#finding forever

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Elsewhere

Boarding House

"Did you hear this? Kai is back? JEREMY!" Damon said, focusing on hearing what is said below them.

"What the Hell?" Elena turned around stunned.

Meanwhile, in the study, Jeremy dragged Kai in, holding the astrolabe. "You got to send me back."

"I'm half dead." Kai said breathing heavy.

"I got to stop Bonnie" Jeremy shot at the witch.

"Even if I could do that, she made sure noone could break the timeline again. And the ancestors are behind her." Kai said.

"I can't believe this." Jeremy pushed Kai aside.

"Believe what you want. The Bennetts allowed it. They need Elijah. The four evil Gods of the Undetworld are let loose." Kai said.

"You're lying." Jeremy sifted angrily.

"Why do you think the Bennetts let me free?" Kai said.

*

In Fell's Church, Bonnie had to cut debriefing Elijah short.

"Craziness in Mystic Falls never stopped. I got to go. Your family still owns the Mansion - here is a phone with our numbers, as well as your sisters. Kol, too. Though I didn't tell them I'd bring you back. They would probably not agree. This was my call. I got to go. Later" Bonnie apologized for having to run.

Elijah straightened his sleeves and after a moment to himself made his way to the Mikaelson residence.

There, he pulled his phone out of the jeans back pocket. He inhaled sharply. He wasn't ready to face anyone just yet.

He inhaled and exhaled deeply once again, allowing his brain time to process all the emotions that hurled back in explosively, mixed in with the new memories, memories he had of his time spent with Elena in 1988.

Flashback

New York, 1988

"What has you staring at me like there's no tomorrow?" Elijah said.

"It's just - you." Elena said.

"Care to elaborate" Elijah's lips curled a curious smile up.

"I love you. And I wish I can have forever with you." Elena said, sighing inwardly. She stood up and walked over to him. She took his face with her hands and kissed him deep and hard.

"Elijah" Elena muttered with a burning throat as she staggered in the room, breaking the Original's thoughts. She wanted so desperately to run into his arms, squeeze him tight, kiss him zealously. But - there was the cloud above them. The cloud of covertness. No matter that what she had done was absilutely unintentional on her part, she knew him all too well. He hated being lied to. Another breath shuddered through her, "Elijah - I"

What was there to say. His quiet demeanour spoke louder than words.

She was guilty of erasing his memories of her, of them, everything that had happened between them from 1988. But like Bonnie had explained. The timeline was not to be shifted.

"I know what I said, but the message Bonnie left me that night was ademand. I had to do it." Elena said.

"Yes. She said so." Elijah said in his very distinctive low voice.

"It was the toughest decision I ever had to make. It killed me. I missed you. I missed us. My heart ached like crazy. And then Freya found a letter you wrote to me. It blew me away - because - the last time we saw one another was in Willoughby. And you left for New Orleans." Elena paused for a split second. She tilted her head, her heart thrumming warmly, citing part of it, "You had my heart spellbound the moment I have set my eyes on you."

Elijah's warm brown eyes glistened at the memory of the letter. And the night he wrote it. The night, he had let all of his feelings he had kept bottled up for such a long time loose. Or rather put them in order.

"Please, say something," Elena narrowed the gap between them, "Elijah?"

“What’s unprofessional about it? You both are young, attractive people who are in a similar field or work who from the poetic you just waxed about him, has a mutual interest why not go for it.”

“Because I don’t know if he’s interested. I would hate to ruin what could be a wonderful friendship all ‘cause I am getting unrequited romantic thoughts. Why even risk it?”

“You know people would never date at all if they thought like you. Honestly that is probably why you aren’t getting any. Once again, all I’m saying is you miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t shoot Aura Camilla Noemi Suarez- Wright.”

“Did you have to say my full government name?” I sighed.

“Absolutely because you are being stupid.”

“Mia don’t you think if the man was interested he would say something. I’ve thought about this. Long and hard you know and I think that I should let this infatuation die and focus on the job at hand.”

“Too bad thinking is  the not long and hard thing you need...”

“Oh my god get the fuck out of here!”

We laughed and I looked around for something to throw at her for her vulgar comment and stopped once I heard my phone alert me to a text message.

       Henry: Hey darling sorry to bother you but are you in your rooms?

      Aura: Never a bother Henry, Actually no I am not, but I am still in the hotel a few floors down. Did you need something?

      Henry: This is going to sound odd but I actually need to borrow your room???

I looked at my phone for a moment and decided on calling rather than texting. Henry answered on the first ring.

“Most people need to borrow lotion or something. You need my room?”

I said the joking tone, but highly interested in what he needed.

“Yes, you see apparently the folks at this hotel have done something strange to my plumbing to my room. I have no water access and seeing as I have to be on set in a few I was hoping to beg a quick shower?”

As a thought of Henry, wet and steamy in a shower flashed through my mind I kinda froze up

“Aura dear are you there?” He said with mild concern and I hoped that he wouldn’t read too much into my space out.

“Oh... yes I’m sorry. Sure I’ll head back up to let you in.”

“You are wonderful darling.”

We hung up and I explained to Mia where I was going to which she responded that if I needed to cancel because I was about to get Cavill dick then I should send a devil smirking emoji, to which I stuck my middle finger up at her and left her room...

Henry was standing in the hallway at my room on my arrival, looking fresh from the gym and honestly smelling like it too. It was at this moment I knew I was a goner because it didn’t bother me as much as gym smells normally do. He just smelled really masculine to me, and it invoked images on how I could make him sweat like that doing something we would enjoy far more than working out. I opened the door with my key card, and he followed into my suite which had a separate sitting area for entertainment and my bedroom and bathroom closed off from the front. 

“You are a lifesaver. I did not want to turn up on set smelling like an old gym bag. Hope I didn’t inconvenience you too much.”

“No you didn’t as I said I was just a few floors down in Mia’s room. We’ve decided to make the best of our random day off.”

“Oh and what would you two be doing?”

He questioned leaning against the dark wooden desk, which creaked upon his weight. His grey t-shirt pulling taunt against the muscles of his biceps. 

“Just a mall visit and maybe a bite to eat. My call time is quite early tomorrow.”

“That sounds nice. Also I’ve been meaning to ask you about Mia. Seeing as you are her best friend. You would know if she were single?”

I felt my heart drop into my shoe. Even though  I had told myself that I wouldn't pursue anything, his confirmation of being uninterested hurt. Maybe even worse because it was my best friend.

“I...i...ummm yes she is.”

I pretended I felt my phone go off in my pocket.

“Speaking of which this is her. I’ve got to go. Ummm... please use what you need. I’ll see you on set tomorrow. Bye!”

I said quickly, the words tumbling out of my mouth as I headed for the door. I could feel my face getting hot and there was no way I’d let him see me cry, that shit was just not about to happen. I took the stairs and realized I couldn’t go back to Mia’s like this either. I wasn’t the type of friend to begrudge her, her happiness. What if Henry was supposed to be her forever? Who was I to stand in the way of that? I wouldn’t do that to her or him. To make them feel guilty about stupid feelings I shouldn’t have developed anyway? No I wouldn’t do that to them, but all this crushing rejection coupled with the childhood insecurities I had since Mia and I were in school and all of the guys would flock to her iridescent personality and looks while I was stuck as the wallflower. For me this was taking me right back and no matter that  I was now a movie star that some people found attractive it was never who I wanted. What I wanted was always out of reach and now that included Henry Cavill...

A/N: Yes, I know this shorter than what I would have liked but don’t worry the next one is on the way. As always I love interacting so let me know what you think.