Next Chapter is dediated to BrokenLyrics =)

Disclaimer: I do NOT own TVD - I wish I owned Damon and Tyler. A girl can dream.

Katya could feel the sun touching her skin as she fished for her phone under her pillow, she didn't feel its presence. She got up and flipped the pillow over, no phone was there to be found. Did she leave it at the Grill? "Looking for this?" she flinched as she saw Damon on the bed holding her phone.

"Yes actually" she said as she sat up "hand it over" she said as she stretched her arm out.

"No" he said as he fiddled with her phone "what incriminating evidence can I get from going through this"

"Damon" she said as she got out of bed "not funny" she walked over and took her phone from him. She studied his expression, he was looking her up and down – she forgot she was just in her underwear. "Oh my god" she sped back to her bed and hid under the sheets.

"My, my, Katya, this is the most I've seen of you since…ever" he sat on the edge of the bed where she was lying. "Not that I'm complaining or anything" he smirked.

"You never saw under my corset or dresses anyway. I thought I kept the record going well…until now. You caught me off guard" she said as she clutched the sheets closer to her chest "it won't happen again"

"Hey, if you wanna see me naked, all you have to do is ask" he winked.

"Ugh" she said as she got out of bed.

"Where are you going?"

"Shower"

"Mind if I join you?"

"Choke on vervain" she smiled sweetly as she closed the door.

Katya got out of the shower, feeling all relaxed and refreshed. She wrapped herself in a towel and poked her head out of the door. Damon was nowhere to be seen. "Good" she sighed to herself as she emerged from the bathroom. "Damon I swear to God if you're within an ear-shot of me I will kill you" she said as she walked over to the closet. "Oh crap, my phone" she said as she turned around and she collided…with Damon.

"What's that about being within an ear-shot?"

"Have you ever heard of knocking?"

"It's my house"

"My personal bubble" she glared at him.

"…why are you wet?"

"I just got out of the shower genius" she said as she turned her back and started looking through her clothes. She figured she'd get her phone later when he was out of the room.

"Quite a long time to take a shower"

"You're timing me?"

"Just observing" he answered.

"Would it be ok if you stepped out so I can get ready?" she turned to look at him as she clutched the towel tightly to her body.

"Why? I've already seen you half naked, might as well see the whole thing"

"Does that usually work on girls you pick up?" she chuckled.

"Doesn't have to. It's called compelling"

"Sadly for you, it doesn't work on me. Now, out" she said.

"Fine, fine, I'm going" he said as he approached her door. She sighed and continued to rummage through the many pieces of clothing that she had. She decided she dress comfortable today so a black singlet and pale, denim jeans would do.

She walked downstairs and Stefan was making his way to the door. "Have a nice day at school, Stefan!" she waved.

"Thanks" he nodded as he exited the house.

"While you're at it, why don't you pack his lunch for him and kiss him on the forehead and send him on his merry way" a voice called from the study.

"He's all grown up, Damon. I don't need to be doing things like that" she put her hands on her hips. She noticed he was drinking whiskey. "Um, isn't it a little early to be drinking?"

Damon looked at his watch "Its 5pm somewhere in the world, so cheers" he saluted and finished off his drink. "Wow don't you look…" he looked at her top to bottom "perky"

"Perky?" she looked at him "I'm not even going to react to that"

"It's a compliment" he smiled as he got up "so" he put clapped his hands together "what lovely activity can you and I do today to mark your time back in Mystic Falls?"

"You tell me"

"How about a road trip?"

"To?"

"Georgia"

"I thought the whole point of me staying here was to be in Mystic Falls"

"No, the whole point of you staying here is to spend time with me"

"I'm starting to wish I didn't agree to this now" she looked at him.

"Ha-ha" he said sarcastically "very funny"

"Do I need to bring anything?"

"No, just my car" he said as he collected his keys "lets go"

"Are you going to ignore me in the car like you did last night?" she followed after him.

"Last night wasn't my fault"

"You got angry because some guy was buying me a drink. He's just a kid, let him be"

"So you wanted that Lockwood jerk to be hitting on you?" he irritatingly answered.

"No Damon" she shook her head as they made it to the car "what I'm saying is that I could've handled that situation without you having to compel him" they opened the doors and got in his car "not all situations end with someone compelled or being fed on"

"Well that just ruins the fun out of everything" he said as he started the car. They were headed off. "So let's play twenty questions"

"Really? Twenty questions? Could you be any more juvenile?" she looked at him in surprise.

"It'd make this car ride more enjoyable" he answered.

"Ok" she nodded "you start"

"Why me?"

"You wanted to play this game"

"Fine," he sighed "Katya…do you find me attractive?"

"For the sake of your ego…yes, I find you very attractive Mr. Salvatore"

"Ha, you haven't called me that since…the time we first met" he sighed. She smiled on the inside that she remembered.

"Do you remember when we first met, Damon?"

"Is this part of the twenty questions?"

"Yes" she sighed "do you?"

"How could I forget, Katya?" he looked at her.

"Mystic falls? Out of all the places you go to, you pick the one that has the predictable name. Why?" Katya looked outside of the carriage. She was happy where they were last time, at least she could tan there. This place seemed like it had no sun at all.

"We're making this our home, Katherine likes it here and so do I. It's a nice place for my Anna to grow up in as well" Pearl looked at Katya who was sitting across from her.

"So where is my cousin? Couldn't she have picked me up herself?" Katya responded.

"She's waiting for you, at the Salvatore Boarding house"

"Salvatore Boarding house?"

"It is where she's staying."

"Is Emily with her?"

"Yes" Pearl nodded.

"Good" she nodded "maybe I can get her to enchant a necklace instead of wearing this ring all the time. I'd like the option of changing from one piece of trinket to another"

"You know you can't do that, Katya. It's only a ring that can be enchanted, not a necklace"

"There's no harm in trying"

The carriage was slowing down "We are here now" Pearl nodded. The carriage doors opened and Pearl stepped out first. Katya took a deep breath and stepped outside. There to greet her was Katherine, Emily and an older gentleman.

"Katya" Katherine approached her with her arms outstretched.

"Katherine" Katya returned her hug "it is good to see you cousin, at last"

"True words have never been spoken" she smiled; she then looked at the gentleman on her right "I'd like you to meet the owner of our accommodation, Giuseppe Salvatore. Mr. Salvatore, this is my cousin Katya Stevens" Katherine smiled in Katya's direction.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Miss Katya" he bowed.

"The pleasure is all mine" Katya said as she curtsied. "I must thank you for taking care of my cousin while she made this town her home. She has grown fond of your establishment"

"Well, family of Katherine Pierce's is always welcome here"

"Thank you, you are too kind" she curtsied. A young man exited the house and headed toward where Katherine, Katya and Giuseppe.

"Where are my manners, Katya, this is my youngest son, Stefan" Giuseppe said as he patted Stefan on the back as he approached them.

"Nice to meet you" she curtsied again.

"Pleasure to make your acquaintance Miss Stevens" Stefan bowed his head "I trust that you will enjoy your stay as much as Katherine has"

"She intends to" Katherine smiled. Stefan looked in her direction, Katya noted that Katherine smirked right after Stefan looked at her.

"Ah, Damon, it's about time you woke up and joined the land of the living"

"Daylight doesn't agree with me, father" he said as he scratched his head. He looked over at Katherine and Katya "Ah, I see we have a new guest" he smiled as he approached them all.

"Damon, this is my cousin Katya"

"A pleasure to meet you Mr. Salvatore" Katya curtsied again. She immediately noticed his eyes, and he was immediately entranced by Katya.

"A pleasure to meet you Miss Katya" he kissed her hand. They stared at each other for a few seconds. "So Katherine, tell me, why haven't you spoken about your cousin before?" he spoke to Katherine but was still looking at Katya.

"I like to keep her a secret" Katherine smiled innocently.

"Secrets are meant to be shared" Damon smiled at Katya.

"I think what my cousin meant to say was…well…she wanted to see if this could be a good home for the both of us" Katya looked over at Katherine who nodded in approval of her lie.

"Well, you must be hungry. I'll get the people in the kitchen to cook something up for you"

"Thank you" she bowed her head. Katya and Katherine walked arm-in-arm into the house.

"Welcome to Mystic Falls, Katya. There's a lot that needs to be discussed. I think you're going to like it here, cousin"

Katya looked at Damon who was walking behind her with Stefan, he noticed and he looked back and smiled at her "I think so too"

"Seems like only yesterday doesn't it?"

"Kinda" Katya nodded "Damon…"

"Katya" he smiled at her.

"I need to ask you something, about Katherine"

"Oh boy" he said as he stared forward as they drove.

"You loved her, didn't you?" she looked at him. He didn't reply, he just stared forward. She knew what he was going to say.

"I did" he nodded "but she tore my heart out"

"I'm sorry…for what she did to you" she nodded

"It was a long time ago. Time heals all wounds"

"It sure does" she nodded as she stuck a straw in a blood bag that was in her purse "want some?"

"I prefer mine at 98.6"

"I don't have a microwave with me, your majesty" she said as she took another sip and sighed "would you like some or not?"

"Fine" he leant over and took a drink out of her drink "thanks"

"So, you got anything to ask me? Apart from if I find you attractive or not" said as she stared out the window.

"You've loved someone before?"

"Yes" she nodded "and no I'm not going to tell you who it was"

"Well that ruins the fun of it. I can't play the comparison game if I was or am better than this supposed guy you loved – and let's face it, I am better than him, he doesn't even come close" he looked at her.

"Says you" she sighed monotonously.

"I know, says me" he nodded "what was so great about this guy anyway?"

"Damon…" she complained.

"I'm not going to ask who he is; I just wanna know what he's like. Humour me"

"He's amazing" she answered.

"Amazing?" He raised one off his eyebrows and looked at her.

"Yes" she answered "you wanted me to humour you…so there you go" she shrugged "sorry it wasn't the answer you were looking for"

"I'll get the answer out of you eventually"

"Good luck" she said as she leant back into her chair and put her earphones in.

"Wait, what are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm drowning you out with my music" she said as she turned her iPod on.

"Now why would you want to do something like that?"

"Because I bet you, any question you'll ask me is in relation to the guy I loved"

"…no"

"Hesitation is always an indication of hidden agendas" she sighed as she turned the music up and closed her eyes. "Wake me when we're in Georgia"

Damon rolled his eyes and stared straight.

"Wake up me lady, we've arrived" Damon said as he tapped on her side of the car window. She opened her eyes and took her earphones out and stepped outside of the car.

"Where are we?"

"In front of a diner somewhere in Georgia"

"I can see that" she nodded "do they have a bar there?"

"Why?"

"Because I need alcohol to help me to be able to tolerate you today"

"That makes the two of us" he smirked as they both headed toward the diner entrance.

"Cute" Katya looked around "they have booths too" she said as she headed over to one. Damon followed after her passing a group of guys who wolf-whistled at Katya as she walked past. They sat down and took a look at the menu.

"Hey where's…" he looked around "oh that's right, I killed her" he chuckled.

"Amusing" she rolled her eyes.

"That witchy woman let slip my whereabouts to a vengeful vampire, who almost killed me. She had to pay her dues for betraying me"

"Wow, a lot of people must want you dead, Damon"

"Aren't I already?" he winked. She rolled her eyes.

"Charming, really" she said sarcastically.

"What can I get ya?" the waitress walked over to their booth.

"Can I get a cheeseburger, fries and oh wow they have cocktails here…I'll grab an appletini" she smiled.

Damon rolled his eyes "I'll get the same but, I'll have a Sex on the beach cocktail please" he smirked, the waitress smiled at him, it was Katya's turn to roll her eyes.

"Coming right up" she smiled.

Damon eyed her from top to bottom "Hot" he stated as she walked away.

"I think I've lost my appetite" she said as she played with the salt shaker.

"Aren't you glad that I have good taste in the opposite sex? I mean, I am sitting here with you aren't I?"

"And I should be flattered by that?"

"I would be" he nodded.

"Consider me flattered" she coughed.

"There's a guy headed toward you" Damon noticed.

"Ugh" she rolled her eyes.

"Hi, I'm Dylan" a man approached the table; it was one of the guys from the table that Katya and Damon walked past before.

"Hello" Katya nodded. Damon watched this guy like a hawk. "What can I help you out with?"

"I was wondering if you'd like to join us guys over there for a drink?"

"Can't you see I'm with someone?" Katya looked at him and then at Damon.

"I'm sure he won't mind" he looked over at Damon who was glaring at him "wouldn't you"

"I'm sorry to tell you this, but she" he said as he put his hand on top of Katya's "…is my girlfriend"

"Well sharing is caring, bro. Someone like her can't possibly just belong to one man" he smirked.

"You need to leave…" Katya looked away, Damon saw her eyes blacken, her teeth protruded "now"

"You heard her, now leave" Damon stood up; this guy towered over him, and was built. But that had never stopped Damon before; he wanted to kill this man.

Katya quickly composed herself and everything was back to normal. She looked up at Damon and the guy. "What are you gonna do about it?"

"Go back to your table, and leave us alone" he stared at the guy as his fangs slowly protruded. He didn't say anything and went back to the table, sitting in a haze.

"Damon" Katya stood up and looked into his eyes "are you ok?"

"Yeah" he nodded "fine" he sat down, as did she "trouble seems to follow you wherever you go"

"I'm sorry Damon. If you want us to leave I'm cool with that"

"It wasn't your fault" he shook his head "not our fault that we get the attention from people"

"Thanks" she nodded. The waitress came back with the food and placed them in front of Katya and Damon.

"And your drinks will be on their way" she smiled and stood there. Katya looked at her; she was looking at Damon, waiting for him to say something "Is there anything else I can get you?" Katya rolled her eyes and started eating her food.

"No, that's all" he shook his head "thanks"

"I finish work in half an hour. Maybe you can join me for a drink?" she said as she tilted her head on the side and smiled.

"Thanks, but" Damon looked at Katya who didn't notice him looking at her "I'm not sure my girlfriend would like that"

"Oh" she glared at Katya, who ignored her gaze as she ate her food "I'll get your drinks then" she stormed off.

"What was her problem?" she looked at him as she took a bite of her burger.

"Didn't like what she heard"

"And that was?" she looked at him waiting for an answer.

"Don't worry your pretty little head about it"

"Ok" she said as she took another bite "ew pickles" she said as she took them out and put them on her plate "even back when I was a human I hated these things"

"I'll have them" Damon took them from her plate and ate them as she looked at him in disgust "you don't like pickles? What's wrong with you Katya?" he looked at her as he chewed them in front of her, she rolled her eyes.

"Here are your drinks" the waitress put them down, glared at Katya and walked off.

"Thanks" Katya looked at her appletini and took a sip from it "needs more alcohol" she then looked at Damon who winked at her "...alot more alcohol"

They stayed in the diner until it was closing time and they got kicked out. They headed outside to the parking lot where the guys that were in the diner earlier were waiting for them. Katya and Damon stopped in place as they surrounded them both. "What now?" Damon sighed.

"Listen dude, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way" Dylan said to Damon. One of the men approached Katya and she slapped him in the face. "Well" he smirked "I guess it's the hard way then" all of the men went toward Katya and took her away from Damon. It was just Dylan and Damon standing there face-to-face.

"Oh dude, you picked the wrong couple to hassle tonight" Damon shook his head.

"Enough talk" he said as he threw a punch at Damon to which he blocked. Dylan had no idea what was going on so he threw another punch with his other arm. Damon blocked that one too.

"Hey what the-" one of the guys exclaimed. There was a hiss and suddenly a lot of swearing, screams filled Dylan's ears.

"OH MY GOD!" one of his friends yelled. Dylan looked over and there was Katya drinking one of his friends blood. The others ran away. Dylan looked up at Damon again, his face had changed. Damon's eyes had blackened and his fangs were out.

"Like I said…wrong couple to hassle" he moved swiftly behind Dylan and sunk his teeth into his neck before he could even look at what happened. Katya had finished feeding so she went over to Damon who was still drinking.

"Damon" her mouth was still dripping with blood, but her eyes were back to being their dark brown colour "we need to get out of here" she breathed.

"We'll dispose of the bodies" Damon stood up and looked at her "did they hurt you?"

"No" she shook her head "barely even a scratch"

"Good" he nodded "grab his friend" she did as she was told.

"Never thought I'd hear that" she said as she walked over and dragged the body into the trunk of his car. Damon slammed the trunk shut as he headed to the drivers side, and Katya, the passengers side. They both got in the car and drove off.

"Where are we going now?"

"Empty field, there's one here somewhere and it so happens to have an infestation of wild dogs"

"See this is why I hate drinking human blood out of humans, so much effort in covering it up" she said as she looked for a tissue in her bag.

"That's the fun of it though" he smirked. They pulled up onto the side road, there were no street lights, and from the looks of it, no cars were going to be driving by anytime soon. Damon and Katya got out of the car and headed to the trunk. They took out the two bodies, and bottles of beer with them.

"I feel a bit tipsy" Katya said as she dragged the guy behind her "this guy must've had one too many beers because I could taste it"

"This guy wasn't a treat. Were he a burger, he'd be an artery clogging one"

"Ew" she shook her head. They made it to the middle of the woods.

"Here's a good spot" Damon chucked the body into the middle. He took the body off of Katya and placed it near the other body. "Now, put the bottles of beer near the both of them"

"You've done this before?"

"Many times. I'm quite the expert" he nodded.

"Drinking out of a blood bag is so much easier" she said to herself as she placed beer bottles between the two lifeless bodies that lie before them. "And now?"

"We make a camp fire" he said as he gathered some twigs and dirt together on the ground.

"And the purpose of that is?"

"Make it look like these guys were here, drinking in the woods when suddenly, they got attacked by wild dogs" he said.

"Someone's been watching too much CSI" she said as she watched him start making a fire.

"Does it impress you?" he smirked.

"Just light the fire, Horatio"

"Well that was fun" Damon nodded as he opened the door to the house.

"Is it like this with you everyday?" she walked inside the house.

"Not always, sometimes I go out for ice-cream and not kill anyone" he answered. She smiled at what he said "Is that a smile I see, Katya?"

"Thank you, for…everything today Damon" she smiled again.

"Since we were playing twenty questions…I want to ask something that I forgot to ask" he looked at her.

"Damon…" she shook her head "we ended the night on such a high note"

"Why did you leave? Why did you leave Katherine behind? Why did you leave us without saying goodbye?"

"Do I really have to answer this now?"

"Actually" he said as he pressed up against her "you do"

"You're not gonna like what I have to say" Katya said as she moved out of his way, he grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"Try me" his eyes met with hers.

"Katherine…turned me to do her bidding, but there was one thing she asked of me that I couldn't do...so I left" that was the only story he knew, and she wanted to keep it that way. Not until she was ready to tell him.

"And that was?" Damon asked her. Katya had a sudden flashback of the conversation between Katherine and her.

"I am so sick and tired of you doing this to Damon and Stefan! They're good men Katherine; you need to stop with pinning them against each other before one or both of them end up dead!" Katya yelled at her cousin.

"Oh Katya, you worry too much. And what's wrong with having a little bit of fun?" she smiled coyly.

"When it's playing between the feelings of two brothers, it's not fun. It's cruel"

Katherine smirked, and Katya grew tense at her cousins' reaction. "It seems to me that you have feelings for one of the brothers, Katya"

"I have no idea what you're on about Katherine" she looked away from her cousin.

"Please, I don't need to compel you to get the truth from you. I know you have feelings for one of them…it's just a matter of figuring out who it is" she circled her cousin like a hawk. "Is it Damon? Or is it Stefan…"

"Stop it" she moved away from Katherine circling her.

"Since you'd like me to stop playing these two against each other. I'll just have to kill one of them then"

"What?" Katya faced Katherine "you can't do that"

"Actually I won't be killing one of them…"

"Katherine…I can't do that. You can't ask of me to do that!"

"I think you can" she nodded "because if you don't then I'll kill you, cousin" she smiled sweetly. "I have chosen Stefan, if you hadn't found out by now, he said he loved me, and I…" she cut off. Katya looked at her "...have grown to like him. He'd make a nice partner"

"I can't kill Damon, Katherine"

"He doesn't mean anything to me, Katya. I have no use for him. And once that's done, we're getting out of this town"

"No"

"Don't forget that I made you, and I can kill you just as easily. Even if you are my family"

"Damon I-"

"What was it?" he raised his voice, she was startled.

"She…" she took a deep breath "she wanted me to kill you, Damon"

You can all preceed to tell me how cruel I am for making this suspensful...in a review haha.