Title: Thicker Than Blood
Summary: Mikaelsons are like plague to Mystic Falls, Bonnie believed it. And now the return of youngest Original male had her in unfamiliar situation. The attraction is irresistible. AU.
Contains: Reincarnation, Romance, Drama and a bit of darkness.
Note: I don't own any of the characters from TVD or TO except this imaginary story-line. I mean no offense to any one. Story is not beta read. Rated T for now. Slow updates. Reviews are so much welcome!
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0o Present o0
Damon's mood was absolute crap. He could simply rip off anyone coming in his way. Of course it was because of earlier events happened in this town. If he started with the blame game, entire population would have fallen. Better he didn't think about stimulating things, or else he had to tear this Grill apart.
Rolling his eyes at the familiar presence, he finished the rest of his drink. "What now?"
"It's Bonnie." Elena muttered, and Caroline was rigid beside her.
Damon could care less. Or so he believed. Neither had he encouraged nor impeded her words.
"She left."
"Good."
No, it wasn't. Bonnie had become savage, but nothing more than a newly turned vampire. Yet, she was little rough to her original self. In her condition, it could be problematic to her and others as well.
But he was not supposed to care. Yeah.
"Shut up, Damon." Caroline's perky voice irritated him enough to groan.
"We should find her." Elena suggested.
"I have had enough thrill of chase with my little brother in last few months." Damon replied coolly, glanced at a quiet Elena. "And I don't understand why is it difficult for you to find her?"
"Elena went to her house," Caroline answered. "Rudy and Abby found a letter at the entrance. No mention about going where, and no mention about coming when."
Had she lost her mind? Or she simply turned it off? He couldn't even imagine Bonnie jumping upon people and draining their lives.
"Please, Damon!" Elena tugged at his elbow, brought him back to reality. "We need to help her."
Damon crunched his nose. "You should have asked your precious Stefan?" Caroline snorted in disbelief.
"Seriously?" she let out a squeak, and he shrugged off recklessly. Shaking her head, Caroline treated him with an evil eye before she turned to her friend. "I told you this is a bad idea, Elena. And, unlike you, Stefan offered to watch over in case if we had to step out of town." The blonde informed callous man in front of her.
"How noble of him."
Caroline was at verge of losing it. She glared between them. "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to join the search party. Bonnie clarified she wants to be left alone for some time. I think we should let her go."
"She is not in her right mind, Care." Elena disagreed.
Caroline huffed out a sardonic smile, "We all are doing things with our right minds? We are doing it because we think it is right."
And then she left without waiting for response.
However, Elena decided to find her friend. What if Bonnie wanted to leave forever? At least there should be proper goodbye.
It was not going to be forever, Bonnie thought while driving. She would return to her town. In impulse she might have followed the Original, but in the long run it wasn't safe. She would part ways with him after she decided what she wanted to do with her life...or when it was appropriate time.
Never had she done like this: travelling with no destination. Bonnie didn't ask where they were going. He bought a car of his liking, and asked her to drive. He gave directions while she followed. They were passing through the woods.
She blinked at him, when he spoke after hours.
"I said stop." He repeated looking out of window.
Hitting breaks she waited for reason. The smirk on his face perplexed her. "What."
Instead of replying, Kol got down and signalled at her to follow. Parking his car aside, Bonnie followed him begrudgingly. After five minutes of walk in silence her anger depleted gradually as she paid attention to her surroundings. All she can hear was sounds of crickets and tweeting birds. Her nostrils flared at the smell of soil, unknown plants, grass.
And then she found herself in front of stream of water.
It was pleasant.
Then Kol sped away, and returned a minute or two later. He had some lavender flower in his hand which he gave to her. "Years ago, a tribe used to live here. People of that tribe used to leave this flower in that water whenever one of them died- heroic cause or old age, or from any disease. This flower was regarded as symbol of rebirth, or any new beginnings."
Bonnie inhaled deeply, inspecting the flower.
New beginnings.
He meant she had to accept her new life? Disgust and sorrow dwelled in her heart from the moment she was turned. Then how it was possible for her to let it all go?
Honestly it wouldn't matter now.
Kneeling in front of the water, she left that flower into water. She watched as the stream took it away.
"You brought me here to make me feel better?" Bonnie muttered.
"Yes, it is just tiny break from hours of driving." Kol replied dryly, earning a huff from his new companion.
On their way back to the car, Bonnie said. "Or you can drive from now on."
Inserting pockets in his brown jacket, he replied. "I don't."
What an ass.
When they were at car, she met his callous face. "You don't?" He shrugged one shoulder. Slowly she put it together. "Or you can't?"
Her taunting words, and chuckle caused irritation, but he kept it sealed. He was good at it.
"Centuries old vampire doesn't know how to drive." Bonnie laughed in his face, as she opened the door of driving seat.
"Last time I checked I slept in coffin for almost a century," he defended getting into his seat, "and I barely had time to learn in the past few days." When she chuckled again, he added in annoyed tone. "I'll learn fast and better than you, watch me. It is not like reaching moon."
She smirked. "Haven't you heard? We have space vehicles going to moon."
He was quiet for almost a minute and then he admitted. "Oh, boy, I have got lots to catch up."
Burning sensation in her throat had her mood alter again. She moved in her seat inconveniently. Kol wasn't ignorant of her restlessness.
"Looks like you have to feed."
"That's just craving," she gritted her teeth. She was not going to have discussion about blood, and feeding, or else she would lose control. There should be ways to divert from this stupid desires.
"It is not, little one." Kol assured, fiddling with his new mobile. "So, I can send message to my siblings like this." He pressed sent button after composing message. "What else can I do with his gadget?"
"You can browse information," she repeated how to use internet and other mobile applications.
Well, definitely good way to divert herself.
They were at gas station when Kol purred. "Time for snack."
Of course, it was what she thought it was. Bonnie looked around as she got into convenience store, wanted to consume something humane. Nevertheless that idea pissed her off. Walking around aimlessly, she picked up edibles which were once her favourite.
"Undoubtedly," he spoke beside her, and she jolted in her place, "these junk will not fulfill your craving."
She let out huff before moving past him. "Change my mind."
Almost had she felt his smirk behind her. "With little effort." He followed her, earning glares every now and then.
As soon as she reached bill counter, Bonnie hissed at the sight of bleeding cashier. He was smiling warmly in a way of greeting his customers. The brunet offered his wrist to her.
Color of liquid, smell-her pupils dilated quickly at the thought of it passing down her throat. Euphoric sensation was what she felt when she drank from Elena.
Kol walked to him, in front of her and leaned against the counter, expecting her make move. His conceited smile told it was his doing. "Hmm, smells delicious."
Bonnie, for a moment there, was about give in to temptation. He raised brow, inviting and taunting her.
Spirits damn her.
She left the area in hurry after deserting food at the counter. Running out with humane speed, she waited at the car avoiding any thoughts of dripping hand.
Minutes passed and Kol carried those things, smirking deviously.
She lunged at him, he caught her wrist easily. "Nothing personal, little one." He explained in impassive tone. "I was kind enough to understand your needs and act accordingly. But if you decided to be stubborn, then I can't help you."
Bonnie replied with burning anger. "I haven't asked for your help!"
"Then why are you here?"
She had no answer for that. Why she was with him? She questioned self. Was expecting anything from his side, or she acted out in impulse?
"Shall I tell you why?" He asked, keeping those in the back seat. "Because you followed your instinct and it led you to me." Bonnie looked him in the eyes.
"I wasn't thinking straight at that time." She blabbed. "I wanted to get away and figure out what am I supposed to do."
"And not feeding from innocents will help you achieve that?" He derided.
She didn't answer, glowered as if she wanted to shoot lasers at him.
"You think you have self-control by resisting once? Do you know what would be consequence for avoiding your thirst? Bloodshed." She became pale as ghost listening to those words. Inhaling audibly, he surveyed their environment before meeting her blank stare. "You are doing exactly what I had done, what our family had done. We had thought we were coping up, but we had reached a point. A point where we had snapped, all of us. We had unleashed upon villages. That hunger had damned our conscience for months, routed our sanity."
Bonnie flinched, and he shook head.
"All I'm saying is you're not doing it right." Kol said before finding his way back to passenger seat. "If you are that bothered about humans, teach yourself how to handle it clean," he paused to snort, "since you don't need my help."
Gears in her head were moving at abnormal speed then. It was different from what she had imagined. Not moving, she glowered at her feet, completely lost in thoughts and remained clueless.
"Are we going to stay here forever?" He broke train of her disorganized thoughts. Bonnie moved mechanically to driving seat. "So you have any place in mind?" When Bonnie shook her head as no, he rubbed his chin. "I would have chosen seashore, but I'm eager about paying visit to the cities of this age."
Bonnie sighed, still restless. And this stupid burning in throat was putting her in unending misery.
"At least by the next stop make up your mind." He said quietly as he fiddled with mobile, his new obsession.
She had to.
0o 8 o0
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