Kol just stared at her. Perfect. He didn't quite remember her.

"Violet Anderson," He said finally after several moments. "I thought you would be dead by now."
"And miss the chance of picking up where we left off. Besides we both know I'm not stupid enough to get killed. Not even you could kill me." She said bitterly. The look on his face was priceless. Kol certainly remembered the weeks of torture.
"Now that I am free, I wanted to apologize for how I treated you. I deserved everything that you did to me." Said Kol, actually sounded apologetic, he obviously didn't want to get in her bad books again.
"I don't want to hear it, Kol. I'm over it. It's been a century and a half, I don't hold grudges." Violet said acting as best she could, she in fact did not forgive Kol and he was the perfect victim for her to take her anger out on.
He searched her eyes but she managed to hold the stare. "Why don't I believe you?"
"You always were smart, Kol. Enjoy your drink." She said while she walked away. Violet could feel his eyes on her even when she met back up with Elena, Caroline and Bonnie.
"What was that?!" asked Caroline.

"Just wait and see." said Violet giving a little wink. Kol picked up his drink and took a large gulp from it; he spat it out and started choking violently. Klaus burst out with laughter, as did the four girls.

"I spiked his drink with vervain when he wasn't looking." laughed Violet. Kol shot her a look of death and then motioned for her to follow him outside.

"And now I must leave, my 'evil' plan is working." said Violet.

"You're actually going to follow him?" Elena asked shocked.

"Why not, I could have a little fun with this." said Violet back, she said goodbye and then left to find Kol.

-1853 New York-

It was dark and damp in the alley where Violet had dragged her latest victim; she covered him with papers and trash, set him alight and walked back onto the street where she had a carriage waiting to take her back to her manor. The driver was compelled so she did not have to explain herself every time she made a kill; it was also good to have someone help cover her tracks, not that anyone could point her out as the killer. The journey back to the manor was different this time though; someone was following her, had someone seen her? She would have sensed it if someone was in the immediate area. Although there was no one there when Violet arrived back home, she put it down as just being tired and that her mind was playing tricks on her. After sending her driver home for the evening she got herself ready for bed, it wasn't until after she blew the candle in her room out that she heard the noise. In the silence of the night she heard footsteps coming closer and closer to her bedroom.

"Is that you Joshua?" she called out, thinking it might be her driver. There was no answer. She got out of her bed and went to her dresser, she kept a small dagger in there for protection, of course she could just use her fangs but she preferred not to in occasions like this, she didn't want to kill them straight away, that would come later. Violet went to her door and quickly swung it open, someone had lit all the candles in the corridor. She followed the lit candles until she found her driver, Joshua, lying dead on the ground. Two puncture wounds in his neck screamed of a vampire attack. Beyond his body there were words written in his blood on the wall:

'I admire your work'

So she wasn't going crazy, there was someone following her, a vampire. Violet knew of only a few vampires in the area and she did not recognise the scent of this one. She could tell that he was male though, they would have to be acquainted soon, and it was about time she found someone new in her life. Violet thought it would be best to leave the body clearing for morning, if anyone else saw her at this hour, well she didn't need any more unwanted attention.

The next morning Violet was woken up by the sound of screaming, after last night's events she could only guess that the maid had found Joshua's body. She got dressed and went to find the maid to compel her to forget, she walked out to see Joshua feeding of the maid instead of being dead. He dropped her body to the ground and turned to Violet.

"What am I?!" He screeched and quickly grabbed her by the throat, pinning her against the wall.

"You have been turned into a vampire. Do you remember what happened?" she asked calmly.

"An English man showed up and made me let him in, and then told me to feed off his blood. He told me to give you a message." said Joshua.

"Yes, it seems someone saw my work last night and followed me back home. I'm sorry this happened to you but you seem to have handled the transition well enough. What did he say?" Violet was beginning to think this vampire was just out to be a nuisance than anything else.

"That you'll meet soon, I can't really remember. Although I can remember each and every time you made me forget what you do every single night!" Joshua was starting to get angry again. Violet knew that emotions were heightened when you become a vampire but she had no idea how much of an angry person Joshua really was, mainly because she had compelled him so many times that he was the perfect lackey.

"Oh please, I don't want to deal with you right now. You would do best to leave as you know exactly what and I can and will do to you." threatened Violet. He released her throat and ran, gone in less than three seconds. Now all Violet had to do was figure out who this mysterious vampire stalker was and why he was infatuated enough with her to break into her home and turn her personal driver, and only friend, into a vampire.

-2012-

It took awhile for Violet to catch up with Kol Mikaelson, he probably wanted to get her as far away from everyone else as possible. She found him behind an alley draining the blood out of a poor victim.

"Subtle." she said, startling him. He compelled the man to forget and go about his business before sauntering over to her.

"Like you can talk with that show you just pulled back there." he said wiping blood off his mouth, his tone was full of hate.

"It's not like it would have killed you, only a little vervain." she retorted. His eyes never left hers.

"You don't understand do you? You were the reason I was put in that damn coffin for all those years." he said, Violet was stunned she had no idea. "Elijah may have rescued me but Klaus found me shortly after, he said how we acted together made me a 'liability' and that vampires could be exposed because of all the killings we did. I begged him not to kill you, so he daggered me instead."

Violet was completely speechless, she could not believe that he had done that for her, even after all she did to him.

"I-I'm so sorry Kol." she stammered but he just waved her off, she tried hard not to cry but the realisation of everything that had happened in the past 24 hours was becoming too much; current lover dead because ex lover's brother was killed, ex lover comes back into life after 150 years and all those feelings of hate and also love came running back to her.

"I missed you Kol, I didn't realise how much until now." she said through tear stained eyes.

"Yeah? I missed living for 150 years! And it was all for you. Why are you even here?" the harshness in his voice was more than apparent.

"My husband died because he was of the same bloodline as your brother Finn. I came here to exact my revenge but the Doppelganger and her Salvatore boyfriend won't let me. I was going to take it out on you instead, hence the vervain, but I don't feel like doing that now." she nodded her head and slowly walked away before he could give her a reply. The silence from behind her meant that he wasn't following, most likely gone off to find something else to kill.

When she got back to the Grill she could see the girls still sitting and enjoying their drinks, she went up to the bar to order herself one, the first of many to come, she thought.

"You know, love, Kol doesn't easily get riled up." smirked Kol's older brother Klaus. She really wasn't in the mood to deal with him.

"You know what, love," she said mimicking his voice, "I don't get easily pissed off and yet here I am pissed off and just waiting for you to give me an excuse to tear your throat out." not even saying that sent Klaus away. He just chuckled.

"Fine, fine. I will leave you to your drink, this time. The next time it will be me who will be doing the throat ripping, like I should have done 150 years ago." whispered Klaus into her ear. Klaus did scare her but she had tried her hardest to stay away from him for all these years, she really did not know how much he wished her dead. Downing the rest of her drink and ordering another she went to sit with the girls.

"So...?" Caroline asked after the few minutes of silence that came from Violet, "What happened with Kol?" Violet was starting to realise how nosy these girls were.

"Nothing, a little talk, nothing of importance." she said quietly. "Do I have to be held at the Salvatore Boarding House?"

Elena shook her head, "Unless you can think of another way for us to keep an eye on you."

Caroline's eyes lit up and a big grin replaced her mouth. "You can stay with me! I have blood and an extra room, and I am way better company than the grouchy, broody Salvatore's." almost better company, thought Violet but she decided it would be a better option than staying with them.

"Okay, sure. If you trust me enough I would like to leave in the morning." she stated.

"You can't go. You are the only person that is linked to my family and we still don't trust you enough not to go and massacre the entire town." was Elena's response to that. Violet would love nothing more than to do just that, though she also wanted to leave alive. That didn't often happen with vampires who venture out to Mystic Falls.

They went back to drinking their drinks, Violet noticed that Caroline was smiling and looking at something in the corner of her eye, Violet discreetly turned her head to see who she was smiling at, Klaus Mikaelson, and the other two girls seemed to be completely oblivious to the blonde vampire's actions. She wondered how long they had been together and if her friends would approve, that she highly doubted.

"Careful now, Caroline," she whispered out of earshot to the girl, "Even I can see where your affections lie." the smile on Caroline's face disappeared instantly.

"Please don't tell them." Caroline said, her eyes now glued to Elena and Bonnie who were fortunately immersed in their own conversation.

"I may have once been the queen of torture but I would never do that. Of course I would rat him out to his brothers but I wouldn't you to your friends, I'm not going to though because Klaus already wants me dead and it would be stupid to add to the list of reasons." she smiled. A look of relief drenched over Caroline, maybe they could trust her. After Elena and Bonnie left Violet had to stay with Caroline while she talked to Klaus, he was not too pleased to have to be around Violet.

"Had you guys met before tonight?" asked an innocent Caroline.

"No, thankfully." answered Violet, Caroline frowned.

"Nik is not that bad once you get to know him." said Caroline, trying to win over Violet because she was the only one who knew about them.

"Caroline, once someone has made multiple threats on your life there is no 'get to know him'" retorted Violet.

"I'm sure the one thing we both agree on is how much you need to leave, Violet." Klaus shot at her.

"I would but I don't know where Caroline lives, and I can't go home because I 'might' kill one too many people." Violet shot back. Caroline had had enough, something obviously happened between Violet and the Originals in the past but neither of them were going to say. Caroline plotted to find out when she and Violet were alone.

"I think it's time to go, Violet. See you tomorrow Nik." said Caroline giving Klaus a quick peck on the lips.

Caroline was unusually quiet on the drive to her house, Violet could tell that she was about to burst with questions about her and the Originals but she still kept quiet. Once Caroline invited her into the house she gave her a quick tour, still not saying anything that was really on her mind.

"And finally, this is the spare room that you can stay in." finished Caroline.

"Thanks, I can tell you are dying to know about my history. Elena didn't tell you did she?" teased Violet. Caroline shook her head; she seriously looked like she was going to burst with a mass of questions.

"How do you know Kol?" Caroline asked quickly.

"We dated for a long time." she answered.

"How long's a long time?" asked Caroline almost immediately.

"10 years." sighed Violet, Caroline raised her eyebrows in surprise.

"What happened?"

"He wanted something new, so I held him captive and tortured him." said Violet with an almost bored tone, she knew once Caroline had started with the questions she wouldn't stop.

"Is he good in bed?" Violet had expected she would get asked something like that.

"It was the most insane sex I ever had." was her response. Caroline looked impressed.

"What was Andy like?" another question she had expected.

"He was actually the complete opposite to Kol, he was very reserved, well until I got a hold of him. Where Kol and I were complete riots and nutcases, Andy balanced me out, we worked together perfectly." she looked down at her fingernails, once perfect and now they were a chewed mess.

Caroline was silent for a few minutes as if thinking of another question.

"Crazy can be perfect too. Who needs balance when you can have hot passion." exclaimed Caroline.

"Are you suggesting that I should go after Kol?" said Violet shocked.

"That's exactly what I'm saying, it was more than obvious that Kol still has feelings for you. I know that things are hard right now, but it's not like you don't have forever to act on feelings I can tell you still have." boy Caroline sure was deep at times, it left Violet even more shocked.

"Caroline Forbes you are very good at reading people. Thank you." it was now that she realised not only how much she missed Kol but how much she still loved him. And she had completely ruined any chance with him by being a complete bitch, even though it was warranted bitching.

"So you and Klaus, is that all hot and passionate?" pried Violet, she wanted to do some interrogating too.

If Caroline could blush she would have been, "Actually we haven't yet umm... you know."

"Wow I thought you two would be all over each other every moment you could get." said Violet.

"If Nik had it his way it would be exactly like that, but I want him to work for it." giggled Caroline.

"Why do you call him Nik and not Klaus like everyone else." she asked another question, it was only fair in her opinion.

"I don't really know. I used to call him it because it annoyed him and I guess it just stuck." answered Caroline.

"I have one last question: why won't you tell the Doppelganger or the Witch about your relationship?" searched Violet.

"Because... because he is the enemy and I don't want to choose between my best friends and Nik." confessed Caroline.

"When it comes to love, Caroline, no one can judge." and with that they said they goodnights and went to bed.

Violet went to sleep thinking about what Caroline had said, there was definitely still something and after 150 years, it was like meeting him again for the first time.

-1853, one week after the first message-

Violet was attending the new Mayor of New York's charity ball; she was on the hunt for any trustworthy families with a driver that she could compel. Also she had received a letter early that morning from that pesky vampire saying that he would be there tonight. She kept her eyes peeled for vampires but after sweeping through the ball room and other rooms that weren't locked in the Manor she gave up searching and went to get something to eat... of the human variety. Just as she had chosen the 'lucky' suitor someone tapped her shoulder beckoning her to dance. He was extremely handsome with short brown hair, hungry chocolate brown eyes, and the sweetest smile she had ever seen and looked no older than she. He offered out his hand and she gladly took it, he twirled her around before bringing them back together to start the centuries old waltz. She knew exactly who he was; Kol Mikaelson from the wealthiest family at this ball, what she did not know though, was that he was a vampire and an old one at that. After the dance he led her to get some beverages.

"You look absolutely ravishing in white, so elegant... and pure." he whispered seductively in her ear, she found it ironic as she was the complete opposite of every adjective he used.

"Mr Mikaelson you are by far the most handsome man at this entire event." she whispered back.

"Please call me Kol, how would you like to get out of here." he whispered again in the same tone sending shivers down her neck. She was so enthralled by his voice that all she could do was nod.

"We can get a cab so that we don't ruin your pretty gown." again she could only nod. Violet had gone home with plenty of men before but tonight was different, the tables seemed as is if they were in reverse. She was not the one in control. The carriage ride was in silence, Kol stared at her like she was something to eat, as intimidating as it was she didn't change her expression to show it, she stared right back with the same hungry eyes.

He didn't advance on her until they were up to his room, then he was like an animal just released from a cage, wild and hungry. His eyes lit up as he pulled her in for the first kiss, sparks flying as well as his jacket and tie. Violet ripped them off as he went to work on her bodice. Normally with vampire speed and strength she would just tear it away from her body, but Kol savoured every pull of the silk until it would just slide away naturally. She let his eyes linger across her creamy skin before grabbing the belt on his trousers and slowly removing them. Even with all the experience she had it would never have been enough for that night. He laid her down gently on the bed kissing down her neck and to her chest, she moaned as his tongue circled around her breasts and further down her body, moaning harder as his tongue worked like magic. She screamed with pleasure as he finally penetrated her going fast and hard until they both reached the height of their emotions. He sunk down on top of her and rolled next to her on the bed, they were both panting hard.

"Oh my God," breathed Violet, "That was amazing." Kol smiled like he heard those words on a daily basis but this time he felt something more, like he would still hear those words often but they would be from the same woman, Violet. He quickly rid his brain of such thoughts and turned over facing away from her. No, this was a one time off, meaningless sex, that's all it was, he thought. That's all Violet thought it would be too, they were both so wrong.

-2012-

Violet awoke from her dream with a start, she was dripping with sweat and was unnecessarily breathing hard, she had dreamt of their first night together, the night they met.

The words, "Oh God." escaped her lips as she buried her face in the pillow and tried to forget.