A/N: Hey guys, just a shout-out to TheElejahDiaries for reviewing every chapter I have so far in one go. I really appreciate everyone who takes the time to look at this story and it makes my heart swell with pride and love when you guys review! This chap is dedicated to you, T! (Didn't want to use your name in case you didn't want it on here)Oh and disclaimer cuz i dont have one yet!

I do not own The Vampire Diaries or any of its characters! Right, back to the story!

Chapter 7

As I came to a stop in front of my bedroom door I realised that I had only been unconscious for about two hours as it was now midday. I decided to check my phone quickly and found 18 missed calls from Caroline. I sighed, but smiled, thinking about how lucky I was to have her as my friend. I hit dial and began pacing around my room. She picked up on the second ring.

"Elena?" She sounded so scared. I shook my head and laughed.

"Yes, Care?"

"Oh, Elena, I was so worried about you! I heard about what happened at The Grill with Klaus."

"Wait, what? How did you know about my da-uhm meeting with Elijah?" I had to choose my words carefully now that he would be forever eavesdropping from my kitchen.

"YOU WENT OUT WITH ELIJAH? Hold on, I'm coming over!"

"No, wait, Care please stay at school I'll call you-" She hung up before I even finished my sentence. I sighed heavily. Now what was I going to do? Knowing Caroline she was going to come barging through the doors and demand to know every single detail about my date with Elijah and end up knocking into the man in question! Wait, what was that noise?

"Elena you better get your arse down here and explain how you scored a date with the hottie original vampire and, -oh hey Elijah, nice to see you again!" This could not be happening! I groaned and shoved my face into my pillow, praying that my over-worked supernatural brain was imagining things.

"Caroline, it's a pleasure as always. I assume you are here to see Elena?"

"Yes, I am, uhm, why are you here?" I heard Elijah chuckle.

"I am, as of 10 minutes ago, living here: Just until I find my own more permanent residence of course." I knew that he was only saying that for Jenna's benefit. If Caroline was half as smart as she claimed to be, she would figure it out in seconds.

"Right, well I hope you enjoy your stay. Elena's a lovely girl; I've been friends with her as long as I can remember. I fact-" I decided to drag myself down the stairs before Caroline showed him baby pictures of us from her Facebook page.

"Hi Caroline." I looked uncomfortably at Elijah, unsure of whether to say hi or just shuffle my feet nervously. I settled for shuffling.

"Elena, I was so worried about you! When Elijah called to say that you had fainted I was so scared." I looked towards Jenna to see that she was nodding. I breathed a small sigh of relief when I remembered that I had totally forgotten to come up with a cover story for my unexplained absence from school.

"Yeah, I'm fine now, thank you." I put as much emphasis into the 'Thank you' as I could. Caroline nodded and continued talking.

"It's a good thing that Elijah was around to catch you, huh?" She winked subtly at me and I blushed. I barely caught on to the apparent 'back story' before I had to respond.

"Yes, thanks again, Elijah. By the way, what were you doing at my school?" I asked him, giving him the opportunity to make up a convincing lie to Jenna if he hadn't already.

"Well as I told your aunt before, I was there looking through the library's records about Salem and the first witches that supposedly came from there." Of course he'd covered all his bases, and brilliantly. I noticed a slight tug on my wrist and saw Caroline attempting to drag me towards the door. I cleared my throat and addressed Jenna.

"Uhm, Jenna, would it be alright if Care takes me round the block quickly? I just need some air," I fanned my face unconvincingly to try and sell the argument: turns out that it wasn't needed because, as always, her attention was focused solely on Elijah. She nodded vaguely and I practically sprinted out the door, Caroline hot on my heels.

"So spill, what went down with you and original badass vamp this morning?" She started to question me as soon as we were 10 steps away from the property. I laughed.

"Nothing, Care, he just assumed that I had questions about Klaus that I wanted answers to and thought he could help." I wasn't going to mention the part where he called me cute and I started crying into his shirt.

"Oh. Well you have to start somewhere right?" That earnt her a 'very pissed off' glare from me. She just shrugged. "So what happened with Klaus?"

"Well, he called me and started talking about how he wanted to know if I'd been seeing Elijah, then-" Caroline stopped in front of me.

"So wait, he wants to kill you, but he's calling to know about his brother? Strange villain." I had to laugh at that. We continued walking, and I noticed that Caroline had an odd look plastered to her face.

"I know that look, Care, just spit it out: whatever you're thinking I can take it." She looked reluctant at first, but then suddenly brightened.

"Well, I don't mean to take away from all the doom and gloom of Klaus news, but you are a most fortunate creature Elena! You get that divine tall, dark and handsome vampire living in your home for however long. Let's hope the houseguest sleeps naked, right?" I heard a chuckled behind us and without even turning around I could place the voice. I wanted to scream.

"Well thank you Caroline, though I don't know whether to be flattered or frightened." It seems he stuck with 'impassive' by the almost emotionless expression he gifted us with. Though if you looked closely you could just see a hint of a smile- wait was he coming closer?

"May I have short moment alone with Elena?" Caroline nodded and I once again felt as though I was in a dream. His eyes were too near, too bright and too damn gorgeous! I had to play a little hard to get, if he was chasing me at all. He bent down as if to pick me up but I huffed and stepped out of his reach.

"If you are taking me anywhere, I'm walking." I stuck my head slightly higher as if challenging him. I looked around to see that Caroline was gone and I was now defenceless. Great.

"Lead the way, lovely Elena." He placed a hand lightly on my back and I leaned back on it. Play hard to get? Please! As long as he was touching me I wouldn't even know what hard meant!

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"Are you alright after this morning? You seemed a little shaken up." A little shaken up? Was he serious? Ha!

"I'm fine; really, I was just a little shocked is all." Elijah frowned down towards me and I knew he saw right through my lie.

"Elena, I will go to any lengths to see that you are safe but I need to know that you are okay with this?" Suddenly I was mad.

"Okay with what Elijah? Okay with you taking up residency in my house, okay with you babysitting me, okay with you screwing up my mind space!" I was slightly hysterical once I had finished, panting and tearing up once more. To his credit, Elijah merely looked concerned.

"Elena I am so sorry if I have caused your emotional onslaught but I cannot have you harmed. I promise I will try and stay out of your way as much as I can and any questions you have about Klaus you are free to ask, you know." He thinks I meant Klaus was screwing with my mind. I was starting to worry I was giving him mixed signals.

"And I will not try to…gain your affections in any way, I swear it." I WAS giving him mixed signals. That wasn't fair. One minute I'm crying for him to leave me alone and the next I'm gripping his coattails, begging him not to go. I needed to lay off him, find Stefan and figure out what to do with him first. It wasn't right that I was leading them both on.

"No, no of course Elijah I understand, I'm sorry for being an emotional wreck." I laughed slightly and he gave me a weak smile. 'Can you promise me that I will still have some freedom? That I can still live my life with my friends and family normally? That is all I ask of you." He squatted down slightly whilst tilting my chin up so that we were eye to eye.

"I give you my word, lovely Elena. I am so, so sorry." He proceeded to give me a light, yet fiery kiss on my temple before I turned and he was gone. I walked home in silence, wondering why he couldn't just kiss me then face me afterwards.

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I was running through a forest, dizzy and disorientated. My clothing was ripped in some places and I had a bloody gash on the side of my face. I heard a male voice call out for me and I panicked. I tried desperately to sprint faster but I found that my legs refused to carry me. I started to pant, clawing and trashing at the invisible barrier holding me back from escaping. I could sense the monster behind me, breathing slowly as if to calm its prey before the kill. I stopped moving, breathing heavily and just as slowly. I turned my head a fraction to the right before he leaped and caught me and-"AAAAH!"

I woke up sweating profusely in my bed, stray strands of hair sticking to my damp forehead. My clammy palms shook as I heard someone ascending the stairs. I looked up to see that worried eyes of Elijah starting back at me.

"Elena, it was just a dream, I promise you are safe. Please, lay down." I shook my head, overcome with fear and slightly delirious. I reached for him and he understood. He swallowed heavily before allowing me to escort him to the other side of my bed where he lay down on top of the covers. I nodded in approval and rolled over so that I was facing away from him before closing my eyes once more.

I moved languidly towards a giant kind bed with silk sheets. I smiled seductively at the figure that was half naked on top. Stefan! My body was well and truly ready by the time I lay down beside him. He crawled over me and began peppering my face, neck, torso with kisses that left me burning. I looked up into deep, soulful brown eyes. No, not Stefan, Elijah! I realised it couldn't possibly be Stefan. Elijah lay me down underneath him gently and proceeded to strip me of my lace negligee. I moaned up at him as he found my sweet bundle of nerves and began to rub it. I started to pant, eagerly finding his boxers and immediately removing them. He stood up suddenly and I groaned from the loss of contact. He motioned for me to turn around with his index finger. Becoming ever wetter I couldn't resist sending him a smirk as I got onto my hands and knees. I writhed under his pleasurable ministrations and cried out when he plunged deep inside of me suddenly. He took my hard, fast and unforgiving and I found myself utterly turned on by his low groans. He flipped me over suddenly and I began to trace his muscles as he thrust into me harder. I was so close I could taste it, just a few more thrusts and I- "ELENA!"

I sat up again, panting from my vivid dream. I turned to see Elijah in front of me, obviously concerned that I had entered another nightmare.

"I'm fine Elijah; just a bad memory is all." I had that right. Boy, was I knee deep in it!

"If you are sure, Elena." He started to lower himself back down onto the bed before I let out a squeak of protest.

"No! I mean, uh, if you don't mind I'd like to be alone for a while." He nodded, clearly confused by my bipolar behaviour. I was confused by it too.

"Of course. I shall be downstairs if you need me." He left without another word and I slumped back down onto my bed, remembering my dream. There was one thing I had to do in the morning: break up with Stefan. My dream self was right; I couldn't possibly be with Stefan, not after that dream of Elijah.

R&R folks! Are we happy about the dreams being back?