"If you can do what you're claiming," Bonnie said, getting in Kol's face about the matchmaker thing, "then tell me about my romantic life," she tried him. She didn't like how proud of himself he was, and she wanted to rub it in his face that he wasn't all that awesome.

He leaned on the table and smirked at her. Everyone was now in their own conversations. Elijah had started muttering in a very tiny voice to Rose, with Finn trying to eavesdrop. Elena was watching Bonnie and Kol was they talked around her. And Klaus leaned a little over the table to talk to Caroline quietly. "I told you I wasn't a stalker this morning," he brought up their previous encounter.

"I still don't know that," she said back in a small, trying voice.

"I'm an Original; that must give you some idea of how I live."

Caroline chuckled. "Actually, that just means you could be a creepy grandpa inside."

Klaus started to smile. "I resent that," he said in a friendly way.

"You should. But if you're not a creepy old guy, what are you?" she asked, interested in what a zillion year old being would act like.

Klaus hesitated to answer. He couldn't tell her exactly who he was yet, that would just push her completely away and build a brick wall between them. So, he decided to tell her the truth that would never be confirmed. "I'm just like you, except I've managed to control myself one hundred percent and nothing really comes as a surprise to me anymore."

"Really?" Caroline smiled, getting ideas. "Then I guess I have a new mission."

"Trying to surprise me?" he clarified, appealed that she was set out to prove him wrong.

"I bet I can do it," she said, getting excited.

"And what exactly are you willing to bet?" he probed her.

Meanwhile, everyone else was still carrying on with their conversation.

"I don't like you," Bonnie hissed at Kol as he smirked in pride at her. He had just demonstrated his skill on her, uncovering that she'd dated two guys in the past three years. He informed her of her type, as well (something she hadn't pieced together herself, but found he was right when he described the perfect guy to her).

"No, I'm not finished," he informed her, holding up a finger like a sassy woman. "There's one more thing. I know that the first guy you dated was Elena's brother."

Elena frowned in disbelief at him. "How could you possibly know that?"

"I bet he's been stalking us," Bonnie fathomed.

Kol leaned back in his seat and pulled his hands up behind his head. "I'm just that good, darling," he said with a grin on his face.

"We really do need to get this whole thing sorted out," Finn told Elijah and Rose in their own private conversation.

"Agreed," Rose said with eagerness, getting upset with the conversation. She huffed and looked forward, deciding not to look directly at Elijah or Finn. "I hate when you both just jump at me like this."

Elijah sighed in frustration. "If you simply settled this entire thing, one of us wouldn't be here to jump at you."

"Well I don't want to settle it. I like it," she smirked.

"And if you continue to admit things like that," Finn started to warn her, "Elijah will leave you faster than you can imagine."

"That is true," Elijah agreed. "I don't like fighting with family because someone finds it amusing."

"But that's the catch, isn't it?" Rose asked, looking at Elijah. "You won't leave."

"Again," Finn said, rolling his eyes. "He'll leave you if you continue to tell him what he can and cannot do. Because now he feels he needs to prove you wrong."

Klaus held his hand over the table to Caroline, starting to end their own dispute. "So it's now a deal," he declared, smirking. "You surprise me by the end of the year–"

"School year!" Caroline reminded, bringing her hand up to take his in the shake.

"By the end of the school year," he changed, "and I'll take you wherever you want on this earth. But if you don't win, then you tell me your deepest secret," he negotiated.

"My deepest secret? Really?" she enquired without taking her hand from his.

"I've come to learn that secrets can be very useful," he said simply, narrowing his eyes and nodding.

Caroline chuckled and nodded her head to the side to say alright then. She shook his hand firmly and said, "Deal."

Klaus smirked and pulled his hand back, watching her with a certain…glint to his eyes.

Caroline smiled at him for a few seconds, studying his blue eyes. She looked up, however, when she saw a guy approaching the table. She saw the notepad in his hand and remembered that she was in a restaurant. "Oh, food, right," she said, pulling herself back to her menu in her lap.

Rose saw the guy too and brought Elijah and Finn's attention to it.

The guy got to the table and greeted them. "Hello. My name is Cooper, and I'll be your waiter for the evening."

"About time," Klaus mumbled to himself and looked down at his menu. He had his choice of food all ready and gave his order to Cooper. Elijah followed, and then Elena. Finn followed, ordering the same thing Elena chose, and Caroline thought what Elijah got sounded good. Rose requested two plates of advertisers. Elena realized Bonnie and Kol were the last two, but they hadn't even noticed Cooper. They were still arguing over how amazing Kol was. Elena elbowed Bonnie, getting her to look up at Cooper.

It was like you could almost see the electric currents pass between Cooper and Bonnie. Bonnie became speechless as she studied the hottie at their table. Kol giggled evilly to himself and ordered his meal. Bonnie smiled at Cooper as he looked at her, waiting for her voice to ring. "I'll have the same," she said in the most feminine voice she could come up with, making sure her s's were soft and long, and her m came out almost inaudibly.

"Great. I'll be back in just a short while," Cooper reassured them, looking mainly at Bonnie.

He turned to leave, but Klaus' arm lashed out and grabbed his, stopping him in his tracks. "How about your oldest champagne, mate?" he added to the order in a low voice, not happy that the guy had left out drinks because a girl had tickled his fancy.

Cooper nodded at Klaus, and walked away quickly. As he got out of earshot, everyone went back to doing their own thing. Well, they would have, but Kol caught everyone's attention.

He crossed his arms on the table and leaned around Elena to Bonnie. "Oh, mi God. Wasn't he handsome?" he hissed in a screaming whisper.

"Shut up!" she snapped back at him.

"Did I miss something?" Finn asked, frowning at the two.

"Yes," Elena replied almost immediately. "You missed an entire conversation."

Kol turned to everyone else and started explaining. "I described Bonnie's dream guy to her, and that was him," he said, summing it up.

"You totally saw him earlier and just guessed that I would like him," Bonnie accused.

Kol rolled his eyes. "Yes, and I also guessed at your entire romantic life for the past three years," he said sarcastically.

"Do you two need a minute alone?" Caroline asked, telling them that they were being ridiculous.

"No," Bonnie said strongly. She sat up straight and collected her posture. "I'm done talking to him."

Kol frowned at her like Are you kidding me? "She just hates being shown wrong, doesn't she?" he asked Caroline and Elena.

"Yeah."

"Kinda."

"So, Finn!" Bonnie said, changing the topic off of herself and onto someone else. "What's your story?" she asked, looking completely interested.

"I'm not sure what else there is to share," he said respectfully. "I've lived a rather long and monotonous life."

"Oh, come on," Bonnie dragged. "There's got to be something fun you can tell us girls."

"Yeah, Finn," Rose agreed, turning and smirking at him. "Tell us girls a story."

Finn thought for a moment, and then cleared his throat. "How about the tale of sailing with Christopher Columbus?" he asked, seeing if that would get their attention.

"Oh, good God," Rose mumbled to herself. "I need a drink."

Bonnie and Elena actually seemed to be interested of how Finn was around when that Columbus dude was sailing to America. Caroline, however, hated history, so she decided that looking around the restaurant would be much more entertaining.

Klaus watched Caroline, noting all the little things she did. Like how she licked her lips every so often and how she always turned her head to where she was looking. But he especially liked how she would show her expressions through her eyes. You could tell whether she was confused, annoyed, having fun, shocked, or just simply pondering by the way she looked at everything.

Elijah looked down at Rose's hand. He didn't touch her, just studied her soft skin, debating whether to hold it or not. A long time ago, he wouldn't have hesitated to. He wouldn't even have had to think about wrapping his arms around her… But now that Finn was involved, it was out of the question. Elijah looked back up, tuning himself into the story of the voyage, leaving Rose's hand to rest at her side peacefully.

Luckily, they only got half way across the ocean before Cooper returned with the champagne and glasses. Klaus dismissed him, much to Bonnie's disappointment. He stood up out of the booth and opened the bottle with his teeth (which Caroline found incredibly hot) and poured everyone a glass.

"How about a toast?" Kol offered, holding his glass up and smiling. A few people frowned at him (mainly the girls), but all did as he had and held their drinks up. "To getting to know one another," he announced. Klaus took a seat and inclined his head forward. He went to take a sip, but Kol continued, so he stopped and raised his eyebrows at his brother. "And to living like humans," he smiled. "Elijah, add your two cents."

Elijah thought for a moment, but because he'd done this so many times, the moment was only like two seconds. "May this year come and pass as quickly as it arrived."

"And to parties," Kol added onto his. He then looked at Rose, telling her it was her turn.

Rose inhaled as she raised her eyebrows quickly and then dropped them as she exhaled in not wanting to say anything. "Um. To complications," she said, and only Elijah and Finn understood.

"To solving complications," Kol corrected cheerfully. He then looked to Elena – her turn.

Elena hesitated for a long time, not knowing what to say. "To…friendship," she chuckled, trying to make it look like it was silly and she didn't really want to do it because Kol was stupid.

Kol's smile dropped and he looked at Elena with a serious face. "Hey, I already said that," he accused her like she'd taken his glory.

Finn lifted his glass. "Always treating the ladies with some respect," he said to Kol in a stern voice.

"To being single," Bonnie smirked.

Kol leaned around Elena. "What!?" he hissed at her like that was the most idiotic thing he'd ever heard.

Caroline continued, wanting to speak before she lost confidence or someone else talked first. "Keeping my head from exploding through any frustration."

"To dating everyone that comes in our path!" Kol said louder than the table's volume limit. He was trying to make the point that he didn't want anyone in the group remaining single, and Bonnie sneered at him because of it.

Klaus was the last to say anything, He held his glass to the center of the table. "Learning to trust," he declared, passing Caroline the quickest glance, she almost missed it. Everyone brought their glasses to the middle, gently clinking them together. As the glasses were coming back to them, Kol waited. He moved his glass to his lips like everyone else, but spoke quickly as the champagne entered everyone's mouths. "And you all treat me like a king!" he said super-fast before taking his own drink.

Nearly all of them frowned at him as they swallowed. Bonnie set her glass down. "Yeah, I'll pass on that last one," she said in a sassy voice.

"Yeah, and I'll give you a parking ticket," he said in the same voice as her, mimicking her. Suddenly Kol jumped and groaned. "Ow! You son of a bitch," he grumbled to Finn.

"Respect," Finn said simply.

Kol set his glass down defiantly. "She started it!" he informed Finn in a loud voice.

Rose set down her glass as well. "How about we hear more about you ladies?" she offered, switching topics. "I'm actually interested in hearing how much you know about your bloodline, Elena," she said with a forced smile.

Elena pulled some of her hair behind her ear. "Not very much," she shyly chuckled. "I just know that Katherine was my grandmother. Is my grandmother. But that's all I really know about the Petrova doppelgangers."

"You know their last name, that's a start," Finn pointed out.

"But the finish isn't until way down the road," Kol muttered. His face brightened up suddenly as he got an idea. "Here's a bit of trivia to give you a good shove down the knowledge road we seem to be using as a metaphor – Elijah dated Katherine when she was human."

"What!?" Caroline couldn't help but blurt out. But it was okay since Bonnie had done the exact same thing.

Elijah took a deep breath, trying not to strangle Kol. "It's in the past. It was no more than a few romantic glances," he reassured them.

Klaus took a sip of his drink. Almost right after he swallowed, he spoke. "He slept with her on more than one occasion," he said matter-of-factly.

Rose audibly gasped and turned to look at Elijah. "With Katherine?" she exclaimed in an insulted tone. She wasn't the only one that was shocked. Elena looked like she was rejecting the information being given to her, Finn looked pleased with himself, Kol was laughing because he loved that he and Klaus had both ganged up on the eldest, and Caroline was watching Elena, hoping she didn't snap.

Luckily, no one could get into too big of a hatsful argument because they were all interrupted. "Um, excuse me?" Almost all of them turned their heads in synch, glaring at the waiter that had dared step into their conversation. Cooper looked like he might crap his pants at any second under all the intense eyes. "Um…we had a bit of a…explosion in the back, so your food might not be ready for another hour or so." He nodded timidly, not knowing what else to do. "And also…" He looked down at his hands. "Others are complaining about a noise disturbance at this table…"

All of them looked at him, each of their faces changing into a different mood. Klaus looked ready to stand up and punch someone (calmly, though, like he might straighten his jacket out before and after hitting them). Bonnie looked like she was in love; Elena looked embarrassed about being scolded; Kol for some reason smirked; Caroline watched Cooper as she licked the front of her teeth in annoyance with him; Elijah folded his hands in his lap, showing his disappointment and relief that they were off the Katherine topic; Finn didn't seem to mind, it happens. And then Rose, she nearly pulled on her vamp face, but she managed to block her slip with her hand by pulling her bangs out of her face.

"Someone's not getting a tip," she sang as she sat back and calmed herself.

"Look, I'm sorry. It's not my fault. Or the restaurant's–" Cooper tried to tell them, but never finished his thought.

Kol gently hit his hand on the table in a defiant way. "You're right. This is Santa Claus' doing. Where is the fat man?" he asked while looking around. "I need to have a word with him…"

Caroline and Bonnie couldn't help but chuckle. But because it was a serious atmosphere, the chuckles escalated to poorly hid cackles. Kol was smiling at Bonnie, proud he had finally made the stubborn girl laugh.

Elijah looked around Caroline at the waiter. "Of course it's not your fault. But, while we wait, would it be possible for you to make up for this little situation by getting the dance area crossed off for us for fifteen minutes or so?" he instructed more than requested.

Cooper frowned. "Crossed off? Like, just for you eight?"

"Precisely," Elijah said with a stern face.

"Y-yeah. I'll see what I can do…" he said as he turned to leave.

Klaus watched him until he was far enough away for comfort. "The dance area?" he questioned Elijah right away. "What for?"

Kol narrowed his eyes in that Are you kidding me? way he did. "So we can all go lie down and take a nap, Nik. That's why," he snapped.

Klaus completely ignored his brother and waited for Elijah's answer. Elijah shrugged slightly. "I thought it would be a good way for us to truly connect."

Bonnie kinda chuckled. "I can't really dance."

"And we probably don't know the dances you guys know, anyway," Elena threw in.

Finn waved off their comments like they were nothing. "We can fix that," he reassured them.

Elijah nodded at Caroline as she frowned at them all. She took his hint and slid out of the booth, standing off to the side awkwardly as Elijah and Klaus both got out. Elena and Bonnie followed suit, not wanting to be left out. "Everyone," Elijah started to instruct. "Find a partner." He turned and began walking away. Rose followed him, and that's what completely captured Caroline's attention. Elijah looked back over his shoulder as he walked between other tables of people. He looked at Rose and everything seemed to go into slow motion for Caroline as she watched him move his hand back and gently take Rose's.

Kol had sarcastically bowed to Bonnie, who sneered at him and rolled her eyes. "No?" he said to her. And then he moved past her and held his hand out to Elena. Elena slowly took it, and he walked her formally after Elijah. Finn had made to offer Caroline a dance, just because she was standing closer to him, but Klaus held his hand up to Finn, telling him no and he stepped into Caroline's eyesight, blocking Elijah and Rose off from her view. So Finn moved to take Bonnie to the area they were all headed. Klaus bowed his head at Caroline. "Care to dance?" he offered.

Caroline nodded her head to the side. "Do I have a choice?" she reminded him.

He smiled as he turned and brought his arm up for her. She sloppily hooked her arm in his and followed behind Elena on their way to the dance area. Elijah was already standing in a dancing position with Rose, and they looked like they were brushing up on their dancing steps. Kol and Elena were standing around awkwardly because Elena had no idea what the hell she was supposed to be doing. She frowned at him as he took her hand in his and placed his other hand around her back.

"What are we doing? I can't dance," she tried telling him.

"Okay, listen to me," he said, looking straight into her eyes. "You know every step to every dance known to man," he told her.

She slowly smiled. "Holy crap. I know what's going on!" she exclaimed.

Kol tilted his head up to the ceiling and shook it back and forth enthusiastically while practically singing, "Looovely!"

Elijah looked around, avoiding Rose's eyes just as she was his. "I'll remind you that you can still move out of the duplex. It would save us an entire year of heartbreak and fights–"

"Elijah, I'm not moving out," Rose told him for the twentieth time. "We're adults. We should be able to handle all of this."

"Yes, that's why this has gone on for over two centuries…"

Bonnie frowned at Finn as he looked dead into her eyes. He'd told her he was about to compel her, which was why she was frowning. It was just unusual. It made her think of a vampire coming up to someone and going, "Now, hold still. I'm going to fuck with your mind. Are you ready? You sure? Okay, here I go…."

But surprisingly, the way Finn compelled her was polite and completely normal. "It's an old waltz of ours. Very simple. And you know every step to it," he informed her.

Bonnie nodded. "Alright, cool." She bobbed her head up and down as she "casually" looked around at the others (Kol). Much to her enjoyment, he just happened to be making a fishy face in her direction. When their eyes locked they immediately turned away, not wanting to be caught.

Klaus slowed down and took Caroline's hand in his. He held her in the dancing pose everyone else was in. Caroline looked uncomfortable.

"Do you waltz?" Klaus asked.

"Um..I only know one dance," she said timidly. "And I'm a vampire so…Should I just sit this one out? I'm just going to be making a mess out of the entire thing if I try to dance," she laughed as she slowly pulled away from him.

Klaus completely ignored her and just put his arm further around her waist. "You're a vampire. That changes nothing," he brushed off the thought problem.

"I can't be compelled," she reminded him.

Klaus smiled as he looked into her eyes. "You know the dance, Caroline." He was starting to sway back and forth with her, unnoticeably inching closer with every step.

Before Caroline could act amused and question him, music started. All of the Originals began with every beat of the first measure, but when the fourth beat hit, they all stopped. "What the hell!?" Kol asked as he looked up to where the orchestra was set up. "Do you not know what a damn waltz is?"

But Finn was taking control of the situation. "Three-four, please," he requested. The people nodded their understanding. Elijah and Rose had never untangled their fingers when they turned to the orchestra. Klaus hadn't even let go of Caroline at all; just turned his head to look at the problem. Kol grumbled under his breath as he turned back to a laughing Elena.

The music started back up again, and everything finally went smoothly. Bonnie kept up with Finn nicely. "So, the Bennet bloodline? Are you practicing magic, then?" he asked, truly intrigued.

"You could say that, yeah. I'm not very good, though."

Finn looked around. "Would you be able to give that man a beard?" he asked, nodding with his chin at someone that was watching the show.

Bonnie bit her lip and narrowed her eyes at him. And sure enough, he started growing hair from his chin. It didn't stop growing until it was a good six inches. Bonnie laughed along with Finn as they continued waltzing across the floor.

Caroline stared down at their feet as Klaus guided her around. She could feel Klaus' eyes on her, and knew she would blush if she made eye-contact. "You're quite the dancer," he complimented.

She snorted. "Only because you just compelled me to be," she reminded. She finally lifted her eyes to his, only to have her heart skip a beat by how blue they looked up close.

"No, love. I taught you the steps, you already had the moves," he flattered her, and she slowly started to bashfully smile.

"He won't stop staring at you," Elijah told Rose in a distasteful tone.

"Nor will you him," she pointed out as she watched Elijah.

"What right does he have?"

"As much right as you. And more, actually. He had me first, remember?"

Elijah took his eyes off Finn and back to Rose. "You chose me," he tried to tell her.

"Nope," she denied. "You kidnapped me."

"'Took you away with me' is a more accurate term."

"'Against my will' completes the term." Elijah sighed and looked away, knowing she wouldn't give in so he might as well not try.

Elena frowned at Kol. "Do you have a thing for Bonnie?" she asked out of nowhere.

He almost gasped. "What? No. No." He shook his head while denying over and over. He even looked to the left to glance at Bonnie for a second. "Absolutely," he turned back to Elena, "not." But then he realized what he'd seen and looked back. Bonnie's arm had gotten tired from resting on Finn's tall shoulder, but Kol didn't know that. So when she brought her arm down to rest around his bicep, Kol's expression went angry.

Elena followed his gaze. A smile split her face. "Oh my God!" she exclaimed. "You do!" That was loud enough to get Bonnie and Finn to look over. Kol quickly hissed at Elena to shut up and spun them so that he could hide from their gaze behind Elena.

"Want to say that a little louder? I don't think Canada heard you," he snapped.

But before Kol could get any more upset and embarrassed, he had to spin Elena off to Finn and then turn around to catch Rose. He calmed down at the sight of his close friend. "Hey sexy," he winked at her.

Caroline didn't register who she was dancing with because the picture of Klaus kissing her hand before he let her go was still making her smile. "You seem flattered," Elijah noticed.

Caroline finally got her head on and chuckled. "Klaus is…" she exhaled, "quite the charmer."

"Only when he's taken with someone…"

Caroline smiled even brighter, but lowered her head to hide it a bit.

Finn gave Elena a comforting smile. "Hello, Elena," he greeted.

She nodded at him, biting her lips together. "Hi," she said back.

Finn raised an eyebrow at her. She watched him in return. Everything was awkward for a few moments and then he spoke. "Forget my name?"

"Sorry!" she moaned back at him.

"Don't be. 'Finn' is a very long and complicated name; I understand." Elena laughed at him, feeling relaxed.

Klaus tilted his head at Bonnie. She frowned. "Why do you keep looking at me like that?"

"Maybe I like you," he suggested.

She shook her head. "No, you don't look at me like that. And we both know it."

"Very well. I'm interested in how you're the only one that seems completely comfortable around us Originals."

She shrugged. "I don't know. You just don't seem so threatening to me," she said with a 'tough luck' look on her face.

"Well then you obviously haven't taken into thought the way we act when we're upset," he brought to mind.

"Yeah," Bonnie said sarcastically. "I'm sure Kol's terrifying."

"You'd be surprised." With that, he spun her off to Elijah, who'd just let Caroline go to Kol.

Kol went from smiling at Rose to giving Caroline a cocky look. "Why hello there."

"Hi," Caroline replied to him, moving her feet on the third beat of the song with Kol. "So you and Rose…"

"You claim to be a matchmaker, figure it out," he said with a bit of sass in his voice.

Caroline frowned at him, not liking the attitude. "Fine. You guys are best friends. Nothing romantic at all." She gave him a smug smile.

Kol gave her a suspicious look.

Klaus noticed Elena's uncomfortable face and tilted his head at her. "Something wrong, darling?"

Elena barely glanced up at him. "No, nothing…"

Klaus looked up and around the room. "Come on, just say it."

Elena took an awkward moment before licking her lips. "I've heard stories about you trying to kill doppelgangers…" Klaus raised an eyebrow at her. "Are you going to kill me?"

"Don't give me a reason to, doll, and we won't have a problem," he said with a fake reassuring look.

Bonnie smiled at Elijah. "I respect you," she informed him randomly.

Elijah raised his eyebrows. "And I you, for being so straight forward. What brought this up?"

Bonnie shrugged. "I don't know." That was it for talking until, "Did you know the original Bennet witch?"

Elijah nodded. "I did indeed. Lovely woman. She hated me, though."

Bonnie was smiling. She hoped she could learn about her family from him. "Well, I don't think that's something that runs in the family."

"Let's hope not," he slightly smiled back at her.

"Elijah does not approve of your staring," Rose smiled at Finn.

"Elijah does not approve of us," he pointed out.

"And what are your thoughts on the situation?" she asked with her eyebrows raised.

Finn inhaled, thinking of what words to use. "I think you should forget about him and come back to me."

Rose shook her head. "You're both just so intent on being selfish."

"When it comes to love, yes. We are."

Rose watched him with a look that said she was worried about them both before turning away to Klaus.

"Giving you a hard time again?" Klaus asked, immediately recognizing her distressed face.

"Just the usual problems…"

"I'd say I was sorry, but I'm not. Not if they're holding on to you for love. I can't pretend to be upset with them for finally finding what they'd long forgotten." Rose sighed at him, knowing he was right – and that she was screwed.

Kol and Bonnie weren't speaking, just watching each other carefully. But as he watched her, he decided maybe he should make her a little more comfortable. "I think you're very pretty," he said randomly.

"Where's this coming from?" she questioned.

"My opinion," he frowned at her like she was crazy.

"You have an opinion now?"

"Why are you so mean to me?"

Caroline smiled at Finn. "Hi," she greeted awkwardly.

"Caroline," he addressed back. "Are you enjoying yourself?" he asked, bringing up small talk.

She nodded her head to the side. "You could say that, yeah."

"Mind if I tell you something personal?" he asked randomly, but seemed to have been waiting to bring it up.

Caroline frowned. "Sure, if you want…"

Finn twitched an eyebrow. "You mustn't repeat it," he said, making sure she knew the protocol.

Caroline nodded. "Naturally."

Finn leaned down to her ear and said slowly and quietly, "Niklaus has not shown interest in a woman for nearly four hundred years. Dwell in every second."

Caroline's face started to burn and she felt her stomach jump at the words. "How do you know he's showing interest in me?"

"A blind man could see the current waves passed between the two of you."

Although Elena had acted timid with the other brothers, she actually could not take her eyes off Elijah. Elijah was paying attention to Rose, trying to hear Klaus, but he was speaking so low that it was impossible. Elijah felt Elena's eyes on him and he looked down at her. He gently smiled at her. "Yes?" he asked in a low tone.

She shook her head to say 'nothing.' Elijah raised an eyebrow. "What are you watching so intently?"

"You," she answered vaguely.

"Have I done something that displeased you?" he checked.

Elena smiled and shook her head again. "No. Nothing. Just looking."

Elijah was still smiling slightly, like he was impressed somehow. He took exactly a second to look at every detail of her face. "And what are you finding?"

Elena inhaled shallowly, not wanting to answer. Luckily, she didn't have to because he started turning away from him back to Kol.

Elena stopped in Kol's arms with a small smile on her face.

Rose spun into Elijah with a regretful feeling under her skin.

Bonnie was happy to get away from Kol as she stopped dancing with Finn on the last beats of the song.

And Caroline looked down at her feet again when she returned to Klaus' arms. Knowing what Finn had told her, she felt like she was under pressure. She didn't want to be the first girl Klaus liked since year 100. What if she disappointed him? What if she wasn't good enough?

"Something wrong, love?" Klaus asked tenderly.

Caroline glanced up at his eyes before looking around at everyone else. They'd started relaxing and letting go now that the dance was over. She took her hand from his as she turned back to him. "No, nothing." She gave him a forced smile. "Thanks for the dance…"

Klaus nodded, catching her vibe of something not being right in her mind. Elijah turned to them all. "There," he said like they'd achieved something. "Now we know one another just a bit more."

They all stared at him for a moment, like he was pathetic for saying that. Then almost simultaneously they all turned and mumbled something under their breath about how he was full of it and they hadn't achieved anything as they walked back to their booth. Elijah held his hands out in question. But no one turned back, so he just sighed, dropped his hands and followed them, nodding at some man with a beard as he passed.

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