Tatyana Romanoff, I just wanted to say thank you for all your reviews. Unfortunately, I don't think that Kol and Jeremy will ever be getting together. This story is actually what's happened on the forum I'm on, and I don't think that the girl who plays Dani is open to a gay relationship, and I REALLY don't want to ask her. Usually when I do they say yes just to be nice and then completely stop foruming, so... And she's one of the most fun RPers for me to RP with on the forum, so I don't want her to leave. But I can at least fantasize in my fanfiction. lol

This chapter is the eleventh page of my Vampire Diaries forum: forum/The-Vampire-Diaries-My-Version/127310/

Pairings: Delena, Elejah, Implied Keremy and Matt/OC

Disclaimer: I do not own anything, but I am the main moderator/creator of the forum.

Some things have been edited and changed from the original story on the forum.

11:

Attraction

Elena studied Elijah skeptically, making Damon smirk at him and say, "I don't think she trusts you. For once." He sounded unmistakably smug.

Elijah ignored him and focused on Elena. He and Elena had always had a sort of connection, mutual trust and respect at least. It would take a lot more than Damon Salvatore to convince him otherwise. "I was wondering if I could have a dance."

Elena looked into his eyes, clearly wanting to, but he was afraid that the last time they'd seen each other had broken her trust in him. "Why?" she asked him suspiciously.

"Our last few meetings were... bad," Elijah replied. "I wanted to make it up to you." He tried to sound his most sincere, which wasn't hard considering he was being genuine. Elena meant a lot to him and always had nearly from the start. Putting her in danger before had been the hardest thin he'd ever had to do in over a thousand years.

Elena smiled slightly, sensing his honesty. "One dance."

Damon glared as Elijah pulled her to the dance floor, starting to dance with her. "You look lovely tonight, Elena," Elijah told her as he completely ignored Damon.

Elena looked at Damon and gave him her best "It's alright" expression. She looked back at Elijah, smiling as she said "Thank you." Just being near him always caused her heartbeat to speed up and she had no idea why.

Elijah smiled, hearing her heartbeat but not mentioning it. He didn't want to put her off. "So how have you been?"

Elena sighed warily and glanced over at Kol. "Your brother threatened to kill Caroline, almost killed me and Damon…. Oh, and he also threatened to hurt Jeremy."

Elijah moved her further away from Kol, Rebekah and Klaus while dancing before making his voice nearly inaudible. "I'm going to dagger him tonight. He's just not stable right now. He's terrified of Silas." He still remembered how scared Kol had always gotten by those stories as a boy. Apparently that fear was so deep, it had followed him into vampirism.

Elena gave a huff at that. "Because that has worked so well in the past." No doubt she was remembering when she'd daggered him and Rebekah.

Elijah shrugged, not becoming angry. She had only been protecting herself and her loved ones. It was something he could relate to. "It's that or kill him. As you're an older sibling yourself, you should know I can't do that."

Elena nodded to that. "Yes, but he can't be daggered infinitely. It looks like Bonnie would be all too willing to undagger him anyway."

Elijah shook his head. That wouldn't be a problem. "I'll need to take him away from here after he's daggered. Until the search for the Cure is over." That way no one could pull out the dagger, or kill him while he was vulnerable.

Elena looked at him. "Does that mean you'll be leaving?" Pain flashed through her eyes before she composed herself. But he'd seen it. Did she really want him around?

Elijah frowned. "I have allies who can take him from here. I can't leave. My sister needs me here." And he didn't want to leave her. This was dangerous territory. He knew he was in love with her. It was pointless to deny it. But he had loved Tatia too, and she'd turned him against his brother for her own desires. He had also loved Katerina, and that had ended even worse. Elena nodded to his words, looking down in what was clearly relief. "I didn't mean to upset you," Elijah said, frowning.

Elena winced, surprising him. "You saw that." Elijah frowned even more.

XXX

Stefan zoomed to the lake house to check on Jeremy after hearing Kol. "Jeremy?!" There was real concern in his voice. If anything happened to Jeremy, he knew Elena would lose it.

Kol shrugged at Bonnie. "Damon and Elena are under the false impression I want to harm Jeremy." As if he could bear doing that. If they continued to search for the Cure, he knew he would risk the Earth's destruction just to keep Jeremy safe.

Bonnie nodded, still frowning at him. "Oh. Why would either think that?" There was a hint of bitterness in her tone, and maybe jealousy.

Ethan Rowen walked into the Grill, surveying the people within. When he spotted something curious, he walked over and sat next to Klaus. "Well hello. What are you?" he said in a near inaudible tone so that only Klaus heard him. He looked over to the bartender who asked him if he needed a drink. "Yeah, I'll take a Silver Bullet." He made a motion like firing a gun into his head, then looked back to Klaus with a smile. After a moment the bartender came back with the drink and placed it next to Ethan.

Jeremy came outside of the lake house looking at Stefan in bewilderment. "Emergency?" he asked in confusion.

Klaus shifted to look at Ethan, his eyes narrowing in suspicion. "Do I know you….?" Over a thousand years, you met a lot of people. But as Kol always pointed out, not everyone stood out. Mainly just allies and enemies, and he didn't recognize this guy at all.

"I'm an Original, Bonnie," Kol explained to her as if she was a moron. "We're always judged without proof." Most of the time rightly so, but still….

Stefan shook his head. "Checking up on you. Elena and Damon were getting worried that Kol might have killed you while we weren't aware." He kept himself from caring too much. He was done with doing that.

Bonnie nodded, sighing. "That's got to be awful." She sounded almost cold.

Jeremy nodded slowly. "No," he responded, as if that should be obvious. "…. But he did stop by." He almost sounded as if he'd enjoyed the visit.

Ethan took a swig of the Silver Bullet, then placed the glass down, placing two fingers on the rim of it. "The real question is, why don't I know you?" He looked around the room, then back at Klaus. "I don't remember any vamp-wolf hybrids in my time. Who made you? Was it Silas?" he said, all the while still speaking in the inaudible tone, looking questioningly at Klaus. The bartender topped his drink off and he picked it up with the same two fingers and took another swig.

Kol shrugged, actually looking at her with interest at her cold tone, but still not much interest. Jeremy did the pissed off thing better. "I still have Rebekah and even Niklaus…. And I'm even bringing you and Jeremy around."

Stefan frowned at the way Jeremy spoke of Kol the same way Kol spoke of him. "What did he want?" he asked suspiciously.

Bonnie gave him a long look. "You really care about Jeremy, don't you?" she asked with a wary tone.

Kol paused. "We're friends." He could never admit his true feelings to anyone. If it ever got back to Jeremy, he was sure that Jeremy would want nothing to do with him. Bonnie nodded, sighing and pulling away from him.

"No," Klaus answered, glaring at him. "Silas did not make me." He paused. "How do you even know about him? Or that I'm a hybrid?" he questioned in a low voice.

Jeremy shrugged. "Need to know basis." He had no idea why he wanted to keep his visit with Kol private. He'd only ever done that with Vicki and Anna. He frowned as the comparison surprised him.

Ethan placed his hand over the glass and shook his head to the bartender who came back to refill his glass once more. "I was a good friend of Silas. His lovely coven made me a Hybrid. In trying to save me from the agony of the moon curse, he made me immortal. But that was centuries ago. So back to you. I can smell that you're half," he said, speaking in the same low tone, shifting his white coat a little and straightening the sleeves.

Kol smiled at her. "Is something wrong?" he asked again in an almost patronizing tone.

Stefan frowned even more. "Jeremy, Kol isn't safe. If he threatened you we need to know." Though he now had his suspicions about Kol and Jeremy.

Bonnie seemed to force a smile of her own, looking up at him again. "Absolutely nothing…. I'm having a good time."

Jeremy let out an agitated huff as he lost his train of thought. "He didn't threaten me. He just wanted to go hang out… or… something along the lines of that."

Klaus frowned, nodding. "Do you know where he's buried?" he asked abruptly. If he knew then that may shorten the search.

Ethan looked puzzled and abruptly angry. "Buried?! Who killed him?! Or is he alive, but sealed?" he said, almost glaring at Klaus, his eyes starting to shift to that of a dark red. But then he regained control and calmed down. He still spoke in that low voice.

Kol smirked. "We should get back to our drinks."

Stefan absorbed that before smiling after a moment. "Let me get this straight. You finally get a friend and it's an Original?" He then frowned again. "Or are you two, um….?" He wasn't sure if he really wanted to ask this. It was already pretty awkward.

Bonnie shrugged. "Whatever."

Jeremy gave him a look of confusion before getting what he was trying to ask. "I have other friends," Jeremy said defensively, pointedly only responding to the first part of that. He wasn't sure what was bothering him more: the fact that Stefan thought he and Kol were together or that he didn't mind the idea as much as he should.

Klaus shrugged impassively. "Alive…." He hesitated to reveal anymore. Already, too many knew. "A group of people are trying to get the Cure to vampirism from him. But some…" His gaze shifted over to Kol and then back to Ethan. "… don't want that happening."

Ethan smiled to himself. "A cure? I don't remember him talking about such a thing." He stood up and placed money on the bar and started to walk to the exit. "Thanks for the chat." He left the Grill.

Kol had paused suddenly, hearing Ethan and Klaus, but took her back to the bar area. Bonnie looked at him, having to force herself to ask, "What's wrong?"

"So you count Kol as a friend?" Stefan asked him, noticing how Jeremy had completely ignored the other part. "You realize that all of them but Klaus need to die, right?" He thought about Rebekah but shook the thought off.

Kol looked back and saw Ethan leave. "Someone's talking about freeing Silas." The fury in his voice wasn't hidden. Why bother to mask it? Bonnie stiffened, frowning.

Klaus watched him leave before turning to the bartender and ordering a drink, deep in thought.

Jeremy had to fight the urge not to kill Stefan. He wrote it off as his Hunter instincts, and not the fact that he didn't want Kol to die. "Why? None of them are doing anything wrong."

Kol glared. "It's fine. He can't free Silas without you and..." He was suddenly consumed with worry and took out his phone, texting Jeremy. Be careful. You may be in danger. New player in town.

Stefan shook his head. "They've all caused trouble, Jeremy."

Bonnie nodded, watching him closely. "I hope you're right."

Klaus stood up after downing his drinking and paying the bartender. He left without a word to anybody.

"So have you." Jeremy said, defending Kol for reasons he didn't know. He took out his phone and read the text before replying. Another person trying to free Silas?

XXX

"Struck a nerve, did I?" Jordan asked smugly. "Come on, Matty, don't be so hostile. It's a party! Drink, dance! Have fun!" Matt just shook his head, unnerved a bit. Jordan sighed and pouted. "I apologize for bringing that stuff up, alright?"

"I doubt that," Matt replied angrily. He was tired of everyone screwing around with him.

Jordan put a hand over her heart in mock hurt, still pouting. "I'm injured, Matt. Would you like me to prove how sorry I am?" She sounded strangely seductive.

Matt frowned at her. He was starting to have a strange reaction to her. Almost like what he used to get around Elena. But it was also different somehow. "How would you?" he finally asked her warily.

Jordan smiled. "Good question," she said, tapping her chin. "I'll buy you a drink." She definitely smiled seductively now. "We'll go from there."

Matt looked at her like she was insane, but was clearly attracted to her. "Why?"

Jordan sighed. "because i plan on getting u drunk and touching you inappropriately. she rolled her eyes. "because this is the only free time ive had in awhile i dont want to spend it sober or alone. And you dont seem like your having alot of fun"

Matt thought a moment. "I only want a coke."

Jordan rolled her eyes, trying not to smile. "alright, well im sure we'll be able to get you a coke"

Matt nodded.