Chapter Eleven: In Sickness and in Health

Damon stared at her and it was obvious that he didn't believe her, by the way that he was staring at her. Corinne felt her heart sink and she wanted to kick herself for her own stupidity. What had she expected to happen? That Damon would have been glad and then he would sweep her into his arms and they would live happily ever after?

Idiots thought like that and Corinne had not time to be an idiot especially when there was a baby on the way. If Damon didn't want to be a part of the baby's life that was fine, Corinne would raise the baby herself.

Corinne bit her bottom lip and it took all her willpower not to slap Damon silly. "Never mind." She told him curtly. "If you don't want to be a part of the baby's life that is perfectly ok with me. Just thought you should know, you can go back to your little slut now." She said coldly as she left the room, not looking back.

Damon watched as Corinne left, she was swinging her hips slightly that it was almost erotic. Damon watched as she left and then her murmured something under his breath. He opened the door, but Corinne was nowhere to be seen. Thanks to the fact that she had vampire speed and because she drove like a maniac Damon doubted that he would have an easy time finding her. He pulled out his phone and dialed his number, but Corinne didn't answer.

"Damn it," Damon murmured under his breath. "Answer, Corinne."

After the fourth try, Damon thought that he should check the town. Hopefully, she had not left. Damon really hated his stupid mouth sometimes. He used his vampire speed and went towards Mystic Falls.

Katherine was awoken because she heard the Original sister and Caroline exchanging catty remarks. Katherine didn't need vampire hearing to hear them, she was sure that Rebekah could be heard through all of New Orleans.

"Sorry," Elijah said as he rubbed her lower back. "Go to sleep, I'll tell Rebekah to keep it quiet."

"Don't bother." Katherine said with a groan. "Your sister can't keep her mouth shut to save her life." Katherine's body ached as if she had been asleep for what seemed like hours on Elijah's bed. She was dressed in a pair of dark panties and a tank top.

Her mouth felt dry and she could still taste Elijah's blood in her mouth. Her thin shoulders slump. She couldn't drink vampire blood which meant that she couldn't turn into a vampire as long as the stupid cure was inside of her. And the thought of remaining a weak, little human depressed her to death.

"You need a shower," Elijah said as he handed her one of his shirts to wear in the meantime. They needed to get her some new clothes, perhaps Corinne or Caroline would lend her some.

"Are you calling me smelly?" Katherine tried to joke around.

Elijah didn't smile and Katherine sighed as she played with the shirt. "What am I going to do Elijah?"

"What do you mean?"

Katherine scowled at him. "I mean, what am I going to do? I can't stay a human forever and I can't drink vampire blood so we must do something."

Elijah looked at her for a moment and then he sighed. "To be honest, I don't think you should do anything, Katerina. You have been given a second chance of life. You can have a normal human life."

"A normal human life?" Katherine shrieked. "I don't want a normal, human life, Elijah! I want to be a vampire. I don't want to be at the bottom of the food chain. Elijah we need to do something. Please." She squeaked out the last word.

Elijah didn't seem to care about the agony in her voice. He simply kissed her on the cheek. "I'll get you some dinner. Go take a shower." Katherine's throat hurt and she felt like crying. She watched as Elijah left and she gripped his shirt in his hand.

It seemed that it was time to take matters into her own hands. Her life depended on it.

Corinne should have been on her way back to New Orleans, but she was starving and she desperately needed French fries and a couple of onion rings. She desperately wanted whisky, but for the next few months she wouldn't be able to drink.

She could still curse Damon over cheese fries, Corinne headed towards The Grill and ordered fries from the perky waitress. She sighed and played with her phone. She left a message with Klaus telling him that she should be back in New Orleans in a day or day in a half depending on how long she stopped to throw up her breakfast.

Corinne scarfed down her fries, it was the only thing that she could do to avoid thinking about Damon and his shitty attitude. She quickly paid for the fries and headed outside. Corinne had been about to step into her car when she let out a cough.

The cough had been hard enough that she had felt that she had almost cough up a lung. She wiped her mouth and a chill went down her spine when she saw that she was coughing up blood. She checked her reflection on her phone and saw that blood was slowly pouring down her nose, she suddenly felt a pain so sharp in her belly that she sank to the ground. She felt someone's arms around her shoulders.

"Corinne," Damon said slightly panicking. "Are you all right?"

"No, of course I am not all right." She snapped. "I'm coughing blood and there's blood coming from my nose and I don't know what's happening." She hated how squeaky her voice was becoming. Her cell phone rang and she practically threw it, in Damon's direction.

"It's someone named, Sophie." Damon said.

"Put her on speaker, now."

"Corinne?" Sophie's voice sounded worried at the other end. "Where are you?"

"Mystic Falls," she managed to say. "But I am coughing up blood and there is blood coming from my nose."

"Corinne, listen to me you can't leave New Orleans, it's forbidden." Sophie said urgently. "The witches put a curse on you, if you leave for more than a day, you die."

"You couldn't have mentioned this sooner?" Damon snarled.

"I didn't know," Sophie cried. "Look, just get her out of there." Damon gripped Corinne's arm and helped her up. He saw Stefan looking at them with a confused expression. He was standing a few feet away. "Stefan, I need help, now."

"What happened?" Stefan said as he helped him with Corinne.

Damon gritted his teeth. "I'll explain later, just drive us to the nearest airport."

-End of Chapter Eleven-