Kol's PoV

I met Elena at the grill for dinner like we planned before she ran off to meet with her friends. As I walked through the doors of the Mystic Grill I saw Elena having fun with the Salvatore brothers, the Bennett witch, the hybrid, the blonde vampire, and the human who was working. She noticed me and downed the reminder of what was in her glass and bid goodbye to her friends.

"Hello love" Elena said.

"Hello darling" I said hugging her.

"Thanks for coming a little later" Elena said leading me to a table.

"No problem, it sounded like you were having fun" I said.

"I did actually it's great that I still have them" Elena said as she told me about her evening. We enjoyed our meal in peace.

"Oh that reminds me, my friends want to meet you and your siblings again under better circumstances" Elena said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Well they know that you guys mean something to me and they want to give you a chance" Elena said.

"Well that is something I never expected" I said.

"I know, but they are trying" Elena said.

"Why don't we go tell Nik and the others" I suggested standing up and walking around the table to help her up.

"Cause that will go over so well" Elena said.

"Well they need to know and the sooner the better" I said as I lead her to the door.

"True, I'll meet you at the house" Elena said and ran off. I sped off after her, and caught her just she walked through the door.

"You used to be so much better at that" Elena said as I wrapped my arms around her waist.

"Well give me time, I'll get better at it" I said.

"Don't let your ego grow too much in the meantime" Elena said.

"Oh would you two give it a rest already" I heard my sister say as she walked down the stairs.

"Oh good your home" Elena said.

"Where are our brothers?" I asked.

"How would I know, I don't get paid to babysit them" Rebekah said as she finished descending the stairs.

"Well are they home at least?" I asked.

"I think so why?" Rebekah asked

"We need to talk to you all" Elena said.

"Nik Elijah get down here" Rebekah yelled and within seconds my older brothers were standing beside us.

"What the hell Rebekah?" Nik asked.

"I was in the middle of a good book" Elijah said.

"Well the happy couple wanted to talk to us" Rebekah said and they all looked at me and Elena.

"What is going on?" Nik asked.

"I know this is going to sound weird but my friends want to have dinner with you next week" Elena said.

"Why would they want to do that?" Elijah asked.

"Well they're important to me and they know you are two, so they want to try for a clean slate" Elena said.

"Well why not next Thursday" Nik suggested. Elena nodded and led me up to our bed room.

"That went well" I said as I shut the door.

"Better than I expected" Elena said and I nodded.

"Time for bed, you have school tomorrow" I said.

"Yeah I know" Elena said and crawled into bed.

Elena's PoV

I arrived at school the next morning earlier than usual. I was hoping to run into Caroline and tell her the plans for dinner. I couldn't believe how easily Nik had agreed to it. He was known for being hardheaded. I hopped that this dinner would go well and that my friends and family would get along.

"You'd think that being an Original vampire you'd have more sense than to walk into a wall" I heard a voice say from beside me. I looked up and saw Caroline standing next to me.

"Yeah well I was thinking about how easy Nik agreed to dinner" I said

"Klaus agreed?" Caroline asked shocked.

"Don't sound so surprised" I said.

"Well it doesn't seem like the Klaus I know" Caroline said.

"Well Nik is not as bad once you get to know him" I said.

"Well Klaus did plan to kill me to end some curse" Caroline said.

"And I apologize for that but that curse was always a pain for him" I said.

"I won't accept that, it needs to come from him" Caroline said

"I know, just thought I'd try" I said.

"Thanks though" Caroline said.

"So about dinner, next Thursday and the house" I said.

"Mikaelson mansion?" Caroline asked.

"Yes and Nik said that he would take care of everything" I said.

"Alright what time?" Caroline asked.

"Seven" I said.

"Sounds good" Caroline said and walked towards the history room for first period.

"Well look at who ran off without me" I heard a familiar voice say from inside the class room.

"Yeah well you take forever to get ready in the mornings Bekah." I said.

"I do not" Rebekah said

"Yes you do Rebekah and you know it, and that's without corsets" I said.

"Whatever I came to attend class not argue with my sister" Rebekah said.

"Same, come on Care let's go take our seats" I said and pulled Caroline into the classroom.

"What was that about?" Caroline asked once we sat down.

"Nothing just a little fun" I said.

"So about dinner, is there anything required of us?" Caroline asked.

"No, just dress nice and show up everything else will be handled" I said

"Dress how?" Caroline asked.

"Nice but not overly formal" I said.

"Alright, I'll tell everyone later" Caroline said as Ric walked into the room and started class.

Caroline's PoV

Classes passed quickly and before I knew it, it was time for lunch. I made my way over to the table where my friends and I always sat even if it felt different without Elena sitting with us.

"Hey guys" I said as I sat down between Tyler and Bonnie.

"So how did it go with Elena this morning?" Stefan asked.

"Better than expected, dinner is next Thursday 7pm and the Mikealson house formal attire required" I said.

"Do we have to go to this thing?" Jeremy asked.

"Yes we do, it's the only chance we are going to have at a clean slate" I said.

"Besides we are doing this for Elena" Bonnie said

"Absolutely they are her family now and if we want to remain her friends we need to try to bury the hatchet" I said.

"That is kind of hard Care" Tyler said.

"Especially since every member of that family has tried to kill us at least once" Jeremy said.

"That might be true, but they also tried to kill Elena and look how quickly she got passed it" I said. Just then Elena and Rebekah walked up to the table.

"Would it be alright if we sat with you guys today?" Rebekah asked surprising all of us.

"Sure have a seat" I said.

"Thank you" Rebekah said as they sat down.

"I thought that you all could try to get to know Rebekah before dinner that way it's a little less intimidating" Elena said.

"I suppose, I'm Caroline Forbes" I said starting.

"Tyler Lockwood" Tyler said following. Everyone took their turn introducing themselves in the order we were siting.

"Stefan Salvatore nice too meet you even if it is the third time" Stefan said jokingly.

"Charmed, I'm Rebekah Mikealson" Rebekah said after everyone was done.

"See that wasn't so hard now was it?" Elena asked. We spent the rest of the period getting to know Rebekah and learning that she wasn't all she seemed.

"You're not as bad as I originally thought of you" I said.

"Neither are any of you" Rebekah said.

"I think we could be great friends if you want to be that is" I said.

"I would love to be your friend, I honestly don't have any" Rebekah said.

"Well then welcome to our group" I said.

"See this went better than you thought" Elena said looking directly at Rebekah.

"Well we can all blame Nik for the fact that I don't let people in easily" Rebekah said.

"Let's not get into the thinks we could thank Nik for that would take all week" Elena said.