Mia walked into her kitchen to already see Kol leaning against the counter wearing jeans and no shirt.

She cursed herself for staring too long at his toned body. Kol noticed and smirked.

"Good to see you still find me attractive," he said.

Mia rolled her eyes as she walked past him to get a glass of orange juice.

"You should eat something," he said.

"I'm not hungry."

"Mia."

"Kol," she mocked.

He tried to hold a serious look, but he couldn't help smile at her stubbornness. It was one of the things he loved about her.

"Fine. Then I guess we'll just talk about last night," Kol said.

"I'll handle Derrick myself," Mia stated.

"Mia, you don't even know who this Derrick is. You don't know what he really wants from you or how dangerous he is. You really think I'm going to let you face all this alone?" he said.

"Why did you even come back?" she asked softly.

"I told you I would."

"I figured you were lying."

Kol was hurt by her words. Did she really think that low of him now? Did she really not trust him anymore?

"Why would I lie to you?" he said.

"It wouldn't be the first time Kol."

He sighed. "I only lied to you back then in order to protect you. I couldn't bear the thought of you getting hurt because of me."

"I can take care of myself Kol."

Kol stepped closer to her, trapping her against the counter.

"Careful Kol. You know I can send you flying backwards," she warned.

He cupped her face in his hands. "But you won't."

"Kol-"

"No. You need to listen. You know I'm not the type to apologize. To anyone. Except when it comes to you. I'm sorry Mia. I'm sorry I lied to you, but I was only trying to keep you safe. After my own mother tried to kill our entire family, I wasn't going to take any chances to let anyone try it again. When I found out that everyone was trying to get the cure, which would raise Silas, I knew I had to make sure you stayed here. Raising Silas meant the end of the world. I had to protect you. I had to protect what we had."

"You should have told me sooner what was really going on. You almost died Kol. Jeremy Gilbert almost killed you with that damn stake. If I hadn't followed you back to Mystic Falls and gotten to the Gilbert house in time, you would be dead for good," Mia argued.

"I know. And I'm so grateful for that love. I really am."

"If you wanted to protect what we had, you should have told me the truth," Mia said.

Kol sighed. "I couldn't bring myself to. I was afraid the Gilberts or Salvatores would try to harm you. I had to lie and say I needed space. I had to tell you that I needed to be with my family. I couldn't bring you into that mess. But of course, you saw through my lies. You knew something was wrong. You chose to follow me when I specifically told you I couldn't see you for awhile," he said, smiling a bit at the end. "You always were stubborn."

"This isn't funny Kol. I was worried about you! I didn't want to lose you!"

"I know darling. I know."

Kol wiped away the tears that had begun to slide down her face. Mia may have been a strong witch, but Kol was her weakness. He was the only one who could break her down.

"Kol, I…I gave up everything for you. I broke off my own engagement to be with you and you left me. You say you wanted to protect me, but you hurt me. You promised that you would never lie to me but you did."

Kol frowned. "And I've regretted it every day. I was wrong to lie. I know. I don't know what else you want me to say. I explained everything after you saved me that night, but you still came back here angry at me. I know you Mia. Better than anyone else. This isn't just about me lying to you. What else is it?"

Mia looked down at the floor. Kol grabbed her chin in his hand.

"Tell me," he said.

"It's nothing."

"Now who's lying?" Kol said. "You're being a hypocrite."

She glared at him. "You really want to know? Fine. I was tired of you treating me as if I were weak. All my life I've been treated as if I were some fragile doll. But I'm not. You should have trusted me from the beginning to be strong enough to handle it all. I loved you Kol. I would have done anything to protect you."

"Including getting yourself killed over me?"

"Yes," she answered without hesitation.

He looked deeply into her eyes. "I wouldn't have wanted you to do that. Still wouldn't."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that because while you were gone, I got over you."

"You're still lying."

"No, I'm not."

Kol pulled her closer to his body. His lips hovered over hers. He could hear her heart speed up. He began placing kisses along her jaw, moving his lips to her ear.

"Are you telling me that you don't love me anymore?" he whispered.

"Yes," she said in a shakey voice.

He smirked. "You sure about that love?" he said before kissing her neck.

Mia bit her lip to keep from moaning when Kol began nipping at her skin. He picked her up and placed her on the counter before finally placing his lips on hers. He wrapped her legs around his waist before placing his hands on her lower back. Mia couldn't help but tangle her fingers in his brown hair. He almost growled when she began pulling his hair. Their tongues battled for dominance, but of course, Kol won as he usually did.

Mia's senses finally kicked in as Kol's hands began wandering underneath her top. She pushed him away.

"No. I'm still mad at you," she said, hopping off the counter. "I'm not letting you win so easily."

Kol smiled and pulled her back into his arms.

"Darling, we both know I already won," he said before kissing her again.

"Kol," she warned.

"Mia," he mocked.

All of a sudden, Kol found himself being flung across the room. He smirked at her.

"Now, love, you know I've never been opposed to rough sex," he said.

Mia glared. "I hate you."

"No, you don't. You never could. Just like I could never hate you. You still love me just as much as I love you. You're the only woman I've ever managed to love Mia. You know that."

He ran his thumb over her cheek and Mia couldn't help but lean into his hand. She had missed his touch.

"They managed to raise Silas, didn't they?" Mia asked.

He sighed. "Yes. But that's all been taken care of."

"How?"

"It doesn't matter. What matters is that it's all over."

"What about the cure?"

"Elena Gilbert shoved it down Katerina Petrova's throat."

"You should have let me stay. I could have prevented it all."

He sighed. "I know."

Mia looked at the sadness in his eyes. She sighed. "Kol…"

He walked back over to her. "What is it darling?"

"Where did you go? Why haven't I heard from you in months?"

"After they raised Silas, I needed to help take them down. We made somewhat of a truce. I would help as long as they didn't try to kill me."

"And you actually agreed to a truce?"

He smiled slightly. "Elijah convinced me. It was the only way to protect my family. And you. Trust me, it wasn't easy. You don't know how many times I wanted to kill them all, especially Elena and Jeremy. But I had to keep reminding myself that I needed to come back to you. I know I should have told you what was going on but I knew that Silas would try to use you against me. I had to keep you out of it all again."

Mia crossed her arms, stepping away from Kol. She took a deep breath.

"I'm going to go take a shower."

"Mia…"

"Just give me a little bit to process this all Kol. Please."

"Mia?"

"What?"

"I know you would have been able to handle it. But I don't think I could have. If you had died…if any of them had harmed you…I wouldn't have been able to handle it. I just didn't want to lose you forever. Please understand that."

Mia didn't say anything. She showered and changed. As she walked into her bedroom, she saw Kol sitting on her bed. He still hadn't put a shirt on.

She could see him holding a photo of them together.

"I carried this with me every single day we were apart," Kol said.

She sat down beside him and laid her head on his shoulder.

"I missed you so much Mia," he said as he intertwined their fingers.

"I missed you too."

"I just didn't want you to di-"

"I know Kol. I know. I get why you did it. And I forgive you," she said softly.

He looked at her. "You do?"

"Yes. But I swear, if you ever do that to me again, I will kill you. If we're going to be together, then we need to trust each other and be honest with each other."

"I promise love."

Mia placed a hand on his cheek and kissed him softly.

"But you do realize we have another problem on our hands now?" he said.

"Kol, I just got you back. Shut up and stop ruining the moment. We'll deal with him later."

He smiled. "As you wish darling."

A/N: So what do you think so far about this story? I didn't want to get into the whole Silas thing since Season 5 hasn't started yet. As you can see, I'm not following the entire storyline of the show. Mia saved Kol when Jeremy tried to stake him in the house. Kol then convinced Mia to go back to NY. Mia knew all along that he wanted to protect her, that's why she agreed to go back and that's why she's forgiven him so easily. I'll explain her side of things a little more in the next chapter.

This isn't going to really center on the main characters of TVD. You will see them later on, but it'll mostly be involving the Original family.

Just a heads up, Elijah will be appearing in the next chapter! :)

I hope you guys are liking this so far. It's the 1st time I'm writing any story with supernatural elements so bear with me!