Summary: Set in Originals S1 “House of The Rising Son” since it would most likely coexist with “I Know What You Did Last Summer.” Kat goes to New Orleans and gets into a crash worst than she did in VD. Elijah finds her in a burning car and has to save her. Will she live? Will they get back together?479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmI99LyCpm
*American Gothic*
If you had a choice
Then what would you choose…
To do
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
It was a beautiful day, as they stood in front of each other in a Pennsylvania alleyway.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he accused.
“No. Of course you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me, when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will. I love you.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “Elijah.”
He turned his face away.
She put her hand down.
“You don’t believe me.”
“I want to,” he replied, looking at her. “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.” He began to walk away, but she caught up with him and put a hand on his arm. He looked at her hand on her arm and then her a couple of times.
Getting the hint, she let go.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he walked away.
If I couldn’t blink
Woulda still be able to see you
I coulda imagine
Ooohh
Without arms
Coulda reach
No way I could ever hold you
Uaahhh
I need these things
Like I need you
If you had a choice
What would you choose?
Katherine found him that night and stood in front of him, blocking him from going anywhere.
“Wait.”
“What do you want?” he asked.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spent so much time running and lying just to survive, I—I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man?”
“Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you. And I’d like to think that you feel something for me too.” She took out the cure.
“You have the cure.”
“Yes, and I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set it in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched, as she walked away, before looking down at the cure.
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Later that night, they stood in front of each other at the Mikaelson place.
He rested a hand on the side of her face after telling her that he was leaving town.
“It’s our turn, Elijah. Please,” she pleaded.
“Katerina.” He looked at her for a moment, before kissing her on the forehead. “Goodbye, Katerina.”
A moment later, he was gone.
*New Orleans*
Uaaahh
Ooohhhwaahhh
Hwawahh
If I couldn’t dream without
Believe that there could be
A you and me
And if I couldn’t see
Would you be able
To hear my melody
I know there’s something wrong
And I’m afraid
That you are moving on
How can I fly
When you are my wings?
I need these things
Like I need you
After an entire summer of being alone and afraid and not knowing when an enemy would come around the next corner, if any, she decided to hot wire a car and drive to New Orleans, taking a chance. She’d been mad after Elijah had left and had thought Elena had had something to do with him abandoning her, so she’d taken it out on Elena and had tried to kill her. Because Elena didn’t want to die, she’d shoved the cure down her throat. Katherine hadn’t known that Elena had had the cure in her pocket. If she had, an entire different scenario would’ve played out. Since she had nowhere to go and everyone nearly everywhere hated her, she decided to come to New Orleans. She hoped that it wouldn’t be a mistake. She needed Elijah now more than ever, even if being turned human was her fault.
If you had a choice
What would you choose?
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Elijah was walking, heading home, when he smelled the familiar smell of Katerina mixed with human, blood, and smoke. Curious, he followed the scent trail, hoping no one was hurt; Especially, Katerina. If anything happened to her, he didn’t know what pieces of him would be left. Even though he’d left, he still loved her and would do anything for her, but he couldn’t abandon his family. He had to always choose family above love, he felt. Family was everything, even if she didn’t understand his faith in Klaus. He knew a part of her understood family, though, even though her human family had been killed 500 years ago by Klaus. That was the night that had changed her into someone that wasn’t the Katerina he fell in love with. She was different now, but that didn’t mean he didn’t love her. She was just too complicated at times, which was why he had to leave her at the time. Because of complications and because he felt like he still had to protect her from Klaus.
You can take it all
From me
It wouldn’t mean
Anything
Turn the whole world against me
As long as
You don’t leave
It’s getting hard for me to sleep
Even a part for me to breathe
I’m used to life with you
Tell me what I need to do
Once he found the scene, he blurred to the car that had crashed into a streetlight pole and was on fire, her still inside. As soon as he was at her side of the car, he knew that it was Katerina. He forced the jammed door and gently pulled her into his arms, getting her out of the wreckage and ablazed car. Then, once he was a ways away from the car, he gently layed her down and assessed her injuries. It didn’t look bad. She was okay as far as injurie were concerned. There was blood on either side of her head and a few minor wounds, so they weren’t bad. The worst part had been the fire from the car, since he couldn’t hear anything from her. His heart sank, knowing this, but he knew he had to try.
He bent down and kissed her, giving her some air, trying to revive her.
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
“Breathe, Katerina. Breathe. Come back to me,” he pleaded, as he tried to bring her back. He couldn’t lose her; he wouldn’t. Him leaving her couldn’t be the last memory he had of her. She had to live. “Don’t leave me, Katerina. Please.”
I could live without money
I could live without the pain
And if every day was sunny
I could live without the rain
And if I ever went up to heaven
I would fall right back down
That life wouldn’t be liven
‘Cause you’re the one
I couldn’t live without
Twenty minutes later, she coughed, revived, and he rested a hand on the side of her face.
“Katerina,” he said, glad that she’d be okay and was alive now.
After she was taken care of by Rebekah upon Elijah’s request, she was good as new and they sorted things out and soon got back together.
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