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A personal favorite chapter of mine just so you know.

Chapter Six – Still Kol's POV

Audy is asleep again once we arrive in the village. Her parents who are standing next to mine (probably discussing a search party) spot us, let out gasps, and race over to us.

I make a 'be quiet' motion and they nod. "Where did you find her?" her mother asks as people crowd around us.

"Well she found me while running around lost, she's fine but she does have a fever," I add the last part with concern. They nod and her father slowly, gently lifts Audy off of the horse and into his arms. Well tries to seeing as she has her arms tightly wrapped around me.

I gently remove her arms from around me and hand her down to Mr. Thomson. She stirs slightly but falls into a deeper sleep. Limply hanging in her father's arms, her head lolls and her hang. She's exhausted.

Audra's POV

The next time I wake up I'm in my bed and my Mother is sitting next to me. "Mother?" I ask quietly my voice rasping.

"Audra!" she gasps hugging me. She lets me go and asks how I am feeling.

"A little sick," I admit.

"Yes, I think you've gotten the flu. You shall be fine in a few days," she replies and I pout knowing that she won't let me see Kol until I'm better.

"Audra, about yesterday-"

"I don't want to talk about it or you!" I interrupt adding the last part in as Ashlyn walks in.

"It's my hut too," she retorts and I stick my tongue out at her.

"Girls, enough. Audra, darling, let's go get you cleaned up," Mother says trying to help me up.

"I can do it myself," I snap standing up and hopping off the bed. I stumble a bit before righting myself and heading toward our bathing hut.

I don't need them to help me.

Five Days Later

"Kol, Stop!" I giggle as he spins me around. He laughs, sets me on my feet, and kisses me.

"I missed you," he says pulling away and grinning down at me.

I smile and say, "I missed you too," while wrapping my arms around his neck.

"Are you feeling better?" he asks me, placing his hands on my waist gently. I nod, hug him tightly and lay my head on his chest. He hugs me back and rests his chin on top of my head.

"Hey Kol!" an irritating voice says and I sigh in annoyance but keep my grip on Kol. It's his one friend that caused our fight. John was it?

"Hello John," Kol says calmly, not letting go of me or moving.

"So I was told that you really are courting this girl now," John snickers.

"I am," Kol replies kissing my forehead before resting his chin on top of my head again. I smile and press a kiss to his collarbone.

"But why? She's insane," John protests and I frown.

"Because I love her John, and if you insult her again I will rip your head off and feed it to some wild dogs," Kol says eerily calm.

A rush of excitement runs through me and I get butterflies in my stomach when he says he loves me.

"Okay, okay, calm down," John says defensively.

"I love you too," I tell Kol, looking up at him with a smile. He grins at me and leans down to kiss me.

"Eew, can you not do that here?" John groans.

"You don't have to watch," I tell him going up on my tippy toes so Kol doesn't have to bend as much.

"Yeah, go away," Kol mumbles in between kisses.

"You guys are disgusting," John mutters before walking away. I laugh and tighten my grip on Kol.

"I thought he'd never leave," Kol says causing me to laugh again and pull away.

I smile at him and rub our noses together affectionately before reaching up to kiss him again. "Really, could you guys not do that where everyone can see you?" a voice says and we break apart to see Ashlyn standing next to us with a disgusted look on her face.

"You know I seem to recall that you and Elijah were doing the same thing not too long ago…yesterday was it?" Kol says with a mischievous smirk.

"Ha!" I gloat and she blushes.

"Th-that is completely different!" she says all flustered.

"Sure it is," I say rolling my eyes.

"It is! Elijah and I are older and more responsible than the both of you," she argues.

"Yeah, you're also a hypocrite," I retort. "Stop bossing me around, you are not my mother!" I add angrily.

"I might as well be seeing as all I've ever done is look after you!" she snaps.

"I don't need you to look after me and I don't want you to either. Stop treating me like a child. I am old enough to make my own decisions!' I say exasperated.

"Stop acting like a child then, grow up Audra! And if you are courting this idiot then obviously you don't know how to make good decisions. He'll use you then throw you away," she scoffs.

"He loves me and is the best decision I've ever made!" I counter reaching out to hold one of Kol's hands and intertwining our fingers.

"Whatever just do not come crying to me when he breaks your heart," she sneers and stomps away.

I feel tears come to my eyes and Kol gently pulls me to him. I place my head in the hollow of his shoulder and grip his shirt tightly while starting to cry. He rests his head on mine and rubs my back in attempt of comforting me.

I hate fighting with Ashlyn but she needs to see that I don't need her anymore. I have complete faith in the fact that Kol will always take care of me. He won't let anything happen to me, and he would never hurt me.

I trust Kol with my entire being and if Ashlyn cannot accept that I want to be with him then there is no room for her in our lives. Plain and simple.

Ugh, I know that if she'd just give him a chance she'd like him but all she does is insult him.

"It'll work out eventually," Kol tells me gently and I nod, letting out a small hiccup. "Come on, let's go," he adds leading me away from the village square.

He leads me to his horse and helps me up before climbing up after me. "Where are we going?" I ask wiping at my eyes.

"Anywhere you want," he says kissing my cheeks.

"Can we go to the river?" I ask referring to the one he took me to the very first time he took me out on his horse.

"Of course we can darling," he says and I cuddle into him as he urges his horse forward. He always knows how to make me feel better.

Few days later – Ashlyn's POV

I am doing the dishes from the afternoon meal when I hear a knock on the door. With a sigh I dry off my hands and answer the door only to find Kol Mikaelson on the other side.

"Audra isn't here," I say coldly.

"I know. She is with Rachelle and Elijah. I came here to see you," he tells me.

"I'm sorry but I would never do that to my sister and I shall remain faithful to Elijah. Don't think that my sister will not hear of this either," I snap at him appalled.

"Don't be daft I only want to talk, besides I only have affections for Audra," he scoffs and I blush in embarrassment.

"What did you want to talk about?" I ask inviting him inside.

We sit down and he says, "I want to know why you hate me so."

"Why do you care?" I say defensively.

"I don't but Audra does," he replies evenly.

"Did she send you to come talk to me?" I demand.

"No, she doesn't know I'm here…so again, why do you hate me?" he asks calmly.

"You're not good for her," I tell him.

"Am I? She has not complained with how I treat her," he replies.

"That's because you treat her like a princess and give her whatever she wants," I scoff.

"And that's a bad thing? I treat her the way she deserves to be treated," he says rolling his eyes.

"Well you'll get her in trouble and put her in danger! I've heard about you, how you have gotten into all sorts of trouble before," I retort.

"That was a long time ago; I'd never do anything to hurt Audy. I swear that I will always keep her safe," he says seriously.

"You'll get bored of her or get sick of putting up with her shenanigans," I fire at him.

"Do you really not know of my love for her? How much love I hold just for your sister? She brightens up my whole day everyday without fail, and she keeps me on my feet which I like, a lot. As for her 'shenanigans' as you call them…the look she gets on her face when she gets an idea and the way she talks about them with such excitement…it's one of the main reasons I fell in love with her," he says with a fond look on his face.

"You love her in spite of all her flaws?" I ask in surprise.

"Nope," he says shaking his head then adding, "I love her because of them."

We sit there in silence while I ponder this but I finally say, "You don't deserve her you know."

"I know, but amazingly she still loves me and I won't take that for granted," he grins.

"You really love her don't you?" I ask softening up.

"More than anything, I would do anything for her. And someday I plan on making her my wife. I love her more than I thought was possible," he smiles.

"Okay, you win. I'll back off," I sigh with a small grin.

"Really?" he asks hopefully.

"Yes, I see how much you love her and you make her happy so…she was right; it's not my place to decide. I have to let her make her own choices. But it's easier knowing that you will catch her when she falls…but if you hurt her I will not hesitate to kill you," I tell him, adding on a threat at the end.

"I'll give you my own sword to use," he vows smiling widely. I smile back and he offers to help with the dishes before we walk over to the meadow where Audra, Rachelle, and Elijah are.

When we get there the sight we see is pretty hilarious. Rachelle is sitting on the ground laughing while Audra clings to Elijah's back trying to grab something he has in his hand and is holding above his head so Audra can't reach it.

She has one arm around his neck while the other is reaching towards whatever he has. "What are they fighting over?" I ask Rachelle.

"An apple," she laughs.

"An…apple?" Kol asks skeptically.

"Will you stop choking me?" Elijah yells trying to pry her arm away.

"As soon as you give me the apple," she says straining to grab it.

"Why can't you go get a different one?" he complains.

"Because I want this one and I saw it first!" she whines.

"It's not my fault you were too short to grab it!" he retorts stumbling as she puts more of her weight on him.

She gets a mischievous smile on her face before putting all of her weight on him thus making him fall over and drop the apple.

Addie dives for the apple and grabs it but then Elijah tackles her and they start rolling around on the ground like children.

"How long have they been going at this?" I ask curiously.

"Going on ten minutes," Rae giggles.

"Ow! Did you just pull my hair?" Elijah complains.

"Get over it pretty boy," Addie sneers.

They wrestle a bit more until we hear Elijah scream "Ow! She bit me!"

Addie laughs and a few seconds later Elijah is flat on his stomach with Addie sitting on his back and holding the apple with a cheeky grin.

"Will you get off!" he groans.

"Nope. Hey, Elijah?" Addie asks innocently.

"What?" he yells obviously annoyed.

"I got the apple and you didn't!" she sing-songs.

"You're mean!" he tells her and she shrugs, not really caring.

"Come now darling haven't you hurt him enough? There is no need to bruise his ego either," Kol says smirking and Addie's head snaps over to look at him.

"KOL!" she squeals and jumps up to run to him. He laughs and opens up his arms just in time to catch her as she launches herself at him.

He spins her around in a circle once (with her giggling the whole time) and sets her on her feet before giving her a kiss.

She pulls away and wraps her arms around his neck with an adoring smile. "How long have you been standing there?" she questions.

"Long enough," he grins and she blushes, taking one arm out from around his neck to look at the apple in her hand.

"Wait," she says frowning and looking over at the apple tree. "This isn't the apple I wanted," she adds throwing the apple at Elijah and running over to the tree with Kol and Rachelle following her.

"Ow," Elijah complains; he is now flat on his back. He was leaning up on his elbows until the apple hit him in the gut and caused him to collapse.

I laugh and take a seat next to him on the ground. "Are you really laughing at me right now?" he asks in disbelief.

"Yes I am," I say still laughing at him.

"You are so mean to me," he says grabbing my arm and pulling me down next to him.

"Am not," I say rolling my eyes and laying my head on his chest.

"Are too," he says wrapping an arm around me.

"Am not," I scoff looking up at him.

"Are too," he repeats stubbornly.

"You are such a child sometimes," I say shaking my head and reaching up to kiss him.

"You kind of love it," he grins kissing me back. We kiss for a bit until we hear a squeal and break apart. We look over just in time to see Kol grab Addie by the waist and lift her up to sit her on one of his shoulders.

She laughs and runs her hand through his already unruly hair. She then reaches up and grab an apple from the tree, the one she has been wanting I would guess.

"Love, you can put me down now," Addie tells Kol as we join them.

"Why? Do you not like it up there?" he asks grinning up at her.

"Well I do but it would be hard to kiss you from up here," she says smirking at him.

He smirks back and picks her up only to flip her around and hold her tightly to his chest so she is still about a foot off the ground.

"Better?" he asks her.

"Much," she smiles wrapping her arms around his neck and resting her hands on his neck so she is holding the back of his head.

"Good," he says and kisses her.

After a few minutes they are still kissing and Rachelle says, "Really guys? In case you have forgotten other people exist in this world too."

They pull away from each other and both of them have adoring looks on their faces as they gaze at the other.

"Please don't tell me we look like that," I whisper to Elijah.

'Oh you do," Rachelle tells us as Kol sets Addie down and tucks her under his arm. Addie looks over at me hesitantly and I grin at her.

"Don't worry, he won me over. And I'm sorry for what I said," I tell her and she looks up at Kol curiously. He bends down to whisper something in her ear and she nods before coming over to hug me.

"I forgive you but it can't happen again," she tells me and I nod, hugging her back.

"Love you Addie," I tell her.

"Love you too Ash," she says before walking back over to Kol. He wraps her up in his arms so he's hugging her from behind and kisses her cheek lovingly. I have to admit that they do look cute together.