7

"Ok, Mr. Collins, please avoid any foods that are high in fat and try to minimize your food intake." Elijah looked at the clipboard showing all of his patient's information while trying not to look at the clock. He had agree to meet up with Katherine at six for coffee and it was only 4:30 so he wasn't sure why he was checking the clock every five seconds. "Any questions?"

Mr. Collins who seemed to be more interested on the TV in front of him shook his head. "No, thanks Doc. When will I be release?"

"If everything goes well, tomorrow morning you should be back in your own home."

As Elijah exited the room, he ran into Davina. "Sorry about that."

"No problem." Davina smiled as she fixed her ponytail. "What are you so smiley about? You look happy."

"No particular reason."

Davina gave an eye roll. "Tell that to someone who hasn't worked with you for the past few years."

"All right." Elijah started walking down the hallway. "Something very exciting is happening this afternoon and I'm looking forward to it."

"Like . . .?"

"Tell you what if everything goes well, you will be the first to know." Elijah raised his eyebrow when he saw Stefan walking towards him. "Hi, Stefan first day?"

"Yep." Stefan nodded towards Davina. "It's a little overwhelming."

"You'll get used to it. At least you work with kids, they're cuter at least." He motioned towards Davina. "Davina, this is Stefan Salvatore. Stefan this is Davina."

"But kids are louder." He shook Davina's hand. "Nice to meet you."

Davina nodded. "Hey, aren't you the one dating his sister?" Stefan blushed and mumbled a response. "I thought so, she did say you had a superhero haircut."


Katherine glance at the clock at the bottom of the screen, 5:30 she should probably get going soon, even though she hated leaving soon. She grabbed her purse and turned off her computer and she was just about to leave the office when her cell phone rang. "Hello."

"Hi," it was Caroline and her voice sounded tired. "I had a rough day, how about we go out for a drink tonight? Maybe some online shoe shopping?"

Katherine winced. "I'm sorry, Care I'm meeting someone for coffee."

"Oh, who? Someone who is doing a shoot for the magazine."

"Not exactly," she said quickly. "I'm just going out for coffee with Elijah, but it's no big deal. I just want to thank him for helping me with Eloise. It's not a big deal, ok?"

But Katherine might as well have been talking to the wall, because Caroline was squealing over the phone. "You and the doctor? That is so weird, but definitely in a good way. I told you, you should have started dating again-"

"Caroline," Katherine tried to calm down her overexcited friend, but it was obvious that she wasn't doing much of a good job. "It's just coffee."

"Whatever," she said smugly. "It will turn out into something more, Pierce mark my words. Have fun on your date."

"I'm serious it's like we never left high school."


The café they had suggested they meet was near Katherine's office. It was a small, nearly empty café and by the time that Katherine arrived Elijah was already waiting. She was surprised that he was wearing a suit.

"Hi," she sat in the chair across from him. "Just out of curiosity, do you always wear suits?"

"Yeah," he said looking down at his tie. She had never notice before, but his teeth were very white. "It's a habit of mine, I actually preferred them over scrubs."

"Well, you're one in a million, most guys hate wearing a suit." She opened her menu and a waitress came to take their order. Katherine ordered a Frappuccino and Elijah a simple black coffee.

"How's your grandmother?" Elijah asked politely.

Katherine took a sip of her drink. "Good, she says her foot doesn't hurt that much. She complains a lot though."

Elijah stifled a laugh. "That sounds familiar."

"Hey, I actually have a job the most the does is play Bridge on Tuesdays and Thursdays." She rested her hand on her chin. "So you had to hear my whole sob story last time. What's yours?"

"I actually don't have a sob story."

Katherine rolled her eyes. "Yes, you do everyone has a sob story. What's yours? Secretly married? Drug trafficker? FBI agent is disguise?"

"I'm afraid I'm not that interesting." He paused. "I grew up in Mystic Falls, it's a small town in Virginia before I decided to move to New York for college and med school."

"Rebekah mentioned you had another brother, Klaus I think who lives in Europe."

Elijah nodded. "He lives in Italy, he's a painter. Though, I think he moved there because he can't stand my father." Elijah closed his mouth feeling that he had said too much. "Klaus is my half sibling and that cause some tension between my father and him. It doesn't help that both of them have their tempers."

"Maybe they'll work it out." She replied.

"I doubt it, but it's a nice thought."

"Have you ever been to Cancun?" she blurted out.

Elijah raised an eyebrow. "No. Why do you ask?"

She shrugged. "No reason. I always wanted to go there, the beaches look so pretty, definitely different from New York. Though it makes it hard to travel with work and stuff. I was kind of hoping you would have gone so you can tell me what it's like."

"Well, if I ever go I'll bring you a seashell or something." He promised.

Katherine giggled. "You know, you're not so bad when you're not being bossy."

"You're not so bad, when you're not being stubborn." He shot back.

Katherine finished her drink. "Touché."

They spend half an hour talking back and forth about their jobs until Katherine and Elijah stood up and walked into the chilly New York air.

Katherine stopped short when she saw an armful of blond curls. "Caroline."

Caroline at least pretended to be surprise. "Oh, hi Katherine I didn't see you there. Hi, Dr. Mikaelson is nice to see you again too."

Subtle, Katherine glared at her. Caroline pretended not to notice. Elijah was amused by the whole scenario.

"Please call me, Elijah." Elijah corrected. "You're Katherine's friend, Caroline right?"

"Yeah, I was just getting a new book." She waved her bookstore bag as proof.

"Well, I need to get going. Thank you, Katherine for today. Goodbye, Caroline." He gave a little wave as he walked the opposite direction.

"Caroline, were you stalking us?" Katherine snapped as soon as Elijah was out of sight.

"Don't think of it as stalking, think of it as me being overly curious." They hailed a taxi. "I mean this is the first time you've gone on a date with a halfway decent guy, you can't blame me for being curious."

"Couldn't you have waited until I told you?"

"Would you have told me?"

Katherine didn't answer.

"Exactly." Caroline replied smugly. "You guys look really good together, if you ever get married can I be your maid of honor?"

"Sure." She replied jokingly. "If ever get married to Elijah, I'll let you plan my wedding."

-End of Chapter Six-

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