After supper Elena helped clear the table and then loaded the dish washer with the help of Jenna. They talked for a minute about school and stuff before Jenna went upstairs. Elena waited a moment before heading up herself. She walked into her room and was surprised to see that Elijah wasn't in there. She turned and shut her door. She knew before she turned back around that Elijah was in there. She turned around with a smile on her face. It quickly disappeared when she realized it wasn't Elijah.
Before she could scream the mystery vampire knocked her out and escaped out the window. He carried her to the car waiting up the street and put her in the trunk. He glanced around before getting in the driver seat and taking off. Elena came around and her head was throbbing. She knew instantly that she was in the trunk of a car, but that was all she knew. She felt the car stop so she pretended to still be passed out. She didn't want to be hit again. The trunk of the car opened and her kidnapper hauled her out. She felt him use his vampire speed and he placed her on something soft.
As soon as she heard him leave she opened her eyes. It was a small room and she was lying on a small mattress. The floor was covered in random things. Most of it looked like trash. It was a broken down place. Her eyes landed on a jagged piece of wood. It looked like it came off of a broom. She walked over to it and grabbed it. She had promised Elijah that she would at least try to keep herself from being killed. Speaking of Elijah, Elena thought where is he?
She heard a scream and some crashing. She peeked around the door and Elijah was standing over the body of a dead vampire, she dropped her stick and ran to Elijah. He caught her and held her tight. "Are you alright?" he asked his voice was full of worry. He let her go and she said "I'm fine now." "Let's get you home" Elijah said and he picked her up and took her home at vampire speed. He didn't want to let her go so he moved to the bed so he could continue to have her in his arms.
Elena must have been tired because a few minutes later she was asleep in his arms. He was glad to be holding her tonight. He didn't ever want to lose her. Thinking about other vampires wanting her… including his own brother, made him tighten his arms around her.
The next morning Jenna woke Elena up. She sat up and realized Elijah wasn't in there. He had left again. She sighed and slide out of bed. She didn't want to go to school again, but the week was almost over. Today was Thursday and she didn't have to go to school on Friday because it was a teacher workday. She knocked on Jeremy's door and got a "I'm up and dressed." She headed back to her room. She had an hour to get ready so she showered and got dressed for school. She had 30 minutes left when she was done. Elijah was waiting in her room like she expected he would be. He had changed his clothes and looked just as sexy as ever.
"I assumed you left because you heard Jenna?" Elena said "But I guess you had to change as well" she said with a smile. He smiled at her and said "You are right about both." She smiled and moved into his arms. He smelled like he always did and it was comforting. "I hate to rush you, but you only have 26 minutes to get to class" Elijah said. She sighed and let go. She grabbed her keys off her dresser and was about to leave, but turned and faced Elijah "Will I see you before tonight?" she asked. Elijah moved in front of her before answering "Every break you have you will find me at our tree" after he said this he placed a soft kiss on her cheek, but after he did he didn't vanish. He instead pulled her into another hug and whispered in her ear "Be careful" then he was gone.