A.N: A really quick one shot and I mean it, it took me like 20 minutes to write it so it probably sucks. Not my first try at writing a TVD fic, but it's first in English and Klaroline so please don't hate me!
Disclaimer: Don't own a single thing, not even a computer right now :( And I don't mean to offend anyone who lives in Luxemburg, I've never been there but I think it's a wonderful city.
Hold On and Never Let Me Go
It is roughly forty years before he even hears something related to her, of course it isn't true, not really, because he always has someone on her tail, he always has known where she was and what she did because he simply couldn't let go. He is in Luxemburg when the phone rings, sightseeing because Rebekah needs some 'family bonding' time together and Elijah is way too boring to find somewhere else to go.
It isn't one of his hybrids that calls him or one of his witches, it is Damon Salvatore.
If he thinks hard enough, it is buried deep within his memory that Damon and Elena are somewhere in Italy or France, living the honeymoon life together. He still keeps tabs on his dopplegangers, he doesn't quite know why, but he knows that Damon finally convinced Elena to marry him and the other Salvatore brother, the brother he actually likes has gone back to chasing Katerina…who he thinks might be into Elijah again, it is weird but not really his bussiness anymore so he lets it go.
It is Damon who calls him and the line is fuzzy and if it weren't for his extreme hearing he wouldn't have been able to understand a single thing.
''It's Liz.'' Damon says, and he is pretty sure that the dark vampire still sees her as a friend. ''We are returning to Mystic Falls, just thought that I should let you know.''
After a minute he puts the new, sleek and completely useless cellphone to his pocket and hails a cab, and Rebekah looks like she is ready to shout seven hells at him when Elijah holds her arm and let's him go. His siblings would be welcome there, he knows, but it is not their place, and this time he has to do it alone.
~Klaroline~
Mystic Falls hasn't changed much, his mansion is still there and it is actually quite usable but he doesn't think he will need it, that he should need it, heck, he is ready to do anything and everything just not to set another foot there.
The funeral is held outside, because churches don't hold any good memories for this towns folk and he just stays back and watches as the crowd passes by.
Bonnie, the big bad witch is there and she is old. Ok, so not old, not at all but she is not the eighteen year old beauty he knew anymore and he wants to laugh at her face just because.
Jeremy, the ever faithful brother is at her side, holding her hand and landing her a shoulder but he realizes, that even still holding the title of best friend, neither of them go near her, they stay away and he just knows that it isn't to give her space.
Salvatore brothers are there too, with different names this time and not as brothers but brother in laws. Stefan is not married to Katerina yet, and she seems to be calling herself by her given name once again, pretending to be the twin of her beloved sister Elena. They are the descendants of Elena and Damon Salvatore now and he actually does laugh at that but he doesn't approach them. He gives Damon a swift nod when he sees the ice blue eyes staring at him and Damon knows that it is a thank you.
Some sweet words are said for Elizabeth Forbes, how much of a wife she has been, the best mother that ever was and he knows that those words are not true just by looking at her face but today, at least for one day, she is, she was the best there ever was and whatever she was to her, it had been enough.
''My ...grandmother.'' she calls her while reading the euology with tear soaked eyes, Matt Donovan who was a good friend to her once, and almost dated with his little sister, holds her hand and leads her away when she collapses at the end and he can hear her whisper ''I love you mama'' again and again but no one can, and no one should because they are already wondering who the hell is this girl, and why isn't she here.
He is the one who takes her from Matt's arms. It is a potentially very dangerous move, holding her up from her waist, letting his big arms wrap around her and he really does expect her to attack him, once again and shout at him, and curse at him.
And maybe that would even help her some, and he wouldn't feel so bad afterwards because she would stop crying.
But she doesn't kick, she doesn't scream and she just weeps and he just holds her and she lets him and for once in his life he is speechless.
''Caroline..'' he whispers her name, holding onto her hair, holding her and never letting go because she has lost her mother, she is losing herself and he can never, ever let that happen.
''Nik…''
This is the first time she calls him that, after forty damn years and countless sleepless nights. It is a name only called by family and he only lets Rebekah and Elijah call him that, even Kol is a strech, but his name on her lips, a desperate plea... and all the ice that has captured his heart just melts.
He kisses her forehead slowly, continuing to stroak her hair, not letting her go, never letting her go and whisper into her ear.
''I'm here.''
I haven't watched TVD since the season finale, so I have no idea what has gotten into me... just review? Please?
