Chapter Three
She didn't care. She wouldn't let him get to her; she wouldn't let him make her sad, she wouldn't shed another tear for Damon Salvatore. She was done.
Elena sat on her window seat, gazing out at the garden below, her diary lay open on her lap and her hand was loosely holding a purple fountain pen. The page was blank.
She had put Damon's note in the box along side the picture of her and his mother's jewelry. Damon had been occupying her mind for the past two weeks since his letter had arrived. She hadn't realized how much she had come to treasure his friendship, how much she appreciated having him in her life. How much she took for granted the fact that he cared about her.
It looked like she had been wrong on that point. He had probably just kept that picture of her because she looked like Katherine. She had even had curly hair at that dance.
She sighed and slammed her diary closed. She got up and stretched before heading downstairs to say goodnight to Jenna.
She found her aunt sitting on the couch watching an old 80s western movie and sharing a tub of ice cream with Jeremy.
She sat next to them and stole Jenna's spoon, helping herself to the rocky road Ben and Jerry's. Jenna smiled at her.
"Are you ok honey?" She asked softly.
"Better than ever." Elena replied with a nod.
Jeremy rolled his eyes and squeezed her shoulder.
"It gets easier Lena." He murmured.
She frowned.
"What does?"
"Living without someone you love." Her brother said quietly.
Elena stared at him, she thought about setting him straight, but in the end gave him a small smile and turned her attention back to the movie.
Elena woke with a start, she sat up and stared around at her dark room, she reached for her bedside lamp and flicked it on. She stifled a scream when she saw Katherine sitting in her armchair, staring at her with a cool smile.
Katherine had disappeared as soon as she had been let out of the tomb, she hadn't even crossed Elena's mind what with the whole Damon issue.
"Surprised to see me?" She drawled.
Elena sighed and pulled her covers up to her chin.
"What do you want Katherine?" She asked tiredly.
Katherine shrugged.
"Revenge."
Elena frowned.
"On who?"
"You."
Elena swallowed and stared at her doppelganger, trying to hide her fear.
"What have I done to you?" She asked stiffly.
"Well, you took Stefan and Damon from me, then you went and got me locked up in that tomb…it was really very rude of you." Katherine drawled.
"Damon's in Europe. If you can find him then go get him, I don't care." Elena said.
Katherine raised an eyebrow.
"I really have gotten out of the loop haven't I?"
Elena snickered.
"Just a bit." She said.
"Well I don't want Damon. Like I said, I want revenge."
Elena suddenly felt absolutely exhausted. She was so tired of all of this, of the threats and deaths and heartache. She lay back in her bed.
"Go ahead, do whatever it is you came here to do. Kill me, I don't care." She said quietly.
Katherine looked momentarily thrown off before she gained her composure.
"Always the martyr, well I'm not going to hurt you. Not physically anyway. I think I would have trouble harming my twin…" She mused. "You took somebody I loved, I figure I'll be even if I do the same."
Elena bolted upright.
"What did you do?" She gasped.
Katherine gave her a sadistic smile.
"Jenna and Jeremy are currently enjoying a date with a few of my friends."
Elena felt tears spring to her eyes. She scrambled out of bed.
"I swear to god Katherine…"
"Oh relax Elena, I'm giving you a fair chance. You know how I love games? Well find them before sunrise and they won't be harmed. Otherwise it's going to be the last sunrise they see." Katherine said silkily as she got up from the chair.
"Why?" Elena choked.
"Because I'm bored. And you've made life very difficult for me. Normally I wouldn't be so lenient…like I said, I am actually giving you a chance. Don't waste it."
"Katherine, no. Please, you don't have to do this; we can work something out… Please!" She begged.
"Don't beg; it's degrading. You have a few hours to find them, start looking."
Katherine threw one more deadly look at Elena before disappearing out of the window.
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