A/N Okay so I know after the last chapter a lot of you guys are hating on Marcel and think Elena should turn tail and get the hell out of New Orleans, and true enough she probably should, but this is Elena we're talking about, she's managed to forgive and understand a lot of bad things people have done, and technically speaking Marcel hasn't done anything anywhere near as bad as some of the people Elena has encountered, but don't worry Marcel is not getting off easily, enjoy.

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Chapter 9

"What's your story then Davina, how does a witch end up helping vampires?" asks Elena.

"They tried to kill me, Marcel saved me" she replies.

"What do you mean?" asks Elena.

Davina recounts her story, how she had been chosen for the harvest and had thought it an honour, until her friends had started dying, then Marcel has swooped in and saved her, and how he hid her from the witches so they couldn't snatch her and complete the ritual before their magic faded completely.

"Wow" says Elena.

"Yeah, so I kind of know what you went through" sighs Davina sadly as she thinks of her friends.

Elena reaches over and takes her hand.

"Marcel's a good person you know, I mean after this you probably don't think much of him, but give him a chance Elena, he's a fair king, he doesn't kill unnecessarily, and he saved me, he likes you, I know he does, if he didn't he'd have either run you out of town or reverted to much less pleasant methods, and your special, different I guess to other vampires I've met" smiles Davina.

"I bet you don't get up much then?" asks Elena.

"No, so I don't really do girly stuff anymore, I really like you hair by the way it looks nice" says Davina.

Elena could see a kindred spirit in Davina; this girl had her future stolen from her too.

"Come here and I'll show you how to do it" smiles Elena.

Davina walks over.

"Do you have any straightners?" asks Elena.

"Sure" smiles Davina grabbing them and plugging them in before handing them to Elena.

"Okay, this might not be my best attempt but as long as I'm not standing it should be okay, god I hate vervain" groans Elena.

"Sorry again" says Davina.

"I guess I understand why he did it, he did it to protect his city and his home, I can't say I'd do anything differently, but it still sucks, I am so sick of being hurt because of Katherine or the damn originals" replies Elena.

"I get that I saw a lot of it, and I am sorry but is there any chance you'll stay and give him a chance?" asks Davina hopefully.

Elena thinks about it, Davina was right in some ways, Marcel hadn't really hurt her, and he'd asked perfectly reasonable questions, but he'd done it for his city and his people, and then there was Davina, Elena had always wanted a sister, despite how much she loved Jeremy, and this girl clearly needed a friend, and she couldn't deny how much of a connection to Marcel she felt, but despite that, she wanted a fresh start, then again how likely was that, Klaus had been hunting for a doppelganger since Katherine, and if she wasn't taken for that then she still had to contend with all of Katherine's enemies, in a world where there was an exact look alike of you who had plenty of enemies and had screwed over a lot of people in her 500 years, how likely was she to get that, at least her now Marcel knew everything, he hadn't known Katherine personally from the sound of it, so he didn't have anything to compare her to, maybe it was the best option, and something about the city it just clicked with her.

"Alright, I'll stay and I'll give Marcel a chance, I guess the chemistry was there, but I am doing this more for you than for him, if you've experienced half of what I have, you don't deserve to suffer for it, and it will take some serious grovelling" admits Elena as she thinks back to their kiss.

Davina smiles and soon enough the two of them are talking about hair and make-up like old friends as Elena does Davina's hair for her explaining how to do each step.

When Marcel returns a little later he finds Elena and Davina laughing like they'd known each other for years.

"Well you two seem to be having fun, sorry I took so long there was a couple of issues but they're resolved now, here I thought you could use this" says Marcel as he hands Elena a blood bag.

She takes and turns away from Davina before she drinks it, ensuring her face is clear before she turns back around.

"Sorry" apologises Elena.

"Its alright" smiles Davina.

"So do you want to head out or what?" asks Marcel looking a little nervous, he'd been fighting his attraction to this girl all week, and now he didn't have to it was hitting him full force.

"Actually Elena has said she'll stay for a little bit longer, maybe you can make it up to her" smiles Davina.

He looks at Elena who gives him a small smile.

"That's great, and believe me I will make it up to you Elena, but for now how about I just walk you back?" he asks.

"Alright, but I mean in a big way Marcel, I have had enough of being punished for other peoples crap or things I have no control over" warns Elena as she hugs Davina goodbye.

They walk through the quarter.

"I am sorry Elena, I just had to be sure, I haven't kept my city this long by being blasé" apologises Marcel.

"I understand it, I'm wasn't such a fan of it, but I understand it, this is your home, your friends, your family, and you care about them, its nice to see, its not like you caused any permanent damage, but it still sucked Marcel" replies Elena.

"And I do plan on making this up to you, like in some big extravagant way, because Elena, I've been fighting my attraction to you all week and now, well now I guess I'm not, so I would like to officially ask you if you would come out on a date with me, as well as it also being a make up, maybe we can have do over?" suggests Marcel stopping.

Elena regards him, there was just something about him she couldn't shake, and he wasn't the only one who'd been attracted, because she was massively to him, she might not be totally ready to give him her heart and promise life long devotion but maybe he could be worth a second chance.

"How about for now we stick with say, your on probation?" she says offering her hand.

"I think that is more than fair, so can I take you out for dinner to make up for my truly abysmal and horrendous behaviour?" he asks taking her hand and kissing it.

"Alright but it had better be spectacular" she smiles.

"Great and it will" he replies as they walk back to the compound.

He escorts her to her room.

"Good night Elena, and you don't need to worry about the whole originals thing, they left a long time ago, and I don't feel any need to seek retribution for them, they are more than capable of taking their own, and from what D said they have ten fold" says Marcel.

"Good to know" she smiles before walking into her room.

A/N (Peeks out from behind the desk, "please don't throw things at me") Like I said Elena is not going to be an idiot and just forgive and forget, but however if we've seen anything from Elena, then she is willing to try and see the best in people, and she really has got a thing for Marcel, plus it wouldn't be a Marcel/Elena story if she just left him in the dust. Plus she totally sees a kindred spirit in Davina and Elena as always struck me as almost maternal.

But don't worry there will be an entire chapter dedicated to grovelling, if however you decide you no longer like this story then please don't continue to read, but this is fiction, so allow me my creative licence please :)