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Chapter 7 - Irritation
Five days had passed since Kol Mikaeleson became a student at Mystic Falls High School…
His appearance is only met with high praise from his fellow peers; Girls flock to him at every chance they get, while guys who act as bodyguards for him secretly want to bash his smug face in. Who would have thought that within five days, somebody like Kol would be the most popular person in school? Sure, compulsion did have its advantages here and there (especially when it came time to feeding), and the random acts of kindness somewhat made his stomach turn in disgust. Nevertheless, Kol was loving every minute of his newfound "fame".
Bonnie, on the other hand, was growing increasingly tired of it.
She hated having to watch this monster take advantage of innocent kids like her - using them for his own sick, demented game. Not only that, be she was pretty sure that the rumor going around about Kol having inappropriate relations with one of the teachers was true. Then again who wasn't the man sticking his bones in to these days? However none of that seemed to get under Bonnie's skin more than the act of sharing a class with the deranged vampire. Needless to say that class she shared with him was in Physical Education, where students usually just wandered off and chatted for the forty-five minute duration of class. Though in Bonnie's saddening world, this was the only time when Kol hounded her about whether or not she came up with a spell to kill Klaus, and reminding her how easily it would be for him to kill the people she protected and loved.
Bonnie Bennett never thought the day would come when she found somebody she hated more than Damon Salvatore…but alas, the day did come. And with it came Kol Mikaelson.
"So I needed your birthday-guest list, like, yesterday." Caroline Forbes playfully tugs at Bonnie's arm as they sit comfortably on the grass that is the center of the school's track and field outside. The beating sun is the perfect opportunity to feel just a twinge of heat upon the cold body of the blonde vampire.
"I told you, I don't want a birthday party." Bonnie responds back as nicely as possibly despite growing extremely tired of the same inane birthday questions. In all honesty, the solemn witch isn't feeling all too festive about growing a year older in the crazy world she's being dealt with. Too much has happened in such a short span of time that the only birthday she could celebrate properly was Caroline's. Other than that, there is no real reason for her to get excited over another day in which she becomes a year older. At the rate she was going it'd be surprising if she'd make it these next two days to her actual birth day (assuming she doesn't die from overexerting herself on some spell, or something like that). "Besides," Bonnie continues, "I only know a handful of people. Who would I possibly invite to this shindig?"
"Everybody!" Caroline chimes with a huge smile.
"Like who? Stefan and Damon? Like they really give a damn about me." It grows silent momentarily between the two of them as Bonnie drops her head towards the ground, feeling the frustration build from within her. "I'm guess…I'm just not in the whole birthday mood, that's all."
"Look, Bonnie, I know that this has been a crazy time for you. Meeting your birth mother and having to keep it from your father, Jeremy and his whole ghost thingy, and everything else that has happened. Honestly, I'd be a little bummed out too." Bonnie can only give a small smile to Caroline's words. 'Bummed out ' would be an upgrade to how she is feeling. "But…birthdays aren't just about you. It's suppose to be a celebration of life and you'd be selfish not to let me celebrate yours, especially since I'm unable to celebrate my own life anymore. If you feel so unappreciated, than let me show you how wrong you are. Let me prove to you that you are appreciated, and your life - birthday - whatever you want to call it, means something to somebody."
The emerald eyed teen looks at Caroline with a sad smile and a tilt of her head. Despite sometimes being irritating in the worst ways possible, the blonde vampire seems to be just the shoulder Bonnie can depend on when in moments of doubt and confliction. Strange too, considering this use to be a part of Bonnie's life reserved for exclusively for Elena. It's sad for Bonnie to think how much she and Elena have seemingly grown apart from one another, and nothing seems to put them back on the right track. Of course the girl was still like a sister to Bonnie, and the two of them would still be willing to sacrifice so much to keep each other safe. But whenever Stefan or Damon are around, it was like Elena became a different person - like her priorities always focused on them and nobody else. Sometimes it hurt the Bennett girl as she thought back on all the sacrifices she made to ensure their safety while she continually lost people she loved.
It angered her…more than anyone could know.
"Please, Bonnie," Caroline continues to beg, "let me throw you the party of the century. The party to end all parties!"
"Well ,you can certainly count me in." Caroline and Bonnie half-expected the words that are said to them to make a presence within their conversation that they don't even bother to turn around and face the man saying them.
"Well, unfortunately for you, you're not invited," Caroline responds with a snarky tone. She turns her attention to Bonnie who is already tuning out everything around her as a means not to hear another word slip out the mouth of the egotistical Original Vampire.
"Go away, Kol," Bonnie says for what she figures is the ten thousandth time this week. Of course the immediate response she receives is a signature chuckle which booms from the chest of youngest Mikealson vampire.
Kol slowly makes way in front of the two girls, which prompts them both to stand to their feet in a defensive stance. He stands in front of the two of them, hands on his hips and a crooked smile plastered on his face. "I'll go away," Kol begins to say, "as soon as you find a spell to rid my brother away for good." Bonnie remains quiet, not wanting to partake in yet another argument that would only lead him threatening the life of somebody she cared about, and her going on about how she'd find a way to permanently kill him and his family. It was quite trite to be honest. "Now, about this party Caroline-"
"Forget it, Kol," Caroline interrupts the man before he gets the chance to ask any pressing questions. "This party is none of you concern. Period."
"Hmmm…well, I could always compel you to tell me. Though I must warn you, I do like to get creative when compelling." Kol takes a step towards Caroline but is halted by Bonnie who proceeds to stand between the two of vampires.
"What do you want, Kol?" Bonnie asks.
"To talk to you," the man responds back simply, placing his hands behind his back before giving Caroline a toothy grin. "Alone."
Caroline narrows her eyes at the vampire before she is given a look of reassurance by her confident friend. Though hesitant at first, the blond complies with Bonnie's gesture and proceeds to dismiss herself from the two (though she still keeps an ear out on the conversation).
Crossing her arms over her chest and releasing an irritated sign, Bonnie gives Kol a judging look and waits to hear what Kol has to say. "I need a favor," the man puts into words simply. The Bennett witch makes a face, surprised that the vampire would not only have the audacity to ask for a favor, but be so nonchalant about it.
"A favor?" Bonnie asks, making sure she heard right the first time.
"Yes, a favor." Kol merely feigns a smile as he looks off into the distance. Bonnie finds it hard to suppress the smirk that stretches itself across her face. She can see that him asking for this "favor" is not a very comfortably position for him. It was almost pathetically funny. And though in her mind she has already decided to go against helping the man with his favor, Bonnie decides to humor Kol and ask exactly what it is that he wants. "My sister, Rebekah, has become more and more sprung with that Donavan boy over the past couple of days. And now it seems that she is ready to take the plunge into full blown relationship status with him." Bonnie merely chuckles. Not because of Kol's overprotective nature over his sister, but because he is trying so hard to mask his proper British accent with modern day teenager-sentences equipped with slang terminology. "I know all three of you have physics class together, so I want you to watch them diligently. At the slightest sign of them inappropriately touching or staring at each other…tell me."
Its silent for a moment as Bonnie is unable to do anything else but make a face at the suddenly less than threatening vampire. She can understand the man's weary mindset when it came to his sister and some boy she was interested in, but it didn't make it any less funny. Having to bite the insides of her cheeks to keep her amusement in check, the Bennett girl simply nods her head in understanding and shrugs her shoulders. "Anything else?" she asks as she raises an eyebrow, ready to go back to the resilient, defensive person she was around the cocky man. Kol can't help chuckle as he smiles widely, always taking pleasure in the discomfort of others.
"Why do you continually fight with me?" Kol asks as he tilts his head to the side inquisitively. Bonnie does nothing more than stand her ground silently in front of the man, ready for the conversation to lead to its inevitable end. "Why can't you, for once, just play nice and do as your told?"
"Because I'm not your personal lapdog," Bonnie snaps back.
"No, I suppose not. Clearly that right is reserved for the Salvatores and Company." Bonnie clenches her jaw, wanting to strike back with verbal assault, but finds it difficult to do. Kol slowly begins to circle around the silent witch, bathing in her glorious silence. "I mean, from the stories my brothers told me and the way Stefan Salvatore spoke of you in the park last week, all signs point to you being nothing more than the resident supernatural weapon. Which…I suppose…is a good thing?" Kol likes to kick his prey even as they are crumbling on the ground in pain.
"You don't know anything," Bonnie hisses, "you know absolutely nothing."
Kol halts circling around the brunette to lock his dark eyes with her two emerald pools. A serious expression is planted upon his face and his towering height forces the petite witch to practically crank her neck all the way back to keep constant eye contact with him. "What I know, Bonnie, is that your blinding loyalty to your friends is going to be the death of you…and that, darling, is bad for me. If I'm going make sure my plan is a success, I need a healthy, alert, living witch to do so. You being dead does nothing for me."
"Sounds to me you're no better than the people you claim are using me," Bonnie says.
"But the difference is, darling, I admit to why I need you…I'm simply using you - nothing more, nothing less. I don't mask my intentions with false friendship."
"How would somebody like you even begin to understand the concept of friendship? What - you think your little popularity here at school counts? Newsflash, compulsion does not equal friendship."
"The day I become "friends" with somebody at this school is the day I stake myself in the heart." Kol says with a disgruntled face. "These kids are stupid and proud of it. They have no tastes whatsoever, they whine every second of the day, and I swear the girls have gotten much more aggressive than the boys. Hell, even this obsession with vampires makes me embarrassed."
"Then why attend school?" Bonnie asks, trying to figure out Kol as quickly as possible. First he accuses her friends of being practically 'terrible people', then he goes on about the kids at the school. If he hated everything and everyone, why surround himself with said people? And on top of that, why ask her some silly favor to watch his more than capable vampire sister? What the hell is this guy up to, she wonders. "Why are you even talking to me? You know that I don't like you, and its more than obvious that you don't like me, so why put yourself in an uncomfortable position? There's no reason for either of us to go on like we're buddy-buddy…so lets cut the bullshit and continue on with our day." Without a second thought, Bonnie spins around and prepares to storm away from the vampire but is surprised he is already standing in front of her with a grin upon his face, hands still crossed over his chest.
She hates vampire speed.
"You carry a lot of anger in you Bonnie. That's good - you can use that as fuel to speed up this process of killing my brother, Niklaus."
"Then you?" Bonnie asks sarcastically with an arched brow. Kol simply scoffs at the petty threat. "Look, Kol," the Bennett witch begins to say with frustration riding on every word she speaks, "I get it, alright? You want your brother dead, and you want it done as quickly as possible. You've told me this day after day since you've become a student here. And what I'm here to tell you is that I'm working as hard as I can. Its not easy and its not something to be rushed - not if you want this to properly come to fruition." The man is silent as he listens to Bonnie speak, her words tethering on the line of confidence and uncertainty. He narrows dark eyes at her. "So why don't you go back to you pack of mindless drones and leave me the hell alone until I'm ready to move on to our next plan."
"I like this side of you," Kol says delightfully. "You got more attitude and spunk. Something I can relate to…something I respect."
"Yeah, well, I'm unflattered by your respect," Bonnie snaps back as she starts to walk back to Caroline who is situated across the track and field on the bleachers. Kol follows close behind, hands still crossed over his chest. Bonnie just rolls her eyes in annoyance before opening her mouth to speak, "I have nothing more to say to you, Kol. Just go back to your prepubescent blood bags and leave me be."
"I would, but I honestly don't feel like answering anymore nagging questions from those insecure girls about you."
"Questions about me? What are you talking about now?"
"Well rumor has it that since my involvement at this school I've become a bit of a lady killer. At first the claims worried me until I realized it was just a figure of speech." Kol is the only one who laughs at his inappropriate joke. "Anyway," he continues, "of all the girls I've conversed with at this school, you're the only one I go out of my way to actually speak with. My group of girls assume that its because we have some secret affair, so I humor them. Thus probably why you've been getting a lot of dirty looks these past two days. Either way, you should consider yourself very lucky."
Bonnie stops walking momentarily to turn and face Kol with narrow eyes and a look of disbelief. "What makes you think I want anybody to assume that I'm the least bit interested in you? And for that matter, why are you even feeding into these girls lies?"
"Because there's nothing better to do," Kol explains as if though it should be so obvious to the young girl. "Because if we're going to keep seeing each other out in the open like this, then there better be a good damn reason for it, rumor or not." The girl is silent as she glances over at Caroline. The blond is trying to be considerate by not looking in the direction of the couple, but its obvious she can hear everything being said. Great. "Bonnie, you need to understand that I'm trying to make this ordeal with us as painless as possible. Despite how we may view each other, we need to keep our focus on Niklaus. Nothing is more important." For the first time the conflicted witch merely nods her head in sincere agreement.
"I just wish you would have came up with a better lie," Bonnie admits.
"I can't pretend like Niklaus' hybrids aren't running around this school, watching every move you, your friends, and I make."
"Well you and I in a relationship is only going to arouse more suspicion."
"On the contrary, my dear, its only going to derail that suspicion." Kol can't help but chuckle at the thought. "Trust me, the idea of me being in a relationship with a Bennett witch will only appear to him as an act of defiance, not war. He'll figure I'm just trying to get under his skin and irritate him, which I'm very good at doing by the way. And by the time he realizes the truth…"
They both are quiet. The vampire can see the look of confusion on Bonnie's face. Her ignorance to his previous affair with Amelia Bennett is the only kind of leverage he can lean on. Well, that and killing Elena Gilbert. But he's patient.
"Trust me…when I explain to you why its important we keep up this lie, you'll understand everything."
"Until then?" Bonnie asks.
"Until then, I think its important that you start referring to me as your boyfriend, and don't forget to leave me an opening at the birthday table when you blow out your candles." The young girl can literally feel her lunch creep its way up her chest as the man speaks his words. There is no way in hell he is coming to this birthday party.
"Your not coming to my birthday party." Its spoken not as an observation but a piece of fact from the young girl.
"Your right. Your coming to mine." Bonnie makes a face that Kol snickers at mischievously. "I thought how cute would it be if we, as a couple, shared our birthday together? That way we can both practice feeding each other cake before our marriage." The young girl glances at the man with wide eyes. Even Caroline, who is trying to keep at bay on the bleachers in silence, has to speak her mind.
"You can't have a birthday party the same day as Bonnie," Caroline shouts from a distance, "I've already started making plans in my head on what I want the color schemes to be."
Kol waves a dismissive hand at the upset blonde. "No need to strain yourself, love. I figured what better way to piss off Klaus than to throw an out of control, alcohol-driven party at his sophisticated, recently renovated mansion?" A sadistic smile oozes from his face as he examines the look of anger on Caroline's face. "So expect your invitations to be present in your lockers by fifth period. Ha! I'm almost excited. I've never had a proper eighteenth birthday party…I guess third generations a charm."
"You're insane," Bonnie says to Kol. The man tilts his head and narrows his eyes before stepping in front of the young witch and leaning towards her, placing his lips several centimeters away from her ear.
He whispers ever so softly as the scent of her blood momentarily causes his face to shift into its true predatory form, "You'll do well to remember that. Keep in mind…I have nothing to lose, but so much to gain. Hurry up with that solution of getting rid of Klaus."
And with that Kol gives a small bow and goes one with the rest of his day. Caroline rushes off the bleachers and stands next to Bonnie who is giving a dazed look.
"That crazy bastard," Caroline says, "he's no better than the rest of his messed up family. What are you going to do, Bonnie?"
"I've got a job to do Caroline. Even though things are more confusing than they've ever been, I still gotta keep my focus on the job." That has always been Bonnie's attitude. Focus on nothing else but the job. She is use to sacrificing so much of herself to ensure her objective is complete that she hardly cares about her own sanity and protection anymore. However, Kol's earlier observation had her thinking.
How much was too much?
When was it going to be time for her to stop stepping in the position as savior al the time?
If anything, this facade she plans to carry out with Kol is probably the closest thing to a safety net she has. Should something go wrong, she can (hopefully) depend on Kol to be there to protect her. Usually she's out and about on her own. At least now she is with somebody with some muscle to thrown in.
"I don't know what Kol is planning two days from now, but I'm going to have to trust him." Bonnie's confidence is not convincing enough to her blonde vampire friend. "He went through all this trouble for some reason, and I've got to take a leap on this."
"But he can't be trusted." Caroline reminds the Bennett witch.
"No he can't. Though trust is a luxury I can't afford right now. He was going to kill Elena right here on school grounds right before starting his first day of school. I'm dealing with a Grade A psycho who's probably just as reliable as Elijah. But I need somebody who's close to Klaus that wants him dead as much as the rest of us do. Plus there's something about my family he knows that he's not telling. I know curiosity killed the cat…but I gotta know what he's hiding."
"I think I'd be more comfortable if you weren't pretending to be that creep's girlfriend." Bonnie can do nothing but lightly laugh at her friend's disgusted expression. It's actually a refreshing laugh.
"I'm more concerned if we're actually going to be convincing come the day of the party. If there's one thing Kol seems to lack, its true affection."
During this moment of speaking those words are spoken, Bonnie is unable to see two things. One, she's unable to see Kol lurking behind some cheerleaders while listening in on her conversation. Two, she's unable to see the mischievous smile that stretches across his pale face.
"Affection, huh?" he chimes to himself.
So did this chapter irritate you, or did it irritate you? lol Its fun having these two characters bounce around from one extreme to the next. That's why I luv writing their random conversations, lol. Thnx for taking the time out to read my story...and watch out. Next chapter we'll get more interactions and possibly a confrontation. Plus we'll explore a softer side to Kol, and a more aggressive side to Bonnie. can't wait to share. Peace!
