Chapter 45 - Road Trip

                                    

                                          
Kassidy's POV:
It's been about two months since we left Mystic Falls. Stefan has become really broody and a bit of a dick. I think he thinks that I have been playing Niklaus by being nice to him and acting friendly and I'm going to keep letting him think that. 
Niklaus and I have gotten closer and I honestly think he sees me as a friend. He was a little apprehensive at first but when I told him about Elena and his loophole in his curse, he opened up a little more. He is thankful that I told him but he doesn't want to believe that he needs Elena's blood to make his hybrids.
In other news, I have spent time with Kol...well his daggered body. Sometimes when I'm doing my classwork, which I have almost completely finished, I will sit on Kol's coffin. The tip half being open while I sit on the bottom half. It's weird, but it brings me peace, even if he is 'alive'. 
That's where I am now. I'm in the back of the trailer, sitting on Kol's coffin, using Niklaus's laptop to finish up my final for my 3rd out of 5 class until I have all the credits to graduate. 
"I figured I would find you here." Niklaus says and I look up to see him standing in the doorway smiling at me.
"Hey." I say with a smile. "Yeah. It's quiet, Stefan won't come in here, and I get to see Kol...sorta."
"It's late afternoon. You must be hungry. How about we go get some actual food? There's a nice little place I found not far from here." Niklaus says.
"Sure, just give me one second to submit this?" I say and Niklaus nods. I smile and save my work and submit my final. "And done." I say as I close the laptop and put it back in my bag. I hop down off the coffin, close it, and walk over to Niklaus.
"Ready?" Niklaus asks
"Yup. Let's go." I say and Nik leads me to the car.
We got to a little bistro and Niklaus was right, it's a cute little place. A waitress takes our orders while giving 'fuck me' eyes to Niklaus and flirting with him. I smirk at him with a knowing look when she walks away.
"What?" Niklaus asks when he notices my look.
"Okay, you are 1000 years old. You couldn't have not noticed that."
"Noticed what?"
"That waitress was totally flirting with you and giving you 'fuck me' eyes. You should go for it, Niklaus."
He glanced at the waitress before looking at me again. "No thanks. Not my type."
"Not blonde enough for you, Niklaus?" I ask teasingly.
"Haha." He says sarcastically with an eye roll before looking at me in thought. "Why do you call me that?" He asks
"What?"
"Niklaus."
"It's your name." I say with a shrug 
"Yeah. But everyone calls me Klaus, except you. Why?"
"Klaus is known as this ruthless villainous hybrid that everyone is absolutely terrified of. When I look at you I don't see the Klaus that everyone else does." I tell him.
"What do you see?"
"I see my friend. That's why I call you Niklaus and not Klaus."
Niklaus gives me a soft smile. "Well, my friends and family call me Nik."
"Are you saying you see me as a friend?" I ask with a teasing smile.
"I figured that was obvious, Kassidy. You're not only my friend, you're technically my family, too." Niklaus says.