Heeeeeey everybody! Chapter 5 is up. Consider this as a Crhistmas gift, hahahaha. So, another huge chapter (I'm sorry to the ones that don't like big chapter, I can't help myself, but I'll try). In this one, somethings are going to happen and we are going to see some people confessing their feelings... Hmmmm, who do you think it is? Well, you'll have to read to discover! Enough with the talking, let's read! XOXO, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year's Eve!
Disclaimer: I do not own The Vampire Diaries. This fanfiction is only based on their story.
ELENA
No matter how much I wanted to, or tried, I couldn't sleep! Everything that happened this weekend killed me!
Stefan traveled and everything unraveled. In fact, when Katherine came here, everything changed. EVERYTHING! Since the first time I laid eyes on that woman, I knew nothing would be the same. I know, I know I should hate her, after all she was Stefan's ex, and not just a common ex; she was a slut vampire! But there was the problem, I didn't hate her. I admired her, maybe it was the way she walked so sure of herself, or the way she spoke, giving a double meaning to everything.
I was afraid. Afraid to want her. Lust after her. Scared because I knew it was wrong, that would be my madness. How could I dare to want her? Not only for being a woman, but because she was Katherine Pierce! My copy. Someone who was COMPLETELY like me! It was so strange... So similar and yet so different. She was so sexy, arrogant and amazing in everything she did, and I was... Elena Gilbert. Just the orphan who always did what was expected.
As I said, everything changed after Katherine arrived. But since Thursday I'm feeling different. Katherine almost stole a kiss when I was drunk on Friday, and then I had erotic dreams about her (I haven't let myself think too much about it). And aunt Jenna made me break up with Stefan.
Stefan... Poor Stefan! He must be devastated by what he saw. Me, his Elena, was in the woman's arms that destroyed his heart. I had been a little hurt when he told me about Katherine, I mean, when I forced him to tell me, because I found a picture of her in his stuff. It was a shock for me. I thought he was with me just because I was identical to her. And then I discovered that I was adopted... These were terrible months. But it would never reach this weekend.
Sheila warned me. She told me on Saturday.
"Elena... Stay away from her." she said, taking me by surprise when Bonnie left the table.
"From Bonnie?" I asked puzzled.
"No, from Katherine. She won't bring you peace, Elena. All she does is destroy. I don't know how she looks in the mirror and doesn't see the trail of pain that she leaves wherever she goes." I lowered my head. "My child, I only tell you that for your own good. I know your heart is pure, and I don't want this dark desire change you, dear. And besides, it wouldn't be right to Stefan, you know."
Sheila knew about my dreams. She knew everything!
She warned me and I didn't listen, and now I have to deal with the consequences of letting it be.
Stefan was inconsolable.
Damon hated me.
I still didn't know who was that blonde.
Katherine disappeared.
I don't know what to do... I had called 137 times for Stefan and had no response. Damon turned off the cell phone, or just broke it. I couldn't tell this to anyone, no one would understand. So the only thing that was left to me was the insomnia 3:15 a.m.
STEFAN
I took a bottle of whiskey and layed on the couch in the parlor. Lexi hadn't returned from her "hunt-a-bitch" hunt yet. I pity Katherine if Lexi finds her. No, actually, I don't. She deserves. She only came to disturb me, just wanted to make me suffer. What about Elena... I don't know how she could do this to me, I didn't have to close my eyes to see Elena in that bitch's arms scene.
I sighed and then winced at the sound of glass breaking that came from the dining room.
I didn't need a crystal ball to know that a certain blonde was very angry at not finding a certain bitch.
LEXI
That bitch escaped!
I had hung a picture of Katherine Pierce in 1864 on the wall and this was the third crystal vase I threw on it.
I never considered myself an unbalanced person, without control of emotions, I was always very good at being a vampire, but today I was completely pissed off.
She might have left unharmed, but not for long.
"Lexi?" I heard Stefan call me.
"Here!" I threw the fourth vase, striking.
Stefan entered the room, and seeing me in that state, he twisted his nose in a frown.
"Lexi... Is everything okay?" He asked quietly.
I didn't even took time to respond.
"Good thing I never liked these vases... And much less this photo." He said playfuly.
I frowned at him. Stefan smiled.
"I'm sorry..." I gave up, throwing me on the couch.
I looked around. I had made quite a mess. I looked at him and he stared at me worried. I brushed my hands on my face and then held my hair in a bun while he watched me.
"Hey, relax, I'll find something to distract me. Distract us... It's just that I want to see you well, I know everything that bitch did to you, and she's doing it again, and with a girl you really like, although you were almost making out with Alex in that shop Thursday." He opened his mouth to defend himself, but I was faster. "I know you were under a spell..."
"Good." He said nodding.
I went to his desk, took out some papers, looking for my keys. Then something caught my attention...
A leaflet from the annual ball of Mystic Falls. All I needed.
I held the leaflet between my fingers and turned to Stefan.
"You in?" I asked.
"Better than having an uncontrolled vampire breaking my house!" He mocked my with a playful smile on his face that made me smile too.
ELENA
It was near lunch time and none of them had answered my calls and messages. STATUS: feeling like crap.
My head was crazy.
Then I received a text and I opened it as quickly as I could.
11h32: "I broke my phone. New number. - Damon S."
I knew it!
Before I knew I was already calling him. I closed my eyes and prayed for him to attend.
And before the third ring his deep voice took my ears, sounding better than music.
"Elena." He greeted me.
"Damon." I sighed in relief. "Can we talk?"
"I'm in your room, baby!"
I hung up the phone and went upstairs quickly. I opened the door and there he was lying on my bed, and I, without thinking, threw myself into his arms.
DAMON
Her scent was so good! When she jumped on me in bed, I almost forgot I was mad at her. I returned the hug and she snuggled more.
"I knew you were hiding something..." I whispered with a little bitterness in my voice.
"But nothing happened!" She stepped back, taking away the hair that was on her face. "I'm so confused..."
"Nothing happened, Elena? I have seen myself!" I tried to contain all the charge in my voice, but it didn't work.
"Damon." She froze.
"It's simple. You broke up with Stefan for apparently no reason. So I called you, I wanted to see how you were dealing with that. You asked me to come, and I... Why you teased me?"
"What are you talking about? You didn't call me..." I saw the confusion in her eyes.
"Hm... Yes, Elena. I did." I took my phone from my pocket. But I remembered that I had broken it the other day.
She offered me hers and I showed her the call. She was completely surprised.
"Damon, I didn't talk to you that night, I was in the bathroom and Kather... Only if..."
"The manipulative bitch did! It was her who asked me to come. She set it up!" I completed. "But she was so dumb that she didn't erase the call!"
Elena shook her head. " No..." Elena denied. "Why would she do that?!"
"Because it's her! Selfish, manipulative, cruel. Any more reason is needed!"
"It doesen't matter right now. Only Stefan, and he doesn't want to talk to me, dosen't answer me, we were supposed to go together tonight, but we broke up so..."
"Come with me." I said without thinking. "Yeah, go with me. As an apology."
"Damon, I..." She would deny.
"Please Lena?" I said, smiling, touching her cheek lightly.
She smiled.
"Okay." She gave up arguing and smiled.
"I'll catch you up at eight." I gave her quick kiss on the cheek and got out the window with the happiness not fiting on me.
KATHERINE
I started to have a fit of laughter. It was the thrid day since I left Elena's room. Those dumb looking in, and then that Barbie project chasing me. They were all so dumb! One point to Katherine Pierce and zero for Assholes.
This would end the epic love, and the beautiful "friendship" with Damon. It was impossible not to laugh when I remembered that Elena - the silly - really thought I was enjoying it. For God's sake, she was more dumb than I expected. So silly, poor thing. Now it was just give it time, things would fall apart, and then Stefan was mine and just mine.
A cold wind blew down the street and a paper stuck to my left boot. I bent down to get it and then there was a leaflet of MYSTIC FALLS' ANNUAL BALL. Hm... This would be a great opportunity to play a little bit more with my copy... Or maybe be her.
ELENA
I've done everything I could with my hair. Bun, ponytail, braids, messy, half-stuck-half-loose. And nothing. NOTHING was good enough. Maybe I should change the dress.
It was a little black dress, simple but tight and short. I didn't want to look sad. That was the dress that would be perfect in it. And then I had an idea. I went to the bathroom and grabbed my babylise.
After I curled my hair and did a beautiful makeup, I was ready. I smiled at my result in the mirror. I myself would confuse me with Katherine. No one would think I was sad tonight.
I went back to my room and Damon was lying in my bed again.
"Are you ready to..." He looked at me with his mouth open.
"So, how do I look?" I turned for him to see my entire look.
"You are..." He crashed.
"Gorgeous? Perfect?" I tried to help.
"Katherine Pierce." He said at last.
I smiled.
"Great! So, shall we?" I asked, already heading for the door.
STEFAN
Lexi left the bathroom just in a towel. Of course I had seen the naked several times, it happens sometime after so many years. She was my sister, but it didn't mean that I didn't find her attractive. She was like a porcelain doll. I smiled at the comparison. She sat on the couch and pulled out her phone.
"Why are you smiling?" She asked me.
"Only vague thoughts." I replied. She laughed.
"Okay..." She sent a message and then someone replyed, what made her open a beautiful smile.
"Hm... Who is it?" I got up from the couch and went behind her, she laughed and turned her back to me, hiding her phone. "Hey, let me see!"
"No, you gossip!" She giggled.
"Spill it out! You have a boyfriend and didn't tell me?!" I pretended to be hurt. She smiled.
"Hey, is not that I didn't tell you. You didn't ask..." I nodded. "He's in Paris now working. But will be back in a few months. I said I'll stay here a while, when he comes back I want you to meet him."
"So I'll meet him?" I asked.
"Of course! I want you to see if he provides for me! But I'll just warn you that his job is... Complicated." She frowned.
"Complicated? What do you mean when you say "complicated"?" I asked.
"You'll see... I hope you like each other."
"Probably we will!" I assured her. "Does he knows that you're a...?"
"Vampire, Stefan. Stop being afraid to say it. And, yes, he knows. But he is human, yet. I don't want him to change for me. But I also don't want to live without him." She confided.
"I understand you..." I lowered my head. She soon came to me, hugging me.
"Sorry, didn't want to let you down... Also because today is the party day! Pretty soon you forget about Elena. There is SO many beautiful girls here. And I want to meet your friends... but your male friends a little more." She gave me a wicked smile.
"My god, Lexi! You just told me you have a boyfriend!" I said.
"What the eyes don't see, can not hurt you." She said as she let the towel fall away from her.
ELENA
It was the third song that I have danced with Damon. He really knew have fun when he wanted to. Caroline glared at me with piercing eyes all night for not telling her about the break up. And Bonnie had gotten a little hurt, but had forgotten. Matt had a surge of hope, but to seeing me dancing with Damon made him forget about it.
I hadn't seen Stefan yet, nor her blonde little friend. Much less Katherine. Perhaps they hadn't come. But I admit that I wanted to see her reaction when she saw my curls.
Damon was getting closer to me, I felt his body sway in the same rhythm as mine, his hands gripped my waist tightly and sometimes he brushed his lips on my neck. I should pull away, but it wasn't bad. Even if it was giving him hope, I needed to be a little selfish right now.
We danced some more songs, Caroline went to get something to drink. And she came back, she was dropping fire from her mouth. Looking at me sideways as if I had hurt her. She D]delivered all the drinks but mine. She glanced "you-know-where-is-yours" at me. I didn't understand anything, but I didn't want to ask.
Damon pulled me once again to his body, and then his hand went down my waist to my ass, and then my thighs too fast. I froze. What was I thinking? I had to stop it. Now.
I excused myself and went to the bathroom. It was crowded with girls trying to retouch their makeup. I got in line to use the cabin, it took about fifteen minutes to get to my time.
KATHERINE
I was trying really hard to hide. I had seen Damon and Stefan. But I didn't want to find that blonde and much less Elena. I was a fool to have straightened my hair. What was I thinking?! I wasn't really very well these days.
I got some Martini at the bar, and then a blonde bumped into me, knocking all drink in my dress. She began to apologize, but when she looked at me she was a bit lost.
"How have you changed your hair and dress so fast?!" Great, she was confusing me with Elena.
"What? I don't know what you mean." Great, Katherine! Congratulations!
"Oh, no longer you just break up with Stefan out of nothing, to be rubbing on Damon like a bitch, also want to lie to me, Gilbert?" Yeah, she knew Elena, but I don't know if they were friends. And what did she said about me... I mean, about Elena, be rubbing on Damon?!
"Are you also deaf, Elena?" She asked.
"No, I'm not. But I think you should take care of your life, dear." She frowned and slammed her foot. Well, if she didn't hate Elena, now she does.
I turned my attention to my dress, it was completely dirty. I searched the bathroom and when I found it I realized that was crowded. I got in a little later and when I was near the sinks, I heard a familiar voice.
"Shit!"
LEXI
I spent all night looking for that bitch. She would certainly come. She was one of those who liked to show off, she would come. Shortly after I saw her walking around, with those ridiculous curls. I had a desire to pull that hair while punching her face! She was screwed with me.
Shee ran from me so much last night. Fought so hard to hide. Where was that Petrova that was a master at hiding? There she was, walking to the bathroom, as if her main concern might be a broken nail.
KATHERINE
I turned towards the voice, coming over in the bathroom, near the cabins. After a few seconds I saw the voice's owner get out of one of the cabins fixing her dress. She was bent over, arranging her little dress on her thighs and didn't even notice my presence there, watching her. While she was benting, her cleavage increased, leaving those breasts even more flashy. Was showing her breasts, but not completely. I arched my eyebrows and felt my tongue wetting my lips involuntarily. She finished to fix her dress and looked up to see me. Her eyes widened, brightened and then got strange. They showed... Disappointment. She took a deep breath.
"Katherine, I wanted to talk to you." She said, moving her weight from one foot to the other. She looked around and then looked at me again. "Alone, actually."
"No problem." I said before compelling all the girls who were in the bathroom to get out. "Done!"
"Great!" She bit her lower lip and stared at the floor. "Why you left, Katherine?" Her voice showed irritation, but also sadness.
"Because I was scared of what was happening between us, Elena..." I said, as I took a few steps toward her. "When I saw what was going to happen and when Damon arrived, I froze because I wanted it, but was too scared to admit it." I lied.
It was so easy. Throughout my life, lying was always the easiest. Even more to Elena, who just by looking in her eyes I could see that she was falling like a little duck in my romantic story. Her expression had changed from anger and disappointment to confusion and... Hope? She was really thinking that this was true? Poor thing... As she said nothing, I decided to continue with my performance.
"What I feel when I'm close to you scares me because I never felt it for anyone, Elena." I came very close to her and put a hand on her cheek, making small circles with my thumb. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, more than the first time. She opened her eyes and looked into mine.
"I have to tell you something." She said as she walked away from me, looking at the mirror.
"What?" I said, using my best puppy dog voice.
"I..." She looked at the sink and leaned both hands on the bench. "I dreamed about you a few days ago."
DREAMED ABOUT ME? Oh, come on, Elena, this gay?!
"Did you really?" I asked, letting my head fall away, leaving a smile appear on my face. I approached her again and ran a finger down her arm. She looked at my finger, in my eyes and down again.
"Tell me? Please?" I asked quietly.
"In my dream, we... " She closed her eyes, as if gathering courage to tell me. Why was she so nervous? It couldn't be something huge, could it?
"We... What? Tell me, Lena, ple.." And before I finished, she interrupted me.
"We fucked." BOOM! She said that turning her head to look me in the eyes.
Now I had realy frozen. The fact that Elena have dreamed abouut me made me want to laugh, but the dream itself shocked me. She continued to look me in the eyes, looking for a reaction on my face. But after all these years I could hide my emotions very well. I wanted to answer, but my head was empty. It really left me speechless. I opened my mouth a few times, and when I finally packed something to say, her phone rang. She jumped a little and broke the eye contact with me. She took her phone from her purse and stared at it for a few seconds.
"I have to go... Damon is looking for me." She said, putting the phone in the purse again. I still couldn't think of anything to say to her, so I simply nodded and looked down. She passed by me and our arms brushed. She opened the door and I could hear her whisper "Bye, Katherine" before going out and running to the salon.
ELENA
WHAT DID I DID?! Why did I tell her about my dream? Why didn't I tell her about the call? I wanted to have faced her, but the only thing I could think about was how beautiful she was right there in front of me. And what happened to her too? Saying all those things to me... Could it really be that Katherine was telling me the truth? "I hope so...". I smiled, but then I wanted to punch me in the face. What was I thinking? And why was she with straight hair? I was too confused.
I ran out of that bathroom and didn't even look at her, perhaps for fear of seeing something in her eyes, or perhaps afraid of myself. I didn't know what happen to me when she was near. But here I was, still running down the hall leading to the bathroom, trying to think of something else that wasn't Katherine Pierce. When I got to the hall, I could see Damon on the other side of the room. I opened my mouth to call him, but when I was about to speak, I felt a strong hand around my neck and then I didn't see anything.
LEXI
I was just a few minutes waiting for the curled hair bitch get out of the bathroom. It was today, she didn't escape me. I didn't know she was stupid to the point of coming at this party, even without trying to hide. I wondered how I was going to kill her. There were so many ways... I had to decide for one that made her suffer a lot, but still wouldn't be enough to compare to all the evil she did to my best friend. I was totally immersed in my thoughts that just went realize she had left the bathroom when I heard the sound of the door slamming. I looked into the hall coming from the bathroom and saw her running. It was now. I waited for her to reache the end of the hall where I was hiding. She was so slow, why was she running with human speed? Well, no one ever knows what this bitch really does... When she finally came near where I was, she began to look around the room. She seemed to be looking for someone and had found. She was opening her mouth to scream when I caught her. I put my hand around her neck and squeezed very strong.
"Hello, darling. Remember me?" I said, as I squeezed more her neck. To my surprise, she didn't answer and her body went limp, as if she had fainted. Even when she was about to die she wanted to play smart with me? Oh no... I grabbed her by the waist and took her with me to the back of the room where there was a shed, so no one would see and I could do whatever I wanted with her with no one to disturb. "Ready to die, Katherine?"
DAMON
The night was great! I was at the dance with Elena, trying to make her forget the problems and making her laugh. Couldn't be better! We were dancing and she went to the bathroom, I was waiting for her near the bar. I took a glass of whiskey for me and watched people dance. There were many people on the track, but I could see a blond close to Stefan. I didn't even know my little brother came to the party. Hopefully Elena won't see him... Well, the way this blonde was close to my brother, was likely to be Lexi. The blonde turned and I was sure. OH, NO! I pulled out my cell phone as soon as I could and I sent a text to Elena, asking her to meet me at the bar as soon as possible. I had forgotten that Lexi was still behind Katherine. What would be no problem, it would be great to see Lexi killing Katherine, but it had a small problem with that being today.
The copy with curly hair today wasn't Katherine, it was Elena. If Lexi saw her, she would surely mistake her with Katherine and would try to kill her. I tried to find Elena in the room, but didn't see her. I looked at my phone and she hadn't replyed yet. When I returned to look for Stefan and Lexi, I just saw Stefan being flirted by a very effeminate waiter.
Fuck!
LEXI
I arrived at the shed with Katherine and threw her on the floor. She had her eyes closed. I saw some pieces of wood and rope thrown to the ground and there I saw a great way to have fun with that bitch. I took the piece of wood that was closest to me without turning around. If she thought I was going to be soft with her, she was very much mistaken. I broke the wood in a way that it stayed pointed and I smiled. "Oh, Katherine, the fun I'll have to torture YOU..." I put her sitting on a chair and held her wrists with a piece of rope. This ridiculous bitch had no reaction at all.
"Katherine! Come on, you bitch, wake up!" I punched her on her face and she still didn't move. I took a deep breath, furious.
"Come on, Katherine! React!" This time I punched her stomach and she woke widening her eyes and taking a deep breath.
"Great!" I said, smiling. She had a terrified look, but said nothing. It should be the punch I gave her... I loved.
"Are you afraid of me, darling? Relax, I'll only give you what you deserve." I said, preparing the stake in my hand to stick it in her stomach. I wasn't going straight to the heart, not really. I was going to do this bitch suffer. When I was ready, I raised my hand and she looked at me with more terrified yet. I was enjoying seeing her face of fear for me. She was so afraid that she closed her eyes again and dropped her head. She should have given up. I was lowering my hand and was about to stick the stake in her, but that's when I began to see everything black and I had a huge pain in my chest.
KATHERINE
I was still half perplexed by what Elena had told me, but I couldn't understand why. She had only dreamed that had had sex with me, nothing much, right? Sex for me has always been a way to calm down, to relax me, but with her? I was loving this little game I was doing with Elena, the same that I did with Stefan and Damon. But after this "revelation" of her, I don't know, I was a little bewildered. I decided to try to take it out of my head. I picked up a paper and tried to clean the stain that remained in my dress. After a few seconds, I still couldn't take it all and it was pissing me off. I dropped the paper back and left the bathroom. Once I got in the room, I saw a "super concerned face" Damon. He was coming towards me and I couldn't contain the urge to roll my eyes. He took my arm and pulled me closer to him.
"Where is Elena?" He had a deep voice. He combined well with it.
"And I should know because...?" I asked, making a face of disinterest. What I least wanted now was to talk about her.
"Because I saw you coming out of the bathroom and she was there, and..." He paused, as if the words were weighing on his head. "Lexi is here. Elena is with curly hair, like yours is, but that is now straight. That means that..."
"She will take Elena in my place." I completed the phrase for him. She was really dumb, that blonde. How she could mistake a human with a vampire?
"Exactly. You're the last person I'd ask for help, but... You have to help me find Elena." He said, looking me in the eyes. Oh okay that I would risk my life to save a human.
"Do you really think I'll stay here knowing that Lexi is after me and take my chances to save Elena's pathetic life? Oh, Damon, you really don't know me..." And with that I left. I ran to the front door and heard a scream, but one that only a vampire with a lot of lifetime could hear, because it was far away. I heard Lexi shouting at Elena. She was really thinking she was me. "Come on, Katherine! React!". Elena should have fainted. All my body was telling me to leave that place right now, but a little voice inside me told me otherwise. I let out a frustrated sigh before running towards Lexi's shouts.
When I got closer, I could see Lexi give a beautiful punch in Elena's stomach. I heard one of her ribs broke. I no longer liked her, and see her doing these things with Elena was doing me like her even less, and again, I just didn't know why. I got a little closer and saw Lexi preparing a stake in her hand. She hadn't heard me yet, and I was planning on not let her hear any more. I saw Lexi raise the stake and saw the terrified look on Elena's face. She was so afraid and in so much pain that she fainted and Lexi smiled. This asshole was deaf or what?! I could hear in the distance I was the fast pace of Elena heart beats. When I saw Lexi lower her hand to kill elena, I just didn't think. I ran near to Lexi, stopped right behind her, took her hand that was holding the stake and stuck it in her chest. I held her hand tighter and slipped further stake through her heart.
"Looking for me, love?" I spoke with the most sarcastic tone I had as I tucked the weapon over and over in her chest. I saw her face begin to gray, but before she died, I saw the look she gave me. She was confused, but then she realized what had happened. She looked at Elena and then at me again.
"You messed with the wrong copy..." I said, as I pulled the stake from her chest. "Bye-bye, honey." And stuck the stake through her chest again, harder, making it cross her body. Her face was finally completely gray and she fell to the side. I looked ate her with hatred and then looked at Elena. Why on earth had I done this? Lexi could have heard me and killed me at any time. And what I mean by "you messed with the wrong copy"? I was talking about me or Elena? I had a voice inside my head saying that what I did was right, I was right to have saved Elena, but I also had another saying that this was the worst thing I've ever done in my entire life. After all, which one of the two was right? And why I ventured to save a mere human life? This race that meant nothing to me. "Maybe this life means more than you think...". I sighed and decided that the voice that said I was an idiot was right. No one could know that it was me who had saved Elena. When I was getting ready to leave, I heard a heart beat close to where we were. I turned to see Matt hidden behind some boxes. My salvation!
"Matt? Come here..." I said, giving a small smile. He came out from behind the boxes and came towards me and Elena. He didn't take his eyes off Elena at all.
"What happened to her? And who are you?" He looked like a cornered mouse.
"Calm down, she's okay... Well, sort of. And about me, you don't need to know." I said, coming near him. "What I need you to know is: you saved Elena from Lexi. You saw Lexi hurting Elena and the first reaction you had was to stick the weapon that Lexi was handling in herself. And you will tell Damon that Elena is hurt and that he needs to give her his blood." I said, compelling him. "You will not remember anything that happened here and seeing me. You will only remember what I just told you." I blinked and he did the same. Before turning to leave, I looked at Elena again. Liking it or not, I knew that the voice I had chosen wasn't the right, but the one that said that Elena worth it.
DAMON
I saw Katherine rush out and stopping at the front door. She stood there a few seconds and when I blinked she was gone. This woman was such a coward! Doesn't need a genius to know that she had gotten her ass out of here. Fleeing until after death, right Katherine? But I had no time to be cultivating my hate now. I had to find a way to find Elena. I went to the ladies room and screamed her at the door. Nothing. I went back to the room and looked for her there. Nothing again. I started to panic. I saw Stefan standing in front of the bar and went to him. When he saw me, his expression got serious. Not now, little brother. No drama right now.
"Stefan, where is Lexi?" I asked, seriously.
"What? I don't know... One minute she was by my side, and the next she was gone... Why, brother?" He was confused, but I couldn't talk about Elena with him, no way. Stef was still shaken from all the drama involving Elena Gilbert. I decided to just tell him another story.
"No, nothing bro. I just wanted to talk to her, but nothing urgent. Thank you, Stefy." I said, turning my back to him and began to walk towards the front door. Something told me that if Lexi would want to kill Katherine, she would make a scene before killing her, and of course would want a secluded place where no one would interrupt her. Come on, Damon, think... AHA, GOT IT! Behind this hall where was happening the ball, there was an abandoned shed. She had to be there! I ran as fast as I could, and when he got close, I heard a high impact noise, but heard no cry. Oh no, Elena! I ran further and hidden when I saw the scene in front of me. Katherine with a face of hatred I had never seen in my life, looking at Lexi who had a stake in the chest and then looking at Elena. I saw a look of relief on her face as she looked at Elena, but then she got cold again. She seemed to be blaming herself for something... Katherine Pierce feeling guilty? I saw her take a deep breath and look at Elena again. She turned and was getting ready to run when she looked fast in the other direction. She had heard something, but the direction she was looking, it wasn't me. Out of nowhere, a relieved smile appeared on her face and she let out the breath she was holding.
"Matt? Come here...". Matt? What Donovan was doing there? He was crazy or had a death wish? I saw him approaching Katherine and began to ask several questions and saw Katherine get near him. "You saved Elena from Lexi." What this crazy was doing? Matt didn't know about vampires. After the compelling, she turned to leave, but before she went, she looked at Elena again, but this time was different. Katherine looked at her fondly, as if she didn't regret of having risked herself to save her. After that, she was gone, and I had a huge problem to solve.
I got out of where I was and ran close to Matt and Elena. He was startled to see me so suddenly, but I said nothing. I looked at Elena and I could see one of her ribs broken. I would have to give her my blood, but not in front of Matt. I turned to him and got his head with my two hands holding strong enough to not let him move. I looked him in the eye and compelled him.
"You'll forget everything you saw and heard here today. Will forget to see Lexi dead, forget Elena hurt and forget about me. You will only remember you came here get more drinks to the bar and go back to the party." I said, seeing his pupils dilate with the effect of my action. I blinked a few times and let him go. At the same time, he turned and started walking in the direction back to the hall, like a robot. Great, it had worked. Now I had to get Elena out of here, and then return to pick up Lexi's dead body. I took Elena's hands off the chair and picked her up. I ran as fast as I could and got her to the boarding house. When I opened the door, Stefan was sitting on the couch with a glass in hand. His reaction was instantaneous. He ran to me to see me with an unconscious Elena in my arms.
"What happened? Is Elena..." He has an already crying face.
"No, just unconscious. I need to put her lying down. She's hurt, she needs blood." I said, as I walked past him and up the stairs. I kicked my bedroom door and laid her on the bed. I saw Stefan behind me with a mixed expression: concern and anger. Oh, come on, Stefan? Jealous attack now? I decided to ignore him and sat on the bed next to Elena. Before he could do anything, I opened a wound on my wrist and put it in her mouth. I opened her mouth slightly, causing the blood go down her throat. I felt Stefan shooting me with his eyes and heard him clenching. I took my wrist back and wiped the excess blood that trickled down Elena's mouth. I leaned over and kissed her forehead. I got out of bed and walked towards the door, pulling it close.
"Come on, brother. We have to let her rest." I said, pushing him gently by the stomach. I closed the door and we went down to the main room. Stefan was still looking at me with anger, but sat facing me.
"So Damon. What happened?" He said, resting his head in one hand.
"Well, brother... What happened was a very bad thing." I said, looking into his eyes.
"What?" He asked again, raising his eyebrows.
"I think it's better show you... Come with me?" I said, getting up from the couch.
"Yeah." He nodded and stood up. It wasn't long before we arrived at the shed. I knew how Stefan would be devastated to see Lexi dead, but I couldn't hide it from him. I approached him and put a hand on his shoulder. He didn't understand the gesture, so I forced him to turn around. The panic in my brothes face made me want to cry. Stefan stood still for a few seconds and then snapped.
"HOW COULD YOU? WHY DID YOU DO THAT?" He pushed me hard on the shoulders and yelled at me. It is obvious that he would think it was me. Old evil Damon.
"It wasn't me, okay? When I got here, she was already dead!" I said, trying to defend myself.
"DON'T LIE TO ME, DAMON!" He came up to me, but as Stefan had started with this squirrels diet, I was much stronger than him, so when he came to punch me, I threw him across the shed.
"Stefan, STOP! I told you it wasn't me! Believe me, brother." I said, trying to calm him down. I walked towards him and he hugged me.
"What's wrong, Damon? Who..." He was sobbing from crying. "Who did this to her?"
"I'll explain at home, little bro. Let's get her out of here." Stefan pulled and I knocked on his shoulder. The tears wouldn't stop filling his eyes. I got away from him and took Lexi's body. I looked at him and he understood that I wanted him to follow me. I went into the forest and put Lexi's body on ground. Stefan was still crying compulsively. I took a lighter from my pocket and looked at Stefan for permission. He nodded and looked down. I lit the lighter and threw it on the lifeless body in front of me. The flames took Lexi and I hugged Stefan. There were a few seconds and then he pulled me.
"Let's go home." He said, wiping the tears from her face and beginning to walk out of the woods. I followed and then we got back to the boarding house. Stefan sat in the same place he was before we left and I went to get a glass of whiskey to me.
"Would you like one, brother?" I offered, showing him the glass. He just shook his head, making no. I put my drink and sat in the chair that faced the couch. I took a deep breath and began.
"So Stef... What happened today was this..." I told him what had happened to Elena and Lexi and then told him that it was Katherine who had killed Lexi. I saw his eyes fill with hate when I said it was Katherine who had killed his best friend, but I think he didn't understand right.
"Stefan, I don't want to defend Katherine, but she did it for a reason!" I didn't get to scream, but my voice was high.
"And what reason is that? What reason justifies...?" I didn't let him finish.
"KATHERINE SAVED ELENA, STEFAN!"
ELENA
I had no idea what had happened. One minute I was running to get to Damon and the other I was getting a punch in the stomach from Stefan's friend. The pain was so much that I ended up fainting. And now I was waking up again, but lying on a bed and with an iron taste on my mouth.
I rubbed my eyes and they came into focus again. I realized I was in Stefan's house, but that wasn't his room. I sat on the bed and saw that the room was Damon's. I heard them talking downstairs.
Stefan was angry, and Damon seemed to try to calm him down. I heard a few things, but only the little I heard reminded me.
Stefan's friend, Lexi, was ready to kill me. Must have mistaken me with Katherine... The scene that happened in the bathroom came in my mind. I remember receiving a text from Damon, and run away, leaving Katherine there. Well, linking the facts, Damon found and saved me from Lexi, and that was why I was here. That was the only possible explanation, until...
"Katherine saved Elena, Stefan!"
Katherine? Saved me?! My heart skipped in my chest. I couldn't help the smile that appeared on my face. That meant that... All those things she told me were true. But, if she saved me, why didn't she take me home? Or somewhere else?
That thought made me kind of sad, but that didn't matter now. What really mattered was that even though Lexi was after her, she fought for me. Every second my heart beat faster. Suddenly, Damon appeared in front of me and Stefan came behind. He had a smirk on his face and I could see that Stefan had been crying. Damon sat up and smiled at me again.
"Hey, sleepyhead. How are you?" He said in a sweet voice.
"I'm fine, just with a little headache..." I said, putting a hand on my forehead.
"It must be because of the blood that I had to give you, that usually happens." He smiled at me. Huh? Blood?
He would explain it to me later, because now I was in another world, thinking about someone I shouldn't be thinking, especially with Stefan giving me his "I still love you" look. I loved him, of course, but I couldn't go back with him. I promised it to Aunt Jenna. The atmosphere was tense, and when Damon was going to say something, my phone rang. I got a fright because it was vibrating on the bed. I picked up the phone and saw Jenna's name on the display. I looked at Damon and then answered.
"Hi, Jenna... No, it's okay... I know, I'm sorry... I am at Damon's... I know, Jenna... Okay, I'm going... Bye." I hung up and took a deep breath, looking at the two. "Jenna wants me home, like, now." I said scratching my head.
"All right, I'll take you there." Damon offered, raising from the bed.
I stood behind him and felt dizzy. At the same time, Damon's hands were on my back, supporting me. I looked at him and smiled. He took his hands away and I saw Stefan drop knives with his eyes towards his brother. I grabbed my phone and straightened my dress. I started walking, then stopped turning to the two.
"Thank you for helping me." I said, with all the certainty of the world that they would never tell me about Katherine and say that they were the ones who saved me.
"We wouldn't let you die, Elena..." Stefan said, proving my theory.
"Of course not! Much less being instead of..." Damon stopped, as if he didn't want to bring Katherine's name to the conversation. "Anyway, shall we?"
"Yes..." I smiled at him and then look at Stefan. "Bye."
"Bye." He said and looked at the floor. I turned and left the room. Damon came downstairs close to me like I was a baby learning to walk. We were silent the entire route. The only sound that was heard was Damon's car engine. When we got to my house, he stopped the car right in front of it and looked at me.
"Thank you for bringing me, and everything too." I said, referring to the "false ransom".
"I would never let Lexi hurt you." He said, looking me in the eye. How could he lie like that? Looking at me straight in the eye... Maybe it wasn't a lie, I know that he had feelings for me, but... "But now you don't need to worry. I resolved it." He added, putting a smirk on his face.
"Huh? What do you mean?" What was he talking about?
"Lexi is dead, Elena. It was you or her, and..." He paused and made a face of doubt, as if his thoughts were confusing him. "And I'll ALWAYS choose you."
"Thanks... Again. Now I have to go. Good night, Damon." I opened the door and got out.
"Good evening, Elena... And oh, if something strange happens, anything, call me, okay? I come as fast as I can." He said, having a worried look on his face.
"All right. See you, Damon." I turned my back and walked to my door. I opened the door, but before entering, I turned and waved to Damon. He smiled and waved back. I smiled and went home.
I tried to enter quietly. I locked the door and when I turned Sergeant Jenna was standing in the middle of the hallway, arms crossed, raised eyebrow, breathing fire.
"It is time, Elena Gilbert?!" She asked.
"Jenna, I'm so sorry..." I gave a weak smile, trying to dodge the scolding.
"Nothing, absolutely nothing, will clear your up!" She screamed. "I let you go to the party because you gave me your word you would be back soon... Now you won't wake up to go to school tomorrow, again, Elena." Jenna started walking from one side to the other as she spoke. "So I ask you: what matted breaking up with Stefan?" I opened my mouth to question her and she just cut me off. "Uh-huh, you won't come back together! When will you create responsibility?"
If only she imagined what happened today.
"Sorry, Jenna. Really. I got a ride with Damon, but Stefan got sick and so we went there and I ended up napping on the couch."
"Just... Go to your room, okay?" She said looking tired.
"Okay... Good night." I said, going up the stairs without waiting for an answer.
I entered my room already taking my dress over my head and throwing it on the floor.
I walked over to the clothes hanger and took my father's shirt. I needed to feel safe. I dressed it and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. I stared at my curls in the mirror, now they were already messy and dirty. Have lost volume. Completely opposed to hers.
Thinking about her made me shiver. I hugged myself and went to bed. I pulled the blanket up to my waist and started playing with what was left of my curls. I felt a tightness in my chest and then hugged the pillow, turning my back to the window. I let the tears roll down my face, closing my eyes trying to sleep more than anything.
Then I felt that familiar shiver through my body. There was someone else in the room. I kept still until that angelic voice called my name.
"Elena?"
KATHERINE
I don't know why I had done it for her. I needed to get out of here. Needed to get away. But the need to know if she was okay choked me.
I wanted to tear throats when I remembered what Lexi did to her. This wasn't healthy. But I needed to see her. So I waited until she had slept and entered her room.
I stared at her lying in her bed, so vulnerable. It was funny to see that we both decided to change hair the same day, and that almost cost her her life. I sighed and called her softly. As she didn't answer, I knew it was time to tell the truth.
ELENA
I swallowed hard and didn't turn around. I fought with all my instincts that asked me to confront her. I wonder what she would tell me if she thought I was slepping. But I feared she would go away.
I felt her get closer to the bed, and then she began to speak.
"I never imagined myself coming back to Mystic Falls," I realized she was nervous because she started to walk from one side to the other. "But whenever I thought about it, the reason was always the same: Stefan Salvatore." She smiled. I didn't have to turn around to be sure because she always made a little noise with her mouth when she smiled. "I don't need to explain to you how much he is amazing because you also had the pleasure of falling in love with him. There has never been another reason, not even Damon. Nothing would make me stay here. Sometimes, not even Stefan worth it." The pace of her steps increased and I tried to keep me calm anyway.
"So I was in Bulgaria, solving some family problems, and Mason Lockwood told me about you and Stefan, and your epic love," She kind of mocked this part. "And I immediately came, I thought I would have a chance with Stefan. I wanted you to break up, for him came back to me. After all, we are identical, so if he felt something for you... There could have a part of him that still loved me."
She paused and sighed. My heart was beating frantically. I took a deep breath, calming me. If she hadn't been so lost in her thoughts, she would have noticed that I was awake.
"But when I saw you on the boarding house with only that sheet that day, I realized. We are nothing alike. You're an angel, Elena. Full of purity and goodness. I felt jealous of you. I've been so one day, you know? But the good things I had on me was torn from me a long time ago."
She stopped walking.
"In my 500 years I lied, ran, hid and betrayed. Every second of my life has been used entirely for myself. Just to protect me. And then, today, in that bathroom, as well as in your room that night, or on the street, when you were drunk, I played with you, I thought I was fooling you all this time. But I was fooling MYSELF. I just realized the truth of those words when I saw you tied in that chair, all hurt... I compelled Mat to say it was him who saved you, but..."
Her voice was choked, it seemed like Katherine was in pain. She took a deep breath for the last time and finished...
"In my 500 years I never went back for anyone. But today I came back for you, Elena, my angel with brown eyes."
My heart stopped.
"Katherine..." I whispered, turning to look at her.
And then the only thing I saw was the swaying curtain and the gust of wind that came into my room, warning me that Katherine Pierce was no longer there.
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