Katherine ran to the far side of Mystic Falls. She managed to find a safe looking, empty warehouse where she could rest for the night. Having Klaus after her again was horrible. She had been running from the hybrid for centuries, only to return back to where she started. Katherine didn't just hate running from him, she loathed the idea of how he would torture her when he finds her. Katherine isn't dumb, she knows sooner or later he'll catch up to her.

The original wasted no time in trying to find her. Klaus searched all around Mystic Falls. He tried playing "detective," while he questioned anyone who might have seen the pretty doppelganger.

All of a sudden, Klaus caught a smell of vanilla and peppermint lotion along with Katherine's perfume. He traced that scent in the northern direction it led to. Klaus stopped when he reached an old, shabby warehouse. When Klaus walked through the door, he immediately knew where to find his precious play thing.

Katherine didn't hear Klaus' footsteps walking right up to her because she was busy being sound asleep. He watched her for a few seconds. Katherine was curled up in a corner, hugging her knees, while she leaned against a wall on her left side. Klaus bent down, crouching on his knees, and caressed her olive skin before tucking a loose strand of hair behind her ear.

The touch Katherine felt was nice and warm. She relaxed against the feeling and thought it was just a dream. Then when the soft touch was taken away, her eyes fluttered open and she sat up straight against the wall.

"Well, now that you're up," Klaus said which made Katherine's eyes basically bulge as her mouth dropped.

He took the brunette by her wrist and stood her up, forcing Katherine to walk behind him. She tried to pull away from him, but it did nothing to stop Klaus; it did nothing but infuriate him.

Suddenly, Klaus couldn't take her struggling and lollygagging because his patience was wearing thin. Therefore, he spun around, making it so that Katherine actually walked straight into him. He leaned over, balanced Katherine's stomach on his shoulder, and picked her.

"If you didn't want to walk, all you had to do was say so instead of wasting time, Katerina." He told her more so with anger than sarcasm.

"I didn't want to walk, and I don't want to go with you. Klaus! Put me down!" Katherine demanded as she squirmed and pushed with her hands on his back.

Klaus paused in his walking and said, "sweetheart, if you don't stop squirming, I will put you over my knee right here and now. I don't care who would so unluckily happen to stumble upon your punishment, I don't care how embarrassed you would be, I will do it. Do not test me, Katerina," Klaus finished lecturing her.

Katherine went silent for half a minute and Klaus took that as obedience.

"Good," Klaus stated.

He then took off with his vampire speed and rushed back to the apartment. Katherine knew what was going to happen, and she felt an unpleasant rush of coldness crawl up her spine. Fear encroached and surrounded her heart, making Katherine forget everything except for the torture she will have to face.

When the two arrived at the apartment that they were occupying, Klaus opened the door and walked in; still carrying a Ms. Pierce on his shoulder. He strode through the living room and into the bedroom. There, Klaus walked over to the bed and set her down on his. Katherine waited for the torturing and the punishing to begin, but five minutes passed and he just stood there, staring at her with his arms crossed. It made Katherine squirm in uncomfortable silence until she could no longer endure the headache it was causing her.

"Well?" She asked bluntly, not meaning to sound bitchy.

"Well what, Katerina?" He asked in a tone that was undefinable. Shocking… She silently thought.

"Well…" Katherine looked down at her shoes. They were black leather, and the heel was about three inches high. "If you're going to punish me, then could you just get on with it…" She added.

"And why would I do that? Because you ran away? Because you disobeyed me? Because you broke the damn window?" Each time he listed a reason to punish her, Klaus' anger became more intense as his yelling grew louder.

"I don't even know what to do with you anymore, Katerina!" Klaus went over to the door as if he was about to leave her alone again. "I'm not going to compel you to stay anymore. If you want to leave, then leave."

Klaus opened the door and all of a sudden Katherine's emotions overwhelmed her and she blurted out, "I love you…"

This made the hybrid pause as he absorbed and processed what had just escaped Katherine's mouth. He slowly turned around to find a brunet with two twin tear streaks falling down her beautiful face.

The original didn't know what to do or say, so he acted. Using his vampire speed, he sped over to Katherine and pinned her down on the bed. Klaus leaned over her and whispered in her ear, "why would you love a monster like me?" He then began to brush away her tears with the pad of his thumb.

"Because you care for me, and even though I've been running from you for years, I know you feel the same. You seek to protect me. You may be intimidating at times, but that will never change the way I feel. Not now, not ever, Klaus."

This shocked him entirely. Hearing these words coming from her, hearing her soft voice whisper them into his ear and only for him. Klaus knew she wasn't joking and it made his heart grow three sizes.

"I can asure you, love, we do share a mutual feeling." The original whispered back seductively.

Katherine moaned as Klaus began kissing her plump lips with passion. She desired the warmth he provided. It made her feel like she was on an extended ecstasy trip. The doppelganger let her domineering man take over. She let him stroke and caress her skin. Every inch of Katherine's body was claimed by Klaus Mikaelson, and she had no problem with that whatsoever.

Exchanging their love and passion between one another was breathtaking as always. Skin against skin, bodies against one another, soft hands everywhere making Katherine feel at home.

Once they both finished, they laid together. Klaus wrapped Katherine up in his arms while she laid with her head on his chest. She nuzzled into the feeling of protection. It was safe for her to feel like this because she knew he felt the same. Before, when she attempted this position, a fear of rejection strangled her; but now, everything was alright.

Klaus let the sound of Katherine's steady breathing fill the air. She didn't want to say anything to ruin the moment, so she just laid there in his strong embrace until she drifted off to sleep. A deep, beautiful sleep that would surely be filled with dreams and memories of Klaus, not the bad ones, but the good ones. The loving ones of back when she was a human.

*FLASHBACK*

Katherine was leaving the premises of the Mikaelson's mansion after the party. Klaus looked for the beautiful face of which the doppelganger possessed. He searched the grounds until he found her standing in front of a fountain while studying it.

He used his supernatural abilities to speed over to her. She didn't even notice his presence because she was so engrossed by the beautiful statue of a stone greek goddess on top of the magnificent water fountain before her.

"Aphrodite has nothing to compare to you," he told her subtly as he stood behind her.

Katherine spun around and found the original closer to her than she thought he was. Being only four steps away from her with his hands held behind his back, he took one step forward before saying, "you didn't even give me a chance to say goodbye."

She thought his british accent was such a luxurious melody. Katherine's mind and ears demanded to hear more of it, but she didn't want to seem pathetic, so she just kept her mouth shut. Who would ever do something anyways on the account of what she wanted?

"Maybe that's why I was standing out here," she basically purred. Klaus raised his eyebrows at the way Katherine was playing with him.

He took a step closer to her. Now intoxicating her with the delicious scent he gave off as well as the wonderful proximity he filled while standing only two inches from her.

"Well if that's the case," he began, but paused to tuck a loose lock of her hair behind her ear. Klaus then added, "then I'm glad."

After he told her that, Klaus leaned forward and planted a soft yet passionate kiss on her delicate, pink lips. Katherine reciprocated the affection and wrapped her arms around his neck while giving into him. A few minutes later, they both parted and Klaus offered to accompany her back home. Katherine took him up on his offer and they both walked back to her house laughing and having a deep and intellectual conversation about life.

It was twelve o'clock in the evening when they arrived to Katherine's front porch. Klaus had bid her goodnight and gave her another passionate kiss before leaving to walk back to his house.

She watched him leave, she watched him stride home with confidence.

Klaus could sense the smile on Katherine's face, even from far away. After Klaus was completely out of sight, Katherine went inside of her house. She shut the door, leaned against it, slide down onto the floor, and pondered over her thoughts and feelings of tonight's events.

Katherine felt happy, excited, bubbly, and a little bit nervous. She didn't want a what happened back in Bulgaria to repeat itself again though. She let those thoughts exit her mind quickly and stood up so that she could go upstairs.

She didn't care that she was still in her dress from earlier, she didn't care that her hair was still done up, she just laid down on her comfortable bed and went to sleep the way she was. Before she closed her eyes though, the last thing that went through her imagination was reliving those moments with Klaus again.

*END OF FLASHBACK*

Katherine woke up to the man she loved the next day. He didn't wander off, leaving her alone and unhappy. He stayed with her even though he was fully awake and deep in thought. He could have sat down in the living room while having a drink, he could have began a new masterpiece while contemplating his thoughts, he could have taken a fucking walk to Nebraska and back; but he didn't… And that made Katherine feel like the luckiest woman alive.

After Klaus was done balancing his mentality, he decided to take Katherine out for the day instead of keeping her locked up.

"Where shall we spend the day, love?" He asked her sincerely.

"Let's go into town and sit by that large fountain for a while…" She told him as her voice sounded wistful.

Klaus was confused. Out of all the things to do in Mystic Falls, why would she ever want to just go and sit by a water fountain?

"If that's what you want to do," he told her and gave her a kiss on her cheek.

After Katherine and Klaus took a shower, dressed, brushed their teeth, and finished getting ready; they headed out the door and walked down to the town center.

Klaus studied his olive skinned, brunette as she walked with pride and practically bounced with excitement. It warmed his heart to see Katherine with such a wide grin on her face. He usually only saw her smile with wit or sarcasm, but not today. Today, he witnessed pure glee radiating off of her; and Klaus couldn't wish for anything more...