It was a dark night, as Katherine sat at a table drinking a bottle of Bourbon, hoping for the pain and grief to go away. She didn’t want to feel anything. She was in pain from dying of old age. Death would be kind to her.

        Suddenly, she saw her recent ex-boyfriend, Elijah, walk into the Mystic Grille. She didn’t go to him, though. She just continued drinking away her sorrows. She didn’t know why he was back in town, but she told herself that she didn’t care. Right now, all she cared about was having one last drink before she killed herself. Her plan was to jump off the clock tower in the town square. Then her slow suffering would end.

        When he had finished his drink, Elijah sat down next to her.

        “Katerina,” he greeted her.

        “Elijah,” she replied. “Why don’t you go back to New Orleans?”

        “Because I came back for you,” he confessed. “Now, what has you in such a bad mood?”

        She explained to him all that he had missed, and what was happening to her.

        “Oh, Katerina,” was all he could say.

        “Go on. Leave like you did before,” she said.

        “I’m not leaving you, Katerina.”

        He knew he couldn’t after she had told him everything. He would never leave her in her time of need. Besides, he still loved her with all of his heart, no matter what.

        “Good. I’ve missed you,” she replied with a smile.

        “As have I,” he replied.





        A few weeks later, they found a way to save her and she was no longer dying of old age. Elijah even got back together with her and never left her ever again.

*American Gothic*



You shout it loud

But I can’t hear a word you say

I’m talking loud

Not saying much

I’m criticized but all your bullets ricochet

You shoot me down, but I get up

I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose

Fire away, fire away

Ricochets, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down, but I won’t fall

I am titanium

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium



        It was a beautiful day, as she stood in front of him in an alleyway in Pennsylvania.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he questioned and accused.

        “No. Of course, you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me, when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will. I love you.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.”

        He turned his face away.

        “You don’t believe me.” She put her hand down.

        He looked at her.

        “I want to. It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you. I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”

        He turned around and began to walk away from her.

        She stood there for a moment, before catching up with him and putting a hand on his arm, making him stop.

        “Wait,” she said.

        He looked at her hand that was on his arm, her, then her hand again, and then her again.

        She got the hint and let go.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She could only watch, as he left her there, alone.





        That night, she met up with him on a sidewalk, when he was on his way to go find his car so he could leave town.

        He tried to pass, but she stood in front of him.

        “Wait.”

        “What do you want?” he questioned in a tone that said that he didn’t want to talk to her right now. He was irritated with her and frustrated. He didn’t know what to think right now about her intentions.

        “To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive that I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.” She took out a box from her purse.

        “You have the cure,” he realized.

        “Yes. And I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set the vial of the cure in his hand. “I want you to trust me. I need you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”

        He silently watched, as she walked away.



*Mystic Falls-Mikaelson Mansion*



Cut me down

But it’s you who’ll have further to fall

Ghost town, haunted love

Raise your voice

Stick and stones

May break my bones

I’m talking loud

Not saying much

I’m bullet proof, nothing to lose

Fire away, fire away

Ricochets, you take your aim

Fire away, fire away

You shoot me down, but I won’t fall

I am titanium



        It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other in a bedroom in the Mikaelson place. Elijah had just informed her that he was leaving town to help Klaus in New Orleans with the witches. Her plan of getting Klaus out of town had worked, but she had hoped with Klaus out of town that she and Elijah could have a chance together. She was wrong.

        “Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded with him, trying to make him see reason.

        “Katerina,” he said. He kissed her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”

        A moment later, he was gone.

        She stood there, hurt and feeling alone and once again, abandoned. He’d once again, chosen Klaus over her.



*Tomb*



You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

I am titanium

I am titanium

Stone hard, machine gun

Firing at the ones who rise

Stone hard, as bulletproof glass

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium



        Katherine attempted to blur out of the tomb, but Elijah blurred in front of her, keeping her from leaving.

        “Stay here until I tell you otherwise,” he compelled her.

        She had no choice, so she stayed.

        She watched, as he left.



*I Know What You Did Last Summer*



You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

You shoot me down but I won’t fall

I am titanium

I am titanium

I am titanium



        Elijah was driving, having just arrived back in town, having found out what had happened to Katerina. He was coming back for her, knowing that she had loved being a vampire and as a human, she was most likely afraid and alone and probably even paranoid. He was here to protect her. As he had once said to Stefan before he’d found out that she’d lied to him a year ago, if anything happened to Katerina, there would be consequences. Those responsible would not like those consequences. In this case, Elena would be one of those responsible, knowing that she had shoved the cure down Katerina’s throat. If anything happened to Katerina, he would be coming for Elena and anyone else that were responsible for what had happened to Katerina. Whether he’d left or not, he still loved her, no matter what.

        He stopped driving and got out, spotting her limping down the road, clearly injured.

        He blurred behind her and put a hand on her arm gently.

        She stopped, feeling a hand on her arm.

        “Katerina,” he said.

        She turned around to look at him, knowing that voice anywhere. Clearly, he was here to help her. He wouldn’t be here if he wasn’t here to help her. She knew him too well. He must’ve found out that she was human. Probably from Caroline. She was the only person she could think of that would tell Elijah about it. She knew Damon wouldn’t call him and neither would Stefan and definitely not the others. It had to have been Caroline.

        He rested a hand on the side of her face and took his hand from her arm, looking at her, assessing her injuries.

        “Elijah,” she greeted. She was happy to see him, despite the last time they’d seen each other. She’d been through hell for the whole summer. She sucked as a human, so she was happy that he was here to help her. Otherwise, she knew she’d end up in supernatural danger that she couldn’t get herself out of.

        She started to feel her injuries finally, knowing that with Elijah only, she could show her true self, no matter what her true self was or felt, she realized how injured she was.

        He took his hand away from her face and caught her, when she lost her balance, before she could hit the ground. He then gently picked her up in his arms and she weakly wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes, feeling weak and tired.

        He went back to his car and gently set her in the passenger seat and then began to drive to the hospital, not wanting to try his blood. She was the first person to ever take the cure. He didn’t know if she could digest it, so he wasn’t taking that risk.





        Five hours later, after surgery, he was seated on her bedside, waiting for her to come to. He was relieved that she’d be okay.

*American Gothic*



I’ve been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall

And I’ve been laying here praying, praying she won’t call

It’s just another call from home

And you’ll get it and be gone

And I’ll be crying

And I’ll be begging you, baby

Beg you not to leave

But I’ll be left here waiting

With my heart on my sleeve



        It was a beautiful day, as they stood in an alleyway in Pennsylvania, in front of each other, arguing.

        “Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he needed to know.

        “No. Of course, you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “I love you. Elijah.”

        He turned his head away.

        “You don’t believe me,” she stated.

        “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t know if I ever will.”

        He began walking away.

        She watched for a few moments, before catching up with him. She put a hand on his arm, stopping him, as she begged him, “Wait.”

        He looked at her hand, then her, then her hand again, and she got the hint.

        She let him go.

        “Goodbye, Katherine.”

        She watched, as he left.



*Dead Man On Campus*



Oh, for the next time we’ll be here

Seems like a million years

And I think I’m dying

What do I have to do to make you see

She can’t love you like me?

Why don’t you stay



        It was a dismal night, as a human Katherine stood on the clock tower, having found out that she was dying. She was dying of old age. Time was catching up with her, and it couldn’t be stopped. That’s why she stood there, thinking of just ending it all quickly. Then a thought came to her. What would happen to Elijah if she died? Even though he’d left, she knew that he still loved her.



*American Gothic*



I’m down on my knees

I’m so tired of being lonely

Don’t I give you what you need

When she calls you go

There is one thing you should know

We don’t have to live this way

Baby, why don’t you stay

You keep telling me, baby

There will come a time

When you will leave her arms

And forever be mine

But I don’t think that’s the truth

And I don’t like being used and I’m tired of waiting



        It was a dismal night, as they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson place. She’d handed him the cure and had let him decide where their relationship stood earlier.

        She looked at him, and knew he was leaving her in the dust.

        “Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded with him.

        He rested a hand on the side of her face.

        “Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment. “Goodbye, Katerina.” He kissed her lightly on the forehead, and then left.

        She watched him leave for the second time that day.



*Present- I Know What You Did Last Summer*



It’s too much pain to have to bear

To love a man you have to share

Why don’t you stay

I’m down on my knees

I’m so tired of being lonely

Don’t I give you what you need

When she calls you to go

There is one thing you should know

We don’t have to live this way

Baby, why don’t you stay



        It was a nebulous night in New Orleans, as a human Katherine drove for the compound. She was human, so she was going to Elijah. She knew he’d protect her, because if she died, she knew it would break him.





        When she arrived at the compound that only Elijah was living at, she told him everything and asked for protection. He granted her protection, but left shortly after, needing to gather his thoughts.



I can’t take it any longer

But my will is getting stronger

And I think I know just what I have to do

I can’t waste another minute

After all that I’ve put in it

I’ve given you my best

Why does she get the best of you

So next time you find you wanna leave her bed for mine

Why don’t you stay



        Katherine was upstairs, when she felt a presence behind her. Then she turned around to see that one of her vampire enemies had come to town. He must’ve found her in town or had followed her undetected.

        When he lunged at her, she tried to use the knife on him she had, but they fought, and she ended up getting stabbed with it. Despite her injury though, she pulled it out of herself and tried again. She ended up getting an opened artery, but she pulled it out of her thigh. Then, on her third try, she finally was able to stake him with the knife.

        Her vampire enemy dropped dead.

        Katherine limped to the bathroom to get herself taken care of, only for everything to go black, once she was there.



I’m up off my knees

I’m so tired of being lonely

You can’t give me what I need

When she begs you not to go

There is one thing you should know

I don’t have to live this way

Baby, why don’t you stay, yeah



        A few hours later, when Elijah came back, having thought the situation through, he smelled the scent of blood.

        He stopped and looked at the stairs. Then he blurred up them and saw a dead vampire with a knife in his chest. He knew Katerina had done it. She’d always been a fighter, and he loved her for that.

        When he saw the bathroom door open and the light on, he assumed she was in there.

        Once at the threshold, he saw her on the floor on her back, injured.

        He was instantly at her side, hoping he could still save her, but looking at her, he could tell that she’d been like this for a while.

        After getting what he needed, he returned to her side and tied a towel around her thigh artery wound. He could only assume that that was what had killed her the quickest. He then tied a few towels around her lower stomach wound.

        Once he’d done those things and had gotten her lower stomach properly taken care of, he bent down and kissed her, giving her some air, and started heart compressions. She was so pale from blood loss, and he couldn’t hear anything from her, but he tried anyway.

        “Come back to me, Katerina. Breathe. Breathe for me. I need you. Don’t leave me, Katerina. Please.”





        After twenty minutes, he heard her heart beat and breathing, and saw a pulse, which relieved him.

        While she was out, he tended to her wound, and had a nurse restore the blood she’d lost.

        Afterward, he sent the nurse home and sat on her bedside, a hand in hers, his free hand on the side of her face. He was thankful that she’d be okay. He didn’t know what he’d do if he lost her. He couldn’t live in a world without his Katerina.

*1492*



We should go to sleep now

You should stay the night

I’ll be up to watch the world around us live and die

Lying on the grass now

Dancing for the stars

Maybe one will look on down

And tell us who we are

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

I could learn to walk the link or learn to train the bears

Tell me are you crazy and did you mind the cold?



        It was a dismal night at the ball, as she stood by a food table. She was here to meet someone.

        Elijah came up to her. He was silent for a moment. She looked exactly like Tatia he’d loved, but she’d died.

        “Forgive me. You remind me of someone,” he said, getting over the resemblance a moment later.

        He introduced himself and she did a curtsey.

        “Pleasure meeting you, my Lord.”

        He took her hand and kissed it.

        “The pleasure’s all mine, Katerina.”



*Bulgaria*



        After fleeing from Klaus and turning, she returned to her village, only to find everyone slaughtered.

        She entered the cabin, only to find her parents killed. She gasped at her father hanging from the wall with a sword through him, but didn’t grieve for him. Her mother, however, she ran to, and knelt on the bed by her, and saw that her throat was torn open.

        “No, ma’ma,” she sobbed, and wept over her, before fleeing Bulgaria.



*American Gothic*



Tell me are you comfortable if comfortable at all?

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

Now that we are older I remember you

Reaching out to show me all the things that I must do



        It was a dismal night, as she stood in front of him on a sidewalk.

        “What do you want?” he asked.

        “To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember when we first met. And I want to find out.”

        “How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?” he inquired.

        “Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too.”



*500 Years Of Solitude*



Now that we are older, I remember youth

Now that we are close to death and close to finding truth

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall

We might fall, we might fall

We might fall, Hallie, we might fall



        Katherine, human, lay in bed on bedrest, having had a heart attack the night before.



*3 Years Later*



        After Elijah and Kol were bitten by Marcel, Rebekah hexed, and Freya poisoned, they were put in a sleeping spell and in coffins, until cures could be found and made.



Sha la la sha la la sha la la

Hey now

Sha la la sha la la sha la la

Heey

We might fall



        After cures were made, they were woken up and cured.

They say we’ve got nothing in common

No common ground to start from and we’re falling apart

You’ll say the world has come between us

Our lives have come between us

Still I know you just don’t care

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”



        It was a dark night in Mystic Falls at the Salvatore boarding house, as Katherine, newly turned human again, layed in bed in a guest room upstairs, knowing she wasn’t far away from joining the Other Side. She wanted to hang on just a while longer, though. If Elijah knew what was happening to her and was on his way, she didn’t want to die before he could say goodbye to her. She wanted him here. Just being in his presence always gave her some kind of peace. She couldn’t say why or how, but he gave her peace. Having him a part of her life made her have hope that she could have a chance at being forgiven. She had done such horrible things that she knew something horrible waited for her on the Other Side. She could make peace with that though, if she could be forgiven. It would be a relief to her just to see Elijah one last time. She doubted that Klaus had told him of her condition, though. He hated her with a dark passion. Worse than Damon did.



I see you, the only one who knew me

And now your eyes see through me

I guess I was wrong

So what now it’s plain to see we’re over

And I hate when things are over



        After waiting for him to show up and he didn’t, she took her last breath, not knowing what was going to happen next, or what Elijah felt about her now that she was dead.



When so much is left undone

They say we’ve got nothing in common

No common ground to start from and we’re falling apart

You’ll say the world has come between us

Our lives have come between us

Still I know you just don’t care



        Two years later, she miraculously came back to life after surviving hell in the 1994 prison world with Kai. When she came back to life though, she was in terrible shape. Kai had done a number on her, but she had to get somewhere safe. Find Elijah. She had ended up in New Orleans, after all. And what better Mikaelson to go to than Elijah? They may have broken up, but he was still the noble brother.



You say we’ve got nothing in common

No common ground to start from and we’re falling apart

You’ll say the world has come between us

Our lives have come between us

Still I know you just don’t care

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”

And I said, what about Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

She said, “I think I remember the film

As I recall, I think we both kinda liked it”

And I said, “Well, that’s the one thing we’ve got”



        When she was on a desolate street, her vision went dim from blood loss, and she leaned against a wall. Then everything went black.





        Elijah was on his way home from the bar when, on a desolate street, he saw someone he had chased for 500 years. She was in terrible shape. There was a lot of blood and she was very pale. That made him realize that she was human. Having lost Gia and all his other lovers for 1,000 years due to Klaus, and still in love with her, he didn’t want anything to happen to her. Unlike others, he’d never wish death upon her.

        He was instantly knelt at her side.

        He gently slid an arm under her, crook of arm supporting her head, and bit his wrist, putting it to her lips, making his blood go down her throat to heal and save her. He just hoped it would work. He didn’t know how she was human.

        “Stay with me, Katerina.”

        A few minutes later, he took his wrist away, which instantly healed.

        He silently looked down at her, as her wounds healed, but she remained in the same state, her breathing slow from massive blood loss.

        I can’t lose you, Katerina. Please, he thought.

        He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face, hoping for her to wake up. He didn’t want to lose her. He couldn’t bear it. Even though he had broken up with her, she was his world. More so than Gia had been. She was the only girl, apart from Rebekah of course, who completely understood him and accepted all of who he was. Both the good and bad parts. She didn’t judge him, even though he always had chosen family above her.

        “I’m so sorry, Katerina. Please, forgive me. You were right. It’s our turn. I just need you to open your eyes. If you can hear me, open your eyes, Katerina. Please,” he said, almost begging. He knew she had lost a lot of blood, but he thought that she’d be okay, anyway. She just needed time to restore her strength. If she woke up, she would still be weak.

        A few minutes later, she came to, which relieved him.

        “Elijah,” she greeted weakly.

        “Katerina,” he greeted back.

        She gave a smile, knowing he had saved her life.

        He smiled back.

        “Thanks,” she said.

        “You’re welcome. Let’s get you home,” he replied.

        As he got to his feet with her in his arms, she wrapped weak arms around his neck and rested her head on his shoulder, before closing her yes.





        Later, after she woke up in his bed feeling better, she told him everything he had missed and assured him that he was forgiven, knowing how he felt about not being there for her.