Part 2 is here.. thanks for the reviews (: !
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Elena was aware that Klaus was gone half the day, and only came back either in the evening or during the night. She couldn't help but get curious about it, or the way Damon and Stefan were always together now.
They talked about the old times, Katherine and seemed to have forgiven themselves for every mistake they made.
Ever since then, both of them had changed. Stefan and her just weren't the way they used to be, and Damon wasn't his flirty self. If anything, they both seemed more like Matt, an over-protective older brother.
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It's not a surprise when Katherine returns after two weeks, looking for Stefan or Damon. Or both. No-one asks her because they know the reason, and no-one tells her that the worse of them all is back too.
"Wait, something is definitely wrong, why aren't the both of you following Elena around like lost puppies?" She asks when the four of them, including Caroline sit in the lounge. Elena rolls her eyes and sends Stefan an annoyed look who returns it.
"Why are you back? All the shit is over. Are you here to cause more?" Damon asks himself and leans forward, almost threatening his ex-lover.
The passion burns in her eyes and she leans forward too. "You know why I'm back,"
He leans back and looks intrigued but no-one misses the flash of pain in his eyes.
And then, Caroline steals the spotlight. "Well, I came here for some comfort because Tyler decided that we're wrong together, and dumped me, and when I come in, the slut is back and you don't throw her out. Lovely," She says and Elena goes to sit beside her, throwing an arm around her shoulder and letting her lean on her as the blonde vampire starts sobbing.
Katherine doesn't do anything to Caroline, but instead, decided to stare at Damon who looks anywhere but at her. Stefan watched both groups carefully, and jumped to his feet when Klaus arrives.
"And what is this? A get together? Why wasn't I invited?" He asks, but the mocking tone keeps the anger out. He looks straight at Katherine and smirks. "You're back so soon, Katerina?"
Katherine stands up. "I never left," She defends herself, but there is a hint of fear marring her face. Stefan stands up and steps in front of Klaus, along with Damon.
"Klaus, leave her, don't waste your time on her," Stefan pleads him and Klaus nods, taking a seat beside Elena, who's too focused on making Caroline feel better.
Katherine sits down on the opposite couch and between her ex-lovers. She turns to Stefan and looks mildly. "Are you suddenly cheering for the other team?" Katherine asks and Elena turns towards Klaus.
"You're gay?"
To his credit, he looks offended and sends her a teasing look. "Disappointed?"
She snorts and narrows her eyes. "Oh, of course, because I would so suddenly be interested in the man that killed my aunty," She says.
Neither are aware that everyone else is staring at them in interest.
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Once again, it's no surprise that Katherine is back, but it sure is when everyone finds out that she's back for Damon and not Stefan. At first, Elena thinks she's playing games with them again, but Stefan is too focused on trying to cheer Caroline up and Katherine seems genuinely interested in Damon and vice-versa.
She leaves them alone and wonders if she should talk to Klaus about his daily wanderings.
"Klaus?"
"Yes, love?"
Elena rolls her eyes but doesn't really care about the nicknames anymore. "What are you doing everyday?"
She blushes when he looks at her and then he smiles. "Looking for something,"
She groans and crosses her arms. "What now?"
"Are you familiar with Charlotte Petrova?"
He doesn't know why he's telling her this but his mouth just can't close and he nearly slaps himself. "She was the original Petrova. Her blood bound the curse on me after I became a vampire. The witches thought I was too powerful and my father tricked her into a ritual to punish me,"
"Why did he punish you?"
Klaus then snorted just as she sat down beside him. "Because I was born," he muttered, and ran his tongue along his upper teeth.
"And why do you think of it as punishment?" She asked quietly, almost interested.
He looked at her then and Elena is too mesmerised to look away. "Because she was the first and only woman I ever loved," he muttered and then stood up, taking the Petrova pocket-watch from his pocket. "I've been looking for her diary with this, but it doesn't want to work properly, I know what I need but you'll never give it to me,"
He was playing the pathetic, sad card now and he knew.
"What do you need?" She asked suspiciously and stood up.
"Just come with me then," He asks of her instead, knowing that she'll never agree while she was in the boarding house. What's the harm in a little threat?
"Where?"
"The woods,"
"You want me to go to the woods with you? I'm not that stupid, Klaus!"
"I won't hurt you, I give you my word,"
"Your word doesn't mean anything to me. You gave Elijah your word yet you ended up killing him,"
"I never said that I wouldn't, all I said is that he'll never find out where they are if he'll kill me. Thanks to me, he has been re-united with our family, so technically, I did keep my word," He explains and offers her his hand.
Against her mental protests, she takes it.
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When they're finally in the heart of the woods, he takes the pocket-watch out again and Elena feels a strange longing towards it.
"What's in there?"
"Petrova blood," he answered casually and took out a pocket knife, walking towards her with the pocket-watch.
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