Matt POV

To be honest, being at an airport was an overwhelming experience. Never being outside of Mystic Falls and then thrust into this terrifying place of bustling and irritated people was quite the experience. Yet Rebekah breezed through the place like she owned it. Her haughty attitude got things done in a place like this. My nice guy attitude was spit on here.

She took my hand as she led me through the airport and to the flight labeled for Alaska. When we finally boarded the flight attendant led us to the seats in a curtained off area. This part of the plane was painted different and no matter had I not been on a plane in my life, I knew immediately we were in first class. I sat down gingerly, afraid to break something. Rebekah sat down beside me, completely at ease. She nudged me, catching my attention. "Easy Matt, you look nervous." I shook my head at her and smiled. "No just a bit overwhelmed." She just shakes her head. "We'll be in Anchorage in 10 hours. Just close your eyes and try to relax."

Rebekah POV

Matt looked like a little boy when he slept. All the worry lines disappeared from his face and he was truly beautiful. I noticed he was also a deep sleeper. The plane hit turbulence that even scared me a little bit but all he did was shift and sigh. I smiled at his so human tendencies. He truly was beautiful. The plane touched down on the runway and Matt jerked awake with a gasp. I put down my vogue magazine and calmly reach for my stuff in the overhead bin as Matt takes in his surroundings. He clears his throat and smiles at me. We leave the plane and get through the airport without Matt looking like he would rather be anywhere else.

Outside the airport a small town car is waiting for us. The snow on the ground, I can see amazes Matt. I can see the small child in him that can't wait to have snowball fights, build snowmen, and sled down hills. I give the driver directions to the house and he turns up into the gated community and Matt's eyes widen. We keep driving deeper into the community as the houses get more and more posh. Finally the driver stops at the most posh one on top of the hill and Matt's eyes go the widest I have seen them yet. The alpine lodge look alike amazes Matt as he climbs the icy steps to the house. The insides are furnished with deer heads, marble fireplaces, and the furriest carpets known to man. Chandeliers hang from the ceilings. Maids bustle around the house and Matt looks uncomfortable as they take his luggage and scurry away towards the upstairs rooms.

"Matt can I ask you something?" I state shyly. He merely smiled at my familiar face. "You are free to decline if you feel uncomfortable but would you like a guest room to yourself or would you like to share a room with me?"

He blanches for a second but he takes a deep breath and smiles at me. "I think I would like a room to myself for a few days." I feel kind of crestfallen at his statement but I give him a tight lipped smile to hide it. "Well get comfortable. We are gonna be here for the next week." Matt smiles at me and gently and tentatively gives me a kiss on the cheek.

I smile and the issue of not sleeping in the same room is forgotten in the blink of an eye. We head out the next day all smiles, looking like any young and happy couple. We trek to the Anchorage airport and climb aboard a small plane no more than 30 feet long. Matt looks apprehensive climbing in such a small plane but when he sees the leather seats and small flat screens he relaxes. We fly for about 6 hours and civilization seems to get sparser and sparser as we fly farther. Finally all we see is the occasional caribou herd. The plane lands and we get out. The small tent set up for us is exactly how I wanted it. The small twin beds with the zero degree sleeping bags where exactly the right consistency and everything I asked for was right where I wanted was there.

Romantic candles, roses and it was simply perfect. Matt smiles and then shivers. I can almost see his body temperature dropping by the minute. My heart drops as there is nothing I can do. We finally climb into bed and I see him start to shiver even in the bag. I watch him for a second and decided I was gonna do something even if it wouldn't help. I climb into his bag with him and I feel the cold of his fingertips on my skin. I feel him warming up in a second. I nestle into his chest and he wakes up. He looks down at me and I smile at him. He smiles back and closes his eyes again. It was when I got a call that the sled would be leaving soon that I woke Matt up. He groaned and I actually had to suppress an 'aww' from escaping my lips.

The ride to the viewing area was short and cold, for Matt anyways. We came over the hill and that was when he saw them, The Northern Lights.

Matt POV

They were beautiful, actually there were no words to describe them. It was like supernatural beauty, something Bonnie's magic would cook up. I caught Rebekah looking at me out of the corner of my eye and turned to her. She was looking at me like I was looking at the lights, with awe. I turned back to the lights as they turned color. From blue to green to yellow to purple to blue. They swirled and wove their way through the sky in a symphony that I had no control over. I even gasped as a swirl of pink swept over the slow moving blues and greens. It was beauty in it's true form.

I was walking towards the lights, transfixed by their beauty. Rebekah takes my hand and leads me towards the sled taking out two foldable chairs. I look at her and she smiles. "A human experience." she says simply. I smile at her and she blushes. I laugh and then shiver. It is damn cold in the Alaska. We get all settled in our chairs and Rebekah hands me a thermos filled with the richest, thickest, hot cocoa you can imagine. I caught a glimpse of her thermos and saw red in the liquid and thought I might be sick on the snow but Rebekah only smiles, unaware of my internal dilemma.I give a tight lipped grin to hide the discomfort and she sees nothing wrong. We watch the lights for about an hour before I start to shift uncomfortably and start to say how I can't feel my toes. We get back to camp quicker than I have ever seen and Rebekah piles on all the blankets and puts a thermos on my toes. She touches my lips lightly. "Your lips are blue Matt." she says worriedly. I pass out but I feel the eyes of Rebekah on me all night so I sleepily open my arms and make room in my sleeping bag for her to climb in with me. I feel her hesitation hit the air but I sleepily pat the spot I vacated and she climbs in tentatively. I don't even remember this but somehow in the morning she had burrowed into my arms, her face smooshed against my chest and my arms protectively cocooned around her. It surprised me to say the least but I was totally okay with it. I mean there was just a thousand year old Original cuddled into my chest. Rebekah sighed deeply. "Quit thinking so hard Matt. I can practically hear it. It's interrupting my beauty sleep." The rumble in my chest makes her giggle and we sit for a few minutes.

Finally the cold gets to me and I suggest we get going. After an hour we get back to the mansion and I sit in front of the fireplace, a fire roaring in the pit, pulling my core body temperature back up to normal. Rebekah brings me a cup of broth and sits down next to me. I sip it gingerly. She only smiles and checks my pulse with her fingers.

"Your pulse is back up to normal, you should be safe from hypothermia in a while." she smiles again and despite my shy and socially awkward tendencies I smile back at her, hiding my shy grin behind the cup of broth.

We had arrived back at the house just before dawn because we had watched the Lights at almost 3 am, which happens to be just the coldest time of the day in Alaska just so that is known to the public. I see the maids begin to pull our bags down to the staircase and I look to see Rebekah posting a note to one of her brothers. It finally dawns on me that we are leaving.

"Rebekah why are we leaving so early." We have only spent 4 days here, I thought it was a week?"

She smiles at me and chuckles. "I got a call from Nik when I was fixing my makeup and he says it requires the whole family to be present. Don't worry I don't want to leave either. It is beautiful."

She gave a sad sigh and began to give orders to the maids to go pack the town car with our bags. I sigh sadly and look out at the pristine white snow even though it is mid June. He takes a sigh and looks back out at the field in the back of the house.

Rebekah comes up behind me and puts her hand on my shoulder. "Matt it is time to leave." she gently pulls me up from the ground and takes my hand threading her fingers through mine. My heart jumps to my throat and she has the same expression. Tentatively I give her hand a squeeze and I see her smile the widest and brightest I have seen this whole trip and that is when the car honks and we are reminded that we have places to be.

Rebekah POV

We walked hand in hand to the town car and tentatively got into the car, hands still linked. At the security checkpoint we were almost unable to link hands but when the angry and rushed atmosphere of the airport he let go and I felt my heart plummet to my feet. I gave a sad smile and went through the checkpoint no questions asked. We flew back home in relative peace. We landed and went back home and we were in his truck when it stopped in front of my home in Mystic Falls with Nik and Elijah.

I looked to Matt and he just parked the truck and got out to get my bags, though he knew I was a vampire he still pulled my bags like the gentleman that was imprinted deep into his brain. I smiled at him and we smiled as he dropped the bag onto the smooth concrete of the driveway.

"Jeez Rebekah what do you have in these bags, stones?" I giggle a bit and he smiles again.

"No Matt, what is in that bag is the height of fashion in Paris, Milan, and most of Europe and probably costs more than the average family spends in 10 years so be careful with that!" I mock glare at him.

He mock glares back but can't seem to keep a straight face and breaks down into laughter. We both laugh as Klaus comes out onto the driveway, a smug look on his face and a deep set auroa of satisfaction radiating off of him.

"Hello Matt." Nik states calmly. Matt looks at him with a guarded expression but Klaus just smiles at the boy. I keep waiting for him to snap and then when Caroline appears in the threshold to the door about 10 feet away covered only in a blood red sheet, it makes so much more sense.

She sees the rest of us standing in the driveway, fully clothed and blushes at her underdressed state. When she spots Matt the blush intensifies and she waves at him and he blushes and waves back. I look at Klaus and he only rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment and shrugs nonchalantly. Matt clears his throat to catch my attentions and I turn back to him with a smile.

"Well I gotta go and wash my clothes. I'll see you later?" I smile at his cute and shy little ways .

"I promised to show you the world so I must go plan our next trip so we will be seeing each other again soon enough."

Matt then engulfed me in a sweet hug which was a bit awkward in front of Klaus but we made it work. "Goodbye Rebekah." he whispered in my ear before getting into his truck and speeding off.

The smile on my face was so wide I thought maybe it might split my face in two. Klaus rolled his eyes and beckoned me inside.

"You think I am coming inside when you still have unfinished business brother?" Klaus just smiles and his expression is practically predatory. He speeds back towards the house and the door slams before I even step foot off the property. I can hear the moans all the way down the street.

A/N: Please don't forget to review guys! Oh and if you have a suggestion about a place where Matt and Rebekah should visit in their travels please just leave a review and tell me about it. :-)