It was the sun rays peeking through the opening of the heavy curtains that first stirred Elena awake as she attempted to turn her face away from the offensive light.  Then she tried to move, to shift to her side, but the heavy arm resting across her middle and the legs tangled with her own made movement nearly impossible as she once again found ( Read more... )

Elijah had to be avoiding her, that was the only conclusion Elena could come to ( Read more... )

Elena was in heaven.  After spending the last couple months  in cold, windy and wintery weather, Elijah had finally decided to take them somewhere warm and of course it wasn't just simple hotel on a beach.  Instead they were spending Valentine's day (and the week) on their own private beach with a beachfront villa where it was only the two of them ( Read more... )

Elena had always wanted to go London.   She had always wanted to marvel at the sights, the people and the rich history.  She had wanted to walk the streets, hear the people talk and really get a taste of things by going on the weird touristy things that people did when they went to London.  It was just one of those things she had wanted to do ( Read more... )

Of all the places Elena Gilbert could have ended up in her life, on Klaus Mikaelson's doorstep was not one of those places she would have ever considered.  But there she was, staring quietly at the door as she weighed the options of her plan.  There was no doubt in her mind that it was crazy, psychotic even, but she had nowhere else to go ( Read more... )

"Seriously, when is the last time you've decorated a tree?"  Elena stood back with an amused look as she watched Elijah reaching to put the star on top of their Christmas tree.  "And I mean you, not the servants ( Read more... )

Elena knew the talk had been coming eventually.  For seven months they had avoided really talking about the future and what it meant when his brother found out about the two of them.  For seven months they had blocked out the real world but it was something they couldn't do forever.  Even now it was looming ahead of them with the holidays ( Read more... )

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It was another cool Fall night in New York but Elena barely felt the chill as she stood over the body at her feet with a soft frown on her face.  She could still hear his heartbeat, so she knew he wasn't dead but his heart seemed to be struggling to keep steady and that troubled her.  Clearly she had taken too much but she didn't know how to fix it ( Read more... )

Elena couldn't breathe ( Read more... )