Elena

She glanced back at Damon who was laying back on the sofa, bourbon in hand, before walking to the car where Stefan was waiting. He had been reluctant to reschedule but as she had no daylight ring there was only so much you could do. Just seeing his eyes light us made this so much harder than it had to be.

"One day." She saw Stefan nod curtly.

"One day." He paused before adding "So you won't reconsider another chance Elena?" his voice was edged with pain but it didn't break her heart like it should have.

"Stefan, this isn't about us." She looked away "This is about goodbye."

Pain clouded his eyes, he had one day to make her change her mind.

He smiled brightly "Wanna go to the Grill? Cinema?" She smiled, she at least had to enjoy herself one last time.

"Whatever Stefan, I don't mind." she glanced at him, smiling softly.

They rode in silence until they pulled into the parking lot of the cinema. The smell overpowered her, the sound of blood pumping through veins, the sound of heartbeats. It took every ounce of her self-control not to jump and suck the life out of every human who walked by her. She had to get out of here.

"Stefan-" she began but was quickly cut off.

"Elena. One day." he led her to a seat in the dark cinema, he hadn't understood.

Her breathing became erratic, the sound of blood pumping intensified sitting in the dark room. She couldn't stand it anymore, she needed to leave but didn't know if she could make it out with out harming someone. She was rooted to the spot before she made her choice, quickly rising from her seat and making her way to the door- slightly too fast to be normal.

She burst into the bathroom, relieved to find it empty. Leaning against the sink breathing hard. God, how could Stefan be so irresponsible? Had he lost all regard for human life? She settled her head in her hands and tried to steady her breathing. She knew Stefan would be waiting for her anxiously which made her all the more reluctant to leave. She closed her eyes and leant against the wall thinking about calling Caroline. She heard the door swing open, but no heartbeat or craving for blood. Assuming it was Stefan she didn't turn round, she closed her eyes. Wow, she was tired. It wasn't until she felt the fire erupt through her veins, pain spreading throughout her whole body did she turn round.

"Katherine." she managed to say through gritted teeth before the fire consumed her and everything went black.

She awoke. Lights flashing in front of her eyes, pain slicing through her with every movement. She fought to open her eyes but they stayed firmly shut. Trying to sift through the fog of memories and pain about what had happened.

Katherine.

The bitch was back then? Couldn't she have just left her alone. She'd been stressed enough about the fact that she had been stuck in a public toilet with no way of leaving without possibly ripping someone's throat out that she hadn't considered the possibility of Katherine. She sighed and struggled futilely against the ropes, hissing as the burned her skin. Gritting her teeth against the pain she struggled further, almost free from them.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Elena." Her eyes finally snapped open looking across at the women who looked so much like her yet completely different.

"What do you want Katherine?" She hissed through gritted teeth. She wasn't human anymore, she wasn't scared. Katherine wouldn't kill her, she always had an motive. Always.

"Well, my little doppelgänger, since you have become so much like me-" I snarled in anger.

"I am nothing like you. Nothing." Katherine just looked at her, an expression on her face she never thought she'd see.

"No? Look at me Elena, and tell me what you see. A vampire? You're a vampire now. A vindictive bitch as many people so kindly call me? You are no better sometimes. Or perhaps the women who toyed with two brother's ripping them apart? That's my favourite Elena, it really is because no matter what I've done in the past to them, you will always be the vampire that destroyed them."

She looked at her with pity and disgust -a combination she never knew existed- sliced the ropes binding her and walked out the room without another word.

She stood shakily before her legs gave out and she collapsed, shaking against the wall.

Damon

He paced the room impatiently. Elena had been gone for hours, the whole night and most of the morning. He fingered his ring, a habit he'd picked up recently. A sudden thought struck him, making him light-headed with panic. Daylight rings. Bonnie hadn't made Elena a daylight ring. His face pale, mind racing he frantically raced around searching for his phone, only to find it when his dear brother rang. A new thought forming in his mind, one that froze his heart. Elena had been with Stefan last night.

"Brother. I am not in the mood to talk to you right now." he spoke curtly.

"Damon, don't joke, is Elena with you?" What? Oh shit.

"No" he spoke through gritted teeth. "You were the one with her last night." he rolled his eyes at his brother's stupidity.

"I was hoping she'd gone back to the Boarding House. She skipped out on me last night at the cinema-" Fuck. Stefan took her to the cinema. He was tempted to punch something but he knew it wouldn't help.

"Dearest, most idiotic brother. You took Elena, who has been a vampire for less than a week to the cinema?" Silence on the other end of the phone, he'd made his point but he wasn't finished. "So now she could be anywhere, with anyone in broad daylight. Without a daylight ring I might add. Bravo." he was practically boiling with rage. "Goodbye brother."

He'd barely been off the phone for a minute when he was on the phone dialling little miss Judgy. He was ready to rip his hair out by the sixth repeat of the dialling tone when she answered.

"What? If you're going to yell at me Caroline beat you to it." He gritted his teeth.

"Witchy, Elena's missing. And incase you haven't noticed it's broad daylight. Does she have a daylight ring? No, because you didn't make her one." Silence on the other end of the line.

"I'll be over soon with Jeremy and Caroline, keep looking, call everyone who might know something." Then a click and she was gone.

Her words repeating themselves over and over in his brain as the drove around town. Call everyone who might know something. If his heart could beat it would have stopped right there. Katherine.

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