Elena decided to call Stefan soon after Katherine left. "Elena?" he asked into the phone. "Hi Stefan," she rasped into the phone. "Are you ok?" he asked, his tone carrying an edge of worry to it.

"I'm fine. But do you think you could sleep over here or I could come over there?" she asked lowly. He was surprised. "Um yeah. I could come over there if you want, whatever you want," he reassured. Elena smiled softly. "I think I would like for you to come get me," she said sounding coy.

Stefan grinned. "I'll be over as soon as I can," he responded. They hung up and Elena got up and lazily stretched. But she froze when a mental force hit her mind.

"No, no, no," she murmured. She gripped her head and tried her best to will it all away.

Katherine!

The name echoed in her head as she thought of her over and over. Soon enough her mind was clear. Finally. There was a yell from Jenna, mentioning that Stefan was here for her. Elena stomped down the stairs and quickly went to the door. She kissed Stefan softly and grinned.

"Ready?" he asked. "Ready," she confirmed, closing the door behind them. They left the house together. Elena sat silently in the passenger side, and Stefan kept held of her hand throughout the whole ride.

"Sorry about today. I really wasn't feeling good," Elena said suddenly. He turned to her and smiled softly. "It's fine. I understand," he nodded. She nodded.

Don't have too much fun without me Elena.

She was surprised by the sudden voice. But knew it was Katherine.

Oh Katherine.

Elena could almost predict that Katherine was smirking to herself, wherever she was.

We can talk later

They reached the house and Elena got out of the car, following behind Stefan. They got into the room and stopped at the parlor. They both saw Damon sitting there with bourbon, like he usually did.

Elena's conscious suddenly felt fuzzy and the veil was there again. It came to quickly for her to control it. "Damon," she breathed out, in an almost gracious loving tone. They both stopped and stared at her. Damon arched a brow silently.

"What's wrong?" she pouted. There was a sudden cautious look in Damon's eyes as he stared over Elena suspiciously. "Sorry Elena. Don't feel like playing games tonight," Elena frowned.

Katherine was ready to mess with Elena more till she hit an icy veil around Elena's mind. "No!" Katherine actually screamed out loud.

Why are you so worried about her Katherine don't you want me.

Katherine froze when she heard that mental voice. It was that Elena.

No. You have to leave her alone. I don't care about you anymore.

The veil seemed to shimmer and evaporate slightly.

I will not be ignored Katherine.

Then it was all gone. Katherine felt true panic for once in her life.

Elena!

Elena had been in a momentary daze, not knowing what she was doing. She gasped and quickly backed away from Damon, realizing she had just shortly kissed him. "Oh my god! No," Elena cried, clutching her head.

She then heard Katherine's voice.

What happened?

Katherine could hear the distress in Elena's tone and felt sad for Elena.

She came and messed with you.

Elena realized it was true. She would never kiss Damon. Never!

She quickly turned to Stefan with tears streaming down her face. "Stefan! Please, that wasn't me, I swear!" she cried panicking slightly. Stefan just stared at her with wide eyes and turned to Damon.

She looked at Damon. "That was nothing Damon! It wasn't me, don't think anything of it," Elena cried, in a slightly accusing tone. Damon and Stefan were both confused.

"Elena. What the hell is going on then?" he demanded roughly, speaking for both him and his brother. "I-I I haven't been me recently! Something's wrong!" Elena said lowly. "Then tell us so we can help you!" Damon demanded. Elena shivered and bit her lip cautiously.

"I can't." They stared at her in disbelief. Stefan finally spoke up. "Why?" Hurt was clear in his tone. "I just can't," Elena screamed, clutching her head unwillingly.

There was now fear in their eyes as they watched Elena go through her 'breakdown'.

She cried helplessly and clutched herself.

Elena please calm down.

I can't. I want to tell them so badly, but I can't.

Katherine felt pity. Poor, poor girl.

"I can't tell you!" Elena breathed out with finality, looking up at both of them pleadingly. They just stayed silent. "You know what. Never mind, this wasn't a good idea. I'm going to go home," Elena stood up and quickly bolted to the door.

Elena ran out into the woods. She didn't care if she was out of earshot or not. "Katherine," she always found herself in the woods, crying out for Katherine. Katherine was there suddenly. She grabbed Elena's shoulder protectively.

"Take me home," she whimpered. Katherine nodded grimly in understanding. Elena was suddenly hoisted in Katherine's arms. She was carried as if she were as light as a feather.

Everything seemed to blur past her when she closed her eyes and suddenly she felt the gentle softness of her bed. She opened her eyes slightly and saw Katherine was prepared to go sit at the desk chair.

She reached out for Katherine's hand. Katherine stopped and looked at her. "Lay with me?" she asked lowly, staring up at Katherine thoughfully.

Katherine stared at her in disbelief. She wanted so badly to be with Elena, but she knew it wasn't right now. But for now, she'd comfort Elena.

She slid in under the covers next to Elena. Elena felt her self unconsciously nuzzle into Katherine for comfort. Elena knew she what she was doing. But she had a reason. After this stupid spirit was gone. She would be able to settle this and get everything in check.

"I'm sorry," Elena rasped out into the silence. "Why?" Katherine asked lowly, confused. "Because I know it seems like I'm messing with your feelings. But I just need you around for now. But when all of this is over, I promise I will think about us," Katherine was surprised by her words. But Katherine felt happy that Elena would give the thought of them.

God, she was such a badass vampire before. Now she finds herself waning over her human teenage twin's feelings for her. Truly messed up. But Katherine didn't care, it still filled her with hope.

"Ok," Katherine replied dumbfounded. Elena just yawned and nodded her head.

Katherine laid behind Elena and held her closely by the waist. Affectionately spooning her. Elena felt she was so comfortable with this. She just didn't know what to really think anymore. Her mind was going haywire.

They just laid there together and Elena felt herself falling asleep easily.

Katherine stayed there silently. She boldly kissed the shell of Elena's ear, knowing she was fully asleep now. "You have no idea what you do to me Elena," she whispered to herself in the dark silence of the room.

Katherine let herself go and fall asleep peacefully.

They woke up in the early morning haze of the day. It was 5:30 in the morning.

Katherine groaned and rolled away from Elena. Well tried to at least. Elena held onto her tightly, like she was her teddy bear or something. Katherine stared down at the girl in pure surprise.

She slowly slid out of the girl's human strong grip. She came to stand in front of the large mirror of Elena's. She looked at herself. She knew she was quite a sight. Of course, throughout her whole life she knew that.

Thank god she passed that gene onto Elena.

What the hell was she going on about?

Katherine snapped out of her stupid thoughts and turned back to Elena. She was sleeping there peacefully. Katherine didn't have to even go into Elena's dreams last night to protect her. Must mean they were getting somewhere. Hopefully.

She decided to take a peek in Elena's dreams now.

"I choose Katherine. I love her," Elena was speaking to Damon and Stefan. "How could you love her after everything?" they both demanded angrily.

"She was there for me! When the 1864 Elena was trying to come back and completely take over my body, she was there! So don't you go and try to convince me that she's evil! She's shown me a completely different side of her," Elena defended meekly.

When they were ready to say something else. Katherine came into view. "Speak of the devil," Damon spat. Katherine just smirked. "Boys, boys. You're giving poor Elena such a hard time for something that her heart wants," Katherine came to stand boldly next to Elena.

"What have you've done to her?" they both asked in disbelief. "Nothing," Katherine replied honestly. "Listen boys. I know you're upset of rejection and what-not, but doesn't mean you have to torture her." Katherine arched a brow challengingly to either of the brothers.

They stayed silent. "Elena's mine. And she doesn't need you all anymore," Katherine grabbed Elena's hand and grasp it slightly in adoration. They saw the move and stared at it.

Katherine's eyes opened and she saw Elena was staring back at her. "Enjoy the dream?" Elena asked coyly. Katherine smirked, "quite interesting." She came to sit next to Elena on the bed. "Maybe it isn't a dream, it's a vision of the future," Katherine winked.

Elena huffed out and rolled her eyes. "Maybe," Elena whispered.

Katherine was surprised, but kept her composure. "So what are you going to do today?" Katherine asked, settling down right next to her casually. "I don't know, school maybe," Elena shrugged. "We should go shopping instead, I could call in and tell them you're sick again?" Katherine grinned. Elena's eyes widened.

"Why shopping?" she asked cautiously. "For the masquerade on Friday," Katherine smirked at Elena's reaction.

Elena groaned and banged her head lightly against the headboard. "I don't even know if Stefan wants to see me anymore," Elena frowned. "Don't bother with him. I'm going to need a date," Katherine smirked. Elena's eyes widened as she stared at Katherine in disbelief.

Katherine arched and brow and a wicked smile curled at her lips. "I'll call in sick for you," Katherine went to grab her cell phone. She dialed the number quickly and waited for some secretary at the school to answer.

"Hi. I'm Katherine Gilbert, an older cousin of Elena Gilbert's, I just wanted to tell you Elena has come down with the flu and she won't be in school for the rest of the week," Katherine drawled convincingly.

"Of course, I'll give her your regards. Thank you," Katherine spoke in fake caring and excitement. She hung up and gave Elena a wink. "Now I get to keep you all to myself the rest of the week," Katherine giggled.

Elena huffed. "Amazing," Elena replied teasingly. "Now come on! Gotta go! You're going to get ready, then we're going back to the boarding house where I've been staying. I'm going to get ready, then we're going out for breakfast. And then we'll shop and stuff," Katherine listed off the whole schedule for the day.

Elena went to dig in her closet.

She went through clothes. Usually she would've chose any random thing. But she felt the need to dress up with something better than normal. Because of Katherine.

She looked for a pair of skinny jeans. She had a pair of black ripped skinny jeans. She grabbed them and looked for some top. She settled on a blue halter top. She got it together and quickly went into the bathroom. She started the shower and got in.

She felt slight giddiness for today. The water pelted her skin comfortably, and she felt herself unconsciously hurrying up in the shower. She got finished quickly and dressed.

She came out to see Katherine idly flipping through Elena's diary. Katherine's eyes left the page and she looked up at Elena. Her eyes raked over Elena's body, almost in a hungry sense. But Elena quickly ignored it and went around the room messing with helpless stuff. Katherine could tell Elena was nervous, well something like that at least.

She stopped and arched a brow to Katherine. "We should go now," Elena said quietly. "Could we take your car? I don't feel like carrying you again," Katherine asked with a teasing tone.

Elena chortled and nodded. They left out and Katherine spoke lowly, giving directions to Elena. They had quite a day ahead of them.


Song: Lights by Ellie Goulding

I was home sick today and that gave me more time to work on this. Let me say, so far I love writing this story. Soooo much, like it's unbelievable. But anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter and to let you all know. I'm getting more into livejournal, so if you want to read my drabbles and some other stories, go check it out. Link is on my profile. :D

Anyway byee