A/N: I know some of you may not like the direction this is going, but I promise it will work out all in the end. Elejah all the way. I haven't written much Hayley and Elijah because I don't like them together, but for my stories she's the perfect person for Elijah to leave :)

Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in the story, they all belong to the writers and creators of The Vampire a Diaries.

Love Unavailable

Chapter 11 – Untimely Confessions and Realisations.

"I'm pregnant!"Hayley practically shouted happily, she saw the shock in Elijah's eyes but couldn't decipher whether it was a good or bad thing.

"Elijah say something…." Hayley stood beside the couch and nervously played with her hands as she waited for Elijah to process the information. She was worried that he wouldn't be happy and she had obviously missed what he revealed.

She watched as his face seemed to flicker with different emotions from happiness to anger and disappointment and then sadness. He wasn't hard to read for once and it seemed like he didn't care.

"How far along?" He asked quietly

"Eleven weeks" Hayley said happily, ignoring how unhappy he seemed about the news. Obvious she neglected to take in his words when she revealed the pregnancy. She was completely oblivious about what he had said.

A small smile graced Elijah's face as he slowly wrapped his arms around Hayley's body, he gently kissed her forehead.

Elijah couldn't help but feel pained about the information. When a man hears that they are to be a father they would normally jump for joy, but for Elijah it was disappointing. She wasn't the woman he wanted, she wasn't Elena and if he imagined any woman carrying his child it would be her.

He was supposed to end things with Hayley, he wanted to have his chance with Elena. The last few weeks he had spent with Elena was perfect and if he could live his life that happy then he would definitely try, but now all that hope dwindled when he heard the word 'pregnant'.

Elijah always looked forward to seeing Elena and even his family had noticed the change in him, although apart from Rebekah no one new the cause of the change. She wasn't a fling or someone to pass the time and have fun. She was his dream woman. He had come to break things off and then return to the woman he truly wanted, but things change and dreams fade away, just like this one.

When Elijah arrived, he wanted to just get the conversation over with and deal with whatever Hayley had to throw at him, but now he couldn't. Hayley was pregnant, pregnant with his child and he couldn't abandon her. He loved Elena and he always would but he couldn't leave his child. And the mere thought of leaving Hayley alone while she was pregnant would cause so much upset with his family.

When Elijah had introduced Hayley to his family, they immediately hit it off. They believed that she was good for him. His mother was so happy that one of her sons had found someone, but what she didn't know was that her son was just trying to keep her happy. He didn't like making the wrong choices and disappointing her was what he always tried to avoid, especially after Henrik his baby brother had died of cancer.

All his siblings strived to do well for their parents. They were always supportive and even if they did have strange learning techniques, just like the one they had made Rebekah do. All his other siblings had done it and Rebekah was the last one. Elijah received his trust fund just like Rebekah would. Though history's the fund had remained untouched as his parents had drilled into their heads to fight for what they want and to strive for greatness.

Their parents motto was 'Love is your greatest strength' each of his siblings all saw that when they witnessed their parents together. Even if Klaus was a product of a one night stand, he was still loved and Mikael forgave Esther for such a betrayal but he admitted that they were separated at the time and he couldn't say anything more.

So Elijah now embraced the mother of his unborn child. He would take responsibility and take care of her and his unborn baby. Even if it did hurt his heart, he wouldn't leave his child with a broken family. His parents had brought him up better than that. Though the only thing on his mind was 'how was he going to tell Elena'.

The nobility and morality told him to stay and be with this woman, maybe he could learn to love her after all she was the mother of his child. His family would never except a broken family, they wouldn't agree with Elijah's decision to be a father to child from afar and love another woman who wasn't the mother. He was loyal to his family and he never realised he was doing it to this degree.

"Come on, let's get you to bed" Elijah ushered Hayley into the bedroom, once he was alone he sighed as he looked at the ceiling. Elijah rubbed his face with tiredness as he tried to figure out what he was to do. He was too noble for his own good, taking responsibility even if it meant giving up the best thing that had ever happened to him.

Elena was happy she finally felt free and happy. For a long time she felt lost and alone, until she met Elijah and Rebekah. Rebekah was her best friend who had come into her life in a time of need and Elijah entered her life twice and both times it was like a tornado, sweeping her off her feet. Even though the second introduction wasn't so pleasant…what happened afterwards was perfect.

She had finally confessed her true feelings, after much hiding and deliberating, Elena believed that she could be happy with this man. He wasn't like Jackson who slept with anything that looked at him, Elijah wasn't the man of the moment, he was the one. So she decided to give Elijah a nice surprise, Rebekah had made herself scarce by staying at Caroline and Bonnie's place.

She waited in her apartment for him to return, he had told her after the confession that he would break it off with Hayley. He was due to return and in that time Elena had made the time to shower and prepare herself. Shaving her legs and then moisturising them, putting on her most seductive lingerie and finally wearing a beautiful black knee length dress. But that wasn't all as she had also cooked dinner.

The dining room table had been set with two sets of plates and cutlery. A bottle of wine with glasses were placed in the middle. She had left the food in the oven until the last minute. Elena didn't want the dinner to go cold. But as time ticked on Elena began to wonder where Elijah had got too.

Her hope that he would return slowly dimmed as the clock struck eleven. He wasn't coming. She knew and yet Elena still stayed seated on one side of the prepared table. Dinner was ruined and all the effort she had made to make the night perfect was wasted. The only thing that didn't go to waste was the bottle of wine, which Elena used to drown her disappointment.

Elena didn't bother to call Elijah. She already had her answer, so instead she left everything as it was and went to bed taking another bottle of wine with her.

Elena had cried enough for Elijah and for the failed past relationships, she wasn't going to cry anymore. Instead she drowned herself in alcohol, somehow trying to fill the hole that had ripped itself open again. She was done, finish. No man would be able to break her heart again if she wasn't going to give it to anyone. It was time to move on, but tonight she would feel the pain and tomorrow would be a new day.

The Next Morning…

Elena jolted awake as she heard her best friend complain. The curtains were soon parted and windows opened to let air I the room.

"God it smells awful in here!" Rebekah moaned.

"Leave me alone!" Elena mumbled into her pillow as she tried to block the sunlight by wedging her head between two pillows.

"Wow I thought after a night with my brother you'd be in a better mood, where is he anyway?" Rebekah asked suddenly coming to the realisation that he wasn't around.

Elena lifted her head from the pillow and squinted as she looked at Rebekah, her voice was a lot rougher than she expected but made do.

"I don't know, you'd have to ask him because he never turned up last night! He was breaking up with her...what if…what if he…he..changed his mind" Rebekah seemed shocked and watched as Elena lowered her head back onto the pillow, and listened to the sobbing that escaped the mouth of her best friend. She hated that her brother had upset Elena again.

"Maybe he's got a valid reason 'Lena, at least let him explain himself. You could be worried about nothing." She didn't know what was going on with her brother, but she thought the brunette wasn't thinking straight after all the alcohol she consumed last night. She just hoped that it was all just a big misunderstanding, when she told her brother to end things, Rebekah didn't think that he'd go back on his word.

"You're right" Elena said in a soft voice but when the words sunk in she repeated them.

"You're right! Maybe he got held up or they are still arguing this very minute." Elena began to sit up in the bed and smiled gratefully at Rebekah. "Thanks Bekah"

Rebekah left the room as Elena went to the bathroom to shower the stench of stale alcohol. She brushed her teeth, shaved. Elena got dressed in a black tank top with light Blue jeans. Her hair was pulled into a pony tail and Elena finally felt human again. She wanted to look presentable for when Elijah did come see her.