That night was awesome, as Caroline had said. And then the week after that, and the week after that, and eventually weeks turned into months. Klaus hadn’t brought up the curse, or trying to break it, and I hadn’t run away. We had sorted everything out and I was happy. And so was he. Sophie and Elijah got together, as incongruous as that might sound. And they were happy. I hate sounding like a sappy love struck girl, but that’s exactly what I had turned into. And then came that day…. “Aria,” Klaus called out from inside the house. We hadn’t left the mansion as we had planned. Everyone had gone back to Mystic Falls to carry on with their lives, but I had nowhere to go. And neither did Klaus. So we decided to set up roots here. “I’m I here,” I called out. I was in our music room, pouring ov

