WOAH! Guys, I'm so excited... today's the day we've all been waiting for... VD returns! Finally :D
Claire kept her promise and returned to Elena's house early the next morning, before Jenna woke up. Carefully, she used the key Elena had given her the night before and tiptoed upstairs into her room. Quietly, she closed the door just to turn around and find Katherine lolling on her bed.
"For fuck's sake! What are you doing here, psycho-bitch?" she had to hold herself back so not to scream at Elena's look-alike.
"I thought we could have a little chat, and even though I'm used to it by now, I don't like it that much when someone calls me a bitch," she got as an answer.
"I'll you call whatever the hell I want. Besides, let's face it, Katherine: you are a bitch."
"True. But so are you, Claire," the vampire answered.
Claire hesitated slightly, but then let a small grin spread across her face. Maybe they would get along nevertheless. But she had to be cautious with her. Katherine was not known for always speaking the truth. She went over to her dresser and let her jacket fall on a chair. God, was she tired. Spending the night with Damon was wonderful, but she was already looking forward to sleeping alone again. She really needed some sleep, something she didn't get much with him. Every time they were somehow finished with whatever it was they were doing, they either started over again, or got caught in a heated discussion about a random topic. Outside the bedroom, they were still a bit like fire and ice, but Claire wouldn't have preferred it any other way. Things never got boring, and that was something she dreaded.
She took off her shoes and tried to push Katherine from her bed to have place in it herself. Of course, the vampire didn't move a bit.
"Will you slide over so that I have a little space or do I have to use my powers and pin you against the wall again?" she asked the vampire, brows raised.
Katherine let out a small sigh, but moved over nevertheless. "Oh, how I love bonding time. Could you have imagined that when we first met? Us being BFFs?" she asked Claire in a false girly tone.
"Yeah, sure, Katherine. Let's make a pillow fight, eat marshmallows and braid each other's hair!" Claire answered without any sign of enthusiasm. "Let's get to the point: what do you want?"
"You know, we are very much alike, you and me. We are both beautiful, strong-willed and very powerful. And we have the same taste in men," Katherine tried to lull Claire in.
"Ugh," was everything she got as an answer.
"I'm serious. You'll see it when we spend a bit more time together."
"Over my dead body," Claire mumbled. She was about to doze off, when she felt the bed move. She opened her eyes and saw Katherine's face only inches away from hers.
"I always get what I want, understand? And right now, I want you to work with me. We're gonna kill Klaus and Elena, and then you're gonna disappear, so that I have Damon as a little toy when I get tired with Stefan," she hissed while staring at Claire, who had a blank expression on her face.
Katherine smiled triumphantly and wanted to get off of Claire, when the witch burst out in laughter.
"Seriously, Katherine? You think that you can compel me? Are you for real? I mean... how stupid was that?" Claire said while wiping a tear off her cheek. She had laughed so hard that she even had to cry.
Katherine was on her feet now, standing in front of the bed, her hands in fists, shaking with rage. She didn't like it when someone made fun of her. She thought that if she managed to get to Claire, if the witch let her guard down, she would be able to compel her. It had worked on witches before, but apparently, not this time.
Claire had calmed down and turned to look at the vampire, a stone cold look now on her face. "Now tell me... did I get that right? You want to kill Elena?" she growled.
Katherine saw the dangerous look in Claire's eyes and started to panic. Unluckily for her, she got even more bitchy than usual when doing so. "I would do anything to get Stefan back, and no one will stand in my way!", she said fiercely.
Anger started to build up in Claire. She loved Elena like her own sister, and she knew right from the beginning that Katherine would mean trouble. Should she kill her? Once and for all, so that they were finally free of her? But she needed her for her plan for James... A demonic grin appeared on her face. There it was. The perfect opportunity: Blackmailing.
"You know, I could just kill you right now. You damn well gave me a reason to do it," she started.
"Then do it. I'm not afraid of dying," Katherine answered, trying to play cool, but her eyes gave her away. She looked like a trapped bunny.
"Yeah, right. Like I believe you. Just cool down, I have better plans for you. Here's what you gonna do for me...," Claire started and explained to Katherine how exactly she was gonna get rid of James for her.
When Elena walked into the guest room about 2 hours later, she saw her friend lying on the bed, fully dressed, sleeping like a baby. While she rubbed her eyes and leaned against the door frame, Stefan appeared behind her.
"Looks like she didn't get a lot of sleep last night," he commented.
"Ugh. I don't even wanna think about it. Let's go have some coffee, please. My head's killing me," she answered.
Stefan chuckled slightly and kissed her shoulders. "Nobody forced you to drink that much Vodka-Bull. You did that all by yourself."
"I know. But Claire drank exactly as much as I did. Strangely, she didn't seem drunk at all!" Elena complained while they went downstairs.
"Well, looks like she knows how to hold her liquor. And she's from England. I spent some time there, some of them are really good drinkers," he said while they entered the kitchen. Stefan went to the coffee machine, while Elena let herself fall on one of the chairs on the kitchen counter.
"You lived in England once? You never mentioned that before," she mumbled.
"Yeah, I was around at the turn of the century."
"In 2000? And did they party hard?" Elena asked.
"No, Elena, I mean 1900," Stefan interfered.
"Wow. I always forget how old you actually are. Me dating an older guy... who would have guessed?" she teased him now. Stefan walked over to the crouched figure on the chair, handed her an aspirin and kissed her intensely.
"Yuck! Get a room, you two," Jeremy grumbled while entering the kitchen. He looked suspiciously sleepy and cranky.
"Good morning to you too, brother. What's up? Did you have a bad dream?" Elena teased.
"Not really. But Bonnie's a bit obsessed with becoming as strong as Claire. She's been practicing the non-verbal spells since they were first mentioned. This meaning – no time for me at all!" he complained.
"Oh, you poor thing! I'm sure she'll get over it. Want some coffee?" Elena tried to cheer him up.
Jeremy just nodded and took a sip of the coffee his sister handed to him. In that moment, they heard a loud bang upstairs, followed by some curses.
"Jenna's up," Elena stated the obvious. Only moments later, her aunt stumbled into the kitchen.
"Mornin'," she mumbled while getting herself some of the black liquid that meant life to her in the mornings.
"You look like hell, Jenna. What did you do last night?" Elena asked.
"Ric and I watched a movie and drank some red wine," she got as an answer.
"That's it? You sort of look more like you... well... got pretty drunk."
"I forgot to mention it was very good red wine. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I'm gonna be sick," Jenna excused herself while fleeing the kitchen.
"Anyone who wasn't drunk last night in this house?" Jeremy asked grumpily.
"You're just jealous, cause we don't let you drink in front of us," Elena said. Her brother only shot her a mean look and went to his room.
"Not the best morning I had, but there were worse," Elena stated while leaning against Stefan. They continued their breakfast until it was nearly 11 am.
"Let's go wake Claire up. I have the strange feeling something happened this morning," Stefan then said while reading the weather forecast.
"What do you mean? She seemed fine to me!" Elena said, alerted by Stefan's concern.
"Yeah, she's definitely fine, but I think she had a little chat with Katherine. I smelled her in Claire's room before."
"Uh-uh. Why didn't you say something before? Let's go!" Elena said and they went upstairs.
Sorry that it was somehow uneventful again, but I'm just so psyched about the new episode today, i can't think of anything else. BUT: I have a lot of things planned, so stay tuned, it's gonna get real dramatic ;)