I woke up to someone playing with my hair softly. When I looked up I saw Elijah's smiling eyes that made me smile as well.
"Good morning," he said leaning down and brushing his lips to mine.
"Mm it is a good morning," I smiled and kissed back before it could get any more intense there was a knock on the door. I groaned softly making Elijah chuckle he leaned down to give me one more kiss before whispering in my ear.
"I'll see you later," he said and then I was alone in my room. I groaned pulled a pair of sweatpants and tank top over my head and answering the door.
"Jenna, what are you doing up it's only. Oh," I said looking at the clock seeing that it was almost ten o'clock.
"Yeah 'oh' I was wondering if you wanted to go through some of the old property lines with Elijah and I this afternoon," she smirked and I playfully punched her shoulder.
"Leave me alone," I called shutting the door in her face. I could hear her cursed laugh throughout the entire house. "Hey is Elena still with Stefan at the lake house?" I called out.
"Yeah," she replied.
"Jeremy with Bonnie?"
"Yep, so I'm taking that as a yes," Jenna said but I didn't respond, she already knew my answer. I smiled getting changed into a pair of jeans and a black pea coat placing a white long sleeved shirt underneath it. I smiled slightly until I frowned at my reflection seeing a bit mark on my neck. Thank god I had my hair pulled to the side otherwise Jenna would've seen. I would have to talk to Elijah about this, but I still blushed at the thought of seeing him there was no telling what I was going to do when I saw him tonight. Looking around my room it took forever until I found an old white scarf with black rose patterns on it. Wrapping it around my neck I looked at my reflection for a good five minutes before deciding that it was well covered enough for me to go out in public and not get questioned about a bite mark on my neck.
Hey Jenna," I said coming down the stairs and grabbing an apple from the bowl of fruit on the island.
"Hey are you ready to go?" I nodded my head and we both headed out to meet Elijah.
My day just got a lot more interesting.
I was walking with Elijah and Jenna just mostly listening in on their conversation and piping in when I wanted to say something. I kept my face mostly looking at Elijah seeing if he had changed at all since last night, but he hadn't. I should've expected it though he said that it was to protect me, but I still felt like something should've changed I guess.
"The old Fell property starts just up here," Jenna said.
"Ah yes the Fells, one of the towns Founding Families," he said sarcastically. I raised my eyebrows even though I knew what he was talking about.
"Why do you say it like that?" Jenna asked.
"This town was actually settled two centuries earlier by strugglers from Salem, but I heard a little rumor that the Vikings settled here over a thousand years ago." I answered falling in next to Elijah. He turned his head at me and gave a small smile a glint in his eyes that I didn't recognize until I saw it as smugness because he was looking at the scarf.
"Massachusetts, as in the witch trials?" Jenna asked me and I nodded my head.
"So the founding families really didn't find anything at all," Elijah finished and when Jenna wasn't looking I nudged him in the ribs as hard as I could, but it was like hitting a stone wall, impossible.
"Well I bet it was the men that made it a big deal back in 1860," Jenna remarked and I chuckled taking a look at Elijah's face that was deep in thought. "Men are very territorial."
"You have no idea," I scoffed under my breath fidgeting with my scarf. Elijah was smirking, bastard.
"Yes they are," Elijah said looking off to the left. I turned my head and sure enough there was Ric walking out towards us with a grim look on his face. I don't know if it was because I was hanging out with Elijah or because Jenna was.
"Elijah this is my friend Alaric Saltzman, what are you doing here?" Jenna asked him as he walked up to us.
"Well I got your message saying that you were walking Elijah through the old property lines, and I thought with me being a history teacher and all that I would come along for the ride," Alaric replied semi trying to defend himself.
"We have Abby, she's a lot better than any history book," Jenna snapped. A hurt look crossed Ric's face for a moment before it turned back to the way it was before she made that snide comment.
"Where to next?" Alaric asked.
"I'm pretty curious about the free slaved property owners," Elijah responded and my eyebrows quirked.
"You mean the place where all of the old witches were said to be burned?" I asked and his eyes widened slightly in shock.
"Well I only brought the survey so I'll have to get them from the car, excuse me gentlemen," Jenna said walking back towards the car. If Ric wasn't here I would've already started to either kiss Elijah or yell at him for leaving the bite mark on my skin.
"Alaric Saltzman one of the people on Elena's protecting list," Elijah said facing Ric.
"So is Jenna, and Abby," I think that my name was a little bit of an afterthought.
"You don't have to be jealous, Jenna is not my type," Elijah responded giving a slight glance at me. I was behind Ric now but I still blushed a bright shade of red. He said something else that I didn't hear, "That was a joke Ric lighten up." I scoffed as Elijah patted Ric's shoulder and slipping past him. Elijah grasped my hand lightly and kissed it. "Abigail," he smiled before walking off towards Jenna but he had left something in my hand. As soon as Ric disappeared I opened up the piece of paper that he had left.
Lovely scarf
-Elijah
Like Jenna said men were VERY territorial. Especially Original ones.
xXx
When we walked into the Grill for lunch I was next to Elijah and Jenna was in front of us. I saw Damon, Andie, and Ric all sitting at a booth. Don't say anything Damon, don't say anything, I begging in my mind.
"Hey guys," oh great.
"Hey Damon," Jenna greeted with a smile. It surprised me when Elijah smiled as well.
"I heard that you had a meet of the most historical minds in town," Damon smirked at Elijah and I while I just turned a small shade of red. "Elijah the write, Abby the history textbook, and Ric the teacher. Sorry Jenna, where do you fit in to all of this?" I rolled my eyes at Damon.
"Haha," was Jenna's only response.
"Well as much as I would like to continue this I have papers to grade," Ric said and started to get up from the table before Andie spoke. I knew what Damon was doing to her and it made me sick.
"You know what we should continue this let's have a have a dinner party," she suggested with a smile. Damon looked at her as if she was a genius before smirking at everyone.
"My girl, full of good ideas, I'd be happy to host," Damon offered looking at mostly Elijah and I. "Let's say tonight maybe?"
"It's good for me, Jenna?" Andie asked turning her eyes to my aunt.
"You know what I can't-," Alaric started to say but Jenna cut him off.
"I would love to," Jenna shooting a look at Alaric. Elijah and I were the only ones that hadn't said anything and I had a really bad feeling about all of this dinner party stuff. It seemed like a plot of something that Damon had constructed and that was never a good thing.
"I think that I have something going on," I mumbled.
"Oh come on it would be good for you," Damon said shooting a look to Elijah, "We would love to have you come Abby."
"I'll go if you go," Elijah said looking at me with cautious eyes. I sighed feeling all eyes on me before answering.
"Alright I guess I'll go," I said.
"It would be a pleasure," Elijah told Damon who was smirking wildly as if he just won the lottery or something. Yep something was very wrong about this 'dinner party'.
I left first back to the house only to find Elijah sitting on my bed again. I had a serious déjà vu moment going on right now, but something told me that it wouldn't end the same way.
"You have some serious explaining to do," I said taking the scarf and coat off of my body and pointing to the bite.
"Men are very territorial," he said brushing his hands over the mark.
"Seriously Elijah I can't wear a scarf to dinner, not without getting some suspicious looks from Damon or Alaric," I told him. He groaned and pulled me to him placing small kisses around the bite mark. I moaned slightly at the feeling that he gave me.
"But I like my mark on you, it says that you're mine," he smirked against my neck.
"Elijah," I groaned but he only smiled at me and kissed me again.
"I'll see you at dinner," he said kissing me quickly and leaving my room.
"Damn teasing Original," I mutter putting on a nice navy blue blouse and a matching choker necklace that actually covered the mark very efficiently. I smiled at my solution and grabbed an old journal that I had gotten at the antique shop before looking through it. "Emily Bennett was discovered today," I began reading.
xXx
"So what's going on with you and Alaric?" Andie asked as we were all setting up the table at the boarding house. "I feel like there's some tension." Jenna glanced at me for a moment before answering Andie.
"I don't know I really like him, it's more than like and I want it to work but I can't help but feel like he's hiding something form me. Then I have John whispering things in my ear," she said.
"You should never trust Uncle John," I told her handing her another plate for her side. "All he does is lie, or twist words."
"I'm just glad that Damon tells me everything," and compels you to not freak out I though in my mind. A little while later we all moved into the kitchen and I was helping Jenna put some chicken onto plates while I was dabbling with some of the other items that were being served alone with dessert.
"I can definitely see the non Gilbert qualities right now," Jenna joked, "You can cook a lot better than I can." I laughed and through a small vegetable from my plate at her.
"I bet I come from a gourmet chef or something," John was no cook, but I still had no idea about Isobel. Hell I had never even seen her, or a picture before. The doorbell rang and Jenna went to answer it while Damon slipped into the kitchen for a moment. "Damon," I said and he turned around to face me.
"Yes, Abigail?" he teased lightly.
"Whatever you're doing tonight don't, there's too much at risk right now," I begged him, "Not in front of Jenna, please."
"Why you scared that I'm going to hurt your boyfriend," I froze but pretended to be confused. "Oh come on so there isn't a bit mark under that pretty little necklace you're wearing tonight," he said coming up as if to unclasp it but I took the fork and shoved it into his hand. He grunted for a moment before pulling it out. "Really?"
"Really," I confirmed going out to the hallway and saw John walking through the door.
"Who the hell invited you?" Jenna asked.
"John, leave," Damon said coming in from the kitchen wiping his hand and shooting a glare at me. I returned it with an over exaggerated smile.
"When Jenna said that you were having a dinner party for Elijah I decided that I couldn't miss out on all the fun and games," John smirked watching Jenna leave before beginning his interrogation with Damon. I'll give him points for trying though.
"There aren't going to be any games tonight John, just a friendly dinner party," Alaric said walking into the hallway. John gave a look to Damon that practically screamed 'are you kidding me?' Damon only held his hands up in an innocent gesture.
"What he said." The next time the doorbell it was Elijah standing at the door.
"Good evening," Elijah said not taking his eyes off of Damon.
"Good evening, welcome come inside," Damon offered holding the door wide open. I started to get nervous at Damon's so called 'friendly attitude' thing he's got going on right now.
"Let's just make one thing clear if you have a less than honorable intentions about how tonight is going to play out then I suggest that you reconsider," Elijah told him.
"No nothing dishonorable, just a get to know you," Damon replied again stepping aside for Elijah to enter. Elijah smirked until his eyes landed on me. I was sure that I saw them darken slightly but I'm sure that I was just imagining it.
"Well that's good because you know even though Elena and I have this deal if you so much as make a move to cross me I will kill you and everybody in this house," I flinched slightly even though I knew that he wouldn't hurt me I was still terrified for everyone else. "Abby," Elijah greeted.
"Hey Elijah," I frowned walking towards the dining room.
"You look great," he tried again and I blushed.
"Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself," I smirked before growing serious, "Killing everyone in the house?" I hissed.
"Mostly Damon," he smirked but I grabbed his arm.
"Elijah," I said warningly. He sighed before walking into the dining room area with me.
"Just making sure that he has no honorable intentions, here," he handed me a small vile with a red substance in it. "For the bite, even though I prefer it stay," I smirked and drank the blood but that didn't make me feel better at all. I sat next to Elijah at dinner and also Damon was at the end of the table looking at me every few moments. Probably because I was tapping my leg on the carpet from all of my nervousness. I just couldn't shake the feeling that something was going to go wrong.
"I hate to break it to you Damon, but according to Abby and Elijah your family is so not a founder of this town," Jenna smirked pouring her yet another glass of wine. I had gotten stuck with water even after I pleaded with Jenna to let me have some wine. I felt like a five year old with these people.
"Really do tell," Damon smirked at the two of us like he was putting together some pieces of a puzzle.
"Well as we already told Jenna a factor of immigrants migrated here from Salem after the witch trials in the 1690's over that period of time they developed a community where they could be safe," Elijah explained.
"Because they were witches," Jenna drawled on.
"I'm still going off my hunch of the fact that Vikings settled in Mystic Falls a little over a thousand years ago," I piped in, but I was ignored by everyone. Except Elijah who put a comforting hand on my knee and started to rub soothing circles.
"There were no tangible proof that there were witches in Salem," Andie countered our statements.
"Andie's a reporter, big on facts," Damon boasted about his girlfriend although I could see that Elijah wasn't at all interested.
"Legend has it that there was this big anti-witch hysteria in the settlement next to it so they had all of the witches gathered up and burned at a stake some said you could hear the screams from miles around us," Elijah said and I shivered.
"I wouldn't repeat this to the Historical Society," Jenna giggled.
"This is starting to sound like a ghost story," John muttered.
"Better than any of your ghost stories you tried to scare Elena, Jeremy, and I with when we were little," I countered raising an eyebrow at him.
"So why do you want to know the location of these alleged massacres?" Damon asked.
"Well I thought that someone already knew the location," Elijah smirked turning his head towards me, "You seemed interested when I mentioned it earlier." Everybody's eyes were on me as I sipped my water trying not to stumble when I spoke.
"Well I remember reading in one of the old Gilbert journals about a witch being taken to where her sisters were burned years ago, Emily Bennett," I said.
"So do you know the location?" Damon asked raising an eyebrow.
"That's for me to know and for you to dot, dot, dot," I smirked at him.
"Let's not forget who taught you that," Damon said smirking right back at me.
"Yes, he was an awful teacher and had sucky drinks," I said causing Elijah to chuckle along with John and Alaric. Everyone else talked and talked, but I mostly tried to stay silent throughout the whole thing, but Damon and Elijah got me to talk a few times.
"Everyone care for some Konica? I have a bottle that I've been saving for ages," Damon offered and I scoffed.
"Underage," I said picking up my plate.
"Nope, sorry, but nine bottles of wine is my limit," Alaric side commented. I didn't miss the look that Damon gave to Andie before she spoke.
"The gentlemen should take their drinks in the study," she suggested with her usual perky attitude and I frowned. Elijah had the same expression on his face as if he was trying to figure something out. The feeling that I had during dinner came back and I felt like I was going to throw up. Sure enough Damon and Elijah left to the study leaving the rest of us to work.
"Come on you're not a gentleman make yourself useful," Jenna said only half joking to John and handing him the plate.
"Put me to work?" Alaric offered but Jenna turned him down and they left leaving John and I alone in the room. We gathered things in silence for a few moments before John spoke up.
"That's an interesting necklace," he commented, "Why does it cover your whole neck," he whispered/hissed into my ear.
"Look I wanted to wear a chocker tonight, it has nothing to do with that," I snapped taking the plates and putting them in the kitchen before starting to help cook. Alaric's phone went off so he left to answer it and somehow John and Andie also disappeared. I did not like this feeling in my stomach.
"Crap we forgot about dessert," I complained showing off my delicious dessert I had hand made. Jenna smirked at me before grabbing some bowls and handing them to me. I took the coffee out into the dining room very relieved to see Elijah coming in with Damon still very much alive. I smiled at him, hopefully discretely, and he returned it.
"Sorry guys dessert is taking longer than I thought I usually just unwrap the food," Jenna said.
"Sure take all the credit," I mumbled sipping the coffee.
"I mean dishing the beautiful creation Abby made," I smirked and tipped my coffee towards her as a toasting motion.
"Do you want me to help?" I asked starting to get out of my chair. Damon looked relieved for a moment and I frowned at him in confusion.
"No I got just sit down Abby," Jenna said while everyone took their seats again and Jenna went back into the kitchen. Wait where was Alaric?
"So I know this is a social thing, but I would love to ask you a few more questions," Andie said.
"And I would love answer," he flirted. I kicked his shin under the table and he only smirked harder.
"Ric can you get my notebook out of my bag please?" Andie asked and I turned around to see Alaric standing there with a determined expression.
"Elijah did John tell you that he was Elena and Abby's uncle slash father?" Damon asked him shooting daggers at John.
"Yes I was aware of that," Elijah replied.
"Of course they hate him so there's no need to keep him on the endangered species list," he smirked at John who was frowning at Damon's comment.
"I don't hate him," I mumbled and I saw John shooting me a grateful expression.
"No Ric it's on the right, front pocket," Andie said before sighing and getting up, "Excuse me guys."
"You know what I would like to know is how you plan on keeping Elena and Abby safe," John asked and I'll admit I sort of wanted to know this answer as well.
"Gentlemen, and Abby," I blushed, "Let's get one thing clear one I allow you to live to keep solely to keep an eye on them, and I allow Elena and Abby to remain in their houses. If that becomes I liability I will take them away and none of you will see them again."
"Okay," Andie chippered coming back to the table, "So my first question is; when you got here to Mystic-." A scream interrupted all of us from our conversation and Andie gasped loudly. I screamed tears welling up in my eyes as I saw Elijah's skin start to turn gray and the veins all appearing on his skin. They finally started to fall when his head dropped and Alaric pulled an old looking dagger out of his back. John came up to me and grabbed my from my chair trying to get me to stay quiet but I was thrashing and sobbing at the same time.
"Elijah!" I screamed, but John's hand came onto my mouth.
"There," Alaric snapped placing the dagger on the table, "Now get rid of him before Jenna comes back with dessert."
"Elijah," I whimpered again tears still falling hard. John took me and pulled me out of the room and back into the parlor room as I watched in pure horror Damon carry Elijah's dead body down towards the basement. John tried to calm me down, but in the end I just ended up kicking him in the gut. "I hate you," I cried burying my head in a pillow, "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you," I kept struggling until Damon came up and brought me into his arms trying to calm me down.
"Come on Abby," Damon whispered rubbing my back.
"Why?" I whimpered.
"He was going to kill Elena, and then he would only kill Klaus only after the sacrifice," Damon said but I pushed him away.
"He had a way to save her," I snapped, "He told me about it." I grabbed my coat and left the boarding house not wanting to feel anything anymore. Tears were still streaming down my face as I walked home not wanting to deal with them anymore. I pulled out my phone calling Elena.
"Hey," Elena's voice came from the other end, "How are you?"
"Did you know," I sobbed into the other end.
"What? Abby calm down, what's going on?"
"Did you know?" I yelled into the phone, "Did you know they were going to kill Elijah?"
"Abby listen to me," she started saying but I had already cut her off.
"Don't, some family you all are turning out to be," I snapped. Anger was pushing me over the edge mixed with betrayal and depression. So much that I took my phone and smashed it into the pavement. Then I let go of everything and collapsed onto the ground sobbing my eyes out. I couldn't believe it, Elijah couldn't be dead it just wasn't possible. I had never felt like this for any guy before and now it was just too much knowing that he was gone. I don't know how long I had been on the ground sobbing my eyes out for, but it had been a long while. I felt like I couldn't live anymore the pain was just too much. I ran home as fast as I could and practically chucked everything I had on the ground before running into the kitchen finding the object I needed.
Then I ran to my room still gripping the cold object between my hands trying to decide what to do. Pacing around usually worked for some people I guess, but the more I tried the more it seemed to make it harder for me. I couldn't think anymore, my mind was a puddle of thoughts and the only thing I could think of was how Elijah looked when he died. The look of death that took over his body was haunting me. I needed it to stop.
"Make it stop, make it stop," I chanted pacing around the room. I collapsed on the floor and kept chanting praying for the sound of Elijah's voice to stop flying through my head and for the last sight of him all gray and dead to disappear. It didn't though, none of it did. The voices kept coming only this time it wasn't Elijah's but it sounded like someone else. A woman I think.
She told me to take the knife and dive it into my heart, to end my pain and suffering and lives the rest of my life next to Elijah in the land of the dead. It was like I didn't have any control of my body as I got up and looked at myself in the mirror taking the knife and aiming it above my chest. I needed to do this, I needed him.
"I love you Elijah," I said before plunging the knife into my stomach.
Elena pov
Being home right now was honestly the best feeling in the world, but my conversation with Abby was haunting me. My worst fears had come true though. Abby cared for Elijah and whether that feeling was returned or not was anyone's best guess, but I had a feeling he did. My plan was to talk to her soon after I talked with Jenna. Damon had recommended that I don't tell Abby about removing the dagger, as a just in case type thing but it was killing me to keep more secrets from her. She already hated me now for Elijah how could I keep that secret from her if she really did love Elijah?
"Hey have you seen Abby?" I asked Jenna while we were in the kitchen.
"No she just took off with Elijah after dinner right before dessert, odd if you asked me," Jenna replied. "They make such a good couple don't you think?" more guilt, "Two historical minds and I think that Elijah brings out the best in her."
"Yeah, he sure does," I muttered before walking up the stairs towards Abby's room. I knocked on the door only to receive no answer. "Come on Abby I know you're mad, but we need to talk."
"Hey what's going on?" Jeremy asked coming up next to me.
"Damon killed Elijah and Abby had developed feelings for him," I explained knocking again, "Come Abby please let me explain."
"Abby had feelings for Elijah?" Jeremy asked confused.
"Something's not right," I said clutching the doorknob. It was locked, "Can you give me a hand?" I asked. He nodded and went to the door and tried to open it only to stumble upon the fact that it was locked.
"Abby?" Jeremy called, "Come on open up please." We still got no answer. "If you don't open this door then I'm going to break it down." Jeremy looked at mean and I nodded my head. He rammed into the door forcing it open and the sight in front of me was horrific.
"Abby!" We both yelled rushing to our little sister's side. I took the knife and pulled it out of her stomach trying to get her to wake up. "Abby please," I cried over her.
"Oh my god," Jeremy said tears streaming down his face.
"Call Stefan and Damon," I sobbed pulling her close to me. "Wake up, wake up, wake up."
Ahh! Elijah no!
How do you all think that Abby's going to live? Or turn into a vampire? Or option 3: get saved by Stefan and Damon?
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