Chapter 9

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*1864 Flashback*

   I sneak glances at Damon as we walk through Mystic Falls. It's a sunny day and the sky is nice and blue. My feelings are complicated at the moment. I think I might be falling for him.. but I don't know. I don't like that feeling. I don't want to feel it. The last time I felt it.... I ended up dead.

Damon and Stefan know what we are. Kat told them. I'm fairly sure Kat is sleeping with both of them. I've also seen bite marks on both of them. She's playing with them as if they are puppets. I do not know how to stop her. She has gotten out of control.

Katherine:

   I watch Damon and Angelina walking up ahead of Stefan and I. I feel a pang of jealousy as I see how Damon looks at her. Both of the Salvatore's looked at her that way when we first arrived. Everyone seems to look at Angelina like she's some sort of an angel. That's why I need to have both of the Salvatore's. It's why I compel them, it's why I play with them. Because I'm selfish.

Angelina:

   Damon walked me back to my room after supper. I'm standing in my doorway looking at him now.

   "Well, Angelina, I'll leave you to rest for the night."

   "Yes, I'll see you in the morning." But neither of us move. We're both standing, looking at each other. Transfixed by each other.

   Damon closes the distance between us, wraps his arms around my waist and presses his lips to mine. The kiss is passionate, fierce. I kiss him back, running my fingers through his hair. He walks me backwards into my room and shuts the door behind him, never breaking contact. I let out a soft moan as he starts to kiss down my neck. 

   I tug his jacket off and pull his shirt off over his head. He spins me around and begins to unlace my corset. I watch him unlace my corset through the mirror we're both facing.

    He looks up and smiles at me, before tugging it down.

***

Damon, Elena and I are in the living room. Damon is examining the invention and Elena is packing for school while I'm drinking bourbon... at 9 in the morning.. great start to my day.

   "Have you spoken to your uncle lately?" Damon asks Elena.

   "I've been avoiding him actually. That, and I've been here most nights."

   "So you'll be here again tonight?" he asks her. I don't miss the hint of hope in his question.

   "Is that a problem?"

   "Yes, you're a complete nuisance."

   Elena chuckles, "I'll see you later." She smiles at me as she walks out the door for school. Damon turns back to look at the invention again. I clear my voice.

   "Yes?" he asks.

   "What was that?"

   "What was what?" he turns to look at me.

   "You and Elena. Something going on there?"

   "What? No. Of course not. She's with Stefan," he replies in the most unconvincing way ever.

   "If you say so."

   ***

   I overhear Damon and Elena talking in the living room. Damon's telling her about how he's 'running an errand' with Alaric Saltzman.

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