Fathom My Love

Chapter 1: Nightfall

This is my very first fanfic and I chose to write it about Klaus and Elena, because they are the most underrated as a potential couple.

Based on the Season 3 plot line of Elena/Stefan breakup and the Klefan relationship we get to witness so far. Enjoy, and let me know what you think!

Elena checked her watch for what seemed like the hundredth time in the same hour. 5:45 pm.

An hour. That's how long it had been since she had been standing in the middle of nowhere, anxiously waiting the arrival of her ripper ex-boyfriend.

The sound of Haddaway's What is Love coming from her pocket made her jump. Her message tone. Stefan, she thought. Her God-knows-how-old Vampire ex-boyfriend who went from evil to good and now back to evil. "As soon as I get home, this ringtone's changing." she thought out loud.

"Talking to ourselves again, are we?" came a voice thick as whiskey from behind her. A voice she will never be able to forget.

Elena's heartbeat quickened, and although she was scared to death of the Original hybrid, the anger she felt towards him was far greater. He was the vampire-werewolf who compelled Stefan to turn off his humanity.

The sky was now covered in a blanket of thick, smoky clouds.

"Klaus. What are you doing here?" Elena now turned and faced him, trying to keep calm. "Oh you know, just checking up on my human blood bank. Although it looks like that ripper boyfriend of yours seems to be doing a pretty good job of that so far" Klaus said with a smirk on his face, motioning to the fresh bite marks on her neck.

Elena felt a blow so strong, it felt like the wind had been knocked right out of her. She suddenly felt queasy, her stomach churning into knots.

Standing before her was a merciless bastard who had not only killed his entire family, but also the one woman in her life that meant the world to her- her aunt Jenna. And now he had her boyfriend..ex-boyfriend, compelled to be enslaved just so he could create more hybrids like him.

He is the reason her and Stefan weren't together anymore. "Where is Stefan?" she asked him bitterly, sick of his tiring games. "Oh he didn't tell you, did he? Our little Stefan found a little...eye candy if you will. Although it seems he's up to more than just eying her." Klaus let out, a playful smile on his lips.

That douchebag, he thought to himself.

Elena could have sworn she heard him say something, but refused to acknowledge that fact to avoid further discussions with this blood-thirsty..mongrel.

Elena tried to make a run for it, despite knowing that he could stop her anytime he wanted to. Despite knowing that he could break her neck in half, that he could feed on her and leave her body to decay in the woods.

But she ran, because it was better than just sitting there and listening to him degrade Stefan like that. Elena was sick of everyone trying to talk badly of Stefan infront of her.

Granted, they broke up, and granted, Elena had no intention of ever getting back with him, but still. A part of her still wanted to believe in him, to care about him no matter what happened. Because you can't stop loving someone overnight, even if he does find an "eye candy" on the night you arrange to meet with him.

Elena ran harder at that, and suddenly she felt a sharp jab at her leg.

Warm blood trickled down a deep cut- she had ran into something. Although she couldn't figure out exactly what it was in the darkness, the gushing flow of her blood made Elena dizzy, and she stumbled..and almost fell.

But not before two strong arms caught her from behind. Arms too strong to be a human's, and too warm to be a vampire's.

Elena imagined it was Stefan, holding her into his arms. She imagined he had found a way to kill Klaus, and came here to do just that, and tell her how sorry he was and how badly he wanted to get back with her.

But that scent wasn't his. That strong, husky scent she felt when she felt those arms around her, and the one that lingered in her room when she woke up the next morning in her own bed, with no memory of how she got there.

Elena checked her phone, 3 missed calls and a text. Two of the missed calls were from her brother Jeremy, and the third was from her best friend Bonnie. She'd forgotten to tell them both that she was meeting Stefan last night in the woods, and they was probably worried sick right now.

Stefan. That name made her feel light-headed all over again. He never showed.

Elena eyed the bright screen of her Android once again to check the text:

Sorry. Something came up, rain check? -S

Stefan not showing was the least of her worries from last night. What bothered her was Klaus coming at her out of nowhere. What was he doing there? And who was that guy who brought me home last night? What the hell did I bump into? Because I doubt a branch stings that much.

So many questions, and no answers to either of them.

Bothered by the constant voices in her head, Elena pulled out her diary.

Lies are uncovered, and dirty secrets are revealed as Elena confronts the men in her life about what really happened last night.

Stay tuned! ;)