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*Last chapter*

For the first two weeks I had constantly hoped to see Elijah. But when the fourth week passed Caroline made me realize that he wouldn't come back or at least not anytime soon. And so I started to 'accept' the fact, that I would not see him for a very long time.

*End of last chapter*

Elena's P.O.V.

Six months after Elijah left, I was now officially living with Rebekah, Klaus and Kol. The postman brought for the first time my letters to their and now also my house. It was a very special feeling to get the first letter here, but it was also combined with some sadness, as Elijah was not here to live that moment with me. But before I let myself get too sad, I cheered myself up and put a CD in the Player. I turned it quite high, even if I didn't need to have it that high and simply enjoyed the music.

Klaus, Rebekah and Kol were all out doing some 'original business' and so I had the entire house for myself. With the music still on I sped into the kitchen and warmed up some blood, before I went back to the living room to lay on one of the couches. I was bored and didn't know what to do. Caroline was away with her mother, so no luck there. Bonnie, well she was back to normal, but she still had a grudge against vampires and so I didn't want to spend time with her. Stefan was too boring and still trying to get me away from the originals so he was out too. Damon, well… he was still a bit pissed that I choose the originals over him and the other. So that left only one person.

"Hello?" Came Jeremy's voice from the phone. "Hey, Jer. It's me Elena." "Elena, nice to hear of you. What's up?" He asked cheerfully. "Not much. Just called and wanted to ask if you had maybe some time to spend with your big sister?" "Uh… really sorry, but I don't have time today. A next time maybe?" Jeremy asked after a second of silence. "Okay, a next time. So see you?" "Yeah, bye." He said before he hung up. 'Great… I still don't know what to do…' I thought, while I stared up at the ceiling. 'Rearrange my room?... No, too much work… Check out the house?... Na, did that already… What could I do`?...'

I was just about to walk to the kitchen to get something to eat, when the doorbell rang. '… I didn't hear a car coming… That's weird…' I thought, while I went to the front door. On the way there, I took a stake, just to be sure and took a deep breath before I opened the door.

Out of shock I let my stake fall to the ground and took a step back. "Hello Elena." Elijah said in a happy voice as if nothing ever happened and that caused deep anger inside of me. "Hello Elena, that's all you have to say to me?! You know what? Get LOST!" I shouted before I slammed the door in his face and sped to my room. 'How can he show up like this?! How can he act as if nothing ever happened?!...' I thought angrily, while I turned on my stereo, making sure that it was on the highest level. I took out my phone and sent Rebekah a quick text message.

Rebekah's P.O.V.

Klaus had gotten informed by one of his hybrids, that they had seen Elijah near Mystic Falls. We didn't tell Elena, as I was sure she wouldn't take the message too well. So Klaus, Kol and I went to meet the informants without Elena.

We had been there since about two hours, when I got a text from Elena.

He's back.

~E

Just after reading the message, I showed it to Kol, who was standing next to me and right after we showed it Klaus. "At least now we know where he is." Klaus said, while he began walking to our car, surely to get back home. "Yes, but something isn't right, Klaus. Have you seen the way Elena wrote the message?" I answered, while I took place in the backseat. "I agree with you." Kol quickly interjected. Over the past months, Kol and Elena had grown nearly inseparable. They weren't involved romantically, at least that's what I think, but they were just really close friends. In fact, we all got very close. "Why do you both agree?" Klaus asked, feeling left out. "Because Elena doesn't write texts like this one." Kol said, while pointing on my phone. "So you think something is wrong?" Klaus asked and Kol rolled his eyes for the second time in this conversation. "We don't think something is wrong, we know that something is wrong." Kol answered and started the car.

Twenty minutes later we arrived at the house and we saw Elijah leaning on his car. When we stepped out of the car he straightened up and came in our direction. "Elijah." Klaus greeted coldly. "Klaus, Kol, Rebekah." Elijah nodded towards us and we nodded back, well mostly I did, because Kol didn't make a move. "To what do we owe the pleasure of having you here?" I asked with sarcasm dripping. I really wasn't in the mood for any games. For an instant I listened closely to the surrounding and I could hear quite clearly the music coming from Elena's room. 'Oh… That's a bad sign.…' When Elena listen to music that loud, it never was a good sign.

"I came to tell you of some things that I have recently learned and that can't be discussed over the phone." He explained us, while we walked to the door. We were just opening the door, when I had to ask Elijah something. "Why weren't you already inside when we came." He looked amused and sad for a moment, but eventually answered. "Elena answered the door and when she saw me, she shut it right back. I really can't blame her for that." He finished with a sad smile. Kol only made a strange sound and went upstairs, probably checking on Elena, while we went to the living room.

Kol's P.O.V.

As soon as I got out of the car, I could hear the loud music coming from the house. Of course Elijah didn't escape my eyesight, but I decided to mostly ignore him. He had hurt someone I cared for deeply and this time I wouldn't just let it pass.

After we finally entered the house, I went straight to Elena's room. I knocked two times quite heavily, before I entered her room. There I saw Elena lying on the bed with a glass of blood. The music was blasting out of her stereo and it was quite dark in there. "Elena, he's inside with us." She lifted slightly her eyebrows and I went to lie down next to her. "He's downstairs with Rebekah and Klaus. And I can tell you it's not exactly the happy family reunion." I laughed a bit, before I noticed the tears in her eyes. "Hey, don't cry. What's the matter?" I asked concerned and I took her in my arms, trying to comfort her as much as I could. She sat back up and looked at me before she answered. "I… I'm so sorry Kol. I… I never wanted to cause you so much problems and pain. I… I…" "Shh... It's okay. Take deep breaths, don't think about anything. It's not your fault anyway. Just know that we don't blame you, Elena." I told her while I drew soothing circles on her back. She looked back up at me, with tears still flowing from her eyes. "You really don't blame me?" She asked shyly. I gave her a smile and gently took her head in between my hands. I looked her in the eyes for a moment before I place a kiss on her forehead. "We don't blame you." I stood up and opened the curtains, before I turned back around. "Now, let's get you downstairs so you can rub him in his face what kind of progress you did. You okay with this?"

She smiled widely at me and then nodded and rushes into the bathroom. Ten minutes later Elena came back out and together we descended the stairs, moving to the living room.

Elena's P.O.V.

The music combined with the blood helped me relax a great deal. I knew that Elijah was still standing outside, but I wanted to wait for the rest of the family before I did anything. And so I lied down on my bed and let myself drift away in my thoughts.

When there was a loud knock I came out of my state and was quite happy to see Kol. He moved into my room, closed the door and went to stand in front of my bed, giving a disapproving look at my stereo and at my curtains, which kept the room dark. "Elena, he's inside with us." 'So, they let him in…' I only raised my eyebrow, waiting for the rest of the explanation. Kol sighted once and went to lie down next to me.

After a moment of silence he turned slightly towards me and continued speaking. "He's downstairs with Rebekah and Klaus. And I can tell you it's not exactly the happy family reunion." At the end Kol laughed slightly. I got extremely guilty because of what Kol just said and I tried to fight my tears, but they were just stronger. And when Kol saw my tears he stopped right away. "Hey, don't cry. What's the matter?" He asked concerned and hugged me tight to his body, trying to comfort me. But that made me only more guilty and so I sat back and whipped some of my tears away. "I… I'm so sorry Kol. I… I never wanted to cause you so much problems and pain. I… I…" 'God, I sound so pathetic!...' Kol took me back in his arms and started tracing circles on my back. "Shh... It's okay. Take deep breaths, don't think about anything. It's not your fault anyway. Just know that we don't blame you, Elena."

'How can he say that, when I only brought problems…' "You really don't blame me?" I asked shyly and a bit incredulously. Kol gave me one of dashing smiles and took my head in between his hands. He then looked deeply into my eyes and gently kissed my forehead. "We don't blame you." He gently said and stood up, to open the curtains. "Now, let's get you downstairs so you can rub him in his face what kind of progress you did. You okay with this?" I nodded and gave him the best smile I could muster, before I sped into my bathroom.

When I came back from the bathroom, Kol had turned off the stereo and was waiting near the door for me. He opened the door and together we walked to the living room. When we entered Elijah was sitting alone on the couch, which was facing us and Klaus and Rebekah were on the one facing Elijah. As soon as Elijah saw us he stood up, but I ignored him and waited for Kol to sit down, before I sat closely next to him. 'If he already thinks that we're together, why not give him a nice show?' I thought wickedly . Elijah was still standing an observed me closely, before he sat down. Just before he sat down and put back on his mask of 'no emotion', I saw some hurt in his eyes and I was quite pleased about it.

"Elijah was just telling us some quite interesting news." Klaus said, very well aware of the game I was playing. "Oh, did he?" I asked, while leaning a bit more into Kol. Kol took my hand and squeezed it lightly, letting me now that he too knew what kind of game I was playing. "Yes, I just told Klaus and Rebekah what I recently found out. While traveling around, I found out something about your friends." I looked up quite interested and waited for the rest. "The Salvatore's have been contacting witches all over America, to kill us and to take you away. They still believe that you have been compelled and that we have to die." 'Great… Pretend to be my friends, while they try to kill my… No, while they try to kill my friends'. "Did they find a witch to help them?" I asked, when everybody was listening. "I believe that there were two witches." 'Two… So Bonnie isn't the only one…' "And what kind of spells has Bonnie already performed with the other witch?" I asked, while sipping at a glass of blood, while still making sure to keep a hand visible in Kol's hand.

For a moment they all looked shocked, but Rebekah was the first to regain some control. "I believe she tried to lift some of our spells from this house. She also tried to make us disappear, but other than feeling a bit lighter, nothing happened." I turned slightly to Elijah, before I spoke directly to him. "So I guess the reason you came back is that they now have found some other 'weapon'? That they now had some chances against us, am I right?" He gave me a short nod and answered. "Yes, that's true. They found a quite powerful witch. They're now going to try to do something or already have. In this time, it is better to stay all to getter, so we have a better chance at solving the problem without someone getting hurt or killed." Elijah said looking me straight in the eyes. "And I guess you'll be leaving again after the 'problem' is solved?" I asked him, while trying to cover my hurt and slight anger. Elijah turned a bit his head avoiding eye contact. "Yes, that was my plan."

I was sure that this would be his answer, but to get it confirmed by him was something else entirely. I had to fight back my tears, I didn't want him to see me cry. So I took a deep breath squeezed Kol's hand and went into the kitchen to get some blood. When I opened the fridge and saw the blood, I realized just how hungry I was. 'No wonder I had so much problems controlling my emotions…'

After ten minutes I saw movement in the corner of my eye and when I turned around Elijah was standing there. 'Great… What now?' "What do you want Elijah?" I asked not trying to hide my emotions and my tiredness. "Can we talk?" He asked staying where he was. "About what, Elijah?" I heard him sight deeply before I heard him move. I was sure that he had gone and so I let my tears flow, feeling too tired to fight against them, but suddenly there was a hand on my shoulder and when I looked up Elijah was there. All of sudden I felt extremely tired and so I had a lot of difficulties to say the next words. "Let me El-…. Elijah. I don't… n-… need you." I managed to say, before darkness overtook me. The last thing I heard was Elijah shouting for Klaus, Kol and Rebekah.

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