Elijah sighed as he stared at the laptop screen in front of him. His new hobby was rather entertaining for now. He had made almost £20000 from trading with the £1000 he had received from his parents. It was raining outside but Elijah wasn't really worried. His brothers had disappeared somewhere and he was glad Roslyn wasn't here since she reminded him of his guilt every single second she smiled at him.
How could I been so blind? I was a stupid idiot. Actually not even an idiot, I was freaking asshole.
He groaned and then leaned back against his chair. He couldn't hear any noises from upstairs, which meant his parents, had settled down. He grabbed his laptop and climbed up the stairs and out of the basement.
"The vampire emerges!" Klaus crowed as Elijah trudged into the kitchen.
"Shut up" Elijah grumbled.
"What's wrong, 'Lijah? Something stuck up your bum?" Klaus asked with a mischievous smile.
"No but I'm sure his dick was stuck up yours" Elijah replied and Jonathan snickered.
"Seems like our little Elijah's grown a new set of fangs" Klaus teased. Elijah bared his teeth in reply just as they heard the door open.
Roslyn came skipping into the kitchen. The blush on her pale cheeks was there for the world to see and she seemed to be smiling just a little wider than normal.
"I see the date with Fred went well" Jonathan commented.
"He's the nicest guy I've ever been with" Roslyn said.
"So you've been with other guys too?" Elijah blurted out without thinking
"Yeah. I mean Dad and Papa never knew so I just snuck off when they were at conferences" Roslyn shrugged.
"So Daddy's little girl sneaks out? I just got the perfect blackmail" Klaus said.
"Shut your trap, Klaus. No one wants to listen to your shit all the time" Elijah snapped.
"Elijah, what's the matter with you? You never get pissed off at Klaus's teasing" Elijah wanted to punch the wall when he felt Jonathan's concerned gaze on him. Why was everything spiralling out of control?
"Just leave me alone. I don't want to deal with all this shit" Elijah stalked off, laptop in hand and nearly slamming the kitchen door behind him.
"Did I say something wrong?" Klaus asked.
"I'll go talk to him" Jonathan said.
"No" Roslyn spoke up. Klaus and Jonathan glanced at her. "I'll go talk to him".
She left the kitchen and then heard Elijah in his bedroom. She walked down the steps into the basement. She had been in Elijah's room many times before. It reminded her of a private collectors library. Elijah kept it neat and clean unlike a teenage demon his age. The books were amazing. There were all of different genres and Roslyn knew that Elijah had a collection of original classical novels that he kept safe from Klaus and the rest.
He was currently lying down on the large double bed, facing away from the door where Roslyn was standing. She stepped into the room and then sat down on the bed next to his legs.
"Do you want to talk about it?" She asked quietly.
"Just go away. I don't need you" Elijah replied, his voice slightly muffled by the bed.
"Is it Aunt Ciel? Is someone bullying you at school? Is-" "Dammnit, Roslyn, just go!" Elijah shot up like lightening but Roslyn barely flinched.
"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong" Roslyn folded her arms and stared at him with determination in her eyes.
Elijah sighed and lied back down on the bed. Roslyn reached over and stroked his blond hair. Elijah closed his eyes and relaxed under her touch. Roslyn smiled and continued to stroke his hair.
"You know... when I found out that Nicholas was the singer in our family like Mum, I was really jealous. He has that deep John Travolta style voice which I really loved to hear when I watched Grease with Mum" Elijah said.
"You're really smart Elijah. Nicholas might have inherited the voice but you got the brains" Roslyn said.
"We really haven't hung out together since you started dating. I really miss that" Elijah commented.
"Aww, 'Lijah, that's sweet. Lets go to the library. There's this new book by Jodi Picoult that I want to read" Roslyn said.
Elijah got up but then sighed when he saw the amount of sleet outside. Roslyn flopped down on his bed and pouted. Then she brightened.
"We can sing karaoke!"
"I hate karaoke. We could speed read through my books" Elijah suggested.
"I've already read all your books"
"Not the rare original copies" Elijah grinned mysteriously before heading to his bookshelf. Roslyn got off the bed and watched him curiously. He pulled out three books and pressed against the blank wall.
They both took a few steps back when the bookshelf swung outwards, entirely blocking the doorway of the room. Roslyn stepped forward, her golden eyes wide as they drank up the sight of the collection of rare books. She reached out and touched a spine delicately as if it would fade away to dust right in front of her eyes.
"It's nice, right?" Elijah asked, looking thoroughly pleased with himself.
"This is amazing. Where did you get the money to buy all these?"
"Some were gifts from Uncle Claude but I bought most of them when I earned money in trading stocks" Elijah replied.
Roslyn pulled a book out and discovered the very first edition of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. She opened it up and turned the pages carefully. She placed the book back and pulled out a rather heavy tome of Shakespeare's poems. Her eyes widened when the books tumbled out of the shelves and she hunched over to protect herself. The books never hit her but tumbled onto the floor.
After a minute, Roslyn glanced up to see Elijah's worried blue eyes staring down at her. She stared into his eyes with wonder as if seeing him for the first time. Elijah stared down at her with concern. Was she in shock? No, demons never got any sort of shock. She seemed to be perfectly all right and Elijah was surprised when she wrapped her arms around him.
"Roslyn, what-" "Thank you, Elijah. You're the best" she said against his white shirt.
Elijah smiled and then sighed. Roslyn didn't seem to want to let him go but he froze when he spotted someone near the tiny basement window that let out the light from outside.
"Hey!" Elijah let go of Roslyn and ran over to the glass. The person got up and ran as fast as he could.
"Elijah, what's wrong?" Roslyn asked.
"Someone was watching us" Elijah replied.
"Who?"
Elijah could only shrug.
Two bonus chapters today! Next chapter, the drama really starts.
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