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It had been five years since everything went down in Mystic Falls and I moved away to Oregon. I lived in a small town named Gresham now. I was still human and happy to be so, considering the fact that I still wanted to get married someday and have kids. It had been five years since that night in Mystic Falls when Klaus Mikaelson showed up at my window to apologize for everything he had ever done to me. I guess the whole showdown with his mother and brother, Finn had shown him the error of his ways. I was in the park by my home when I first saw him. He was sitting on a bench, sketching the wildlife around him and I was across the park, watching. I figured I could say hello, it had been five years after all.
I started walking over, trying to make sure he didn't see me. I had Erin with me, a little boy who I babysat on the weekends. He was blonde and blue eyed. I noticed as I got closer that another woman had her eyes on him as he drew, she made her way to him and introduced herself.
"Hey! I'm Tammy! I noticed you were drawing over here and I.. Well, I felt compelled to come say hello. You look new around here." She pulled out the charm on Klaus and he stared at her with a thin smile on his face. I was almost afraid for the woman and what he might do to her, but he seemed more humanized in these settings. Tammy was talking his ear off about herself and I felt bad for him, that woman looked like she was on the prowel. I saw in the corner of my eye, Erin try to catch a duck from the pond and had picked up feathers in his small chubby hands, giggling. I decided to maybe play a joke on Klaus while relieving him of the girl.
I took a deep breath and picked up Erin gently, then walked over to Klaus acting like I owned the place.
"Hey baby, I'm sorry that I took so long, little Erin really wanted to play with the Ducks." I sat down next to him and looped my arm through his, kissing his cheek. Erin laughed on my hip. The girl looked just as shocked as he was, but as the girl looked down at her feet, I motioned for him to play along. He nodded and smiled widely, taking Erin from me.
"Oh yeah! I knew he loved those ducks, ever since Auntie Bekah gave him the big stuffed one for Christmas! How's my boy?" He faked enthusiasm and then pretended to notice Tammy.
"Oh yeah! Elena, this is Tammy. She was admiring my drawings." He looked over at her while putting an arm around me.
"Oh. Yeah, um. I was." I could tell she was nearly speechless.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Tammy, but my wife and I must be going home now, Erin seems to need his nap." Klaus stood up with me and walked away from Tammy, we waited till we got around the corner to laugh.
"I could have very well compelled her to leave, you know." He stated, handing me Erin.
"Your wife? Wasn't that a bit much?" I asked though my giggles.
"You're the one that brought the kid along with you and surprised me like that! I thought it was Katerina for a second by the look in your eyes." I smirked at him.
"I was trying to be funny. I figured that I could say hello and be done with it, but that girl was just too good to be true." He laughed.
"I should be going, I've got a meeting with a witch about some things."
"I think you owe me for helping you out there." I mumbled, he didn't miss that.
"How about I pick you up later for dinner?" He asked. I mulled that over in my head and despite my better judgment, decided to let him treat me. I hadn't been out to dinner in forever.
"Sure. How about eight?." I asked him. He nodded and looked around to see Tammy coming up the walkway.
"I think I should get in the car with you and the kid or else I'll have to peal Tammy off of me next time." I laughed and to my shock, he voluntarily picked up Erin. We walked to my car and I drove him around the corner and dropped him off. We were friends now I guess, he had apologized so long ago and vowed to leave me be and to try and uphold some sort of courtesy to me if we ever met again, so I knew that, skewed as his intents might be, they still meant something. I went on with my day of taking care of Erin and then his mom came to pick him up. I dressed casually, but still kept it a bit sexy just to brighten up my own day. I heard a knock on my door at eight sharp, of course he would figure out where I lived.