Chapter 15

I wake with a start and look around. I definitely am not in my house, let alone in my room! Wait, if I am not at my house, where am I? I start to panic. I look at the curtains and see a faint light coming through, so it must be sometime in the morning.

How long was I out? How did I get here? The last thing I remember was that I was at the ball and… I start to hyperventilate. Kol bit me! I think in horror. Vampires are real. Kalinda was telling the truth! I think, and feel guilty for not listening to her.

I am pulled out of my thoughts when I hear someone open and close the door. I look and see it is Elijah. "Where am I?" I ask nervously.

"I am glad to see you are awake," he says walking over and sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Where am I?" I ask again, getting nervous.

"You are in my bedroom," he says hesitantly.

"Y…your room?" I say aloud. "Are you going to explain to me what the heck happened? I mean I know your brother Kol…," I stop and feel my neck and cringe slightly.

He looks at me and I can see the sadness in his eyes.

"You're…you're…he's… a vampire!" I say out of order and confused.

He nods his head to confirm.

"Oh gosh," I start to panic.

"Paige, please calm down, let me explain," he says. "But first, please let me heal you."

"Excuse me?" I asked confused.

His face changes like Kol's and he bites his wrist, soon after he bites it, it turns back to normal. He brings his bleeding wrist toward my mouth.

I stare at it in shock.

What did he want me to do with it?

"Drink it, please, it will heal you."

"But…"

"Please," he cuts me off desperately.

I take his wrist and hesitantly bring it to my mouth and then hesitantly start to drink.

After a few minutes he pulls it away and I cough. "I can't believe I just did that!" I exclaim aloud in disgust. Although, I do feel better. I reach up and feel my neck and notice there is no longer a bite mark there.

"But…" I stop, realizing I couldn't think of anything to say. I start to breathe fast again.

"Paige, please just calm," he says reaching for my shoulder.

I flinch away from his touch and he brings his hand back to his side.

He looks hurt but quickly regains himself.

"Here, why don't you change out of that dress?" he suggests. "I took this dress from my sisters room. I'm sure she won't mind," he says handing me a pink spaghetti strap sundress.

"Once your changed I will tell you whatever you wish to know," he says leading me o the restroom door in his room.

I nod and enter. He closes the door.

I look at myself fin the mirror and check my neck again just to make sure the bite was really gone, and it was.

After about 15 minutes I untie the corset strings and can finally slip out of the dress. I leave the gown on the floor while I change into the sundress.

It fit pretty well, a little tight, but it would do.

I step out of the restroom and see Elijah sitting on the bed with his head in his hands.

He looks up as soon as I close the door. He pats the bed beside him, motioning for me to sit.

I hesitantly walk over and sit down beside him. "So, care to explain to me how any of this is possible, or how you even exist?" I ask after what seemed like forever. "Because if you tell me you were turned by Dracula or something I think I might have a heart attack."

He chuckles, "Let's start from the beginning, shall we?"

I nod, wanting to know how he was created, or how this stuff even existed.

"When my family and I moved to America, we moved here to what is now called Mystic Falls. The natives however were werewolves," he stops and looks at me.

My eyes go wide. "Werewolves are real, too?" I ask, shocked.

He nods. "Anyway, my family and I were on peaceful terms with them. We hid in caves or indoors on the full moons. One day, my brother, Niklaus, and my other brother, Henrik, wanted to see them change, so they went to watch them transform one night. Niklaus came home with Henrik dead in his arms. He had been killed by one of the werewolves. My mother and father were devastated. Father was angry with Niklaus as usual, but they both wanted to protect us from the werewolves. My mother is a witch, and that night she came up with a spell. She laced our drinks with blood, and then my father, Mikael, stabbed us all in the heart. When we awoke, he fed us blood to complete the transformation. Nature, though, started rebelling against us, because we are unnatural and inhuman. Vervain, a plant that my sister would pick, now would burn our skin. The sunlight weakened us and burnt us," he pauses taking a breath. "There is something you should know. We are the Original vampires, the first in existence. Nothing can really kill us. Stakes don't kiss us, and we can walk around in the sunlight. The only thing that can kill us is a stake made from the white oak tree that my mother used in the spell…," he is cut off when someone walks in.

"Elijah, do you…," the blond start to say, and I see her look at me. "Keeping your toys overnight now?" she questions. "Wait, is that my dress? What is your toy doing in my dress?" she asks angry.

"Rebekah…," he starts to say but is cut off.

"Get out of it!" she demands walking over to me.

"Rebekah!" Elijah says sternly. "Stop!"

"I'm not going to stop, Elijah! What gives you the right to give your toy my clothes?" she questions.

"Rebekah, she is not…," he stops what he was saying and looks at me.

"Oh, please don't tell me you have feelings for that!" she basically yells pointing to me.

Hey! I think insulted.

"Rebekah, leave," Elijah demands firmly while pointing toward the door.

"Fine, brother, but make sure your pet washes the dress before returning it," Rebekah huffs and then leaves the room.

"I must apologize for my sister's behavior," Elijah says after she is gone.

I don't say anything, because, truth is, I do feel insulted.

"I'm sorry if she has insulted you, it's just that," he pauses and shakes his head, "Now, where were we in the story?" he thinks aloud. "Oh yes, a stake from the white oak kills us. A special dagger dipped in the ashes of the white oak, which we burnt down once we know it could arm us, immobilizes us as long as it says in, but it does not kill us," he explains. "My sibling just recently awoke. Niklaus had daggered all of us at some pint. There is something you should know about Niklaus…"

"Who is Niklaus?" I question after hearing his name for the tenth time.

"You know him as Klaus," he says. "He is a hybrid, half werewolf and half vampire. Our mother had an affair with one of the wolves in the village, we found out one full moon. You see, he had recently killed one of the people he was drinking from and killing someone activates the werewolf curse. Father was absolutely furious to find this out, I should also mention our father became a vampire as well, although he is no longer alive," Elijah explains. "My brother, Niklaus, killed our mother…"

"How is she still alive, she is not a vampire. I don't understand," I say.

"We are not quite sure how she is ourselves," Elijah answers. "And that is it," he finished looking at me.

I feel overwhelmed and light headed.

"Paige, are you alright?" he questions looking at me.

"I'm just a little overwhelmed and light headed," is ay.

"Maybe you should lie down," he says putting his hands on my shoulders.

I flinch away from his touch again.

"You are afraid of me now, aren't you?" he questions sadly.

"I, well, it's just that..," I stop, looking for the right words to say. "I'm overwhelmed by the information."

"That is understandable," he assures and then sighs.

I look at him and see the sadness in his eyes.

I mean I am a little scared of him, but then again, I like him too much to stay scared. I turn his head toward me and look in his eyes, and before I know it he is leaning in and kissing me. Instantly, I begin to kiss back.

I feel his tongue run along my bottom kip, wanting entrance. I hesitantly open my mouth and as soon as I do his tongue plunges in and begins exploring my mouth. I wrap my arms around his neck and he wraps his around my waist, pulling me closer to him. He breaks the kiss and gently starts kissing my neck. He gently pushes me back on the bed all the while his lips never leave my neck.

I feel his hand slip under the dress and rest on my thigh. A moan escapes my lips as his tongue traces a path up my neck to my lips. He grins, pleased with himself and begins kissing me again.

I know I should be freaking out right now, I mean, the man kissing me is a vampire for crying out loud. His lips leave my mouth once again and this time he kisses down to my collarbone. I feel his other hand resting on my thigh as well.

We are interrupted though when there is a knock at the door.

He quickly gets off of me and I sit up breathing heavily.

"Come in," Elijah calls straightening up his suit.

I fix my dress and watch as a man walks in.

"Brother, mother would like to speak to you," he says to Elijah while staring at me.

"Tell her I shall be there in a minute," Elijah informs.

He nods, "Brother, might I ask who she is?" he says pointing to me.

"Finn, I would like you to meet Paige Emerose. Paige, I would like you to meet my brother, Finn," he introduces.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Emerose," he says as I walk over to shake his hand, but he kisses the top of mine instead.

"Please, call me Paige. It is nice to meet you, too," I smile.

"I will tell mother you are coming," he says and then leaves.

"You can wait here until I get back, or you can head home," Elijah says as we walk to the door.

"I should probably go home. Kalinda is probably wondering where I am," I say as we walk out of his room.

"I will walk you to the door," Elijah says leading me down the staircase.

"Keeping your food overnight, brother?" someone questions from beside us.

"Niklaus," Elijah acknowledges.

"I knew you slightly fancied her, but I didn't think you…," he is cut off by Elijah holding up his hand.

"Is there something you wanted?" Elijah asks slightly annoyed.

Klaus smirks, "Actually, yes, after you meet with mother, I want to speak with you."

"Okay," Elijah says opening the door for me.

"You know, my sister, Rebekah, is very mad at you for wearing her dress," Klaus says as I step out of the door. "Although you look better in it than she would have," he says with another smirk.

I blush and see Elijah tense slightly.

"I heard that Nik!" Rebekah shouts from the stairs.

"You were meant to!" he says and then laughs.

Rebekah huffs and then goes back up stairs.

"Well, I will leave out two, to say goodbye," Klaus says and then shuts the door, leaving Elijah and I standing on the porch.

"Goodbye, Paige," he says and gives me a quick kiss.

"Goodbye," I say and walk down the steps.

He stands on the porch and watches me until I disappear to my car.

I get into my car and smile. I definitely like this… I stop my train of thought. Was this a relationship or am I truly just another one of his toys?

As I drive back to my house, that is all I can think about.

I mean he hasn't bit me… yet.

"Kalinda, I'm home," I call once I am in the house. "Kalinda!" I call again when there is no answer.

I swear that girl is trying to make me have a panic attack. I think as I walk into the kitchen.

I look at the clock and see it is 3. I decide to make some food since I didn't have any lunch, then I decide to go to the living room and watch TV.

I look and see it is now 4, and Kalinda still isn't home.

I call her cell phone, but she doesn't answer.

Hmm, that's weird. I think. I mean where in the world could she be?

I start to become panicked. What if something bad happened to her? I mean, what if there are more vampires in town and what if they got her? I try focusing on the TV again and try to calm my nerves. I am probably just over reacting.

I wake up with a start. I hadn't even realized I had fallen asleep.

I look at the time on the TV and see that it is 6:10.

"Kalinda!" I call seeing if I would get an answer this time.

No such luck.

I get up and walk into the kitchen and decide to start making supper. Hopefully Kalinda will be home soon, and sure enough, a few minutes after I start making supper, I hear the front door open.

"Kalinda, is that you?" I call.

"Yeah," she responds.

"Where in the heck were you?" I question angrily and walk over to her. "And what in the heck are you wearing?" She looks down and I see her blush.

"I was at Damon's," she answers.

"Oh, no, Kalinda, you didn't."

"And if I did, what does it matter to you?" she asks annoyed.

"You didn't even go home after the ball, did you?" I question.

She shakes her head no, "I have a good reason as to why, though," She offered.

"Oh, it wasn't just so you could have sex? I have been worried sick about you since I got home," I say.

"Kol attacked me, and then Damon brought me to his house," she says.

Hearing that I go into parent mode.

"Oh my goodness, Kalinda, are you okay?" I ask.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Damon healed me," she answers. "And where were you?" she asks. "You said you had been worrying since you got home."

"I was at Elijah's," I answer, and I see her smile.

"Oh, I see how it is," she says annoyed. "Whose dress is that? Is it yours? If so, I have never seen you wear it before," she says accusingly.

"It's not what you think, Kalinda," I say. "Kol attacked me as well last night, and I remember Esther cleaning the wound. The next thing I know I wake up in his room. We didn't have sex. He gave me his sister's dress, because he thought it would be more comfortable than my ball gown. He also explained everything. I am so sorry for not believing you. I know now that you were telling the truth," I say getting tears in my eyes and hugging her.

"It's okay," she says comforting me. "Wait, when did Elijah explain everything?"

"This morning," I answer. "Why?"

"I just don't see why you would believe him and not me," she shrugs. "Seeing as you've known me since I was born, and I've never lied to you."

"Because I saw it with my own eyes!" I exclaim. How could I not believe it? I've already apologized for not believing you, but it was a very unrealistic story."

"I don't care. You should have trusted me," she sighs. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. At least you'll be away from him now."

"Away from who?" I ask confused.

"Elijah, of course. You know he is no good now. You know why," she explains.

"That doesn't mean I won't see him again. You're with Damon. You had sex with him," I state and realize now that I just comprehended Damon was a vampire. "Why should I stay away from Elijah when Damon is just like him?"

"There is a difference when one is working for the good, and the other is helping evil," she exclaims.

"He isn't evil. He's very sweet," I say. "It's none of your business, anyway."

"Fine," she begins walking away. "Don't blame me when something bad happens."

She walks up to her room and slams her door shut and starts blasting her music.

I go back to the kitchen and take some medicine for the headache I now have.

I finish what I was making for supper and tell Kalinda it's ready, but she doesn't come down so I put it in the fridge.

I walk up to my room and flop down on my bed and cry.

This town is going to tear us apart, I think sadly.

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