Elijah's Eternity: New Orleans (Complete)

Chapter 15: The Ghostly Encounter

By: eternityunicorn

The loft across the river was a rustic place, but in a charming sort of way. The entire thing was made up of red brick with wood beams to support the unfinished ceiling. On the outer wall with the windows, there was an aluminum tube air duct that ran the length of it. The place was low lit as the windows didn't provide much light against the dark interior. Of course there were lamps to compensate for that, but it did create a rather depressing mood that Elijah hadn't noticed the last time he had been to the loft.

That might have been because he had been depressed the last time he had been there. Though he didn't dare dwell on his embarrassing sulking over Hayley's choosing Niklaus over him. He hadn't been in a good place before the hybrid female had made that choice and the choice itself have only made his dark state all the worse.

Anyway, the hardwoods were at least still polished nicely and all the old furniture remained as he had left it years ago. However, the place did have a sheet to dust all over everything since it hadn't been in use for all that time.

Perhaps bringing Eternity here wasn't the best idea, Elijah thought as he took in the old loft.

"Elijah, this place is fine," the immortal queen replied to his thoughts, putting her hand on his arm gently. "It simply needs a woman's touch - a magical woman's touch, to be exact."

While looking at him slyly, she snapped her fingers and the dim, dusty loft was instantly transformed into a light and warm living space. The brick had been painted white and the windows had been made bigger to let more light into the loft. It made it seemed roomier, not as drab.

The furnishings had received an upgrade as well. Everything was new and modern, including the small kitchen space. The appliances had been updated to the latest stainless steel and the countertops were of the finest black granite magic could conjure. The once worn and dark cabinets had been made a bright white, adding to the lightness of the previously dark loft.

Yes, the dust old place had been made new and high class, just the way Elijah preferred his dwellings.

"You know me so well, Sweetheart," he smirked at Eternity, impressed with the magical remodel.

She grinned in return, just before a serious and contemplative look took hold. She moved further into the main room of the loft, her hair rippling behind her as she went in that otherworldly way Elijah typically didn't notice anymore. He only did see it because she looked absolutely divine, in the truest sense of the word against the newly lit up apartment. Her hair even reflected in the light, flashing with light now and again, another feature he usually no longer paid any mind to. It was fascinating how he could ignore such otherworldliness most times, but every so often those features made themselves known to him.

But Elijah pushed that out of his mind as her sudden seriousness took precedence in his mind. He followed her path closely until they stood on the area rug where two modern grey couches sat across from each other.

"What troubles you?" He asked, his eyes narrowing as he observed her lack of bodily cues that meant she was upset. He didn't see any. If she wasn't upset about something, then what was it on her mind that had her looking so concentrated?

"Nothing troubles me," Eternity replied, turning to smile warmly at him. "There are things on my mind, however. There are things that we need to discuss and now that we don't have the prying ears of Mikaelson siblings to contend with, perhaps this present moment would be a good time to talk."

Elijah nodded readily, "Of course."

He gestured to the couch in a silent invite for her to sit. She did, perching delicately on the edge with her hands folded neatly in her lap. After unbuttoning his suit jacket, he joined her, sitting right next to her. He mirrored her position, sitting on the edge at an angle to see her better.