Chapter forty three

Wedding bells

Elizabeth

It was very cloudy outside, not a ray of sun in the sky. That was why I was able to walk outside without my ring. I needed a new one, because being stuck inside during sunny days was going to become a real drag really fast.

I drove back home while Lily went to find her old friend Elijah. When I was walking up to the front door, a ray of sunlight suddenly broke through the wall of clouds in the sky and shined down directly on me. I howled out in pain as it burned my skin and quickly ran into the house.

"God, not having a ring is very inconvenient," I muttered to myself as I walked into the kitchen, careful to stay away from any windows.

I found Damon alone in the kitchen as I poured myself a glass of blood. he stared intently at me as I stuck the glass in the microwave to warm it up. "You're really okay with me and Lily?" he asked bluntly.

I nodded. "I mean, it's weird. You and Lily hooking up is really, really weird, but who am I to say that you two can't be together? It's not my place, not really," I said, drinking my blood.

"If it really bugged you, I wouldn't be with her, Lizzie," Damon told me honestly.

I smiled slightly at that. "But then I'd be the brat who broke her best friend and her brother up," I mused, sitting down at the table across from him.

He smirked at me. "Well, you've always been a brat, Lizzie," he teased, and I aimed a kick at him and missed.

"I'm okay with it, really. The only thing that bugged me was that you two hid it from me. but I did openly say that I didn't want you two together, so you had your reasons. Lily's good for you, Damon. I trust that she's not going to hurt you anymore than you've already been hurt. Now you just need to not mess it up." I smirked back at my brother.

He rolled his eyes. "You really don't have faith in me holding a decent relationship with Lily, do you Liz?" he asked.

"I have faith in that I'll rip out your liver if you hurt her," I replied sweetly, earning another eye roll.

"What's Lily to you, Damon? are you to just having meaningless sex or do you actually care about her?" I pushed.

"Do you really think that I would risk losing you if I didn't care about Lily?" Damon countered, standing up.

"I take that you do actually care about her?" I followed my brother out of the room and into the living room.

"Depends- are you asking as the best friend or the sister?" he retorted.

"Both."

Damon sighed. "Yes, I actually care about Lily, Elizabeth. Happy?" he asked sarcastically.

"Ecstatic," I replied dryly, before grinning. "I can't wait to tell her!" I said cheerfully, before something suddenly occurred to me.

"You know what I just realized? If you two got married, Lily would me my sister," I said, before my eyes widened and I beamed up at my brother. "You have to marry her, Damon! please? For me?

Damon groaned and covered his ears. "I'm not talking about marriage with you, Lizzie. It's way too soon. We can talk about it again in a century or two," he said, walking away.

"Fine, but I'm going to start planning your wedding anyway!" I called to him as he walked away. I grinned to myself as I got myself a glass of rum. Lily and Damon being together wasn't too bad. It distracted me from my deal with Elijah and the hard task of de-daggering his siblings without Klaus finding out.

I didn't know how I was going to do it, but I figured that I would have to tell my brothers about my deal before I actually did the deed. I wasn't looking forward to doing that. I didn't need to be psychic to predict that they were going to be pissed at me. I went behind their backs and de-daggered Elijah. I would've been mad too.

But it was my best shot at killing Klaus, and I was still convinced that I wanted that. just because Klaus rescued me from Poppy didn't mean anything. It was stupid, to even think about letting him in again. he cheated on me, broke my heart, and then killed me. if that wasn't a good enough reason to kill him, then adding Jeremy to that list made it good enough. It was all for Jeremy, though I was getting pretty sick of telling myself that.

Lily

Lily hadn't seen Elijah in centuries, but she still knew his habits, his style. Elijah wouldn't be out in the open where Klaus or one of his cronies could easily see him- not until he was ready for his brother to know that he was back. Elijah would be hiding out, most likely in an abandoned house. But the house would have to be somewhat classy, because this was Elijah, after all.

Lily found the exact kind of house on the outskirts of the town. She parked her car and then walked up to the door, only to find that it was under human ownership. Of course- Elijah was smart enough to have the house he was residing in being owned by a compelled human, so not just any vampire could get in.

Lily knocked and a middle aged woman answered the door. She looked sweet, a dazed look in her eyes. "May I help you?"

"Yes," Lily said, peering behind the woman, looking for her old friend. "May I see Elijah?"

The woman frowned. "I'm' sorry miss, there's no-"

"It's fine Berta, you may invite Miss Moreau in."

Lily grinned at the original, her silvery gray eyes lighting up. Despite himself, Elijah offered her a half smile, the only type of smile she had ever witnessed from Elijah. "You can come in," Berta told her, stepping aside.

"Thank you," Lily told the woman as she shuffled away. Lily walked into the house and shut the door behind her. "Elijah, it's good to see you," she told him honestly.

"It's a pleasure to see you too, Lilianna," he replied, always calm and collected. Lily loved and hated that about Elijah at the same time.

Without warning, Lily stepped closer and hugged her old friend. Her arms wrapped around his waist, wrinkling his clean suit that he always wore. Elijah was stiff in her arms, but eventually wrapped an arm around her shoulders, his version of a hug.

Lily pulled away from Elijah, a smile on her face. Being with him after centuries made her realize how much she had missed him. they had grown close during the time Lily and Poppy had spent with Klaus, Rebekah, and him. both of them were the "moral" siblings of two particularly sinful vampires, so it was no wonder that they were close friends.

"So, I hear from Elizabeth that you've roped her into helping you get your family back," Lily said casually as they moved to the living room of the house.

"We've made a deal- I will help her as soon as she helps me," Elijah replied.

"And you do possess of information of how to kill Klaus?" she asked him, raising an eyebrow.

He nodded. "No offense to you Lilianna, but I cannot tell you what I know. It would defeat the purposes of my deal with Elizabeth if I were to make my information common knowledge."

She nodded in understanding. "I would help you anyway, Elijah. We are friends, after all," she said with a small smile.

"I appreciate that, Lilianna," he said, the corners of his mouth twitching upward. Lily hated her full name Lilianna, but Elijah always insisted on calling her that, despite how much she despised the name.

"Now, would you mind catching me up on what I've missed?" Elijah asked, sitting down on a couch. Lily sat down next to him, before telling her old friend all about what he had missed.

Elizabeth

I was busy brainstorming ways to de-dagger Elijah's siblings, staring out the window and into the sun bitterly. The clouds had cleared it was bright and sunny outside. I hated being stuck inside- I would have to have Bonnie make me another daylight ring soon.

I knew that the coffins holding Kol, Finn, and Rebekah were somewhere in the mansion Klaus bought. I had to somehow have Klaus distracted while I de-daggered his siblings. Plus there were still all the hybrids roaming around town, not to forget Poppy who wanted my organs on a stick. I had a tough job ahead of me.

Lily walked in through the front door that moment, distracting me from my plotting. I grinned at my best friend and patted the spot next to me on the couch. Lily walked over and sat down next to me. "How'd did visiting Elijah go?" I asked her.

She smiled. "Good, I missed him," she admitted. I couldn't help but get defensive for my brother's sake- he had had enough women break his heart already. But I could tell by the look in Lily's eyes that Elijah was just her friend and she only cared for him in that way.

"He wants to meet with you and make a plan to de-dagger his siblings," Lily added. "I'm helping too."

"Great, your first job can be telling my brothers that I de-daggered Elijah," I told her, a slight smirk on my lips.

"I don't love you that much, Lizzie," Lily teased, though still completely serious.

"what did you do?"

My breath caught in my throat and I slowly turned around to face my brothers. Oh shit.

"Oops, didn't see you guys there," I said in a light tone, my eyes wide.

"What did you do Elizabeth?" Damon growled, his eyes narrowed.

I took a deep breath, bracing myself for what I was about to face from my brothers.

"I de-daggered Elijah."

~LG~

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