The Vampire Diaries

She smiled a little bit at his grin and nodded, "When?" she asked, adding, "It'll be easier if she's on her own when we do it."

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Astrid let out a deep sigh at his words and pressed her forehead against his, running we fingertips along his cheek bone and then jawline gently. "You could, but you won't. Just like I could hurt you, but I won't. Come on, pretty boy, you don't have to be scared of hurting me. All you have to do is trust in where my trust lies. Trust me. You don't want this, this doesn't need to happen. All you have to do is come home with me, we can lay in bed or on the sofa, maybe watch a movie."

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Klaus sighed and sat beside her, pulling her into his arms once again and whispering, "I'll deal with that, don't you worry,"

"Thank you," Tatia whispered as she snuggled up into him, taking comfort in his arms as she closed her eyes.

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"You don't know I won't though..." Kol sighed as he moved to sit up on the bed, head in his hands.

Astrid sighed softly and sat herself up to be beside him, resting her hand on his back gently and whispering, "I trust you not to, and I'm not even asking you to trust yourself - I know that will be too hard - all you have to do is trust me, Kol. Come on, lets go home, get some alcohol down the both of us and watch a movie."

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Klaus held her close silently.

Tatia leaned back into him, tilting her head to kiss his cheek. "Thank you for this Nik, for not making me talk about it, for just being here for me."

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"Astrid you need to think of yourself, think of what I couldve done to you..."

"I am thinking of myself, I want you to come home. Back to normal like the other day never even happened." Astrid whispered, "I know what you could of done, but you didn't - even with a spell on you that would of made any normal person go through with it you didn't. You were strong enough to fight it. You wouldn't hurt me. I trust you." she assured, rubbing his back gently now as she encouraged again, "Come on, pretty boy, lets go home."

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"You don't have to thank me," Klaus whispered.

"I do, because most other men wouldn't be no where near as nice as you're being to me right now..."

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"I'm staying here Astrid, you can go home..."

Astrid sighed and shook her head, reaching her hand over to make him lift his head and look at her, "No, your coming home with me and we're going to pretend yesterday never even happened." she told him, not giving him any room to argue. Hoping since because he didnt actually want them to break up, he'd give in.

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Klaus shrugged a little bit.

"So yeah, thank you." Tatia murmured as she kissed his lips gently.

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"No, you're going, I'm staying."

Astrid just laughed a little humourlessly and shook her head at him, brushing her fingertips through his hair affectionately, "Why can't you just trust me, handsome?"

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Klaus kissed her back gently.

Tatia nuzzled her face into his neck.

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"Because I don't want you hurt."

"But I won't get hurt, I'm safe with you. " Sighing she leant her head forward to press against his, just looking into his eyes. "Look at me, I'm right here. Not hurt. You never hurt me. You won't ever hurt me. Just trust me on that."

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Klaus held her close.

Tatia gripped on tightly to him, and after a few minutes she eventually drifted off. To sleep, exhausted and worn out completly.

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Kol finally sighed, resolve broken as he pressed his lips to hers.

"Let's go home now, yeah?" Astrid hummed against his lips after kissing him back, tangling her fingers in his hair.

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Klaus just rested his head ontop of hers and closed his eyes.

Tatia settled into an uneasy sleep, not waking but being quiete restless.

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Kol nodded with a small sigh and took her hand and leading her from the room. Violet had gone out to leave them to talk so he didn't have to say goodbye to her before he left and walked to the house

Alec: I don't care. The sooner the better.

"It'll be easiest when she's alone," She nodded, "Or when he is asleep. So in a few hours?"

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Astrid laced her fingers with his and followed at his side, squeezing his hand every so often and giving him a reassuring smile.

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Klaus just brushed his fingers through her hair, trying to soothe her.

Alec: simply nodded his head in reply

(( Want to skip a few hours now? Also we could have Trinity drain one of 'em, or at least bite and drai them enough to knock them out when she sees them in self-defense for drama? ))

Kol walked into the house quietly, casting a frown at Klaus when he saw them.

Tatia didn't really soothe much, but she didnt wake up.

Klaus glanced over at Kol with a frown, moved to rest his hand on Tatia's stomach and just shook his head in the negative to indicate to his brother that she'd lost it.

Astrid frowned as she watched.

((Which one?))

Kol frowned and nodded towards Klaus in sympathy before leading Astrid upstairs.

Tatia settled against him after a while, sleeping too deeply to move.

(( I was thinking it'd make more sense for it to be Alec ))

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Astrid followed Kol upstairs silently.

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Klaus watched them go before glancing to Tatia once again, lowering his head to rest on hers without a word.

"I'd bet money it's Esther that's caused that, whether directly or via stress." Kol murmured as he went to their room

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Tatia slept peacefully almost after that, quietly and without moving.

"Mhm," Astrid hummed in agreement, following him inside and sitting herself die on the bed. Patting the spot beside her for him to sit.

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Klaus didn't move, just remained as he was, watching the ground.