Expected

The first thing that Katherine noticed as soon as she woke up was that she was hungry. No, she was starving. Damn, her pesky new human condition. She looked out the window of her bedroom and saw that the closest thing to food was a cow that was glaring at her from her open window and grass, lots and lots of grass.

She pulled back the curtain, looks like she would have to go down to the kitchen for some real food. She opened the closet half expecting to find 1492 style gowns, but was surprised when she found an array of shirts, jeans, and blouses all made of silk or other expensive cloth. At least Elijah had good taste, she had to admit grudgingly.

Katherine put on a pair of jeans and a clingy black blouse that showed off her breasts. She looked into the mirror and tried to rearrange her frizzy curls into a decent hairstyle, but gave up after fifteen minutes and sighed irritably, her hair had always been perfect.

Giving up, she put it into a high ponytail and headed towards the kitchen. It took her a little while to find the kitchen there were just so many hallways and secret passages, but finally she found it. The kitchen was modern, thank god with a refrigerator and a stove.

She could her feel her stomach grumbling even louder as she hastily opened the cabinets. She almost burst into tears when she saw that there were empty, she opened the refrigerator and the pantry with same results and she just wanted to curl up into a ball and die.

Why did Elijah have to torture her like this, even decapitating her wouldn't be worse than starving her to death.

"Damn you!" Katherine hissed as she closed the cabinet door with a hard thud.

"Well, Katerina it seems that you're in a lovely mood this morning," Elijah said sarcastically as he came in, he was dressed perfectly in his suit already. "Why are you throwing a temper tantrum so early in the morning?"

Katherine stomped her foot angrily. "I am not throwing a temper tantrum!"

Elijah raised an eyebrow. "I beg to differ, now please stop acting like a child, Katerina and express what you want in words."

"I want food!" she snarled. "As it wasn't obvious." Her stomach was now making pathetic noises that sounded like a dying whale. She opened the cabinets dramatically. "Because if you haven't noticed you didn't buy me anything to eat. What do you expect me to eat, hay?"

Elijah blinked twice. "Ah, yes I forgot my apologies."

"You forgot?" Katherine snarled. "Elijah, if you're going to kidnapped me the least you can do is provide food."

"I'll take care of it Katerina." Elijah said firmly. "There will be food by this evening and I'll order some breakfast for you, no need to make a fuss. Besides we have more important things to discuss."

"Like?" she said grouchily. What could be more important than food?

"Like your stay here." Elijah said firmly. "I don't know for how long we are going to be enjoying each other's company but as you can see the place needs some tidying up."

"I can see." She said as she looked up at the ceiling and noticed that it was covered with cobwebs. "You definitely need maid service, or at least a cleaning service." Katherine brighten, maybe that's what Elijah had been trying to tell her, that he had hired maids that would treat her like a princess!

"I'm so glad that you think that way my dear." Elijah said, an evil twinkle in his eyes. "It will be your job to take care of the cleaning and maintenance of the castle during your stay here."

"What?" Katherine turned pale then red with fury. "Are you insane? Do I look like the maid service?"

Elijah took a step forward, almost in threat as he looked at her. "As long as you're here with me staying at my castle, and wearing the clothes that I have provided for you, you will do as I say Katerina." His jaw tightened. "If not I will be forced to kill you."

"I don't care!" she snapped back. "My life is meaningless if I'm not a vampire. So you can kill me and I won't care."

"Is that so?" Elijah grabbed the side of her throat and showed her his fangs. Katherine closed her eyes, sure that he was going to sink his fangs in her throat, but instead he simply landed soft, sweet kisses on the base of her neck.

Katherine flushed bright red. "You tricked me! You weren't really going to kill me."

Elijah looked amused as he petted her cheek. "What's the matter Katerina, I thought you liked to play games."

"Not with you." She crossed her arms over her chest. "Not anymore."

Elijah didn't even look bothered. "Understood, I'm going out, I suggest that you get started on your cleaning."

"Where are you going?"

"That's none of your business, Miss Pierce I won't go far." He said compelling her. "Stay in this house until I return."

"Damn jeans! Damn Elijah, damn weather!" Katherine wiped the sweat off her forehead as she put her mop down. As if it wasn't bad enough that Elijah was making her clean, the weather was terrible and she could barely move in her tight clothes.

She noticed that Elijah had left behind his button down shirt from last night draped over a chair. She peeled off her shirt and jeans and instead put on the shirt that barely covered her bottom. She smiled. "Perfect."

Katherine opened the small closet and let out a terrible scream that could have scared the devil. Elijah, who had only been a few blocks away used his vampire speed to catch up to Katherine in the living room.

He put a reassuring hand on Katherine's shoulder, grateful at least that she wasn't bleeding. "What's wrong?" he raised his head and saw that the closet that Katherine had been about to clean was covered in large, scary looking spiders. Elijah let out a laugh. "I can't believe this, the great Katherine Pierce afraid of a few measly spiders?"

"I'm not afraid!" she snapped. "They just . . . caught me by surprise that's all."

"Is that why you screamed so loudly?" he looked at Katherine and saw that she was only wearing his button down shirt, that barely covered the top of her fleshy thighs. "And why may I ask are you wearing my clothes?"

"It was hot." She said lamely. "And my clothes were uncomfortable to clean in."

"It's all right, Katerina." Elijah said, his eyes lowering slightly towards her shapely legs. "I don't mind."

-End of Chapter Four-