revised 6/26/14
Kol's POV
I sat in the car next to Elena, staring out the window. Serena wouldn't get out of my mind.
Elena was like her in a way.
They both had that same fiery personality if they were provoked.
My mind drifted off into memories I had with her.
"C'mon Kol!" she laughed and ran into the hedge maze on her property.
I couldn't help but to laugh and chase after her.
I walked slowly through the maze; my vampire senses on alert, trying to sniff her out, or even hear her heart. I caught a whiff of her beautiful scent. Roses and lavender.
I sighed, lost in the memory.
I sprinted around corners and saw her, walking quickly through the maze, trying to get to the end. I darted up to her and gently pushed her up to the bush, my arms trapping her.
She shrieked and giggled, once she realized it was me.
"Kol! You scared me!" she laughed cheerfully.
I chuckled and smirked, as I nuzzled her neck sweetly. I let out a playful growl as my fangs slid out and scraped her skin. I pulled back and looked into her joy filled hazel eyes.
"I love you Kol," she whispered.
I whispered it back and kissed her lovingly.
I had never drunk from her beautiful neck, and I never planned to, unless she wanted me to.
I wrapped my arms around her and darted around the maze, reaching the end in about ten seconds, when normally it would've taken a human hours.
She peered up at me with a smile.
My mind flickered toward the more painful memories, but I refused to remember, and shut them out.
I glanced over at Elena, who was listening to the London rain pelt the windows, with her eyes closed, obviously deep in thought. I closed my eyes and concentrated on her breathing, invading her thoughts.
Elena's POV
My mind flickered to the hospital after the crash. I remember it was raining after I miraculously was saved - by Stefan - the night before.
I lied in the hospital bed, my throat burning a bit from all the water that had been in my lungs the night before. I remembered wondering how I got out of the car, and where my mom and dad were.
I pressed the nurse button, "Um, excuse me? Are any of my family out there for me? My name is Elena Gilbert."
A few moments later a nurse and Jeremy walked into my hospital room, his eyes were red and puffy, like he'd been crying all night.
"Jeremy…where's mom and dad?" I asked, my voice sounding hoarse.
The nurse looked at me sadly.
"I'm sorry Miss Gilbert, they didn't make it." She told me, walking over to stroke my hair once before leaving me with my brother.
My heart, even in my thoughts, was beating fast.
The heart monitor machine went beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beeeep and Jeremy rushed to my side, tears streaming down his young face. He pulled up a chair and sat down, giving me a hug and cried with me, as my heart slowly returned to it's normal pace. I looked over Jeremy's shoulder and saw Kol's reflection in a picture on the wall. I jumped but in a blink of an eye it was gone.
"Aunt Jenna is going to take care of us, Elena" Jeremy told me sadly.
I couldn't bear to remember anymore, so I shook my head and banished the memory away, still wondering why I saw Kol in my memory. I looked over at Kol and was astonished to find him looking at me with a sad expression on his face.
He was in my head.
"Get out of my head and stop looking at me like that!" I snapped, turning my head away.
I felt his hand reach out and he grabbed my chin, making me look at him. I bit my lip, trying to keep the irritated tears away.
"I'm sorry Elena." He said quietly.
My eyes widened and I started to cry quietly, wishing they were still alive.
Kol pulled me into his chest and held me tenderly, letting me cry until I was done.
Such a tender gesture from such a cold-hearted vampire shocked me.
A few minutes later, I pulled back slowly, a blush on my face and looked up at Kol, who I found was tearing up as well.
I cocked my head a little, "Are you okay, Kol?"
He gave a little smile, and said,
"Serena was my fiancé. We were engaged to get married in the 1800's, and we were madly in love…or so I thought. We had many memories together. She was a human and had the most beautiful blonde hair and hazel eyes I had ever seen at the time." He reached out and touched my forehead, sending the memory of them in the maze, explaining to me how their relationship was.
"I was gullible at the time, and love-struck. I didn't know that Klaus had a hold on her. I had already betrayed Klaus twice before. I had sent Mikael his whereabouts twice already, and Klaus was getting revengeful. One of those locations allowed Mikael to kill Klaus's 'love' Charity, so Klaus wanted to get back at me. Klaus found Serena and compelled her to kill her self the day of her wedding, and leave a note explaining how she never loved me and it was all a lie, she couldn't ever love anyone that wasn't human, because it went against her beliefs."
A tear dripped down his cheek, and I surprised myself and him by taking the corner of my jacket and wiping it away.
He stared at me for a moment, his expression unreadable before he continued.
"At first I thought she actually did kill herself because she hated me but then I knew it was Klaus's doing, because I found a K scratched into her neck next to bloody bite marks…I never really forgave Klaus for doing that to her, but I had to or I'd probably still be staked right now." He turned and stared out the window.
"I should've known the silly human would've been killed too easy. It was a waste of time even pursuing her, I'm stupid for not knowing Klaus would ruin it. I gave up on love and such after that."
I stared at Kol, amazed that he had survived through so much sadness.
"I'm sorry that Klaus took her away from you," I told him and awkwardly hugged him, trying to comfort the Original.
He glanced over at me, his face open and sad and hugged me back, pressing his forehead against mine and closing his eyes.
"You smell like her sometimes," he whispered.
I peeked up at him and realized how close we were. All I had to do was lean just a little bit and…
Snap out of it!I told myself. This boy just killed three girls in the last 24 hrs! No way in hell should I kiss a killer's lips!
I pulled away quickly, averting my gaze and staring at my feet.h
I felt the black sedan stop under me, and Simba came around and opened Kol and I's doors.
Damon's POV
Elijah, Klaus, ten hybrids and I walked into Richmond, VA's airport. We were headed to London to get Elena and Kol.
Klaus looked at his hybrids and said, "What is our plan?"
"Find Elena and Kol, break Kol's neck and do not touch or drink from Elena." They said in unison.
Elijah just shook his head and I rolled my eyes. They sounded like robots.
We all made our way to our plane, 14F.
We walked to the front of the line.
"Hello love, we have First Class VIP tickets, and we don't need to wait in line." Klaus murmured, compelling her.
"Oh okay, go on ahead!" the girl had a blank expression on her face and waved us ahead. I smirked and Elijah just shook his head muttering something about Klaus takes advantage of people too much. Klaus waved us on ahead and we boarded the plane and got ready for takeoff.
