Chapter 10
"Rebekah nice to see you, again." I tell her as she enters the house and Sebastian come into the living room immediately.
"It is good to see you too Val. Hi, Seb."
"Seb? I thought I was the only woman you could give you nicknames, I am hurt." I say putting my hand on my heart making him smile.
"Don't be dramatic, you still my crazy sister." He tells me and I look at the couple.
"Well I am going to the grill. Please don't break anything."
I walk into the girl on Sunday night and I see Alaric and Damon in the bar so I make my way there sitting next to Damon and the bartender comes and I order bourbon and the two of them turn to me.
"Goodnight Valeria." Alaric says and Damon compliments me razing his glass.
"Night Alaric, Damon. Do you always drink or it is just my impression?" I say and Alaric smiles at me and I just look at Damon.
"Someone is having a bad night." I tell him and he looks at me with the 'you don't have idea' look. "Come on Damon, sometimes is good to talk about it."
"Elena told Stefan and Damon that she could pick one of them." Alaric tells me and Damon gives him a dirty look.
"That is bad." Klaus appears with Kol and I look at him.
"Remember the time you were in into my sister." I tell him razing my eyebrows and he takes his smirk out of his face.
"Nice point." He says ordering more drinks for him too. "Should you be with doppelgänger number 2 and 3?" I can see the other 3 with their eyes fixed on us.
"No Elena is with Caroline, you know, cute, blonde, who you can't stop drooling over." I tell him with smile/smirk. "And I still haven't talked with Katherine."
"Why not?" He asks surprised.
"Let's just say Sebastian and her have unfinished business."
"Really love, all the man in your life have something with her or the other doppelgangers. Guess who doesn't?"
"You Kol." I tell him and he smirks at me.
"See that is why I am so much fun them my brothers." He tells me and I just roll my eyes.
"Wait Katherine is coming to town?" Damon asks.
"Probably, still don't know." I reveled.
"Aren't you like trying to kill her or something?" Damon asks Klaus and I smile at my best friend who just rolls his eyes.
"No anymore." He says looking at me and I just smile.
"Really? I don't know who is more whipped by Valeria, Elijah or you." Kol says and I shot him a dirty look. "Speaking of people who follow you like puppies where is my sister?" He asks and I just roll my eyes.
"Your sister is with Sebastian on my apartment."
"That explains what you are doing here." Nic says and I nod.
"Someone was to make sure Becca has fun."
"Was that one for me?"
"What do you think Nic?" I tell him.
"Oh come on I am not that bad." He tells me and I give him 'you are kidding right' look.
"Please Nic, you know I don't like lies." I tell him teasing but them I turn to them. "Really I don't."
"Oh I know." The hybrid says drinking his glass.
"Have you talked to Caroline today?" I ask and he chokes his drink and gives me the look. "Really? Do I really need to explain everything. You men are impossible never what to do."
"Are you telling that I don't understand women?"
"Pretty much Nic and before you speak, you also don't Kol."
"Excuse me. I always get the girls I want."
"Please you flirt with Val since I remember." Klaus points it out and I nod agreeing with him, because let's face it is true.
"Oh please you used to run after her, since you were like 5 and still didn't get nothing too." Kol says and Klaus smirk and looks at me and I give him a look to dare with to speak. "Wait? Oh please really love." Kol says looking at me.
"I am 15." I point it out and Kol looks at me shocked and I notice I just admitted and Klaus, obviously, smirk even more, if it was possible. "And with that it is time for me to leave. Don't you dare to open your mouth Nic, you will regret." I say and he pulls in arms in the air as redemption.
"Isn't Rebekah doing it in your house?" Kol asks me and I nod.
"Don't worry I will find something to do." I say walking and I hear Klaus speak.
"Elijah is at home alone." He says and I can fell his smile as I leave the grill.
I knocked the door and he opens the door, in suit, as usual but I could see his surprise.
"Elizabella… Hum… Klaus and Rebekah aren't home."
"I know, I came to speak to you actually, can I come in?"
"Of course." He tells me and we both enter the house and Elijah guides me to the living room where we sit.
"I think we should talk after what happen, you know after what I told you the last time we spoke."
"I don't think there is a lot to talk about. I just am really sorry about what happen, that I wasn't there for you."
"There was nothing you could do Elijah. Neither of us." I assure him. God this is so hard. Be in a room alone with him. You need to do this Valeria. "If you want I can take you to Italy, whenever you like it."
"Really?"
"Yes of course, they are your family too." I tell him with a sad smile.
"I wanted to talk about something actually." He says and I notice he is nervous, which is strange because he is probably the best person when it comes to speak. He comes close to me so that he is in his knees in front of me while I am still sitting on the couch. "Can you forgive me?" He asks me and I am taken by it.
"Elijah." I say almost as a whisper.
"I spend the last 500 years regretting what I did to you. I should never let anything happen with Katerina."
"Elijah I found you both, in bed." I say shaking the memory of that night. "Our bed."
"Bella." He whispers my name full with regret.
"No let me speak. That night I felt like someone stab me. I never felt so bad in my whole life. I loved you, I gave you everything I could give and founding her in our bed with you. Her. It was like finding you with Tatia and it all came back to when we were humans in the village and all eyes were on her. It made me remember what girls would say when we came together 'how can Elijah picked her', 'look at her she can even dress like a woman', it was all coming back at me once. I even considerate turning my emotions off Elijah. I never felt such pain in my life. Then the years passed and I grow up, I stop behind the naive girl I used to be and I kind of understood you. I wasn't the free spirit while girl, I wasn't. I was boring. I would never do crazy things in bed, I prejudice when it come to sexual things."
"Stop. Just stop speaking Bella." He says and puts his hands on my face cleaning the tears that were falling from my eyes. "I didn't sleep with Katherine because I was bored of you. No woman made me feel the way you felt when we made love or even kissed. Katherine was a stupid mistake that I will pay for the rest of my life. I was an idiot seduced by her and I didn't realize the angel I had by my side. It was 100% my fault. I know it was." He says and I look at his eyes, he is broken, just like I am, if not worst. "I try to look for you but Rebekah told me you needed time but I would cheek on you time to time. I never actually saw you in Italy because every time I would hear about you, you were in some big town. One of the first times I saw you, you were in a club and a man was flirting with you. I was so angry all I wanted to do was come to him and kill him for even looking at you them it hit me. You weren't with me anymore you were free and it made my body twist with anger, when you left to the bathroom or something I came to the man and drag him out of the club and killed him. Then it hit me like a piano on my head, you were free to fall in love with someone else. Anyone you wanted too." He confessed to me and I look at him even with more tear. Why does everything he says as to be so perfect.
"It happen Elijah. I slept with other man, more than I am proud to admit it but" I say and take a deep breath, were it come the true. "I never loved other man in my life and I don't think I will ever do." I confessed and he kissed me softly my whole body felt it like it awaked after centuries turned off and I start to kiss him back. It has happening. I was kissing him after all this time.
"Bella." He whispers as we separated and I look at his eyes full with love and he comes close to be again but this time I stop him and get up.
"I can't." I say once I face him. "I forgive you Elijah. I do but I can't be with you. At least not now." I tell him and he smiles at me. A true smile.
"That is what I have in my favor Bella. I have all the time in the world." He says and comes close to me once again but this time he kisses my hair. "I will wait. One year, one decade even one millennium. I will forever because you are more than worth it."