The entire family spent the night together; they ate out at a nice restaurant, drank and celebrated Kol in the right way, they spoke of there times together and they all re-bonded.

Elena had been the first one to become completely drunk, trying to keep up with 4 original vampires is a feat no human could achieve, she and Rebekah had been chatting away all night, the complete surprise of her siblings.

Klaus and Elijah had laughed like they never had before and they simply embraced being together, they weren't sure if it was going to last forever anymore so they decided to try and enjoy what time they do have together. Elena was incredibly proud of how far they had come considering just a month ago, Klaus had tried to kill her and Elijah had betrayed her.

Elena's phone began to rang, she saw Bonnie's name on the caller ID and answered, "Bon, Hey!"

"Elena, you have to get back up to the penthouse now, bring everyone." Bonnie's words brought a sudden sense of dread to her, she hung up the phone and went to Elijah.

"We all have to go, Bonnie needs us." She spoke, they went to collect Klaus and Rebekah before heading straight back to the hotel; they where all a little bit merry but Elena had almost completely sobered up, nothing like a good old fashioned panic cure to drunkness.

"Bonnie, what is it?" Rebekah spoke as they all entered the suite; they all hovered around her and she had the demon kings book in front of her, she was the only one who could read it and she had been studying it ever since they failed to stop the first ritual.

"I've almost finished studying this book completely, most of it is just explaining his history and what the ritual will do," She started to explain herself but was interrupted abruptly by an impatient Klaus.

"Get to the point, love."

"The next ritual is tomorrow."

"What?" They all said simultaneously, shock overcoming them.

"We have no time to prepare," Elijah said, "Where is it being held?"

"In Pennsylvania," Bonnie responded, "He has to complete each ritual before the next full moon, only then can the final ritual be complete, all within the next lunar cycle."

"Great, we have to go back there." Rebekah rolled her eyes and Elena actually nodded in agreeance.

"You two need to stop getting along, I don't like it." Klaus quipped, smirking.

"Us girls have to stick together, Nik." She winked at Elena, both of them laughing, "Now we're even teams."

"I'll keep looking for the location of the third ritual. All you need to know about this one is he has to perform a spell to crack open the skies and unleash mother nature; basically, it's going to get torrential, I read something about raining fire, be careful. If you have any leads on the weapon, let me know."

"We somehow have to get to Pennsylvania by tomorrow night, find a way to kill the demon king or at the very least prevent the ritual from happening." Elijah was talking as he spoke, trying to conjure any type of plan.

"Maybe that's the answer," Elena said, her brows furrowed as she continued to think it through, "Instead of trying to stop him, let's just stop the ritual; deal with one problem at a time, if we prevent the ritual then he has to wait at least a week, right? That gives us extra time to find the weapon and have it ready, even if we don't get to Bonnie in time to complete the spell to bind it, then at least hell won't unleash."

"How are we going to prevent the ritual?" Asked Elijah.

"It's simple," Elena swallowed the lump in her throat as she knew her next words weren't going to be accepted easily by Elijah, "My blood."

"What do you mean?" Klaus said, his brow furrowed in confusion.

"My blood broke the spell on Kol, it must been something to do with my bloodline, maybe we can use me somehow to render him powerless."

"No," Elijah instantly protested, "We'll find another way."

"There isn't another way," She took his hand in hers, "Not one we can think of in the next 24 hours anyway; I want to help, Elijah."

"It's too dangerous." He held onto her hand tightly, "I can't risk it."

"Elena is right, Elijah," Bonnie interjected, in hopes to get him on board, she was only met with eyes like piercing daggers and a small scowl on his lips, "The blood of her ancestor was used to spell the talisman, her blood should, in theory, render him useless, they're blood bonded."

"I say if Elena want's to do this then it's her choice," Rebekah spoke up to help, "This isn't the 1800's anymore, brother, she has a choice."

"What do you want to do, Elena?" Klaus asked, he didn't seem all that pleased either but he had to respect her choice, it wasn't his place to object her.

"I want too help," Her eyes never left Elijah's the whole time everyone spoke up for her; she knew he wouldn't be pleased, "I hate being the only human here that can't do anything whilst you all risk your lives, I need to do this."

"If anything happens..." Elena cut his sentence short by placing a soft kiss on his lips.

"Nothing will happen to me, I have all of you around me, I'll be safe," She released his hand and wrapped her arms around his waist, an innocent smile forming on her lips, "Now, you're not going to like this but I think it may be the last thing this plan needs."

"What now?" He spoke, unsure if he could handle anymore of her plans.

"I think it may be a good idea if we have a bit of back up," She paused for a moment, confusion expressed on his face, "Maybe some hybrid help."

"Definitely not!" Elijah scowled, "You are not giving my brother anymore of your blood, Elena."

"It was our deal!" Elena argued back, "I don't particularly want our first fight as a couple to be in front of everyone, Elijah."

"We're not fighting, you're not doing it, end of discussion." Elijah put his foot down with this one, this wasn't to be allowed.

"Excuse me?" She folded her arms across her chest, the others all turned the heads away slightly in attempt to show they weren't watching but inside, they where screaming with laughter, "I'm not doing it? You forbid it?"

"Yes, I forbid it." Elijah stood firm, he wasn't backing down.

"Oh, I'm so sorry master, I won't speak out of term again," Elena rolled her eyes, speaking in a mocking voice, "Shall I fetch you anything? Do you need a foot rub, master?"

"Elena, don't be so childish." He couldn't help but smirk at her performance but he still wouldn't loosen up. Rebekah and Bonnie were giggling away in the background and Klaus just watched with pure amusement as he sipped at his whiskey.

"Don't call me childish, Elijah, I'm a grown woman capable of making my own decisions; I'm not some 1950's housewife, here to bend to you every need and objection, so don't treat me like one."

"Elena, I would prefer if we could continue this in private?" He rolled his eyes towards his siblings and Bonnie; Elena glanced nervously towards them, noting them all completely amused.

"Maybe we should." As she went to leave, Klaus called them back.

"If you are both quite finished, I was going to tell you that I don't want your blood, Elena, I have enough hybrids in Pennsylvania from last time anyway." He smirked at his words, "I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to watch you both squabble like children."

"Klaus!" Elena spat, "That was immature."

"I agree with Elena." Elijah slipped his hands in his pockets and glared at his brother.

"Okay enough everyone, back to the ritual tomorrow; what's the plan?" Rebekah interrupted, bringing the focus back to what's really important.

"We leave for Pennsylvania tonight and we face the demon king tomorrow; our goal to stop the ritual and find the other half of the weapon." Klaus responded, "I'll book the jet for this journey, we have to travel in haste."

They all agreed.

"Everyone go pack, be ready as soon as possible." Klaus spoke.

They all obliged and left the room, all except Bonnie; as Elena went to press the button on the elevator, she let out a deep sigh and a slight eye roll, "I left my bag in the penthouse, I'll be back now."

Elijah nodded his head before she sped off to the room, the door was open a crack and as she went to push it open, she heard her name mentioned by Bonnie.

"So why don't you really want to take Elena's blood?" She asked Klaus, Elena listened in carefully, her ear pointed towards the crack in the door.

"I told you, I don't need it." He responded.

"I don't believe you," She sounded smug in her words, her tone of voice very confident, "I'm not gonna stop asking until you tell me the truth, so you might as well cut to the chase."

Klaus sighed at how pushy the Bennett witch was being, maybe it was best he spoke to someone about it, even if it was Bonnie, "I care for her way too deeply now to even think about taking her blood from her, especially with the ritual and everything else we've been through since our journey began. I can't see her in pain."

Elena was touched by his words, she felt guilty again about everything she put him through.

"Wow, the hybrid has fallen in love," Bonnie teased.

"I wouldn't go that far, darlin'," He smirked.

"I would," She brought the serious back to her tone of voice, "I see the way you look at her and I see how much it pains you to see her with Elijah,"

"But he makes her happy, so who I am to stand in the way of that?"

At this point, Elena didn't want to eavesdrop anymore, it wasn't fair to him, this was a private conversation about his deepest feelings for her and she didn't return them, the guilt was off the charts.

She returned to Elijah, he was still waiting outside the elevator for her, "You didn't get your bag?"

"I heard Klaus on the phone to the airline and I tried knocking but I didn't want to interrupt." Her heart was heavy, she didn't want to lie about what she overheard in the penthouse but she didn't want too cause him any pain either; all she could do was try and push it from her mind.

"I'll retrieve it for you before we leave, my love," He kissed her on her head and placed his hand on the small of her back, leading her into the elevator.

-w-

Elena and Elijah were hard at work, packing all of there things and getting everything in order before the flight tonight; they had some music on, dancing around and having some fun, they had too, tomorrow wasn't going to be easy and the night before a battle should be enjoyed.

"I quite like this artist," Elijah spoke, referring to the music playing through her phone, "What is her name?"

"Katy Perry," She giggled, tossing a loose cushion on the sofa towards him, "You're making fun, aren't you?"

He sped towards her and picked her up from behind; a loud laugh escaped her lips as he lifted her from the ground.

Once the silly behaviour ceased, he began placing soft kisses along her neck, his hand wandering to her stomach, playing with the end of her shirt.

"Oh Elijah, I thought you were a gentleman?" She smirked playfully, a small chuckle escaping her lips,

"Not right now, I'm not." He growled into her neck playfully, more giggling emerging from Elena as he used his speed once again to take her into the bedroom, sitting her on the bed.

"I think I like this non-formal version of you," She teased as she started to watch him carefully; he slowly removed her shoes, followed by her jeans and he placed lots of soft kisses up her legs, his hands grasping softly at her calf and moved his hand upwards, admiring her beauty.

His hands wandered back to her shirt, he traced his fingers along her skin beneath the hem and she just closed her eyes, the heat in her body beginning to rise at his every touch.

He pulled her top over her head in one swift movement and tossed it aside; he couldn't stop staring at her, everything about her was perfection to him; he grabbed her hand and brought her too her feet, pulling her in for a long and passionate kiss.

"I don't find this very fair," She whispered onto his lips as she hooked her hands onto his belt, "You're still fully dressed, we need to change that."

She undone his belt and the button on his pants before slipping them down; he kicked them off as she pulled his top over his head and continued there kiss, they parted there lips and massaged there tongues against each others.

She began to feel his hand move lower down her waist, his fingers tracing the skin along her hip but he didn't stop there, he went lower and lower until she felt him press his fingers against her most sensitive area, a small moan escaped her lips as he rubbed her slowly and forcefully. She already began to feel a wave of pleasure wash over her entire body, her skin as hot as it could be, she could already feel a sweat begin to form.

He didn't allow her to break there kiss as he continued to pleasure her, his tongue still massaging hers; he stopped for a long moment to rip her panties off and she was completely exposed to him, not just physically but emotionally, she would bare all to him always.

She was starting to crave more as he rubbed her harder, his fingers breaking through her walls and sliding up and down her; a louder moan escaped as he began rubbing her clit in a circular motion, she grabbed onto his arms, consumed by pleasure but the more he saw her squirm, the more he wanted to hear her scream. He slid two fingers inside her, pumping them slowly in and out, moving faster and faster as her moans grew until she couldn't take it anymore and he felt her becoming more and more wet.

Her entire body was tingling around him, she held onto him with everything she had and started to kiss him with such force and passion that he needed her more. She placed her hands on his shoulders and pulled herself up, he grabbed onto her waist and she wrapped her legs around his back, gripping onto him tightly; he moved his hands down her back and grabbed onto her butt, forcing her more onto him.

He pushed her up against the wall, her back hitting it with a light thud; she could feel his erection pressed up against her, she moved her hips rhythmically, a small moan forced it's way out of his lips but she only moved faster and harder with every moan until he groaned so loudly that he couldn't contain himself; he thrusted into her, both of them moaning in sync as they felt each other completely inside.

He slid in and out of her slowly, his hands wandering her entire body; he was completely infatuated by her, her touch, they way she felt inside him, they way he loved her, the way she moved her hips on him, everything about her kept drawing him in.

"Elena, you're everything," He whispered onto her lips.

"You're my everything," She responded and as soon as he heard those words, he felt his whole body ignite, "I'm yours, Elijah... all yours."

She grabbed his hand and lead it upwards towards her neck, his eyes following her there hands intently; she placed it on the hair that wrapped around her neck and moved it away, she tilted her neck to the side, revealing her perfectly warm and smooth skin.

"Take me, completely," She spoke before locking her eyes on his.

He searched for any doubt in her gaze about this but he found no objection, no sickening look, only love.

She watched as his face changed; veins appearing under his eyes and his fangs retracting, she ran her fingers over his cheeks briefly, she felt no fear or saw no monster, only the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

She placed her hands on his back, pulling him into her and her neck still tilted; there hearts began to race in sync as he plunged his fangs into his neck, she gasped slightly at the contact; her blood trickled down his throat and he began to feed from her gently, she moaned repeatedly as he thrusted into her completely, the feel of his teeth in her neck and his erection perfectly inside her was too much for her handle; she picked up the speed of her rocking hips, her nails dug into his back as she held onto anything she could, as small and pleasurable scream escaping her lips.

His thrusts became faster and harder, his hips rocked and he kept sliding in and out of her; he could feel her heart beating through her chest as they pressed against each other; she moved her breasts along his skin, her nipples erect at the friction.

Her blood tasted immaculate to him but he didn't feed fast or forcefully, she didn't feel faint and she only wanted more of him.

They where getting close, he removed his fangs from her neck and returned his face to normal, he kissed all along her collarbone and licked away any rogue drops of blood before smashing his lips onto hers; she continued to move up and down on him, harder and faster, his thrusts met her movements perfectly and he smashed into her over and over again, hitting the right spot everytime.

He grabbed onto her waist, his fingers pressed into her skin as he pushed himself into her with everything he had; she practically screamed as he came inside her, he could still feel how wet she had become and they climaxed together, there bodies uncontrollably tingling and there breathing heavy and laboured.

They slowed down there kiss, allowing it to become intimate and personal as they came down for there climax together; her fingers where intertwined in his hair and he was tracing his fingers up and down her back. He was still inside her, his member throbbing and still pressing into her; he carried her over to the bed and he sat down, her body remaining wrapped around him as she sat on his lap.

They where both reluctant to separate right away, so they remained kissing and there most sensitive areas still throbbing against each others; she was like a drug to him and he just couldn't stop, he always needed more of her.

It took them a short while but they eventually separated; Elena sat beside him, there backs where leaning against the headboard, nestled into each and there legs where interlocked, still completely naked.

"I can't get enough of you," Elena spoke, a small grin appearing on her lips as she stroked his arm, each hair standing as she touched him.

"I don't think I'll ever not want you," He responded, a crooked smile appearing on his lips, "And I don't just mean physically."

"Like I said before," She moved her lips to his ear and whispered softly, "I'm all yours; emotionally, physically, whatever you need."

He inhaled a deep breath, trying to push his need for more from his mind, "You're not going to prove my point on how I'm not just talking about physically needing you if you keep whispering into my ear like that."

She giggled slightly, her cheeks becoming red at his words, she spoke teasingly, "Where has my gentleman Elijah gone? This one is just too dirty."

"This is what you do to me." He growled playfully, snapping his teeth lightly at her as he moved quickly into her neck, nibbling away at her skin. She couldn't help but laugh.

Suddenly, Elijah's phone began to ring.

"Urgh, tell them to go away," She laughed once again as she kept pulling him closer.

They let it ring out as they continued to play around with each other, she didn't want this too end.

It rang again.

Elijah just dipped his head into her neck, completely disappointed that he had to answer it, "If I don't pick up, it will just keep ringing."

Elena rolled her eyes but nodded her head, a small smile gracing her lips, "It's fine, go get it but hurry back."

He stepped out of bed and followed the ringing until he located his pants.

"My, my, Mr. Mikaelson, you look excellent standing there all naked." A wide grin appearing on her lips as she teased him.

He laughed lightly, "Well, Miss Gilbert, you better get used to it; anytime we're alone from now on will be spent completely naked."

"I am more than fine with that."

They both couldn't stop laughing, there happiness flooding them entirely.

Elijah eventually picked up his phone, he rolled his eyes at the caller ID, "Yes, Niklaus?"

"Not even an hello, brother?" His tone of voice full of amusement, "And here I thought we where mending a thousand years worth of bridges."

"What is it?" He wasn't in the mood for his games; the love of his life was sprawled out on the bed completely naked and waiting for him, the last person he wanted to speak to was his deranged hybrid brother.

"The jet leaves in an hour, we're leaving in 15." Straight the point, "Oh and Elena seemed to have left her bag here, I'll bring it to the lobby."

"Fine, we'll meet you downstairs." With that, Elijah hung up his phone and pursed his lips together, "I'm afraid we have to go, my love."

"So soon?" She puckered her lips and formed a playful pout.

"It has been four hours since we left Klaus' penthouse," He sat on the bed next to her, a small chuckle escaping his lips.

"No way."

"Way." She shoved his arm at his mocking and once again, they laughed.

"We better find our clothes," He grabbed her hand and pulled her into him, "But first."

He smashed his lips onto hers, indulging in one final kiss before they departed from London.