Lily giggled as Elijah spun her around, so that her flapper dress swished around her legs. He pulled her close so that her front was flushed against his.
"So what do you think my sweet?" Elijah purred into her ear, he was still delighted by the red head's reaction to him. After all these years spent together, she still blushed because of him. Lily bit down on her bottom lip to stifle her moan, when he kissed her throat, and attacked the sweet spot behind her ear.
"I think you a very randy gentleman" Lily murmured her voice soft,
"Only because of you" his lips now were on her earlobe. Her hand clamped down on to his shoulder when his teeth bit down harder on the soft flesh.
"Elijah" she warned, he chuckled a throaty laugh and moved back, so he could look down at her. They slowly moved to the music. Other couples were around scattered across the dance floor, but this particular couple were hidden in a dark corner away from prying eyes.
"No but how do you find it?" he asked, gently moving aside a fiery lock. He cupped her cheek and his thumb brushed against her plump bottom lip.
"It's another thing I can cross off my list" Lily smiled up at him; she was wearing low heels that hadn't made such a difference.
"This list you have…am I ever going to see it?" Elijah asked, his voice low and husky
"Well then it would ruin the surprise would it not?" the red head countered, a smirk crossed her face. The Original cocked an eyebrow, and leant down so she was overcome by his head. She felt his lips brush against hers, causing the tingles to erupt all over her skin.
"I could simply just get it out of you" he murmured, lightly pressing his body against hers. Her back hit the wall.
"And how would you do that?" she asked wide eye. She closed her eyes and sighed when his large hand slid down the back of her dress, she felt his fingers play across her flesh.
"By being…" he pressed a kiss on to her collar bone, she went to reach out to touch him but the Original was quick and easily pinned both of her wrists down with one his hands. "Very-"he pressed a firmer kiss just above her left breast. Lily squirmed in his grasp, wanting to touch him. "Very-"she clenched her eyes shut when the tip of his nose against her cleavage. She thrust into him but he pulled back, an arrogant smirk plastered onto his face. "Seductive, now may I see your list?" his other managed to slip up the skirt of her dress.
"Yes" Lily scowled and without further ado she reached up and smashed her lips against his. Their lips locked in a battle of dominance; he had freed her wrists allowing Lily to gain better leverage, as she was able to wrap her arms around his neck. The red head would never get use to the passion that the dark haired Original kissed her with. She felt pleasure shoot through her when his hips grinded against hers.
"Elijah-"he abruptly pulled back startling the red head. She looked up at him in confusion, the lustful haze faltered when she saw the expression on his face. Something was wrong. "Elijah?"
"Ssh-"he looked over his shoulder and spied Klaus sitting there, by the look on his face he had come to the same conclusion.
"Elijah-"Lily started, but just then screams broke out across the jazz club. Elijah grabbed onto Lily's hand and pulled her down to the ground shoving her behind the bar. "What's-"she could hear screams…and the smell of bloodshed. Her green orbs widened when he picked up a wooden bullet, his dark eyes met hers. "He's here isn't he?" she breathed.
"Elijah" Klaus yelled over the screams "we must go-"
"Come on-"Lily went to get up but she was pulled back down by Elijah "Elijah?" she was thoroughly confused by the look on his face.
"He will never stop hunting us Lillian" Elijah stated
She frowned "I know that. I told you I would be with you throughout this…my eternity is with you." She said sincerely.
"If you want your eternity to be shortened then it will be with us-"
"ELIJAH" Klaus shouted and grabbed Rebekah by the arm dragging her away from another vampire.
"I am not going to leave you" Lily said firmly, a small smiled crossed his face. He was reminded of how stubborn she was. Another reason why he loved her.
"Willingly you won't…he will never stop hunting us. Hurting those who we are close to. I cannot risk you being discovered by him Lily" Elijah brushed aside a fallen tear…she realised that he was saying goodbye to her.
"Elijah-"
"Our paths will cross again" he took her hands….and slid the rings off of her fingers. He stored two of them away, but her daylight one remained in his palm he had it laced with vervaine just in case.
"No" Lily frowned, the screams were getting louder, they needed to flee. She clenched her eyes shut. Elijah pressed his temple against hers "Look at me" his voice full of command and authority…it would usually have sent younger vampires running but not her. Lily was resolute in making sure her eyes remained closed.
"Will you not let me gaze in your green orbs my dear…will you not look at me a final time?" he asked gently. Lily's eyes slowly slid open. Elijah gave her a final kiss, full of love…passion…and everything else he felt for her. He caught her gaze, and silently thanked himself that Lily did not drink vervaine. The ring was her only form of protection but he held onto it for the moment.
"Lillian…I want you to start a new life. Far away from Chicago….you will forget about me and my siblings and our past encounters. Until I say otherwise." He compelled her, "Farewell" he pressed a soft kiss on her temple and within a blink of an eye he was gone.
Lily gasped and shook her head; she frowned in confusion feeling as if someone was there. She looked at her daylight ring that was placed on her finger. The red head vampire stood up and saw bodies littered everywhere. She scrunched up her nose in distaste and blurred out of the club.
Lily gasped sitting up, she looked around and sighed realising she was at home. She had been having dreams…for a long, long time. There was always a man in them…but his face always seems to fade away. She looked over to the clock that was located on her mantelpiece. And saw that it was nearing ten in the evening. She wasn't too surprised to fall asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.
The day had been very tiring…what with the whole founders day fiasco. She was just lucky not to be taken down with the other vampires when she collapsed, as well as that Jenna had been with her. The human thought that her friend had merely fainted so had taken her home.
"Hmm…feeling slightly thirsty" her accented voice rang out; she stretched her arms above her head and sauntered over to attached kitchen and rummaged through the fridge. She spotted the bottle of blood and uncapped it. Lily blanched at the taste of the animal blood…she couldn't quiet handle human blood. Every time she had the chance to have some, she feared that she may lose control and end up killing someone. Lily leant against the counter and took a couple of mouthfuls of blood, and felt somewhat energized and not so sluggish. She moved about in her one floor bungalow, and reminded herself to ask Stefan for some more blood.
The red head had just been putting some books away in her shelf when her heightened hearing picked up the sound of an ambulance that was coming from afar. She frowned and peered out of the window…she saw a flash of somebody leaving the Gilbert's residence. Lily slipped on her shoes, and sped out of the house.
Elena had just returned from checking on Jeremy when she heard the front door slam. She immediately relaxed seeing it was Lily.
"Ms Peterson-"
"Lilly Elena…Lily" the red head shook her head "I'm not your teacher right now…"she paused, her nose flared "I can smell blood" without waiting for a reply, Lily shoes clacked against the wooden floor and spotted John Gilbert covered in his own blood.
"Elena" Lily called and knelt down beside the gasping man. She grabbed the cloth that he was using to staunch the flow of blood but it wasn't working effectively since he was too weak. "You called an ambulance correct?" the vampire asked.
"Yeah…Lily can you stay here. I need to be with Jere" Elena rushed out, the petite woman waved her off allowing her to leave.
"So John…someone is pissed at you" Lily murmured, her eyes dropped down to the scarlet liquid that stained her hands. "But that is your speciality right?" John groaned and looked up at her.
"I'm surprised you're not sucking me dry…blood sucker" he grunted when she pressed the cloth more forcefully against his wound.
"Oops" Lily smirked "truth is Johnny boy…I don't find you appealing. Shocker right?" she exclaimed sarcasm oozing from her. "The ambulance is a minute away" she informed him. Lily gently wiped the sweat off of his brow surprising the man. "You're going to be ok John" she gave him a soft smile. "My blood can heal-"
"No-"he grunted he might not hate this particular vampire but he still didn't want her kind blood in his system
"Fine" she shrugged her shoulders, she could hear the EMTs on the porch "one day John I fear your arrogance may be the death of you" she said. "COME ON THROUGH" she shouted. And soon enough she watched as the EMTs loaded John onto a gurney. She frowned hearing him saying something but it was muffled due to his oxygen mask…she managed to make out the words 'fingers.' Lily's green orbs landed on the counter and she spotted four fingers on the wooden chopping board. "Eww" she peered out of the hall, and when she was sure she didn't have any eyes on her she blurred around the room, and bagged his fingers and put them on ice.
"Wait" Lily jogged after them "You might want this" she handed it over to the thin man. The police had also arrived and was now stationed in the doorway.
"Lily" Elena swallowed she was on the staircase, the brunette had called Stefan. "There was someone here" she empathised the 'someone' the vampire frowned but nodded.
"Jeremy?"
"I-he's-"just then Stefan entered the house, well tried to but the police pushed him back
"No he's fine" Elena called out wanting her boyfriend with her. "Come on up"
Lily rushed up the stairs after Elena and Stefan, and the human ushered them towards Jeremy's room.
"What's going on?" the red head asked, she was younger in vampire years compared to the Salvatores, since they were around the mid-18th century. Whilst she appeared near the end of it, there were only a couple of decades between them.
"Jeremy…tried to kill himself" Elena uttered.
"What?" Lily frowned and walked ahead striding towards Jeremy. "What do you mean?" she asked
"He said Anna gave him his blood and then he took these pills" Elena said.
The red head knelt down in front of Jeremy and not too gently grabbed his chin, causing the teen to hiss. "Shut up" she glowered at him. Elena swallowed and opted not to say anything. She never wanted to get on Lily's bad side.
Elena still could remember the first time she had met her…she was on her bike and was riding passed her house and fell. She had been sobbing her heart out, till the red head woman had knelt down and comforted her, and carried her back home to her mom and dad. But then Lily had disappeared a day or two later, but two years ago she had returned.
It wasn't too long ago when Elena had learned her secret…she was shocked and hurt that Lily managed to keep something so big to herself, but then with some help Elena had come around. Lily was good, no great friends with Jenna since the two women had really hit it off. So nothing much changed, Lily looked after her and Jeremy since their parents' death, and stayed with them till Jenna arrived.
The brunette teen had been so grateful to have her around; because without her and Jenna she doubted that she would be able to cope with the sheer trauma of Miranda's and Grayson's deaths. "Lily-"
The vampire peered into Jeremy's eyes "Look at me" she ordered, her voice leaving no room for argument, she sighed
"Should I call a paramedic up here?" Elena asked worriedly.
Lily shook her head "No" she murmured holding Jeremy's face, she had wiped the blood off earlier, so her hands were pristine. "He's fine" she informed them getting onto her feet. Stefan sighed and wrapped an arm around Elena's shoulders. Lily folded her arms across her chest
"Wait so I'm not a vampire?" Jeremy frowned disheartened "damn it."
Lily's lips morphed into a frown "Don't say that" Elena uttered looking at her younger brother in slight disbelief "why would you say that?"
"Did you hear about Anna?" Jeremy asked getting onto his feet "what happened to her tonight? She's dead"
"Jeremy come here sit down" Stefan took charge; Lily took a step back so that she was now standing beside Elena. Stefan kneeled down in front of the teenager, "I am very sorry about Anna, but it's very important you listen to me right now." He gripped his chin, much like the way Lily had done, but his grip was harsher "with every moment that pass, Anna's blood is leaving your system. You could really die" he growled, "do you understand me?" he asked, when he got no response he lightly slapped Jeremy's cheek.
"Stefan-"Elena called out.
"No" Lily shook her head "he needs to know. Jeremy answer his question" she ordered. Hers and Jeremy's relationship, was an…odd one. At times the pair could really get along; Lily had made more than enough passes for the teen. But she couldn't keep doing it he actually needed to buckle down in her classes.
"Yeah I understand" Jeremy replied his eyes full of tears. Lily let out a quiet sigh she knew this wasn't the first time that the teen had experienced loss.
"What about the pills he's taken?" Elena asked
"He'll be fine. Anna's blood healed him of that" the red head uttered she frowned seeing the expression on Jeremy's face. She moved forward and knelt down in front of him. Her bright green orbs met his dark brown ones; Lily gently brushed aside his fallen tears.
"Honey, I know you're hurting-"she saw him opening his mouth, with what she assumed to be said were biting remarks. "And before you say don't I do…remember I'm the vampire here. Lived more than a hundred years." She uttered "Things can only get better Jere; it isn't as if they can get worse. We need to walk" Lily informed him "Ok?" she tilted his chin up so he could see the sincere look in her eyes.
"Ok" Jeremy swallowed. The teenager nodded, Lily sighed and stood up.
"Thanks Lily" Elena whispered knowing that the red head vampire could hear her, she shot the doppelganger a small smile. There was a knock on the door, Lily looked over her shoulder and saw the cop who had been guarding the front door.
"Miss Gilbert" he called Elena
"You need to be at the hospital" Stefan told her
"But-"
"Stefan is here I'm sure he'll take care of Jeremy. Come on I'll drive you" Lily said
"No I don't need a babysitter-"
"The way you're acting you do" the red head ushered Elena out of the bedroom, "come on. I'm so going to talk to your brother later" she hissed in Elena's ear as they walked out of the house.
"Please do he might listen to you" they crossed the street where Lily's bungalow resided, at the front of her home was where her black mini cooper was parked.
"You think so?" she asked climbing into the car, a moment later Elena was settled down beside her. "Buckle up kid"
"You're not-"
"If there was a car crash which is highly unlikely, out of the two of us I'll be dandy." Lily grinned and revved the car "now buckle up." Elena did as she was instructed. "So you actually think Jere would listen to me?"
"Hell yeah" Elena exclaimed, as Lily pulled out of her driveway. "You have that quiet scary thing going on for ya"
Lily snorted and shook her head, soon enough they were driving towards the hospital "So Caroline, Matt and Tyler were in an accident as well tonight...so many-"
"Wait what?" Lily frowned "are they ok?"
Elena looked over to her "You didn't know? But you was there, founders day-"
"Yeah and after my head felt like it was ripping in two I got the hell out of there with Jenna's help" Lily murmured, turning the steering wheel.
"Jenna? Did-"
"Ease up. I know to keep it quiet about the vamps. I've been doing that for a while" the vampire exclaimed. That was the truth, if Stefan and Damon hadn't come to town she would have kept it to herself. "So how are they?" she was referring to the three teens.
"Not too sure. But I think Caroline is in bad shape" Elena sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. Lily looked at her from the corner of her eye
"Relax, everything will be fine" she assured her, they were nearing the hospital "you said there was someone at your place? Before I arrived?" she wondered if it had anything to do with whoever she saw blurring out of the Gilbert's place.
"It's a tomb vampire" Elena said as Lily parked her car, she pulled out her keys and soon enough they were inside the hospital.
"Look there's Bon" Lily announced seeing the witch standing near the reception. Elena hurried forward whilst the red head took on a more leisurely pace. Bonnie swallowed seeing her English teacher. She was more than nervous, since Lily knew the device that Bonnie was meant to shut off but she didn't.
"Lily-"
"Save it Bonnie." Lily cut her off. "Doesn't matter at the moment" she tucked her hands into the pockets of her jeans
"How's Caroline?" Elena asked catching the witch's attention.
"She's weak" Bonnie replied "they don't know if she's going to make it"
Lily licked her lips and saw something moving in the corner of her eye, she cocked an eyebrow seeing Damon eavesdropping on their conversation. She sent him a look, he merely winked back causing the red head to roll her eyes.
"What?" Elena asked "Is there something you can do? A spell or something?"
"I-"
"She doesn't know how"
"Way to make an entrance Damon" Lily muttered tucking in a loose curl
"Thanks munchkin" Damon grinned; she sent him a dirty look hearing that not so attractive pet name. She was well aware of the fact that she only stood at 5'4 whilst the others par Bonnie towered over her.
"You're welcome old man" she quipped,
Elena sighed and cleared her throat "What do you mean she can't?" she was bringing the conversation back onto track.
"She doesn't know how to help Barbie" Damon clarified coming to stand with them "Do you?"
"No" the witch admitted, glowering at the raven head vampire. Bonnie made it no secrets that despised Lily's and Damon's kind. But she was much, much more pleasant towards the female vampire. "I don't-"
"Of course you don't because it took Emily years to learn that-"Damon taunted.
"Yeah well I can take down a vampire" Bonnie smirked
"Alright enough. No need to be petty-"Lilly looked at Damon
"Towards the witch who would have been ok with killing us?" the male vampire questioned. Lily's eyes hardened
"Back off Damon" she warned him, Elena could sense a fight brewing so decided to step in before things got out of hand.
"Look can we focus here?" Elena snapped,, Lily merely shrugged her shoulders.
"Fine, if you want Caroline better give her some vampire blood" Damon said, but the brunette violently shook her head
"No, no way-"
"Just enough to heal her" Damon tried to persuade her, he looked over to Lily for some added support,
"He has a point" Lily admitted "she'll be safe here and the blood should be out of her system within a day"
"It's too risky" Elena argued, Lily nodded knowing that she was right. "I can't agree to that"
Lily glanced down at her watch, it was nearing midnight now.
"Do it" Bonnie demanded causing the red head to look over to her. "Do it" Elena looked at her in bewilderment wondering when did the witch actually would be willing to work with vampires. "This is Caroline, we can't let her die. But Lily has to give her blood not you" she glared at Damon, who held up his hands in a sign of surrender.
"Yeah her blood might not work" Damon stated.
"What? She's a vampire of course it will" Bonnie scoffed,
Lily shook her head "He's right."
"Lily took the bunny diet. She rather kill bambi then feed off a human" Damon drawled,
Lily rolled her eyes "I do have human blood occasionally, but like Stefan we're slightly weaker because of it. From the state Caroline is in, Damon would be the better choice" she uttered. "So he has to do it"
Bonnie cursed under her breath causing Lily to smile to herself; the witch seemed to have a potty mouth. "Fine" the witch agreed reluctantly
"If I do this we call it truce?" Damon asked Bonnie.
"No but you'll do it anyway for Elena" Bonnie uttered, Lily's lips twitched so she wasn't the only one who could see Damon pining after the female Gilbert.
"Well I'm going to get some coffee" Lily said aloud and left with Bonnie on her heels. The witch hurried after the vampire. She made no indication that she was paying attention to the witch as she strolled down the corridor heading towards the coffee machine.
"If you're trying to be stealthy little witch you're doing a poor job" the vampire drawled, pressing the buttons and slipping her cash in.
"I'm not…I just wanted to say sorry" Bonnie said earnestly, there was more than once occasion when her English teacher helped or even saved her. "I didn't want you to be taken down it was nothing personal-"Lilly picked up her steaming cup and turned to face her, she quirked an eyebrow.
"Honey" she smiled politely "You didn't deactivate the device that would have sent me to the basement. Sorry for not thinking its personal-"she went to walk off but Bonnie grabbed her wrist, Lily allowed her to pull her back "please Lily I didn't mean to get you involve-"
"You hate vampires" Lily exclaimed "ergo you must hate me-"
"But you're not like them" Bonnie hissed desperately "Please I am so sorry…that's why I was angry at you…"Lily's brows knitted together, she recalled that the Bennett witch had acted weird with her throughout the Founders day "You didn't go home-"
"So what? You were trying to make me leave by acting…well you know" she trailed off. Bonnie nodded causing the red head sigh. "Ok, you're forgiven. But you've got to be careful Bonnie…you may not like vampires but one day you're going to need our kinds help" she smiled "I think you should go find Matt"
Lily watched as she rounded the corner, and headed back to where she left Elena and Damon, she sped up her pace hearing Jenna's voice.
"Elena" Jenna rushed towards them, "I came as soon as I got your message. Hey Lily" she smiled at the other woman. "Thanks for what you did tonight-"
"No it's fine" Lily waved her off. "Where were you anyway?" she asked
"I told Elena" Jenna explained, but neither vampires missed the look of confusion on Elena's face "I was at the fire department"
Lily licked her lips and took a sip of her coffee; it was strong exactly how she liked it. "Elena didn't tell me that."
"Because I didn't know." Elena frowned thinking what the hell was her aunt on about
"I told you earlier" Jenna exclaimed
"No you didn't" Elena shook her head, Lily canted her head to the side knowing Jenna wasn't messing around, especially not at a time like this.
"Yes I did" the strawberry blond haired woman
"No Jenna you didn't" Elena shook her head
"Yes I did"
Lily frowned something wasn't adding up, she looked over to Damon who seem to have come to a conclusion. "Oh…you've got to be kidding me" the vampire looked at the three women and stalked off.
"Ok well I should be heading off. Jenna you have to sign some of the papers for John" Lily called over her shoulder and hurried after Damon. "Damon" she hissed "wait a sec would ya?"
The vampire came to a stop just at the entrance doors. He turned around "What's going on?" he asked just as Elena came around the corner.
"We need to get back to the house" Damon informed her. "Come on Elena-"
"I'm riding with Lily" the vampire stalked off, leaving a very confused red head behind.
"Ok we need to talk" she gestured for Elena to follow her and they approached her car.
Once they were on the road, she peered through her rear-view mirror she could see Damon's car tailing hers. "Can he hear-"
"I doubt it" Lily answered her before she could finish her question. "So what's with the weirdness between you two?" she asked yawning as she did so.
"He said that we kissed. But I wouldn't do that" Elena frowned.
"God…you're love life is super complicated. Glad that I'm still single" Lily muttered, and easily moved out of the way when the teenager went to hit her. "You do know that it's obvious right? Damon has feelings for you Elena"
"No he's just still not over Katherine" Elena denied.
Lily snorted "Right-"she pulled up to her driveway "believe what you will. Now come on, I want to check on Jere before I head off" she slammed the car door shut and with Elena on her heels as they crossed the road to the Gilbert house.
Elena unlocked the door just as Stefan sprang onto his feet. Lily cocked an eyebrow seeing the state of the other vampire.
"Stefan?" Elena asked
"Elena" Stefan murmured
"What happened?" Lily questioned
Damon took in the scene, he knew who exactly was here "Katherine happened" Lily let out a low whistle
"That vampire gets around" she hummed under her breath. "Is Jere-"
"Sleeping" Stefan informed her. The female vampire nodded and moved off into the kitchen and saw the blood spattered all over the place, she shook her head and started to clean up the counter top, she doubted that Elena would want Jenna to come home to such a mess.
Stefan came into the kitchen, just as Lily dipped the blood stained cloth into the basin full of warm water.
"Here" he handed her a dry cloth to wipe her hands, Elena had gone upstairs to talk to Jeremy leaving the three vampires to their own devices.
"Thanks" Lily smiled "so if Katherine was here did she say what she wanted?" she asked curiously
"No" Stefan replied
"Well she certainly knows how to make an entrance" Damon drawled.
"Honey I think all vampires do" Lily smirked and shook her head, she hopped up onto the counter, and swung her legs back and forth.
"Hmm…vampires and their dramatics…wasn't your entrance falling through our roof?" Damon snickered; Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"I was attempting to investigate what you were, wondering if you were a danger to this town" she simply replied.
Damon leant against the counter beside her "True…but you slipped and fell. You weren't very threatening when I had to pop your shoulder back in" Lily's lips twitched in amusement but she just shrugged.
Stefan shook his head, one thing he didn't get was Lily's and Damon's friendship, at first the pair would at logger heads with one another. But they seem to have bonded when they both united to save him from Frederick and the other tomb vampires.
"Whatever you say Damon" Lily took a sip of water and sighed, so the infamous Katherine Peirce was back in town. Truth be told the red head had never heard of the woman before, all that she knew was from the Salvatores had told her. She could tell that this vampire would no doubt cause trouble, and it was proven tonight.
Stefan frowned coming to a realisation "She said she fooled one of us. What does that even mean?" he walked over to Damon so that he was standing right in front of him.
"She pretended to be Elena when I showed up earlier" Damon admitted, Lily glanced over to Damon…and connected the dots. So he had kissed Katherine and not Elena…damn she was glad she was way out of this messy love triangle. It was already giving her a migraine. One thing she assumed was that Stefan would learn of the feelings his brother held for his girlfriend. She was brought out of her musings when she heard light footsteps coming from down the hall.
"I told Jeremy everything" Elena announced coming to a stop in the kitchen. "I can't lie to him anymore"
Lily nodded "Now that's something" she slid off the counter and leant against it. She would leave in a bit.
"You alright?" Stefan asked in concerned
"No I'm not" Elena replied she looked over to her English teacher and Damon "I thought that with all the tomb vampires gone this would get better" she uttered.
"I know we all did" Stefan nodded
"Did you?" Damon whispered to Lily, low enough for the other two not to hear.
Lily snorted and folded her arms across her chest "Erm no…as soon as you entered town, this place went to hell"
Damon smirked "Admit it…I made it more exciting"
Lily cocked an eyebrow "Whatever floats your dear" she said smartly.
They both focused back on Elena and Stefan when the doppelganger asked an important question "Katherine's been invited in to the house, what are we going to do?" she asked
"Move" Damon suggested causing the red head to roll her green eyes.
"Very helpful" Elena said sarcastically
"Katherine wants you dead, there's zero chance you can do about it. You would be dead, but you're not so clearly-"
"She doesn't want you dead. You're safe" Lily assured her. She was doing a much better job than a certain raven head vampire.
"So she obviously has other plans" Damon piped up
"And we need to find out what they are" Stefan nodded to himself, Lily sighed and went to walk out but Damon grabbed her wrist
"Where are you going?"
"Home" she said "It's not as if I'll miss anything. I live across the road. So if Katherine does come around I'll hear" she uttered, she wanted to sink in to her soft mattress, and lose herself in her dreams. She always felt so at home there.
"Nope as soon as you entered the house you signed yourself over to help" Damon informed her.
"No-"
"Yes-"
Lily glared at him, and grabbed the hand that was clutching on to his wrist, and with a swift flick she broke his wrist "And what was the point of me doing that?"
"Alright…no ordering you around of grabbing" Damon said grudgingly, in vampire years, Lily was only roughly ten or twenty years younger than him or his brother, so their strengths were quiet well matched.
"So what are we going to do about this mess?" Lily asked slightly impatient.
"Well our plans are not to provoke her in the process" Stefan announced, causing his older brother to scowl. "What happened tonight when you thought she was Elena?"
"Oh boy" Lily muttered leaning her hip against the doorway, perhaps it was a good thing that she hadn't left yet. Damon glanced over to her, and by the look on the red head's face, he knew that she knew about him kissing Katherine but thinking it was Elena.
"To risk another frown line encroaching on your already crowded forehead" Damon uttered "we kissed" Lily could see Stefan already tensing.
"And what? You thought it was me?" Elena asked a frown on her face.
"What do you mean you kissed?" Stefan uttered, his tone was hard. Lily licked her lips and straightened up
"Well you know when two lips pucker and-"just then Stefan blurred towards his brother but Damon sped away so that he was on the other side of the room. Lily blurred in between the pair, knowing if a fight did break out, she would be the one to pull them apart.
"Don't be obvious Stef-"
"Would you shut up?" Lily looked pointedly at Damon and then turned to Stefan "And now isn't the time to get all…cranky"
There was a moment of silence "Cranky?" Stefan cocked an eyebrow
"What? You are" Lily huffed
Stefan shook his head and went to launch himself at Damon, but Elena intervened "Wait Stefan, he kissed Katherine not me. I wouldn't do that" the brunette exclaimed "Lily is right we can't deal with this right now"
"Fine later" he glowered at Damon, who merely smirked back.
"John must know something, she must've have a reason for wanting to kill him" Elena stated.
"She's Katherine" Damon argued stating that was enough reason for the female vampire to do what she did. "She loves playing games, and you're fooling yourself if you think you'll find out before she wants you to" he crossed his arms and took Lily's previous position of leaning against the doorframe.
"Nah actually she's right, John could know something through Isobel" Stefan said. "Your mother was in touch with Katherine so maybe we should go to the hospital"
"I've got a better plan" Damon said "I'm just going to ignore the bitch"
"Is that smart?" Elena frowned
"If she thinks she's being ignored she'll come out and play"
"Right and then what?" Stefan asked
"Rip her heart out…something poetic"
Lily cleared her throat "Ok whilst you carry on with your poetic yet gory ways of killing her. I'm going to head home. Call me if anything happens" she uttered and turned on her heel, leaving the house. She had just crossed the street and froze "Really Damon? sneaking up behind me?"
"Oh you're no fun" Damon exclaimed dramatically. She turned around and was miffed at how close we were.
"That really hurts" she drawled "Now don't you have something else to do? Like…ruining someone else's good mood?"
Damon pouted and mockingly clutched his heart "Oh your wounds cut deep. You really think of me that low?" he asked, as Lily started to walk towards her home again.
"Yes" her accented voice rang out, throughout the years her accent hadn't disappeared, another tale tell sign that she wasn't a original resident of Mystic Falls. There was a pulse of air and he was in front of her.
"Now Lily…you're looking exceptionally gorgeous tonight?" she snorted and looked down at her appearance, she was wearing a pair of old jeans and a random top, her hair was in a simple knot above her head.
"And you're flattering me…because you want something" she leant forward "What do you want Damon?" she whispered her lips were mere millimetres away from his. She smirked seeing him closing his eyes.
"You-"
"Aww…no" she lightly slapped his cheek, his eyes snapped open and in a blink the red head was at her front door "You want my alcohol…and possibly you wanted to vent about Katherine. I'm tired…so no late night talking. Now shoo-"she waved him off.
Damon rolled his eyes "Fine see ya later alligator."
"Whatever crocodile" she grinned and shook her head. She paused for a second feeling eyes on the back of her head, she looked over her shoulder but saw no one there. She shook it off and unlocked her front door.
As soon as Lily entered her home she kicked off her shoes and felt the cool polished floorboards against her bare feet. She sighed and stretched her arms above her head before heading towards the kitchen to get something to eat. She entered her spacious kitchen and headed towards her fridge, she rummaged through it and pulled out a bowlful of strawberry, she couldn't quite get enough of them…they burst with flavours.
Lily flopped down on her couch and switched the television on, she popped a strawberry in her mouth and sighed. She felt as if something…or better yet someone was missing. Lily brushed it off and soon enough had fallen asleep listening to the sound of the t.v.
Lily groaned and blinked several times, "Got to actually sleep in that bloody bed" she grumbled. It wasn't the first time that the red head had fallen asleep on the couch. She realised the reason she woke up was because of the sound of her cell blaring with noise. She reached out and grabbed it.
"Hello?" her voice was laced with tiredness.
"Lily?" she recognised Jenna's voice
"Hey what's up Jen?" she asked swinging her legs off of the couch, she padded barefooted down the corridor where her bathroom was located.
"Did I wake you?"
"Yep-"
"Good it one in the afternoon." Another weekend where the red head had slept in. "You can sleep the day away."
"You're such a good friend" Lily hummed causing the other woman to laugh "so what's with the call?" she switched the shower faucet on and waited a moment or so for it to heat up.
"Well there's a memorial service today for the Mayor-"
"Already?" Lily frowned, wasn't it a bit too soon for this?
"Yeah I know" Jenna silently agreed with her "and I'm calling because you are coming"
Lily let out a groan all the whilst shimmying out of her jeans. "Really?"
"Yes…I have to go and so do you"
"I'm not even going to ask how you came to that conclusion" the vampire made sure that there was no sunlight creeping through the large bay window. She pulled the shutters and slipped off her daylight ring and placed it on the bathroom counter.
"Good. See you there" Jenna hanged up. Lily stripped out the remainder of her clothes and stepped under the spray of warm water. One thing about this new centaury was that Lily couldn't falter their plumbing system. No longer would she have to heat a bowl of water over an open flame. She sighed in content feeling the water rain down on her; she used vamp speed and showered. It was nearing one in the afternoon meaning that the memorial service was taking placed.
When she was done she headed off to her room. She looked through her closet, there was a vast array of clothing, since Lily had been around for more than a few decades, and she had accumulated a small amount of fortune, so much so that technically she didn't need to work. But in order to fit in, Lily had to do something…so she was doing what she always wanted to do. Becoming a teacher, which was interesting truth be told. Since not every day would be the same. Lily slid on her daylight ring; it not only protected her against the sun but also had a bit of vervaine stuffed into the gem.
She never did recall had she acquired such a treasure. The vampire decided to wear a dress and a pair of heels. She slipped the dress on and smoothed down the material, before drying her red locks. She put them into an up-do. Now she looked rather respectable. So without further ado, she shut her bedroom door behind her and headed towards her kitchen. She stretched her arms above her head and turned on the radio, filling the quiet one story bungalow with music.
Lily hummed to the music and danced around the kitchen to the beat of the music. She opted to make some pancakes, knowing it would fill her up. She ate it all up and glanced at the clock, knowing she should be leaving. So she took a few mouthfuls of blood and stored it away in the fridge. She cringed, yeah next time she'll definitely heat it up. Lily grabbed her bag and keys and slammed the door behind her shut.
"Watch out Ms Peterson-"a small voice yelled, Lily had just managed to catch the newspaper before it hit her face. "Whoa-"
"Really Kyle?" Lily smiled at the twelve year old paper boy "sometimes I think you just purposefully throw stuff at me"
The dark haired child smiled sheepishly "You always managed to catch it" he muttered.
"Right" Lily cleared her throat, and placed the paper on her porch steps. "How comes you're doing today's shift? I thought Steve is the one that does Saturday?" she asked, the red head knew of all the little kids that wondered around the street, it was hard not to be aware of them. She always had a soft spot for the kids, since it reminded her of some of the time that she had spent with Clara.
"It's his birthday…plus I needed the money for erm…"
"Just spill it kid" she demanded, as she walked over to her car, with Kyle trailing behind her.
"Well…I wanted to buy some flowers…but…I spent the last part of my pocket money on the new comic and-"he ranted, Lily smiled and turned around, she knelt down
"Honey you're ranting" she uttered, and inwardly cooed when he blushed at the pet name she had given him. "Here…this is a tip." She handed him over twenty dollars, causing the boy's eyes to widened.
"No Ms-"
"Lily"
"No Lily I couldn't-"Kyle attempted to shove the money back into her hands but the vampire was firm.
"It's yours. This lady must be very special for you to want to do extra shifts" she unlocked her car.
"Oh she is…and she is so pretty" Kyle kicked the ground, causing the red head to giggle, she could see that he was smitten, and Lily found it adorable.
"Well get her some lovely bunches of flowers. And I bet she'll be yours" she placed her bag in the front passenger seat.
"Really? "Kyle perked up
"Really. Now see ya later" she watched as he beamed and ran off. Lily shook her head "He is so going to be a heart breaker when he's older" she said to herself. She clamoured into her car and took off towards the Lockwood Manor.
"Hey Tyler" Lily smiled at the teen,
"Hi Ms-"he stopped short when he saw the look on her face "I mean Lily. So thanks for coming"
The place was filled with people who had arrived to pay their condolences. She licked her lips, "I bet you've been saying that all morning" she uttered.
Tyler sighed "Yeah I have, it gets-"
"Boring," Lily finished off, "No worries, you've only got a couple of hours before you can go off and get drunk off your ass-"
Tyler's attention snapped towards her "What?" he spluttered "No I won't-"
Lily scoffed "You're a teen. Your father just died and you're hurting even though the man was a dick-"her green orbs widened and she slammed her hand over her mouth "Oh…erm-"but the teenager didn't take offence and let out a quiet chuckle
"Is it bad that, that's the best thing I've heard all day plus it is the truth" Tyler said. Lily glanced over her shoulder and saw that some of the other residents of Mystic Falls making their way over. No doubt to greet Tyler.
"Well not too bad. See ya later and try not to start a fight at this party." Lily patted his shoulder and moved passed him. She had been previously invited into the Lockwood's home so there was no barrier for her to slam into. She walked into the manor and scoured the area for Carol but couldn't see her. She shrugged it off and decided to find her later. Lily helped herself to a glass of wine and headed into the next room.
"Lily" she saw that the parents had beckoned her over. Lily plastered a smile onto her face and walked in that direction. Soon enough she was chatting with the others, but her attention shifted once she saw Damon trailing after Carol and the Sheriff. She idly tucked in some of her loose and concentrated on their conversation, due to her heightened hearing she could pick up on exactly what they were saying.
"Is there any reason why Richard was affected by the Gilbert device?" she heard Liz asked, Lily was surprised at that. Why on earth would a vampire device affect the mayor? She knew for certain that he wasn't a vampire.
"What are you implying?" Carole spat "that he was one of them?" Lily excused herself and waltzed over to the refreshment table, her eyes met Damon's. He nodded at her alerting her that he knew she was clued in on the conversation.
"No, no one is implying that" he attempted to placate both women. This caused Lily's lips to quirk slightly, never thought she'd see the day when Damon Salvatore was trying to calm two women,
"Your deputy screwed up" Carole hissed at Liz. "Plain and simple. Which means you are responsible"
"Carole" Damon stepped in, as Lily leant against the table
"Your husband is the one who helped John Gilbert execute his idiot plan" Liz snapped.
"Do something Damon, before they rip each other's hair out" Lily uttered under her breath, she couldn't exactly step in, since she wasn't part of the Founder's council, ergo she was meant to be like the rest of the civilians of Mystic Falls complete ignorant of the supernatural world.
Damon cleared his throat loudly, knowing that Lily was right "Look we're all on edge here" he stated "you suffered a great loss" he looked at Carole "we all have. But we have to stick together. Ok trust each other. We have to get through this" he said.
After a few moments he walked over to Lily who was near the entrance, she held out her wine glass which he gratefully took. "Got to hand it to you" Lily nodded "You're a good actor"
"I'm good at a lot of things" Damon wagged his eyebrows up and down suggestively as he took a sip of the wine, she just shot him a look
"Yeah…no. not going to work" he handed back her drink, Lily downed the rest. "So…this whole Katherine and Elena mess you found yourself….what are you going to do?" she looked up at him.
Damon sighed and shrugged his shoulders "No clue…it's just-"before he could finish his sentence, an exclamation in the front doorway caught the vampires attention.
Someone new entered the scene, Damon watched as a tall rugged man hug Carole "Who's the guy with Carole?" he asked Lily, she had just returned with another glass of wine.
"Oh…hmm" she swallowed the sweet liquid "that's Mason Lockwood, he was the mayor's younger brother" she explained "It's been a while since he visited"
"Is he on the Council like John?" Damon asked, he knew that Lily had knowledge about the whole town.
"Nope… he's not like John. He's not an ass…"she canted her head to the side "but he sure does have a nice one" Damon rolled his eyes and lightly nudged her "What? She exclaimed seeing the expression on his face "I can look ya know. I'm dead but I do-"
"Ok" Damon cut her off "can you try and focus? What else do you know about him?"
"He's not part of the council and he doesn't believe in the supernatural world. " Lily finished off picking up a grape and popped it into her mouth. "What are you thinking?" she asked seeing the look on the other vampire's face.
"Nothing-"
"Damon-"she grabbed his wrist "spill"
"Fine" he ushered her away from the refreshment table, since more people were around it and he didn't want to be over heard. They came to a stop at an empty alcove "The Gilbert device affected both papa Lockwood and junior Lockwood. And they're not vampires…so what are they?"
Lily frowned, she was only aware of vampires and witches existing, well there were stories of other creatures. But nothing was concrete.
"I don't know" Lily frowned
"Well I need to ask a little witch. Maybe she would have the answers" she followed his gaze and saw that it was focused on Bonnie who had just arrived.
"Try and be nice to her. She does that mind trick and last time when Stefan was subjected to it, it looked painful" Lily said quietly.
"Aww-"Damon cooed "You care-"
"Shut up. I just don't want to be stuck clearing up after you." She smiled causing Damon to sigh.
"I'll try and be pleasant. Happy?" he asked.
"Yes…don't be an ass" she slapped his arm and walked off.
Lily sighed and was just walking down the corridor, she still had to speak to Carol but it was hard getting a word in with that woman. Plus she was also waiting for Jenna, since the other woman was the one who dragged her here. She held her cell up to her ear
"Jen where the hell are you?" she asked weaving through the crowd of people, she spotted an empty corridor and headed towards that direction, so she would be away from the onslaught of others.
"We're in the car. Just five more minutes" Jenna's voice came through the speaker
"Well would you hurry? This is-"she stopped talking hearing voices coming from further down the corridor. From one of the rooms,
"I know we're nearly there and-"
"Yeah ok by" Lily hanged up and shoved the cell in her bag, she silently moved towards the room where the voices were coming from, and frowned realising it was Bonnie…who was speaking to…Elena? But the teen was with Jenna.
Her eyes widened in realisation, this was Katherine. She didn't want to make her move too soon, since she had no clue what the vampire was going to do. Lily deemed if things got out of hands she would step in, but from the sounds of it the witch and the other vampire were chatting.
"I know who are" Bonnie exclaimed, Lily had to hand it to the witch for keeping her cool
"Of course you do" Katherine taunted, the red head's was out of sight so she couldn't exactly see this female, but her voice sounded exactly like Elena's except, it was slightly lowered. "You're the best friend right? I've been putting the pieces of Elena's life together Isobel said it was quiet a puzzle." Lily hadn't officially met Isobel Flemming, since when the woman arrived in town; the red head had been out of town. "I do know who Jenna and Jeremy are. And I did meet that delicious ex-boyfriend Matt who is sweet on Caroline. And then there's Lillian, the good vampire who takes care of the Gilberts."
Lily frowned, how on earth would Isobel know about her? She thought she wasn't even around when Elena's birth mother arrived. "And then there is you. The vampire hating Bennett witch. Did I do good?" Katherine turned to face the witch and smirked Bonnie turned on her heel and went to run away but Katherine appeared in front of her. She stared the vampire down willing for her to collapse in pain, Lily tensed and shifted waiting for her moment to step it, but from what she could see Bonnie was handling it.
"I've been around for a long time Bonnie you're going to have to do better than that" Katherine smirked and grabbed the witch by the throat and unleashed her fangs, but all of a sudden she was thrown away from her. Lily snarled and pinned the older vampire down. She was the exact replica of Elena it was eerie, she bared her fangs. They had smashed into the wooden table, Bonnie gasped and swallowed nervously
"Oh seriously Lils-"Katherine taunted, and easily flipped them over grabbing Lily by her throat. "I am older and stronger than you little girl" she sneered down at the red head.
"Yeah well " Lily grunted wincing when Katherine's fingers dig into her skin. "You don't pay attention do ya?" with that the red head managed to stabbed Katherine in the side with one of the table legs. Katherine snarled and wrenched it out, all the while still pinning Lily down. "You know I expected better…"she trailed off when Lily's face morphed back into its natural form. Katherine's grip slackened seeing the bright green eyes, they were hauntingly familiar. Lily took her chance and kicked the vampire off, she jumped onto her feet.
"Now that's not nice" Katherine grinned, she wouldn't kill her doesn't mean she can't hurt her.
"Yeah I don't think social etiquette is on the top of my list" Lily quipped, causing the brunette to smirk
"Well if we're not worried about social properties. Then this shouldn't come to you as a shock" with that Katherine stabbed the chair leg through Lily's shoulder, causing the younger vampire to cry out, she felt the piece of wood pinning her to the wall. Bonnie gasped and blasted the doors open, they were positioned in a way, so onlookers wouldn't be able to see Lily but they could see Katherine. The brunette vampire backed off "Huh not bad…"
She let go of the Lily, the petite woman slumped
"Katherine" Stefan called appearing at the doorway; he eyed Lily and was slightly nervous seeing her in that position. He wouldn't put it pass Katherine to drag the table leg through Lily's shoulder and pierced her heart "leave her alone"
"As you wish" Katherine smiled at Stefan. She leant in close so that her lips were aligned with Lily's ear. "Stay out of my way Lillian. I don't want to hurt you" she said low enough so Stefan couldn't hear. Without another word she left.
"Lily-"
"Stefan did I ever mention that your ex-girlfriend is a bitch" Lily scowl "You go deal with that psycho" Stefan nodded and hurriedly left after Katherine. As soon as they were gone, Bonnie rushed towards Lily
"Oh my god-"the witch uttered "Lily you didn't need to-"
"Yeah I did. Now do you mind? And pulling this out?" she grimaced in pain; Bonnie nodded and grabbed onto the table leg. She winced when she heard the squelching sound of it leaving Lily's flesh. As soon as it was out the vampire fell to her knees.
"Lily-"
"I so need a drink" Lily grumbled, Bonnie relaxed realising that the vampire was ok just slightly pissed. "And she ruined my dress"
Damon cocked an eyebrow seeing the usually laid back English teacher skulking towards him, and in her hands was another glass full of wine. He remember when he had learned about her profession, at first he thought she was messing with him, when she had told him she was a teacher, since she looked young, she looked as if she was in her early twenties, but when he found out she was a vampire it had made sense.
"What's got you in a mood?" Damon asked coming to stand next to her. The pair was leaning against the stone railing. Lily felt the sun on her skin and sighed, taking a sip of her drink.
"Your bitch of an ex" Lily sniped downing more than half of her wine.
"What?" she gestured towards her dress, Damon frowned realising that the strap of her dress was ripped and sullied with blood; since it was black it wasn't as obvious. "What did she do?"
"She stabbed me with a chair leg" Lily huffed and crossed her arms in front of her chest "You got lovely taste in women-"
"Am I sensing sarcasm?" Damon countered
"Yes-"
"Well maybe if you didn't constantly reject me my taste in women would improve" he slid his finger down her bare arm. Lily rolled her eyes and canted her head to the side.
"Honey I'm not that drunk for you to be making a pass at me" Lily drawled catching his hand in hers.
"Oh" Damon pouted and kissed her knuckles. "By the way…love the sexy number you're wearing. Works wonders for your luscious figure-"
"Am I definitely not drunk enough to appreciate your oh so lame pick-up lines" she smirked and kissed his cheek,
"You're never going to sleep with me will ya? It'll cheer both of us up" Damon grinned, Lily laughed aloud
"And ruin our beautiful friendship? Nope" Damon hummed, and grasped her hand in his giving it a gentle squeeze. She saw Jenna walking up the path with Elena and Jeremy.
"I'll meet you inside" she heard Elena, Lily took the hint and whispered
"Try and relax" she murmured to Damon, before following Jenna and Jeremy into the manor.
"So did you pay your respects?" Lily asked holding out a drink towards Jenna,
"Yes I did" Jenna nodded; the pair were near the windows, that was overlooking the back yard of the manor. "And it was awkward…horrible and-"
"And everything that a condolence should be?" Lily finished off,
Jenna smiled slightly and nodded "So when are you heading off home?" she asked
"Soon" Lily uttered "So how is John? Did you visit him?" she asked
"Yes…even with re-stitched fingers he still is an ass" Jenna muttered causing the vampire to snicker.
"Do you have unresolved issues with the man?" Lily asked bluntly causing Jenna's jaw to drop. "I mean is it sexual tension-oww-"she yelped when Jenna punched her arm "ok no?"
"No" Jenna cringed and gagged "never making that mistake again." She shuddered causing Lily to giggle quietly
"Fine…you know what I realise Jen? Us two need an evening out, without teens or work. What'd you reckon?"
"I reckon that's a good idea" Jenna smiled, and noticed one of the of guests waving her over. "I'll speak to you later" she told Lily who nodded.
The red head gazed out of the window and took in the scene, the sun was shining and the gardens were blooming with flowers. She stepped out through the glass doors and sighed feeling the breeze against her skin. Every once in a while Lily would like to stand outside…especially when it came to functions. It helped curb the cravings she had got a good handle on her bloodlust unlike Stefan who would have a drop of human blood and would go crazy.
She rolled her shoulders and was about to head back inside when she noted a figure clad in black running away. Her eyes widened realising that it was Stefan, who had a pole sticking out of him. She sighed seems like she wouldn't be leaving as quick as she hoped.
"Here" Lily appeared throwing a bottle of animal blood towards Stefan
"Thanks" he smiled; she nodded as Elena was cleaning the blood off of her boyfriend. The brunette teenager had been talking to Bonnie when Lily found her, she told her what had happened, and rushed off to check on Stefan, whilst the female vampire used her enhanced speed to run home to get some blood for him.
"You ok?" Elena asked concern brimming from her.
"It'll heal" Stefan muttered, Lily leant most of her weight on her right leg
"That's not what I meant" Elena frowned.
"What were you thinking Stefan?" Lily asked "weren't you the one who said not to provoke her?"
"Yeah I was just trying to figure out her plan" Stefan said "I let her get to me"
"Huh" Lily nodded a smile on her face
"What's funny?" Elena asked
"I'm not the only one skewered today" Lily uttered, causing Stefan to roll his eyes but his lips morphed into a small smile.
"I tried to track her but she got away" Damon said walking over to them, and coming to a stop beside Lily. "Oh cover up Fabio…"Elena pulled Stefan's shirt down "you've got a crazy ex loose, you better be careful Katherine is after your man"
Lily elbowed him hard in the gut "Behave…" she scolded
"It's not what's happening" Stefan attempted to reassure his girlfriend, but Damon had other ideas
"Isn't it? I went after your girl"
Lily sighed "Right…well I'm off I still need to find Jeremy"
"Wait for me" Elena called and ran after the petite woman. "How can you stand him?"
"I presuming you're talking about Damon" Lily murmured as they stepped back into the manor.
"Yeah-"
"I've met guys like him before" she said "they all rough and smirky-yes Elena that is a real world" Lily announced, and sighed "Ok it isn't a word. But it should be…where was I…oh guys like Damon have crazy issue. All they really want is a cuddle and bourbon"
Elena shook her head "Ok…I am going to pretend that I didn't hear that" they brushed pass a few residents of Mystic Falls. She spotted her younger brother coming out of the former mayor's study "go talk to him…or ask him to meet you later" Elena pushed Lily towards Jeremy.
"What? Now-"
"You can be scary…just please I don't know what else to do." The brunette pleaded, "I can't talk to him about this…Stefan can't. He needs someone…motherly"
"Fine" Lily said grudgingly "I'll ask him over for some dinner tonight happy?" she questioned. Elena smiled and nodded, she flounced off. The red head easily caught up with the teen. "Jeremy" she called and rolled her eyes when he ignored her. They rounded the corner away from prying eyes. Giving Lily ample opportunity to grab the back of his jacket. She pulled him back and pushed him against the wall.
"What the hell-"he started but stopped seeing the stern look on Lily's face
"You know what the hell" Lily uttered, her voice had a hard edge to it. "Trying to kill yourself that is something we need to talk about-"
"No we don't" he scowled and went to walk off, but the red head shoved him back.
"Listen, here Jeremy it is something to talk about" Jeremy was slightly unnerved by the expression on her face he knew when to keep his mouth shut and now was the time, he could see that Lily wasn't messing about. "Come to my place at seven….we are going to talk. And if you don't show up I'll just accidentally let slip to Jenna that you young man have been drinking-"she took a step back and clasped her hands together and placed them behind her back.
"I didn't drink-"
"Jeremy, I'm a vamp I can smell Tyler's booze on your breath. So tonight-"
"I'll be there" Jeremy muttered and stalked off, Lily pressed her lips together
"Love you to Jeremy" she called after him, and chuckled quietly when he flipped her off. He still was the little brat that she had known. The red head noted a waiter walking pass her with a tray of wine. Maybe she'll have one more drink and then she'll leave.
Lily was now sitting on her porch swing, it was cushioned and it was a serene place just to come and sit. She held the hot mug in her hands; she was still wearing her dress but had kick her heels off. She flipped the page of her novel and was lost to the world of the French revolution, 'Les Miserable' was her current read and she was enjoying it. She took a sip of her hot chocolate and felt the cool breeze against her step.
Lily glanced up when she heard the sound of footsteps coming towards her. She frowned seeing who it was.
"John?" she immediately stood up and was on high alert. She swore he as going to be in the hospital for longer.
"Relax Lily I'm not here to hurt you" John raised his hands in a sign of surrender. She could see that his left hand was wrapped it up in gauze.
"It wouldn't be the first time you hurt a vampire" she drawled and sighed and plopped down in her seat "well come sit. I know you're not here to just stand on my freshly cut grass…and you're treading on my roses. Thanks John-"
He immediately jumped onto the path. "Lily-"
"Just sit" she sighed and patted the vacant seat beside her. Soon enough Elena's biological father was sitting down next to her. She offered him her drink but he declined
"So…this place is nice…did-"
"John you of all people can't do small talk. What do you want?" Lily asked bluntly, she wasn't in the mood to be messing around.
John smiled that was one thing he appreciated about was that she was straight to the point. "I wanted to thank you for-"
"Saving you?" she quirked an eyebrow
"Ok I wouldn't go that far…Elena as there-"
The vampire scoffed "No disrespect to your daughter John, but if Elena carried on doing what she was doing when I was there you would've kept bleeding at…just admit it. I saved you…and gave your fingers back" she added on.
John rolled his eyes "Fine…thanks for saving me…and I just wanted to say goodbye"
Lily's eyebrows shot to her hairline "You're leaving?"
"I know when I'm not wanted" he rocked the porch switch gently
"Pfft, took you that long to realise? You weren't wanted as soon…I'm going to stop talking" she smiled sheepishly, a cab pulled up to the curb where John's case was.
"Yeah you should. Anyway this is mine…can you do me a favour?" he asked getting onto his feet. Lily also stood up and placed her mug on the wooden railing.
"I'm not going to kill myself"
"No…just look out for them" he nodded towards the Gilbert house.
Lily smiled and nodded "Yeah I can. Bye John and don't hurry back" she yelled after him. She watched as he climbed into the cab, and the car drove off. She sat back down and sighed now that was something she didn't expect it.
John made it no secret of his dislike for her…claiming that she was bad influence. But now? Hmm seems like he just hated her a little less. She was about to pick up her book again when another pair of footsteps approached her.
"Jeremy" this time Lily smiled at her visitor "You're actually right on time. Now hungry or-"
"No. can we just get this out of the way" Jeremy dropped down onto the porch swing causing it to rock. He just wanted to get this lecture out of the way.
"Fine hold on" he jumped when right before his eyes she disappeared, but a second or two later she reappeared however this time with a steaming mug.
"Hot chocolate?" he snorted taking the tasty beverage, it was laid with marshmallows just how he liked it. "I'm not a kid" he stated.
Lily smiled "Yeah…how old are you?"
"Sixteen-"
"And I'm over a hundred, so you're still a child. Now hurry up and drink, it'll relax you." Jeremy sighed but did as he was told. When he took a sip he was somewhat miffed when she didn't say anything. Instead Lily chose to stare up at the starry sky. Roughly ten minutes had passed when he set the empty mug down.
"So Jere-"
"I don't need a lecture" he muttered she looked at him and met his gaze, her red hair flowed around her shoulders, it was out of its up-do.
"Who said I was going to lecture you?" she said, "I'm just curious really"
Jeremy's brows furrowed together in confusion, he was expecting a telling off, or a scolding. Not this "Curious?"
Lily nodded "I'm curious about why you would want to live a damned life?" she said softly.
"How is it damned?" he asked wide eye "being a vampire…you're free. You could stay with the person you love forever-"
"And what if that person leaves you?" she asked him, her voice was melodic and soothing. "What then Jeremy?" she cleared her throat, and placed a foot on the railing, and rocked them gently
"I don't know…I'll just-"he trailed off not really knowing how to get the words out.
"What? Move on?" Lily hummed, "you see Jeremy, and there are several downsides of being a vampire. One is…your emotions are amplified, if you lose someone you love it will rip you apart," Jeremy listened intently; he wondered if that happened to her. He knew that she lived here most of his life, but the truth was he didn't know much about her life prior to Mystic Falls, and he never really thought about it. "You think being a vampire will set you free?" a nostalgic smile came across her face.
"Not really…sure you can go wherever you want…be whoever you want but…you're trapped. By your cravings. You can't get close to people, because you fear you'll hurt them. Those you care about would grow old…and you won't. it's a never ending circle Jeremy…do you really want that life? Not being able to lay down permanent roots because you fear your secret may be discovered…do you want that Jeremy? An eternal damnation?" she asked him and wetted her lips.
Lily had officially been part of Mystic falls, about a year before the Salvatores had arrived. She visited here in the past, but they were only fleeting visits. She always made sure to use compulsion to erase her brief visits. But when the folks of Mystic Falls started to use vervaine, just as the Salvatores arrived, she decided to set down a permanent home for the time being.
"No" Jeremy finally answered her question after much thought. "I don't want to be a vampire" she made him see what he didn't see beforehand.
Lily smiled and nodded "Right…goodnight Jeremy" he grinned and stood up, he felt much lighter. He felt better from her talk. He had just stepped off of her porch when she blurred in front of him causing him to jump back. She grasped him by his throat, it would have been a comical sight for anyone who was passing by…a gangly teen was being held up by a woman of Lily's stature. "Just know this Jeremy" she smiled serenely "do anything like that again and do in fact become a vampire I will make your eternity not so great. Got it?"
Jeremy hastily nodded and she let go of him, she wasn't choking him but her grip was firm. "Yeah I do"
"Good now go home. And study you got a pop quiz at the end of the week" Lily called after him, and smiled hearing the teen grumbling about 'mean teachers.' She picked up her mug and headed inside.
Lily slammed her front door shut and dropped the mugs off in the kitchen, she glanced at the time, it had just gone eight. Now was the perfect time to have a good soak in the tum.
She turned on her heel and headed into her bathroom, it was a large bathroom, and held a claw-foot tub. One thing that the red head vampire kept from her old life was that she loved the feeling of sinking into a tub of warm water. She poured some liquid in, creating bubbles; she turned on her radio, and set it low. Lily stripped out of her dress and decided to chuck it in the trashcan.
It was ripped and stained from her encounter with Katherine. She tied her hair up in a messy bun Lily slipped into the tub and groaned feeling the warm water washing over her. She leant her head back and sighed and closed her eyes. The red head was beginning to doze off when she heard her front door slamming shut. She abruptly stood up and hastily pulled on her robe, and jogged down the corridor leaving a trail of water.
"What-Damon?" Lily frowned seeing the vampire digging around her liquor cabinet that was located in her front room. "What-what happened?" she asked, her brief moment of anger immediately disappeared when she saw the distraught look on his face. She ushered him over to the couch and pushed him down, she could tell he was still a bit drunk. "What are you doing here?"
"I…you got good alcohol…and a great pair of legs—"
"Eyes up" she placed her index finger on his chin and tilted his face up, so his icy blue orbs met her emerald green ones.
Damon slumped in her cushy couch "I made the woman I love hate me-"
"Elena? How did you hurt her?" Lily frowned she sat down beside him,
"I killed Jeremy…" Lily's eyes widened, "after Katherine told me she never loved me and…Elena rejected me."
Lily sighed "Stay here" she instructed "and take this" she handed him a random bottle of wine. The red head blurred off and went to check on the Gilberts, she could hear from her position at their front door. She let out a deep sigh of relief when she heard Jeremy's voice. He was ok. So without further ado she sped back to her house, all the whilst making sure her robe was firmly closed.
Lily shut the door and snatched the bottle out his hand just as Damon was about to take a mouthful.
"Good news is Jeremy is going to be fine" Lily uttered and startled the other vampire, by smashing bottle on the back of his head
"Oww" Damon yelped
"You deserve that. Killing him…not such a good idea." Lily dumped the broken bottle in the trash can.
"I ruined it Lily" Damon ran his fingers through his hair.
"You have…so I think this particular occasion calls for it" Lily disappeared into the pantry and emerged with a bottle of bourbon. "You need a real drink-"
"It won't make me feel better" Damon watched as she poured the amber liquid into a glass tumbler.
"Hmm I know that" she handed him the glass, and sat back with her own. "It'll make you numb…and I'm guessing you're staying here for the night-"
"Oh-"
"You're on the couch" Lily felt the fiery liquid sliding down her throat. Damon placed his arm behind her, so she cushioned her head on it.
"You know what would make me better?" he drawled, a sly smirk spilled onto his face "you and I having hot animal like sex-"
"Yeah no not going to happen" Lily scoffed "So…besides having your heartbroken and killing a teenager how was your day?" she looked at him. Damon sighed and shook his head he was glad to have a friend like Lily, she just made it so easy for him, he was able to be himself with her, knowing that she wouldn't judge him.
For most of the night they spent chatting, until Lily declared herself to be tired and threw some blankets and quit at Damon. She hit him extra hard with a pillow when he called out he rather have her wrapped around him.
"Goodnight sexy" Damon yelled after her.
"Goodnight honey" she called back, and Lily shut her bedroom door behind her and flopped down onto her bed. Soon enough the vampire was fast asleep.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Forgot to mention during the last couple of chapters is that the banner link is on profile, and through that is the outfit link. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this chap-A breif flashback, and we saw that Elijah did. We also saw how Lily fits into Mystic Falls. She's the english teacher. Its the first episode of season one, and we get to see her interactions with the residents of Mystic Falls. Turns out Lily is friends with Damon, even though they're not conventional together.
Next-Lily helps Caroline.
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