Famous Collide || h.s.

Chapter 12

Lisa P.O.V.

Once Harry helped me sitting on the couch and placing himself next to me, Caroline was back handling me my cup of tea. All of them took a seat except for a man I don't know.

I furrowed my forehead and asked: "I'm sorry if I sound rude now, but who are you?"

He took a sip looking at me until he grinned: "I'm Stefan's brother."

"Okay.", I saw from him to Stefan and back. "Why didn't you tell us? Wait, did you know that?", I faced Harry, but he shook his head.

"Damon – well I don't know, really.", Stefan thought about it.

"He maybe thought, we would never meet.", Damon filled his glass.

"How's Lauren?", Stefan wanted to know as he leaned forward resting his Arms on his legs and crossed his fingers, starring straight into my eyes.

"She'll be alright.", I sighed. "I'm glad she told me the truth. Even if it turned out this way. Although we could have avoid that.", I added

"Could we?", Damon raised again both of his eyebrows.

"Yes.", I replied slowly sipping at my cup.

"I think I know what you mean.", Caroline leaned back crossing her legs starring into my eyes like Stefan; they were both sitting towards me.

"But – you didn't want to say, what I think right now, right?"

I turned my head to face Harry and replied: "I don't know what you were thinking."

We looked at each other and at once I knew what he meant: "Yes, I meant that."

"If they had less engaged with you, they would have noticed that something is wrong with Lauren.", Bonnie nodded. "But what also mean that you don't wear the blame. If you want to say anything like that. No one of us understood the tumult because of you – and I mean the contact between the two of you."

"We neither.", Harry said as I took another sip.

"As long as your dad changed his mind, everything will be good.", Stefan thought aloud.

"Why should he?", I furrowed my forehead. "As long as everything remains as it is, he won't change anything."

"You don't know?", Elena shook her head surprised.

"What?"

"As you slammed into the bank, your father came too. Lauren was crying on his shoulder as we waited for the ambulance. Harry was all the time with you. We could see your father's eyes. He recognized you, Harry.", Elena told us.

"Yeah and he let you carry her.", Caroline winked.

"That was your father?", Harry leaned forward holding his head in his hand. "Oh good Lord."

I grinned stroking his back: "At least he didn't kill you."

"Wow – now I'm reassured.", he looked up. "He certainly couldn't do anything, because you were lying next to me - injured."

I said nothing just looked at him.

"What could I say?"

As someone clear his throat, we looked at the same time – to Damon.

"I think I understand.", he thought aloud studying us.

"What do you mean?", Elena wanted to know.

But before he could answer a mobile phone rang. And I just need listening to the ringtone to knew that my phone was ringing.

"That's mine.", I slipped to the edge of the sofa feeling an unpleasant feeling of pain.

"I got it.", Elena went with faster ease, picked up my case und brought it back to me.

"Thanks.", I smiled and soon searching for my phone. "Oh Katherine."

"Who?", Damon shouted out letting his glass fall through the ground but I already answering the call with: "Hey you."

As I phoned with her, Stefan and Damon left the room – talking about something I guess.

"Just a question.", my older sister explained slowly.

"Go ahead.", I replied warily. "What's wrong?"

"Where are you?"

"Oh I'm with Elena, Caroline and Bonnie.", and left out with purpose Harry. "Why?"

"Dad wants to know where you are. He said, you shall lie in your bed and not deal otherwise. You just checked out from the hospital.", she said worriedly.

"Well, if he-", but I stopped myself and started new: "Tell him, I'm fine. No need for worry. I'm sitting, breathing and drinking tea. And I checked out from the hospital days ago."

"I know that, Lise.", she remembered me. "I'm alone in the kitchen. Is Harry there, too?"

"Yes, he is.", I nodded feeling Harry move next to me.

"Okay.", I heard her smile. "Lauren misses you."

"I'm only some hours away.", I furrowed my forehead. "What did she say?"

"She's worried about you. Riley isn't still surfaced. He wasn't found in his house. He disappeared. And she has the thought that he might attack you again in ambush.", Katherine sighed. "Dani and Amy, too. We are all worried."

Elena stretched slightly smiling her hand out for my phone and without any word I gave it to her.

"Hi Katherine. It's me – Elena. To alleviate your worries, you should know that Lisa is in safe hands. If Riley would show up here, he couldn't put one foot in this house. He would rather leave the property screaming in pain. Tell them, please.", she told her smiling.

I leaned back slowly, but pushed too hard against the cushions of the couch and sniffed the air.

"Maybe you should sit down different."

"How?", I asked breathing evenly. "Any suggestions?"

And he had an idea.

"Turn your back to me.", he begged and helped me until I finally – supported with a pillow – leaned against him.

I angled my legs and sighed contentedly.

"Better?"

"Perfect.", I nodded and then at last leaned my head against his shoulder; feeling comfortable.

Harry P.O.V.

It felt good holding her in his arms. Feeling her nearness and at the same time knowing that she was all right – here. Her pain was forgotten for this one moment when he put his arms around her. He could feel her warmth and her constant breath against his hands which were lying on her stomach.

"I'll tell her.", Elena nodded a moment later. "Bye."

And she handled the phone back to Lisa saying: "She begged me to tell you shall not forget your pills. Taking in just twenty minutes and-"

"Oh.", Lisa remembered lightly nodding.

"-and your dad, just like your brother will be back home in three hours.", Elena ended.

"Why did she want me to know that?", Lisa asked confused.

"I don't know.", Elena shrugged as the Salvatore brothers returned.

Damon cleaned up the broken pieces while Stefan said to Elena: "We may have a problem."

"Problem?"