I'm so sorry for not posting for so long! You guys must hate me but I'm back and there's a bit of Steferine in this chapter for you all. I do intend on carrying this story for all the people who asked if I was or not. It's just been busy few weeks thats all. I wrote this today for you all because you have waited long enough. The reason it's not the best is because I have been sick for the last three days, not pleasant. Anyway enough of me rambling, here you go! :)

The sun shone through the window opposite my bed and I knew that Stefan was no longer by my side without even opening my eyes. I wrapped my arms around the empty sheets and clung to them, breathing in his scent that still lingered on the pillows, remindind me that last night hadn't been a dream but that Stefan had stayed the night with me due to his own choice. I pulled the sheets closer to me and breathed his scent once more, sharing a moment of weakness with my humanity.

There was no movement downstairs or anywhere in the house, Stefan had gone. As thought processed in my head, something within me pined for him to return for him to come back to me. I missed him and he had only be here with for just one night. I missed his sarcastic comments, the way he teased me, the way he made me laugh, his smile. I missed him and everything about him.

Reluctantly, I got out of bed and made my way to the bathroom. The apartment was quiet just like it always had been before last night, before Stefan knocked on my door but now the apartment was quiet and there was a sense of longing, a sense of something missing and I didn't need anyone to tell me what was missing. Stefan was missing. Stefan was the one thing that apartment longed for, the person that I longed for.

I quickly got dressed and walked around the house aimlessly, looking for any sign that Stefan would come back here tonight, whether he would come back tonight or whether he would ever come back. Maybe last night had scared him off and he had found shelter someplace else. He might even go back to the Boarding House if he was the desperate to get away from me, to hide from his love for me.

It was obvious what I had to do and I didn't care that it would let my humanity show if I did, I just had to talk to him. I had to see him. I picked up my car keys from the kitchen counter and run full speed to my car.

Ten minutes later I was outside the Salvatore Boarding House and my hands were shaking. I stood outside for awhile just staring at the door, debating on whether or not just go back home or stay here. Stefan wouldn't be here anyway, it was pointless. Even if he was here what would I say to him without sounding desperate and needy? No, I couldn't talk to him yet. I would wait till later to see if he came back. Sighing at my impulsiveness I turned back around and headed towards my car.

"Katherine?"

I turned back around to see Elena stood there in the doorway, her hair tied back and Damon's t-shirt hung off her body. Her brown eyes scanned over me before they came back up to face me. She remained motionless by the door, neither of us knowing why she had called my name.

"Why are you here?" She asked, her eyebrows raised.

"Is…um… Stefan here?" I asked, looking at her directly in the eye, trying to be strong and not look scared, scared that Stefan had left without me knowing.

"No, I'm here all alone. Stefan left here yesterday afternoon he hasn't been back since." Elena said folding her arms across her chest.

"Figures." I muttered.

Sighing in defeat I walked back to the car and hoped that maybe Stefan was just hunting and that he would be back later tonight. He wouldn't have left, would he? I shook my head, answering my own question. Stefan would never avoid someone, he would talk to them about their problems and make sure that they would overcome whatever them problems were. Stefan Salvatore wasn't a quitter. He was so different to me when it came to something like that, I would run for the hills to avoid the awkward conversation. It's why after all these years I still loved him because he made me want to be better, he made me feel again.

I could still hear Elena's heartbeat coming from the doorway, she hadn't moved a muscle. I turned back around to face her, she had a knowing smirk on her face that made my stomach curl. Was my humanity really taking over me? Was it obvious to everyone around me that I felt? I shuddered at thought no one could know that I felt everything, my enemies would use it against me so they could finally rip my heart out or drive a stake through my heart.

"What's the smirk for? It suits me better." I smirked back, my eyes cold and hard.

"Really Katherine? You can't hide behind that mask forever, you know."

She knew. It was obvious that I still had my humanity left in me, that it was controlling me. I hated that she knew, my doppelganger knew. She took everything from me and know she knew my greatest weakness. Elena knew what it would take to destroy me.

"Do you want to come inside? No one's home and I'm bored. Plus, you look like you could talk to someone." Elena said a friendly smile on her face that I wondered if she was leading me into a trap, the girl was tough now and fought her own battles. She was a lot like me. Also she was right. I did want someone to talk to about everything but could Elena Gilbert be trusted? After everything I had done to her, I was sure she didn't trust me which made me think that this was likely that this was a trap she was leading me into. Despite the fact that I wanted to run as fast as I could I stayed rooted to the spot. I wanted to talk to someone and she was willing to offer that, so I could give her a chance.

"If this is some plot to kill me, Elena I swear I'll hurt you so much that you will be begging to die." I said before I walked directly into the house.

"Not a trap, Katherine. Just being friendly." She whispered as she shut the door.

We didn't speak once I entered the house, I just followed her. Elena grabbed her jeans on the way into the Kitchen and put them on quickly whilst she made coffee obviously feeling she was underdressed to entertain a guest which she probably was as she was only in Damon's shirt.

"Why are you looking for Stefan?" She said as motioned for me to sit down on of the wooden chairs by the matching dinner table. Reluctantly, I sat down and I dropped my car keys on the table.

"Why are you talking to me Elena?" I asked her, my eyebrows raised in suspicion as I was still waiting for her to pull out a stake from under her shirt.

She handed me a cup of coffee and then sat down opposite me, her legs folded underneath her. Elena sipped her coffee before she uttered a word to me, her eyes never failed to keep eye contact with me and though we had the same eyes, I could see what Stefan had said about Elena being different from me. She was different, she held innocence and purity in her eyes and I had never seen it before in anyone I had ever met.

"Because Katherine there's something different about you since I saw yesterday. Nice eavesdropping by the way." She laughed slightly before carrying on. "Stefan stayed with you last night didn't he? He came to you."

I nodded but she still didn't answer my question.

"That doesn't answer the question, Elena and I would like an answer now." I snapped at her.

"I'm talking you because you looked vulnerable out there, you looked lost and scared. I know what that is like to think you've lost someone you love. You needed to talk to someone, it was written all over your face. I was just trying to be helpful." Elena shrugged and drunk some more of her coffee.

I didn't know what to say because if it had been Elena knocking on my door looking for Damon or someone with a vulnerable look on her face I just would have let her go. I wouldn't have made her coffee and talked to her about her problem, that was just too human even for me. Though I wouldn't have done the same, I was still grateful that she brought me in here.

"Thanks." I whispered to her and I could almost see her eyes widen in disbelief from what I had just said.

"You're welcome. So why are you looking for Stefan?" She asked me obviously feeling the same awkward tension that I was feeling too.

"I..umm.."

"Spit it out, Katherine."

"Stefan came back to mine last night because he felt he had nowhere to go. The spare bedroom in my apartment was apparently filthy, even though he had been cleaning it all night. So, Stefan stayed with me, in my bed."

"Did you have sex?" She asked, grinning madly and wiggling her eyebrows.

"No, Elena." I smiled back and it was genuine. Maybe Elena Gilbert wasn't that bad, maybe she could be fun. Maybe.

"Okay so what happened next?"

"I woke up and he was gone." I shrugged like it meant nothing to me but she knew it was a façade.

"Don't pretend you don't care, Katherine. You know you do, you can't hide behind that mask forever. I did, I pretended that I didn't love Damon for a while but you eventually give into it. You can't hide."

"I know, Elena. I know. That's what scares me because I don't wanna get hurt." My words were barely audible. "Elena never repeat this conversation, okay? I'm already having a problem with letting my love for Stefan show, I can't be your 'friend' too. I don't want to be human."

"I promise. Now drink your coffee before it gets cold." She laughed before pushing my cup of coffee towards me.

Hours later and I was finally home. Who knew hanging out with my doppelganger was actually pretty fun? Halfway through a conversation Damon had come home and wondered what the hell I was doing there but within a few minutes he was going over to Alaric's house for a guy's night. Elena had asked me to join her, the witch and Caroline to their girly night but I declined. I could only take so much human bonding. It would have to be small steps.

I opened the door to my apartment and immediately smelt food being cooked from the Kitchen. Oh god, please don't tell me they had brought their girly evening to me? I shivered at thought but when I couldn't hear a single a heartbeat I knew it wasn't Elena or her friends. I shut the door and I smelt his scent, Stefan's scent. Was he really here? Why was he cooking?

"Stefan?" I shouted in to the room.

"In here!" Stefan called from the kitchen.

A smile appeared on my lips and I couldn't help but sigh in relief. He hadn't gone, he was here and in my apartment. I threw my car keys onto the nearest table and hung my jacket on the coat hangers by the door. I took my time so I could try and calm myself before I actually saw him.

When I got closer to the kitchen, I heard the radio playing the latest songs in the charts and to my surprise Stefan was singing along! I had to stifle a laugh as I walked in to the kitchen to find him dancing around with a spatula in his hand. He had a towel over his shoulder and one of the biggest smiles I had seen on his face ever since I had come back to Mystic Falls.

"Did I interrupt something?" I asked, my hand over my mouth to keep me from laughing.

Stefan stopped dancing and singing to look at me, a smirk appearing on his face.

"Nope just cooking some food for us. Dancing and singing helped pass the time away."

I nodded, still stifling a laugh.

"Well I think I could definitely see it as a career path for you." I managed to say before I finally burst out laughing.

"Me too." He said before going back to dancing and singing around the kitchen.

I opened the cabinet and went to get a glass of wine before Stefan's arm encircled my waist, forcing me to dance with him. I effortlessly tried to stop him but he kept dancing with me, a smile on his lips.

"Come on, Katherine you used to love to dance with me."

Smirking, I gave into him and danced with him to the radio. The entire time we danced together Stefan didn't take his eyes off me and I swear if I was human I would be blushing but thankfully I wasn't. I placed my arms around his neck and together we swayed to the beat and all I could think about was how much I wanted to kiss him, to take him upstairs and show him how much I loved him.

The song ended and me and Stefan remained looking at each other unsure of what to do next. Unwillingly I untangled my arms around his neck and pulled away from his arm around my waist and I could see the confusion sweep over his face.

"So, what's for a dinner?" I asked a smile on my face.

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