AN: I'm sorry I only wrote four chapters tonight but I'm exhausted, sorry!
They stop in New Orleans. He doesn't ask her to, he knows she's still uncomfortable around Klaus, so she goes exploring as he catches up with his brother. She wonders around, ducking into different stores and finds place she decides to take Elijah to the next day. She texts him that she's a little lost and she's pretty sure someone is following her, and he asks for an address. She texts one of the building she's leaning against. He promises to be there quickly. She moves her hair up into a ponytail, closing her eyes to remember doing it as a human. Being a cheerleader seems like lifetime ago. Elijah appears a minute or two later, telling her that while New Orleans is under his brother's control for the most part, it's still a little unsafe. She nods. She loops her arm in his, and he allows it. They get back to the car, and she drives to another city for a hotel. He doesn't see the tension leave her body until she's yawning, her hair drying on a pillow. She tries to tell him about the bookstores, but she yawns and her eyes close.
He's dressed and ending a call when she yawns and stretches. She promises to be ready in a few minutes, and he nods. He's reading a book from her pile, she realizes as she deals with her hair.
The book is back where it's supposed to be when she gets out, and she glances at Elijah before he opens the door to leave their room. She pauses, and makes the decision to invade the space between them. She carefully moves his tie, and he can hear her heartbeat speed up a little. She still has her hands on his tie when she awkwardly explains his tie was crooked. She begins to apologize and he thanks her. He asks for the keys, she's driven enough the past few days.
