Redemption - Reborn as Mikael

CHAPTER TWENTY - GETTING READY

I stood on top of a platform as a man silently took my measurements to get the suits to be perfect sizes. I smiled slighlty as Elijah looked through the overly expensive suits like a child in a candyshop.

"Lift your hands up, please." The man said politely and I did as told. The man rolled up his tape and smiled. "I will bring you some options soon, please, just a second." The man bowed his head and walked off.

I stepped off the platform and walked to Elijah who was strolling slowly around the shop with his hands behind his back. "He will bring some options soon." I said as I reached him.

"Good. He is an old friend of mine, I trust his judgement." Elijah said in his posh voice while looking at the suits which made me smile fondly and shake my head.

Elijah suddenly grew tense, but hid it under his false facade. I narrowed my eyes and turned around to see Damon sauntering to the shop like he owned the place.

He didn't see us at first and Elijah was ready go attack him when he disrespected one of the workers. I put my hand to his chest and continued to stare at Damon with narrowed eyes.

"Do not attack him, not yet." I whispered to Elijah who nodded. I let my hand drop down and walked to the fitting room area with Elijah as the man brought me multiple suits.

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"I don't know. What do you think?" I asked as I stepped out of the stall. It was a basic black tuxedo.

Elijah looked at me for a while and shook his head. "It suits you, but it is too boring." He commented. I looked at myself through the mirror and nodded.

I went back to change out of the fancy clothes. I went through the suits until one specific caught my eye. It was very nice and I hadn't seen suits like that in a long time.

I put it on and smiled slightly. I stepped out and glanced at Elijah. "I quite like this one." I commented and Elijah nodded.

"It is more interesting." Elijah smiled and looked at the details in the suit. I took a deep breath in and patted it down. "Should I take this then?"

"Even if you do not use it on the ball, we can buy it for later use." Elijah said and glanced at his phone. "Rebekah texted me, she and Ayana are ready. She asked if we wanted to go eat dinner with them."

"Let her know we'll see them where they want to eat." I said and Elijah nodded. I quickly walked back, took off the suit and put my normal clothes on.

I showed Elijah the clothes folded on my arm. "I am going to pay for these." I smiled slightly and Elijah nodded once again walked near to the exit.

"Found something you like?" The man gave me a small smile and I furrowed my eyebrows slightly.

"I did. Here. Is something the matter?" I asked quietly as I gave him the clothes. The man shook his head. "Just difficult customers."

I nodded and paid for the clothes. "Thank you." I said as I took the bag from him. "You are welcome Sir, I hope you enjoy your party. Mr. Elijah is a very big help with his donations, I owe him everything."

I smiled at the comment he made of Elijah. "He is a good boy. Have a nice evening." I said and walked over to Elijah who had a one raised eyebrow.

"Really?" He asked with a small huff. I hid my sly grin and looked foward as we walked out of the store. "I have no idea what you are talking about."

"Elijah Mikaelson." A voice stopped as we were about to walk away. We both put our scary facades up and turned around to see the oh always so cocky Damon Salvatore.

"Damon Salvatore." Elijah said in a steady voice and Damon gave us a grin. I narrowed my eyes.

"I heard some rumors about a big fancy ball happening soon. Is it true?" He asked in a way that made him look superior to us. Elijah tilted his head slightly and smirked.

"If you were invited, you would know, wouldn't you now?" He said and I took great pleasure seeing Damon's face fall.

Damon took a treathing step foward which made me automatically step towards him and in front of Elijah, even when Damon had no chance against him or us.

His gaze locked to me and he looked a bit uncertain before throwing all common sense out of the window.

I looked at him with a small smile. "How is Elena by the way?"

Damon glared at me and kept his mouth shut knowing the tense relationship he had with her after they failed to save her from the ritual. I locked my hands behind my back and backed away from him with a grin on my face.

"Excuse me, we have some important business to attend. Say hello to Stefan for me, will you?" I turned back to Elijah who also had a smirk on his face. I motioned for us to leave with my head and we both left the fuming Salvatore behind to think about his messed up life.

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"Hello my love." Ayana greeted me with a smile as we walked into the restaraunt.

"Hello." I smiled and gave her a kiss. I turned to Rebekah who was smiling widely and kissed her head.

"Did you have fun?" I asked as we sat down around a table. Ayana put her hand on mine and pulled it to her tigh. I started to do small circles with my thumb against her tigh while holding her hand.

"We did." Rebekah nodded happily. "And we found the perfect dress!" She added and Elijah smiled at the pure joy on his sisters face.

"We found a great piece too." He said as he drank his tea. I just shook my head without questioning it, Elijah had the ability to pull anything out of nowhere.

Ayana leaned against my forehand and I gave her head a quick kiss. "We actually ran into Caroline Forbes. We invited her and Stefan Salvatore." She said in a quiet content voice as I continued to do patterns on her tigh.

Elijah and I shared a quick smile and Rebekah caught on. "What?" She asked.

"We had a little run in with the older Salvatore." I said with a small chuckle when Elijah grinned and Rebekah rolled her eyes.

We ordered our food and Elijah glanced at Rebekah. "Have you heard anything from home? How Henrik is handling Kol and Niklaus?" He asked with another sip of his tea.

She shook her head and Elijah sighed like a proper disappointed older brother. "I am afraid what chaos will be there when we get back."

I shook my head with a fond smile and closed my eyes. I let the warmth from Ayana relax me and let my mind wonder.

A chill ran up my spine which made my eyes snap open and I looked around us. Ayana looked up at me and said: "What's wrong?"

I scanned our surroundings and then turned back to her. "Nothing. Nothing." I smiled and gave her a kiss. Ayana chuckled and turned back to her food.

With a quick look around I also turned to my food.

I seriously didn't want to deal with some childish crap at the moment.

But knowing Mystic Falls, that was too much to ask.

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