Grace - Elijah Mikaelson -

Chapter 47

"Good morning." 

Elijah's soft voice sounded through the veil of her dreams. His lips then lightly pressed onto hers. She at first was a bit confused and thought that she was still dreaming because she was sure that when she fell asleep Elijah wasn't at her side. But when he tried to pull away, she groaned and wrapped her arms around his neck and deepened the kiss. 

Then she remembered that he must've arrived in the middle of the night and she was so deeply asleep that she didn't even notice. 

"Hi." 

She whispered and she wanted to pull him on top of her, as she had no intention to leave the bed. But Elijah just chuckled. 

"I don't want to spill coffee over you, my love, so would you mind if I just set them down?" 

Grace blinked a few times and looked down to his hands in which he held two steaming cups of coffee. It unfortunately made her wake up completely and she fell back into the pillow with a sigh. 

"You know you're spoiling me, don't you?" 

The smile never disappeared from his face when he sat down on the mattress beside her. 

"Maybe I like it." 

He caressed her cheek and Grace caught his hand and kissed his knuckles. It was breathtakingly amazing to feel his warmth again. She had to admit that she still grew anxious from time to time when she knew that he wasn't around. It was pathetic, but it made her realize how much she cared for him. 

"Don't complain if I get used to it." 

"I will never complain about you, Miss Gilbert." 

Grace laughed.

"Oh, I wonder if you'll still say that in a few years. I can get quite annoying." 

Elijah's smile widened before his thumb stroked her soft lower lip. Grace was tempted to bite it playfully, but instead she grabbed his tie and pulled him back down to her and let her lips crash onto his. They hungrily kissed each other and just as she wanted to wrap her legs around his narrow hips, something crossed her mind and she ended the kiss with desperate grown. Cursing, she sat up and pushed a really confused looking Elijah back so she could stand up. 

"That goddamn beauty pageant is today. Carol asked me to be a judge. Just for you to know, you're my date." 

She leaned down to fix his tie before she rushed into the dressing room to find a proper dress. 

"I'm honored." 

Elijah said shaking his head chuckling. Sometimes she was so messy that it made his neat, tight up world shake from the insides. It made him see things differently and he loved it.

...

They literally waltzed down the stairs to the garden of the Lockwood estate. Grace walked arm in arm with the both Mikaelson brothers in her simple, light rose dress and for the first time she noticed that heads were turning to them, like they were some sort of royalty. Well, they probably were, but just for vampires. They also caught the attention of the humans standing around. 

Niks attention was fixated on Caroline when he caught side of her, to which Grace smiled. She nightly nudged the hybrids arm. 

"Behave." 

She said with an amused warning. Nik pulled his brows up and looked down to her.

"I would never dare to misbehave, my lady." 

Grace coughed to hide a laughed and let her gaze follow her friend as she slowly strutted along with Elijah. It was obvious in Caroline's face that she was falling for Nik, even tough she did not want to. But sometimes love did quite differ from sense.