It's The Way We Love
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Game
Timeline: set in the future, post Klaus events.
Rating: T
She loves games. Games are her thing. She's good at them, and she always, always wins. She's proud of that.
And she only has one rule: no rules.
"This game sucks," Stefan grumbles, glaring at the dice as if he was blaming it for everything.
"Pay up, Steffy," she laughs as his marker steps on her monopoly house, holding out her hand for the money. They were playing with real money because it was so much more exciting that way. Or at least that's what Katherine had told him. It wasn't so exciting now that she took all his money. "You're only saying that because you're losing," she smirks at him, referring to his previous comment.
"Of course I am," he rolls his eyes. "You're cheating."
She mock gasps in indignation. " I am not cheating. I just don't have any rules. There's a difference between the two," she explains with a serious expression.
"If you say so," he laughs in amusement, shaking his head at her. God, she loves his laugh. So full of light and happiness. So full of life. It's been a while since she's heard it due to all the Klaus drama but he's finally seems to be getting better and she couldn't be happier for him if she tried. It had taken him a year and a half but he was getting there. There is only one disturbing factor.
Elena.
He's still with her and it bothers Katherine to no end. The little brat wasn't even much help for him when it came down to it. You'd be surprised, but it was actually Katherine who had taken the time and made sure he would be okay. She did everything in her power to be there for him - she hold him through his nightmares, helped him control his blood thirst, tried to make him forget all the horrors he'd witnessed.
Elena, on the other hand... She'd much rather healed Damon. She was all over him - honestly, it was kind of pathetic if you asked her. How could he still be with her after that, she'll never know. Her best guess was that he was blind. That's a huge possibility, actually. He could never see that she was the one for him and not stupid little Elena.
But in the end, Stefan and Elena's relationship was still falling apart piece by piece, every day, although neither of them would admit it, not even to themselves. It was easier for them like this - live in denial rather than embrace the fact that their story, their beautiful epic love story that started out as a fairytale won't have a happy ending. It's hard for them, Katherine understands that. (Well... she tries to.) But she knows it won't be too long now before they eventually have to face reality and then it will be her time. Finally.
So she waits. She was never good at waiting - she's impatient to no end - but she waits for him and just for him, because he's the only person in this entire universe who's worth anything to her. He's worth even waiting and more.
"I don't even know why we're playing this," he murmurs in annoyance when she once again robs him of his money.
"Cause I like games," she tells him, rolling the dice. "And we have nothing better to do," she points out, looking up at him with a meaningful look. "I mean, your brother and my little doppelganger left us here all alone in this big house..." He raises his eyebrows, knowing full well where she was going with this.
"You think they're together, don't you?" Elena is supposedly at Caroline's tonight, having a girls' night out, and Damon just got up and left town for the weekend, telling them that he was going to go and party a little. Katherine knows better though. Their excuses seemed really fake to her, and she would bet you anything that they are spending their time together, even right now in this moment.
"Yes, I do," she agrees bluntly, nodding. "But it doesn't matter what I think, it only matters what you think. So what do you think?"
"I think..." he pauses to gather his messy, jumbled thoughts. What does he think?
She takes his hand in hers, squeezing it tightly in reassurance as she smiles at him encouragingly. For a sudden moment he's completely taken aback by her beauty, her smile making the shadows that normally surround her disappear and all thoughts besides her image leave his mind. God, she's beautiful. "I think you're beautiful," he blurts out before he can help it. She laughs in surprise and it takes her a moment to realize he's serious. Did he just really compliment her? Did he really say she was beautiful?
Wow, that's a huge step in the right direction.
"Well, aren't you charming?" she bats her eyelashes at him flirtatiously. He gulps heavily, smiling as he looks down at their joined hands. She gives it one last squeeze before letting go of him, and motions towards the board with her head. "Let's finish this game, shall we? Your turn."
"So why Monopoly?" he inquires curiously as he rolls the dice again.
"Why not?" she shrugs. "Do you always have to have a reason to do something?"
"Yes. Most of the time."
"Well, I don't." She smirks as he hands over a few dollars to her again. "We're not the same."
"Obviously."
"You say that like it's a bad thing," she shakes her head at him. "But it's not. The reason you and Elena are not working out? It's because you're too damn similar. Similarity is not good. Opposites attract, haven't you heard? We're opposites. We're different. That's why we make such a great couple," she explains earnestly. He doesn't have an answer to that. "It's true," she adds when he keeps staring at her silently, without moving an inch. The game was once again forgotten.
Fed up with his continuing silence, she opens her purse just to do something, taking out a lighter and a little white box from it. It was cigarette, he realizes in shock. He didn't know she was smoking. He'd never known any smoking vampires before. It was kind of pointless for them. (Then again, so were food and alcohol.)
She lights the cigarette, lifting it up to her mouth while he watches her curiously. "I didn't know you smoke... Why?"
She looks up from her cigarette, raising her eyebrows. "What did I just tell you, Stefan?"
"Right," he nods in understanding. She doesn't need to have a reason to do something. That explains a lot about her. Well, fair enough. It goes well with her life philosophy.
"You want one?" She holds out the box for him but he shakes his head.
"No, thank you."
"Fine," she shrugs, continuing smoking. And to his utter surprise, as he keeps watching her he finds himself becoming more and more turned on. God, he never knew smoking would look hot on anyone, but of course she can pull this off too. He just wants to throw her over his shoulder and have his wicked way with her. She probably wouldn't complain...
"Come to think of it, I might just have one," he tells her suddenly. Anything to keep his mind off from all the sexy things they could be doing right now.
She smiles in satisfaction, climbing closer to him to the other side of the board. She hands him a piece of cigarette and he takes it in his mouth while she lights it for him. Somehow, all of their movements seem incredibly erotic to his lust hazed mind.
He breathes in the smoke and starts coughing instantly. Jesus, this tastes awful. How can she even stand it?
She laughs at him in amusement, rolling her eyes a little when he keeps coughing. "God, you're such a poor excuse of a vampire," she teases him.
"Well, thank you, Katherine," he replies sarcastically.
"It's okay. I love you either way." He can't help it, he smiles at her adoringly, chuckles quietly and pretends her 'I love you' didn't make his breath hitch in his throat. But it did. It's pathetic, really - after all these years he should have learned to be unaffected by her. He shouldn't feel butterflies in his stomach whenever she says those three words.
He should be able to say it back to her.
He wants to. But there's Elena and Elena... well, he loves her too. He's not sure he's in love with her anymore, but he cares about her a lot. He has to consider her too.
Lost in his thoughts, he doesn't even realize how close their heads are first. He can feel her warm breath on his face and it allures him, pulls him in. He can't control himself anymore.
Whatever happened to considering Elena too?
Screw Elena, a voice inside his head says. She's probably off, sleeping with your brother anyway.
Well then...
He lifts his arm slowly to take the cigarette out of her mouth, stumps it and throws it away. "Hey," she protests loudly, angrily, but before she could continue chastising him, Stefan firmly presses his lips to hers and all thoughts about cigarette leave her mind. She grabs the back of his neck, kissing him back feverishly, pulling herself closer to him. She explores his clothed chest, running her fingers up and down, up and down until it drives him crazy with need, but when he goes to grab her breast she pulls away from him, taking a few steps backwards to put some distance between them. He groans loudly in displeasure, looking at her in confusion. Isn't this what she wanted all along? Why is she pulling away now?
She watches him with a smug smile, proudly noting the fact that he looks incredibly turned on at the moment, and incredibly frustrated. Sexually frustrated. Good. He needs to know what it's like. He needs to miss her and want her just like she misses him and wants him too.
He needs to break up with Elena.
She won't give into him until he's still with Elena. A year and a half ago she would have gladly do dirty things to him and with him, and she would have been over the moon that she got him to cheat on Elena with her, but things changed since then. A year and a half ago he supposedly wanted nothing to do with her, hated her and couldn't be more in love with Elena. A year and a half ago she had to take what she got.
Now?
Now she knows she's winning. She knows he's in love with her and he's slowly beginning to realize that too. She knows she can get him to break up with Elena eventually. That's why she pulled away from him.
She won't be the other girl in his life. She wants to be the only girl he loves, the only girl he's with.
"Katherine," he whines, reaching out his arms towards her. She smirks.
"Patience, Stefan. Patience is an important virtue," she winks at him. "Oh, and.." she bends down to take his only remaining dollars from the floor too, sticking it in her bra cup before she walks out of the room. "I win."
Oh, I don't even know what this was... I like the general idea of it: meaning that we know how much Katherine likes to play games, but it would be fun to see her playing an actual real game, like Monopoly or poker or something, but I'm not sure how it turned out... Well, hope you like it anyway.
Hmmm, not much to say about this episode. It was great. Not my favourite, but okay. But hey, not every episode can be epic, right?
I was glad to see Lexi back, I always did like her.
And no Katherine this week... I know everyone is still freaking out, but I would bet you anything they're doing this to us on purpose. They try to make us believe she's dead and then suddenly she will just appear out of nowhere. That's my guess. It's a shame their plan is not working :P :D
I have to say, I'm super excited about next episode! I cannot freaking wait anymore! I've been dying to know more about the original family since... well, since forever! And we're finally going to see them! We're gonna see the other siblings too (based on the promo, one of them might be a little kid! Creepy) and Elijah will be back! Yaaaayyy! Aaaaaaaaaaaargh, I cannot wait! I bet they have some dirty little secrets too, and I bet there are gonna be some shocking revelations in this episode. And we all know that TVD's shocking revelations make your jaw drop to the floor.
Oh, and hey does anyone know how old Katherine was when she was turned? Some say she was 17, but I don't remember if they ever mentioned that. Or did she say that back in 2x09? I really don't remember, but I'd really like to know, it's important. It's for my upcoming story ;) (It's SK, but need I say that? :P :D)
And Stefan was 17 too, right?
Oh, and of course, vote in the poll! Thanks :)
Love,
Kathy
