Chapter 8

Brittany, for the first time in her life, actually wakes up before Elena. She decides to call Margret(a friend and witch). When she dials her number, Margret picks up almost immediately.

"well well well, guess who decides to call after all this time?" Margret says, happily. Brittany smiles.

"it's good to hear your voice, M. How's life in Montana?" she could hear a sigh come from her friend.

"boring, so what's up? You rarely ever call me now a days."

"how would you like to come to Florida?"

"what's the catch?"

"you get to see me!" Brittany hears a huff. "ok, apparently the demons are acting up again, so I need your help. And by the way, do you still have contact with Brock?"

"yeah, you want him to come, too?"

"yep, we need as many people we can get."

"well alright, but are you sure we need a lot of people? Last time we took them down with barely any problems." Margret questions.

"Marco's team is now bigger and stronger then before. If there's anyone else you know, get them to help. Kay?"

"of course. I'll be there in three days. Bye."

"bye." Brittany hangs up.

"who was that?" a curious voice comes from behind her. She whirls around to see Elena.

"mornin'."

"who was that?" Elena repeats.

"help, or back up, or whatever you wanna call it." Brittany answers. Elena walks towards her a little.

"what?"

"ya know, to help with the demons?"

"ah, yeah, right."

"so, what are you doin' today?" Elena shrugs.

"I don't know. You?" Brittany nods.

"well first I have to pick up some groceries. Then I have to go to the gym, starting to get lazy, again. And I have to leave now." Brittany tells Elena. "so, I'll see you later, kay?" Brittany heads to the door.

"yeah, of course." Brittany stops, suddenly and turns around.

"if you have nothing to do today, why not take a walk in the park." and she takes her leave. Elena decides that Brittany is right and also leaves.


Feeling at peace for the first time this whole week, Elena, slowly, walks across the narrow sidewalk at the park. She hears kids laughing and playing and she smiles. She continues to walk when she runs into someone.

"oh god, I'm so sorry. I...Elijah?" she asks. He gives her a warm smile.

"well hello, Elena. Where's Brittany?" Elijah looks around.

"she's probably beating the crap out of punching bags... well, it was nice talking to you again." she walks off. He stands still for a moment then runs after her.

"could I perhaps walk with you? It's always nice talking to someone." all she does is nods. As they walk down the now straight path, Elena's thoughts run through her head. She used to have old feelings for him that are slowly re-surfacing. She's falling for him again. She tries to shake it off, but it keeps returning. What she doesn't realize is that the feeling is completely mutral. "why did you leave Mystic Falls?" Elijah asks, pulling Elena from her thoughts.

"because Mystic Falls has been through enough trouble, it needed a break. And Damon and Stefan kept being overprotective over me, it got really annoying." Elijah chuckles.

"so how's life as a vampire?" Elena looks down.

"well, it's fine. It's not like I asked to be a vampire, but I don't have lust for blood."

"Elena, I am truly sorry for the awful things my sister has done to you... and for the things I have done." he whispers the last part, but she can hear it.

"Elijah, everything you've ever done was for your family in some way. I totally understand everything you did was for a good reason so I respect it." she slightly pats him on the shoulder when he suddenly stops walking. She stops, too, waiting for him to say something.

"how can you forgive me so easily, Elena? I've broken our deals at least twice, I've threatened you, and I even left you in the tunnels with my sister who could have killed you in an instant. I'm surprised you can even look at me let alone forgive me."

"Elijah, there's reasons why I can forgive you so easily. One of them is 'cause you did it all for family, another is, believe it or not, everything you've done isn't even close to everything else that happened, and that you see yourself as an original with no humanity, but in retrospect, you have more humanity than all the vampires combined. It's not really hard to forgive you." she gives him a light, reassuring smile. "besides, if Brittany can forgive you, so can I." he smiles back at her.

"your humanity truly is a gift, Elena. Never let that go." he glances down at his watch. "I have to go, dear Elena. I hope we talk more soon." but before he heads off in the other direction, she gabs his arm.

"maybe we could grab some coffee tomorrow." he only nods.

"ok, see you then." and he walks off. When the to are out of each others site,a genuine smile forms across their faces.


Elena returned home to see Brittany sitting at the table.

"hey, what are you doing?" she asks. Brittany places her pencil down on the table and turns to her.

"studying for the upcoming math test." Elena's mouth flies open, mockingly. " oh shut up." Brittany lightly slaps Elena's shoulder which only makes her laugh. Brittany raises her eyebrow in speculation.

"what?" Elena asks when she looks at Brittany.

"what exactly were you doing while I was gone?" Brittany catches Elena who is trying to hide a blush that is trying to so. " oh my god, who is it?"

"who's what?" Elena questions in confusion.

"the boy, who was the boy you were with?" Elena looks away to hide a smile.

"what boy? I wasn't with a boy." Brittany laughs.

"oh yeah, well you told me once that you were a terrible liar. Now I see why. Now who was it?" while Brittany becomes impatient, Elena has a mental argument with herself. Should I tell her about my walk with Elijah or not? She thinks. Then she suddenly sees her best-friends eyes go wide.

"what?"

"you have a crush on Elijah?" Elena stands still, kinda shocked.

"how would you know if I did?"

"I told you I can read minds before. You made me wait to long for an answer and you know how I hate waiting. So, what did you do on this 'walk'?"

"we talked, really. About life in Mystic Falls and stuff."

"and?" Brittany pushes.

"and I asked him if he wanted to go for some coffee tomorrow." Brittany smiles.

"that's great!"

"I thought you'd be disgusted."

"hey, you to are some of my closest friends. And besides, your eyes glow when you see him." Elena tries to hide another blush, but it was an epic fail. Brittany chuckles as she picks up all her books. "I'm gonna head to bed, see ya tomorrow."

"actually, I think I'll head to bed, too. It's been a long day." Brittany just snickers. Elena rolls her and takes her leave. "good night."

"night." once Elena is out of site. Brittany pulls out her cell phone and dials a number. "hey, I need your help."

"with what?" the voice from the other end asks.

"demons." there's a moment of silence that fills the air.

"ok, I'll try to be there by Saturday. Still in Florida?"

"yep, but you've got to stay out of sight for a little when you get here. Elijah's back."

"really?" the voice whines. "ok, have you killed him yet?"

"nope, we've made up. Ok see ya Saturday."

"yep, got to go."

"kay, peace." Brittany then hangs up and goes to bed.


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