damon confidently. "I'm ready. If he shows his face, I can take him." She promises.
"There! Problem solved. I have the strongest witch in Mystic Falls by my side, so I'll be fine." Natalie states, nudging a smiling Bonnie playfully. I can't help but shake my head at my stubborn but strong girlfriend. I hate that that Natalie isn't scared like everyone else is. It terrifies me to think that Klaus is here. So, I don't plan to let Natalie out of my sight until Bonnie gets rid of Klaus for good.
"You'll also have your very possessive and protective vampire boyfriend by your side." I tell her firmly, pulling her into a light kiss before placing my arms over her shoulders and pulling her closer to me as we begin to walk out of the house, Bonnie and Elena following close behind.
******
Me and Natalie walking into Alarics classroom, hand in hand, seeing Bonnie and Elena already inside. So far, nothing out of the ordinary has happened yet. But it's only fourth period, so who knows?
We sit down in our usual chairs and I grab Natalie's chair, sliding her right next to me making her look at me amused. "A little close there, don't ya think?" She jokes as I throw my arm around the back of her chair, my fingers softly stroking her shoulder. "Not close enough baby." I whisper, pecking her lips.
Bonnie leans over Elena and taps Natalie on her arm, gaining her attention. Natalie glances over and sees Bonnie waving a flyer for the 60's Decade Dance. "We're so going to this." Bonnie tells her making Elena nod her head in agreement as Natalie rolls her eyes playfully. "Do we have to?" She jokes.
"Stefan?" Bonnie inquires and I shake my head. "Not a chance. I'm still traumatised after the last dance." I answer making Natalie chuckle as she lifts her legs onto mine and I place my hand under her skirt, rubbing my thumb across her thigh. "We could always go so I can see you're amazing dance skills again." Natalie whispers in my ear.
I look at Natalie with a small smirk, shaking my head. "We'll see." I whisper back, pecking her lips. However, before I can move back, Natalie grabs the back of my head and kisses me deeper. I chuckle at her actions, kissing her back before I slowly trail my lips down her neck. "You two! We're in school." I hear Elena scold. "And your point is?" Natalie questions sarcastically.
Third person POV
"Hello, class." Alaric/Klaus finally walks into the classroom after being very late before he heads to the desk and picks up a green notebook. He flips through the pages with furrowed eyebrows but gets bored after a minute or two, so he addresses the room full of teenagers again as he asks. "What are we learning today?"
The class is silent for a moment as they watch Alaric/Klaus flip through the notebook before Dana, a brunette cheerleader in the front row, decides to explain. "With the decade dance tonight, we've been covering the sixties all week." She explains and a large grin spreads across the hybrids fake face. "Right." He states as he slams the book shut.
The hybrid stands still for a moment as he tries to remember any important details from that decade. "The sixties." He mumbles before he glances around the room and his eyes settle on Elena who's writing in her notebook. A small smirk settles on his lips when he sees her before a small giggle breaks him out of his stare and his eyes move to the girl next to Elena.
Klaus freezes when he sees Natalie who is currently giggling at something Stefan is whispering in her ear. Klaus stares at her intensely, looking her over as desire and want feels him. But jealously also appears when he sees Stefan move his lips to Natalie's neck, and kisses her while his hand travels under her skirt.
She is more beautiful that what I've been told.
"Um..." Klaus shakes his head and turns to face the blackboard, picking up a piece of chalk before he awkwardly clears his throat. "The, uh, the sixties." He lets out a small chuckle as he writes 'The 60's' on the messy board before he mumbles to himself. "I wish there was something good I could say about this decade, but..." he then faces the class with a small grin. "Actually, they kind of sucked."
Alaric/Klaus walks around the desk as he tries to rack his brain for any details before he points at the students. "Except for the Beatles, off course. They made it bearable." He then lets out a huff as he continues. "Uh, what else was there?" His face screws up in disgust as he lists off. "There was the Cuban Missile thing, the...we walked on the moon. There was also
Watergate."
"Watergate was the seventies, Ric." Elena suddenly interrupts with a small smile, pulling everyone's, including Natalie and Stefan's, attention to her. Elena glances around before quickly and awkwardly corrects herself. "I-I mean, Mr Saltzman." She stutters making Natalie chuckle in amusement drawing Klaus's eyes back to her emerald green ones.
"The sixties were about the Vietnam war, Civil Rights Protest, along with the assassination of JFK." She corrects before a small smirk alines her lips as she stares at Alaric/Klaus. "Come on, Ric. I thought you were the history teacher here." She jokes which makes the whole class laugh at her usual sass.
"Right." Alaric/Klaus mutters with his own smile before he shakes his head and points to his head. "It all kind of mushes up together up here - the sixties and the seventies." He says before looking back up at Natalie with a lust in his eyes. "Thank you, Natalie." He says, loving the way her name sounds. "You're welcome." Natalie replies cheekily, making him look down to hide his amused smirk.
The bell starts to ring, signalling the end of fourth period making the students start to pack away their belongings. Alaric/Klaus let's out a low sigh as he takes a seat at the edge of the desk, silently watch Natalie as she starts to walk out of the classroom with Stefan and her two friends behind her. A small grin alines his lips as he watches the way her hips move. "I'll see you soon, Natalie Gilbert." He whispers to himself with a proud smirk.
Stefan's POV
"I can't wait for tonight." Elena gushes as the three of us walk down the quiet hallway. Bonnie had gone ahead and gotten a table for us while we decided to put our books away in our lockers. "It's been so long since we've been go one." Elena says.
"You gonna get all groovy, lil sis?" Natalie teases and Elena nods as she grabs Natalie's hand and spins her. Natalie laughs as I watch the two amused before Natalie pulls Elena to dance with her properly, doing the famous sixties dance, the Mashed Potato.
I shake my head with a small chuckle, watching the two of them do several dances that I recognise like the Swim and the Twist. "How the hell do you know all these dances, Laine?" I question curiously as the girls stop dancing. "Uh, babe, hello! I'm the dancer in the family." Natalie replies, flipping her hair over her shoulder dramatically.
"You learn a lot of different dances in dance class, including ones from the 1920's. I even know how to salsa." She admits and I nod my head impressed. "Oh, really? So, you know about every dance there was in the decade you wasn't even alive for?" I question amused as Elena lets out a low groan, shaking her head. "Bad move, Stefan. Bad move." She grumbles as Natalie narrows her eyes at me.
"You bet your sweet ass I do, Mr Salvatore." She says smugly before raising her eyebrow at me. "Why? You think you can do better than me?" She competitively questions as a large smirk pulls on my lips as I got the reaction I wanted from her because I know how competitive she gets when it comes to dancing.
I swiftly grab ahold of her hand and twirl Natalie underneath my arm faster than a human could have before I begin the famous dance from the sixties, the East Coast Swing, that involves a lot of spins and turns until I stop when I loop my right hand on Natalie's neck and dip her lowly. I lean my head down, hovering myself over Natalie as I brush my lips across hers. "I think I can hang." I whisper huskily.
Natalie's pupils dilate in lust as she stares up at me, gripping onto my biceps. "Oh, god." She whispers as I wink down at her before gently lifting her back up. "Oh, you are gonna be my dance partner forever." She tells me and I smile down at her. "Happily." I whisper before leaning down to kiss her passionately.
"Ugh!" Elena exclaims in fake disgust making me and Natalie pull away from each other and look at her amused. "Oh, shut up, you. I'm sure you can get a certain blue-eyed vampire to come with you." Natalie teases and a small blush rises on Elena's cheeks. "No, we're are not asking Damon!" She explains before walking away. "Who said we were asking him? I said you." Natalie corrects as I smirk, swinging my arm over her shoulder as we start to follow behind Elena.
We look around for Bonnie before spotting her at a table, sitting next to Jeremy. "There she is." Elena mumbles as she walks over towards Bonnie and Natalie's goes to follow but I stop her. "I'm gonna go grab our lunch." I tell her and she smiles. "Thank you." She whispers, pecking my cheek before saunting over to the table.
I quickly rush to get our food, not wanting to be away from Natalie for too long. I grab some fries, knowing Natalie will hit me if I don't get her some before grabbing a fresh bottle of water and walking back over to the girls table. "Hey, guys!" A loud and obnoxious voice sounds out and I see Dana walking towards the same table.
"Natalie, I'm glad I finally found you." She says, solely focusing her attention on Natalie. "Okay, this is going to sound so crazy but this totally hot guy just asked me to ask you if you're going to the dance tonight." Dana continues with a soft chuckle. "I told him off course you're going because you like to dance and he said he's definitely going to ask you now."
The three girls all look at each other in silence, not knowing what to say as I reach the table and place Natalie's lunch in front of her, pecking her temple. "Sorry, Dana..." I start before I wrap my arms around Natalie's waist possessively as I feel jealously rise up in me. "You can tell the guy that this beautiful girl is taken and already has a date."
Natalie looks at me with a small grin as she digs into her fries before handing me one. "A very sexy date." She adds, winking at me as I smirk, moving my hand to her thigh, rubbing it softly. "You could at least meet him." Dana argues in excitement as she tries to convince Natalie. "He'll be at the dance tonight. You should look for him - his name is Klaus."
As soon as those words leave Dana's mouth, all four of us freeze and my hands tighten on Natalie, pulling her closer to me protectively. "I'm sorry, can you repeat that again?" Natalie asks, looking up at Dana. "His name is Klaus." Dana repeats, throwing her hair over her shoulder obnoxiously before she lets out a small laugh. "I know the name's stupid, but I swear he's hot." She exclaims.
Me and Bonnie instantly begin to look around trying to find Klaus. However, when we couldn't see anyone we didn't recognise, I swiftly turn back to Dana. "Can you tell me where he is?" I question, staring at her brown eyes. She grows silent for a few moments before closing her eyes. "I-I don't know." She mumbles with uncertainty in her voice.
"She's been compelled." I whisper to the three girls, feeling Natalie place her hand on my thigh as she looks around cautiously. "Anyways..." Dana begins as she shakes away her confusion and focuses back on Natalie. "He wants to know if you'll save him the last dance. How cute is that?" She exclaims, completely ignoring me, Bonnie and Elena which I'm sure she was compelled to do.
"Yeah, super cute." Natalie mumbles sarcastically before she looks up at me and I lean down, placing my forehead on hers, still stroking my hand up and down her thigh.
******
Third person POV
Directly after school, Stefan, Natalie, Bonnie and Elena immediately made their way to the boarding house and are now huddled in the living room. Stefan had just finishing explaining to Damon what happened at school while Natalie sits in the armchair, eating ice cream.
Damon looks at Stefan before his eyes drift over to Natalie as worry and anxiousness grows in his chest. "So, we go to the dance and find him." He suggests and Stefan rolls his eyes at Damon. "Really? How are we going to do that when we don't even know what he looks like?" He questions curiously.
"Something tells me he's not going to be sixteen and pimply." Damon replies sarcastically. "He can be anywhere at any time." Stefan argues his brothers stupid logic that he wasn't about to trust while Natalie's life is on the line. "He compelled someone at school to do his dirty work." He exclaims before moving his eyes over to Bonnie and Natalie. "I guess it's not as safe as you guys thought, huh?"
Natalie rolls her eyes at Stefan's sarcasm before smirking up at him. "I guess you were bad at being my bodyguard, then?" She shoots back making Stefan raise his eyebrows at her, tension rising between the two of them as they state at each other. "There you are." Damon says, interrupting the couple as Alaric/Klaus walks into the house.
Klaus cautiously glances around at everyone, gazing at Natalie longer before he awkwardly nods his head. "Sorry, I'm late." He apologises as he stuffs his hands in his pockets, leaning against the wall as his eyes move back to Natalie, watching the way she licks her ice cream of her spoon. However, even though Natalie is calm, she got a weird feeling, like violent death, when Alaric/Klaus walked in.
"Hey. I need you to put me down as a chaperone for the dance tonight." Damon tells Alaric/Klaus before he nods his head at Natalie. "Klaus made his first move." He informs. "So, what are we going to do? How are me and Nat supposed to be safe when Klaus could be anywhere?" Elena questions.
"If we were really going to end Klaus tonight, then we need a plan. Did you guys come up with something?" Natalie questions, looking between Damon and Stefan. "Me." Bonnie answers simply before shrugging her shoulders as everyone looks at her confused and curious. "I'm the plan." She explains before confidently stating. "He has no idea how much power I can channel. If we can find him, I can kill him."
The living room grows quiet as they think over Bonnies plan before it gets broken by Alaric/Klaus letting out a deep chuckle which makes everyone look at him. Klaus awkwardly clears his throat, seeing the looks from everyone. "That's not going to be easy." He states, crossing his arms while a small and cocky smirk plays on his lips. "I mean, he is the biggest, baddest vampire around."
"He can't be that bad if he's too scared too show his real face. I thought only cowards hide." Natalie says firmly making Damon and Stefan smirk at her as Klaus looks offended but impressed with her bravery to speak about him in such a way. "Mmm, but Alaric does have a point." Damon starts.
"I mean, what if he..." he continues before he vamp-speeds over to Bonnie to sneak attack her but Bonnie quickly rises her right hand in the air and sends him flying through the living room and he falls roughly to the ground. The room grows quiet for a minute before it's broken by Natalie's amused chuckle. "Bonnie, do it again. I didn't have my phone out." She says making everyone but Damon chuckle as he stands up with a groan, annoyance in his eyes.
"Well, I was impressed." Stefan agrees, a small smirk playing on his lips as he shares an amused look with Natalie. "It doesn't matter if he's an Original..." Bonnie starts as she moves next to a now standing Natalie. "I can take down anyone who comes at me. I can kill him. I can end this." She states confidently and Natalie nods.
"Plus, she's not alone." She says. "What do you mean?" Damon asks confused and Natalie turns to him, her eyes flaring purple, which catches Klaus's attention as Damon grips his head in pain. "Okay, okay! I get it!" Damon exclaims in agony before Natalie lets him go with a small smirk on her lips. "She's got me." She says as Klaus looks at her in awe.
Kathrine was right. She is a little minx.
******
Stefan's POV
"Hey." Natalie greets softly as she pushes open my bedroom door as I stand in front of the mirror, buttoning up my white shirt. She walks up behind me and wraps her arms around my waist as she leans her chin on my shoulder, pecking my neck softly.
A smile lifts onto my lips before I spin around and wrap my arms around Natalie's waist. "You look beautiful, baby." I tell her as I lean down, placing my forehead on hers. "Thank you." Natalie murmurs as she runs her hands up my arms. "You look pretty hot yourself, Mr Salvatore." She whispers in my ear, rubbing her hand down my torso.
I let out a soft chuckle as I look down at her, before gently placing my hand on Natalie's neck and tilt her chin up with my thumb. I stare into her emerald green eyes as a soft smile plays on my lips. "I love you." I whisper and a loving smile forms on Natalie's lips. "I love you." She whispers back before pulling me in for a passionate kiss.
I kiss her deeply for a few minutes before pulling away slowly, rubbing Natalie's cheek with my thumb. "I'm sorry for being snarky earlier." I say and she furrows her eyebrows at me. "I trust you indefinitely but I just don't want anything to happen to you." I tell her, tightening my grip on her waist. "I don't want to give Klaus the chance to take you away from me. I will go out of my mind if I lose you, Laine."
"Yeah, and I would as well if I lost you. But I'm not going anywhere. You're stuck with me, Salvatore." Natalie tells me and I bring her closer so we're chest to chest. "You're stuck with me forever, Laine. You're it for me." I tell her sincerely and she smiles. "I better be because you're the only man for me." She says, as she grabs my tie and places it around my neck.
"Ready to get your groove on?" She teases making me chuckle as she starts to tie my tie up. "You know it's not too late to back out, right?" I remind her, rubbing my hands up and down her back. "Baby, tonight will be fine." Natalie promises, cupping my cheeks in her warm hands. "I'm not scared and you shouldn't be either. It's me and you against him tonight along with our family." She says determined.
"You're right. It's me and you against anything." I agree and she smiles up at me. "I don't think I can thank you enough for protecting me like you do." She says and a small smirk lifts on my lips. "You can thank me tonight when we come home." I tell her and she chuckles, nodding her head as she fixes my tie.
"You know you're my world, right?" She questions lowly and I nod. "Yeah, I do because you're mine too, baby." I tell her, looking down at her lovingly. "Any time tonight." Damon suddenly says as he saunters into my room and me and Natalie roll our eyes. "Love you." She whispers to me and I smile. "Love you." I whisper back.
"Come on already!" Damon exclaims as me and Natalie pull away from each other. "Ooh, Tia! You look gorgeous." Damon tells Natalie who smiles softly. "Thank you. And you look...like yourself, as usual." She replies making me chuckle softly as Damon mock laughs. "Funny." He mumbles, nudging Natalie playfully as she laughs before walking out of the room.
"She's going to be okay." Damon says breaking me out of my train of thought. "She's got both of us tonight and Bonnie. The hybrid dick ain't getting her." He continues and I nod. "You're right. He's not laying a hand on my girl." I say firmly before the two of us walk out of my room, a determined prep in our walk.