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sixteenth bite; and i do my little turn on the catwalk

Sorry if I haven't reached out yet. I found what I do here. Damon, you'll really appreciate this. I'm a model. Never mind my two degrees. Never mind that I went to Harvard. [ Granted, it was the 70's. But, still. Harvard. ] I've been booked nonstop since I ended up here.

( Mystic Falls minus Katherine )

What did everyone translate to in this reality? [ This... fake Paris. ]

( Bonnie Bennet )

Were your powers stripped?

( Elena Gilbert )

Paris is a big city. Forgive my not checking in right away. I got swept up in my... job here.

( Katherine Pierce )

Have you -- [ he's curious. how to word it. he can't exactly say 'gotten used to your heart beating' he pauses. ] Did you wake up here human? [ Not that she can be trusted. This is about curiosity. And not worry! He is not worried about Katherine. ]

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[ He's playing nice. She should, too. :l. ]

And likewise, Katherine. Oh, avez-vous un frère?

[ Below the belt but there's the part of him that hates her. He sees her as manipulative. He never loved her. She compelled him to love her. That's how he sleeps at night. Just because she's human... It doesn't mean she's changed.

But, her being a newly turned human -- he can relate. ]

Désolé. C'était désagréable de moi. Nous avons eu une conversation civile. Somehow.

[ ooc: Two things. One, it's sad I had to babelfish that because I visited my high school French class today. Two, I legit laughed so incredibly hard when it did translate. You win the internet. ]

[She... is being nice. So she'll just skip over his pathetic apology and return to the friendly banter.]

Mmmm, you know I haven't run into that problem yet. It seems they don't make siblings like they used to.

[You can believe whatever you wish, Stefan. It's true that his love might have left after he learned the truth if she hadn't compelled him - but she sees who he's chosen now, and as of late (from her perspective back home) he's been a bit more grateful that she's around. A bit.]

[ It's one of the things they've always done best. ]

They're less malleable in Paris?

[ He hasn't gotten there, yet. So, color him... lucky. Maybe. ]

So, Katherine. What does your employment entail?

Not nearly as cute, either. [Her roommate... now he's quite nice.]

Why, Stefan, are you planning on being a distraction at my place of employment? I really can't have that.

[ Then she should focus on her roommate. She could have a Parisian. Fling. It'd be good for her. ]

I am not coming by.

[ He's keeping tabs. Why you gotta be difficult, woman? ]

[She'll be enjoying a bath tonight. You made her upset.]

Then why the sudden interest? You do realize I've been in the castle for a few months now and you haven't seemed interested in my whereabouts before.

[Because she LOVES him. That automatically equates to being a pain in his side. Or heart.]

[ Who, Stefan? When does he ever do that? Also, he doesn't need to know these things. Katherine can do what she wants. ]

Make no mistake, this isn't interest, Katherine. Keeping my distance, however, doesn't mean I don't like knowing what you're up to.

[ Not that he does. And that bothers him. He doesn't help, with the needling. ]

[Bubble bath. Deep marble tub. Glass of wine. Perhaps some Offenbach playing. YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL OF THIS, STEFAN.]

How exactly does that work, Stefan? Not caring, but still needing to know every detail of what I'm doing? It seems someone's still a bit confused.

[ Oh, please turn up the Offenbach. He's not LISTENING. ]

Yes, because this doesn't sound like the end of a love story. I've heard it before, Katherine.

[ You're a danger to -- well, he doesn't exactly know. He would've said Elena. And then he would've said other Mystic Falls people. But, after being filled in by Caroline and Katherine being at a different canon point blurs that line. But, he does know one thing. ]

You're out for yourself. You've always been. Whatever benefits you, you side with. If that's Damon and me, well, lucky us. But, the minute that isn't true, you skip town and you tie up loose ends. [ Emily Bennett. The Tomb Vampires. Mason probably would have bit it. ] Excuse me if I don't seem all that agreeable. I like knowing where you are because then I know where you aren't. [ Near Elena. What, it's kind of logic? ]

So insightful. [Her tone is oddly soothing, almost as if she's trying to reassure him that while he might be right about all of those things, they don't really matter here.]

Did you practice that in the mirror this morning? [OH WAIT. She's back to banter.]

[ He's beginning to see that. But adjusting his thought process of a hundred and some years? Kind of difficult. ]

I did. After I picked up my gel I like so much.

[ Two can play at that game. ]

[There's a soft sigh... perhaps she's getting ready for her BATH.]

You know, I actually preferred the lack of styling products. Just allowing fingers to run through your hair. [Sorry, she's back to dangerous flirting again.]

[ PERHAPS. But, Stefan doesn't care, remember? ]

Katherine.

[ If they are even going to be civil or, God forbid, friends. She'll have to dispense with that. ]

[can he hear the soft curve of a smirk that slips over her features?]

Stefan...

[Does he honestly think that he can get her to stop?]

[ Yes. He's very familiar with those curves. Or, features. Or, WAS. At one time. He is losing this game. ]

If we're --

[ What? Going to be... friends? ]

You can't do that. I'm with Elena. That's not changing. Whether any of us are human or none of us are.

You're right. Klaus isn't here. The tomb vampires aren't roaming about. You're loose endless. I'll concede that point. But, you can't play your games. Because, I won't participate.

[Well, he should be very familiar with her bratty pout too. She exhales a sigh of frustration. Though, she's not done.]

Did you just admit that I'm right?

[ He's completely missed that she's manipulated everything by doing nothing all this time, by having this conversation, by only replying when Stefan requests it. Sigh. ]

About one thing. Try not to let it get to your head.

[Isn't it fun when the best plan is NO plan?]

Mmmm... because you know what happens in my head, right? [SHE MAKES HIM THINK OF HER IN BED WITH HIM. /maniacal laugh.]

[ Even Elena is feeling sorry for Katherine, a woman who usually has A, B, and C plans. ]

If I haven't made it clear that it's tacitly implied that my mind and dreams are off limits, here it is. Stay out of my head, Katherine.

[You take away all her fun, Stefan.]

I'll do my best, but sometimes you make it so easy. It's almost as if you still want me in there.

[ It's kind of his job. ]

Yes. You're right. Deep, deep down in a part of me I just shove away at the back of my mind. A part I forget about, that sits there, betrayed.

That part? Died when I did, Katherine.

[See, here's the part she focuses on -- he says it died when he died. Not when she compelled him.]

You know I didn't want that to happen that day. It was going to be your choice when it came to pass. [Possibly a lie, but maybe not.]

Your father took that away from us. Away from you. [Her voice is soft, not quite soothing or coddling, just... honest. Stupid being human.]

Yeah, and somehow my choice turned into an eternity of misery courtesy of my brother. [ God, Katherine. You ruined everything. How can you live with yourself? ]

My father knew you were a monster. He knew you were using us.

[She lives with herself quite well! It's just... right now she's a bit of overwhelmed.]

Yet he allowed me to live in his house, for months. To dine at his table, live within the city - all because.. why? Because he knew what I was?

He only grew suspicious when you were insistent. [She pauses, her voice going quieter for a moment.]

I don't blame you, Stefan.

But you can't blame me for the choices you made after you were changed. After you were sired all of my compulsion went away. You went after your father of your own will. That was not me. It was nothing that I made you do.

I thought he would accept that I loved you.

[ And that's the truth. Maybe, he caused everything. But, Katherine still... compelled him. And that's the leg he has to stand on. ]

But, had you not been feeding us your blood, we wouldn't have had to make a choice. We would --

[ They'd be dead. Or, they could've been the ones with Gilbert family rings. Of course, they couldn't have but... it makes sense? Emily could've -- something could have changed? Was anything avoidable? ]

I hated our father for what he did. And I was a monster. Compelled or not, you helped make me that way, Katherine. You left without --

[ Saying goodbye. Saying where you went. ]

Fine, Katherine. You loved me. For real. But, you left.

[ Saying everything he's meant to for years? Not on the menu. But, being human makes it hard keeping these feelings in check. ]

You looked after you. You left Emily to be found, to be burned. You disappeared!

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