You don't know everything

Chapter 13 (3x16)

D: Hey Lyd can you tune this for me?

L: Sure why not? What happened to your tuner?

D: It broke.

L: So I'm your backup tuner? Derek laughed.

D: I guess you are. I started tuning the acoustic guitar.

E: You play guitar?

L: Only some.

D: Some? Dude you're a genius!

L: Stop over exaggerating.

K: Play something. I want to hear from you. I was nervous. I didn't know what to think.

L: All right, I'll play. Once the guitar was tuned, I grabbed a pick and got ready to play. I breathed in and out and started to play "Classical Gas" by Mason Williams.

I could tell that Derek was smiling and that the Mikaelson brothers all had shocked expressions, including Nik. He knew I could play guitar. I've even played for him, but I've never played this song. At some point during the song I even lost my pick, but I didn't care. Playing music makes me go into a whole different world. Even my hallucinations and the voices in my head disappear during it. At the end of the song, I sighed and looked up to find all of them staring at me with shocked expressions.

L: Yeah you get the jist right? I smiled and put the guitar down and sat back against the couch.

K: What the hell was that?

L: What?

F: You just played the guitar like it was nothing.

D: I told you. She's a genius. I roll my eyes.

D: But that's not the best part. I looked puzzled at Derek until he got out the electric guitar when I gasped.

L: Oh my gosh. You brought it!

D: You know I did. I stood and took that guitar from Derek.

L: Oh this baby is better than acoustic. I plug in the guitar in the amp and then start to play.

L: Oh man, I love this thing.

D: Hey, remember that game we used to play? Name that tune?

L: Oh yeah I remember it! Derek and I then started to play that game while the others watched. We all had a fun time and they were really impressed by our guitar playing and the singing that we did sometimes. After a while of playing, we all decided to relax. Derek decided to take Natalie outside so he did. Then Rebekah came in.

K: Well, well. Look who decided to join the fun.

L: Did you get what we needed?

R: Not exactly. Although they did bring up a blast from the past: Sage. Finn stared at Rebekah wide eyed.

F: Sage?

N: Now why would they talk about Sage?

R: Apparently she taught Damon how to enjoy feeding. She's such a harlot.

F: Don't call her that!

L: Finn. I grab his shoulder and try to calm him down. Then while the others are talking I maneuver him to follow me. We go into an empty room where I shut the door and put a silencing spell on it.

F: What are we doing? I take out my phone not talking to him and find the name in my contacts that I needed.

L: Hello my strawberry sunrise.

Sage: My, my, hello my Pride and Prejudice. I chuckle at that.

S: What brings you the honor of calling me?

L: Well a certain Original is undaggered and waiting for you. Also, there's a white oak tree that needs to be destroyed and I figured that you would like to come back to your hometown and see everyone.

S: If I come, will they dagger Finn again?

L: Don't worry about that. I've hidden all the daggers that not even Klaus could find them. So are you in or not? There was a moment of silence.

S: I'm in. I'll see you then.

L: Okay, bye Sage. I then ended the call and looked at Finn.

L: I told you that I would keep my promise. And I will make sure that nothing happens to her.

F: Thank you Lydia. We then hug. I knew Finn had a lot of anxieties about being daggered again. I also knew that his siblings didn't approve of Sage, I didn't care. If two people are in love then they should be together. After all, Nik and I are together. We then head out of the room and notice that Kol and Nik are making fun of Rebekah while Elijah is trying to intervene.

L: Rebekah, as a person who is the youngest of eight and a girl who has four brothers, I'm only going to say this to you once: get over it and deal with it. I then smile at her and head back to my seat on the couch.

R: Wait, you have seven older siblings?

L: Yup. And they wonder why I don't call much. Rebekah then walked towards the couch.

R: Are your brothers as overprotective as mine?

E: We are not overprotective.

R: Yes you are now shut it. I looked at her and I knew where she was getting at. Her brothers are indeed overprotective of her. Some of them may not admit it, but they all are.

L: No, they aren't. But then again they are cautious of what I do. In fact, all of my siblings are. They rather see me in a mental institution than face the real world. I mean, they've tried to do it before. Even lying and surprising me about it while I screamed, cried, and kicked my way out of not going in there. But of course, my siblings can't handle me. So I suggest you be thankful for overprotective brothers Rebekah. Rebekah looked at me shocked and bewildered at what I just said. I don't think any of them would have thought that my siblings could do that to me.

L: But when it comes to my ability with men, then I can say that they are overprotective at that. Considering the last person I used to date.

R: What's wrong with him?

L: He's in jail. They all had a shocked expression on their faces besides Nik who knew about it.

E: What for?

L: Attempted murder, assault and battery, and rape. I moved into Nik's side so he could hold and comfort me. I don't like talking about my ex and what he did to me.

E: I'm so sorry Lydia.

L: Thank you. Which is why Natalie will never see that man ever, why I still have a restraining order against him despite him being in prison, and why Derek has mixed feelings about the whole thing.

K: Why would he have mixed feelings? That man almost murdered you and did unspeakable things that none of us would ever do!

L: Because that's his brother. And... despite what he did to me, Derek loves him. Even though he also hates him. Like I said, it's complicated. I then get up to leave and I go outside to play with my daughter. Talking about what Mark and my siblings did to me brings up terrible pain. The things that I experienced in the mental institutions throughout my life and what Mark did to me when we were dating, are the reasons why I have a hard time trusting people. Even with Nik who I have a soul bond with, I still have difficulty trusting him. But not as much as his siblings who I still don't know what they would do to me. The voices in my head and the shadows around me start to get bigger so I decide to just lay in the grass and breathe.