A/N: Hey readers I sincerely hope you all are enjoying my story. Thank you for the follows and favorites. Please review it does help me know if you like where I'm going :) Oh and if no one has read it definitely check out LoveIsAlways - Love Me Back to Life and Vixen With A Vendetta - It's good to be alive & It's good to be seen. There both amazing Kol/OC stories (fingers crossed that vixen will start to write again).

Waking up the next morning was horrific. My body ached and my neck was in searing pain. It was early morning and I was laying on my porch with bloodied pajamas. Placing a hand to my neck I could feel the dried coated blood, the open and sensitive wound. Running inside I jumped in the shower to wash it away while images of Kol last night ran thru my mind.

Stepping out I placed my soiled clothes in the cabinet beneath my sink until I could do something with them later. Opening the medicine cabinet I took out some disinfectant and bandages.

The wound stung as I cleaned it carefully. It would be a constant reminder of what happened. What was Kol? His face had changed and he drank my blood like a vampire would. Was that what he was? A vampire? But they didn't exist, a myth and nothing more. In my mind there was no way to deny it though, they were real and I had almost died from one.

Getting dressed in a brown pleated skirt and safety-pin t-shirt I was about to walk out when I caught my reflection and saw the bandage. People would ask what happened to me and I couldn't very well say that I was attacked by a mythological creature. Picking a gray scarf and maneuvering it to cover my neck I ran down the stairs and I safely avoided my mother and went to school.

Walking I constantly was looking over my shoulder. Where was Kol? Would he come back to finish the job? What was he exactly? Questions like these plagued my mind and distracted me while I stepped into school.

"Cassie!"

Turning around I saw Mads running up to me leaving Danny in the wind to trail behind once the dust settles. She bear hugged me like her life depended on it. I squeezed her back keeping my neck out of sight when I pulled away. "Hi Mads, Hi Danny."

Danny gave me a smile and a nod as he moved to wrap his arms around Madison. "Ok you need a boyfriend Cas." I glared at her. "Now don't even look at me like that, I know I know not really your thing with blind dates and all, but I'm going to find the perfect guy. And with any luck he'll drive your mother crazy."

"Gee. Thanks. That's exactly what I want." I rolled my eyes and started down the hallway with the happy couple behind me.

"Oh come on Cassie. You need to have someone." Madison reasoned.

"Maybe I don't want someone."

"Or you don't want the one you do." She trailed off suggestively.

"I'll bite. Who are you talking about?"

"Oh what's his name? Oh yes, Kol."

As soon as she said that name my body froze. The pain from last night's bite instantly came to mind and I discreetly touched my neck. "That douchebag from yesterday." Danny spoke up for the first time today.

"Thank you Danny." Finally another person that agreed with me even if he didn't know the whole reason.

Madison made an angry pout and stormed off pushing people out of her way. I let out a huff and went to go get her but a hand on my arm stopped me. "I'll talk to her. And I'll see if I can get her off her mission with you."

I gave a nod and smiled at him. Danny left and followed Mads trail of destruction to cool down the raging flame. So far I liked him. He wasn't like the other guys she flung herself after, Danny was easygoing and serious. If he could make Mads see she wasn't always right I could see them being high school sweethearts for life. I shook my head of the two of them and went to class.

The day passed by without incident. No one noticed the bandage on my neck and were too distracted by the scarf to really notice anyway. Going to my locker before leaving I could see Leah strutting up in all her glory. She was a tall, ginger-haired girl with a mean disposition. So it's not really shocking that she ran the school, especially since Elena gilbert and Caroline Forbes seemed to preoccupied to deal with high school hierarchy.

"Cassie you're coming to the party next weekend right." She asked me pointedly with really leaving me no option but to say yes. I nodded to her as I packed my bag. "Good make sure to look hot. I'm talking an eight on the slut scale at least." Her voice snipped at me before she strutted off to join her cheerleader friends.

We weren't good friends or really friends at all. Leah was always just at the same events my mother took us too. The same could actually be said about a lot of the people I hung out with. There was only a handful she would call real friends and Madison was one of them.

"Well isn't she rather demanding." A voice purred into my ear.

I knew that voice, the voice of the monster. Turning my head slightly I could see Kol leaning against my back with the most self satisfied smirk on his handsome face. My eyes widened in fear and I went to run but was quickly yanked back and slammed into the lockers.

Kol held me tightly to the lockers and his one hand casually played with my hair. I shivered. So this was it? This was my end to an outstandingly boring life? Me never getting to go and do the things I wanted most in life? Kol looked me over like I was a piece of succulent meat. His head tilted to the side and a sigh escaped his pouting lips. "Now darling there's no need to be like that."

He raised his hand to brush his fingers along my cheek and I flinched. Why couldn't he just kill me and get it over with? "What do you want?"

Kol didn't answer, he simply pulled my scarf away and peeled the bandage off. So he wanted to bite me again, great because it was so wonderful the first time. Kol's dark eyes scanned the torn flesh and he hummed. "Got you good, didn't I?"

He touched the open wound and I winced, tears started to brim my eyes. "What are you?" My voice quivered from the gut wrenching feeling of fear.

"A vampire. An original one at that." Kol seemed proud of what he was and he didn't look the least bit sorry or guilty over what happened as his eyes moved down my body from head to toe.

"W-what are going to do to me?" My voice was thick with unshed emotion.

Kol let me go but was still close enough to grab me and not leave any room for escape. He let out a humming sound and thought over his answer. "Well to be honest I thought I killed you. You were very delicious. But since I haven't I think I'll keep you around to feed on." My body shook and I gulped loudly. So I was to be his personal buffet when ever he wanted. A sick, unsettling feeling took over my body. "You should feel honored darling, I don't do this very often."

A few tears leaked from eyes and I whimpered.

"Or I might fancy to get to know you better."

I looked up shocked and balked at him. One minute he was talking about eating me and now he wanted to what exactly? I gaped like a fish for a moment before rational thought came back to me. My mouth opened and closed tried to spit the words out but they wouldn't come.

"Come now darling your a challenge. One I haven't had in awhile, so why not enjoy it?" Kol's voice was full of this fake cheer that honestly unnerved me more than the predatory gaze he had earlier.

"So I'm only alive because I don't fawn over you." I said slowly to make sure I understood him correctly.

Kol cocked his head back and forth in a contemplative manner, thinking it over before he replied, "Essentially."

My eye's were wide from the callousness of the way he spoke. Kol made me feel like I was nothing but a toy and my only purpose was to amuse him, until when though? He would eventually get bored of me. The thought was sickening on so many levels that I felt I would spew it everywhere.

"Anyways best be off darling. But don't worry once my trip is done I'll be back to see you."

Trip? So he was leaving. But for how long? Back to see me when exactly? Kol scanned my face for a moment as I held in a breath, before his eyes roamed down the column of my neck and settled on the artery pumping blood throughout my body. I could see that Kol's eyes had darkened so much that they appeared black once again like the night before.

"Perhaps even have a bite before I go." Kol whispered into my ear. It was odd because in one way it was dark and seductive and on the other it was threatening and degrading. Either way my body was hardwired and on edge to what he would do next.

But instead of feeling twin puncture marks I felt a feather light kiss on my pulse point. Kol stepped back and gave me one final once over before walking off. He practically skipped down the steps of the front of the school. So terrorizing people was his personal enjoyment. Why me? Kol suddenly stopped and turned around to face me once again. I gulped nervous over what he would do next. "Be careful darling. I want you in one piece when I get back."

And with those final parting words he vanished into thin air. I fell to the ground on shaky legs with tears starting to pour over my lids. What luck did I have to have this menace play a game of cat and mouse in my life?