The next morning Katherine woke up early. She needed a few seconds until she remembered what happened yesterday. She smiled as she felt Elijah's arms around her. He made her feel safe even if she was sleeping. When he was close her nightmares about what she was afraid of didn't torture her in the night. She didn't know why, but for sure he was the reason for it. She turned towards him slowly to make sure that she wouldn't wake him up, so she just watched him while he was still sleeping.

Elijah woke up half an hour after Katerina. As he opened his eyes his saw that she was already awake and watching him. He smiled and looked at her "Why are you watching me?" he asked

"Because you've got the chance to watch me sleeping before, now I wanted to do the same" she answered

"That sounds quite interesting" he said and caressed her cheek softly "Do you remember your last words …yesterday before you fell asleep?" he asked

Katerina nodded slightly "Of course I do. I told you that I love you" she said, then moved a little closer towards him and kissed him.

He put his arms around her and placed his hands on her waists "I love you too Katerina" he whispered before returning the kiss deeply. "I will always love you" he added.

Katherine closed her eyes and kissed him again , before letting go of him and looking at him "So how do you want to go on now ?"

"I'm not sure. Honestly I want to stay with you, but I don't know if you're ready to stay with me after everything that happened in the last few weeks" he explained.

Katerina shook her head slightly "I want to stay with you too. I'm just afraid of what Klaus might do to you if he finds out…or maybe he already knows. The hybrid didn't try to kill us for no reason…I don't want to be responsible for a fight between you and him" she said

He ran with his hand through her hair "Oh don't worry , you will never be responsible for that. This fight appeared more than a thousand yours ago and I suppose it will never end. Me and him…we have always a different opinion about everything. But he's still my brother , that's why I'm just not able to kill him"

"Do you think he would be able to kill you ?"

Elijah nodded "Of course he would be able to kill me. I don't know if he still has a heart…but I think he lost it…the day when our mother turned us into vampires…or maybe...when he killed her"

Katerina looked down for a moment "Everything I want is to know that you're safe…"

He smiled warmly and looked at her "You don't need to worry about me Katerina. I'm the one who should worry. I'm an original and I'm not that easy to kill , but if somebody stabs a piece of wood into your heart you will be dead and then…I'm not able to help you anymore"

Katherine hesitated and didn't say anything. She knew he was right, she would never been able to protect him from enemies like Niklaus. She was just too weak.

A little later they both got up decided that it would be the best to leave the town again. They had to go far away if they wanted Klaus not find him. She sighed. There was no place where Klaus wouldn't find them.

Elijah looked at Katerina and hesitated "What's wrong " he asked. It was obvious that there was something on her mind which was distracting her

"It's nothing, don't worry" she replied and kissed him softly-

A little later they both got up and decided to go outside for a while. Even though they didn't talk about their relationship yet everything seemed like they would stay together. While walking along the street they were just talking and they both liked it. They spent a few more days together like this and decided to stay in that hotel for a little longer.

The next evening Elijah was walking around in the town. Katherine was in their hotel room as Klaus grabbed Elijah by his arm. The hybrid waited until his brother turned around and looked at him "Elijah, you're my brother. I do need your help now"

"Why should I help you after everything you did ? I don't think you deserve my help"

"Listen to me…please" Klaus said

Elijah didn't move, he just looked at his brother. "Fine…tell me"