Fake relationship

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Rebekah made Klaus give Stefan a break from training his fighting skills and took Stefan to the basement to get him more blood bags.

"I'm sorry for Nik but he kinda goes overboard when it's about fighting and showing Caroline he is the alpha." Rebekah said.

"It's fine." Stefan whispered and drain the second blood bag.

"Drink from me. You clearly need blood from the vein after fighting so long with my brother. And you don't even need to worry about draining me because if it gets to that, I'll just push you away."

"I can't let you do that. It's too personal." Stefan whispered and she gave him a look.

Rebekah, who was seating on the floor with Stefan, got on his lap, put her hair all to one side, letting him drink from her. She was doing this because she felt Stefan was doing all this just for her and also because she wanted to have Stefan drinking from her again.

As he drank from her, she wrapped her arms around his neck, running her fingers through his soft hair, making him groan, and he found himself moving his hands from her waist to her neck, making her moan.

"Stefan..." she moaned in desire of more of his touch.

He stopped drinking from her and started to kiss her neck, making her moan again and he groaned.

"Bex..." he groaned. "I should go before I lose the little self control I have left."

"Stefan... why haven't you ask me out yet?" Rebekah asked before he could leave the basement.

"Because I want to make sure I plan the perfect date. You deserve the best of the best." Stefan admitted, taking Rebekah by surprise because she never had a guy saying such sweet things and actually meaning them.

*Meanwhile*

Caroline took advantage of being alone with Klaus to ask him to be nicer to Stefan.

"Love, he asked me to train him. I warned him that I wouldn't go soft on him." Klaus said. "I could hurt him much more if I wanted to. A vampire as old as Stefan is way stronger than him. The lack of human blood in his system is making him weaker."

"We both know he can't drink from humans. If he tries, he will loose control eventually. I'm Stefan's sober sponsor, which makes me in charge of making sure he won't go back to his old habits."

"Should I worry about how close you and Stefan are?" Klaus asked jealous, not enjoying how much Caroline cared for Stefan.

"Of course not. Stefan and I are best friends and nothing more." Caroline said but she noticed Klaus was still tense and jealous. "Look, Stefan was the one who helped me when I turned into a vampire. He helped me be a good vampire and he made me see being a vampire didn't need to be all bad. When I turned, he was the only one there for me, I mean, Elena tried but she didn't know what was like to fight the bloodlust and Bonnie didn't trust me anymore... He was always there for me and helping him out is the least I can do to repay him." Caroline said and Klaus started to feel less jealous and stop being so tense. "Nik, I'm madly in love with you. You have no reason to be jealous."

"I was not jealous. I just wanted to be sure I had nothing to worry about." Klaus said.

"You look so cute when you pout." Caroline smiled and kissed him softly.

***

Elijah let Elena take a break from training to drink one of the blood bag they had brought with them.

"Elijah, I do appreciate you train me but I feel that you're not completely here. There's something off. What is it? You can tell me. Whatever it is, you can tell me." Elena said because she didn't want to be in those couples where they never talk about how they feel or what's going on in their mind.

"Elena..."

"It's okay. Tell me." Elena reassured him.

"Before I say anything, I want you to promise me to always come to me when you have issues or when you need to talk. I don't want that to ever change."

"I promise. Now, tell me. You're starting to worry me." Elena said, starting to feel more concerned with Elijah.

"I can't stop thinking about what you told me this morning." Elijah finally admitted. "I know you went through a lot. More than you should have to. More than most people go through in their entire lives." Elijah sighed. "And, unlike what happens to most people, you didn't let that pain turn you into someone filled with hatred, you kept being this wonderful woman full of compassion and love." Elijah said, making Elena smile a little. "So when you told me that you think if someone you care about dies, you'll turn it off... I simply couldn't process that..." Elijah whispered. "Being a vampire has advantages and disadvantages... Like everything else in life. And one of the disadvantages is that when we are immortal, we lose many people we care about." Elijah said and looked at Elena, feeling his eyes watery. "I don't want you to lose your love, your compassion, your kindness and your innocence. If you turn it off, even when you turn back on, you might lose a bit of these things that make you be who you are." Elijah whispered. "Please don't turn it off. Don't you ever turn it off. Promise me that you will never turn it off."

"Elijah, I can't promise you that. I can try to fight that urge of turning it off but I can't promise you I will never do it. We are immortal and, like you said, we will lose many people we care about. And I'm a vampire now, which means I feel everything in a bigger scale." Elena said. "But I know that if something happens that makes me do that, you'll be there to make me turn my emotions back on."

"What if I can't?"

"You will." Elena said because she knew how much important he was to her and how much impact he made in her life. "But I'm not thinking now I'm turning it off. I was just upset at the time with the nightmare."