Elijah was surprised and confused when he opened the door to find Elena, with teary eyes and a sniffling nose, standing there with a couple of duffel bags on her shoulders and it hadn't even been an hour since he returned her to her home.
"Can I stay here for a while?"Elena asked softly, not meeting Elijah's eyes. Elijah pursed his lips into a frown as he looked at Elena with concern in his dark eyes.
Moving to the side to let Elena in, he watched as she walked inside with her head down, which allowed her hair to cover her face like a curtain."Elena, what happened?" Elijah asked her gently after closing the door.
"It's a long story."Elena mumbled just loud enough for Elijah to hear.
Sighing softly to himself, Elijah guided the young Witch into the living room and took her bags from her before forcing her to sit down while he took her bags upstairs to his room, seeing as he wasn't planning on having guests, and quickly came back down at Vamp Speed. Elena glanced up at him for a second before looking back down at her lap as he sat next to her. Inwardly concerned, Elijah gently cupped the side of her cheek and coaxed her to look up at him. Looking into her eyes, the Original could see that Elena was hurting, deeply it seemed.
"What happened, Lovely?"Elijah asked her gently."Who hurt you?"
"Emily did. She..."Elena trailed off, trying to put her thoughts in order."She knew, ok."Elijah raised an eyebrow, confused."She knew we were adopted and never told me. I had to find out from Katherine that we were adopted. Katherine also told me that Emily had already met our biological Mother, Isobel."Elena explained in watery voice.
"You're upset that Emily kept such an important piece of information like that from you."Elijah stated, lips pursed into a thin line and Elena nodded.
"But that's not the worst part. She also knew who our Father is. Turns out, Grayson isn't just our Adoptive Father, but our Uncle. My Father is John Gilbert, Grayson's younger Brother."Elena added, frowning.
Elijah looked shocked for a second before he pulled Elena on his lap and held her in his arms, having her rest her head on his shoulder. Now it was her turn to be shocked and she tensed for a moment before relaxing in his arms and nuzzling her face int the crock of his shoulder, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
"Let it out, Lovely, let it all out."Elijah mumbled into Elena's ear and a choked sob left Elena's lips before she started crying while Elijah hushed her.
By the time Elena had calmed down from crying in Elijah' arms, she was half asleep. Elijah, noticing the change in heartbeat, stood up with her in his arms, bridal style, and headed upstairs and towards his room. Putting her down on the bed, Elijah grabbed the blanket at the end of the bed and put it over her before heading over to the curtains and closed them so that Elena won't be irritated by the sunlight.
As he went to leave the room, Elena called out to him;"Elijah?"
"Yes, Lovely?"Elijah asked gently as came back over to her and sat down as she slightly sat up.
"Thank you."Elena mumbled, looking into Elijah's eyes and he raised an eyebrow at her."For allowing me to stay here."Elena inhaled and exhaled quietly before she leaned forward, placing a small kiss on his lips.
Elijah immediately responded to the kiss by kissing her back gently. Pulling away before it went too far, the two looked at each other."Get some sleep, Lovely."Elijah said, gently forcing Elena back down into a lying position and watched as she closed her eyes before he got up and left the room, heading downstairs to call his contacts about Klaus and his whereabouts.
When Elena woke up, it was to her phone going off. Sitting up, Elena noticed that it was dark out. Getting out of the bed, Elena headed over to her handbag, the short haired brunette opened said bag and pulled out her phone, staring at the Caller ID. Damon.
"What do you want, Damon?"Elena answered the call with a tired edge in her voice.
"Just wanted to know where you are, Witchy."Damon stated, sounding annoyed.
"I'm not telling you."Elena stated as she sat down on the bed.
"Everyone's worried. Where are you?"Damon growled out, starting to sound angry."Tell me right now so I can come and pick you up."
"Oh yeah, who's worried? You? Emily?"Elena asked sarcastically, knowing that Damon wasn't actually worried about her. He only cared because of Emily.
"Look, I get it, you're upset about the fact that everyone knew that John was yours and Emily's Father, but you know something, you need to get over it!"Damon snapped and Elena's eyes darkened in silent rage, not noticing that the candles in the room suddenly caught on fire, with the flames being larger then normal and that it wasn't a mixture of orange and yellow, but a pure orange colour."Besides, Caroline needs you."The candles went out and Elena's rage filled eyes were replaced with concern.
"What happened?"Elena asked.
"Well, to put it simply, because of Tyler, blondie was taken by his Wolf friends"Elena's eyes widened in shock at learning that there were Werewolves in Mystic Falls."and she got hurt and she's in an emotional state and Stefan thinks that it's best if she had some girl time."
"Tyler's a Werewolf?"Elena suddenly asked.
"Oh, right, yeah, he is."Damon stated, remembering that Elena didn't know that either, and didn't sound apologetic that he played a hand in keeping the Doppelganger Witch out of the loop at all.
"Tell your Brother I'll be at Caroline's, but tell him to warn Emily that if she asks me to forgive her, I'm leaving."Elena stated, knowing that her twin will be there to comfort Caroline, and ended the call before Damon could say anything. Grabbing one of her bags that had only a little bit of clothes. Picking it up and putting over her shoulder, she turned to the door, only to find Elijah standing there, leaning against the door frame.
Smiling at him softly, Elena walked over to him."I overheard."Elijah stated, not even bothering to lie, as he placed his hand on her shoulder reassuringly as he was slightly concerned after hearing what Damon said to her."Do you want me to drop you off at Miss. Forbes' place?"Elijah asked, not liking the idea of Elena driving at night.
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"Elena asked, raising an eyebrow at him."There's a chance that Stefan might be there to drop Emily off safely."
"Then it's a good thing that my car has dark tinted windows and it's dark out."Elijah replied.
"Alright then, please give me a lift to her house."Elijah chuckled and held out his arm for Elena to loop it through and she did. Together, they walked downstairs and out of the house, to his car.
When Elijah got the Forbes residence, he and Elijah saw Stefan, Emily, and Bonnie waiting."Thank you, again."Elena said softly.
"Your welcome, Darling."Elijah said softly, keeping his voice down so that Stefan didn't hear him. Leaning forward, Elijah placed a short and sweet kiss on Elena's lips."Now, go comfort Miss. Forbes."Elena nodded before she opened the door and got out. The trio, seeing her get out of the car, watched her questionably, and in Emily's case, nervously, as Elena shut the door and watched the car drive off before heading over to them.
Raising an eyebrow at them, Elena crossed her arms defensively."What?"Elena asked coldly and Emily flinched.
"Who was that?"Stefan asked, hoping that Elena would tell him who she was staying with.
"A friend I'm staying with."Elena said curtly and cryptically, ignoring the concerned and slightly angry looks on their faces."Come on, we're not standing out here talking about the fact that I've left the Gilbert Residence, we're here to comfort Caroline."Elena stated.
"Elena, we're just worried. We know we should have told you-But everything else happening gets in the way."Elena cut Bonnie off, glaring at her.
"If you continue to try and talk about it, I'm leaving."Elena warned them.
"Fine."Stefan said in defeat before heading over to the front door and knocked while Elena, Emily, and Bonnie hid, deciding to surprise Caroline.
"Hey."Caroline said, opening the door.
"Hi."Stefan greeted her.
"What's going on?"Caroline asked him curiously.
"I was a bit worried about you."Stefan stated."After everything you went through tonight."He added.
"I'm fine."Caroline said softly and huffed.
"Well, good. But just in case, I uh, brought some backup."Stefan said, nodding and stepped back a bit as the blonde Vampire looked at him in confusion.
Emily stepped out of hiding, followed by Bonnie and Elena, surprising Caroline."We're gonna slumber it."Emily stated and Caroline chuckled before sniffling as her emotions got the better of her.
"We haven't done it in ages."Bonnie added.
"And we haven't actually had a chance to talk since your transition."Elena also said.
"Hi."Caroline said before she started to sob as the trio hugged her.
"It's gonna be ok, Care."Elena mumbled to Caroline.
The next morning, the four girls woke up the sound of Emily's phone going off."Go away."Caroline groaned, kicking Emily out of bed, causing the Human Doppelganger to grunt, before she reached over and grabbed her phone.
"Hello?"Emily said, answering her call.
"I'll kill you and your Vampire Boy-Toys."Elena hissed out, knowing from experience that Stefan and Damon, if they couldn't come over to the Gilbert House, would call Emily when she and Elena shared a room before Elena was finally able to have John's room to herself.
"Shh!"Bonnie hushed Emily with her eyes still closed.
"Uh, Emily!"Caroline whined just as another phone went off. Elena, who was in between Caroline and Bonnie, get out from under the bed sheets, crawling in between them to get her phone, which was on the dressing table opposite the bed.
Grabbing it, the short haired twin, much like her younger twin, didn't bother checking the Caller ID."This better be important."Elena grumbled.
"It seems to me that someone is not a morning person."Elijah stated teasingly and Elena's eyes widened.
"Hi."Elena nearly squeaked out, blushing.
"Elena!"Bonnie and Caroline yelled tiredly. Caroline threw the pillow Emily had used, while Bonnie threw the pillow that Elena had used, at the short haired brunette, causing to cry out and topple off the bed with a dull thud.
Groaning, Elena sat, peering over the bed, glaring at the Vampire and Bennett Witch."Good morning, is everything alright?"Elijah asked, sounding slightly concerned as Elena got up and headed to the bathroom.
"Fine, just got hit with pillows and toppled off the bed."Elena said dismissively."Did you need something?"Elena asked, closing the bathroom door.
"Well, I was hoping to take you to the Tea Party that Carol Lockwood invited me to."Elijah asked, sounding hopeful.
"Wouldn't that seem suspicious?"Elena said questionably, looking amused."A seventeen year old girl with a twenty-four year old man?"She teased.
"I'm sure we can find an excuse."Elijah stated, smirking.
"Ok, then I would love to go to this Tea Party with you."Elena chirped.
"Fantastic."Elijah said, sounding delighted."I'll pick you up in twenty minutes?"He asked.
"Sounds great."Elena agreed, knowing that she'd need to wear something approval worthy in front of Carol.