The Salvatore Sister

She's Back

There she was, right in front of me. She had been my best friend for 145 years, she was back. "Katherine." I breathed, smiling. "Hey Syd" She replied pulling me into a hug. I laughed and hugged her back. I turned to Elena who was still there and said, "Thank you so much Elena! I do feel better, you're a good friend." She smiled at me and then gave me and Kat room to catch up. We sat on the couch and I poured two glasses of bourbon.

"Kat! How are you? What have you been doing since Homecoming?" I asked her. The last time I saw her, she had just convinced Stefan to steal Klaus' coffins from him. "Now, now, let's not talk about me. It's you who has the exciting life." She smirked and dodged the question. I took a deep breath and tried to tell her everything without breaking down. "I guess I'll start with the part you would be interested in. Eben found out that I have my powers back, and he is going to kill me. My brothers being my brothers, felt responsible and they wanted to protect me. Stefan and Damon are now on a suicide mission to find Eben and kill him." Kat rolled her eyes. "Why do I feel like there is more to this story?" I nodded my head and said sarcastically, "Oh and Jesse's back! Whoopee!" She laughed a little at my comment, and I laughed with her, her laugh was contagious. "Man, that boy just doesn't leave your side, huh? What does he want?" I shrugged, "He says he wants to help me, but I can't trust him. Not after what he did, I can't forgive him just yet." I knew she understood, she always did. She decided to change the subject, but it was the one I was dreading the most. "Elena told me that you have been having a grand old time with The Original Family." My head dropped when she said that, and sadness and hate filled my eyes. "They sent them away. They betrayed me." I sounded extremely bitter and drank some of my alcohol.

Katherine looked up at me with a soft expression, one that she only gave me. "We both know that that isn't it. You love them, you can't choose." "I did when I was a vampire. I chose Niklaus, it was him. But, I can't help but feel a pull towards Elijah and Kol. With Kol, he was fun, and he showed me that life was not always so serious. Elijah is different, he is mature, elegant, genuine. He fixed me when I was broken, he helped and guided me. It's not like I like him because I owe him or anything, but you should love the person that makes you happy that you are alive, right? We are alike, yet that is somehow our downfall. We would do anything to save the each other, even when someone else pays the price. It's selfish, I know it is, but whoever I chose, I want Elijah to be there no matter what." I shook my head as I said my last sentence. I was selfish, I hated playing them, but I was just so confused, Elijah and Niklaus had orchestrated my brothers departure, I should hate them. Kol had not come back from his "trip" yet, and I wondered what he had been up to.

"And Klaus?" Katherine finally asked. I closed my eyes, "I should hate him. I should hate him for everything he has done to me, to my family. But I cannot, for some reason, no matter what. Being with him just consumes me, my emotions get the best of me. I feel a magnetic pull towards him, like an invisible tether that you try so hard to ignore, but it just doesn't go away." I really did not feel like talking about this anymore, but I knew that I needed to, and Kat knew it too. "Okay, enough with this talk, what are we doing tonight?" She asked. I opened my mouth to say no, but she refused to take no for an answer. "There's an open mic night at The Grill tonight, and we're going."

We walked into The Grill donning leather jackets and black jeans. Kat convinced me to go back to my old style for at least one night, and I agreed because black went with my mood at the moment. It was just my luck that Niklaus was sitting at the bar drinking, and Katherine visibly stiffened when she saw him. Klaus would not lay a hand on her if I had anything to do about it, she was my best friend, and I could not afford to lose anyone I cared about. I turned my back to him, and I found Bonnie and Caroline in the crowd. They knew before hand that Katherine was coming, and they acted kind of civil toward her. The girl, Keiralee, from prom walked up to the stage and sang a horrible rendition of "Defying Gravity" from Wicked. Katherine and I were shamelessly making fun of how her voice cracked at the high notes.