Wellll here it is, the second and final part to this short story! Hope you all enjoy because we are FINALLY getting the Kalijah fluff you all came here for :D ALSO KATHERINE IS COMING BACK AND IM SO EXCITED LIKE YASS EVEN KAI KNOWS SHES QUEEN B.

(Oh and nothing's changed in the past week I still don't own TVD *sad face*)

If someone told Stefan two months ago he would one day be looking after a sick Katherine Pierce he would've laughed. Hell, he'd probably escort them to the nearest mental hospital. Yet here he was, in a gas station searching for flu medicine to help the newly turned human. It was with reluctance he left her alone in the boarding house, but he knew he'd eventually need to get her something to help get her better anyways and the sooner the better.

The convenience store only has three different bottles of pills to choose from. But of course the decision is still difficult for the Salvatore who has no experience whatsoever with medicine and is at a complete loss as to which one will work the best. He knows it's either the blue or pink bottle because they both are made to treat the symptoms that seemed to be affecting Katherine. But no matter how many times he reads the fine print he still doesn't know what one will help best.

He's about ready to grab both the pill containers and leave when a grey haired lady walking through the aisle stops next to him with a knowing look. The vampire guessed he looked pretty pathetic standing in the middle of the almost deserted store and he was thankful for the help.

"Does your girl friend have that flu that's been going around?" The old women asks, sounding so sweet Stefan doesn't bother to correct her before he nods his head.

"You should get this one." She tells him picking up the blue bottle and holding it out to him. "My grandson got sick last week and these pills had him better in no time."

"Thank you." Stefan says sincerely. "I appreciate it."

"You're very welcome!" The old lady said happily. "I hope your girl friend gets better."

"Oh, um thanks I do too." Stefan mumbled out. He grabbed the pill container and quickly carried it towards the till.

He knew getting the pills was only the first obstacle, the real challenge would be getting Katherine to take the damn things without killing him.

When Stefan reaches the boarding house Elijah Mikaelson is waiting for him. The Salvatore grabs the bag with Katherine's pills and then cautiously approaches the Original.

"Stefan, what a pleasure to see you." Elijah greets.

"What are you doing here?" The Salvatore asks uneasily. It wasn't that he didn't like the other vampire, just that he didn't trust him or his family at all.

"I just got here. Damon said Katherine is human and I'd like to see her." Elijah states, getting straight to the point.

Stefan can't hide his annoyance as he responds. "Damon told you!?"

"Yes. But I can assure you I mean her no harm. I only wish to see her." The original offers.

Stefan continues to stare at the older vampire with an unsure look on his face.

"Stefan, please. I give you my word that I won't do her any harm." Elijah says, knowing the Salvatore was well aware of the value he put behind his promises. His word was important to him, and he would never break it.

"She's inside." Stefan finally caves, gesturing towards the boarding house. "But she's not well, she has the flu. I got her medicine." As he talks he walks up to the boarding house and Elijah trails inside behind him.

"Will she be okay?" Elijah asks, clearly concerned.

"I think so, she threw up this morning and she's aching all over but I think she'll be alright. She just isn't exactly the best patient and I'm having trouble getting her to stay put." Stefan admits.

"Could I try taking to her?" The original asks. Stefan hesitates for only a moment before nodding. He thinks that if Katherine is going to listen to anyone it will be an original vampire.

"I locked her in her bedroom." Stefan admits sheepishly, gesturing for the Mikaelson to follow him as he begins walking. "She kept trying to leave."

Stefan leads Elijah upstairs and towards Katherine's room. Now that Elijah is paying attention he can hear a human heartbeat coming from inside the room. If the original had had any previous doubts about Katherine taking the cure all of them were wiped away the second Stefan opened up the rooms door.

Katherine is fast asleep on the bed, and the room smells of sickness. But none of these things are enough to leave Elijah speechless except one; she's human. Sure he'd believed Damon to an extent (he had raced all the way to the boarding house to see the doppelgänger, hadn't he?) but the concept of Katherine being human hadn't really seemed real until now.

Stefans phone suddenly rings, disrupting the quietness of the room. With a quick glance at the original vampire the Salvatore briefly excuses himself and leaves the room to answer the call. Elijah is happy that he's trusted enough to be left alone with Katherine, and he gently seats himself down on the edge of her bed.

For a few minutes the vampire does nothing but silently watch the newly turned human breathe, still trying to convince himself the five hundred year old vampire was once again a mortal girl.

Elijah gently runs his hand through her hair. As cheesy as it sounded he couldn't help but compare her sleeping form to that of an angel. She really is beautiful, He thought to himself. Even with her fever flushed cheeks and mussed hair, he couldn't take his eyes off of her.

He retracts his hand away from her and his eyes turn to the door as he hears Stefan coming back into the room. He's holding the bottle of pills and a glass of water.

"Caroline called. She uh, said it was an emergency." Stefan says, trailing off uncertainly.

"You can go." Elijah finds himself offering immediately. "I'll look after Katherine."

"Are you sure?' The Salvatore asks.

"I'm sure." Elijah says sincerely.

The Salvatore nods thankfully and says one last thing before leaving the house. "I'm trusting you with this, don't make me regret it."

Elijah sits for a very long time. So long that he eventually has to wake Katherine up in order to get her to take her medicine. He couldn't stand listening to her laboured breathing any longer. So it was with only the slightest hesitation that he gently awoke the doppelgänger.

"Katerina." He whispers, the name rolling off his tongue. "Katerina, wake up."

Slowly and with a great deal of reluctance the brunette wakes up. She looks at the vampire sitting on the edge of her bed with hazy and unfocused eyes. Her eyes widen as she glances around the room; her face flushed and skin clammy looking.

"I don't know where am I." Is the first thing Katherine says. Her voice sounds raw and painful. "Why can't I remember?"

"It's alright Katerina," Elijah soothed. "You just have a flu."

"A f-flu?" Katherine whispered in a terrified voice. It was 1487, she knew how deadly sickness' could be! Where were her parents? She thought to herself. This definitely didn't look anything like her home in Bulgaria.

"Yes, but you'll be okay. You just have to take this medicine." Elijah said holding one of the pills out to her. The girl didn't budge. "Katherine?" He didn't want to have to resort to compelling her, it didn't seem right.

"Katherine?" The confused Petrova asks. "My name is Katerina."

"Of course." Elijah says politely, seeming to realize Katherine's genuine fear and confusion.

"Where am I?" Katherine asks again, eyes glossy as she looks around. "I can't remember."

"Katerina, you're delirious. Please just take your medicine." Elijah says. It seems to be useless though, as the ill girl appears to not even have heard a word of what he said.

"My head feels all fuzzy. Why can't I remember?" The human asks in a faint voice, sounding worried. Luckily she doesn't protest as Elijah moves the pill closer to her mouth.

"Swallow." Elijah instructs as he pushes the pill into her mouth, holding the glass of water Stefan had given him to her lips. When she does nothing he reluctantly repeats himself, this time using compulsion to ensure she does as he says.

By the time Katherine swallows the medicine her eyes are already beginning to flutter shut. Her questions seeming to be forgotten as she drifts asleep.

Katherine wakes up with a barely stifled moan of pain and inwardly curses whatever or whomever caused her to get sick using every nasty word she can imagine.

"How are you feeling?" The other occupant in the room asks.

The humans eyes nearly bug out of her head as she makes eye contact with Elijah freaking Mikaelson.

"I'm fine." Katherine answers, her voice hoarse. "My throat is just a bit sore."

"I should get you some water." The original vampire says: eyeing the empty glass on the nightstand , he turns to leave.

Katherine's hand snakes around his wrist before he can move, halting him in his tracks. Vampire strength or not that girl had quite the grip!

"Elijah, wait." She whispers, licking her lips nervously. "Can you... Do you think you could stay? Just for a little bit?"

Elijah's heart nearly breaks at the hidden desperation behind her words. He knew how hard it would have been for the Petrova to ask such a thing of him. She could be down right stubborn at times.

"Of course," He tells her. "I'll stay as long as you'd like."

Katherine's grips loosens drastically as he says this, seeming to sink farther into her pillows in relief. She gives his hand a gentle squeeze in thanks. She wasn't the best at thank-you's but Elijah gives her a small smile in response and she thinks he gets the message.

"Tell me what hurts." The original vampire instructs as Katherine scrunches her face up once again with discomfort. When she opens her mouth to deny it he gives her a stern look that she reluctantly gives in too.

"My back is pretty sore. I don't understand why though, I haven't even done anything except sleep today." Katherine complains, ashamed to have admitted to her weakness.

"Okay, scoot over then and make some room for me. Lie on your side." Elijah says gently nudging Katherine where he wants.

"What are you doing?" Katherine asks, coughing a few times as she settled into the new position.

"I'm giving you a back-rub, now try and stay still." Elijah states in a soothing tone.

Katherine did not like being ordered around, but Elijah is asking her to do things in such a nice way she doesn't mind and as soon as he starts to rub her sore muscles she can't help but close her eyes in relief as the pain starts to ease slightly.

"How does that feel?" Elijah asks, continuing to gently knead out the tenseness from her shoulders.

"Fine." Katherine mumbles into her pillow, too embarrassed to say anything else.

"There's nothing to be ashamed about Katerina. I used to do the same for Hayley while she was-" He stopped mid-sentence. The original vampire did not want to be thinking about Hayley; not after all the wrong she did.

"I heard about the pregnancy." Katherine admits to Elijah, coughing. "Word travels pretty fast when an Original knocks up a werewolf."

"Klaus wasn't very happy about it. I - well I was more optimistic. I guess I thought that becoming a father would change Niklaus for the better. But then he lost the baby and Hayley only became worse and worse to him." Elijah trails off. He isn't sure where the sudden outburst

came from. It was the first time he'd talked to someone outside his family about the situation.

No one says anything for a few minutes, both of the rooms occupants lost in thought. Elijah continuing to rub soothing circles into Katherine back.

"The werewolf, you liked her." Katherine eventually says, switching sides so she's facing the vampire.

"For a little while, I thought that I did." Elijah says in a slow regretful tone. But she wasn't you, she could never be you; The original thought to himself.

"I'm tired." Katherine says as she yawns. Elijah knows she must have sensed how uncomfortable the previous topic was for him, and he's very happy with her shift in conversation.

"Do you want me to give you some room or-?" Elijah doesn't get to finish his sentence before Katherine is snuggling into his side and resting her head on his chest. Assuring him she wanted him to stay while she slept.

Shockingly the pills Elijah forced Katherine to take were actually working, and the back rub was helping ease the ache in her muscles. Also she had to admit the Original made a good pillow. So maybe she didn't mind the fact she was showing a bit of weakness to him.

"Elijah?" She says quietly.

"Yes?" He answers.

"Did you really mean it when you said you'd stay?"

"I told you Miss Pierce, I'm not going anywhere." He runs his hands through her hair lovingly. Listening closely to the sound of her heart beating steadily. The sound was music to his ears.

"Good, because if you do I'll hunt you down and kick your ass." Katherine says with a tired smirk, snuggling closer to Elijah's chest.

"Go to sleep Katerina." He whispers softly. "I'll be here when you wake up."

Katherine closes her eyes tightly, and decides that just this time she doesn't mind doing as she's told.

Woo-hoo, we are finished! Be on the look out for future Kalijah stories from me ;) I have a fanfic planned with these two that may just be in the works. Let me know what you guys think, thanks!