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Within Temptation- Chapter Thirty-Six

Stefan closed his eyes tightly and when he finally opened them he was staring straight ahead at Sarah's father. "Sarah, it's because muffins are kind of healthy." Stefan pointed out, hoping that the little girl would just drop the subject and go back to eating.

"No, they're not. My momma says that muffins are sugar and sugar is bad for you." She smiled sweetly, her blue eyes glistening as Stefan sighed out a breath. The meeting had to go off without a problem and so far, the meeting kept running into issues.

Elena could see that Stefan was getting irritated so she nudged Katherine under the table with her foot again, leaning into her and whispering for them to go walk the little girl around the building for a bit until she got tired.

"Why don't you do it." Katherine commented, glancing over at her sister and at Sarah who was surely working on a pretty big sugar rush.

"Because, she feels more comfortable around you." Elena argued quietly, moving her face away from Katherine as she looked up to see Stefan with a clicker in his hands, starting the presentation about Dasells that he had been working on just days before.

"Fine, I'll come with you." Katherine stated sharply, pushing away from the table that they were seated at and motioning to Elena and Sarah to come with her. "Where are you three going?" Stefan asked loudly, forcing all three of them to freeze in place.

"Taking the little munchkin off your hands for a bit. Relax, we'll be back when you need us. I'm not going to run, Stefan. I don't want to go to jail." Katherine explained, pointing down to her ankle monitor and following Elena out of the room.

Sarah excitedly grabbed Katherine's hand, wearily looking at Elena. "Who is she?" Sarah whispered as Katherine bent down when she felt the little blonde girl tugging at her black cocktail dress that she was wearing.

Elena watched from a distance as Katherine bent down to be eye level with her. The little girl was in awe of the white pearls around Katherine's neck and her long brown curled hair. "Sweetie, Elena is my twin sister. And, you'd like her if you just got to know her." Katherine told her honestly, watching Sarah lean forward when she whispered into her ear. "But, I love you more, auntie Katherine. And, I don't get to see you lots. I missed you."

Katherine hugged her tightly. She loved Sarah, even if her and Caroline weren't on good terms at the moment. The love she had for Sarah would never change and she missed her too. "I love you too and I've missed you lots too." She told her, kissing the top of Sarah's head as she lifted the little girl into her arms and walked towards Elena.

"You have a pretty smile." Sarah commented with a shy giggle as she turned away from Elena and buried her face into the curve of Katherine's neck. "Auntie Katherine, why doesn't momma let you come visit anymore?" Sarah asked with a sad look in her blue eyes. She hadn't really thought about it, the fight between Katherine and Caroline had caused a large rift between them. Yet, she never thought that it would have affected Sarah as much as it clearly did.

She inhaled deeply, glancing over at Elena who was leaning against a wall in the hallway, discreetly looking over at the two of them.

"Your momma and I have some things to work out before I can come and visit you again." Katherine told her sorrowfully, looking over at Elena and sighing out a breath.

Sarah nodded, watching Katherine stand back up straight and take a hold of her hand, pursing her lips together. "There's a little park beside the building that we can take her to. We can talk some more there." Katherine suggested, watching as she nodded and softly replied. "Sure."

Elena hesitantly watched Katherine sit down beside her, sighing loudly before she began to speak. "You know, I don't want to sound like a broken record. But, seeing you in that board room this morning made me feel a little bit better. The last time Stefan and I spoke, we weren't really on the best of terms and to be honest, I didn't want to face him alone. So, knowing that you were going to be there too made being in that room easier." Katherine admitted, looking out at Sarah who was sliding down the kiddy slide with her hands up in the air, giggling the whole time.

Elena stayed silent for a while. She wasn't really sure of what to say or what to do. So, instead she just sat there, taking in her sister's words. So many questions ran through her head and so many of them still to be answered. "When we talked the other day, you told me that if I had any questions about you that I should ask you first..." Her voice trailed off as Katherine turned towards her, nodding.

"Yeah, I did. And, I meant that Elena. I don't want any more misinterpretations between us. I want this to be a clean slate because as much as you might not think that I don't want you in my life. I do." Katherine replied, feeling Elena's hand rest against her arm.

"I want us to start over too. Katherine, we need to start over if we want to have any sort of relationship. I mean, we're sisters after all." Elena pointed out, laughing a little to herself as she heard Katherine do the same.

"Who would have ever imagined that I'd have a twin sister. This whole time, I thought that I was an only child!" She exclaimed, running her hands through her hair and keeping a close eye on Sarah who had now found a swing set to play on.

"Our mom and dad felt so bad after sending me to boarding school that during my college days. They paid for nearly my whole education without blinking. It was their way of buying my love because they felt like that's what I needed. So, when I met Stefan and brought him home to meet our parents, they were telling me that they knew being at that school would bring me good things." She told Elena, spinning her hair and closing her eyes.

"So, when was it that you met Elijah? I mean, when did you-." Katherine cut her off with a wave of her hand. "I met him during a business meeting. He was introduced into the company as one of Stefan's right hand men. And, we hit it off instantly. Months went by, a year even before we started to actually develop feelings for each other, or at least until we admitted them to each other. But, I knew I loved him the moment he kissed me for the first time. Elena, life never works out the way you plan it to be. And, we never expect to fall in love with the people that we know we can't have. However, it happens."

Elena could hear Katherine's long nails tapping against the back of the bench that they sat on. "So, when did Stefan realize that you weren't me?" She asked her, watching as Elena blushed a little.

She paused, trying to figure out what to say. "I'm sure there were subtle hints throughout the last year. He never really said it. Honestly, I freaked out and eventually told them both." She remembered, looking away from her sister and back to Sarah who was slowly walking towards them, breathing a little heavily from playing so much.

"Do you love him, Elena?" Katherine suddenly questioned, making Elena feel a bit caught off guard by her question. Yet, without hesitating she answered. "Yes, I do love him a lot." She replied. Katherine locked her brown eyes on to Elena's as she stated. "Then, do everything you can to make him happy because he deserves it. And, so do you. He loves you, Elena. I know that now, he loves you way more than he ever loved me. And to be honest, he needs someone like you in his life. Someone who brings in the good."

Elena swallowed the lump in her throat, getting up and looking out towards Dasell's to see Elijah in his black suit and red tie walking towards them, taking small strides.

"And, you should do the same with Elijah. Because, you're right. He deserves to be happy too and he's clearly happy with you." She replied, pivoting away from Katherine and towards Sarah who was walking to her.

"Hey kiddo, how about I take you back upstairs to see your dad. While, auntie Katherine and Uncle Elijah have a little chat?" Elena asked Sarah who was tugging at her hot pink sweat shirt, a lopsided smile spreading across her face.

"Okay. But, can I stop at daddy's office before we go back to the party?" She asked. Elena locked her brown eyes on her, firmly pressing her lips into a straight line.

"Um, honey. I don't know.." She began to say. But, the persistence in Sarah's voice slowly made her change her mind. "Please, Elena! I made something for uncle Stefan and I wanted to give it to him! Pleaseee, can we go so that I can get it?" She begged.

Elena smiled, the thought of how much Sarah cared about Stefan really was adorable. "Okay, fine." She sighed, grabbing a hold of the little girls hand as they walked back into the building together.

Sarah watched as Elena stole a few glances in her direction once they entered the elevator and went up to the floor in which Klaus's office was on. "So, do you really, really like my uncle Stefan?" She asked her curiously.

Elena's smile grew wide at Sarah's question. Of course she loved him, it was without a doubt and without a question in her mind. Elena loved him. But, when it came to thinking about the long term and their future together, that's what scared her the most. "I do, honey. I love your uncle very much." She replied after a long moment of silence and the ding of the elevator doors were heard, indicating that they were opening up.

"So, if you love uncle Stefan and auntie Katherine loves uncle Stefan. Who does uncle Stefan love?" She questioned, placing her hands on top of her head and shaking it as Elena watched her blonde ringlets brush across her shoulders. Elena laughed a little, feeling Sarah squeeze her hand as they walked down the hallway, towards Klaus's office.

"Honey, your uncle Stefan loves us both in different ways." She told her, swiping the key card that Klaus had given Sarah incase she needed to get into his office and grab something to play with from there.

"Oh! So, does that mean you're both married to him? Because, my mom said that auntie Katherine and uncle Stefan don't wanna be married anymore..Whatever that means." Sarah asked, strolling into her dad's office as she looked around for her coloring book. Elena watched the little girl yank out a sheet of paper that was colored on with blue, grey, red and white colored pencils.

"Actually, not yet. But, maybe someday soon. We'll get married, someday soon." Elena replied quietly, seeing Sarah not even paying attention to her anymore.

"What do you have there?" Elena asked her, hoping that changing the subject from Stefan's love life to something a little more interesting for Sarah would make her forget all about the other questions she wanted to ask Elena.

"It's a drawing. See!" Sarah exclaimed, flipping the paper over to reveal a princess in the picture with a knight that was sitting on what looked like to be a horse, with a large grey castle in the background. Sarah paused as she watched Elena examine the drawing for a minute. "So, is the princess auntie Katherine and the prince is your uncle Stefan?" She asked, watching Sarah nod.

"Yes! Do you think he's gonna like it?" She squealed with excitement, smiling widely as she heard Elena reply. "Yes, sweetie. I'm sure that he's going to love it!"

"Good." Sarah said, clapping her hands together and rolling up the piece of paper, extending out her hand to Elena as she grinned. "I like you." She commented, making Elena smile.

"I like you too." She told her, walking out of the room with Sarah, hand in hand.

"So, I was thinking that since my divorce is getting finalized and since we haven't had a real official date, ever. That, we should do that." Elijah suggested to her, watching Katherine's smile grow as she shrugged her shoulders back. She loved him, she would do anything for him and the thought of being alone with Elijah for a night sure did sound enticing.

"But, what about my restrictions and my stupid ankle monitor?" Katherine questioned with annoyance in her tone, pointing down at it as she felt Elijah wrap his arms around her, pulling her head against his chest. They stayed like that for a while until he finally spoke, his voice sounding tired and somewhat distant to her own ears.

"I think that we can work around that. Listen," He paused, backing away from her and cupping Katherine's face into his hands. Elijah watched as Katherine closed her eyes to his touch, a lingering smile on her lips.

"I'm listening." She commented softly. The stroking of his fingers against her skin had sent her feelings on overdrive and she couldn't help but want him to keep touching her cheeks.

"We'll go out on to the patio of the house and I'll ask Stefan and everyone else if they can leave us alone for the night. I mean, it won't be that romantic. But, you know what? I'm going to try to make it as romantic as possible." He told her, hearing Katherine sigh out a breath. "Mhmm, sound's nice." She replied, her face still in his hands.

"I love you, Katherine. And, I know that loving you has come with a cost. But, I don't want to give you up, I never do." He said honestly, smiling when her eyes shot open and she locked her gaze on to his.

"I love you too." She replied.

"So, tomorrow night at 7pm. The Salvatore patio with a catered dinner." He winked as he told her the details about their upcoming date.

"Are you sure we're going to get privacy there? I mean, Rebekah still lives there and Caroline acts as if she does. Even though she lives across the street!" Katherine exclaimed, preventing herself from not wanting to roll her eyes at the thought of her two former best friends.

"You're still not speaking with either of them?" Elijah asked with a surprised tone, seeing Katherine nod and cross her arms over her chest.

"No, I'm not and I'd like to keep it that way for as long as I can." She replied, hearing Elijah scoff at her words.

"Katherine, we need to move forward and as much as you're trying to do that with your sister. You need to do that with Rebekah and Caroline too." He advised.

"But, I don't know what to say to them anymore. Sorry, just doesn't cut it, Elijah! I screwed up and we grew apart because of me. You don't think that hurts me? Knowing that I lost my two best friends to such stupidity. I had no one there for me, except for my mother when Ethan was born. I had no one, because I thought it was best that none of you knew about my son." She paused for a minute, collecting her thoughts before she began speaking again. "All I wanted was you, my two best friends and as messed up as it sounds, I wanted Stefan there too." She explained, inhaling deeply.

Elijah placed both of his hands on to her bare olive colored skin and bent his knees a bit so that he was eye level with her. "So, apologize to them. Please, Katherine. My sister loves you and so does Caroline. It's just the three of you have been through so much that you haven't even talked about. Rebekah feels like when you left that you did it because you couldn't trust them enough to help you. And, it's the same with Caroline. They felt heartbroken over the fact that you couldn't have just told them what was going on, instead of fleeing the way you did." He explained, hearing Katherine sniffle back tears that had started to pool up in her eyes.

"I was selfish and I was wrong. I shouldn't have left the way I did. But, I didn't know what else to do. It had nothing to do with Rebekah or Caroline, honestly. It was my own guilt and my own personal issues." Katherine told him, feeling his hands slide down her wrists as Elijah grabbed a hold of her hands and smiled gently at her.

"So, tell them that, instead of dancing around the subject like you three always tend to do nowadays. Be honest and open with them. Okay?" Katherine nodded at his suggestion, wrapping her arms around his waistline and pulling him closer to her.

"We should go back inside and help Stefan out." He told her, hearing her agree.

Katherine felt Elijah grab her hand as they walked into Dasell's together and that's when she paused for a moment, glancing up at him with a loving gaze.

"What?" Elijah questioned, hearing her giggle a little bit as she kept her grasp of his hand against her own.

"Do you ever think that we would work out as a married couple?" She asked as he closed the door behind him. Katherine watched his arm being placed over her shoulder as he pulled her into him while they walked. She smiled up at him with a grin, waiting for his reply.

Elijah took a step forward, pressing the elevator buttons and pulling her inside once they shut. Katherine gasped when he firmly pressed her against the cabin and kissed her lips, his hands slipping into her hair. She was breathless when she backed away from him and stunned when he finally stated. "Let's take it a day at a time. But, first I really want you to let me meet your son."

"I'm sorry that the meeting didn't go as planned." Elena commented, leaning against the door to the conference room as she stepped inside and walked over to Stefan, placing her hands onto his shoulders and massaging his tense muscles. He sighed out a breath, placing one of his hands on to hers and bringing her palm to his mouth. She felt him leave a kiss against it, kissing her wrist too before he let go and turned the chair that he was sitting in around so that she could sit in his lap.

"Come here." He softly said, patting his lap and watching as she slide into it, with ease wrapping her arms around his neck and placing her head on to his shoulder. Stefan watched her legs swing to the right side of the chair. Elena felt Stefan place his hand on to her hip and hold it there for a long time, both of them sitting in silence.

"I missed you today." She told him, glancing up to get a glimpse of his reaction. He was smiling, like he always was when it came to her.

"I missed you too. I'm sorry that I had to drag you and Katherine into the same room. You know, I didn't have a choice in the matter, I had to do it." He told her, hoping that she wasn't pissed off at him when she had walked into the offices earlier and saw her sister sitting at the table.

"It's fine." Elena replied, feeling Stefan shift in his seat as she lifted her head up and locked her eyes on to him. Stefan looked confused for a moment before Elena explained. "The other night, at the house. Katherine and I kind of had a heart to heart about things. And, we're slowly trying to not hate each other so much." She smiled as she told him.

"Most of your conversations involve me, don't they?" Stefan asked her with a smirk, feeling Elena's fingertips grazing against the collar of his grey button up shirt, stopping just before the white knot from the tie around his neck.

"Yeah, sort of. But, you're not all we talk about..." Her voice trailed off as she leaned into him and kissed his soft cheek, smelling the hint of cologne he still had on his neck.

"Too bad. Because, I was thinking that you two were swapping stories about how bad of lover I am." He joked with her, feeling Elena swat at his arm as he yelped out in pain a bit.

"I'm not going to talk about our sex life with my sister! We haven't gotten to that point yet of sharing those things." Elena laughed while telling him knowingly, feeling Stefan's hand inch up further against the dark cream colored sweater dress that Elena was wearing, her bare skin becoming even more exposed as his fingers lifted the fabric up higher.

"Mhmm, you don't think anyone's here. Do you?" He asked her, licking his lips as Elena bite the side of her cheek. He had that look in his eyes, one that she knew all too well and it was making her heart race.

"Stefan! We shouldn't do anything here..." Her protesting words quickly becoming cut off by the feeling of his warm mouth against her neck, kissing her soft skin as she sat in his lap.

"No one's here, Elena. They all went home for the night. It's been a long day anyways and since the meeting was a total flop, we just ended up having a regular work day. It's around 5'o clock right now. Pretty sure they all went home." Stefan explained, trying to reassure her and rid her of her hesitance.

Elena giggled as he lifted her up from his arms and sat her down against the conference room table, the cold feeling of it sending a shiver down her spine. The room was large and encased in glass windows nearly all around, except for the wall that separated the rooms. The fading city skyline shined in as Elena leaned her head back and allowed Stefan to kiss her neck some more.

"We should really get home and do this in private." She told him in between trying to stifle a laugh.

"I disagree, this is a lot more fun." He smirked, pulled her closer as he felt her wrap her legs around his pelvis and heard one of her high heels fall to the ground behind them.

Elena sighed out a breath, capturing his lips against her own while she cupped his face in between her hands. "This is really bad of us." She told him breathlessly. Stefan brushed a strand of her hair away from her eyes, kissing the tip of her nose and then each eyelid, before settling on kissing her lips once again.

"Eh, I've done worse." She heard him say as she felt his hands being brought back to her hips and the heavy fabric to her sweater dress slowly lifting up again.

"Besides, I own this place. It's not like I'm an employee you're about to have your way with." He smiled, lifting up her chin as her hands slide off of the third button to his dress shirt that she was trying to undo.

"True." Elena replied simply, running her pink manicured nails over his gelled hair as she saw his eyes close to her touch. Stefan stood in between her legs, his hands still resting against her hips as he watched Elena's eyes flutter shut while his fingertips made small circles against her bare thighs.

"I take it that you've never done this before, in an office? Should I walk you through the steps?" Stefan asked with a seductive tone as Elena laughed, slipping her hands back against his chest and undoing more buttons of his shirt.

"I'd love that." She mused, leaning into him and capturing her lips against his own into a heated kiss that caused Stefan to groan against her mouth the moment that Elena pulled him closer. But, just as Elena began working on taking more of his clothing off, the door swung open and they both froze at the sound of a familiar voice.

"Oh god! I am so sorry!" Damon exclaimed, shielding his eyes from Stefan who had backed away from Elena, his shirt half way open and her dress hiked up to where Damon could almost see her red underwear that she wore. Stefan glanced over at Elena as she jumped off the table in embarrassment, clearing her throat.

"Damon! What are you doing here?" She asked him, scratching her head and looking down at the floor. She didn't want to look in him the eyes and from the looks of it, Damon didn't want to do that either.

"I forgot my cell phone. At least, I thought that I forgot it in here." He smirked, waving his hand and bending down on to the ground. "Ah! Here it is." He commented, pulling himself up and placing his phone into his pocket as he found it near a chair. Elena glanced up to see Damon patting Stefan on the shoulder before he left, turning back to them both as Stefan closed his eyes and Elena finally caught his blue eyed gaze. "You two should lock the door before you decide to go any further. Just a tip. But, other than that feel free to carry on." Damon winked, walking out without another word.

"What just happened?" Elena asked Stefan, biting down on her lower lip nervously.

"I think my brother just told us to keep trying to have sex." He joked, feeling Elena hit his arm a little bit.

"Ouch! What was that for?" He asked with a gleaming smile, standing in front of her as she sighed, leaning her head against his bare chest.

"It was for not listening to me when I told you that this was a bad idea!" She exclaimed, huffing out a breath and wrapping her arms around him.

"We should have just had dinner and a movie." Elena added in, hearing Stefan laugh as he placed his chin on top of her head, kissing her hair before he spoke. "We still can, while we're here." He replied.

Stefan watched Elena lift her head up from him, giving him a confused look. "Stefan, don't tell me that you have a theater in here." She replied, feeling him tightly embrace her as he sighed.

"Not exactly. There's this old black and white movie player in the storage area where we keep most of the antiques, down stairs and we could go watch an old black and white movie. There's a comfortable couch there and all we'd have to do is order pizza or something." He suggested.

Elena kissed the spot of his chest where she had rested her cheek for a moment before she smiled. Being alone in a darkened room without being interrupted was something that Elena craved since lately. their time together kept getting interrupted. "Sounds romantic." She told him as she stepped away from him and he grabbed a hold of her hand, nodding.

"I was hoping that you'd say that." He winked, tightening his grip around her hand and walking down the hallway with her. "You pick the movie and I'll call up the pizza place." He told her as she smiled at him.

"Okay." Elena replied simply, intertwining their fingers together as they made their way down to the floor below them, watching Stefan call one of his favorite pizza places as they walked down stairs.

"The only movie we have is Casablanca." Stefan commented when they finally made it into the room, after waiting for the pizza to arrive at the lobby. He was setting up the antique movie player as Elena sat down on the dusty white colored couch in the corner, against a wall.

"That's fine." She told him, patting the seat beside her as Stefan placed a dark green colored blanket on the couch, covering her up with it. Elena watched him place the hot pizza on the small coffee table in front of them. The room was dark with two small lamps illuminating light from them. Although, everything was fairly cleaned and not as dusty as Stefan had thought since all it was ever only used for a storage area.

Stefan smiled at her, watching as Elena leaned forward and grabbed a piece of cheese pizza in her hands, taking a bite from it. He laughed, seeing her put the rest of it down on a napkin.

"What?" She asked him with a wide grin.

"You got a little sauce on your chin." He replied, leaning forward and moving his thumb across it, licking his finger as Elena giggled at him.

"It's good and I'm hungry." She said, watching Stefan open the pizza box back up and take a piece for himself. Elena saw him take a bite, the red sauce dripping down on to his dress shirt, hearing him grumble out a curse word.

"Looks like you a need a baby bibs." She teased, leaning her head against him as she watched Stefan's sauce covered hands press against her cheek, leaving sauce against her skin. Elena gasped, noticing that the movie had already started playing.

"That wasn't very nice!" She exclaimed, jumping up off the couch and crossing her arms over her chest, the streak of pizza sauce still on her cheek.

"Let me take it off." He smirked, opening his arms up to her and watching her shake her head.

"No! I'll do it." She stated, taking a napkin off of the table and wiping the sauce off. Stefan laughed as Elena sat back down beside him, making sure that she was sitting a little further away.

"Come on, baby. I won't do it again." He promised. Elena shook her head and crossed her arms, leaning towards the table and glancing over at him.

"I don't trust you." She replied with a smile, seeing his green eyes gleaming at her.

"Here, look. I'll be good, I promise." He vowed, wiping his hands and lifting them up in the air.

"Keep your hands to yourself." Elena warned, hearing him laugh as he suddenly pulled her close, kissing her cheek and whispering against her ear before she could back away from him. "You know that I've always had a hard time doing that when it comes to you."

Elena rolled her eyes, turning her head to lock her brown gaze on to him. "I know you do. But, Stefan we're trying to have a normal date here without you trying to take my clothes off."

Stefan chuckled. "Well, that's not a very fun date, now is it?" He asked her, his warm breath hovering over her ear as he leaned down and kissed her neck, sucking on the skin and hearing Elena sigh out a meaningless warning. "Stefan, I'm warning you."

"And, I'm telling you. It's not possible." He taunted, his mouth and lips working their way down to Elena's shoulder as she leaned into him more.

"This was supposed to be a normal date, with movie watching and a little bit of kissing." She sighed, closing her eyes at the feeling of his fingertips grazing against her shoulder, sliding her bra strap that was showing down as he continued to work his mouth against her collar bone.

"Well, it is a normal date. We are watching a movie and I am kissing you." He told her with a beaming smirk.

Elena pulled back for a moment, glancing at him. "Stefan, we're not even paying attention to the movie." She said.

Stefan moved his hand so that it was against Elena's back, his fingers slowly undoing the buttons to her dress. "Well, I blame you for that."

He watched her brown eyes grow wide as she stared at him for a moment. "Me? What did I do?"

"You lured me in here, in this dark room while you're looking all good in this dress. It's very hard for me to focus on anything else. But, you." He concluded with a flirty tone as Elena laughed, shaking her head and pulling him towards her, even if she was reluctant about doing anything with him at the moment. She too had a hard time saying no to him.

"Oh, Mr. Salvatore. You're a bad flirt." She whispered against his ear before kissing his cheek and working her fingers back up to the front of his shirt.

"And, you. Miss Gilbert are a beautiful woman who's lucky enough to have me all to herself." He softly said, hovering over Elena as he leaned down and kissed her lips, running his fingers through her hair while she laid down against the couch and glanced up at him, running her thumb against the exposed skin of his shoulder where Matt at shot him.

"I am. I really am lucky to have you." Elena remarked, leaning up towards him as she wrapped her arms around his neck and felt his body weight on top of hers. The feeling of his hand against her thigh causing Elena to close her eyes and let out a heavy breath, losing herself in his touch and the kisses he was leaving against her skin as she heard him say. "I think you should marry me, Elena."

Elena pulled back for a moment, placing her hand against his chest and forcing his eyes to lock on to hers when she simply uttered out. "No."

Stefan's eyes were filled with confusion as he brushed the tip of his finger against her cheek, smiling at her worriedly. "Why not?"

Elena swallowed the lump in her throat, biting down on her lower lip as she lifted up her head and kissed him before she stated. "Because I love the way we are now. And, getting married might ruin that."

"So, how was she today?" Caroline asked Klaus the minute he stepped inside of their townhouse, taking a hold of his hand while he grumbled under his breath about how bad the traffic on their way home was.

"Stefan needs to reschedule the meeting. But, it's not because of Sarah." He chuckled, remembering the look on Stefan's face when he and Sarah stepped into his office.

"Oh, god." She gasped, wiping her hands off of a kitchen towel and walking slowly over to their daughter who had her head sleepily slumped over her dad's shoulder. "Ready to go to sleep munchkin? Sounds like you had a very long day today." Caroline commented with a laugh, feeling Klaus's hand against her back, stroking her shirt with his finger tips.

"Yeah, but I still didn't get any chocolate." Sarah complained as she yawned and heard her parents both laugh.

"I'll will buy you some tomorrow." Klaus promised, kissing her head as he wished her a goodnight and watched Caroline carry her into her bedroom.

Klaus walked into the kitchen, grabbing a bottle of wine from the fridge as he heard Caroline walk back into the room a few minutes later, sighing out a breath.

"She had a lot of fun with you today." Caroline commented, watching Klaus stop attempting to uncork the wine as he grinned. "I had a lot of fun with her today too."

"So, how'd things go with my sister?" Klaus asked Caroline as she tapped her fingers against the counter top in their kitchen, sighing.

"It went good. We still have a lot of things to talk about. But, she asked me to call your mother into town and I said that I would." She told him, watching her husband's eyes narrow at the wine bottle in front of him.

"My mother's in London, Caroline. She's on this mid life crisis cruise trip. I highly doubt that she'll drop everything for my sister. She's just not that kind of mother." He said with a chuckle.

"Yeah, but wouldn't it be nice to have Esther back in the states for her daughter's baby shower and the birth of her second grandchild. Also, I'm sure Sarah would love to see her grandmother again. It's been a long time. You haven't seen your mother since your dad died, a few days after Sarah was born." Caroline said in a saddened tone, hearing Klaus exhale loudly. He loved his mother, but having her around his family and friends for more than what he assumed would be a few weeks, would surely stir up some unwanted issues.

"Yeah, it would be nice." He replied softly, waving Caroline over as he poured her a glass of wine, handing it to her.

"You know what else is nice though?" He questioned as she glanced over at him.

"What?" Caroline smiled, taking a step towards Klaus and leaning into his shoulder as he wrapped his arm around his wife.

"Peace and quiet, Caroline. And, surely once mother comes into town. We won't have very much of that at all." He told her, kissing her cheek as she laughed at how silly he sounded.

"It'll be fine, Klaus. We just need to keep her entertained. Esther isn't that bad." Caroline grinned, reassuring him the best she knew that she had it handled. Because if there was anything that Caroline Mikaelson was good at, it was making parties and trying to keep everyone around her happy and in good spirits.

"So, you'll handle it?" He asked as she turned his face to kiss his lips. She kissed him quickly, wiping away her red lipstick and smiling as she nodded with complete reassurance in her tone. "Of course I will. If I can handle the snobby people of Chicago during all those events we've thrown in the past, your mother is going to be a piece of cake."

A/N: Oh, things are about to get interesting with Mama Mikaelson coming into town! ;)

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