You Are My Home

Chapter One

Her heart was racing and she knew from the way Kol's eyes occasionally flicked over to her that he could hear it loud and clear. She and Kol had just driven past the small 'Welcome To New Orleans' sign and everything inside of her had seemed to freeze. Her body, her thoughts, her smile. She was feeling the complete mixture of happiness and fear.

Happiness because if she looked over she would see him, a small smirk seemingly imprinted on his lips. His eyes looking at her with such a warmth. They were okay. For once, there was just a small glint of both of them having not only a happy ending but a happy ending together.

Fear because of how easy all of it could vanish in front of their eyes.

"Everything alright, love?" Kol's concerned voice broke through her thoughts as she took in a sharp breath. She caught her own reflection in the mirror and cursed under her breath at the site of the few tears that had made their way down her cheeks.

"I'm fine." Davina rushed out to explain well using her sleeve to wipe away the hot tears. Deep down she knew he wasn't going to accept this two-word answer but she hadn't wanted to explain to him the reason why she had been tearing up. Telling the thousand-year-old vampire that the reason she was crying was that for once they had the chance at being together as an actual couple seemed pathetic to her and would probably sound like the most confusing and childish thing Kol would ever hear from her.

"Davina," Kol said, a warning tone playing on his lips as he gripped the steering wheel tighter and stared at her, the car still easily gliding across the empty black road.

She didn't respond, nor did she meet the glare he was shooting at her. Suddenly the car was coming to a slow stop and Davina couldn't hold back the loud sigh that came from her lips as she rolled her eyes back. If there was one thing Kol Mikaleson didn't like it was someone refusing to give him the answer he wanted.

Once the car was pulled over to the side of the road they sat in silence, neither saying a word but the tension was as thick as blood. Davina's dark almond eyes found their way over to Kol who looked even more troubled than her, she noticed this even though the car was surrounded by darkness. His hands were still clenched tightly around the black leather steering wheel and his face was twisted between sadness and.. fear?

"Kol." Davina started to say with a sigh, giving in and being the first to speak but her effort didn't take much effect because as soon as she did Kol began speaking.

"I'm not taking you back to New Orleans," Kol said firmly, his voice leaving no room for argument.

Davina furrowed her eyebrows together and stared in shock, not knowing what the hell Kol was talking about. "Kol, what are you.."

"I know that Josh is there, and Marcellus but we don't know if the Hollow is truly gone, Davina," Kol said, his pleading dark eyes practically begging her to hear him. "And hate me or not I am not going to allow you to get yourself killed-"

"Kol!" Davina finally shouted as what he was talking about sunk in. Kol thought she had been regretting leaving with him. That she had second-guessed leaving New Orleans. "I don't want to go back to New Orleans."

"But you don't want to be here either," Kol said, a kind and understanding tone sticking to his words but Davina could easily find the heartbroken look in his eyes. "Just give me a place. Anywhere that is at least a thousand miles away from New Orleans and I will take you there."

He paused, taking in a deep breath as a small smile found his lips. "You will never see a Mikaelson again.."

She couldn't allow him to finish his sentence, pain burning in her throat and heart as these words shot across her like a cold bucket of water. She pressed her warm lips to his cool ones, moving hers gently against him as he remained still. It was when Davina's arms wrapped their way around his neck that he responded, his moves hesitant yet desperate.

They didn't pull back until Davina was out of breath, her cheeks wet as she grabbed his face and forced his eyes to meet hers.

"I love you, Kol Mikaelson." She said, looking deep into his eyes as they narrowed, almost as if he was searching for any sense of a lie. She knew he wasn't going to find anything so she didn't dare break eye contact.

When he didn't respond but his facial features softened, she continued. "I was crying because, for the first time since finding out you were a Mikaelson, there was just the smallest bit of hope that we could actually be together. None of your siblings, Marcel or anything centering around the Mikaelson family standing in front of us, making us.."

"Doomed to fail?" Kol asked, the small smirk on his lips returning to tease her as he touched her cheek and wiped away her tears. She rolled her eyes and chuckled, shooting a mock glare at him.

"Yes." She said as she smiled and moved closer to the hand on her cheek.

"I love you." She repeated. "Regardless of what and who I left In New Orleans there's nowhere else I'm ever gonna wanna be than with you, Kol."

"New Orleans was your home," Kol told her, saying this as if it was written by God himself.

"And now you're my home." She said without a moment of hesitation watching the way Kol's face changed as she said this.

He didn't say anything, just stared deep into her eyes, and then her lips causing her to clear her throat and shift a bit. She was still not used to someone looking at her the way that Kol did. Josh looked at her like she was a shining star that had came into his life right when he needed it, like a long-lost sister that he never knew he needed till laying eyes on her. And Marcel looked at her like she was still a little girl, someone who needed protection from anything and everyone. He looked at her like the daughter he never had the chance to have.

Kol looked at her in a way she had never seen before. He looked at her like she was the one and only thing he lived for. Like every moment their eyes met, he would just as equally wanna connect their lips. He looked at her like if anyone but him put their hands on her, threatening or not, he would rip them to shreds. This is how every single glance looked like to her.

"So I guess that means you're stuck with me." As soon as her teasing sentence came to a pause his lips were colliding with hers. The urgent kiss instantly taking her breath away within two seconds. She was left whining when he pulled back from her quickly.

"I love you, Davina Claire," Kol said, completely awestruck as he kissed her lips once more.

His hands found their way to her waist as they moved their lips together once again.

In one quick movement, Kol had pulled her closer to him, her thighs straddling him as he removed her black jacket at what must have been vampire speed and connected his warm mouth to her exposed neck.

Davina moaned, slamming her neck back and giving him full access to nip and suck on the exposed flesh.

"Kol." She moaned out, feeling the familiar heat pool between her thighs as his hands traveled under her shirt and up her waist.

She pulled him away from her neck, instantly regretting it because of how much she missed the feeling. He was smirking, damn well aware of what he was doing to her body and unknowingly to her at the time, he had left a mark there, claiming her as his own. She connected their lips again and moved her body closer to him, smirking herself as she heard a low growl come from him.

She opened her eyes and saw the black veins appearing under his eyes that shockingly remained brown, they were a shade darker than usual and filled with pure lust and just knowing that she was the one who caused it brought a surge of confidence to her.

Her hands traveled down his covered chest before settling right where his belt buckle was, an evil smile played on her lips as Kol's eyes lifted to meet hers. She wanted nothing more than to feel his hands traveling across her bare body, but a serge to please him outdid all of that. She wanted to touch him, to make him moan her name and want her in every single way possible.

"Davina," Kol said, a warning tone to his voice as she undid the belt easily and bit her lip, watching as his eyes followed that movement, she knew from their first night together how much that drove him crazy.

Her movements were stopped as he grabbed her wrist, she gasped at the rough movement as her eyes raised to him.

Her first thought that screamed at her was 'did I do something wrong'? She wanted to voice this thought but knew Kol would tell her she didn't even if she did so she settled on leaving it to the hurt look that made it's way to her eyes.

Kol looked at her before seeming as if he had just read her mind, he chuckled. She looked at him in confusion and shock as he released her wrist before bringing it up to his lips and longingly kissing it.

"We've been together once, darling," Kol said slowly, a grin coming to his lips at her confusion. She without a doubt knew he was talking about how they had only ever spent the night together sexually once. After their first time together, also known as one of the best nights of her short life, all hell had broke loose. The curse the ancestors put on Kol had interfered with everything in their romantic life. Kol had been afraid to be around her let alone touch her once finding out about the bloodthirsty curse. Despite her desperate need for him during those times, he wouldn't touch her, even though whenever he would even look at her she wanted nothing more than to be pinned beneath him. And when she had come back to life, they had been too busy with the emotional aspect of it all to even think about anything other than just holding each other for the entire first night after she had come back to life.

"Okay.. more than once but we have spent only one night together." He rephrased teasingly as she blushed. Recalling that they had definitely not only had sex once during that entire night.

"I swear on my immortal life that the second time I get to touch you like that will not be in a cluttered car, in the dark where I can't even properly look at you," Kol said, his voice full of pure lust as his eyes looked up at down her entire body. At that moment she realized just how close they were. She was sitting on his lap and their hands were all over each other.

She let out a small gasp as his hand gripped her side tighter, the protective and needy motion making her skin tingle with anticipation. Even in the dark, she could see the way he was looking at her and it made her want him, bad.

She let out the breath she hadn't know she was holding and smiled, leaning towards him for one final sweet kiss.

He moaned deeply as she forced herself to pull back.

"I guess we should find a place to spend the night then, huh?" She asked playfully, not wanting to wait endless hours to kiss his lips again. From the way Kol's eyes darkened again she could tell that he fully agreed.

She moved off of him and back to her seat, laughing at how awkward it was to get over the shift indicator. Kol was no help, just watching and occasionally snorting out a laugh as she practically fell into her seat.

"Screw you." She said in a mock angry voice, glaring at him playfully.

"Like I said, gotta find a hotel first darling." Kol cheekily replied, laughing loudly as she slapped his shoulder. They were on the road again in mear seconds.