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Smut warning! This is Rated M for a reason...

A/N: This was supposed to be a one shot that grew to be more. There is one more chapter to go after this. THANK YOU SO MUCH HIPPOGRIFF TAMER FOR BETA'ING THIS FOR ME :)

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Chapter 2

After leaving the ball she had gone to the boarding house. She had not expected Damon and Stefan to have gotten wind of Esther's plan. They had been overjoyed that they would finally be rid of the Originals for good. When she had told them that the plan had failed they were both livid and wanted to know what she had done. She told them and that's when they had both started to accuse her of being sympathetic to the Originals. She had told both of them that they should be grateful to her for saving their lives but they would not listen to her. It was like they didn't even care that they could die. She had finally told them that since neither of them could respect her decisions that was it they were through. She could not be with either of them anymore. She had had enough and stormed out of the boarding house asking Caroline to take her home.

After saving the entire Mikaelson family from being destroyed and by extension all her friends, she was ready to sleep for a week. She was exhausted. She trudged up the stairs slowly after locking up the house. She entered her room sluggishly and nearly collapsed onto her bed had her need to get out of the heavy dress not taken priority. She entered the shared bathroom between Jeremy's and her room. She removed the dress and hung it up before pulling the pins from her hair. Leaning over the sink she splashed some cool water into her face which effectively woke her up and then removed her makeup. She frowned when she realized that she would need help removing the corset that Bonnie had been kind enough to do up for her before the ball. She silently wondered how she was going to get out of the thing when she heard a noise coming from her room. Freezing she grabbed her robe from the door and quickly pulled it on. She quietly reentered her room to find Elijah standing by her window looking out. He turned when he heard her enter the room and froze.

She noticed that his jacket and bow tie were missing and that the first few buttons of his shirt were undone. She took a nervous breath. "Elijah? What are you doing here?"

He heard her heart rate accelerate and had to wonder what had caused it. "I came to see how you were doing," he replied as he sauntered towards her.

She took in a much needed breath trying to get her emotions under control. She had discovered earlier that evening that her feelings for her favorite Original were anything but platonic. The way he had gently caressed her arm as they had walked down the hall when he had stopped her to ask her to tell him what his mother was up to had had goosebumps to spring up on her exposed skin. Even now with him looking at her like she was the only woman in the world, had her feeling a little light headed and a little bit aroused. It made her recognize that she wasn't as immune to him as she had first thought. No one had ever made her feel the way he did, not Damon, not Stefan and not Matt. She wondered if her feelings for him went deeper than she had ever thought they would. She had known that she didn't want him dead and even the thought of him dying forever made her heart lurch in pain. Could it be that somewhere in their messed up quasi-friendship of an acquaintance she had fallen in love with the handsome Original?

"I'm fine," she finally answered him.

It was then he took in her attire. "I'm sorry, lovely Elena. I should have known you would be getting ready for bed." He turned to go when her words stopped him.

Feeling bold she said, "Actually, I could use some help," she paused for a moment wondering if it was a good idea to ask this of him, then decided that he was the only one here at the moment and she didn't want to sleep in the thing.

"And what might that be?" he asked in a low voice.

"Bonnie did up the laces of my corset this evening before the ball and now I have a slight dilemma on my hands as I have no way to get myself out of it."

He was not expecting that but it was a welcome request nonetheless. Making the decision to help her, he said in a voice that had gone rough with desire, "Turn around and lower the robe."

She expected him to leave with her words. She had not expected him to comply with her request, nor had she ever expected to hear his voice filled with such desire, it made her lower half clench in anticipation. Shock went through her at those words but she did as he bid and turned around. She swiftly lowered the robe until it was sitting modestly at her waist. She held the corset to her front as she felt him come up behind her and again her heart rate accelerated. She felt him move her hair gently over her shoulder before he placed a soft kiss to her neck. Her body heated at the contact. She felt his hands sliding down her spine in a slow caress before he began to slowly undo the laces that held the corset to her body.

Elijah knew he should leave, but the temptation she presented him was just too much for him. He could feel himself lose his precarious control over his baser self. He had finally admitted to his family that he was in love with this woman and he had every intention of claiming her as his. She had unknowingly given him the opening he needed to make her his. And as he slowly pulled the laces out of the corset he tried to keep his breathing steady even though he really didn't need to breath but somehow with her he always seemed to be fighting for breath. As the last loop was removed the corset fell away from her slim body and the only thing keeping it from falling completely away was her arms holding it to her front.

"Thank you," she whispered as she moved to return to the bathroom only to have him stop her.

He pulled her back into his arms breathing in her light floral scent his arms wrapping themselves around her middle holding her gently to him. She didn't struggle to remove herself from his hold. As a matter of fact, she relaxed into his embrace. It was then she felt something she had never expected to feel from the man holding her. He was aroused! She somehow spun around in his gentle embrace and looked up at him only to find that his vampire visage was showing. She knew that strong emotions could bring it out just as the blood lust could and had to wonder exactly how much control he had lost over himself during the last few minutes as she had never seen his vampire countenance before.

"Elijah?" she spoke so softly if he had not been a vampire he would not have heard her. Her hand sliding gently over his cheek caressing the visible veins under his lust filled eyes.

Looking down at her he could see her curious stare but made no move to relax his features or remove the hand that was caressing him so gently. She knew what he was and she accepted him as he was, so he didn't have to hide from her nor was he going to. Not anymore at least. He had come to her home to tell her exactly how he felt about her and to tell her the plan his family had come up with to deal with their mother but seeing her half dressed had made him want more. Slowly as if asking silent permission he lowered his head just until their lips were barely touching. Neither of them knew who it was the finally brought their lips together but then neither of them cared at that moment.

The kiss was soft and gentle at first. A mere touch. Yet within minutes it turned passionate and needy. He pulled her closer needing to feel her fully against him. Wanting to take in everything she was. The corset, which she had been holding, fell to the ground as she wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her. Somehow her robe met the same fate. She could feel his rough callused hands traveling across her bare skin and she let out a involuntary shiver of arousal. He pulled back from the kiss which had her moaning in protest before his lips skimmed her graceful neck. Her body clenched in anticipation of the bite she was sure he was going to bestow upon her but he just continued lower a small smile gracing his lips. He knew she wanted him to bite her but he refused to indulge himself just yet. He continued down her now bare torso barely touching her in places she desperately needed him too and let out a groan of frustration at his blatant seduction.

"Please...Elijah..." she moaned as his lips skimmed her taunt abdomen.

"Please what, my lovely Elena?" he asked his voice having gone husky with his own arousal but there was a possessiveness to his tone.

"Please ...I need..."

"Tell me what do you need?" he whispered his tongue teasing her where the lace of her undergarment met her hip bone as his hands held her firmly in place.

She found that in that moment she wanted to be truly claimed by him. Wanted to be by his side forever. Never wanted to be parted from him. She found it in herself to glare down at him before answering roughly, "You! I need you to touch me already. Stop teasing me!"

"Are you sure that is what you want Elena? Because once I touch you the way you are asking me to...once I have you...once I claim you...you will be mine. I do not share. I mean it. Neither Stefan or Damon will be allowed to touch you ever again nor any other man for that matter. I am a selfish and possessive man, Elena, I hold onto what I deem mine and you will be if this is what you truly want. I need you to be absolutely sure that this is what you want. There will be no going back."

"Do you think I would be allowing you to see me like this if I wasn't sure?" she asked raising her eyebrow as she stared down at him. There really was no going back. They were about to cross a line that they could never uncross. For her it was the beginning of a new life with someone she could love forever and she knew that she would. She loved him. There was no denying it any longer. She only hoped that he felt the same. "I am sure, Elijah. I want this...I want you...I love you...so claim me already...make me completely yours forever... please."

The next thing she knew she was lying on her bed with him hovering above her, his eyes having gone completely dark with her words. "I love you too, my lovely...I can not be without you...I need you," his words were said with so much love that she nearly fainted from the shock of it. His lips were then on hers as he proceeded to show her exactly how much he wanted her. This time when his lips left hers to make a trail down her neck, he nipped her lightly with his fangs, which were still out, never breaking any skin. He continued downward tasting her skin, marking her as his. "So sweet, my lovely Elena," he whispered reverently against her heated skin. "Do you have any idea what you do to me? How much I have wanted to make you mine?" he nipped her collarbone before heading lower. He was rewarded by her breathy moan of his name. A smirk of male pride replaced the smile on his lips as he finally gave her what she wanted. Her cry of pleasure spurred him on and he continued south making sure to taste every inch of her soft skin as he could.

Elena was in heaven. Never had it felt like this. Sure she had had sex before but never had it felt this good. No one had ever taken the time to really make her feel this wanted or needed. Her body felt like it was on fire and she couldn't wait to burn in the flames of this man's passion. Who knew that underneath that unemotional exterior lay a very passionate man, one who was currently making her burn for more? Everywhere his hands or lips touched ignited a flame within her that only grew hotter. So lost in her own pleasure, she had not felt him remove the last barrier that kept him from seeing all of her. She let out a startled cry when his lips attached themselves to her aching core.

He didn't spend much time giving her what she really wanted pulling back just as she was about to go over the edge. "What?" came her confused cry as she watched him back away from her. He stood and quickly removed his clothing before rejoining her on the bed. He grinned when he heard her moan at the contact of their bare skin. He moved her until she was in position and capturing her eyes with his he began to slowly join them together.

She could feel every single inch of him being buried within her making her arch to bring them even closer together. He captured her lips once more when he was fully buried to the hilt inside of her. He stayed still for a moment wanting to savor the feeling of her wrapped so intimately around him before the need to move became paramount. He withdrew slowly drawing out a long moan from the woman below him before pressing back in just as slowly. He kept to this slow tortuous rhythm for some time ignoring her pleas to go faster. Before to long, his own need overwhelmed him and he began pressing in faster and harder. Her soft moans of pleasure driving them both to completion. As soon as he felt her tighten around him he pulled her closer, pressing his hips hard into hers as he followed her into ecstasy.

When they had both recovered from their climaxes they fell onto the bed side by side facing each other, neither wanting to be to far from the other. He allowed his face to return to normal as their breathing slowed. She mourned the fact that he had once more hidden his vampire visage from her. She had really been expecting him to take her blood during their love making but he hadn't and she wondered why. She was pulled out of her thoughts when he spoke.

"Now are you quite finished distracting me?" he asked softly moving her hair behind her ear as he gently caressed her face with the back of his hand.

"And how am I distracting you exactly?" she asked coyly, running a hand through his tousled hair which was normally perfectly styled.

"I think you know how, you little minx," he chuckled bringing her closer into his embrace as he turned onto his back.

She found she liked this playful side of him. Smiling, she rested her head on his shoulder and just listened to the soft beating of his undead heart. "'Lijah, why didn't you bite me?" she asked after a moment of silence.

"I couldn't bring myself to though I know you wanted me to. I could feel your heart jump in anticipation as I was kissing your neck, my lovely." he explained when he saw the shocked look on her face. "Besides, that it would have been to dangerous for you, my love. Blood lust combined with sexual lust might not seem so dangerous to you, but since you are human, it is. I could have easily drained you without meaning to. Now if you were a vampire, it would have been different as the two combined...well lets just say its far more intimate and personal," he replied while caressing her bare arm.

"Yes, Stefan and Damon both said that blood sharing is kind of personal. I take it, it's not the same for a human and vampire as it is for two vampires to share blood then."

"You would be correct. Blood sharing between humans and vampire is not as intimate or as overwhelming as it is with vampires who share blood. It is very intimate and if and when you decide to turn you will experience it. It is even more so when you blood share with your mate as a bond is formed between the two."

"Is that so? And you would know this how?"

"Elena, you are my mate. I know that you have no wish to turn and I will not force you to either. The choice is yours and yours completely. And as to how I know about the blood sharing between a mated pair...well, I know of a mated pair of vampires. They explained the bond that occurs when you do share your blood with each other to me at one time."

"How do you know that I am your mate exactly? And what would you say if I said I would turn?"

"I would ask if you were sure that that is what you truly wanted. To answer your question a witch told me recently who my mate was. I had already come to terms with my feelings for you and the witch did a spell to tell me who my mate was. I was not all that shocked when she told me. In fact, I was happy. My only thought was how I was going to tell you."

"I want to, you know. I know at one time I didn't, but things change and I don't want you to have to be alone for all of eternity. I want to be there by your side. For you and no one else would I even consider turning. So if I am your mate that would make you mine as well correct?" a small smile playing on her lips.

"Yes. It is the reason I needed you to be absolutely sure you wanted me before I claimed you. Once a male vampire claims his mate there is no going back. It is forever."

"I wonder why Damon and Stefan never said anything? You would think they would know all of this."

"I am not sure, my lovely, but you are right they should have known."

"So why did you come here tonight? Not to change the subject or anything but I doubt it was to have your wicked way with me as you did," she smiled softly at the look on his face.

"No, I came for two reasons. One of which I have already done and the other was to tell you that my siblings and I have come up with a plan to take care of our mother. That way she can not use you to harm us any longer."

"Oh and what is the plan? And what was the first reason you came here?"

"The plan is to force her to turn into the thing she created in the first place and to answer your question Miss Gilbert, I came here specifically to tell you that I love you."

She smiled softly at his words for she had already felt his love for her through the way he had made love to her so gently earlier. That and she could see it reflected in his eyes whenever he looked at her.

"I love you, too. So when is your family going to turn her?"

He smiled softly at her confession. He had waited so long to hear those words come from her lips that it made him want to claim her once more just to show her how much she meant to him.

"In the morning. I think Rebekah is going to be the one to do it as she was the most hurt by what mother has tried to do."

"I would have thought Klaus would be the one..."

"Oh, yes speaking of my younger brother, he has a proposition for you. He said that since he isn't exactly your favorite person that I should be the one to ask."

"And what does the big bad hybrid want now?" she huffed which had him chuckling softly.

"He said that if you would give him two blood bags of your blood, he would let you live your life the way you wanted. So, when you turn, he will not harm your friends or your family. He would also break the sire bond with all his hybrids."

"And you trust him to keep his word?" she asked doubtfully.

"Normally I would say no, but in this case I have to say yes. The reason I say this is because I told my siblings that I was in love with you and I had no intention of giving you up. Niklaus may be invincible but he knows not to challenge me. That and they know what you are to me. You became family tonight Elena and Niklaus, despite all his faults, honors his family above all. He may dagger us when he is angered but he always keeps us close by. It is his way of protecting us I suppose."

She simply nodded before trying to stifle a yawn. "Go to sleep my lovely, I will be here when you wake up," he said placing a tender kiss to her temple.

"Promise?"

"I give you my word. I will stay with you tonight."