The Lost Shadowhunter

15

I'm woken up from my nap to a loud noise downstairs, and Damon not in bed next to me.
I throw on one of Damon's black t-shirts quick, not bothering with pants, and go downstairs.
As I walk down the stairs I see Damon and Elena in the living room.
"Damon? Elena? What's going on down here?" I ask in a firm, yet tired tone of voice.
"You think I'm Elena? Am I dressed that badly?"
I put two and two together quickly.
I speak again, "Katherine."
"In the flesh." She flaunts.
"Sorry if we woke you up," Damon sighs, "the bitch won't leave."
"That's not very nice, Damon." She nearly growls.
"Come on Katherine, I'll walk you out." I order.
I'm not sure why, but she listens.
"Who are you?" She asks.
"Arabella Ravenhart, I've been staying with Damon for a few days." I put my hand out for her to shake.
She ignores my hand, "Katherine Pierce."
"I've heard some interesting things about you." I state.
"I hope I lived up to my reputation. See ya." She speeds away.
I close the door and walk back into the living room, where Damon is sitting on the couch drinking.
"So that was the infamous Katherine? She seems kind of harmless." I laugh.
"Trust me, she's like a poison apple. Nice on the outside, not so nice on the inside."
"Why did she show up here?" I question.
"To make mine and Stefan's lives hell, as usual. She only shows up when she wants something."
"What does she want this time?"
"Not sure yet."
"I'll help you guys figure it out. Can I have some bourbon too?"
He hands me the bottle in his hands. I drink straight from it, not bothering with a cup.
"And that is why I like you." He smirks.
"Because I can drink bourbon without flinching?"
"And because you got Katherine to leave."
"Ah yes, because that was such a difficult task." I sarcastically remark.
"Do you wanna go out tonight?" He asks.
"Where?"
"Our options are either The Grill or there's a club in the next town over."
"I have had the time to let loose for a while, so I'm going to say club. What are we going to do until then?"
"Have hot vampire sex." He states.
"Sorry to ruin your plans," Stefan enters, "but we have things to do Damon. Turns out Katherine is back."
"I know. She was just here." He responds.
"And you didn't think to tell me?" Stefan nearly shouts.
Damon shrugs.
"She showed up at Elena's house."
"Is she okay?" I ask.
"Yeah, her and her brother are fine."
"She has a brother?"
"Yeah, Jeremy."
"Is he cute?"
Damon slaps my arm.
I shrug, "where does Elena live? I wanna ask her for some clothes to wear tonight."
Stefan gives me her address.
"I'm gonna walk over there, then I'm probably going to get something to eat, do you guys want anything?"
"I'm feeling...blonde." Damon responds.
"Not quite what I meant."
"We're alright, thanks though." Stefan adds.
I throw on my boots and leather jacket on and start walking to Elena's house. I see Caroline on the way.
"Hey, Caroline, right?" I ask.
"Yeah. What do you want?" She snaps back.
"I just wanted to apologize. I'm really sorry for being so rude to you, I've been having a rough week."
"You're forgiven, but this doesn't make us friends." She replies.
"Where are you headed?" I ask her.
"Not that it's any of your business, but Elena invited me and Bonnie over."
"That's where I'm going too."
"Cool. We're like five minutes away."
A few minutes later we get to Elena's house, where she invites me in.
"I wasn't expecting you." Elena speaks.
"I know, sorry for just showing up." I state.
"It's okay, you're welcome whenever. What's up?"
"Damon and I are going out tonight and I was wondering if I could borrow some clothes. I'm not really in my element here," I laugh, "I'm used to a huge closet and I've been reduced to Damon's wardrobe. It pretty much just consists of black t-shirts."
She chuckles, "yeah, come upstairs. I'll show you my closet."
Caroline and I follow Elena upstairs, where Bonnie is in her room.
She looks to me, "Arabella, right?"
"Yep. Nice to see you again."
"I didn't know you were coming to talk with us."
"Talk about what?" I ask. I'm a little nosey, oops.
"Oh, we're making a plan about what to with Katherine."
"Bonnie, what the hell!" Caroline complains.
"Was I not supposed to tell her? She's in danger too."
"Guys, calm down," Elena chimes in, "we'll talk about it in a minute. Arabella, what do you want to wear?"
"Yes, because clothes are so much more important than the she devil." Caroline interrupts.
We ignore her comment.
"Anything black or red, preferably a dress?" I respond.
"I have the perfect thing. I'd never have the confidence to wear it, but I feel like you'd like it."
She pulls out a black corset-like top and a tight blood red skirt.
"It's perfect, thank you."
"Since when do you own that?" Bonnie giggles.
Elena shrugs.
"Back to the important situation, please." Caroline adds.
"What's our plan?" Elena pondered.
"You guys are really that worried about Katherine?" I ask, " don't kill me here, but she doesn't seem that bad."
"Not that bad? She killed me!" Caroline fumed.
"Right, sorry. It's just that I met her this morning and she seemed cool."
"You talked to Katherine?" Elena questions.
"Yeah, she was arguing with Damon earlier." I inform them.
Bonnie asks, "about what?"
"I'm not sure, I didn't hear any of it."
"What are we going to do?" Elena sighs.
An idea suddenly strikes me.
"Hear me out guys. Katherine doesn't know me. I could get close to her and figure out why she's here." I suggest.
"And what if you get hurt in the process?" Bonnie wonders.
I almost laugh, "you think I can't take her in a fight? I'm a hell of a lot stronger than she is."
"She's sneaky and manipulative, like a really terrible house cat." Caroline comments.
"So am I. Okay, so here's the plan..."