A/N: Hey guys, sorry it's been forever, school's been a pain and I was hoping for more responses to last chapters authors note. But i would like to thank Karyn, Anna, and (sadly no name was left) Guest, for actually answering. Thank you again, I really wanted the opinion of my readers since i was fine any of the 3 ways. Oh and monsta-starr here's the answer to what happen to Stefan. Anyway, on to the story.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Cey and Megan
Chapter 4:
Elijah's PoV:
I was awoken by the sound of the front door slamming shut. I was immediately on alert. I got out of the bed a quick as possible without waking Cey. I made my way silently down the stairs finding the younger Salvatore in the living room. Last I'd heard of Stefan Salvatore he was off the rails again.
"Elijah? What are you doing here?" he asked suspiciously, glancing up the stairs. If Stefan was still being his ripper self, is Cey safe? I didn't like the odds and became protective.
"I could ask you the same" I decided not to answer his question and instead ask my own, acting neutral. I did not know if his brother has told him of yesterday's developments and couldn't risk a dangerous reaction.
"I'm here to see my brother, this being his house and all" he continued glancing up the stairs. Was he hoping to get past me or trying to determine if i know of Cey or not and planning on protecting her. As if I would ever hurt her.
"I'm afraid he's not here, nor is Elena" I'd heard them leave about an hour ago.
"Then why are you here?" he asked suspiciously.
"Cey" I simply stated, smirking. Stefan visibly tensed, eyes wide. Looking back and forth quickly between her bedroom door and me.
"You can't take her Elijah!" he yelled speeding over to me. I quickly grabbed him by the neck slamming him into the floor, most likely waking Cey.
"I would never unless she asked it of me!" I growled at him. Then heard Cey speed down the stairs.
Cey's PoV:
There was a slam downstairs. I looked around the room. Elijah? Where was Elijah? I sped down the stairs to be met with the sight of Elijah pinning someone to the floor growling.
It was my uncle Stefan, my dad's younger brother. From what mom told me, she was with him first but some stuff happen, that they refuse to tell me, that caused him to go from 'Saint Stefan' as dad called him, to his old ripper self. In which time mom and dad became close, even after uncle Stefan became a 'Saint' again. After mom chose dad, uncle Stefan went back to ripper status and still was last I saw him, that was 2 years ago. He must have done something to have Elijah pinning him to the floor.
"Cey...run" my uncle croaked. Did he think Elijah was a danger to me? If only he knew I'd slept in his safe embrace last night. I turned to Elijah.
"Let him up please Elijah" I said. Elijah immediately released him and sped over to me. I wrapped my arms around his middle and held him close, resting my head on his shoulder. We'd never been this close except when we slept last night, but it felt perfectly normal, as if we'd been doing it for years. He brought his arms around me, rubbing my back with one hand, and kissed the top of my head.
"Cey what are you doing!?" my uncle yelled "Get away from him! He's an Original! A monster!" I sped over to him grabbing him by the throat myself and slamming him into the wall, feet off the ground.
"Don't you dare speak of him that way or I'll tear you apart! And you have no right to speak of monsters, ripper!" I growled out before dropping him back to the floor. he was gasping for breath when there was a knock on the door. I walked over and opened it to see my cousin and best friend, Megan Gilbert, daughter of my mom's brother Jeremy and my aunt Bonnie, and as excellent witch. She looked a lot like her mother. In her arms she carried a thick, old book. I glanced behind me at Elijah and uncle Stefan to be sure they weren't at each other"s throats. I thought it best not to let Megan in with my uncle here. She didn't like him much, well at all really, and the feeling was mutual. So i decided to talk to her in the doorway.
"Hey Megan, it's good to see you" I always loved seeing my cousin "I'd bring you in but my uncle's here" I whispered, but knew he could here me.
"That;s fine." she said looking irritated, I knew not toward me but toward my uncle. "Well here's the book, it's full of a bunch of different legends, yours being one of them"
"Thank you so much Megan!" I said taking the book and hugging her.
"Hey we're still on for the mall later right?" she asked
"Of course" I glanced back in the house then back to Megan. She was giving me a knowing look. She leaned to the side to see around me. She then looked back to me giggling.
"Yum" she said. I growled involuntarily, covering my mouth with my hand. She laughed, "it's OK he is your mate after all. Of course you're possessively protective" she said low enough for my uncle not to hear. "Bring him along, you'll be antsy worrying about each other if he doesn't."
"I'll see if he wants to..."I started
"Oh he'll want to go," she interrupted "just to be near you."
"Alright whatever you say, I'll see you at the mall" I said hugging her goodbye.
"Bye!" she waved walking back toward her car. I stood in the doorway watching her car disappear down the driveway before going back inside. Elijah was sitting relaxed on the couch while uncle Stefan was standing stiffly by the stairs. I held up the book walking toward Elijah.
"Look what Megan brought" I sat down on the couch leaning against him.
"ah good, the book" he said wrapping his arms around me pulling me closer if that was possible without me literally sitting on his lap.
"What book?" my uncle questioned. Elijah and I ignored him. I opened the book and flipped through it until I found The Legend of the Half. There were several subsections, The First Half, Creation, Abilities, Blood, and Mates. I decided, since I'd recently found one of mine, to start with Mates. I read to myself while Elijah read over my shoulder, arms still wrapped around me. Some of the thing written were things Megan had already told us, I would have three mates, and they would protect me with their lives as I would protect them with mine. Before we could get past that my parents walked in, dad dropping into the armchair pulling mom onto his lap, sometimes they seemed like the young adults they looked like.
"Little brother," my dad said "been awhile" uncle Stefan just nodded, still staring at Elijah and I. "That the book Megan was talking about Cey?"
"What book!?" my uncle asked again, clenching his teeth. Seems he doesn't like being out of the loop.
"Yeah it is" I responded smiling.
Stefan's PoV:
What is going on here! Elijah's here and everyone's acting like that's perfectly normal. Is it now? Did something major happen in the last two years that made Damon and Elena feel it was safe to tell the original? And what is his and Cey's relationship? Are they together? That's just creepy, it's over 1000 year old Elijah and my 18 year old niece! But they're very protective of each other and he's even holding her on the couch, they must have been together awhile now. I still don't like it, it's Elijah, I never believed he was as honorable as Elena always thought, he could be using her. And what the hell is this book, could that be what Elijah wants? If it is it would be best to get it away from him. I sped over to the couch ripping the book from Cey's hands. Before anyone else could move, she was up, slamming me to the ground.
"I was reading that" she growled at me, taking the book back and sitting back on the couch, this time in Elijah's lap. When did Cey become so strong and fast? She only has half the strength of a vampire, but twice as much as the strongest humans, not enough to take me down like she has twice now. No one younger than Damon or myself could, especially with my diet. But she felt stronger than Katherine… almost as strong as Elijah.
