Love Me Apocalyptic (COMPLETE)

Part 2: The Awkward Meeting

By: eternityunicorn

Author's Note: This chapter is based off of TO Season 2, Episode 17 as before. Most of this chapter remains unchanged from it's 'Love is Madness' incarnation, but there are some modifications that have been made to reflect the new version of this story.

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There was an awkward tension in the air as the guests of Josephine LaRue stood around waiting for the elderly witch to make an appearance. Two of the women present, Hayley and Gia, and Elijah all looked at each other with an unbearable uncomfortableness that was evident upon each face. The third female, Eternity herself, looked on with subtle amusement at the situation. Nobody spoke, while the two vampires and the female hybrid only fidgeted and smiled politely whenever their eyes met another's.

Elijah had to wonder just how in the hell had he gotten here, standing in a room with not one ex, but two, and his current flame.

Hayley stood next to him with her arms folded across her chest and she danced on her feet slightly from the tension in the air. This was because they used to be lovers, but she had moved on with Niklaus ages ago for the sake of Hope, the very reason why he had been drunk that rainy night at Rousseau's he continued to attempt forgetting, something he had been doing ever since.

Yet, the relationship between Hayley and him hadn't been a clean break as there were still some left over feelings from their own love affair that made one on one interactions painfully awkward. Because of the remnant of mutual romantic feelings, Elijah had chosen to move out of the Mikaelson compound, as to not cause issues with the relationship between Niklaus and Hayley.

Then there was his current lover, Gia, a vampire like himself, of whom he also mentored as she was new to the vampire world. She was a sweet young woman, with whom he found great enjoyment with, despite the fact he knew for certain that their romance wasn't the type to last forever. It would one day fizzle and die one way or another, but for now, he was happy with his beautiful violinist, content to enjoy whatever time they had together.

Although if he were completely honest, Gia was simply a distraction. Someone to take his mind away from the shimmering otherworldly beauty that plagued his thoughts at every turn.

Speaking of which, his lover from the distant past, was one that he had thought he'd never see again, up until that faithful night in the rain not all that long ago. Eternity was was an ethereal beauty from beyond the stars, a powerful immortal unlike anyone he had ever met before or would ever again. She currently stood across from Gia, watching the others quietly with a small amused grin upon her lips.

He remembered those lips well. Her rose pink lips were plush and soft to the touch. Elijah could still feel them upon his own so profoundly that it was as if he was still kissing her.

Eternity was a pale goddess with long, flowing white hair that rippled like ocean waves all around her and sapphire eyes that held a wisdom that nobody on Earth possessed. The feeling of her silky tresses still lingered upon Elijah's fingertips. Her eyes remained ever haunting, especially if he dared to close his eyes.

Her face was childlike - youthful despite her three thousand years of life. She was small, smaller than both Hayley and Gia, but she was certainly stronger, more powerful than all of them put together - and then some. Her small, innocent form was just a front for the deadly otherworldly being she truly was.

Elijah had met Eternity a hundred and a half years ago by chance, after she had confronted him in the middle of a brutal feeding with her yumi bow pointed right at him. She had been ready to kill him to save the innocent person he feasted upon. However, for whatever reason, she had spared him in the end, having hesitated instead of immediately striking his down per protocol.