Author's Note

Hey guys! This is my first fan fic EVER … woo hoo, I finally kicked my butt in gear. Soooo basically I've pulled a lot of stuff from the show and kind of mashed it together with a new story line along with some new ideas by me. I'd love ANY advice or critiques for future chapters. I may decide to do an M rating story that parallels this one, but don't want to get too crazy :p I will see how this one goes.

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Katherine's POV

A triumphant feeling arose in me as I revisited my encounter with Elena in my mind. I could watch the fear grow in Elena's eyes as she felt the inevitable approaching. If my plan was on schedule she should be preparing for the worst right about now. Pretty soon she'll be digging her own grave.

God, how sick it made me feel to know that she held Damon and Stefan's affection so tightly. Of course, Damon was always a little dense, but I'd never understood how Stefan fell for her virtuous crap. He let his emotions get the better of him leaving him vulnerable. I shook off any thought that could have led to me having any blame in the matter and continued to walk along the edge of the woods. I still had one thing Elena would never have enough of and that was time. I just had to be patient.

I arrived at my destination and walked through the oak entryway ignoring an invitation. After all, this boarding house had once been my home too.

Hearing the clinking of glass to the right I moved into the study. I knew Damon heard me come in, but he still faced the fireside so I decided to play along.

"Damon?"

"Stefan's not here, Elena," he replied with an exasperated tone.

I walked down the few steps admiring the way his long black shirt formed around the muscles in his shoulders. Damn, he looks so hot. If I was to act on my impulses I might have thrown myself on top of him right then and there, remind him of what he's forgotten. But that wasn't Elena-esque, so I un-willfully contained myself.

"I was actually looking for you," I said with my best pure and wholesome voice. Damon turned around. I could tell he'd had a few whiskey shots which would make my job easier.

"And what might I help dear little Elena with?" He was being a little curt which was good. The mixture of alcohol he had consumed would keep his guard down.

"Well I…" I looked into his eyes laying it on thick, "I wanted to ask you for a favor."

Damon was about to drink the rest of the contents in his glass, but instead set the alcohol on the edge of the fireplace. He walked up to me resting his hand on the side of my face. He didn't say anything, he just stood there smoldering at me. I'd never seen such tenderness emanate from Damon. Once again the sickening feeling rose inside me.

Elena's POV

I had decided to swing by the house and check on Jeremy and Jenna. Katherine's visit had turned out to be harmless, but I wasn't going to take my chances. From now on I planned to take every precaution. I hadn't known what Katherine was capable of for very long, but I started to learn that she preferred the element of surprise. I've heard being her doppelganger didn't help much either.

When I walked in to the kitchen I saw that Jenna was cooking spaghetti and it looked like enough for just one. "Did Jeremy already eat?"

"Oh hey," Jenna spun around with a full glass of red wine that threatened to slosh out of the glass. "Yeah, he said something about having eaten with friends? I don't know. He's been stuck up in his room doing homework. I chose not to ask questions." I laughed at Jenna's total lack of concern.

"I just started cooking this. If you're hungry I can add some more noodles." She set down her glass looking through almost every drawer in the kitchen. I walked over next to the stove, grabbed a large plastic spoon from the canister and handed it to her.

"Thanks, but I'm actually going to go change and then head to Stefan's."

She looked at me sheepishly and began to stir. "Okay, well let me know if you change your mind." I headed for the stairs hoping Jeremy was just doing homework.

"Oh Elena!" Jenna called back. I dutifully turned around. "Don't stay out too late. It's a school night." She had obviously been rehearsing that one and was quite proud of herself.

"Okay," I raised my eyebrows at her and once again turned for the stairs smirking at Jenna's efforts to be an actual role model.

Damon's POV

I heard someone entering the boarding house, but didn't bother turning. I was sure it was Elena looking for Stefan. Sure enough, the next thing I heard was Elena's voice.

"Damon?"

"Stefan's not here, Elena."

"I was actually looking for you."

I turned around to someone that was obviously not Elena for she would never wear anything so provocative. Or would she? I think the Whiskey was starting to take effect since I was imagining Elena in front of me with a black low cut top, skinny jeans, and red heels. No, this was Katherine.

Snapping out of my reverie, I decided to play along with Katherine's scheme. She wouldn't fool me twice.

"And what might I help dear little Elena with?" That question might have been a little too sarcastic.

"Well I…I wanted to ask you for a favor."

I set down my whiskey glass and made my way over to the imposter reaching for her cheek and gently resting my hand there. I noticed her bra visible in the spot between her breasts as the buttons on the top of her blouse all magically happened to be undone. I leaned in as if going in for a kiss, but instead lightly brushed my lips against hers. I felt Katherine's body gravitate towards mine and her hand soon found its way above the rim of my pants. I froze allowing Katherine to run her hand along my stomach. For the first time I heard the fire crackling behind me.

My non-breathe began to get heavier as I felt the immediate need to take lead of Katherine's advances. I could let her keep pretending to be Elena, but then she would think she was being successful in her ploy. And I'm not sure I was sober enough to resist her. Dammit. I gently took her bottom lip in mine before I broke us apart. "Elena would never allow herself to be so accessible," I whispered, grabbing the clasp between her breasts. I was not meaning to call her a slut I was just stating a fact.

Katherine pulled away smiling as if my words hadn't even affected her. As my eyes were no longer full of Katherine I now saw that Elena, the real Elena, was standing in the entryway to the study. She wore this shocked look on her face which was really uncalled for. I mean really, what did she expect from me?

I was so stunned by Elena's presence though that I didn't have time to react to Katherine's next move. In a split second she was behind Elena with her hand in a tight grip around her throat. "So, Damon... what was that bit about Elena not being so accessible?"