I do not own TVD, although I wish I did. Oh the things I would change about it~

But uh, just a little background: This is after Jenna's death. I'd say, end of season 2/beginning of 3. Elena broke it off with Stefan right after the sacrifice. Oh and Elena has already met the Originals, including Kol/Bekah/Finn.

I don't hate Stefan or Damon or any of the characters, really! This is just… my take of things I guess. Please, R&R. Massively appreciated!

Oh& thanks a bunch to tvdobssessed for reviewing chapter one; it meant a bunch, you have no idea! xx

Chapter 2:

"Can you believe it?" Elena raged as she paced around the room, "Klaus, Kol, and Elijah in the same committee as me! No, this is flipping unbelievable. No way in hell am I just gonna decorate with them."

"Oh honey, calm down, just breathe," Caroline sat on Elena's bed and flipped through a magazine, "It'll be fine."

"Calm down? Care, don't tell me to calm down, this is the Originals we're talking about," Elena shot her best friend a look that just screamed, "If you don't hold me back, I'll kill you."

Caroline shut the magazine, "Elena, don't go all crazy psycho bitch on me. I know this is tough but just please, don't do anything stupid. They may be horrible people, but they've been actually helping out with everything and right now, we can't afford to lose any more volunteers."

"Fine. Fine, I won't do anything stupid but this doesn't mean I like this," Elena grunted and plopped down on her bed, "I will act as my crazy psycho bitch self around them though so…"

"Oh alright," Caroline hugged her best friend, "I know it's been so tough these last few months, but you know you can talk to me about anything, right?"

"Of course, Care," Elena hugged her back, "You're my best friend."

"Aw, well, well, isn't this just sweet."

"Klaus, what are you doing here?" Elena turned toward the door and gasped, "How did you get in?"

Klaus smirked and walked toward Elena, "Why, your dear brother, Jeremy, let me in."

"Don't you dare touch him," she snarled.

"Whoa, sweetheart, feisty!" he laughed, "Don't worry, I won't touch a hair-"

"Good."

"On one condition."

Of course, there's always some sort of bargain, Elena thought.

"What is it?" Caroline piped up.

Klaus looked at her, "Well, it's just for the ever so lovely, Miss Gilbert, here."

"Well, Klaus, what is it?" Elena rolled her eyes.

"I'm taking you to prom."

"What?" Elena replied, outraged.

"You heard me, darling," Klaus tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, "Let me take you to prom and I won't touch a hair on any of your friends, including your dear Mr. Saltzman."

Elena gaped at him, "Are you kidding me? Prom? With you?"

"Yes, is that a problem?" Klaus looked amused.

"Well, um, I was actually going to go with Damon, my boyfriend?!" Elena argued.

"Not if you want your dear brother to live."

Elena's eyes flared, "You're really using that as a bargaining chip?"

"Well, love, you should know that I will indeed go to extremes to get what I want," he shrugged.

"Ugh, why are you making this is complicated?" Elena stood up facing the monster.

Caroline grabbed her by the arm, "Elena, don't. You'll regret it."

"Now listen to your friend, love. Don't make this any more complicated than it should be," Klaus took her hand.

Elena struggled to say something, but no words could describe how she was feeling.

"Well, that's that then," Klaus gave her a peck on the cheek, "I'll see you tomorrow, sweet Elena."

And with that, he ran out the window and left.

"Elena?" Caroline stared at her friend, "Did that seriously just happen? Oh, my, god."

Elena was still speechless, "Holy crap. I can't believe that that just happened. What… what do I do? What am I going to tell Damon? How am I going to explain?"

Caroline hugged her, "Oh sweetie, don't worry."

"Care, what am I going to do?" Elena dug her head into Caroline's shoulder.

"Honey, you do what you want to do. The rest of us, we can protect ourselves," Caroline looked her friend in the eye, "Don't force yourself."

"But I cannot risk this! I can't keep having you guys fight my fights and get hurt because of my irresponsible actions," Elena cried, "And Jeremy, he's my last living blood-related relative! I will not let my actions be the cause of his death. It's just not worth it."

"Like I said, Elena, don't force yourself," Caroline said softly.

Elena sighed, "Don't worry Care, I can handle Klaus. Just protect yourselves for the time being and please look out for Jer. I know he says that he doesn't need protection, but I'm not taking any chances this time. I know what Klaus is capable of, his brother may be a man of his word, but Klaus is just spontaneous. Who knows what he'll do?"

Caroline hugged her tightly, "Elena, be safe and just know that we won't let anything happen to you."

Elena hugged her back, "I love you guys so much, please look out for yourselves and don't get hurt because of me."

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"Damon, we need to talk."

Damon turned to see his beautiful girlfriend staring at him seriously, "Just one sec, babe."

"Damon, please. Now," Elena said sternly.

"Alright," Damon walked over, "What's up?"

"Sit down, please," she motioned to the couch.

He sat down, "What's wrong Elena? What happened?"

"We can't go to prom together," Elena sighed.

"Oh," Damon's mind went blank, "Why? Is it Stefan?"

"No, Damon," Elena sat next to him, "It's Klaus."

Damon got up angrily, "What did that bastard do now?"

Elena tugged at his arm, "Damon, please, just listen to me first."

He sat down hesitantly and listened as she told him about her encounter with him.

"Who does he think he is? He can't do that!" Damon shouted.

"Damon, this is for the best, please," Elena cringed, "I don't want to do this, but if I don't then he'll hurt all of you."

"Elena! Dammit! I won't let him do this to you!" Damon yelled, getting angrier and angrier by the second.

"No! Damon, don't anger him!" Elena pleaded, "Just let me do this and it'll be okay for you guys. Please!"

Just as Damon was about to respond, he was interrupted by a deep, mellow voice, "If I were you, I'd listen to Miss Gilbert."

"Elijah, what are you doing here?" Elena stood up and faced the handsome man.

"Well, I heard that my dear brother paid you a visit and I decided to visit you as well," the man replied.

"No one invited you here," Damon snarled at him, "Get out, GET OUT!"

"Damon, stop it," Elena pushed him back onto the couch, "Let's just see what he wants."

"Ah, the lady is wiser than the man," Elijah walked over to Elena, "Darling Elena, I am so sorry that my brother had interrupted your little hang out with Miss Forbes. I apologize on behalf of him, very rude of him."

"Well, you interrupted our conversation, so I would say that that was very rude of you," Damon mimicked.

Elena shot him a death stare, "Shut up, Damon." She turned back to Elijah, "I apologize on behalf of him."

"It's quite alright, he's right, you know," Elijah sighed, "Elena, please, if I may have a word with you outside."

"No-"

"Damon, I will make my own decisions," Elena said, "Yes, Elijah, you may."

The two of them walked out of the Salvatore house and toward Elijah's car. "This is quite a beautiful car, Elijah."

"Ah, yes. The Audi A5, such an amazing car," Elijah sighed.

There was an awkward moment of silence and Elena broke it, "So, what did you need to talk to me about?"

"Elena, I have heard that my brother wishes to accompany you to prom," he started, "Well, please understand that my brother does not wish to harm those that you love. Although it may seem so, he has actually grown quite fond of you and he truly does wish to accompany you in a more than just friends manner."

Elena laughed, "Are you serious? Klaus fond of me? I've done nothing but be rude to him though!"

"Well, he seems to have taken a liking to you," Elijah chuckled to himself.

"No, this must be a mistake! Klaus would never," Elena could not believe it.

Elijah laughed, "But he does. Anyways, I just came to tell you that my brother plans on wearing something to match your dress, but he has no idea what color you'll be wearing, so… what's it going to be?"

"Um, well, actually I haven't even shopped for a dress yet," Elena muttered.

"Oh well, if that's the case, I'm sure Klaus wouldn't mind getting you a dress," Elijah replied.

Elena rambled, "Uh, yeah. Sure, whatever works for him, I guess. Just, uh, yeah."

"Elena, are you alright?" Elijah put his hand on her forehead.

"Yeah, definitely," Elena laughed it off, "Totally. Just a little bit loopy tonight."

"Well, alright then. I'll have the dress delivered to your home as soon as possible," Elijah got in the car, "Good night Elena, enjoy it."

"Good night, Elijah," Elena waved to him as he drove off.

*yeeeeeek! Alright! Chapter 2! I feel like this is going a little slow, but please once again, please be patient with me! I'm still trying to sort all of this out! I really hope y'all enjoy it. R&R please, darlings!

Thanks so much, sweethearts! xx