Chapter Four
I lay in bed the next morning, blanking out the sounds of my siter and Stefan talking next door, Katherine now giggling like a little girl.
At least someone had gotten lucky last night.
I got up now and sighed, then there was a knock on my door. "Elizabeth? Are you awake?"
"Come in Emily."
The door opened now and she came in, frowning. "What happened? Damon looked like he was going to..."
My eyes widened. "What did he say?" I asked with a gasp, rushing over. She put a hand on my arm now and soothed me. "It's ok. Your secret is safe."
I sighed in relief now, then Emily picked up my corset.
"Shall we?"
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I didn't go to breakfast the next morning, number one I was afraid in case they knew what we were, but then-
"Elizabeth?"
Now I stopped my walk along the riverbank and looked up, eyes wide. "Damon." I just said, and he sighed, walking forwards and taking my hands in his. "I am so sorry for being... not myself last night. You took me by surprise. Please forgive me."
I smiled and nodded. "I forgive you."
He kissed me now and I sighed in deafeat, running a thumb over his cheek. "I love you." I told him with a small smile, truly meaning it. He chuckled and offered me his arm which I took and he led me along the river, taking my parasol and holding it for me, making me laugh.
He was truly intriguing.
-BLUEMOON-
The rest of the day went so quickly it was like a dream.
I was sat on the bench outside with Damon now as he told me about the plans the founding fathers had about the vampire problem. He promised me he would tell me everything when he heard it from his father and/or brother.
He was such a gentleman.
Later on he escorted me to my room after a day that certainly made up for the hundreds of years I had just existing. I turned to kiss him goodnight, winding my arms around his neck and in his hair.
Now there came footsteps coming up the stairs, followed by voices and I yanked him inside a little too hard, landing ontop of him, then I swiftly pushed the door closed with a foot and locked it, then turned back to Damon and chuckled. "Sorry, I just don't think they'd like the thought of this kind of touching when we're not even married."
Damon chuckled and raised a hand to my face and I went to nip playfully at his hand, grinning. He pulled me down now and kissed me passionately, flipping us over on the soft rug, kissing my neck.
He picked me up now and set me down on the bed, his lips on mine again. I got up now and left him on the bed as I stepped out my dress and left near enough in just my corset.
"You're so beautiful." He told me now as I sat nack down on the bed, then climbed ontop of him and kissed his neck, forbidding myself from biting him once more. His hands sneaked around me now and undid my corset, throwing it aside with the rest of his clothes. Now I sighed out. "Hang on, I've never actually... done this before."
He frowned up at me now and said curiously. "Hundreds of years and you never-?"
"Never found the right man I suppose."
He flipped us over now and kissed my neck, bare chest against mine. I pulled him to me now and kissed him heatedly for a moment, then he suddenly winced as I bit into his shoulder. "Sorry." I aplogized and he sighed, shaking his head. "You don't have to apologize. It's who you are. I understand." he readjusted himself now and I put my head aginst his shoulder, resisting the urge to bite him again, to taste his blood once more. He hissed a little as I gave in and bit him once more, and this time I didn't stop. All of this just felt so damn good.
I caught myself on my shoulder with my nail now and Damon took me by surprise- I'd never push the guy to drink my own blood. The last thing he needed was to get changed into a vampire.
There was a knock on the door now, then a rattle as the locked door was tried to be opened, but we ignored them and continued ravaging into each other.
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The next morning I lay in Damons arms, letting him trace patterns on my arms. I sighed and buried my face in his chest, closing my eyes. He kissed the top of my head and like the previous night, there was a knock on the door and Damon sighed, getting up and yanked his trousers on and opened the door a fraction. I was too sleepy to know what they were saying, but when he returned to bed, he had a tray with two cups of herbal tea.
I sat up now and sighed. "That maid will tell your father about us. You know it."
He sighed now and kissed me for a moment, then said. "You should get dressed."
Now I nodded and got up, pulling each piece of clothing minus my corset for the day. I doubted Damon could do them, but he made me laugh when he got up and smiled playfully, starting on the corset and suprising me when it was neatly done. Now I was in my periwinkle blue dress and watched as Damon drained his tea, then turned to me and raised an eyebrow.
"What are you grinning at?"
I walked over now and touched his neck where I'd bitten it numerous times the previous night. It had only been through him drinking my own blood, healing him up. "You are so..." I started, then giggled and pushed him back onto the bed, kissing his neck then bit into him again.
But now my eyes widened in shock and I backed away, tripping backwards onto the floor, my throat burning and strength ebbing away. "Vervain." I gasped out, realizing that the tea had been laced with the herb.
"Liz? Elizabeth!" Damon now said in concern, but my eyes just closed and I was dimy aware of the door being smashed open, then people came in and yanked me away.
"What the hell are you doing!" I heard Stefan roar now, and I saw Katherine getting dragged out too.
Before my eyes closed I saw Damon trying to push the guy holding him out the way, but it was no use...
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What came after only came to me in a haze. Katherine groaned now in the darkness and asked me. "Liz, are you- you ok?"
"Yes, how do they kno-?"
"I don't- don't know."
What I did remember after, however, was our saviours. The carriage was stopped now and back door opened. I saw Damon now as he kissed my forehead and said quietly. "We're ok now, we'll get you out of here." but then there was a gunshot and I heard Stefan yell out in pain and shock. Damon put me down and spun around, but my eyes widened when he fell too. I pulled myself up now and went over, turning him over with tears in my eyes. "Damon, please. Damon..." But then I put my head against his chest and sobbed as I realized he was dead, his blood creeping over my hand
"Elizabeth... run."
I looked over at Katherine now, her vervain still keeping her prisoner. She just hissed at me. "Run!" I was frozen, then heard and saw the flame lit torches approaching and took her hand for the briefest of moments, then did it. Ran. Ran away from my sister, my home... and my lover...
I ran to Emilys now and just sobbed out what had happened. She told me to go to the run down lakehouse and wait there for her. And to keep hidden.
Once again, I ran.
-BLUEMOON-
My body was still aching about five hours later, even when I had collapsed into the long grass next to the place Emily had told me to go to. I was shivering now in pain, loss and fear. I curled up into a ball now and closed my eyes.
"Elizbeth!"
It was Emily, I stumbled to my feet now and saw her, then the two behind her. My knees almost went now and one of the figures ran forwards, yelling. "Elizabeth!"
The figure caught me now and held me close to their chest, brushing the hair from my face and said softly. "Are you ok?"
I opened my eyes now and met deep sapphire blue and felt myself smiling weakly. "Damon. How-?"
He just kissed me and silenced me, holding me so tight I don't think he was ever going to let go of me again.
My eyes closed now, exhaustion and pain taking over me.
It was just gone dawn when I woke up, and there were tight arms around me once more. I heard a low groan now as the sun came up, then I opened my eyees and saw Damon flinching a little against the glare of the sun...
Then realized- he had died with my blood in his systems. He was-
I put my arms around him now and just sobbed for my lost sister. "Shush now." he sighed, kissing the top of my head. I got up now and to my suprise saw Stefan saw a little way away.
They hadn't fully changed.
This just wasn't happening...
Later on I was sat throwing pebbles into the lake now when Damon sat down next to me and I asked quietly. "What are you going to do?"
He frowned now, then understood and sighed. "I... I don't know."
"Please don't put me through that again Damon. I beg of you."
Damon sighed now and took my hands in his as he asked, eyes wide. "If I... change... can I-?"
"What?"
"Can I come with you."
Now I was took aback and went. "With me?"
He nodded and just kissed my cheek, saying in my ear. "I love you Elizabeth Peirce."
I sighed now and just shook my head. "I don't want to get you hurt..."
"Liz, if I change... you won't have to worry so much. So..." he took my hands in his once more, eyes soft.
"Will you let me?"
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