8 Months Later

"I don't understand, why you eat these things. There so weird." Rebekah stated. They were standing in the kitchen of their penthouse in Central Park. The view is spectacular.

"Well blood isn't exactly part of my diet," Elena jokes. Rebekah laughs in response. Elena grabs a glass cup from the cabinet. She heads towards the fridge where she fills it with cold water then takes a sip. "Klaus wont budge, will he?"

Rebekah puts down her food and looks at Elena. She says with great sincerity, "Elena, I tried. These past couple weeks you've been done. You finished what we needed but he thinks your still useful. The doppleganger is the key to every powerful spell and whether we like or not. Klaus wont let you go. I'm sorry" Rebekah puts her head down as the two stand their in silence.

Meanwhile, Elijah sits in the favorite bar. Wearing his typical suit style He ordered a bourbon earlier. A man sits next to him. He wears a dark hoodie and a some raggedy old jeans. Elijah glances at him. Watching him order the same drink. "Can I help you?" Elijah asks.

"I need the doppleganger." Elijah snickers at his demand but the man continues, "II'm not joking, just a pint. My cousin needs a spell to reverse a curse."

As the main continues his explanation, Elijah tunes him out. He gets up after a few seconds and whispers, "I'm not some charity service." He exits the bar with content. He heads home.

Elijah enters his home only to see Elena on the couch with Klaus. Elijah ignores them and goes up to his room.

Elena has her legs bent on the couch. Klaus is telling her about how he wished she could leave but needs her. Klaus stares at Elena. Her flawless skin and gorgeous eyes make him speechless but he can't think that. He doesn't know what it means but that she despises him. "Elena, I know you want to go home but please stay. I need your help. I'm sorry that you suffer but I can protect you."

Klaus's british accent was always one of the few things she could stand about him. She loves accents. "Lets go for a walk"

The two of them walk through the park. The stars shimmer above them. The weather is chilly so Elena has some fashionable coat on. "Klaus why I'm still here. I did everything."

"Would it be right if I said I enjoyed the company," Klaus teased. Elena smiled but then grew a look of seriousness. "I have been alone with my family for so long. Now your always here and your different. New. I have someone to talk to that answers honestly. Even if that honesty is out of hatred. Plus your blood makes you very valuable." Elena playfully hits him after that comment. The two talk and walk for a while.

Then finally Elena begins to get deep. "Klaus, was it hard?" Klaus looked at her as a sign to elaborate. "Whenever something worth attaching to leaves. I mean do you miss any of it"

Klaus stops and Elena does along with him. They travel to a bench a few feet away. Klaus sighs. "Yes, I miss this one cottage a couple hundred years ago. It had these yellow flowers planted in front. It always smelled like cinnamon. They had the most beautifully hand carved furniture." Klaus paused as Elena just listened. "I miss those oddly wild flapper girls from the 20's. I loved those dresses. I miss the sense of clean air before all this industrial pollution. I miss the times when I was able to sit at a bar and drink rum with my so called mates joking about the times in the Revolutionary War. Most importantly I miss not having that craving for blood. I'm used to it. I've had a lot time for that but at first I was inconsolable." Elena had a confused expression pass across her face. " Yeah I know. I would cry when I was alone. Guilt consumed me. After I killed Ester, every moment for almost three decades I would plea. As if I were apologizing to her, begging for her forgiveness. I would weep every second I was away from my brothers and sister. I sometimes cried out her name like a lost boy because thats exactly what I was a lost little boy." Klaus wiped away the tears and stared at Elena. "Your the first person I ever told that to. I don't understand why its so easy to talk to you. My prisoner."

Elena wrapped her arms around him. She just hugged him and that was exactly what he needed.

3 days later.

"You cheat," Rebekah whined.

"Rebekah, she's surrounded by two vampires with super senses. How could she have cheated." Elijah remarked.

"Oh so the human beat out people with centuries of practice." Rebekah exclaimed.

"Well maybe you should of spent more time throwing darts." Elena mocked.

Rebekah glared and then threw the dart. She got 6 points. "How does she have better aim?"

Klaus entered the room. "By the likes of it Rebekah is losing." Rebekah gives i'm the death glare. "Relax little sister. I came in to say that with the world of Elena spreading it isn't safe for her here anymore."

"Suddenly you care about her safety?" Rebekah questioned.

"Well Nicklaus. If you're worried about her safety. Don't. She has three originals protecting her, she'll be fine. Now double or nothing." says Elijah.

Klaus leaves the room but Elena follows him out the door. "Klaus wait. They were joking."

"Your life isn't a joke," Klaus shockingly points out.

"It sweet you care however your watching me. Nobody will touch me if it means facing any of you." Elena states. Klaus begins to loosen the tension in his hands. "Now I got tickets to that festival tonight and well your all I got so Klaus please join me." Klaus nods.