AN: As promised some Elejah interaction.
Elena slipped inside of the staffroom. She could hardly believe that it had already been two weeks. Caroline's push had been the right thing to do. There were not as many ghosts wandering the halls as she had anticipated. In fact she hadn't even spared Damon a second thought since she had stepped out of her car. Looking to the couch in the corner of the room she found herself admitting that the handsome history teacher was a big part of the reason why.
Elijah Mikealson was new to the school as well; he was kind, witty, and very attractive. He had introduced himself the first day during the morning break when he was brewing coffee. They had spent the last two weeks chatting in the staffroom whenever they could. Elena was more than willing to admit to herself that she definitely had a crush on her cute co-worker.
"Elena," Elijah perked up when he saw her take the unoccupied seat beside him on the couch. "How was your morning?"
"It was great," Elena smiled around her bite of salad. "Alliteration, similes and metaphors; kept them busy all morning. The writing samples should be interesting."
"I'd expect terribly vague tongue twisters."
"Probably," Elena agreed with a soft chuckle. Glancing sideways through her eyelashes she returned his original question. "How has your day been?"
"Not so bad," Elijah sighed gesturing to the pile of papers on the small end table beside the couch. "Although I'm fairly certain my students now hate me."
"Well can you blame them?" Elena questioned leaning across him to pick up one of the papers. She grinned looking at him while gently waving the paper. "A test the second week. And on a Friday at that," Elena attempted to hold back her giggle when she examined the paper in her hand. "Is that an essay question?"
"How else would I torture my students on a Friday?"
"You've got a sadistic streak Elijah," her giggles finally spilled out taking over her body. She shook gently against his side; her leg brushed against his thigh. Elena took a moment to control her laughter before she continued. "I think you've made a weekend of work for yourself; a weekend grading."
"Well not the entire weekend," Elijah sniggered. "I'm supposed to meet my brother's new girlfriend tonight."
"Why do I get the sense that you're not looking forward to it?"
"Niklaus has not had the greatest history with women," Elijah admitted. "In my experience they have all tried to manipulate him in some way."
"Maybe this one will surprise you."
"Yeah," Elijah reached for the paper where his hand briefly rested against hers. "What about you? Any plans for the weekend?"
"I'm having dinner with my friend tonight," Elena considered him. The question seemed casual enough; he was probably just being friendly. In case he wasn't she decided to add: "Other than that I'm free for the rest of the weekend. I'll probably just stay in and watch Netflix."
"Sounds like fun."
Elijah grinned pivoting to drop the paper onto the pile beside him. He wanted to ask her out; she seemed interested in him as well. Just as he was preparing to ask her to dinner the next night, or if she'd like some company, the bell rang and he lost his nerve.
"Very," Elena agreed. "If I'm not there when the students arrive they'll start dancing on the tables. I'll talk to you later Elijah." And maybe ask you out to dinner.
AN: Hope everyone is enjoying so far. Next chapter should introduce some drama to our tale. And of course lots of ELEJAH. I have the next chapter written I just need to type it up. It should be up in a few hours.
Next chapter will also be longer
