A/N: new chapter finally! Thank you all for all the great reviews so far! You have no idea how great it makes my day when I get positive feedback from you guys. In other news. I started a vampire diaries blog. It's A Lot of joseph morgan/klaus stuff and the originals but its just getting started. have a looksy if your interested:)

The weekend finally came. She used to like school, now it was a huge waste of time. She spent most of the time planning her escape and thinking about Klaus. Elena wanted to go home and sleep but Friday's everyone had dinner at the Grill. She was getting tired of keeping up appearances; she had to find a way to speed this process up a bit if she didn't want to blow her cover.

"Damon?" She said as she chewed her steak.

"Yes Elena?" He smirked.

"Can I have a cell phone? I'm sure you completely ruined my other one."

"You're right I did, and no you can't have another one."

"Come on! What am I supposed to do as night when I'm bored? I always get the best texting done at night." She smiled slyly at him

"Get a carrier pigeon for all I care."

"What about if I get into trouble? No one will know." She threw back at him hoping it would soften him up.

"She's right." Stefan grumbled tired of the bickering back and forth. Caroline mused that he was probably just jealous he had no one to bicker with.

"What?" Damon and Elena said at the same time.

"We went through all this trouble to save her; it would be a waste if she got herself killed." Elena's ears perked up when she heard him say 'We went through all this trouble.' She had no idea he was involved, she had no idea he even still cared.

"Fine I'll get you one later on." Damon rolled his eyes and went back to eating.

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Elena fell onto Stefan's bed shaking his book out of his hand. She smiled when he glared at her.

"Was that necessary?"

"Yes." He turned back to his book not even noticing Elena rifling through all the books next to the bed.

"Looking for something?"

"Oh nothing really. Just an escape from the chaos around here." He smiled at her sincerely knowing how it was when everyone was hovering over you waiting for you to go crazy.

"Try Jane Eyre. It should be in that pile." He said as he went back to reading covering up his emotions once again. Elena grabbed the book she had been looking for as well as Jane Eyre.

"Thanks Stef." She kissed his cheek before bouncing out the door to her room. She locked the door quietly and hugged her salvation against her chest. The school directory. It had every students address and phone number. The perks of living in a small town. She flipped through it quickly stopping when she found the person she was looking for. Charlotte Morgana.

Elena double checked that the door was locked just to make sure no one caught her, she couldn't afford to not be paranoid right now. She texted Charlotte's number, jumping when she got a text back a few seconds later.

"Who is this?"

"Elena Gilbert."

"?"

"Klaus' Elena."

"Oh! Hi? Not to sound harsh but what do you need?"

"A big favor "

"Keep going."

"I was kidnapped from him. I'm sure you noticed the barrier around the town. It's keeping me in and him out."

"I didn't know…I've been studying for finals the past 2 weeks "

"Help me?"

"What can I do?"

"First contact Klaus and tell him I'm ok. Second we need to become friends so no one suspects we're working together. I'm going to the mall next weekend with Caroline meet me there. We can bump into each other, start talking, and plan to get together. Voila a friendship is formed."

"Genius lol. I'll be there. And besides anyone who can get Klaus to love them is instantly a friend of mine "

"Anyone who can keep Klaus as a friend for a hundred years is instantly a friend of mine haha. Can't wait to be besties! Night!"

"C ya!"

Elena sighed in relief. She had a plan sort of set in motion. She smiled thinking about how nice Charlotte was. Klaus never said much about her but when he did talk about her he always had fond memories. Elena closed her eyes trying to get sleep but was too excited about meeting with Charlotte. Finally she could take control of her own life.

The week seemed to pass so slowly she thought time was actually stopping. As the days went by she became more depressed and anxious but compensated with being more cheerful on the outside. On Thursday everyone left the house saying they had to attend to some business. She didn't even care to know what kind of secrets they were keeping this time so she decided to blast music as loud as it could go and dance her sorrows away. Elena was actually having fun. She laughed as she fell onto the bed answering her phone as it rung continuously.

"Hello?" She giggled out of breath.

Klaus gripped the phone hard almost crushing it on the other end, not making a noise. It seemed there was no need to rescue her, she was moving on already.

Elena became serious and turned off the music.

"Klaus?" She whimpered trying not to burst into tears. It had to be him.

"Elena." He breathed out relieved she was missing him.

"Oh my god!" She cried realizing how much she really missed him.

"I'm coming for you love." With those last words he hung up. She knew he probably didn't want to get caught. He was always to the point. It was one of the reasons she loved him so much.

"Shit." Elena fumbled with the phone and wiped the tears from her face as she heard everyone arrive home. "Okay deep breaths Elena." She cooed to herself. She plastered a smile on her face and went down to meet everyone in the kitchen.

"Have fun?" A hint of jealousy in her voice. Everyone was laughing at some inside joke she didn't get. Who were they kidding? She would never have her old life in Mystic Falls again.

"Yes we did. Too bad you couldn't join." Rebekah sneered.

"Seems I wasn't invited." Elena deadpanned back.

"We were just-"Caroline tried to explain before Elena put her hand up to stop her.

"It's fine. What's so funny anyways?"

"Rebekah slipped and fell in the bar and flashed everyone her ass." Damon crumpled over with laughter. Things aren't always what they seem she thought.

"I'll see you later." Rebekah said as she walked out the door clearly hurt they told Elena the real reason they were laughing.

Saturday finally. Elena was ready before Caroline for once.

"Why are you in such a good mood?" Caroline eyed her skeptically. Yeah Elena was a little girly but she was never one to spend the whole day shopping.

"Just excited to get some new clothes is all. I need an updated look." Elena smiled knowing she was going to meet up with Charlotte finally. She didn't know what she looked like but Charlotte had told her she had red hair and would be wearing a pink dress with cow boy boots. Elena hadn't met her yet but she could tell she would get along with Caroline, if it weren't for Caroline working against Klaus that is.

Elena and Caroline had been shopping for two hours before she saw Charlotte out of the corner of her eye. Red hair, dress, and cow boy boots. Looked like this was her, she just had to make her way over to her.

"Oh look at that dress Car!" Elena squealed enthusiastically.

"Cute!" Caroline said rushing over.

"Oh sorry!" Elena feigned surprise as she bumped into Charlotte

"It's fine. Elena right?"

"How do you-"

"I've seen you around school." They both smiled sharing their secret.

"Elena what are you doing?" Caroline said looking suspicious; she could be a bit territorial when it came to her friends.

"I just bumped into, oh uh?"

"Charlotte." She nodded

"Charlotte." Elena chuckled a little. "I so rudely bumped into her making stuff fly everywhere."

"Oh. I think I've seen you around school before. We have gym together right? I never go." She giggled.

"Yeah I've noticed." Charlotte laughed with her.

"Hey we should meet up and have lunch at The Grill. It's the least I can do after bumping into you like that." Elena said hoping it didn't sound as weird as she thought it did.

"Yeah that would be great. We could get some dessert and hot chocolate tonight if you're not busy."

"Mmm sounds good!" Elena said actually getting excited to hang out with someone new for a change. It had been a long time since she made a new friend.

"I was going to hang out with Tyler but I can change my plans around." Caroline said casually inviting herself. It didn't bother Elena as much as it should. Charlotte and her could hang out together alone and discuss their plans some other time.

"9 then?" Charlotte said turning to leave.

"Sure, see you then!"

"She seems nice." Caroline whispered.

"Yeah it'll be fun to hang out with someone new."

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Elena and Caroline shopped all day long. She didn't mean to but she bought a lot. She bought tons of new lingerie for Klaus…if she ever got to see him again, she thought.

"Got a hot date later?" Bonnie sifted through her bags when they were back at the boarding house.

"No." Elena snapped as she tore the barely there lingerie away from her. She didn't want Damon seeing them or she would never hear the end of it.

"Okay okay. No need to get nasty." She laughed.

"Hey you should come Bon." Caroline said plopping down next to them on the couch sucking down a blood bag. Elena could see Bonnie trying her hardest not to wrinkle her nose in disgust.

"I don't know, Damon wanted to practice spells tonight." She looked down picking at her shirt feeling guilty she was the reason Elena couldn't be with the person she loved.

"Forget about Damon, let's have fun." Elena smiled genuinely at her friend.

"Okayyy." She laughed rolling her eyes.

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"Over here!" Charlotte waved from a booth.

"Hey! This is Bonnie and you remember Caroline." Elena smiled warmly, she was hoping to at least get a little hint as to if she talked to Klaus lately. Everyone exchanged their hellos and ordered hot chocolates and assorted cake slices to share. Elena let herself have fun and forget that she was being held by her friends against her will. All their laughing stopped when Rebekah stopped at the table.

"Hey Bekah." Caroline smiled hoping her friends would be nice and invite her to hang with them.

"Elena, may I speak with you. Privately."

"Uhh sure."

"Listen," Rebekah started as they walked across the room for some privacy. "I wanted to apologize. I've been a real bitch lately."

"Reb-"

"Just listen." She growled out before pausing and calming herself. "I was jealous that my brothers chose to protect you over siding with me. I just wanted you to know I'm sorry it couldn't work out between you and my brother."

Elena had to take two deep breaths so she didn't yank her hair and throw her to the ground. Things didn't work out with her brother because she was kidnapped. Rebekah was the one who told everyone where they were staying in the first place. She chose to ignore the facts though. Truth was if- no, when she got back to Klaus it would mean everything to him if his sister and his girlfriend were friends. She smiled knowing how happy he would be and how he would make it seem like it was nothing.

"It's ok." Elena said gently.

"What?" Rebekah sounded confused.

"I forgive you. I will get back to Klaus so I forgive you for being petty and getting me kidnapped." She didn't mean to sound rude but there was really no other way.

"I didn't think it would be that easy. I thought maybe some groveling would have had to be done."

"Friends? It would seriously make things easier around the boarding house."

"Friends. Everything is wiped clean and we are starting off new." She held out her hand. "I'm Rebekah Mikealson. I am territorial but a loyal friend when it is deserved. Pleased to meet you…?"

"Elena Gilbert. "She took her hand firmly. "I'm also loyal and very in love with your brother Klaus." They both laughed. "Let's go." They walked arm in arm back to the table where everyone was looking at them like they had two heads.

"Charlotte this is Rebekah."

"Nice to meet you." Elena winced hoping they didn't know each other or it would ruin everything.

They all spent hours talking and laughing. Charlotte fit right in with the gang. She kind of missed all this girl time and hated to admit that Rebekah was a really cool girl. She could see why Caroline was friends with her.

"Okay ladies, I'm beat." Elena got up first yawning. "Text you later Charlotte?"

"Yeah we'll have to hang out again soon."

"She's great!" Bonnie gushed on their way home.

"I know, the girl knows how to have fun." Caroline giggled, clearly drunk. She saw her slipping vodka into her hot coco all night. At least she was an invincible vampire Barbie. Elena could go to bed confident she could get away with her plan. She couldn't wait till they hung out next; she needed to hear news of Klaus.