Kol I Need Your Help

Shaking, Caroline read the note once more…

Welcome home, Caroline. I miss you…See you soon. –Mason.

This was real…He was back…With a sickening feeling pooling in her stomach, she grabbed the flowers and threw them outside. With shaking hands, she balled the note in her fist and shoved it into her pocket.

She ran upstairs and put clothes on before grabbing her cell phone and dialing her uncle's number…

She paced the room until he picked up, on the last ring, "Hello?"

"Uncle Kol…Are you and Bonnie at home?" She asked, cursing internally as she realized her voice was full of fear.

"Yes. What's wrong?" He asked, immediately concerned.

She sighed, "Stay on the line with me please? I…I'm scared." She whispered the last part to him.

"Caroline, what's wrong? Where's Elijah and Nick?"

She made her way to her father's room, remembering he had a gun in his closet…

"They went out for a run…Promise you won't tell them?" She asked, wanting to keep the note from them.

"Why?"

She sighed, thinking back to her mother's face when she was shot, "They can't know…"

Kol stayed silent, the pieces slowly but surely coming together in his head, "Did Mason contact you?"

She searched through her father's tie drawer and found the pistol in the back…With a smile she pulled it out and ran back to her room. She ignored her uncle's question and shoved the gun into her bag.

"Caroline." Kol said, demanding her attention.

"I'll be at your house in five minutes…" She said as she went to the restroom, putting her hair in a ponytail.

"You're scaring me, Kid." Kol said, genuinely worried for her.

"I'm sorry…I'm scared too…" She said as she began to brush her teeth.

"Are you pregnant?" He asked suddenly.

She rolled her eyes as she continued to brush her teeth, "No!" She spoke around all the foam in her mouth.

"Then I'm out of ideas. What the hell is the matter?"

She spit into the sink and rinsed her mouth, "I'll tell you when I see you, just stay on the line. Please?" She said as she went downstairs, her bag slung over her shoulder as she slipped her shoes on.

With a quick look outside, she opened the front door, grabbing her car keys and nearly ran to her car.

As she jumped in, she locked the doors and started the car, there was nothing out of place but she learned that you could never be too careful…

He had been here…He had left the flowers, she was sure of it…He was probably watching her now…

She breathed a sigh of relief as she drove down the street, "Uncle Kol?" She asked, remembering the phone still in her hands.

"Where are you?"

"Like 4 minutes away." She said as she made a right turn, turning onto her uncle's block.

"I'm waiting outside…"

"Ok, I'm almost there." She said, checking her rearview mirror, thankful that no one seemed to be following her.

As she drove up to Kol's house, she checked around, making sure Mason wasn't anywhere near…She clutched her bag then shut off the car, climbing out.

When Kol saw how frightened she looked, he went up to her, putting his phone in his pocket.

She put her phone in her bag and nearly ran to him, when she was close enough to him, she wrapped her arms around him and clutched her eyes closed, she began to cry.

He held her in his arms and looked around, "What happened?"

She sniffled and pulled away slightly, "I'll tell you inside with Bonnie…" She said before pulling him to the house.

Nick stared at his phone for a moment, rereading the text sent to him by his brother's girl…

Caroline called Kol…She sounds scared…She's on her way here. I'll tell you when I know more. – B

Why would she be scared? Because she woke up alone? No…It had to be something else…

He typed a quick reply before running to catch up with Elijah.

"Let's go to Kol's…Bonnie texted me. Said that Caroline is on her way to them, she sounded scared." Nick said as he ran beside his brother.

Elijah nodded once before turning the corner, planning on going to Kol's house, which was right down the block.

Bonnie felt her phone vibrate and checked, with a sigh she read the text.

On my way.

Great…She looked up when Caroline and Kol came in, "What's going on?"

Caroline pulled the note from her pocket and gave it to her, "That's what is going on."

Bonnie read the note and stared at Caroline with wide eyes, "He contacted you?"

Kol went to his girlfriend and snatched the note from her, reading it he glared at Caroline, "You didn't think this was important to tell me over the phone?! Or even tell Nick and Elijah?!"

"They can't know! You can't tell them, please." Caroline practically begged, hoping they wouldn't say anything to Nick and her dad.

Bonnie sighed, "Caroline, they need to know this."

"They can't…I can't risk putting them in danger again, Bonnie." Caroline said, crossing her arms.

"You really think you can keep this from them?" Bonnie asked, staring at her.

"I can try." Caroline said as she sat on the couch.

"Now what if he shows up at the house again?" Kol asked.

"I'll kill him." Caroline answered simply.

"You're crazy right?" Kol asked her, not believing she would even think of this.

"He shot me…He took my mother…He's the reason she's dead. So no, I'm not crazy. I want to avenge my mother and protect the people I have left." Caroline said as she looked at both of them. "But I need you both to keep this from Nick and Dad…They can't know."

"Why not? They deserve to know this."

"We're finally getting back to normal. Nick isn't looking over his shoulder all the time and Dad isn't crying every time I see him. If I tell them about this, everything will go back to the way it was when we all came home after Michael was killed…They can't know this, you guys."

Bonnie looked at Kol and shrugged a little, "I won't say anything…Maybe you should tell Stefan though, that way there's some form of protection."

Caroline nodded a little, "Okay…Rebekah can't know either…I don't want to scare her any more than she is."

Kol nodded, agreeing with her, "Let's go find Stefan then. The sooner the better." He said as Caroline stood, wanting to get this over with already.

Bonnie looked at them and sighed, "Nick is on his way here…I told him that you had called, sounding scared…He'll be here soon."

"Tell him I told you that we got engaged and Uncle Kol wants to take me out to talk…" Caroline said with a small smile.

Bonnie's eyes widened and a huge smile formed on her face as she ran up to Caroline and hugged her, "Congratulations!"

Caroline laughed, "Thank you."

"I want all the details, but later. Go do what you need to…And be careful." Bonnie said as she pulled away from her, then went to kiss Kol's cheek.

Kol smiled and looked at Caroline, "We are going to have a talk either way, Darling."

"I know." Caroline said as they both walked out.

Caroline and Kol saw Nick and Elijah running up the street in the distance and quickly got in his car.

Kol backed up and drove down the road, fast enough that they completely bypassed their family on the sidewalk, "So how did he do it? How'd he pop the question?"

"We were laying on my bed…Talking and he just asked me…After a beautiful speech…I think he was kind of worried that I would say no…" She said, realizing that the talking distracted them from the pair on the sidewalk trying to get their attention.

Kol smiled, "Well he was always the romantic one…And the insecure one."

She nodded, "I'm figuring that out."

As Nick and Elijah went up to the front door of Kol's house, Bonnie opened the door. "They just left…"

"We saw. What happened?" Nick asked as he walked through the open door.

Elijah followed and looked at Bonnie.

"She told us that you proposed, so Kol decided to take her out for a talk. Brother or not, I think he's pretty protective of his niece." Bonnie forced a laugh out, hoping they bought it.

Nick blushed a light shade of red before shrugging, "That's usually how he is."

Elijah nodded, noticing something was off with Bonnie, he decided not to say anything but smile.

He'd figure it out eventually.

"He was let out today. I did everything I could to keep him locked up, but they said he served his time." Stefan said after Caroline showed him the note she had found.

"I figured. I didn't think he'd have someone drop the flowers off…" Caroline said as she crossed her arms, looking around at the park they were sitting in.

"What do we do?" Kol asked.

"I don't know…I have to get back to work, but I'll talk to you guys later, okay?" Stefan said before walking to his car and driving off.

Caroline and Kol slowly walked back to his car, passing all the trees at the local lake, she looked at him and sighed.

"What do you want to do?" He asked her.

"Look for him." Caroline said as she rubbed her eyes.

"No need. I'm right here." A voice came from the tree line as they both turned.

Kol grabbed Caroline by the wrist and pulled her behind himself, protectively. "Following us?"

"Maybe. You guys are pretty easy to find." Mason said as he put his hands in his pockets

"What do you want?" Caroline said to him, glaring daggers at him.

Mason shrugged, his expression giving nothing away, "You got my flowers?"

Caroline made fists and fought the urge to yell at him as she stepped around Kol to face him, "Look, I just want to know, what the hell do you want from me?"

Kol struggled to put distance between Caroline and Mason but she was having none of that, "Just tell me!" Caroline shouted at Mason as she yanked her arm away from Kol's grip.

"We're going to need a whole lot of time for me to explain everything." Mason said as he smiled sardonically, at least that's how Caroline saw it.

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