Elena and Katherine laid in their shared bed sleeping soundly. Until there was a loud thump that echoed from downstairs.
Katherine was more of a heavy sleeper so she didn't hear it. But Elena easily heard it and darted up cautiously.
She slipped silently out of the bed and tip-toed down the stairs. Suddenly when she got down to the parlor she was knocked down face first into the ground.
She groaned and easily darted up to see the intruder. The Salvatores. "Time for you to die Katherine," Damon spat. Elena huffed out and rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Wrong," Elena hissed.
She was in front of him and shoved him hard, which landed him in the bookcase on the other side of the room. He stared at her in surprise. Suddenly Stefan came out from a secret room behind Elena and shot a wooden stake in her back.
She gasped out and clutched her back. Déjà vu hit, she remembered the binding spell that was put on her and Katherine the night of the masquerade a while ago.
Then the pain had been horrible and tear-jerking. But now it didn't effect her as much as it did before. She fell to her knees and carefully yanked the stake out of her back. The wound seemed to heal instantly.
She got up and looked in between the two brothers. "Why would you do that to me Stefan? I thought you loved me and never wanted any harm to come to me?" Elena questioned, pouting gently as she lured closer to him.
Confusion was clear in Stefan's eyes. "Elena?" he breathed out lowly. She nodded her head vigorously.
Stefan's eyes went to his older brother. "You said she wouldn't get hurt, it would be just Katherine that we'd kill," Stefan whispered lowly to his brother.
Damon just shot him a silently apologetic look. Elena's mood changed when she heard "kill Katherine." "You won't touch her. Neither one of you," Elena threatened lowly looking in between them quickly. Their eyes widened as they registered Elena's words.
"What has she done to you?" Stefan demanded lowly. "She's done nothing but make me happy and keep me together!" Elena exclaimed, slowly turning her head to Stefan.
They seemed to not believe that Katherine actually cared for Elena. They thought she was just using her, like she did with them back in 1864. But no it wasn't like that.
Elena fully believed that Katherine had changed. There was a groan echoing through the silence. Elena turned in the direction and saw Katherine was coming on to the scene.
Her eyes opened fully as she took in Stefan and Damon. "Why are you in our house?" she asked sleepily. "They were ready to kill me, thinking I was you," Elena informed quietly.
Katherine yawned and came to stand next to Elena. "Can't get over it can you?" Katherine asked rhetorically. "Can't accept that after all your worrying about which brother will get her in the end. I got her in the end," Katherine smirked knowingly.
Her arm came to wrap around Elena's waist and she rest her head on Elena's shoulder. "We won't stay here long. Trust me we have way better things to do, than stay in this stingy town," Katherine sneered slightly.
Elena bit her lip and stayed quiet next to Katherine. Katherine kissed Elena's cheek softly, just to prove a point to the brothers. Well yes I am trying to do that, but I just did it to make her feel better; Katherine thought to herself.
Elena just stayed meek and silent next to Katherine. "Now can you please leave," Elena grounded out, turning her head to glare at the brothers. In the blink of an eye they were both out of sight.
Elena finally relaxed into Katherine's grasp. Katherine pulled back slightly to get a good look at Elena.
"Are you ok?" Katherine asked lowly. Elena nodded absent-mindedly. Katherine gulped, she hated for Elena to see the brothers. They always got to her and she didn't react calmly to it.
"Come on El, don't let them get to you like that," Katherine whispered in her ear, which snapped Elena out of her trance.
"I'm sorry Kat, I knew I said I would. But it's to hard I feel like I'm betraying them. And I don't want to hurt them, after everything they have done for me, they don't deserve it," Elena whispered hoarsely.
Katherine frowned. She turned to stand fully in front of Elena and hugged her tightly. Elena choked out a sob and the tears fell. "I want to leave. I thought I could handle this, but I can't. I'm not strong enough," Elena cried.
Katherine rubbed her back soothingly and just nodded no vigorously. "No," Katherine whispered back stubbornly. "You have to learn to face it," she added in, trying to convince Elena.
Elena just shook her head, and hiccupped. Unable to speak clearly.
"Come on, you need to rest," Katherine easily carried her doppelganger upstairs to the room. She tucked Elena in and watched her sobs eventually fade.
Katherine turned around ready to leave. But Elena's meek voice stopped her. "Don't leave me," she whimpered. Katherine turned to her. "I have to do something real quick. I promise I'll be back soon," Katherine smiled reassuringly.
Elena gulped and just nodded. She trusted Katherine's word. Katherine turned to leave. She quickly grabbed a pair of converse boots and strutted out of the house. She easily got to the Salvatore house.
They were in the parlor discussing Elena and Katherine herself. She came in silently and watched them intensely ready to kill them herself. "You can't kill either of us," Katherine interjected. They stopped and stared at her.
"Which one are you?" Damon tried to crack a joke….which was an epic fail really.
"Who do you think I am," she fired back sarcastically. "Katherine," Stefan said observantly. "Ding, ding! We have a winner," Katherine replied teasingly.
"Why are you here?" Damon demanded roughly. "I just wanted to tell you, to get over yourselves and accept me and Elena. Because with you guys acting the way you are, that is killing her on the inside and she's so upset that she hurt you two. And I hate seeing her like that," Katherine explained passionately.
Damon and Stefan stared at her in surprise. They had never heard her speak of someone so caringly and passionately. "So please," Katherine finished in a low whisper.
"But if you ever somehow hurt her, I will kill you," Katherine then threatened them. They grimaced, Katherine changed and learned how to love. But she was still violent and always ready for a fight.
"Are we clear?" she demanded icily. "Yes," Damon grounded out begrudgingly. "We'll go and apologize to Elena later," Stefan promised. Katherine nodded happily with a small smile. "Now I must be getting back to Elena, she was a wreck when I left-" Katherine trailed off. Hmm, maybe I should pick her up a snack to make her feel better, Katherine thought to herself.
She turned to leave and decided maybe fresh human blood would make Elena feel better. Hopefully.
She trudged through the woods and tried to pick up any signs of human life around. She hunted it down till she got in the woods of Grove Hill. She saw a lonely boy hiking and compelled him restlessly.
She then quickly dragged him back home and bought him up to the room. Elena's ear had piqued up the moment Katherine stepped foot into the house. She heard another heartbeat…it was human.
She sat up and listened to the musical thrum fill her senses. God Katherine bought a human to make Elena feel better. Elena suddenly felt giddy and hungry.
Katherine and the human boy entered the room. "Baby, I bought you something," she cooed. Elena looked in between her and the boy. "He's all yours," Katherine smirked and shoved the boy towards the bed.
Elena got on her knees and crawled over to the boy on the edge of the bed. She eyed the thudding pulse joint. Her fingers came up to gingerly brush across the bluish vein running down the column of his throat. She whipped forward and savagely bit into his neck.
He groaned from the pleasure and pain mixed together. Elena closed her eyes and gulped down the blood hungrily, not caring if she'd kill the boy or not.
Katherine watched on the side and felt happiness in herself. She was right; it did make Elena feel better. You could just tell by the look of ecstasy passing through her features.
Song: All about us by TaTu