Curious
Elena and Stefan drove to the party Caroline was throwing at the Lockwood mansion. Elena knew everyone from school was gonna be there; so she wanted to look good. As the car came to stop, she reached into her purse and pulled out her makeup bag. She grabbed her mirror and started putting some finishing touches on her makeup, and Stefan only stared at her.
"You ready?" He asked curiously, "Yeah, just hold on a second." She said bluntly, and he sighed. "You couldn't have done this before you left the house?" He asked, and she held in the urge to roll her eyes. She didn't know what it was lately, but ever since Stefan came back a couple months ago, Elena's felt different. She knows all she's wanted for the past year was to get Stefan back, but when she did, she felt kind of off.
She hasn't said anything to anyone except for Caroline; she even told the blonde that she doesn't feel anything when she kisses Stefan.
Elena suddenly felt her phone vibrate in her lap, and she looked at it. She saw it was Katherine, and a small smile tugged on her lips.
"You coming to Caroline's party?" Elena still smiled as she typed a reply; "Yup, just pulled in. See you soon :)" Elena couldn't fight the smile that tugged on her lips, as she continued to apply some makeup. She was still unsure about how she felt about Katherine, she knew it was wrong to even think about having feelings for the older vampire; but Elena did, and she was still sorting through them. Caroline was the only one who knew about Elena's confusing feelings for Katherine, she didn't judge though. She did have confusing feelings for Klaus after all; the guy her boyfriend was on the run from.
Elena studied herself in the small mirror, now that she knew Katherine was for sure gonna be there, she wanted to look perfect.
"Come on, you look beautiful." Stefan said, snapping her out of her thoughts about Katherine, as he got out of the car. She waited for him to open the car door for her like he usually did, but he didn't. So she left her makeup bag in her purse, and got out. She walked by his side, as they approached Tyler's old mansion. He had left it to Caroline when he went on the run from Klaus.
They walked in, and Stefan was immediately greeted by some of his old football buddies. They said their hello's to Elena, and she said them back, but she really didn't feel like standing around and listening to them talk about football and girls. "I'm gonna go look for Bonnie and Caroline." She told Stefan, and the vampire only nodded, shrugging her off.
Elena rolled her eyes, as she walked away from him. She studied the room, searching aimlessly for her friends. She was keeping an eye out for Katherine though. "Hey Elena!" Matt called out from the other side of the room, and him and Jeremy were in the corner smoking out of a bong, and Elena only shook her head and laughed at the two. "Hey Matt, hey Jer." She said, as she walked over to them. "Have you guys seen Bonnie and Caroline?" She asked curiously. "They're in the kitchen." Jeremy said, and Elena nodded. "Alright, behave and please don't drive tonight." She added, in a sisterly tone; causing the two to roll their eyes playfully at her as she walked away.
She walked into the kitchen and saw Caroline and Bonnie taking shots with some girls from the cheer squad. "Elena!!" Caroline and Bonnie yelled, as they ran towards their best friend. "Here take a shot!" The blonde said, forcing a shot glass full of who knows what, into Elena's hand. "Do it!" Bonnie said, and Elena rolled her eyes, as she took a shot quickly, wincing at the taste. She immediately knew it was vodka. "Good right? Lets do more!" Caroline said, and all the girls in the kitchen cheered as they took shots. Elena rolled her eyes again, "I've been here for five minutes, and you guys already wanna get me drunk." She said, and Bonnie laughed.
"You need to live a little! Where's your doppelgänger? She'll take shots with us!" Caroline said, and Elena rolled her eyes but smiled at the fact that Caroline and Bonnie got along with Katherine now. "I bet she will; but as for her whereabouts, I have no idea where she is." Elena admitted, and Bonnie laughed, "That's the first." She said, and Elena furrowed her eyebrows, "What's that supposed to mean?" She asked, clearly confused. "I mean, when Stefan was gone you were always with Katherine. She was like your rock or something like that. Kind of surprising you guys didn't come together." Bonnie explained bluntly.
By now the other girls who were taking shot, had cleared out of the kitchen and back to the living room. Leaving the three girls alone. "Yeah, why didn't you two come together? Don't you guys both like, live at the Salvatore mansion?" Caroline asked, and Elena only shrugged. "Katherine hasn't been home as much, ever since Stefan got back." She admitted, and the two girls nodded, "Maybe she's finally getting laid now that she's not babysitting." Bonnie joked, and Caroline laughed; Elena then forced herself to laugh.
But something about Bonnie's remark irked her. Elena knew it was the thought of Katherine sleeping with someone.
"Come on, lets go back to the party. I wanna dance!" Bonnie yelled out as she danced out of the kitchen, making Caroline and Elena laugh. "So how do you really feel about Katherine not being home as much?" Caroline asked seriously, and Elena's smile fell, "I wish I knew." She admitted, as they both took another shot, and walked out. They saw Bonnie dancing with some people, and they couldn't help but laugh at their best friend.
Caroline grabbed two beers from the cooker in the corner, and they both sat on the couch. She handed Elena a beer, they both opened it, and took a gulp. Elena took a look around, and saw Katherine walking through the door. Her heart started to race and pound, and she bit her bottom lip nervously, as she saw what the older vampire was wearing. She had on a tight black tank top, with dark skinny jeans, some high heel boots, and her favorite leather jacket. The same jacket she had let Elena borrow at the carnival three months ago.
"Elena?" Caroline asked loudly, snapping Elena out of her thoughts. She then realized Katherine had walked over to talk to Matt, not noticing Elena on the couch. Caroline's eyes followed Elena's and they landed on Katherine, "What?" Elena finally answered, as she turned her attention back to Caroline. "I lost you there for a minute." The blonde said, pretending as if she didn't already know why Elena had been in a trance. "Sorry, I just got lost in my own thoughts, I guess." Elena lied, and Caroline only nodded; she knew what Elena was going through so she decided to let it slide.
"So I was just saying, that you should reconsider joining the cheer tea..." Caroline started talking, and as she did Elena kept glancing at Katherine, who was still talking to Matt and Jeremy about who knows what. She sighed quietly, she wanted to go talk to Katherine, but for some reason she was nervous. She didn't know why though, maybe it was just the night, and all of the emotions she's been feeling lately.
"Elena." Caroline said, snapping the brunette out of her thoughts again. "I'm sorry, what?" Elena asked, confused, and Caroline rolled her eyes. "Just go talk to her." She said, and Elena furrowed her eyebrows, but before she could say anything Caroline cut her off. "Don't play dumb, I know who you've been staring at for the last three and half minutes." Caroline said, and Elena started to chew on her bottom lip nervously. "Just go talk to her." Caroline said again, this time more softly, and encouragingly. Elena nodded, as she stood up, and started to walk over to Katherine.
She grabbed the brunette's lower back, and Katherine turned around, seeing Elena standing there. This caused Katherine to smile a bit, "I was just asking Matt about you." She said, and Elena smiled back at her. "And I was just about to point at you." Matt interfered, and the two laughed. "I haven't seen much of you lately." Elena said, casually starting conversation with the older vampire. "I've been living the life I was made for, princess." She said, and Elena rolled her eyes playfully, faking annoyance. "And what life would that be?" Elena asked, raising an eyebrow at Katherine in amusement, and Katherine smirked, "The wild life." She joked, and Jeremy furrowed his eyebrows.
"So you've been in the jungle?" He asked, clearly confused, "No dude, she's been partying." Matt said, rolling his eyes. Elena and Katherine both laughed and shook their heads at them. "Hey babe." Stefan said, walking up to the group. Katherine's smile fell a bit. "Wanna go sit?" He asked, and Elena wanted to protest, but she only nodded. "I'll see you later." She said to Katherine, sort of disappointedly, and the brunette only nodded. "Uh, yeah sure. See ya'." Katherine said, hearing the disappointment in Elena's tone.
As she watched the couple walk away, Katherine sighed a bit. "Wanna go get a drink?" Matt asked, and Katherine nodded, as the two walked off to the kitchen. Leaving Jeremy talking to Bonnie, who had stopped dancing to make conversation with him. "You okay? You kind of tensed up when Stefan was near us." He said, as they both walked into the surprisingly empty kitchen. Matt was one of the people that knew about Katherine's feelings for Elena; him and Rebekah. Matt was one of the very few people Katherine actually trusted; Rebekah was always out of town, so Katherine never had to worry about her saying anything.
"I'm fine." Katherine said, as Matt poured them drinks, and he only nodded slowly as he handed her a cup. "Uh-huh, so you weren't disappointed when she walked off with him?" He asked, and Katherine crossed her arms. "No. Why would I be?" She asked, and he only rolled his eyes, "You two are so oblivious, I mean, sometimes it's plain as day that she has some kind of feelings for you." He said, and he took a sip of his drink, and Katherine shot him a look. "She's dating Stefan." She reminded him, and Matt rolled his eyes, "That guy was gone for almost a year. I give them another month before they break up... at the most." He said bluntly, and Katherine sighed.
"I'm not doing this tonight." She said tiredly, and Matt only stared at her. "You just know I'm right." He said, and she rolled her eyes as she started to walk out of the kitchen, and he followed. She walked back to where they had been standing earlier, and Jeremy was still there, talking to Bonnie. She was giggling at everything he was saying; as Matt and Katherine saw this, they smirked at each other.
Katherine glanced around and she saw Elena sitting with Stefan at Tyler's moms old home bar. He had his arm over her and Katherine felt a ping of jealousy inside her. Her eyes locked with familiar brown eyes, and Katherine stared for about twenty seconds, before looking down and back at Matt. Elena continued staring at her from across the room, she didn't know why Katherine always put her in a trance. She was so mesmerizing. Elena wondered if that was narcissistic.
"Hey, do you guys wanna go play pool?" Matt asked, staring at Katherine, Jeremy, and Bonnie. The three then nodded, "I'm down." Jeremy said, and Bonnie nodded in agreement. "Sure." Katherine said bluntly, and they all started walking towards the pool table that was in the next room. As Katherine walked by Elena, their hands brushed together, sending shivers down Elena's spine. She watched Katherine walk away through the corner of her eye, and she bit her bottom lip.
She had been listening to Stefan talk to his friends for awhile now, and in all honesty she was bored out of her mind. She looked over at Stefan, and waited till he was finished with his conversation with his friend. "I'm gonna go play pool with Bonnie and Matt. I'll be back." Elena said, and Stefan only nodded, quickly going back to his conversation. Elena stood up, and walked off, into the room with the pool table. There were a group of people there, but only a few she didn't know. She saw Caroline and Bonnie laughing, while Katherine and Matt made fun of Jeremy for missing an easy shot.
A raven haired girl then started walking up to Katherine, and Elena watched this from across the room intensely. The girl put her hand on Katherine's shoulder as they started talking. It had been pretty obvious that they were flirting, and Elena was watching them, her eyes never leaving the two, as her blood boiled. She saw the girl lean in and whisper something in Katherine's ear, which only made Elena even angrier.
She then saw the girl put her hand on Katherine's waist gently, and Elena nearly lost it. She stormed past Katherine, hitting her shoulder, and the brunette looked up and saw Elena walked off towards the hallway. "Elena?" She called out, but Elena ignored her and continued walking, disappearing into the hallway. Katherine didn't even give the girl she was talking to an explanation, she only walked away, following Elena into the hallway.
Matt and Caroline watched the entire thing, and shook their heads, "So oblivious." They both mumbled.
Katherine had seen that Elena had walked up the stairs, and into the bathroom. She quickly followed, before Elena could shut the door. "Hey, are you okay?" Katherine asked carefully, as she walked into the bathroom with Elena. "Of course I am, why wouldn't I be?" Elena asked, playing dumb, "You walked out of the room pretty fast, and when you didn't answer me, I knew something was up." Katherine said bluntly, and Elena only stared at her, she hated that Katherine had learned so much about her over the last year. It made it impossible for Elena to hide things from her.
"Nothing's wrong. You can go back to that girl you were with." Elena said, in a tone of voice Katherine didn't recognize coming from the younger girl. "She's just a girl." The vampire said softly, "Now tell me what's wrong." Katherine said in an even softer tone. "See you need to stop doing that." Elena said, and Katherine furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. "Doing what?" She asked, "Being all nice to me. Because it's making me want to kiss you, and that's something I've been trying to avoid all night." Elena said, and Katherine's eyes widened for a moment, Elena'a words had took her by surprise. "So you really need to stop, because if you don't I'll—" Elena tried to finish, but Katherine cut her off by grabbing her face and kissing her passionately.
Elena was shocked at Katherine's sudden action, but soon started to kiss back. Their kiss soon turned into a full on make out session, their tongues meeting each other's, and Elena's hands running carelessly through Katherine's hair. Somehow Elena had managed to turn them both around and push Katherine onto the counter by the sink.
Katherine pushed everything off of it, letting all of Caroline's makeup supplies fall to the floor carelessly, as she hopped onto the sink. Their lips never left each other's.
Elena's hands roamed Katherine's body, as she pulled away slightly, and started kissing her way down to Katherine's neck. She kissed and sucked on it, causing Katherine to release a quiet moan, as she ran her fingers through Elena's hair. The moan only turned Elena on even more.
"DING."
Suddenly Katherine's phone interrupted their little make out session. They quickly pulled away, and they only stared at each other; both of them were trying to catch their breaths. Neither of them said anything, they only stared deeply into each other's eyes.
Without saying a single word Elena rushed out, leaving Katherine on the bathroom sink, breathless and dumbfounded. As Elena rushed down the stairs, not fully done processing what she had just done, she ran into Stefan. "Hey, I've been looking for you." He said, and she looked up at him. She felt sick to her stomach. "I-I've been upstairs, helping Bonnie with something." She lied, and he furrowed his eyebrows, he knew Bonnie had been playing pool. He had just finished talking to her.
"Okay. Are you ready to go?" He asked, deciding he didn't want to make a big fuss over something that could be nothing. "Yeah, just let me say bye to Caroline." She said, and he nodded as she walked off. He watched her walk away, and then glanced up, he saw Katherine walking down the stairs her hair was a mess, her lipstick was smeared, and there was a mark on her neck that was just healing. Stefan watched it fade away, as they locked eyes. Katherine said nothing as she walked passed him, and out the door.
It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened upstairs.