Hello! First off, I CANNOT BELIEVE the response "Tale As Old As Time" has gotten! I cannot thank all you enough. I am definitely still going to work on that. I just had this idea of a Kolena story not as true to the current episodes. Should I keep working on both? They will be very different, as you will probably see after reading this.
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Faded and Worn, I'm Always Led Back to You
Chapter 1: Remembering the Pain
"You took him away from me," Elena cries. She steps forward to the man she once loved, and stares into the depths of his icy brown eyes. "You took him, filled his head with LIES!" she repeats, growing hysterical. Her voice shakes and she freezes, waiting for him to defend himself. To do something. Instead, he stands there, taking in his destruction. Damon seems caught in the middle, and tries to diffuse the situation.
She hasn't nodded in agreement, but her heartbeat answers for her, making Kol smirk as flashes them upstairs, at a speed that rivals ordinary vampires.
"Kol!" Elena rolls her eyes, but plays along as he tackles her on the bed, throwing the stuffed animal on the floor and focusing his attention on HER. She shakes a teasing finger at him, "If you mess that up then you can say hello to the couch tonight!" His breath caught to quickly for Elena to hear, but he absolutely adored this feisty and controlling side that she saved for him.
He bats his eyes at her, and gently brushes a piece of hair from on her face. She loves his mischievous ways, an ability to find fun in anything. "Oh love, it's just a teddy bear…besides I think you would agree that I'm more… fun to sleep with," he waggles his eyebrows as Elena blushes, knowing exactly what he was implying. She laughs, and then he smiles, happy to see her so carefree and confident.
He sits up on her bed, and pulls down his grey shirt that had ridden up, much to Elena's liking. He takes his time, knowing that she is watching him with fascination. He looks up quickly, and she smiles at him wickedly, "Show off." Kol shakes his head, "Well, you knew that already." Elena crawls over towards him, not as hesitant as she once was before she met him. She nestles into his lap and relishes in the feel of his head tucked into the crook of her neck.
Elena faintly traces the muscles that ripple along Kol's arms, and he reacts by pulling her even close into his chest, her heartbeat the most beautiful song he has ever heard.
Damon has enough nerve to hand her a drink, but she swats it away, not even caring as it fell to the ground with a heavy thud, and shattered all over the dark wooden floors. "Don't you dare hand me that!" she snarls at him, and then whirls back around. Stefan has enough sense to look somewhat remorseful.
"Hey, don't you dare give her that! You little good-for-nothing-" Kol stops his booming voice and steadies himself, as Elena places a kind hand on his back, and looks at him questioningly.
The bar tender backs up, seeing the danger and mischief that radiated off of Kol.
Kol drops his head to whisper in Elena's ear, "I do believe the poor excuse of a human just attempted to roofie you, love." He grins, "But luckily I have a very fine-tuned sense of smell." Elena chuckles, knowing that "fine-tuned" is only the beginning of Kol's abilities.
She glares at the bartender and then whisper in Kol's ear, "Well by all means," she purrs, gesturing to the bartender, "I wouldn't want him to try this again." She pulls his handsome face closer and whispers even more softly. "Then let's get out of here." Elena had to stifle a giggle as Kol flew out of his seat, wanting to punish the man and even more, wanting to very much accept Elena's invitation. She squeezes his hand, feeling the butterflies that never seemed to fade no matter how many times they had been together.