Klaus and Caroline raced each other to the swing set right away while Elena and Elijah decided to sit under a big oak tree.
At the oak tree there was a red and white checkered picnic blanket. The two were sitting by the tree, talking and cuddling.
"This has been the best date night of my life." Caroline was holding Klaus's hand while they were both swinging.
"And to think that the night isn't even over yet." Klaus winked at Caroline.
She knew all to well what that wink meant, she looked over and Elena and Elijah and laughed. Oh if only they'd have the same ending to this wonderful date.
"Do you think he'll ever ask her to stay over?" She dug her feet into the sand as she spoke.
"Well, love, between you and me he is asking her to stay over tonight."
"What?" Caroline screamed so loud that she flew herself off the swing backwards.
"Caroline? Are you alright?" Klaus got off of his swing and helped her up to her feet.
She began to brush herself off, very flustered.
"Tonight? As in, in a couple of hours?" Caroline shrieked.
Klaus just looked at her in shock as she ran over towards the blanket.
"Hi Elijah. Nice weather we're having we should do this more often." Caroline spoke in a frenzied voice while lifting Elena up off the blanket and dragging her away.
Elijah shot Klaus a confused look, to which he shrugged his shoulders.
"Hi. Yeah, emergency meeting now!" Caroline stopped walking after they were far enough away from the boys. The two stood at another oak tree, Caroline nearly panting from the news she just heard.
"What's going on? Aren't you having fun?" Elena looked back to Klaus to look for warning signs. In all honesty, in her head she thought they got in a fight.
"You. Elijah. And he wasn't even going to tell you. But Klaus told me. And what kind of friend would I be if I didn't tell you something like this!" Caroline spoke in one breath.
"Or you could speak English…" Elena rolled her eyes in shock at her friends ability to speak so many words in one breath.
"SEX." Caroline blurted out quickly then covered her mouth.
"What kind of drugs are you smoking?" She walked over to Caroline and looked in her eyes.
She had no idea what was going on, but she just wished that she was back on the blanket with Elijah, who didn't speak a mile a minute.
"Elijah is taking you back to his place tonight!" She spoke with her hands as she talked, at a much slower pace this time acting out each word.
Elena's jaw dropped, almost to the ground.
"He is what?" She blinked
"Ahh!" Caroline jumped up and down excited, and nervous for her friend who has been waiting for this moment.
"It's a good thing I wore something cute under this then!" Elena laughed and squealed, then stopped suddenly. "wait, are you sure about this? Elijah hasn't even hinted to asking me to go over tonight yet!"
"Yes yes, I'm sure! Now go back over to him and be all cute. Pretend you don't know because I probably wasn't supposed to tell you. Just tell him that…I was having a girl issue and needed some…advice!" Caroline pushed Elena back in the direction of Elijah and wiped the sweat off her brow.
Keeping her friend informed about these things was hard work.
She walked back over to the swing set to see Klaus setting down a blanket.
"What are you doing?" She asked, taking off her shoes and folding her arms across her chest.
"It's so we can look up at the stars. There are so many of them out tonight. It's a perfect night for stargazing."
"It's a perfect night for everything I guess." She smiled as she laid down next to Klaus on the blanket.
Like a magnet she found herself in his arms gazing up at the night sky.
"How is Caroline doing?" Elijah asked, his back still up against the oak tree.
"She just told me—Erm…she was having girl issues she needed help with." She politely smiled and sat back down.
"So tell me why it is that you've had such horrible luck with guys?"
Elena was taking aback by the question, so she stared at him rather than answering.
"I don't mean it to be rude it's just," he stroked her face with his hand "you're beautiful for one and second you have the biggest heart of anyone I know."
Elena's face lit up, but still she remained speechless.
"I just have never met anyone like you before and I don't understand. You had Stefan, god love him, but compare you to Katherine even if he didn't fully realize it. And Damon, well. I was always jealous of him. His intentions were pure, and he was madly in love with you but he never let you do what you wanted. He made decisions for you and it always pained me to watch." Elijah closed his eyes and rested his head against the tree.
Elena watched him as he talked. This was probably the most that she has heard him say this whole night and she was taking in every second of it.
"Thank you. For everything. For this date, for being with me, for having the best of intentions all the time and for never pushing me to do anything I don't want to do." She leaned over and wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"There is no need to thank me, I am just being myself."
"I love it!"
"And I love you." Elijah held Elena close to his chest, he took a deep breath and began to speak again.
"I was wondering if you wanted to stay over tonight. Only if you feel comfortable with it. If you do not I will ask Klaus to drop you off at home first."
Elena unhooked herself from Elijah's grasp and stared at him.
"What?" Elijah asked nervously.
"Of course I'll stay with you tonight!" She laughed and shook her head.
Elijah relaxed his shoulders. This date was going to end perfectly, if he could pull off his surprise for the one girl that he truly loved.