"Would you stop fiddling with your gown?" Rebekah said exasperated, Lily huffed and folded her arms across her chest,
"I do not think I can pull off this colour Bekah…"she said the ball room was filled with well-known families of the small town. "And another Ball?" she asked.
Rebekah chuckled "Did you expect anything less? Our family don't do anything by halves." The ball room was a very busy area, there were servants running around, guests were piling in and music was being played.
"It is beautiful." The red head breathed, they had completely outdone themselves from their welcoming ball.
"If you this is gorgeous see the gardens, I believe Nik was responsible for that." Rebekah smiled, Lily didn't miss the way she was eyeing one of the men,
"Bekah he is the mayor's son." She whispered, "You are aware he is engaged right?" she asked. She took the offered wine and sipped it.
Rebekah smiled "Of course Lily-"out of the vampire family, the only female was the one to call her by her preferred name. "But one can always have fun. Now how do I look?" she gestured to herself, the younger vampire gave her a quick once over and smiled.
"Looking gorgeous as always Bekah, red really does suit you." Lily said honestly, causing the female Original to beam.
"Well wish me luck….as if I will need it." she uttered and made a beeline towards the male. Lily shook her head and looked around; there was no sign of Elijah around.
"Rebekah is not the only one looking gorgeous tonight." A voice whispered into her ear, she smiled already knowing who it was; she spun around seeing Kol behind her.
"So arrogance tends to run in your family." She drawled, he merely smirked and took her half-drunk wine, and took a sip.
"That's a vampire thing darling, anyway we have several other things that run in our family." Kol's eyes glittered, as he ran his finger across the expanse of her collar bone. "Such as good looks, the power we possess, the ability-"
"Move your finger further down, and I will break it." she threatened him with a smile on her face. Kol cocked an eyebrow and raised his hands in a sign of surrender,
"Feisty, a trait-"
"Your meals are getting away, and I don't really wish to be in your presence any longer." Lily drawled and kissed him on the cheek causing him to smirk.
She weaved her way through the crowd and exited the manor through the back door; a sigh left her lips as the cool breeze greeted her skin. Lily preferred to be outside than in; she glanced up at the night sky that was the one thing that constantly stayed the same the stars.
"You met Elijah out here did you not?" she jumped feeling a presence behind her.
"Niklaus." The red head smiled, "You startled me." He chuckled and placed his hand on the small of her back.
"Well then we should really zone in on your enhanced abilities." He smiled revealing those lovely dimples. Klaus swallowed he could feel the warmth reaping off of her. "You're not enjoying the ball are you?" he questioned.
Lily smiled "They don't tend to be my thing…people who don't even like one another are being polite to one another." She murmured "People are so-"
"Fake at times." Klaus finished off quietly "So fake that it wants to make you scream…"
Lily's eyes met his dark ones, "Yes…that's right." She uttered, Klaus grinned.
"I know what would cheer you up." He declared, and offered her his arm "Come along sweetheart, I don't bite unless you want me to." He winked.
Lily snorted and took his arm, "You and Kol are far too similar at times. Well Niklaus whisk me away." She uttered.
"As you wish-"she was startled when he wrapped both arms around her and smothered her face into his shirt front feeling the wind whipping through her hair. Klaus came to an abrupt stop, and placed his hands on her arms to keep the dizzy red head steady.
"You arse-"she huffed hitting him, "You know I don't like going fast-"
"Well you are now living in the fast lane, you should get used to it Lillian." Klaus smirked, Lily rolled her eyes and was about to retort, when a foul smell entered her system.
"You brought me to-"
"A stable." Klaus drawled, "You really should get out more, instead of being constantly hauled up by my brother."
Lily rolled her eyes, "And there is another dig at Elijah…you have some issues with your brother you aware of that right?"
Klaus shot her a look "Well love I'm not one for a heart to heart, come I want to show you something…"he trailed off, the red head followed after him. The stables were dark during this time of the evening.
"Niklaus-"she stumbled, but a large warm hand enveloped hers to stop her from falling. "Thank you-"
"Trust me when I say this Lillian, I will not let you fall." His voice was low and serious; Lily smiled knowing he meant it.
"So what is it you want to show me?" she asked, holding his hand.
"Well since humans seem to be annoying you so much, how about a horse? They're loyal creatures and-"
"You have a pony?" Lily giggled, "The big bad Original has a soft spot for ponies."
Klaus playfully growled and nudged her, "He is a stallion and his name is Horace if you-"they both froze as they were hit with a stench of blood. Lily could feel her gums aching by the metallic scent but pushed it away.
"Niklaus-"
"Ssh-"he picked up his pace, forcing the red head to go along with him. The smell was strongest in the last stall. "Oh no-"
Lily swallowed as he pushed opened the gate, she gasped and felt her stomach lurch at the sight, there was a stallion there, but he was decapitated, the horse's head was jostled when the gate hit the wall.
"Niklaus…who-"she was beginning to get scared seeing the expression on his face, he looked as if he was in shock, Lily gently cupped his face. "Niklaus…Nik-what's going on?" she asked softly, his hands overcame hers.
"My father is here." Niklaus replied and for the first time Lily saw the look of fear on his face.
Lily yawned and blinked a few times and glanced at the time, it was nearing nine in the morning. She let out a sigh and smiled slightly today was a new day and…she was late for work. Her brief moment of content was dashed realising that she was more than late. The red head tumbled out of bed in a tangle of sheets and limbs. She grunted when she landed on her knees,
"Oh crap-"she was going to get her ass handed to her on a platter, Lily sprinted out her bedroom and slammed opened the bathroom door. "I'm going to be late-"she froze seeing a naked Elijah standing in the shower, his back was to her. Thank god that the shower curtain was only clear on the top half.
"Lily what-"Elijah looked over his shoulder and saw the stunned red head, a smirk wormed its way onto his face
"Oh-shit-I-"Lily clapped her hand over her eyes and felt like as if her face was on fire "And-erm….going-"she blindly spun around and yelped when she slammed into the door.
"The door closed behind you-"his tone clearly indicated that he was enjoying her discomfort
"I know!" she snapped and quickly left running back to her room, she could hear his chuckle. Lily leant heavily against her closed door, and groaned, she had completely forgotten about Elijah living here.
"God…he is gorgeous though…"the red head didn't miss the way his back muscles rippled when he moved. She stomped her foot…crap how on earth she was going to play this. Lily nervously licked her lips; it's been so long since anyone actually lived with her, yet even longer since a man lived with her. She was brought out of her musings when there was a knock on her door…she couldn't' face him…not since she just stared at him bare.
"Lily I can hear you. You're on the other side of the door." Elijah drawled, well this certainly wasn't the way he planned to start the day. There was a small squeak and the doorknob turned. The red head peered out of her door. "Good morning-"
"Morning-"she swallowed "And…you've got not clothes except a towel…"she muttered, it was true all the Original was sporting was a towel, which was resting dangerously low on his lips. Lily shook her head and cleared her throat, and blinked she was determined not to peek.
"Just wanted to say the bathroom is free…and should really knock before running into rooms." Elijah smirked.
Lily glared at him, "You-you sod. You're having fun-"she poked him, "And you have a very firm chest-I mean-"
"You're very amusing when you're flustered." He breathed, and tugged on one of her curls. "Well the bathroom is all yours." He declared and sauntered off. Like any other female, her eyes dropped down to his towel covered rump…damn…for a suit wearing guy he…was wow. She violently shook her head and grabbed her clothes for the day before hurrying into the bathroom.
Lilly stripped out of her clothes and dove into the shower…ok well this morning wasn't turning out so great…well it could have been worse.
Soon enough was dressed and with vampiric speed she dried her hair, decided to leave it loose. Lily exited her bedroom and slowly walked towards her kitchen; she peered through the door and saw Elijah moving about in the kitchen.
"Really Lillian, the way you're going I believe I can conclude that you have a staring problem." His voice jolted her back to reality.
Lily huffed and rolled her eyes "And you have a knack…you cooked me breakfast? And-"she said seeing him setting a plate down on the high table,
"Tea," he finished off placing the cup down, "Well Lily are you just going to stand and stare-"
"I don't have a staring problem." Lily huffed and sat down; Elijah chuckled and took the opposite seat. She eyed the meal before her, it smelled delicious, and she was a sucker for omelettes.
"I'm only teasing." He smiled, "Go on there would be no point of poisoning you." Elijah uttered biting into his toast.
"Yeah…that's meant to be comforting…"Lily muttered, Elijah quirked an eyebrow and took her fork, and helped herself "Ok you cook again….and now you're eating my food?" she asked, as he took a mouthful of her omelette.
"Look Lily I am not burning or anything else your lovely mind is coming up with." Elijah declared. Lily laughed
"Fine…can't say you're a bad cook when you're clearly not." Lily said and took the offered fork; she swallowed and hummed in content. Ok he was more than a good cook. "So your plans for the day…"
"I have some business to take care of." He exclaimed and slipped on his jacket,
"About…"she gestured for him to go on, he moved around the table so that he was standing beside her.
"You're rather nosy aren't you?" Elijah murmured leaning over, once again swiping her fork taking another bite out of her omelette.
"A lovely trait that I possess." Lily said, swallowing, she could feel his chest brushing against her back "And what is the point of cooking me an omelette when you're going to be-"she was cut off when he kissed her on the cheek.
"Goodbye Lillian, and try to stay out of trouble….I thought you was late?" she felt a pulse of air behind her and sure enough when she looked over her shoulder he was gone.
"Yeah…late-oh shit." The red head yelped and scoffed down her breakfast, she swallowed mouthful after mouthful of it till she was done. Lily grabbed her bag and was about to blur off to the school but her cell rang.
"Damon? what-"
"No time, I need your sexy ass over here." The raven head vampire cut her off.
"I can't I have-"
"There's a lame barbeque thing going on there. Now come over and..."Lily hanged up, and frowned…no work? She entered her study and checked her schedule and saw that he was right. "Huh…so Damon knows more about my time table then I do." She muttered "Freaky." The vampire decided to go see what was going on in the Salvatore Boarding House.
"So Rose was bitten by Jules?" Lily asked she was in the parlour and had shed her jacket since it was more than warm in here, they had bundled Rose up in a blanket and set her in front of the fire.
"No she's pretending to be sick" Damon scoffed causing her to slap him upside the head. Rose snorted at the pair; damn they really tended to act like siblings at times.
"Anyway when was you going to spill that you are currently living with an Original?" he questioned, handing the red head a blood bag, she poured the contents into a tumbler and added some bourbon, hopefully this would relax Rose.
"Ah so Elena blabbed didn't she?" Lily muttered,
"Hmm…he's-"
"Fine. And I heard that he can compel vampires as well?" The red head handed the drink towards Rose,
"Yep Stefan blabs as well…so we should be taking this." Damon held out a liquidise version of vervaine. Lily groaned she hated the burning sensation. "Just drown it in bourbon." Lily poured two glasses and then the raven head then proceeded to pour the vervaine.
"Bottoms up." Lily said and clinked their glasses, they downed it. Rose wasn't too surprised when both of them choked; gagged and coughed, since the red head was the older she recovered first.
"Ergh…"she shuddered, "That was disgusting."
"Didn't look all that pleasant-"Rose muttered, Lily could see that the werewolf bite was affecting her, she was pale, sickly and feverish.
She sat down beside the older vampire, as Damon was still recovering from drinking the vervaine "I was born I was born in 1450-"she informed the pair, Lily counted that she was around hundred years older than Katherine "that makes me 560 years old."
Lily let out a low whistle "Impressive." She uttered.
Damon nodded and once again poured the sick vampire another glass of blood, since it seemed to be making Rose feel better. "Well you know what they say if you were a bottle of wine…"he trailed off.
"So I can die, I lived long enough." Rose muttered.
Lily frowned "What you did was hardly living." She said softly,
"If you're going to be this depressing than I'm just going to kill you myself just to be put out of my misery." Damon said, Lily wasn't fooled though, she knew what was happening to Rose was effecting Damon too. "It's just a little werewolf bite-"
Rose scoffed and took the offered blood, "Yeah just a little fatal to a vampire werewolf bite." She cut him off.
"Well it's according to legend…sometimes they're not at all accurate." Lily commented smiling at her, she didn't want Rose to be brooding in misery.
"There, listen to the English teacher." Damon declared "After all blood heals…"
"Yeah I am feeling a bit better." Rose nodded, causing Lily to sigh in relief,
"Well let's have a look…"the red head said, and stood up, she moved so that she was standing behind Rose, Damon peered over her shoulder so he could also see the bite. Lily pulled down the back of the robe Rose was wearing, and forced herself not to gasp at the sight. The wound had gotten worse; it was stretching down the expanse of her back.
"How is it?" Rose asked.
"Good…"Lily lied, Damon nodded neither of them wanted Rose to worry.
"It looks better…."Damon uttered "right Elena?" all three vampires sensed the human entering the parlour.
"It's better…"Elena lied, Rose sagged and Lily sighed the doppelganger wasn't at all convincing.
"Where's Stefan?" Damon asked.
"He's gone…you're going to have to talk to him, he's convinced Isobel can help, but that's going against Elijah-"
"No can do." The elder Salvatore cut her off, "I'm with him on this, don't you have to get to school?" he asked.
"No-"
"Elena, word will get back to Jenna that you're missing out." Lily uttered,
"She's saying politely get out." Damon drawled "And I agree after all I don't want to get in the way of the nurse-maid." He smirked.
Lily's eyebrows shot up to her hairline, she wasn't planning on staying here all day. Rose clearly saw her expression, "Oh no that's-"
"Lily would be happy to do it right? After all weren't you training to be a doctor in the 70s…"Damon made his way to the doorway, literally shoving Elena out as well, "plus Lily is one of those vampires…loves humans, helping and all that." Damon called.
Lily smiled "One second." She blurred out of the room and appeared in front of the younger vampire, she ignored the gasp from her descendent.
"Damon-"
"Lily-"
"The chance of Rose dying is high." Lily stated quietly not wanting said vampire to hear. Damon rolled his eyes and looked away.
"I know the sooner the better, death happens." Damon said crassly, and stalked out.
Elena swallowed "Lily he-doesn't he even care?" she was startled by what he said.
Lily's lips stretched into a small smile "Mistaking that for not caring is wrong. He cares more than you know…go to school…you're meant to be living your life or something…"she gently pushed the teenager towards the door.
The red head knew it would be better for her to be taking care of Rose, after all she was older than Damon and Elena wouldn't stand a chance, if things get out of control. Plus it's the least she could do; she actually liked Rose and wanted her to be comfortable. So with that thought in mind Lily turned back to the parlour, she did have a sick vampire to take care of.
"And ta da…Damon has the best bed out of the Boarding House so you should be more than comfortable there." Lily uttered helping Rose into bed, before she decided to place the older vampire there, she made sure that the curtains were closed and absolutely no sunlight peeked through, she pulled the sheets back and aided Rose into the bed. It discerned the red head to see the older vampire so weak…it made her realise that anything could happen to anyone.
"I hate this." Rose grumbled settling into the bed, "I haven't had a cold in five centuries…"
"Well you're trying something new." Lily grinned helping her, she unzipped the sweater Rose was wearing and gently pulled it off
"We don't get sick Lily; our deaths are quick and certainly not drawn out by an illness." Rose said and shifted, "You're too optimistic-"
"Rather be that than a pessimist." She countered. "You'll be fine. And when you are-"Lily smoothed down the sheets, it's been a while since she had taken care of someone "We will have a girl's night out, and I'll still have to sort you out a daylight ring." She added.
Rose couldn't help but smile up at the red head, "You're one of the most human vampires I've ever come across….so much humanity should be oppressing you, but it doesn't…it makes you radiant." She groaned when her wound touched the sheets.
"Look, you're going to make me have a huge ego like Damon the way you're carrying on." She sat down on the edge of the bed, "speaking of him were you shocked by his room?" Lily asked and narrowed her eyes seeing something very familiar in a pile of books.
"No…"Rose murmured her eyes were beginning to droop; "Ok I was expecting silk sheets…"Lily chuckled and picked up a book.
"He is such a thief." Lily declared seeing that he had her copy of 'Gone with the Wind' she placed it back on the top, before dropping back down onto the bed.
"It's weird…you're Katherine's great grand-daughter, yet there are no traits-.."Rose muttered and blinked.
Lily scrunched up her nose "No…I can be vicious when the occasion calls for it…but like Damon reminds I'm too human for a vamp." She uttered.
Rose smiled "Not a bad thing…you and Damon are close, you love him…and he loves you…"she mumbled letting out a yawn, Lily licked her lips. "Were you ever interested him…-"
"What like a potential lover?" Lily snorted and shook her head, tucking a curl behind her ear "Nope…plus I don't want to go after a man who clearly loves another." She added, "Elena has two Salvatore brothers pining for her…I wouldn't want that." she admitted.
"Elena is lucky though; no one ever loved me the way she is loved." Rose uttered her eyes were staring up at Lily; the red head leant forward and brushed some of the matted hair away from the sweaty vampire's face.
"You had Trevor at least…sometimes having a friendship counts more." Lily uttered. "But surely there was someone…."
Rose smiled sadly, "Hmm, I spent the last five hundred years running from Elijah, didn't think it'd be a good idea to set up roots, the whole concept of having a family and being a vampire aren't compatible."
"Don't I know it…"Lily muttered and stood up, giving the brunette some room to lay down on the bed. "So five hundred years running from Elijah?"
"Not just him but Klaus as well…you shouldn't worry though…they won't hurt you…"Rose groaned again, Lily reached over to the side table and grabbed the glass of blood, "why are you letting Elena give up?" she asked.
Lily sighed "Giving up?" she questioned.
"This deal with Elijah…"Rose clarified, and took the blood,
"It's the only option that she has." Lily shrugged her shoulders, biting her lower lip.
"You don't believe that do you?" Rose asked the red head shook her head surprised that she could see through her façade.
"No I don't, I reckon it's her easiest option." Lily confided in her, "and she's not bothering to fight." That was the thing that was irritating her the most.
"What about the moonstone?" Rose asked curiously,
Lily obliged in answering her question knowing that she didn't want her to be left out of the loop. "Well according to out resident witch, Bonnie she and another destroyed it…but this is after all Elijah's witch. So truth is I don't think so." She stated playing with the hem of her silk top.
"Well your descendent is determined to die…at least I ran she's not even doing that…"Rose mumbled.
"For someone who is very sick you do speak the truth." Lily smiled, and sighed when the older vampire closed her eyes. "Go to sleep Rose." She took the glass off of her and placed it on the nightstand. Lily hopped off of the bed; she pulled the covers up and turned on her heel. The red head went to walk away but Rose halted her.
"No wait-"the sickly vampire called out, Lily frowned and looked over her shoulder and saw that Rose's eyes were closed and she was reaching for something that wasn't there. "Stop, tell them to prepare the horses." Her eyes widened, realising that Rose was hallucinating; she hurried back to her side.
"Rose, there's no horses-"she ran her cool fingertips across her sweaty temple, "Just go to sleep, you'll feel rested." She assured her.
"Trevor don't be so stupid…we'll never make it there before the sun comes up-"Lily's breath hitched when the older vampire gasped and writhed in pain. "Lily-blood-please-"the red head grabbed the glass.
"Here…slow sips-"she raised it to Rose's chap lips attempting to help her get something in her system. But she spat it all back up, "Come on Rose…"Lily said rubbing her back, and cringed seeing the vampire vomiting. "Just-let me get something to clean you up with." She uttered when the vomiting subsided.
Lily rushed towards Damon's bathroom, her eyes scanned the countertops, and she spotted the white wash-cloth. She knew he wouldn't really bother if it was soiled.
Lily wetted the cloth in warm water and stepped back in to the bedroom. And came to an abrupt stop seeing that there was no vampire in the bed.
"Oh crap." Lily muttered, she didn't sign up for this, hell never in her existence she thought she would even take care of a sick vampire. She froze feeling a presence behind her.
She spun around and yelled out when she was slammed into the wardrobe. "Where is she?" Rose screamed in her face, Lily's hand snapped out grabbing the other vampire by her throat.
"Stop it Rose!" she shouted back,
"Where is she? Where's Katerina…where is SHE?" Rose roared, her eyes reddened and the fangs protruded.
Lily snarled and used her enhanced strength and threw Rose across the room, she blurred forward and slammed her against the wall before holding her. "Rose Katerina isn't here…it's just you and me! Snap out of it." she was relieved to see the rabid expression on the vampire's face disappearing. Rose blinked and came back to her usual self.
"Lily?" Rose questioned, her voice was shaky and full of trepidation, and Lily smiled reassuringly
"Yeah…"she whistled "went a bit crazy, but you're ok." She uttered.
Rose shook her head; she never wanted to hurt her. "I am so sorry-"she cried out, the red head shook her head, and rested her hands on her shoulders in a sign of comfort.
"It's fine, I think we should be apologising to Damon about his room." she muttered, the wardrobe had a massive gaping gap in it, "but forget that, he'll probably just steal something else from me. Come on; let's get you back to bed." Lily ushered Rose back towards the bed,
The brunette let out a sob, "My mind it-s"
"No need to worry, you're all good now." Rose climbed into the bed, and Lily pulled the covers up.
"Don't be scared…"
"It's ok, I'm not, you'll be fine here and-"Lily uttered smoothing away Rose's short hair,
"Here?" she asked panicked "where's here-"she looked around. The red head swallowed, she had no clue what Rose was going through, but whatever it was must be terrifying.
"Damon's bedroom." Lily murmured, and sat down on the edge, she wiped some of the stray tears that were falling down Rose's cheeks.
"I want to go home" Rose said earnestly,
Lily let out a sad smile and cupped Rose's cheek "you and I both honey, what was it like? Your home"? She asked hopefully this distract her.
"Salyester…it was thirty kilometres south of London…you're from-"
"London…but right on the edge of it." Lily supplied, and urged her to keep talking.
"All fields and trees and horses" Rose murmured, her eyes drifting closed.
The red head smiled, she missed her home at times, but it's been so long…one would never get rid of the feeling though, Damon and Stefan didn't know how lucky they were to be back in their true home. At times she even missed being human, and she sort of envy Elena for that, and was put off knowing that her descendent was so bent on giving up something which she so badly wanted at times.
"You'll find Lily when you're living long like us…everything disappears." She snuggled her face into the pillow "all that time running-"a sob bubbled up from her throat, Lily ran soft fingers against her scalp "I just wished I haven't been so afraid."
"Just go sleep." Lily whispered and when Rose was beginning to drift off, she left the room, and gently closed the door behind her. She let out a low sigh, she felt sad, hurt and upset for Rose…the vampire wasn't a bad person, what got Lily though was that she as finally free and this is what fate had in store for her.
Lily pushed down the swell of emotions, now wasn't the time to break.
Lily was pacing up and down the hallway, guarding Damon's room; she hadn't heard a peep from Rose. She bit her bottom lip, they needed a cure for Rose, she had no doubt that Damon went after Jules she didn't blame her, as soon as the red head saw her, the werewolf would wish they never had crossed paths. Elijah…surely the Original would know something about a werewolf bite.
But she mentally slapped herself remembering he had told her he had business to tend to. She pulled out herself…"Hmm…presumptuous enough to put his number in my phone…and he is." She rolled her eyes seeing his name. The red head called and groaned when he didn't pick up.
Lily shook her head, and decided she could at least get some clean bedding for Rose. The red head knew her way round the boarding house, so made her way towards the closet that was located right at the end of the hall. She grabbed some clean sheets, and another quilt, not sure if her fever had broken yet.
"Rose!" Lily called and didn't hear a sound, she assumed that the brunette was still fast asleep, silently as she could she opened the door and cleared her throat, and was about to set it down on one of the armchairs. "I got sheets, and I think I stole Stefan's…you're not here. Shit." She dropped the sheets and quilts on the chair and peered into the bathroom and didn't see the vampire anywhere.
"Rose-god I was only gone for a second." She muttered, Lily turned on her heel and rushed out of her room, she stepped into the hallway and her ears twitched trying to locate the missing vampire.
The red head decided to peer in the obvious place first which was the parlour. "Rose?" she called and frowned when she couldn't find her.
Lily stopped hearing something hitting the floor; it was coming from the basement. She picked up her pace and hastily made her way down the steps, she arrived at the cellar and was hit with a waft of a familiar scent.
Blood, she closed her eyes in realisation, Rose had found Damon's supply of blood. She picked up the sound of slurping, Lily headed towards the noise, and nearly slipped, she scooped up the empty blood bag. She groaned her heels echoed against the hard floor, and she rounded the corner.
"Oh no…"she breathed seeing the state of the other vampire. Rose was surrounded by empty blood bags, and was sucking another one dry. Her heart plummeted seeing the feral glint in the other woman's eyes.
"Rose-!"she warned, no doubt the other vampire would be stronger, after all she wasn't just older but Rose was stock full of human blood, Rose let out a snarl.
Lily scowled and turned on her heel and blurred out of the room, she slammed into the wall and yelped when she was thrown across the room, knocking down several vases.
Lily let out a pained groan feeling the shards of vase stabbing into her skin. The red head saw footsteps coming at her; she used her speed and stood up.
"Rose-! Control yourself." She ordered. "Rose!" she shouted, and was relieved when the older vampire's face returned back to normal. "Ok?" Lily smiled but it dropped immediately when the vampire let out a growl.
"Rose!-"she screamed when Rose slammed her into the floor, Lily let out a howl of pain feeling something snapping. The red head grabbed Rose by the throat and flipped them over. "Stop it Rose" she shouted hoping to snap her out of it. But it didn't work and was kicked off, Lily landed in a heap at the curtains, she grabbed the material and ripped it off the wall, bathing the room in sunlight, causing Rose to roar in pain.
She stumbled onto her feet and could already feel the break in her bone healing. Lily needed back up…as long as Rose was trapped in the house everyone was safe, including her.
The red head blurred towards the front door, Lily had grabbed the door handle, and was about to wretch it open, when all of a sudden she was slammed face first into it. She squealed, feeling the blooming pain. Rose grabbed the back of her shirt and tossed her back across the room.
"Where is she?" Rose shrieked, she was completely out of control. She flew towards the red head and was about to slam her foot down on her, but Lily rolled out of the way. She stood up and scowled
"Rose Katerina is gone!" she shouted and ran behind her, but Rose was even faster and knocked both of them into the coffee table, it shattered beneath their combined weight.
"Where-"
"Rose-"Lily writhed beneath the stronger vampire, and a cry was torn from her throat when Rose savagely bit into her throat, she groaned and whimpered feeling the blood leaving her system.
The petite vampire dug her nails into the backs of Rose's hands but the brunette didn't relent. Lily's eyes were beginning to droop, she reached up with both hands and grabbed tightly onto Rose's neck. The feverish vampire was too consumed by the blood she was drinking that didn't notice what the red head was about to do. With all of her strength she snapped Rose's neck.
Lily winced when Rose fell forward and collapsed on her. "I so need a drink after this." She muttered and closed her eyes; she could already feel her skin knitting itself back together.
Lily was back in the parlour, she would have taken some blood but Damon's freezer was completely bare, due to Rose raiding it. She had locked Rose back up in Damon's bedroom, and was now drinking her way through the elder Salvatore's bourbon bottle.
Lily sighed and stood up from where she was lounging, she walked towards the fire place and was about to throw another log in it to keep the fire going but stopped. Lily got the familiar sensation of someone creeping up behind her; she spun around causing her red locks to fly around her face and grabbed creeper by the throat.
"Lils…I never knew you was into kinky stuff-"Damon groaned, Lily quickly let him go. "Damn…what happened?" he asked taking the blood that smeared her neck and arms. "It's…my coffee table-"he yelled out seeing the splintered table.
"Yeah you shouldn't check upstairs." Lily made a face,
"What happened?" Damon asked.
"Rose went wild…she's rabid Damon." the red head informed him, "is there a cure?"
He shook her head, causing her heart to plummet, knowing this was only going to get worse. Unless they do something,
"Where is she?" he asked
"Your room-"just then there was a loud smash from the raven head's room, both vampire exchanged baffled looks, and sped upstairs.
"Oh fuck." Damon growled the windows were smashed and there was no Rose. Lily swallowed,
"Come we need to find her. Before she kills anyone." She took charge and the pair of them sped out of the Boarding House. Lily had a vague idea of where Rose might go, she was a vampire and she'll be drawn to fresh blood.
Liz had called Damon, telling him that a body had been discovered at the school parking lot. Lily watched from the cars as the raven head approached the Sheriff.
"Lily what's going on?" Elena ran up to her, the vampire forced herself not get too annoyed.
"Rose is on the loose, it's not good. You should go home. Since she's looking for Katerina." She informed her,
"Right but have you heard from Stefan-"Elena asked,
Lily shot her a look of disbelief "No Elena I haven't seen your boyfriend. Believe it or not it wasn't on top of my list" she said, the doppelganger looked admonished realising now wasn't the best time to be asking that.
"Hey-"the red head was soon distracted when Damon jogged over to the "What-"
"Come on." Damon uttered they three headed West, Lily's heightened hearing picked up the sounds of music, students chatting, laughter…it wasn't what she was waiting for. Elena could see the change in the vampires' demeanours.
"Come on." Lily and Damon sprinted in the direction of where they heard the scream. They skidded to a stop seeing Rose drinking a blond woman dry.
"ROSE STOP!" Damon shouted attracting her attention; Rose threw him across the parking causing Elena to scream. She was about to run at him, but Lily slammed her into the wall, the concrete cracked beneath them. The red head grabbed her by the shoulders and slammed her down.
"Rose stop IT!" Lily shouted and placed a hand on the brunette vampire's throat. Elena helped Damon onto his feet; Rose snarled and growled, the red head bared her fangs, "Stop it don't make me snap your neck again." She threatened, "Stop it, it's ok, it's me Lily" she said in a softer tone, and sure enough Rose's face change back into its natural form.
Rose let out a puff of air and caught sight of the human she had just killed "Did I do this? Oh my god! I'm sorry-"she sobbed, Lily eased off of her and enveloped her into a hug, rocking the sobbing vampire back and forth.
"It's ok, it's ok." She murmured. Her eyes met Damon, both vampires knew what they had to do, help Rose find some peace and there is only one way to achieve that.
"I didn't Lily, I didn't mean to-"she cried, Lily pressed her lips together and nodded "make it stop, make it stop-"she begged.
Lily swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded "Ok, ok. Damon." she moved back allowing him to pick her up, Rose snuggled into his hold.
Lily was in the Boarding House, Elena and Damon were upstairs with Rose, she could hear them talking and just wanted a moment away from them. She ran a hand down her tired face, today had been one of the worse days so far, she found it distressing to see such a strong vampire being reduced to that.
"Lily-"Elena entered the kitchen "I-"
"Just go home Elena." Lily said softly, smiling at her, "It's been a long day…and you should listen to what Rose said, you should fight." The doppelganger could see that her ancestor wasn't in the mood for a chat and decided to leave her be.
She leant against the counter and swallowed, very reluctantly Lily made her way up the stairs, and entered Damon's bedroom. She saw that Rose was once again back in bed.
"Lily-"Rose croaked, the red head sat down on the edge of the bed "I am so sorry for today-"but Lily hushed her
"Hey-"she said softly brushing aside some of the other vampire's short hair "It's ok, nothing to worry about." She winked.
Rose smiled and coughed several times, Lily took her hand in a gesture of comfort. "Why are you so nice to me?" she asked.
"You're a good person Rose; you're one of the most humane vampires I've come across. And because…you're my friend." Lily said confidentially, a tear tricked down her face.
Rose cleared her throat "You never forget it do you? Being human?"
"It's impossible to forget." The petite vampire confided, "It's the one thing in our existence that makes us keep going…we want to feel human again." Damon looked over his shoulder and knew that the pair was right.
"It doesn't hurt anymore." Rose stated but the brief moment of calmness went out of the window, as the sick vampire let out a pained groaned, and started to scream, Lily shifted so that she was behind her, Rose buried her face into her thigh and sobbed. The red head's emeralds orbs were full of unshed tears.
"Please make it stop! Make it stop!" Damon swallowed and looked away; he couldn't stand seeing her like this. "I can't take this anymore!"
Lily's fingers stroked her hair; she hummed a little tune that she used to sing to Clara when she was upset. And sure enough the vampire was beginning to still.
"Here…I have to get something." Lily said softly and gesture for Damon to come over; he took her place holding Rose behind.
Lily returned soon enough, she had tucked something in the back of her jean; she sat down beside Rose and smiled.
"Look at you Damon…"the red head "being nice."
"Yes that's impressive after all Lily it's such a rare-"
"Trait." She finished off, causing the pair to chuckle.
"Yeah…ok gang up on me." Damon rolled his eyes, but his lips twitched in amusement, "plus I'm hardly good, I'm a sexy badasss…"he grinned.
Lily smiled and shrugged her shoulders. "If that's what you think, who are we to disagree." She uttered, their brief moment of happiness was stilted when Rose let out a pained whimper.
"Lily what do I do?" Damon asked he needed help from his friend.
Lily licked her lips, "Just sleep Rose, just sleep…"she whispered and sure enough the brunette closed her eyes and her breathing evened out. "We're being cruel Damon…she-"
"Needs to be put out of her misery." He agreed, "How-"
Lily pulled out the stake from the waistband of her jeans, "Here…put her in a dream, you and her. Make her human something which she always wanted." she added, Damon did just that and took the stake. Only Lily saw the vulnerable side to Damon Salvatore. He was far more human than others believed, her hand was being held by Rose, and the grip wasn't as firm as before it was still there. She watched on in silence as Damon's eyes filled with tears, she felt her own streaking down her face.
Lily saw the way his hands shook as he took the stake, "Lily I can't-"he whispered "I-"
"You don't need to do this part." Lily murmured, she took the stake from him…she could do this for him, after everything that Damon has been through she knew this would just be an added blow. She felt the polished wood beneath her fingers, and sniffed.
"On the count of three Lily…"Damon uttered, tears filled his eyes "One…two…"
"Three." She finished off and Lily stabbed the stake into Rose's heart, putting her out of her misery. The red head exhaled and watched as the brunette's peachy skin tone turned to a sickly ashen grey.
"Your father?" Lily frowned, "Isn't…I thought-"Klaus didn't let her finish and grabbed her hand
"We need to get out of town." The Original declared, knowing that the man he had called father many years wouldn't hesitate to kill her or him.
"Niklaus what's going on?" she shouted, they were rushing back to the manor "Why are we running?" she dug her heels into the soil forcing him to stop.
"Because-"he could see that she was frightened and she had every right to be. She didn't know what was going on. "I'm trying to save you!" she didn't get the chance to answer because a low growl was torn from Klaus's throat.
"You can't though can you?" Belinda smirked "He'll be here soon-"
Lily frowned her eyes darting between her best friend, or the woman who she thought was her best friend and Klaus. "What's going on-"
"He'll kill her, rip out her heart right in front of you. Does it sound familiar Niklaus? You are the worst thing that has happened to Lillian Petrova." Belinda sneered, Klaus's eyes reddened, feeling more anger than he could imagine coursing through his system. The Original ran towards her, but cried out in pain and clutched his head, he hated witchy magic.
"Belinda stop it-"Lily shouted "stop you're hurting him-"
"Belinda-"Elijah finally arrived; his arrival distracted the witch enough to lose focus. Klaus didn't hesitate and blurred towards her, and ripped out her heart. His induced blood haze vanished immediately when Lily let out a horrified shriek.
"Belinda-"she ran forwards and collapsed on her knees, clutching the witch-"You killed her!"
"She was handing you over-"Klaus shouted.
"Enough-"Elijah barked "You've done enough Niklaus."
Lily cried and held Belinda to her; she bit into her wrist and pressed it against the dead woman's lips, she known the witch for more than a few years…she was her friend.
"Please…please wake up!" Lily begged,
"Lily she wasn't who she said she was-"Elijah consoled her and gently grasped her shoulders.
"She was my friend." She beseeched, her emotions were heightened, and grief, hurt and anger coursed through her, all of this was reminding her of the loss of her family. "I…can't-it hurts too much. Make it stop!" she sobbed, Elijah pried Belinda's body away from her. "Please Elijah-"she cried, the dark haired Original held her from behind.
"She wants her humanity off," Klaus murmured and knelt down in front of her.
"Do not do it." Elijah snarled
Klaus shot him a filthy look, "If I do that than we both lose her." he sneered. Elijah froze and looked over to his brother.
"You…love her?" he said finally connected the dots. "I thought you believed caring is not an advantage?"
Klaus glared "It's not…but at times it can be." The older brother frowned, this was the longest glimpse of humanity he had seen from the blond haired Original, and it was because of her.
"Please…"Lily hiccupped and bowed her head.
"Mikael is after us again." Klaus uttered and slipped off Lily's daylight ring, she wasn't safe again, where they go Mikael would always follow
"Do it…"Elijah instructed, and closed his eyes pressing a kiss to the back of her head.
Klaus gently tipped her chip up, and cupped her face, his thumb wiped away some of the errant tears, he would never take Lily's humanity away from her.
"Lillian…sweet Lillian…"Klaus didn't want to do this but he had to. Elijah could hear his voice shaking with emotion. He caught her eyes with his, and his pupils dilated as did hers,
"You are to forget everything to do with us. You won't remember our meeting, the dancing, it was as if we were never here." he compelled her, he paused there was something else he could do for her, "Your friend Belinda has moved away, she got married and is happy. You won't contact her. Now go to sleep." Lily's eyes drooped and she slumped in Elijah's arms.
"You…is Lillian the reason you keep on your humanity?" Elijah asked, perhaps his brother's feelings for the red head ran deeper than he thought.
Klaus remained silent and walked off, but that was all the answer the brunette haired male needed to here.
Lily gasped and abruptly sat up, she felt as if her body was humming, she was in her bedroom and was covered in a thin sheen of sweat. The night events caught up with her, she had killed Rose…she knew it was the right thing to do…but she…overwhelming.
A sob bubbled from her throat, and she felt tears running down her face. She buried her face into the pillow in a pathetic attempt to smother her cries, not wanting her house guest to know. But that wasn't the case, her door creaked open.
"Lillian?" Elijah murmured moving forward, he was in a pair of pyjama pants and a t-shirt. She stiffened feeling his fingers grazing the slither of exposed skin.
"Just go away." She muttered in defeat. And didn't flinch at all when he climbed into the bed,
"How can I?" she shifted and rolled over so that she was face to face, he laid on top of the covers whilst she was beneath. "There's something upsetting you…"he ran his finger across her cheek wiping away a tear.
"You want to know why I'm upset?" Lily asked, "Why I wish…that I could just turn it off…I killed Rose out of mercy." She uttered, "She reminded me why I wanted to be human…she wanted to be human…and it hurts." Lily uttered, her voice was raw and sincere. Her eyes met his, "You must think I'm weak…"
"No." Elijah said curtly "Your compassion is not a weakness Lillian, it makes you who you are. Carry that with you."
Lily smiled softly and nodded. "Thank you…"
"You're most welcome." Elijah said, and was about to climb out but she grabbed his hand and gave it a small squeeze.
"Don't go…not yet." Lily was already drifting off to sleep,
"I have no intention to Lillian." Elijah said pushing aside some of her fallen curls, he rested his head on the pillow and felt content, a feeling that he hadn't experienced in so long.
AN: Apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile. Thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this chap-The past some Original time, Klaus and Lily talk, Mikael is coming. In the present, a morning with Elijah and Lily, she forgets he's living with her and walks him when he's naked...he cooks breakfast. She goes over to the Boarding House, where she finds out about Rose, Damon puts her in charge, Some Rose and Lily time, hallucinations gets out of control, she and Rose fight. Lily tries to call Elijah doesn't work and she discovers Rose in the basement, Lily is forced to snap her neck. Damon, Lily and Elena hunt for Rose, they get her back to the House. Lily comforts her with Damon, and tells him what he should do...he can't kill her so she does it for him. Another flashback...Belinda is killed, Lily wants to turn it off, she was her best friend...Klaus has to compel her...Elijah thinks his brother keeps his humanity on for her, and that Klaus may love her. In the present, a moment between Elijah and Lily.
Next Chap-Lily and Caroline in trouble, Elijah comes to the rescue and isn't happy. Plus another flashback, with an unexpected character.
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