Elena's PoV

I woke up the next morning to my phone going off at 6:15am. I got up and shut the alarm off before grabbing my outfit for the day and heading for the shower. Ten minutes later I was dressed and ready for the day. Walking back into the room I noticed Kol was up and staring at his phone.

"Anything interesting?" I asked being nosey.

"Just Rebekah talking about random ideas of hers" Kol said.

"Like what?" I asked even though I already knew what she was working towards.

"Anniversary present ideas" Kol said.

"Do people even celebrate after this long?" I asked

"Do you not want to celebrate anymore?" Kol asked.

"Of course I do, we missed 509 years together" I said walking over to the bed and sitting by him.

"Then an extravagant anniversary it will be" Kol said.

"1,017 years, man, are we old" I said.

"Well a thousand years does go by relatively fast when you're immortal" Kol said.

"It does, now Rebekah will be here soon to take me to school" I said.

"Do you have to go?" Kol asked.

"Yes, I have four months until graduation" I said walking out of the room and out of the house with Kol following me. Just as we made it off the front stairs Rebekah pulled up.

"Well then have a good day at school" Kol said.

"I'll try dad" I said sarcastically.

"Love you darling" Kol said pulling me into a kiss.

"Love you too" I said after pulling away and got into Rebekah's car.

"Good morning to you" Bex said pulling off.

"Morning" I said suddenly faced with what was about to happen.

"Cheery to depressed in two seconds and Nik isn't even around" Rebekah said.

"Just thinking about what will happen when we get to school" I said.

"Well don't think about it, if you do it's guaranteed to be bad" Bex said. I thought about it and figured she was right so I focused on something else, like how great it was to have Kol back. I smiled thinking about the wedding Bex was already planning for me.

Kol's PoV

I watched as Elena and Rebekah drove off for their day as students in mundane high school. I thought about what Rebekah had texted me this morning. After all the bad that has happened in our lives Elena deserves the wedding she always wanted and I would love to marry her again. I walked into the house looking for my older brothers. I walked into the basement storage where Nik kept the blood bags and grabbed one before heading back upstairs to work on a mind blowing proposal for Elena. I made my way to the library hoping I would not be found. I worked for almost two hours and couldn't come up with anything. I decided to take a break just as Nik and Elijah walked into the room.

"What is going on in here?" Nik asked.

"I am trying to work on something and it's not working" I said annoyed.

"What are you working on?" Elijah asked.

"Elena's anniversary present" I said.

"What are you going to get her?" Elijah asked me.

"The wedding she always dreamed of" I said.

"You're planning to get married on your anniversary?" Nik asked in disbelief.

"Why not, it's been 1,017 years since we last got married" I said.

"And to think you made it this far it's a miracle" Nik said.

"Be nice Niklaus, just because you can't find happiness doesn't mean that others cannot" Elijah said.

"Maybe you should listen to Caroline, after all women know best" I said and Nik walked out after cussing at Elijah and me.

"What all do you have planned out?" Elijah asked.

"Just the idea, Rebekah said she wanted to be the wedding planner.

"Well how do you plan to ask her?" Elijah asked.

"I just thought I'd ask the simple question" I said sarcastically.

"If you want it to be like her dream wedding you need a grand proposal" Elijah said as he pulled up a chair and sat next to me.

"Are you going to help?" I asked surprised

"Of course, my little is getting married" Elijah said. We spent the whole day working on all the plans on how I would ask.

Elena's PoV

Rebekah pulled up in front of the school and suddenly I felt like running the other direction and just compelling myself perfect grades for the rest of the year.

"Let's go, you need to see Mr. Saltzman before school starts" Rebekah said.

"I completely forgot about seeing Ric" I said getting out of the car and walking towards the building. I stopped at my locker before heading to the history room to speak with my guardian. I walked into the room and saw my friends and family.

"What is going on here?" I asked looking at everyone.

"Please sit down Elena" Ric said. I sat down on a desk and turned to look at everyone.

"What's going on?" I asked again.

"Were here to talk" Bonnie said.

"Or in Damon's opinion an intervention" Caroline said.

"Why?" I asked.

"We just want to know if the Elena we knew and love is still in there" Caroline said.

"I'm still here as long as you except me for whom I am" I said.

"That's what we're worried about" Stefan said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Are you going to loyal to the Originals like I was with the sire bond?" Tyler asked.

"I am an Original, they are my family, but I am still myself" I said.

"So if it came down to it, who would you pick? Us or them?" Matt asked.

"I will never side against Kol, but other than that I wouldn't know" I said.

"There we go with the whole Kol thing again" Damon said. With that I got up and ran over to him and put my hand to his throat so he couldn't breathe.

"Anyone else have a problem with my husband?" I asked as Damon choked. Everyone shook their heads and I dropped Damon.

"Let's be clear if you hurt or think of trying to hurt Kol, I won't hesitate to rip your hearts out do you understand?" I asked and everyone nodded.

"What would you do if one of us is threatened by your family?" Caroline asked.

"That depends on you" I said.

"What do you mean?" Bonnie asked.

"You know that you eventually have to pick a side, pick me and I will do my best to protect you. Chose against me and your out of luck" I said as I walked over to my desk for class. The day passed as any other had except that I didn't have my friends to talk to when I needed them. Before I knew it, it was time for lunch and I had received a text asking me to meet in Mr. Saltzman's room. I walked in the room and saw Jeremy and Ric standing in the room.

"Why was I asked to be here?" I asked trying not to sound mean.

"I texted you, so we could talk in private" Jeremy said.

"Private how?" I asked hoping that I still had the only family the human me had left.

"As a family" Ric said. I was surprised to think straight.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Elena you are the only family I have left, and I am not about to lose that" Jeremy said.

"For me too, you and Jeremy are the closest thing to a family I have ever had" Ric said. I smiled knowing that I wasn't going to lose everyone.

"Do you really mean that?" I asked almost crying.

"Of course we do Elena, besides mom and dad would kill me if I gave up on you" Jeremy said. I ran up and hugged him and Ric afterwards.

"What about Caroline?" I asked.

"I don't care what she thinks or convinces everyone else to think, you're my sister" Jeremy said.

"Thank you I don't know what I would do if I lost you" I said and the boys smiled.

"I need to meet up with Rebekah so I will talk to you guys later" I said and walked out of the room.