Sorry it took so long to update, between work and school I had little time to write. I'm planning on having another chapter done tomorrow for Christmas. I hope you enjoy this chapter! Review with any suggestions on who Elena should be with and what else should happen! I'm open to suggestions!:)

x Elena's POV

I can't believe how stupid I am. I got to find Marcel and get out of here. I can't comprehend that I have been in the same city as the Original family and haven't realized. How could Marcel leave out that his sire is the original hybrid? He may not know that I know him, but I'm sure everyone supernatural has HEARD about Klaus. He's a terror. "Katerina?"

I turn around and see Elijah. He looked shocked, to say the least. I can't help but roll my eyes at the fact that he confused me with Katherine. Klaus could even tell who I was. "Wrong doppelganger Elijah." He smiled slightly, "Of course, the lovely Elena. I should've known. Katerina would not have the courage to come this close to Niklaus." I looked around, hoping to see Marcel. "I wouldn't have come this close if I had known Klaus was here." I could tell Elijah was a little nervous. I thought about our last encounter, while my humanity was gone. We had kissed while he thought I was Katherine. However, before he left, he whispered, "I knew it was you, Elena." I shrugged it off then, but now it sends shivers down my spine.

"What are you doing here?" I snapped out of my memories. "Well, currently, I'm looking for my boyfriend." Elijah smirked, "So I take it Stefan is here?" I chuckled, "Actually, Stefan and Damon are in Mystic Falls, I believe. I wouldn't know, I haven't spoken to them in over a year." Then I realized he jumped to the conclusion that I choose Stefan. "And why would you think it would be Stefan?" Elijah shrugged, "I always figured it was Stefan and Elena." I smiled, "Well, actually in the end it was just Elena." I thought hard about what I was about to say. I've never said it before, but I needed to. "But if it was Elena and anyone, it would have been Elena and Damon." Elijah's eyes widened, "Wow, I never thought the older, arrogant one would be the one in your heart in the end." I smiled, "I think he's been in my heart since the moment I met him. My mind never agreed though." Elijah held out his hand, "If you want to talk about it, we can go somewhere quieter?" I smiled, "That would be ni–"

"Hey babe, I see you met Elijah." Elijah widened his eyes, "Marcellus, that's your new boyfriend?" Marcel looked at me, then to Elijah. "What's going on here? You guys know each other?" I gave Marcel a small smile, "Yeah actually, you know the curse Klaus had on him? The one that allowed him to be a hybrid. Well, I was the key ingredient. He had to drain me dry." I was kind of mad. I hated seeing Klaus again. He ruined my life. His sister took away any chance that I had to have a family. Wait, didn't Klaus get Hayley pregnant a while ago? Where was she?

I looked up and saw Marcel's eyes staring at me then at Elijah. "Well well well, I guess you got mine and Elena's history? Well I'm willing to start over if you are." The anger was building up inside of me, I had no idea how much more of Klaus I could take. I looked up at Marcel, "I'm leaving." Then I glanced at Elijah and gave him a small smile, "Nice seeing you again Elijah." I turn to leave and run into Davina and her boyfriend.

"Hey Davina, I was actually just leaving. You must be Davina's boyfriend. Nice to meet you, I'm Elena." I watched as he glanced at Klaus and Elijah and then back at me, "I would say quite the opposite. In fact, I think the last time we saw each other, I was trying to kill you to get revenge for you and your little brother for killing me." I was confused for a second but then the dots connected. "Of course, cause no one in this damn family can stay dead! Davina, how did you forget to mention that you were dating Kol Mikealson?" She looked at Kol, "I guess I didn't think you guys would know each other." I smiled, "Yeah, well we do. Goodbye now." With that, I left. I heard Marcel walking slowly behind me so I vamp sped back to our place.

x Marcel's POV

I can't believe that Elena knows the Mikealsons. Let alone that she holds such powerful hatred towards them. Except Elijah, I couldn't help but notice the way they looked at each other. After she took off, I listened to the rest of Klaus' and Elijah's conversation.

Klaus is laughing, "How was it? Seeing the one that got away?" Elijah replied, "Niklaus, please. She was not the one that got away. Now I must go, Hayley's probably wondering where I am." I can tell Elijah was lying and I was not even looking at them. "Yes. You got to go tell my former one night stand that the one that got away is in town cuddling up to Marcellus." That was all that was said. It took a moment to process but then it dawned on me. Katerina and Tatia. Elena was a Petrova doppelganger. Elijah fell for her like he did the other two. I better go find Elena, I thought to myself.

x Elijah's POV

Elena is here, with her humanity on. I wonder if she remembers what I said that day. "So, did you mean it?" I jumped at the sound of her voice. I didn't see Elena standing against that tree when I walked past just a second ago. "I don't think I quite understand that question Elena." She smiled, wow. That smile. "Come on Elijah, you know what I'm talking about. My humanity was off… The kiss." I damned myself for saying that to her back then. I had planned on avoiding ever telling her of my feelings. I thought I would never see her again.
"Have you known me to be a liar Elena?" She laughed, "Well actually…" I realized where she was going very quickly. "That was under dire circumstances. He is my brother." She gave me a small smile and then sat down on the grass, "I understand Elijah. I forgave you for that a long time ago, you know that. I trust you, I always have." I remained quiet. I could tell she was going to continue. I sat next to her. "Forgiveness is important to me Elijah. I can have everything taken away from me, and I would still want to have the ability to forgive. I forgave Katherine for most of what she's done. Other than killing my brother, obviously." She was amazing, the compassion in her, she just kept surprising me.

"You know, if your brother would stop being an arrogant ass, I would probably find a way to forgive him. He's just lonely, and I can understand that. He wanted his family, but he was too scared to trust them." That left me speechless. I couldn't stop staring at her. She would forgive Klaus after everything he's done… He killed her, he killed her aunt, he killed so many people, and yet… she would forgive him. I lifted my hand and touched her face. She looked at me, with tears in her eyes. I leaned in and kissed her gently. I knew I shouldn't have, but I couldn't stop myself. I was kind of with Hayley. She loved me, I thought I loved her. I'm pretty sure I do love her, but then there's Elena. Lovely Elena… Marcel, oh god, she's actually with Marcel. I pulled away and looked her in the eyes. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. You're with Marcel, I'm with Hayley… I should go." Elena nodded and watched as I got up to leave.

I turned to look at her as I got down the street when I heard something. "Well, looks like Elena and Elijah are quite friendly." Of course, Niklaus. "Shut up Klaus." And Marcel… They saw and heard everything. Well, life is about to get a lot more interesting.

x Elena's POV

Well, that was something. His kiss felt just like the first time, but I can't shake this feeling that that was the beginning of a disaster. I should have just stayed away. What would happen if Marcel found out? He would be furious, and probably dump me of course. I have to stay away from Elijah. He has a point, Hayley and Marcel deserves better.

I stand up and look around when my eyes meet Klaus'. I sighed and walked across the street and into the forest. "What are you doing here?" He chuckled, "Wrong question. You should be asking who I was with, and what we saw/heard." I caught on pretty quickly. Marcel had seen everything. "Was he mad?" Klaus shrugged, "I think he understood that you had a life before him. It still sucks though to watch that life play out in front of his eyes." I smile, "Well that sounds awfully familiar to a situation that happened around a year ago in Mystic Falls with a blonde vampire and a hybrid with an accent." Klaus looked like he was going to smile for a second, but then his expression went cold. "You should go find your boyfriend, before he does something stupid." I turn around and walk away. That was odd, I actually had a somewhat meaningful conversation with the man that brought nothing but pain into my life. It felt refreshing to know that he wasn't all evil.

x Marcel's POV

It's just my luck. Another girl that I like has complicated ties to the Originals. She has feelings for Elijah, she killed Kol apparently, and Klaus killed her. I'm not sure I even want to know what Rebekah did to her.

I was hoping to have a nice Christmas next week with her. I was going to take her to the Mikealson's since they are kind of my family, but how can I do that without risking her and Elijah connecting like that again? She and Klaus would probably be fighting again, and Kol would probably try to kill her. The only civil one there would be Freya. I just need to talk to her. That's when I hear someone coming. Elena comes into my view, and she looks worried.

"So, you have a thing for Elijah. That would have been nice to know. You told me about the Salvatore brothers, but completely left out the other man you have feeling for." I see her sigh then she looks into my eyes and smiles. "Marcel, me and Elijah… we're complicated." Ugh. I hate that word. "Let me start from the beginning. I was kidnapped not long after I found out that Katherine was back in town. It turned out to be some people who wanted freedom from Klaus, and Elijah. Klaus didn't know I existed back then, only Elijah did. I made a deal with him, he would protect my loved ones, and I would help lure Klaus out. He wanted to kill him." My eyes widened. I never thought Elijah would leave Klaus' side. "Obviously that didn't happen. Elijah changed his mind, he betrayed us. He let Klaus kill me and still get away with it. I understood that Klaus was his brother, and I knew it was always a risk that he may not be able to go through with it. After Klaus broke his curse, he took Stefan with him to save Damon and daggered Elijah. Not long after, they came back. Damon undaggered Elijah, Elijah undaggered the rest of their siblings and their mother came back. I helped save them from a certain death. Even though I hated Klaus, I respected Elijah and his other siblings did nothing to deserve such a punishment. After Klaus killed his mother and father, Rebekah caused me to drown while I had vampire blood in my system. Thus, I became a vampire. However, there was a cure for vampirism. We tried to get it, we tried so hard. Katherine ruined it. She took the cure after we found it… and killed my brother in the process." I see a tear roll down her check and I put it together. "You turned off your humanity." She gives me a small smile as she wipes her tears. "Yeah, I did. I was sired to Damon when I got turned due to my feelings for him and that his blood was the blood that turned me. The sire bond disappeared after I turned it off, so no one could control me anymore. I tracked Katherine down to give Rebekah the cure since she wanted it, but when me and Rebekah found her, she had already set a meeting with someone else regarding it. Elijah. I pretended to be Katherine, and we kissed. Before he left, he basically told me that he knew it was me the whole time and that he just wanted to kiss me. I didn't care back then but then my humanity was restored. I realized I had feelings for Elijah just as I realized that I was not in love with Stefan at all anymore. Damon was the one that I loved. So I left. I had no intention of ever seeing the Mikealson's again. I'm so sorry Marcel…"

"Elena, I understand that you had a life before I became a part of it, but that doesn't mean that when it comes back you can just kiss it. Me and you, we are together. You can't kiss Elijah when you are with me." She looked at the ground, "I'm aware Marcel. But before you do what I'm pretty sure you're going to do, can I ask how do you know the Originals other than from Klaus being your sire?" I knew that question was coming, and I knew this was the end of our honeymoon phase of our relationship if it wasn't the end of it. "Klaus found me as a boy, and he took me in. He raised me, and as I grew up, I fell in love with Rebekah." I saw her eyes widen, "You and Rebekah?! Oh my god, she's going to kill me again…" I shook my head, "We ended with an understanding that it was the end for now and possibly forever. She knew I was going to move on, and she would never hurt you if I asked her not to." I smiled realizing the words that were behind that, "Marcel, this is the end for you and me. Maybe later on in life, but we can't be together when I still have feelings for other men, and you still love Rebekah." A tear formed in my eyes, I knew it was the right thing to do, but I've been with this girl for months already. "Stay in New Orleans, please. If not as my significant other, then as an ally and friend." She smiled at me, "I wasn't planning on going anywhere. I have Davina here. It would hurt her if I left, plus where would I go?" I moved closer to her and gave her a kiss on her head, then she turned around and walked away.