Chapter 9

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However, I do own Catherine Matthews/ my very own Katherine Peirce, her backstory, the storyline, and any additional characters that do not belong to The Vampire Diaries or The Originals. Characters in this story may not have the same opinion as you. These characters are all fictional.

"I didn't expect this from you, Katherine," I heard Stefan's voice through the phone. "You should at least complete what you have started."

What? Is he talking about me kissing Elijah?

No, He wouldn't have known that. It happened like 10 minutes ago, and I am already out of the house.

"What are you talking about?" I asked, slightly nervous.

"You playing Elena's role, of course. When you began that, you should complete the act. Jenna called a few minutes ago to ask when will Elena arrives home. Apparently, she is running around Mystic falls attending tea parties with charming men, while I went to see my non-existent sick grandmother in Italy. Ring any bells?" he asked sarcastically.

"Yeah. I had to come up with some possible explanations, thanks to an Original Vampire. So, what now? What do you want me to do?" I asked

"You don't need to do anything. I already said that I am having a sleepover at Caroline's," grumbled Elena from another end of the phone. Caroline?! Caroline...

"Oh my God, Elena. You are amazing and stupidly brilliant. I would've kissed you if you were in front of me for giving me such a great idea," I said thanking the girl for saying something good for the first time since my transmigration.

"What?" the doppelganger asked in a confused tone.

"Never mind doppelganger. Keep using your brain like that in the future, as well. Now I gotta go. Bye Stefan, see you when you will be back," I said, hanging up but not before hearing Elena's warning to go to her house tomorrow morning to visit Jenna.

"Oh, Elena! Caroline didn't inform me that you will be coming tonight," said Sheriff when she saw me at her doorstep at

ten in the night.

"Kat...I mean, Elena. What a surprise. You didn't tell me you will be coming," said Caroline walking into my view. Most probably, after hearing our discussion.

"Hey, Caroline. I came to have a sleepover. Hope you don't mind," I said, stepping in their house.

Good thing, I already have an invitation.

"Mom, we will be in my room," Caroline said, dragging me to hers. God! Is this girl any day not excited.

"Spill," she said, pushing me on the bed and keeping a hand on her waist.

"What? There is nothing to spill," I said shrugging.

"Hey, I thought you said you talked things with your mom, and everything was okay? But, why does she look like she doesn't know anything that's going in the town?" I questioned, instead.

"Well, she was okay with me being a vampire, but I don't think she will ever trust you guys. So, I had to compel her to forget everything," she said sadly with a sigh.

"Oh...' I said, "How are things going with your jock boyfriend?"

"Well, Matt...wait! I know what you are doing," Caroline said, stopping herself in mid-sentence.

"What am I doing?" I asked innocently.

"You are trying to divert my attention," declared Caroline.

"No...I am not," I said, shrugging my shoulders.

"Don't give me that. You are living in the house with your hot sexy ex-boyfriend, and you suddenly show up to my house at 10'o clock in the night to have a sleepover," said Caroline, oh, so intelligently. "I am sensing some r-rated steamy scenes and angry vamp sex."

"Shut up and take your mind off that hormonal teenage gutter," I grumbled, lying on her bed, stuffing myself under her pillow.

"Fine," she said, sulking and fell onto her bed.

"Then tell me why you are here?" she asked.

"Because ...Because I wanted to. And tomorrow I should go to Elena's house to show my face to Jenna so that she won't die from worrying," I said.

"So, we are having a slumber party. Come on then... get up, I will get my makeup kit out," she said excited, searching through her drawers.

This was a bad idea.

But it's the last resort.

It's a good thing vampires don't get dark circles; otherwise, Jenna would be worried sick if she saw me the next day. Caroline is like a human jukebox worst than Luis guy in Ant-man. She knows everything going on in other people's lives. We both slept around 4 am. I then got up by 8 because of the 15th missed call from Elijah that I obviously ignored. I made myself look tidy and went to Gilbert's house.

"What are you doing?" I asked her when I entered the kitchen. She had her hair tied up, and she was looking at a burnt toast.

"You are here, finally. You have been so busy recently that I am seeing you outside more than in-home," the guardian of two teenagers said, eating the burnt toast with distaste.

"Don't eat that. It's as black as charcoal," I said, taking it from her hand and kept a new one in the toaster. I didn't have an answer for her. So I said, "Since I am in the wrong, how about I make it up to you?"

"No take-backs." She said little excited after a second thought.

"So what do you want me to do," I asked, placing the newly made toast on her plate and a Nutella on the side.

"First, go and get ready." She said, and I followed even though I sensed a bad omen in the back of my brain, I shook it off. I went upstairs and opened a room, but it was not Elena's. It's Jeremy's.

"Sorry, I thought it was your sisters," I said about to close the door.

"Wait! Katherine. Want to play a video game?" He asked, grabbing another controller. It was a tempting idea. I didn't get to play ever since I came to this fictional world.

"I would love to, but since I am playing Elena, I need to help Jenna with something. How about this evening?" I asked, and he nodded with a boyish smile.

"Elena. Are you done? We are gonna be late," Jenna shouted from downstairs.

"For what? Today is Saturday," I asked as I got down wearing an Elena styled dress with a black jacket to go with.

"I am giving Elijah a tour of Mystic falls old property lines," said Jenna grabbing her files and walking out of the front door. "And you are tagging along," with that I stopped in my tracks.

"What?" I asked.

"You know the charming date of yours from yesterday's tea party," she said, opening her car door and placing the files and charts inside. Oh, my God! I don't want to face the original now.

"Jenna...I just remembered I have somewhere to go. How about I pay you back twice while you go today on your own?" I said turning back, but she grabbed my hand

"Uh..uh... no take-backs, remember? You are not going anywhere, even if it's the end of the world," She said, pushing me into the passenger seat as she followed to the other side and started the engine.

God! My life officially sucks

"Why are you so stiff. It's not like you don't know Elijah. By the way, you both looked good together. Don't tell Stefan I said that," she said, and I chuckled nervously.

"We are here," Jenna said after a while, parking the car near the woods. She got out of the car and reached for the files.

"Come on. Get down," Jenna said to me when she saw me still in the car.

Deep breaths. In and out.

It's okay.

You got this girl. You are Katherine fricking Pierce.

"Where is he?" Jenna murmured, looking around.

"Maybe he had something to do, Aunt Jenna. Let's just go home," I said, facing her.

"Ah! Elijah, you are here," said Jenna looking at my behind. Great! He is here.

"Jenna. Hi, you look beautiful, and I see you brought Elena with you," he said from my back, and I slowly turned around.

"Hello," I said. Talk about awkward.

"It's always a pleasure to see you, Elena," he said, kissing my hand and I could feel him smirking. I wish I could say the same, I thought.

"That's sweet," I said removing my hand from his

"Let's start the tour," Jenna said, oblivious to the situation.

"Of course," said Elijah with a slight smirk on his face. "I have a feeling that I will very much enjoy this trip."

"The old Fell property starts just beyond that fence," Jenna said after 2 long, painstaking hours of the tour.

" Ah, the Fells. One of the Founding Families," Elijah said in a mocking tone.

"Why do you say it like that?" asked Jenna.

"My research showed me that this area was actually settled almost two full centuries earlier. It was a migration of townsfolk from the northeast, um, it was Salem, to be precise."

"Massachusetts? As in the witch trials?" asked Jenna curiously.

"Which means the ever-lauded founding families...didn't actually found anything," I said, putting an end to Elijah's vague answers and questions.

"I bet it was the men who made a big deal about being founders back in 1860. Men are very territorial," said Jenna, smirking standing in front of us.

"Yes, they are," Elijah said, looking behind Jenna to see Alaric coming towards us.

"Elijah, this is my friend, Alaric Saltzman," said Jenna when she saw Ric.

"Friend?" I questioned seeing an uncomfortable Ric, but Jenna stomped on my foot, which resulted in me shutting up. "Yes, friend and teacher," I said with an awkward smile.

"Yeah, I got your message about walking Elijah here through the old property lines. I thought I would tag along. You know being a history buff and all. Where to next?" asked Alaric.

"I'm pretty curious about the freed slave property owners. Some say, you know, the descendants of the slaves are the true keepers of American history," said Elijah.

"Well, I only brought the surveys. I got that list in the car. Just give me a sec," Jenna said, walking back to the car, leaving us alone.

" Alaric Saltzman. So you're one of those people on Elena's list of loved ones to protect."

"So is Jenna," said Alaric.

"You don't have to be jealous. I don't really pursue younger women," said Elijah looking at me. I started to walk away from the awkward conversation when Elijah completed his sentence saying, "It's a joke, Ric, lighten up."

"Right," muttered Alaric looking nowhere amused.

"You didn't answer any of my calls," said Elijah walking next to me

"Yeah, I assumed that when I saw the 25 missed calls notification on my phone," I said, waving my phone in front of me. "Sorry, I was busy having a sleepover at Caroline's."

"And you couldn't lift the call and inform me about it?" He asked like I am stupid.

"I didn't think it was necessary," I said.

"Fine," he said with a sigh, "I want to talk about last night..."

"I don't want to," I said

Before I could say something that may have resulted in my ultimate demise, Jenna came towards us along with Alaric.

"I got the list; let's go, shall we?" asked Jenna waving the files in her hand.

"Let me," Elijah said, taking the files from Jenna's hand.

"Aren't you charming?" said Jenna with a smile while Alaric made the most disgusting face, and I gave an awkward smile.

After a long lecture on the history of Mystic Falls, we decided to head to the grill for lunch. Alaric and I went in his car while Jenna and Elijah came in their own vehicles, which are parked, god-knows-where. We started a bit early than Jenna as Alaric's car was near, and met up with Damon and Rose.

"Look, who we have here. Ric, I thought you went to check on Jenna," said Damon when he saw us entering the grill.

"Mhmm. Katherine was already there. Jenna asked her to tag along, thinking she was Elena," repeated Alaric, the same statement I made on our ride back to the grill.

"You have been very busy," said Rose as I took a seat in front of them, and Ric joined me.

"Mhmm. I have to play my role until Elena returns home," I said, "Did Stefan inform you about when they will be back?"

"Tomorrow mostly," said Damon, offhandedly, "Other than your lecture on the history of Mystic Falls, did you get anything out of Elijah?"

"No, it was boring. Of course, Jenna thinks he's charming," Alaric said, bitterly.

"You sounded jealous. Sound a bit jealous?" Said Damon looking at Rose and me.

"He does," said Rose

"Are you like friends now?" Alaric asked the question, directed to Rose and Damon.

"Mhmm. Special friends," said Damon kissing Rose.

"This is weird," said Alaric, and I shook my head. Typical Damon

"I just need the right opportunity," murmured Damon.

"Don't do anything I wouldn't do, Damon?" I said to him.

"Of course not," said Damon and looked behind us, saying, "Ah, there's Jenna with her new boyfriend. Hi."

"Hey, guys." Said Jenna walking up to our table along with Elijah. "Rose, right? From the historical society meeting. Friend of Damon's"

"Yes, and you are Elena's Aunt," said Rose smiling at Jenna.

"So I hear you two had quite a meeting of historical minds today," said Damon.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that," said Jenna with a smile towards Elijah.

"Well, as much as I'd like to continue this, I've got papers to grade," Alaric said, putting down some money on the table.

" No, you know what? We should continue this. Let's have a dinner party. I would love to get to know you more, Jenna," said Rose.

Why is she doing this? I mean, Damon initiated this stupid dinner party, to dagger Elijah. But he doesn't know about the dagger now. What is he doing, then?

"My girl. Full of good ideas. I'll be happy to host. Say tonight. Maybe?" Said Damon enthusiastic.

"It's good for me. Jenna?" asked Rose.

"I don't know if tonight works...," started Alaric but was cut off by Jenna saying, "Yeah, I'm free."

" It'd be a pleasure," said Elijah.

" Great," said Damon.

"Well, have a great night. I promised Jeremy I would play video games with him," I said, getting up from the table.

"Since when did you start playing video games?" asked Jenna

"Since today. We are going to have sibling time." I said, but no one bought it and started looking at me suspiciously.

"Okay, so Jeremy has a huge crush on Bonnie, and I decided to help him, giving some pieces of advice," I said, throwing Jeremy under the bus. Well, it's not entirely a lie.

"Oh! Little Jeremy is finally growing up," said Jenna with a low whistle.

"I will be going then," I said.

"But we didn't have our lunch yet, Miss Gilbert," said Elijah stopping me in tracks.

Ugh! Now what?