CHAPTER EIGHT
"If I guess right I get to take you on a date to change your mind."

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CASSANDRA WAS CUDDLED UP NEXT TO KLAUS, his hand drawing circles on her back as they layed under the covers. She kissed his bare chest, smiling as she closed her eyes for a moment. Klaus rubs her back, kissing the top of er head. "What else have you heard?" Klaus decides to ask as they had settled after their activities. Cassandra didn't fully hear him, still in bliss. Lifting her head lightly, she meets his curious eyes.

"Hmm?" She makes the noise as she rests her chin down on his chest. Klaus reaches up and brushes the strand of hair away from her face.

"You said that the voice told you to kill Jeremy, what else did it say?" Klaus asks as he strokes her cheek, wanting to know if it was getting serious and if all of the voices requests were that violent.

"I'm not ready to talk about it yet." She says, with a sigh. In all truth, she just didn't want to tell Klaus about almost kissing Elijah. She knew she should but she was terrified to. Luckily he didn't press the topic.

"Okay." He replies, respecting her privacy as he brings her closer, resting his head on top of hers. Cassandra is reminded of what she was going to ask him, looking up lightly.

"I've been meaning to ask.." Klaus makes a noise of acknowledgement for her to continue as he continues to rub her back. "Where's Rebekah?" Cassandra asks, noticing the hesitation and tension that came from Klaus.

"Don't worry about her, love." Klaus dismisses as he gives her a smile, leaning down towards her but she only sits up, pulling the sheet to her chest.

"I know what that means. You daggered her." Cassandra accused as she glared at the man who only sits up against the headboard, not exactly feeling guilty about it.

"I had to." Klaus states as he didn't want this to be such a big deal. It's not like he couldn't undagger her.

"Oh really? What was the reason?" She asks with a raised eyebrow, her arms crossed. Klaus hesitates, his eyes going to the bed. Cassandra closes her eyes for a moment, shaking her head as she tried not to let tears well up in her eyes. "The cure?" Cassandra guessed and by klaus's reaction she could tell that she guessed right.

"She was just going to get in the way." Klaus says with a groan as he rubs his face, not wanting to fight this early.

"I can't believe you." She scoffs as she gets up off of the bed, wrapping the sheet around her body and making her way over to the door, ignoring his calls.

"Love---" Klaus goes to talk but she only slams the door, pissed off that he even thought he could get away with daggering Rebekah again. She looks up to see Nathan standing outside his door with an amused expression on his face.

"Nice clothes." Nathan says with a raised eyebrow as he looks at the sheet covering her body. Cassandra sighs as she rolls her eyes, tightening the sheet so it didn't fall to the ground.

"Shut up." She mumbles before pushing past him and walking into his room. Nathan furrows his eyebrows confused, just twenty seconds ago they were having sex and now they were fighting again.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Nathan asks as he closes his bedroom door for a little more privacy even though anyone in this house could eavesdrop.

"I'm just pissed off, okay?" Cassandra answers him in an irritated tone as she crossed her arms. Nathan sees the tears in his eyes and he immediately tenses up.

"I'll kill him." He states as he goes to turn around but Cassandra quickly stops him so he doesn't end up picking a fight with Klaus on the wrong day.

"Nathan, stop." She was a little bit more calm but he could still see the anger in her eyes. "He'll kill you." Cassandra tells him and she wasn't kidding. If Nathan caught him in a bad mood, Klaus could rip his heart out and not blink.

"What was this fight about?" Nathan asks as he leans against the wall, looking at Cassandra who refused to make anymore eye contact with him.

"I don't want to talk about it." She brushes him off as she sits on his bed, holding the sheet against her body. Nathan nods, putting his hands in his pockets.

"Do you want to go do something?" He asks as he gives her a comforting smile. Cassandra only shakes her head though, sighing.

"Can we just watch a movie or something?" She asks as she didn't really want to go out and see other people right now.

"Yeah, sure." Nathan says as he nods his head. Cassandra plays with her fingers as she glanced down at the ground.

"Go get me some clothes." Cassandra tells him as she points to the door. Nathan only grabs a shirt from his drawer and throws it at her before speeding to grab her some underwear. Cassandra sighs, letting the sheet drop as she took them from Nathan and put her bra and panties on. Nathan furrows his eyebrows when he noticed the bite mark on her neck before noticing the rest of her body. He had a semi amused look on his face but some of it was playful concern as he tries to hide his laughter.

"I'm afraid to ask what angry sex looks like." Nathan mutters as he stares at the large scratch marks, bruises and bite marks that covered her body. Cassandra chuckles lightly as she shakes her head, putting the oversized shirt on before joining him in the bed. Nathan pulls her into his side, wrapping his arm around her and allowing her to rest her head on his chest.

They had been quietly watching the third Harry Potter movie when a soft creak at the door caught their attention. "Hey, I tried knocking." Caroline says as she peeks her head into the room, noticing Nathan and Cassandra on the bed together watching tv. Her eyes run over Cassandra's outfit but remembers that she said that her and Nathan are just comfortable around each other.

"It's just us." Cassandra tells her as she knew that Caroline was looking for anyone else in the house.

"Wheres Klaus?" Caroline asks confused as she glanced at Nathan who was basically silently telling her to not ask.

"Who cares." Cassandra mumbles as she relaxes more, practically halfway on Nathan which was uncomfortable for him but he didn't say anything.

"Hey, Caroline." Nathan says as he sends her a smirk making Caroline blush as she clears her throat, nodding her head towards him.

"Nathan." She replies as she glances at Cassandra who was just watching the movie.

"Do you want to watch the movie with us?" He asks as he gestures over to the bed and Caroline stands there for a moment debating whether or not she should.

"Uh.. sure." Caroline says before climbing onto the bed, sitting next to Nathan as Cassandra had sprawled out. A couple minutes later, Cassandra felt jabs against her ribs. She ignores it until she gets kicked. Turning her head slowly to Nathan, a threatening look on her face, she raises an eyebrow at him. Nathan just gestures towards Caroline and then for Cassandra to leave. She only groans lightly as she rolls her eyes.

"I'm gonna go get a drink." Cassandra announces, getting up but not before elbowing him back with a glare. Nathan just mouths get out to her making Cassandra roll her eyes again. Once she was gone, Nathan turns to Caroline who was watching the movie intensely and clears his throat.

"So, Caroline." He says, catching her attention as she glanced over towards him with a curious expression. "Are you still with that boyfriend of yours?" Nathan asks even though he already knows that she isn't.

"No.. I am not." Caroline reluctantly answers, not really wanting to think about Tyler at this precise moment.

"Right, because you like Stefan." Nathan decides to say, just to test the waters but after seeing her face, he knew it wasn't true.

"What? I do not like Stefan." Caroline denies as she had a look of pure shock on her face. Did people really get that impression from her just helping out a friend? Nathan was actually relieved by that answer but he wasn't going to let it show.

"So you don't like anyone?" Nathan asks as he leans closer to her causing her to bite her bottom lip a little bit.

"I didn't say that." She says as she looks away from him for a second.

"Oh?" Nathan says as he squints at her a little bit. "So you do like someone." He teases as he moves his hand closer to her, Caroline looking down at it for a moment.

"I don't think it's your business." Caroline says with a raised eyebrow as she crossed her arms. Nathan only challenges her, chuckling lowly.

"If I guess right, I get to take you on a date to change your mind." Nathan tells her making Caroline squint at him for a moment before shrugging her shoulders.

"Okay." She replies, a mischievous look on her face and Nathan only stares at her for a moment.

"Elijah." He randomly says, making Caroline burst out laughing, covering her mouth for a second as she couldn't believe he thought she would like Elijah of all people.

"Oh, my god, you're so bad at --" Caroline laughs, turning to look at him and suddenly being cut off by a pair of lips on hers. She gasps a little bit, sitting there for a moment before kissing him back. Nathan softly kisses her, his hand stroking her cheek before he pulls away, resting his forehead against hers.

"Did I guess right?" He asks, a small smirk on his lips as he could tell that she was shocked, her face red. But Caroline wasn't going to let him have all the power and only raises an eyebrow at him.

"I don't know.. I think you may have to kiss me again to make sure." Caroline suggests with a smile, hearing Nathan laugh before she kisses him again. Nathan deepens it, his hand going through her hair, their lips moving in sync. Caroline kisses him for a few more seconds before pulling away. Nathan smiles at her, licking his bottom lip.

"Will you go on a date with me?" Nathan asks as he moves closer to her, all of sudden making Caroline really sigh as she clears her throat, not meeting his eyes.

"I would love to." Caroline answers with a smile as she blushed lightly, looking down at her hands. Nathan chuckles as he takes one of them and plants a kiss on it.

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CASSANDRA OPENS THE DOOR, being greeted by Bonnie on the other side leaving her a little bit confused. It's not like she didn't like bonnie, it was that she was still on team Elena and that meant she was hardly to be trusted but nonetheless she decided to be nice in order to see what she wanted. "Bonnie, hey." She says, a little bit confused as she raises an eyebrow at the girl who knew it was a bit of a shock, her showing how like this.

"Hey, can I come in?" She asks as she fiddles with her fingers as she stands outside the door. Cassandra stares at her for a moment before nodding her head.

"Sure." Cassandra says as she moves out of the way do Bonnie could enter. Bonnie smiles and walks in, walking towards the couch to sit down. Closing the door, Cassandra makes her way to where Bonnie was sitting. "Do you need something." She asks curiously as she sits down beside her.

"Kind of... Well no.." Bonnie trails off for a moment, not really knowing how to word it. Cassandra raises her eyebrows as she waits patiently for Bonnie to tell her why she was here. "I need to tell you something." She corrects herself making Cassandra even more confused as she was before.

"Okay?" Cassandra says as she furrows her eyebrows, worried that something was wrong or something happened to Caroline. Bonnie takes a deep breath, building up the courage.

"So, I've been seeing someone--" Bonnie begins to say but she doesn't even get to finish her sentence before Cassandra squeals excitedly.

"Ooh, scandalous Bonnie Bennett! Who is it, I want all of the details." Cassandra says as she claps her hands, honestly glad to be talking about anything else other than what was going on in town at the moment. She was still confused why Bonnie came to her but she didn't mind.

"That's the thing, he is someone that my um, well the friends that aren't friends with you won't like." Bonnie explains making Cassandra have to think for a second before nodding. So Elena wouldn't like the person she was dating. Interesting.

"Have you two.." She trails off, wiggling her eyebrows at the brunette who blushes as she felt embarrassed by the question.

"Cassandra!" Bonnie gasps as she covers her face, embarrassed by the question.

"What?" She asks with her hands raised, only wanting to know the important questions.

"If we did or didn't isn't your business." Bonnie says as she hits her shoulder. Cassandra counted that as a yes since she got all tense and was blushing like a tomato.

"Is he good?" Cassandra asks as she raises an eyebrow at the girl, wanting to know if she was getting satisfied by this guy. Bonnie turns red but smiles nonetheless.

"In ways I haven't felt before." Bonnie says shyly making Cassandra laugh as she rubs her thigh. Cassandra knew she was kind of closed off but maybe who she was dating could open her up a bit. "But anyways, you um.. you do know him." She says with a slight blush as she felt awkward saying it, not knowing if Cassandra will give a good or bad reaction.

"Okay... Who?" Cassandra asks as there was only a limited amount of guys that she knew that Bonnie also did.

"I think it's better if he just comes in." Bonnie states as she didn't really know how to say it to Cassandra without it coming out in an awkward display of words. Cassandra furrows her eyebrows but nods. The door opens and closes and she could hear footsteps coming closer. Turning her head, it is the last person who she thought Bonnie would ever go for.

"No." Cassandra says as her eyes fall on the one and only Kol Mikaelson. She never in a million years would've thought that Bonnie would fall for a vampire let alone Kol, and for Kol to fall in love with a witch who is still partially human. Her mind was completely blown. "Oh my-- no!" She says, her voice full of shock and her eyes widened. Bonnie couldn't tell if she was happy or mad but by the smile that spreads on her face, she knew that was a good sign. "Wait you're dating.." her eyes settle on Bonnie before moving over to Kol. "and you're--" Cassandra cuts herself off, thinking to herself for a moment. "Wow. I honestly did not expect this." She says as her eyebrows raise, glancing between the two. Bonnie could tell she was happy but Kol was a little annoyed by her reaction which she found cute.

"Are you done having an episode?" Kol asks with a raise of an eyebrow making Cassandra glare at him before hitting him with the pillow. Suddenly it dawned on her, all of the questions she asked Bonnie also included Kol now.

"Wait, ew! I just got excited over your sex life meaning it's Kol's too." Cassandra wanted to pour bleach in her ears to unhear what she was just told. Kol only lets out a noise of complaint.

"Hey! The amount of times you give me too much information on your sex life with my brother. You can last this one time." Kol tells her with a scoff as he rolls his eyes. Cassandra gives him a blunt look, hitting him upside the head before turning back to Bonnie who was trying to hide her smile.

"So when did this happen?" She asks as she was confused as to when Bonnie and Kol even met since Bonnie didn't end up going to the Mikaelson ball.

"About three weeks ago." She admits making Cassandra hit Kol again. His eyes widen at her as he was confused to why she hit him. Not telling her for three weeks deserves a slap. "I don't know.. Rebekah mentioned he was coming in and out of town so we met up one day and .. we're together now." Bonnie explains with a shrug as she reaches over to grab Kol's hand who smiles at her and interlocks their fingers.

"Cool." She says with a nod, still trying to process the fact that Kol finally had a girlfriend. "Is that all you wanted to tell me?" Cassandra asks, wondering if there was anything else they were needing to tell her.

"Well, you're one of the only people who I can tell." Bonnie admits with a shy smile, making Cassandra nod. Elena definitely wouldn't be happy about it, she didn't know how anyone else would react though. Caroline wouldn't judge her at all, that's for sure. After all she didn't judge Cassandra for being with Klaus who has done way worse things than Kol.

"I'm happy for you both. Truly." She says, offering them a smile making Kol let out a sigh of relief. Part of him thought that she would complain for some reason but luckily she was glad they were together.

"Wheres kl--" Kol begins to ask, wanting to tell him and Elijah about his relationship but he couldn't even finish saying the first name.

"Nope. I'm mad at him. Go find him yourself." Cassandra states as she waves him off before leaving the newly found couple alone. Bonnie laughs as she looks at Kol who just wore a confused expression. He swore, they were fighting every other day, it was hard to keep track.

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CASSANDRA HEARD THE FRONT DOOR OPEN, groaning as she wasn't in the mood for any unwanted visitors. There was already enough people in this house, they didn't need anymore. "Whoever it is, I don't want any visitors other than the people already in this house." She tells them but the door shuts and she can hear footsteps walking her way. Groaning, she stands up and walks towards the noise only to stop in her tracks at the sight. "Nik?" She asks carefully as she sees her fiance, head to toe in blood, a blank expression on his face. "Nik, what happened?" Cassandra questions as she walks over to him but stops when she noticed his body shaking.

"They turned on me." Klaus says blankly as he stares at her. "So I killed them all."he states making Cassandra stare at him with furrowed brows. There was only one thing he could be talking about.

"Your hybrids?" Cassandra asks for clarification but Klaus only smirks, chuckling as he remembers the events.

"I was gonna go for Tyler but I couldn't seem to find him. So I just killed Carol instead." He tells her making Cassandra's eyes widen at the fact. Sure, killing Tyler but killing his mom was going to far. She didn't do anything wrong.

"You're angry, Nik." Cassandra says, trying to talk slowly so he wouldn't lash out. "Maybe you should take a shower, get the blood off, calm down a little--" She tries to tell him but he only takes a step forward, the anger flooding from his body.

"I am calm!" He yells at her, the walls shaking as she took a step back away from him. "They're all dead because of him! They all turned on me!" Klaus was furious at the fact that Tyler Lockwood had turned all of his hybrids against him. "If I see him, I am going to rip his heart from his chest and anybody who tries to come between it will suffer the same fate." Klaus threatened as he glared at nothing in particular. "That wolf. She's also gonna be dead." He adds as he tightens his fists making Cassandra gulp a little bit.

"Hayley?" Cassandra asks as she furrows her eyebrows, wondering if she had helped Tyler in releasing all of the hybrids but she wondered what else she had been apart of.

"They broke the sire bonds, she was the one who told me, thought she was doing something to help me." Klaus scoffs as he smirks, chuckling to himself as he shakes his head. Cassandra could tell he was about to walk off a ledge as he was one wrong thing away from going off the rails.

"Okay, Nik..." she says in a calm voice, slowly reaching her arm out towards him. "Maybe you just want to relax." Cassandra tells him, her hand making contact with his arm only for her to get sped against a wall, his hand around her neck.

"Don't tell me to relax!" Klaus's rage radiated from his body as he held her against the wall. Cassandra couldn't breathe, fighting against his hand. Suddenly, Klaus is thrown back a couple feet as Cassandra falls into someone's arms, coughing trying to catch her breath.

"Knock it off!" Kol demands as he glares daggers at the man who put his hands on his best friend.

"Ahh, look who finally came for a visit. Sorry to say brother, but this town brings nothing but misery." Klaus says as he pats Kol's shoulder. Kol only glares at him, standing in a protective stance in front of Cassandra.

"Okay, fine. But don't take it out on Cassandra. You hybrids are gone Nik, you can't change that. Get over it." Kol snaps at him with a roll of his eyes. Cassandra glances at Kol, wondering why he was saying this when he knew Klaus could kill him.

"Do you want another dagger in your heart." Klaus threatens as he glares at Kol, taking a step forward but he only stands his ground.

"Nik, don't." Cassandra pleads as she steps in front of Kol, looking at Klaus who only glares down at her as well.

"Why are you even here?" Klaus asks as he stares at her, Cassandra not giving in. "Leave!" The tone he uses makes her flinch back into Kol who grabs a hold of her. "You obviously don't want to be with me." He says as he shakes his head, looking away from the woman who frowns.

"That's not true." Cassandra assures him as she goes to grab his hand but he only yanks it away causing her to flinch.

"Of course it is!" He lets out a mocking laugh, his eyes filled with rage as he takes a step closer to her. "Isn't that why you pick fights over the tiniest things and then go running to Elijah." Klaus asks with a scoff as he knew she would always run back to Elijah whenever things got tough. Cassandra sighs, frowning at him thinking she would just up and leave him.

"You're angry, and you're not thinking straight." Cassandra tries to tell him, not believing that he meant any of this. He was just upset over what had happened tonight.

"No, I am." Klaus scoffs as he rubs his face, pointing at her. "Maybe I've decided that I don't want to deal with your whiny requests every two seconds. Trying to change me. Well I don't want to change!" Klaus yells at her making her back up a little bit. "This is who I am! A killer." Klaus says as he laughs, a sickly smile on his face. "Not a pathetic human who you so desperately want to be." Klaus scoffs as he shakes his head, looking at her in disgust. "So, go!" He screams at her cause tears to well up in her eyes. "Find the cure, take it, live a long life with Elijah, I don't care anymore!" He finishes before flashing upstairs, leaving Cassandra and Kol in shock. Cassandra sighs before beginning to walk towards the stairs but Kol grabs her arm.

"Maybe you shouldn't--" Kol tried to stop her, not wanting her to get hurt if she follows Klaus.

"It's fine, Kol." She tells him with a smile but she knew he didn't believe her one bit. Grabbing onto his hand, she gives it a squeeze. "I'll be fine." Cassandra says making Kol sigh and nod his head before letting her go follow his brother. Cassandra makes her way up the stairs and over to their bedroom where she saw Klaus standing in front of the mirror, staring at himself.

"Nik." She calls softly, catching his attention but he doesn't turn to face her, his hands only start to take his tie off.

"Didn't I tell you to leave?" His voice was still harsh, his expression blank as he didnt want to see anyone right now.

"You're upset. And you're saying things you're going to regret." Cassandra tells him but she gets the silent treatment. She rolls her eyes, crossing her arms. "Fine, don't talk." She says, not letting him close himself off. "We don't need to say anything." She tells him as she walks over to him as he was still looking in the mirror trying to unbutton his shirt. Cassandra sighs as she hits his hands away and starts to take off his jacket. Klaus just watches her the whole time, seeing her toss his jacket aside before moving onto the buttons of his shirt. Cassandra saw the dried blood everywhere and knew they were just going to have to throw everything away. Unbuttoning the shirt, she carefully takes it off of him, adding it to the pile. Her eyes move to his pants before noticing he still had his shoes on. Cassandra glared lightly at him before bending down and tapping his right foot. Klaus lifts it up and allows her to slip his shoe off before switching feet. Cassandra brushes her hair out of her face before unbuckling his belt.

Klaus was just staring at her in a daze the whole time. He wasn't even fully present, his mind still running from having to kill all of his hybrids. Cassandra glances up at him but she saw the distant look on his face. Being mad could be held off until tomorrow, tonight he needed her. Cassandra unzips his pants, pulling them down his legs allowing him to step out of them. Taking his hand, she leads him to the bathroom where she leans him against the sink as she grabs a washcloth and turns the shower on. Wetting it, she turns back to him and starts wiping off all of the dried blood. Klaus moves whenever she needs him to but other than that he stays still and silent.

Getting most of it off, she makes sure the shower is warm enough before leading him towards it. Klaus sighs, taking off his boxers before stepping into the shower, instantly relaxing at the feeling of the water. She shuts the door before heading to the pile of clothes and picking them up. Cassandra throws them in a garbage bag, deciding to take it out in the morning and scrubs the floors where some of the blood had dripped.

Grabbing some clean clothes, she walks back over to the bathroom and places them on the toilet seat before picking up his boxers to put in the laundry basket. Looking in the shower, she noticed Klaus just standing there with his head on the wall. Sighing, Cassandra grabs a towel and opens the door. Reaching in, she turns the shower off before wrapping the towel around his waist. Klaus steps out, his mind blurry as he leans against the counter, gripping it. Cassandra frowns for a moment, walking over to him and planting a kiss on his spine. Helping him get dressed, Cassandra leads him to the bed where he gets in and she pulls the covers over him. Watching him for a moment, Cassandra realized that she had never seen him like this before and it hurt her to see this side of him. Climbing in next to him, she crawls beside him but decided to not touch him unless he initiated it.

"Thank you." Klaus mumbles as his eyes were closed, feeling her presence settle next to him. Cassandra almost didn't hear him but his words rang through her ears.

"You're welcome." She whispers back with a soft smile as she places a kiss on his temple. Cassandra leans her head on her hand as she gazed at the man next to her. Seeing him asleep was so peaceful, and even though he said something's to her, Cassandra knew that he was hurting. Sometimes you just need to get it all out, even towards someone you love. Cassandra was just glad he felt safe enough to do it to her.

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soft Klaus and Cassandra... I mean after that 👀 but two ships are coming into playyyy, Kol & Bonnie and Caroline & Nathan, who do you think the other ships will be, ifff I take Elena out of the mix along the way 😉 comment your thoughts. I have all the ships figured out but am deciding if I wanna redeem Elena's character or you know just.. ☠️