Lily looked up at the buildings; the red head vampire had arrived at a new land.
"So this is it?" Caius questioned, "This is where we're to be for the next-"
"For the next decade or so. Welcome to New Orleans" She said, "comes along." She said primly leading him into one of the bigger manor they had secured. "The rooms are marvellous and-"
"Really Lillian?" the warlock whined stepping into the foyer, it was a grand place. "Of all the places you chose…"there were several servants running around placing their belongings.
"Well it's not that well known…yet." Lily shrugged smiling as she did so, "come on…I believe bedrooms are upstairs." She exclaimed wanting to explore her new home.
Caius rolled his blue orbs and followed after the vampire, "So I'm here because you just needed a man…and a warlock?" he questioned, just narrowly missing stepping on the hem of her dress.
"Yes…I am just using you…"she drawled entering a room, her nose scrunched up at the sight, it was musky and slightly smaller than she would have liked but it was ok. "You know how it is, men these days won't take anything a woman says seriously….."She smiled "Plus I like you."
"As a friend…"he cocked an eyebrow, Lily smiled and nodded, he was handsome she'll give him that with his broad shoulders and combed hair.
"Of course." She moved using her enhanced speed and kissed him on the cheek. "Plus I know you seem to be enamoured by another woman." She said casually dusting some imaginary lint off of his shoulders.
Caius looked at her "Who is-"
"A lovely dark haired beauty by the name of Florence?" Lily beamed seeing that she got him. She giggled when the usually cool and collected warlock stammered. "Don't worry I will not tell a soul…she likes tulips."
"Lily-"he groaned "don't try and set me up!" he frowned, knowing that she wouldn't listen to him.
"Why ever not?" Lily canted her head to the side, her hair was up in an elegant knot at the back of her head, and the cream coloured dress she was wearing brought out the paleness of her skin. Caius at first was interested in the vampire in a romantic sense, but got to know her and preferred her as a friend. "Come on, there is no need to shy away. She likes you to."
"Well I-what?" he stopped short a grin made its way onto his first, neither of them had yet to put up the curtains so the room was bathed in sunlight.
"She likes you." Lily said slowly, causing him to shoot her a disgruntled look. "So tulips-"
"Lily-"
"There's a market further down the road. Come." Caius sighed and offered her his arm, she linked it with his and they were off. The warlock knew that there was no point arguing with red head he learnt early on she can be a stubborn little vixen.
The warlock and the vampire strolled down the street; Lily paused at the trinkets and was amused to hear her friend letting out a sigh. "You are not even going to buy it…why-"
"It is called looking Caius." She rolled her eyes, "we can even find something for your Florence." She added as an incentive.
Caius smiled and looked at the trinkets with much more vigour that he had before. The sun was high in the sky and Lily could hear tradesmen calling out, carriage wheels were hitting the cobbled roads.
"Oh this would look glorious in her hair…"Caius exclaimed but his friend wasn't listening. Lily's eyes landed on some boards, they were putting up flyers and notices alerting the residents that there would be another slave yard in town. She felt bile of disgust at that, it was evil.
"Lily-"she jumped when the warlock gently grasped her hand. "You can't save everyone."
Lily swallowed "I know…that is lovely, Florence will adore it." she uttered, gesturing towards the hair-comb.
"I know…shame about the pricing…"he muttered and was about to set it back down, but she grabbed his wrist. "Lily don't you-"he warned,
"Excuse me sir. I'd like this." She handed some coins over and smiled before turning on her heel; Caius gritted his teeth and jogged after her.
"You can't keep buying me things." Caius said.
Lily rolled her eyes "Don't get in a mood you should be happy." They walked passed one of the town halls, and were oblivious to the carriage that was trotting up to it.
"I wanted to buy something for the woman I like." He put emphasis on the 'I'
"I was just trying to help." Lily muttered a flash of hurt appearing for a moment in her eyes.
"Sorry it is-"the vampire stumbled nearly knocking someone to the ground, "Oh gosh sorry-"she apologised and stomach clenched realising it was a slave.
"Fine-"the chain man grunted
"Sorry little lady…I don't know why we bring these over…"the pudgy man glared at the slave, she didn't miss the way he seems to shrink in fear. Lily's jaw clenched she had to be smart about this.
"Right…well you are the one who is exploiting them…I doubt they want to be here." she sneered, from the corner of her eye she could see the brief light of hope shining in the slave's eyes. "If you didn't chain them so tight they would be able to walk properly." She snarled.
"Now little Lady-"Caius swallowed and looked around, there were a few more slaves lining up, and two big looking guards.
"Lily-"
"You will give these people some food and water, before they are given away." She couldn't exactly free them. Lily compelled the man.
"Right away." The grey haired man nodded and hurried off.
"How…miss-"Lily realised it was the man who she had bumped into who called her,
"Oh having a high status does give you an advantage." She uttered "I am Lillian by the way." She introduced herself. "You?" she could see that he was nearing his mid-twenties, if she was right he'd be sold for a lot of coins, after all he was young and fit. No doubt one of the richer men would put him on the sugar plantation.
"They call me Marcel." He replied, Lily nodded and was dragged away by Caius. The warlock was grateful that no one paid attention to them.
"Lillian you cannot consort with them." Caius hissed "and you are not evening listening." He scowled.
She wasn't, Lily was gazing after Marcel and watched as he was ushered into the town hall by several men…there was something more to him.
"And he's gone out again…but left a note…how original." Lily muttered and couldn't help but snigger at the small pun. She had woken up to find the space beside her vacant, and this morning she decided to knock on the bathroom door.
She was curious to find out where he had gone, she had to admit he was a decent guy, and she had the feeling that he would keep to the deal. Lily was currently in the kitchen, and already had her bag of blood. She was now rummaging through her fridge and cursed under her breath, there was no milk….or bread.
"Wonderful." Lily muttered "guess it's juice…"she said, and pulled out a carton of apple juice, she turned the television on and put on the news. She moved around the kitchen as she watched it. The red head saw that it was a new reporter, named Andie Starr. Lily poured the juice into the cup.
"The Sheriff department believes that drugs played a part in the assailant's deranged and violent behaviour." The reporter announced. "Three people were left dead at the High school event…"now she knew Rose was responsible for that. The red head felt a pang in her gut for Rose; at least she wasn't hurting anymore. "The assailant may also be responsible for the missing campers and Park rangers…"ok she definitely knew that Rose had no part in that.
She believed a group of happy campers were most likely shredded and burnt…sounds like the actions of a vampire…or perhaps a werewolf. Which was more likely since Lily knew that the attack was reported about a day or two after the full moon. She rested her elbows against the table-top and had yet to drink her juice. "In related news Carol Lockwood announce…"Memorial? That's asking for trouble."
Lily picked up her juice and took a sip, she immediately balked and spat it back out.
Lily gagged "Oh that's gross…"she shuddered and dumped the rest of the contents down the sink. There was nothing drinkable in her home, besides alcohol, water and blood. She needed some tea to get through the morning, and she hated black coffee.
So with that thought in mind, Lily decided to gate-crash the Gilbert house. So the red head vampire slipped on a pair of boots, grabbed her jacket, keys and cell and slammed the door behind her, but a sudden thought had hit her mind, she quickly wrote a note to her house-guest and once again shut the door behind her.
Lily wouldn't have minded another breakfast with Elijah…bloody Original was…just too much for her. He was an enigma through and through.
"Hey Jimmy." She greeted the paper boy, and easily caught the newspaper he threw her way. And giggled seeing the pout n the little boy's face, she waltzed passed him and ruffled his hair. "You're never going to hit my face…"she teased.
"Ergh…one day." He promised, she mimicked his facial expression and pecked him on the cheek.
"One day." She nodded, and was amused to see him rolling his eyes.
"Lily don't do that…it's as if you're letting me." Jimmy uttered as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Ok…well how's your little girlfriend? Kelly is it?" she questioned, the sky was clear and there was no threat of rain, Lily was glad that she opted to wear a dress for the day.
"No…Kelly took Joe's cookies no way I can be friends with her…"Jimmy huffed, Lily pressed her lips together to supress her laughter, after all she didn't want to upset the little boy "I'm friends with Tina now…"
Lily nodded "Ok, just don't move from woman to woman….not classy." She uttered,
Jimmy nodded "So…do you have a special friend?" he asked, She frowned and shook her head, "Well who was that man…he has dark hair and wears a suit…"
Lily's cheeks flushed "He's name is Elijah. And we are just friends…nothing special…now shoo-"she waved him off. She watched as he clamoured back onto his bike and sped off. "Please don't let Meryl have seen you…"she muttered under her breath, if the silver haired woman found out she would be badgered for god knows how long.
The vampire shook her head and crossed the road, her heels crunched against the gravel pathway that led up to the Gilbert house. She didn't bother knocking and just waltzed in.
"Hey-"Elena smiled seeing her English teacher as she bumped into her.
"Hi…and before you start yes I'm fine." Lily grinned "Rose has moved on…we can at least be happy for her." The doppelganger surprised the vampire by giving her a hug; Lily relaxed and embraced her back. "Well…I'm came for some tea…"she grinned and turned on her heel, Elena nodded and then her eyes widened momentarily remembering who was her late night visitor.
"so I'm sure Jenna won't mind me stealing some milk…"Lily said completely oblivious to the human in the room, "after all she borrowed….what the hell?" Lily stopped short when she saw John Gilbert standing at the counter sipping a cup of coffee.
"Moring Lily, you should really knock…"John smirked, Lily rolled her eyes "But that won't stop you will it?"
"Why is the dick of all people here?" Lily glared at him, and looked over her shoulder. Sure she and John parted on ok terms, but it didn't mean that she didn't like him any less. After all the man hated her kind, and was a prejudice git.
"Nice swear in front of the kids, is that how you teach them-"John goaded, Lily smiled and snatched his coffee and the pot and poured them down the sink. "That was childish-"
"No one likes you." she countered, Elena sighed knowing that these two can bicker, and bicker.
"What are you doing here?" the teenager asked, "No more avoiding we did enough of that last night." She said determinedly "Now what are you doing here?"
Lily grabbed the milk bottle and turned the kettle on, before watching the scene that was taking place in front of her. "You better answer John…she's stubborn."
"Which she gets from you." he muttered, he knew of their relation. Lily merely cocked an eyebrow, causing him to let out a sigh of defeat. "I'm here to protect you." he told Elena.
The red head pressed her lips together "I got that covered John, along with several others. There's no need for you to be here." she crossed her arms across her chest. "What else is there?" she asked.
John cleared his throat "That's all I can say for the moment." Lily didn't like this, she had the feeling he has an ulterior motive.
"What'd you mean that's all you can say?" Elena snapped glaring at her biological father.
Lily turned hearing the kettle letting out a 'ping' she poured the hot water into the cup and grabbed the milk.
"I'll tell you more when I'm convinced I can trust you." John stated. Making Lily let out a loud snort,
"Sorry but that's funny." She uttered before he could retort Jenna rushed into the room, Lily cringed knowing she wouldn't at all be happy with the newest visitor.
"God I'm late!" Jenna cried with Alaric on the heels
"That's what you get for hitting the snooze three times." The hunter laughed but froze seeing who else was here.
"And Lilly-"she spotted her friend "seriously you're stealing-what the hell?" she muttered her jaw dropped.
The red head drank as quickly as she could, not wanting to be here anymore. Since she got the feeling that things were going to quickly down-hill
"Morning to you to Jenna, I think Lily is a bad influence for you…both have the same language in the morning." John said serenely.
"It's ok I'm confused right?" Jenna asked them "Because we weren't expecting in you like forever." She declared, Lily placed the cup in the sink and shifted towards the doorway.
"Well I got in late last night…"John revealed "Elena let me in." he said
There was a moment of silence, the atmosphere was quickly growing uncomfortable, the teachers shared a look and could tell that they may be outstaying their welcome.
"Well me and Alaric are just going to go…teacher stuff." Lily uttered and hurried out of the kitchen with the hunter, as soon as the exited the house they let out a whoosh of air.
"Teacher stuff?" the history teacher scoffed.
The red head rolled her eyes "Well you were useless…"she countered and dug her phone out of her pocket, "Caroline?" she frowned, wondering why the blond was calling her.
"I'll catch you later." Alaric said seeing that she was busy Lily waved him off and her face dropped hearing what the baby vampire said.
"What do you mean Tyler knows?" she asked deadly serious. Lily bit her lip "Stay there I'm coming." She uttered, she did a quick look around and saw that the street was empty, and blurred off towards the Forbes residence.
Lily knocked on the door and looked around, and spotting the flower-boxes…maybe should get some for her home. The red head was brought out of her musings when she saw Caroline on the other side of the door, before she could greet her she could hear quick steady footsteps approaching her.
"Stefan?" the older vampire asked,
"Yeah Caroline you called me." Stefan said as the pair entered the house, Caroline stepped aside allowing them to pass. "What's the emergency?" he asked.
Caroline swallowed and glanced nervously between the two other vampires. "Tyler knows about you, Damon and Lily being vampires." She said. "And that Damon killed Mason. I didn't say a word I swear." She defended herself seeing the look on the other female's face.
Lily groaned in frustration and ran her fingers through her hair "It's Jules, did Damon mention to you we had a run in with her?" she looked over to Stefan, he nodded. "And we can't compel him to forget." She muttered.
"Tyler was so angry, you should have seen the look on his face…he was so betrayed." Caroline said slightly panicked.
Lily shook her head, once again her day was going downhill, gosh she really needed a vacation away from Mystic Falls.
"You're not going to kill him are you?" Caroline asked "And tell Damon?"
"No, If Damon finds out he's dead. He already believes that all werewolves should die." Stefan stated. "And he has every right to, what if Tyler attacks him? Damon has every right to defend himself."
"He'll end up like Rose if that happens." Lily said,
"Well we're not going to let that happen." Caroline said desperately, she needed help and guidance from her friends. "We have to get to him before he does anything stupid…I was hoping that you can talk to him or-"
"I can't Carol asked me to help out with the memorial service." Lily said, she had gotten the call from Carol before she even walked up Caroline's driveway.
"Stefan then?"
"Caroline-"
"He'll do it." Lily answered for him, he gave her a look of disbelief "You always say the right thing Stefan, you'll be fine." She said convincingly, Stefan looked at the pair of females and reluctantly nodded.
Lily frowned and eyed the banner that was being put up above the small stage where the mayor would be giving a speech. There were several other volunteers that were scattered around, some were out placing chairs whilst others were sorting the flower arrangements.
"That's crooked you do know that." John said causing the vampire to jump, "Two inches higher and-"
"Then I'm golden." She finished off, "Fine…hold the ladder-"she instructed, "and don't look up." she added, causing him to snort.
"As if I would-"
"Just do it…and if you do I'd know." She added, the male sighed and held it steady as Lily clamoured up the steps, she reached up and tugged the banner. "Ok…now?" she called down.
"A bit higher." John instructed, the red head did just that and after a moment pulled her hand away.
"Now-"
"Higher-"
"No that'd be too high." Jeremy yelled, startling the red head, the teen hastily reached out to grab Lily's legs causing her to squeal.
"Jeremy quit groping me-"she shouted.
"I'm not- look-"he let go, which wasn't such a great idea since the red head didn't have a firm grip on the ladder causing her to slip. She winced when her legs scraped against the metal. The other volunteers hadn't noticed since they were all rushing around.
"Oh my god Lily-"Jeremy exclaimed,
"It's fine." Lily said making sure to keep her back to them as her skin healed. "Any of you have tissue?" she asked needing to wipe the blood off of her skin.
"All healed up?" John asked loudly, he grunted when Jeremy elbowed him, the older Gilbert handed the English teacher some tissue. Lily bent down and hastily cleaned her legs.
"So Jere did you know about your uncle dropping in?" she asked baling the tissue up and shoving it into her pocket. The teen shook his head.
"Nope looked like I slept through the reunion." Jeremy shrugged his shoulders; neither adults missed the slight hostility in his tone.
"Well you didn't miss much…"John uttered,
"Yeah except the smiles and lovely greetings." Lily said sarcastically,
"Yeah...indicating that no one is happy to see me is an understatement." John muttered Lily's lips twitched into a frown, wondering was he being genuine.
"But things are different now; you can't come round and start this anti-vampire crap." Jeremy said defending the vamps of Mystic Falls.
"I have no intention to-"
"Really?" the red head asked, folding her arms across her chest.
"Really, I am not here to cause you harm Lily." John said earnestly, he understood why she was so reluctant to believe him and didn't blame her, after all one of their last encounters was him trying to burn her and Damon alive. Lily looked away not knowing what to say, "How's that ring been treating you?" he asked Jeremy nodding towards the family heirloom.
Jeremy glared at him "Look if this is what you came for then take it and go." He snapped, Lily swallowed, ok now she would rather be somewhere else.
"Now what time of man would I be if I did that?" John asked,
"Less of a creeper." Lily chipped in, and didn't bat an eyelash when he threw a glare her way.
"Want to grab some lunch?" John offered
"I think I'll pass." Jeremy refused and walked off.
"Another person who doesn't want to know…wow…"Lily drawled,
"Oh bite me." He snapped and stalked off "Oh and by the way the banner is still crooked.
"Oh yeah you got me where it hurts!" Lily shouted after him, she would happily throw a rock at him, the red head looked up at the banner and cursed, yeah he was right, it was still crooked.
Lily entered the Grill, and immediately her eyes were drawn to piles of flowers, and the lit candles among those were pictures of people who all died in the last couple of weeks, she was about to go and light a candle but her name was called.
"Lily-"Jenna waved her over,
"Hey." She plopped down on the empty seat beside her, "what's up?" she asked, nodding at Alaric.
Jenna cleared her throat and wasn't too surprised when her friend pinched a fry off of her plate.
"Well Elena is my sister's husband's brother's daughter….and her mother is my boyfriend's deceased wife" Jenna supplied, Lily pursed her lips
"Oh wow…shocker-"the strawberry blond haired woman eyed her and then hit the red head upside the head, causing Alaric to snigger. "Oww what?" she whined.
Jenna scoffed "Are you kidding me? You knew-"
"Did not-"Lily defended herself, it was difficult since she knew that she was lying through her teeth.
Jenna scoffed "You're a shitty liar woman…you knew."
Lily blinked and licked her lips, she had to work her way out of this. "Fine…I eavesdropped before I left…" she admitted,
Jenna sighed "Didn't expect anything less." She muttered "You can't make this up-"
"Well-"Lily started.
"Shut up Lily." Jenna mumbled, Lily made a face and helped herself to Alaric's beer, the hunter sighed
"Carry on." He said dryly.
"Thanks Alaric." Lily winked "lovely boyfriend Jen." Jenna giggled seeing the dirty look that the history teacher shot her, when she had first met Alaric, she thought he would go off with Lily, but seeing the pair interact they were much too friendly to be anything more. She had told Lily about this, and the red head just ended up laughing for thirty minutes straight.
"What's with the face Jen?" Lily asked as the other woman slumped beside her, she followed the direction of her gaze and nodded in understanding. John had arrived, the man spotted the three and headed over to them.
"Hey you guys." He smiled, "mind if I join you three?"
"Do you have to?" Jenna bristled.
"No I don't have to but it makes sense-"
Lily didn't miss the look on Jenna's face and could tell she was clearly unhappy. "Well John It wouldn't make sense, since they're on a date. Come on you can buy me a drink at the bar." She stood up, and nudged him. Jenna mouthed a silent 'Thank you' but before they could even take a step towards the bar, Damon and Elena entered the Grill.
"Look who it is." John exclaimed,
The red head vampire could hear the doppelganger and the raven head vampire clearly, Lily cleared her throat when they approached.
"John…how've you been? And Lily why didn't you come over this morning?" he whispered as he kissed her on the cheek. "You didn't mention-"
"Had no clue he was going to show up." she whispered back,
"I've been good." John uttered plastering a smile on to his face, Lily nodded and without another word headed towards her first destination.
Lily blew the match out after lighting a candle, and straightens some of the flowers…"Carol Lockwood needs better taste." She muttered under her breath, not a fan of the daisies there. The Grill was beginning to get busier so tables were filling up fast.
"Lily fancy lighting me up?" John asked coming to stand beside her,
She cocked an eyebrow and handed over the box of matches "Help yourself." She uttered tucking a stray curl
"Really John your flirting sucks." Damon said sarcastically, coming to stand on Lily's other side. "And you thought I was lame with the lines-"he yelped when she slapped him upside the head.
"Please never mention flirting and John in the same sentence-"she gagged causing the younger vampire to snort "Sickening…."
John gaped at her "I am right here ya know…"
Lily shuddered mockingly "Don't remind me, I'm shocked Jenna went for you….she must've been hammered." She drawled,
John rolled his eyes and swiped the matchstick across the flint, before lighting a candle up.
"Well John…rumour has it that you know a lot but you won't say anything." Damon drawled,
Lily canted her head to the side "Ah…Elena told ya didn't she?" she asked, "If he's not going to share whatever he's hatching with his biologically daughter I doubt that he would tell a vampire, something which he hates." She uttered leaning forward to bring some more candles forward.
Damon made a face "Lily why are you defending him?" he huffed.
"Not defending stating an obvious fact." She supplied, "…we need more candles." She muttered under her breath, once again distracted by the task at hand.
"Lily has a point what makes you think I can trust you?" John asked, "The Originals can compel vampires, according to Stefan that's the reason why Katherine is still in the tomb." He stated
Lily frowned wondering why he was so concerned about the manipulative vampire. "Well good thing she is, it would've been a nightmare if she was out on the loose." She murmured, "Good thing we can't fall into that trap."
Damon grinned and lit another candle, "Yep, me, Stefan and Lils are full of the stuff." He informed him.
John looked at them incredulously "You guys are drinking vervaine?"
"If you're shocked about that, wait till you hear how Lily is living with the Original…"Damon smirked,
"You're living with-"John started,
"Well I didn't have a lot of say in that." the red head uttered, and stalked off to the bar, she had enough of men with huge egos.
She settled herself down at the bar, "Lucy." Lily greeted the barwoman,
"Hey-"the blond bounced over "So how is my favourite customer doing?" she asked, the vampire grinned, she had met Lucy when the barwoman on the human's first day at the Grill.
"I'm only your favourite because I give you big tips." She grinned, causing the young woman to laugh.
"And don't you forget it." she winked, "so the usual?"
Lily hummed; her eyes scanned the shelf "Hmm…I fancy some malt whisky actually." She uttered. Lucy complied and set out the glass in front of her.
"So Ms Peterson…any-"Lily didn't listen to the rest of the woman's sentence, since the sound of laughter caught her attention, she glanced over her shoulder and smiled seeing that it was Jenna giggling to whatever Alaric was saying. "They are so in love." Lucy sighed her tone full of want and longing. "They're gonna be one of those couples, get married, pop out a few kids and they're sorted."
Lily forced herself to smile; she got the feeling that it wouldn't be easy as that. "Well good luck to them." she murmured tracing the pads of her fingers on the rim of the glass.
Lucy hummed "Sickening right? Anyway any future plans of baby red heads running around?" she asked. The vampire smiled and shook her head, she wasn't hung up on not being able to have kids, she was at the moment content with her life.
"Now if I have kids I wouldn't be able to stay up all night and have booze." She grinned, causing the human to snort with derision. "Plus I need a man…"she added.
Lucy smiled knowingly "Don't you have one of those already?" she exclaimed, leaning forward,
The red head quirked an eyebrow "Erm…no-"
"Well word is that you've got yourself a roommate, who is a fine specimen of a man…Meryl blabs, says he's got a cleft on his chin, sounds yummy."
"Keep going…your drool just managed to miss me." Lily scoffed "And Meryl is such a nosy-parker." She grumbled,
Lucy giggled "Only teasing, we know this is Carol Lockwood's doing…."just then the red head's cell phone rang, she pulled it out of her pocket and was curious as to why this certain person was calling her. "What's he's name?" she asked.
"Elijah-"Lily replied to her and uttered through the phone.
"Sexy name-"Lucy whooped, and was amused when the English teacher shot her a look,
"My ears are burning, Lillian you've been talking about me?" his accented voice murmured, it was much more European compared to her own English one.
"Only you Elijah." She quipped.
"Sarcasm is unbecoming of you." Lily could hear the undertone of amusement, she downed the rest of her drink, "So what can I do for you?" she asked.
The music was low, and she could hear a few snippets of conversations going on, Lily sighed seeing that everyone was with someone, sure she didn't mind not having kids, but she wouldn't mind having someone.
"Well I was thinking perhaps I can do something for you…"he said mysteriously. Lily hummed and spun around resting her elbows on the counter.
"Oh and that would be?" for some reason she had a mental image of him on her bed baring his naked be-Lily mentally slapped herself. Damn she was turning in to Lucy drooling everywhere.
"Well I believe that I will not be making it home in time for dinner, but perhaps we can have a night cap?" he questioned.
Lily tapped her nails against the wooden top, "Should I even bother asking what is it?"
"You know better so Lillian-"
"Lily please. It gets tiresome constantly asking you to call me that." She said sharply getting onto her feet,
"As you wish Lily, so-"
"Yes Elijah a night cap would do just fine. Bye." Lily shoved her phone back into her pocket, and rolled her eyes seeing John and Damon still going at it. She glanced at the time, and decided to go home since she wasn't in the mood to hang around.
Lily exited the Grill, and she'd be walking home since she didn't drive here earlier, she came to the conclusion that when she went through a deserted street, then she would use her enhanced speed. Her heels echoed against the pavement and she sighed feeling the cool night breeze against her skin.
The wind carried a pair of familiar voices; Lily stopped short and froze hearing who it was.
"I know you're lying…"she heard Jules, the red head vampire picked up her pace, and she couldn't zoom onto the scene since she was surrounded by humans.
"Is that one of your wolf's tricks?" Caroline questioned. Lily groaned in frustration and her brisk pace turned into a light jog.
"Don't do anything stupid." The older vampire muttered.
"I have a trick to-"Caroline snarled, Lily rounded the corner and sprinted even faster but still not up to her usual quick pace. She heard a shriek and a sound of bullet meeting flesh. Then the dull thump of a body hitting the ground.
"Caroline!" she shouted, there were no humans around. So without further ado blurred onto her scene. Lily saw the male with the gun and snarled her fangs lengthened.
"You made a grave mistake." The red head growled, and was about to launch herself forward and attack but there was another 'BANG"
Lily gasped feeling the fiery pain from the just below her shoulder blades. She choked and fell to her knees, her back burned in pain when she attempted to move.
"So wooden bullets are more effective." Jules smirked coming to stand around in front of her.
"Is this the vampire we wanted?" the male werewolf asked, canting his head to the side. "She's much prettier…oh we're going to have so much fun." Lily's eyes bled red and she went to get up but there was another 'BANG'
The male werewolf fired the gun this time, hitting Lily right between the eyes. "Come on." Jules instructed, having both vampires would work since they were ideal leverage.
Lily groaned in pain, her head was throbbing and so was her back, and blinked as she took in her surroundings and exactly where she was. Her eyelashes fluttered and her eyes adjusted, she saw that she was in a cage.
The red head whimpered feeling her skin trying to knit itself together, she attempted to sit up but gasped when a bolt of fire ran down her spine, she clutched her temple and let out a keening noise, Lily dug her fingers into the bullet hole, and yelped when she wretched it out. It clattered to the ground.
The red head exhaled, Lily was clammy and covered in a thin sheen of sweat, and she pressed her cheek against the floor and closed her eyes feeling how cool it was. She tried to get to the bullet in her back but couldn't and stuttered out a moan of agony. The vampire's blood covered hand slapped the ground and her ears perked up hearing a whimpered.
"Lily?" Caroline whispered and squealed in pain, "My head-"
"Get the bullet out." She instructed, if they worked together they could easily escape, Caroline was thoroughly confused she managed to get onto her knees, and with a squeal and groan of pain dug the bullet out. She looked over to her mentor and managed to make out that the back of her denim jacket was soaked with blood, the older vampire looked rather weak.
They needed to get out, Lily reached out to the bars and forced herself to sit up, a spasm of agony ripped through. The pair were locked in separate cages which were situated side by side. The red head watched as the blond attempted to unlock the latch.
Lily bit down hard on her bottom lip, and stiffened when she felt another presence in the room, she let out a quiet gasp seeing the werewolf who had shot her there. Caroline immediately backed up seeing the man.
"So I see both of you got the bullet out." The werewolf said casually, Lily scowled having the urge to rip his head off. "It was gross…but you, the one in your back is a bitch right? Jules got you good." He smirked. "You know I got a lot more wooden bullets and even some toys-"he winked at the red head, "it's gonna be a long time sweet-pea-"he fired at Caroline, hitting her left breast causing her to shriek in pain.
Lily growled and blurred up into a standing position, the baby vampire was still under her care, so she felt a sense of responsibility towards her.
"You sick son of bitch-"Lily snarled and ignored the burning pain, she was about to launch herself but the werewolf fired again. She cried out in pain when a wooden bullet tore through her shoulder.
"Lily-"Caroline sobbed and gasped in horror, when the man fired again. The red head shrieked when another bullet tore through her upper-thigh. She collapsed on her bottom and grasped her leg. She could feel the blood gushing out; her teary red rimmed eyes met the male werewolf's grey orbs.
"We are so going to have fun." He smirked causing worry to be imbedded into Lily's gut.
"Lily stay awake please." Caroline whispered, she could see that the English teacher's eyes were beginning to droop, the older vampire forced herself to remain focus, and she winced and forced herself not to cry as she attempted to dig the wooden bullet from her leg out, but her hands shook too much forcing her to abandon that idea.
"Lillian Petrova," the man canted his head to the side. "Rumour has it that there's a prize on your head-"
Lily sagged against the wall, and rolled her eyes. "Really? Do we need to go through the drivel of small talk?" she questioned, the blood had slowed down, the bullets in her leg and shoulder wasn't paining her as much as the one in her back.
"Well what would you rather do?" he asked.
Lily pretended to think, mocking him in some way. "Oh how about you just shutting up?" she declared Caroline's eyes darted between the pair, she was scared out of her mind, and wondered how Lily could be so calm.
"Not nice-"he drawled.
"Fuck off." She countered back, causing the smirk on his face to falter.
"You really are a bitch-"
"Says the one who's sleeping with one. Mutt." Lily spat, he growled but she merely cocked an eyebrow. "You know…vampires really are the superior species-"riling him up even more, she just despise those who hurt and abuse others. "Look at you, you have to use all means of torture to keep us down, in a fight you'd be pathetic." She taunted him.
"Lily stop-"Caroline whispered her voice shook with tears scuttled back when the werewolf straightened up his sitting position.
Lily was about to goad him further, if he came slightly closer she would be able to grab him through the bars, but she abruptly stopped, her heightened hearing picked up the sound of footsteps coming towards them. She could hear Jules, her hatred for the female werewolf spiked hearing her voice.
"He needs proof." Jules announced coming into the caravan where they were being held. She was holding up her cell phone.
Lily narrowed her eyes seeing him holding up the gun, he aimed it at her but a smirk appeared on his face as he slowly changed his aim so that now it was pointing at the baby vampire "Don't-"she yelled but was cut off by a 'BANG' and her eardrums exploded by Caroline's scream of pain. Jules hastily made her exit.
"Wait till I get my hands on you-"Lily shouted at him, her movements faltered slightly due to the pain which was throbbing about a whole body. "You're a dead dog."
Lily watched warily as the werewolf whose name she found out was Brady was loading a water-gun with amber liquid. Brady inched closer to the older vampire; she let out a ragged breath. "So how many vampires are there in this town anyway?" he asked.
The red head cocked an eyebrow "What makes you think I'll answer?" she countered. Brady shrugged
"No well…I can't force you, but I have a way to convince you." With that he squirted the liquid at Caroline, hitting her in the face causing her to whimper. Lily could see that it was vervaine. "Now answer my question and I won't hurt your little friend-"
"Let us go and I won't rip your spleen out." Lily snarled, anger and rage was bubbling beneath her cool façade
In retaliation he fired again at Caroline causing her to cry and sob. "Why are you doing this to us?" she cried.
"Because you're vampires-"he countered, Lily sneered as he placed some sort of flute against his lips, and fired shards of wood at Caroline making her scream.
The red head startled the werewolf by ripping the bullet from her leg out, she then launched herself at the bars, and grabbed hold of him by the collar of his shirt, causing the werewolf to yell out. Lily used her slowly depleting strength and slammed him into the bars, she could smell the blood from the gash she had created on his head.
"LET-"smash-"Us-"smash-"Out" each word was matched with a blow from the bars. Brady roared in pain and could see her fangs peeking from her full lips, Caroline watched on in shock, having never witnessed the red head being so vicious before.
"JULES" Brady scream, the blood was beginning to seep into his eyes.
"Lily-"that was the last thing Lily heard before Jules sprinted onto the scene, and fired at the vampire, hitting her right between the eyes.
Lily slowly came back to the land of the living, and immediately whimpered in pain, she rolled onto her front and clutched her head.
"Lily pull it out-"Caroline said pressing her face against the bar, the red head did that and whimpered and gasped as she dug it out. "We need to get out…they'll kill us."
The older vampire's breathing was laboured, and she fumbled as she pulled out her phone from her pocket. She managed to pull it out and blearily looked down at her contacts. She pressed the button and groaned quietly, the bullet in her back was aching her…she could feeling the blood sliding down the centre of her back.
"Lily-"
"Elijah…woods…help…werewolves." She stammered and swallowed, she was parched and hungry. Lily's head lolled to her left, and saw Caroline there. The new vampire didn't look any better but was just covered in less blood.
"Lily…that was awesome…the way you smashed his head-"
"Yeah…only use that in dire situations-"the red head drawled, "Is he gone?" she added. Caroline nodded after Jules had shot the English teacher, the pair of werewolves had quickly left, something which she was grateful for. Lily's legs were next to the bar, she could see the latch by her foot.
"What are-"
"Ssh-"the older vampire hissed, and smiled hearing the familiar voices, the cavalry had arrived in the form of Stefan and Damon.
Lily knew things were likely to get out of control and knew that was the case when Jules let out a loud whistle, apparently they had some reinforcement, since she had gotten the bullet out of her leg it had healed up.
Caroline jumped as Lily kicked her leg out hitting the cage bars, she used her enhanced strength and did it again, again, and…the bars rattled.
"A bit more Lily." Caroline said seeing the bolts weren't able to hold. With a final kick the front of the cage was sent flying across the room.
"Whoa-"Tyler shouted just dodging it Lily crawled out of the cage, and used the wall to pull herself up she could hear the fighting going on outside.
"Get Caroline out." Lily instructed and blurred out of the caravan, she felt the cold breeze hit her skin and was more than grateful as she was no longer stuck in a small cage where the only smell was hers and Caroline's blood.
As soon as she stepped she could see the chaos, there were several werewolves surrounding both Stefan and Damon, the pair of vampires were holding their own.
"Lily a little help." Damon shouted as he was knocked to the floor by two werewolves, the red head was panting, she could barely move and when she did a fiery pain would shoot through her.
The older vampire zoomed over to the werewolf who was about to stake the eldest Salvatore, and grabbed the male by his throat and threw him into the trees instantly knocking him out.
"Shit Lils-"Damon exclaimed as the English teacher gasped,
"My back." She whimpered she felt the wooden bullet being jarred. She leant heavily against a tree trunk.
"Ok-stay out of the way…if you can." He said concern brimming from his tone, Lily nodded and glanced over her shoulder and saw that one of the werewolves had a flame thrower, and was aiming towards Stefan. "So much for staying out of it" she grumbled, and ran at the werewolf, she came up behind him and snapped the man's neck.
"Lily-"Stefan stood up, her eyes widened
"Stefan-"she shouted, but he was staked in the back, there was the sound of a gun being fired and she saw that Damon was taken down, just as Caroline was grab.
"Take her down-"Jules shouted meaning the older vampire, Lily growled and was about to blur towards her when she was shot in the back, Lily shouted out in pain and was forced on to her knees, she was hit again but this time in the chest, she gurgled some blood out of her mouth and felt the bullet grazing her heart.
Stefan winced it pain, he was unable to move, his moss green coloured eyes darted over to the vampire a few feet away.
"Lily-"he breathed seeing the state she was in, it was as if she was struggling to breath. Stefan inhaled sharply seeing a werewolf standing over her.
Lily's eyes watered, her emerald orbs met the werewolf's dark blue ones, she saw the stake being held above her, she attempted to get up but stopped when she felt as if she was being ripped in two. She was in too much pain.
"Say goodbye vampire-"he spat.
Lily clenched her eyes shut in anticipation, fear, dread and despair filtered through her. This was it, her hands reached out blindly trying to find any sort of weapon but all she could feel was the dirt on the ground.
"I rather believe she would say goodbye werewolf." An accented voice announced there was rage and anger in their undertone Lily's eyes snapped open and gasped when the werewolf's heart was ripped from its chest.
"Elijah-"Lily breathed, the werewolves seem to all have frozen hearing the Original's name,
Elijah looked around at the deadly silent clearly, "Ah you heard of me. Well shall we get things moved along? Jonas." He called out,
Lily groaned, she was bleeding out and her vision was beginning to blacken in the corners, the last thing she heard was the sound of screaming and being lifted up.
"Oww-"Lily hissed glaring at Elijah, she had woken up only a couple of minutes ago and the Original was getting the bullets out, he had taken the one from her shoulder and now had moved onto her chest, "gentle-"she snapped, her breasts were covered keeping her modesty. She was on the couch and he was perched on the edge of the coffee table.
"I wouldn't need to be if you hadn't been so foolish getting yourself in that situation." Elijah stated, and finally plucked the bullet out, causing her to arch slightly; he took hold of her bare shoulder keeping her steady. "Better?" his breath fanned over the shell of her ear, Lily nodded, "Good now two more." he rubbed his thumb on her shoulder, Lily felt a sense of deja-vu overcoming her when he touched her.
Elijah rolled her so that now he could see her back, Lily could feel the heat coming off of her cheeks in wave, as he ran a finger down her back, there was electrical atmosphere in the air,
"What'd you mean I was foolish?" Lily asked feeling slightly uncomfortable, and dug her fingers into the fabric of the couch as he pulled the bullet out.
"You most likely riled the werewolves up." Elijah commented, he had rolled the sleeves of his shirt up, not wanting it to be stained, plus it didn't sit right with him that it was her blood.
"Well they were….annoying. And they were going out of their-"she hissed as he plucked the final bullet from her back, she sighed and relaxed feeling that incessant pain ebbing away.
"Here-"Elijah handed her over a mug of blood, and helped her sit up.
"Thank you-"she was about to take the mug, but he grabbed her wrist before she could, Elijah tugged her forward, so that her nose bumped into his, she swallowed nervously seeing his eyes darkening in anger.
"Never do something so foolish again-"she scowled "that put you in harm's way." The Original commanded.
Lily attempted to free her wrist but couldn't "You can't tell me what to do." She spat "and why the hell do you care, your deal with Elena doesn't affect me-"
"On the contrary Lillian you're one of the people on her list." Elijah uttered,
She breathed in his scent, it was unique but definitely not unpleasant, it was just Elijah. "Well I can fend for myself, thank you very much." She huffed
A muscle in Elijah's jaw twitched in annoyance "You're not just some deal." He argued, "You're far too important."
Lily frowned, he was so close, and she could feel his body moving ever so slightly against her own. There was something about him that drew her in. "You don't know me Elijah…."she trailed off as he cupped her face; Elijah canted his head to the side.
"I know you far better than you think than you think I do" Elijah said ominously, Lily licked her lips "I know that you are not a morning person…"he brushed aside a few of her stray curls and leant in closer if that was even possible "I know that your favourite book is Jane Austen…I know that you rather watch comedy than romance…"he murmured, Lily's eyes met his, before dropping down to his lips….there was an air of tension around them. "I know-"his nose bumped hers "that you're not mine." He added, causing her eyes to snap open "but I want you to be….or I think I do." He added. Now Lily was confused,
"Elijah-"she reached out for him, but he pulled back the tension between them lowered immediately
"Go to sleep Lily it's been a long day." Instead of kissing her lips, he got her cheek. And left the red head on her own.
Lily shook her head; she was so confused by him. She sunk back into the couch, and sighed…he was right it has been a long day
AN: Apologies, for the delay in updates, there's been weddings and so much other things happening. And was only able to get this fic updated. Also apologies for any grammar or spelling mistakes. Outfit link on profile, thanks to those who reviewed.
So in this Chap-The flashback Lily has a warlock friend named Caius and they arrived at New Orleans, the pair meet Marcel. In the present, Lily gatecrashes the Gilberts and saw that John is back, Caroline calls her and Stefan, she tells them about Tyler. Lily is having trouble with a banner, and goes for lunch, wee see more of her and Jenna. John says he's not here to harm her, Lily is at bar, and ends up hearing Caroline, the pair get taken. Lily is shot, and locked up and ends up hitting Brady back before she is knocked out. Lily manages to call Elijah, and there's a fight she is about to get stake, but Elijah comes to the rescue. Finally her and Elijah talk, he says he knows her, they have a moment but he leaves.
Next Chap-A Tea Party, and small kids, and embarrassment.
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