I've actually had this chapter ready for about a week, but my computer crashed and had to be fixed so I couldn't post it. :/ But here it finally is! Lots of stuff happening between Stelena and Klefan. :) I hope you guys like it and thanks for reading!

"If you could only see the beast you've made of me. I held it in but now it seems you've set it running free. Screaming in the dark, I howl when we're apart. Drag my teeth across your chest to taste your beating heart. Now there's no holding back, I'm making to attack. My blood is singing with your voice, I want to pour it out. The saints can't help me now, the ropes have been unbound."~Howl-Florence & The Machine

Elena

I could hear the muffled, heated words of the fight between Katherine and Elijah from all the way downstairs. Which meant that Damon and Finn could probably hear every word. There was definitely a lot of history with Finn and Katherine. He probably even loved her. Which wasn't really surprising, because didn't everyone at some point? I was still bitter about the idea of her with Stefan and Damon. I had quickly became sure that I wasn't Katherine to Stefan, and I was becoming more sure of it with Damon, but it still wasn't something I wanted to think about.

There had been tension from the moment Finn came in the door though. He was like a perfect combination of Elijah and Klaus, and you could easily tell that he was the younger brother who envied and looked up to his brothers at the same time.

"May I come in?" Finn smiled at me.

I simply nodded. "Sure." Because I didn't actually live here, he could've just came in anyway, but he probably didn't know that.

I stepped aside and pulled Damon with me. "Thank you." Finn didn't take his eyes off of me. "You really are lovely Elena." He reminded me so much of Klaus that I had to look away.

"Katerina." Elijah said sharply. "Let's go upstairs." I expected Katherine to make a comment or do something. But she didn't. Not this time.

I heard something break upstairs and flinched. Damon came closer and placed a protective and comforting arm around me.

"So, are you two together?" Finn spoke up from the wall he had been leaning against.

"No." I answered a little too quickly. Damon let go of me and Finn smiled.

"So who do you belong to then?"

"I don't belong to anyone." I fired back.

He smirked. "Right. But you are with someone." It was more of a statement then a question.

I didn't say anything.

"It's not Elijah is it?"

"If I was with Elijah, don't you think I'd be up there with him?"

He shrugged.

"So how long have you been in a coffin?" Damon asked.

Finn thought for a second. "What year is it?"

"2011."

Finn nodded. "Well I've been in that coffin since 1492."

I couldn't help it when my jaw dropped. "That was the year Klaus and Elijah found Katherine."

"Correct. They both knew I loved her, and when she escaped Klaus suspected me over Elijah because he favored him, and Elijah went along with it because he was angry that I loved her. And that we had acted on it once or twice. So they daggered me."

"And they never woke you back up even once?"

"No. I'm honestly surprised I even woke up after that long."

"How did you know to come here?"

"Katerina compelled one of the guards to lead me here."

I nodded. And my next thought was broken by the sound of my phone ringing in my pocket. I pulled it out. Klaus.

I backed away a little, hoping that Finn wouldn't be able to hear Klaus, even though I knew he would. He probably didn't even know what a phone was though. "Hey." I answered.

"Hello Elena." I still couldn't help the way my breath hitched a little when he said my name in that accent.

"What is it?" I was careful not to say his name.

"I miss you. I need to see you tonight."

"You saw me this morning." I looked back to meet the curious and stunned eyes of Finn and the judging and irritated eyes of Damon.

"This is different. I have to take you somewhere."

"Where?"

"It's just a little outside of town. Not far. I promise" I sighed. "I have to show you something." He purred.

I felt a chill run down my spine. "Ok."

I could picture him smirking. "Good. I'll pick you up in a few hours at your house." He said, putting emphasis that he wouldn't come here. Which I was grateful for. We were harboring one too many Originals.

"Ok. I'll see you then."

"Goodbye Elena."

"Bye."

Finn stepped toward me. "Two questions. What the hell is that?" He pointed to the phone. "And that was my brother, wasn't it?"

"Katerina." I met her eyes in the doorway. "Can explain everything to you."

He turned to look at her. "Are you alright?" The way he cared about her was almost cute.

She laughed. "You forget that I'm not a little girl anymore Finn. I'm a five hundred year old vampire now."

"And Elijah is an original."

She shook her head. "He wouldn't hurt me. He was just a little upset." She glanced back at me. "And besides, I'm the one who broke something."

I couldn't help but laugh a little. "Well I have to go."

Damon stepped in front of me. "Are you sure that's a good idea?"

I placed a hand on his chest. "I think we've established that Klaus isn't going to hurt me. And I have to go talk to Stefan."

He nodded. "Just be careful." He bent down and kissed my forehead.

I smiled up at him. "I will."

Stefan

I heard Elena approaching before I actually saw her. I had been sitting on her porch for over an hour, and I was starting to think that she was just going to avoid me completely.

She parked her car, and I smiled at her as she got out.

"Hey Stefan." She smiled. "Have you been here a long time?"

"Not that long." I lied. But really though, an hour wasn't very long to a vampire.

She knew I was lying though. "I kind of got stuck at the boardinghouse. Katherine decided to wake another Original."

"Oh no."

She came over to me and sank down on the chair beside me. "Yes. And it's another one that's in love with her. And she thinks he can help with Klaus, but I doubt it. And I don't understand why we need to kill Klaus anymore anyway." She admitted.

Her honesty surprised me, and I was silent for a while. "I don't know." I decided I would be honest too. "I think that Katherine wants to be able to stop running, but she'll never be able to settle down. And I don't know about Elijah. And I think Damon just hates him and the interest he has in you."

"Is he still interested in making hybrids Stefan?"

"Yes." I knew Klaus wasn't going to give up on that.

"Why is he staying here then?"

"I think he's looking for something." I sighed. "And you're probably still a part of the way to make hybrids."

"He never actually made one?"

"No. They all died."

"So do you think that he's just getting close to me to find a way to make hybrids?"

"I know that he cares about you…But I don't really know past that."

She slipped her hand into mine. "I'm so sorry Stefan. I know that I've been hurting you so much lately, and everything's just so messed up. But you have to know that I love you and I've never stopped." She leaned over to kiss me. I lightly kissed her back, and then pulled away. I didn't want to, but I had to.

"Elena. You may have never stopped loving me, but you have stopped showing it. And I know with everything that's been going on, but I just—" I didn't know what else to say.

"Stefan." She squeezed my hand. She leaned over and whispered in my ear, "If Klaus wasn't coming over here soon, I would take you inside and show you just how in love with you I am."

I had never heard Elena say anything like that and I couldn't help but smile. I looked over at her to see that her cheeks were slightly red. When Elena tried to be sexy she usually just ended up being adorable, but that was ok.

I pulled her in for several soft open mouthed kisses and teased her tongue with mine before pulling back.

"Now, why is Klaus coming here?" I felt bad that that was the first thing my mind went to, but it was.

She sighed. "He wants to take me somewhere a little outside of town and show me something."

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

"Well, knowing more about Klaus could be a good thing. And do I really have a choice?"

I nodded. "Good point."

She lightly kissed my lips again. "I have to go get ready. Bye Stefan."

"Bye Elena."

Elena

I heard a knock on the door and walked quickly down the stairs. I stopped and looked in the mirror before I opened the door. I had slightly dressed up and curled my hair, because I knew that was the way Klaus liked it. I knew it was probably because it reminded him of Charlotte, but I needed and wanted things to go well tonight, so I tried not to think about it too much.

He looked me over when I opened the door. "You look lovely." He smiled. "But why the curled hair? Are you trying to get to me Elena?" Of course he would know that.

"No, I just wanted to change things up for once. And with Stefan and Damon, I'm always afraid it'll remind them of Katherine."

"Ah." He studied me. "And you're not afraid of reminding me of someone?"

"I'm not sure." I answered honestly.

He nodded. "Ready to go?"

"Yes." I followed him to the car.

As he was starting the car he looked over at me. "And it's not your looks that remind me of Charlotte. It's the way you act sometimes."

We were inside an older looking house that was much prettier on the inside then it was on the outside. Klaus was right, it wasn't that far away, but I still had no clue as to where we were.

I looked around the house. "What is this place?"

"This," He said. "Is where my old home used to be. Where I became a vampire."

I froze and looked at him. "You're from Mystic Falls?"

"It wasn't Mystic Falls then. But basically, yes."

"Wow. What the hell is with this town?"

Klaus laughed. "I don't know love."

"So why are you showing me this?"

"Well," He walked through the house. "I wanted to show you a part of my old home. And," He stopped walking. "A few hours ago in this exact spot, I found out how to make hybrids."

"What? How?"

"The original witch. I figured if I was going to get her to communicate with me anywhere, this would be the place. And I was right. And she revealed to me why my hybrids weren't working." He looked back at me.

"And it involves me, doesn't it?"

He nodded. "Afraid so."

I closed my eyes. I was going to die here. I was never going to see Stefan or Damon or Caroline or Bonnie or Jeremy again. I would never say goodbye. It would all end here.

I stopped breathing when I felt Klaus' lips touch my neck.

"They need your blood love." He whispered in my ear.

"So you're going to kill me?" I choked out.

He turned me around. "Of course not." He stroked my hair. "I just need to take some of your blood for my hybrids."

"So for the hybrids to work, you actually need me to be alive?"

"Yes. Your safety is a very big priority for me."

"Just because of the hybrids." I really wasn't sure if I meant for it to be a statement or a question.

"No. I actually like you Elena."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. You, Stefan, and tormenting Damon are the only things that make this town somewhat enjoyable."

I laughed. "I talked to Stefan today. There's something between you two, isn't there?"

Klaus raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"I don't know. Like, some kind of connection, I could just tell when he was talking about you."

He smiled fondly. "Something like that." And I knew that I missing something.

My phone ringing stopped me from saying anything else. It was Damon. I looked back at Klaus. "I should probably take this."

He nodded. "I'll go get drinks."

I walked outside the house. "Hey Damon. What's up?"

"Loverboy is officially back in his casket."

"What?"

"Are you far enough away from Klaus?"

"Yeah."

"Finn. We daggered him."

"Why?"

"Well, when Finn decided to go to sleep, Elijah wanted to watch in on his dreams. To see what he was thinking. And he was thinking about you."

"Are you sure it wasn't Katherine?"

"Yeah. After he heard you on the phone he realized you meant something to Klaus and he likes you, so he wanted you for himself."

"Wow."

"Yeah. Me and Elijah both agreed that he had to go."

"Yeah, we definitely don't need that right now on top of everything else."

"Agreed. I just figured I would let you know though."

I smiled a little. "Thank you Damon."

"Do you know when you're coming back?"

"I have no idea."

He sighed. "Ok."

"I should probably go though, but I'll see you later."

"Alright. Bye Elena."

I turned around and opened the door to the house to see Klaus coming down the hallway with two drinks in his hands. "Everything ok?"

I smiled. "Yep. Everything's fine."

Stefan

I sat down at the kitchen table at the house we were staying at and poured myself another drink. I looked around and sighed. This place felt nothing like "home". But I didn't even really know what home was anymore. It wasn't the boardinghouse. Not with Elijah and Katherine there. And Damon and Elena together. The only thing that had been constant in my life lately was Klaus. And that worried me.

I heard Rebekah open the door and come walking through the house. She stopped when she saw me. She sat down in the seat across from me and grabbed the bottle. "Why are you so grumpy?" She watched me.

I simply ignored her and took another drink.

"Where's Nik?"

I sighed. "He is somewhere with Elena."

"Ah. That explains it."

I rolled my eyes. "Explains what?"

"You're jealous." I didn't say anything and she smiled to herself.

We sat in silence for a minute before she sat the bottle down on the table quickly, getting my attention. "Wait a minute." Her eyes met mine. "Are you jealous because Elena is with Klaus, or because Klaus is with Elena?"

I shook my head. "That doesn't even make sense."

Rebekah nodded and then stood up. She walked behind me and I was grateful that she was going to leave me alone. But then she stopped and put a hand on my shoulder.

I swallowed and her grip on my shoulder grew tighter. "Stefan." She sounded almost confused.

"What?"

"I need to taste your blood."

"What?"

"Either give me your wrist or I'm going to kiss you. One of the two." I slowly held out my wrist. She rolled her eyes.

"What are you—"

"Just shut up a minute."

I sat quietly as she bit me and tasted my blood for only a second. "Oh my god." She said softly.

"What?"

"Your blood. You have Niklaus' blood in your system. I could sense it. What happened?"

"Stefan." Klaus smiled as I came in the door after seeing Elena.

"Klaus." I started to walk past him.

He held out a hand to stop me. "When's the last time you fed Stefan?"

I thought about it. "It's been a few days."

He shook his head. "That's not good for a ripper. I know you don't want to hurt your little friends feelings, but going long without feeding is what makes you rip people apart the worst."

"I'll feed tonight."

"No, I can't have you blowing our cover in this town just yet." He scratched his arm and drew the blood out. I felt the hunger in my throat when I saw it. I had to stop myself from lunging toward him. "Want to share?" He smiled.

"What?"

"You can have my blood Stefan. It will do much better than any humans would anyway." I hesitated. He came toward me. "You'll like it. I promise."

Before I could help myself I grabbed his wrist and brought it to my lips. I couldn't help the noise that escaped my lips as I tasted his blood. It was the sweetest thing I had ever tasted.

I felt Klaus' breath on my neck. "May I?"

His voice sent a shiver through my body, and he took that as a yes.

As he drank my blood, his somehow became even better and I just couldn't stop. We both made a noise at the same time, and it was honestly one of the best things I'd ever experienced.

Rebekah shook her head. "I can't believe it. Niklaus has never shared blood like that with anyone."

I looked at her curiously. "Is it really that big of a deal?"

"Yes! It's the most intimate thing a vampire could possibly do."

"Even more intimate than sex?"

"Yes. Unless you do it during sex." She shrugged.

I laughed a little and she smirked. She walked a few feet away before turning back and saying, "Don't think that I didn't see those stolen kisses in the 20's Stefan." She said quietly.

I put my head down on the table and thought back to a memory that even Klaus undoing his compulsion hadn't caused to resurface until Rebekah's words made me think about it.

1920's Chicago

Klaus slid into the booth beside me. "Stefan." He patted my back. I saw his eyes go to Rebekah. "Letting my sister dance with another man?"

I shrugged. "It doesn't bother me."

"I thought you were interested in her."

"She's not the one I'm interested in."

"Oh really?" He looked around the room. "Is there another pretty lady here that's caught your attention?"

I took a drink. "Do you even have to ask that?"

He looked at me. "What do you mean?"

I sat the drink down. "I called you a king last night and meant every damn word of it. And you still wouldn't even let me go to your apartment. You don't even trust me."

He grimaced. "I can't trust anyone Stefan."

I looked him in the eyes. "Why? Because you're scared that someone might actually care about you? That I think you're the most—" His lips on mine stopped me from talking. He indulged in several rough kisses before pulling back.

"Are you done now?" He smirked.

I wanted to slap the smirk off of his face, but I instead settled for kissing him again. I had one hand wrapped in his hair and the other running down his body. As his tongue touched mine I felt a shiver run through my whole body.

"Stefan." He whispered against my lips. "Do you want to go back to my apartment?"

"Let's go." My voice was husky with lust, and that made him smile again. But I could see the lust I felt reflected in his eyes. He wanted this too.

I sat up and buried my face in my hands. I wasn't going to let myself go any further. "Fuck." I muttered.

I know that I love Elena. I know that. But how in the hell did I feel about Klaus? And how did Elena feel about him? And most importantly, how did Klaus feel?

Sorry if any of you guys don't really like Klefan, but I love them. And it makes for some interesting things between Stefan and Elena. But, a lot of those feelings are going to be worked out in the next chapter. :) As always, thanks for reading & reviews are always greatly appreciated!