EDITED: 30/08/15. When I first started writing I was young and my writing wasn't perfect, so I've decided to improve my story by reviewing every chapter. It won't change the story, it will only make it more pleasant to read. Some mistakes may still be there, I'm not a professional.
Hi, everyone! Here's Chapter 10.
By the way, my story reached 50 Reviews! Thank you, everyone, I won't say it enough times but your support means a lot to me! xx
This chapter is a bit Kol-centered.
And Elena and Kol won't find each others in this chapter (they have been away from each others since 6 weeks now, if you haven't counted.), because I won't want to rush things. Maybe in the next chapter if you're lucky! ;)
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I (sadly) don't own anything about The Vampire Diaries, because we both know I wouldn't have killed Kol off the show, TWICE! *big pout*
KOL'S POV:
Kol was sitting on the couch of his crappy motel, an empty bottle of scotch standing on the coffee table in front of him. His face was not shaven, his hair was messy and he smelled like alcohol. He was going to go to the bar in a few minutes, but something stopped him.
His phone rang.
Kol checked the clock. It was precisely 9 pm. He knew it was Elena, it was her, he knew it.
But he let the phone ring until it stopped, even though all he wanted at the moment was to hear Elena's sweet, recomforting voice. After a few minutes, he took his phone and pressed the 'messages' button. He brought his phone to his ear with a shaky hand and he closed his eyes. As she was talking, the vampire opened his eyes again, and he was shocked by what he was listening to.
The way Elena was talking, the emotion in her voice was making him feel awful. He would never, ever forget himself for what he has done. He would keep thinking of it, he would keep turning over and over the problem inside of his mind, but the conclusion would always be the same.
Elena talked about Klaus as well. He told her that Kol turned his emotions off, he told her that he found a new girl. The rage was amplifying in Kol's mind: Klaus has been manipulating his Elena, he has been telling her things that were false to make her lose ground. She believed everything because she couldn't trust Kol anymore. She did. She has lost ground.
Kol hung up and put his phone in his pocket. he took his jacket and walked out of the motel, slamming the door behind him in anger. As he got in his car and turned the engine on, he quickly and dangerously drove off to the bar.
As soon as he reached the parking of the Bar, he parked his car and got out of his luxurious Porsche, this car Elena loved so much. He started heading towards the entry of the place, but he got distracted by noises coming from a dark alley beside the bar. Curiously, he walked slowly to where the noises came from and he walked into the alley. With his Vampire abilities, the dark-haired Original could see what was happening. Two people were there, a boy and a girl, making out.
Ew, that's gross, he thought during a second. But entertaining.
"Having fun right there?" Kol asked, chuckling slightly in due to his dizzy state.
Kol heard the woman's heart race slightly because of the surprised. The Original vampire chuckled, it's been a long time someone got scared of him. And it felt good.
"Who the Hell are you?" The man asked, stepping away from the girl and coming towards Kol.
"My name doesn't really matter," Kol replied with a glimpse of amusement in his voice. "I could hear your girl groan from the streets, you should keep her in mute." He added, laughing now.
"Hey, it's none of your business." The guy approached, a threatening tone in his voice.
It only made Kol want to tease him even more.
"So, you need to be in the dark to get girls?" Kol asked, sounding overly concerned.
"Hey dude, I don't know what's wrong with you and I don't know you... But the worst thing is that you don't know me. I do boxing." The man said before raising his fists in a defensive tone.
Kol smirked wide and shook his head, raising his hands in surrender. The situation was kind of amusing him. He'd always loved when people thought they could beat him, even if, in fact, they couldn't. He always loved when the person who was threatening him, was begging him to let them live after they'd seen who - or what he was.
"Okay, let's play a game. If you can punch me, I'll go and everything will be like nothing happened. I'll even apologize if you want." He added, knowing that he wouldn't have to do it anyway. "But, if you miss me, I'll break your bones. I don't now which ones yet, though." Kol said in a playful tone.
"Ma'am," Kol added politely as the girl stepped closer to the guy.
"John, let's go..." The girl murmured, sounding worried.
"I'm not scared of you," The guy who was named John said, stepping closer to Kol.
"C'mon Rocky, punch me! Come on, you've got one try!" Kol said, putting himself in a defensive position.
John launched his fist forward with skill, but Kol was obviously faster than the poor man. He stepped forward and ducked the man's fist. John, probably vexed, tried to punch the Original once again. Kol laughed and grabbed John's fist into his hand, squeezing it tight.
"You're cheating, I said one try," Kol said, tilting his head to the side. "What do we do to people who cheat?" He questioned the couple.
The Original vampire answered by an evil grin and he squeezed his hand around the man's fist. Kol chuckled as the man started screaming in pain when the knuckles clashed against each others and broke. Kol heard the girl gasp loudly, shocked by what happened.
"Finally, your lady's a little less loud," Kol said after pushing the guy away from him, sending him right on the ground.
John quickly stood up and looked at the man with supernatural strength standing in front of him. John wrapped his good arm around the girl's shoulders and pulled her away.
"Let's go", He told her, his hand probably aching in pain.
But Kol wasn't done with them. He missed being a villain, actually... And he didn't have anything to lose anymore. He shook his head and took a step on the side, blocking their way out of the alley.
"You didn't introduce me to your lovely friend, didn't you?" the Vampire said to John, looking intensely at the girl.
She was blonde, with blue eyes. Kol didn't like girls like this, they were looking too sweet for him. He prefered brown-haired girls, with deep and beautiful brown eyes. Someone like his Elena.
"Leave her alone." John said through his gritted teeth.
"You shut up," Kol said, his pupils dilating. "You don't remember anything of what happened. Your girlfriend broke your hand... because your hands were wandering somewhere they shouldn't be wandering. Now leave." Kol finished his sentence after a few seconds, looking for a good pretext.
Kol grinned wide when the man walked away, looking completely lost. He turned to the now scared girl and smiled tauntingly.
"What's up?" He asked playfully.
"I have a pepper spray in my purse.." She started.
"Darling, we both know I'm faster." Kol said in a reassuring tone.
"Are.. are you going to k-kill me?" The terrorized girl asked in a low voice.
"I don't think so. I'm just..." Kol started.
He frowned for a few seconds after grinning wide. His fangs came out and his eyes turned red with veins surrounding the dark and blood-injected orbs.
"...hungry." He finished his sentence, before speeding to the girl.
He grabbed her by her hair and tilted her head. He opened his mouth and he bent down to bite into her neck.
But something stopped him.
"That's enough for tonight." A voice said.
What the Hell?, the vampire told himself.
Kol rolled his eyes and stomped his foot on the ground.
"Oh, come on!" He whined like a grounded little kid. "Just one bite." He said, approaching his mouth even closer to her neck.
"That's not very gentle to treat a woman like this, Kol." The voice said, playfully.
Kol stopped as the person said his name. He let go of the Girl's hair and looked into her eyes.
"Go home. Sleep. You won't remember anything about what happened tonight." He said, compelling her. "Goodbye, sweetheart."
As the girl ran away, Kol turned and folded his arms. He looked up and down at the man who was standing there, a bright smile across his face. It was the guy he'd seen at the bar like two weeks ago, the one he thought he knew.
"Who are you?" The dark-haired Original asked, his voice no longer sounding amused.
"Your brother didn't tell you about me?" The man asked. "Of course he didn't, he put you in a coffin for like 100 years." He added, sounding surprised by the fact Kol had been daggered during over a century. "Tough, right?"
Kol took a few steps forward and glared darkly at the mysterious man.
"I said, Who. Are. You?" the Original spat through his gritted teeth, cutting his question between every word of it.
"My name's Marcel. Nice to meet you." The man said, a grin spreading across his face.
"So, you're my brother's little protégé?" Kol said, taking a sip from his scotch of glass.
The two vampires were sitting at a table in the bar, away from the crowd. Marcel thought it would be better since Kol wanted to rip his head off at first. Marcel explained the Original vampire everything and the common past he had with his brother and with the Mikaelson family. First, Kol didn't believe him but Marcel told him things, details, that made Kol change his mind, such as how they got turned, by who, or even when.
"I was." Marcel corrected.
"How come he didn't talk about you then?" Kol asked, in a curious tone more than in a suspicious one.
"First, you were dead and locked up in a coffin, mate." Marcel chuckled.
"First, I'm not your mate." Kol cut him off, repeating sarcastically his words.
"Alright, look I don't wanna fight." Marcel said, raising his hands in surrender. "And second, when he left town, he thought I was dead." The vampire explained.
"I see." Kol let out after a few seconds.
The Original vampire downed the rest of his glass and set it on the table.
"What about you? Why'd you came here huh?" Marcel asked, filling his and Kol's glasses with scotch.
"That's pretty much none of your business." Kol replied calmly, giving Marcel a fake wide smile.
"Ah, come on." Marcel laughed. "I thought we were friends?" He questioned the dark-haired Original.
"Not quite yet." Kol rolled his eyes.
"Man, you almost killed two customers of that bar, and I answered all your questions about my past... I guess you can tell me why are you here, in my town?" Marcel said, seeming a little annoyed.
"That is still none of your business" Kol answered, the same fake smile plastered on his face. "Since when do I have to justify myself hm?" he asked then.
"You're in New Orleans here. You're not the Boss." Marcel explained, knocking on the table lightly to get more bottles of alcohol.
Kol sighed deeply and leaned back in his seat, giving up. He looked away and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Fine. I left town to protect someone. Someone who is not safe when I'm around her. Which is stupid." Kol said after chuckling,
Kol took another sip of glass and the alcohol was already affecting his senses.
"Oh, I see. Why do you think she's safer without you?" Marcel asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well in fact she's not. But this girl is really important to Klaus, he.. whatever." Kol brushed it off. "She's really important and Klaus threatened her. I thought I would keep her safe by running away, but it only did the contrary." the Original vampire explained.
Kol downed his glass quickly, ignoring the burning sensation of the alcohol in his throat. He pushed his glass to Marcel for a refill.
"How important was this girl?" Marcel asked refilling Kol's glass quickly.
Kol took the glass and took a few swigs, being well drunk now. Alcohol was one of Kol's weaknesses. He had a great tolerance, but at some point, he grew waaaaay too talkative. His drunk state didn't make him notice the obvious interest of Marcel for this girl the original vampire left to come here.
"She's the Petrova Doppelgänger, ya know." Kol let out drunkenly, rubbing his eyes lightly.
"Well, well, well... interesting." Marcel said, sounding truly surprised.
"You think so?" Kol asked.
"A Mikaelson falling in love with a Petrova Doppelgänger? Of course it is." Marcel scoffed. "Not that it didn't happen already." He added, a glimpse of amusement in his voice.
"I guess my dear brother told you about that passionating story." Kol said as he rolled his eyes.
"Let's say I know enough things to see the importance this Doppelgänger has," Marcel replied calmly.
"Mhm-hm. I should go." the Original vampire said, standing up.
Marcel stood up as well and pushed Kol down on the seat. He pushed the almost empty bottle to him and looked down at the old vampire with a wide grin.
"Oh come on, you will finish the bottle, no? It's the best scotch I have and it would wound my heart to waste it like that." the Marcel said as he sat down.
"Fine." Kol replied gruffly, downing his glass to fill it one last time.
"Where did you tell me Klaus was already?" Marcel asked, sounding concerned.
"Mystic Falls." Kol said before downing his full glass of scotch in only a few swigs.
Kol stood up and dusted his jacket off clumsily. He looked down at Marcel who was still sitting, and raises an eyebrow.
"It was nice meeting you, Kol Mikaelson." Marcel spoke up with a wide grin.
"Same goes about you." Kol said, before walking away.
~ Three weeks later. ~
ELENA'S POV:
Elena, Caroline and Bonnie were sitting on the grass in the middle of the park. They were exhausted, because they have done shopping all day at the Mall. Caroline laid down there and sighed in relief.
"God, I've missed that." She let out in a chuckle.
"I know right? It's been a long while we haven't done a Girl's day." Bonnie said, laying down next to the Blonde girl.
"'Lena, what are you doing?" Caroline looked up at Elena.
"I was just texting Damon, I don't want him to be worried." the Brunette said, sitting down next to her friends.
"We're only gone since the beginning of the afternoon, what would he be afraid of?" Caroline asked, slightly annoyed.
"I was just reassuring him." Elena said as she pushed a strand of long hair off her shoulder.
Elena and Damon grew closer and closer since Klaus attacked her. the Doppelgänger forgot everything Damon has done to separate Kol and her, and she forgave him for everything he has done. She knew that Caroline, Bonnie, Jeremy, and even Alaric didn't like it but Elena didn't care. She didn't care at all. She was not ready for a relationship anyway. It took her time to stand up again and she was still fragile.
"How many times did you 'reassure' him today?" Caroline spat.
"Hey! No fighting." Bonnie said as she sat up, looking at her two friends.
"Right. Sorry Care, I promise I won't text him anymore for today." Elena said, then poked the Blonde Vampire's cheek.
"It's alright, I don't feel like arguing anyway." Caroline chuckled.
"Oh! By the way girls, Jeremy and Alaric are going to the Grill tonight...so, Movie night?" Elena questioned, a cheery look on her face.
"Sure!" The two girls said at the same time.
"Wait, do you have alcohol?" Caroline asked, furrowing her brows.
"Course I do." Elena said with a confident look.
"Popcorn?" Bonnie asked.
"Yup." The Brunette answered.
"Chips?" Caroline asking again.
"Yup again." Elena shot back.
"Candies? I'm not coming if there isn't any candies."Caroline stated as she folded her arms.
"I do have candies." Elena nudged the Blondie.
"I'm not coming if you keep nudging and poking me, Gilbert." Caroline spat with a fake angry look on her face.
"You won't come if you keep sulking, Forbes." Elena poked Caroline again.
"Alright let's go home now kiddos, shouldn't we?" Bonnie said and rolled her eyes at her friend's silliness.
The three girls collapsed on Elena's bed, being slightly drunk and still wide awake. They were ready to go to bed, but they were not planning to sleep yet. Caroline and Bonnie borrowed Elena's pj's since they didn't come home between the Shopping day and the Movie night.
"Oh my God I think I'm having a sugar overdose." Caroline said, tapping her stomach softly.
"You're the one who asked for candies, remember, Love." Elena chuckled and laid down on the soft pillows.
"Ah, ah. I didn't know you were this funny." the Blonde girl said as she pulled a face.
Elena sighed and looked up at the ceiling. Gosh, she missed those girls night... That's what she really needed. The more time she was spending with her best friends, her brother or even Alaric, the less she was thinking of that pain in her heart, that hole dug by Kol's absence. Days after days, her love for him turned in a kind of hate. She knew it was destroying her but she couldn't stop that feeling. She was hating everything of him. The distance only made it worse.
"By the way..." Elena said, sitting up after a moment.
She took a deep breath and too Bonnie's hand, then Caroline's.
"Thank you, for everything." Elena said, smiling at her friends. "I am sorry for everything that happened in the past few weeks. I kept pushing you away, because I didn't know that I needed you two to heal my own wounds. I should have let you help me... I'm so sorry." She added, her eyes starting to water softly.
"Darling, you don't have to apologize, we understand." Bonnie said, rubbing Elena's back with her free hand.
"No, I mean it. Thank you for still being there for me after everything I made you get through. Today was awesome, really. I missed you so much." The Brunette said, smiling wide through the tears.
"Aw, don't make me cry!" Caroline said after pulling Elena into her arms.
Caroline opened her other arm and pulled Bonnie into the hug.
"Ugh, I love you girls!" Caroline said, her face buried into Elena's hair.
"We know." Elena and Bonnie said together.
After a moment, Elena and Bonnie decided to tell Caroline that they couldn't breathe anymore. The Blonde vampire rolled her eyes and let go of her friends.
The three girls were now laying in the dark, inside of Elena's bed. They were trying to sleep, vainly. Everytime one of the girls was moving, another one was falling out of the bed. During fifteen minutes, they fought for a pillow, they pulled the covers away from each others, they did childly things but they didn't care, because everything was peaceful tonight.
"So... What are you going to do about Kol?" Caroline finally asked, after a little moment of calm.
"What do you want me to do? He played me." Elena said, scoffing a bit.
"Are you going to forgive him one day?" Bonnie questioned, sitting up and leaning on her eyebrow.
"I don't know, really." Elena said, pursing her lips. "I mean, he played with me, and he just... disappeared like that..." Elena said, letting out a sigh.
She really didn't know what to think. She was deeply hating him, but at the same time she wouldn't know how to react in front of this impossible situation.
"What will you do if he comes back?" Caroline questioned.
"I don't know, Caroline!" Elena said, being a little annoyed. "He clearly showed me that he didn't give a crap about me, so don't go thinking that I will crawl back to his feet..." She almost yelled. "If he ever comes back." Elena whispered after a moment.
"Let's leave it for tonight. We have to sleep before hangover." Bonnie said, calming down the two girls.
~ One week later ~
REBEKAH'S POV:
Rebekah was sitting on her bed, playing with her phone nervously. Only one thing, one person, was in her mind: Kol.
Kol left Mystic Falls since 10 weeks now. He didn't give any news to anyone, not even her. She was really worried about her brother, because it was not in his usual behavior to run away just like this, without telling her. Rebekah wanted to call him, to ask him if he was okay, to ask him about how he was doing, to simply hear his voice. Rebekah and Kol were siblings, but they were also best friends.
When they were younger, and even now sometimes, they used to fight a lot. Petty arguments about details of their lives. But when the were over, it was like nothing could pull them away from each others.
Rebekah closed her eyes for a moment, trying to calm down. She couldn't have done this.
Memories from their last talk, just before he ran away from Mystic Falls ten weeks ago, were popping up in her mind again.
"Kol, don't do this!" Rebekah cried.
They were in Kol's room. Kol was packing his stuff, preparing his stuff to drive away from this town.
"I have to, Bekah." He answered, seeming calm.
Rebekah sped to him and took him by his two shoulders. Tears was building into her eyes and she knew the worst was coming.
"You can't leave me. Don't leave me." the Original girl said, shaking her brother slightly.
Kol growled a little and tossed her away. He walked to his wardrobe and took a pile of clothes. He threw them in his suitcase and half closed it. He was doing everything to not look at his poor sister, anger still churning his insides..
"I can't. Elena is not safe while I'm near her." He answered coldly. "See what you've done to her?"
"She's just a girl! We don't care if she dies, do we?" Rebekah shouted angrily.
"I do care, Rebekah!" Kol yelled after turning to face his sister.
Elena Gilbert, over and over again. The Original vampire was so, so freaking done with Petrova's.
"Oh please Kol, you're pathetic!" Rebekah said, shaking her head in disbelief.
Rebekah didn't know how to make him stay. Kol was pretty stubborn and in a thousand years she hadn't found anything to make his change his mind, not even once.
"I'm going. Period." Kol shouted, before sighing exasperatedly.
"Why? Klaus is going to kill her, it's just a matter of time!" the blonde woman said, walking again towards Kol. "For centuries, I've been patient, waiting for my Brother to get undaggered." She added, her voice full of sadness.
"I know. Listen, I have to go. Elena is the girl I like... she's the girl I love. Hey, have you seen how Klaus is being since Elena and I started to hang out together? How you have reacted? You almost killed her!" He asked, looking straight into his sisters eyes.
"It's all about one girl, again." Rebekah blurted out. "Listen. You can stay here. Just stop caring about Elena. Stay with me Kol, I won't bear losing my brother again." She said, in a pleading tone.
Tears were finally rolling down her cheeks but she didn't care to look weak in front of Kol.
"I have to go, Bekah." He said, his voice softening a little, he took his sister in his arms and sighed deeply. "I promise I will call you to give you some news." He added as he pulled back. But he already knew he wouldn't.
"Where are you going?" Rebekah asked, sounding worried.
"I don't know yet. But please, don't hurt Elena. I really do care about her." Kol said, truthfully.
"As you wish. I promise I won't hurt her." Rebekah said, rolling her eyes lightly.
"I will return soon, sister." Kol said as he pulled Rebekah into a quick hug again.
As soon as the dark-haired original broke the hug, he took his suitcase and sped off quickly before Klaus can catch him to have a talk.
And there she was. Alone, on her own.
Rebekah was sitting in her room, still turning her phone into her hands. Kol didn't call, even once, since he was gone. Rebekah was a little afraid of how her brother would be. But she had to see, she had to figure out everything. She quickly dialed Kol's number and she waited. And waited.
"Rebekah?" A voice said through the speaker.
He answered. Rebekah wanted to scream in happiness but she was too worried about her brother to do so.
"Kol!? Oh my God, Kol! Where the Hell have you been!?" Rebekah yelled out, standing up quickly.
"Hey Bekah... I... I'm safe." Kol only said, keeping his sister in the doubt.
"Why didn't you call me!?" the Original Barbie asked.
"I.. my phone died." Kol lied.
"I thought something happened to you!" Rebekah shouted in sadness anger, and ignoring the lie.
"Look, I'm sorry. Things got so messy that I couldn't figure how to.. manage that." Kol stammered out after a moment.
"That?" Rebekah asked, confused.
"I mean, everything." He mumbled.
"Okay alright now, you need to go home. That's enough, Kol." Rebekah said, trying to stay calm even though she was burning inside.
"I can't." Kol finally let out.
"But, why?" the Blonde girl asked, sounding shocked.
"Too much things happened." Kol stated.
"Is that because Elena?" Rebekah asked. "Look, she's not a problem. We can compel her, we can make her leave town, if it's needed. Klaus already has some of her blood and..." she started.
"He what!?" Kol shouted through the speaker, sounding really, really angry.
"Oh God I thought you knew..." the immortal woman said, bringing her hand to her mouth.
"How could I have known Bekah, I'm gone since... God knows how many weeks!" Kol exclaimed.
"Ten." Rebekah let out.
"What?" Kol questioned, confused.
"You're gone since ten weeks." She explained, her voice calm but full of sadness.
"Rebekah..." Kol started to explain himself.
"No, it's fine you don't need to say anything." Rebekah whispered, her voice trembling.
Silence.
Both of them didn't know what to say anymore. Most of the time they were fighting but right now, there was nothing left to fight for.
"Becks?" Kol asked after a little while.
Rebekah chuckled lightly. Kol has never called her like this since years.
"Hm?" She could only reply.
"How is she?" the dark-haired original said, his voice being cold.
Rebekah laughed. But it was not a happy laugh.
"We haven't talked since 10 weeks now, and all you're asking is 'How is she'?" Rebekah yelled, not believing her ears. "She's not the same anymore. She's broken." She finally said after a while, before hanging up, angrily pressing the 'End Call' touch.
Rebekah shook her head and buried her face inside of her hands.
Then, she felt that some tears were flowing down her cheeks.
It hurt so much, she was thinking.
Rebekah felt like she wasted her time, waiting for someone who didn't fight anymore. She was thinking, where the Hell is my brother? Who is he? What did I do to deserve this?
But she was not going to give up on Kol. She was not ready to let him go... Even if it meant that she had to accept his and Elena's relationship.
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Thank you guys for reading this chapter.
:: A particular Thank you for my cute reviewer lapislazuli101 who expectantly gave me the idea to bring Kol to the New Orléans! :)
:: I'm sorry if this chapter kind of looked like a filler chapter, but I felt like writing Happy scenes between Care, Bons & Elena!
Next chapters there will be more action and more sass... Things are getting wicked for everyone! ;)
:: I didn't want to write spoilers for those who didn't watch The Originals Episode when Marcel's past is revealed so I didn't write in details what happened between Klaus and Marcel.
Keep reviewing please! Tell me your thoughts, your opinions, your wishes, anything tht could help me to write better for you!
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