I do not own TVD, although I wish I did. Oh the things I would change about it~

But uh, just a little background: This is after Jenna's death. I'd say, end of season 2/beginning of 3. Elena broke it off with Stefan right after the sacrifice. Oh and Elena has already met the Originals, including Kol/Bekah/Finn.

Sorry for the delay! But thank you lovelies for being oh so patient!

I don't hate Stefan or Damon or any of the characters, really! This is just… my take of things I guess. Please, R&R. Massively appreciated!

Chapter 7:

"Come on, love. I'm sure you can hit a tad bit harder than that," Klaus teased as Elena took another whiff at him.

Elena grunted, "Erg, I *huff* will *huff* punch *huff* you in the *huff* face." And with that, she pounded the hybrid in the face.

Klaus hit the ground and his eyes shut tight. Elena was frantic and rushed to his side, "Klaus! Klaus! Are you okay?"

She placed her ear next to his mouth, listening for a breath. Nothing. Elena panicked, "Oh my goodness, Klaus. Oh my god, oh my god!" She started pumping his chest and once again, her ear to his mouth.

"Do you really think that's going to work on me, love?"

Elena yelped and jumped back, "Klaus!"

Klaus got up and chuckled, "Elena, sweetheart, you're absolutely darling. CPR on me?"

She glared at him, "I thought you were actually hurt!"

"Love, you couldn't hurt me if you wanted to," he laughed as he helped her get up.

"Klaus! I actually thought I hurt you. Don't do that anymore!" she pursed her lips and looked at him sternly.

He put on his puppy face and laughed, "Sorry, love. Won't happen again."

"Good," she started walking toward the house, "Let's go. I think that's enough for today."

Klaus followed her and they went back to the mansion.

"Elena, love, I'm going to shower real quick," Klaus announced as he walked up the stairs, "Stay here. I have something to show you later."

"Alright," she replied as she walked to the bathroom Rebekah had prepared for her before, "I'll see you later."

Elena changed and laid on the bed. She flipped around a few times and heard her stomach grumble. She got out of the room and decided that she'd rummage through the fridge to find something. Although, she didn't have high hopes, what kind of food would a bunch of vampires carry? Well, besides blood obviously, but that didn't count as food much. She walked to the end of the hall, looking for the stairs. She sighed, Lost again, Elena, lost again. She wandered around aimlessly. Finally, Elena spotted a slightly opened door. She hesitated on whether or not she should go in. Well, it was already opened, so she gave the door a little push. Inside revealed itself to be a huge room with antiques all around. There were Fleur de Lis symbols all over and Elena trailed her fingers across the engravings of each cabinet. She was in awe; there were such magnificent paintings stacked in the corners of the room. They were each painted with such precision and passion. She flipped through the paintings on the far side of the room and saw a painting of her in Alaric's history class. Elena remembered back to that day; it was the first time she had met Klaus. He had used one of his witches to help him into Alaric's body and had taken over his life for a few days. She laughed to herself; she had accidently blurted out "Ric" that day when she was correcting him. Who knew it was Klaus? She then walked over to his bedside and knelt at the cabinet beside it. On it was a picture of Klaus, Ernest Hemmingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. She picked it up and looked at it in awe; Hemmingway and Fitzgerald were her inspirations.

"Elena?"

Elena jumped and turned around to see a half naked Klaus. He was in a pair of ripped jeans and had a towel in his hand, wiping his upper body.

"K-K-Klaus!" Elena stuttered as she felt her cheeks heat up, "What are you doing here?"

Klaus walked over to her, "Well, this is my room, love."

"Oh, right!" Elena clutched the picture in her hand and backed up, "S-s-sorry."

"Why are you sorry, sweetheart?" Klaus smirked as he got closer to her.

"I mean, I'm in your room. Sorry," Elena backed up into the wall and banged her head slightly on a painting that hung on it.

Klaus reached out to take the picture from her hand, "It's fine. Find anything interesting in here?'

"Uh, well, the paintings are absolutely gorgeous. Did you paint them?" Elena blushed harder as Klaus' fingers touched hers.

Klaus heard her heart thumping even harder, "Yes, sweetheart. Those are my works."

"They're really incredible," Elena said as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Glad you liked them," Klaus set the picture aside, "Anything else?"

"Well, I saw the picture of you and Hemmingway and Fitzgerald."

"Ah yes, Ernest and Francis. Good friends of course, good friends," Klaus looked up at her, "You like them, yes?"

"Of course! They're incredible!" Elena exclaimed.

"Well, I have something for you then," Klaus went to his bookshelf and scanned it as he picked up a book and walked back to Elena who was still against the wall, "Here, take this."

Elena took the book and flipped through it, "Oh my god! Fitzgerald signed this! This is amazing!"

"Well, love, it's yours now," Klaus smiled at the sight of her excitement.

"Klaus, I can't take this. I really can't," Elena tried to give it back to him, but he shook his head.

"Elena, love, please take it," Klaus insisted, "It's the least I can do."

Elena hesitated and hugged it close to her, "Thank you so much, Klaus." She gave him a peck on the cheek and hugged him. She had no clue as to why she was doing this, but it felt so right.

Klaus hugged her back and inhaled; he still had thoughts of taking her blood, but for now, all he could think about was how good she smelled and how much he appreciated the moment.

"Come, Elena," Klaus took her hand and pulled her out of the room, "Let's eat."

"Wha-what?"

"Oh, sweetheart, I didn't mean that," Klaus laughed at the sight of her expression, "I meant, let me cook for you. There's no one else home right now and I thought you'd be hungry from all the work from this morning."

Elena breathed, "Oh thank god, I thought you were insisting on, you know…"

Her voice trailed off as Klaus laughed and took her to the kitchen.

"Alright, just sit here and stay with me," Klaus motioned to the stool next to the island.

She sat down, "Do you need any help with anything?"

"No, sweetheart, just stay right here and talk to me," Klaus smiled at her as he prepared to cook.

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"Damon, where's Elena?" Stefan stomped into the room.

"What are you talking about?" Damon replied as he poured another glass of bourbon.

"She's been gone since the morning, where is she?" he walked over to his brother and poured himself a glass.

Damon shrugged, "She said something about going shopping with Rebekah."

"No way, I just saw Rebekah at The Grill with Matt," Stefan argued, "She is not with her."

"What!?" Damon exclaimed, "She told me last night that she was gonna be with Rebekah!"

"Well, she's not, so?" Stefan deathly stared at his brother.

"Let's go find her," his brother decided, walking out of the house.

"Where to, brother?" Stefan asked as they got into the car.

Damon started the engine, "Let's go have a little talk with our favorite Original."

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"Rebekah," Damon slid into the booth next to Matt as Stefan slid in next to the blonde.

"What do you want, Salvatore?" Rebekah snarled, grabbing Matt's hand.

"Where's Elena?" He challenged.

"I don't know," she shrugged, "Aren't you her boyfriend? Aren't you supposed to know where she is?"

"She told us she was shopping with you today," Stefan interrupted.

Rebekah stared at him, "Well, does it look like we're together right now?"

"That's exactly why we're here," Stefan and Damon said at the same time.

Damon continued, "We want to know where she is right now. If she's not with you, who's she with?"

"Why don't you just call her and ask her?" Matt intervened, hoping to get back to his date with the lovely blonde who sat across from him.

"Oh gee, good idea, Matt," Damon said sarcastically, "Why didn't we think of that?"

Rebekah grabbed the fork and stabbed his hand, "That was unnecessary. Apologize to Matt. Now."

Stefan grabbed the fork out of his brother's hand, "Rebekah, Damon is very sorry. Now, please tell us where Elena is."

Rebekah shrugged, "I really don't know."

Damon got up, "Alright, brother. I think we're done here. Time to go find my girlfriend."

Rebekah rolled her eyes, "Bye. Have fun."

"We will," Stefan smirked as they walked out of The Grill.

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Klaus and Elena had been talking about great literature and artists of the past as Klaus cooked.

Ding! Ding!

Elena's phone dinged. She checked it: One new message from Bekah.

"It's your sister," Elena announced.

D and S are looking for you. They came by The Grill. They know you're not with me.

"What's wrong, sweetheart?" Klaus' voice was full of concern. He saw her frown as she read the message.

Elena sighed, "Damon and Stefan are looking for me. They know I'm not with Bekah."

Klaus stared; he didn't know what to say. He wanted to comfort her, but how? He walked over and put his hand on hers, "It'll be alright. Would you like for me to talk to them?"

Elena immediately shook her head, "No, no. It's fine." She put her phone away, "It's fine. I'm having fun. Let's just ignore them."

She did not know that Damon had just texted her many times.

Baby, where are you?

Elena, call me.

Call me.

Elena, please. Call me when you get this.

WHERE ARE YOU?

I'm worried.

"Food's ready!" Klaus called out.

"I'll set the table!" Elena jumped out of her seat and reached for the forks and spoons.

Klaus followed her into the dining room with two large plates of fillet mignon. He went back into the kitchen for wine glasses and grabbed two candles and a lighter. He placed the candles in the center and lit them.

"Bon appetite, ma cherie," Klaus poured red wine into the glasses.

Elena raised her glass, "Bon appetite indeed."

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*Author's Note:

Hi lovelies! I'm so sorry it's been a while! School has been oh so overwhelming. Thank you dearly for all the nice comments/reviews! They mean so much! Next chapter will start with more about the dinner! I will TRY TRY TRY TRY TRY to upload as much as I can. Thank you guys so much for being so patient.

Oh and I'd love to know what you guys thought about that last episode on Thursday! I think there needs to be more Klena scenes! And Elena's dress was magnificent!

Please review!

Thanks sweethearts!

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