I KNOW I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON I'M SO SORRY I TAKE FOREVER TO UPDATE.

I have become one of the fan fiction that I hate who doesn't update for weeks at a time... So for that you get my infinite apologies.

But here is Chapter 10! Enjoy and let me know what you think!

Caroline snapped her eyes shut and shoved the original hybrid backward.

"Stop it, Klaus! What the hell do you think you're doing?" she yelled angrily.

"It's for the best, Caroline. Stop putting up a fight! Stop resisting this! Trust me, you'll eventually regret this. It's best that you don't remember at all."

"Is that what you think? That I'll regret this?" Caroline whispered

Klaus shook his head and stormed further into the woods.

The blonde ran to catch up with him. "Stop running away from me!" she said, desperation filling her voice. "Maybe I will regret this, maybe I won't. But are we ever gonna know if you compel me away? You can't make my decisions for me. Don't you see? I haven't left yet. I'm not planning to."

"Caroline…" he muttered, unable to meet her eyes.

"I found it in my heart to let you in. I'm not hiding anything from you anymore. I know that you won't admit it, but you're scared. You're scared that this one great thing that we have is going to end because I am going to leave you. And you've somehow reasoned with yourself that it would be best to end it while its good. I need you to listen to me." Caroline said softly, grabbing Klaus' wrist as he turned away again. "I'm not going anywhere, okay?" With that Caroline lifted herself up on her toes and crushed her lips into his, trying to express everything she had just said in one kiss.

Before she knew it, Klaus had her pinned up against a tree, his lips travelling across her jaw, leaving her breathless, their recent conversation pushed to the back of her mind.

"You know, love. I'm glad you convinced me not to do that." He whispered as his teeth grazed her ear sending a shiver through her body. Unwillingly, Caroline brought her hands up to his chest to push him away to let her regain her thoughts.

"About that," she said, her fingers clutching his shirt "Never try that again, or I swear I'll-"

"You'll what, sweetheart?"

"I'll be very angry." She said, a pout on her face.

Klaus smirked before bringing his lips back to her own.

"But seriously," she said, breaking the kiss "Please let me in."

"I love you." Was all she got in response.

The next day Elena found herself at the front door to the Originals' mansion. She was here to talk to Elijah. After discovering Caroline's love for Klaus, Elena had spent the rest of the night with an uneasy mind. She was at war with herself. On one hand, this was the man who had killed Jenna, and made her and all of her friends' lives hell. And then there was the other hand, the thought of a devastated Caroline if Klaus had died. She had seen the look on her face last night, it was the same we she looked at Stefan. Well, used to.

Before she could bring her fist up to knock the cool metal door, it swung open and she found herself staring face to face with Elijah.

"Hi." She said breathlessly, running her eyes over the suited man in front of her.

"I assume you were looking for me?" he asked

"You assumed right." Elena said. Elijah raised his eyebrows questioningly. "We need to talk, Elijah. Just not here."

With that she turned on her heel, walking toward the forest behind the mansion, hoping he would follow. He did. Elijah met her stride, walking beside her silently until they were well into the woods.

"What is this about, Elena?" he asked once they had stopped walking.

"We can't kill Klaus." She replied quietly, staring into his eyes to let him know she was serious.

They held eye contact for a moment before Elijah began to pace, bringing a hand up to run over his exasperated face. Elena watched the Original until he responded.

"Why the change of heart?" he said finally, back toward her.

"Caroline loves him." She said, wincing as she said it out loud.

"Clever girl." Elijah sighed, turning to face Elena.

"What? You know about this and were going to kill him anyway?"

Elijah stormed up to her and grabbed her upper arms. "Of course I was. My brother inflicts pain on everyone he crosses. He is a monster. That will not change with the love of some petty baby vampire. He needs to die."

"No!" Elena said, seething. "Do you know what Caroline does, Elijah? She fixes people. She can fix him, I swear."

Elijah only shook his head and rolled his eyes at the girl in font of him. He let Elena go and began to walk away.

"If you don't believe that, at least believe what I'm about to say. He loves her too, Elijah. The feeling is mutual. I know because I've seen that look before. It's the way Stefan used to look at me." Elijah stopped dead in his tracks. He could hear the honesty in Elena's voice.

"I will not harm my brother."

He heard Elena's heart skip a beat as she registered what he had just said. She thought it would take more convincing. "Why not?" she asked

Elijah inly shook his head. He knew the reason why, but he would not tell her.

"I will not harm my brother." He repeated, and began his slow walk home.

"Wait!" Elena cried out. He stopped once more. "Do I have your word?"

"Yes. You have my word that I will not harm my brother." Elijah said, disappearing into the woods, leaving Elena alone.

Let me know what you thought of the chapter! I know it's really short so I'm sorry about that.

I should also try to clue this up soon, but I have no idea how I'm going to do it so leave a comment if you have any suggestions!

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-Amanda