He Needs Her

The Kiss

Elena and Elijah stared into each-other's eyes and it was like the first time all over again. Their cold skin felt alight and their un-beating hearts fluttered. They gravitated towards each other, forgetting that they had an audience, unaware of anything around them. Their eyes began to close and their lips were mere centimetres away.

Hayley pushed Elena away from Elijah with all her strength, forcing Elena to go flying down the hall and onto her arse. Elena was unable to react due to the shock of what had just happened, before Hayley wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to Elijah's, whose eyes were still shut waiting for Elena's kiss.

Elena watched as Elijah and Hayley kissed in front of her and her eyes filled with tears, this was too much. She stood up quickly and sped out with vampire speed, her heart breaking from the scene that had unfolded in front of her. She noticed a barn nearby and ran to it. She sat down on a bale of hay sobbing.

Meanwhile in the living room, Elijah pushed Hayley away, similar to the way she had to Elena. Elijah went to go after Elena but Rebekah held him back, "She's upset Elijah, leave her." She told him, her hand still on his shoulder. Elijah went to shrug off his sister, intent on comforting the doppelganger but her grip tightened and her manicured nails dug into his shirt covered skin, "I mean it Elijah," she scolded.

Suddenly the wail of a baby brought the attention of all in the house and all close by. Hayley groaned from her place on the floor, angry at Elijah for his dismissal of her and now having to go to Hope because they'd awoken her. The Mikaelson siblings looked in the direction of the cries and smiled softly. Elijah looked to his sister and nodded in agreement but remained silent. Hayley stood and stalked up the stairs, her boots stomping on impact. Rebekah followed the hybrid mother, not trusting her alone with the infant when angry.

That left the two brothers alone in the living room. The younger of the two cleared his throat, "I'll go to Elena. I'm sure she'd rather speak to me than you right now, despite everything." Klaus stood and dusted himself off and walked for the door.

"Don't you dare hurt her, Niklaus," Elijah gripped his younger brother's arm, preventing him from moving.

Klaus shook his brother off and laughed humourlessly, "Oh brother, you don't have to worry about me. It's you who has the power to hurt 'the lovely' Elena." Klaus walked casually in the direction he'd watched the doppelganger run off to.

All the while his older brother watched after him, his eyes narrowed in suspicion, why was Niklaus being so kind to the Petrova? Elijah had never seen Klaus so concerned about anyone but himself and Hope, and Elijah hated it. He'd have to watch his younger brother.