Chapter 30

Adelaide arrived at the plantation not too long after Niklaus, in fact Niklaus had only closed the door when she walked up the driveway. She shook her head at his politeness and opened the door. What she did find curious, however, is how neither Elijah nor Hayley were with him. 

She walked into the living room and saw Rebekah there. She immediately smiled and flew her across the neck. "Beks!" 

"I thought you were leaving us." Niklaus said. 

"We both know this family can barely function without me. Where are Elijah and Hayley?" Rebekah asked. 

"I left them in the Bayou." Niklaus said as if it was nothing. 

"Why?" Rebekah asked, the same moment Adelaide excleimed: "What?" 

"Elijah and I had a bit of a row." He laughed bitterly. "Hayley's conspired to turn him against me. You know our brother was never one to resist a pretty face! So, one thing led to another, and I bit him, left them both stranded in the swamp."

Adelaide couldn't believe it. "What?" 

"Daggering, biting, deserting. Does your wickedness ever end?" Rebekah asked. 

"My "wickedness" is self-preservation! And I wouldn't have to go to such lengths were I not presented on all sides with ignorance and treachery! Now that Elijah's abandoned me, I'll be needing you in my plot against Marcel." Niklaus walked to the alcohol and poured himself a drink. " Don't expect to be leaving town anytime soon." 

"Why should I help you, after what you did to Elijah?" 

"You're my family. Besides, who better to spy on Marcel than the girl he so clearly loves?" He sat on the coffee table in front of Rebekah, who sat on the couch. "You can tell me all his secrets. Like, how did he find us here? Huh, any idea about that, little sister?"

"How should she know why Marcel does what he does?" Adelaide demanded. 

"You think I don't know about your engineered run-ins all over the Quarter? I know you've had private chats with him! Just tell me what secrets he's confided to you. Is he plotting against me?" Niklaus said, ignoring Adelaide. Was she not there for him? 

"My poor brother, so paranoid. Marcel knows nothing! He's not plotting against you, he simply thinks you're in a quarrel in need of making up." Rebekah said, getting in his face. 

"Perhaps we will. After all--" He pointed and leaned in aggressively toward Rebekah. "-- you know I'm capable of forgiving those who disappoint me. As soon as they've seen the error of their ways... and suffered for them. You'd do well to remember that."

"You never let me forget." Rebekah muttered under her breath when Niklaus walked away. 

The next day, the three were having breakfast when Niklaus spoke to Rebekah. "Have you spoken to our good friend Marcel today?" 

"No, should I have?" Rebekah asked, playing dumb. 

"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." 

"If I see him, I'll be sure to ask if he's still sore at you." 

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

"On the contrary, Nik, I am simply enjoying my breaky, waiting for Elijah's healthy return." Rebekah said, ignoring the fact that Niklaus just made fun of her. 

"Oh, come on Rebekah, you've been giving me the devil's eye all morning. Out with it!"

"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." Rebekah explained. 

"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."

"What did Elijah say, exactly?" Adelaide asked. 

"Aparently, I can sire hybrids with the blood of my child, something unbeknown to me, yet Hayley has convinced Elijah that I did know and that I am planning on making an army with my child's blood." Niklaus explained. 

"But that is rubbish! I mean, you are capable of a lot but your wickedness doesn't go that far, surely Elijah knows that!" Adelaide explained. 

"Well, darling, he did accuse me of it so I think he doesn't know that." Niklaus said. 

Adelaide huffed and leaned further into his chair, caressing her baby bump that has popped. She had been wearing clothes that accentuated them. A gray T-shirt, a cardigan with a print and white jeans along with white/black Adidas sneakers. 

Adelaide smiled as she caressed her bump, Elijah hadn't been here when her bump popped and she regretted that but she couldn't believe that her beloved thought that his brother, her best friend, would do something like that to his child, that is unheard of.

She wasn't paying attention until Rebekah stood up and left the room. "What happened?"

"Nothing dear, I am going, why don't you go to your new home? I'm quite sure you'll like what you'll see."

"It's finished?" Adelaide asked.

"It is." Niklaus confirmed. "Come on, I'll give you a ride."

Adelaide gasped as she stood in front of the house. "Wow." She breathed.

It was big. Bigger than she thought. It was a real mansion. Adelaide worried it would be too big for the four of them. There seemed to be too many rooms.

She gasped again as she stood in the entrance hall. It was so beautiful and so classic. Just their style.

After that, she walked up the stairs and found that the master bedroom had already been decorated. It was just like she told Elijah how she wanted it. Just like the entrance hall it was classic and didn't have too much to it, just like them. Their bed was pushed against the wall with a nightstand at either side of the bed and a lamp on top of it. In front of it there was a glass table with three gray chairs around it. There was a glass door leading to a balcony.

She opened a pair of doors and walked into the closet. It was already filled with clothes and shoes for the both of them. It was every girl's dream.

She walked through the doors to the other doors as well and saw empty rooms. She saw two rooms perfect for her children's nursery's. She smiled and closed the doors before walking into the bathroom. It was great as well. It was elegant and had both a bathtub and a shower.

She walked out and walked down the stairs into the kitchen and the dining room. She noticed how everything was in white or had hints as white and was classic not modern. Also the kitchen was all white and big.

Walking into the living room, she got the biggest smile on her face. This place... this house, home could be perfect for her children to grow up in. Also the living room had been perfect for the pair. How they were, not really modern adapted to the house. It was all classic but of course there were hints of the modernity in the house, there had to be but all by all it was a classic home nothing special about it.

Walking through the hallways she got into a room she didn't think Elijah would have designed... yet he did.

A pool!

This really was the perfect house for her children to grow up in. 

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Extra chapter! I have just finished writing the Epilogue because I decided to end the expilicit part with the end of season 1 of TO. Also know that some of the next events have never happened, I know that, but I wanted it to happen like this. 

I might add some outtakes later on. Keep an eye out!