A/N As promised the next chapter, this si prelude to thate date, which is what the next chapter will be devoted to, enjoy :)
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Chapter 12
"So you like Thierry huh?" he asks.
"He seems nice, and I think we could be good friends, he introduced me to Katie today" smiles Elena choosing her words to let Marcel know Thierry was no competition.
"Am I that transparent?" he asks.
"Just a little" she teases turning to face him.
He just stares at her like she was the most beautiful thing in the world to him.
"Wow this is nice" she says.
"What?" he asks.
"To have someone look at me like that and know they are only seeing me, Damon and Stefan always saw some of Katherine I'm sure, I mean we're identical, and then you have the originals they always saw Katherine and Tatia, you're the one vampire guy I've known who looks at me and sees Elena" she explains nervously fiddling with her daylight ring, it had always been a fear of hers that she was just a replacement for her ancestors.
Marcel reaches out and takes her hand, his other one tilting her chin up so her eyes met his.
"I only see you Elena, just you" he assures her with a smile.
Elena looks at him, maybe she could be happy here and maybe she could find it in her heart to forgive Marcel, hell she'd forgiven Damon and Stefan and their crimes had been a great deal worse, while she'd probably be told her compassion and desire to see the good in people was a weakness maybe this time it wouldn't be.
Thierry and Diego watch from the courtyard.
"I like her, she's nice, and she's tough too, but not naïve and now we know she isn't a spy or Katherine in disguise" sighs Thierry with a smile.
"She seems different from Katherine that's for sure, and Marcel is happier than I've seen him" nods Diego.
"I think she's good for him, and he is for her, I can't imagine having not one but two people in history that looked exactly like me, and having met people who knew them, it must be impossible not to compare them" says Thierry.
"It is, and they're carbon copies, literally, identical they could be twins, if you didn't know them well enough you could easily mistake one for the other" agrees Diego.
"She's sad though, she's lost a lot, but maybe here she can have a fresh start, if there's anywhere for it to happen its New Orleans, a city run by vampires" says Thierry.
"I hope this works, I don't think Marcel could deal with it if she breaks his heart" sighs Diego.
"I don't think she plans on it somehow, I think they'll work for each other" says Thierry.
"Want to join me for dinner tonight, I was promised a date after all?" asks Marcel.
"And I still agree, are we talking food or blood?" she asks.
"Bit of both, but that's all I'll say" smiles Marcel.
"Dress code?" she asks.
"Formal, but not quite black tie" he replies.
"Alright, I think have a couple of things that will work, what are we doing?" she asks.
"Wait and see, meet me here at seven ready to go, I promised an extravagant way of making this up to you" he replies.
"Alright" she smiles as they part ways and Elena heads into the library and settles herself down with an original copy of Jane Eyre.
Its a few hours later when she puts it down having finished it and sees it's already four.
"Damn" she swears getting up and flashing to her room.
She showers and dries her hair pulling on a black lace dress that feel to her mid thigh, with a halter style neck and a gap in the back, paring it with a black bolero, black sling backs and putting her hair into an elegant half up half down like she'd worn it for her Miss Mystic Falls, she tears up a little as she thinks of the fact last time Jenna was helping her do it, but she pushes it away and does her make up going for subtle, making her eyes stand out just a little more and no lipstick just in case.
Lastly spraying on her favourite perfume she walks out onto the balcony and sees Thierry waiting for her.
"Wow" he gasps.
"Good wow?" she asks.
"You look great Elena, come on" he smiles as they walk downstairs and he leads her outside the compound where she sees Marcel leaning up against a black town car in a suit.
His mouth almost drops open when he sees her.
"You look amazing" he smiles taking her hand and kissing it.
"You clean up pretty good yourself" smiles Elena.
"Shall we?" he asks gesturing to the car.
"By all means" she smiles as they slide inside.
It pulls away and Thierry and Diego watch it go.
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