"Well, isn't this cute?"

Jeremy pulls his head away from Christian ending their kiss. His eyes widen as he sees Elena standing in the doorway with a smirk and her arms crossed. He quickly falls off of Christian and covers his naked body with the sheets.

"What the hell, Elena?!" Jeremy snapped. Her smirks deepens. Christian narrows his eyes at her and slowly groans.

"What? Not happy to see me, Chrissy Poo?" She asks in a mocking voice. Jeremy frowns his eyebrows in confusion.

"What are you doing here, Katherine?" Christian asks in a bored tone. 

"Katherine?" Jeremy asks looking from Christian to the girl who looks exactly like his sister.

"Hi, handsome" Katherine winks at Jeremy making him feel extremely uncomfortable. Katherine laughs quietly as she enjoys making Elena's brother uncomfortable.

 Christian sighs and climbs out of bed not bothering to panic about the fact that he's completely naked. Katherine shamelessly checks him out. 

"Pity your gay" Katherine pouts. "We could have made a cute couple"

"Yeah," Christian rolls his eyes looking at her as he pulls on his boxers. "You'd get to fuck me at noon, Damon at one, and Stefan at two" Katherine pouts again and saunters closer to him.

"Don't be like that, baby," She says pressing her nails into his chest and drags them down to the top of his boxers. Christian keeps his unamused gaze at her as she smirks at him. "I'd give you a whole day" She whispers seductively. Christian hums with a small nod.

"Cute" He says shortly. She laughs and steps away from him giving Jeremy another wink.

"I'll be around for a while, we should get a drink" Katherine says walking towards the door. She stops and turns to him. "We could catch up," She shrugs before her mischievous smirk returns to face. "We could swap stories over a mutual ex" She says winking.

Christian frowns his eyes and couldn't help but to become curious at her little hint. Katherine smirk widens knowing she has his attention. She gives the two boys a wave before disappearing leaving him to his thoughts.

"Chris?" Jeremy asks snapping him out of his thoughts. Christian hums and looks at him. "You alright?" 

"Yeah, I'm alright" Christian nods. "Just, uh... Be careful around Katherine, alright? She's manipulative, cunning, smart, and very dangerous" He warns.

"Alright" Jeremy nods. "She really does look just like Elena" Jeremy mutters rubbing the back of his neck.

"Trust me, Katherine's more tolerable" Christian mutters too quietly for Jeremy to pickup.

"Oh, shit" Jeremy mutters looking at his phone. Christian looks at him. "John's in the hospital" Christian rolls his eyes.

"The man's lucky he's still breathing" Christian growls as he finishes getting dressed. Jeremy sighs setting his phone to the side and climbs out of bed.

"What are you doing today?" Jeremy asks.

"Give my brother's a heads up that Katherine's back, though I'm sure she's already doing her little mind tricks on them" Christian shrugs looking at him as he buttons up his shirt. "I'll find you later?" He asks. Jeremy smiles and nods.

"I love you" Jeremy says giving him a short kiss. Christian grins widely.

"I love you, too" Christian mutters kissing his forehead. "You can stay as long as you want, my home is yours" Jeremy smiles widely watching him leave. He looks around the room thinking of all the times the two of them have spent in here. He shakes his head and continues getting dressed. 

When Christian left his house he tracked down his brothers. It didn't exactly surprise him when he finds both of them with Elena are Elena's house. It felt weird entering the house knowing he wasn't here for Jeremy and that Jeremy was most likely still in his room.

"Stefan, Wait, he kissed Katherine, not me" Christian hears as he enters the house. "I wouldn't do that, we don't have time for this guys"

"Party at Elena's?" Christian asks making himself known.

"Guess who's back in town?" Damon asks him.

"Don't have too, already paid me a visit... Guessing she came to see you guys too" Christian looks between his two brothers.

"She attacked John last night" Stefan tells him.

"Good, saves me from having to do it" Christian shrugs.

"He's my dad" Elena says causing Christian to frown his eyebrows.

"And that's supposed to mean something to me because?" Christian asks looking at her curiously. "He tried to kill me, I think it's only fair I return the favor but looks like Katherine got there first" Christian says shrugging.

"John must know something," Elena realizes as she thinks about it. "There has to be a reason why Katherine tried to kill him"

"She's Katherine." Damon deadpans. For Christian, it's all the explanation that's needed but some people need it spelled out for them. "She loves to play games and you're fooling yourself if you think you're going to find out what she's been up to before she wants you to know" Christian points at Damon agreeing with everything he's saying.

"No, actually Elena's right, John could know something through Isobel" Stefan says taking Elena's side. Shocker.

"Who's Isobel again?" Christian asks frowning his eyebrows. Elena gives him a look.

"Your mother," Stefan says looking at Elena. Christian nods remembering her again. "she was in touch with Katherine so maybe we can go to the hospital and get him to talk" Stefan suggests.

"I've got a better idea" Damon says.

"Whats that?" Elena asks.

"I'm just gonna ignore the bitch" He says with a shrug. "See ya"

"Is that smart?" Elena asks.

"If Katherine thinks she's been ignored it will lure her out, she'll make a move" Damon explains.

"Yeah? And then what?" Stefan asks challengingly.

"Stake her, rip her head off, something poetic. We'll see" Damon says leaving. Stefan sighs before looking at Christian expectantly.

"I'm all for ignoring her" Christian says shrugging. "Believe it or not, Katherine actually helped me out a lot when we were human. You and Damon were the ones that got involved and became her fuck boys" Christian says shrugging. "Don't really have that much beef with her, unless she goes after Jeremy, of course. Then we're gonna have problems."

"She played Damon and Stefan" Elena says obviously.

"I know, I was there" Christian rolls his eyes as he could feel his anger and annoyance towards Elena get the better of him. "Do you know how many times I was played when we were human? How many times I was used, how many times I was abused and raped as a human?" Christian growled moving closer to her.

Elena looks over at Stefan but he doesn't make eye contact. She can remember the time when Christian told her about Noah and how he was with him. Noah wasn't the only one but he was the most possessive, the most abusive and the most controlling.

 "Stefan and Damon didn't do shit about it" He says glaring at Stefan. 

Stefan looks at his brother for only a moment before looking away, his guilt getting the better of him. He remembered all the times he saw Noah pull and drag Christian around. Christian was trapped and Stefan didn't know what he could do to help his brother. It's not like their father would help. If their father found out about Christian being gay, Christian would have been murdered long before Katherine came along.

While Stefan turned a blind eye on what was happening to Christian, so did Damon. However, once the civil war came, Damon convinced Christian to join with him. Damon knew it would get him away from Noah and the others. However, the separation didn't last forever, just a few years. Then Katherine came and once Damon figured out what she was, he knew he could have her help Christian. Damon was the one who told Katherine about Noah and Katherine was the one who set Christian free.

"Katherine's the one that helped get me free from all that shit. So excuse me if I'm not so quick to kill her when my own brothers were worse growing up" Christian snapped. "Now, if she tries anything with Jeremy, count me in on the 'Kill Katherine' bandwagon but until then, leave me out of it" Christian says walking towards the door. "I've got better things to do"

Christian didn't know if it was completely fair or not to hold onto his anger towards his brothers. He knew he had every right to be angry but it was over a hundred years ago. Since then, things have changed. Stefan stayed with him when he had his humanity turned off and with the help of Lexi, they got it back on. Stefan didn't give up on him, no matter how nasty Christian got.

Damon was the one who put Katherine on the path to help Christian but at the same time that didn't erase all the years of pain and torment that happened before then. However, Damon's always been more supportive of Christian in everything than Stefan's been.

"Jesus Christ, Katherine" Christian growls rubbing his face. 

Seeing Katherine brought everything back to the surface. All the anger, the hatred he felt as a human. He couldn't stop thinking about his human life and that frustrated him.

"Hello?" Christian asks answering the phone.

"Hey, you alright?" Jeremy asks instantly telling that something is wrong with him. Christian takes in a deep breath and slowly lets it out as he realizes that Jeremy's the one who called him. He didn't even realize who it was, he just answered it.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Christian says sounding more relaxed. "It's just been a stressful day, what's up, baby?" 

"Aunt Jenna says I have to go to this memorial for the mayor" Jeremy tells him. Christian vaguely remembers seeing the mayors dead body on the floor of the burning basement. "It'd be more tolerable if you were there with me"

"Say no more, I'll be there" Christian tells him. "I'll meet you at the mansion"

"Sounds good, I love you" Jeremy says. Christian smiles.

"I love you, too" Christian says before hanging up.

"What's got your panties in a twist?" Christian rolls his eyes as he turns around seeing Katherine. "Brother trouble?"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Christian asks. Katherine smirks and winks at him.

"That boy you had earlier, he was pretty cute" Katherine noted. Christian nods slowly.

"Yeah, he's perfect" Christian tells her. He slowly approaches her. "I wouldn't trade him for anyone in the world"

"Don't lie to me, Chris" Katherine whispers moving towards him as well. "We both know there's one person you would trade him for" She says grinning. Christian tenses slightly.

"No, there isn't" Christian says sternly. Katherine smirks and laughs a bit.

"You can lie to everyone, even yourself" Katherine says circling around him. "But I know you, Chris, I know everything about you" She says dragging her finger nails around his body. "You say you love Jeremy," She continues stopping in front of him. She stays close, chest-to-chest close. She leans up as high as she can in her heels before raising her hand using her fingers to lightly grip his chin. She tilts his head down to her. "but how strong is that love?" She asks so quietly a human wouldn't be able to hear it.

"Strong enough to rip your heart out should you come within a foot of him" Christian whispers just as softly to her. He wraps his hand around her wrist and lowers it from his chin. "Stay away from him, Katherine"

"You're no fun" Katherine pouts. Christian smirks slightly. "We used to have so much fun together, remember?"

"Yeah, I remember" Christian nods stepping away from her. "Things are different now, Katherine"

"They don't have to be" Katherine smiles at him, a genuine smile. "Since I met you, I haven't had a friend like you. We used to be close, I miss it"

"And then I was shot and you were 'locked in a tomb'" He reminds her. "A lot has changed"

"Listen, I'll leave Jeremy alone, for you" Katherine says. "If you take me up on that drink I mention earlier"

"Why do you want to have a drink so bad?" He asks her skeptically. "You couldn't get me in bed when I was human-"

"I don't want to sleep with you" Katherine rolls her eyes. Then she thinks about it. "Well, I do but I won't" Katherine winks at him. Christian smirks slightly and shakes his head. "You don't trust me, I don't blame you, but I really do just want to have a drink. Like old times"

"Fine," Christian gives in. Katherine smirks. 

"I'll see you later then, handsome" She says winking at him before speeding away. Christian sighs before speeding away himself.