AN: I don't own this, please don't sue me :)

I loved the scene in 3x20. It conveyed Klaus is age, he is one of the oldest beings on earth. If he wants something he will wait for it. He has all the time in the world.

This story takes place after the decade dance. Disregard everything after that. I love feed back so please review.

My mom is a hometown girl at heart.

It was hard saying goodbye. We had just spent two weeks two weeks touring Beijing. The sights, the museums, the food. She loved everything. Still, seeing the world was amazing but she wanted to sleep in her own bed.

Her face was a mirror of my own agelessness. She was a 66 year old and looked the part. Se was still beautiful but I was her 35 year old daughter trapped behind the face of a teenager. People mistake her for my grandmother.

So I am ignoring the voice the the back of my head.

She will die soon.

I went down the coast, seeing the the sights and meeting the people. It seemed that I actually have an ear for languages. Who would have thought that Caroline Forbes, the shallow beauty queen of Mystic Falls, was well on her way to mastering her third language.

Even the idea of anyone of Mystic Fall seeing me now makes me laugh. My life is so far removed from anything I ever imagined. So it doesn't come as a surprise when I run into Katherine at an after-hours party in Taiwan.

I am eating some random girl with sweet blood when I notice her from across the bon fire. Katherine does not do shy or coy. We have that in common. She makes her way up to me after I compelled my midnight snack to leave.

"I must say this is a rather unexpected surprise"

"So was the pillow over my head. But you know what they say; Things change, accept it or die" I say after a beat.

Katherine throws her head back and laughs. I am struck at how different the sound is from when Elena laughs. " Come now don't' tell me your still holding a grudge."

I look around at the humans surrounding us, blissfully unaware of the threat we posed. "It is kind of hard too, I mean considering" I gesture to the ocean behind her.

Katherine smiled " Yes. No sense dwelling on the past"

"So what have you been up too? Still running from Klaus?"

She tilts her head " Yes and No. Now that the curse is broken he apparently is not so dead set on killing me. At least that is what Elijah tells me."

"Elijah? Really?"

" I have only seen him once or twice in the last two decades. With the curse broken he doesn't view consorting with me as a betrayal of Klaus." I am shocked to see Katherine's eyes light up as she speaks. I didn't think she was capable of that type of emotion.

"He is worried about betraying Klaus? That is ironic."

It feels strange, standing by the ocean talking about men with Katherine of all people. Before I could wrap my mind around it we were interrupted by two men.

" Hey there" The braver of the two greeted. "What are you two lovely ladies doing standing all by yourselves"

Katherine looks over at me and I smirk at her. Her eyes darken as she turns back to the poor suckers. " We are lonely and no one wants to play with us" she pouts.

The other boy steps forward. "We will play with you."

And play we did.

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