Chapter twenty four

Secrets revealed

Elizabeth

I stumbled drunkenly into my house, smacking my head on a wall. "Ow, dat didn't feel too good." I giggled, tripping over my feet and falling into the couch.

"Elizabeth, you have a hell of a lot of explaining to do."

I looked up and saw my brothers looking seriously down at me. "Uh oh, looks like Imma in troobles." I burst out laughing, all my problems melting away when I was drunk.

"Maybe we should talk to her when she's sober." Stefan said to Damon.

"Our little sister had Klaus's tongue down her throat tonight. I want some answers, Stefan." Damon said angrily, as Lily walked into the room.

"I want to know as much as you do, Damon, but she's wasted. She's not even capable of walking straight, let alone confessing her secret love affair with Klaus." Lily said, as she helped me off of the couch.

"Lileh, I-I dink my broters are mad at meh." I told her seriously, as she helped me up to my room.

"They caught you kissing Klaus, the evil hybrid. They're just confused, Lizzie." Lily said, as she tucked me into bed.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep, completely unaware of the drama that awaited me when I woke up.

~LG~

"Oh god, somebody kill me now."

I hadn't been that hung over since the prohibition, when I got wasted simply just to spite the law. My head felt like it was going to explode. I slowly sat up, last night a total blank.

"Okay drunkie, time to wake up."

I flinched at his voice, while rubbing my temples. "Not now, Damon. I'm really, really hungover, and I have no memory of last night." I told him.

"Oh, well let me jog your memory. Your boyfriend's back in town. And not Gilbert. Let me give you a hint, he's a hybrid." Damon said.

I froze, and slowly faced him. "How…" I tried to say, my eyes wide as saucers.

"Stefan and I walked in on you two playing tonsil hockey." He said his voice emotionless. "You have a lot of explaining to do, Elizabeth."

I sighed, and rubbed my eyes. "Okay, I'll explain. Just let me sober up a bit, okay?"

I took a long shower, trying to prolong this conversation as long as possible. My brothers finally knew about Klaus and me, and I was in a lot of trouble. I didn't want to face them, but I had to.

"About time." Damon said coldly, as I walked down the stairs. Stefan stood silently behind him, Lily next to him. I bit my lip as I walked into the kitchen. I poured myself a cup of coffee, and then turned to face my family.

"So, Klaus and I were together once." I said, stating the obvious.

"Yeah, I figured that one out when I saw how deep he had his tongue down your throat." Damon said bitterly.

"He was the one who changed me. I fell in love with him when I was human, and then he broke my heart. Really, he broke my heart more than once. I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys before but… it's not something I like to think about." My eyes stung, and I closed them.

"No, Elizabeth." My eyes popped open as Damon glared at me. "You don't get to hide something as big as being the exe of Klaus from us, and then go around and cry about it."

"I'm not crying," I mumbled, rubbing my eyes.

"Damon, don't be a dick." Lily glared, as she walked over and hugged me. "Its okay sweetie, I forgive you." She whispered while holding me.

"Thank you." I whispered back, while inside I felt like shit. Damon was right, I hid the truth from them, and I didn't get to cry about it.

"I'm so, so sorry guys." I told my brothers sincerely. "I should've told you. But now there's nothing I can do now but feel sorry that I didn't."

Stefan sighed. "Lizzie, it's okay. I forgive you."

I smiled slightly at him, while Damon sighed. "You should've told us, Lizzie." He said bluntly.

I nodded. "I know."

"But you're not the first person Klaus has screwed over. I guess… I forgive you too." Damon said.

I shook my head. "It's my fault Klaus is back." I told them, glad that my family had forgiven me. But now I had to deal with Klaus.

"He told me that he came back for me, but I think that he's full of shit." I sighed, running a hand over my face.

"He probably is." Damon agreed, as I finished my coffee.

"There's something that you guys should know." Lily blurted out suddenly.

My brothers and I turned to face her. "What?" Stefan asked.

"Klaus turned Poppy. In fact, she was the first he ever changed." Lily admitted.

My eyebrows shot up. "You don't think…" I said, but Lily was already walking towards the door.

"That Klaus let Poppy out? I have no idea." She replied.

"I'll go with you." Stefan said, and then they left. Damon turned to face me, his eyebrows raised.

"So, you're in love with Klaus." He said, as he poured himself a glass of blood.

"Was, I was in love with Klaus. I hate him now." I said, before grabbing my keys.

"Whoa, where are you going?" Damon asked, as I walked towards the door.

"I have to see Jeremy. I just… I need to see him now, Damon." I told him.

"With your crazy hybrid exe running around? I don't think so." Damon said, and I glared at him.

"I'll be extra careful. Please, Damon." I pleaded, and Damon sighed.

"Fine, just… We don't know what he's capable of, Liz. For all we know, he could kidnap you." Damon said.

I smiled softly. "I'll be careful, Damon." I said, before leaving.

It was raining, as I parked in front of Jeremy's house. I knocked on the door, impatient to see Jeremy, to have him comfort me. Jenna answered the door, and told me to go on up to Jeremy's room.

"Hey Ellie." Jeremy grinned as I walked into his room and lay down on his bed. He frowned when he realized that something was wrong with me.

"What's wrong?" he asked, as he sat down next to me, and hugged me to him.

"My exe is in town, the one who broke my house." I sighed. Jeremy instantly hugged me tighter to him.

"I'm so sorry, Ellie. Want me to kick his ass for you?" he offered.

I shook my head, and looked up at him. "No, I want you stay as far away from him as possible, Jeremy. Klaus isn't a good guy." I said, as I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Klaus? What a name." Jeremy muttered.

I smiled slightly. "His full name is Niklaus." I said.

"Even worse."

I laughed slightly. Jeremy had made me feel a lot better. "Thanks Jer, I needed this," I smiled as I kissed him.

Jeremy smiled into the kiss. "Any time, Elle." He mumbled against my lips, a hand twisting into my hair.

We were interrupted when my phone went off. I sighed and pulled away from Jeremy, before answering it. "Hello?" I asked, a bit irritably.

"Poppy's gone. Klaus got her out somehow." Lily said.

I cursed. "How come you never told me that Poppy was his first?" I asked suddenly.

"How come you never told me that you were in love with Klaus?" Lily retorted.

"Touché. I'll see you at home." I said, before hanging up on her.

"That was Lily. I have to go home. A sort of family emergency." I told Jeremy, as I fell back into his arms.

"Your family and their emergencies." Jeremy groaned, as I kissed him quickly.

I grinned slightly. "We're working on it." I said, as I walked out of his room.

As I walked out of the Gilbert house, I was stopped by a familiar voice. "You know if you're trying to make me jealous Elizabeth, its working."

I stopped in my tracks, gritting my teeth. It was as if Klaus had some sort of alarm in his head. Whenever I was healing, getting over him, moving on, it went off, and he had to go make sure that I was still completely heartbroken over him.

"Why can't you just leave, Klaus? I'm happy, the happiest I've been since 1864. I have my brothers back, and I'm finally over you. Yet here you are, trying to ruin it all." I turned around and glared at him.

"You're not over me, sweetheart. Trust me, you may pretend to, for your brothers and that human boy, you're just as in love with me as you were when you were human." Klaus said, his fingers grazing over my cheek.

I glared and pushed him away. He frowned at me, and suddenly my back was pressed into his chest, and his hands were on my neck. My eyes widened, as he tightened his grip.

"If you were anyone else, love, your head would already be at my feet. But there's just something so sexy about your attitude," Klaus breathed into my ear. Then he kissed my forehead, and let me go.

Again, I felt myself unravel at his presence. "I don't love you anymore, Niklaus. Any love I had for you died when you killed me." I told him firmly, though my voice was shaky.

Klaus ignored my words. "Do you wish to know why I am back, love? I made you a promise, and I like to think that I am a man of my word." He smirked slightly, as my eyebrows furrowed.

"What are you talking about, Klaus? You never made me any promises." I said.

Klaus smirked at me. "You wouldn't remember, sweetheart. You were dead."

Mystic Falls, Virginia

1864

Klaus frowned down at Elizabeth's dead body. How that little human girl could make him feel so much, he would never know. She wasn't good for him; she was bringing out his humanity.

Still, Klaus kneeled down next to her body, and pulled her into his arms. He kissed her lightly on her cold lips, and brushed a lock of hair out of her gorgeous blue eyes.

"I will come back for you, Elizabeth. Once I have my curse broken, we will be together again. I promise." He whispered to her, before laying her back down on the floor.

Elizabeth Salvatore was terrible for him, but he couldn't let her go.

I gaped at Klaus, and he smirked at me. "You see, Elizabeth? I came back for you. I am now a full hybrid, and so we can be together again." He said, walking towards me.

I frowned, and stepped away. "No, we can't. I… you shattered my heart, Klaus. I loathe you. Now do me a favor, and stay the hell away from me." I said firmly.

Klaus frowned at me. "I want you, Elizabeth. And I'm a man who gets what he wants. I don't care who I have to kill to get you back, but I will. That's a promise."

Klaus kissed me, and I was too in shock to push him away. When he pulled away, he smirked once more, before disappearing. I stared at the spot where he was at moments ago, and closed my eyes. He had done it again; all the hard work I had put into moving on was destroyed.

I gulped once, before I thought of the one thing I could do to make sure that he was never in my life again.

I ran home, and up to my room. I packed up my things as fast as I could. I wanted to be gone before anyone could stop me.

"What are you doing, Elizabeth?" I didn't even look at my brothers as I packed up my things. Not even they could stop me now.

"I'm' leaving Mystic Falls. Forever."

~LG~

A/N: thank you to vdemily, for giving me the ideas for this chapter.

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