Elijah didn't sleep. It was like that every time he was daggered, he didn't sleep for days. And Julie's blood just gave him more energy and he drank so much he definitely wasn't going to fall asleep. His mind wandered in dark places, trying to figure out a way to get rid of his brother for good, among other things. When Klaus daggered him, Julie was just this young human who had no clue what world she lived in. Now, she was an elemental living with his hybrid brother and her best friend was the manipulative "psycho bitch" vampire Katherine Pierce. He could hear her breathe, hear her calm heartbeat as he stroke her hair. He couldn't see her in the dark room as she was lying in his arms. This young girl he didn't know and who didn't know him for more than a few months had given up everything to find and help him. She left school, sold her mother's house and left town with a vampire to go after him. This wasn't just a crush. This was more dangerous than that.

When Julie woke up, she was alone. The light came through the thick curtains and hurt her eyes. She was feeling dizzy. She had trouble getting up. She didn't know what was wrong, just that Elijah wasn't there with her and she feared she had dreamt it all. Maybe last night didn't really happen. She got out of the room and staggered down the hallway. She was feeling worst and worst and didn't even take 5 steps that she couldn't stand on her feet anymore. She lost balance but as she was expecting to hit the floor, someone caught her and helped her.

"Easy, love," she recognized Klaus' voice. "What's wrong with you?" he asked.

"Klaus," she could only whisper.

"That's alright," he sighed before he bit his wrist. "My brother was hungry last night I see," he said. "He should've given you his blood...I'm surprised he didn't."

Julie pushed his hand away. "He did," she told him. Klaus sighed and insisted she had to drink more.

"Well, he obviously didn't give you enough."

Julie had had a good night of sleep and she wondered if Klaus was right. It surprised her that even after drinking Elijah's blood, she would suffer from giving him hers. Klaus removed his hand after a minute, still holding her waist to make sure she wouldn't fall.

"How are you feeling now?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she said, trying to move away from him. But she tripped after the first step and Klaus had to help her again.

"I think you need to go back to bed," he said.

"I'm fine," she repeated. "Where's Elijah?"

"I don't know," he said, surprised she didn't know. "He just left. Wonder what he's plotting," he mumbled.

"Maybe he just needed to take a walk. He's been stuck in a box for months," she said, angry.

"Well, you're in a good mood, love."

"Get off me," she pushed him away. Her head was still spinning and she figured she'd feel better after she ate.

"You're not supposed to feel dizzy," Klaus told her. "If Elijah gave you his blood, you're supposed to be healthy."

"Maybe I just need to eat," she said, walking away from him. He walked with her to make sure she wouldn't fall again. "Thanks for helping me...for giving me your blood," she said.

"I doubt Elijah would be happy to find you lying unconscious in the hallway."

"Wouldn't want to make your big brother angrier," she sighed. "Where did you go last night anyway?"

"Well," he sighed. "I thought you might use a little privacy," he grinned.

"How thoughtful."

"You're welcome. You know, I wondered why all my blood bags were still in the fridge but seeing how pale you are I take it my brother didn't need any."

"Why is this any of your business?" she sighed, opening the fridge. She sighed when she saw the blood bags and felt like she was going to throw up. She closed it and took a deep breath so she wouldn't be sick.

"Sorry about that, love. I'll get another fridge."

She looked around and saw a bowl of fruits and took an apple from it. She leaned on the counter and ate in silence.

"You didn't apologize," she said. It wasn't a question.

"I don't apologize. Never," he said.

"You do when you kill your siblings. You apologize to your brother. You apologize to me."

Klaus frowned. "Why would I apologize to you?"

Julie chuckled. "You really don't know, do you?"

Klaus took an apple and they both ate in silence.

"You're not going to say what you want me to apologize for?" he asked.

Julie sighed and shook her head. "You took him from me," she said. "I just got him back and you took him from me." She looked up at him and she saw he wasn't proud of himself even though he would never admit it. "If you want your siblings to ever forgive you...you're gonna have to apologize, Nik."

Klaus wouldn't look at her. Julie wasn't feeling any better, she felt like she actually was getting worse. She took another apple and kept eating in silence. When she finished the second apple she was feeling a little better.

"I killed my mother," Klaus said and he didn't have to say anything more.

"Yes, you did," Julie said before she left the kitchen.

She went back to her room and entered the bathroom to see that Klaus wasn't lying. She was really pale. She saw there was a huge bathtub and decided that a bath couldn't hurt. She closed her eyes and relaxed in the hot water. She wasn't wearing her bracelet so it surprised her to see all these bubbles floating all around the room. She smiled and slowly approached her hand from one of the bubbles close to her and it froze instantly before it broke. She could feel the power running through her body, it was cold, but she didn't shiver, she didn't even feel cold. It was the first time she used the element of ice. She didn't even know she could and she didn't even try. She had just discovered a new power, a new part of herself. She looked around and all the bubble of the room froze and broke and fell on the floor. The water turned cold suddenly. Julie was freezing. The first thought that crossed her mind was to get out of the water but she didn't. She could control fire, she didn't have to be cold. The water warmed up as quickly as it got cold. It was so easy. Even without the bracelet she could do anything. Fire, water, air and now ice. She couldn't wait to find out what else she could do. She had to get back to Elijah's house to bring her mother's journals back here so she could learn more about who she was.

When she got out of the bathroom, she found Elijah in the armchair next to the bed, reading a book.

"Hey," she smiled when she saw him. "Where did you go?" she asked.

Elijah closed the book, got up and put it down on the dresser. "I had some business to attend to," he said.

"You got a haircut," she said, sliding her hands in his shortened hair.

"I needed some change," he smiled.

"I like it," she smiled back. "What business?"

He sighed. "We need to talk," he said and she lost her smile. Movies taught her this wasn't good. She took a step back and he saw she looked worried.

"It's not what you think," he told her and she frowned.

"What is it?"

"I need to know...to make sure...I have a question I want to ask you."

"Okay...," Julie wasn't sure she wanted to hear that question.

"Klaus just left the house," he said. "We can talk freely."

"Talk about what?"

"I'm leaving town," he said and her heart skipped a beat.

"What?" she whispered.

"I met with Damon Salvatore," he told her. "Tonight, he and his brother will come to dinner. We have a plan. Before midnight tonight, my siblings will be back. And we're going to leave Klaus. I'm leaving town with my siblings tonight, and I need to know if you're coming with me."

Julie was speechless. She had no idea what to say. Elijah was expecting a "yes" or a "no" and even though he lived a thousand years, these few seconds seemed like an eternity.

"You're leaving Klaus?" she whispered. "You're leaving?" she asked again with a trembling voice.

"Yes," he nodded and put his hands on her shoulders. "Are you coming with me?" he asked again. She looked at him with big eyes and he couldn't look away as he was waiting for her answer.

"Where are we going?" she asked, still surprised by what she'd just heard. Elijah smiled and breathed out a laugh, relieved.

"I don't know yet," he said before he kissed her forehead and pulled her in a hug. She didn't hug him back right away. She was still processing what had just happened. She was leaving Mystic Falls, again. But this time, she will be with him.

"What if your brothers don't like me?" she asked, trying to be funny. Elijah laughed and kissed the top of her head.

"You'll be fine," he said. He took her face in his hands and leaned to kiss her. She slid her hands to the back of his neck and pulled him to her, deepening the kiss. She broke the kiss to breathe and he kissed her forehead. "We need to pack," he said and she sighed.

"I just unpacked yesterday."

"I'm sorry."

"I still have things at your place."

"I know. We will go there first so Klaus doesn't suspect anything."

Julie sighed and looked down. "His biggest fear is to be alone," she said.

"I know," he nodded and cupped her cheek with his hand. "That's why we're doing it." She looked up at him and she knew this was revenge. She felt bad for Klaus but there was no way she wasn't going to leave with Elijah.

"I guess...He deserves it," she said.

"You're not having doubts about leaving him, are you?" he asked and she sighed.

"It's just...I feel bad."

Elijah sighed and gently lifted her chin to make her look at him. "Of course you do," he gave her a small smile. "You're a better person than I am."

"Don't say that. I understand why you would want to leave and never see him again. But..."

"But...?"

"He's sorry," she said. "He'll never say it but..."

"You don't know that," he told her. "Klaus is a monster. He'll hurt you the minute he decides you're too annoying to keep around. He'll hurt you to hurt me. We can't stay here."

"...I'm not annoying," she said and he laughed.

"You're missing the point."

"Klaus is a monster," she nodded and looked down.

"Come on," he took her hand. "Let's get your things."

Julie stayed silent in the car as Elijah was driving to his house. He explained the plan to her and he knew she was listening because she nodded every time he asked her if she understood. He knew she was feeling bad for leaving Klaus and he felt bad for making her do it. But it was safer this way. She would be safer away from Klaus.

Elijah packed up a few books he didn't want to leave behind and helped Julie with her things. There were a few boxes she hadn't unpacked and her mother's chest.

"Is this your mother's grimoire?" he asked. "The one Klaus said he'd help you with?"

"Yes," she nodded, walking towards him. The grimoire was open on the kitchen counter. There were drawings of fairies and small legendary creatures on the pages. "Does it say fairies are real?" she joked.

"According to these pages, yes," he said. "But I doubt it's true."

"What about mermaids? I've you ever met one?"

"Mermaids aren't real," he shook his head.

"Sure they are," she frowned. "My grandmother was one."

"How do you know this?" he asked, surprised.

"It was in my mother's journal,"' she shrugged.

"It's unbelievable," he shook his head. "I lived a thousand years without knowing mermaids existed."

"What do you know about elementals?" she asked.

"I thought they were extinct," he said. "There were a lot more elementals a thousand years ago." He turned the pages to go back to the first one. "At the time, one elemental could control rather fire, water, air or nature. But more and more, elementals with two parents controlling two different elements started to control those two elements. And then their own children would control two or three, sometimes the four elements. Those who could control electricity, at the time, were considered dangerous. Some group of elementals were very religious. They thought God gave them the powers of the four elements but that Satan gave the other elements like ice or electricity. So they started to hunt them down. That's how your kind started to disappear."

"They killed each other," she whispered.

"Yes. Some sought the help of witches. But witches and elementals never were the best of friends."

"Why not?" she frowned.

"Because elementals were always more powerful than witches. They were jealous. Witches are servants of nature and they felt like they deserved the same powers as them. So they betrayed them."

"How?" Julie was fascinating by the story. The story of her ancestors.

"Well, it didn't happen in one night," he told her. "But elementals started to hide from their own. They didn't' trust anyone. Very quickly, they got weaker as they stopped using their powers. And so, their children were born powerless." Elijah kept turning the pages but looked up as Julie's silence. "Are you okay?"

She looked up and nodded. "Yeah..." she cleared her throat. "What does the book say?" she asked, looking down at the grimoire. Elijah looked at her in silence for a minute before he moved the book in front of her and placed himself behind her. He turned the pages and stopped at the beginning of the book.

"This is a phoenix," he said, pointing at the drawing of the big red bird on the second page. "It is said that this creature is the first known elemental."

"Phoenixes never really existed, did they?"

"I don't think so. They're just legends."

"Just like mermaids?" she asked and he chuckled.

"Who knows?" he whispered. He moved his hands on her waist and placed a kiss in the crook of her neck. She placed her hands over his and leaned against his chest and sighed. She interlaced her fingers with his and he kept kissing her neck. She closed her eyes, enjoying his hands on her body and the feeling of his lips on her skin.

"Elijah." His name came out of her mouth like a whisper and she didn't even realize it. He grinned. He liked that he had this effect on her.

"Come on," he said. "I still have to compel the waitresses."

"The waitresses?" she asked, confused.

"For tonight's dinner?"

"You hired waitresses?"

"Of course, who is going to serve dinner?"

Julie laughed. "Are they going to serve dinner or to be served as dinner?"

Elijah chuckled. "Don't worry, there will be real food too."

"Too," she sighed. "As long as nobody kills anybody, I'm fine."

"Killing anyone is not part of the plan."

"And we can trust Damon to follow the plan?"

"He's doing it to protect Elena," he nodded. "Let's go."

They got back to the house and Julie started packing the clothes she had just unpacked the night before.

"What if Klaus asks what we're doing?" she whispered so the hybrid wouldn't hear her.

"We'll just tell him it's your clothes from my place," he said. "Our guests will arrive soon, we should get ready." She sighed and nodded. She had no intention of dressing nice for Damon or Stefan but she didn't want to be undressed either so she chose the first dress she found and put it on. It was black and not too short and she wore the only black heels she owned.

"You look beautiful," he told her as he entered the room.

She blushed, smiled and looked down. "Thank you," she said. "Nice suit." Elijah chuckled and held his hand out. She smiled and took his hand and they joined Klaus in the dining room.

"Don't you look pretty love," he said.

"Thank you," she shyly replied. Seeing the hybrid only reminded her of the plan that will leave him alone for the rest of forever. Elijah heard her heart started to beat a little faster. He gently squeezed her hand which made her look up and she gave him a small smile.

"I believe our guests are here," he sighed, walking towards the door. There were two knocks and Elijah opened almost instantly. "Niklaus," he called. "Our guests have arrived."

Julie took a few steps back towards the hybrid, close to the chimney. She could feel the power of the fire burning in the fire place which distracted her for a moment.

"Damon, Stefan. Elijah tells me you seek an audience. Very bold," he mocked. "Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?" he said, pointing at the table.

"It's better to indulge him," Elijah said, closing the door and walking back towards Julie.

"What are you doing here?" Damon asked, making a face.

"She lives here Damon," Klaus grinned. "Be polite to your host." Damon frowned but Stefan didn't really care about all that.

"I didn't come here to eat, Klaus," he sighed. "In fact, I didn't want to come here at all but I was told I had to, 'cause you would hear us out."

Klaus grinned again, amused. "Hmm. Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides," he said, sitting at the table. "Choice is yours."

Julie sighed, roller her eyes and shook her head. This was going to be a long night.

Damon and Stefan didn't really have a choice. They slowly walked their way to the table where they sat in front of Klaus. Elijah pulled out the chair so Julie could sit next to his brother. She looked up and smiled, not surprised he would do something like that. Elijah had manners. He sat at her right and Klaus waved for the three girls that were in the room to start serving dinner.

Stefan wasn't eating. Damon was being a polite guess and he was nice with the waitresses. He showed patience with Klaus who really wanted to talk about anything but what the Salvatores brothers came for. Julie wasn't comfortable at all. She knew what was really happening, what was going to happen. She knew how it was supposed to end and even though what was in her plate looked delicious, she really wasn't hungry.

"Thank you, love," Damon thanked a waitress who had just poured more wine in his glass.

"You lost your appetite," Klaus told Stefan who hadn't touched his plate either.

"Eat," Damon told him. "I thought we agreed that we would leave the grumpy Stefan at home."

Stefan cleared his throat and decided to take a bite of his meal.

"That's the spirit," Klaus smiled. "Isn't it nice? The five of us dining together. Such a treat. Is this what you had in mind when you pulled the dagger out of my brother?"

"Well, I know what he felt about you," he said which made Klaus laugh. "I figured the more the merrier."

"Well, Elijah and I have had our share of quarrels over the centuries, but we always make it through."

Julie's heart started to beat faster again and she felt a little dizzy. She looked up at Elijah who saw she really wasn't comfortable and took her hand in his and gave her a discreet and small smile.

"Kind of like you and Rebekah, right?" Stefan asked just to annoy Klaus. "Where is she, by the way? Last I checked, she was still daggered because you were afraid to face her."

"If you're referring to the fact that Rebekah knows I killed out mother," he said. "I already come clean to Elijah."

"Hey, Stef', remember when you killed dad?" Damon asked. "Might want to dial down the judgment till dessert."

"We're here to make a deal, Damon," his brother reminded him. "Doesn't mean we need to kiss his ass for seven courses," he said which amused Klaus.