A/N: ok so for some reason this wouldn't come up once i posted it last time so let me know if anyone else has trouble with it

Elena jumped onto the huge couch in the living room watching Kol pick out a movie.

"The exorcist or saw?" He said holding up both dvds

"Definitely the exorcist. It's a classic."

"The exorcist it is." He said sitting down onto the couch.

"Hey!"

"What?" He looked utterly confused.

"Let me get comfortable." She laughed. She stuffed a pillow behind her back and motioned for Kol to sit back down then she rested her legs on top of his lap. "That's better." She said snuggling in.

They spent most of the movie making fun of all the ridiculous effects but she was having so much fun. Kol paused the movie when he heard someone walk into the room. They both looked towards the door.

"May I join you? I've never seen this movie." Elijah said shyly with his hands in his pockets as always.

"Of course!" Elena scooted over so Elijah could sit on the other side of her. She relaxed into his side after he sat down. She was really starting to like both of them. She hated to admit it but she never felt so safe with anyone as she did with them. As both brothers got back to commenting on the movie Elena stared off into the distance thinking. She honestly didn't think she would ever be able to get over what Klaus did to her but these two men had treated her as an equal and made her feel herself again. She hadn't felt that way in so long.

Elena didn't see Klaus for a couple weeks and she was starting to think Kol and Elijah were keeping her busy so she wouldn't on purpose. It was sweet of them to give me time to heal without Klaus' death stares. Kol said he was jealous that no one wanted to have fun with him but Elijah just said he felt horrible for hurting me which made him lash out. I think it was a little of both

"I'm going to go for a run I think." Elena said at breakfast. She hadn't run in a long time, she couldn't wait to feel the rush of it again.

"Running where?" Elijah said suspicious

"Just around the estate. Don't worry I won't leave the grounds." She said sarcastically rolling her eyes

"I'll go with you." Kol said standing up quickly.

"No-"She watched his eyes fall a little "No offense but I like to run by myself. It's when I use to do most of my thinking."

"And what does the lovely miss Elena have on her mind." Kol smirked.

"None of your business" She laughed punching him in the arm. He retaliated by throwing her over his shoulder and tickling her.

"Elijah help!" She laughed uncontrollably. Elijah smiled at how beautiful she looked when she was totally comfortable and carefree.

"Hey you're on your own there. You're the one who dared to punch an original." He joked as he back away

"Go run your pretty little heart out." Kol said reluctantly letting her down.

Elena was able to run for an hour before she couldn't run anymore. She jogged back to the house and called out for Kol or Elijah. They must have gone out for a bit. Elena grabbed water from the refrigerator then walked slowly around the house letting her heartbeat go down to normal. She stumbled upon a room she hadn't seen yet. She pushed on the door to see if it was open and sure enough it was. She stopped in her tracks and gasped at what she saw. There were paintings and drawing everywhere. Some of castles, some of landscapes, and some of the mikealsons. They were the most beautiful things she had ever seen. She idly wondered how much it cost them to get all these.

"Do you like them?" Elena jumped when she heard Klaus speak quietly from the doorway.

"They're beautiful." She said in awe. "Where did you get them?"

"Me." He said simply with his arms crossed over his chest. He looked so self-conscious for the briefest moment.

"You did these?" Elena stared at him realizing there was so much more to him than she thought.

"It's my passion." He grinned. He walked around to get himself a drink before he sat down and watched her for a moment looking at all the paintings before he spoke. Elena surprised him and spoke first.

"Can we talk?" She said sitting across from him. He motioned for her to continue. "I've had some time to think about what you did to me." She didn't have the courage to look him in the eye. "I certainly won't ever forget that but I think I can say now that I forgive you." He looked up from the ground at her confused. "Elijah and I have been talking and he told me how when you're a wolf you can't control what you do."

"I understand." Klaus said quietly thinking about his next move.

"That doesn't mean I forgive you about actually taking me out there in the first place to see you transform. You knew that was dangerous but your pride got the best of you." She took a deep breath and finally looked at him.

"You're right Elena I took you out there to see me transform when I knew it was dangerous. I didn't think I would rip you apart though." In a blink of an eye he was in front of Elena lightly touching her cheek. "Your blood pushed me over the edge and I regret ever hurting you. I honestly just wanted to scare you and teach you to watch your tongue."

"I was so scared." She trembled under his hand. "When I thought I was going to die I just thought to all the things I hadn't done yet." Tear gathering up in her eyes.

"Here is my deal Elena, You try to forgive me and I will make sure you do all those things you want to do with your life."

"And why would you make a deal like that?"

"Well for one you're the doppelganger and I need to keep you safe, second it's the least I can do after practically killing you. What kind of host would I be if I didn't try and make it better?"

"That's it? No other reasons?" She said searching his eyes to see if he was just being nice so she would cooperate with one of his stupid plans.

"And three," He breathed trying to calm himself "You deserve to see the world and get everything you've ever wanted."

"Why?" She didn't know why he was being so nice.

"Because no one could have gone through as much as you did and still come out strong and independent on the other side."

"Deal." She said enthusiastically. "We are starting fresh from now on. Don't screw it up because you won't get another chance like this." She smiled sweetly.

A/N: sorry kind of short but I wanted to get this chapter up tonight. I'll try to have the next chapter up sometime this weekend. Enjoy!