CHAPTER 11
Author's Note- This is a very short but heavy chapter. I'll update soon. X
Panic threatened to overwhelm her as Mary Louise raced upstairs to their room.
She opened the door and found that Nora, along with her things, had gone.
She then ran into Valerie's room where the other Heretic sat upright and tried to push herself into a corner upon seeing the blonde barging into her room.
"Where's Nora?!" Mary Louise roared.
"She-she's gone." Valerie stuttered.
"Gone? Gone where?" The blonde barked.
"She said something about going back to the last place she thought of as home."
Mary Louise's eyes widened as she realised exactly where it was that Nora was going.
"She's going back to England." She breathed before turning and running from the room. She had to find her. She had to get to her before she boarded the plane.
She pulled on her boots once she was downstairs, grabbed her jacket and ran out the door.
She then stopped herself and closed her eyes. She pictured Nora in her mind's eye and when she opened her eyes again, she was standing in the airport terminal.
People were rushing about, ready to board their plane.
The spell used to teleport was useful but it didn't take you straight to a person, only their location or near it.
The blonde looked around frantically, desperately searching for her girlfriend.
Mary Louise remembered the note, telling her that they were over but the blonde refused to accept that. Mary Louise believed that Nora was the only reason she was still alive. Without her, life would be a bore and not worth living. Without Nora, Mary Louise was have probably rammed a stake through her own heart decades ago. A life without Nora, now that she knew and loved her, was worth nothing. She knew that, had always known that.
The blonde lifted her eyes to the board that noted the times and destinations of all the flights and she saw that the one to England had not yet gone. Maybe she wasn't too late.
She started walking, although she wasn't sure where she was going exactly; only that she hoped her bond with Nora, the bond of just being inlove with her alone, would lead her to the other vampire.
...
Nora sat on the bench at the airport and hung her head. Her suitcase sat beside her as she waited for her flight to be announced.
Was she doing the right thing? Leaving Mary Louise like that? Without so much as a goodbye? Nora sniffed and felt tears spill over. She angrily wiped them away and looked down at the floor.
She hadn't lied when she said that she would always love Mary Louise, that was clear to even an outsider, but she couldn't trust her. She had hurt Valerie to the point that she'd nearly killed her. Nora never thought that Mary Louise could be capable of hurting someone she was so close to. Alright, so Mary Lou and Valerie hated each other but they were still family and Lily had always taught them to stick together. When Valerie had been hit by those stupid teens, Mary Lou and herself had come to the aid of their family member and made sure that the humans paid for what they had done.
Mary Louise seemed to have forgotten that. Nora thought about all the times they'd had together; the fights, the silly little disputes that amounted to nothing. The times when they went on long walks til the sky darkened and the stars shone bright, how they would hunt together and how they were so in sync, it became almost too easy to make a human their prey.
Nora smiled to herself as she remembered Mary Louise making her laugh just because Nora was having a down day or maybe it when they had first arrived in Mystic Falls and she was bored because Lily had said they were not to leave the house. She bit her lip to keep from smiling and then sat up a little more.
Yes, they were all very fond memories but that didn't excuse the fact of what Mary Lou had done.
Suddenly, the flight to England was announced and Nora let out a calming breath before standing and taking hold of her suitcase. This was the right thing to do. It was hard but she had to do this.
"Don't go."
Nora stopped. The voice was so full of hurt, it could only belong to one person.
She glanced over her shoulder and saw Mary Louise standing near the bench she had just been sitting on.
"I have to...You-"
The blonde was openly crying as she walked towards Nora.
"I know-I know what I did and Nora, if I could take it all back, I would, I swear."
Nora sighed and bit her lip.
Mary Louise stepped forward again and cupped Nora's cheek.
Nora could see the tears shining brightly in the blonde's eyes and how they stained her pale cheeks.
"I love you, Nora. Please...don't leave me. Stay."
Nora closed her eyes and the pair rested their foreheads against the other's.
"You know I love you but what you did..."
"I know, I know, and it doesn't matter what I say, you'll always think what I did was inexcusable but I need you to know this; I will do anything for you. I will take care of Valerie until she recovers from what I did, I'll go with you wherever you want. We can start again just...please Nora, don't leave me." The words turned into sobs and Nora squeezed her eyes shut as she felt tears of her own coming forward.
Mary Louise moved forward and gave Nora a gentle kiss.
"Tell me you love me...tell me we're not done. Please." She whispered against her lips.
Nora moved her head back an inch and opened her eyes.
"I love you...but I can't trust you."
"Yes you can. I swear you can, I-"
"What you did to Valerie, how do I know you won't do that to me one day?"
"Nora, I could never harm you! I love you! I would never hurt someone I loved."
"Valerie is family. I am your family."
"Nora, I am so sorry for what I did and I'll probably never be able to make up for it but you have to believe me when I tell you that all I want, all I need, is you, and if you leave me now, I've lost my place in this world because the only one keeping me in it, is you."
Nora took hold of Mary Louise's hands and stepped back.
"Maybe that's the problem."
The blonde frowned.
"I don't understand..."
"You are living for me, for us, and anything that threatens us, you need to destroy because of the fear of losing me but Mare, don't you see? You have done that when it could have been avoided. Maybe without me, things might be easier."
Mary Louise shook her head as panic rose within her again.
"No don't say that! Nothing is worth it without you! Nothing will be easier without you! Nora, don't do this!"
Nora shook her head, tears falling from her eyes and her finger's slipping out of Mary Lou's grasp.
"I'm sorry, Mare..."
"Nora...No! Please, don't go! I need you!"
The blonde sank to her knees as Nora walked away from her.
Mary Louise's heart broke into a thousand pieces as she watched her reason for living walk out of her life to start over on her own.
This wasn't how it was supposed to end. It couldn't. They loved each other.
This wasn't goodbye. Was it?
A man came over to Mary Louise and offered to help her up. She slapped his had away angrily and glared at me.
"Get away from me!"
The man frowned, muttered something under his breath and walked off, leaving the blonde to kneel there and wonder what she was going to do now that the love of her life had gone.
...
Nora boarded the plane and took her seat. She looked out of the window as tears continued to stream down her face.
She hated seeing Mary Louise's heart broken expression everytime she closed her eyes.
It was hard when you had to break a relationship you had mixed feelings about but the difference with this, was that they both knew they were meant for each other. That when they had met, they had found their missing piece, the love of their lives.
They both knew that it didn't matter how long they walked this earth, they would never find anyone else that made them feel they way they did when they were together.
Nora thought about a life in England. In that cottage. All by herself. Without-
The brunette closed her eyes and sank down into her seat as she fought to keep more tears back but she sobbed and whimpered until the the only way to stop the sound, was to bite her closed fist and muffle the noise.
When she had found Mary Louise standing behind her at the terminal, she had felt a little irritated. She knew that it would have been easier if Mary Louise hadn't come to find her. If she had just been able to go, it still would've been difficult but it wouldn't have been so heart wrenching.
Mary Louise had begged her to stay, had fallen to her knees as Nora had walked away from her.
As Nora closed her eyes, an air hostess came up to her, she looked a little shaken.
"There is a call for you...she said if you don't answer, she'll kill everyone in the control room."
Nora rolled her eyes. That was Mary Louise, always trying to fix things with violence.
Didn't the girl ever learn? This was exactly the reason she couldn't stay with her!
Nora got up and gave the hostess a small, reassuring smile.
"No one is going to be killed, I promise you."
She then went to the front and picked up the phone.
"Nora?" Mary Lou's voice came through, hopeful.
"Mare, you're not going to kill those people and I'm not coming back."
There was a pause.
"I know...it was an empty threat to get them to let me use the phone, and Nora...I love you and I hope you find everything you're looking for, even if it is without me."
Nora sighed.
"I love you too but-"
"It's the violence, I know. I can't change who I am...but I can try, I will try for you."
Nora leant her head back as she closed her eyes.
"I can't come back, Mare...I'm sorry."
There was another long pause before the blonde spoke again.
"Alright. Just...just know that I love you and I always will."
Nora fought to keep her voice under control.
"I love you too."
Then the line went dead and Nora hung up slowly.
...
Mary Louise watched as the plane took off. She imagined she could see Nora looking out the window, and she smiled brokenly.
She watched until the plane was completely out of sight.
That was it. She was gone.
The blonde went over to the bench and sat down on it, feeling broken and numb.
She couldn't get her head around the fact that Nora had really gone. That they were over.
What did she do now? Go home? And do what?
Mary Louise licked her lips and tasted fresh tears again.
"What am I going to do without you?" She whispered as she found herself looking at a bleak future without Nora being a part of it.
