Elejah Always

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Caroline stood in front of an exqusitely elegant sailing boat where Klaus was holding his hand out to her to help her get on board smiling charmingly.

God. This man. She thought as she swalliwed a gulp."You could have just sent me the address and the invite- it would have been just as right" Caroline said still standing on the dock.

"It would not have been half the fun. And I know how you revel in the investigation- I hope you like sailing?"

"Well, I grew up in New Orleans. We have sailing boats down there. My ex was" she stopped there.

"But I doubt he had taken you out in such beauty?" Klaus said.

"Your confidence has no limits?!" Caroline remarked.

"None" Klaus confirmed smirking a bit.

From the first day they met - it was like they entered a dance of Paso Doble. Always so close and always one step away. Klaus figured out immediately that her heart was trempled on, but it didn't discourage him. And he did not push her, not in a way someone else thought and he had told her at the Ball.

"You are not ready to date. I see that. But please allow me to be there. Let's dance. And see where we get at the end of it"

And she went for the dance, then and everytime he had asked her out since. To a gallery opening, to dinner, to one event or the other. And behaved as a perfect gentleman. She was enchanted by him, but still kept her guard.

"So, are you coming on board? Or I should I leave the supper for the fish? I doubt they love cajun"

"No. I am coming on board." Caroline said taking his hand now.

***

Elijah finished work and looked at the clock. It was nearly ten. He got up and put the tablet aside on the side table. Then walked out to the kitchen and got a beer out. The defeaning silence of the penthouse was nothing new. It was like a normal thing- or? No. This is not the normality he wanted. Not the normality he deserved. Why did the things turn out the way they did? Why him? He had done nothing but be there? Done everything in his manly power to make things better. Why? But there was no answer. Only complicated explications.

He took a swag of the beer and looked out through the window into the night. His thoughts wondered from one moment to the next - and strangely he felt a chill struck his whole body.

Flashback

Wedding night, Mystic Falls, years back

"I want us to promise something here" Elena said.

"I promise everything!" Elijah smiled giving her a small kiss as his hands roamed up and down her back.

"Elijah, I am serious" Elena put both her hands on his head making him look at her.

"Promise, that if any of us stumble along the way for whatever reason- we would be honest about it. If you stop loving me or feel like this is not it- you will tell me and be fair about it- no matter how hard it is"

"What are you talking about? We've been married for about five minutes and you already have worst case scenario that we won't make it?"

"Promise you will always be open about how you feel. Always!" Elena said.

Elena had her quirky moments, he knew and loved her for it. And so he took her hands in his,"I promise. Always! I love you. And it will be forever! Didn't you hear my heart chime?"

"Oh, I heard your heart. I am hearing it now, too. It will be forever!" Elena gazed in his eyes as he swept her up taking her over to bed, both kissing wildly now.