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Chapter 15: Katherine

Damon walked into the house, shutting the door behind him. He walked down to the basement, to Stefan's, (now Damon's) stash of blood. He grabbed a blood bag and headed back up stairs, grabbing a cup and lighting a fire in the fireplace. He sat down on the couch, ripping the bag open and pouring some blood in his cup. He took a drink, staring into the fire.

Who the hell did Elena think she was? He thought. Telling him that it was okay to feel. How did she know that it was okay? She didn't have the guilt he had… The guilt of all the past kills he'd made, the lives he'd ruined. No, it wasn't okay to feel, especially not around her. If he let himself have feelings around Alexis, he knew he'd feel the guilt of killing her parents… No, there was no way he could feel, no way in hell.

The Next Day

Elena had called him around noon, telling him that she and Stefan wanted to go out to lunch, and then they would be back. She also told him that Alexis was up, and that she was doing much better today, that the doctors thought that she was some kind of miracle. And now, Damon was at the hospital, looking at the door to Alexis' room. He turned around, he could swear someone was following him. He shrugged and turned to face the door once more. He had to stop and take a moment before he went into her room, to turn off his feelings, to compose himself. He took a deep breath and went in.

Stefan and Elena we sitting next to Alexis, who was sitting up in her bed. They turned to see him, Alexis smiling.

"Hey Damon." She said, still smiling at him. He walked further into the room, ignoring her. Alexis frowned. Elena and Stefan glanced at each other, both knowing what he was doing.

"Well Lexi, Stefan and I are going to go grab a bite to eat, we'll be back soon okay?" Elena said, her and Stefan standing up.

"You don't have to come back Lena, you and Stefan need to go home and get some sleep. I'll be fine." Alexis replied. She looked at Damon, she could already tell he really didn't want to be here. "Why don't you go too Damon? You guys don't have to keep watch over me. I'm fine."

"Stefan and I slept plenty last night." Elena replied, and before Alexis could protest, she continued. "And Damon's here because he wants to be." She added, Damon glaring at her. Elena bent down, loosely hugging Alexis, trying to avoid hurting her shoulder or her stab wound, before she and Stefan headed towards the door. "We'll be back soon." She said, and they left.

Alexis watched as Damon walked over to the window. She really didn't understand why he was there, especially since he looked like he'd rather be anywhere else.

"You can leave you know, you don't have to stay. I won't force you to." She said. Damon turned around, looking at her. "Don't worry, I won't tell Elena."

"It's okay, like Elena said, I want to be here." He replied, knowing that he couldn't leave. He couldn't leave her unprotected with his blood in her system, that was the mistake they'd made with Caroline, and he wasn't about to do it again.

"Yeah, because you really look like it." Alexis said. She immediately blushed. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that. I-""Yes you did. And it's okay, your right, sorry." He said, cutting her off. He knew that it wasn't her fault that he was doing this, and needed to at least be a little nice to her.

"Thank you." She said, causing him to look at her.

"For what?" Alexis let out a breath.

"For saving my life, that's what." She replied. Damon nodded and turned to face the window once more. "Damon," She said, and he turned back around. "I mean it, thank you. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here right now." She said, looking into his eyes. Damon looked at her. He could see the sincerity and the care in her bright blue eyes, and that's when he knew… He knew that he couldn't cut his feelings off no matter how hard he tried, not for her anyways.

"You're welcome." He said and walked over by her bed. "How are you feeling?"

"A lot better than I should be, according to Dr. Rhodes. He said, a normal person wouldn't even be coherent by now. He said I'm a living, breathing miracle." She shook her head.

"What?" Damon asked, wondering why she shook her head.

"It's just, that's the second time a doctor told me that." Alexis looked at him. "The first time was when my parents died." Damon closed his eyes, not really wanting to hear this. "The doctor told me it was a miracle I was alive… That some man had brought me into the ER, and that I should've died that night." She sighed. "I must have an Angel looking after me." "More like a monster." Damon thought.

She slipped down the hall, watching as he went inside the room. "What is he doing at a hospital?" She thought. Katerina Petrova, aka Katherine Pierce, walked down towards the door, stopping when it opened. She hid behind a door, watching as Stefan and Elena walked out. She watched as they left, wondering what they were all doing here. She'd followed Damon here, hoping that he would lead her to Stefan. She sighed, seeing that Stefan was too busy with Elena. She decided to go in the room and see for herself why they were all there.

She walked in the room, seeing Damon talking to a woman, who was sitting up in the hospital bed. They both turned to look at her, looks of confusion on their faces.

"Elena? What are you doing here? I thought you were going out to lunch with Stefan?" The woman asked her.

"I was, I mean, I am. He's waiting for me outside, I just forgot my jacket." She said, looking around the room. She could feel Damon's eyes on her.

"Um, Lena, you didn't wear a jacket… And how did you change so fast?" Katherine could tell that she was getting too suspicious.

"I spilled some Coffee on myself and had a different outfit in my car. I guess I forgot I didn't bring my jacket." She replied, glancing at the door.

"Oh. You really should go home and go to bed Elena, I mean forgetting things and spilling coffee on yourself? That's not you. Don't worry I'll be fine, Damon's here." The woman said. Katherine nodded.

"I guess so." She chucked nervously. "Well Stefan is waiting, so I'm going to go. Feel better." She said and watched as Damon just stared at her, she could swear that he knew that she wasn't Elena. She quickly headed out the door.

Alexis turned to Damon, a quizzical look on her face.

"That was weird right?" She asked him.

"Yeah, very." He said, staring at the door. He'd have to find out what that was really about later.

About an hour later, the door to Alexis' room opened. Stefan and Elena came in, glancing at Damon, who was looking out the window. He turned around, looking at Elena, confused.

"I see she fell asleep." Elena said, looking over at Alexis.

"Yeah, not too long ago. Why did you change back into that outfit?" Damon asked. Elena and Stefan looked at him, confused.

"What do you mean? I never changed out of this outfit." She replied. Damon stared at her, realization hitting him.

"That bitch." He growled. Stefan and Elena looked at him, overly confused now.

"Damon, what's going on?" Stefan asked him. He didn't understand why his brother was so mad all of a sudden.

"A little bit after you guys left, someone I thought was Elena came in, saying she left her jacket." The couple stared at Damon, knowing what that meant.

"You mean Katherine was here? In Lexi's room?" Elena asked, turning to look at Alexis. She glanced back at Damon as he nodded. "What the hell did she want? Did she go near Lexi? Did anything happen?"

"I have no idea what she wanted, and no she didn't. She didn't do anything. She pretended to be you and said that she'd left her jacket. She looked around the room, but we noticed that she had a different outfit on. When Alexis asked her about it, she said she spilled coffee on herself and had to change." Damon shook his head. "I should've known." He growled, frustrated.

"It's not your fault Damon, we didn't know she even knew about Lexi." Elena replied, staring at her. "What do we do now?"

"Now, we wait for the bitch to make her next move."