A/N: Going to explore Elena's new side as a vampire. It gets a little slutty. It will be explicit. Just warning you. Also, BIG NEWS on the Katherine front. Just thought I would let you know.

Elena certainly wasn't the best at being a vampire. She had admitted as much to Stefan right before she had given Katherine the cure. Considering she had only been a vampire for less then a year, she thought she had handled everything as well as possible although she regretted her time with her humanity shut off- even if Damon shared some responsibility for using their sire bond to convince her to do it. Still, if it weren't for that time then Elena would have taken much longer to learn the benefits of vampirism: Damon style.

Snatch-Eat-Erase was efficient, satisfactory and otherwise harmless. Though she admired Stefan his restraint -especially in regards to his status as a former ripper- and had long ago decided to do the seemingly moral thing and avoid preying on humans, Elena had come to realize that she could take what she needed without having to sacrifice taste, morality and fun in her diet and it had been her time as emotionally devoid Elena that had shown her that. Things weren't black and white; neither were people for that matter and being with Damon finally allowed her to embrace every aspect of herself. Every single shade of grey.

Elena was on her lunch; dining separately from Caroline as she preferred not to know about the people Elena fed from. They allotted three meal times a day at an hour a piece and would meet at a designated spot. So far it was working well and Elena was eyeing a girl around her same age. She had a similar height and build, though her complexion was creamy and her hair raven; with bright green eyes, a nice full face with high cheek bones and a strong jawline. The kind of girl Damon would like.

Thinking of Damon brought an entirely different kind of hunger to Elena, mixing with her blood lust. It had already been a week without her boyfriend and Elena was beginning to miss his touch. Spying on her, Elena noticed the girl walk off to the restrooms by herself and got up to follow. No one else was there and before the girl could make a sound Elena grabbed her face in her hand and looked into her eyes.

"Don't make a sound," her eyes dilated. "Only speak when spoken to and don't try to get away from me. Now, what's your name?"

"Irene," she whispered.

Elena smiled. "It's nice to meet you, Irene. I'm going to feed from you," she told the girl. "See, I'm a vampire and I'm very hungry but I'm not going to hurt you." Elena tilted Irene's head to the side, her nails tickling the skin of the girl's nape. "You won't remember this. You will think you had a casual sexual encounter with me that gave you the best orgasm you ever had. Got it?"

"Yes," the girl's voice hitched and she became very excited.

Elena licked Irene's nape before sinking her fangs into her very slowly. Pushing Irene against the stall, she positioned herself in between her legs, inching her fingers into the human's panties which were extremely wet and began working her with her fingers; Irene's moaning turning her on even more. It was the first time she had ever done something like this and she promised herself that she would do this with Damon one day.

Katherine finished her meal, the maid taking her plate as she rose to excuse herself from the table. The good news was Klaus was still gone and she had a full week to think about what to do with this whole situation. Heading up the stairs, she hesitated at the sound of a door opening.

"Ah, Katerina," Klaus grinned maniacally. "And here I thought I would be making it home in time to dine with you."

"I didn't realize you were coming home today. I would have waited for you," she lied through her teeth.

"Ah, well perhaps you won't mind sitting down with me while I enjoy my meal," he suggested and Katherine knew it wasn't a question.

She walked down the steps and allowed the hybrid to escort her to the table. The brunette sat in silence for almost an hour as he ate his food, driving her absolutely insane as she hated the feeling that she was once again walking on egg shells. All she had ever wanted was for her life to truly be her own.

"I've heard some interesting news," Klaus finally speaks and Katherine lets out a long sigh, glad for the silence to end.

"What news is that?"

"I've been informed that you've finally fully acclimated to your humanity," he tells her and Katherine feels a terror creeping back inside her.

"What do you plan to do with me," she asked.

Klaus grinned, thankful that she was unaware of his deal with her doppelganger. He had so enjoyed the mental and emotional trauma he had caused her in the past weeks she had been staying in his home. Katherine had been his only source of fun for more than a month.

"I know that you need me to have a child," she began, "and I think I have a plan that would be beneficial to both of us, if you would be willing to put aside our past differences."

"And what could you possibly offer me that would be worth bargaining for a truce with? Either way your bloodline will continue and I would rather enjoy watching you spend the rest of your life in misery."

"I know about Hayley," she told him and watch the grin turn into a grimace. "That's why you were gone for the past week and why Elijah hasn't been around either. You're hiding her from Marcel so that he can't get his hands on her or the baby."

"Well, leave it to you Katerina to know more than you should. What does that have to do with securing your bloodline?"

"Every goal you've ever worked toward; breaking your curse, killing your father, has all been for one purpose. So you could finally live in peace with your siblings. Now, having a baby with Hayley, means you'll finally have a family of your own and we both know how much family means to you."

"Get on with it," he seethed.

"It's just as important as making sure you control my lineage," Katherine told him. "But what if you can have both? More family and a stronger bond to my lineage?"

"You're talking about having me impregnate you," he was slightly bewildered. "What would Elijah think of this," he pointed out, knowing exactly how to get to her.

"Elijah doesn't care for me anymore," she told him. "I told him how much I love him; how I would wait for him to realize that, and I became human and he just left me here. No trying to save me like when you planned to sacrifice me. Whatever he once felt for me is gone."

Klaus thought about her words, sure that the little vixen was absolutely clueless about his brother's true feelings for her. Still, he wasn't about to tell her how Elijah had come to him, begging him to allow him to take custody of the doppelganger into his own hands. Elijah had even told him he would be willing to act as protector to whatever child Katherine might bare.

"How would this work," Klaus was intrigued.

"You father however many children I have; we can agree on a number to ensure that my line continues on. In exchange, you allow me to live a natural life and death unless we are both in agreement to turn me back into a vampire."

"And why would I agree to do that?"

"Who better to protect your children for their entire lives as well as any grand children and great grandchildren then their matriarch? I get to ensure their safety by endowing their paternity to you, and you get future wolves who can be turned into hybrids later as well as automatic family for generations to come. This is what we both want, Klaus. We're the same; we both want to be loved and we're both too afraid to be anything other than alone. If we do this, neither one of us will be alone ever again."