/So this is my second upload for today. I'm going to add one chapter per day, but on Saturday there will be 2 chapters. If I'm busy and don't have enough time to write new chapters, I will tell you. I'm very happy that most of you like my story and it is great to read your opinion about what should/what will/ or what happened in the story, in your reviews or private messages. I thank all of you for reading.

The rest of the day passed by fast and soon Katherine felt much better. She spent the day, sitting on the windowsill of a room in the apartment, watching the humans who were outside. Now that it was getting late and the moon began to rise, Katerina decided for the first time that day to leave the room. She looked around to see if Elijah was still there. At first she couldn't see him but then she noticed that he fell asleep on the couch. Katherine smiled slightly, but then she went in the kitchen of the apartment, where she found a pen and a few sheets of paper. She sat down, took the pen and the paper and began to write:

Elijah,

I have been thinking about what you told me for a while and I have made a decision. I know that I have always been running from everything, but that's everything I'm good in, so I will keep on running. But not from you, just from Klaus.

I don't know if it's true, but I was always sure that you hated me – or hate me, for running away 5 centuries ago. But that's me. My fear from dying makes me run again and again. I thank you for saving my life, you gave me the possibility to stay alive and you gave me the power to try and fight for my life and my freedom again. When you read this, I won't be here anymore. I won't run from Klaus anymore. 500 years are way too long. If he finds me once again and tortures me or kills me, it will be my fault. But if I stay with you he will also find me, you're his brother and it won't be that difficult for him to find you – and me. Now I will leave this country and if Klaus really needs the cure for defeating Silas he will come to me to get it anyway.

No matter what I did, not matter what you did: I always liked you a lot

From the first time that I saw you, you meant more to me than others did. And you still do. You are different than other man are. I hope sometime we both will meet again, when all of this is over. I know that you gave up on things like love and friendship, but you shouldn't have. I never had the chance to experience true relationships between people and I regret it. Of course you're older than me, but someday even you will start to regret too.

You're trying to find hope for your future? Let hope have a place in your heart

In love,

Katerina Petrova

Katherine put the letter into an envelope then she stood up and placed the letter in Elijah's hands, before walking to the door. She opened it and turned back towards him again "Goodbye…" she whispered, before turning around again. Then she left the house and walked along the street to leave the town. Maybe she would go back to England…or maybe to Bulgaria? The last time that she had been there was in 1492 when she found her family

Elijah woke up just after Katerina had left the apartment as he found the letter in his hands. After reading the first few lines he stood up fast, and tried to find her in the apartment, but it was true. She was already gone, so he continued on reading her words. He couldn't believe that she ran away again. It was the second time that she left him like this, she didn't even knew what she really meant to him. He took a deep breath and thought about what to do. His brother would be really mad at him for betraying him, and the girl Niklaus wanted to see dead was gone. He could still smell Katerina's scent in the apartment, what meant that she couldn't be that far yet. Without hesitating and not sure what he was doing, he grabbed his jacket and left the apartment. A few seconds later he was outside at the street and looked around, but he couldn't see her anywhere. For a moment he stopped and concentrated on her scent again, following it just after he could smell her again. He took a way through the woods, where he could move in the speed of a vampire without being seen by any humans. He was older and faster than Katerina, so it didn't take long until he reached her. "Katerina…" he said as he was just a few meters behind her.

Of course Katherine stopped as she heard Elijah's voice behind her and turned around, looking at him. Obviously she didn't expect that he would follow her "What are you doing here…?" she asked

"You can't leave. Not again." He just replied

Katherine didn't understand what he made and gave him a confused looked "Not again? What do you mean?" she asked

"You left me in 1490 when you ran from Klaus because he wanted you for his ritual. Now, five centuries later you want to leave me because of him again. I won't let you go again. ",he said and looked at her, hoping he won't leave anyway.

Katerina just stood there not knowing what to say. She always thought that he hated her. She couldn't have been wrong for centuries. That was just impossible.

Elijah went a few steps closer towards her and took both of her hands in his, without caring for what she might think of him now, "I will be there for you and help you to fight Klaus, but please don't go" he said

Katherine looked up at him. It was obvious that she didn't knew what to answer first, so it took a few seconds until she said something "I understand…" . She knew that she had to make a final choice now, but what to choose ?

Meanwhile:

Niklaus had returned to the house where he had been torturing Katherine. He expected his brother and her to be there, but as he noticed that both of them were gone he knew that Elijah betrayed him. And he swore to himself that he would take revenge - on both of them.