Lillian and Belinda were walking through the bizarre, stopping for a moment or two at several stalls. "So you and Niklaus huh?" the vampire teased the witch, she halted at a jewellery stall and gazed down at the little trinkets, one thing she liked about this part of the world, there was much more son than England.

Belinda scoffed, "Hardly, you know I don't like mixing with vampires…"she muttered, Lily cocked an eyebrow

"Yet you're marvellous friends with me." She quipped; the witch smirked and shrugged her shoulders.

"Only vampire I can stand…you are spending an awful lot time with Elijah though." She commented.

Lily beamed and picked up a simple leather bracelet, sometimes the simplest things were the best, and this was one of them. She eyed the stone that rested in the middle of the strap. "He is a very dashing gentlemen…I can see things growing between us." she confided in the witch, and was oblivious to the expression on the witch's face.

"Well has he told you he is Original? The first generation of-"

"Vampires. Yes I know, but I do not care." Lily cut her off, "Him and his family are pleasant enough…although that Kol seems a bit off the rails." She waved over the stall holder. "Good morning, I would like this please." She smiled at the older lady.

"No these Originals are dangerous-"Belinda started, this wasn't part of the plan, she was meant to keep the red head away from the family of vampires, why oh why do their paths constantly cross? The witch knew it was their fates.

"Belinda, I like them…and I want to be with Elijah. We will eventually leave town but not now." The red head hissed, not understanding where all this prejudice was coming from. She was never like this before. Before they could continue they were interrupted.

"Really Lillian? Not buying jewels?" a familiar voice commented behind her, as she dug through her coin purse.

Lily grinned recognising who it was, "Rebekah" she turned to face the blond haired female. Elijah had introduced her to his sister on the night of the ball after "What are you doing here?" she asked.

Rebekah sighed and picked up a little trinket obviously it wasn't to her liking as she set it down once again.

"Well there is only so much time a female can spend in the company of their brothers without losing their mind." Rebekah drawled, "I need a woman's opinion on some ball gowns, so shall we?" she asked giddy, about having Lily back in her life, she felt it was far too long since they've been together. The red head nodded, before swiftly handing the coins over.

"Oh my Lady, you gave me too much-"the stall holder called out.

Lily hummed playfully "No I do not think I did. Have a good birthday Elise." She smiled at the woman, "Belinda do you wish-"

"No I rather stay here." the witch said curtly, turning her back. Lily sighed and let Rebekah drag her away.

Belinda scowled and stalked off in the direction of the manor that she and the vampire shared. She rounded the corner passing a side alley, and yelped when she was slammed into the wall, and pinned there.

"What is it that you want?" Belinda sneered

"What is your business with Lillian Petrova?" Klaus snarled glaring at the witch.

"Nothing to do with you-"the short woman scowled.

Klaus chuckled before grabbing her by her throat, "Everything to do with Lillian Petrova is my business. It's not the norm for a witch to be interested by a vampire." He murmured.

"Well she's not an ordinary vampire is she?" Belinda hissed "there's a big reward for her, after all Lillian Petrova was never meant to escape. She is wanted."

Klaus's eyes darkened "Hurt her, I will rip your heart out and feed it to you." he threatened, there were barely any passer-by's.

Belinda chuckled "You are in no position to threaten me hybrid-"she narrowed her eyes, Klaus groaned in pain, and clutched his head feeling the little veins in his brains exploding "Your father says hello." She smirked before disappearing into the crowd.

"And then he had a go at me." Jenna exclaimed, she and Lily were currently in the Gilbert kitchen, the red head had barely spared a glance towards her descendent, nor she did make any effort to talk to her.

Lily snorted and sipped her tea; Jenna glared at her friend and threw a biscuit at her. "What?"

"You were meant to be keeping it a secret…"Jenna huffed, Alaric had a right go at her the night before, "he says I'm a blabber mouth! Can you believe that?" she questioned.

Lily swallowed her tea "Erm…not to destroy your weird whatever is going on with you-"the vampire waved her hand over Jenna, "But you are a blabber mouth." She declared, and giggled when Jenna's jaw dropped.

"Haa-"Jenna sighed and playfully whacked the vampire "evil child, that's it I'm not going to be saying another word about my relationship to you."

Lily grabbed the chocolate covered biscuit and cocked an eyebrow. She could hear Elena, Jeremy and Bonnie chatting. The red head vampire was aware of the teen's plan, about testing the doppelganger. After all no one trusted Elena not give herself over after yesterday's fiasco. "You Lillian Peterson are no longer going to be living your sexual life vicariously through me," she declared.

Lily snorted "Yeah I had no clue I was doing that." she scrunched up her nose in disgust, crossing one leg over the other.

"Hmm…"Jenna nodded "And you wouldn't be doing that if you find yourself a fella…shame you and Mason didn't work out." She said wryly.

Lily supressed a scoffed, as Jenna checked the time; she should be leaving now if she wanted to meet her advisor.

"Jenna honestly I am not looking for a hook up-"the vampire stated. Jenna downed the rest of her coffee, and cleared her throat.

"It's not just some hook up." Lily watched as the human dumped her mug in the sink, "you need a relationship, come on-"

"Only someone in an actual relationship can say that." Lily drawled cupping her mug the beverage was still warm.

"Hmm…so I have to go, you finish up your tea." Jenna uttered "Oh and you're meeting me and Ric at the Grill." She instructed,

Lily looked at her questionably "You know I could have other stuff-"

"No you don't" Jenna said in a sing song voice, grabbing her jacket and bag. "You're coming, or I'll tell Ric that…you …"she trailed off.

"What?" the vampire smirked.

Jenna scowled she got nothing, her eyes lit up though when an idea hit her. "I spend the rest of the week breaking into your house and being your wake up call." She declared.

Lily's jaw dropped in horror. "My god…"she breathed "you're an evil creature-"

Jenna laughed and kissed her on the cheek "Love you too. Remember the Grill be there at one." She ordered, and Lily watched as she left.

The vampire rolled her shoulders, god she needed a deep and thorough massage, preferably from someone on the supernatural spectrum, so they could get right into her bones. Damon would most likely be too suggestive, and Stefan was currently locked up with her great grandmother. Her heightened hearing picked up the sound of footsteps trudging down the stairs, she knew it was Bonnie.

And sure enough the witch walked through the door, "Morning Lily." She greeted the vampire. Lily smiled

"Morning, coffee? The kettle is hot." She uttered, Bonnie nodded and started to move around the kitchen.

Lily pulled out her cell, and decided to some grocery shopping and finish planning some of her lessons for the next couple of weeks, plus she also had to do some of Alaric's plans since she did owe him.

"So you really aren't going to speak to Elena?" Bonnie asked, not knowing whether the vampire could hold a grudge for that long.

Lily sighed "I will eventually, but she bloody pissed me off." She responded, the witch chuckled and spun around when the kettle went off.

"Yeah she does tend to do that." she poured the hot water into the mug. Lily dug into her pocket feeling her cell vibrating alerting her that someone was calling her. She let out a groan of annoyance seeing whose name was flashing across the screen.

"The mayor?" Bonnie asked already knowing the answer; Lily only pulled that face when Carol did call.

"Yep…the old crow is going to make me do something I don't want to." Lily huffed, and answered on the fifth ring. "Carol hi-"she plastered a smile onto her face, causing Bonnie to snigger.

"Lily-"Carol's voice filtered through the speaker, "I hope I haven't caught you at a bad time…"

"As if that would stop you…"Lily muttered watching the witch move around, "No you haven't, so what can I do for you Carol?" she asked.

"Well…as you know Mystic Falls have a rich history…"the red head sunk down in her seat "And we are more than generous to visitors, a Mr Smith called us earlier, he wants to write a book of our town, Jenna Sommers is already on board with handing some archives over." She said Lily jumped onto her feet as Bonnie walked out of the kitchen with the cup of coffee she made.

The red head dumped her mug into the sink, and leant against the counter. "Well he insisted that he needs to be in town for this, I didn't want him to stay at Frils-"she mentioned the local motel in town, "since Ms Frils is a drinker, Jenna told me you would be more than happy to play host-"Lily barely listened since she could hear Elena and Bonnie out in the hall. "So yes?" she blinked and cleared her throat.

"Erm…sure-I have to go." She hastily hanged up, not entirely sure what she agreed to. She exited the kitchen and saw Elena on the staircase with Bonnie blocking her.

"What's going on?" the vampire asked, her eyes darting between the pair.

"Going to see Stefan-"

"She took the moonstone." Jeremy declared coming down the stairs with Bonnie's bag.

Lily sighed and leant against the railing. "Second time lying aren't we?" she drawled. Elena frowned,

"How-"

"They tested you." Lily interrupted "and you obviously failed." She added. "Now are you done with your foolish suicide mission?" she questioned,

Elena sighed in irritation, she was just trying to save everyone she cared about, and if handing herself over was what made them safe then so be it.

Lily knew her descendent was thinking she was saving them, but all she really was doing was making a grave mistake. Sure the people she loved would be safe, but they would be living the fact that they knew they caused her death.

"Klaus killed Katherine's entire family, because she crossed him." Elena explained. Lily ran her fingers through her thick hair, "I can't let that happen."

Bonnie stepped aside, and Lily hid a smile knowing that the doppelganger thought she got away with it. Jeremy plopped down on the stair case as Elena moved towards the doorway. The red head grabbed her jacket and slipped it on, the three of them watched as Elena walked into the barrier Bonnie had casted to trap the doppelganger.

"What did you do?" Elena asked turning to face them.

Lily smiled "Well sweetie we needed a way to make sure you don't do anything stupid again…like handing yourself over." She waltzed passed the doppelganger. "So two Petrovas trapped huh, not your day" She drawled, seeing Elena like this made the red head relax. "Oh by the way Elena I forgive you. Have fun." Lily winked and was gone.

Lily yawned and eyed the canned caramel that was on the top shelf, she was in the local grocery store, and her cart was already brimming near the rim. She opted to make some desert tonight, sure she was good at creating the base of the tart from scratch, she was never good at making caramel, and usually she would tend to burn the sugar.

The vampire was torn between two types of caramel, she was grateful to be something normal, away from the whole Klaus saga.

"Which one…"she muttered under her breath.

"Go for the red canned one. It's sweeter." She jumped causing the man to laugh, "Sorry didn't mean to startle you." he apologised.

Lily smiled "No it's fine." The store wasn't busy since it was mid-morning; there were only a few scattered shoppers. "So the red one you say?" she asked,

"Yep. Here let me get it." The dark skinned man easily grabbed the can from the top shelf. He handed it over to her, brushing his hand against hers, he got a shock alerting him to who she actually was.

"So you're a cook?" she asked placing the can into the cart.

"No-"he grinned "I'm a Doctor, Jonah Martin." He introduced himself holding out his hand. The vampire responded and shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you." She uttered smiling at him,

"Well I should get going, I don't usually get a lot of time off." He bid her goodbye and turned on his heel, Elijah will be pleased he thought they had tracked down the Petrova, now all the Original needed to do was to make contact with her and the doppelganger.

Lily paid for her things and headed out to the parking lot, and dumped her things into the trunk of her car; she clamoured in and buckled up.

The red head was about to pull out but gasped when she saw a figure standing behind her car through the rear view mirror. "Elijah?" she muttered, and looked over her shoulder, there was no one there.

"Getting paranoid." She sighed and drove back home.

Soon enough Lily was back in the car and was heading to the Grill, since she had lunch with Jenna and Alaric. She parked across the road from the bar/restaurant, and rolled her eyes when her phone rang again.

"Hello Jenna." She uttered slamming the door shut.

"Hey. Where are you?" her friend asked, the red head crossed the road,

"Erm…I couldn't be bothered." Lily said opting to have some fun messing with her friend, she entered the Grill, and saw Alaric and Jenna in the corner booth; the strawberry haired woman's back was facing her.

The hunter saw her and was about to call out but Lily gestured for him to be quiet, he shook his head, he'll never understand women he thought.

"What why not?" Jenna scowled in annoyance.

"Because…."

"You're such a bit-"

"Jenna name calling is not nice." She said into her ear, causing Jenna to yelp and jump. Both Alaric and Lily broke out in laughter.

"God woman do you want to give me a heart attack?" the strawberry haired woman clutched her chest; Lily took the vacant seat beside her, whilst Alaric sat opposite them.

"It wasn't on my to-do list…"she drawled and waved over Matt. "Hey Matt…can I get a glass of…rum and coke, with burger and fries." She ordered.

Jenna scrunched up her nose hearing her order "Try something healthy once, I'll have a chicken salad Matt." She handed over her menu

"Same as Lily, but a beer please." Alaric ordered,

Jenna tutted "Honestly you two are so unhealthy-"

"Jeesh woman, one burger won't kill me." Lily rolled her eyes, "a stake through the heart will though-"she muttered,

"What?" Jenna asked.

"Nothing…I mean a big juicy steak would kill me…."the vampire lied, and was glad when Matt returned with their drinks.

"Well I have to go to the ladies before our food arrives." Lily slipped out of the booth to let Jenna pass and then slid in, she grunted when Alaric booted her underneath the table. "Oww…what the hell bitch?" she scowled at the hunter.

"You're meant to be keeping what you are a secret." He hissed.

Lily licked her lips, "Ok I wasn't thinking." She whispered back, "Sometimes I forget that she doesn't know…this is going to bite us in the ass one day. All this lying." She muttered. Alaric grasped her hand and gave it a brief squeeze.

"I know lying is hard but it's for the best-"

Lily sighed "I'm lying about who I am, you too Ric, when she does find out-"he opened his mouth about to say something, but the red head spoke over him. "She will…then she's going to hate us." she muttered. And hastily pulled her hand out hearing Jenna approaching them, the rest of the hour was spent chatting and eating.

"So Jenna I heard you're doing something for Carol Lockwood….and she mentioned me being a host." Lily said casually pushing her empty plate away. "Huh…I wonder where she got that idea." She drawled. Jenna made a face and wasn't too surprised when the vampire threw a fry at her.

"Ok…I…this writer could be a hottie-"Jenna exclaimed.

Lily gaped at her, the Grill was slowly filling up with more patrons, and the red head spotted Caroline a couple of tables away from them.

There was low music in the background, and it was somewhat of a calm atmosphere, Lily knew later in the evening it'll be busier.

"What's that meant to do for me?" Lily huffed,

"Well…you're in a house by yourself…and…things could get….steamy-"Jenna wagged her eyebrows up and down suggestively. Alaric choked on what was left of his burger; the red head reached over and slapped him on the back, helping the piece of meat down his throat.

"Look you made your guy choke…instant sign that you're being disgusting." Lily declared.

"Oh well maybe this guy can clean your pipes-"Jenna shrugged and squealed when Alaric spat out the rest of his burger hitting her. Lily burst out laughing, the trio garnered strange looks from the rest of the patrons.

"I swear you two are teachers-"Chad one of jocks from school uttered,

Lily cocked an eyebrow "We're not on the job. So go away…"she shooed the kid off, causing Alaric to scoff, if only he could do that in his lessons.

"Ok I am definitely missing something." Alaric said leaning over to wipe Jenna's face, Lily shifted slightly feeling awkward witnessing the loving looks the pair were exchanging.

She cleared her throat, causing Jenna to giggle. Lily was happy for her friend; she was so in love with the hunter, and vice versa. The vampire was more than happy for the pair, they thoroughly deserve each other.

"Well Carol called and…now I'm showing some historical writer around town." Jenna told him, Alaric nodded.

"Right…that-"

"Sounds so boring." Lily finished off, "but you never guess what Jenna offered me up as a host for the guy. So I'm probably going to have some old fart living with me for god knows how long." She grouched.

"Oh come on…"Jenna prodded the red head's cheek, attempting to get a smile out of her. Alaric watched the pair in amusement; they acted more like sisters than friends. "He could be the one…"

"You're determined to get me laid aren't you?" Lily uttered, "If you're that desperate I'm sure Alaric wouldn't mind cleaning-"

"No" Jenna tutted "Not just laid, you need a relationship, I worry about you being all on your in that big house." She said seriously "And no you can't get a cat."

Lily made a face and took a sip of her second rum and coke. "I'm more of a dog person." She muttered, Jenna laughed and checked the time. "I should go now, but I'll call you when the writer arrives." She told Lily, Jenna then proceeded to give Alaric a chaste kiss and patted Lily on the shoulder, before leaving.

"So you and this writer-"

"Don't its lame." Lily cut him off, "Ah I have to be more careful with my blood-bags." She muttered. Alaric shook his head, that was not a normal person's worry, but then again she wasn't, hell even before Lily revealed she was the creature that the history teacher set out on hunting he knew she was different. Their first meeting wasn't ideal; he had ended up spilling coffee all down her dress.

"What's with the expression Alaric?" she asked,

"Just remembering when we first met." He replied.

Lily's lips morphed into a smile "Yeah…you still owe me for that dry cleaning bill."

"I covered your ass." He retorted.

Lily shifted and hummed in thought "I guess you're right…"she drifted off as Tyler entered the Grill, both the red head and hunter exchanged questioning looks, catching the sight of the werewolf's attention.

The vampire tucked in a stray curl behind her ear, and easily caught snippets of his and Caroline's conversation.

"What's wrong?" she heard Caroline asked, from the corner of Lily's eye she could see the jock leaning in close.

"This girl Mason knows stopped by the house." Tyler said quietly "she said he never made it back to Florida…my mom is freaking out and she was on the phone to your mom when I left." Lily's face dropped, this was definitely going to be a huge problem. "We should get going…"Caroline agreed, she and Tyler passed the pair of high school teachers. "Lily-"she hissed at her mentor.

The red head nodded "Just act as if nothing is wrong." She whispered back, Caroline nodded and hurriedly followed after the werewolf.

Lily swallowed and turned back to Alaric. "We have a problem." She uttered.

"No kidding, and this is for you-"he handed her over a pile of folders. "You said you owe me, I need you to plan my lessons again. The kids seem to like it-"

"Because I'm a better teacher." The vampire teased and managed to avoid the fry he threw at her. Lily let out a puff of air, wondering they're going to do about this woman who's looking for Mason.

"And…done." Lily declared, "these lessons plan should last till the decade dance" she grinned, the vampire and the hunter had moved over towards the bar now, the red head opted to spend more time at the Grill after all it wasn't everyday she get to just relax in a bar.

"Whoa…"Alaric looked at the neat notes and plans, the stack of papers were now organised and not a total mess. "You actually enjoy this don't you?" he asked.

Lily dropped the pen back down on the bar-top. "Huh…a bit of paperwork is never hard." She countered…"I'm doing your 60's lesson plans."

"As if I refuse to get help from someone who actually lived through it." Alaric scoffed, Lily clicked her tongue finished off her drink, she had moved on from rum and coke, and was now drinking her favourite choice of alcohol, which was Bourbon.

"Not my favourite decade…though I did love New York then." Lily grinned, she glanced over her shoulder hearing the belle above the door ringing she saw some more patrons entering the Grill, her eyes were drawn to a face that she hadn't seen around town before.

"Excuse me-"she heard the woman stopping Matt "do you know Tyler Lockwood?" she asked.

"Boo-"Damon appeared beside Lily, planting his hand on her.

"If your hand goes up any further on my thigh I will break it." Lily threatened, immediately he retreated. "So this is Mason's mystery woman." He had gotten the call from Alaric, telling him what was going on at the Grill.

"Where is Mason anyway?" Alaric asked he never did get too much detail about what happened with the former mayor's brother.

"Decomposing in his truck." Damon replied curtly, Lily gagged

"You dumbass I told you to bury him," she hissed,

"I got busy." The raven head vampire exclaimed,

Lily rolled her eyes, perhaps she should deal with that later, she rested arms on the bar-top, and the three were eyeing the woman discreetly.

"So you think she's a werewolf?" Alaric asked. Lily shrugged she wasn't too sure, since she didn't come across them that often.

"Well I hope not, since it's the full moon tonight." Damon uttered "plus if she is one, we'll be running-"he gestured to himself and Lily.

The red head snorted "I don't need to run from her, I just need to outrun you." she quipped, causing Alaric to chuckle. Damon sent her a disgruntled look.

"We can find out anyway with this." The male vampire pulled out a plastic bag which contained some dried plant.

"What is that?" Alaric asked, Lily took the bag, and sniffed the contents.

"Wolfsbane-"

Lily nodded in understanding; she saw the questioning look on Alaric's face so explained further. "It's like vervaine but works on werewolves as well." She answered "We're going to have to be smart about this though…"

"No kidding, some idiot would have to slip it to her." Alaric scoffed, and groaned when he saw the smirks on the vampire's faces. "I guess I'm the idiot?"

"Yes." Lily and Damon answered in unison.

"Ok…this isn't get back to Jenna." Alaric said, as Lily helped him to get into character, she unbuttoned the two buttons of his shirt, and then proceeded to ruffle his hair.

Lily scoffed "Yeah if it did, both our asses will be kicked." She muttered and took a step back, she, Alaric and Damon were at the other end of the bar, away from Mason's woman and were hidden by the pillar. "Ok you look like a bum…perfect. Now go and do your thing." She declared.

Alaric and Damon exchanged amused looks "You're actually excited about this-"

"No. now shoo you drunkard." Lily lightly pushed him towards the woman, Damon and the red head watched on.

"So your fingers are pretty nifty at unbuttoning-"Damon drawled,

Lily cocked an eyebrow "Don't you have a doppelganger to be pining after?" she asked. The elder Salvatore rolled his eyes,

"And he bumps her…"he muttered, the pair of vampires watched as Alaric made conversation with the woman.

"Well hello-"Alaric attempted to ignore the sniggers that were coming from further down the bar, obviously Damon and Lily were listening in "Can I have a scotch?" he asked the barman.

"She looks freaked." Damon commented, Lily nodded in agreement, that was the same face she makes when she was being creep out by a guy. "And whatever this beautiful woman is drinking." He added, this was part of the plan.

"Oh no-"the potential werewolf refused "one is my limit."

"Oh come on." Alaric urged her "It's not like a freak, just being friendly to someone who is new into town." He uttered smirking slightly, Lily had to hand it to the hunter, he was pretty convincing.

"Alright if you insist." She nodded.

"And Ric isn't completely useless." Damon muttered sitting beside Lily, they were waiting for their cue.

"How do you know I'm new?" the woman asked,

"And this is me-"Damon stood up "Wanna kiss me good luck-"he grunted when the older vampire shoved him towards Alaric.

"Because I'm here a lot." The history teacher answered, Lily watched as Damon approached the pair.

"Excuse me-"he took the woman's other side "is this guy bothering you?" he asked.

Lily stood up; she wanted to play as well. Plus she couldn't let Damon and Alaric have all the fun.

"I'm not bothering anyone-"Alaric said playing his role perfectly.

Lily appeared behind him and placed her hand on his shoulder "Max-"Damon made a face, thinking really? The vampire was giving the hunter a fake name. "Just give it a rest and go home." She sighed.

"Perfect well do it elsewhere-"Damon uttered, Alaric shrugged as the raven head attracted the blond haired woman's attention. Lily pulled out the packet of wolfsbane from her pocket, the drinks were set down, and Alaric slid the pink fruity one for the woman towards Lily. The red head dumped the contents of the wolfsbane and quickly stirred it. She slid it over to the hunter,

They heard Damon in the background "Please don't talk about me like I'm not here." the history teacher slurred.

"And this is your cue to go. She's never going to get back with you if you turn up drunk. Now go home and sleep." Lily uttered and took Alaric's recently vacant seat.

"Thanks for the drink." The woman smiled and set it back down.

Lily sighed "Men…constantly moan about how women nag and then when they get dumped, it's as if they can't live without them." she uttered.

"Tell me about it." the woman chuckled, "My former boyfriend said I was too boring, and you know what he did after he dumped me? Went to the gym." She exclaimed.

The red head snorted "As if that's exciting." She muttered making the woman smile. Lily grinned "Lillian Peterson." She introduced herself,

"Jules." The woman replied and shook the vampire's hand. Lily ordered herself a drink and sat back.

"So there's a B&B down the road." Damon uttered, as Lily leant against the bar, they weren't getting anywhere with Jules, she didn't one taste of her drink. Lily glanced over to Alaric who had sat back down where they started.

"But…it's not great, the bathrooms tends to be too small." Lily said breaking into the conversation,

"Well I'm fine at Frils anyway." Jules said, the red head nodded and took a sip of her drink, she was glad that she had a strong stomach for alcohol; otherwise she'll be completely plastered.

"I'm just here for the night it's a long story. I'm looking for my friend."

Lily swallowed and nodded to Damon to keep going, she could see that the younger vampire was beginning to lose his patience.

"Oh…"Damon played along "Who?" he asked.

"Mason Lockwood," Lily felt sorry for the woman, jeeze no one thought that someone would come looking for Mason in the first place, it was a dumb move on their part, Lily thought.

"Mason? I know Mason." Damon smiled.

"You do?" Jules grinned, Lily glanced over to Alaric the hunter made a face causing her to supress a smile, both were thinking the same, the elder Salvatore's acting wasn't all that great.

"Yeah, he's a great guy." He said,

"He's missing." Jules stated

"What do you mean missing? Like missing-missing?" Damon moved forward getting slightly closer to her.

Jules eyed him "How do you know Mason?"

"Because of her." Damon nodded towards Lily.

The older vampire schooled her features and smiled "Yeah, I introduced them, I know his nephew Tyler I'm his English teacher." She uttered,

"You're an English teacher?" Jules questioned "You-oh no offence but you look a bit young." She uttered.

Damon snorted loudly but covered it with a cough; the red head shot him a death glare. "Oh…erm I look good for my age." She said. And picked up her own drink.

"Yeah…."the raven head nodded and gestured towards their drinks. Lily sighed and looked away when the woman didn't drink. The more she thought about it the more she believed that maybe Jules was onto them.

The bar was beginning to clear up, Lily frowned when she felt her cell vibrating again, it was the second time that Jenna was calling her, and she remembered she needed to meet that writer bloke.

"So I'm really tight with the sheriff, if you need any help I'd be more than happy to." Damon said, the red head licked her lips. "Mason is a great guy, after the funeral he stuck around and helped Tyler through all that grief." He explained, "You know you haven't touched your drink." He said. Lily looked away and cringed, knowing that he made it too obvious.

"Well it'll help me sleep." Jules said, Lily stiffened and watched in anticipation as the she raised it to her lips, but slammed it down. The red head knew they were rumbled. "You fool." She hissed at Damon, Lily stood up,

"What do you want with Mason Lockwood?" Damon snarled,

Lily placed her hand on the counter. "He's my friend." Jules simply replied the red head sighed.

"Well sorry to inform you that you probably won't find him." Damon hissed,

"Damon-"Lily warned him "It's not smart to threaten a werewolf on the full moon." She uttered,

Jules smirked and nodded "Your friend here is smart-"she uttered just as Alaric appeared, but one look from the older vampire shut the hunter up.

"You think I'm afraid of you?" Damon scoffed; Jules stood up and grabbed her jacket.

"No I don't but that's just your vampire arrogance….for some reason she seems to be missing it." she jerked her thumb towards Lily. "I sniffed you two out and your pathetic wolfsbane the moment I stepped in here."

Alaric swallowed, knowing that one bite from her would kill his friends "I've been at this for a long time, and on any other night the situation would be reversed, but tonight is not the night to threaten me. You've been marked." She snarled and stalked off.

Lily blinked "Well that doesn't sound so good…and you're following-"she muttered as Damon ran out after Jules.

"Erm Lily he's gone-"

"I know. Stupid young vampires-"she grabbed her jacket, and the pair went after him, they caught him in the parking lot, there was no sign of Jules.

"You've been marked? What kind of werewolf crap is that?" Damon snapped looking around "I'm going-"

Lily grabbed his arm forcing him to stop. "You're not doing anything." She snapped

"Look up Damon tonight is the full moon, one bite and she can kill you." Alaric said "Just go home and lock your doors, both of you." he ordered.

"We will deal with this tomorrow." Lily uttered, she was the more level headed vampire. Damon knew he was beaten so nodded in agreement.

"Fine. Lily lock your windows you always seem to forget that." Damon planted a kiss on her cheek and left.

Lily sighed and looked over to Alaric, "So-"his cell rang, "Oh hey Jen…yeah she…ok. She'll be there." He hanged up.

"What?" the vampire asked, there were few patrons still milling about, Alaric cleared his throat.

"Yeah you might want to get to Jenna's, that writer guy is here…and he's staying with you-"Lily made a face. "Come on it won't be that boring…"

"Yeah…right. See ya Alaric." Lily said and walked down the street, heading towards her car.

Lily knocked on the front door of the Gilbert house, before entering it. "Hey-"she smiled and quirked an eyebrow seeing Jenna was crouching in front of the downstairs cupboard. "You are aware you're making a mess." She commented. Jenna shot her a filthy look,

"Well it's good you've shown up…finally-"

"Sorry…I don't even want to meet this dullard of a writer." Lily huffed, and cocked an eyebrow when the strawberry haired woman let out a loud guffaw.

"Here." Lily stumbled when Jenna handed her a heavy box, just them Elena hurried down the stairs, and smiled in amusement seeing the disgruntled look on the vampire's face.

"What's going on?"

"Your aunt is being bit-"

"Ssh language." Jenna swatted her and knelt back down pulling out another box full of files. "And these are your mom's files from the historical society." She revealed getting onto her feet, Lily scrunched up her nose sniffing the dust.

"Jeeze did Miranda never dusted them." she huffed "Your aunt kindly offered our services to Carol to help us out…well more like roped in..."Lily muttered.

Jenna smiled knowingly "And by roped she meant very excited to participate." She slammed the door shut, Lily's jaw dropped and Elena gasped seeing who was on the other side. It was Elijah and he had a picture perfect smile plastered onto his face.

"Hey I'm Elijah, and I believed that I'll be you're my host." He smiled, Lily swallowed and nervously swallowed…holy shit, she didn't expect this at all.

"Elijah is in town doing research; Lily said he could stay at hers while he is here." Jenna said taking the boxes. The red head placed the one she was holding onto the floor.

She stiffened when he moved closer "It's a pleasure." He shook Elena's hand, and then held it out to Lily; the red head eyed him, not trusting the Original at all. "You must be Lillian…lovely to meet you." She gritted her teeth and placed her hand in his, she was startled when he didn't shake it, but instead he raised her hand and kissed the backs of her knuckles.

Lily felt a sudden rush streaming through her. Her eyes met his, Elena cleared her throat breaking the moment between the pair, and the red head pulled her hand away.

"So you know you're welcomed to rummage through this stuff, or we could help take it over to Lily's." Jenna offered coming to stand beside her friend, she was wearing a gleeful expression, and the vampire had the urge to slap it off.

"Right…I would do the latter but I have to get my things as well. I'll send someone around tomorrow."

Jenna chuckled, not realising the tension between the three. "Right, that's a better plan."

Elijah smiled and walked passed them "Well thanks for inviting me into your home Jenna-"Lily bit her lip, wonderful he could walk in any time now. "Lily I'll see you in a bit…across the road right?" he feigned.

"Yep, you know exactly where to find me." Lily chirped

"I try not to be too much of a dullard." He smirked, they watched as Jenna ushered the man out.

The strawberry haired woman bounced over to her. "He is gorgeous…wasn't a good thing you called him dull…oh but Lily I swear he's the answer to all your prayers…if I wasn't with Ric…I'd do-"

"Ok language." Lily cut her off, that's all she needed Jenna to be pushing her to be with a powerful vampire.

Jenna laughed and said something having to clear more boxes out. As soon as she was out of earshot the doppelganger turned to the vampire.

"You let him live with you?" she hissed.

Lily scowled "Yeah…as if I knew that it would be him…shit." She muttered.

"What do we do?" Elena asked.

The red head had several scenarios running through her head; "We need to tell the others, is Bonnie upstairs?" a witch would be very useful.

"No, but Jeremy's got her number-"Elena replied as the pair of Petrovas hurried up the stairs, Jenna was too busy to notice them.

"What you don't?" Lily asked

"My cell is dead-"Elena huffed "No point of charging it, since I was trapped here all day-"

"Quit whining." The red head hastily knocked on the door, and yelped when she was grabbed around the waist, and hand was placed over her mouth. Elena's eyes widened seeing Elijah pinning the vampire against the wall he silently indicated for the doppelganger to keep quiet.

Lily gaped up at the Original; she could feel his body pressing firmly against hers, her ears twitched hearing Jeremy's door opening, causing her to slump slightly, now he answered the freaking door.

"What is it?" Jeremy asked sleepily

"Erm…"Elena's eyes darted over to the pair of vampires, one look from Elijah told her not to mention a word about him. "Jenna asked me to help you with the boxes." She lied.

"Oh right-"Jeremy nodded and hurried down the stairs.

"Wise choice." Elijah murmured taking a step back from Lily,

"What are you doing here?" Lily questioned glaring at him; her lips tingled where he touched it.

"I believe we all need a little chat." Elijah announced. He noted that Lily's eyes were morphing red, "You're not foolish enough to attack me Lillian. Now shall we?" Elena led the way to her room. Lily walked beside her and elbow the doppelganger as Elijah trailed behind.

"Oww what-"

"Your brother is stupid." The red head hissed.

They entered the teenager's bedroom, Lily chose to remain near the door, Elijah waltzed into the room, and his lips twitched, the red head was exactly the same, he knew she spent several times through the decades, checking in on her bloodline.

The Petrova vampire watched as he touched Elena's trinkets, it was oddly familiar…a sense of deja-vu washed over her.

"So Elijah what is it that you're doing here?" Lily asked, her tone wasn't friendly, and he didn't blame her in fact the Original understood, he was deceitful and managed to worm his way into her home.

"Forgive the intrusion" he said smoothly "I mean your family no harm." He sat down at the window seat, Elena didn't stray too far from her ancestor.

"Why did you kill those vampires when they tried to take me?" Elena asked folding her arms across her chest.

"Because I don't want you to be taken-"Elijah said, his eyes resting on the red head. "Neither of you." Lily's brows furrowed in confusion, "Klaus is the most feared and hated of the Originals…though that wasn't always the case." He said "But those who fear him are desperate for his approval. Word gets out that the doppelganger exists there'd be a line of vampire eager to take you to him." He murmured, resting his head against the wall "And I can't have that."

Lily eyed him, "Isn't that what you're trying to do?" the brunette asked.

"Let's just say that breaking the curse isn't my goal…"Elijah drawled,

"So what is your goal?" the red head questioned, sitting down on the edge of the bed,

"Well Klaus's obsession has made him paranoid; he is a recluse and only trusts those who are in his immediate circle." Elijah straightened up

"Like you?" Lily said softly,

He shook his head "Not anymore…"no Klaus didn't trust after the Katerina affair, and then the whole Lily saga happened. He hadn't heard from the other Original for quite some time.

Elena cleared her throat "You don't know where he is do you? So you're trying to use me to lure him out." She stated.

Elijah nodded "And for that to happen I need you to stay put and some trying to get yourself killed." He said shortly,

"How do we know you're not just lying?" Lily asked, wondering why he wanted to draw Klaus out in the first place.

"If I wasn't I could have killed your entire family and take you to Klaus myself." Elijah replied, Lily nodded he did have a point, hell Elena could already be gone if he wanted that to happened. "Instead I'm here to offer you a deal." He stood up, his legs brushed her knees as he walked passed. He had the urge just to hold her, but knew he couldn't.

"What kind of deal?" Elena asked, Lily watched as he moved over to the dresser, gazing at the picture. His eyes rested on the one, which contained Jenna and Lily sunbathing in the garden. The Original was silently relieved that she was enjoying living her life, that's all he wanted for her.

"Do nothing." He responded to Elena's question and discreetly took the picture from the mirror and tucked it into his pocket. "Live your life and when the time is right you and I shall draw Klaus out together and make sure your family is remained unharmed." Lily stood up, and canted her head to the side.

"And then what?" she asked.

"Kill him…"

"Like that?" Elena gaped at him, all the things Rose had told her about the Original made her think he was invincible.

"Just like that." Elijah said. "I am a man of my word Lillian, Elena when I make a deal I keep a deal."

"How are you going to make sure everyone is safe?" Lilly asked tucking a stray curl behind her ear,

"I know you have a friend Bonnie is it?" Elijah murmured his breath fanned across her temple, "I have friends with similar gifts." Lilly took that in he knew witches…possibly more powerful than Bonnie; surely they would have no trouble with the tomb. She didn't acknowledge what Elena said.

An idea hit her "We'll agree to this deal, if you do something for us." she bargained.

Elijah smirked and folded his arms across his chest. "Negotiating now?" he questioned. Lily's lips stretched into a smile.

"I prefer making sure both parties are happy." She quipped "Now we have a friend who is stuck…"

Lily sighed and felt her stomach rumble with hunger, she practically had been drinking all day and didn't have a proper meal. She made sure that the spare room was clean and the bedding was fresh, she had shed her boots and jacket.

The red head wondered into the kitchen and scoured her fridge, not sure what to cook…or even if Elijah ate already. Why the hell did she care anyway…stupid Jenna for pointing out how good looking he was…never thought she'd be attracted to a brunette come to think of it. Lily shook her head wanted to get rid of her unwanted thoughts.

The red head vampire opted to make some pasta, she headed into the pantry and looked through shelves, she knew she had some sauce here somewhere, as well as some pasta.

"Found you." The vampire grinned, grabbing a jar of sauce; she rummaged further and eventually found some pasta. Lily froze feeling a presence in her home, she stiffened even more if that was possible, she remembered what Jules said and that put her even more on edged. So the vampire blurred out of pantry and slammed the intruder into the wall, by his throat. She had dropped the jar of sauce along the way and didn't even take in the sound of the glass shattering.

"Now this isn't the usual way one would greet their guests." Elijah said casually as if there wasn't a vampire at his throat. Lily snarled her grip tightened momentarily, the Original sighed and easily flipped their position over so that she was pinned against the wall, he easily manoeuvred her wrists into one of his hands.

"Lillian-"he murmured.

Lily scowled "Just go away, I get it you're here to say." She said slightly defeated after all she knew she wouldn't be able to compete with her. He was stronger, faster and the truth was a much better vampire than she. "You can drop your act."

Elijah blinked, his dark eyes roamed her face "My act?" he murmured leaning forward. She swallowed this…was…why on earth was she having trouble thinking?

"Yes your act, you know being all gentleman like?" she snapped her eyes hardened, "And…-you're smiling?...and you look even more handsome when you do that." she said clearly disgruntled. Lily didn't miss the way his body was aligned with hers, nor his callous thumbs stroking the insides of her wrists. "And…you really like touching things-"

"Would you like me to stop touching you?" he whispered, his lips ghosted over her cheek. Lily closed her eyes…it's been so long since she was enticed by someone…

"No-I mean yes." She snapped her cheeks flushing pink.

"You said no-"

"I mean yes. Stop it…"Lily barked, lamely attempting to push him away from her. Elijah could see that he was already beginning to push her buttons, "Why are you here?" she asked.

Elijah eyed her "We've been through this-"

"You're here to keep the doppelganger safe. I am able to do that perfectly. There is no need for you to reside in town." Lily stated. She didn't know what emotions were swimming in his eyes.

"Not just the doppelganger, I want no harm to come to you Lillian." He said, sincerity was laced in his undertone

"Why would I be harmed?" Lily questioned, it's been a very long time since someone had done that. Elijah's lips thinned there were people out there,

"You have my word Lillian I am not here to harm you." Lily nodded and after another second he moved back.

"Ok." She said softly, "So-"

"Dinner? Than you can show me around." He said pleasantly,

"You're very-"Lily trailed off not knowing what to say, plus she didn't want to offend him.

"Thorough, I like to be thorough." Elijah smirked, Lily's lips twitched in amusement "Now…dinner, I'll get started with the sauce." He uttered, stunning the red head.

"You cook?" Lily questioned and could see that he was already making himself comfortable; she glanced out into the hallway and saw several dufflebags…guess he was going to stay a while. He shed his suit jacket, her eyes were drawn to his back, she canted her head to the side…he was more rugged than she expected.

"I have many talents Lillian, now do you prefer chopping or stirring?" Elijah smiled glanced over his shoulder.

"I prefer stirring." Lily replied, she might as well go along with this. It wasn't everyday she get to cook with an Original.

AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to all those who reviewed.

So in this Chap-The past reveals Elijah and Lily get close once again, and Rebekah makes an appearance, Belinda the witch isn't as friendly as she first appears and Klaus on to her. In the present, Lily and Jenna are having coffee, and Lily gets a call from Carol asking her to host a writer, she agrees. Elena is trapped, and Lily forgive her for the lying. She briefly meets Dr Martin, and arrives at the Grill. Jules appears and Lily says she is planning Alaric's 60's lessons. Damon arrives, the three hatch a plan. Jules rumbles them, Jenna calls, Lily realises the 'writer' she is housing is Elijah. He speaks to them, and then sneaks up on her later. They talk, and he offers to cook.

Next Chapter-Some more about Belinda, and Klaus has to intervene. In the Present, Rose is bitten, Lily does something for Damon.

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