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And now... here's the chap I wrote instead of writing my SRO (don't know what the English version of it is), but never mind!

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xoxo Ascha

Chapter 10:

"Tell me again why I'm here and not at home relaxing?" Kenzie asked.

"Because Ric is pretty preoccupied with finding his psycho ex-girlfriend and you're the only other adult I know who's not doing anything tonight." Damon answered, taking a sip of his beer.

Kenzie rolled her eyes and took a look around at all the townspeople that had come tonight for the annual bachelorette raffle and Mystic Grill fundraiser. Why Damon exactly was here Kenzie didn't know, but she sure as hell wasn't going to participate in it.

"I'm guessing we aren't just here to help raising money..."

"You're right. We're here because I need you to help me keeping an eye on your friend Dev. I caught him searching for something in the woods last night."

Kenzie frowned and looked for Dev, finding him stood on the other side of the Grill. The sight of him made her feel a little guilty about sleeping with Kol the same day he told her why he broke their engagement and said that he still loved her.

"Just how are we going to find out what he's up to?" she asked.

"Well, I thought you could start by participating in the bachelorette raffle, so I got you a place in the raffle too." Damon answered.

Kenzie's eyes widened. "You did what?"

Damon chuckled. "Don't worry. I'm sure you'll raise a lot of money."

She rolled her eyes of him, but she couldn't scold him for what he'd done, because Carol Lockwood suddenly went over to her and dragged her up on the stage with the two other women.

She blushed and tried catching Dev's attention, which she quickly seemed to do once Carol presented her to all the bachelors in the crowd.

"Bachelorette number 3 is a bit of a mystery since she just moved back to Mystic Falls, but why don't you tell a little about yourself, Kenzie? What do you do for a living?" Mrs. Lockwood asked.

I hunt vampires and stake them, Kenzie felt like saying.

"I'm currently unemployed, but I finished college not so long ago and am planning to perhaps travelling around the world soon." she lied.

"So you're a bit on the adventurous side? Isn't that exciting, gentlemen?"

They all cheered and some even whistled, making her cheeks turn a little redder. She wasn't good at things like this and when she saw Kol in the crowd, her heart skipped a beat. He was flashing his trademark smirk and taking a good look at his competitors.

"How would you describe yourself in only three words?"

She shrugged. "I suppose I would say I'm flirty, fun-loving and an adrenaline-junkie."

Mrs. Lockwood smiled and turned her attention back to the men. The man who paid the most won a date with her and Kenzie dreaded that Kol was going to overbid Dev, which she couldn't have when she needed to figure out if he was up to anything bad.

The bids began and Kenzie noticed that neither Kol nor Dev made any move to bid on her until the price came so high up that only the rich men were in the game.

Kol was the first to bid and as soon as he made his move, Dev came with a higher bid and the pair continued even as the amount came up to 1000 $. They were both going for her and only became more aggressive the higher the amount turned.

In the end Kol lost thanked to Damon, who quickly distracted him and gave Dev enough time to win, but Kenzie was still disappointed that she didn't win a date with Kol.

Still, she got what she and Damon needed, and after Dev had paid a total of 20.000 $ to Mrs. Lockwood, he went up to his ex-fiancée to claim her.

"Well, that was fun," he said. "I know you hate going to restaurants, so I thought we could stay here on our date."

"Sounds good. I feel like playing pool anyway, so let's make a little bet now we're at it. If I win you tell me why you're really here." Kenzie said.

He raised an eyebrow. "And if I win?"

She placed both of her hands on his cheeks and leaned in, kissing him softly. "Then I forgive you and say yes to marry you."

That caught Dev's interest and they walked up to the pool table, getting ready to play against each other just like in the old days when they were only dating.

"So you really don't believe that I'm only here because I love you?" he asked as they began playing.

"Nope. I know you, Dev. You're just as secretive as me and probably even more so after you became a vampire." Kenzie answered.

Dev chuckled and suddenly pulled her in for a kiss, but someone cleared his throat loudly behind them and Kenzie didn't have to guess to know who it was.

Kol.

"You again? Come to steal my date even though you clearly lost?" Dev asked, smirking smugly.

"You need to watch your tongue, mate. I can compel you into walking out in the sun with no ring on if I wanted to." Kol answered with a dark smile.

Dev's face paled a little when he realized what Kol was and Kenzie felt the urge to smack him in his face for getting in the way of her plans.

"As Dev said, then you lost, Kol, so go bid on someone else." she said.

Kol narrowed his eyes at her for a moment, but didn't back down and walked up to Dev so they stood face to face.

"I don't really care if you won or not. I don't like sharing my toys with anyone and especially not a vampire who's practically a baby to me."

For fucks sake! Stop getting so damn jealous, Kol!

"Well, if you're so keen on winning my date, then why don't we play for her then?" Dev suggested daringly.

Of course Kol couldn't say no to a challenge like that and before Kenzie knew it the pair was now playing against each other.

Kenzie could only roll her eyes of their macho behavior and watched them with a beer in her hand as they began playing.

"You both do realize that I'm not a trophy, right?" she asked, taking a sip of her beer.

"Don't be silly. Of course you're a trophy," Kol said. "But if it helps, then you're a hot little trophy."

She rolled her eyes. "Yay! Lucky me (!)"

"Don't worry, Kenzie. I'm not letting great-great-great-grandpa win." Dev said teasingly, making Kol rolling his eyes.

"Do I even have something to say in the matter? I mean it is me you're both stupidly fighting for."

They both shook their head and returned to the game. Kenzie took a big swig of her drink this time, but her attention was soon turned to Klaus when he entered the Grill. She wondered what he was doing there and glared at him as he walked up to his brother.

"So this is where you're spending your time instead of doing what you're supposed to do?" Klaus asked, clearly annoyed to find his brother playing pool.

"Sorry, brother, but you know I hate to lose," Kol said as he took his next shot. "Go drain a girl or something."

Klaus rolled his eyes, but then turned his gaze to Kenzie. "A vampire hunter who's in love with a vampire… isn't that just amusing?"

"That depends on who you're talking about, dick!" Kenzie snapped.

Kol chuckled. "If you think that I don't know about you and Kol's little get-together last night, then you're very wrong. I could smell your scent all over him and oh, look at that. Is that a love bite?"

He went to touch Kenzie's neck where Kol had bitten her, but Kol quickly reacted and slammed his brother against the wall, his eyes starting to turn red.

"Touch her and I will break your fingers off, Nik!" he snarled.

Dev broke his pool cue and stabbed Kol in his back with it, while the audience was still focused on the bachelorette raffle, then pushed the two Originals out of the way and dragged Kenzie out of the Mystic Grill against her will.

It was first when they were out in the alley behind the Grill that Dev stopped and pinned Kenzie against the wall.

"You slept with that damn bloodsucker?" he hissed angrily.

"And what if I did? We're not even together and you're a vampire too, you know!" Kenzie hissed, pushing him away from her.

"That might be, but he's a monster, Kenzie! He's just trying to use you for his own personal gain and doesn't even love you! What you're doing with him is stupid, foolish and what wouldn't your father even say if he knew about this? And your mother? You think she'd want to know that you're sleeping with the brother of the man who murdered her?"

Kenzie groaned, but she knew that he was right.

It was stupid of her to start anything with Kol and to let him get under her skin when she should be trying to kill him and his brother.

"Kenzie, you want to know the real reason why I came here?" Dev asked calmly, placing his hands on her shoulders.

"After what Damon told me, then I'm guessing you're looking for a 700 years old white oak tree like the Originals seem to be." Kenzie answered.

Dev nodded. "We have to find it before they do and kill them once and for all."

"So all that about you still being in love with me was a lie?"

He shook his head and pulled her closer to him. "I do love you, Kenzie, and I hope that you really can forgive me for leaving, because I want to keep you safe from vampires like Kol and Klaus – especially Kol."

"The only protection she needs is mine!" Kol said, standing only two feet behind Dev.

"What protection? You're just going to hand her over to your bastard of a brother?" Dev snarled, flashing his fangs at him.

Kol looked briefly at Kenzie and she felt that same weird feeling she always felt whenever he looked at her like that.

"I can't do this," she said. "I don't have time for this."

Kenzie backed away and left the alley, hurrying back to her car and getting in to it, so she could drive away. She just needed to get away and focus on the things she was supposed to do when she decided to go to Mystic Falls.

She drove back to her motel room, but Kol was already waiting for her there when she arrived. Just this once she wished that she could take her invitation back or at least keep him out with something else, so she didn't have to see him again tonight.

"I told you not to tell Klaus anything and then you do it anyway!" she said before he could say something.

"I didn't say anything to Klaus! He figured it out on his own, but why the hell were you flirting with that guy?" Kol snapped.

"I was trying to find out what he was up to and that guy used to be my fiancé!"

Kol fell silent.

Kenzie didn't know what to make of him sometimes. She wanted to believe that he only wanted a physical relationship, but the more time she spend with him the clearer it became to her that he might actually be in love with her.

"I don't regret anything I did tonight," Kol said calmly. "It doesn't matter if you love your ex-fiancé or not. You're still mine and I won't let Klaus hurt you."

"That might be, but you know as well as I that once we find that tree, then we will use it against you or one of your siblings and you will die." Kenzie said.

Kol was suddenly standing before her and he pushed her against the door with his hands on either side of her head to trap her. She didn't move and merely kept her eyes fixated on his, trying to figure out what he was thinking right now.

"Go ahead, but until then you're only mine to kiss, touch and use…" he said, smirking playfully.

"God, you sound like a possessive werewolf…" Kenzie said teasingly.

Kol growled like a wolf and then crashed his lips against hers, enjoying the touch of her hands moving slowly up under the fabric of his shirt...

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