62; The Devil Herself

LILLY

"MUM!" I heard Phoebe shout, as me and Nik pulled up outside the mansion in Mystic Falls.

As I went to open my door it was pulled open itself, revealing a smiling Phoebe, before she pulled me out of the car, and into a hug.

I laughed, hugging her back. "I guess you missed me" I mussed, as I pulled away smiling at her.

"You have no idea. It was horrible been stuck with those four. Me and Bekah didn't have you to back us up" Phoebe mumbled, making me laugh.

"Come on, love" Nik smiled at me from the door, making me look at him confused. "I brought everything in while you were been hugged to death"

I smiled at Phoebe, who looked away embarrassed. "Come on" I smiled at Phoebe, before walking towards the front door, following Nik into the living room, where Bekah, Kol, Elijah and Finn was sat.

"You have a bump!" Bekah squealed, rushing towards me and inspecting my stomach as soon as I walked in.

"Jesus. Let me bloody walk in would you" I grumbled, pushing her hands away from my stomach. I was tired, I felt horrible and to top it all off, I haven't been able to keep any blood down since the human I killed before we went to see the house in Rome.

That was four days ago.

"What crawled up your arse today?" Bekah questioned making me roll my eyes. "Leave her be, Bekah" Nik warned her, as he walked me over to the couch.

I laid down with my head on Nik's legs, and my legs at the other end of the couch, closing my eyes, letting my body relax. This baby is taking everything out of me.

"You look like shit" Kol spoke, making me snap my eyes open, noticing how everyone was sending him death glares.

"Well, when you can't keep blood down, it'll do that to you" I snapped, before standing up. "I'm going to get in a nice bath" I mumbled, before making my way upto our room, leaving them all in shock, apart from Nik.

But he was just watching my every move with worry. Like he has been since we heard our little ones heartbeat.

I've been waking up at night, just to listen to the little thump, thump, or just talk to him or her. I've vowed to myself that this baby will have a better childhood than I did, and that I will never let anyone take him or her away from me, like they did Phoebe.

They'd have to kill me before I let that happen, and I'm sure they'd have to do the same with the rest of the family. Especially Nik.

Once my bath was ready, I quickly got undressed before stepping in, getting comfy.

All that's missing now is a nice massage. Maybe I'll have to book myself in for one.

I laid there with my eyes closed, ignoring everything that was going off around the house. I was completely relaxed, thinking about what life will be like in Rome.

Personally, I couldn't wait to move. A new fresh start, with our newest editions. My daughter and mine and Nik's child.

It's going to be hard having a baby around, since I'm not used to been around babies anymore. But I know for a fact I'll love every minute of it, and I'll be involving Phoebe in everything. This baby is her brother or sister after all.

Since I found out about being pregnant, I've been wondering if Phoebe will resent the baby, since the child will grow up with us, unlike Phoebe. She was taken from me as soon as she was born.

I want her to be there during everything, I want her to spend plenty of time with her brother or sister. Which I'm sure she will, guessing by the way she reacted to hearing the heartbeat.

"Lilly?" I heard Nik call out in the bedroom. "What?" I called back, not bothering to open my eyes, as he walked into the bathroom.

Instead of him saying anything, he pushed his wrist against my mouth, forcing me to drink his blood. And I wasn't going to complain.

Blood sharing was a very intimate thing for vampires.

I gripped his wrist pulling it closer to me, like the closer it was, the more blood I'd get. I heard Nik moan as I sucked more of his blood, feeling stronger with every drop.

Once he pulled his wrist away from mouth, he turned my head towards him. "How do you feel now?"

I smiled widely at him. "Better. Now shut up and kiss me" I told him, before pulling his head towards me.

Nik, smirked into the kiss, as he picked me up out of the bath, and carried me into the bedroom, laying me down on the bed, while I was soaking wet. And I'm not just talking about the water from the bath.

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"Well, would you look at that. Blood sharing not only made her stronger, but it made her look thoroughly fucked"

I rolled my eyes at Kol as me and Nik walked into the living room, where he was sat along with Bekah, Phoebe, Henrik, Finn and Elijah.

"What happened to your friend, Leon?" I asked Phoebe as I sat down next to her on the couch.

"He left a couple of days after you went to Rome. He needed to do something" She mumbled, making me raise my eyebrows.

"Needed to do what?" Nik asked confused. "He wouldn't tell me. Just that it was important" Phoebe told him.

Nik looked at his siblings. "Didn't you guys think to compel it out of him?"

Kol, Bekah, Elijah, Henrik and Finn rolled their eyes. "Not everyone is against us Nik" Bekah reminded him, making me smirk.

When is she going to realise that Nik is always going to be paranoid when it comes to the safety of his family? Even if that means he has to think that everyone is against us.

Everyone thinks that Nik is just paranoid about his own safety, when really that is far from the truth. He's paranoid about his whole families' safety.

Just because we're the strongest family, doesn't mean that we don't have enemies, who'd love nothing more than to kill us.

"Alright" I spoke up, before the six of them could start bickering. "I don't want any arguing around me. It's not good for the baby"

"The baby needs to get used to arguing in this house, darling" Henrik spoke up with a smirk on his face.

Jesus. "You've spent too much time with Kol, Henrik" I groaned. One Kol was bad enough, but two? Please give me strength.

"He's my apprentice" Kol joked making me roll my eyes.

"So what's the house like?" Elijah asked, making them all look at me and Nik.

"I'm not telling you. It's a surprise" I told them. "Let's just say she over did herself" Nik added, as he started sketching.

Jesus, did he pull the bloody sketch pad from out of his arse?

I rested my head on the back of the couch, as I got comfy, closing my eyes, listening to my little miracles heartbeat.

"Can I do your nails please mum?" Phoebe asked, making me snap my eyes open to look at her. "Crack on" I smiled at her, before I closed my eyes again.

Thump-Thump. Thump-Thump. Thump-Thump. Thump-Thu-

"KOL!" I shouted as I could hear him laughing as he ran away from me, as I sat on the couch soaking wet, after he decided to pour a bucket of water over me.

"I told you to keep one eye open" He called before I heard him rush out of the house.

I quickly stood up, rushing after him. No way was he getting out of this. Paybacks a bitch!

I rushed towards the main door, and rushing outside, running into a brick wall, which sent me flying onto the floor.

"Goddamn it, Kol" I mumbled, not bothering to look over at him, as I started to stand up.

"Wrong person"

I quickly stood up, staring at the woman who was stood in front of me. She was supposed to be dead. My life became worse than what it already was, because she died.

"You look like you've seen a ghost, Lilly-Marie" She spoke, making me go stiff. "NIK!" I shouted, as I stared at the woman in front of me.

The woman who I got my magic from. The woman who gave birth to me. The Devil herself. Lillian Salvatore.