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Klaus and Rebekah weren't talking to each other. I wanted to go see Alaric, make sure he was okay. But I didn't want to see the others and I didn't know what Damon would do to me if he saw me.
I stayed at home for a few days, practicing magic. I couldn't believe how easy it was for me now to manipulate the elements. Even though I was too scared to try electricity and I still had no idea how to manipulate light or darkness. I didn't even know what it was about.
Rebekah wanted my help with the dance she was organizing at school. "Uh, no! I didn't like the dances when I was in high school, I'm sure as hell not going to organize them now!" She said something about me being a bad friend and hung up. She texted me all day though. Matt helped her with the dance, brought her home. She found that suspicious and so did I. But that wasn't the best part. Or, worst part. Her mother was back in town. She asked me to come over, she said she'd rather have me there so I could help her if her mother tried something. I wasn't sure I could do anything against the Original witch but what other choice did I have?
I was in what could be called the living room at the mansion with Rebekah and Esther.
"You have grown stronger since the last time I saw you" the witch tells me but I don't answer. "I understand you saved my son Elijah by drinking his glass of champagne in his place… why would you do that?"
"What can I say, I'm pretty stupid" I shrug. That woman tried to kill me and my friends, I wasn't feeling like having a heart to heart with her. "Rebekah says you're dying."
"I am" she says.
"I thought Ayana had preserved your body with a spell." Rebekah asks her mother.
"She did. I'm drawing my power from the Bennett witch line. When Abby died, the connection was severed. So my body is weakened."
"Well if you've come to spend your last moments with your loving daughter, prepare to be disappointed. You should have spent less time plotting my death."
I look at my friend with sad eyes.
"Is that what you think I've been doing on the other side? I've been looking over you for a thousand years of joy and heartbreak. Your fights with Klaus. The nights you cried yourself to sleep calling my name. Not a day has gone by that I wasn't right there with you."
"And yet, you still tried to kill me."
"Because it shouldn't have been a thousand years, Rebekah. No one should live that long."
"But I haven't lived at all" the blonde says with tears in her eyes.
"Sorry, Rebekah. So, so sorry."
She takes her daughter's hands in hers, but then, she starts trembling.
"What's wrong with her?" I ask.
Rebekah doesn't answer and her mother falls to the ground. Klaus enters the room not long after. "What's going on?" he asks, seeing his mother lying on the floor.
"She's dead" Rebekah tells his brother.
"Guys…I'm so sorry" I don't know what else to say.
Klaus stares at his dead mother for a while. I take one step towards Rebekah and put a friendly hand on her shoulder. "Are you gonna be okay?" I ask in a low voice.
She doesn't answer. He takes a deep breath and say "Well, at least I don't have to kill her now" then leaves. Rebekah looks up and watch him leave. "Leave" she says.
"Are you sure?" I ask her.
"Yes, I want to be alone" she doesn't look at me. She was acting odd. I nod and leave.
The day after Esther's death I hear from Caroline. She tries to apologize for almost killing me.
"You know what, there was a time, not so long ago, I wouldn't have been angry at you, but you keep trying and trying to kill Klaus and when you fail and everybody gets hurt but him you try again. Now you're telling me that everybody, including you, but Bonnie was ready to kill Finn even though I was still bound to him and that doesn't help me to forgive you."
"I understand. You need time."
"Time? Time?!" I yell at her. "I think I'll need a little bit more than just time, Caroline!"
"Okay, I get that, look." She sighs "I am so, so sorry that Elena let you drink that champagne, you know when she told us, we couldn't believe it. We were so mad at her. But…that didn't change the fact that, Klaus needs to die…"
"You know why, Klaus needs to die? Because he needs Elena's blood. You were ready to kill me and the entire Original family because of Elena. So, Caroline, I don't really have a problem with you, even though..." I sigh.
"I know. We hate Elena, I get it…" she sighs. "Jeremy's back…" she tells me after a few minutes of silence.
Like you cared…
"How's Ric?"
"Good, apparently…"
"That's good to hear" I sigh, relieved.
"I gotta go, I have this dance thing to organize"
I frown. "Isn't Rebekah, doing that?"
"Well, she had to show up if she wanted to do that".
"Rebekah's not at school?" I ask, surprised.
"No, you didn't hear from her?"
"Esther died yesterday. She's probably at home" I shrug.
"Oh…okay… Talk to you later?"
"As long as you don't try to kill me again…"
"Hey!"
I laugh. "You deserved that"
"Yeah…I did, didn't I?" she laughs. "Bye Julie"
"Bye, Care…"
I hang up and try to call Rebekah but she doesn't pick up. I decide to go to the mansion to see if everything was okay.
"Klaus?" I call once I'm inside the house, but I received no answer. I go to the studio and that's where I find him, painting.
"I've been calling you" I say.
"What do you want, love?"
"Have you seen Rebekah?" I ask.
"Not since she asked me to go to that dance tonight" he says.
"You're going to the high school dance?" I ask, surprised.
"I couldn't resist my baby sister's puppy eyes" he smiles at me.
"So, you have no idea where she is now then?"
"Sorry, love, not a clue"
I sigh. You see him putting the brush down. "Would you make me the honor of being my date?" he asks.
I laugh and shake my head. "Don't you want to ask Caroline that?"
"Well, Caroline will be there" he says.
"Then why do you want me to go with you?"
He doesn't answer at first, is not looking at me. "I enjoy your company" he finally says.
I sigh. "I warn you, I don't dance" I tell him and he laughs.
"I'll pick you up, love"
"I need to find a dress" I sigh and I leave the mansion.
Klaus comes to pick me up early.
"You're breath taking, love" he says and I blush.
"Thanks" I laugh like what he said was ridiculous.
I arrive at the dance and Bonnie spotted me there.
"Julie, you came!" she says, smiling at me but her smile goes away once she saw who I was with.
"Hello, Bonnie" I say with a small smile, knowing exactly what she was thinking.
"Julie…" I hear Elena's voice calling me.
"Don't even try, Elena" I say without even looking at her.
"I just wanted to…"
"I don't care what you want" I cut her off, turning to look at her "the moment you let me drink that glass…no, you know what, the moment you looked Elijah in the eyes and lied to his face about his mother, the moment you decided to let him die, to let them die and me along with them, that's when it was too late. That's when you decided that my life wasn't worth anything to you and that's when I lost all respect I had for you. You made me angry, Elena. And that's not going away anytime soon. And that's on you" I yell at her. She looks at me, hurt and everybody stays silence. I only move after I hear screams coming from students.
I look up and that's when I see some decorations next to me on fire.
"I think you should calm down, love" Klaus tells me with a serious tone.
"Did you do this?" Stefan asks me.
"Is this about you being an elemental?" Elena asks. Her voice irritates me.
"Get-away-from me" I tell her with a threatening tone and the flames disappear. I had lost it a few seconds ago but now I was in control again.
I walked away from Elena to the hallway and I was followed by Klaus. "I'm sorry. I'm the worst date ever" I sigh.
"I think that was well-deserved" he says with a smile and I smile back. "Feeling better, love?"
I nod, laughing "God, yes!"
"Go, go find Caroline, I'll be fine" I tell him.
"Are you sure? I wouldn't want to be the worst date ever" he says, smiling at me.
"Go, I'll try to find Rebekah" I tell him. He nods and leaves me in the hallway. "Don't burn the school down, love" he says before stepping out and that makes me laugh.
I was joined by Bonnie. "Don't feel bad" she says. "You're right to be angry"
"That's all? I'm right to be angry?"
She sighs "She was wrong to do what she did to you. I would've never done that"
"I know" I sigh. "Have you seen Rebekah?"
She frowns "No,… sorry"
"It's okay…"
"So…" she wants to ask me something. "Are you like…dating Klaus now?"
Me eyes grow big and you laugh "No"
She sighs, she looked relieved "Oh good, good"
"Enjoy the dance, Bonnie"
She goes back inside and I decide to look around for Rebekah. When I don't find her anywhere I decide to go outside. I find a line of salt on the ground and I frown.
"Rebekah, call me back immediately, I only came at this ridiculous dance because you beg me to and now you're nowhere to be find" I hear Klaus's voice coming from behind me.
I was standing in front of the salt line, armed crossed. I see him stop next to me. "I don't think you can leave…" I tell him.
"What is this?" he asks looking at the line.
"I don't think Rebekah's coming"
"Your mother's back" I hear Stefan say. He leads us to a classroom where Bonnie was trying to undo Esther's spell.
"What's taking so long?" Klaus asks. "All boundary spell have a loophole"
Matt enters the room saying only vampires were trapped. Jeremy wants to go ahead to help Elena but Stefan refuses. "It would be suicide, Jeremy"
A split second after Stefan says that, Klaus holds Bonnie's friend by the throat and his feet aren't touching the ground anymore. "Suicide would be disappointing me. Now work your magic, witch, or I'll start killing people you fancy" he says.
"Klaus stop, or I'll set you on fire" I tell him.
He turns his head to look at me. I'm raising my eyebrows to silently tell him I'll do it and he smiles at me putting Bonnie's friend down.
"Let Bonnie work, she'll figure it out" I tell him.
"She better, or you can set me on fire all you want, love, I'll start killing people"
"You know, I'll just freeze you and let you thaw instead, it could take a while." I'm not being serious, he raises an eyebrow and I smile at him.
"What if I break the line?" I ask.
"How would you do that?" Damon asks.
"I don't know? I burn the salt, make a plant grow, start a storm…" I wave my hands.
"You can do all that?" Stefan asks me and that's when I see everybody staring at me.
"Yeah…" I nod.
"The salt line is enchanted but you can always try, love"
After Bonnie managed to find out where Esther was, Jeremy and Matt leave to have a step ahead. I was now outside trying to break the line. I managed to manipulate the wind and I create a little tornado that I tried to push against the invisible wall that was protecting the line.
"You know this is your fault" I hear Klaus say to Stefan behind me. "You set us on this path when you released my mother. I wonder if revenge will prove worth the cost"
"Oh, I'm done with revenge. As far as Esther, we've stopped her before, we'll stop her again" Stefan says.
"We were strange bedfellows you and I. You know, all this reminds me of our time together in the twenties."
I hear Stefan chuckle "You say that like I'm supposed to have happy memories about it"
"Well, there were moments, real friendship, brotherhood…"
"Oh, he already has a brother" I hear Damon say. "Not to be territorial or anything."
"Oh, no of course. The Salvatores and their unshakeable bond. I wonder what'll happen when Elena finally makes her choice. Will we see you shake, just a little bit?"
The brothers don't answer.
"How's it going, love" he asks me.
"I'm almost there" I tell him.
I finally break the line of salt. "You should be able to go now" I say. I watch Klaus trying to reach the other side of the line with his hand.
"Thank you, love" he says, smiling at me before leaving, vampire speed.
I follow Bonnie into the cemetery to see what's going on. Esther was dead. Alaric was in transition to become the new "Mikael". We were all saying goodbye as he decides not to complete the transition. I was trying not to cry as he steps outside the mausoleum to look at all of us and say goodbye.
Once at home, I received the visit of Rebekah.
"There you are!"
"Sorry, my mother daggered me…Well, actually Alaric did…"
"I thought something had happened…"
"Look, I just wanted to tell you I was fine and…to require your help, I'm cleaning up the school tomorrow. The leftovers of the dance I organized but didn't go to…"
"Right…Sure…" I nod.
I hug her and she leaves. Today was the first time I used my powers to help and I was happy I did.
The next morning, Rebekah comes pick me up a little bit before 8 and I'm the only one at the school. I start cleaning up before Caroline steps in the room.
"Where is Matt?" she asks.
"He bailed. Got called into work at the last minute." Rebekah answers.
"Are you kidding me?" she sighs "So, it's just us?"
"Nope, I'm here too" I say with a singing voice.
"Oh, hey, Julie, didn't see you there"
Of course not.
"You're late, clean up committee started at 8"
"It's like 8:02" Caroline says.
"Exactly. I managed to turn up on time and I didn't even get to attend the dance that I organized" she says, angry walking over to the trashcan.
"I'm sorry about your mom…" Caroline says, after a few seconds of silence. "I mean, I know you, like, hated her and everything, but still. I'm sorry"
Rebekah sighs. "Sorry about your teacher. He seemed like a nice guy."
"Yeah…He was" Caroline says.
After a moment of silence, Rebekah looks at me "We're gonna get started on the gym"
I follow her into the hallway and that's where I see him.
"Alaric?" I breathe out, stunned to see him.
"You're supposed to be dead" Rebekah says.
"I am"
Rebekah, then, uses her vampire speed to push him against the locker. He fights back but Caroline comes to help. Rebekah stabs Alaric with the last white oak tree but, surprisingly, that doesn't kill him. Rebekah takes me outside with her as fast as she can. Caroline tries to get into her car but Alaric breaks her neck. I try to help her but Rebekah stops me.
"He'll kill us"
"He'll kill her!" I shout.
"We can't do anything. My brother and I have to leave town. He was made to kill us!'
"You're leaving?" I ask her, stunned.
"I have to, now go home, you'll be safe there"
"I'm not leaving her!"
She sighs "Well, I'm not staying, I'm sorry, I need to warn Klaus"
We look at each other for a few minutes.
"Fine" I sigh. "I'll go home" I tell her.
And that's exactly what I don't do. I had received a text from Bonnie telling me she was at Elena's. I sighed. I didn't want to see the Gilbert girl but I had no other choice. I knock at the door and Jeremy opens. He lets me in and that's when I see Bonnie's hurt.
"What happened to you?" I ask her.
"Alaric drank my blood to finish the transition" she says.
"That would explain why he attacked Rebekah, Caroline and I 20 minutes ago at the school" I tell them.
"What?" Bonnie asks.
"Yeah, and he has Caroline there, we need to go help her!"
"Why us, couldn't Barbie Original help you?" Damon asks, raising an eyebrow.
I sigh. "She had to tell Klaus Alaric was alive, he has the only weapon that can kill them, they need to leave town."
"How brave of them" Stefan breathes.
That's when I hear knocking at the front door. Jeremy opens and I see Klaus standing on the porch.
"What the hell do you want?" Jeremy asks.
"Now is that any way to treat a guest?" Klaus answers.
"What are you doing here, Klaus?" Stefan asks again.
"Well, for starters, young Jeremy here could show some manners and invite me inside" the hybrid answers.
Stefan tells Jeremy to go to his room.
"I know all about my mother's invulnerable little creation. That's why I'm here. I'm leaving town. I just need to pick up a few road trip necessities. Spare tire, flashlight…doppelgänger…" he says the last part smiling.
"Can't help you there" Damon says, closing the door.
Stefan calls Elena's name but she doesn't answer.
"She's not here" Stefan says.
"What do you mean, she's not here, where did she go?" Damon asks, irritated.
"What's going on?" Bonnie asks.
"Klaus wants in. We have to keep him out." Damon answers.
But then the window of the living room shatters. Klaus had thrown a newspaper at it.
The door flies open and Klaus throws pieces of wood at Damon who was in front of him.
"Missed me!" he yells taking the piece of wood from the wall where it crushed and throwing it back at Klaus. The hybrid avoids it and when he tries to throw another one at Damon the piece of wood consumes itself, leaving only ashes.
"Enough!" I shout at everyone. "You have no need to destroy this house, Klaus, Elena isn't here and we don't know where she is!" I tell him.
"Well, you could've told me that earlier, don't you think, love?"
"I would have but you started tearing this house apart and I was too busy trying to avoid the projectiles you were throwing at us" I tell him and he grins at my attitude.
Stefan's phone rings and we all shut up.
"Alaric?"
Turns out, Alaric had Caroline and Elena and he was going to kill them both if Klaus didn't surrender to him. We tried to find a plan to save them.
"I might have an idea" Bonnie says.
"My mum used a desiccation spell on Mikael that immobilized him for over 15 years. If I can get it I might use it on Alaric."
"If and might. Your words inspire such confidence"
"I'll get it. But even with the spell, we'll need a lot of vampire muscle to take him down. Including yours" she tells him.
He sighs.
"Just so we're clear. The sunset is in about eight hours, if we don't succeed before then, Elena will be dead, I'll be gone and the rest of you will be rest to fend for yourselves" Klaus say.
I sigh. We had to succeed, or people will die, again, and I will be left here alone. Bonnie and Damon went to the boarding house to wait on her mother. I follow Klaus and Stefan to the school. We were joined by Jeremy and all we had to do now was waiting for Bonnie and Damon.
When they finally arrive at the parking lot Bonnie gives Damon, Stefan and Klaus her blood to empower them.
Jeremy is lying on the grass, Bonnie's ready to do the spell. All she needs is for one of the boys to make contact with Alaric.
"They've made contact" she finally says.
She starts the spell but stops.
"What's wrong?" I ask her.
"They've lost contact" she says.
"Damn…" I say. "I'll go find out what's wrong"
"Don't…It's too dangerous"
I frown, then sigh. My phone rings, it's Caroline. She's back home but I don't hear anything from Elena.
"I'm gonna go check up on her" I tell Bonnie. She nods and stay with Jeremy.
I knock at the blonde's door. She looks terrible. I stay with her until dark. I receive a call from Jeremy. Elena was getting out from the hospital, he found her unconscious on the floor and had called 911 but it was too dangerous for her to stay there. So I go to the Gilbert's house with the blonde even though I still didn't want to see Elena. Matt and Tyler are there too. Caroline insists on Elena staying on the couch and ask her what she can get her.
"Vodka will help you sleep?" she laughs.
Elena turns to look at me. "Thanks for your help" she says. I look at her for a while.
"I didn't help you. I helped Caroline" I say. "I'm gonna go help the boys make sandwiches" I walk away.
I clean up the mess Klaus made earlier while Elena was sleeping on the couch. She wakes up a few minutes before Stefan gets in. They insist on her not moving from the couch and she complains.
"I'm being over-coddled. I feel completely fine" she says.
"You're on house arrest." Stefan says. He was cooking in the kitchen. "You're supposed to be coddled"
"Wouldn't it be smarter if we got you the hell out of town?" Matt says. He was cleaning the kitchen.
"And do what?" she asks. "Go on the run for the rest of my life? No, thank you." She gets up. "And I'm not an invalid. I'm done with the couch" she says, walking towards the other room, the one where I was, before stepping in the hallway.
"Stefan…" Elena calls her (ex?)boyfriend's name and I look up.
"Elijah" I hear Stefan say and I step out of the room into the hallway, next to Elena.
"Hello again" the Original vampire says, looking at Stefan.
"You're back" I breathe out, my heart starts beating a little faster. He turns his head to look at me and you go to him, burying my head in his chest, pulling him close to me into a tight hug. He hugs me back, putting his hands on my back.
"Are you okay, Julie?" he asks.
I look up at him and smile. I nod yes, moving my hands from his lower back to his chest. "You?"
He smiles down at me and nod. I move my hands to his shoulders and behind his neck and I pull him back into a hug, burying my head into his shoulder.
I hear Stefan clear his throat and I blush, stepping away from Elijah.
"What are you doing here Elijah?" he asks.
"I understand you have stopped my brother and I'm here to get him back"
"What?" I shout out. I had no idea Klaus had been "stopped" "What do you mean stopped?"
"Oh, they didn't tell you? The spell that was used to stop Mikael 15 years ago was used on Niklaus earlier tonight" he says, looking down at me.
I sigh "You people are unbelievable" I shake my head, angry.
"We had to stop him from killing Elena and from dying. If he dies, we die with him" Stefan explains.
"I don't care" I tell him, angry. The door that was opened, closed in a loud nose. Elena jumps, scared by the invisible forces that came from me and that made the door move suddenly. "We were supposed to stop Alaric with that spell!"
"There is still a way to stop your former professor" Elijah says.
We all sit down in the kitchen.
"All we need is to take that stake from him. Once he's been disarmed, the weapon's in my possession, my family will scatter to the ends of the Earth. And Alaric will follow us."
I didn't like that plan at all.
"And you'll just…run?" Stefan asks.
I didn't like it one bit.
"We've done it before. Klaus and Rebekah spent the better part of a thousand years evading my father. What's another half century while Elena's able to live out the rest of her natural life?"
Elena sighs "We finally stopped him, Elijah" I didn't like to hear his name coming from her mouth. "After everything that he's done to us, I can't just let you bring him back"
I roll my eyes.
"'I give you my word, Elena. I will not revive Klaus within your, nor within your children's lifetime. Perhaps it'll finally teach him some manners…"
"Why should she trust you?" Matt asks "All you've done is screw her over"
"She tried to kill him" I say "you don't get to ask that" I look at Elena with an angry look.
Elijah takes my hand to calm me down. I look up at him and breathe, shaking my head.
"And for that, I'm deeply ashamed. But know this, she could've been dead the instant I walked through that door tonight. So, Elena, I leave it to you to make the decision whether to trust me or not."
"Not! Hello!" we hear Damon's voice from the phone. "Did that concussion give you brain damage? His lunatic siblings will kill you the first chance they get!"
"Rebekah and Kol will honor the terms if you return Klaus's body to us, Elena will come to no harm"
Everybody is thinking. This is enraging me. He was being way too nice.
"Do we have a deal?"
"No! No, no, no, no, no. Did I mention, no!" that was Damon's answer.
"Yes" I say.
"This isn't your choice to make" Elena says.
"But killing me was yours? Don't make me angry, Elena, remember the dance? I just cleaned this house don't make me burn it to the ground" I threaten.
"Please, calm down" Elijah squeezes my hand "I understand you're angry but there is no need for violence" he looks me in the eyes and it calms me down a little. I sigh.
"Why do you want Klaus' body?" Elena asks.
"He's my brother. We remain together."
Elena sighs. "We have a deal."
My phone rings. I pick up.
"Katherine" I say, looking at Elena who raised her eyebrows, surprised and a little scared. I get up and go to the other room. "What's up, you haven't called in a while…"
I talk a little bit with her, telling her Klaus was "resting". It was good news to her, even though the thought of the hybrid lying unconscious for two centuries wasn't making me happy. When I get back to the others, they had told Alaric where Klaus' body "was". Bonnie was with Damon where Klaus actually was. They were waiting for Rebekah.
I stayed with Elijah and Caroline in the woods, waiting to set the plan in motion.
"I understand you care about my brother and disapprove of my intentions to let him in his current state"
I sigh "As much as I disapproved when Klaus daggered you and Rebekah…"
"I see… Your compassion is admirable" he says and I look up at him.
Caroline clears her throat and I look away. "Big bad vampire to steal from on his way, remember?"
We're joined by Stefan and Jeremy.
"He should be here already" Stefan says. "Something's wrong" His phone rings, it's Damon.
I walk over to where Stefan and the Gilbert boy were and he hangs up.
"What happened?" Elijah asks.
Stefan stays silent.
"Stefan?" Caroline tries to make him talk.
His look says everything. I put my hand on Elijah's arm and my eyes are tearing up. Caroline decides to leave to find Tyler and Stefan and Jeremy go back to the Gilbert's house. I stay with Elijah who had stayed quiet.
"I'm so sorry" I tell him, taking his hand.
He pulls me to him, one hand in my hair the other on my back. His chin on the top of my head.
I hug him back. We stay like that until we're joined by Rebekah who was crying.
"He's gone, Elijah" she says to his brother. "There was nothing I could do to stop it"
I step back so he can go over his sister and I watch them hug and cry in silence for a moment.
"Tyler Lockwood is dead, but the rest survived. You said that Niklaus turned their bloodline."
"I thought he did"
"It wasn't me, it wasn't Kol…"
"It wasn't me, Elijah" she says "It was Niklaus, I'm sure of it"
Elijah thinks for a moment "Then how are they still alive?" he asks.
She shrugs and sniffs. When she sees me she waves at me.
"Hey"
I give her a sad smile and walk over her. "Hey" I tell her and I pull her into a hug.
"We have to go" he says "We need to be gone before Alaric comes back"
I step away from Rebekah, looking at him with a sad face.
"I'm done running, Elijah. There's a way to kill Alaric…"
"No" he cuts her off " I made a deal"
"Nik is dead, Elijah. There is no deal!" Then she disappears.
"Rebekah" he calls her name.
"She's going to kill Elena" I tell him, wiping tears off my cheeks.
He doesn't go after her.
"Do you want me to stop her?" he asks me. I look up at him. Saving Elena or saving Elijah and Rebekah?
I stay quiet. He takes my silence for a no. "Come" he says. "I will bring you home"
We both stayed silent in the car. I was thinking back to the first time I met him. When he brought me back home after Elena had forgotten me in the old house. He pulled over and I see Robert's car in the front of the house. I frown and get worried.
"Is everything okay?" he asks.
I look up at him and nod. He sees worry on my face but says nothing. "I'm sorry about Klaus" I tell him and he nods. "Are you going to be okay?" I ask him. He doesn't answer right away, staring at the windshield. "I will be" he says in a low voice. "I have to get back to my sister now, see what damage she's caused" he looks back at me. I give him a small smile and nod. "Of course" I kiss him on the cheek quickly and leave the car "Goodbye Elijah" I say before closing the car door.
I take a deep breath before getting into the house. What was Robert doing here and, more importantly, in what state was he? I step into the kitchen and see a couple of empty bottles of what I believe was vodka on the counter.
"Where have you been?" he screams at me as soon as he sees me.
"Out" I tell him, tired.
"Out? That's your answer? Out?" he screams even louder, getting up and getting closer to me.
"What are you doing here?" I ask him.
"How dare you ask me that? This is my house, you little bitch!" he shouts, slapping me, cornering me between the wall and himself.
I put my hand on my sore cheek. My heart beats faster out of fear. I try to push my back on the wall as if it could swallow me. I'm trembling.
"Now, I asked you where you're were while I was getting my ass dumbed!" he screams again putting his hand on my throat.
"This…is…my…house" I try to say but he was strangling me.
"What did you just say?" he yells and I close my eyes as I see his fist getting fast to my face. I wait for the pain to come but I open my eyes after a few seconds when my face doesn't meet his fist.
The first thing I see is Elijah holding Robert's arm. I gasp then breathes, relieved and I start to sob, loud, reaching my sore throat with my hands. Robert cries in pain as Elijah breaks his arm. He looks furiously at my stepfather like he's going to kill him. And he would've but he didn't want to show me this part of him.
"You are to leave immediately and to never come back here. You are to stay away from her, forever" he compels him and Robert goes away. Elijah closes his eyes and takes a deep breath to calm himself down. I was doing the same. My heartbeat was slowing down in my chest. "Thank you" I breathe out, closing my eyes as more tears fall down. I gasp out of fear when I feel his hands on each side of my face, his thumbs wiping away my tears.
"Are you okay?" he asks with a worry look, checking me out for any injuries.
I take a deep breath and nod. "Yes" I breathe out. I feel his fingers tracing the marks of Robert's hand on my throat. I take his hand in mine and then bury my face in his chest, fisting his shirt. His arms are around me and he rests his chin on the top of my head. We both stand there like that for quite a while before I move away.
I was still very close and I look up at him as he looks down at me, caressing my red cheek with the back of his hand. My eyes get trap in his. My heart starts to beat faster, but not out of fear, this time. I can't focus on nothing else but his hand on my face and his eyes in my eyes. He puts a hand on my waist.
"I'm leaving town." he says and my throat tightens. "You can come with me if you wish." I look at him with bright eyes. "I'll make you leave this place. I'll take you anywhere you want to go" he says. "I'll help you reach your full potential as an elemental..." he promises me so many things. We keep staring at each other in silence. "You just have to say yes…" he's waiting on an answer. He looks at me with all the hope he has in him.
"Yes"