Chapter Three: Daddy Meet Daughter

It was clear that Katherine was not going let him go inside, but Elijah himself was not going to lose sight of his curiosity and he was interested in the little pet project that his beloved Katerina had adopted.

He wouldn't kill her quickly of course, not because she was female, but because of the looks of it he felt like he was going to be dealing with a child, or with a very young adult. He caught Katherine's eyes and he saw that she was not going to budge. Very well.

Elijah managed to push her quickly from the front door and he entered the kitchen. He saw a young girl eating Chinese food on the kitchen counter, she had been halfway through a piece of orange chicken when she saw her. Can I help you?

Elijah looked confused, he was pretty sure that the girl had called Katherine mom, or had she just been joking? Katherine ran into the kitchen and she looked relief that Lucy was still with her head attach. Katherine managed to compose herself. "Lucy, can you please finish your dinner in the living?" she looked at Elijah with disgust. "Me and this gentleman here, have a lot to discuss."

Lucy looked confused, but did as she was told and grabbed her little bowl of orange chicken with chow Mein and headed toward the living room. Once she heard the TV, Katherine scowled at Elijah. "What the hell is wrong with you? You can't just storm in like that!"

Elijah raised an eyebrow. "You're lucky that you're even alive at the moment, Katerina after that little stunt you pulled." He could hear the TV. "Who is she?"

"Her name is Lucy," Katherine answered tensely. "Lucy Pierce."

"Pierce? You adopted her, she can't be more that seventeen. What is this, Katerina some form of redemption act so that people don't think that you're the coldhearted woman you really are?"

Katherine looked hurt by the comment. "Not exact, Lucy is my daughter. I gave birth to her."

Elijah scoffed. "That's impossible, you've been a vampire for over 500 years and I know for a fact that vampires can't bear children. So tell me the truth, Katerina."

"I am telling you the truth," Katherine snapped as she gripped the counter. "Elijah, there's something you should know." Katherine started telling him everything from the beginning, how she had never slept with Klaus only with Elijah, how she was pregnant when she ran away from Klaus after learning that she was going to be sacrificed, and how she had given birth to Lucy only to find out that she had been cursed to wake up every 30 years on her birthday. "Believe me, or don't believe me it's your choice. But don't take away my daughter from me, take a paternity test if you want. But I'm telling you the truth."

Elijah looked pissed. "How the hell couldn't you have never told me that I had a daughter, Katerina?" he hissed. "How could you not have told me that I have a seventeen year old daughter and I had to find out like this?"

"You never asked." She snapped.

"I was under the thought that vampires couldn't procreate."

"I'm telling you someone who hates your family very much on the Other Side did this to me," she told him irritably. "And if I remember correctly, all this time you and your brother has been chasing me like a dog."

"That is not an excuse!" he bellowed.

Katherine looked hurt for the first time. "Isn't it? You would think I would expose my baby to that horrifying maniac that kills for fun." There was a pause. "Thought so."

"You still should have told me," Elijah said sounding hurt and angry at the same time. "I haven't been in Lucy's life in seventeen years-"

"538," she quoted, though she guessed that didn't help, by the way that Elijah was glaring at her.

"I'll be right back, I need a drink," he caution. "Don't move."

When the door close, Lucy entered the kitchen with a bewildered look on her face. It was clear that she had heard the conversation and was now looking at her with a sense of betrayal. "Lucy-"

"You lied to me," she hissed. "You lied." Without a look back she exited the house.

Elijah was drunk. He didn't really get drunk much because he thought it was tacky, but now he knew that he was drunk and he honestly didn't care. He had a daughter. A baby girl. Correction, a spoiled, girly, only aided by her manipulative mother seventeen year old who he had no idea had existed. He didn't know who he should kill himself or Katerina.

"Rough day, buddy?" the bartender asked him sympathetically.

Elijah snorted. "You don't know the half of it." His cell phone started ringing.

"Let me know if you need anything else."

"Speak of the devil." He opened his phone. "What, Katerina?"

"Is she with you?" Katerina hollered. "Did you take her from me?"

"Did I take who?" he asked confused. "You're not making any sense."

"Lucy," Elijah heard Katherine banging things around the kitchen. "Lucy is gone, she's pissed that I didn't tell her about you and now I can't find her anywhere. Might I mention the fact that she's human?"

A protective spark formed inside Elijah as he hung up. "Don't worry, I'll find her."

Elijah had many witches on his side and he seemed to have a witch in every city. In half an hour he learned that his daughter was at a nearby park. Elijah found her on one of the swings looking more than a little pissed off.

"Can I sit?" he asked.

Lucy shrugged. "If you're looking for some sort of recognition, you're not going to get one. You've ignored me for seventeen years."

"I did not," Elijah defended himself. "Lucy, I had no idea that you were even born, otherwise I would have taken full responsibility."

"Why did she lie though?" Lucy's voice broke. "Why did she never tell me?"

Elijah sighed. "That was my fault me and my half-brother have treated your mother unfairly. She was just trying to protect you, Lucy, she loves you."

"And what about you?" she asked. "Do you love me? Or are you going to act like this conversation never took place?"

"I will make up for lost time," he squeezed her hand. "Let's go home."

Lucy nodded. "Just one more thing, don't expect me to call you daddy anytime soon."

Elijah rolled his eyes. "I wasn't expecting you too, knowing who your mother is."

"Thank God," Katherine let out a deep breath as she went downstairs and saw a grumpy Lucy with Elijah.

"Don't talk to me," she hissed at her as she went up the stairs without acknowledging any of them.

Elijah waited until she was out of an earshot to say, "She's mad at both of us," he said. "I found her at the local park. She has quite a temper, I assume that she gets that from you."

Katherine rolled her eyes. "Don't act like you're some kind of saint." She hesitated. "And thank you, hopefully she won't be too pissed at us."

He smiled. "Hopefully. I'm staying in a hotel downtown, I want to be a part of Lucy's life, Katherine."

Katherine sighed. "Fine, but only if she wants you too, otherwise I'm kicking you out."

-End of Chapter Three-

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