"Are you alright, Elena" Elijah asked as she returned. "Honestly, no". That was all she said before tears began to stream down her face. Elijah was holding her in a second. He knew she felt like a coward running from it all. "I have to go back; I shouldn't have run away in the first place. I can't lose the people I love Elijah." Elijah was silent for a while.

He knew this would happen eventually, but he didn't want to lose Elena. "Elijah?" Elena asked. He had been silent for an awkwardly long time. "Okay" Elijah said. It pained him to say that because he wanted to keep Elena safe more than anyone else. "Okay?" Elena asked questioning what he meant exactly. "Okay, meaning you can go back and be with your friends." "Elijah…" Elena began, but she was cut off. "I will do my best to hold up my deal." Elena nodded this time being the quiet one.

Elijah pulled Elena back to look at her. Her tears had stopped, but she still looked sad. He gave her a smile "We will figure something out. Tomorrow I will take you back." She nodded. "I'm sorry Elijah… I feel like I made you take me here for nothing." Elijah's smile grew bigger "It wasn't for nothing. I spent time with you. We had fun. I'd like to just hold you now though."

Elena nodded and Elijah vampire sped them to the bed. Elijah was awake the whole night. He enjoyed holding Elena and hated the sun for coming up so fast. He had spent the better part of the night trying to figure out a way to keep her alive. In the morning Elijah made breakfast as Elena packed her stuff. He hated this more than he had thought he would.

The entire car ride was quiet and part of the time Elena was asleep, but Elijah held her hand the entire way. He had this sinking feeling the entire time that he was going to lose her. He knew had ruthless Klaus could be, especially when he wanted something. Klaus would stop at nothing.

He woke Elena when he pulled into the Salvatore driveway. Elijah walked with her up to the Salvatore house. He could hear her whole crew inside. They already knew about him being the one to whisk her away to protect her, they just didn't know that they were together. That part would be left out.

No one was particularly happy to see him, but they swarmed Elena. They hugged her as he watched from a distance. They gushed about how angry and worried they were and she calmed everyone down. Elijah kept getting evil stares mainly from the Salvatore bros, but he didn't care. He was doing his part.

"I'm sorry, well I'm not really, but why is he still here?" Damon asked as he gave Elijah an evil stare "I'm protecting Elena. We have an agreement." "Yeah yeah I know, but why are you in my house?" He said in a level tone. Elijah flicked his eyes to Elena and back to Damon. He stood and was about to leave when Elena joined him. "Elena" the brothers said at the same time.

"Any vampire can step in here. Including Klaus, he doesn't have to be invited in if he is a human and besides. Wouldn't this be the first place I would be expected t o be?" as soon as these words were out of her mouth the door burst open. "Elena! You missed my party… I'm glad though, that you get to see me in my original body."

Elijah was standing in front of Elena in seconds as Klaus entered the room. "Ahh brother yes I know about your …. little deal. Good luck keeping it." Klaus had Bonnie in a chock hold before anyone could react.

"Loving… my dear Elena is your greatest weakness. Now I have everything set up, I have a wolf and a vampire. I just need you. I even have a witch and the stone. Agree and I won't kill Bonnie. Disagree and everyone here dies."

Elena stepped out from behind Elijah. Elijah couldn't do anything except watch. She was breaking their deal, but it was for her loved ones. The ones he had promised to keep safe. If he didn't let her do this then he would be breaking his deal to her. He lost either way. Klaus vanished with Elena and when Elijah tried to follow he couldn't get out.

"Good job protecting her." Damon said sourly as he failed to leave as well. Klaus must have a witch keeping them there. Bonnie could feel the magic and it was weak most likely because the witch needed to focus on breaking the spell. She broke it, but Klaus was long gone.

Meanwhile Elena was entrapped in her circle. She came around and wasn't able to leave a small circle. She saw a witch and the moonstone. This was it, she would die. Elena looked to her left to see a small blonde headed woman. To her right she saw another woman, but she had dark hair like she did. She didn't recognize either, but could tell that the vampire was a newbie.

The ceremony started and Elena watched as Klaus killed the wolf and the vampire before reaching her. Surprisingly Elena was making peace with coming to her end. She didn't focus on the people she wouldn't see anymore, she was focusing on the people she would be seeing.

She tried hard to block out the pain she felt from Klaus biting her neck. It hurt, but Elena kept her scream back. She wasn't going to give him the pleasure of her obvious pain. She could feel the blood being sucked out of her and eventually she began to feel empty and blacked out. The last thing she remembered was Klaus's witch humming the chant to break the spell.

Elijah vamp sped out as soon as the guard was down. He wasn't sure how far Klaus had made it in the ritual, but he held onto the hope that Elena was still alive. He could hear the other vampires following him, but he was much faster. Elijah appeared right as Elena's body was dropped to the ground. Klaus looked rather pleased with himself.

Klaus was gone along with his witch and stone before Elijah was able to move forward. Elijah ignored Klaus and rushed to Elena. Her body had already started to feel cold. Tears began to fall down his face as the other guys caught up with him. Stefan took Elena from him; looking uncomfortable with the fact that Elijah was crying. Damon looked guilty and Caroline was crying.

"I may have done something" Damon said biting his lip. Elijah stood and Stefan glared at him. "I made a deal with someone" "You did what?!" Stefan growled as he stood up and got in Damon's face. Elijah ignored their petty fight. He would get to hear her voice again.

Damon and Elijah stayed behind to bury the bodies of the other two woman used in the sacrifice while Stefan and Caroline took her home. "So what exactly is your connection to Elena?" Damon asked as he finished up his work. Elijah raised his eyebrow at Damon "Is that important?" Damon grinned and shrugged "Seems like we all have feelings for her." Elijah ignored him and instead headed to Elena's house.

Elena woke up with Stefan and Caroline hovering around her. It take her several minutes to realize what exactly what happened. "Am I alive?" "Yes" Caroline said as she hugged her. "I'm not a vampire am I?" She asked looking up at Stefan. "No" he said smiling. The door opened and Damon walked in, Elijah was seconds behind.

Damon grinned and hugged her as Elijah leaned against the doorway watching. He caught Elena looking at him several times. It started to feel awkward for Elijah to be there. He left. He was sure Elena would be too busy with the other guys anyways.

A week went by of being coddled and watched like a hawk before Elena got a moment to herself. Caroline went on a date with Tyler, Bonnie and Jeremy was out and Stefan was probably with Katherine. Damon wasn't around and Jenna was with Alaric. It seemed like everyone was with their beau. Elena found herself alone in her room. It wasn't long before Elijah came by.

She couldn't help smiling when she saw him. He was wearing his usual attire of a suit. He always looked so much like a gentleman. She sprang in his arms and kissed him slowly. She hadn't gotten to be in his arms for a week and she had missed him. She loved the feeling of his hands slip their way to his back to hold her close to him.

When Elijah pulled away he had his cocky smile on his face "Want to go somewhere to be alone?" Elena smiled and nodded her head immediately. He grabbed her hand and out her window they went. It wasn't long before he stopped moving. They were in a room that was almost empty. All it had was a bed that had been neatly made up.

"Is this your place?" Elena asked. Elijah nodded "Yes, though I don't own it. A close friend does, her name is Alex." Elena nodded before pulling Elijah to the bed. Elijah raised his eyebrow as he allowed her to pull him to the bed. She tucked herself in bed and Elijah crawled in behind her. It wasn't long before she was fast asleep in his arms. Elijah listened to the steady breathing of Elena. He decided he would enjoy doing this every night if he could. *If he could*