Chapter twenty five

Under the influence

Elizabeth

"What?" by brothers repeated, and I sighed. Then I turned around to face them.

"I can't do it, okay? Klaus is back, and he wants me back. who the hell knows what he's going to do to get me back? who he's going to kill? God, he's been back one day, and he's already screwing with my mind." I exclaimed, tugging at my hair.

"Lizzie, you can't just run away." Damon said, and I glared at him.

"I'm not running away." I said, but Stefan nodded in agreement with Damon.

"You are, Elizabeth. You're running away from your problems. It doesn't matter though, Klaus will find you eventually." Stefan said.

"Well, at least I'll have some time away from him." I said calmly, returning to my packing.

"What about Jeremy, Elizabeth?" Damon tried.

"It never would've worked out anyway. He's human and I'm a vampire, I was stupid to convince myself that we would work." I said coolly.

"Fine, what about Damon and I? and Lily? You're leaving us behind too, you know." Stefan argued, matching my calm and cool tone.

"Who knows, Klaus might take out some of his anger that you got away on us." Damon added, and I stiffened. I never thought about that.

"Don't leave, Lizzie. I get it, you're messed up big time right now, but what kind of big brothers would we be if we let you run away?" Damon said softly, and I closed my eyes.

"You're not alone in this, Lizzie. Klaus has messed with all of us, but we're going to figure out a way to keep him out of our lives forever." Stefan said in an equally soft voice.

I sighed, knowing that I wasn't going to leave. "Fine, you guys win." I mumbled, starting to unpack.

"Good, and the next time I catch you packing, I'm going to kick your ass." Damon said in his normal tone, before walking out of my room.

"I'm glad you're staying, Lizzie." Stefan said, hugging me. I sighed, I needed one of his big brother hugs badly.

"I just want him out of my life, Stef." I muttered.

It was impulsive of me, to decide to run away. My brothers were right. There was no way I was getting rid of Klaus that easily.

Damon

"So Poppy is running around with her best friend Klaus? Great." Damon groaned as he and Lily sat at the bar at the Mystic Grill.

"We need to watch Lizzie." Lily said, as she ordered two more shots of bourbon. "She's very, very impulsive, Damon. and Klaus being back in town is just going to keep setting her off."

"Man, do I want to rip that guy's heart out and shove it up his-" Damon cut himself off to do another shot.

Lily and Damon had a friendship, and a reasonably strong one at that. But still, there was a charge of sexual tension between them ever since they almost kissed a few weeks ago. Damon didn't know why he hadn't just pushed the girl up against a wall and kissed her yet. Maybe it was because she was his first real friend, or maybe because she was his little sister's best friend. It was probably because of both.

"Lilianna, it has been a long time."

Damon and Lily both stiffened, as they were joined by the devil himself. "Not long enough, Niklaus." Lily retorted, taking a shot away from Damon. why were Salvatores so self-destructive?

"Aw, don't be like that, Lilianna. We used to be friends." Klaus said, and Lily glared at him.

"We were never friends, Niklaus. I used to follow my sister wherever she went, and she followed you. There was no friendship involved." She snapped, before standing up. "By the way, had I known that you were the reason Elizabeth became the thing hates most about herself, I would have killed you before you became a full-fledged hybrid, and could not die."

"Come, Damon." Lily said to Damon, who was half-drunk, and was bound to do something stupid.

"One second Lilianna, I need to talk to my little sister's exe." Damon said, and Klaus smirked.

"No way in hell, we're going." Lily said, and Damon rolled his eyes.

"He's not going to kill me, Lily. If he does, it will ruin his already very impossible chance at getting Elizabeth back." Damon said, and Klaus's smirk grew bigger.

"Do not fret, Lilianna, I will return Damon to you in one piece." Klaus said, but Lily didn't move.

"Damon-" she started to say, but he cut her off.

"I don't need a babysitter, Lily. Go home." He snapped.

Her silver eyes widened slightly, before she glared and marched off. Damon didn't pay her temper tantrum any mind, and turned back to Klaus.

"You need to leave Elizabeth alone." He told him bluntly, taking a bottle of whiskey out from behind the bar counter.

"I am afraid that I can't do that, Damon. you see, I let her get away once, I don't plan on making that mistake twice." Klaus said nonchalantly, as Damon poured himself another shot.

"Dude, she hates you. Let her go already." Damon said, but Klaus was unaffected by his words.

"There is a very fine line between love and hate, Damon. Elizabeth loved me once, I doubt that she ever stopped." He said.

"Then you really don't know my sister. Elizabeth doesn't forgive or forget. You screwed her over and broke her heart. She's never going to forgive you for that. So save yourself the trouble, and leave." Damon said, his anger at Klaus flaring up under his buzz.

"I suppose it's a good thing that I'm very persistent." Klaus smirked. "I don't plan on leaving this town without Elizabeth on my arm. It would be wise for you and your brother to stay out of my way."

Klaus stood up, and Damon stood up with him. "I still owe you a kick in the ass for breaking Lizzie's heart." He said, swaying slightly.

Klaus laughed humorlessly. "I am a hybrid and an original. The only reason your heart is still in your chest is because then it would take even longer for Elizabeth to forgive me." he said.

"You're kidding yourself if you think that she's ever going to go back to you." Damon informed the hybrid.

Klaus didn't respond, just walked towards the door. "I wouldn't keep Lilianna waiting, it is impolite." He said calmly, before disappearing out of the bar.

Damon grabbed his bottle before walking out into the rain. Klaus was long gone, but Lily was waiting patiently for him. "Now that you have that out of your system, can I count on you not to do anything stupid for the next twenty four hours?" she asked, as they walked towards his car.

"How can you be so calm, Lily? Klaus wants Elizabeth back, to hurt her even more and take her away from us, and all you give him is some attitude. What kind of best friend are you?" Damon said, drinking from his bottle.

Lily glared at him. "When, during this evening, did you become such a dick?" she asked, taking his bottle away.

"When did you become such a buzz kill?" he retorted, trying to take the alcohol back.

Lily smashed it against the concrete, causing the glass to shatter. "I am a very good best friend, Damon. I've been there for Elizabeth when you weren't. just because I'm not going around making an ass out of myself and threatening a hybrid who can easily kill me, like you, doesn't mean that I don't care about Lizzie." She snapped, before disappearing into the rainy night.

Damon sighed, running a hand over his wet hair. Slowly, he made his way home by walking. There was no way that he could drive home that drunk. When he got back to his house, it was silent. Stefan must've taken Elizabeth somewhere to cheer her up.

Damon walked into the library, to find Lily reading Romeo and Juliet. "Romeo is a tool." Damon commented.

"Oh, so first you say mean and hurtful things to me, and then you insult my favorite book? You're on a roll tonight." Lily said, shutting the worn book.

Damon sighed. "I'm sorry, okay? I'm drunk and pissed off. I tend to say things that I don't mean when I'm that."

"You suck at apologies." Lily told him bluntly.

"Well, I make up in other places, Lilianna. Especially in the bedroom." Damon smirked at her.

That wasn't the first suggestive comment Damon had made to Lily, so she didn't raise her eyebrows. She did smile though. "You smiled, 'I'm off the hook." Damon pointed off, and Lily sighed.

"I was bound to forgive you anyway." She said, turning to the large wall of books behind her.

It was probably the alcohol, but Damon suddenly felt the urge to do the one thing he had been suppressing for weeks. With the bourbon he had been drinking blocking out the little self-control he had, Damon walked up to Lily.

"Yes, Damon-" Lily started to say, turning around. She was cut off when Damon kissed her.

She was shocked to the core, as Damon pressed his lips against hers, his arms wrapping around her waist. He knew that there was a good chance that Lily would push him away and slap him, but he kept on kissing her.

Eventually, Lily sighed, and kissed him back. she wrapped an arm around his neck, and a hand buried itself in his hair. Damon was drunk, but Lily had no excuse for kissing him back. neither had an excuse for liking it so much.

"Lily? Damon?"

The two broke apart at the sound of Elizabeth's voice. Damon smirked slightly down at a panting Lily. "I won't tell if you won't." he whispered, before walking out of the library.

Lily stared after him, wondering what the hell took him so long.

~LG~

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