[ 1 ] virtuous » klaus mikaelson

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The very next morning, I was put into duty to clean up the mess from the dance. I didn't sleep at all last night, mostly mourning over Alaric's death.

I wanted to occupy myself and try to take my mind off of the terrible events of the previous night. I grab onto a plastic bag and start throwing empty solo cups in there.

"You look terrible."

"I'm not in the mood, Rebekah." I respond, avoiding eye contact with her. "You should be glad you are the least person I hate helping today."

I stand up and turn to look at her, "What do you mean?"

"Oddly enough, I believed you when you said you didn't want to kill my brother... and I respect you for that." she tells me and I stare at her for a moment, not knowing what to say.

"And I wanted to say I am sorry to hear about your teacher." Rebekah continues and once again I'm left speechless. "Thank you... and I'm sorry about your mother." I give her a small smile.

It felt weird being nice to her and get the same treatment in return but it was oddly comforting. I didn't mind the nice gesture though and it makes me wonder if she ever hated me at all.

"Hello?!"

Caroline steps foot into the cafeteria and joins the two of us. "Where's Matt?"

"He bailed. Got called into work at the last minute." Rebekah answers. "Are you kidding me? So, it's just us three?" Caroline groans.

"Yes, and you're late. Clean up committee started at eight o'clock." Rebekah states. "It's like 8:02." Caroline replies, looking at her phone.

"Exactly. We managed to turn up on time and I didn't even get to attend the dance that I organized." Rebekah walks past Caroline and empties out the trash.

"I'm gonna get started on the gym." Rebekah informs us and makes her way out of the cafeteria.

"She seems to be warming up on you." I hear Caroline say after a few moments. I give her a questionable look and she sighs, "I kind of overheard your conversation before I came in... you could've killed Klaus and you didn't?"

"Not my proudest moment." My lips form into a straight line and avoid eye contact with her by occupying myself with some trash to throw away.

"Okay, now I'm really confused. I thought the whole point of you getting close to him was to end him... and you've done the exact opposite."

"I don't know what to tell you, Care. I hesitated and realize he could've killed me if he saw." I give her an answer that would suit her narrative, not that it was the truth.

"Maya, all I—" Caroline stops midway of speaking when the sound of a crash enters the atmosphere. "What was that?"

Caroline speeds out of the cafeteria whereas I run behind her. A male figure has Rebekah trapped against the lockers and Caroline rushing to help. As I got closer, I realized that figure belongs to someone who I thought was dead.

"A-Alaric?"

Caroline pins him to the wall and Rebekah grabs the stake from his hand, shoving it into his skin. I gasp, configuring that he is indeed not Alaric but more like Evilaric.

I stand there frozen at the scenery especially when he starts to take the wooden stake out of his body. In a flash, I am taken away from the hallway and placed in the parking lot.

Caroline stares at me, frantically trying to take her car keys out of her bag. "Maya, get in the car." she says sternly although I can hear the panic right through her.