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Elena POV

As I walked away from Elijah I could feel his eyes on me but I decided to ignore it, he was probably just judging me, I was, of course, only wearing his brothers t-shirt. He probably just thought of me as another one of his brothers conquests, I had a feeling Kol had been a player but that's why I thought it was just a bit of fun, I hadn't expected the way he reacted this morning. I also hadn't expected to be consoled by Elijah, especially not his kiss, it had only been a peck but I had wished for more, needed more. But I wouldn't come between brothers again, specifically vampire brothers. I sighed as I made my way to my room. This was all so confusing. I walked into my room and looked out of the window, assessing the weather in order to know what I should wear today. It looked sunny and, now that I thought about it, warm. I walked to my closet and decided on distressed light blue denim shorts and a black low-cut camisole, along with my blue high-top converses and a white oversized, lightweight cardigan.

I walked into the bathroom and assessed my outfit, I looked nice but not too much was showing, and I didn't want Elijah to think I was anymore a slut than he already did. I know Elijah isn't the judging type but I respected him and I wanted him to respect me. I decided to straighten my hair, I was always assumed to be Katherine when I left it curly. I put on some lip gloss and mascara, deciding just to go with the natural look today. Besides Elijah, one of the oldest vampires on all time, had just seen me crying and half naked, it couldn't get much worse than that. Assessing my appearance one last time I sighed and walked back towards where Elijah was waiting for me.

As I descended the last step I felt a new wave of dizziness hit me but passed it off as the aftermath of last night. I plastered on a smile and turned the corner, seeing Elijah already staring at me, I blushed as he took in my body, his eyes glazing over slightly until I cleared my throat and his gaze returned to my face.

"I apologise lovely Elena, you just looked positively beautiful today," he smiled warmly at me, clearly not embarrassed at all which only served to make me blush harder.

"Thank you, shall we go?"

"We shall," With that he stood and walked towards me, and led me out to his car.

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We rode in silence for a while before Elijah spoke up.

"Do you have feelings for Kol?" He asked, his eyes set hard on the road.

The question surprised me, I certainly hadn't been expecting that, "I-...I don't...I can't," I stuttered as I looked down at my hands, I knew what I felt but I would never admit to it. I looked back towards him analysing his reaction only to see his face his normal stony emotionless mask.

"And what about for me?" He inquired, finally turning to look at me.

If his other question had surprised me this one downright flabbergasted me, what was I to say? "Elijah...I have always felt something for you...but it is just mutual respect..." I looked away as I voiced my deceit. I knew I shouldn't be lying to a vampire, but I tried my best to hide it hopefully he'd just take that as an answer. And it seemed it was in my favour as we slipped back into silence, although this time it was uncomfortable.

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As Elijah parked his car I realised we were in the woods of Mystic Falls. Elijah exited the car and sped round to the passenger side, opening the door and holding his hand out for me to take, which I gratefully accepted. He was always such a gentleman, almost the polar opposite of Kol who was cheeky and arrogant much like Klaus who feigned manners, but alike Finn who always seemed composed. We walked a few minutes in comfortable silence before Elijah broke it once again

"I forgot how much I missed this land," he said wishfully, I looked up at him just to see him looking around longingly as we continued walking.

"I can't even imagine what it must have been like a thousand years ago," although I wish I could, it must have been so peaceful then.

"You know, your school was built over an Indian village. Where I saw my first werewolf. The town square was where the natives would gather to worship. Matter of fact, near that, there was a field where wild horses use to graze," he was so knowledgeable.

"That's incredible," I voiced my opinion, I would love to hear more about the things he had witnessed.

"Come," he demanded softly.

He led me to a clearing which I had visited many times recently, it was above the tunnels where we had kept the Original's mother.

"Do you know this place too?" I was amazed by his knowledge of the area.

"I do. Below us is a cavern I use to play in as a boy. Connects to a system of tunnels that stretch across the entire area. Perhaps it's nature's way of providing us with shelter against the savagery of the full moon. My mother said there must be a balance," He spoke as he assessed some leaves.

Suddenly a wave of nausea and dizziness hit me, "Elijah, I should probably go home."

He turned to look at me, "I admire you, Elena. You remind me of qualities I valued long before my mother turned us. It's not in your nature to be deceitful and yet when I asked you about your feelings for both myself and my brother, you lied to my face."

My blood ran cold and I felt myself pale, "that's not true," I stuttered, I should've known better than to lie to him.

"I can hear your heartbeat. It jumps when you're being dishonest with me. You lied to me in the car; you are lying to me now. Tell me the truth," he turned to me, his eyes cold, I was getting on his nerves.

I felt tears come to my eyes as I wrapped my arms around myself, "I never wanted this to happen."

"What Elena?" he gritted his teeth and I flinched.

"I-Ever since the ball I've been feeling...things for Kol...and Finn," I started looking at the floor, "I've always felt something for you, it's like I'm drawn to the three of you..." I took a deep breath, "When Finn walked me home the other night he kissed me and I felt passion again. Then when after my nightmare when you and I kissed I felt love again after all the pain of this summer. Then with Kol I felt like my old self before all of this supernatural business, he brings out the childish and fun parts of me." I kept my eyes set firmly on the floor not wanting to see the result of my confession.

He sighed and grasped my chin but I refused to move my gaze, "Look at me Elena." He demanded. My eyes shot to his only to see what looked like love in his own, "I have also always felt something for you Elena, even though I had promised myself not to allow myself to fall for another Petrova, but you're different. You are compassionate and honourable, traits I once saw in myself and I admire that. However I do not share what is mine Elena so I need you to think long and hard about your feelings for myself and my brothers before making a decision because once you are mine you cannot leave nor can you change your mind." His jaw going tight as he ended his sentence, I knew he could smell my arousal which had been caused by his growl whenever he said 'mine.'

I nodded and he leaned in closer to my ear, "You smell positively delicious Sweet Elena," he kissed my neck causing me to whimper and close my eyes. Then I couldn't open them again and I felt myself fall slightly as I heard my name being called.

But no matter how hard I tried I just couldn't open my eyes...