RUNNING ➼ e.mikaelson

𝟱. "𝗬𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗲"

Grace knew the Salvatore Boarding house was the last place she wanted to be. She knew she wanted to lie in bed and think about Elijah. And think about how she could manage to get as far away from Mystic Falls as possible.

Elena knocked on the door. A few moments later, Stefan opened it. Damon stood behind him. "Hello Elena. Grace welcome back."

Grace sighed and walked inside. She felt Damon grab her and pull her to stand between his legs. She looked to him. "I have to know. Is this really important?" She asked. She saw everyone looking around. "Important enough for me to be out of bed?"

Damon smirked as he sat there nibbling on her neck. "You can get your ass into my bed," he said.

"Grace," Elena said as she looked to her sister. She smiled when Stefan walked in. "What's this about?"

Maddie was about to speak when she saw the woman who took them walking in. "What the fuck? You?" She spat.

Damon had to hold her back. "Calm it."

Rose looked to them. "Okay. You have to understand. I only know what I've picked up over the years. I don't know what's true and what isn't true," she said.

Grace rolled her eyes. She smiled as Isabella handed her a drink. "Thanks. This is gonna be well needed," she said. Knowing it was all because of Rose that Elijah knew where she was.

Elena saw Grace drinking and frowned. "Maddie. It's not even 10am yet. Put the drink down."

"Elena. You are not the boss of me. Back off," Grace said.

"It's the problem with all this vampire crap. But Klaus, I know that he's real," Rose said.

Elena frowned as she looked to Rose. "Who is he?"

Damon looked around at the people standing in the room. "He's one of the originals. He's a legend," he told them.

Isabella rolled her eyes. "Yeah. Don't give my husband a bigger ego than he has already."

Stefan nodded and spoke. "From the first generation of vampires."

Elena looked up. She frowned. "What? He's like Elijah?" She asked.

Rose shook her head. "No. Elijah was the Easter bunny compared to Klaus. He's a foot soldier. Klaus is the real deal."

Grace scoffed. "Well then pixie, you really don't know Elijah. He's just as ruthless as Klaus. And he can be worse than him."

"Klaus is known to be the oldest," Stefan told the two Gilbert sisters.

"Wrong."

Elena rolled her eyes at Grace and sighed. "So you're basically telling me that the oldest vampire in the history of time is coming for me?"

"Yes," Rose said. She turned to Grace. "You he was after because you ran from him. And people don't run from him and survive."

"Oh look at that. I'm still alive."

"No."

Damon stood up. "What they're saying is, I mean if what she's saying is true-."

"Which it is."

Damon shrugged. "And you're just saying it so I don't kill you," he said.

"Which I'm not."

"Then we're looking at a solid maybe," Damon said.

Stefan shook his head. He sighed. "Look, Elijah is dead right? So no one else even knows Elena exists. Grace, you can talk to Elijah. Get him on our side."