Eat Me

Chapter 9: Disaster Strikes

Disaster Strikes

Katherine flinched when she heard the front door close and it took every ounce of willpower that she had not to burst into tears. Her sister was gone. Now there was only 1/3 of a triplet living in the Pierce home.

Katherine had been doing her homework when she had heard the shouts coming from the family room. She couldn't believe that her dad had kicked her out, yes Elena had done some bad things but, come on she was his daughter, couldn't he have some pity.

Didn't they understand that Elena needed her family? She stomped towards the living room where she saw her parents with their gloomy looks on their faces. "What is wrong with you?" she demanded.

"This doesn't concern you, Katherine." Alaric scolded. "Go to your room, please."

"It does concern me," she argued. "Elena is my sister, how could you have kicked her out?"

"Your sister, should have known better," Jenna said tightly. "It was bad enough going out with that boy secretly-"

"That's because both of you are so judgy?" Katherine snapped. "I can't blame her for not wanting to tell you the truth."

"Katherine." Alaric said in a deadly voice. "This doesn't concern you, upstairs now."

Katherine crossed her arms over her chest. "You're making a big mistake and you know it." She was walking upstairs when she felt a dizzy spell, for a moment her vision went black. She grabbed the edge of the stairway and shook her head once as she walked upstairs.

Katherine was grateful to Elijah when he cut his afternoon classes and came over from Whitmore College to take her out for ice cream to cheer her up instead. "I mean you should have heard them," Katherine complained as they walked inside Sandy's Ice Cream Parlor, she was still dressed in her cheerleading uniform. "They are such hypocrites, I haven't spoken to them all morning."

"Do you think they will get over it?" Elijah mused as he opened the door for her. "Your parents are pretty cool most of the time."

"When they want too," Katherine snorted as they slipped into a booth. "Some other times though they can be real jerks, I just feel so bad for Elena, even Damon. I mean Elena was crying all day at school and I honestly don't think my parents are going to budge."

Elijah patted her hand, at that moment a dark blond waitress greeted them with a smile. "Hello darlings," she opened her notepad. "What can I get you?"

"I'll have the banana spit," Elijah turned towards Katherine. "And you?"

Katherine shook her head. "I'll just have a bite of yours," Elijah looked confused. "I'm full from lunch."

Elijah didn't really looked like he believe her, but didn't say anything. In a few minutes the waitress delivered a large banana split towards Elijah. Katherine licked her lips hungrily as she watched the chocolate sauce and peanuts drip over the cool, sweet ice cream.

Elijah handed her the spoon. "Want a bite?"

She nodded as she took a dainty bite, the ice cream felt wonderful, she couldn't remember when she had tasted something so sweet.

"Do you want more?"

She shook her head. "I'm full. How are your classes?"

"Good, my math teacher is a bit of a hard ass, but he's pretty cool," he threw her a flirtatious smile. "Still, I wished we were still in the same school."

"Or in the same dorm at least." Katherine smirked back. They talked for about an hour, until Katherine stood up. "I should probably head to dinner, otherwise my parents might kick me out."

Elijah gave her a small kiss as they stood in the parking lot. "Don't let this whole thing with your parents and Elena freak you out, it's not under your control."

"She's my sister," she winced. "I'm kind of a part of it."

"Just have fun every once in a while," he wrapped his arms around her hips. She seemed smaller. "Go to the movies with Becks or something and eat popcorn, you're too skinny."

Katherine smiled at what she thought was a compliment. "I will."

"Ow, Ow," Amara was wincing all the way up to her dorm room, not caring that her hair was messy or that her soccer uniform was covered in grass and dirt. She was more focused over the fact that there was a bruise on her arm (she had tripped) and that her knee was bleeding (one of the girls had accidently kicked her, while practically tumbling her for the ball) so it was safe to say that her first soccer practice sucked.

"There you are," Silas said looking at her, he had been standing outside of her dorm room, listening to music. "How was practice, though I can kind of guess?"

"It was brutal." She sighed. "What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to hear if by some miracle you managed to actually kick a ball." Amara rolled her eyes. He pulled out a small, green tube. "And I brought this, it's great for bruises."

"Thanks," she opened her dorm room. "Would you like to come in?" Normally boys weren't allowed in the girls' dormitory, but no one was around now.

"Um, Tessa isn't there is she?" he grimaced.

She shook her head. She knew that Tessa had violin lessons on Monday afternoons. After that he came in and Amara kicked off her dirty sneakers. Silas started placing the green lotion on her arms and on her legs.

"Did every single girl tumbled you down or something?"

She smiled. "Something like that."

Before they could continue their conversation, the door opened and Tessa came in, she looked startled to see Silas. "I wasn't aware that we had visitors."

"I was just leaving." Silas said coldly, he turned to Amara. "Later."

When the door closed, Tessa turned to Amara. "Well aren't you an innocent looking snake, I should have known that no matter how innocent the snakes bite."

"Excuse me?"

"Come on, let's no play dumb," Tessa said. "It's simple, you're interested in Silas and Silas for some strange reason is interest in you, the problem is I don't want your hands anywhere near him."

"I think Silas can decided for himself," Amara said an edge to her voice.

"Perhaps," Tessa said. "The thing is I don't want you near him, and if see you ever even asking him for a pencil I will rip you into shreds, am I making myself clear?"