"Im going to kill her" screamed Caroline as she marched towards the door her face red with anger, Stefan ran to get in front of her "just wait a second Caroline we need to think this through" she shoved Stefan out of her way and continued her stride towards the exit ignoring the cracking of the wall caused by Stefans impact with it. "WHATS THERE TO THINK THROUGH?" she shouted "Nadia has killed.. murdered my best friend she is going to pay" Stefan got in front of Caroline again this time keeping distance between them "Nadia is a lot older and stronger than us if we just jump in heads first she'll rip them off and play football with them".
"I dont care Stefan" she said her voice calm now masking the rage she felt inside "she has taken something from us from me and somehow i am going to make her pay.
Katherine allowed Emily to pry her away from the body her tears had run out and she was too weak to hold on to the corpse any longer, "What are we going to do with the body?" Emily asked as she placed Katherine on the bed. Katherine didn't hear her question she was numb to the world, Emily gently shook her friend to try and snap her out of it "what are we going to do with Nicky?" she asked again Katherine shrugged as she returned to the world "im not sure" she muttered "drive her out of the city bury her in the woods". Emily nodded "you should go home Katherine I'll take care of this, okay?" without a word Katherine got to her feet and walked to the door stopping just short of the doorway and said "Thanks Emily" before she left.
Emily grabbed the sheet from her bed and laid it on the floor before rolling Nickys body on to the clean white sheet her blood staining it red, she carefully wrapped the body in the sheet and used duct tape to hold it shut. Pleased with her work Emily stood back to give it a quick once over to make sure she had done it correctly, sure enough her makeshift body bag was perfect. "Katherines compulsion is really paying off" she thought as she bent down to grab ahold of the corpse "i never would have been able to even be in the same room as a corpse before she made me calm" since the minor mind control had taken place Emily hadn't really thought about it it was only now when faced with something which should have made her sick to her stomach that it began to sink in. Emily checked the clock above her bed ,11:45, "good" she thought "everyone will already be in bed or at a bar and they won't start chucking out for another hour" She grabbed the body and dragged it out of the room, down the stairs making sure to be careful not to bump the head on the way down and then out of the building into the car park. Luckily Emily had managed to get a parking spot close to the dorm building so getting Nicky to the car was the easiest part so far, Carefully Emily placed Nicky on the back seat and grabbed a blanket from the back to cover her "This would be a weird one to explain to campus security" she thought chuckling to herself.
Satisfied that Nicky was sufficiently hidden Emily got into the driver seat and started up the car, as she drove out of the campus and headed out of the city Emilys thoughts went back to her compulsion perhaps with this new attitude Katherine had given her maybe she could go to medical school the thought of blood and disease had always made her want to hurl, now it didn't seem like much of a problem.
Elenas darkness, or thats how she began to think of it the dark time between such happy light heavenly memories, began to fade again and she was back in Katherines body, in Katherine's bed with the love of Katherines life in her arms. Elena could feel the joy radiate off the vampire but their was another feeling that accompanied it. a feeling of wholeness. Past Elena was fast asleep curled up against Katherine her head resting peacefully on her chest, slowly as not to wake up the sleeping girl in her arms Katherine reached over and pushed a stray lock of hair out of her view and behind Past Elenas ear. But attempts at stealthiness failed, a small moan came from Past Elena and her whole body tensed as she stretched out her muscles before hugging Katherine closer to her body "what time is it?" Past Elena mumbled. "Just past lunch" Katherine said quietly as she moved her hand to the exposed flesh of Past Elenas arm, carefully Katherine began to lightly trace patterns on the girls skin, "do you want something?" she asked. Past Elena slowly raised her head from Katherines chest only to have her face become hidden behind her mop of bed head which she clumsily blow out of the way "some blood would be nice i feel a little.. Drained after last night". Katherine slowly lifted Past Elena and placed her on the pillow "then blood you shall have" she said as she left to room a cool breeze brushing against her bare skin as she tiptoes to the freezer, she opened the door and shivered as she grabbed a bag before she slammed it in the microwave and set the timer.
As she waited for the ping Katherine got a pair of mugs from the cabinet and once the machine pinged she took it out the microwave and tore it open pouring the red contents into the mugs. She took one mug in each hand and headed back to the bedroom, Elena had taken over the warm place Katherine had left on the bed and curled into a ball, Katherine placed both mugs on the bedside table and gave Elena a nudge, slowly Elena uncurled and shuffled across the bed so Katherine could return to her spot. The moment Katherine was settled Elena shuffled back snuggling up to her like a cat, Katherine handed one of the mugs to Elena and began drinking her own. This peace didn't last long as the cozy atmosphere was pierced by a loud ringing coming from the pocket of Elenas jeans, "thats mine" Past Elena announced as she crawled across the bed and grabbed her clothes off the floor she pulled out the noisy device. "Its Stefan" she said as she rejected the call "got a couple more texts from them as well" Katherine snorted "so much for giving you space" she said as she reached out and grabbed Past Elenas hips and pulled her back the the head of the bed.
A few moments of giggling were followed by light kiss and Katherine and Past Elena snuggled into each others arms "they have anything interesting to say" Katherine asked as she placed small kisses along Past Elenas shoulder and up her neck. Past Elena turned on the phone and flipped through the messages, Suddenly Past Elenas entire body tensed and Katherine stopped her procession of kisses "what is it? what's wrong?" she asked. Elena turned to face her lover and gave her the phone with a message already open on the screen "They tracked me here" she said sighing "they came to take me home".
Katherine pushed open the door to her room and collapsed into the bed bringing her legs up to her chest Katherine hugged herself, her eyes still refused to shed another tear so she closed them and let her tired body drag her into the darkness of sleep. Just before Katherine completely surrendered to the night she heard the door open again and the loud call of Nadia shouting her name, Katherine ignored the call she had neither the will power or strength to face the daughter who unknowingly condemned her mother to misery.