These missing scenes begin after Katherine leaves Bonnie at the Grill and as Katherine convinces Damon to go with her near the end of Season 3, Episode 4, "Disturbing Behavior"…

Elena

Elena felt a little humiliated as she walked. Caroline's words had stung.

She was still trying to deny what the blonde vampire had told her – that she wanted Damon as he was now, no changes needed.

She didn't want it to be true, she had tried to make that clear to Caroline. She had used all the right words, words like "if he wants to be with me". Of course, those words meant she wanted to be with him, but at least she had said "if".

It had been so long since she had seen Damon do this kind of thing. He "killed" Alaric right in front of her, she had seen the blood of Caroline's father on his face. She had confronted him about both, but it had no effect on him, he just told her what he wasn't.

Damon would do anything for her, anything but change. Not that she had asked him to change recently - it had been so long since she had seen him do anything like what she had just seen him do twice. In fact, she thought he had changed, until she saw Alaric crumpling, falling at his feet.

She had been appropriately indignant at his actions – asked what was wrong with him, told him he couldn't be what people thought he was. It had no effect on him. Really, she was realizing, it actually had no effect on her. She still had the feelings for him.

The feelings were probably the reason she was so upset with his behavior. Could she really have feelings for him when he did this kind of thing? Obviously, she could; and she was feeling some turmoil because of it.

She was denying the feelings, too, but Caroline had seen through the denial. Caroline, who, Elena thought had her own problems, so wouldn't be paying any attention to Elena. But Caroline had seen Elena's feelings, and Caroline had insisted on pointing them out, despite Elena's denial.

It made Elena wonder who else knew. It made her wonder who she really was. She had asked Caroline what her feelings meant, but the vampire just said something about Elena being human. No help at all, but of course, Caroline was running to her own problem when she had said it.

The blonde vampire had been in a hurry, and had been right. Elena's feelings for Damon were there no matter what he did. She told herself that the current Damon was nowhere near as bad as he had been when he first arrived in Mystic Falls, and she told herself that there was no permanent damage to Alaric or Caroline's dad. She couldn't remember the last time he had actually killed someone – unlike Stefan who was leaving bodies, and names, all over.

Elena had to stop, close her eyes and take a breath. Caroline was right. The feelings were there, no matter what Damon was doing, and she wasn't able to hide them, But, she thought, Damon really was changing. He had been "better", overall, lately. It was what she wanted, so maybe she was getting that from him after all.

"Elena!" Bonnie's voice, coming from a nearby table, broke her train of thought. "Where did you go?"

The Petrova doppelganger was confused as she walked to the table. "Go? I just got here."

Bonnie stared at her for a few seconds before her eyes moved down, looking at Elena's clothing.

The witch closed her eyes and let out a nervous breath. As she opened them to see her friend sitting across from her she said, "I suppose it wasn't you I gave your necklace to."

When Elena looked confused, Bonnie nodded and said "Katherine."

Damon

Damon stared at the necklace Katherine had brought – Elena's necklace.

He had been upset with Elena when he walked out on her earlier, and he still felt it as he answered the door. Actually, he thought he was upset enough that he could tell her what he really felt. He kind of did tell her, though it had gotten twisted into something about only accepting a written apology.

As far as he could see, Elena wasn't thinking straight – telling him he couldn't be himself. Wanting him to change.

She never made such demands of Stefan. When his brother hurt people, Elena never blamed him – as if Stefan had no control over himself. Instead she would "fix" him, she would ask Damon to help her, and he did. No such attitude towards Damon.

Maybe it was flattering, maybe it meant she like him more than Stefan – it certainly meant she expected more of him than Stefan.

And, if that was what she really wanted – him not to kill or hurt people – she had more with him than she had with Stefan. At his worst, Damon was never even close to what Stefan was now, what Stefan was as a "ripper". Ripper, martyr, whatever – it was not something Damon would ever do. He would face Elena as he was, she would take him as he was, or not – but he knew what she felt. If she was still trying to hide the feelings, she was doing a terrible job of it.

All of this was easy to think as he answered the door, not so easy as she stood in front of him. He was able to keep a straight face as he said the thing about an apology, but just seeing her there, no anger on her face, he knew he couldn't keep the straight face for long.

Then the smile formed on her face, the mocking began, and he realized it was Katherine.

Of course, the mocking was much milder than he would have expected. Speaking of change, the vampire in front of him had changed as much as anyone. He was sure that she was still manipulative, still selfish, and still after his brother.

She had also survived the vengeance of Klaus for 500 years, she could help protect Elena, and at least both of them were against Klaus, both of them were for Stefan.

Plus, when she wasn't smirking, or taunting, it was almost like being with Elena. Or he could at least pretend it was like being with Elena. So, Elena could have some space to realize that she loved him – no changes required, and he could pretend. It wasn't hard for him to agree to go wherever with Katherine.

Also, there was the necklace. It meant nothing to him, but it meant something to Elena – which was the reason he had made it a birthday present.

Now the necklace meant something to Katherine, who had cheated death for 500 years and who was as much against Klaus as he was. He knew it wouldn't be the same as being with Elena, but he was sure it would help her. And maybe, at least if Katherine didn't smirk or speak at times, it would be like being with Elena. Maybe.

Anyway, he thought it was as close to Elena as he could get just then.

"We should get going," he told the first Petrova doppelganger. He tried to keep his face serious as he watched the smirk form on hers.