Hi again!

So I actually had planned to write a Klaroline fic since I was finished with Three Tuxedos (for now) but I got inspiration for this story instead! Weird how writing works like that.

Here is my first solely Kennett fic called "Unfinished Business" which takes place... well just read it and you'll know exactly when it takes place :)

Read, review and thank you!

"The Kol I remember was adamantly against hell on earth." Bonnie Bennett said coldly as she turned to look at the vampire as they came into the boiler room.

"I was," Kol Mikaelson began, as he headed to the opposite wall. "Until I was in hell. Now I would very much like to be back on earth."

His head turned to Bonnie and that's when he noticed something on the ground. Bonnie's body was lying in front of him.

His face scrunched up slightly in confusion. "What's this?" He asked her.

"It's me." Bonnie admitted. "I died last night."

Kol looked up at her, his mouth open in surprise.

"I'm a ghost," Bonnie continued. "And I want the same thing you want. I don't want to be on the other side with unfinished business."

She began speaking quickly. "I want my parents to see me off to college. I want to decorate my dorm room with my best friends."

She slowed down again, passion filling her words. "I want to stay here, Kol. More than anything."

Kol smiled and moved towards the witch. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's do it together."

Now it was Bonnie's turn to be surprised. "You'd actually help me? Why?"

Kol stopped right in front of her. "As I've already mentioned, there are benefits for me if the veil stays down."

He then smiled again. "And like you said, I don't want to be on the other side with unfinished business."

Bonnie frowned and folded her arms. "I hope you don't mean getting revenge on my friends."

Kol rolled his eyes. "Oh all right then. How about we make a deal? You and I work together to keep the veil down for good and I promise I won't kill any of your annoying little friends."

Bonnie eyed him, wanting to make sure he was being genuine. As far as she could tell, he was.

"I can't have my friends in danger from all of the people who want to kill them." Bonnie pointed out.

"Well then, why don't we put the veil back up but bring us back to life? If that's possible?" Kol suggested.

Bonnie thought it over. Actually, yes it would be very possible.

"Alright." She agreed and began heading for the door to the boiler room.

A second later she heard Kol coming behind her. "So, where are we headed?" He asked, his voice excited.

Bonnie couldn't help but smile at his enthusiasm. "The centre of the expression triangle. It's time to put the veil back up and bring us back to life."

Kol moved his eyes around the cave. They were underneath the high school in what Bonnie said was the exact center of the triangle where the three massacres had occurred.

Every couple of seconds, Kol would flick his eyes back to Bonnie, standing on the other side of the cave with her head bowed and her eyes closed. She appeared to be doing nothing whatsoever.

After another 5 minutes of this, Kol began to speak. "So… is this going to take very long, little witch?"

Bonnie shushed him and Kol held his hands up to his chest. "Just asking."

He went back to looking around the cave but his patience was wearing thin. He wanted to be alive, to be free to exact his revenge.

Oh, he very much wished the little witch would get her dorm room and live out her college fantasies but as for him not getting some kind of revenge on the doppelganger, did she think he was just going to forget what she did to him?

Unlike his darling brother Nik, Kol didn't back down when someone crossed him.

Suddenly, the lights from the two flame torches went out, pulling Kol out of his reverie.

As he opened his mouth to say a witty remark about her not trying anything funny in the darkness, the lights came back up and Bonnie began to speak.

"It's done. All of the supernatural creatures will have returned to the Other Side." She declared.

Kol smirked and cocked his head, impressed. "That was quite something, little witch."

"Will you stop calling me that?" Bonnie cried in annoyance.

"What should I call you then?"

Bonnie began to move away from him and out of the cave. "Nothing, because we are never going to see each other again."

Kol ignored her words as he followed after her. "I think I'll just go with 'darling.' It's been a while since I called someone that without meaning it ironically, but you've deserved it. Congratulations."

"Don't you have some unfinished business to attend to?" Bonnie said turning on him and stopping him in his tracks.

Kol stared into her eyes. She was right of course. The sooner he got on with killing Elena, the happier he would be.

But as he looked at Bonnie, the spark of youth still clear in her eyes, he knew he had to keep his promise. He couldn't kill her friend after she had brought him back to life.

Kol let out a deep breath in resignation. "Actually..." He began slowly, "I have no idea what to do now."

Bonnie looked surprised at his confession. He really had nothing to do or nowhere to be? Shouldn't he be having a reunion with his family or something like that?

But then she remembered the state his family had been left in before he died. Of course he wouldn't want to see his family again.

For a moment she actually pitied him.

But then the moment passed. "I'm sure you'll find someone's life to destroy for your own amusement." Bonnie said coldly as she turned her back on him and left through the cave entrance.

Kol's expression changed to one of anger.

"Would you like to say that again, darling?" He mocked and vampire sped in front of her, her face becoming rigid with shock.

She recovered and glared right back at him. "Knowing you, there are thousand cruel things you've been dying to do since you couldn't do them on the other side."

"Interesting choice of words." Kol spat out, only just controlling his rage.

Bonnie hit him slightly in the chest, pushing him back a step and making him even angrier. "Go on. Be the 'evil Original' I know you are."

Bonnie wanted to hit him again but she knew that was pointless. Instead she held out her arm and began to use an expression spell on him. But before she could release it, Kol grabbed her wrist and held it in mid-air.

Bonnie tried to free her arm but her strength was no match for the ancient Original.

Kol looked down at her wrist for a long, tense moment before his eyes flicked back up to hers.

"But you don't know me, Bonnie Bennett." He said quietly in almost a whisper. Bonnie stared back into his eyes and then Kol let go of her wrist.

"And you never will."

Bonnie looked at him once more. Then without another word, she walked quickly passed him out of the cave and Kol let her go.

Kol stood outside the Salvatore boarding house later that night. He knew Elena was in there as well as Damon. He had no idea where Stefan was but neither did he care. Kol knew Elena was inside and vulnerable with only Damon to protect her but he just couldn't bring himself to go inside.

He'd made the choice back in the cave not to kill the witch's friend.

Kol picked up a large rock off the ground and threw it in his anger but was glad when it didn't hit the house. He didn't want them to know something was up.

He turned away from the house and began walking down the street. What was he going to do now?!

So he couldn't get revenge on Elena. Even after she'd plotted and orchestrated his death. He couldn't do it out of a sense of gratitude to the witch.

That damned witch! Who did she think she was trying to threaten him with magic?

His mind raced back to when she'd used magic on him before, in the corridor at the high school all those weeks ago.

She hadn't been in control of her expression back then.

Kol stopped in his tracks.

That's right! The witch knew expression. He knew because the witches he'd once hung around a few centuries ago had also practised the form.

Bonnie seemed to have mastered it somewhat by now but was still nowhere near to the lengths these witches had.

Bonnie sure could learn a thing or two from them.

Kol's lips pulled into a smirk.

He knew exactly what he was going to do now.

After several hours of explaining to her mother and father the events of the entire day, Bonnie had finally escaped into her bedroom. They were the only two, besides from Kol, who knew she was alive and that she'd died at all. She'd get around to telling the others tomorrow.

But right now, Bonnie wanted sleep. It had been a long day what with graduation and removing the veil. She was very tired so she was glad to crawl into bed and turn out the light.

But 20 minutes later, there was a tapping at her bedroom window. At first she ignored it, thinking it was just a figment of her imagination but then the tapping came again.

Bonnie lifted her head up, listening for the noise again.

"Darling, open up. I know you're awake." Came Kol's distinctive accent through the wall of her bedroom to the outside.

Bonnie was surprised and slightly suspicious as she went to her curtain and opened it a fraction.

Kol's face was very close to the window and he was grinning.

"Cute pyjamas." He observed, looking down at her fleece top.

Bonnie covered her torso with her arms in embarrassment. "What do you want, Kol?"

"I have a proposition for you."

Bonnie continued looking at him, waiting for him to continue but Kol just stood there.

Eventually, Bonnie cocked her head. "Well? What is it?"

"I'm not telling you with a pane of glass between us, darling. Come outside. I could lift you through the window if you want?" Kol suggested with a grin.

Bonnie scoffed. "Ugh, no thanks. I'll go around. My mom and dad are hopefully not in the front room anymore."

Kol lifted his chin and remained silent for a second before he relaxed again. "No, they're not." He said, obviously having used his vampire hearing to check where their breaths were coming from. "They're in the bedroom. Getting it on."

Bonnie's mouth opened in disgust. "Kol!" She cried.

Kol laughed and double over slightly. "I'm kidding." He choked out. He waved his hand. "Now come round."

Bonnie closed the curtain behind her roughly in frustration. She went to her wardrobe and pulled out a sweatshirt to cover her pyjama-wearing-state and then snuck out of the room.

When she was out the front door, she came around to where Kol was standing by her bedroom window.

Kol looked down at her sweatshirt but made no comment.

"What do you want, Kol?" Bonnie asked, wanting to get this over with.

"As you well know, I have been at the mercy end of your expression and let's just say it could do with some improvement."

Bonnie was about to retort but Kol talked over her.

"Which is why," He began quickly holding a finger up, "my proposition is this, little witch. I could take you to see some witches who are well versed in the art of expression. Maybe they could give you a few pointers?"

Bonnie's eyes widened. "Take… take me to see some witches?"

Kol nodded. "I thought maybe it could be my thanks for you lowering the veil. But only if you're interested of course."

Bonnie remained silent, thinking it over. He would really do that for her?

"Wait, but you would be coming…" She pointed out hesitantly.

Kol put a hand to his chest in mock hurt. "You're killing me, Bonnie."

Bonnie tried to hold it in but she began laughing at his words.

Kol looked confused until he realised what he'd said. He laughed along with her. "Oh right, those choice of words again. We have got to stop doing that."

Their laughing came to a stop a moment later and Bonnie smiled slightly.

"I'll think about it." She said and began walking back to the front door of the house.

Kol remained standing there as he watched her walk off.

"You can have one day to think it over." He called out to her and she stopped in the doorway.

"Think of this as you fulfilling your unfinished business, darling." He called again. "Mastering your magic."

Bonnie took in his words before she smiled once again and then disappeared inside the house.

Kol lingered for a moment before he walked away, confident that he would see the witch again very soon.

Thanks for reading! Reviews are much appreciated :)