AN- I apologize for the slow updates. . . but my actual life needs attention too.

Chapter-Sleeping beauty doesn't get the prince...

Elijah stares at his brother; he finds it curious that the brother he's wanted to kill for the past few centuries has given him reason not too once more.

More trickery, He will not be fooled again.

Elijah has always been the one fascinated by the effect human emotions have on creatures such as vampires, and it makes him wonder if this sudden change in his brother is due to this, "So . . . this thing you have for the witch . . ."

"Bonnie, her name is Bon -"

"I know her name," Elijah interrupts him firmly. "These feelings you have for Bonnie, are they real or more deceit?"

Klaus cut's a look to his demure brother, who he has reason to question the sincerity of his words and actions, "I care for her very deeply, that's all you need to know."

"I think I need a little more,"

"Why does it matter? Isn't this what you wanted for me? To remember that I was human once, that I was capable of loving someone," Klaus spews aggravated,

Elijah hides his shocked expression, "Do you love her?"

Klaus is a very capable liar but if he were to try and lie about what he feels for Bonnie, Elijah would see right through him. "She's the best thing that's ever come into my life . . . she's amazing . . ." he didn't want to reveal anymore, plus he was growing tired of this heart to heart with his brother it was starting to feel familiar.

Elijah would like to believe his sudden change ... but he's become the poster vamp for fool me once shame on me, fool me twice shame on you, but fool me three times well you're a damn fool, and Elijah isn't too keen on being anyone's fool yet again. "Forgive me, if I don't take your word for it,"

"I wouldn't lie about her,"

"I need to know, before I help you any further." Elijah stops the car suddenly.

Klaus knows that it's time to revel his soul, the soul he hasn't bothered to acknowledge for the past few centuries, plus he had seen this going a bit differently and the person he was confessing to was not his brother, " I suppose, I do love her . . ."

What has this witch done to his sadistic little brother? Has she really brought him back to that sweet naive kid he loved and protected before all hell broke loose in the family?

"How do we kill him?"

"Leave it to me."

The car goes silent for the better half of two hours as Elijah pulls back onto the road. Elijah muses myself with aristocratic humming and wonders how Klaus will kill their brother and he thinks that he should feel something, anything but he couldn't force what wasn't in him. Klaus shuts his eyes trying to ignore him.

"During our fight you were weak, why?"

Klaus exhaled, he had long forgotten how curious Elijah was, "I had a spell placed on me ... for her benefit, but I'm no longer affected."

Elijah looks at him curiously and a smirk broke through and he felt something that he thought had long disappeared; he loved his brother no matter the betrayals. "Where would he go?"

"I've got an idea, just keep heading west."

Bonnie has worked out that she's in a condo it was just like something Klaus would buy, this she knows for sure, it amuses her that he's allowed her so far into his life . . . Breaking-up her thoughts is the taste of her blood sliding into her mouth, Dmitri liked to hit . "I asked you a question."

Bonnie lunged at him, "When I get free . . . I will kill you and I will enjoy it," She breathed through her nose roughly with such fiery determination, Dmitri mused silently as he twirled his fingers in her hair laughing. He didn't bother to indulge in her threats he wants his original question answered.

"Will he come for you?" He asked slowly this time,

"Who?" Bonnie shrugs playing aloof, Dmitri smirked continuing with the conversation. "He'll come, I know it. . . He has a soft spot for you, and I see why, you're spunky." He giggled like a school girl.

"He doesn't care about me, so your wasting your time trying to get him here,"

Dmitri laughs, "I know my brother, so stop. Lying to me only pisses me off," He grabs her by the hair roughly, "See, he has more than a soft spot for you," Dmitri stops so he can laugh at the thought he's having, "He might actually think he loves you." Bonnie looks puzzled by his remark, she had never thought that Klaus could be in love with anyone but himself, Yes she would bet a stake in Dmitri's heart that he cared about her, but never love her. Now Bonnie laughs, "Then you would be sadly mistaken." Dmitri clears his throat tapping her cheeks, as he prepared to leave the room.

"That witch did not have to die; she was more than willing to help us."

Klaus gave Elijah the side-eye, "For once in your life will you stop bitching," Elijah cocked his head looking Klaus up and down like he could squash him like a bug, Klaus waits but Elijah holds back for the time being.

"When we go in here, Bonnie is first priority." Elijah nods taking Klaus's lead.

Everything happens fairly quickly, Elijah handles the hybrids . . . While he goes off ahead leaving him behind . . . Klaus sneaks up on his former lover whose let her ego get in the way of her actual prowess as a witch. "Hello darling."

"Klaus, he made me," She holds onto his forearm that's choking her.

"Of course he did." He pouted nodding at her; the fear in her eyes brought such bliss to him. . .

Klaus snaps his onetime lovers neck placing a sweet kiss on her lips, "I warned you," he drops her body, like she were trash . . . "Dmitri, Dmitri . . . come out and face me you coward." He yells, like a manic.

Dmitri shows himself using Bonnie as a shield, " I told you he'd come." Dmitri wiggled his brow,

"In your current state do you really think you can try and kill me before I kill her . . ."

Dmitri licks Bonnie's face, "Are you willing to risk it?" The witch obviously didn't tell him that Bonnie had to still be wearing the necklace in order for the spell to still have any effect on him, and since she isn't he's good to go. Thank God, his brother is stupid, too stupid to realize this.

"I swear to God, if it's the last thing I do, I'll kill you."

Dmitri smacks his lips smiling, "Ah, we could have been great together . . . you me and her, "Klaus face is set in a grimace. He'd like nothing more than to rip Dmitri the fuck apart right now, but he has to get to Bonnie first.

Bonnie makes a bold move. She holds onto Dmitri summoning as much power as her weak body allows and fire burst through her hands sitting him ablaze. He screams in agony as every part of Him sizzles. She finally let's go when the flames begin to burn her wrist. She feels weightless, as she crashes to the ground and before she knows it, Klaus takes her in his arms holding her near his heart, "I'm here baby, its okay I'm here." He completely forgets to keep an eye on Dmitri, as well as Elijah whose attention is drawn to the young miss Bennett.

Elijah cringes, watching his brother and hearing the words "Baby" gracing his lips . . .

"You came," Bonnie gives him a weary smile; he sweetly removes the hair from her face.

"Always,"

Bonnie lets out a wistful laugh, "You took your sweet time again," he smiles as the tears weld up in his eyes, he couldn't believe she was teasing him in her condition. "I'm sorry."

"Don't be . . . you're here," He pulled her closer, he took in all her scars, removing his jacket which he held tightly around her while Bonnie chuckles to herself, "What's so funny?"

She touches his cheeks, "I thought sociopaths only cared about themselves,"

Klaus gives her a lopsided smile. "They do, but this sociopath cares about you." He caresses her hair. "Now, I need you to drink." He bites into his wrist feeding her, his blood.

His blood flows around in her mouth effortlessly and suddenly she feels stronger and weak all at once but she knew it was safe to close her eyes.

Elijah clears his throat, gaining Klaus attention, "What?" He hated what Elijah would say, before the words left his polished mouth.

"He got away, again." He says with a suave boredom.

"Fuck!" Klaus yells, "He won't stop coming after her," Klaus says under his breath, he closes eyes because he has to do the very last thing he wants.

Klaus lifts her into his arms as they leave.

Jeremy sits on the bed that belonged to her, it smells like her everywhere, it was fresh lavender that filled the air, he messes with her clothes, looking at the dresser he slaps the glass bottles of perfume onto the floor, which brings Elena and the gang rushing in. "Jeremy are you okay?" Elena asks, Jeremy looks around at the staring faces of Matt, Tyler, Caroline, Alaric and Damon.

"No Elena, it's twice that my girlfriend has been kidnapped . . ."

"What is your problem?" Elena couldn't believe he was acting like this towards her.

"Stop asking such stupid questions . . . try using your brain for once," Jeremy snaps at her, "That's enough boy," Damon intercedes," Of course, the murdering psycho vamp, forever my sister's protector, I wonder how Stefan feels . . . you do know three's a crowd, right?" Jeremy says nastily.

Damon takes a deep breath because he was two seconds away from ripping Jeremy's throat out and wearing his vocal cords as a necklace, He remembers that we all say and do things we don't mean when someone we love is in danger. "You should calm down." He says instead.

"Or what, you'll snap my neck again?"

Damon and Jeremy stare each other down, Alaric takes it upon himself to defuse the situation and take care of Jeremy he's basically appointed himself his surrogate father figure.

Jeremy shoulder bumps Damon as he and Alaric leave, and the murderous vampire tries to remember that he's Elena's little brother and he should not kill him.

Damon finds himself in the study in need of a stiff drink, "I've got the bourbon." Stefan says from the corner of the study,

Damon turns seeing him sitting there with his feet up all relaxed and nonchalant about the situation. "Mind, if I join you?"

Stefan takes a swig of bourbon before heading it off to Damon. "Of course not" Stefan smiled with his mouth but his eyes told a different story. They were blank and cold as he looked at Damon.

"Did you sleep with Elena?" Stefan blurts out. Damon stops in mid-sip to pay his younger brother some much needed attention.

"What did you just say?"

Stefan stood, "I said, did you fuck Elena?" He put emphasis on the words fuck and Elena.

Damon blinked rapidly, "I'm your brother -"

Stefan threw his hand up for Damon to stop. "Like it's never happened before" Damon nodded his head in agreement, sharing Katherine Pierce wasn't a shining moment in the Salvatore family history, " Elena, loves you she's made that abundantly clear." He raises the bottle of bourbon in his hand saluting their love.

"Again, that's never stopped you before," Stefan folds his arms across his chest, something in him was itching to attack something, someone, Damon, he wants to attack Damon, he wants to hurt him, even if Elena and Damon haven't physically been together they've grown emotionally and Stefan wants to take it away.

"True again, what do want from me?" Stefan exhaled, he was tired and angry he had to get away before he did something reckless, "Nothing, just continue to be good ol' Damon." He slaps Damon shoulder, leaving him standing there to figure out what the hell just happened.

Elijah calls Elena to inform her that Klaus won't be happy to find them still in his home, and that Bonnie would be waiting for them back in Mystic Falls. . . Damon makes it a point to leave with all of Klaus good liquor . . . Stefan makes it a point to come back with them and keep his distance from Damon.

Bonnie wakes up blinking rapidly gathering her surroundings. Quickly she notices the teddy bear on her bed that her father brought her when she was nine after a long business trip caused him to miss her birthday. She was back home, her home the one she shared with her often absentee father. She exhaled momentarily, she remembered that he had came for her, although she lied through her teeth to Dmitri that Klaus wouldn't think twice about coming too her aide. He had proven her thoroughly wrong... she looks around seeing a shadow in the corner.

"Klaus," She tries to adjust her eyes to the dim light of the room.

"Sorry, wrong brother."

"Elijah!"Bonnie searches her room for Klaus; she figured he wouldn't just leave without telling her goodbye. Bonnie touches her neck and wrist.

"Your wounds have healed, "Elijah assures her.

Bonnie nods at Elijah, the scars have faded like they had never happened, if only it were possible to wipe the memory from her mind, and ease her of this feeling of being violated.

"Where is Klaus?" She inquires.

Elijah steps closer to the bed handing her a letter, "He asked me to give this to you,"

Bonnie hesitates before she opens it, she knows she is not going to like this.

My Sweet,

These words are unlike any I have ever written, I have often thought of telling you what you mean to me but nothing ever seemed good enough, no words would ever be enough, but I must try. I've never wanted or needed anyone like I need you, I crave you, you're under my skin, I feel you within a soul that has long been perished but you remind me of the man who once was human and capable of great love, you make want to be better, I realized that I would do anything, give anything just to have you, but I can't. . . namely because of your loyalty to what's- his –face. I'll admit, I've thought of ways to kill him and make it look like an accident but I know you're too smart too ever fall that, and I would never want to hurt you, so I'm letting you go.

Forever yours,

Klaus.

Bonnie wipes the single tear from her eye before Elijah notices but He pretends that he doesn't,

"Where did he go?"

"To do what he does best, kill." And with that Elijah leaves.