AN:Here is another chapter. Hope I am keeping you entertained.
When Elena and Elijah reached the living room, Bonnie was nowhere to be found. As Elena's eyes met Damon's, he answered her unspoken question.
"The witch went to get dressed" – he smiled tightly –"But don't worry, I am sure she will still be wearing her self-righteousness when she comes back." – Damon quipped and Elena's mouth curled up a little at the corners in gratitude. Damon always knew what to say to make her feel better...or worse.
Both Damon and Stefan were leaning against Bonnie's white fireplace trying to appear calm but failing miserably. Jeremy sat on the sofa stiff as a board, eyes darting in every direction wondering what was going on. Elijah directed Elena to sit in the chair that had its back to the Salvatore brothers but was conveniently placed between them. Elena sat down as instructed still at a loss to understand what they were all doing here.
As if this was a normal gathering, Elijah started to casually distribute tea cups, only pausing to ask how each tense individual like his or her tea. It was so ridiculously absurd that Elena wanted to burst into laughter just to dissipate the tension that was knotting her insides. A voice kept running on a loop in her head 'This can't be good, this can't be good, this can't be good.'. Noticing her out of control heartbeat Damon took a step forward and laid a placating hand on Elena's shoulder. Without thinking about it she raised her hand to place it over his and her heart rate quietened a little.
Not to be outdone, Stefan repeated the gesture and Elena forced herself to robotically do exactly the same again. Elena wished more than anything that this tug of war was over and that she could stop trying to always make them both feel like they were the chosen one. It was so soul draining to be always in this position, loved by both men, loving both men, not wanting to hurt either of them and knowing full well that they were all getting tremendously bruised and hurt in the process. Elena sighed defeated and raised her eyes to look at Elijah. The original was looking at the three of them with a knowing smirk, tapping his finger along his lips absentmindedly and minutely shaking his head.
"You find something entertaining Elijah?"- Damon asked in a low voice.
"Very." – the original answered brightly.
"And what is that may I ask?" – Damon enquired with a bit more acid in his words.
"Many, many things really." – Elijah answered and waived at them dismissively –"But above all how oblivious you and your brother are."
Damon took a step forward but stopped when he felt the pressure of Elena's hand increase on top of his. He looked down to see her shaking her head slowly. So he reigned in his anger and steeped back.
"Fantastic." – Elijah said cheerfully to everyone's surprise – "I take it you are ready to commence?" – he asked Bonnie as she stepped into the room.
"Commence? Commence what?" – she asked bewildered as Elena, Damon, Stefan and Jeremy's eyes looked from her to Elijah and back.
"A life changing gathering Miss Bennet." – Elijah grinned at her.
Bonnie petulantly crossed her arms in front of her.
"Does this mean that you ready to tell me what you are doing in my house?"
"Very much so Miss Bennet. Very much so."
Hope you like it so far. R&R