First of all I want to thank everyone who reviewed the first chapter or put it on alert or favourited it! I NEVER expected that much.
After all the requests, I decided to make it a story, although I had no idea how to continue which is why it took me so long. Sorry for that
Surely, everyone who wanted to know how it goes on had their own idea and of course there's no way to live to everyone's expectations but hopefully you'll like it anyway.
Just like last time, this is not read beta and additionally I finished it at almost midnight to load it up for you, so please forgive the mistakes and feel free to PM me if you're interested in beta reading this story.
So now that I rambled enough….
Just enjoy it!
Chapter 2
The door was slammed shut with a force that made the frame quake and the hinges gave an audible crack.
The next item to get to know her anger was her bag that Elena threw in a corner, even her keys hit the commode hard enough to leave tiny scratches on its surface.
Luckily Alaric was still out; otherwise he would have been the poor guy to be the scapegoat.
Elena needed to take a deep breath to not suffocate from her rage and it was exactly this moment that Damon chose to finally give her a call. When she read the name written on her phone's display she really had to choke. Her anger was tying her throat, how did he dare to call her after what happened?
Of course Damon himself was rather innocent, at least when it came to her run-in with Kol- or what she decided to call him - Baby Klaus, but he had known about this, he always did. How could he keep it from her? She had felt pity for an Original, for God's sake! Thought he had a tough past which he couldn't talk about and was now kind of stalked by Tina Fell, right now she really wished Tina had been annoying enough to make him flee to the other side of the world. It was very unlikely, but still.
There was another Original vampire leashed out and no one cared to tell her?
Angrily she hit the ignore button then she turned off her phone. She wouldn't come running after them.
After another couple of minutes that she spent breathing heavily and walking up and down in the kitchen, her hand either going through her already messy hair or clutching the back of a chair or whatever was just in reach, she finally calmed down.
She had to think carefully about this.
~Dear Diary,
I haven't written in a while because it's all been messed up somehow. I needed to get a position in this before I can look at the big picture.
But today...it was too much for me to handle. Honestly, I can deal with every supernatural thing in this world, I can, but I can't stand another betrayal. How am I supposed to survive this, when even those people whom I trust with my life lie to me, keep things from me?
I should better start at the beginning.
Today, I met Original brother N° 3, his name is Kol and just like Rebekah, he decided to attend High School. I spent the day with him, thinking- convincing myself he was human and then Elijah showed up.
I was glad to see he's fine, probably I should even be thanking him to reveal the truth. Otherwise I might have completely fallen for Kol's act. How dare he pretending to want to befriend me? It wouldn't be the first time that an Original tried to kill me.
Actually it's not even him I am angry about, and surely not Elijah - hell, I can't hold a grudge against this man, no matter what he does, but he had always been honest with me, hadn't he?
Anyway, it's Damon and Stefan and maybe even Alaric I am angry about. He was the one to tell me Damon and Stefan were with Klaus, therefore they have to know about Elijah's and Kol's revival. And they did not even bother to tell me there was an unknown brother of Klaus (maybe even all his siblings) out in Mystic Falls!
I need to make them stop making decisions for me, or keeping me out of things. Seriously, they want to protect me but let me walk into a day without having the information I need.
Furthermore, the only vampire free zone just turned out to be quite the meeting point for supernatural beings. Is it too much to ask to have a day without them?
Elena
Although writing her diary had helped a little, she was still confused. So confused that the thought of Kol being really interested in just getting to know her - which had been his intention after all - never entered her mind.
After realizing the truth it was like a veil was lifted from her eyes. Suddenly everything had made sense. The feeling of recognizing someone in him-Elijah, the strength, the name...it all fell into place.
For a moment she had been paralyzed then she ran- or rather drove for her life.
How one word had changed her entire perception of him? Suddenly he wasn't the normal cute guy who just moved here but a merciless immortal killer, although he hadn't changed a thing.
A knock on the door interrupted her contemplating. However, the person at the door didn't want to wait for her to open and only seconds later Damon stepped over the threshold.
"Why did you ignore my call?" he demanded.
"Why didn't you call me when it was necessary?" she asked back.
Damon pretended to be clueless - as if she would ever buy it. "What do you mean, when it was necessary?"
Elena snorted derogatively. "Seriously?"
"Elena. Stop bitching around, okay! And tell me what the hell you mean." For once he did not seem to be in the mood to be soft with her.
Instead of giving in - what she would normally have done, she just turned around, grabbed a bottle of water and made her way upstairs. She still could not deal with the Salvatores.
Of course as she entered her room, Damon was already waiting on her bed.
"What is it, Elena!" he urged.
"Could you please leave now, Damon. I am tired and I'd like to sleep."
He looked at her incredulously. "Really? It's 6pm just in case you checked your watch. I highly doubt you'll go to sleep now. So tell me."
He wouldn't give up on it. As much as he pretended not to care, he wanted to know everything. Yet, she decided to ignore his demand. He should rot a little longer.
"I am exhausted, it's been a long day. Maybe you don't need that much sleep but I do. Could you just leave, please!"
"Tell me and I will go right away."
"Why would you suddenly want to know. It's not like you cared when I needed you to. It's been a switch on and a switch off with your feelings, just like Stefan's. See, I am sorry if I hurt you, I did not mean it that way. But right now I really need you to leave."
Elena moved towards the bathroom, intending to go for a shower as soon as he left.
"We are not talking about this now. What we're talking about is the fact that you keep something from me. How am I supposed to protect your life if I don't know everything!"
That was the point at which she couldn't hold back a sarcastic laughter. Did Damon ever hear himself talking? He had nerves to accuse her of something he did a matter of hours earlier.
"Seriously Damon?" She shook her head and opened the door to the bathroom. "I'll get ready for bed, if we could continue this tomorrow..." She waved her hand dismissively at the window.
In a flash he stood right before her. "Stop doing this for your own good!" He grabbed her arm and pulled her close. "What happened today?" His voice was just above a whisper but every syllable sounded as threatening as it was meant.
"If the lady says leave, I suggest you leave, Damon." The calm and collected voice came from beside her window.
Both turned around, Damon of course way more quickly and stared at the newcomer.
"Elijah!" Elena exclaimed, being relieved to see the Original and not for the first time.
"This is none of your business", the elder Salvatore spat, but he knew there was nothing he could do against Elijah at that point. In another flash he was gone.
"Elena. Everything's alright?"
There was no way to describe how happy she felt as she heard his deep and calm voice again. Just like in the afternoon, a warm jolt went down her spine and for a second she allowed herself to close her eyes and enjoy it.
The next second however, she realized why Elijah appeared in her house and quite frankly, she did not want to talk about it.
"As alright as it can be. Thanks, by the way for helping me with Damon. How are you?" she decided to go for small talk. Maybe he wouldn't bring up the brother-thing after all.
"Quite good, thanks for asking. Why I actually came by..."
'Oh no, don't bring it, don't...' He did.
"I wanted to apologize, not just for betraying you, I can't ask for your forgiveness concerning that, but for...well...introducing you to my little brother so inappropriately. You had every right to be shocked."
Elena looked at him for a while without saying a word.
"Is Rebekah back too?"
"Yes, she is. And before you have another unwilling with an Original, I revived Finn, my last brother who was daggered for over 900 years as well."
"She'll come after me, I daggered her in the first place", Elena's voice was hoarse. How many people were out there who tried to kill her?
"Don't worry. She's mad at you and Klaus in equal measure but he won't let her do anything to you and neither will I or Kol for that matter. So you see, you have 3 Originals for your protection, you can consider yourself as pretty safe." This last remark was supposed to lighten her up but Elena didn't find it as amusing as Elijah did.
"You do realize that 'Klaus' and 'protecting me' in the same sentence sounds weird, right? Further I hardly believe that Kol would try to protect me. Are you sure he's not planning on using me as a blood bag or helping his sister getting revenge?" The fact that there was no evidence for these assumptions about his intentions didn't matter at this very moment.
"You don't know him, Elena. He's trying to socialize because he'd been daggered for over a century. When we were human, Kol adored his baby sister but ever since she allowed Klaus to put him into a coffin...well...they aren't on best terms anymore..."
"He could have told me. And don't say he didn't know I knew about all of this, because he had to recognize me immediately."
"Of course he knew you were the doppelganger. But be honest, would you have given him the slightest chance if he had introduced himself like 'hey, I am Kol Mikaelson, you probably know my slightly deranged brother Niklaus, so before you ask, yeah I am an Original vampire' or something alike."
Elena had to chuckle. Yes, probably she would have gone mental or run away, one of both.
"No I wouldn't have."
"See, Kol is not that bad. He's slightly psychotic sometimes but to be true, he has similarities with Damon."
"Not the best way to make me like him..."
"Better than comparing him to Klaus or Rebekah...What I try to say: Kol has no bad intentions. He won't harm you, nor will Finn if that worries you. All we want is to be a family again and although you might not like it...we want to stay in Mystic Falls. It's our home after all."
Again she looked at him, observing him, without replying.
"So I get to see you more often? No vampire drama? Just you and your siblings?"
Elijah nodded. "Our entire family. You have to thank my mother for that."
Elena squinted confusedly. "Y-your mother? I thought she was dead."
"So did I. So did all of us, but she returned. Didn't the Salvatores tell you? They met her when we all returned. She was in the locked coffin..."
"Is this what you always wanted? Living with your family like now?", she asked, unsure whether her question was too personal.
"Yes, it is. After a millennium we're back together."
Elena could see the happiness in his eyes and the warm jolt she had felt when he showed up in her room returned once again. All the time this had been what she wanted, having Elijah back, because she missed him. There would be time to sort other things out, for now it was important that no one was in danger.
If it hadn't felt completely inappropriate, she would have hugged him tightly.
"I am glad you're back. And thanks again for showing up tonight."
"You're welcome, Elena."
The entire time they had been standing in her room with a fair distance between them. Now he made his way towards the door, having the decency several vampires lacked; taking the front door and not the window. She accompanied him down the stairs, scaling down the distance between them.
As he stepped on the veranda, wishing her a good night, she stood in the threshold, watching him leave.
"Oh and Elijah...?" He turned around looking at her curiously.
"I forgave you the moment I came back to life. You chose your family over someone you didn't know for longer than a few weeks there's nothing reprehensible about it."
His eyes went wide. He hadn't expected it although he couldn't deny that he had hoped for it in some way.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome Elijah. Good night." With a last smile she closed the door.
~~~
When she returned to her room she couldn't help but replaying the conversation she just had again and again in her mind.
She was happy to have him back, of course she was. He was the only vampire she knew she never doubted. Maybe except from Caroline.
Yeah, he betrayed her but honestly, if she had the choice between some guy she just got to know who looked exactly like Stefan and who tried to kill her twice in the small period of time they knew each other and the chance of getting her parents and Jenna and maybe even John back...well...no kidding, she would have decided just like him.
Although there were many things left to discuss and one way or another there would be problems coming sooner than she wanted them to, for tonight, everything was done and for once, she knew she had a chance to actually sleep. Klaus wouldn't kill any loved ones tonight. Elijah would make sure of it.
A glance on the clock told her that it was 8:30 p.m.
There was one more thing to do tonight, something she never liked to do but now she figured it was better than worrying about something: homework.
She had promised to put effort into school and she had to do it if she wanted to succeed this year. As she had said yesterday, it meant normalcy and maybe, just maybe it wasn't as far away as she had thought this morning.
An hour later she was still busy writing an essay, when there was another knock on the door. If that was Damon she would kill him, metaphorically speaking.
But if it was him, there wasn't a way of stopping him to come in so she didn't get up to open the door.
Moments later there was another knock. Who would that be?
Elena decided to check it.
Sighing, she made her way to the front door, preparing to tell off whoever it was.
Whatever she wanted to say was stuck in her throat when she recognized the person standing a few feet from the threshold.
"Good evening Elena..."
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