-1Klaus was standing outside Elena's house, shrouded in shadows. To any humans, he was invisble. To any vampires...well, any vampire who decided to notice him was in trouble.

He'd been watching the house for an hour now. From what he'd seen, Alaric Saltzman the history teacher he'd possessed was staying there with Jeremy and Elena. That was an inconvenience but not a problem. He could easily dispatch them within seconds. The only hint of a problem came at the door. Vampires could not enter the house without an invite and he had never been invited in. He sighed...there had to be a way. He prowled round the house.

Jeremy Gilbert was standing in the garden, seemingly inspecting some form of plant. Klaus couldn't identify it but it looked dead. He chuckled softly. Jeremy jerked upright, looking around frantically for the source of the noise. He looked like a fear stricken rabbit in Klaus's eyes. He laughed again and stepped into the light.

"Hello Jeremy" he said. Jeremy's eyes widened in horror and he darted for the house, but of course Klaus was quicker. He knew the boy would have vervain on him and he quickly sniffed it out. He tore off the bracelet he wore, hissing as the toxic plant scorched his skin.

"Now Jeremy, are you going to invite me inside?" The boy looked away.

"No!" Klaus growled and grabbed the boy, forcing him to look at him. he pressed down with his compulsion.

"Invite me in" Jeremy's pupils contracted slightly and when he spoke again, his voice was robotic.

"Please come in Klaus" He smiled.

"Thank you" He entered the house and stalked silently through the corridors. The history teacher was in the kitchen. He looked up as Klaus entered.

"You...?" Klaus didn't let him finish the sentence. He darted forward and slammed him over the head, knocking the man unconcious. He continued up the stairs to Elena's room. She was sitting by her window, writing her diary. Klaus stood there for a minute, watching her. She sighed and looked over at him.

"I know you're there Klaus" He took a step forward, emerging from the darkness. He smiled at her.

"How did you know?"

"I saw a person outside the house, heard Jeremy go out but not come back in. Alaric dropped something when you entered"

"Your senses have improved"

"I've been practicing. Never know when...say...a murderous ex boyfriend might return to take a chunk out of me" He sensed the bitterness and cold agression in her voice. He sighed.

"Clearly, you haven't moved on"

"From you kidnapping me, killing me, taking away my boyfriend and turning him into a psychopathic killer? Was i supposed to?" she said, throwing down her diary and standing "Was i supposed to suddenly forget all that and trust you?"

"No. you'd be an idiot to trust me" he said, approaching her "but right now, i just want you to be quiet" She opened her mouth to protest but he silenced her with a look. He leaned forward and kissed her, hard and passionately, filling it with all the pent up emotion he was feeling. She pushed him away, her eyes wide.

"What do you want?" she whispered.

"I want you"

Klaus wasn't sure why she let him, but she did. At first she looked as if she might fight him, scream to the people who wouldn't help her. But the second he leant forward and kissed her, her resistance crumbled. He didn't know why. Perhaps she felt what he did. The moment their skin met, a fevered excitement seemed to take hold of the doppelganger. Clothes were shed rapidly, bodies met and their souls cried out in passion and ecstasy.

Afterwards, Elena lay in Klaus's arms, her eyes closed, her face peaceful. He watched her, running his hand over her waist, feeling but at the same time not. Her heartbeat was so loud to his ears, melodic almost. He sighed and slipped from the bed. She muttered sleepily, clutching his hand. He sighed wistfully, and looked at her. Could it be that after all this time he'd actually grown attatched to the very human he'd tried to kill?

He removed his hand from her grasp and sighed again. He slowly dressed and left the room. Alaric was standing outside in the hallway, his face angry, his arms folded.

"Are you done?" he asked, eyebrow raised.

"Yes" Klaus said coldly "Are you planning on killing me?"

"No. Because I know I wouldn't win" said Alaric

"At least one of you has a brain" he responded. He made for the stairs but Alaric blocked his path.

"What did you do to her Klaus?" Klaus smirked.

"I thought you would have heard...? We weren't exactly quiet"

"I did. What I meant is...why did she let you?" Klaus shrugged.

"Ask her. I have no idea"

"But why did you pick her?" Klaus growled quietly.

"If i wanted to answer questions from a haggard history teacher, I would have kept you around" he pushed Alaric out of the way and headed down the stairs. Jeremy was seated on the sofa, his expression grim and nervous, as if he was awaiting bad news, which in a way Klaus guessed he was. He leapt up when he saw Klaus.

"Relax Jeremy. She's fine" he smirked "I haven't harmed a hair on her head" Jeremy moved quicker then Klaus would have thought was possible for a human boy. He seized the powerful hybrid by his jacket and slammed him against the wall.

"If you hurt her..."

"You'll kill me?" Klaus asked.

"No. I'll make you wish you died when you had the chance!" he snarled. Alaric had appeared, and was looking between the two with concern. Jeremy released the man with a look of disgust and disappeared upstairs. Klaus straightened his jacket and looked at Alaric.

"he could really use some anger management" he said, his trademark smirk once again a fixture of his face.

"Get out" growled Alaric. Klaus shrugged and left the house. He paused outside, unable to resist on last jibe at the history teacher.

"You really should change the locks. Anyone could just walk inside" he laughed at the man's furious expression and speeded away into the night.

He paused just a few streets away and stood very still for a moment or two, just thinking, remembering. Remembering the scent of Elena's blood, the feel of her skin against his, the sparkle in her eye. He sighed and sat down on a nearby wall.

"Someone's in love with a human" came a singsong voice. Klaus looked up and groaned.

"Elisabeth. Just the person I didn't want to see" she sat next to him.

"Hey, it's not my fault brother. Now...what are you going to do about it?" He looked at her, and nodded.

"Only one thing to do" he got up and ran, at vampire speed, back to the Gilbert house. he moved too quickly for Alaric or Jeremy to notice him. He returned to Elena's side and curled up next to her again. She stirred, rolled over and looked at him.

"You stayed" Her voice was filled with wonder.

"Yes Elena" He smiled and kissed her.