Disclaimer: I do not in any way own Sanctuary or Tesla. I would also like to say a huge thank you to Truth and Chaos for allowing me the use of her idea for Cassie's powers. If you want a good X-men story I suggest her stories All of this Past and Pulling Heaven Down. This final chapter goes out to Melissaadams22 for being such a loyal reveiws. And now the final chapter of We Always Hurt the Ones We Love.

"Three weeks." Cassie mumbled to herself as she scrubbed a pot of burnt mashed potatoes. "Three long boring weeks."

"You know if you hadn't burnt the food you won't be in this situation." Nikola smirked from his position, leaning against the stove.

"Oh would you just shut up!" Cassie snapped. "Oh great, now I'm talking to the hallucination."

"Cassie why won't you just admit you miss me?" Nikola teased.

"I don't miss you. In fact I am completely fed up with you. Just go away and leave me the hell alone. Stop trying to convince me that I need you, stop telling me how outdated my appliances are and for the love of all the abnormals out there stop trying to touch me!"

Hallucination Nikola snapped back his arm and pouted. "One day Cassandra. One day you will realize how much you need me."

"I don't need you. I never have and I never will." Cassie snapped back. "Now I'm going to go shower and I swear if you follow me in there, hallucination or not, I will find a way to kill you."

Hallucination Nikola grinned and followed her through her bedroom door and into the bathroom.

"I can't believe I actually listened to the stupid hallucination." Cassie grumbled trying to decide between the two bottles of wine she was holding.

"Personally I wouldn't go with either" Nikola smirked, sauntering over to her.

"Of course you wouldn't. Stupid arrogant alcoholic vampire."

Holding both bottles Cassie marched over to the counter and paid for her purchases.

"Not happy to see me are we?" Nikola asked walking after her.

"You're a hallucination that I told to stay home. Of course I'm not happy."

"Hallucination? Cassie what are you talking about?"

Cassie rounded the corner and jogged up the steps to her apartment. Luckily, the liquor store was only down the street because it looked like rain would fall at any second.

"Cassie talk to me." Nikola demanded as the door was slammed in his face and the rain began to fall. "Cassandra let me in." he barked pounding on the door. "It's raining out and this suit just happens to be my favorite."

"Go away! You're a hallucination!"

"Oh this is ridiculous." Transforming, Nikola used his now long, sharp nail to pick the lock and walk in. "You know you really should get better security." He said in his newly transformed voice. "Almost anyone could get in."

"Of course you can get in. You're not real."

"Cassie I am real."

"No, you're not."

With an exasperated sigh Nikola transformed back to his human self and quickly made his way to Cassie. "If I'm not real how could I do this?" He asked sweeping her into a deep kiss.

Promptly Cassie's eyes rolled into the back of her head as she passed out in his arms.

"Oh man I gotta switch to decaffe." Cassie muttered out loud sitting up from the couch she had been placed upon.

"I highly doubt your caffeine intake is the problem." Nikola remarked from in front of the TV where he was drying his hair with a towel.

"Oh God, either my hallucinations are getting worse or you're really here."

"Oh it's me all right."

Breathing in deeply Nikola's recent thoughts fluttered through her head. "Oh dear Lord you're really here."

"So it would seem. Now what's this about a hallucination of me?"

"You've been stalking me for weeks. Won't leave me the hell alone. What are you doing here by the way?"

"I needed to see you." He replied.

"Nikola we've been over this. It won't work. I'll just get hurt."

"Oh really? Then why didn't you bleed when I kissed you?"

"I…I don't know." Cassie mumbled touching her lips lightly.

"Could it possibly be that you are just getting use to my touch?"

"I...it...this has never happened before."

"Is it possible that one day you could be completely immune to me?"

"Possible but not probable Tesla. Something will go wrong."

"Care to make that a bet?"

"I won't bet my life Nikola."

"You won't be betting your life." Nikola scoffed.

"Oh really? Then what do you call it when you decide to touch me more than I can handle and I bleed to death."

"I won't let that happen."

"How do you know? Even you can't be that sure."

"I'm a genius remember. Cassandra, I won't do anything to hurt you."

Looking into his eyes as he kneeled in front of her, for once in his life, Nikola Tesla went what he said without a doubt in his heart or mind.

"All right." She said hesitantly.

"Excellent." He stated. "We'll start by getting rid of those gloves."

With shaking hands Cassie allowed Tesla to remove the gloves and run his fingers over hers. His thoughts were there but the pain was significantly less.

"There now." He said happily, "That wasn't so bad now was it?"

"One step at a time Nikola." She replied quite shaken at the events, "One step at a time."

"Oh and Cassandra we need more wine and not any of that cheap stuff you just bought. It didn't have an ounce of quality."

Cassie laughed and shook her head. Leave it to Nikola Tesla to devour the wine she's bought less than an hour earlier. Now that would take some getting use to, and a bigger paycheck.

"Ahh Helen how wonderful to see you." Nikola exclaimed stepping into the Old Sanctuary with Cassie on his arm."

"Nikola what kind of trouble have you gotten into now?" Helen asked warily.

"Only the good kind." Tesla replied taking Cassie's hand in his quickly kissing it, much to the surprise of Helen.

"My God you've gotten control." The astonished woman proclaimed to Cassie who was slightly blushing, clearly not use to the affections yet.

"Not really. He's just very persistent. There's no pain anymore but the memories are still there which is great in a way because he can't lie to me and I always know when he's planning something."

"Cassie I am beyond happy for you, for the both of you."

"Thank you Helen." Cassie replied meekly.

"Nikola don't you dare mess this up." Helen sternly told him.

"My dear Helen I have absolutely no intention of messing this up. Not now or ever."