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*Last chapter*

"It's fine if he has his… as long as he isn't too far away. If that's possible, of course." I said and smiled towards him. "This was already arranged." He said and turned me around just in time for me to see the door open. And in the doorway stood my old 'friend' Rebekah. 'Hurray! It's so nice to see her…' I thought with a lot of sarcasm and forced a smile.

*End of last chapter*

Elena's P.O.V.

"Rebekah… How… nice to see you." I said and forced a smile in her direction. "Oh, please! Don't pretend you're happy to see me." Rebekah said mockingly and turned towards Elijah. "What is she doing here, Elijah? I thought you said you were going to get Katherine." Rebekah said accusingly and crossed her arms over her chest, blocking the door in the same process. "Rebekah, please. You could be a bit friendlier…" Elijah said disapprovingly and gave me an apologetic look. I only shrugged and checked on the sleeping Ryan. I was carrying him, but you couldn't see him as my large coat covered him too. "And yes I was out to 'get' Katherine, but there was a change of plan. Now will you let us please enter? We can speak inside…" Elijah said with some finality and Rebekah moved to the side with an annoyed look.

As soon as I had entered the house, Rebekah closed the door and gave me as many glares as she could. "You can hang up your… coat in the closet right next to you." She said coldly and pointed at a closed door before she walked down a large hallway. "Let me take your coat, Elena." Elijah said and extended his hand. "Thanks, Elijah." I quickly said and got out of my coat, trying not to wake Ryan's peaceful slumber. Thankfully he was sleeping like a rock and I could take it off without disturbing him. Once the coats were put in place, Elijah led me to the living room. There Rebekah was sitting and watching TV. Only now did she notice the bundle in my arms and her eyes nearly jumped out of their sockets, after she had heard some noises come from the bundle.

"That's… that's not a… baby, is it?" She asked in a fearful tone and stood up with wide eyes. 'Is she afraid of babies?' I thought, but tried hard not to laugh. "Yeah, it's a baby. He's name is Ryan by the way." I answered and smirked in her direction. Would it have been possible, her mouth would've hit the floor by now. She kept looking at Ryan and back at me, over and over again. "You have a child!?" Rebekah shouted and before I could answer Klaus walked into the room. "Who has a child?" He asked biting into an apple. Rebekah seemingly not able to answer simply pointed in my direction and when Klaus spotted me he nearly dropped the apple. "Elena?" He asked in surprise and then settled his eyes on Ryan. Like I had done with Elijah before I quickly pulled Ryan more to me. "Klaus, Elena will be a guest for a certain while." Elijah simply said and let me back into the hallway and up the stairs.

We stopped on the first floor and Elijah led me to the end of another quite big hallway. There at the end were some double doors. He opened them for me and I was met by a gorgeous looking bed room. There was a big double bed, with curtains around it, facing the door and on each side of the bed were two large windows. I was sure that if it were day time that I would've had a beautiful view, but right now it was as dark as it could get. Turning back to the bed, I suddenly realized how tired I was, but I forced myself not to yawn and continued looking around. Before however I did so, I put the sleeping Ryan on the bed and made sure he couldn't fall down, even if he started moving around.

On each side there was a door, opening the first it led to a nicely looking bathroom. I had an own shower, bathtub, toilet and at the same wall as the bathtub was, there was a big window and through the dark I could see a pavilion. There were some lights in and around the pavilion, making it look like in a fairytale.

When I came back into the room, Elijah was waiting patiently next to the second door, which I hadn't opened it. "As you may have guessed it, this is Ryan's room… Unfortunately we did not have time to prepare anything; we don't even have a proper bed for him… Tomorrow we can go and get a bed for him, if that's fine with you." Elijah said and again I was completely shocked. I couldn't believe how nice Elijah was. The past few days I had been extremely emotional and so I wasn't surprised to feel a tear descend my cheek. "That's… I have no words to express my gratitude, Elijah. That's just… so nice of you. And don't worry; I'll take Ryan to me to night…" I said and smiled a full smile at him. It was the first real smile I had in days.

Elijah simply nodded and gave me on of his rare smiles and opened the room. The room was painted blue and there was a white commode on one wall. On the commode there were some sea shells, in different colors. Like in the other rooms, there was one big window on one end of the room and a second big window on the other. "This room was planned to become a bathroom, but we then decided on the other room, so… As you can see it's quite empty, but you can decorate it at your wishes…" He said and closed the door to the room. "Wow… I don't know what to say… It's just amazing, everything here…" I said sounding probably like some retarded as I kept saying the same things over and over again.

Elijah only chuckled and walked to the door leading to the hallway. "Elena, you have nothing to fear here. Do not fear Rebekah or Klaus, they won't do anything." He said and then came closer. "Besides Rebekah loves babies…" He whispered and chuckled again, surprising me with his rather carefree state. "Okay… Thanks. Uhm, Elijah?" "Yes, Elena?" "Where is the kitchen? Not that I'm hungry, but in the morning Ryan will surely be hungry and I don't want to wake the entire house." I said shyly and scratched my arm. "It's right next to the living room, you can't miss it. I think we have some milk in the fridge, if not you can call the number that is on the fridge. It is the gardener, he takes care of the house too and some other things." Elijah said and opened the door to the hallway. "I wish you a good night, Elena. Oh and if you search clothes… there are some in the closet. If not you can go and ask Rebekah for some. You're welcome to come down, whenever you want." He said and before he closed the door, I quickly ran up to him and gave him a slight hug, stepping back immediately. "Thank you, Elijah. For everything you've done." I said and Elijah only nodded with a shocked expression and closed the door.

Once the door was closed I led out a long yawn and rubbed my eyes, feeling completely exhausted. When the dark had come this evening I did not think I would have such an… adventure. I really did not expect to find Elijah, well he found me, but… I just hadn't expected all of that. It was true that I felt more secure in his presence, even if Rebekah and Klaus were here too. 'If live gives you Lemons… make Lemonade of them…' I thought remembering a sentence I had read on the internet and walked to the old looking closet. Opening it, I found many old dresses on one side, but on the other side were some newer things like jeans, t-shirts and a lot of other things. 'I wonder who they belong to… Perhaps Rebekah…' I thought and quickly pushed that thought aside opening a drawer. In the drawer were many socks of different colors and sizes. 'I don't need socks right now… But it never hurts to have as many socks…' I thought amused at some designs I saw and moved on the next drawer.

After a little search I had succeeded in finding the right drawer. I quickly put on my sleeping wear and went to take of Ryan's blanket. It was warm enough for him in that room so that he didn't need it. 'I wonder how he can sleep through all these things…' I wondered, while I made him comfortable on one side of the bed. I put as many pillows as I could find around him, to prevent that he could fall down. Once I was happy with my construction, I quickly went to the bathroom to brush my hair and teeth.

Ten minutes later I was back in the room and ready to sleep. I quickly turned off the lamps and lied down on Ryan's other side. The bed was so comfortable and I was so tired, that I instantly fell asleep into a nice dream.

*Some hours later*

I woke up panicking as I couldn't remember where I was. For a minute I was sure, that the killers had got me and that they had kidnapped me. I quickly checked myself for any signs for harm, but when I found none I sighted heavily and leaned back. As I turned around I was just in time to see Ryan waking up. He had still heavy eyes and he yawned, before he started rubbing his eyes. "Hey, Ryan." I whispered and gave him a light kiss on his forehead. He seemed to recognize his name and gave me a big smile. 'He must be hungry…' I thought and quickly got up to get dressed. After all, I couldn't just walk down stairs with my pajamas on… even if I was probably the only one awake since it was about five in the morning. 'Better not take the risk…'

Once I was dressed I quickly picked up Ryan and together we went to the kitchen. It was a really big kitchen you'd expect in a five stars restaurant or something, but not necessarily in an ancient looking mansion. Especially if the household in question is full of Vampires. 'I wonder where they keep the blood…' I thought while I opened the fridge, but once it was open I had my answer. 'Well… That answers my question…' I thought and put some blood bags aside to get to the milk.

I put the needed amount of milk and began heating it up. By now Ryan was fully awake and it was clear that he wanted his milk. "It's coming Ryan, its coming." I told Ryan silently and looked that the milk would not get too warm. After another ten minute everything was ready and Ryan could start drinking his milk. I was sitting in the kitchen, giving the milk to Ryan when Rebekah entered the room. In the back of my mind I was pretty sure that I would stay for quite some time here, so I could at least try to be friendly with Rebekah… even if my only wish was to get out of the room as soon as I saw her. "Morning, Rebekah." I said, but didn't force a smile like I did yesterday. "What are you doing up so early?" She asked and took out a blood bag and drank straight from it.

'Morning to you too, Elena!' I thought and looked at Ryan, who was finishing his bottle. With all the Vampires I had been hanging around, I knew I shouldn't feel uncomfortable seeing them drink blood, but I guess this is something that I will probably always have. So I tried really hard not to show a disgusted face and answered her. "Ryan was hungry so I had to get up to prepare him something." I explained and once Ryan had finished the bottle, I went to rinse it. "He looks a bit like you." Rebekah suddenly commented and looked at me. "Really?" I asked perhaps a bit too astonished and looked closer at Ryan. "Why do you sound so surprised? He's your son." She said bored, but I could hear some suspicion in her voice. I laughed sadly and leaned against the counter, Ryan still in my arms.

"Ryan isn't mine, Rebekah. He isn't my son." I simply said and looked at her. She furrowed her brows in confusion and put down her now empty blood bag. "Seriously? I would've sworn he's yours… How come he is with you when he's not yours?" She asked, for a minute a bit nicer, but she then remembered with whom she was talking and went back to her bored and suspicious state. "I found him in the woods in Mystic Falls." I said and I suddenly had the impression to be back in the woods. "What were you doing in the middle of the night in the woods?" Rebekah asked interested and before I could answer there came another voice from the hallway. "I'd like to hear that too." Klaus said and entered the kitchen sitting down at the kitchen table. I took a deep breath to calm down and was about to answer, when Elijah entered the kitchen. 'What's wrong with that family and everyone being awake at five in the morning?!...'

"I tried to lift my mind of some things… to simply think about some stuff." "We're not stupid… We know you were thinking about the Salvatore's." Rebekah said with a mocking undertone, that made we want to go up the walls. "I wasn't! Not everything always turns around them!" I said momentarily losing control. "Sorry, I didn't mean to… burst out like this…" I said after a long moment of awkward silence. "I was there in the woods, after I had heard some cries coming from the woods and so I decided to go and check the woods." "All alone?" Klaus interrupted asking and gave me a weird look. "Yeah… alone. Anyway once I was in the woods, the crying had stopped and I thought I could walk around, since I was already here and well awake. But after some minutes of walking I heard the cries again and once I came near the source of the crying I discovered Ryan and… his… probable mother. She was lying on the floor obviously dead and next to her were two men, the killers.

I… I could've ran away, but I couldn't leave… Ryan out there. So I hid myself and observed them for some minutes. As soon as they were a bit away from Ryan and me, I ran to him and took him. It didn't take more than some seconds before they discovered me and I had to flea through have Mystic Falls. I ran back to my house and packed everything, but before I could get away the police was on my doorstep. And that's how I landed in New York with a new name, house and… child." I finished my story and looked at each of them, but settling my eyes on Elijah.

Although Rebekah had only asked what I was doing in the woods in the middle of the night, I decided to tell them the entire story right away so that there wouldn't be any more questions about it. After a long moment of silence, they still hadn't said a word and I was beginning to worry. I really did not like these heavy silences… it just feels really… weird. "You know what you did, Elena, was very stupid… but brave." Klaus said with a acknowledging nod and opened the fridge to get a blood bag. "Yeah right…" Rebekah laughed and left the kitchen. "Klaus is right. It was a very brave and stupid move at the same time. You shouldn't take so much risk, especially if you're alone." Elijah continued and for a moment I felt as if I were punished by my father.

"I know, I know… and I won't do it again. I really don't have the wish to do so." I said and changed Ryan's position on my arm. That little man wasn't that light as he looked. "I'm going back upstairs to bath Ryan and get into other cloths." I said and walked in direction of the hallway, but before I could step out Elijah called and made me stop. "When you're finished, come into my study, Elena. It's at the other end of your hallway, we'll be able to talk about the things you'll need for Ryan." Elijah said and after I nodded, he too nodded and I left the room to take care of Ryan.

About thirty minutes later I was all dressed and Ryan was ready, just when I stepped back into my room, I saw the sun rise through the big windows next to my bed. The rising sun bathing the entire room into a red, orange and yellow light, before it blinded me for some seconds. I hadn't seen a sunrise in many years. The last time had seen one, was when I had went camping with Jeremy, mum and dad for my twelve birthday. It had been an amazing day and I would never forget it. Sighting heavily I picked up Ryan and walked to Elijah's study. I knocked once and when I heard my name, I opened it and went in.


I know this chapter was very short, but I hope you liked it. I had some trouble writing this chapter as I had a huge block on it, but in the end I succeeded in writing it and I wonder what you think of it. For the next chapter (I just wanted to warn you) to be publish, could go a little bit longer as I have many things to do for school and other stuff, so sorry about that. Please review and yeah… let me know what you thought :D