How can it really be her standing in front of him now? Katherine disappeared after the Cure was found, and no one has ever been able to find her.. until now. Damon stares into her eyes, as he is reminded of all the things he hates about her. All the reasons he should hate her. Turning them into vampires, terrorizing him, and ultimately hurting those he loves most in the world burn a fire inside of him that make him want to lung out and snap her neck in that instant. So that's what he does.

Only, Katherine is stronger than he, and she easily grabs his hand before it can reach her throat.

"Come on, you knew that wouldn't work." Katherine says to Damon cooly and with a smirk as she uses his hand to pull him closer to her. She is fully aware that she has the upper hand in this situation, as any five-hundred year old vampire could crush Damon in an instant.

"It was worth a shot." Damon is furious now at his weakness against her, but he says the words with a grin. She is right there in front of him, and yet he doesn't have the power to end her life for good.

"I guess it always is." Katherine whispers to Damon as she leans in seductively. She looks at Damon for a while, and lingers on his sharp blue eyes. They haven't changed since she first met him in the 1800's, and because of what she did to him, they never would.

Damon responds with a glare, he is mad at her for all the tragedy that has befallen him since he first turned. And even though Elena didn't choose him in the end, he still despises Katherine for what she did to her.

"Don't be so pouty, you're ruining my mood." She says to him as she releases his hand from her grasp. There is nothing left for Damon with Katherine. She is a parasite that has clinged to him his whole life, and there is no reason to stay in her presence for any longer than he needs. Before he can walk away Katherine says "Why be so fast to leave. I know you have nowhere to go. What with Elena choosing Stefan and all. " With that Damon pauses his stride, the wound is still fresh, and he is painfully aware that what she says is true.

For Katherine, she doesn't know why exactly she wants so badly for Damon to stay around. But when he turned to leave, something buried deep inside her screamed for him to come back. Maybe it was her loneliness, running from Klaus had never been a joy, and being alone all the time makes even the strongest person weak for company.

For a moment Damon considers taking her up on the offer of staying, but it is too soon, and he'd rather not stay another minute with someone who reminds him so much of the girl that just left him.

"I suppose I could. But that would mean I would have to be in your presence, and if I want to be tortured I can go anywhere." And so he walks off without looking back.

Katherine is hurt by his words, because despite all the horrible things she had done over the years to him, he still had never caused her unjust pain. Damon was still a good man, and she could see that the man she first met, and fell in love with in Mystic Falls all those years ago, still remained inside of him; even if she hadn't.

It wasn't until two weeks later when Katherine and Damon met again. Katherine first saw Damon at the park and approached him, with that same sly stride she always carried herself with.

"Funny seeing you here." She says to Damon as he looks up in surprise at the woman he thought he wouldn't see for a couple hundred years. That had been their fate in the past, they would meet briefly and then she would disappear never to be seen again. At least until she wanted to be found. But now it was starting to become clear to Damon that maybe she did want to be found. Why else would he be seeing her again?

"Hello, Katherine." He replies calmly. This time he won't let her get the better of him, and he won't show his nerves.

"Long time no see, some may say you're following me."

"And others may say you're the one who approached me."

"Touché."

"If you have nothing more for me, I'll be leaving now." Damon decides that he needs to leave. For some reason the horrors of Katherine are beginning to fade the more he talks to her, and he refuses to fall into that trap again

"It seems I'm making you nervous Mr. Salvatore." She's found it. His pressure point. Now that she has him squirming despite his best efforts, she will press until she has what she wants. And right now, what she wants is Damon Salvatore. Something she hasn't wanted in a long time

"If only you had that power over me still." Damon knows that she is onto him, but he still is trying to resist it. Only, the memories are starting to seep in. He remembers when they first met in Mystic Falls after he had returned from the war, she ran and he chased after her, flirtatious and innocent they remained for a long time. She said those same words to him in his family's garden on a cool summer eve. Under a big oak tree as wind blew through her hair, and rustled the leaves on the tree.

Now she is close to him. All the while he has been thinking, she has been inching closer and closer until they remain only inches apart. Damon lacks the willpower to step back, but he refuses to lean forward. Katherine knows that he is reminiscing about their romantic past, so with that knowledge she leans in close to him and whispers against his lips "Do you remember this?" And kisses him.