Disclaimer:

The title of the story is taken from the song "Who you are" by "Jessie J".
I do not own the mentioned song all rights belong to their rightful owners.
Unfortunately, I do not own any of the characters nor do I own "the Originals" or "the Vampire Diaries" all rights belong to their rightful owners.

I winced. My heartbeat fastened, while my eyes widened and my breathing quickened. My head and my spine hurt where I hit the wall. I was shaking. But not, as before, because of a mixture of anger and hurt, I was shaking because I was scared. I was scared for my life…

Chapter 4

A thousand thoughts ran at the same time through my mind. Is he going to kill me? Is he going to break my neck? Or will he just rip my heart out? I did not know… But then again… wasn't that exactly what I wanted? To die. To escape this pathetic existence? To leave this exhausting life behind me and finally find peace? To-

Suddenly, before he could do anything stupid, Elijah pushed himself between us, in the blink of an eye, with his hand pressed against Klaus' chest. He then immediately pushed Klaus backwards.

"Niklaus, don't you dare." He warned the beast.

I pressed myself against the wall to get as much space between our half-brother and me as possible. I was petrified. Over Elijah's shoulder, I stared at him in both shock and anxiety, while he threw a lethal look back at me.

"Sister, go to your room." Elijah said calmly, while he stared at our half-brother.

But I couldn't. It was like I was frozen in place.

"I said leave us, please." Elijah repeated.

I stood still for a moment, and then I ran as fast as I could, past the suicide babysitter, and straight to my room. When I arrived at my destination, I immediately locked the door behind me.

I sat on my bed, curled up with my chin resting on my knees, and cried quietly. Hot tears were running down my cheeks and I couldn't make them stop. The back of my head, my spine and my upper arms were hurting. Why was I so afraid? Nik and I had a lot of quarrels over the years, but I've never felt like this before… terrified… hurt… exhausted… alone… and cold… at the same time… Was it because I knew that he could easily kill me now for good? Or was it because I knew that I couldn't defend myself the way I could have in the past anymore. I did not know… I just knew that I felt terrible.

Where is the point in living this pathetic life? It is exhausting and unimportant. Where is the point in standing on the edge of an endless, dark abyss with your back turned to it, while facing a giant mountain of problems and sorrow in your way, of which you know you can't climb? Isn't it easier to just let yourself fall backwards into the endless darkness of the abyss?

As I touched the back of my head, I felt a sensation of burning pain and immediately bit down on my lip. The pain felt different than the pain I felt as an immortal… it was more intense. When I looked down on my hand, I noticed that there was blood on it. But the blood on my hand didn't make me feel hungry nor did it wake the predator that was once in me, it scared me. It scared me, because it was my blood… I was bleeding… not much, but it was still hurting and worried me…

I winced when I heard the front door being shut loudly. Nik has probably left the house in his temper tantrum, which means that some poor humans or baby vampires won't survive the day…

Someone knocked on my door, which made me doubt my earlier assumption…

"Rebekah, are you ok?" I heard Elijah's voice asking, he sounded worried…

"I'm fine." I answered with a trembling voice, after I've wiped the tears off my face.

"May I come in?" he asked in a soft tone.

"No. I'm fine. Could you just leave me alone, please?" I asked him with a still trembling voice.

He sighed. "I am downstairs if you need anything, sister." He said, before I heard him leaving.

I am so lucky to have Elijah; I don't know what I would do without him. Well… I guess I'd be already dead… He is the only person in my life I can count on and who has never betrayed me. Sometimes, I wonder how he can handle every situation and make it look like it is the easiest thing in the world. He really is my knight in shining armour.

But right now, I didn't want anyone to be near me. It would just hurt more…

Eventually, I fell asleep. I was so exhausted and tired…

It was dark and silent when I woke up. It was difficult to see anything clearly. When I rolled on my other side, I saw a figure standing a few feet away from my bed. It was Nik. Though, I couldn't see his face because of the distance and the darkness, I knew that he was looking at me.

"Your head… it must hurt…" he said in a worried tone, as he walked over to me and sad down on the edge of my bed.

"I'm so sorry, sister." He whispered, after he stroked with his hand over my head.

I sat up, so that I could have a better look at him. He really looked sorry… and I knew that he was feeling guilty… I couldn't help but think of the sweet, innocent young boy he was once. The boy who looked at the world with wide, excited eyes, and who could have never hurt anyone. The boy who comforted me when I was scared. I could see that this boy was still in there…

"I've lost my temper… I shouldn't have…" he started, "'Bekah… you're my family. I need you." "Please, forgive me, love." He said with watery eyes.

I believed him. He was honest with me.

"It's ok, Nik. I forgive you." I said quietly, before we hugged.

"I'm sorry for what I said earlier… I hate it when we fight... I... I was just so angry and-" I said quietly, with my face buried in his shoulder.

"Shhh… its ok, little sister. I forgive you, too." He whispered, before he kissed the top of my head.

I didn't realise that my eyes have been watery all that time, until I felt a tear rolling down my cheek.

I don't know how long we've been hugging, until I eventually fell asleep.

Authors Note:

Awww… aren't they the cutest? I just love their sibling relationship!

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