I'm back with a new chapter and just realized that Rebekah left with Hope, which is why she wasn't in the episode, and I've updated the first chapter without her in it. I just have to find some way to bring her and Hope into the storyline once I figure out a way to safely bring them back. I also edited it as a way to build up Elijah and Elena's reunion. A/N: Mature scene later on in the chapter.

Elena knocked on the door and walked in after hearing Elijah's voice. "Just wanted to check on you." She said, looking at him with concern and care in her expression and eyes. He was standing at the window when she stood next to him.

"I'm fine, thanks." He said as Elena winced, holding his hand.

"I used that same line when my parents died." She replied, frowning, as he turned to look at her. "I'm not going to force you since I felt the same way, but I am here for you regardless." She squeezed his hand.

"I killed her after believing that I compelled her to forget and Esther killed her. That was a lie, but I was the one who ended her life just days after Esther turned my siblings and I."

"Elijah, it's not your fault. You weren't in control."

"She would have still been alive a lot longer if I hadn't ran after her!"

"You loved her, so it makes sense you tried to talk to her." She said, not even phased about him raising his voice at her for the first time since they'd met. Yes, he did yell at her to move minutes after him arriving in Mystic Falls, but that wasn't as loud by comparison. Either way, Elena looked at him with concern in her eyes as she always did since she stepped into the room.

"I still love her. I wanted to have a future with her." He replied, keeping his expression neutral.

"You don't have to hide anything from me." She stepped into his line of vision so he could see her better and he turned to look at her.

Too late, he thought, since I unfortunately started that day you undaggered me. "I'm not."

She put her hand on the side of his face, but he didn't pull away. "I think I know you well enough by now." She smirked. "Always and Forever ring a bell?"

"What about it?" He asked, confused, as Elena moved her hand to his chest just like she did in Willoughby after they'd kissed. She'd be lying if she said that hadn't changed everything for her because it had. She tried to put it, along with all their other memories they'd had together, out of her mind, but that one and the letter stuck with her the most.

"You're seriously going to say that you didn't write that on purpose?" She raised an eyebrow, challenging him to deny it. "If Esther hadn't turned you, Tatia would have been able to live her life. It's on Esther since she kinda put you two against each other." She replied, deciding not to mention that herself was also caught in a similar situation now.

"Elena-"

"I saw your memories and felt your emotions, which led me to you. I knew you needed help."

"You almost and could have gotten killed as a result." His eyes darkened with anger, tone emotionless, as his feelings for her had only gotten stronger in her absence and intensified even more once she saw him earlier. At first he thought Esther was tricking him, but once she hugged him and spoke three little words before breaking the door with him, he knew she was actually there.

"I'd do it again with no regrets or hesitation." She smirked.

"You should've brought someone with you. You could've DIED!" He glared at her. He was thankful that she helped him, but also acknowledged and realized he could've lost her too. "That's not something to smirk about."

"I had a little bit of help."

"Either way, it was still reckless."

"Like I said." She replied.

"I don't care. You could have called Rebekah or Niklaus."

"Put them in danger too? I might not like Klaus very much, but even he doesn't deserve to die by Esther's hand." She raised an eyebrow. "Klaus would've been pissed if Caroline was with me and Esther's more powerful than Bonnie. I didn't have a choice. I helped you out, didn't I? No one else knew where you were and I didn't have time to contact Rebekah since she's in hiding with Hope while I knew Klaus wouldn't answer his damn phone if I called."

"Then you should've texted either one about the situation. I'm sure Rebekah would've been happy to hand Hope off to Miss Forbes or something. What if Esther made herself immune to getting fed on, limited the affect or whatever and stabbed you or something?"

"I've stabbed myself before at the lake house, remember?" She asked as he winced at the memory of not being able to do anything since he hadn't been invited in.

"I've already lost Tatia and I'm not going to make the same mistake with you in different circumstances."

"Elijah-" before she could say anything else, he kissed her and put all of his emotions into it. This one was the same as the one in Willoughby, but more intense if that was even possible.

"I love you and the fact she would've killed you would kill me." He said after pulling away a few minutes later.

"So I wasn't just imagining it?"

"You aren't imagining it." He confirmed.

"First time you saw me?"

"I knew you weren't Katherine just by your appearance, especially since I could tell you were human from the door."

"In the car before the lake house?"

"I knew you were nothing like your previous doppelgänger since you undaggered me."

"Your comment about never falling for another one."

"I lied because I was trying to convince myself that I wasn't in love with you when it was already too late."

"The day after the ball?"

"It was more directed at Esther than you even though I was hurt you lied, I still understood."

"Lake house?"

"I knew you would, but put on an act for the others."

"Willoughby?"

"I knew it was you the whole time and kissed you for you. If she was standing before me, I wouldn't have since it would have proved it. I meant what I said about your compassion I still admire."

"Protected me against Rebekah and Klaus?"

"I was already in the area and heard her saying your name. I knew he would kill you once he got enough of what he wanted."

"Always and Forever?"

He smiled. "I was subtly hinting at my feelings for you in the letter by writing my family's scared vow to see if you would catch it."

"I did, but didn't do anything due to all the distractions." She rolled her eyes. Enchanted by Taylor swift started playing as he kissed her again. Elena kissed back and it turned heated. Elena pulled away. "You sure about this?"

"If I wasn't, I wouldn't have kissed you." He replied before kissing her again, his heart full of want, need, desire and love. No one else has made him feel this much except Tatia and even then it was a close second compared to the love he felt for Elena. She kissed him back just as eagerly while taking his jacket off and setting it down at the end of the bed before she took off her shirt to expose a black bra with a gold design on it. Elijah's eyes darkened as she took her bra off and he took off his dress shirt as well. Her legs hit the bed and he helped her out of her black skinny jeans. He gently pushed her back with him hovering over her. His eyes were darker than they were moments ago. He kissed her neck and slightly bit on the skin which caused the brunette to let out a moan of pleasure before Elena kissed him more eager than before. Elena gasped as his fingers went into her underwear and thrusted one inside her while rubbing her clit at the same time. He smirked as he saw her expression and took off her panties. Once she was fully undressed, she took off everything that he was wearing until he was fully exposed himself. She didn't say anything, but there were no words needed for a moment like this anyways. They've literally sat in complete as he took her to the woods the day of the ball and she wasn't even nervous at all. It was when he'd started talking about the night before that she knew that he had been aware that she lied the night before. Banning those thoughts from her mind, she smirked as she moved down the bed and took him into her mouth.

"Elena." His expression instantly changed, expecting him to pleasure her first instead of the other way around. He wasn't going to complain though as he felt her hot breath on his shaft before she surprised him further by moving her head so it would go as far as it could before she moved back so the tip was still inside before she did the thing same as before and took him into her mouth again, essentially creating friction that he obviously enjoyed. She used her vampire speed to go faster before deciding to slightly squeeze his balls. "Elena, I'm so close." He said, looking at her sucking him off which turned him on even more. She felt him twitch inside of her, knowing he was close to exploding inside of her mouth. Eagerly, she kept going and he has finally emptied himself seconds later when she felt his hot cum shoot to the back of her throat and she swallowed every last drop. Grinning at him, she let go and looked up into his eyes that were darker than before if that was possible since she was back at the top of the bed. He kissed the brunette under him and moved so his mouth was over her entrance. Without hesitating, his tongue entered and moved around, which made her moan in pleasure as he played with her clit again, rubbing it as fast as he could before he sucked on her clit and messaged the walls.

"Elijah, I don't know how much longer I can last." She said, which just made him more eager to see her release. He used his vampire speed and it only took seconds for him to feel her cum leak out of her into his mouth. Like she did with him, he took it all. Sweet like honey, just like her. She gasped from the pleasure the orgasm just gave her. He kissed her, not giving her a chance to respond, which led to round two. They both kissed each other with equal amount of want and need as the other. He sucked on her nipple before giving attention to the other by rubbing it with his fingers. They instantly hardened and he sucked on the other one before letting go and trailing kisses down her body that felt like it was burning with never-ending passion as if she was a candle and her feelings for him was a light that never flickered or went out. Damon's words briefly entered her mind about a love that consumes and she knew she had that with Elijah. She loved him with everything she had within her. He was everything to her and she had a feeling it was mutual. It wasn't just the sex that made her finally admit it to herself, but it was the way they always understood and forgave each other for everything that's happened between them since they met. He knew she was Elena instead of Katherine in Willoughby and he only wrote his family sacred vow in the letter the day after the ball. He'd just admitted that he loves her, but she hadn't said the same thing back to him yet. That would have to change quickly. "Elijah..." She got cut off by him slowly entering her core, giving her a chance to get used to his size. With an assuring nod from her, he moved inside more until he reached the barrier than kept him from going further. Slowly moving in and out of her and back again, they were finally connecting as one. Their bodies moved in perfect sync and both felt like they were made for each other, not anyone else for either of them. No Damon, Stefan or Matt for Elena and no one else for Elijah either. They both fit perfectly like two pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that clicked together once they were found to be a perfect match. Within seconds, he moved faster and she met him thrust for thrust before her instincts took over and did something that surprised both of them. Her mouth went to his neck as her vampire face was exposed to him for the first time. Without even hesitating, she bit down and sucked some of his blood which caused him to hold her close while doing the same with her as he moved inside her at an even faster rate and it heightened things further for them as her walls tightened around him and he twitched inside of her. They came together with him shooting his hot load deep inside of her while she exploded all around him as they shared blood before pure bliss took over even after they pulled away. "That was amazing." They fell onto the bed with her resting her head on his chest with her hand close by. She sighed happily and Elijah kissed her on the forehead with his arm around her.

"It couldn't have been more perfect." He said, pulling her closer to him. "I am deeply in love with you."

"I'm in love with you too. Not Stefan and Damon, not Matt, no one except you."

He smiled and kissed her again, slow while still passionate before they just laid there in happiness.