A/N - Here's chapter 14, I hope you like it. :)

Julia tucked her hair behind her ear, looking down at her black dress and pulling the hem down slightly so that it covered her knees. She slipped her black heels onto her feet and sat on the edge of the hotel bed. Her legs began to jig up and down as her nerves took hold. What would they say? How would they react? Julia ran through her planned speech to them. She wanted the Collins family to know that nothing was to do with them. She couldn't tell them that it was Barnabas' fault, but she didn't want to completely blame herself. It needed to be believable. Julia was halfway through her little speech when there was light tap on the door.

"Come in." Her voice squeaked as she said this. This was the most nervous she'd ever been in her life. The door slowly crept open and Barnabas stuck his head through the gap.

"Are you ready?" He said, his eyebrows rising slightly as he took in the sight of her. His eyes widened slightly as he saw the way that the dress accentuated her curves.

"I'm ready." Julia said before pushing herself off the bed and walking towards the door. Barnabas pushed it further open, allowing Julia to exit her hotel room with ease. Julia smiled at him as she exited her room. Barnabas closed the door behind her and wrapped his arm around her waist.

"Shall we do this my dear?" He said, pulling her closer and placing his lips on her head. Julia smiled and leaned into him, eventually resting her head on his shoulder.

"It's now or never." Julia said, before dipping her hand into her handbag. Barnabas watched her with a confused look shadowing his features as she pulled out a small hip flask. Julia took a long swig from the flask before replacing the cap and putting it into her bag. She looked up at Barnabas as she wiped her mouth.

"What? It's liquid courage." Julia said. Barnabas began to laugh.

"That's the Julia I know." He said before bringing his lips down to hers. Julia returned the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck. Barnabas quickly pulled way;

"Let's not keep them waiting." Barnabas said, as he took her hand in his and led her down the corridor.

Victoria stuck her head round the corner of the corridor that led to Julia's room. She saw the ginger haired psychiatrist leaving hand in hand with Barnabas Collins and felt a wave of anger wash over her. Victoria had always been a well-mannered girl, and despite a few differences that her parents and others couldn't understand, she considered herself to be relatively normal. She couldn't understand how Barnabas had changed his mind so quickly about her. Had she done something wrong? All she knew was that she was going to have her revenge on both Barnabas and Julia, if it was the last thing she did.

Victoria took silent steps towards Julia's hotel room door. She'd took the liberty of placing a tiny piece of wood in between the door frame and the door itself, before leaving Julia's room beforehand. To anyone it would look like the door was closed, but with a light push Victoria found herself stepping into the room. Victoria turned on the light and crept around the room, trying to find the perfect hiding place. Tonight was the night that she killed Julia Hoffman.

Barnabas entered the restaurant before Julia did. Elizabeth got up out of her seat at the head of the table and slid through the gaps between chairs to go and kiss Barnabas on the cheek and usher him into his seat.

"It's lovely to see you Barnabas, we haven't seen you for a few days. Where have you been?" Elizabeth said, her head shaking.

"Who cares where he's been. He's the reason we're all stuck in that hotel." Carolyn said, she gave him a mocking smirk as he sat down in the seat opposite her.

"I will admit that it is partly my fault that we are stuck in other accommodation, but at least we're all together." Barnabas said, trying to lighten the mood a bit so that it wasn't too awkward when Julia walked into the restaurant. "I have some news for you." Barnabas paused and looked at the eager faces.

"Well. What is it?" David asked.

"I can't tell you, but I can show you." Barnabas got out of his chair and walked towards the door of the restaurant. Elizabeth and the rest of the family watched as Barnabas gestured outside. The door opened and in walked someone who looked familiar but different. Elizabeth's eyes locked onto Julia's ginger hair, her face dropped slightly. It couldn't be. The dress was too fitting for Julia, she normally wore frumpy floral clothing that did not suit her at all. Her make-up was perfect and shadowed, rather than the bright neon green she used to wear. Her lips were a natural tint of red and her teeth were impeccably white. Elizabeth watched as her lips formed into a smile. She could see fangs, sharp and dangerous, uncovered for all to see.

"Julia is that you?" Carolyn said, she had gotten up from her chair and was walking towards the psychiatrist.

"Carolyn sit back down." Elizabeth ordered. Carolyn turned around and glared at her mother before sitting back down in her wooden chair. "Julia, I don't know where you have been, or what you have become. But by the looks of things, you're now something very similar to Barnabas. Now if you don't mind I want you to leave."

"Why? I've done nothing wrong." Julia said, her smile falling as she realised her speech was not going to be needed. They didn't want her here.

"I don't trust you anymore. You left our family without a words notice, and now you appear out of nowhere with very peculiar looking teeth, do you really expect me to allow you near my children."

"Accept David's not your child, and half the time you treat Carolyn as if you couldn't care less. I'm not going to hurt them, you know I won't." Julia said, her voice rising "In fact, I don't need to hurt them. The damage was already done, by you." Elizabeth's face clouded over with anger.

"Get out now." She practically screamed. Barnabas gripped Julia's hand.

"She's not going anywhere." Barnabas said. He watched as Elizabeth's face grew confused.

"Then you may both leave." Elizabeth said her voice small. She obviously did not want to send the man, who had become like a brother to her, a way.

"Don't do this Elizabeth." Barnabas said

"Get out!" Elizabeth yelled. She watched with a mixture of anger and sadness as Barnabas and Julia left the restaurant, they were both practically running.

"That went well." David said before picking up his fork and digging into his food.

"Why would she do that?" Julia said as she took long strides down the street. She was trying to get back to the hotel as quickly as possible. Barnabas was walking behind her, his feet clipping her heels, causing her to nearly fall over. Barnabas caught her by the elbow and pulled her closer to him.

"I'm sorry." He said before pulling her into an embrace.

"It's not your fault. We should have found another way." Julia said.

"I meant for everything. I should have never tried to kill you."

"At least I'm not actually dead." Julia said, smiling up at him.

"That much is true." Barnabas said.