A/N: I just wanted to thank everyone who reviewed for the last chapter. Whether you loved it or hated it, I loved hearing what you had to think. I hope you keep reviewing. This is more of a filler chapter but expect big things in the next chapter.

It had become her trademark. Some vampires exhibited certain quirks; either becoming a Ripper, a stalker who liked to hunt their prey, or other various personality traits. Elena Gilbert seduced young girls. She didn't know why it appealed to her since she had never once been attracted to women before, but ever since she had left Mystic Falls she had been targeting more and more teenage girls.

Was it because she had been seduced by the Salvatore brothers before transitioning to a vampire? Most of the girls she chose bore a resemblance to her she couldn't deny. In the months immediately following her first death Elena had never done anything like this, but was that because she was home among friends and neighbors she had known all of her life; people she couldn't imagine having a sexual attraction to?

Each encounter lasted longer with Elena taking more risks; enacting more fantasies, being rougher with some while having others please her. Whenever she came or she made one of the others orgasm Elena thought about Damon. It was like the girls didn't exist in those final moments; Elena was reliving what it was like to be intimate with Damon and less and less time occurred between needing that release.

"Elena," Caroline waved a hand in front of her face. Her friend hadn't seen her walking towards her as they met for dinner at the beach front restaurant. They had spent a week in North Carolina followed by a week in South Carolina and had just hit Georgia that afternoon. They had checked into their room and then had gone their separate ways for a late lunch. Caroline had known for a while that Elena was becoming involved in extracurricular activities because her vampire senses picked up on the scent emanating from her. There was little she could do except talk to her but that would be awkward and probably uninvited; she might not be Damon's biggest fan but that didn't mean she had to insert herself in their relationship one way or the other.

"Oh, sorry Care. I spaced out for a minute. Are you ready for that drink?"

"Sure," the blonde answered and they headed for the bar.

Klaus swirled his whiskey in its tumbler. Katerina had certainly given him a lot to think about in the last week with her offer. If he took it there would be natural repercussions, such as putting a dent his relationship with his brother as well as the relationship he wanted with Caroline.

The world was full of what ifs. What if Caroline would never forgive him for this arrangement? What if Elijah sought revenge for this betrayal? Klaus didn't like to consider what ifs. There were too many to ever base an informed decision off of. Caroline may never want a relationship with him, though he had pledged to wait for her forever; did that pledge mean he had to refrain from physical relationships and remaining celibate for the blonde tease?

As he thought, he pondered the ramifications of the proposal. He would be forever tied to Katherine although his mother's curse had done the same. Klaus would have to significantly lessen his torture of the doppelganger if only for the child's benefit. Of course, there was the child itself. Klaus hadn't even seen his first born delivered and had yet to figure out how the child would be cared for; did he really want to deal with learning how to raise two children at the same time?

A curious thought occurred to the hybrid and a grin spread across his face. There would be plenty of time to deliberate, he reminded himself, although Klaus usually preferred to make decisions quickly.