Always and forever Logs

Never tear us apart - 2

"I don't know if I could describe it as love at first sight. I think there’s an energy that some people have where they elicit all of the stuff from you and you suddenly become the best version of yourself around them. It’s as terrifying as it is magical."- Joel said to Alex as they were discussing his recent great intetest in one particular woman that seemed to have changed his behaviour, where she found him ordering flowers for that special someone.

"Where have you read that?! There is something so strange about you lately. It's like you have calmed down. No flirtations. The nurses are bewildered. It can't be that this woman out of nowhere just changed everything... and you are actually dating her the old-fashioned way?! That is so not your style?!"- Alex said.

"Maybe I will start believing that some women do possess the gift of witchcraft. I have to prepare for the OR!"- Joel  his fellow collegue behind the OR prep.

Whatever it was Joel Goran was mesmerized by  Elena Gilbert. They had a lenghtly talk in the cafe and asked her out for lunch straight out. And they did have lunch, as well as dinner and they didn't even kiss let alone end up in bed, which for him was like eating breakfast. And he sent her flowers, big bunch of red tulips.

"Maybe she has just awaken the gentleman in him!"- another nurse remarked to Meg. The gossip wouldn't stop and everyone was eager to meet her.

In Elena's apartment, Elena answered Bonnie's call.

""So, what have you found out. He can't be a doppelganger, can he?!"- Elena said.

"We have resurrected old witches, and you so saw your own doppelganger, why is it weird to believe that Elijah couldn't have a doppelganger?!"- Bonnie reminded her-"And he is exactly like Elijah?!"

Bonnie wanted another confirmation.

"You know how Katherine looked exactly like me but she was slightly different and so is Elij...oel."

"Elijoel, ha?!"- Bonnie remarked.

"Oh... I will take a photo of him and send it tonight. He is taking me out to a jazz club!"-Elena said.

"I wanted to say no... and just leave Toronto, all this is too much, and then, I just can't. I find myself in this weird moment when I look at him and he is so normal and I want to tell him about Elijah, but then I see him run a mile if I tell him that witches and vampires exist."

"You don't have to tell him anything. You are free of Klaus and you only now have a witch friend and a vampire friend."-Bonnie eclaimed.

"Just one vampire friend?!"-Elena said.

"I thought Stefan left?!"-Bonnie asked.

"Yes, but we still kinda speak."-Elena confirmed-"why does everything always be cimplicated?!"

"Nothing is complicated. Just go out with Elijoel and... have fun! I will call you if something weird happens!"

"Ok. Talk to you later."-Elena said and hung up.

She looked at the flowers. It screamed Elijah to her.

"Huh..."- Elena puffed. It felt like fate played a trick on her and the tables were turned. 

Hours later, Joel was in his office, the night had fallen and he just finished with his daily paperwork. He turned to look outside the window. It was a supermoon night. 

"Hey. mate!"- Joel said jokingly to the moon-" are you going to cause havoc tonight?!" 

As he turned away his eyes caught a reflection on the window of himself but something was unusual. It was as if he saw himself in a suit and yet he was wearing a T-shirt. He looked back and then shook his head.

"I am too tired!"- he said picking up his mobile phone and he speedialed Elena's number.

"E-Joel?!"- Elena said as she answered the call.

"Elena...are we still on for tonight?"- Joel said.

"We are."- Elena answered.

"Good. Shall we grab something to eat, first?!"- he suggested.

Elena agreed with all and they soon met in a bistro to Joel's liking. The place or the time was not important to Elena. She wanted to get to know him. And he was pleased to tell her some of his life story. Elijah with a New Zealand accent and so cool- Elena thought. And the mannerisms were all Elijah. Elena flashed back to a day ago when she followed him to the hospital. He was wearing a suit and she watched him talk to a hub nurse, explaining something official. 

It was so Elijah. When it came to her to tell how she came to travel the US and Canada for two years, Elenafound herself masking the truth, telling white lies and omitting the supernatural part of her life.

At one point her looks swayed to the supermoon outside. He noticed some strange longing in her gaze.

"Don't tell me you believe in the superstitions about the moon?!"

"Ha?"- Elena looked back at him- "sorry...ahm... it looks beautiful...superstitions?! Me?! But I believe in vampires, werewolves...I am only joking!"- she said chuckling a bit and then thought- "if only you knew."

"A friend of mine has a theory that moon does affect some people deeply. She said something about the blood moon after the harvest... anyway, I have nothing against folklore and myths. The stories are deep and carry  great morals."- Joel said.

The waiter came to offer desserts but they declined. Soon they were on their way to the club.

They were ushered to their table as they got in. They  ordered their drinks. The show had already started. The singer was introducing the next song. 

"Oh, I've seen her in Chicago!" Elena remembered.

"She is really good, I hear...from the nurses!"- Joel said.

Elena laughed a little now- " so, this date thing was the idea of the nurses?!"

"No. I just heard them talk about Paloma Faith and..."

"It's fine. I will tell you something you probably wouldn't believe?!"

"Oh, don't tell me- your ex was a werewolf and I should actually be beware of him because we have a supermoon outside-"

"Yeah!"-Elena continued in the joking mood-"no...it's... I can't remember when I was on a date the last time?!"

"Ok...let's then do the whole date thing- do you want to dance?"- Joel offered his hand.

Elena noded. They walked to the dance floor.

.....The twinkling in your eyes makes me wonder if I’m dead or alive,

And I, I just wait.

How many clues you need me to leave you?

I feel like I leave ‘em all the time.

Spending days together, I just,

Can’t help wondering when you’ll be mine.

If I could hold your hand, yes I would,

Be with you every day, if I could ....

Joel looked at Elena as if she was this mysterious woman, as he thought. There was something magical about her and although he kept denying it, his soul knew it was love at first sight, the moment she turned and looked at him at the cafe. Again, she was looking at him with familiar eyes that twinkled with a strange invitation making him wonder if he was dead or alive and he now pulled Elena into a gentle kiss as his hand glid up her neck feeling Elena's skin tremble with sweet sensation of the union.

When you gonna open up your eyes and see,

That you and I could always be.

Put your palm into mine,

And stop wasting time.

My heart is breaking, without you,

I don’t wana live another day.

And tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, I’m waiting.