I hadn't trudged down the road for five minutes before I wanted to turn back to see her again. Walking at snail speed I paced around the end of her road until I gave in to my instincts. Stefan may be my brother but Elena kissed me. She didn't slap me away. She didn't walk away. She knew what I was going to do and still listened to me. I had to know what she was thinking. I started walking up to her house again without a clue what to say.

My heart started beating hard against my chest as I went to knock on the door. Suddenly I heard Elena scream from inside. Bashed the lock and broke in, heart now in my throat. I thought it was all over for the night. Apparently some damn undead creature thought otherwise.

As I ran in, the smell of blood flooded the place. Elena's screams came from the kitchen, the wrench of blood too. One flash step later, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Elena was fine. Of course John Gilbert was bleeding to death but whatever. The git blackmailed me, almost killed me and killed that Anna girl.

"Damon! Damon! Call for help!" Elena was screaming her heart out. No idea why. She hates him just as much but if it's important to her… Elena was holding his head, tears streaming down her sweet little face. His fingers were lying on the counter, with the ring. Ok. Job smells of vampire.

"Elena, it's probably not safe here. I'll carry him. Let's go. Um if possible, bring his fingers." Elena glared at me, tears quickly disappearing. Great Damon. In front of the one girl you want to charm, you put your foot in your mouth. I pretended I didn't see it and bent down to pick John up.

John was stammering through the pain. Repeatedly saying "No!" and pushing Elena away.

"John. What the hell. We're trying to help you. Calm down!" Another glare shooting my way but I was focused on John. Something wasn't right. What was wrong with him? That's when it all clicked. Katherine.

"So you're telling me Katherine walked into my house uninvited and stabbed him?" Elena mockingly questioned in the hospital waiting room.

"Well no. Jenna let her in. She was pretending to be you. Very easily done when you two look like mirror images."

"How do you even know this, Damon?" Stefan always had a knack for finding the little shred of incriminating evidence. Especially when it came to me.

"I talked to Katherine thinking she was Elena before she walked in," I said with my best guilty look as Stefan and Elena groaned as if I could have stopped her.

"What on earth did she say?"

Well might as well throw it all in there. "Well I did the talking and to put another frown line on a very crowded forehead...we kissed."

"Look, John's gonna be fine! I gave Caroline blood and so she's gonna be fine too! Man you guys ask for way too much."

"Damon that's not the point. Katherine's here now and she's been invited in! What are we going to do?" Elena's such a drama queen.

"Wait you kissed Katherine thinking she was Elena?" Someone needs to put a mute button on Stefan.

"Don't worry. I don't think she'll hurt Elena. If she was going to she would've today," I said, only half convincing myself. "I think we want to be more worried about her impersonating Elena." Now Stefan was the one glaring.

"Elena, you should get back to Jeremy. Until the blood's out of his system he could do anything."

"Wait. What?" I ask confused. "What's lonely boy done now?"

"He drank Anna's blood and tried to overdoes," Elena replied harshly throwing yet another glare.

"Shit. Yeah you should get back. We can clear up here and start on Katherine. Bonnie, you in?"

"How'd you know I was here?" the sullen witch came out from behind a wall. I had only seen her reflection in nurse's trolley but why not awe people some more.

"I can smell a witch from a mile away." Blank faces of disbelief.

"Moving on, if Katherine is here then first place she's gonna go is the Salvatore Boarding House. I'll go check there and you guys find out what else she's done tonight."

I smashed everything that was glass and within my reach before collapsing on the couch with my trusty bottle of whiskey. Only thing that's stuck with me for 150 years really.

"Aren't you going to even apologise?" Damn Stefan. Always a step behind me.

"What's the point? Elena hates me now. Katherine's here for you so you might want to watch out but I'm all good. Me and my bottle of whiskey will be here for a good 100 years a no one will give a shit," drunkenness brings out a wonderful colour in everyone. Me, it brings out sucky emotions.

"You know this is what Katherine wants Damon. She's going to be pitting us against each other a lot. You can't try and kill someone every time she does."

"Don't worry little brother. Our bond is unbreakable. Now leave me and my whiskey alone." For once, Stefan did as told.

Ten minutes later I was just about to dose off after downing the entire bottle when I heard a rustle at the window.

"Katherine. I get it. You like Stefan. Everyone likes Stefan. Damon sucks. You can go now," I ramble in my drunken stupor.

"Do you always talk about yourself in the third person little vampire?" a voice behind me said. Wasn't Katherine. Sounded more girly. Thought I should get up. Could be troublesome vampires who escaped the bloodbath today.

"How am I a little vampire?" I stood up to face her but she was already pacing around the room. Completely wasted, I could barely trace her voice let alone see her.

"So young you can't hold your liquor or keep track of me in a small room. Yes that's very young. Barely 100 years I'd say," she said with a giggle. A giggle. What kind of vampire giggles?

"It's rude to not introduce yourself you know and I'm almost 150!"

"My apologies. I'll show myself soon enough. But first I need to answer my questions little Salvatore. Was it you who set that device off tonight?"

"If you're one of Katherine's little slaves, the plan worked. She's causing chaos left right and centre."

"Ok…how many vampires are there in this town?"

"Well after tonight it was supposed to be just two but by the looks of it no matter what I do more members of the supernatural society keep coming." Another giggle and still invisible. This was starting to annoy me, but the alcohol was wearing off.

"You're amusing. I'll think I will be sticking around. Looks like things are getting interesting here. Thanks little vampire. I'll see you around."

"Wait…" she was gone. Abominably rude vampire bitch.