AN: siberia21 review I think this is the longest I've gone without holding off posting the rest of what I have until you've given me your opinion tbh
It's months of the same routine. Jeremy has to cancel sometimes-practice, Caroline is busy now too, and she still comes, but Elijah is always constant. One day, Saturday, she thinks, Bonnie comes in. She hasn't heard Bonnie's voice since the beginning. She cries, and she tells Elena she's sorry. She's sorry that they can't live at the same time. She's sorry for not coming in sooner and that there isn't a way out and she's sorry she was scared that Elena would be angry. She goes on for an hour, and she apologizes again, and leaves.
Elijah comes in even earlier than usual, and he tells her it's almost midnight on a Saturday. He takes her hand, and tells her about his crazy week. He tells her that Jeremy is completely fine, and that he's doing very well in games and practice. He might even be able to make a career out of it, being a professional baseball player. He tells her that Kol is doing fine, Rebekah is having fun at being in New Orleans with Klaus. His flight was moved forward a few hours and he looked forward to the extra time with her. He sighs, and she can hear the frustration.
"I wish I knew that you could hear me." He confesses. Enter my mind, Elijah! She wants to scream at him. He rubs his thumb against her hand absently. He tells her that he only dreamed while being staked. Sometimes it was just darkness. She wonders if it hurts him. Being dry hurts, she's been told. He mentions that he's been paying her hospital costs, his family is very old, and it's not a problem. He tells her they have more money than they could possibly spend, although Rebekah does give it a valiant effort. She can picture how he grins when he says that, and she wishes she could squeeze his hand. Just that. Then there's music and she pays attention to the lyrics, what she'll have to think about until he returns-and the songs are lovely.
"I made a playlist, as Rebekah calls it, for you." He says, as she recognizes the song from the ball.
"I've asked the nurses to play it when you don't have company. I'll add more songs when I come back next week, but I doubt you'll get bored with it. There's enough music on it to play it for five days straight and not hear the same song. She's impressed, and he tells her about modern events. He also tells her that Caroline had designs in Paris fashion week, and that she's growing in popularity in the fashion world. Elena wishes she could grin. He reads her poetry, a new idea to their routine. She doesn't mind. She loves his voice.