While Caroline was fighting for her life at the hospital, Stefan was leaving Elena's house when Katherine appeared before him.
"Katherine? What are you doing here?" Stefan asked her, surprise showing on his face and anger in his tone.
"What do you mean Stefan? I'm here so we can be together again..." She replied, putting her hand on his chest seductively.
"I'm taken." He replied, grabbing her hand and pushing it away.
"I've seen… She sort of looks familiar doesn't she… I wonder why… Wait I know why! I see her every time I look in the mirror." Katherine smirked as she circled Stefan, her hand touching him always.
"It's not about the looks Katherine! She's different from you." Stefan was having a hard time thinking about what he was going to do next… She seemed to know the effect she had on him.
"Yes, I know… Miss rude and whining…"
"She's not rude!"
"You didn't complain about the whining." Katherine realised, smirking.
"What do you want Katherine?" Stefan asked her, getting annoyed.
"It's simple really. I want you back. I want an 'us' again."
"Like I said, I'm taken and I love Elena. We were never truly together anyway...You compelled me and screwed with my brother behind my back. By the way, you better stop sending her messages, it only pisses me off. Why don't you go for Damon, he's single." Stefan barked out as he tried to turn around.
"Now don't you play with me. We both know that Damon is long over me and has his precious daughter capturing all of his attention… My witch warned me and I know better than to upset the girl who's going to be so powerful…"
"Well, I'm also over you!" Stefan snapped.
"Keep trying to tell yourself that Stefan… One look at your present girlfriend is enough to know that you're not over me… I want you and I always get what I want." Katherine said before she grabbed Stefan's arms, pined them to his side and forced a kiss on his lips.
He managed to push her away and she giggled before she disappeared away.
"Damn it!" Stefan growled out before he got into his car and rushed back home to tell his brother everything that happened.
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In the waiting room of Mystic Fall's hospital's ER, Liz Forbes waited along with Damon, his daughter and a few of Caroline's friend. Matt had just gotten out with only a cast on his wrist and Tyler got a few stitches but they were both fine, even if they needed some rest.
"The doctor said she has internal bleeding… They're trying to stop it but they doubt they can stop it all… Her life is on the line…" Liz explained to Elena as soon as she arrived with Jenna and Jeremy.
"I'm so sorry…" Jenna said.
"I'm going to go and call Bill…maybe get a coffee… Damon, you'll call me if the doctor comes back?" Liz asked.
"Of course, I'm not going anywhere, don't worry." He replied gently.
"I'll go with you, I need to get my pills before I go home and sleep a bit." Matt suggested, not wanting to leave the woman alone.
"I have to go home… My parents are worried… But call me with updates okay?" Tyler asked Rachel who simply nodded.
Soon, the only people in the room where supernatural-aware. Stefan arrived not long after Tyler left the room and was explained everything by his brother.
"What a night…" Stefan sighted before he told them of his encounter with Katherine.
"We don't care about sluty Katherine right now! We have to save Caroline." Elena said.
"There is nothing we can do, we just have to wait Elena." Jenna replied.
"Isn't there anything you can do Bonnie?" Elena asked her friend, ignoring the others.
"No… I… I'm not strong enough to heal people Elena…"
"What about your grandmother?" Elena insisted.
"She's out of town, visiting a friend in Florida for the next few days… I don't even know if she can do that…" Bonnie apologised, worried about what would come of Caroline.
"Stefan, you've got to give her your blood! It will heal her! Damon, you're even stronger than Stefan, it would heal her faster!" Elena demanded.
"What if she dies? She'd become a vampire!" Rachel replied.
"It would be better than her dying." Elena snapped back.
"What are you talking about?" Liz's voice came from behind them and they all looked at her.
She was alone and they all thanked God that she wasn't in uniform.
"Misses Forbes… I…" Elena didn't know how to justify herself when everyone was glaring daggers at her.
"Damon? What's going on?" Liz asked. She was shaking and it was hard to know if it was from fear, anger or sadness.
"Why don't you come and sit, I think it's time to explain everything to you Liz." Damon replied.
"Are you sure daddy?" Rachel asked him.
"I was going to do it soon anyway… Might as well get it over with…" Damon replied before he turned back to Liz.
"You know you can trust me Liz right?" Damon asked her and she nodded. He kept on talking: "Keep in mind that we're friend and what I'm about to tell you won't change things from my part but it might change them from yours… It's also the reason I've been trying to get out of dating… Stefan and I are the Salvatore brothers that died in 1864…" He started.
He told her everything from who changed them to the fact that Katherine looked like Elena and had just gotten back in town. They told her Katherine was the one who created trouble back in 1864 and that now that she was back, they feared she was responsible for Caroline's accident and that she was up to no good.
After explaining the major lines of his history, he told her about Rachel and about his bracelet. It took time but they were alone since Matt decided to go home and get some sleep.
"And when you arrived Elena was suggesting we fed Caroline our blood so she'd heal." Damon concluded.
"What did you say?" Liz asked.
"What do you mean?" Damon asked her.
"What did you say to Elena's suggestion?" Liz asked again.
"I told her Caroline could die and become a vampire… I was about to tell her that it wasn't our decision to make." Damon replied.
It was silent for a minute.
"I… Listen… I trust you Damon and of course we're still friend but… I don't want my daughter to become a blood thirsty monster that goes on a rampage in town." Liz replied.
"The blood will heal her, not change her. Plus, she's in the hospital anyway… What's going to kill her here?" Elena asked, rolling her eyes.
"Anything can happen Elena..." Rachel replied before she added "Stop acting like you're calling the shots. Misses Forbes is her mother, she's the one making the decision here." Rachel replied, annoyed at Elena's bossiness.
"Damon, if instead of Caroline it was Rachel, what would you do?" Liz asked.
"I would feed her my blood of course… But then I know Rachel wants this…" Damon replied.
"If I let you feed her your blood and something happens that makes her a vampire, would you help her… teach her to have control and to be good like Stefan and you?" Liz asked her friend.
"Of course Liz."
"Then do it… I don't want to loose my daughter…I'm not ready for this…" She replied.
"Okay then… I'll do it as soon as the doctor tells us she's out of surgery." Damon replied.
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Of course Liz had been shocked by what Damon told her about him but she believed him when he said they didn't kill people… He had been a good friend to her and was trying to help her daughter… She was grateful to him.
When the doctor came to update her about Caroline's state, Damon ran quickly in the hospital room and fed the unconscious girl his blood before he joined the others again.
Damon and Rachel decided to stay the night at the hospital with Liz while the others went back home to rest until they could exchange place in the morning.
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Once she was back home and in her room, Elena was finally able to process the whole day and mainly the fact that Katherine was in town and wanted Stefan for herself... How could she fight against a vampire that looked exactly like her and wasn't afraid of anything?
She sat in her window seat and looked outside... Was Stefan really over Katherine? Was she really in his past? and if so, how could he love her, Elena, when she looked just like Katherine? Was she just a place holder? She really didn't know what to do and when Jenna came in her room with a cup of hot chocolate, Elena accepted it with a soft smile... She could use with the comfort of her aunt until she figured a way to rid this town of Katherine Pierce.
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