The Vampire Diaries

"I need her there dad..." Malvolio whispered, "She's coming, I'm sorry but she is. I need her. Saff can go to Trin's cousins but I need Trin there."

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"He's fine," Leon assured

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"I do believe you,"

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"You aren't going to die Holly, it's hurt alot but shifting doesn't kill you."

Holly just whimpered a little then, moving to sit against a tree and putting her head on her knees.

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Olivia smiled.

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"Just think about what Violet would want."

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"How do you know?"

"She wants to be buried, not burned. You think about what she would want. I need my wife there, you have mum, my other father has Sage. I need Trinity there, you can't stop me.. I need a bit of support, support that I don't feel awful for taking because you need to support each other. Support that's there for me."

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Adam returned it.

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Nate sighed and sat down beside her.

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Leon shrugged.

"We are here for you! And Violet would hate having her there."

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"Can we come back, after the funeral?"

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"I'm scared dad. I'm terrified."

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Vanessa just sighed deeply and got up, placing Nikolai in the Moses basket before going upstairs.

"Violet doesn't want to get burned either but your all going to not believe me and do it anyway. Trinity is coming, I need her there. She's coming."

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Adam frowned deeply at that and shrugged, "I don't know."

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"I know, Holly. I know."

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Leon frowned and followed her.

Vanessa was just sat on the edge of the end with her head in her arms.

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"Stop sounding fed up with me!"

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"What's with the frown?"

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"Violet would have wanted it, to be traditional."

"I know what Violet wants. She told me before she died, when we were talking and she was being pessimistic. She told me not to let you burn her, she doesn't want to be burnt. You'll be disrespecting her wishes if you do it, she doesn't want it traditional, you do."

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"I'm not, Holly,"

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"It depends how it goes, doesn't it? A bit weird.... Going on holiday straight away after a funeral.." Adam shrugged.

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Leon sat beside her.

"You'll be disrespecting her wishes if Trinity goes, but because it'll make you'll feel better that'll happen. Same thing goes for the cremation. It'll make us feel better."

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"I feel like I'm losing grip." Vanessa whispered. "With everything. I feel like I'm turning into my mum, a paranoid wreck."

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"You are!"

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"So we have to sit around and pretend to be sad at the funeral of someone we barely knew?"

((Page 40, post 6, Violet wanted to be cremated haha))

"Just do what you want," Malvolio whispered with a sigh, "Trinity is coming though.. I need her there, so she's coming.."

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"You've been through alot," He replied, sliding an arm around her waist.

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"It's respectful, even if I didn't know her she's family."

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Nate shook his head.

"I just feel like I'm sinking." Vanessa leaned against him. "Like I have no control."

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Holly just sighed shakily.

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"You have like fifty family members."

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"Fine." Bjorn sighed.

"Fine..."

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"Like I said, you've been through a lot. We'll arrange our wedding, go on a honeymoon. Have some time away to relax, and then you'll start feeling okay again." Leon replied.

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"And?" Adam frowned. "Family is family.."

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Nate frowned.

"See you soon." Bjorn mumbled before hanging up.

((I'd suggest skipping but spirit isn't on...))

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Vanessa looked a little guilty at that. "I don't think I could leave Nikolai..."

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Olivia just sighed deeply.

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"Can't you just snap my neck before I change so I don't have to shift?"

(( Mm ))

"Love you," Mavolio whispered before Bjorn hung up.

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"Ness.." Leon sighed.

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"No Ollie, tell me why you think how big my family is makes a difference to anything." Adam encouraged.

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"No Holly.."

"What?! Don't try and make me feel guilty for not wanting to leave my newborn."

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"I just don't think it's respectful going to the funeral of someone you didn't know." Olivia shrugged. "It's what my mum taught me. When her brother died she went to his funeral but me and my father couldn't go because we never knew him. He was still my uncle but to go to his funeral would have been disrespectful."

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"Why?! Do you want me to suffer?"

"Family is family though, Ollie, if anything it's best just to go to support Uncle Finn and everyone else.."

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"I'm not, don't snap at me." Leon muttered with a roll of his eyes and muttering, "I just think you need time away, your too tense and your biting everyones head off."

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"No. I just don't think that'd work."

"Imagine Nik was yours though, how you'd feel."

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Olivia just sighed.

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"You should be willing to try!"

"Stop saying that!" Leon hissed, "Stop acting like it is any different because he isn't mine, Ness, it's annoying me. You weren't like this with Holly."

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Adam did too, sitting himself up a bit and finishing his drink.

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"What if it does more harm to you then good?"

"Nate wasn't around when you met Holly properly, not really, and she wasn't a baby either!"

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Olivia moved back to her own sunbed.

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"What if it doesn't."

"Maybe you should speak up then, tell whomever is planning it what she really wanted?" She whispered kissing the side of his head.

"Do you want me to have nothing to do with Nikolai then? If you keep having this 'if he were yours' attitude I don't see why I should help you with him, since every time I do you give me attitude about it." Leon hissed.

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He watched her silently.

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"But what if it does?"

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Malvolio just shook her head, "I don't even know anymore, maybe I'm wrong and their right.. Everything was a bit overwhelming- they can do as they like."

(( Pheonix if you wanna skip we can now, I suppose, if it's okay with Tif ))

"Because Leon warned me I wasn't allowed to let him grow up and call you dad!" Vanessa finally confessed, pulling away and pacing again. "He warned me he wouldn't let it happen again like it did with Holly."

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"It's a risk I'm willing to take."

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Olivia just put her sunglasses back down then.

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((You post first then?))

(( I dunno when we're skipping too ) )

((That's fine if you want to skip.))

((To just after they've scattered the ashes, just skip for Bjorn, Alfdis, Finn and such? We can stil post for Vanessa/Leon and Holly/Nate since they've got something going))