Endless Souls

December 15th

I pull my clothes together, choosing a pair of black skinny jeans, a black tank top and my leather jacket for Wednesday. I take the picture of my parents and I off my nightstand and I put it in my bag along with my laptop, diary, and my grimoire.

"You ready Elizabeth?" I nod and I take a good long look in the mirror. I take a deep breath, then I zip my bag shut. I grab it off my bed then I head downstairs. My family stands down there, waiting for me.

"I've been preparing myself for this moment for almost 13 years. I love all of you. You're my family and it's been one hell of a ride." Aunt Caroline hugs me first.

"I'll see you soon okay?"

"Okay." Aunt Tori hugs me.

"Love you Lizzie."

"Love you too Aunt Tori." Landon, Jack and Hayden.

"I'll see you guys very soon okay?" They all nod and wrap me in a hug. Landon stays in my arms the longest.

"I love you Landon. Take care of Mom and Dad while I'm gone okay?"

"I will Lizzie." I smile at him then I hug Wendy and Quinn.

"I'll see you both soon okay? This isn't goodbye." They nod, tears wetting their cheeks. Now it's just Grandma then my parents.

"I love you Elizabeth. You've become the woman I know Ember and Damian wanted you to become. You're so strong and beautiful." A tear runs down my cheek and I wipe it away.

"I love you Grandma." She wraps me in a tight hug, then it's just my parents.

"We love you Elizabeth." They put Jason in my arms and I smile down at my little brother with raven hair like mine and deep blue eyes like mine too.

"I love you Jason. I'll be home soon." Aunt Caroline takes him and I turn to my parents. My dad resembles my hair and eyes, the same nose and shape of head. I have my mom's body type, small but willowy and strong. I go into their arms, getting a good smell. My mom, her perfume that smells like lavender and my dad who smells like him, just a natural smell.

"We'll see you soon baby. This isn't goodbye."  I look up at them.  Dad smiles down at me.

"Mom raised you right. You've become everything we wanted you to be. We love you so much baby." I bury myself into their embrace and when we breakaway, I grab my bag off the couch and I head outside while Uncle Klaus, Uncle Damien, and Grandpa say goodbye to Aunt Caroline, Aunt Tori, and Grandma. I crawl in the back of Uncle Klaus' car and I wait. I stare at the boarding house and I think about my parents. I take the old photo out, a picture of them and me when I was about 16, after I first got my haircut. I take out the picture of Grandma and Grandpa, then the one of my brother and my 2 youngest cousins. The picture of me at the hospital holding Jason, the one of Aunt Caroline and Uncle Klaus, when I reach the most beautiful one, Wendy, Quinn and I in a photo booth, making funny faces and smiles. Then I reach something I didn't know was there.

Elizabeth,

                    I love you so much. You're the one, I can feel it in my bones, when we kiss and when you laugh. You're so beautiful Elizabeth. I will never fall out of love with you and that I'm sure of. You're my only, Elizabeth. You're special in a way I can't even explain. You have a huge heart and you'd do anything for anyone, including me and you have. I'll be waiting, my love. Forever.

                             ~Seth

The tears fall silently from my face. Grandpa, Uncle Klaus and Uncle Damien get in the car and I put the letter away.

"Grandpa, can you make a stop on the way to the Mikelson Manor?"

"Where to Lizzie?"

"5708 Spruce Lane." He nods and I stare out the window until we get there. I get out of the car and I knock on the door.

"Elizabeth, how wonderful to see you. Please, come in."

"Hi Mrs. Dean. Is Seth here?"

"I'll go get him, then I'm leaving to go shopping." She goes up the stairs and I stand there, looking around. Seth comes downstairs and his mom leaves.

"Elizabeth."

"I finally found your letter."

"Oh. I was wondering about that."

"You said you'd never fall out of love with me."

"And I won't."

"You have to forget about me Seth."

"No, Elizabeth. I love you and I'm not giving up on us." In a moment he smashes his lips to mine and I wrap my arms gently around his neck. When we pull away, I brush some of the brown hair out of his face and I stare up into his green eyes.

"I'm going to die in 2 days, Seth. I'm a lost cause."

"No, you're not."

"You don't get it. But there's only one sure way I can get you to fall out of love with me. I love you but I don't want you to be heartbroken over me." He gulps.

"Seth, I'm a vampire. And a witch. And a werewolf." He gapes then laughs. I will the veins to crawl down my face and my eyes to turn an amber color.

"This doesn't change how I feel about you." I look straight up into his eyes.

"You will forget me. You don't remember who I am and you don't remember the love you have for me. You'll forget that I'm a supernatural and you won't remember I exist. I'm just another girl in the hallway. Goodbye Seth." I head out the door, fresh tears falling down my face. I get in the car, small sobs escaping my mouth. I put a hand over them to muffle them and I just cry. Uncle Damien pulls his head in my chest and I just keep crying. We head to the Mikelson Manor, and I'm guided to my bedroom and I just lie down and cry.

Seth is gone- I made him forget me. It's only because he needs to be safe from me. I'm dangerous, especially now. I change into my pajamas and I cry myself to sleep, my sobs escaping and making more tears fall down.