Some were excited about Katherine's arrival and some were upset... Hope you like this chapter. It's short because I've been so busy. I apologize.

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Through Thoughts Of My Own

Chapter 11 - Katherine

If you mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya

Got my girls, got my man, so find your own and leave mine alone

Don't mess with my man, I'ma be the one to break it to ya

Here's a little advice for you, find your own man

[Don't mess with my man]

Elena POV

I stared back at Damon in disbelief, laughing in shock. "As in the Katherine?" I asked, feeling a knot in my throat. I didn't want to think about the possibility of Katherine being here because I knew she had power over Damon.

Damon kept his head to the ground, ignoring me.

"Did you invite her?" I asked, begging for the answer to be 'no'.

When Damon hung his head, I took it as a yes. I can't believe he would do that. How could he invite his ex to my mother's funeral. My mother's funeral. His girlfriend's mother's funeral. I felt a single tear cling to my lashes as I realized that maybe my boyfriend wasn't over his ex yet. I think he noticed because he placed a hand on my shoulder and sighed.

"Elena... I didn't, I promise!" Damon begged, grabbing my hand in his own and squeezing. I shook my head, not in protest but to shake the tears away.

"Did you, or didn't you, invite your ex to my mothers funeral?" I asked, simply wanting an answer now.

Damon shook his head as Leonardo opened the small door and invited me to step out. I didn't take his outstretched hand, walking past him to the cobble path. Damon quickly chased after me.

"No, I didn't. My father did, and they are a founding family. They tend to come to things like this" Damon rushed as if he actually cared what I thought about her being here.

Suddenly, a new voice erupted from behind us and the second it hit out ears, me and Damon were like ice. I spun on my heel and glared at the woman who looked almost identical to me.

"You must be Elena Gilbert. Sorry about your lost", she muttered sarcastically, obviously not sorry at all. Damon still had his back to us so I spoke for him.

"And you are? Damon's never mentioned you" I spoke sweetly and sarcastically, unkind smile on my face. Katherine smirked back.

"Really Damon? I thought, what with your infatuation with me I thought you couldn't not mention me", Katherine joked, or at least I hope she was...

Damon turned to Katherine and myself slowly, eyes like slits and anger bubbling over the edge. "Leave Katherine!"

"Damon!" Giuseppe roared, coming to stand behind him with an angry expression. "DO NOT talk to a lady like that!"

Damon sighed and turned to his father, reaching behind him to grab at my hand. As we both walked away, our hands in front of us so Giuseppe couldn't see, I couldn't help but laugh at Katherine's angry face as she watched Damon and his, obviously, new girlfriend leave to walk up the cobble path to the gate of the cemetery.

I frowned, deciding to not say a word to Damon until I met with my family again.

My father was waiting as we watched me and Damon descend the small cobble steps that lead to the main grassy area in which my mother was being buried.

For some reason, I couldn't seem to produce any tears when I looked down at the coffin that was already deep in the ground. I didn't feel sorrow at the moment, because the only thing on my mind was Katherine Pierce and her intentions.

Everyone around us began to fall in, standing close and listening to the speeches and prays. I didn't join in, staring down at my mother's coffin as it slowly descended until it reached the bottom of the deep hole. I shook my head and focused when I saw people begin to shuffle, my family stepping forward first to pick up a handful of dirt to throw it in the hole and over my mothers coffin. Before I did so, I quickly tossed in a lily, my mothers favorite.

Damon followed me, throwing a handful of dirt in. We both stepped back and watched as a few others did so as well, although most of the upper class turned away and began to stalk back to their means of transport. I scoffed, watching as the toddled off, like the posh totty's they were.

My smirk instantly disappeared when I turned back to my mother's new grave, watching as Katherine Pierce herself reached down, clutched some dirt and launched it in with the rest. I would have appreciated the gesture if she wasn't who she was, or maybe if she didn't smirk at me and smile flirtatiously to Damon as she did so.

"I am ever so sorry for your lose, Elena, truly I am. I hear you are leaving the estate to grieve " Katherine asked, coming to stand in front of us. I frowned, going to say something before I turned and noticed Giuseppe watching us intently. I frowned, turning to the woman I hated with a fake smile.

"Thank you for coming. My mother would've appreciated it" I smiled, unfriendly. It was obvious she wanted to know if Damon would soon be alone. Shame... he wouldn't.

Damon nodded in her direction but said nothing more, turning with his arm still around my waist, towards the small steps which led to our carriage. Giuseppe was now staring, watching as a man I didn't know stepped beside Katherine and called Damon back.

"Damon Salvatore?" he asked. I felt Damon tense, as still as stone, when the man's voice hit him. He quickly turned to face him, upright and proper.

"Mr Lockwood" Damon choked.

Mr Lockwood was a tall man, wide shoulders and long legs. He was obviously a sporty man, as he was strong and large. His face was red, a small beard forming at his chin. His brown eyes were tired and heavy, large, black bag covering the skin under them. He was wearing expensive clothes, his arm around Katherine's waist much like Damon's was with mine.

Then it hit me. Mr Lockwood? As in the Katherine's fiance that she had cheated on?!

"I haven't seen you in so long, Mr Salvatore" Mr Lockwood spat, voice lased with venom. Damon frowned at his tone.

"Shame that is" Damon fake-agreed, his grip on me tightening.

"How have you been? Courting the help I see" he noticed, looking down his arm around my waist and my palm that was pressed to his chest. Giuseppe too noticed this, so I shied away, tilting my head to look at anything but his judgy eyes.

"I suggest you leave" Damon growled, angry. Katherine smirked, obviously realizing how Damon felt about me, or rather how important I was to him.

I didn't interfere with the two men, knowing it would do no good.

"Actually, honey, she isn't the help anymore. She is leaving the estate and breaking the agreement" Katherine said, nudging his in his side. Lockwood looked at her, a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

Damon looked even angrier, something that didn't go unnoticed by Giuseppe, who was still watching all four of us with curious eyes. I gazed up at him briefly, not appreciating the frown he sent my way at seeing mine and his sons closeness. Oh well. No more agreement = no more rules. We could be together.

"I suggest you leave" Damon repeated, stepping closer to Mr Lockwood with eyes like fire. I stepped back, a little worried.

Mr Lockwood decided to not back down, stepping forward too. Katherine did the same as me, stepping back slightly, watching carefully to what played out in front of us.

"Do try not to force her into cheating on her other lovers... not that she is likely to have any" Mr Lockwood laughed, staring down at me as if he were disgusted just by my appearance. I glared back.

Suddenly, before any of us could comprehend what happened, Damon's fist connected with Mr Lockwood's face. I gasped, watching his face snap to the side from the forceful blow. I quickly took it upon myself to pull Damon away as he shook the pain away. Katherine looked more shocked than anything, watching as her fiance stood up and stared at Damon squarely. Damon chuckled at the man's face.

"Well, well, well. I believe you understand that you should leave now. Am I right, Tyler?" Damon asked. Mr Lock- Tyler, looked angry.

When he swung his arm, Damon stepped back, assuming he was going to hit him, but when Tyler's arms captured Katherine, he pulled her to him, his lips crashing to hers. Katherine looked uncomfortable, squirming and attempting to move away, yet kissed him back after a while.

Was she trying to get Damon jealous? From the looks of things it wasn't working.

Damon simply grabbed my hand and pulled me away, up to the carriage. He opened the half-door for me and was about to step in when Katherine stopped him.

I watched her carefully as she smiled, handing him a small note. She quickly turned on her heel and fled back to her fiance. I frowned, watching intently as Damon sat down opposite me. The carriage started, and by surprise, I snatched the paper from his hands.

I growled when I read it.

Damon,

No matter what you think, I will always own you. You may believe, and she may as well, that you are in love with each other and that I will back down, but I will not. You will always be mine. Only mine. I shall see you soon. Come to me. You know I shall be waiting eagerly,

Forever yours,

Katherine.

I stared at it stunned. I looked up to Damon who was staring at me in confusion.

This was not good.

I would kill her if I had to.

Damon was mine, and she wasn't having him.

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