Next chapter I got a review that said the characters weren't realistic. This chapter I tried to explain why Katherine and Damon did what they did. Next chapter will be more exciting, I promise!

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'There's one thing I don't understand,' Katherine said. 'I thought you really loved Elena. Why can't you forgive her for one mistake?'

Damon gave her an odd look. 'Don't you understand?'

'If I understood I wouldn't ask,' Katherine said. Damon sighed.

'My whole life I haven't been in a real relationship,' he said. 'As I human, we weren't a couple. We were… a trio. It wasn't what I had expected from a relationship. When I turned in a vampire, I always thought I would safe you and we would have a relationship, like, normal people. Just the two of us. And you know, when I found that wasn't going to happen, I still wanted a normal relationship. I fell in love with Elena and a few months we had a normal relationship. But the first time she's alone with Stefan, she kisses him. It was like.. we were back in that stupid love triangle again. I don't want a love triangle, and certainly not with my brother. I want a normal relationship. But what hurt the most… she kissed my brother, Katherine. I've always been the second choice. You told me you preferred Stefan and Elena told me she would always chose Stefan. And just when I was about to believe I could have a normal relationship with the woman I love, there's my brother again. She would always chose Stefan.'

He looked at her. 'I don't want to feel insecure all the time. I want to be sure that Elena wants me, and not my brother. And now I can never be sure she that she truly loves me, only me.' He frowned.

'You've always loved Stefan,' Damon said. 'And now you want me instead? Why?'
Katherine smiled. 'It's difficult to explain,' she said. 'But everything was different when I was human, Damon. I used to be nice, but everything that happened between me and Klaus… He killed my whole family, just to get revenge. And me being a vampire… I was a sadistic bitch.' They both smiled.

'I loved you both,' Katherine said. 'I really did. But I knew I couldn't stay with you forever. I had to leave before Klaus discovered me. So I decided that I only one of you would be doomed to flee with me forever. I chose Stefan, but not because I loved him more then I loved you. But because Lily Winters was in love with you.'

Damon frowned again. 'The small girl with the blonde hair?' he asked.

'Yes,' Katherine said. 'You know, I all I ever wanted was a normal human life. I wanted to marry, have children, grandchildren and eventually die with the person I loved. I considered I could at least give you the chance to get that kind of life. But, as you know, things didn't work out the way I planned. I escaped just in time and when I came to the estate, I heard the rumour you were both death. In the fifties in found out you weren't dead, but I assumed you both had a life of your own.'

'But why do you want to be with me?' Damon asked.

'It must sound really weird – but you were always the one who made me feel alive. Even as a vampire, you made me feel alive. You always made me laugh, we always had a good time together and sometimes you made me forget I was a vampire,' she said. 'And know when I'm human, I can really realise how much those moments meant to me. The last 6 months I've been thinking about our past, and I'm sure that you're the one that made me most happy. I want to be with you, Damon, as long as I live.'

They stared at each other.

'I do have a lot of happy memories from 1864,' Katherine said. 'Remember those days we went walking?'

'We didn't walk, we ran,' Damon remembered. 'I was devastated after such a day; you were so much faster than I, of course.'

11 April 1864

'Come on Damon, I know you are faster than this!' Katherine screamed laughing.

Damon ran as hard as he could, but every time he was near her, she disappeared. Eventually, he rested his hands on his knees and panted.

Out of nowhere Katherine stood beside him. 'Are you okay?' she asked.

'Yeah,' Damon said. 'Just a little bit tired.'

Katherine smiled and a few seconds they both were on the ground. Katherine kissed him.

'One day, you will be as fast as me,' she promised him.

'One day, I will beat you,' Damon smiled.

They kissed again.

'And the day we sneaked in at the horse farm,' Katherine remembered. 'I've always loved horses. When I was human, Elijah got me one. He pitied me.'

February 9 1864

'The horse farm,' Katherine whispered.
'Where?' Damon said. 'Sorry, it's so dark, I can't see anything.'

She giggled and took his hand. 'Right in front of you,' she said. 'I guess it's about half a mile away. You see the light?'

'That's the house?' Damon asked.

'Yes,' Katherine said. 'What do you think… shall we make a ride?'

Damon smiled. 'I guess… As long as you guide me.'

'As long as you need me,' Katherine winked, although he couldn't see it. 'In a few weeks you don't need any guidance anymore.'

Damon smiled. They walked towards the house. 'There's a large fence around the meadow,' Katherine whispered. 'But it isn't that high.'

'Sounds tempting,' Damon said laughingly.

'Come,' Katherine said and they ran towards the house, at human speed.

She carried him over the fence. 'I see a beautiful white horse,' Katherine said. In the light of the moon he saw the joy in her eyes. 'That will be ours.'

She lured him. Damon watched her. 'I'll open the fence,' he said. 'Do you saddle him?'

'We don't need a saddle,' Katherine said. 'Trust me – you'll be completely safe.'

Damon smiled.

'And I'll open the gate,' Katherine said. 'I'm a bit faster than you, remember?'

'Sure,' Damon said.

In a few moments, she was back. 'You go first,' she said. Damon had rode a lot when he was a little boy, so he mounted the hoarse quite smoothly. Katherine sat in front of him. 'Hold me tight,' she said.

He wrapped his arm around her middle and the horse left. Slow at first, but when they left the gate, they went faster.

Damon laughed. He couldn't help himself. 'This is amazing!' he screamed.

'I know!' Katherine yelled back. They both laughed.

Damon remembered how the laid down after a while. The stared to the stairs, he and Katherine, and she told him about the myth about Diana and Orion. He smirked. Nowadays it sounded like a bad romantic movie, he thought.

'What are you thinking about?' Katherine asked.

'Never mind,' Damon said.

His phone rang. He saw it was Elena and he hesitated. Did he want to speak to here? Would he give her another chance?

He thought about the last months and decided.

'Elena,' he said, after he had pushed the green button.

'Damon!' she yelled. 'Damon, please! I need you to listen!'

'Elena, calm down,' he said.

Then he heard her cries. She didn't sound sad, she sounded terrified. He realised she wasn't crying about him, about them. This was about something else.

'Elena, what's wrong?' he asked, growing more worried every second.

'It's Bonnie,' Elena managed to say. She sniffed.'She's dead.'

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