BTVS/Originals/Supernatural Crossover

Chapter 21

Buffy was up bright and early the next morning, as ready as she was ever going to be to see Klaus face to face again. She knew it would take a good hour to get to where they agreed to meet and since she wasn't familiar with the area she decided to leave a little earlier than planned. She just hoped that no one else in the house was awake, she chose to meet him this early just so she could avoid anyone asking questions. She made her way through the house and out the door without running into anybody, but just as she was getting into her car she seen Faith walking up to the house.

"Where you headed this early?" Faith asked.

"Got to run an errant, one of the werewolves called last night about some kind of problem and I figured the earlier I deal with it the earlier it'll be done." She hoped that lie would work, she knew since Faith had been spending all her time with Marcel she wouldn't be around the werewolves much, so she wouldn't question it.

"Oh well good luck, I'd offer to help but I gotta get some sleep." She said walking away from the car to the house.

Buffy started the car and headed to meet with Klaus. Buffy tried not to think too much about it on the drive over. She knew Elijah was going to be pissed when he finds out she met with Klaus but she'd deal with that when the times comes. Right now all she needed to worry about was what she was going to say to Klaus and what she was going to do if he lost control. She honestly didn't know what to expect, if he had actually gotten some help then maybe he'd be happy for his brother. Their family had always been about family, it just happens that Klaus was the worst to honor it, maybe things have changed. They'd never know unless they asked and this would be the true test if these 4 months of him being away has helped.

When she arrived to their meeting place she was about a half hour early and it looked pretty empty. So she got out of the car and started walking around, she felt him before he showed himself.

"Seems I'm not the only one who's early" She said looking at him, she couldn't deny his beauty but she hoped the way she was looking at him didn't give him the wrong impression so she looked away.

He laughed "So you can't even look at me huh?"

This was going to be harder than she thought, she forgot how arrogant he was. "I just didn't want you to get the wrong idea."

"What idea that you want to take advantage of me like you at the club, or the cemetery, or even at my own house" Klaus said not taking his eyes off her.

"I did not" She started before stopping herself from playing his game, then she continued calmly "Klaus that was in the past and I hate to break it to you but I'm not interested in that, not with you anyway."

Klaus studied her closely then in a blink of an eye he was right in front of her, Buffy trying to stay strong backed away only to trip over the leg of the bench sitting beside her. Klaus caught her and just held her. Buffy tried to squirm away but he wouldn't let her go.

Before she realized what she was about to do she shouted, "I'm in love with your brother."

He just stared at her, then put her back on her feet. "Was it that hard to say, love?"

Buffy looked at him in shock "What?"

He sat down on the bench, she sat down beside him "You don't think I left the Quarter without people reporting back to me?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't want you to find out like that" She truly was sorry "I wanted to be the one to tell you but honestly I was afraid how you'd react."

"Well love, it's not the best news to hear but I get it, Elijah's the good one, the noble one, why wouldn't he get the girl." He seemed hurt.

She grabbed for his hand "Please don't be mad at him, he hasn't acted on anything he said he wouldn't because of you."

"Let me guess you're here to get my blessing?" He said with a little irritation in his voice.

Buffy didn't say anything, she knew how awful that sounded.

Klaus stood back up, "Do you think he feels the same?"

Buffy hesitated then answered "I think but I'm not sure."

"Well why don't you ask him then?" He asked.

Buffy looked at him confused, "You know he had the perfect opportunity to tell me when I told him how I felt or when I publicly humiliated myself in front of the entire Quarter when I drunkenly announced my love for him."

Klaus just smiled then he kissed her but before she could push him off of her, she seen him go flying backwards across the yard. When she looked who stood in front of her she couldn't believe her eyes, Elijah stood there.

She heard Klaus laughing, "Well brother, took you long enough to show yourself."

Then it hit Buffy, how did Elijah know where they were, "Did you follow me?"

Elijah didn't have to speak just by the look on his face she knew he did.

Klaus finally made his way back to them, "I was wondering how long you was going to hide back there."

Then Buffy's attention was back on Klaus, "So that's why you kissed me? You wanted a reaction from him?"

Klaus laughed "And what a reaction it was, brother."

It was obvious that Elijah hadn't realized he walked right into Klaus's trap. "Well I am here now Niklaus, why was it so important that my presence was known?"

He smiled a wicked grin then looked at Buffy "because she has a question she needs to ask you."

Buffy couldn't believe she was being put on the spot like that, what was Klaus up to, he couldn't really want to hear his brother confess his love for the girl he was infatuated with. When Buffy didn't go along with his game, Klaus seemed to get a little infuriated.

"Fine since she won't ask, I guess I'll play love doctor" He turned toward his brother "Elijah, Buffy has expressed some feelings for you recently and I think it kind of hurt her feelings because you didn't tell her how you felt."

"I'm not doing this, I'm not going to play your little game, I'm not sure what you get out of this but count me out," Elijah started walking away.

That was when Buffy spoke up, she wasn't sure why she seemed to get spurt of braveness right then but she did, "So let me get this straight, you follow me all the way out here, you attack your brother when he kisses me, but when he asks you how you feel about me your just going to turn around and leave."

This must have surprised both of them as much as it did her because they both just stared at her.

"I just don't understand, you tell me you can't do this because of him but here we are with him and he asks you how you feel but still you have nothing to say" Buffy was pretty upset at this point "I don't know what this is between us but I know it's something, I've felt it since the first time I laid my eyes on you, we have a connection that I didn't think was possible" She was walking toward him as she spoke "I understood your loyalty lies with your brother and I never once asked you to break that loyalty, even though I felt my heart slowly breaking every time I was with you but not with you but still I did nothing, but I can't do nothing anymore, I need to know Elijah is there something here or am I just wasting my time?"

Elijah stood there unmoving, he seemed to be thinking, weighing the options, she knew this was hard for him but he wasn't the only one this was hurting. After standing there for way to long and feeling once again like she made a complete fool out of herself, she turned to walk away from him but before she could he grabbed ahold of her hand and pulled her back to him. His lips were on hers before she even realized what had happened. They had only shared one kiss before but it was nothing compared to this one, the moment his lips touched hers she felt like she was transported somewhere else, somewhere magical. Any previous thoughts that she had about the way he felt for her vanished, she knew, more like she could feel his feelings mixed together with her own and it was overwhelming.

When they finally parted, she swayed, almost falling, if Elijah wouldn't have caught her she would have fell. She had never had that weak to the knees feeling before and honestly thought it was just a saying people say, but she was living proof that it did exist. Elijah still had his arms wrapped around her and they were still staring at each other when they heard a throat clear. That's when reality sat back in, Klaus was still standing just a few feet from them and had witnessed this very intimate, very private moment between them.

"Well that was entertaining" He said sarcastically. "I guess that answers your question."

Not trusting her voice, she just nodded.

Then the most baffling thing happened, Elijah released her than stepped away from her. She didn't understand what was happening until he finally spoke "To answer your question, yes I do love her, very much, but I'll give her up for you brother, family is the most important thing to me and although I love her I wouldn't risk losing you over it."

Klaus looked between Elijah and the very confused Buffy then finally looking straight at Elijah "You are stupid."

That was not what Elijah had expected to hear, "Excuse me?"

"Elijah we have been alive for over a thousand years and you have always spoke about family and the importance about it, but have you ever thought that maybe family doesn't just consist of your siblings? Have you ever thought that there might be someone out there that could and would love you knowing all your flaws and will love your family like their own to? There isn't very many people who could come into this family and fit into it as well as she has but that has to mean something about her, doesn't it? I think it does, I think she's meant to be part of this family and my feelings were just misdirected at first but this time away has shown me the truth, she is meant for you Elijah."

Elijah stared at his brother, obviously this side of Klaus was new. He wasn't one for showing any kind of emotion but the whole speech was full of emotion. After the shock of the speech wore off Elijah made his way to his brother and hugged him, "Thank you."

This does conclude my story Torn, I hope you all enjoyed it. I know I enjoyed writing it.