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Why Don't You Stay (Kalijah)
*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.
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.
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