Chapter 4

"So tell me, darling," Kol said as he looked at her while she stood in the kitchen and gathered all the pots and pans for one of her specialty dishes. "How do you know this house so well? Especially which key to use?"

Knowing what he was thinking, she laughed. "It's nothing salacious like you think! I had come by to ask Elijah for help with something and saw that he had grocery bags. I offered to help him and he told me which key worked the front door."

"So are you sleeping with him? Is that why you allowed him to feed from you?"

She saw that he was joking and decided to play along. "If I'm sleeping with your brother-why would I tell you?"

His eyes looked playful. "Is that a 'yes Kol I am'?"

"That's a 'it's none of your business Kol'." He smirked and ran straight to Elijah who was in the study with the other men to ask and as Elijah said, "it is none of your business Kol." Kol couldn't stop smirking widely.

"They're sleeping together! They're sleeping together!" he shouted before Elijah tackled him to the ground. Elena laughed as the girls all came in at that point. Rebekah looked at her uncomfortably but Elena shook her head.

"He needed help with the groceries and showed me around the kitchen. There has been nothing quite scandalous or salacious going on between me and Elijah." Elena said as the blonde female Original looked at her.

"I had hoped it was something like that," she said softly. "Elijah is the one who has the fragile heart like me and it has been broken quite a bit."

Elena nodded, understanding heartache. Yes, everyone knew that she broke up with Matt but not the actual reason behind it; it hadn't been anything to do with her parents' death. She had caught him with Aimee Bradley behind the bleachers after cheer practice. Elena told him that she never wanted to get back together with him and he told her that he was okay with that.

As Elena had the pesto sauce cooking in the pot, she went into the fridge and grabbed a few chicken breasts. Looking at Caroline, she smiled.

"Rub olive oil over these for me; while you…" she turned her attention to Rebekah. "find some rosemary and add it to the pan." She pointed to the pan that was beside her. "Bonnie-fill the pan with some olive oil and then start on at least two different salads for me-a regular lettuce one with a vinaigrette salad dressing and a spinach and baby greens one with the same vinaigrette dressing." She smiled. "I will have the pesto sauce done as well as the noodles for the pasta dish. Now-get to work!"

The three girls got to work.

Elijah was drinking scotch-something that he thought had a weird taste-while contemplating exactly why he had such strong feelings for the brunette who reminded him of Tatia.

"She is stunning." Klaus mused while he thought of Caroline. "I didn't think that I could find another after Tatia but that blonde goddess appeared."

Kol smirked. "Yes but Elijah has been sleeping with Elena." Stefan choked as did Elijah.

"I do not believe I am sleeping with the Lovely Elena!" Elijah said hotly, and Stefan nodded.

"He's not-trust me, he's not." Stefan added. Kol's saving grace was Elena who walked in with a smile on her face.

"The dinner is finished and once we're through, you men can do the dishes for us." She left as they all followed her and Elijah realized that this seemed almost a little familiar. Looking at the table, everything was set as was the food and there were candles lit in the candelabra that were casting the dining room in light.

It was beautiful and the food was amazing.

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