Charlotte's POV

I could hear the voices from the other side of the door, I closed myself in the spare room at Rebekah's house and refused to come out. Though Nik did not know I was here, he probably knew that someone was and that they were not human. Why was I so afraid now that he was so close? I had been looking for so long.

"So that's why the hybrids have been dying not long after..." I heard him trail off. Apparently they needed to drink his blood too. He had thought that what he had of Elena's blood would be enough and that's all he would get after she was 'killed' last year. But he was Niklaus Mikaelson, he should have realised that somebody would at least try and trick him.

"Yes, and now you you know your doppleganger is alive you can try again" Rebekah pointed out. Elena could donate a little blood and it wouldn't hurt her. But I sooner have her turned into a vampire so that she wouldn't able to be used again. Maybe I would be enough of a distraction. Though using Nik would be something that I could never do. I was nothing like my dopplegangers. I walked back over to my drawers and pulled out my jacket for my night out with Elena. I was posing as Katherine since the people of the town knew she existed. Having to act like her would be a stretch and she wore such tight pants!

"Who else is here?" Nik suddenly asked, as I pulled up the zipper of my jacket. I sighed.

"Don't kill me okay..."

"Please tell me it's not Katherine, I've had enough of that bitch to last me forever" He whined. He had not changed, well he used to be a little nicer I had to admit. Well, if I was going to pretend to be Katherine, now was a good a time as any to start. Rebekah had promised to play along because we were not sure how he would react to me.

"Hello Klaus" I said, opening door and giving him a wink. His eyes narrowed.

"Katerina, what the hell are you doing here? I told you that you had your freedom" His voice took on a venomous tone.

"I came back to see some old friends" I said, shrugging like it something I normally did. Katherine only had me for a friend, she didn't do 'relationships' anymore.

"I think you should leave before I rip your heart out"

"Temper, temper. To think I was just here for an innocent visit" I started to walk past him.

"Since when you did you think you could get away with talking to me like that" He snarled, grabbing me and holding me against the wall by my neck. I simply laughed and pushed him away, I was just as old as he was. The look on his face was one of complete and utter shock. His eyes started to get suspicious.

"I'm going out to see my doppleganger, I'll see you later Bekah!" I waved as I left through the door. Breathing out a heavy sigh of relief when it was closed behind me. I really needed to get a rental car instead of walking everywhere, it would look a little suspicious after a while.

When I knocked on Elena's door, a surprised looking Damon Salvatore answered it.

"What do you want Katherine?" He snapped.

"Really? You'd think that you would know the difference by now" I shot back.

"Hi Charlie, what can I do for you?" He asked, only a little bit more polite.

"I'm bored, I came to hang out with Elena" I answered.

"You really need to get more friends" He replied.

"You offering? She is a bit doom and gloom and apparently you're a lot of fun"

"Sorry, I'm on babysitting duty since Klaus is in town" Damon looked as bored as I felt. So I stepped inside, walking right past him.

"Right, then we're going to have fun. Do you have any whiskey on you?" I asked him.

"In the kitchen!" Elena yelled. I grinned and strolled into the kitchen. Elena was there already getting out some shot glasses.

"He wouldn't do any of these with me, I'm glad you're here" Elena confessed.
"What's family for?"

"Are you sure that you're a Petrova?" Damon asked, picking up a shot despite his mood.

"I was almost a Mikaelson, but Nik and I never got that far" I answered, taking one shot and pouring another for myself. I promised Elena that I would buy her another bottle later.

"You know apart from Caroline, I can't picture anyone wanting that douche" Damon scoffed.

"Caroline?" Why did I get the feeling that I didn't want to know this?

"His girlfriend, well they never got that far" Damon immitated me with perfection. He was a great actor, I had to give him that.

"What happened?" I couldn't stop myself from asking.

"She used his affection against him, distracted while we tried to kill him. Needless to say it didn't work" Damon's eyebrow thing that he did was a little freaky. I didn't know who Caroline was, but I already didn't like her.

"Either way, he compelled her to forget all about Mystic Falls and she's gone" Elena added. I sighed.

"So, let's have fun!"

An hour and half later I was called into work because someone got sick. Damon and Elena gave me ride to the grill and decided to stay on and play pool. The job got a big boring at times, but the mindless chatter of these small town people was hilarious. Especially the 'older' ladies, they were big gossips. I couldn't really call them old. I was the one who should be in a grave right now.

Rebekah walked in a while after with Klaus beside her. I sighed. I was going to be questioned, I knew it already. So I got in first when they got to the bar

"What can I get the two of you?" I asked them.

"The house red wine, it's quite fantastic" Rebekah told me.

"Katerina, why are you here?" Klaus said to me, I had to concentrate.

"Because I have people to see, I told you that already. I'm not going to have this..."

"Don't be smart with me, I'll not let it slide again. You need to leave or do I have to compel you again?" Wow, Nik had been screwed over one too many times. Though with Katherine it was his own fault.

"Compel me, Nik. Because I'd love to forget the last thousand years I've spent missing you"

I saw his jaw drop, so I jumped over the counter and ran out of the grill at vampire speed. I didn't much care about who knew about me. I ran as far as I could, heading out of town. I got to Rebekah's house and locked the door behind me. I don't know what I was expecting anymore.