Gilbert Twins [1 - Twins Series]

10 - The New Deal

Book: Gilbert Twins
Chapter 10: The New Deal
Word Count: 3387

No one's POV

Ariana and Bonnie were sitting at a table.

"Why hasn't Klaus made a move?" Ariana wondered. "There has been no sign of him. Nothing. Just my slow spiral into insanity."

"Join the club. Every time I close my eyes, I have that nightmare. On repeat." Bonnie mentioned. "Four coffins, Klaus is in one of them. It's weird."

"What if it's not just some dream? What if it's like... you know... a witch dream?" Ariana questioned.

"It's just stress. I'll figure it out." Bonnie shrugged. "What about Nathan and Elena? Has there been any sign of them?"

"Nope." Ariana replied. "And I'm glad. I'm dead to them as much as they are to me... since I had that big argument with them about daggering Rebekah..."

"How is Stefan and Damon handling that?" Bonnie asked. Ariana sighed.

"Stefan is determined to find them, and Damon is... Damon."

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Ariana was on the phone, leaving a message for Jeremy. Damon was beside her, shooting darts.

"Jeremy, the minute that you get this, call me!!" She hung up. "Unbelievable!!"

"You are feisty when you are mad." Damon taunted jokingly. Ariana rolled her eyes at him.

"It's not that I'm mad. I'm just... I'm worried."

"But why? He lost his job at the Grill. He can survive, Ana." Damon reassured.

"He is spiraling. Ever since Bonnie broke up with him, he is moody, he is not really talking to anyone." Ariana brought up. "He's seeing ghosts and has lost everyone that he cares about."

"Not everyone. He still has you." Damon said, shooting a dart. He went to the dartboard and retrieved his darts.

"You okay?" Ariana asked him.

"What makes you think I'm not okay?" Damon scoffed. Ariana, again, rolled her eyes at him.

"Well, you're daydrunk. It's not exactly your most attractive look."

"What is my most attractive look?" Damon smirked, moving closer to Ariana.

"I'm not saying you have any attractive looks. I'm just saying this is my least favorite one..." Ariana shot back.

"Don't mind me." A sudden voice made the both of them turn to see Klaus stood there.

"You gonna do this in the Grill? In front of everyone? It's a little beneath you, don't you think?" Damon snapped.

"I don't know what you are talking about. I just came down to my local pub to grab a drink." Klaus grinned. Although, his grin had an evil touch.

"I'm surprised you stuck around town long enough for happy hour." Damon muttered.

"My sister seems to be missing. Need to sort that out." Klaus mentioned. Ariana went to quickly speak up to claim that Elena had daggered Rebekah, but Damon tightly grabbed her wrist and shot her a look to keep her mouth shut. Klaus noticed, but pretended he didn't. Damon glanced back at Klaus.

"Cute, blonde bombshell, psycho. Shouldn't be too hard to find."

"Truth is, I've grown to rather like your little town. Think I might fancy a home here. Oh, I imagine you're wondering how does this is affect you. The answer is: not in the slightest. As long as I get what I want and everyone behaves themselves you can go on living your little lives however you choose. You have my word." Klaus explained.