Remember Me

Chapter One

A/N: Hey all! This is the official and TOTALLY REWRITTEN sequel to "Must Love Dogs" I know that there has been like two other versions of this darn story that I had written before and I keep changing it. But, this is the one that I will be sticking with and I will not be changing it around any longer. I promise! This version is somewhat similar to the very first version I had posted of this story. Although, it is very different. Please remember, I ALWAYS write about the pairings I say my stories are about! This story doesn't start with Stelena. But, we're going to go on a journey of ups and downs until we get to them. Also, there will also be Datherine, Klaroline and Lexi and Kol.

So, enjoy and thanks so much for reading!

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Remember Me- Chapter One

Nothing seemed that different as the sun shined down on her face and the limousine passed by the large palm trees swaying in the breeze. Six years, Elena thought. It was a long time to be away from such a beautiful place, from a place that she had once called home. Her jumbled thoughts all froze the moment she felt a light tap of someone hitting her knee.

"We're almost there, right?" He asked with a wide smile, intertwining her fingers with his own as he leaned forward and exhaled deeply. "Do you think they're going to like me?" He was just as nervous as she was. Coming face to face with Caroline and Klaus Mikaelson after she had spent so many years in his London flat without as much of as a thank you card sent his way for allowing her to be there was sending her on a nervous tailspin. "They'll love you." Elena smiled reassuringly, staring back out at the window as the driver drove them closer and closer into the hillside of million dollar homes and a beach front view that was beyond breathtaking.

"How rich are your friends?" He asked with a laugh as Elena leaned her back into the seat and exhaled deeply before she mumbled out. "Very wealthy people...All of them." She said simply, hearing him readjust himself in his seat across from her as he smiled just as she finally looked over at him.

"Do they know you've been seeing your therapist for the last year and a half?" He questioned as she shook her head. Klaus and Caroline hadn't really known much of anything in regards to what Elena had been up to since she called them for help that night after leaving Portland. To be honest, she had felt too guilty for everything she had done to everyone to even keep in contact with them either. After she had faced Stefan, just weeks before leaving the states. She was too torn up to face anyone else. The hurt and pained expression of Stefan's face had haunted Elena for months afterward as she had given Stefan full custody of Benjamin Salvatore, a newborn at the time, who was in good hands- he was with his father and knowing that was enough for Elena to have a piece of mind as she left everything she knew behind to fix herself.

"No." She said quietly as her mind drifted back to the present, feeling the car suddenly come to a full stop as the driver stepped out of the car and smiled at her while extending out his hand. "Welcome back home, Miss Gilbert." He stated. Elena took his hand, hearing her boyfriend grumble something about how the limousine from the airport to her friends house was a bit much.

"You clearly don't know the Mikealson's that well. Caroline used to be a bartender and Klaus. Well, all that man has ever known is how to spend his money. He's great at that, even when he spends it wisely." Elena commented, stepping out into the sun as she looked back at the brown haired young man who had just placed a pair of inexpensive sunglasses over his eyes. Kai Parker wasn't one to brag about his upbringing. He was raised in The Hamptons, his parents owned six different large restaurants nationwide because his dad was a renowned and famous chef. He was the only child and they had sent him aboard for schooling and the possibility to follow his passion of helping people. So, when the very wealthy and charming Klaus Mikaelson had come into contact with Kai about Elena Gilbert. They devised a plan. Elena, wanting to not burden anyone with her problems was sent to London, meeting up with Caroline there as Klaus had made sure that she was living in his old flat, all of her expenses paid.