A/N: Hey Guys! So, Here's CH.10! Hope you all like it. Please leave me a review and let me know what you think! Also, there is a flashback scene in this update and as always those are in italics!
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CHAPTER TEN- The Ties That Bind Us-
Stefan's P.O.V.
I watch her, ready to get up from her seat on the couch, nearly ready to pounce on the fact that Lillian's stormed off upstairs and I can tell that part of her is terrified. Elena grips her hair tightly into her hands, staring at me like I'm not even human as she speaks in a tone that's haunting.
" Stefan, talk to her. She'll listen to you. Please." Elena begs, her eyes filling with unshed tears.
I nod at her locking my eyes on hers as she gives me a saddened look and watching me make my way up the stairs to Lillian's room. I place my hand on the door knob, turning it slightly as I hear her sobbing continue.
"Hey, Kiddo. Can we talk?" I ask her, a soft tone in my voice, watching closely when my daughter wipes away at her tears and speaks in a stuttering tone.
"You...You.." She starts to say, pausing to catch her breath as she sits on the floor. Lillian crosses her legs over each other, pulling up the sleeves of her shirt and wiping away at her cascading tears. Exhaling deeply as I nod at her, sitting down in her dark brown office chair, turning it to face her.
"You lied to me." She stammers out of her voice, a small broken voice that could kill you and haunt you all at the same time.
"I know. I know, we did. But, Honey. It was to protect you. Your mom and I didn't want you to find out this way." I tell her, getting up from the chair and moving down to sit next to her, leaning against her bed.
"It doesn't matter! Mom said that Katherine was a good person...The way you two were just talking about her made Katherine sound like a monster. Like a criminal!" Lillian says as she locks her eyes on mine. It's like looking in a mirror, the same hurt and dark green eyes staring back at me as I close my eyes briefly, running my hands through my hair and inhaling heavily before I begin to speak again.
Lillian's P.O.V.
He looks nervous almost, sitting across from me on the floor of my bedroom. But, here's the thing..I wasn't told the whole story. As I sit there, staring at my dad..waiting for him to begin talking I think back to the night when I had ran out of the car after telling Elena that I hated her, that I wished that it had been her and not Katherine who had died all those years ago...
"You and dad could have told me, you should have told me!" I yelled at her, watching as she took slow step towards me, her feet soaked from the rain that had fallen that night.
" You should have told me the truth about how she died! Please, tell me...Please." I'm begging, my voice breaking at the sound of her words when she wipes away at her own tears and leans forward to touch my hand with hers.
"Your mom, Katherine...She was a good person. Lillian...When you were a little baby she had a few things going on, a few things that I will tell you. But, not like this..Not right now. Just know that she loved you more than anyone else." Elena says, tears starting to form in her eyes as she wipes away at them and sniffles.
"I'll tell you what you want to know, I will try my best to tell you the whole story." She says, watching as I lift my hands up and stretch out my legs. The cold air hitting my legs as I shiver at it and I watch her take off one of dad's jackets from around her shoulders, placing it on my legs to warm them up.
"Why did you say that dad's not to blame and that it was your fault?" I ask her, my voice shaking as I lock my eyes with hers.
"Because I didn't know your father then. He and I weren't even together when Katherine had her accident. Stefan showed up to your mom's funeral and he stayed with me, talking about you later on that night at her apartment in the city..Lillian...I-" She begins to say, swallowing the lump in her throat as she looks down at her soaked feet and then back up at me, moving a strand of hair out of my face with her fingertips.
"Lillian..Katherine died because she was going to see your dad..She was going to make sure that you knew him. Your mom, wanted you to just know who your dad was..That's all and it was snowing on the roads that night. It was an accident. I was driving..." She says, pausing once more to wipe away at her tears as she exhales and with a shaky breath she begins to speak again.
"I was driving and it was so hard to see. But, Katherine was so set on him knowing you that it was hard to convince her to turn around and go home. So, I guess I became just as determined as she was to accomplish her goal. Her dream of having your dad know you..that I was too blind to see the danger in front us and then it happened." She says, breathing in a choppy tone as she grabs her hand into mine and sits there, silently as I inhale too and clear my head, trying to make sense of it all.
"So, she didn't want to tell you or anyone who my dad was. But, she knew who it was? That's why she wanted to take me to him?" I ask her, watching as Elena nods and then speaks again.
"Your mom was dating two different guys at the time and she refused to tell anyone who the dad was. But, whenever someone asked her about it she would tell us that he deserved his privacy. Until, the day that I convinced her. Asked her, actually if she wanted her daughter to live her whole life without knowing her biological dad." She comments, running her hands through her hair as she smiles a bit at the memory.
"And what did she say?" I ask her, watching when she starts to spin her wedding band around her finger nervously.
"She said that she didn't. That I was right and that she was wrong. Katherine said that she wanted you to know him because he had the right to know that he had a beautiful daughter somewhere out in the world. And that he was an amazing human being who would do anything for his girls." She tells me, watching me closely as I sigh, grabbing her hand into mine as I touch her cold cheek with it.
"I don't blame you, mom. You did the best that you could under the circumstances that you were given. I just wish that I would have known her...like you and dad did." I tell her as I stare across the yard and look at the now rained on play ground that Gracie and I have spent countless house's playing on when we were smaller...trying to imagine my life with Katherine in it. But, all that happens is that she's replaced, with the one person whose always been there for me...Elena.
Stefan's P.O.V.
Lillian seems distracted almost, lost in her own world as she wipes away the tears on her redden cheeks and exhales, pouting a bit at me.
"Why didn't she tell me the whole story. Why didn't either of you tell me the whole story?" She asks me, watching as I adjust my weight and narrow my eyes at her.
"Sweetheart, your mom felt like she wasn't ready to tell you everything. She just felt like it was better to keep this part hidden until we could all get more answers." I tell her, leaning towards her as I brush a strand of her dark curly hair from her green eyes.
Lillian leans towards me, saying nothing as she nods and just when I'm about to say something, I look up and see Elena leaning against the door way of her bedroom.
Our eyes lock on one another as Elena nods and speaks in a soft tone. "Honey, this is grown up stuff. Please, you have nothing to worry about. Your dad and I will figure it out...All I want is for you to be happy and focus on that. Okay? I love you, so much and I will always protect you. So will your dad." She says, walking further into the room and giving me a knowing look as she points out towards the hall and I get up, walking out towards it and leaving the girls to talk it over with one another.
Elena's P.O.V.
I can't stand it any longer. Watching my daughter, our daughter cry over all this pain that we're causing her. So, as I explain to her that it has nothing to do with her and more to do with the secrets that her mom was hiding I watch when she nods at me in understanding and exhales deeply.
"Baby, I'm sorry that you even had to hear any of that. I promise that your dad and I will keep our private talk to ourselves. Just know that you have nothing to worry about. Okay?" I tell her, kissing her cheeks softly as she closes her eyes and yawns a bit.
I watch as she pushes herself up from the floor and leans into me, pulling me towards her as I lean down and hold her in my arms tightly. "I love you and I promise that I would never do anything to hurt you. Lillian, I may not be Katherine. But, I do want me and you to sit down one day so that I can explain it all more. Now, there's something that your dad and I have to go do. But, Auntie Caroline is going to watch over you girls okay? She might even take you to Gracie's for a while. Your dad and I will be back soon." I tell her, watching as she locks her eyes on me.
"Mom, I didn't mean it when I said that I hated you guys. I just...I was upset. I'm sorry. I love you." Lillian says in a soft tone as I nod, turning my back towards her and walking downstairs to meet Stefan.
"We're leaving." I comment, grabbing my jacket off the coat rack by the door as he gives me a confused.
"Elena, our daughter just had a melt down and she wants answers." He says, tilting his head to the side as he places his hands on his hips.
"That's why we're leaving. I want to go meet Kol and give the bastard a piece of my mind and so since you knew him so long ago. You're coming with me!" I exclaim, stepping in front of him and pulling him by the wrist as Stefan shakes his head and gives me a quick smirk.
"Well, if we're going into Rainer Valley. We need to blend in." He tells me, throwing me the keys as I squint my eyes at him.
"With what?" I ask. I smile a bit as I look down at the keys in my hands, giving him a quick smirk.
"The mustang? You want to take our mustang into that shit hole neighborhood." I ask with a laugh as Stefan nods.
"Yeah, because just in case if we have to get the hell out of there quickly. We can..Remember, you used to love that damn car...all those years ago." He reminds me, raising his eye brows at him as I muffle my hand, laughing.
"Oh yeah, I specifically remember your words the day of the rehearsal dinner...What were they again. Oh, yeah that's right-" I begin to say as Stefan nods his head, looking down at his feet as a laugh escapes past his lips.
"You were worried that we would be late and then I said..We're not going to be late..Not with the way that I drive. And I told you that you were cute when you got nervous. Yes. Especially in the mustang. Now, let's go." Stefan tells me, pulling me out the door before I can change my mind as to what car we're taking to go see Kol in.
Finally, after a half hour of driving. Stefan's holding my hand into his as we park in front of the old nearly abandoned neighborhood and I exhale deeply when I look up to see the white colored house in front of us, a basketball court to the side of it.
I look down at my shaking hands as Stefan exhales too and takes his hand off of the steering wheel, taking it to lift up my face so that he can look at me. "Hey, if you want. We can turn around and go back home. Elena, we don't need answers from him..He was her drug dealer. That's all we should know." He says, watching as I close my eyes and look away from him to my surroundings. Stefan silently watches as my eyes are glued to a tall, brown haired athletic man.
Before, Stefan can even stop me. I'm out of the mustang, arms across my chest when I lean against the car and shout out his name to get his attention."Hey! your Kol Mikealson, aren't you?" I ask him, watching as he turns around, wiping his forehead off of his shirt and placing the baseball bat down in his hands, throwing the baseball off to the side that he was playing with.
I watch the ball hit the fence behind him as he straightens himself out and speaks. "Yeah... Who wants to know...Wait...Katherine?" He asks, his voice shivering and his posture turning into jello as he walks towards me to get a better look, shaking his head in disbelief as a smile forms onto my lips and I clear my throat to respond with a sharp tone. " Nope. Guess again."
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