Falling for Katherine Pierce
AU in which Damon never came back to mystic falls, instead it was Katherine who was there from the beginning.
No ones pov
"I gave her a necklace you know. So you can't compel her." Stefan said staring at Katherine and Katherine tilted her head at him, flashing him an innocent smile. "Aw Stefan, you act as if I would ever compel little miss perfect." Katherine said sarcastically and Stefan rolled his eyes.
"Just know you can't get into her head, even if you try." He said warningly and Katherine rolled her eyes. "As if I'd want to get into Elena's mind." Katherine said and Stefan only nodded. "Uh-huh. Well I'm off, football practice." He said bluntly as he walked off.
"I'm gonna get drunk!" She yelled back as he grumbled something but she didn't hear. She shrugged as she walked over to the radio and turned it on. She grabbed a bottle of Jack Daniels and started drinking.
Katherine danced as she continued drinking. She heard the door open and she furrowed her eyebrows. "Stefan?" She called out but there was no answer. She turned off the radio and turned around to see Elena.
Elena froze as she saw Katherine, she knew the entire story. On how Katherine was her doppelgänger, Katherine then smirked. "Well hello there little girl." Katherine said as she drank the remainder of what was in the bottle and tossed it on the couch.
"You must be Katherine." Elena said still shocked as to how they looked exactly alike. "You must be Elena, I don't believe we've formally met." Katherine said sarcastically.
"Yeah, uh, do you know where Stefan is?" Elena asked nervously. "He said something about football practice I don't know. Pretty necklace by the way." Katherine commented and Elena smiled. "Thanks, Stefan gave it to me." She said and Katherine nodded.
"So uh, it was nice meeting you Katherine. I'll just see Stefan at school tomorrow." Elena said and Katherine nodded. "I'll show you out." Katherine said as she walked Elena out.
"I'll see you around, Elena." Katherine said teasingly and it sent shivers down Elena's spine. "Yeah, see ya'." Elena said as she walked off.
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Over the next year Elena came to know Katherine, and as far as she knew they weren't too fond of each other. But when Klaus had Stefan become a ripper again, and they went on the run. Katherine was the only one who helped Elena try to find him.
Stefan had been gone for about four months now, and Elena felt as if she was going crazy. Although she was becoming awfully close to Katherine, she had realized her doppelgänger wasn't all that bad.
It was a night before Elena's eighteenth birthday and Elena was exhausted. She and Katherine had been up all day and night trying to find where Klaus's next move was. Elena walked into her room to see Katherine sleeping, she had fallen asleep reading some book.
Elena smiled softly as she took the book out of Katherine's hand, "What I'm up." Katherine said shooting up and Elena giggled. "It's okay, go back to sleep. I think we both need rest, Caroline's throwing a party tomorrow for my birthday." Elena reminded and Katherine only nodded.
"Ah I remember when I was eighteen." Katherine said and Elena stared at her uncertainly, "You do?" She asked and Katherine shrugged. "Well- not really." Katherine admitted and Elena laughed as she placed the book on the nightstand and got into bed.
"I was a vampire, and the only thing I can remember was "sit up straight Katerina" "Men don't like hunchbacks"." Katherine mocked the voice of the rich woman who had taken her in that year.
Elena laughed as she stared at Katherine, "Wearing those tight dresses all the time, ugh." Katherine groaned causing Elena to laugh even more. "Sounds fun." Elena said sarcastically and Katherine shot her a look.
"It was absolutely horrific." Katherine said and Elena laughed once more. "Enough about me, how do you feel? You're officially an adult tomorrow." Katherine teased and Elena sighed. "I don't feel very festive." She admits and Katherine frowned.
"You'll feel a lot better when you see everyone having a good time, getting drunk." Katherine said and Elena nodded, "Yeah you're right, maybe I should stop being such a Debby downer." Elena said and Katherine smirked. "Well I mean I wasn't gonna say anything but..." Katherine trailed off and Elena gasped as she laughed and hit Katherine's arm.
"I'm kidding." Katherine said softly and Elena stared at her. "Why don't you ever let anyone see the nice side of you? This side?" Elena asked and Katherine sighed as she got more comfortable.
"When people see nice, they expect nice. I don't like living under people's expectations." Katherine explained and Elena nodded. "But you're nice to me?" Elena asked uncertainly and Katherine shrugged. "Gotta be nice to somebody." Katherine shrugged as Elena shook her head and smiled at Katherine's bluntness.
"Get some rest, you're gonna need it for tomorrow." Katherine mumbled softly and Elena nodded. "Goodnight Katherine." Elena said softly. "Night Elena." Katherine replied and Elena drifted off to sleep.
That night Katherine sighed as she sat up and stared at Elena. Katherine looked down at her own lap and groaned. "Dammit Elena." Katherine mumbled as she came to the realization that she loved the teenager.
The next morning Elena woke up and Katherine wasn't in bed. She furrowed her eyebrows and walked downstairs to see Katherine attempting to cook. "Dammit!" Katherine yelled as she burned herself.
Elena couldn't help but laugh. "Oh shit you're awake." Katherine said and Elena nodded, "Happy birthday." Katherine said and Elena smiled. "Thanks." Elena said softly as she walked over to where Katherine was cooking. "Here I made pancakes." Katherine said as she handed Elena a plate.
"Chocolate chip, how'd you know these were my favorite?" Elena asked smiling widely, "Well I remember you told Stefan a year ago." Katherine shrugged as if it were no big deal. "Y-You remember that?" Elena asked softly and Katherine shrugged again.
"I have a good memory." She said bluntly and Elena smiled widely. "Stop smiling at me like that, your faces is gonna get stuck." Katherine said Elena rolled her eyes. "That's impossible." She mumbled as she walked to the table.
Katherine grabbed a blood bag out of the fridge and poured it in a cup. "Really? I've seen it happen." Katherine said as she sat in front of Elena who was drenching her pancakes in syrup.
"No way." Elena said and Katherine nodded, "1452, one of the ladies I was staying with, her son made a face for a full forty minutes and his face got stuck like that." Katherine said and Elena's eyes went wide.
"You're totally making that up." Elena said in disbelief. "Believe what you want, but I still remember the way he cried when he realized his face was stuck." Katherine said and Elena ate her pancakes. She moaned loudly, "Oh my gosh these are amazing." She said in shock.
"Where did you learn how to cook like this?" Elena asked taking another bite. "1863 one of my chefs I was really close to, taught me how to cook." Katherine said bluntly, "Nice old lady, died of consumption though." Katherine said bluntly.
"That's so sad." Elena said and Katherine shrugged, "Circle of life." Katherine said and Elena giggled. "This is the best breakfast I've ever had." Elena admitted and Katherine flashed her a smile, "Well your birthday does only come once a year." Katherine said and Elena smiled at her.
"Thank you." Elena said softly and Katherine shrugged, "Really Katherine, thank you." Elena added and Katherine smiled a small smile at her. "No problem." Katherine said and Elena continued eating.
"So what's on the agenda today?" Elena asked, "Nothing. It's your birthday, we are staying home, and watching movies all day till we have to go to your party." Katherine said and Elena gave her a look. "Katherine we have to-" Elena started but Katherine cut her off. "Elena I swear to god I will tie you to the couch." She threatened and Elena sighed but smiled.
"Fine." Elena said, "But I get to pick the movies." Elena added and Katherine nodded. "Deal. Just no Disney movies, please." Katherine said and Elena only gave her an innocent smile.
After watching every Disney princess movie ever, and Katherine's constant complaining, Elena had started to get ready for her party. That Caroline was apparently throwing at the Salvatore mansion.
"You ready to go?" Katherine asked as she walked into Elena's room, wearing a black tight dress and black stilettos. Elena was in a trance as she stared at Katherine. "Elena?" Katherine asked waving her hand in front of Elena's face.
"Sorry. I spaced." Elena said and Katherine shrugged, "Its okay. Ready to go?" Katherine asked and Elena nodded. "Yup." She said as she smiled.
On their way to the party Elena couldn't figure out why she was staring at Katherine for so long. She turned her head and saw Katherine staring at the road and humming along to a song that was on the radio. "She's so pretty." Elena thought, "Does that make me a narcissist?" Elena thought to herself again.
"Hmm, looks like we got here early." Katherine said pulling into the curb. Their were no other cars their except for Caroline's.
As they got out of the car Caroline and Bonnie practically ambushed Elena. "Happy birthday!" They both yelled as they hugged her. "Thank you guys." Elena said smiling as she hugged them back.
"Okay, we need you upstairs while we set everything up." Caroline ordered and Elena gave her a look. "Now." Caroline said sternly and Elena sighed as she grabbed Katherine's wrist and dragged her upstairs.
"I gotta go make sure my makeups okay." Katherine said and Elena nodded, "Okay. I'll just be in Stefan's room." Elena said as Katherine walked off.
Elena walked around his room and sighed. She sat on his bed and stared at the floor for a good twenty minutes, "I think I would've lost my mind by now if it wasn't for Katherine." Elena thought as she smiled.
Elena then stood up and stared at herself in the mirror. She looked up and saw Katherine standing by the door, "I'm trying my best not to loose it." Elena admitted as she faced the older vampire and Katherine shrugged. "Hey, it's your party you can cry if you want to." Katherine said and Elena chuckled.
"Ah Stefan, such a packrat." Katherine said as she picked up the picture of Elena and Stefan. Elena stared at her as Katherine put the picture down. "I have something for you." Katherine said and Elena gave her a look.
"I know we agreed no presents, but don't worry I didn't buy this." Katherine said as she walked closer to Elena holding a little black box. "You stole it?" Elena asked and Katherine gave her a look.
"No. I found it." Katherine said as she opened the box to reveal the necklace Stefan had gaven Elena a year ago. Elena gasped as she took a hold of the necklace and stared at Katherine.
"How did you find this? I lost it." Elena said and Katherine shrugged, "I found it in Alaric's loft, I figured you'd be happy to get it back." She said lightly and Elena stared at for awhile. "I am happy." Elena said softly and Katherine smiled.
They stared into each other eyes for awhile, "C-Can you...?" Elena trailed off and Katherine nodded. "Of course." She said grabbing the necklace as Elena turned around.
Katherine gently placed the necklace around Elena's neck and smiled. "Well, shall we go?" Katherine asked holding out her arm, Elena smiled and grabbed onto it. "Yes." Elena said as they walked out of the room.
"Holy shit I think I'm falling for Katherine Pierce." Elena thought as they walked down the stairs.