Something Stupid

13

A few days later

Elena left her car in the driveway of the small house at the end of the town Baton Rouge and went inside.

"Ah, Elena! Hello sweetheart, how are you?" John greeted her with a hug which Elena returned.

"Hi Dad. I'm fine, thanks."

"Glad to hear it. Would you mind helping me in the kitchen?" he now asked.

"Not at all." Elena was not surprised. Her mother hardly ever cooked; she prefered to leave that to her husband. And Katherine hadn't gone anywhere near a kitchen since she got married for the first time. So, it was Elena who helped her father with the food sometimes.

About half an hour later, Elena and her father John served dinner.

"Alright. Before we start, as usual, I want to say I'm grateful that both our daughters have made the time to come and join us tonight. This is not something we do very often, especially since some people tend to cancel at the last minute." while saying that, he was looking poignantly at Katherine. She rolled her eyes.

"Anyway, I am glad we are all here tonight. Enjoy." John finished his little speech and they all started eating.

"So, Katherine, I heard you're planning to go on a yacht trip in the Caribbean?" Isobel asked her daughter.

"Yeah, that's right. I was actually planning to go there together with my fiance, but my dear sister decided to bud in." she said and looked at Elena with disgust.

Isobel looked at Elena poignantly. "Elena, what does your sister mean by that? Haven't I taught you not to interfere with people's private lives like that?"

Elena sighed and explained: "I didn't just 'bud in' like Katherine said. In fact, a few weeks ago, a guy came to me at the hospital and told my boss to check my references. He thought I was a fraud! At some point I mentioned my parents were back in town. And a few days later, I found him in Katherine's apartment. He and I had a talk later on and he told me that Katherine lied to him." she looked at her sister accusingly, "Apparently, Katherine told her ex that I am a fraud and she is a helpless orphan. So no, I wasn't the reason you got dumped, Kat! Elijah left you because you lied to him, it's as easy as that."

Katherine pulled her lips back in a snarl and spat back. "I did what I did because I loved him! I didn't want him to run from me which he definitely would have, if he would have met you! It would have worked, we were happy! But then you had to come and ruin everything!"

"Girls, will you calm down!" John looked at his daughters with a look that said 'you better behave now'. He always used that look on his daughters when they were fighting. After a secomd of heavy silence, he turned to Katherine.

"Katherine, you know you shouldn't lie, I thought I taught you that. And Elena,-" he turned to his other daughter, "your mother is right when she says you shouldn't meddle with people's private lives like that. Your sister's relationships are her business. I think you both need to learn to show a little more respect for each other!"

Elena sighed exasperated. "Really?" she asked.

"Oh, come on, don't act so innocent, 'Lena! We all know better!" Katherine spat at her. "This wouldn't be the first time for you to steal a boyfriend of mine, remember?"

"I didn't steal any boyfriend of yours, Kat! Stefan left you, because he just didn't love you anymore. I'm sorry that happened to you, but it wasn't my fault!" Elena said.

Katherine smirked. "Yeah, right. You didn't hang out with him and turned him against me, just like you had nothing to do with Elijah. Jesus, Elena! You probably wanted to break me and Elijah up because you want him for yourself! Admit it, you always were after MY boyfriends! Because you were just not good enough to find the hot stuff by yourselves!"