Damon watched her with Kol, the two of them smiling at each other. He cringed when Kol leaned in close to Elena and kissed her. To bad Kai was dead, otherwise he would kill him for taking Elena and ruining whatever chance he had to win her back.
"What are you doing here Damon?" Stefan asked, then he saw what Damon was looking at.
"I still think she's compelled, and I will figure out how to get her back Stefan" he said matter of factly.
"Damon, she's not compelled. Granted I was just as surprised as you and worried for her safety around him at first, then I saw how he is with her. He looks at her like she is the only one in the room, gives her choices, doesn't smother her and he loves her...and she loves him. Even a blind man could see it. I know you don't want to hear that, but let her go. Let her be happy brother" Stefan said sincerely.
"I love her Stefan and if Kai hadn't taken her...hadn't put them together...this wouldn't be happening right now" Damon said frustrated.
"If you love her, then let her go" Stefan said before walking away.
Damon couldn't stand watching them together anymore, but he knew what his brother said was true. The letting go was easier said than done, this hurt worse than when Katherine had chose Stefan over him. He finished his drink and headed out into the night.
Nik and Elijah had watched Damon leave, then shared a look of relief. Thankful the others had been so engrossed in conversation that they hadn't noticed the eldest Salvatore before he left. Stefan had stopped to talk to Matt before heading out the door a few minutes after Damon.
"This has been a splendid evening, shall we all have one more before heading home? Nik asked looking around the table.
"One more won't hurt" Rebekah said smiling.
"In that case Elena and I are going to go play a game of pool" Kol mentioned, as the two of them got up and walked over to the pool table.
The siblings watched how Kol was with Elena, he was gentle with her, relaxed and smiled more than he had for centuries. His impulsive, reckless nature seemed to be fading away but the dangerous side remained, as it did for all of them but Freya.
"He really loves her, doesn't he" Rebekah said more as a statement than question.
"I believe he does Rebekah" Elijah said watching his younger sibling.
"I love seeing him happy, to get rid of that anger he has been carrying around for so long" Freya said thoughtfully.
"That is why whenever the eldest Salvatore is around, we can't let him push Kol's buttons to lose control and lose the one thing that makes him truly happy, otherwise Mystic Falls will be minus one vampire" Nik stated making his siblings look at him.
"Hopefully it won't come to that" Elijah said looking back at Kol and Elena,"but we will protect her as if she was one of us."
"I think our brother got beat at pool by a girl" Rebekah smirked.
"Come now Rebekah, he probably let her win" Nik teased.
"I don't know Nik, from what I heard she can play fairly well" Freya said.
"Well here they come, so I'll ask" NIk said looking at Freya.
"Be my guest" Freya said.
"So brother who won?" Nik asked Kol.
"She did and no I didn't let her win, all I can say is I was...distracted" Kol teased looking at Elena.
"So you're saying if you hadn't been distracted you would have won?" Elena teased with a smile.
"Don't say anything Kol, she'll use it against you later" Nik teased with an amused look as Kol went to say something and thought better of it.
"Something tells me, Nik is right on this. So darling I concur you are an excellent pool player" Kol said with a smile.
"I thought I would never see the day, Kol being a suck up to a girl" Rebekah said with amusement.
"I'll have you know dear baby sister I don't suck up, I was being honest" Kol smirked.
"He's being a suck up" Rebekah said looking at Elena with a smile.
"Now that we have all agreed that he is being a suck up, let's head home" Nik said chuckling.
"That hurts my feelings" Kol said holding his hand over his heart with a smirk.
"Come on, I need to go to my house first" Elena said to him grabbing ahold of his hand.
"Alright love" he said as he followed her outside ahead of the others.
"I dare say our brother is..what is the word...whipped" Elijah quipped making the other siblings smile and laugh as they made their way outside.
They headed off towards home while Kol and Elena headed to her house.
"Tonight was fun" Elena said looking out the window.
"It was fun, wasn't it? I can't think of a time any of us could stand to be in the same room for a few minutes at a time before one of us would get daggered. So tonight was really good" Kol said watching the road.
"I'm glad that you all seem to be getting along, it's nice to see" she said looking at him.
"Thank you love, you know you should just grab some clothes and pajamas and leave them at the house. That way you will always have some clothes there, besides while Freya and I were out earlier she grabbed things you might need. So now my bathroom I dare say has....girly stuff in it" Kol said thoughtfully with a grin.
"She didn't have to do that, and are you sure you want girly stuff in your room?" Elena asked him.
"I wouldn't have offered if I minded, in fact I kind of like the idea" he said grinning at her.
"If your sure, I don't want you feeling obligated or feel like we are moving to fast. It's only been a month" she reminded him.
"I don't feel obligated, and I am sure love" he reassured her as they pulled up to her house.
Kol once again had opened her door for her, and up the sidewalk hand in hand they walked. Once they were inside Elena headed upstairs to grab extra clothes to take with her to leave there for when she stayed over with Kol. She looked around her room to see if she needed anything else before heading back downstairs.
Half way down the stairs Elena could see Kol as he picked up the family photo and smile, which caused her to smile as she walked downstairs. He sat the photo back down to turn and look at her.
"What?" she said with a puzzled smile.
"I was just thinking how lucky I am" he said walking towards her.
"That makes two of us" she said looking up at him.
"Here let me grab your bag" Kol said taking the bag from her.
"Why thank you" she said with a smile as she followed him out the door.
