omg guys soosooooosooo sorry I haven't updated in like a century! I have been so busy with school. I PROMISE I will write faster and more if you guys review and maybe give suggestions on scenes or plot, etc. Also I just realised how badly written the first part to this story is written, apologies.

Elena's POV

As we drive, Kol notices me shivering a bit due to my weak attempts of concealing my human weakness. My hair is still damp from the rain. Kol tells me to drink his blood and offers me his bitten wrist, I don't want to get sick so I decide to have a sip. I thank him following a sniffle and suck his wrist for a few seconds taking my needed dose and let go. I immediately feel better but I still feel the cold. I realise my clothes are still soaking so I am forced to take off my top. I contemplate this decisions for minutes before I remind myself Kol has seen me in a bikini already so I tell him. "Yeah it doesn't bother me." he says before smirking, I nudge his arm smiling to myself. So I take off my top and place it on the dashboard to dry. I don't need to feel self conscious because its Kol, he's seen many naked girls in his years, he doesn't care. This saddens me slightly and I don't know why, its not like I like him. Of course Kol wouldn't like an average girl like me from Mystic Falls. I sigh and look out the window. We come to a traffic light and stop beside this big jeep with a muscular man smiling at me winking and saying something in a foreign language sounding like a pick up line easily heard by his loud voice, I feel kind of disgusted and then remember Im half naked, I hear Kol breathe in angrily and feel a bit nervous. I grab the drying top to cover myself. Kol opens my window and threatens him in a European language which makes the guy jump out of his car and goes around to Kol's door. "Kol leave it! Don't give him the attention he wants." I tell Kol while grabbing onto his triceps as he sighs turning off the engine to prepare for a fight, I am still mid putting on my top. I am not worried for him, Im worried about the other guy. Kol opens his door calmly (scary calm, a bit hysterically with a smile on his face), the verbal assaulter starts yelling at Kol before throwing a punch which Kol easily misses, he looks shocked and then throws another one in his stomach but Kol doesn't even flinch. I jump out of the car to try to calm Kol down to stop. I am so glad there are no other cars near us at the moment. Kol grabs him by his neck and lifts him high above his head and calmly tells him to apologise to me, understanding a little English he does so by screaming "Sorry" 5 times, I tell him its alright yell at Kol to let him down. Kol lets him down gently and imply turns around to walk back to the car when I see the guy about to grab Kol by the neck when I scream but Kol already knows and flips him above his own head making him land on the ground in front of him, he then steps on his stomach to pass. I am still standing there with my jaw dropped, then I hear Kol tell me "Get in, we still have a while to drive." casually. He zooms off gaining speed along the empty road. I sit with my back on the door, frowning slightly, without my seatbelt on staring at Kol driving. "What." he says. I continue frowning. "You really should put your seatbelt back on." he adds, "Elena, you don't know what he was saying to you.", I sigh and sit back facing forward, "Did you need to be so violent? he probably has a broken vertebrate because of your WWE spine buster move. And what was that death choke for? I thought you were going to kill him!" I reply. "Elena he's fine, he's a big guy who's now learned his lesson." His relaxed language reassured me. After a few minutes I thank him for defending me even though I didn't really need it. I turn on the radio and REM's classic 'Losing my religion' comes on and I can't help but sing along. I see Kol's head moving to the beat tapping his fingers on the wheel. He joins me in the chorus exaggerating his voice sounding horrible and I can't help my burst of laughter. I too sing loudly as we try to out-sing each other making my ears hurt.

Kol's POV

I can't stop watching Elena dance and sing, she finds me funny. I know she isn't mad about the WWE match earlier on, she appreciates my protection, I smile again. We arrive at a huge sports shop where we can buy our winter gear. I open Elena's door and we walk to the shop, she clings onto my arm due to the cold weather and I cling back, we once again look like a couple. The store is huge, we grab a shopping trolley and start with fleeces for indoors. Elena is bombarded with assistance by the young male shop assistant, I can't help but feel a pang of jealousy as he measures her size. I watch as he measures the tape around her bust hugging her from behind. She chooses a few pieces and I guide her away once we were done by putting my hand on her upper back to low key tell him to fuck off, while giving him a neutral stare. She reminds me I must grab a few pieces to hide my supernatural abilities. We walk down to the winter coats and Elena helps pick out a few coats for me, turning me around and dressing me up like a doll. We continue shopping for an hour at least, Elena glances at me then looks back again with her eyes widened, "Kol, your eyes." Crap, I haven't fed all day, she guides me to an empty aisle. She offers me her wrist and I reject, she responds with "Kol don't be stupid, just take it.". I break her delicate skin on her forearm with my fangs trying not to irritate her skin, I release after around ten seconds and leave a very small scar, so small she says she doesn't need my blood. After on early 11 centuries of living, Elena's blood is by far the best, I don't want to tell her this or she may fear I will lose control, I must watch myself. I notice she is fascinated by me when my veins appear and disappear, she just stares at me with my satisfied expression almost looking quite pleased to be of such importance to me. We walk out with bags and bags of clothing. We stuff all of the bags in the little space behind our seats and in Elena's leg space. She sits cross legged in her jeans looking through our purchases. She casually takes off her top which nearly makes me crash for a second but my hand stays steady on the wheel, I put my other hand on the wheel for stability. She finds a fleece to put on and picks out a larger one, "Please." she holds it out to me asking me to put it on, "We'll be matching!" I refuse but a moment later she reveals the her true reason: "Im sorry, your current shirt stinks." There is a moment after where I realise I do stink, I laugh. "Im sorry, but if we are going to be driving for any longer-" she says, I reply with "Yeah, yeah hand it over". I slow down the speed by about 5 mph as she reaches over to hold the wheel steadily.

Elena's POV

I smile with glee, and can't wait to incinerate his current top. I put my hands on each side of the wheel, my left elbow brushing against his stomach as I keep my steady grip. I see in my peripherals, Kol's naked upper body, struggling to keep my steady grip. My elbow is now resting on his abdomen, I feel him breathing in and out. He reaches over my arms to my lap for the top, his triceps are shoved into my face and i scoff while i see his smirk take over his face. He puts on his new long sleeved tight fitting top and I look at him to see how it looks, forgetting about the wheel. "Hey! It looks goo-" I am cut off by the sound of a screeching car beside us, but Kol quickly guides us back on path, his hands clasped over mine. I slowly release my grip and wait for Kol to release my hands, I look to him "Oh, sorry." he says after loosening his grip. I grab our shirts and wrap them in an empty plastic bag. I feel so snug =and comfortable. I think Kol heard my stomach rumble because the next station we came across, we stopped at. I jump out into the crisp air crossing my arms for warmth, at every stop we make the temperature gets colder and colder. Theres no one outside, Kol vamp speeds around the car to come by my side as we walk up to a sandwich bar inside, I tell him I'm going to the bathroom and which sandwich I want. As I am walking back towards Kol at the counter I hear him speaking German to the cashier as he orders, a German girl comes up to him and obviously is hitting on him, I wish I could understand German to see what they are saying. I stand back and look at the magazine rack before a salesperson asks me something in French, then I see Kol glance over after hearing my American voice apologising for not understanding French. He bids the German farewell and walks towards me, leaving her with a disappointed expression, he obviously blew her off. I feel bad for her, but must admit i'm a bit happy. "Hey" I greet him with a cheeky smile, "She just wanted directions." He responds to my unasked question with a cheeky grin, why didn't he hit on her? She looked like a nice girl, with nice boobs too. He hooks his arm in mine with a satisfied grin and we walk back, "Why?" I ask him, he looks on with his same expression, and pretends not to hear me. Then he looks at me, still smiling. Gosh I'm confused.

Kol's POV
The German girl was trying to get my number, but I told her I was already taken, and she told me I was very lucky. During the conversation I hear Elena's struggle to communicate with a French salesman, she looked so perfect, as I was reminded of who I'm travelling with. So I am happy. I am not usually so affected by one girl, where I lose interest in other women. I don't know how to deal with this, if I tell her she may not share mutual feelings and then I will lose all chances with her. All my life, I've never felt this way for another. This is probably because my humanity has recently been switched back on by Elena.
I appreciate what we have now, considering it may be the most it will ever be, so I will savour this relationship. We both walk back to the heated car and continue driving. Elena falls asleep after we talk about music and art for a few hours. I continue driving for 10 hours straight until I need a bathroom break.

Elena's POV
I wake up. We have parked by a field with a bathroom and a few picnic tables. Ive woken up in the early morning. It is still dark. I can't see Kol, so I jump out into the cold and walk around a few trees to find Kol standing on the edge of a drop, overlooking some snowy mountains with the sun peaking over the edge. "Beautiful isn't it?" He asks me, both our eyes glued to the magnificent view. My jaw just drops as we feel the warm rays from the sun slowly shining over our bodies. I don't know for how long, we both just stand there watching the sun rise completely out from the mountains until I peel my head from the view and watch Kol's face stare ahead. I admire Kol's true appreciation of beauty after so many years of living, how he treasures small moments in life like these after experiencing almost everything there is life has to offer. We both head back to the car and see a man walking towards us, Kol asks me to get in the car. I see Kol and the man, obviously a hitch hiker, conversing. I open my window after a minute or so to ask Kol what was the matter. "He is desperate for a ride and has been walking for over a day without anyone stopping for him." Kol informs me.
I tell Kol "I can sit in the middle, it will be fine. Im sure his destination is before ours.".
"Yes, you're right it is. But he smells like pee. Are you sure you want to sit next to him?"
I chuckle lightly, trying not to expose our jokes to the European who is standing there with a big smile. "It's alright, I can't smell him."
Kol says something to him in French? German? And the guy hugs Kol, I see Kol's distraught face and I laugh silently behind the hitchhiker. Kol jumps in first and helps bring down the makeshift middle seat which I climb onto. The hitchhiker jumps in with a face of awe, admiring the car's interior. He offers to shake my hand saying "Louis." and I shake back introducing myself. He seems like a nice guy, he changes the radio station to some European songs and sings along. I can start to smell his odours.

Kol's POV
I can tell Elena slightly regrets her decision as she shifts herself towards me, her thigh touching mine. She glances at me with a look of pain as I see she tries not to breathe so much. Louis hasn't brushed his teeth for days he tells me loudly. I notice his jumper is thin and torn, so I give him one of the many I bought. He is very thankful and kisses Elena's hand, this makes me laugh as Elena must politely go along. He joyfully puts it on. "Put your jacket on, Ill open the roof to relieve you from this… torture." She looks to me with gratitude and as the roof slowly glides back Louis yells to the sky with happiness, I doubt he's ever experienced this before. Elena and I laugh watching him. I notice she nudges closer to me for warmth and puts her arm around my left arm. This is fine as I can drive one handed. She puts one of my scarves around my neck knowing it doesn't make much of a difference, she doesn't want Louis to think I am inhuman.
"I forgot." I shout in her ear over the loud winds. Louis raises his arms in the air.
"He's really happy." Elena states the obvious, chuckling. It starts to get a bit chilly again so I close the roof, not wanting to freeze my human companions. Elena doesn't move her arm from mine for a few more seconds.

Elena's POV
Gosh Kol's body is so nice and warm, I hold on to receive some of his body heat. He smells so good too, I feel very cozy squished next to Kol. We enter a beautiful town with open stalls selling fresh fruit, flowers and bread. It is such a different atmosphere compared to the one in America. We drop Louis off around an extravagant church by a big square with many restaurants surrounding. We stop at a red light and market sellers knock on car windows advertising their goods. An old lady stops by ours selling bread, Kol opens his window and starts speaking French while exchanging money for a bag. I actually find guys speaking foreign languages really hot, so Kol is on a whole other level. I admire his accomplishments. He laughs during his conversation with the lady, I take the warm bread from his lap and smile at the woman. As Kol is closing his window, a young boy slips a rose through Kol's window and asks Kol to buy his flowers, the boy indicates towards me during his sales pitch. Kol looks at me and hands the boy a large bill saying, i think, keep the change judging by the look on the boys face afterwards. Kol then hands me a rose "For the lady". And I reply "Why thank you young sir". Kol chuckles, "We should reach the chalet in a few minutes, you must be tired. We can rest there and stay hopefully for weeks if we've lost the wolves. This is also the lowest safe house for a while."
"I doubt they can keep up with your driving." I say jokingly about Kol's speed racing.
We drive to a large gate guarded with two men standing. It reveals a luxurious club for the wealthy. Kol parks and we enter the building. I see families eating, old men playing pool and a long bar covered with couples. A young woman guides us to a door leading to a garage of snow mobiles. We move quite fast, desperate to reach relaxation. Kol puts our luggage behind the snow mobile on a cart,trailing behind. Kol jumps on, I sit behind him clutching onto him. We then zoom off into a white expanse. I am temporarily blinded as my eyes adjust to the lighting. It is easy to see how this is a safe house. There are no people for a few minutes. We are riding at quite a fast speed, the icy winds cut into any exposed skin. I forgot to wear gloves, crap. I can't let go of Kol or I'll fly off. I need to cover my hands so I slip them under Kol's top, I feel Kol suddenly tense, "Sorry my hands would've frozen off." I tell him. "Yeah, yeah thats what they all say." He jokes (implying I just want to touch his muscular body). My fingers start to defrost, resting against his six pack. I can't help but slyly feel how defined it is, he literally has the body of a Roman gladiator.

Kol's POV
I can feel her cold hands feeling me, her hands are pretty close to my private forcing me to tense slightly. Im glad we are located in a cold climate, Elena likes to touch me more. Being a vampire sure has its perks. When I accelerate, she hugs me tighter. I'm not taking advantage of her weakness, just trying to get to the chalet faster. She is sitting right behind me, so she speaks into my ear. Every time she speaks, I feel my spine shiver. We eventually reach the chalet, one which I have not visited in a decade. It's been renovated since.

Elena's POV
So I turn my head, as it has been leaning against Kol's back facing one side only, and see this humungous modern fortress. It has obviously been designed by a very talented architect. Kol doesn't really seem affected, understandably. I'm looking forward to spending time in this trendy chalet. Kol opens this huge half a foot of wood thick door, opening to a large living space with a grand piano in the corner with glass windows covering the walls. There is not much use for the lighting at day, because of the white snow reflecting into the house. "Oh my god." is all I can say when I walk in. "Elijah has obviously upgraded the interior designs" Kol tells me as he run his hand along the marble bar. He starts to make some tea, for me. I can't help but fall onto the large sofa decorated with minimalistic pillows. Everything is black and white except for touches of red or grey.
"Hey Kol, I was wondering if you could train me. Obviously I don't have super strength, but I don't want to be so weak. Like Alaric, he is human but can take care of himself well."
"That's not a bad idea, it would give us something to do here. Did you do any thing with the Salvatores?"
"We did a bit but not enough." I tell him briefly. Kol nods at me as he takes a sip of the tea before handing it to me. "Fuck. Thats hot." I see his momentary pain flash in his face.
"Aww" I accidentally let out instinctively, kind of judging myself for it after in my head. I see Kol with a half smile noticing what I just said. I turn to go and sit with the hot drink in my hands.