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5

The next morning Stefan was out with the girls who were on their morning run. Will was sitting on the deck doing his studies but he was facing the opposite direction of what he usually does. Mia noticed this and walked up to him.

"What is going on with you?" She demanded. "I get it-grounded for a month and three weeks-but why are you avoiding Eva? By the way, why is she avoiding you?"

"Go talk to my dad or Uncle Klaus about it." He said as he did his work.

"Fine!" Mia said and she stormed inside. As luck would have it she found Elijah first.

"Uncle Elijah did you know that Will and Eva are avoiding each other? I asked him about it and he said to ask you and Uncle Klaus. I respectfully wish to say that I think this is WHOLLY unfair and I can't believe two of the most romantic men with their wives are standing in the way of love..." Mia said trying to walk the fine line between solving this and getting another week of 'groundation'.

"Your Aunt Elena already told me to talk to your Uncle Klaus about it and I was going to-with her consent-change his punishment." Mia stared at him wide eyed. She had no idea that her aunt had talked to him about it.

"Uh...oops. Could you forget I was here? I've copied spells until my fingers cramped," Mia said sheepishly. She hugged Elijah quickly and disappeared.

"That was quite odd." Elijah mused as he went back to search for his brother.

Klaus was watching both Will and Eva from the living room as he looked out the window.

"Brother, I think we may have finally gotten through to them. It should be a quiet month and a half," Klaus said.

"As much fun as it would be for you," Elijah said as he stepped up to stand next to him. "My wife would have me on the couch in our room. That and she wants to see Will and Eva happy together." He let out a breath. "We are also going to fix his punishment."

"What do you propose brother," Klaus frowned. Caroline had been saying the same thing to him and Eva did seem very unhappy but he had been using Elijah's unyielding stance to put them off.

"Lessen her punishment and actually talk to her about dating." He told him as he watched his son. "It's the only way to fix this and make our women happy."

"What exactly do you think I know about dating?" Klaus asked, "What did you tell your son?"

"Not much," he admitted. "I just told him that I had faith in him finding his mate and he said that he wasn't going to make my mistakes."

"Leaving her to help me in New Orleans?" Klaus murmured. Elijah squeezed his eyes shut. He still hated himself a little bit more whenever he thought about it.

"It all turned out more than alright," Klaus said, "she's yours now stop beating yourself up about it. Okay I'll go talk to Eva. Don't be surprised if she comes to you."

Klaus left Elijah and found Eva just finishing up from her run by taking a casual walk up the beach.

"I haven't seen you with Will lately," he started.

"You don't want me with Will," Eva replied evenly.

"I want you to be happy Eva. I just want to protect you too," Klaus said. "You have my permission to date Will. Do you have any questions?"

"What brought on this sudden change?" She asked.

"You were very happy with Will and now you're not happy and I see that. Apparently lots of people saw it. I fought for my love with your mother. You should be able to fight for yours with Will."