AN: I'm sorry it took me so long to update, but here's chapter 4. And because the Netherlands are having holiday now, I'll update soon! Thanks for all the reviews, favourites and follows!
The first thing Elena wanted to do was run. And she had to warn Damon. She sped away, but Klaus – much older and much faster – managed to grab her wrest. Elena tried to ignore her fear. 'Damon! Flee!' she yelled.
Damon sped towards them. 'Leave,' Elena begged him. 'It's okay.' She tried to smile at him.
'Listen to her, mate,' Klaus said.
Elena looked back at him, scared for what he might do to Damon. She saw his pupils widen and realised he had compelled Damon. Klaus pulle her close and they faced each other. It was uncomfortable how close to were; their noses were almost touching. Elena breathed heavily while he studied her face. 'You haven't changed a bit,' he said.
'One of the perks of being a vampire,' Elena said. She looked at him. 'What are you doing here?'
'I'm here for you, of course,' Klaus said. He put a tress of her hair behind her ear. 'I would've come earlier, but I thought you were dead.'
'How did you find out I wasn't?' Elena asked.
'You don't have to sound so scared,' Klaus told her. 'I'm not going to hurt you. And my brother Kol told that he turned you.'
He sighed. 'I have to admit I'm not really happy with that, but…'
'It has been 500 years, Klaus,' Elena said. 'Why are you really here?'
Klaus suddenly looked a bit sad. 'I thought you were dead, Elena. When Kol told me you were still alive, I sought for you. And I found you and now I'm here.'
'But why? It's five hundred years ago.'
'I still love you,' Klaus simply said.
Elena laughed a cold laugh. 'You never loved me,' Elena exclaimed. 'You wanted to kill me. Is that what you call love?'
Klaus shook his head laughing. 'What are you talking about? I wanted to kill you?'
'Don't play dumb on me, Klaus,' Elena spat at him. 'I know you needed to kill me to become a werewolf again. So I flee. You know, I couldn't believe it at first. But when you get to know other vampires, you hear stories. About the Originals. You're practically a legend.'
Klaus didn't know what to say. 'Love, I've never wanted you dead.'
'Don't call me like that,' Elena shouted. 'If you still want to kill me, then kill me! But don't play me, Niklaus! I'm older, I'm wiser, it won't work.'
'Look, Elena, listen,' Klaus began, his hands entangled as if he was praying. 'I don't know who told you this, but…' He shook his head. 'Of course. Kol did, didn't he? He has always liked you. And he was the one who turned you, right?'
'What do you mean, Klaus?' Elena asked. 'Do you really want me to believe Kol made up the story of the Doppelganger?'
'Elena, you need to listen to me,' Klaus begged her. 'I promise you, I can explain everything.'
'I don't want to hear it,' Elena said. 'Now let go of me.'
'Elena,' Klaus whispered. 'Don't you remember? I loved you. I would've never been able to hurt you.'
Elena's eyes turned foggy with tears. 'I believed that too,' she said, hating how her voice sounded clouded with tears. 'I loved you too, Klaus, and I didn't want to believe what he said, but…'
'But you did,' Klaus said. 'Why? Why did you believe him?'
Elena didn't answer.
'Did he compel you?' Klaus asked.
'No!' Elena said.
'How could you know that?' Klaus whispered, almost to himself. He looked her in the eye and Elena knew he was about to compel her.
'Because I was insecure, okay?' she exclaimed. 'I believed him because I was insecure.' She met Klaus' eyes and saw his asking gaze. She sighed. 'I always wondered why you wanted to be with me. I was nothing but an ordinary human, and you… you are the strongest and most powerful vampire in the world, Klaus. So when Kol told me you needed me for some spell, it all made sense.' A teardrop fell at her cheek. She closed her eyes and remembered how she felt that moment. The pain. The fear. The betrayal.
'Elena, listen,' Klaus said. He shook at her shoulder and when she opened her eyes, she met his intense gaze. 'You're the Doppelganger. That means that your blood can turn me into a hybrid. But if I wanted that, I had to kill you.' Elena sighed and another tear fell.
'No, listen. I gave up on that plan. I decided I'd rather be with you as a vampire, than alone as a hybrid. Kol knew that.'
'Why would Kol lie to me?' Elena asked.
'Because he was in love with you,' Klaus said. 'Elena, I loved you. I love you. I would never hurt you. You have to believe me.'
And those moments it was like the last five hundred years were forgotten. She looked at him and saw the honesty in his eyes.
'Who was that guy you were with?' Klaus asked her.
'Damon,' she told him. 'We're together.' She bit at her lip.
'For how long?' Klaus asked. She saw the pain in his blue eyes.
'Not that long,' Elena said. 'Listen, Klaus, I've moved on.'
Klaus smiled at her. 'I don't believe you.'
'You can believe whatever you want,' Elena said, 'but…' She abruptly shut up when his hand brushed her cheek, down to her jaw and across neck to her shoulder. She felt that her vampire-slow heartbeat went faster. A few seconds later, Klaus removed his hand and entangled his fingers in her hair.
She saw how his eyes looked at her lips and was sure he wanted to kiss her. She saw him come closer and almost closed her eyes, but before their lips touched she pushed him away. 'I'm with Damon now, Klaus. And I love him, too.' She bit her lip, regretting the word 'too'. 'I won't betray him.'
Klaus looked a little bit shocked. 'If that's the game you want to play,' he said. 'Then that's up to me.'
'What are you talking about?' Elena asked him, walking backwards, trying to create space between them.
'I hope that Damon can live up to my expectations,' Klaus said to him. 'I mean, what is a good game without concurrency?'
'Klaus…' Elena whispered.
'I'll see you soon, Elena,' Klaus said. 'Maybe even sooner than you'd thought.' He pressed a quick kiss at her cheek before he sped away. Elena stood still for a few seconds, still processing what'd just happened.
She had found Damon, at the semetary. She had told him everything - well, almost everything. She hadn't told him about the almost-kiss.
'I love you, Damon,' Elena whispered.
Damon stroke her hair. 'God, Elena, I love you too,' Damon said. 'But are you sure you can trust Klaus?'
'Of course not,' Elena said. 'I can trust you, and only you Damon. I mean, his my first love. But I don't love him anymore.' She heard how she hesitated saying that last sentence. Damon didn't seem to hear that.
'I'll protect you from him,' he promised, but she could hear he knew himself that was impossible. He wasn't strong enough to protect her from Klaus. She laid her head against his chest. 'He won't hurt me, love,' she said. 'I'm more afraid of what'll do to you.'
She noticed that she had used the word 'love' and immediately she had to think about Klaus. What did he really want? Was all of this just a game to him?
'He won't drive us apart,' Elena told Damon.
'Why don't we leave?' Damon asked her.
'Because I want to know what he wants,' Elena said. Again, she felt like she was lying. And she didn't want to lie to Damon.
'Let's go home,' she said. 'You still owe me some marshmallows.'
'That sounds great,' Damon said. 'Klaus isn't there anymore?'
'Let's hope so,' Elena said. 'But we can't hide from him for ever.'
And neither would she be able to hold things from Damon for ever.
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