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This chapter will have...ELEJAH towards the end of it!

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Chapter 7: Month four, part 1-decisions and Elejah

Another month, another day inside and today she really did start to look pregnant but still unnoticeable as her clothes she wore-today a dress-hid it comfortably. The December weather in New Orleans was biting cold so she just stayed inside as much as she could.

Though she should be bored, being in a house filled with vampires who seemed to fight with each other gave her entertainment whenever Klaus would throw Kol into the wall after he would get drunk and start singing perverted songs to her-or Davina-who was now living with them.

Rebekah would look at where Kol would end up and sigh before calling Elijah to take him to his room.

Her friendships with Elijah, Kol, Aurora and Rebekah were strong plus the understanding she had reached with Klaus but her bond with Davina was stronger. The wolf thought of the girl as her sister and was fiercely protective of her-going straight to the witches and threatening them with death if they ever decided to hurt the young witch.

Today was different. She was downstairs, eating three blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup and powdered sugar on top of them with a large mug filled with very delicious hot chocolate. There were no arguments about throwing Kol into whatever it was, no perverted songs being sung and most importantly...not one sound from anyone in the house. She knew that they all couldn't be asleep as both Elijah and Klaus made her breakfast, Davina was in the library where Kol was and Rebekah was in her studio in the house where she was sketching out some new fashion designs for her to sew with Aurora who was interested in what her sire was doing.

Feeling a bit neglected by them, she decided to confront them. Standing up, she put the plate in the sink with the silverware and as she walked up to the library with her hot chocolate, she nearly bumped into Elijah.

"Now what are you doing?" He asked her as he stood before her in jeans and a t-shirt.

She gaped at him for half a second before shaking her head.

"I'm feeling neglected by all of you today so I decided to go out and do something." She said, unable to form words in her head.

Elijah shook his head.

"It's dangerous out there for you to go by yourself." He told her, worry creeping up into his voice. "At least take someone with you."

She snorted.

"I'm thinking about saying 'no' as you all are busy with something that's probably important." She said, a smidge bit angry as the reason why she wanted to confront them surfaced back in her mind.

She turned around and sauntered off into her room, dressing up in something warm without realizing that she left a gaping original in her wake.

As she walked along Bourbon, she had no idea that four vampires were following her until she turned the corner of Toulouse and saw them.

She didn't get to do anything as Hayley was there and killed each vampire before smiling at Elena.

"We need to talk. In the Bayou." She said, making sure that Elena followed her. She was curious as to why they needed to talk, it's been four months since they met in that cemetery.

She just hoped that it wasn't anything bad.

Elijah was worried and left the house, going to the Quarter and as soon as he was on Toulouse, he saw the four dead vampires. Sniffing the air, his eyes flashed.

Elena was here...as was Hayley.

He decided to follow the scent.

"...so you're saying that we actually are blood relatives and I have two choices-give up the Crown of our werewolf pack in some way or become the Female Alpha of the pack?" Elena asked coldly.

Hayley nodded.

"Embrace it or discard it to me." She said, her eyes trained on her little sister. Elena smirked at her.

"When am I supposed to do this damn ceremony?" She asked.

"Whenever you want-as long as it's a full moon."

When Elijah found Elena coming out of the Bayou, he was beside her instantly.

"Are you both alright?" He asked, worried.

"Just peachy." He could tell that she was lying but he wasn't going to push it. He liked her too much to just start butting into her problems. He just led her to his car and watched as she robotically went into it.

Driving off back to his plantation house, he let the silence hover around them till she spoke.

"I have to choose whether or not I should be the Queen of the Crescent Pack. If I accept it, I'll be living in the Bayou but if I forfeit it to Hayley...I'll be cast out. I won't have a pack anymore." Though the words were soft, he knew that she was given the toughest challenge-to be their alpha or to be cast out.

"What does your heart say?"

What did her heart say? She knew exactly what it would say but there was always a 'what if' scenario of her choosing but being left out in the dust.

"My heart already knows what it wants but I'm afraid of what will happen to me." He took her hand in his and squeezed it gently.

"I'll always be by your side." He promised.

She decided to be brave and she kissed him.

The kiss was sweet before, almost like a butterfly kiss, until he placed the car in park and he kissed her back. The tip of his tongue just barely touched her lips and she moaned, allowing his tongue to slip in.

After minutes of kissing, they parted and her eyes were heavily lidded with lust.

"Somehow...somehow I started feeling things for you but had to put off because-" he stopped her by kissing her again.

"Don't push them away." He whispered to her face.

An idea struck her.

"Tomorrow is the full moon, right?" At his whispered 'yes' she smiled. "Come with me to the Bayou while I inform them of my decision."

"I will be there."

Once they entered the house, Kol was somber looking.

"Tomorrow is the day of the Harvest Ritual and Davina is going to do it." He told them.