FOR THE HEART OF A WOLF [KLAUS MIKAELSON]

TWENTY TWO ▶ MOTELS

Faye had decided that the worse thing about this whole trip were the motels.

There was a lot of things to hate about it. The first was the television. When gifted with a horrible plague of nightmares and you can't sleep, TV can help be a good distraction. Well, not so much when the only channel there is plays Sesame Street 24/7. If she saw Elmo one more time, he wasn't going to have a head.

The other was the thin walls. Faye couldn't even get to sleep when she heard two people banging inside the room next doors to hers. Stefan slept through it, but she would be up all night, trying to cover her ears with the pillow on the bed. Super hearing didn't help with this at all.

It also bothered her that she wasn't at home and instead, she was in an uncomfortable bed while Elmo taught kids how to wash their hands and someone next door screwed a hooker.

That's why Faye wandered around outside of the motel most of the nights. She didn't really need sleep and it wasn't like she wasn't going to get it anyways.

Faye walked up to one of the vending machines stood and dug in her sweater pocket for some cash. She pulled out three dollars and began letting them slid into the machine.

"What are you doing up, love?"

Faye turned her head, still holding two dollars in her hand, "I'm getting a snack. Am I not allowed to do that?"

"No need to get defensive. I was just curious." Klaus raised his hands in surrender with a chuckle.

Faye rolled her eyes, turning back to put in the other two dollars she had, "I can't sleep and since I got hungry, I'm getting a snack."

"Why can't you sleep?" Klaus questioned.

Faye scoffed as she punched in the numbers to get a bag of chips, "You don't care. Just like I said in the bar, don't try to act like your my friend, Klaus."

"Maybe I am concerned about you." Klaus said with a simple shrug.

Faye turned, narrowing her eyes at him, "Are you serious?" She laughed hysterically, "If you really ever gave a shit about me, I wouldn't be stuck in a goddamn motel listening to the people next door fucking and watching Elmo teach kids how to wash his hands." Klaus chewed on his bottom lip guiltily.

Faye turned back to get her snack, only to find it stuck in the machine. She growled, getting angrier than she was before. Faye drew back her fist, driving into the glass.

The glass shattered, falling to the pavement below. Shards of it became embedded into Faye's fist and her blood ran down her hand. Faye winced, looking down at it.

"We should clean that up." Klaus said, glancing at her hand.

Faye shook her head, "No, I'll clean it up." She reached down, grabbing the chips she wanted, "And then I will my chips and continue this night in hell." Faye walked away from him, going back to her room with Stefan.

Another thing she hated about motels; Klaus was always there with her.

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Faye trudged up the hiking trail in the Smoky mountains behind Klaus and Stefan. Ray was thrown over Stefan's shoulder.

"You okay? Is Ray getting heavy?" Klaus asked Stefan tauntingly, "What about you Faye?"

Stefan huffed at him, "I'm fine."

"Same here." Faye muttered,

"You sure about that?" Klaus asked both of them, "You know, we've been walking for quite some time now. If you need some water or a little sit-down..."