12
How long had it been? Three days? Four? A week? Katherine honestly couldn't remember. After she had cried when Elijah had finish his first aid treatment, she had shut herself in her room.
Katherine had asked Rebekah for the week off even though she had already taken the previous week off to plan the funeral. Rebekah had taken pity on her had allowed her to take the week off.
Katherine had been planning on writing some fashion articles or reorganizing her closet, but instead she had just spend it in her bed eating ice cream and watching bad TV. The only company she had had all week had been her cat, Marie and her inbox was full of concern messages from her friends that Katherine had refused to speak too.
"Hey, Kat its Stefan. I'm really sorry about Damon. I honestly expected him to behave, once again I'm really sorry I wished it hadn't happen."
"Katherine, its Caroline I was wondering if you were free Friday. Maybe we can go catch a movie? I need a night off."
"Hi, its Rebekah don't worry about the article about the newest summer trends, I'm having Amy Tang doing it, feel better."
"Katherine, it's Elijah I have no idea why you're not answering your phone, but please call me back. I'm worried."
Katherine shut her eyes tight as she pulled the covers over her unwashed hair. They cared, they cared Katherine understood that so why couldn't they leave her alone? Didn't they understand that Katherine wanted to be alone?
It's your fault, it's your fault, was a constant loop in her head. If she had warned Elena about Damon beforehand then Elena would never have committed suicide, if she had helped Eloise more with Emma then maybe Emma would still be alive.
Katherine sighed. Why couldn't everything stop hurting?
"Miss Mikaelson," Anna Wellington, her assistant said over the intercom later that afternoon. "Your brother, Dr. Mikaelson is here."
A surprised Rebekah pushed back her messy blond hair. "Send him in."
A minute later, Elijah stepped in wearing jeans and a t-shirt. He kissed Rebekah's cheek. "I'm sorry to come without warning, Rebekah I know you must be busy."
"It's a pleasant surprise." Rebekah mused. "You're not in your suit."
"I just got off my shift." He told her. "Though I was wondering if I could speak to Katherine. I've been calling her for days and I haven't been able to reach her. Is she here?"
"No, I gave her the week off. Let me guess, she's ignoring your calls too." Rebekah said as she took out a pierce of gum and gave one to her brother. "I talked to Caroline and Stefan too and they said the same thing. I'm guessing she's still a bit depressed."
"Then she should talk it over." Elijah said, slightly frustrated. "Not hide her feelings and pretend that everything is ok."
Rebekah shrugged. "That's Katherine." She looked at him curiously. "You two have been pretty chummy lately. Why don't you whisk her away to a magical getaway that should take her mind off things?"
"I can't take her on a vacation." Elijah protested. "We barely know each other. Besides we're just friends."
"You've been seeing each other practically nonstop ever since she broke her wrist. I've slept with guys that I've known for less time." Rebekah rolled her eyes.
"Well, that gives me a lovely image." Elijah said with sarcasm. "Do you have Caroline's address?"
"Probably here, somewhere. Why?"
Elijah watched as his sister scribbled down an address. "I would like to speak to her."
Caroline was surprise when she came home after the school day was over and saw Elijah waiting for her outside her apartment door. "Oh, hi Elijah have you've been waiting long?" she clicked the door open. "Come on in."
"Thank you, Caroline no I just arrived. I'm sorry to barge in like this." Elijah said apologetic as the blond let him in. "I just needed to talk to someone who knows more about Katherine than my sister does."
Caroline sighed as she placed her bag on the kitchen counter and handed Elijah a water bottle. "Let me guess, she's been ignoring you too. I've tried calling her a few times, but I've been so busy with parent-teacher conferences this week than I haven't had a chance."
"Yes, me too my shifts have been crazy." He sat in a stool. He couldn't believe he was actually taking his little sister's advice. It might be crazy enough to actually work. "My sister told me something that may take Katherine's mind off Emma, and Damon, and her sister. But since you're her best friend I wanted to ask you if you thought it was a good idea."
Caroline nodded. "I'm all ears."
"My sister suggested that I take Katherine on a vacation to get her mind off things, I could probably take a few days off work as well as Katherine." He said slowly. "Since the weather is finally warm enough she mentioned once that she always wanted to go to Cancun. Though, I don't know if I'm being too forward since technically we're just friends."
"That's a great idea!" Caroline's cheery mood instantly darkened. "But knowing Katherine you're going to probably have to hog tie her to get her on the plane."
Elijah chuckled. "Believe me, I'll risk it."
Caroline squeezed his hand. "Thanks for doing this, not a lot of people would and Kat's life is a mess right now. She's lucky to have a good friend like you."
Elijah sighed. "Well, let's just hope it actually works."
-End of Chapter Twelve-