The next month felt like an eternity to Elena. Like the minutes passed like hours, the hours like days and the days like weeks. She thought of New Orleans everyday, but more importantly she thought of Klaus. She felt like he'd bewitched her, how else could a man get away with kidnapping a girl and she still adore him at the end of it all?
Elena wallowed away the days, not entirely sure what she had to get up for in the mornings. She hadn't heard from Klaus, he hadn't written like he'd promised, well not yet at least. She hadn't heard a word from Kol or Elijah either. She had kept her promise to herself and stayed away from Stefan and Damon, as much as was possible anyway, they were still her friends. Bonnie and Caroline asked Elena daily about what had happened in New Orleans, convinced that the Elena that had left Mystic Falls with Klaus was not the one that came back. She didn't tell them of course. She only said that Klaus had treated her well and she had loved the city. She didn't dare tell them she had fallen for him. She couldn't.
But all her friends missed Elena. The old Elena.
Klaus was sat in his study perusing an old classic book and sipping on whiskey, the fire roaring in the fireplace behind his desk. He thought of Elena everyday, he couldn't help himself. But he had to stick to the plan, he had to give her time, it was the only way it could work. He'd write to her soon, he thought as he lay his book on his desk and stood up to walk over to the whiskey decanter to poor himself another glass.
He noticed a shadowing figure in the doorway.
"Elijah, dear brother. Back to New Orleans already?" Klaus asked, pulling another glass from the cabinet to pour a drink for his brother.
"Yes, well you know I've been collecting information over the last couple of months from various sources and i'm finally ready to have a conversation with you about it. I know you were not ignorant to my activities these last few months and now, I know your plans for Elena." Elijah replied, taking the glass of whiskey from his bother, and sitting on the couch.
"Oh, do you now? And how have you learned that?" Klaus stated, taking the seat next to his brother.
"You're not the only with sources dear brother. I knew there was a reason you took her besides her blood."
"Tell me then, if you know so so much."
"A doppelganger can be impregnated by an original. It isn't easy and this information has been deliberately kept from us for all our lives. You want to be a father. You brought her here to get her away from the Salvatore's and to try and bed her."
"wrong, brother." Klaus replied.
"I am not incorrect, you want to be a father. You can't stand to be alone. This has given you hope."
"You are correct on that. I did not bring her to bed her though, just to start the process. I want her to fall in love with me, I want to marry her one day, Elijah. I want a life, a normal life. All these hundreds of years, I never knew that was what I craved until I knew I could have it. I always thought it was impossible for me."
"Then why let her leave with the Salvatore's and return to Mystic Falls?"
"I want eternity with her, brother. Which means she needs to get over the Salvatore's, become her wonderful, incredible, fulfilled self and I can build slowly with her. But I need her human and I need her away from you and Kol, do you understand me?"
"So this is about...love? You, Klaus, want eternal love?"
Klaus looked his brother in the eyes, "Yes."
"You know I have a soft spot for Elena, Klaus, and I always wanted to be a father. And Kol... well, Kol would be thrilled to learn this piece of information also." Elijah stated, standing up and putting his glass on the table and preparing to leave.
"I have no issue staking both of my brothers if you even go near Mystic Falls." Klaus spat through his teeth.
"Let the games begin." Elijah said before speeding out.
Meanwhile...
Elena lay in bed, eyes closed and dreaming. It was only 6pm but she did this most nights now. She felt her dreams were better than her reality.
Elena left her bed and wondered downstairs to get a glass of water when she heard a knock at the door.
She opened the door slowly, and saw a big grin waiting for her on the other side.
"Kol!" Elena beamed.
"Hello, darling." Kol smiled, before Elena threw herself into his arms.