Take me, I'm alive, never was a girl with a wicked mind

But everything looks better, when the sun goes down

I had everything, opportunities for eternity

And I could belong to the night

The next morning, Elena woke up with a piercing headache, her eyes kept forcing themselves shut, when they finally decided to co-operate, she sat up, she barely noticed Elijah's arm wrapped around her stomach, she turned her head to see him sleeping soundly, he was lay on his side so she assumed he had held all night... Well, from when he finally decided to stop drinking and talking to Damon and Alaric.

She placed a soft kiss on his cheek, before pushing the blankets off of her and stepping out of the bed.

Wait... Blankets? A puzzled expression sat on her face, she didn't sleep under the blankets last night, she glanced down and saw that she was wearing her pajamas.

How the hell did Elijah manage to change her without her waking? She simply shook off the thought and smiled to herself at the kind gesture, before slowly creeping out of the bedroom, she quietly opened the door and shut it behind her, she stubbed her toe on the edge of the banister when she jolted back away from the door, it was dark and she hadn't realized how close the door and banister actually was.

"Boo!" A voice startled her, speaking just as she turned around.

"Ssh, Damon." She tapped her finger against her ear, then pointed it towards the bedroom where Elijah was sleeping.

"Right, sorry." He whispered. "I'll make coffee."

So with that, they both crept down the stairs, as quietly as they possibly could, Damon then informed her Alaric was sleeping on the couch, they had to be extra quiet, especially when they had to creep through the living room to get to the kitchen.

Damon started making coffee and Elena just sat down at the table, she was only half awake, she thought she would just crash at any moment, that is, until she smelt the coffee that Damon was dangling in front of her face, she halfed smiled at him and took the coffee from his hand. "Thanks."

"You're welcome, lovely Elena." He spoke, in his usual, sarcastic tone of voice as he took his own cup of the counter and sat at the opposite side of the circular table.

"What time did you three end up going to sleep last night?" She asked, before she started to blow gently at her coffee, in order to cool it quicker.

"Late."

"How late?"

Damon paused. "... Very late."

Elena rolled her eyes slightly, but a grin couldn't be stopped from forming on her lips, she was happy that they where all finally getting along, Damon and Alaric had never really been big fans of Elijah and vice versa, it was progress, they where hardly the best of friends, but in time, they could be... Maybe.

"So, whats the plan for today?" She asked, after a moments silence.

"Go check in with Bonnie, see if she's got the spell and if she has, we cut you open and feed the hell hole your blood. Sounds fun, right?" He smirked sarcastically before sipping at his coffee.

"Wait, all my blood is required?"

"No, don't be silly, Elena. Only a bit. Definitely not enough to kill you or even harm you... Hopefully."

"Hopefully?"

"Well, I don't know the spell or the requirements, but if your life is at risk, then we don't do it."

Elena paused for a long moment, just staring into the depths of her coffee, which appeared to be her searching for answers. She took a deep breath. "Yes, we do."

"What?"

"We have too, otherwise, a lot of people will die and I can't have that on my shoulders, there's enough death on there as there is."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Damon!"

"Elena." Now he was mocking.

She scoffed and just sipped her coffee, she didn't care if she died, especially if it was too save lives, even now no-one understood that, it had been about a year since the sacrifice and yet they still want to keep her alive, they make her want to die. Especially Stefan. She often wondered how him and Katherine where getting on, they obviously moved out, if he was dead, Damon would of told her, so the assumption was all she had.

Next minute, they heard the door open and slam again, loudly.

Loud enough for Alaric too shoot up and Elijah to run out of the bedroom and too the living room using his vampire speed, Elena and Damon just shared a look before standing up off the chairs and walking into the living room, joining the others.

It was Bonnie.

"I have the spell." She rejoiced, and then held up a sheet of paper, everyone just glanced at each other, all smiles.

"Then we do it tonight." Damon grinned.

"Damon, quick word?" Bonnie asked, as she walked towards him, she placed her hand on the top of his arm and lead him towards the kitchen, it was at that point Elena walked towards Elijah and just stood in front of him.

"What are they saying?" She whispered, Elijah pointed his ear towards the kitchen and eagerly listened.

"There's a problem, Damon. This spell..."

"Spit it out, Bonnie."

"Most of Elena's blood is required, the last witch that performed this spell was over a millenia ago and she lost her human donor to it, she swore no-one would have to go through the pain she did ever again, she thought she hid it, but she didn't."

"Well, that is a problem."

"We're leaving." Elijah took Elena's hand and started to walk towards the stairs, Elena remained still which forced him to jolt backwards slightly. "No, Elena, we're leaving."

"What did they say?" She asked, stubbornly.

"Upstairs."

Elena shrugged and just followed him up the stairs and towards the bedroom, Elijah slammed the door shut and Elena just sat down on the bed, eager to listen. "Talk."

"You'll die if you did this spell."

"So?"

"'So?' Don't be ridiculous, I'm not going to let you die just to close a gateway to hell."

She stood up and walked towards him, she took his hands in hers, holding them tightly against her chest, he could feel her heartbeat, it brought a small smile to his face, regardless of the situation.

"I can't lose you." He finally spoke, his voice broke and emotion seeped through, his eyes looked up from there hands to her eyes.

"You won't," She paused mid-sentence, blinking several times to force several tears back, it wasn't the time to cry. "Feed me your blood."

She didn't even want to look at him now, mainly because he might be completely disgraced, but she wanted this, she needed this.

"What? You'll become a-"

"I know, it's time, my love." She decided to look at him, she didn't know what he looked like, it was a look she hadn't seen before, whether it was complete sadness or disappointment.

"I can't turn you."

"You have too, I'm too easily broken, fragile, I don't want to have to anything like this again, it's time the Petrova bloodline ends."

"But Elena-"

"Please?"

He just stared at her for another long moment, before slowly placing a kiss on her forehead, his lips lingered for a long moment. "I want to be with you... Forever."

His fangs retracted, reaching there full length, he released her hands and pierced his fangs into his wrist, two small wounds instantly forming, he held his wrist in front of her, blood trickling from it and dropping onto the floor, without another though, Elena pressed her mouth over them, sucking the crimson liquid from the fang wounds, the blood poured down her throat and she swallowed, she just kept swallowing, she used her other hand to hold his arm and keep it in place.

He finally pulled his wrist away from her, she looked up and there was droplets of blood around her mouth, Elijah used his sleeve to wipe them away slowly and gently.

"Forever." She spoke in hushed tones, before wrapping her arms around his neck, she curved her back to be as close to him as she could, her head rested on his shoulder.

"Forever." He wrapped his arms around her waist, his hands placed on her back.

-w-

Elijah and Elena finally emerged from the bedroom, fully dressed, Elijah in a suit and Elena in skinny jeans and a tank top.

"Where did you two vanish too?" Asked Damon, who was back in the living room with Bonnie and Alaric.

"When to get changed whilst you two talked."

Damon just nodded his head and Elijah and Elena took a seat on the chair, well, Elena on his lap again, he was comfortable.

"Elena, the spell is off." Bonnie spoke.

"Why?"

"You'll die if we do it."

"I know, that's why I just drank the last bit of the elixir that Elijah had saved from the Sacrifice ritual with Klaus."

"And that will work?"

"Yes," Elijah interjected. "It doesn't just save the doppelganger from the Sacrifice with Klaus, it can save anyone from being sacrificed."

They both lied, Elena was more hurt about it, she cared about everyone in this room and she was lying through gritted teeth.

"Then its back on again." Damon must really trust her and Elijah.

"Tonight, we end this." Said Elena.

It's not that long but the next chapter will be the action one. :]

Will Elena become a vampire? Or will Elijah's blood just heal her?

After all, not all of her blood is required to do the spell.

And I wonder how everyone will react IF Elena becomes a vampire. ;]

Wait and see. ;P