Authors note; 4th chapter as requested. Thank you for the wonderful reviews. I hope I dont disappoint. Enjoy. :]
O, Death, O Death, O Death,
Won't you spare me over til another year
But what is this, that I cant see
with ice cold hands taking hold of me
The next morning had arrived, Elena slowly started to wake up, she sat up in her bed and took a quick glance around her room. Where's Elijah? She was slightly disappointed that she woke up alone, but after last night, she was glad he wasn't here.
She was so confused.
Did she actually have feelings for him or was that just the drama of the night pulling them together? Could be both? No. Can't be, She killed him, and he kidnapped her, if a relationship was to be formed, it would be extremely disfunctional. Taking a quick look at the floor, she noticed his shirt was gone. Thank god. What was I thinking? She almost chuckled, but the feeling of amusement stopped when she thought about Stefan. She had barely processed the break up properly last night due to Elijah comforting her. No. She'll think about it later.
She stepped out of bed and slid on her slippers, she almost walked past the pile of clothes in the corner of her floor, she bent over and scooped them up in her hands, they where still damp, what time was it? The sun was shining. Certainly a good sign. She stumbled out of her bedroom and walked slowly down the stairs, she didn't hear a sound until she got to the kitchen, Elijah was there again, making her coffee. "You're a babe." She flashed him a grin, and looked at the pile of washing in front of the machine, Elijah had added his clothes to it as well, she just dropped hers on top of them all, and picked up the coffee. "I'm a what?" He sounded so confused.
"A babe.." She chuckled slightly. "Whats a babe?" She held the coffee in her hands, continuing to laugh. "Seriously? You can't be that far behind on the times." He only shrugged. "I just might surprise you."
Too late for that.
"How are you feeling today?" He asked, he looked so blank again. "Better. And about last night, thank you for just being there." A kind smile formed on her lips, but he was still blank, had he returned to his 'all business' self already? She felt a slight twinge of pain deep in the pit of her stomach, so quickly he was able to get over it. No. "You are welcome, Elena." He forced back the smile that was so close to spreading on his lips. "Back to normal now then?" She asked, dreading the answer, surprisingly. "Do you want that?"
No, I don't bloody want that, fool.
"Yes." She answered bluntly, she tried to read his expressions but they where just the same, as if he didn't care. Well, he doesn't, he's an original, incapable of feeling anything. "Then we're back to normal." The smirk that made her swoon was tugging on his lips again. Oh god. She cleared her throat. "So, what are we doing today, boss?" She asked casually, before taking a few sips of her coffee. But it would take at least another two cups to wake her up completely, last night drained her, she hadn't cried that much since her parents died. "I'm taking you out." Out? She beamed. "You're finally taking me out of this hell hole? You're right too as well." She smirked slightly.
"We have to go into town, can I trust you won't try to escape me whilst we are out?" He looked so serious, it almost made her awkward. "I won't escape, Elijah. I mean, how can I?" He nodded his head once and exited the kitchen so suddenly. She should of just through her arms around him and told him to shut up about the whole normality thing. Did she want that? Questioning her own thoughts was never good. "When are we going?" She called out to him. "Now!" He yelled back to her from upstairs.
She quickly drank all off her coffee and put the mug in the sink, before hastily jogging out of the kitchen and up the stairs, she was far to eager to get out, she hurried into her bedroom and unzipped a suitcase, she would definitely have to hang them up in the wardrobe sooner or later. She picked out a pair of dark blue skinny jeans and a light blue tank top. She removed her pajama's quite quickly, almost falling over in the process, but she found her balance, she pulled her jeans on, then her top followed, she took a quick glance at her hair in the mirror and it had suprisingly survived the rain last, it was perfectly straight. "Eh, this'll have to do." She mumbled under her breath.
She grabbed a pair of black converse out of her other suitcase and slipped them up, she tied the laces and she was ready to go. "Elena." Right on que. "I'm coming." She yelled back to him, a small grin formed on her lips as she exited the bedroom and made her way through the house again.
Elijah carefully looked at it, she looked beautiful, even in just casual clothing, her tank top did her curves justice and the jeans wrapped around her legs perfectly. He shook his head slightly. They where normal again.
Elena saw him standing at the front door, he was wearing a black suit and white shirt. God he looked attractive. "Can you not wear jeans?" She asked, it started as a joke but then turned into plain curiousity. "No, I man from a different time Elena, I believe in sophistication." Fair point, she just shrugged and followed him out of the house. The sun was shining so brightly that it hurt her eyes to even stare at the rays of light, she wouldn't need a jacket the temperature was too hot. It was breath of fresh air from yesterdays weather. She looked towards Elijah who was holding open the passenger door, his hand held out in front of her. "Why thank you, good sir." She mocked, as she took his hand and he helped her into her seat.
"It was my pleasure, my lady." Even Elijah couldn't hold back the small laughter that was pushing from his lips. My lady. She loved that, she loved him just saying it. Before she knew it, they where driving off. Damn vampires and there speed. "You wouldn't know patience if it bit you on the as.." He cut her sentence short. "Language, Miss. Gilbert." She rolled her eyes slightly, chuckling.
The car ride wasn't as intolerable as the first one, they engaged in idle chit chat.. Occasionally idle banter, but there current conversation was brought to a stop by a rumbling sound emerging from Elena's stomach, without notice. "Oh god." She placed both her hands on her stomach, that never works, but it felt good to try. "I'll get you some breakfast when we arrive." Elijah spoke, as he continued to drive. "Thank you."
-w-
Once they had arrived, Elijah stopped the car in the nearest car park he could find, he used his vampire speed to exit his side and open the passenger door for Elena. He is a gentleman. She took the hand he had extended and he pulled her out gently. "It feels so good to be out." She was going to enjoy this whilst she could. "Then lets explore." He offered her his arm, and she linked her own with his. "Shall we, my lady?" They both turned heads to look at each other, Elijah smirking and incidentally, Elena was laughing. "We shall." With that, they began walking.
It was just like any other town, there where hundreds of people running around, there was plently of stores, and then she saw a diner. "Breakfast." She mentioned, an innocent look on her face as if she had to work her way into his money bank. "Come on then." Thank god.
They found a table, meant only for two and sat down, she picked up the menu and began scanning the text, she occasionally said 'Mmm' after she read something that sounded delicious. "What can I get you folks?" The waitress spoke, she looked up from her notepad to Elijah. She was checking him out. "And what can I get you handsome?" Elena bit the inside of her lip to contain the laughter that tried so hard to escape her. "I'll just have a water." He didn't take his eyes off of Elena. "Are you sure there isn't anything else I can get you?" The waitress spoke seductively, Elena had to snicker, which earned her a scowl of the waitress. "No, just water." his eyes still fixated on Elena. "I'll just have bacon on toast... With a coffee" The waitress nodded at Elena and winked at Elijah before scurrying off to do her own thing. "She wants you." Elena mused. "Shut up." He glared at her, but that only made her laugh all the more.
"Most guys would of jumped on her." She said, a hint of amusement in her tone of voice. "If I had of jumped on her, she would be dead." And all amusement had come to an end, he was right. "True." He finally smirked.
-w-
Once Elena had finished eating, they decided to sit there for a while longer whilst she drank a second cup of coffee. But she felt weird, she couldn't put her finger on what she was feeling, she took a quick glance around, noticing a man standing at the back, staring at her, she quickly turned to face Elijah. "What is it?" He asked, almost concerned. She nodded her head to the side towards the stranger dressed in black jeans and a black t-shirt, he looked like death, Elijah's eyes followed her head movement. "Public place, nothing can happen; lets go." They both stood up in sync, Elijah gently grabbed the top of Elena's arm.
"I should of told you earlier, Elena. Tonights a full moon." Her heart froze, she felt scared already and the sun was still shining, her legs started to shake slightly, her knee's would eventually give way if she didn't distract herself soon. "But where living in an iscolated house, no-one can find us there, right?" She quickly said. "Right?" She questioned again. "Right!" He answered but he wasn't sure, they could sniff out the doppelganger if they tried. Now he was worried. "I wanna go home." She said, as his gaze caught hers. "Which home?" He asked.
She paused, thinking about the answer, she closed her eyes tight for a quick second, taking a deep breath. "With you, Elijah." She spoke, evoking a keen sense of emotion, he didn't know how to react but she read him like a book, he was overwhelmed by her decision. "Take me home." She spoke silently, in hope to snap him out of his thoughts. It worked. He grabbed her hand and started tugging her along to the car, she tried her best to match his pace but she fell behind several times. She was relieved and grateful for the hand holding.
When they where inside the car, she felt safer. She didn't know why, it wouldn't take much for a vampire to rip of the door. "Elena, you have to listen to me, very carefully." She shifted her body position to face him completely, the top of her leg sitting on the chair. "They will come for you tonight." He tried to sound unemotional, keep a serious expression but the worry broke through his defensive walls. "There will be chaos. You need to know that I will protect you."
At this point, Elena was trying to force back strong tears, was she going to be killed tonight? Or worse... Taken to Klaus? So many possible outcomes rushed around her head, but the most obvious two sat on top of them all. "I won't let anyone harm you." He raised his hand to her face, his fingers trailing along her cheek, he felt a burst of sensation erupt within him at the touch of her delicate and warm skin. She placed her hand on top of his, leaning her head more into his hand. "I trust you will try your best to keep me safe." She spoke optimistically.
"Drive." She practically demanded and he obliged, he placed both hands on the steering wheel and started the car, he took off, only 5 miles over the speed limit, as he followed the right direction back to the house, the atmosphere was filled with an awkward silence for the entire journey, Elena was contemplating a survival plan and Elijah was thinking about her and tonight, what was going to happen?
-w-
They had returned to the sweet safety of the ancient house, Elena didn't know what to do, should she run up to her room and hide until the night was over? Fall asleep under her bed and ignore the screams of terror that will soon be heard? No. She was a fighter, not a coward, she had to have some kind of participation in tonights events, she couldn't leave Elijah to fight on his own. She would never. She glanced out of the window in the main room of the house, the sun was vaguely shining, it would be night time in an hour, maybe two, depending on how long the sun wanted to stay visible before it scurried behind the clouds.
She was a nervous wreck.
Elijah was trying to remain cool and collected, what was he doing? Elena turned her head to look into the hallway. "Elijah?" She yelled, her voice stretching throughout the entire building. She slowly crept into the hallway, she turned around suddenly and Elijah was stood right in front of her, barely any distance between there bodies, she gasped and jumped back slightly. "Don't do that ever again." She took a few seconds to regain her breath and return her heartbeat to a normal pulse. "I apologize for startling you."
"Here." He held up a wooden stake, she glanced down at it then back to him. "You're going to need it." She nodded her head once and took it from his hand, gripping it tightly, ready for any surprise attacks. "I'm scared." she said quietly and a moments silence, shifting her gaze to her shoes, they where fascinating at that point in time. "I know." Without notice, he wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her into a tight embrace, she felt better already, her arms found there rightful place around him. It was at that point, she realized:
She does have feelings for Elijah.
She tilted her head backwards to look him directly in the eye, he returned her gaze. "We're going to survive this, then we're going to watch a bunch of crappy horror films, stuff our faces with popcorn and pretend like none of it happened. Treat it like it was just a poorly made scene from one of the crappy horror films." They both chuckled at the mere thought of it, she could almost visualize it in her head. Sweet serenity. She rested her head back on his chest, he moved his hand up her back and placed it on the back of her head, running his fingers through her hair slowly. Re-assurance. She finally released him from her grip and took a step back. "You're a great... Friend." There was that word again. Friend. Oh how they both wanted something more. It seemed forbidden.
They both walked into the main room of the house, neither of them felt like sitting, so they stood at opposite ends of the room, waiting.
Waiting for her death to arrive.
Cliff hanger ;]
But don't worry, 5th chapter will be up today. It'll be longer and more exciting.