I shot up, my heart beating faster than ever, my face flushed, wrapping my arms around myself in an attempt to cover myself, not wanting the third party to see my naked body. I stared at the man in the doorway, my eyes wide and my mouth opening and shutting, like a fish, unsure of what to say or do. But the intruder just stood there, an amused smirk kissing his lips, clearly enjoying my embarrassment, but his eyes, emotionless, told a different story, a story of danger and unpredictability. Elijah made no move to remove himself from between my legs, instead he remained there, is head leant against my inner thigh, his muscles tense and the only sound coming from him was the sound of his teeth grinding in annoyance. I nudged him to move and he got the message, as he straightened himself, brushing off his suit jacket. He took the jacket off and passed it to me, which I gratefully accepted with a nod and pulled it on, without looking at me before standing in front of me to shield me from his youngest brother.
Kol pushed himself off the doorframe, his smirk still in place, yet he wasn't fooling anybody, he was pissed, "Congratulations, brother! You won the wager!" He exclaimed cheerfully as he walked closer to Elijah, before patting him on the shoulder, the gesture falsely friendly however I could see the way his hand lingered slightly longer than needed and how his hand tensed as though he were squeezing. Elijah's muscles in his back flexed underneath his ruffled suit. They kept eye contact with each other as though they were having a silent conversation.
I looked between the two brothers, as best as I could from my position behind Elijah anyway, my eyebrows knitted together in confusion, "What bet?" Both brothers snapped their heads towards me, Elijah's eyes full of regret, and Kol's still remaining emotionless.
The latter pushed the elder out of the way, his eyes meeting mine, but Elijah grabbed Kol by the arm, his grip tight, to keep him from reaching me, but Kol quickly shrugged him off, his eyes menacing, "Did he not tell you Darling?" He asked falsely innocently and sympathetically, to which I shook my head in a negative way. He put his hands either side of my thighs, not touching but nearly, and I tried to ignore the urge to pull away, I could see Elijah's jaw tick from behind him and he remained tense, ready to attack if needed, "Well my brothers and I made a wager in regards to who could make their way into your bed first. And the prize was well…You." He said plainly, his eyes running across my body before meeting my eyes once again, his eyes almost black, the perfect picture of danger.
I felt my eyes water and pushed Kol away from me, which he let me, before sliding off the counter, steadying myself then squaring up and turning towards Elijah, yet he could not meet my gaze, "Is that why you were doing this?" My voice broke, "Is that all I am to you, a prize?" I said bitterly, tears hitting my cheeks yet I could not stop myself as my hand inched up before springing down, my hand meeting Elijah's cheek with force to which his head snapped to the side, "I should never have thought better of any of you!" I looked to Kol now, his eyes were on Elijah with a satisfied smile, "And you!" I pointed at him, walking closer to him, his eyes met mine and his smile fell before his face became regretful as he noticed the tears that stained my cheeks.
"Elena I'm sor-"He started but I could not listen to another word he said as I slapped him just as I had his older brother. They both kept their heads down.
"Don't either of you ever touch me again!" I shouted at them my finger, pointed at both of them, "Do you understand?!" They nodded in reply and I walked away from the pair, tears pouring down my face, no doubt ruining my makeup. Klaus, Finn and Rebekah stood in the doorway of the living room, the film now off, their faces masks of confusion. I could not help the thoughts of all of their betrayal. Finn made a move to touch me yet I would have none of it, "No! Don't you dare touch me!" I flinched away from the three of them, backing up, unknowing of what was and wasn't behind me. Their faces grew confused.
"Elena what's wrong?" Klaus' voice wrung out, false unease at my appearance.
"What's wrong?" I cackled, sobs wracking my body, "You bastards made a bet about who could fuck me first!" My back came into contact with a wall and I slid down it until I was sitting on the floor, my knees to my chest and my face in my hands. I could hear their muffled voices yet my sobs were all I could hear clearly as the memories of all the things I had done with the brothers, how I'd let Finn in and how I'd started to trust the others. How stupid could I be? They were monsters. I could feel someone's hand on me and I pulled away, I kept whispering, "Don't touch me," as I continued to cry.
I don't know how long I stayed like that before I was being cradled against someone's chest, despite my best efforts to stay on the floor and to keep them from picking me up. I felt a whoosh of cold air pass by me and then I was being placed on something soft and warm, my bed I guessed. I stayed in my foetal position, shielding myself from the family of vampire's, I knew they were there, I could feel their eyes on me and I could hear their muffled voices.
When the voices ceased I dared myself to take a peek at my surroundings and I was reminded of my first day here as I realised I was not in my own bed but in a foreign one, I hadn't seen it before so it was not Klaus' or Elijah's, and I could not imagine it being Rebekah's as it was painted a dark navy, nor could I imagine it being Kol's as it was too tidy and everything was neatly set out. It must be Finn's room I deduced. No one was in the room and so I stood and peeked out into the hallway, noticing that it was empty, I made a run down the hall, in search of my room. I found it relatively quickly, and shut my door as quietly as possible and locked it to prevent anyone just walking in, I knew that they'd be able to break down the door if they wanted to get in but the locked door gave me some dishonest sense of privacy and safety. I took off Elijah's suit jacket and walked to my closet, pulling on a baby blue nightgown then walking to the bathroom and wiping off my messed up make-up.
I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep right now. The anger and adrenaline still rushing through my veins. So I walked over to the sliding glass double doors, unlocking and sliding one open. When I stepped out the cold air instantly hit me yet due to the heat that was spreading around me from my sexual frustration it barely felt like a chill. The balcony wasn't too big but it wasn't small either, on it there was a table and two chairs, I noticed that the other bedrooms above and around me had one too but no one was on there's thankfully. I moved to the edge, leaning against the black metal banister, and stared out at the grounds, it was empty but I could make out the silhouettes of the hybrid's that patrolled the gates and wall. There were lights all over the ground, keeping it illuminated if any intruders came in. I could see the forest from this high up yet there was no edge, only a road down the middle, probably leading to a highway or town. I sighed, there would be no escape from here. I wondered whether my friends would come to save me or if they already had a plan, they probably did, I could imagine Stefan or Damon bursting through the door of my room and carrying me out, and Bonnie keeping the Originals down, as Caroline and Alaric detained the hybrids, a small smile graced my lips at the thought of my friends. They'd probably called Jeremy already, I hope he'd stayed away, I didn't want him anywhere near this, because Klaus would probably kill him, or at least hurt him, just to hurt me.
The cold began to get to me as the anger faded away and sadness replaced it. I wanted to be at home, with my family and friends, God what would my parents think of this? I wouldn't burden myself with those thoughts, they would completely disapprove of my life. This was the burden of being the doppelganger. I sighed and wrapped my arms myself before, reluctantly, walking back into my room and locking the door. I dragged the blanket off the bed and grabbed a pillow, pulling it towards my window seat and making a makeshift bed upon it. I climbed into the 'bed', and the seat was just about big enough for my small form. I stared out at the sky as I lay down, the sky was full of stars and the moon was almost full, a beautiful night.
When I was unable to find my sleep, I realised I would need something to encourage my mind to shut down, I knew there was nothing in my room and groaned as I remembered that there was only one place, that I knew of, that I could find the thing I needed. I threw my blanket off me and pulled on a dressing gown to cover more than what I was wearing was. I grabbed the suit jacket off the bed and tip toed out of my room and in the direction of where I needed to go.
I opened the door I knew was lead me to the location I was searching the door and found it uninhabited, I felt relief flood me, I wasn't ready to see him yet. I wasn't ready to see anyone yet, my drunkenness had disappeared upon Kol's arrival and that had made the mortification even worse.
I chose Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift and sat on the window seat, placing a pillow behind my head for comfort.
About ten chapters in I felt my eyes grow heavy and got up and grabbed the suit jacket, that I'd previously discarded of, and draped it over myself after sitting back down again. I read more of the book but slowly fell asleep on the seat.