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Chapter 20:

"Elijah! That tickles!" I exclaimed as he moved his lips down my bare back.

"Oh, is that so? Well, perhaps I better continue then…" he said and kissed me gently on my back again, making me giggle of the ticklish feeling.

"Please! Stop! I… I can't take it!" I laughed.

Elijah finally stopped and I turned around, pulling the covers up over my bare chest. My gaze immediately fell on his bare and muscular chest, so he placed a finger under my chin and made me look into his eyes.

"You need a haircut, you know. Your hair is getting too long." I said, ruffling it.

He took a look at his reflection in the mirror and frowned. "You're right. Why don't you cut it? You did it so well the last time."

I smiled brightly and jumped out of bed, quickly putting my underwear on and pulling him with me out to the bathroom. I loved cutting Elijah's hair and I already had a lot of ideas of what to do with it, but I was guessing that Elijah probably didn't want a Mohawk.

Again.

"You really must trust me if you're ready to let me loose on your hair again." I said teasingly.

"Of course and although I wasn't too fond of the Mohawk, then I liked what you did with my hair the time after that." Elijah said.

I smiled and gave him a kiss on his cheek. "You're so sweet! Now, sit down and sit still."

Elijah sat down on the edge of the bathtub, while I quickly got my hands on a pair of scissors and a comb. I started out combing it back and tried deciding which idea to go with. I eventually chose to cut it the way I did after the disaster with the Mohawk and made it short, but modern and sexy.

"There! All done and looking rather good if I must say so!" I said, smiling brightly.

Elijah shook his head to get the hair I cut off out of his hair and once it was clean he ran his fingers through it to smooth it back and took a look in the mirror.

"I'm impressed," Elijah said, looking pleased of his new hairstyle. "You want me to cut your hair as well?"

My eyes widened in horror. "No, thank you! No one touches my hair besides me. Besides, I like it the way it is."

He chuckled and leaned down to kiss me then pulled me back in to my bedroom. He sat down onto the bed and I crawled up on his lap, about to kiss him when there was suddenly a knock on the door. I groaned and ignored the knocking, wanting to ruffle Elijah's hair and spend a little more time with him, but the knocking continued.

"What?" I snapped.

"Don't snap at me!" Damon said grumpily. "I need to talk to you, so get dressed and meet me downstairs if you can pull yourself away from that buzz-kill of an Original."

Elijah rolled his eyes and looked annoyed about being interrupted. He was starting to get used to having a girlfriend, but I enjoyed being with him as well.

"We could do it one last time. Damon may have to wait, but–"

Elijah shook his head. "Go and talk with him. I don't want to keep you trapped in your bedroom all day like I did last night."

I wrinkled my nose, but gave him one last kiss and then dressed. I went downstairs to find Damon waiting patiently with good ol' Alaric Saltzman.

"Buddy!" I said, grinning when I saw Ric. "Long-time no see!"

Damon shook his head of me and Alaric smiled awkwardly, clearly not expecting me to be in such a good mood, but he could thank Elijah for that.

"You see what I said? It's like she's drunk 24/7!" Damon said, making me roll my eyes of him.

"If you mean 'drunk on love' then yes I am drunk 24/7," I said. "But what is it that's so important that I can't enjoy my morning with my boyfriend?"

"A guy was found staked some days ago while you were locked up and I need your help to figure out who did it – especially since the guy wasn't even a vampire."

"Oh… well, that's a good enough reason to get me out. Maybe Elijah can help too."

Damon groaned. "Can't you go anywhere without him?"

"Fine! But I'm going to talk about him during the entire thing."

My brother looked like he regretted asking me to help him, but he didn't say anything. He just smiled and walked out to his car. Alaric and I followed him and we drove to the Lockwood Mansion where they were holding a council meeting.

Since Damon was the head of the council and I was his sister, then he managed to get me in the council and I listened as they talked about any recent vampire attacks.

I noticed that one of the men was eying my cleavage a little too much and I was sure that if Elijah had seen it then he would have compelled the man to jump off a bridge. After the meeting that same man went over to me and flashed a charming smile that made me want to roll my eyes.

"I didn't know that Damon Salvatore had an older sister…" he said flirtatiously.

"Well, he does. Who are you again?" I asked.

"Christian Harvest. I'm a member of this council and since you're new and all, then I was wondering if you needed an introduction to what we do here. Perhaps we could grab a cup of coffee now where at it too?" he answered.

"Sorry, dude, but my sister is taken," Damon said, stepping forwards. The man scowled at him, but he didn't look like he wanted to give up just yet. "Don't you have anything else to do, Christian?"

"Not really, no. But an honor to help your sister settling down in the council and I will only be happy to answer any questions she might have."

I suppressed a groan and looked at Damon, who looked like he wanted to break the guy's neck. "It's very kind of you, but I can't. And if I have any questions, then I'm sure Damon can answer them."

Christian finally gave up, but I couldn't help but wonder if there was another reason for why he tried to make a move on me.

"What a douchebag! It's times like these where I enjoy having Elijah as my almost-brother-in-law." Damon said.

I shook my head of him. "Let's just find out who killed that guy, yes? Where did you say they found him?" I said.

"In the woods. I first thought that it was Dr. Meredith Fell – Alaric's new girlfriend – but the only thing she was guilty of doing is using vampire blood to heal her patients."

"Hm… maybe someone thought that he was a vampire and killed him by accident?"

"Maybe. But it's not very likely. Whoever killed this dude put a lot of thought into this. The stake that was used was neatly cut. This person definitely knows about killing vampires and has probably done it before."

"Hm… We could try going back to the woods?"

"And what? The crime scene has been processed and any evidence about it is at the police station."

I rolled my eyes. "Do you have to be so negative all the time? We might actually find something the others missed, like… the killer's blood?"

Damon groaned. "Okay, then let's go and take another look."

We left the mansion again and while Alaric went to talk with his new girlfriend, then we went to the woods where the corpse was found. I looked curiously around in the area and tried picking up on any scents that might still be here.

"Found anything yet, Lassie?" Damon asked teasingly.

"No, Fido! But be patient. It is a while since the crime was committed here after all." I answered.

Damon grinned and walked towards a nearby tree, but when I went to take a look at the roots of another tree I was suddenly tackled by someone so quickly that I didn't have time to fight back. I soon found out that it was just Finn and shook my head of him.

"What the hell is the matter with you? You scared the crap out of me!" I hissed.

Finn laughed and helped me up from the ground, a little too eager to brush the dirt off my butt. "Oi! Stop that, you perv! Now tell me why you're here."

"I came to tell you that Elijah just went to talk with Klaus. Alone." Finn said, turning serious.

My eyes widened. "What? Why would he… oh no! When did he leave?"

"An hour ago. I wasn't supposed to tell you anything, but we're buddies and it wouldn't be fair of me to keep any secrets from you." He smirked, making me shake my head.

I sighed heavily and looked to Damon. "See! This is why I wanted to come with us! Now he's probably lying neutralized in a coffin or something worse!"

"Relax, Althea. I'll get him and you go home with Finn. I don't want to give Klaus another opportunity to use you for his personal gain."

I wanted to protest, but Damon left before I could say a word and I was left behind with Finn, who seemed surprisingly calm about this.

"Aren't you supposed to be worried for your brother? What if Klaus neutralize him?" I asked.

"Then we'll get him back. But even though Klaus is a hybrid, then Elijah won't let himself get fooled again. He is the only one of us who knows Klaus the best." Finn answered.

I hoped he was right about that, because the thought of Klaus neutralizing him again scared me. I reluctantly went back to the boarding house with Finn and as we arrived we ran into a bewildered-looking Kol, who was just about to head out.

"What's up with you?" I asked confusedly.

"Me? Oh nothing," he answered, but it sounded like a lie. "I'm heading out for a drink. Oh, and remember to stay with Finn."

He left before I could ask why and when I looked questioningly at Finn he just shrugged and walked inside.

"Are you guys planning something behind my back?" I asked suspiciously.

"Now that is just absurd! Have we ever hid anything from you, Althea?" Finn answered.

I raised an eyebrow. Oh, they were definitely up to something and I wanted to know what it was.

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