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Chapter 11:

Mystic Falls, Virginia 2011

"Do you ever wear anything else than suits?" Elizabeth asked, while she buttoned Elijah's shirt and helped him get ready to the dinner party he was going to tonight.

Elijah raised an eyebrow, but he couldn't stop himself from smiling, because even after 147 years Elizabeth of being together, she still complained about his clothing style. He didn't mind it though, because he also had a couple of things to say about her style when she was wearing short dresses or skirts in public. Tonight Elizabeth was wearing a slim black dress that suited her body figure a little too well for Elijah's taste, but after being together 147 years he didn't fear that she would leave him.

Not even for a certain charming vampire.

"I thought you loved whenever I wear suits…" he said, slipping one of his arms around her waist, while the other gently stroked her cheek. "What would you like me to wear instead?"

Elizabeth smiled brightly and placed a kiss on his lips, then said. "Nothing at all."

Elijah shook his head and moved away, but she just giggled and handed him his jacket. She didn't know where he was going to dinner, but he defiantly wanted her with him in case the host of this party was up to something. Elizabeth was excited to get out, because Elijah wasn't really a guy who liked going to parties and would rather want her to stay home with him.

"If the night goes well, then I promise you that I will give you a night you will not forget…" Elijah said as they left their motel room and went to his car.

Elizabeth giggled though and said teasingly. "I hardly believe that you can give me a night I won't forget, but you're welcome to try, my love!"

They got in to the car and drove to the Salvatore Boarding House nearby the old Salvatore Estate where Elizabeth last remembered meeting her sister. She missed her dearly and often wished that they hadn't parted the way they did. But she truly was happy to be with Elijah and tried helping him as much as she could in his quest of killing his brother.

"Who is this mysterious host anyway? A vampire?" Elizabeth asked as they arrived at the boarding house.

She had never been there, but the big mansion-like house reminded her of the Salvatore Estate. But she knew that Damon and Stefan couldn't possibly be alive. Not after how she left Katherine to toy with them as she pleased.

"Damon Salvatore," Elijah said though, making Elizabeth freeze and stop dead in her tracks. Elijah turned around and looked worriedly at her. He had never seen her react like that to a name. But he guessed that she must have run into him at some point while she and her sister were staying in Mystic Falls. "You know him?"

Elizabeth nodded and took a step back. "I can't go in there, Elijah. He probably hates me. I…" She shook her head and was about to turn around and leave, but suddenly the door opened and she heard a familiar voice say her name in an almost angry tone. Hesitantly, Elizabeth turned around and looked at Damon, who stood in the doorway with a look on his face that worried her a bit. He looked pissed off. "Um… hi, Damon. I… um… thank you for inviting us."

Damon raised an eyebrow and repeated. "Us?"

Elizabeth nodded again and walked up to Elijah, who slipped an arm around her waist. She could see how pissed he got, but he didn't say anything to her. He just smirked smugly and focused on Elijah instead, who was waiting patiently to get in.

"Didn't know you had a date, Elijah," he said in a way that Elizabeth could sense made Elijah a bit annoyed. "But it's great to see you, Elizabeth. Have you talked with your sister recently? I know Elijah sure has…"

Elizabeth frowned at that and looked confusedly at Elijah to Damon's amusement. She didn't know that her sister was here and she defiantly didn't know that Elijah had talked with her.

"Where is she?" she asked worriedly.

"Well not here, if you're worried about that," Damon answered smugly. "But I will be happy to take you to her if you really do want to see her."

He was angry, Elizabeth could tell. Very angry. No, he wasn't just angry. He'd been heartbroken when she left and now he wanted an explanation. Elizabeth also wanted to know why or how he could change so much and even become a vampire. Had Katherine really turned him?

"Elizabeth, go inside to the others. Damon and I have a couple of things to talk about," Elijah said in a firm way that made it sound more like an order. But Elizabeth walked past Damon and greeted the other guests. "If you so much as make a move to cross me or Elizabeth, then I will kill you and everyone in his house… Are we clear?"

"Crystal…" Damon said and while Elijah went to greet Jenna, he went in to the kitchen where Elizabeth stood and talked with Andie. He ordered Andie to leave so he could talk with her in private. "So now you've become Elijah's bitch. That must be very… satisfying."

Elizabeth glared venomously at him. He reminded her more and more of Klaus now, but in a more cocky and arrogant way.

"You think I left Mystic Falls because of you?" Elizabeth asked.

"Something defiantly made you leave… According to Katherine you ran away with another guy." Damon answered.

Elizabeth snorted even though it was partly true. "And you believe her?"

Damon snorted now. "Well, wasn't she right? I mean, you are here with Elijah."

This time Elizabeth didn't say anything. She knew that Damon would never understand. He didn't know how much she'd been through. But Elizabeth knew that she had to at least try explaining him why she left.

"Damon, I didn't leave because of you. I left because Katherine and I… I didn't agree with how she toyed with you and Stefan. I warned her about how wrong it could go when you made two brothers fall in love with you at the same time, but she wouldn't listen to me. And then… then she threatened to kill me if I didn't leave. So I left and I met Elijah, who helped protecting me from her and Klaus."

Damon raised an eyebrow again. "Klaus… Why would Klaus be after you?"

Elizabeth walked up to him, sighing heavily. "That's a very long story, Damon. But if you don't plan to do anything stupid tonight, then I might tell you about it… Now about my sister… where is she?"

Of course Damon flashed a smirk, but it wasn't because he knew something she didn't. It was because Alaric was standing in the kitchen too.

"Ah, Rick! Could you please give Elizabeth a tour around the house, while I have a word with a certain someone?"

Elizabeth turned to Alaric Saltzman and could immediately see that he was just a human. Therefore, she didn't hesitate to go with him and let him give her a little tour before the actual dinner started. And after they'd walked around a bit, they all took a seat at the dinner table and enjoyed the delicious food that Jenna and Andie had made.

"So… Elizabeth, when did you and Elijah meet?" Andie asked curiously during the dinner.

Elizabeth was tempted to say 1491, but she knew that there were humans among the table who didn't know about vampires, so she quickly came up with a lie instead.

"Six months ago," she said, smiling at Elijah who took a sip of his glass of red wine. "We were working together in New York and then… well then I asked Elijah out since he didn't get any of my hints."

Elijah shook his head a bit of Elizabeth, but he didn't want to make the others suspicious, so he kept his mouth shut.

"Oh, how romantic! I bet Elijah took you out for a nice dinner, am I right?"

Elizabeth nodded and drank the last of her red wine. "How did you and Damon meet, Andie?" she asked curiously, glaring a bit at Damon, who was smirking devilishly.

Andie began telling the story about how she and Damon met at the Mystic Grill. Elizabeth could immediately tell that Andie had been compelled to tell a lie, because Damon didn't want her to reveal that he was a vampire. She didn't care if Damon loved Andie or not, but she did care about him acting like Katherine did and toying with an innocent woman, who probably had no clue of what he was.

However, after the dinner Damon wanted to have a word with her again, so she followed him out of the dining room, only to be sedated with vervain and then thrown into a basement cellar.

"Sorry, Lizzie but I have a few things to take care of…" he said and locked the door, then went to the study to continue his plan.

For a moment Elizabeth couldn't believe that Damon would actually do that to her. She might love Elijah now, but she still cared about him and wanted him to be happy. Now he was going to get hurt while trying to kill Elijah for some dumb reason. Elizabeth didn't know how he was going to do it, because the only way to do it was to use a silver dagger with white oak ash. And even if he had one, then he was going to die if he used it. She knew that, because Elijah once told her about it.

But until someone let her out of the cellar, she was forced to wait patiently and see what happened. She tried knocking the door down a couple of times, but because she had been spiked with vervain, she could barely stand up without falling down after two seconds. She even tried calling out for Elijah, but she nothing seemed to happen.

Instead she sat down on the dirty ground and tried keeping herself awake, so she could listen to what was going on in the house. She heard someone running around, stressing about something that had happened, and then after a couple of hours with silence, she heard a strangely familiar voice nearby.

One that made her freeze and sink hard.

"Katherine… Katherine!" she called, hoping that her sister would hear her. She knew that she shouldn't expect any help from her sister, but right now Katherine was her only choice. "Katherine, help!"

The door was suddenly unlocked, but it wasn't Katherine who entered the room. It was Damon and he had brought a chair, chains, and a gun with him.

"What did you do to Elijah?" she asked worriedly, trying to get up properly.

"Don't worry. He's fine… sort of. But you owe me an explanation and you're not getting out before you've told me everything, Elizabeth." Damon answered.

Elizabeth growled and tried attacking him, but he quickly shot her with a wooden bullet in her shoulder and then tied her up to the chair.

"That was not nice of you," he said, smirking teasingly. "But because you are Elijah's bitch and all, then you kindda deserve it."

Elizabeth snorted. "You can torture me all you want to, Damon, but I'm not telling you anything!"

Damon smirked smugly and leaned closer to her, so close that their lips were only inches from touching each other. "Oh you will, Lizzie. You will tell me everything one way or the other. And you know why?" He leaned close to her ear and whispered. "Because you and your sister are nothing but manipulating bitches."