Alone Time
Katherine sighed, as she woke up, and noticed that Elena wasn't in bed again. It was the fourth time this week Elena had woken up before her, and she was really getting tired of not waking up in her girlfriends arms. She groaned as the sun peeked through the curtains, and hit her face. She sat up, and quickly remembered she was naked, smirking at the thoughts from the night before.
But her smirk quickly fell when she remembered her and Elena had been rudely interrupted by Bonnie calling. Who the hell calls at midnight? Sure, Katherine and Bonnie were on good terms ever since Katherine and Elena started dating, but still, Katherine has needs too. The vampire rolled her eyes, thinking about all the times this month someone's interrupted her alone time with Elena.
She probably hasn't gotten a full hour alone with Elena since the whole vampire-hunters-exist-now thing started. She gets that Elena and her friends are hero's, but do they have to attempt to save the day every single time something goes wrong?
The sound of Elena's giggle snapped the brunette out of her thoughts. She furrowed her eyebrows as she tip-toed out of bed, and creeped halfway down the stairs. She looked down to the living room, and saw Elena sitting on the couch with Bonnie, Caroline, and Matt. Katherine then rolled her eyes, as she walked back upstairs. In all honesty she did not want to deal with Elena's friends today. They were the whole reason she was left unsatisfied last night; and every night for the past month.
Katherine's eyes then went wide as an idea came to her. "Hm, Elena isn't the only one with friends." She said to herself, with a small smirk on her face, she then reached over for her phone that was on the nightstand, and texted a number. She waited for about two minutes, and got a text back.
She smirked, as she stood up and walked over to her closet. She grabbed her tightest pair of jeans, a small tee shirt, and laid them out on the bed. She then walked into the bathroom and started brushing her teeth, she then put on her makeup, and did her hair. After an hour, she changed into the outfit she had chosen, and decided to wear a black pair of stiletto's. The ones that she knew drove Elena crazy.
She looked in the mirror and flashed herself a satisfied grin. The doorbell rang, causing her to smirk. It rang again, as she started to walk down the stairs. She saw Elena walking towards the door, and stopped her, "I got it, it's for me." Katherine said bluntly, as she walked passed Elena, who's jaw dropped as her girlfriend walked by. Bonnie and Caroline noticed this, which made them giggle quietly.
But their smiles soon fell when she opened the door; revealing Vicki and Rebekah standing on the porch. "Vicki?" Matt asked seriously, as he stood up and stared at his sister. "Hey Matty."
She said, with a small grin on her face, "What are you doing in town? I thought you were in France." He said, and Vicki shrugged, "Bekah and I got back last week." She said bluntly. "Now let us in, it's cold." She added, and Katherine smiled at the two.
"Come in." She said, and they both gladly walked in. "I don't mean to sound rude, but what the hell are you guys doing here?" Caroline asked, causing Rebekah and Vicki to stare at her, then at Katherine. This caused Matt, Bonnie, Caroline, and Elena to all look at Katherine as well.
"In my defense, I told them to wait in the car." Katherine said bluntly, and they all rolled their eyes. "I saw Matt's car and wanted to say hi." Vicki said, and Katherine nodded. "Well, we're leaving now, so." She said, as she attempted to walk past Rebekah and Vicki.
"Katherine? Can I talk to you in the kitchen please?" Elena asked, and by her tone of voice, Katherine could tell she was upset. "Sure." She said, "I'll be back." She said to her two vampire friends, as she followed Elena into the kitchen.
Elena waited for the door to shut before glaring at Katherine. "What I do?" Katherine asked, and Elena rolled her eyes, "Don't play dumb. You just invited Rebekah into our home." She said, and Katherine only stared at her. "And?" She asked, clearly not understanding what her girlfriend was saying. "What is she even doing here anyways?" Elena asked, "I texted her earlier to see if she wanted to hang out. She was my friend, Elena. Before all the drama with Klaus, I considered us pretty close." Katherine admitted.
Elena rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms, "So this has nothing to do with me not paying attention to you as much because of the vampire hunters?" She asked, with an eyebrow raised. "You hang out with your friends anytime you want, I don't see why I can't do the same." Katherine said bluntly, and Elena stared at her in disbelief. "Well one of your "friends", tried to kill me twice, Katherine! She hates my guts, she could try to kill me again!" She said, and Katherine furrowed her eyebrows.
"Didn't Caroline try to kill me like seven times?" She asked, and Elena rolled her eyes. "That's different." She said, "How is it different?" Katherine asked, Elena sighed frustratedly. "Because, Caroline wasn't trying to kill you just for the fun of it!" She said, and Katherine nodded as she smiled. It was the smile she had on whenever she was angry.
"So I deserved it? Right." Katherine said, and Elena sighed, as she uncrossed her arms, "Kath I didn't mean th—" She tried to say, but she was cut off, "Yes you did." Katherine said bluntly, as she stared at Elena. The brunette could see the hurt in Katherine's eyes, and she immediately felt guilty. "We haven't been alone together for a month. I just wanted you to notice me." Katherine admitted, in a tone of voice the younger girl had never heard before; she sounded exhausted. Elena opened her mouth to say something, but Katherine beat her to it.
"But I get it now, Elena. I'm always gonna be evil ole' Katherine Pierce to you and your friends." She said, trying to keep her voice from cracking. Because if she was being honest, Katherine didn't expect the turn in events that had just happened. All she wanted was for Elena to see how good she looked, and want her all to herself.
"Katherine that's not—" Elena tried, but Katherine cut her off again, "You know, Rebekah's not the best person in the world, she's far from it, but at least she doesn't think I deserved to be killed, regardless of who I was or am." Katherine said, as she stormed out of the kitchen, leaving Elena standing there dumbfounded for a moment.
"Katherine wait!" She called out, attempting to follow the older girl, but Katherine was already halfway out the door. "Lets go." She said quickly to Rebekah and Vicki, and without another word they walked out, shutting the door behind them. Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt all stood there awkwardly, wondering how the hell the day turned bad so fast. They all turned around to see Elena standing by the kitchen door; her face expression was unreadable.
"Okay, what the hell happened in there?" Matt asked, obviously confused. "We got into an argument, and Katherine walked away." Elena admitted tiredly, "She walked away? She brought Rebekah into the house, and she walked away?" Caroline asked in disbelief, and Elena sighed. "I shouldn't have gotten upset with her like I did. They are friends." She said, causing Caroline and Bonnie to stare at her as if she had three heads. "Did I just hear you correctly? Rebekah attempted to snap your neck like a twig; then Katherine brings her here, and her get away with it pass is because they're friends?" Caroline asked, crossing her arms.
"Yeah. Just like all those times you attempted to kill Katherine, us being friends gives you a get away with it pass." Elena snapped, taking the three by surprise. "Now hold up, what is that supposed to mean? Are you saying that I had no right to try to kill Katherine? She was the one that turned me." Caroline defended herself, and Elena sighed frustratedly, running her fingers through her hair. "I can accept the first time you tried, you were angry. But what about all the other times?" Elena asked, and Caroline looked down for a moment.
"I apologized for those." She said, and Elena nodded, "To me, not to her." She said, and Caroline only stared at the ground for a moment more, she then looked up at Elena, not knowing what to say. "Look, all she wanted was alone time with me, and I basically told her that she deserved you trying to kill her all those times." Elena admitted, and Matt's eyes went wide.
"You told her what?!" He asked, and Elena looked down, clearly not wanting to repeat herself. "I didn't mean to, it wasn't supposed to come out the way it did. I really hurt her feelings." She said, and Matt scoffed, "No kidding, my feelings would be hurt too." He said sarcastically, and Elena glared at him. "You're not helping." She mumbled, "I'm not trying to. That girl has apologized for everything she's done to you and everyone around her. You know better than anyone that she's changed; and to throw something like that in her face, is fucked up. Regardless of how you meant it." Matt said sternly.
Everyone knew Matt had became overprotective of Katherine after she made amends with everyone. Their friendship started when she helped him locate Vicki, proving that she wasn't really dead. The two grew a bond since then, and it's no surprise as to why he was upset with what Elena had said to Katherine.
"I know that!" Elena snapped, "I tried to tell her that I didn't mean it, that I was sorry; but she walked out before I could." She said in a lower tone. "Well, we have to go find her. Katherine may not show it, but she's extremely sensitive. Who knows what she might do, especially with Rebekah and Vicki." Matt said, crossing his arms, and Caroline nodded in agreement. "He's right, we don't need a trail of bodies leading us to them." She said, and Bonnie also nodded.
"Does anyone have any idea where they could've gone?" The young witch asked, and Matt furrowed his eyebrows. "My guess is the grill. It's the only place where Vicki gets free booze." He explained, and Caroline rolled her eyes. "They don't need free booze, they're vampires. Odds are one of them's just compelling a bar tender somewhere for drinks." She said, and Bonnie furrowed her eyebrows.
"Well, what makes you two think they went drinking? Maybe they skipped the catching up and went straight for what Rebekah and Vicki probably really came for." She said, and Elena flashed her a look, "And what do you assume Rebekah and Vicki came here for?" She asked, "For the final piece to their unholy little trinity they have going on." She said bluntly, causing them to all stare at her. "Think about it, Vicki and Rebekah are both crazy. The only person who is crazier than both of them, is Katherine." Bonnie explained simply.
"Katherine wouldn't do that. She's changed, even if she were gonna kill someone, it's not gonna be till she's really, really upset. And it'll be when she's not thinking clearly; so they definitely went for drinks first." Elena explained, and Matt nodded. "That's true, Vicki always needs "liquid courage" to actually kill someone." He said bluntly. "So we know they're drinking, the only question is, where?" Caroline asked.
Meanwhile, Katherine, Rebekah, and Vicki all sat down at a bar. Vicki flashed a smile at the bar tender, she was a young brunette with green eyes. "We'll take three dirty martini's." She said, flashing the brunette a seductive smile, she then looked her straight in the eyes, "On the house." She added, and the bar tender nodded, as if she were in a trance as she walked off to make their drinks. Rebekah and Vicki laughed, and Katherine only sat there; clearly she was deep in thought. The blonde then rolled her eyes, "Please don't tell me you're actually upset over Elena Gilbert." Rebekah said, snapping Katherine out of her thoughts.
Katherine then stared at her, "What's wrong with Elena?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at the eldest vampire. "Everything. She's irritable, insufferable, and she's too nice. Who the hell is that nice?" Rebekah asked, and Vicki nodded in agreement, "I only agree with the last thing. Elena is too nice, for someone who's been through almost everyone in her family dying; she's too nice." She said bluntly, and Katherine rolled her eyes.
"You guys just don't know her like I do. See unlike you two, I actually admire the fact that Elena can be happy and kind, even after going through everything she's gone through." Katherine said over-protectively, clearly defending her girlfriend. This caused Rebekah to raise an eyebrow at her, "Oh really? You admire her kindness, and sweet personality; but does she admire who you are?" She asked, and Katherine tensed up, as the bar tender set their drinks in front of them.
"I mean, sure, she probably knows every single awful thing you've done; but has she really let it go? I heard what you two were arguing about." The blonde said, and Katherine downed her drink, not even bothering to savor it. All she knew, was that she wanted to be drunk.
"It sounded to me like she still hasn't gotten over your past. I mean, she did defend Caroline over you." Rebekah said, every word was affecting Katherine in ways she didn't understand. Vicki finished her drink and signaled for the bar tender, "Hun, we're gonna need a lot more than this." She said, and the girl nodded, as she walked over to the back of the bar, and brought out a bottle of tequila. Katherine looked at her watch and saw it was only three p.m.
"What's the matter? Got somewhere to be?" Rebekah asked, and Katherine shook her head, as Vicki poured them some shots. "Nope, nowhere actually." She said, as she downed a shot and poured herself another. Vicki smirked as she took a shot, and Rebekah followed her actions.
"There is a question that's been lingering in my head ever since I got here." The blonde said, staring at Katherine who was gulping down another shot. "What?" She asked as she swallowed, "How the hell did you and Elena end up together?" Rebekah asked, "I've also been wondering that." Vicki said, as she took another shot. Katherine rolled her eyes, as she stared at the two vampires, "Lets just say the Salvatore brothers don't have bad taste in women." She said simply, as she took another shot, causing Rebekah to laugh.
"You know, I always thought you were gonna end up with Stefan somehow." She admitted, and Vicki nodded in agreement, "Me too. Didn't he like, spend centuries getting over you?" She asked, "Love like that doesn't just happen." She added, and Katherine rolled her eyes.
"I never loved Stefan, or Damon. They were both just there, and I was bored. They loved me, not the other way around." Katherine said simply, smirking as she drank more, and more. "And let me guess, you love Elena?" Rebekah asked in a teasing tone, making fun for the brunette, "She's the love of your life, the only person you've ever felt anything real for?" She asked again, and Katherine rolled her eyes as she took another shot.
"You're totally going soft." Rebekah added, rolling her eyes as she took a shot. "Life's not about killing and running from our monsters, Rebekah. You and I have known each other for almost four hundred years, and each time we crossed paths we were running from someone, or on edge about being killed." Katherine said, and Rebekah only stared at her, as she continued, "Right now, I'm not running from any monsters. I've been in the same place for two years, and I haven't been targeted, or almost killed. Elena and I are happy— well, at least I'm happy." Katherine mumbled the last part, and Vicki sighed.
"She sounds like a bitch." She said bluntly, and Katherine glared at her. Vicki then rolled her eyes, "Don't give me that look; I'm being honest. You've clearly changed, and you're a different person now. She had no right to blame you for Caroline trying to kill you." She said, and Katherine only stared at her. "Rebekah wasn't the only one that heard the argument." She added, as she took a shot.
"Maybe she's right, I mean, maybe I did deserve it." Katherine said, in a defeated tone. "Maybe me changing was all for nothing." She nearly slurred, and Rebekah could tell she was starting to get tipsy. "I haven't killed anyone ever since I left Klaus and the others in my family behind." She admitted, causing Katherine to stare at her in surprise. "I'm not running from anyone either, Katherine. But sometimes my past does come back and haunt me, it doesn't mean I'm gonna go back to the way I was." She said bluntly, and Katherine only listened to her; it was very rare that Rebekah was genuinely sincere with her.
"So don't say that you changing was all for nothing. Because I know you, Katherine, and I know you changing took a lot. Don't just let that go down the drain." She said sincerely, as she downed another shot. "You guys are both going soft." Vicki mumbled, causing both Katherine and Rebekah to stare at her. "Oh really? When was the last time you killed someone?" Katherine asked, and Vicki smirked, "This morning. Don't worry though, dude was a deadbeat dad. He won't be missed." She said bluntly, and Rebekah laughed. "Ah, daddy issues at its finest." She said, and Katherine laughed, causing Vicki to roll her eyes. They each took another shot.
About two hours later the bottle was empty, and Vicki was drunkenly compelling the bar tender to get her another. The girl obediently complied to Vicki's command, this time she set a bottle of rum in front of them. She also set three cups with ice in them, in front of the girls before walking off, and Vicki then poured some rum into each of the cups.
Rebekah and Katherine had been having some deep conversation that somehow turned into them talking about urinals. But the way Vicki set the glasses in front of them, snapped the two out of their conversation. "Yay more booze." Katherine slurred, as she took a big sip of her rum, wincing a bit at the taste. "Yup, I can practically taste the heartache." She joked, causing Vicki and Rebekah to laugh loudly.
They were pretty glad they had chosen a vacant bar to hang out at, Katherine had suggested it; considering she didn't want to make any stupid mistakes. Vicki protested at first, claiming she wanted to dance with people, but eventually she agreed with Katherine and Rebekah.
"Seriously though, f-fuck everyone in this shifty ass town. Everyone but us sucks." Vicki slurred, and Rebekah laughed, "And she's drunk." She pointed out obviously, and Vicki rolled her eyes dramatically. "I'm serious! People in this town drain the life out of you." She said, and Katherine gave her a look, "Honey, we're all dead." She said, and Vicki stared at her for awhile. "That was deep." She slurred, "I meant literally, we're all vampires." Katherine said, and Rebekah laughed again. They then fell into a short silence as they continued to drink.
"I wonder if Elena's been blowing up my phone since I left." Katherine said, looking down at her glass on the bar counter. "I wonder how long it took her to realize your phone was upstairs." Rebekah said, and Katherine laughed sadly, "Do you guys really believe that she thinks I'm a monster?" She asked, and the two girls stared at her sympathetically. They were about to answer, but were interrupted.
"There they are!" They heard Caroline's voice say loudly, as they turned their heads to see her, Elena, Matt, and Bonnie standing at the entrance across the room. Katherine's focus was purely on Elena, she stared at her, not yet being noticed by the younger vampire. Their eyes shortly locked though, and it took Katherine everything in her to look away; letting Elena know she was still upset.
"We've been looking everywhere for you guys; where the hell have you guys been?" Matt asked, as they walked up to the three, and Rebekah stared at them. "W-We've been here, nearly all afternoon." Rebekah said, she was slurring, but not as badly as Katherine and Vicki. "Really? Are you sure?" Caroline asked, crossing her arms. "Yes, I'm sure." Rebekah answered, crossing her arms back at the other blonde, "Why? Are you interested in sitting with me?" She asked drunkenly, a smirk forming on her face. Caroline's face then blushed deep red, causing Bonnie to roll her eyes.
"You're both drunk. Come on, I'm taking you guys home." Matt said, as he grabbed Vicki and Rebekah by their arms, and they pouted. "But Matty t-the nights still young!" Vicki slurred, drunkenly trying to convince Matt to let them stay. The blond then shook his head, "Lets go. Say goodbye to your new bestie." He mumbled sarcastically, "Bye Katarina, Vicki and I will be in town all week if you want to hang out. You know where to call." Rebekah said, and Katherine couldn't help but smile at the two as she nodded.
Matt walked out with the two, and that left an awkward silence for Bonnie, Caroline, Elena, and Katherine. Katherine only turned around, and continued drinking her drink; ignoring the girls presence. This caused Elena to sigh, "Uh, you guys can go. I got this." She said, and her two best friends only nodded. "Alright, night El." They both said simultaneously, as they started walking away.
Elena turned around to stare at Katherine, who was still staring at her glass. She then chugged the rest of what was in her cup, and poured some more rum in it. "That's a big bottle. You plan on finishing it by yourself?" Elena asked, breaking the silence. Katherine still didn't look up at her, "I don't know, do I deserve it?" Katherine hissed, and Elena sighed again. "Katherine, I'm sorry." She said, and Katherine only sighed as she continued staring down at the bar counter. "Sorry can't fix all of the lives I've ruined." She said dryly, her voice lacking emotion, and Elena sat down next her.
She stared at her girlfriend in confusion, "What do you mean?" She asked, staring at the older girl, but Katherine still didn't look at her. Instead, the brunette just took another drink, "For the past five centuries, I've ruined every life I've ever come across." Katherine started, pausing to take a sip of her rum, and Elena stared at her intently. "All I ever do, is ruin things. I ruined myself, I ruined my family, I ruined my relationship with my daughter before it even started, I've ruined innocent lives; I ruin everything and everyone." She said, and Elena stared at her, she was in a bit of shock. She hadn't expected Katherine to start opening up like this.
Katherine then scoffed as she finished what was left in her cup, and poured herself some more. "I should've been in that cabin in 1492." Katherine said, and Elena felt her heartache, she know that was the year Katherine's family was killed. "I should've been the one who was killed, not them." She added, and Elena's eyes went wide, "Don't ever say that again." She said sternly, and Katherine rolled her eyes. "Why? You said it yourself, Caroline had every right to try to kill me. So did Klaus, and every other person I've ever crossed paths with. I shouldn't be here, Elena." She said, as she paused, her voice was becoming shaky.
"All I've done for past five hundred years, is put myself before everyone. I got my family killed, I sent my daughter away, I didn't own up to anything I had ever done. I never apologized to any of those people that I killed; and I never can, and even if I could, a "sorry" is not gonna make it okay." Katherine said, her voice cracking a bit. Elena stared at her, she's never heard Katherine talk like this, or seen her look this broken.
"If I could go back, I would." She said, "And what would that do, Katherine?" Elena asked, and Katherine finally looked up at her, her eyes had tears in them; and this was the first time Elena had ever seen her cry. "It would save everyone from me." She said, and Elena felt her heart break, all she wanted was to make all of Katherine's bad thoughts go away. She never meant to say what she had said this morning.
"You didn't deserve for Caroline to try to kill you, all those times." Elena said truthfully, "You didn't deserve to see your entire family like that. You didn't deserve to lose your daughter, and you didn't deserve Klaus chasing you all those years." Elena said, and Katherine only stared at her, she was about to say something but Elena beat her to it. "You didn't deserve anything you were put through. You were young, and you had no one. What you did while your emotions were shut off, is not you, Katherine. You did what you had to do, to stop the pain. And you deserve that. You deserve for all the pain that you feel, to go away." Elena said sincerely, as she stared at her girlfriend.
"You deserve to smile, and laugh. You deserve your second chance at being better. Because you make me happy, Katherine. If you're such an evil monster, then tell me why you're the only person that makes me feel alive. Tell me why, your smile makes my heart race. Tell me why, every time you tell me you love me, I feel like my life is finally coming together. And every time you kiss me, I feel like I'm in high school, kissing the person of my dreams. If you would've died in 1492, I would have never gotten to meet my soulmate." She said, as she stared at Katherine, who still had tears falling out of her eyes.
"I know I've been an awful girlfriend lately, I've just been so busy and stressed with this entire thing going on. And I took my frustration out on you when all you wanted to do was spend some time with me. I was a jerk, and I'm sorry for it." Elena said honestly, as she stared into Katherine's eyes, who still had tears falling out of them. Elena then cupped Katherine's face gently, and wiped her tears away softly with her thumbs, as Katherine stared back into Elena's eyes. "I never wanna make you cry again, I'm so sorry." She apologized again, and Katherine bit her bottom lip gently, "Just kiss me already, Gilbert." Katherine said, with a small smile on her lips, and Elena couldn't help but chuckle lightly.
She pulled Katherine in gently, and passionately kissed her. Katherine deepened the kiss by wrapping her arms around Elena's neck, and pulling her in closer.
After they pulled away, Katherine's eyes fluttered open the same time that Elena's did. Elena couldn't help but smile, "So I assume that means I'm forgiven?" Elena asked in a hopeful tone, and Katherine rolled her eyes playfully. "Yes, you're forgiven. But if you ever choose to spend time with your idiot friends over me again, I'm dumping you." Katherine said in a serious tone, but Elena knew she was joking, so she laughed in response as Katherine interlocked her hand with Elena's. "I'm serious, I will be across the country so fast, you won't even have a warning." She said again, as they walked out, and Elena only smiled.
"I love you." She admitted, and Katherine rolled her eyes, "I know, I'm your soulmate." She said, mocking Elena's words from earlier. Now it was Elena's turn to roll her eyes, "Don't worry, you're mine too." Katherine said quickly, before Elena could say anything. Elena couldn't contain her smile, as they continued walking together, hand in hand.
"The nights still young, you wanna go to another bar?" Elena asked curiously, and Katherine rolled her eyes. "God no, I've had a horrible day, all I want to do is go home, and be held in our bed— preferably by you." She said, and Elena giggled, "Sounds perfect." She responded, and now it was Katherine's turn to smile.