The Tragic Love Story of Elijah and Elena

Chapter Ninteen

If my heart could beat, the blood would be pumping through it so quickly right now.

I'm torn between finally getting what I want, and chickening out like I always do.

Come on Elena, what's stopping you?! He's right there. Kiss him already damn it.

My subconscious is really, really annoying.

Finally snapping out of it, I build up all the courage I have and step forward, crashing my lips to his.

He reacts immediately by placing his hands on my hips and kissing me back slowly and passionately.

My hands find their way to his hair and tangle themselves in his thick, brown, luscious hair.

The kiss is already heated and he pulls me closer to him, almost hungrily.

The kiss is so passionate, strong, and meaningful. It's finally happening. After everything it's finally happening.

But just like always, we get interrupted. Of course. We hear a car in the driveway, causing me to vamp away from him and fix myself.

Elijah looks over to me and bites his lip. "It's Niklaus and Hayley." He whispers and stands up, fixing himself as well.

Soon enough they walk in through the front door and I sigh quietly.

Damn it.

"Oh Elijah, you're home." Klaus smirks and looks over to me. "Oh Elena, what a surprise love." He smirks and bites his lip. I had a feeling Klaus new, I mean come on what do him and Caroline talk about when they actually are talking?

"Klaus." I say and shift uneasily. This is a little awkward.

"I think it's time you leave, we have a family thing we need to talk about." Hayley says and crosses her arms. She looks over at Elijah and I can see that look in her eyes.

I clench my jaw briefly, feeling my jealousy and anger build up, but I quickly let it simmer down.

"And what might that be Hayley?" Elijah asks, tilting his head.

"I'll tell you about it when she leaves."

"What family thing?" Klaus asks confused, but Hayley nudges him.

Ouch. "Well then I guess I'll be on my way out." I say a bit snobbish but hopefully it's not that noticeable.

I walk over to the coat rack and shrug on my black peacoat. I look over to Elijah and smile faintly.

"Bye Elijah. I'll talk to you some other time." I say and bite my lip.

"Bye Elena." He says and I walk out, vamping away.

XX

The past few days have been odd. Caroline hasn't really been talking to me, and when she does talk to me, her choice of words are very careful and its a very short conversation.

Everyone's been acting a little weird lately. I haven't really talked to Elijah since our kiss that was interrupted, but he's probably busy with that "family thing."

I sigh and shrug it off, grabbing a blood bag and chugging it down. I just took a shower, so right now I'm waiting for my hair to towel dry for about ten minutes.

I picked out my outfit, which is just a blue blouse, with black skinny jeans, a jacket, and my tan ankle boots.

Soon, Caroline comes through the door quickly, shutting it and locking it. She's panting lightly and she stands there with her back against the door for about two minutes maybe.

"Care, what's-"

"Shh!" She shushes me and snaps her head in my direction.

I take the hint and I stay quiet, but I can't help but think about the many things that she could be worried about.

After what seemed like ten minutes, she sighs and loosens up.

"Sorry, I was just coming back from the Mikaelson mansion and I got into a bit of trouble with some vampire." She says casually and sets her phone down along with her jacket.

"It's fine." I say and take my hair out of the towel, combing through my damp hair with my fingers lightly.

"Care I'm done." I say finally having enough with the silence and awkward conversations. "What's up with you? Why are you always so distant or so careful around me anymore?" I ask and stand up.

"I'm not?" She says in a questioning tone. She's playing dumb. "I'm not an idiot Caroline, tell me!" I say sternly.

"There's something going on and you won't tell me." I continue and shake my head.

"Elena," she sighs and runs her fingers through her curly blonde locks.

"Honestly if I were you I would drop this right now, pretend I didn't just run in here panicked, pretend you didn't say those words, pretend that I haven't been ignoring you."

Is she being serious right now? Unbelievable. "Wow you're something else." I say and roll my eyes.

"Elena, I'm serious just please, drop it." she says again, almost pleading.

I look into her scared blue eyes and sigh. "Fine." I say, finally giving in, knowing that when she has that look on her face, I know to stop.

"Thank you." She sighs heavily and walks into the bathroom.