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Chapter 9

Damon let out a small curse when Stefan hung up the phone with the original. He didn't trust Elijah any more than he trusted the wind to blow. He had been burned enough by the Mikealson family to know Elijah was lying. He took one more pull of his scotch before turning his attention to his brother.

"So brother tell me, where is our favorite original living now a days?" Damon asked him.

"I wouldn't have a clue Damon, but I do know there is someone who would know" he said meeting Damon's eyes.

Damon knew the answer long before Stefan though it. Katherine Pierce made it her business to know where all the original vampires where staying. She was more concerned about her own ass then she was of anyone else. Damon sighed and knew Stefan had to call her. The last time he had seen Katherine he had tried to stake her, granted he was pissed he missed her cold dead heart. God he hated that bitch with all he had. He watched as Stefan started to dial a number into his phone and Damon poured himself another glass of scotch. He took a seat and propped his legs up as he listened.

"Hello Stefan" Katherine said smoothly through the phone.

"Hello Katherine" Stefan said calmly.

"What can I do for you" Katherine purred.

"I wanted to know if you happen to know where Elijah is currently living" Stefan asked.

"You know I make it my business to know where the originals are" Katherine said casually.

"I realize that Katherine. Can you help me or not?" Stefan said getting annoyed.

"You know I would do anything for you Stefan. My offer still stands you know" Katherine said in an innocent voice.

"I remember" Stefan said absent.

"Well since you are so interested in the oldest original's current location, I will tell you he is living on the outskirts of Savannah Georgia" Katherine replied.

"Savannah Georgia?" Stefan said absently.

"Yes, I am so curious as to why you needed the information" Katherine said.

"Thanks for the information Katherine" Stefan answered.

"Fine, don't tell me" Katherine pouted.

"Goodbye Katherine" Stefan said wanting to end the conversation.

"Bye Stefan" Katherine cooed and hung up the phone.

Stefan looked at Damon.

"Well we know where Elijah is but the bigger question is still where is Elena" Stefan said as he poured him a glass of scotch.

"I don't think it's that hard brother" Damon said grinning at Stefan.

"I'm sorry?" Stefan said as he sat across his brother.

"I think we need to pay our favorite original a visit" Damon smirked.

"I don't think that is such a good idea Damon" Stefan said as he sat his empty glass down on the table.

"Of course it is, we can see Elijah and he can tell us where Elena is face to face" Damon replied.

"Do you remember what happened the last time you pissed him off?" Stefan asked him.

Damon winced at the memory, another reason he hated the originals.

"No brother, I haven't forgotten. Besides I promise to be on my best behavior" Damon said raising his hand over his heart.

"I have a bad feeling about this" Stefan said to himself.

"Well come on Stef, road trip" Damon smiled.

Stefan stood and grabbed his jacket. This wasn't going to go very well and he knew it. He sighed and closed the door behind him as they made their way to Damon's car.

Elena gasped as Elijah pulled into the circular driveway in front of his house. She knew the originals had a desire for beautiful things but she still couldn't believe just how amazing Elijah's house really was. The house must have been at least 25,000 square feet. The lawn was well manicured with beautiful roses and hydrangea's littering the lawn. The house bordered a saltwater marsh which was currently white capping with the current storm rolling in. once Elijah placed the car in park Elena waited on him to open her door. Once Elena was out of the car Elijah fetched her bags and they walked up the stone walkway to the front door. The front door was carved from a deep cherry wood that had stained glass windows in the center with beautiful magnolias painted in them. Elena followed Elijah into the house. Once they entered the foyer Elena looked around. The floors were a beautiful deep colored wood matching the cherry door entrance. There was a huge staircase that winded up to a balcony which lead to the room upstairs. Downstairs off of the foyer was a huge sitting room that had a stone fireplace that seemed to master one whole wall. The furniture was elegant and simple, it fit the feel of the savannah Elena had some to adore. On the other side of the foyer was a huge library. Elena expected that, with as much as Elijah loved to read and knew his history he must have had millions of books Elena thought. Elena was shaken out of her train of thought when Elijah cleared his throat.

"Do you like it?" Elijah asked her.

"Elijah your home is amazingly beautiful" Elena told him smiling.

"I'm glad you like it" Elijah smiled back.

Elijah took Elena's hand and led her through the foyer and towards the back of the house. She entered the luxurious chef's kitchen that was currently busy with people cooking. Elena only caught a brief look before Elijah pulled her out on to a stone patio. The view was amazing. There was a huge stone fire pit centered in the middle of the patio a little way out from the house. There were huge chairs that looked so comfortable that Elena could actually see herself sleeping in them under the stars. Something she wanted to do with Elijah. Elijah seemed to know her thoughts and smiled at her.

"When the weather is better" he grinned.

Elena was about to say something when all of a sudden a crack of lighting lit the sky. Elena jumped at the loud boom that echoed around them. Elijah pulled them back into the house and into the busy kitchen.

"I hope you're hungry?" Elijah asked her as Elena looked at the food.

"Very" Elena said meeting his eyes.

Suddenly a man appeared in the kitchen with the rest of the crowd.

"Mr. MIkealson, I have retrieved Miss Gilbert's bags, is there anything else I can do for you sir?" the tall bald man asked.

"No, Jonathan thank you" Elijah said to the man.

The man bowed his head and left the kitchen. Elena looked at Elijah.

"Let's take you to your room, I'm sure you would like to freshen up before dinner" he told her smiling.

Elena nodded and followed Elijah through the house and up the huge flight of stairs. Elijah lead her down a large hallway to the last door at the end of the hallway. Beside the door was a set of double doors, which Elena figured was Elijah's room. Elijah opened the door to the room and Elena followed him in. the room was so beautiful. It had a huge four poster bed that was trimmed in soft blues and whites. There was a huge window that over looked the salt water marsh. There was a huge joining bathroom that was even more exquisite then the bathroom at her motel. The bed looked twice as comfortable and the room just had a relaxing calmness to it.

"Elijah this room is so beautiful" Elena said to him.

"I wanted you to have the best room in the house" he told her wrapping his arms around her waist.

Elena rested against his embrace.

"I appreciate it so much. Although will you be staying away?" Elena asked him as she turned herself to face him her lips inches from hers.

"I couldn't, even if I wanted too" he told her and claimed her lips into his.

Elena and Elijah remained locked in a passionate kiss before the rain started. When the lighting started Elijah pulled away and met her eyes.

"You should freshen up and I'll go check on dinner" Elijah said kissing her lips once more before leaving the room.

Elena sighed and began to unpack her bags. She finished quickly and then retrieved her cellphone out of her bag. She started it up and checked her messages. It was no surprise that she had tons of messages from Damon and Stefan. The last message caught her off guard. It was from Bonnie. Bonnie was letting Elena know that the Salvatore's where making a trip to Savannah to see Elijah and find out if he had found out where she was. She told Elena to be careful and to call her when she could. Elena quickly shut the phone and made her way downstairs to tell Elijah what she had found. As she finally reached the bottom step Elijah had rounded the corner and saw her panic.

"Elena is everything alright?" he asked her taking her into his arms.

"We have a huge problem" Elena told him meeting his eyes.

"What is the problem?" he asked.

Elena told him about the message from Bonnie and what she had said.

"Interesting" Elijah murmured.

"What are we going to do?" Elena asked him.

"Nothing to worry over my love, nothing will harm you" he told her sweetly.

"I trust you" Elena told him and kissed him sweetly.

"As I trust you" Elijah told her and kissed her back.

Elijah wasn't concerned with the Salvatore brothers coming as much as he was worried Elena would leave with them. He wanted to spend more time with her and knew he was falling for her deeply. He wanted the time to tell her and the Salvatore's could very much ruin his plans. Elijah pulled Elena into his arms and hugged her close. He would worry later, right now he wanted to have dinner with Elena and make passionate love to her through the night in his bed.