The darkness surrounding Elena began to fade again, and just as before she was in Katherine's body in the apartment planning their escape, "how did they even know where i was?" Past Elena wondered aloud as she stared at the message "its not like anyone other than you and me would have even thought of me coming to you". Elena felt Katherine shrug before she walked over to the girl, Katherine held out her hand gesturing for the phone and Past Elena handed it over, Katherine took a quick look at the phone. a standard Iphone with a case for protection, Elena felt a pang of nostalgia she had broken that phone during her little humanity less period. "Its a smart phone" Katherine stated handed it back "probably some kind of tracking app or something" Past Elena glanced down at her phone with a look of betrayal, Elena felt Katherines grin emerge as she bent over and placed a kiss on the girls head "you couldn't have know love" She assured. After seeing Past Elenas face beam a smile Katherine turned away from her and headed into the bedroom, she open her closet and pulled out a large suitcase which she proceeded to fill with clothes "you want know a cool perk to dopplegangers, same clothes sizes" she said raising her voice so Elena could hear her in the next room "makes sharing a whole lot easier". She zipped up the now full case and turned to carry it into the next room but almost ran into Past Elena standing directly behind her. Shocked Katherine dropped the case and before it had even hit the floor Past Elenas hands were on Katherines hips and her lips pressed against her own.
Past Elenas grip pulled Katherine closer pressing their bodies together, her own suddenness surprised Elena but then young vampire are impulsive, Elena could feel the effect she was having on Katherine as a fire began to burn inside the vampire. Katherine melted into the kiss and for a few seconds she forgot all her worries, the threat of Caroline might as well not exist when she was in Elenas arms and Elena was in hers. But reluctantly Katherine forced herself to think, she ended the kiss and attempted to catch her breath, Past Elena tried to kiss her again and much to both the Elenas disappointment Katherine stopped her. "As much as the offer is tempting we can't" Katherine said, Elena could feel that her resolve was weak all Katherine wanted was to stay here with her, Past Elena pouted and Katherine resolve almost disappeared completely "If we want to get away, we have to leave soon" Katherine explained squeezing Past Elena in a hug before forcing herself to part from her love. Past Elena reluctantly nodded in agreement and stepped away from Katherine, she grabbed the suitcase from the floor "i can handle this" she said "there's a couple more things i want to add" Past Elenas eye drifted towards the chest of drawers next to the bed. Katherine smiled "okay ill go bring my car around", and with that she left Past Elena and left the apartment before quickly descending the staircase all the way down to the underground level where her car was kept.
Katherine had never been that into cars she cared about the speed not the trivia behind it and this red muscle car definitely had speed, Unlocking the car she jumped in and turned the key in the ignition, the engine roared into life, Katherine revved the engine a couple of times and the satisfying sound echoed back filling the whole level with the sound. She drove out of the exit and pulled up outside the building, turning off the vehicle Katherine got out and lent against the door as she waited for Past Elena to appear. She passed the time examining the car's paint work but after eight minutes of waiting Katherine was quickly losing interest in the immaculate red coat "whats taking her so long?" Katherine muttered, Elena could feel annoyance mixed with worry begin to emerge in Katherine. A few more minute ticked away and the worry grew "maybe i should go check?" she muttered quietly as she began nervously chewing her lip.
"ELENA" the shout caused Katherine to jump before she span around in the direction of the voice, her eyes immediately found a blond and a solemn looking dark haired man working their ways through the crowd towards her "Caroline and Damon" Katherine gasped. They quickly closed in "They won't take her without a fight" Elena could feel her determination and felt love and pride swell within her. Katherine braced herself and clenched her hands into fist ready to fight off the kidnappers, but instead of fighting Caroline ran up to Katherine and threw her arms around her.
Both Elena and Katherine failed to make sense of the weirdness that had just occurred "there you are" Damon said only a few seconds behind Caroline, the girl released Katherine from the awkward embrace and hit her arm "that is for running away" Caroline said before she hit her again "and that is for not tell us where you were going". "They thought she was me" Elena realised as Damon stepped forward and patted Katherine on the head "glad your ok" was all he could say "probably still embarrassed that it was his blood that turned me" thought Elena. Katherine quickly glanced at the door, if Past Elena were to come out now she was pretty sure they wouldn't be so friendly "im fine" said Katherine changing her voice slightly to sound more like Elena "i just needed some space". Caroline looked at her in disbelief before hitting her again "if you want space you stay in your room and don't come out like a normal person, you don't race across the country" Katherine wrapped her arms around herself as she had seen Elena do before "we're not exactly normal people Care" she said. "Besides would you let a closed door stop you if you thought i needed help?" Katherine asked rhetorically, Caroline groaned "i guess you're right but this was a bit extreme" Katherine nodded and opened her arms bringing Caroline into a hug. Looking over Caroline's shoulder Katherine saw Damon on his phone probably texting the others back home "why didn't Stefan come?" Katherine asked releasing Caroline from the hug "he agreed with you" Caroline said "but since i only recently went through the vampire baby steps i know that it's better when you have someone to show you the ropes".
"I just wanted to take my car for a spin" Damon said, but Katherine ignored him her attention was solely on what was coming through the door behind him. Past Elena. Panic quickly set into Katherine, she hadn't seen them yet she was going walk right into them "DAMON" Katherine said loudly, Past Elenas head shot up and the colour drained from her face, "speaking of cars check out this one" she continued gesturing to her red muscle car. Past Elena dropped the bags she was carrying and darted back inside, the sound caught Carolines attention "what was that?" Katherine quickly looped her arm through Carolines "why don't we go for a drive? Damon can see what it's like behind the wheel of a real car".
Caroline looked like she was going to object but Damon beat her to it "hell yeah pass me the keys" he said gesturing, Katherine handed them over and watched as he jumped into the car like a giant kids and stared up the engine "AWESOME" he exclaimed as he revved the engine. Caroline followed Damon into the back seat and motioned Katherine to sit beside her "i just need to grab something from my room" Katherine said and before they could object she was through the door Past Elena had just gone through.
Katherine almost ran into Past Elena on the other side of the door "there here" she said Katherine nodded "why were they talking to you?" Past Elena asked "they thought i was you" Katherine explained. "What are we going to do now? their in our get away vehicle" Past Elena asked her arms wrapped themselves around herself just as Katherine had imated minutes before "do i really do that so often?" Elena thought. Katherine shrugged "we could make a run for it" she suggested before she turned around a opened the door slightly, Caroline and Damon were still in the car it looked like they were arguing "how they manage to get this far without tearing each other apart i'll never know" thought Elena. Past Elena tapped Katherine on the shoulder bringing her attention back on her "out the back door?" Past Elena suggested point a thumb in that direction, Katherine nodded but grabbed her arm stopping her in her tracks. "What is it?" Past Elena asked pushing a stray strand of hair out of her face, Katherine looked back nervously, a lump forming in her throat "before we leave i just want to make sure that you're sure" Past Elena looked at her confused "what do you mean? sure about what?". Katherine looked down at the floor "I love you Elena and because of that i want you to be certain this is what you want, that i'm what your want" Past Elena tried to say something but Katherine cut her off "just let me finish first, you're about to run from your friends your life and any semblance of living a normal life again I love you to much to let you possibly make a huge mistake". Elena wanted to hug Katherine, she wanted to know how could she still question her feelings, but she already knew the answer Katherine hadn't known love for a long time even her own family had shown her only hatred it was hard for Katherine to believe anybody could love her.
Past Elena kissed Katherine lightly on the lips "I dont love you Katherine i adore you im obsessed with you im infatuated, star struck or whatever word you want to use because love isnt enough to describe the feelings i have" She said as she lifted up a hand and cupped Katherines cheek. Elena couldn't believe the words coming out of her own mouth but she knew each one was true, she could she a warm glow grow inside of Katherine "i can't have a normal life again because every night i would be waiting, praying for you to come through my window and make my night as bright and happy as a summer's day". "So yes im sure you are the one i want", Katherines grin spread across her face before she jumped forward joining her lips to Katherines in a passionate kiss, Past Elena eagerly returned the kiss grabbing ahold of Katherine and pulling their bodies closer together. Katherines senses completely shut off to everything that wasn't Elena, the world melted away and Elena became her new world.
"ELENA"
The shout brought them out if their trance and the couple's eyes quickly darted towards the source of the sound. Caroline.