I grow restless as we drive to my dad. I was so excited to get out of that car that I literally jumped out of it once it slowed down. "Sommer Marie Mikaelson!!!"Aunt Rebekah yells at me.  I giggle. Who cares, I'm an original vampire... I'm not going to die or anything. Am I? Geez I haven't thought about it. What if a white oak stake stabs me or something. Since when did that worry me. I'm just nervous I guess. "Yes Aunt Bekah?"I ask innocently as she gets out of the now dormant car. "You are going to get yourself hurt, why did you do that?!"She yells at me. "Because I can,"I smirk and walk towards the Mikaelson mansion. I reach the door but I can't bring myself to opening it. Uncle Elijah stands beside me, looking at me with soft eyes. "You really do look like Julie,"He whispers my. "And you really do look like a guy my mum could fall in love with,"I smirk and he stares at me wide eyed. He opens to say something but I cut him off. "Don't worry I won't tell anyone,"I wave him off. Aunt Rebekah sighs and walks in front of us opening the door. "I'm home!!"She says dramatically as she walks through the door. I walk in and look around in amazement. "Hello, Rebekah,"A man says walking past her and straight to Elijah ignoring me. I'm guessing he's my Uncle Nicklaus. "Elijah..."Uncle Nicklaus starts to say. "Hello Uncle Nicklaus!!!"I yell at him, a little annoyed that he ignored me. "Huh?"Uncle Nicklaus asks me. "Well I truly feel welcomed... Do I not exist?"I ask rolling my eyes. I hear Rebekah giggling behind me and Elijah bites his lip, trying to hold back a chuckle. Nicklaus laughs sarcastically. "Who are you,"he presses me against the wall, holding me by my neck. I grab his hand and rip it off my neck and I kick him in the chest causing him to fly through the air to the other side of the room. "Your niece, Sommer, thanks for your warm welcome,"I roll my eyes as I rub my neck, trying to breath again. "Sommer are you ok?"Uncle Elijah races towards me. "Nicklaus what do you think you were doing?"Rebekah snaps at him. "What is she talking about... She can't be my niece,"Uncle Nicklaus glares at me. "I'm fine Elijah,"I smile at him reassuringly as I catch my breath. "Uncle,"Elijah corrects me. "Ok... I'm fine Uncle Eli,"I roll my eyes. "Eli?"Elijah asks. "Well now that you're making me call you Uncle... Uncle Elijah is too much to say. So not your uncle Eli and Rebekah is Aunt Bekah and Nicklaus is Uncle Nicky,"I smile annoyingly at Nicklaus as Rebekah explains who I am. "Don't call me that,"Nicklaus mumbles under his breath angrily. I smirk. "Sorry Uncle Nicky,"I cross my arms. "I said don't call me that,"He snaps at me. I raise my hands up in surrender, smiling innocently. (I'm not going to stop calling him Uncle Nicky). "So you're Julie's kid?"Uncle Nicky asks. I nod rolling my eyes. "And Kol's,"I say coldly. "Oh, it looks like I hit a nerve... Did you have mommy issues?"Uncle Nicky asks. I grab him by his shirt and press him against the wall. "You know nothing about me and you can't talk about my mother so I suggest you shut up before you end up having to pluck out splinters of wood pointed towards your heart,"I growl at him. "Are you sure she's Kol's kid, she's sounding a lot like me,"He laughs at my words. I push him back against the wall causing him to hit his head against the wall. "Sommer, calm down,"Aunt Rebekah says soothingly. I drop him and walk back over to her. "Where's Kol? I want to get this over with,"I say crossing my arms. "Who's asking,"A familiar looking man asks walking down the steps. I bite my lip nervously. "You're daughter,"I mumble playing with one of my necklaces.

It's the same half of the necklace my mother gave me which Kol gave to my mother. "What?"He asks suddenly standing in front of me. "I'm your daughter,"I tell him starting to regain my confidence. "That's impossible,"Kol chuckles, crossing his arms. "It's not impossible because my mom is Julie,"I look him in his eyes. "Julie?"He asks his eyes widening. "Is she here?"He asks looking around. I bite my lip and look down. "No, she's not here,"I whimper. He looks at me and his excitement soon turns into disbelief. "Oh,"He mumbles. "Sh-she's?"He starts to ask. "She's dead,"I confirm. He looks me over. "You look a lot like her,"He sighs. I look him over. "And you look like most of the his she's dated,"I say with the smallest amount of emotion in my voice. He chuckles a little sadly. "So do I hug you or shake your hand or..."He shakes his head. "I'm not big with showing emotion but I could really use a hug right now,"I sigh as I lean in to hug him. "Sommer Marie Jacobs!! Why didn't you tell me you were back?!!"A way too familiar voice yells I snap my head around and I see him. Mathias, the boy next door. Also known as my best friend. I immediately reach for my necklace that Mathias gave me when we were teenagers.

It's a silver necklace that has a heart shaped charm. There is a key like whole towards the center of it with Best engraved into it. There is another half to the necklace. It's the key that fits exactly into the heart with Friends engraved into it. "Mathias?"My voice cracks. He runs to me and lifts me up into the air, spinning me around. He leans in to kiss me but Aunt Bekah interrupts, signalling us to take it outside. I could see Kol beginning to become annoyed. Uncle Eli looks protective as always. And Uncle Nicky looks disgusted, overprotective, and intrigued at the same time. I giggle and take Mathias' hand into mine and he leads the way outside. He smiles as I jump into his arms. "I've missed you,"I whisper.

Mathias has been my best friend since forever.

Literally forever. My mother promised to protect him and she did. He has lived just as long as I have and it just so happens that we were best friends when we were little.

We even use to go to this lake that my mother took us to. We called it our Secret Hideout because when we needed to get away that's where we went.
"I missed you too,"He kisses me as I wrap my legs around him.
Our friendship is a little weird. We are just friends but we both want it to be something more. But I won't let it. It's my job to protect him and I'm afraid that if I get distracted than I won't be able to save him. I wouldn't be able to live with myself if got hurt. But I guess a couple kisses here and there won't hurt. As he kisses me, memories flash through my mind.

Flashback...
My mother had just come home with a new boyfriend. She tells me to get out so that she can have sometime alone with the guy. I roll my eyes and do as I'm told. I slide my hands into my sweatshirt pockets as I walk towards Mathias' house. My breath visible in the cold air. A guy rushes past me and hits into my shoulder. "Hey!"I yell at the guy and he turns around. "I'm so..."He starts to say but both of our eyes widen and we begin to laugh. "Mat? I was just on my way to your house,"I giggle. "I was just about to come get you... My dad is out of town,"He smirks. I gesture for him to turn around and he obeys. I jump onto his back and he chuckles. "Where to ma'am?"He asks. "Well since my mom is currently occupying my house with her boyfriend... We can go to your house,"I roll my eyes. "I like that idea,"He looks back at me. "Do you need to talk about it?"He asks with worry in his eyes. "No... Not right now. I just want to forget about everything for a little while,"I smile lightly. "I have some ideas,"He says grabbing my arms gently pulling me around so that I'm straddling his waist. He kisses my nose and I blush hiding my face in his shirt. He hugs me gently and he walks to his house with me still in his arms. "Can we talk about it?"He asks looking at me as he carries me upstairs to his room. "About what?"I ask innocently pretending as if I didn't know what he was talking about. "Sommer!"He lays me down on the bed as he lays down next to me. "We can't date,"I look at him. His light brown hair is a mess but it still looks cute. His beautiful blue eyes piercing mine. "Why?"He asks sadly. I run my fingers through his hair. "Because I can't get distracted, our relationship has to be nothing more than a friendship. I need to protect you, especially when we are just friends because my enemies are now yours... I don't know what I'd do if you got hurt because of me,"I bite my lip. "But we love each other... You don't have to protect me, nothing will happen. Please Sommer,"He pleads. "No,"I look him in his eyes. He keeps getting closer and closer to me, looking at my lips. I have to focus... I need to focus. His lips are an inch from mine. He licks his lips as he looks at mine. I can't take it. He's too close. I can't breathe, what is this feeling in my chest? Why is my stomach fluttering. What's going on with my heart? Why am I feeling this way? The next thing I know he smashes his lips against mine and the sweet, soft kiss turns into a rough, heated one. I pull him close by the pockets of his sweater.

He places his left hand on my waist and uses the right hand to pull off my sweatshirt. He kisses down my neck and I moan softly.
I guess you know what happened next... But later after being um distracted someone came and tried to kill me but they hurt him instead thinking that it was better to hurt people around me before killing me so I can suffer. I killed the guy of course but Mathias could have been really hurt and I just can't let that happen.

"I heard about your mom, I am so sorry,"He whispers looking into my eyes. "At least she's better now, hopefully,"I look down. He hugs me tight. "I'm here for you, always,"He kisses my head. I pull away from the hug. "I just met my dad,"I smile at him, tears daring to fall from my eyes. "Just met?"He asks looking at me confused. "Ya I just met him... I told you I never met my dad before. I mean you would have been there if I did," I giggle. "You did meet your dad and I was there... You were little, um I think we were 5 years old,"He tells me calmly. Suddenly a memory comes back to me.

Flashback ...
"Mommy, where are we going?"I ask smiling up at her. She's holding my hand gently as we walk down the street with Maty. Maty smiling at me holding my hand. I blush slightly and he waves at me causing me to giggle. My mommy smiles down at us and shakes her head. "Young love,"She giggles. Mathias and I look at each other and start gagging as we pull our hands away from each other abruptly. "I do not wove Maty!"I cross my arms arms annoyed. Maty just blushes and looks at the ground. "Ya, girls are yucky,"He gags. Mommy pulls me into her arms giggling. "Sure... For now you think that but soon you'll be secretly dating behind my back,"She laughs lightly. "No way!!!"Mathias and I squeal. Mom just smiles and rolls her eyes. "Where are we going?"Maty asks. "We're going to go see Sommer's father,"She sighs happily. I smile brightly. I'm going to see my daddy. Maty smiles at me once he sees my smile. I blush and hide into my mom's neck. I hear my mom and Maty giggle causing me to blush more. "Kol?"I hear my mother say excitedly. I jump down from her arms and go to Maty. "Julie?!"My father says his eyes bright. They hug each other tightly and I wince a little. "That looks like it would hurt,"I whisper in Maty's ear and he nods then we both giggle. "What has been 5 years?"My
Mommy asks. He nods and sighs slightly but then notices Maty and I giggling. "Who are they,"He smiles at us then at my mom. "Kol, I'm sorry I didn't find you sooner but you left and I didn't want your father to find you if we came looking for you,"She starts to say, her eyes full of worry. I bite my lip and hold my hands tightly together as I sway around in 1/4 circles. "Are they mine?"He whispers, biting his lip. "She is, he is not,"She mumbles as she walks over to us. She kneels down next to us. "This is Sommer, your daughter,"She tickles me and I snort then I start to laugh and drop to the ground. Mom giggles. "She's very tickelish,"She smiles at me. "And very unlady like,"She kisses my nose causing me to giggle some more. Dad comes over and kneels down in front of me. Looking me over cautiously. "And this handsome young boy is Mathias, Sommer's little boyfriend,"She smirks and Dad's eyes widen and his fists clench. I sit up immediately. "HE IS NOT MY BOYFRIEND!!!"I throw up my hands in exasperation. "YA AND SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!!"Maty says a little shyly but a little annoyed as he crosses his arms. Mom snorts and giggles covering her mouth as she blushes, embarrassed. Dad smiles brightly and kisses her nose. "I guess we see where she gets her unlady like ways from,"He winks at her causing her to blush more. "I missed that laugh,"He smiles at her with soft eyes. "And I've missed you,"She kisses him sweetly. "EWWWW!!!"Maty and I cover each other's eyes in disgust. Mom and dad both laugh and they hug us. We spend the rest of the day laughing and getting to know each other. It was the best until my mom rushed towards us with dad right behind her, fear in their eyes. "Forget that you came here, forget that you ever met your father, that you met me," dad compels me. Last thing I hear is mom talking to some man (dad) asking him if he'll get someone to make him forget and he promised then we left.
Flashback over...

"Sommer, hello?"Maty waves his hand in front of my face. "Sorry, I blanked out,"I say kissing his cheek quickly before rushing to my dad. I met everyone before. Uncle Eli, Uncle Finny, Aunt Beky, even Aunt Freya. I open the door and slam it closed behind me. Everyone looks at each other shocked. "You remember too, don't you?!"I ask looking around at them. They all slowly nod except for Kol. He had a worried look plastered on his face. "What's wrong?"I ask my father. "Does she still have the necklace?"He asks playing with a chain that leads into his shirt. "You mean mom? No she doesn't... I'm sorry, she gave it to me... She told me it came from you and that it would protect me. She said it would bring me closer to you,"I whisper weakly. Thinking about mom kind of hurt. Especially when it was before she went crazy. She use to be so happy. Dad rushes towards me and hugs me tight. "She died peacefully?"He asks which sounded like more of a demand. "Yes, in her sleep,"I sigh. I could feel warm tears hit my shoulder. "It's ok to cry you know?"He asks looking into my eyes. "I can't cry in front of people... It's not my thing, I'm too stubborn,"I giggle, sniffling a little. Maty shows up out of nowhere taking my hand into his. I could hear the cling of our bracelets hitting against each other and the cold touch.

We're clearly best friends... We even have some tattoos. Don't ask. AND DON'T TELL DAD OR ANY OF THE FAM!!! Yup they would probably murder me if they found out where those tattoos are (😏). Dad glares at Mat for a while. "You're that Mathias kid aren't you?"Dad asks impatiently. "Yes sir... I'm you're daughter's best friend/ lover,"Maty smirks and I blush. Dad grows angry and I smack Mat in the back of his head. "OW!! What was that for?!"He groans. "that's for lying to my dad... You're my best friend and that's it,"I growl at him and he steps back shocked. Dad steps back quickly a little shocked as well. I mean I was shocked too. "Get used to it kiddo, I'm supposed to protect you, nothing else... You're lucky we're even friends,"I glare at him and he raises his hands in surrender. I drag him out and close the door behind us. "Aren't you staying here?"Maty asks. "Yup,"I say before smashing my lips against his. "See ya later,"I wink at him as I wave and disappear back into the house. "I liked a Matt once,"Aunt Beky giggles. "She's not like you Bekah,"Dad grumbles as he walks past us. "Aunt Beky, I don't like Mathias... He's my best friend and I'm supposed to protect him, that means no distractions,"I roll my eyes as I walk upstairs to my room. "That kiss said otherwise,"Aunt Bekah whispers as she brushes past. I gasp and blush a light red. "You wouldn't tell anyone, would you?"I ask, a begging look in my eyes. "Of course not, my dear Sommer don't get so worried. I'll keep your secret just like I did when you were 5... So many years later and you still like him, that's just too cute. You'll have to invite him to the Mikaelson ball... He does live next door after all,"Aunt Becky winks at me. I blush more and run to my room closing and locking the door quickly behind me. I jump onto the bed and squeal softly. "He still likes me... He remembers me,"I sigh happily as I look up at the ceiling. Oh how I wish I had my mother to talk to about this. I mean the mother before she went crazy. A couple of tears fall down my face and before I realize it I cried myself to sleep.