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*Last chapter*

'She's really subtle… Trying to make me believe that perhaps my 'husband' could be cheating on me… Just because her hubby did so, doesn't mean everyone else does too…'

"Miranda, I would really love to continue talking with you, but we really need to go to the doctor's appointment. You know how they are… coming late to every appointment, but if you only dare coming a minute late they make a huge scene." I laughed and shook her hand in goodbye.

"Oh, yes… It was a pleasure meeting you, Elena. Nice to see you once again, Kol." She smiled and gave him a hug, before walking back to her house. Kol and I shared a quick look, before getting into the car. "You don't trust her." Kol stated as he was starting the car. "Not a bit and Klaus doesn't either." I informed him. "That's good. You're learning fast."

*End of last chapter*

Elena's P.O.V.

About two hours later, I had bought everything I needed and was now sitting with Kol, Klaus and Rebekah on a terrace, enjoying a delicious meal in the sun, worrying about nothing. From time to time Klaus and Rebekah would sneeze, but I simply put the blame on the flowers on our table.

"Why did you say in the car that I was learning fast?" I wondered out loud, looking over at Kol. He shrugged his shoulders and put down his fork before speaking. "Because mistrusting people can sometimes safe your life." Kol explained and continued. "Isn't trust something which brought you many times into problems?" He asked and to my big dismay I had to admit, that Kol was absolutely right.

"So you think there's something weird or not very clear about Miranda as well?" I asked, just after the waiter brought some more water for all of us. "I… She sure is a bit nosy, I have to agree to that. But apart from that, I wouldn't say something is in particular wrong or weird about her. She's just an old, lonely lady, who likes to snoop in other people's business." Kol answered, not being too interested or concerned about her.

Unfortunately I couldn't say the same thing for me. I was convinced that there was something else, something very suspicious about this Miranda Pole. I did not trust her, she simply seemed fake to me.

There and now I promised to myself, that I would try staying away from her, well as much as I could. And if it wasn't going to be for me, I was going to do it for the sake of Klaus and Rebekah. Because the strong reaction Klaus had, well that wasn't just the normal fright of a small child who learns to know someone new. There was something behind this entire story and I was going to find out what it was.

Speaking about Klaus and Rebekah… 'They sneezed for about the third time since we started eating… They do look a bit… different?'

"Kol, I think they're sick..." I told him, while I tried to clean their noses without getting my shirt, well Elijah's, full of tomato sauce from their spaghetti plate they were 'eating'.

"They've always been sick, mentally of course." Kol laughed, clearly not getting what I had actually meant. I sent him a pointed glare to show him that I didn't mean that and he stopped glaring nearly in an instant. "What?" He asked innocently and I couldn't help but to roll my eyes at his antics.

"I'm serious, Kol… The doctor at the hospital, back in Mystic Falls, warned me from that. He said that I should keep an eye on them and if they started to get sick, that I should be even more careful. Especially since they were in such cold water… Before we leave, could we make a quick detour to the drugstore?" I asked him, getting seriously worried about the 'twins'.

"Sure we can go, but don't you think you're a bit overreacting? Perhaps they're just sneezing because of some pollen?" Kol suggested, not really convinced and perhaps also thinking I was, well like he said, overreacting.

"Maybe I am, but I don't think so. Plus, do not forget, they're not immune to the 'modern' diseases. They've spent the last thousand years as Vampires, now they're human again… I think we've got to worry even more than if they were some normal humans." I explained a bit over a whisper, so no one apart from Kol would hear what I was saying.

Apparently, this time I succeeded in showing him my point, as Kol's firstly still annoyed look changed into the one of interest and even a little bit of worry. "… You're absolutely, right… Damn! I hadn't thought about that… Elijah's going to be pissed!" He said angrily, but it was not against me or Elijah, it was anger against himself because he hadn't thought of it himself.

"Come on, it's nor you're fault. And besides,… I'm sure it won't come to what you mentioned about Elijah." I said, but as soon as I had said that I got a really pointed look from Kol. "Okay… maybe he will get angry, but once he'll learn that we did everything which was in our power… Well I'm sure he'll calm down at least a little bit."

"If you think so.." He answered clearly not sharing my opinion, perhaps I should've listen to Kol's point as he knew Elijah for longer, but… something inside of me just told me he wasn't going to be 'pissed' or to 'explode'.

***Later***

We were now finally back at the house, where as soon as we entered I changed Klaus and Rebekah into some warmer clothes as I was sure I had felt them tremble slightly. I hadn't dressed them into light clothes when we left, but they weren't too warm either.

Now they were wearing warm romper suits, which had individual designs. Klaus's was of a blue color with a big teddy bear on the front and lots of little ones all over the suit. Rebekah's was pink and had lots of princesses all over her romper suit. All in all they looked absolutely adorable and I had to hold myself back as not to go and cuddle them or take tons of pictures.

After getting both Klaus and Rebekah into their new clothes, I went to put on some yoga pants and the hoodie which Matt had given to me. I quickly put my hair up into a messy bun and went to warm up some blood as I started to feel the familiar hunger.

Walking into the kitchen I passed the living room and in there I discovered Kol, who was watching TV and doing something on his laptop. "Do you want something to drink?" I asked and put down onto the couch Klaus and Rebekah. "I'll take the same as you." Kol answered not really paying attention.

'It's getting quite boring… Should I watch some TV as well or perhaps read a book? Yeah, I could go and search for a book in the library… at least this way time goes by rapidly.' I thought, while I watched the mugs in the microwave.

'I wonder what sort of friend Elijah went to visit… could it be a witch? Maybe… or some old…`No, don't even think about it E! It's not your business after all…' I told myself and brought the mugs full of tepid blood into the living room. "Thanks." Kol stated, looking up for a moment and reaching for his mug. "No problem." I answered and went to the library.

After spending some minutes in the library, searching for a book I really wanted to read, I came back with a book I had already read called 'Digital Fortress' by Dan Brown. Some people would say it's stupid to read books more than one time, but personally I think it's much more fun to read a book twice or even more.

The first time you read a book, you often are really excited to read it, so it can happen that you don't read that exactly. Then when you read it a second time or third, you pay much more intention to the smaller details and that makes the entire atmosphere of the book different. But of course these were only my personal thoughts and not some kind of rule or whatever else.

"Do you mind if I sit here as well?" I asked Kol, pointing at the space on the other side of the couch he was sitting on. "No, no. It's fine." He said not really looking up from his laptop, shrugging my shoulders I walked over and placed the book on the coffee table.

Rebekah had crawled, during the time I was away, right up to Kol. So now she was curled up against his leg and the back of the couch, nearly hidden from view. Klaus on the other side was still sitting the way I had left him, but he was playing with the blanket I had placed around him.

'He really is too cute! But he makes me think of… no, don't think about him or else you're going to start crying and you won't be able to stop. Just… don't think about it, that's the easiest way.' I told myself and lifted Klaus into my arms, so I could sit down onto the couch as well.

Once I was seated I gently placed Klaus into my lap and put the blanket around us, making sure he was covered by it so he wouldn't get cold. As if we had done that many times before, Klaus cuddled nearer and yawned loudly.

Trying not to make to sudden moves, I took my mug and my book and started reading. About ten minutes into my reading I felt Klaus shift lightly and soon after you could hear the breathing getting slower, as he was slowly getting into the land of dreams.

Not long after, I had my mug finished and after placing it back onto the coffee table, I leaned back against the back of the couch and placed my hand softly on Klaus's head. While reading I made sure to make regular checks on his breathing and temperature.

While reading I must've fallen asleep as the next think I knew, was waking up on the couch with my head on a pillow, Klaus still fast asleep on my chest, a blanket around us and my feet on Kol's lap, while he was reading a book and holding Rebekah.

"How'd you sleep?" Kol asked, putting the book aside and looking towards me. I had to suppress a yawn, before answering. "Good, thanks. Truth be told I wouldn't have believed I would fall asleep so easily." I chuckled sleepily and moved Klaus so I could sit up.

"I hope I didn't disturb you?" I asked, praying that I hadn't snored or something. "Nah, it's fine." Kol answered smiling and getting up. "Can I hand you Rebekah for a while? I want to phone Elijah to ask him if we should leave some dinner for him." "Sure, it's not a problem." I quickly answered and took the still sleeping Rebekah into my arms.

'Never thought I would be wrapped up in a blanket in the house of an Original… Okay, I also never thought of being in the house of an Original with two of them transformed as humans, let alone children…'

Near the far end of the house I heard someone, Kol, speaking on the phone with Elijah, but I couldn't hear a thing, I was still too young and the house had some sound shielding walls. Besides I wasn't trying, I wasn't interested in hearing anything.

'I wonder what Elijah must've been thinking yesterday evening… Ah, god, that was so embarrassing… I was crying like some little child, I should've kept myself together.' I thought, but inside of me I knew that even if I had tried to keep myself together, that I would've not succeeded.

I would've not succeeded, because around Elijah I always feel so… just every emotion is heightened. Everything is greater, brighter, funnier… When I was around him, I just felt like everything would become right. Like every problem would resolve itself.

From the first time I had laid my eyes on Elijah, I had felt a certain interest in him. At first it wasn't like now… I had felt nothing but interest for his history, experiences and just for the man he was. It was fascinating to me, that one could live for a thousand years. He had lived through wars, through many different eras with different cultures and many more.

But now… everything had changed. I was sure, no, I knew that I had strong feelings for Elijah. Perhaps it was love, perhaps it wasn't, but I knew that I would not give up before I knew what these emotions were.

With Damon I had fought for too long, too hard. At first I had tried to fight my emotions and when I finally had the courage to face them, he pushed me away. As soon as someone would start to come too near to him, too near to his heart, he would push them away.

He would lash out, he would hurt them so as to convince them to forget about him, to stop carrying about him. I had tried a long time, to make him see the things different… I had tried to make him love me and he did, just in his own way.

But the way Damon choose to love, well… It was simply too hard for me. With him you never knew what would come in the evening, what would happen, if he would still be the same as in the morning or if he was different.

On the long run, I knew that no matter how much I cared for Damon it wouldn't work. It simply couldn't work, because deep down we both knew that we weren't the ones for each other. He needed someone who wouldn't stand in between his brother and himself, and even if I wished for it to be me, it just couldn't.

If I would stay with either of them, it would always be a 'love triangle'. Something that would destroy as all in the long run, something I wasn't up to do or be.

"Earth to Elena? Hello? You hear me?" Kol asked with a slightly concerned face, appearing suddenly before my eyes. "Uh, yeah… sorry." I answered feeling as if I had been caught doing something bad. "Did you need me for something?" I asked confused, trying to regain some sort of control over my thoughts.

"Uh, yeah… Could you make dinner please?" Kol asked scratching the back of his head, seeming rather uncomfortable, that he had to ask for that. "Dinner? Sure… what do you want to eat?" I asked putting the still sleeping Rebekah to the side next to Klaus.

"I don't know… I don't even know what we have in the fridge. You can decide since it's you who's going to make dinner." Kol chuckled, giving me an amused look. "Oh, thank you dear Lord for being so kind to me!" I mocked and made a demi bow, from my sitting position on the couch.

"You are most welcome, my lady." Kol played along with some fake, high-pitched voice. "Well then… I will leave to my kingdom, only returning when my quest is completed." I said trying hard not to laughed and I started to walk backwards into the kitchen.

All the way there, which wasn't very long, I heard and saw him laugh, trying hard not to laugh too hard or too loud, so as not to wake up Klaus or Rebekah.

***Later***

We had finished eating, had finished cleaning the plates and had already put both Klaus and Rebekah to bed, when Elijah came back. He found Kol and me sitting in the living room, talking and laughing about some TV show which was currently airing.

"Oh my god! Did you see her face?!" I asked Kol, trying to redo the expression this woman had made on the TV. "Yeah, she was like… 'Oh, my hair!'." He said in this fake high voice and made a motion, causing me to fall of the couch I had to laugh so hard. 'Never thought he could be so hilarious!'

And that's the position Elijah found me in when he returned. Me, lying on the floor crying tears because I had to laugh so hard and Kol, laughing his ass of on the couch, while he tried to drink something, but of course didn't succeed as he laughed so hard.

"Evening, I see you're having both fun?" Elijah asked, trying hard to hide the smile which was in the corner of his mouth. "Hi… E-… Lijah!" I tried to say, but I couldn't even breath correctly as I couldn't stop laughing. "Bro-… Brother!" Kol said amused, laughing even harder now that he had said it. 'Either I've completely lost the last functioning cells I had or I'm completely high!'

"Do you mind if I join you after changing into some more comfortable clothes?" Elijah asked and we both shook out head. "It's fine, Elijah." Kol said, having calmed down enough so that he could speak. Elijah gave us one last amused glance, before walking up to his room and coming back down in his black pajama pants and a grey T-shirt some seconds later.

"So, what did I miss?" Elijah asked sitting onto the couch, at the exact same spot I had spent all evening on. "Not much, not much." Kol said trying to sound as serious as possible, but cracking up at the end of his sentence and laughing as hard as before.

"Mhm, I see." Elijah said with a crooked smile and helped me getting up from the floor. He pulled me near him and I didn't resist, in fact I leaned back against his chest and enjoyed the heat that was radiating off of him. 'That's really something I could get used to…'

"I guess, I'll go to bed now… " Kol said with a wink towards me and walked out of the room, leaving Elijah and me in a comfortable, but still a bit heavy silence. It was heavy, well at least for me, since there were so many unsaid things and so many unnamed emotions.

Elijah kept drawing small patterns on my arms, while I stayed seated in between his legs, a bit lost in my thoughts, but very happy. "What are you thinking about?" Elijah asked silently, after quite some time spent in silence. "I'm… thinking about you, me… about us." I answered, deciding to go for the truth rather than serving him a lie.

"I thought about us as well today…" Elijah whispered into my hair, placing his head comfortable on my shoulder. "You did?" I asked a bit surprised, causing Elijah to chuckle lightly. "I did…" He answered, not moving from his position.

I would've perhaps felt flattered that he would think of us, but the way he said it… it sounded too preoccupied, too uncertain. "And?" I asked after a moment of reflection, hoping he would answer me. "Well, I know what I want, what I feel… but do you want the same things, do you have the same feelings?" He asked, but it wasn't really a question. It was more a thought he had said out loud.

'Well it's either now or never…. Okay, well here goes nothing.' I thought and took a deep breath before turning around in his arms and looking right up into his beautiful eyes. "Look, I… I have really strong feelings for you… Gosh, that sounded so much better in my head." I laughed, trying to hide myself at least a little bit, it was simply too embarrassing.

Elijah than put a finger under my chin, making me look up at him. I could see the every small detail in his eyes, every flicker, every move. You could really get lost in his eyes, which seemed to be the window to his soul. Every sound faded away, the only sound I could hear where our breathing the slow but steady heartbeats coming from both Elijah and me.

I could only see him, Elijah, the man I was sure I loved. That was the last coherent thought I had before Elijah's lips descended on mine, pulling me into a passionate kiss filled with unspoken words and silent promises.

"Ah, my eyes! I think I just got blind! AH!" Kol laughed, trying hard to make up a fake voice and holding his hands before his eyes, while he pretended to be blind and to search for the wall or something. I jumped in surprise and quickly hid my head in Elijah's chest, trying to hide away from that embarrassing moment.

"Did you want something?" Elijah asked trying to sound annoyed, when in reality he seemed rather amused and the slight grin on his face was treacherous as hell. "Oh, nothing… Just spying on my big brother and his girlfriend." Kol laughed and I could nearly hear the smirk in his voice.

"Nah, I actually came to get a little snack." He said and I heard him close the door of the fridge, before hearing him walk towards his room.

During this little verbal exchange between Elijah and Kol, I had put my head on Elijah's chest, enjoying the fact that he was keeping me near him, having his right arm around my waist. "That was…" Elijah started and I finished his sentence for him. "Awkward." I laughed and was surprised, when I felt his hand wander and he began tickling me.

"Stop… Please! AH!" I laughed, squealing with glee. All my friends back in Mystic Falls knew that I was incredibly ticklish, especially around my waist. But I was astonished to see, that Elijah knew it as well. 'Perhaps I should ask him once… Ah! No, no, no!' I tried thinking, but couldn't form more than one word, as Elijah was still tickling me.

"Please! Elijaaaaah! No, no, noooo!" I laughed even harder and tried to get away from him, but Elijah just wouldn't stop. In fact it seemed as if he was enjoying it very much, laughing the way he did. 'That's just great! He's torturing me and he gets to enjoy it!... But it's kind of… funny.' "Come one, E…lijah! Please, stop. I'll do everything!" I begged, while having a hard time breathing so much I had to laugh.

"Everything?" He asked with a mischievous smile, stopping to tickle me for a moment, but starting right again once he noticed me moving away. "Y-… Yes, everything!" I answered with tears in my eyes, relieved when he stopped tickling me. 'I hope he isn't going to make me do something too embarrassing or so…'

"Really everything?" Elijah asked taking my hands in his, holding them so gently that he made me feel as if I was some porcelain doll. "Yes, Elijah. I gave you my word and I'm going to hold it." I reassured him and gave his hands a quick squeeze. "Would you even agree to become my…companion? My 'girlfriend'?" Elijah asked seriously and succeeded shocking me into silence.

So… I know I'm kind of mean to end this chapter on a cliffhanger, but it just seemed like the perfect ending to me. What did you think of it? Did you like it? Did you hate it? Please, please review to let me know what you thought and so that I can improve my story to make it more enjoyable to you all.