Chapter 21:

Caroline looked at Elena, Elena looked at Caroline. They both wanted to say things that were probably best left unsaid but they also knew they had to work together. "You two are in love now?" Caroline asked as she sat across the living room. "That's fitting."

"Really, Caroline?" Matt asked, "We're all facing either death or jail time and you're mad because Klaus and Elena are in love." He rolled his eyes, "Your mom is suspended, Damon took off and Kol is uncooperative."

"Yeah, Kol wants nothing to do with this." Rebekah sighed, "He's still heartbroken over Carol…sorry if I'm offending you, Tyler."

Tyler shook his head, "Talking about my mother's sex life isn't bothering me as much as talking about how she plans to kill us."

"We could compel her." Elena suggested, "But I feel like she would know if we did."

"Most likely, it's too late to even compel her. She's probably blown the whistle already." Bonnie declared as she lit and unlit a candle by her side.

Alaric raised his hand, "I'm going to be out of the job soon. She's trying to get my teaching license revoked by claiming I'm having an affair with Elena." Klaus widened his eyes at Alaric's words. As if she would be with him, he's twice her age- wait I'm 55 times her age. Elena watched his face as he thought about the possibilities of his girlfriend having an affair with her teacher. "Which is absurd- she's technically my step daughter." Alaric's words seemed to extend directly to Klaus. "Still, she's ruining the lives of us, humans through our careers."

"Good thing I'm not going anywhere." Matt said sarcastically, "Can't really destroy the life of a busboy…" Rebekah put a sympathetic hand over his. "What's the plan?"

Meredith Fell spoke up, "Seeing as I won't be a doctor for much longer… or part of the council, I can't help with anything on an official basis but I can help you guys get out of town."

"Not an option." Elena, Caroline and Matt said simultaneously because they'd repeated that sentence at least 20 times to each of their friends. Caroline continued the conversation, "We aren't going to flee in the night because of some pressure."

Klaus intertwined his fingers with Elena's still hand. "Elena wants to fight this." He spoke for her, "Obviously, she's not the only one."

"Plan of action?" Jeremy asked, "I think our options are limited."

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Elena looked at Klaus mischievously as she kissed his bare chest, along his tattoo, to his shoulder. It was day three of them waiting around for the council to beat down their doors and haul them away. It didn't happen. Although, Carol seemed to be waging her own personal war against people like Meredith and Alaric for assisting the vampires. There was hope for their happiness- all of their happiness as long as she didn't give the marching orders to the council. "I'm happy you and Caroline are friends again…" He caressed her curves with a steady hand. "Because I can tell it makes you happy."

"We aren't exactly friends." She said, "We're allied with each because we have a common enemy. It really doesn't mean we're besties again." He opened his mouth to say something else, but she put a finger on his lips as she climbed on his legs. Her hands trailed down his chest gently, at first, before her finger nails scraped his faint abs. He hissed as her nails dug deep into him- but it wasn't exactly a hiss that said stop. "I want to thank you for housing my friends and family in your house." She kissed his lips for a few seconds, "This is the safest place in town."

"Your friends won't be too happy they're here if you keep teasing me, Elena." He growled seductively as she toyed with the button on his jeans. "You're misbehaving, Angel." His body reacted to her touch positively as she wrapped her legs around his body.

"We can put some music on." She suggested while she ran her hand through his hair, "I'm sure Alaric and Jeremy can't hear us through two stories of thick material." His hands unlatched her bra as he nodded to her words. "I want you to make love to me until the sun comes up."

He closed his eyes slowly as she slipped under the covers to pleasure him. He wanted to grab something as her sultry lips fell upon his length, her mouth slowly moving from his tip to his base. He always got pleasure from her when she performed this act. It could be the fact her mouth fit perfectly on him, or it could be the connection between them that increased with every sexual touch. Their relationship started with sex, but it was far from just sex. He admired her compassion, her want for him, he loved the way she looked no matter what, he found her words mesmerizing- in the time they'd spent together they had many memories. He couldn't remember ever laughing as much before in his life- she made him feel like he belonged in her world. Still, he couldn't describe one specific reason why he loved her because the feeling just happened-it crept into his heart.

He imagined she felt the same- there wasn't a distinctive reason for how she felt. Sure, Klaus was attractive, well-built and amazing. Over time she'd found him sensitive towards her feelings, strong when she needed him to be, quite pleasant in all ways. Still, those were just good qualities in a person, not really a foundation for love.

Klaus' breathing changed as her right hand moved down his inner thigh, her fingernails digging into his skin once more. Her mouth detached from him, "I hear something, do you?"

His front door opened, and then closed.

"I think someone either left or is here." He looked at her, worried. She quickly moved off of him as he put on a pair of pants and walked into the living room. He wasn't the only one standing there, Caroline and Tyler must have heard the noise as well. "Who just left?"

"Kol." Rebekah said as she held a note in her hand, "He's gone."