Thanks again for your support, my readers :) Well, right now this is really dark and complicated and it will stay that way for a while I guess. Even more dark than I thought about I guess but I just love the idea about Gia ;) Hope you enjoy and please leave reviews :)

Elijah decided to help Gia while she was in transition even though he actually hasn't had a choice after all. The original escorted her to their entry door and opened it for her. Suddenly she turned around a hugged him without any warning. Elijah's eyes widened in confusion but due to his reflex he just hugged Gia as well.
"Thank you, Elijah. To be honest with you I never thought that you would help me after all. I learned a lot today", she said while stepping back.
"You are welcome", Elijah replied as always very politely but still you could hear his confusion.
Of course he discovered that she was a nice person after he gave her a chance to show him but that's all. He needed to teach her what he now decided to do and nothing more. Today Elijah just explained her the basics of being a vampire. She showed him that she likes him as well after they met under better circumstances but Elijah couldn't imagine that she liked him more than just as kind of a friend. Nor did he. The only woman he is going to love for the rest of his life was Hayley. Hopefully he was right about the purpose of Gia because that would make it much more complicated. Well, actually he believed that he just over-interpreted the hug.
"See you", Gia said before she finally left.
Elijah just closed the door and turned around as he saw Hayley standing right behind him. His heart nearly skipped a beat.
"Ah, I see. That's the mysterious Gia", Hayley said and she didn't sound friendly at all.
"Hayley, I…", Elijah started to explain be she didn't allow him to.
"Oh, no. You don't have to explain yourself, Elijah. It's pretty obvious you know?", she continued with a deadly look in her eyes. Hayley started leaving as she was deeply harmed by Elijah and the other woman he was spending his time with but a second later she noticed his hand which wrapped around her arm.
"Please, don't go, Hayley", he begged her with a really touching voice which convinced her to stop.
Did he start to realize what he was doing to her? What he was doing to them? Hayley knew it was too early but she suddenly felt some kind of hope in her heart. She didn't turn back to him but she could easily imagine how his face must look like at this moment. Hayley didn't really believe that there was something between him and that woman but she wanted him to feel bad. If that was the only possibility for her to get him back she had to do that to him.
"Why? You made yourself clear, Elijah. You don't want to be bothered by me as well as I don't want to be bothered by you. You can do whatever you want", she provoked him.
"She's just a new vampire and Marcel forced me to teach her. Nothing more, I swear."
"Really? And why did she just hug you?", Hayley asked in return.
Elijah was thinking about his following words and how to place them right but in the end Hayley didn't allow him to say anything.
"She's the reason why you are that cold towards me, isn't she?", she blamed him while turning towards him and looking him deep in his eyes. They reflected heartbreaking sadness.
Did she really say that? Elijah was some kind of shocked. He never thought she could be that jealous but to be honest he would act the same way for sure. Still it hurt him that she even could imagine that he would choose Gia instead of her.
"Do you really believe that? After all we have been through?" His voice wasn't more than a whisper.
"Well, I can't find any other explanation to your strange acting", Hayley replied deeply hurt. "So, if I am really wrong: Why don't you just kiss me than? To show me that the Elijah I kissed once is still in there", Hayley added and put her hand over his wild beating heart.
His whole body shivered as he felt her hand at his chest and he couldn't remove his eyes from hers. Elijah noticed that his impulse to just kiss her grew explosively but in the end he didn't dare. He used the last part of his self-control to step back from her. The original closed his eyes and sighed.
"I am really sorry, Hayley, but I can't. But still I wish I could."
Hayley couldn't help herself anymore. Of course she knew that he was telling the truth but she hoped to get him out of his current state but it was obvious now that even her blaming wouldn't bring him back to her. Before she thought about that again it was already too late. She just grabbed him and threw him with all of her new strength against a buttress.
His body landing at the hard ground caused a loud bounce. First he didn't move and as he did after a few seconds he only managed to look back at her without getting up to his feet again. Of course Elijah could understand that she was really angry at him but that came unexpected. Still he wasn't mad at her and to be honest he was even proud how strong she was now. While removing the dust at his suit a bit Elijah decided to finally give her a promise even though he weren't sure if he could keep his word this time.
"I promise that I am going to explain my behavior one day as soon as it's possible."
Hayley started to realize what she has done and even though she was kind of shocked about her spontaneous action she tried to keep calm so that he didn't notice it.
"And when will that be? You know every single day hurts me like hell and that you are now teaching that woman doesn't make it better, Elijah", Hayley replied.
Oh, if you would know, Elijah thought. For him it was even harder as he knew the reason why he was doing that to her and their relationship all the time. It caused so much pain. He wished he could tell her that all of this would soon be over but he couldn't. For a second Elijah thought about telling his brother Niklaus everything but he knew that he wouldn't dare either in the end. But what he knew for sure was that he had to find a solution. As he now noticed he hasn't lost Hayley yet but how will that develop? If he wouldn't stop she maybe would give up completely on him and that was a kind of fear he had never felt before.
"And again no answer", she said while shaking her head. "Where the hell is the man I used to love", Hayley added whispering but Elijah still heard it.