An hour later we were both ready heading to get in the car to go to his family's house. He opened my door and I climbed in, he walked around and got in. We made our way to the house in a comfortable silent.
"So I am pretty sure your sister is going to hold me, hostage, most of the afternoon to get ready for tonight. You know how your sister can be." I tell him as we both laugh.
"Yes knowing my sister she will keep you busy. Although I do get you tonight right?"
"Of course my love," I said. We pulled up to the house. Elijah turned off the car, made his way to my side opening my door for me. I climbed out and he took my hand. By the time we got to the front door Rebekah met us by the door within already opened.
"Finally you are here." She said as she grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the stairs. "Bye Elijah" I called to him as she pulled me up the stairs. We all spent the next few hours getting ready. We were all getting ready; Rebekah and I were getting our nails done while Elijah, Kol, and Finn were getting tuxes fitted and trying things on.
"Rebekah, tell me how handsome I am"
"Oh Kol, you know I can't be compelled," Rebekah told Kol as the rest of us laughed. "Alright, what about you then Isabel?"
"Don't even think about it Kol" I told him. That is when Nik came in upset because Rebekah went after Elena. Then he and Kol started to argue. Until their mother walked in and called Nik to follow her. Once they were out of the room Kol started to laugh.
"Someone's in trouble."
"Kol stop," I told him. We all continued to get ready for the ball. I ended up wearing a beautiful blood red dress. My hair was in ringlets half up, half down. I looked over to Rebekah and smiled at her.
"Are you ready?"
"Of course" we both linked arms and walked out to meet the others before people started to show. Once we walked to meet the others before people started to show. Once we walked downstairs we both went our own way. I walked around just looking at everything.
"Do you like it?" Elijah walked up to me wrapping his arms around my waist.
"I love it. It's all just so amazing. I feel whole again." I turned around in his arms.
"Well, I'm glad. You look beautiful by the way." I smiled at him. I placed a kiss on his lips and we should there for a moment just in one another arms. That is when Kol walked in. "Would you two get a room people are showing up" he said walking through. We both laughed a little but pulled apart anyway.
"Are you ready for this?"
"With you by my side, I'm ready for anything," I told him. He took my hand and then we started to greet people. After a while people were here and mingling all around. Elijah gave a speech and we all ended on the dance floor dancing. I was dancing with Elijah.
"So how long?" I asked him.
"How long until what my love?"
"Caroline sees that she has fallen for your brother?"
"I don't really know, to tell the truth. I guess we will just have to see what happens." We keep dancing for a little longer.
"Elijah, do you trust your mother?"
"I don't know, I really want to trust her that she wants our family back together. I just don't know if I can just yet, to tell the truth." We keep dancing then everyone switched partners. I ended up with Nik.
"I know," I told him.
"What do you know?"
"How you feel about Caroline. I also know she likes you."
"How do you know that?"
"I'm not blind; I see the way you look at each other. You can also feel it anytime you are in the same room."
"Well, she won't ever go for me as long as her friends and your brothers are in the picture." He told me.
"Don't worry about it all. I know how to make things better it will just take some time." Once the song was over I snuck out while no one was watching me. I had a few things I needed to take care of. I made my way upstairs to take care of things. As I walked up the stairs I noticed that Elena had disappeared. I had a feeling I knew where she was. I walked down the hall at the top of the stairs. I saw Finn and walked up to him. He looked over at me.
"Finn, can I talk to you for a moment?"
"What is it you need to talk about?"
"About your mother and what she has planned. I know what she wants to do, that you are going to help her. I know you want to be happy, and I know how to make you happy." "What do you mean?"
"I made a call today, to someone I know you love and want to be with. Someone that wants to be with you as well." I told him.
"Do you know where Sage is?"
"I do and I called her earlier, she's on her way here. She said she would be here in a day or so." I looked in his eyes to see a glimmer of hope there.
"She's really coming?" He asked and I could hear the hope.
"Yes, but you can't be with her and have a happy ending with her like you want if you let your mother kill you all. I know you want to be happy."
"How do you know mothers plan?"
"The ancestors told me and it is not at all what they want. They have bigger plans for your family now. For all of us really, you just have to trust me and I will help you be happy Finn. There is so much that you don't know. That none of you know."
"Yes, but mother is already setting her plan into motion."
"Don't worry about that, I can take care of it all."
"Aright, thank you Isabel, I don't think I will ever be able to thank you properly for bringing her here."
"Your welcome, now go enjoy yourself while I talk to mother dearest." Finn pulls me into a hug which surprises me but I'm more than happy to return. Both of us separated and went our own ways. I made my way to the room that Ester and Elena were it. I knocked on the door as I walked in.
"Isabel how lovely of you to join us." Ester said to me.
"Well I thought it was time for us to be able to finally talk. Elena, I'm sure my brothers are looking for you. Thank you for talking while I was busy." I tell them, they both look at me stun but Elena slowly makes her way out of the room.
"What do you think you are doing?" she asked me.
"Something that someone should have done a very long time ago because you need to hear it. I know what you are up to and no it will not work. You don't understand any of it at all. Killing your children is not what you are supposed to do. It's not what the ancestors really want. You think you understand it all but that is the thing you don't. I know you think you are doing what's right. But you killing them will do more damage than good. I will not let you do this at all. Plus Elena would never agree to help if she knows all of what would happen if you kill them. I will tell them your plan if you don't change your mind very fast. The want to be a family, they want their mother back. The mother they deserved all of those years ago. Give it a chance to be a real family. I have been there two days now and I can see how much they have changed for the better. Mostly Nik, just by being around Caroline makes him better. Yes they are not perfect but what do you expect with them growing up the way they did and being chased by the father trying to kill them for years. Don't throw away everything because you think they are not good. Because they are just afraid to show it because they don't want to get hurt again by you there mother. That started with you and their father. Give them a chance that you never did to be happy. To love and be loved, that is all they ever wanted. To be a family and to have someone to love and to be loved by to enjoy the little things. If you ever loved them at all you will let them be happy."
"Well I can see why me children all love you so much. Do you think that this is really the way? That they are really going to be able to change?"
"Yes and they will but you have to work with me and not against me. I can get your family back, but I need you to trust me can you do that?"
"Alright, you have one month to prove it to me." She told me.
"No problem, I will." We left the room and made our way back to the party. I had a lot to do and a little amount.