Break down the walls, let heaven in, somewhere in forever, we'll dance again.
We used to be inseparable, I used to think that I was irreplaceable.
We lit the whole world up, before we blew it up,
I still don't know just how we screwed it up, forever, forever, forever.
Love will remember you and love will remember me,
I know it inside my heart, forever will forever be ours.
Even if we tried to forget, love will remember.

Chapter Ten – Love Will Remember

We walked out onto the deck of the boat and there was a table set up in the middle, lights were surrounding the entire boat. Kol pulled out my chair and I sat down in it and he pushed me in, then took his own seat and the waitress handed us our menus and we opened them. "This is beautiful," I whispered to him and he smiled at me brightly. I loved how romantic he was.

"Anything for my special girl," He poured me a glass of wine and put it on the table then continued to pour his own. He lifted up his glass to make a toast, so I raised mine as well. "To the greatest past five years of my life and to many, many more."

We clinked the glasses together to his toast and I took a sip of my wine then placed it back down. To think that five years have gone and went was unbelievable. There were so many highlights, so many stories to tell – and only many more to come. I reached across the table and took his hand, "Thank you for this."

He smiled widely as he stroked his thumb along my knuckles, "You're welcome darling."

I let out a deep breath and looked up at the twinkly lights above our table. The entire scene was like a fairytale. "You mean the world to me, Kol Mikaelson. I wouldn't have wanted to spend the past five years and twenty-six days with anyone other than you."

He smirked, conjuring up a laugh from the back of his throat, "You counted the days from 1864?" I blushed before nodding, he tilted his head to the side. "You're adorable." I leaned across the table and kissed his lips gently, "It's only because I love you."

He stroked his hand against my cheek and kissed me back, "I love you too. You're my forever," He fiddled with something in his pocket before reaching for his wine glass. I felt my face burning up with a blush, "Thank you for chasing me. Even after compelling me to forget about you. You never gave up on me, on us."

"Well I had to chase you," He explained with a slight smirk tugging at the corners of his lips, "Because I had to catch you if you fell. I do keep well on my promises, Kaddie." I covered my face with my hands and laughed lowly, "I can't believe you still remember that over all these years."

He licked his lips, "It was the defining moment in our relationship. I will remember it tomorrow, ten years from now, ten centuries from now. Because when you love something this much, none of the details fade away. They always stay with you. And believe me, you would be surprised by what I can remember. I have an impeccable memory," He added triumphantly and I squinted my eyes at him, not buying it.

I cocked my head to the side, "When did I first say I loved you?"

He grinned widely, remembering the moment like it was yesterday. We were out by the fields, running around and chasing butterflies. Well at least, I was. He was sitting by the rocks by the river, throwing pebbles into the water every so often. Not allowing the river bank to calm, because that was the world we lived in. Nothing was calm. When there was calmness, chaos was knocking on the door waiting to come in. "You sat down next to me as I was skipping rocks. Things were too calm that day, our relationship was calm. But next thing I know, a tidal wave hits – causing mayhem along the east coast. You whispered three words, eight letters, so calmly and peaceful. I was taken back at first. I never fell in love before, I didn't know what love was. But watching you run around the field with no shoes on, radiating in the sunlight – I knew I loved you back. I knew I would love you the moment my eyes landed on you in the Founder's Ball."

I let out a small breath, taking every second of his story and dissecting it in my mind. "That was a simple one," I giggled and he raised his eyebrows. "I'm just warming up for harder questions. How many years did I have my humanity switch off before we rekindled?"

He shrugged with an ease of the answer, "I believe the answer you are looking for is twenty years prior to remembering me."

"Age my mother died?"

He arched an eyebrow, "You or her?" I shrugged my shoulders, "Because she was thirty-nine and you were barely nine years old. Just a year younger than your brother Stefan."

I shot him a glare then another question, "Date I was turned into a vampire by my brother?"

He rubbed his chin, "The answer would be October 27th, 1864. Which was also, aweek after I left you."

"Age difference between Damon and I, plus both of our birthdates."

"He would be eight years older than you," He said still completely full of himself. "Damon's birthday would be June 28, 1840 and yours would be February 26, 1848." I blew out a sharp breath before asking another, "My favorite color."

"Ha!" I pointed at him once he finally got a question wrong, "Wrong. It is blue!"

His jaw dropped slightly, "Since when?" He asked, this time he was the one glaring.

I swallowed hard and pushed a piece of my golden hair behind my ear and didn't look up at him. I bit my bottom lip, "About ten seconds ago." I admitted and he threw a fist in victory and I sighed at him. "Fine, I guess you do have a good memory."

Our entrees came out a few seconds later and we ate quietly, once we were finished the plates were taken away from us. We stood up and he walked us over to the railing, we were stopped in the middle of the river. He pulled me into him and I leaned into the crease of his neck and he wrapped his arms around me so I snaked my hands around his middle. "This is beautiful," I whispered to him and he kissed the top of my head.

"Not as beautiful as you," He murmured into my ear and it made me smile, he would always compliment me but for some reason, this one seemed so pure and genuine. We stood there holding onto each other in complete comfort, when fireworks began to go off in front of us. I looked up in amazement, "You must've had someone set this up."

"Or maybe it was pure luck," He said and I looked up at him and chuckled at his choice of words. I crossed my arms across my chest and played along, he was reenacting our first meeting. "Aren't you going to ask me if I'm cold?" I raised an eyebrow and he stared down at me with a smirk and leaned in close to my ear. "You didn't give me the chance, love."

I looked back up at him, "I take it back." I retorted then looked back at the fireworks, "Okay, you must've had someone set this up." He repeated "or maybe it was pure luck" and he kissed my forehead. I "shivered" and wrapped my arms around my body, "Are you cold?"

He handed me his suit jacket and I wrapped it around my body, "I thought you would never ask!" I replied not very lady-like, and breaking his rehearsed idea. He snorted at me, "This isn't how I remember it exactly." He pulled me in front of him and wrapping his arms around my waist from behind me. He placed his chin on the top of my head as we stared out into the water.

I looked up at him, "We can't keep repeating the past. Now, can we?"

After a few more minutes he turned me around and cupped my face in his hands and kissed me slowly and I returned the kiss. "We should probably head back home," He suggested and I nodded. We walked off of the boat and I pulled up the bottom of my dress and made my way to the car that was parked. I climbed into the passenger seat and he got in the front and started the car, we got back to his house about ten minutes later.

Rebekah walked into the room as soon as she heard the door opened, "Ah, the love birds are home!" She shrieked and Nik and Elijah walked into the room as well. Niklaus glanced over at me and we locked eyes for a second. His eyes fell to what I was wearing and I swallowed hard and looked away from him quickly. "Kol, may I speak to you privately?" Bekah asked and they walked into the other room.

"How was your night?" Elijah asked me breaking the silence and I smiled.

"It was perfect, definitely the single best night of my entire existence," I explained and Nik scoffed and rolled his eyes and I shot him daggers with my eyes. Elijah scolded his brother, "Niklaus. Would you act a little kinder to your brother's girlfriend, it would be greatly appreciated by the family."

"Believe me, brother. I've been more than kind to her," He snapped then walked out of the room angrily and I rolled my eyes at him. Elijah kept watching me intently, "If it counts for anything – I am happy for you."

I let out a small breath, "Thank you."

Kol and Bekah reentered the room and Kol put his arm around my shoulder and Rebekah watched like she was inspecting us. "Rebekah, could I speak with you privately?" Nik's voice boomed through the room, as he walked back towards us all and she nodded. They walked away, but Elijah kept standing with us.

Elijah placed his hands behind his back and looked between the two of us. "Well apparently everyone would like to speak with Rebekah. I will be going out to take care of some important business. I shall see you two at some time tomorrow," He spoke before walking out of the house.

I looked up at my boyfriend who was oddly quiet, "What did Rebekah want to speak to you about?"

"Oh, it was nothing too important," He replied swiftly like he was hiding something and I nodded. It annoyed me that he didn't actually answer my question. Whatever she said to him, it seemed like he was freaked out about it and I was worried.

Nik and Rebekah returned and her face changed from the happy, perky mood she was in to a more serious one. "Kol, we need to speak again," She announced seriously and he nodded. He let go of me and before he walked away, "I'll return shortly."

I curt nodded, "I'll be upstairs, join me when you're done."

They walked away and back into the other room, Nik began walking up the stairs. He didn't even take notice to me so I followed him up the stairs. "Nik," I ran to catch up to him, "What did you and Bekah talk about?" He ignored me and kept walking up the stairs so I flashed up behind him but he turned around abruptly and I stopped in front of him, "That's not for you to find out."

I reached for his arm, "Nik."

He put his hand up, shushing me. Something was going on and I wanted to get to the bottom of it. Everyone was on edge. He ran his fingers down the side of my head but I pulled away, "Now should I meet you in your room when I'm done?" He planted a smirk on his face, as usual.

I rolled my eyes and walked up the rest of the stairs, hissing while I walked past him, "That wasn't an invitation for you." I walked into mine and Kol's room and stripped out of the navy blue maxi dress I was wearing and kicked off my wedges. I kept my bra and underwear on and climbed into bed, before Kol returned I fell asleep.

I woke up the next morning and the bed was empty but the sheets were still warm from where Kol was last laying. As I sat up, bones started to crack and my muscles began to loosen up and stood up. Things didn't end like how I expecting them to last night, I fell asleep before he even came back into the room. I spotted the black button-up shirt he was wearing last night and picked it up. I put it around my body buttoning it up and I heard the bathroom door swing open, Kol walked out in only a towel. "Good morning darling," He smiled and walked over to me as I stood up from the bed. He put his hand on my hip and pulled me close to him smashing our lips together.

"Well that's a good awakening," I whispered back pulling away from him with a smirk and I walked into the bathroom and brushed my teeth. He walked over to his dresser and pulled out a pair of underwear and jeans, he pulled the towel off from around his waist. "You know, you're staring is coming off as a little creepy," He laughed in the mirror to me as he pulled up his underwear and I stood against the doorframe of the bathroom.

"Shut up and let me admire my boyfriend, now would ya?" I retorted back and he walked over to me and started to unbutton his shirt that I was wearing. "Do you love me?" He asked abruptly and I looked up at him confused.

"What? Kol," I put my hand on his forearm and looked him in the eyes, "Of course I love you."

He chuckled darkly to himself which caused me to quirk an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

"Kol, are you okay? You're starting to scare me," I asked taking a step towards him touching his bare chest, but he pushed me back making me fly against the wall. I gasped out as soon as I came in contact with the wall and he took me by my throat lifting me off my feet against it, "Lies!"

I grabbed his hand and tried to free myself from his grip, "Kol," I tried to say but his grip was too tight. I fought for the words to come out, "Please let me go. What are you doing?"

"You are a liar and a cheater," He screamed at me and I took a desperate breath to get oxygen to fill my lungs. His grip kept tightening the longer I was held against the wall. I struggled against his strength, "Kol, please, I swear I-"

"Enough!" He screamed back at me and threw me to the ground and I felt my leg break and heard the snap of my bone. I let out a loud groan, "Kol," I said pushing myself off the ground to face him again.

"You cheated on me, you are a filthy whore!" He yelled in my face and his fangs were prominent and his face was changed. He didn't look like himself, he looked betrayed and his normal brown eyes were blood red with dark veins surrounding them. "Rebekah informed me last night while you came up here and fell asleep peacefully."

"I'm sorry," I let out desperately and he threw me against the wall again and my head hit it harder than before then I fell to the floor. "Kassandra, answer this question," He leaned down to my eye level, "Why did you do it? Was I not enough anymore?"

He flashed away and walked over to his dresser and picked something out of his drawer. He rolled it around in his hand before throwing it at me. It hit me hard in the chest then bounced against the floor, I looked up at him with tears filling my eyes. I opened the tiny box and saw a diamond ring sitting in it, "Wha-what is this?" I stammered staring at the beautiful ring that I was holding between my index finger and thumb.

He chuckled and walked back over to me and picked me up by the throat again and threw me across the room and I landed on the bed. "What does it look like?" He asked and I swallowed hard and looked away from him. "Why did you cheat on me? I was going to ask for your hand in marriage! We were going to be together, just you and me, you were my forever." His voice cracked when he said the last word and I didn't make eye contact with him, "Was I not worth it?"

"Kol, you are. You are worth it. I love you!" I screamed back.

"Then why did you do it!" He screamed with a lot of power, I was sure the entire town could hear it. This wasn't like him, he was acting no better than Niklaus, but I wasn't myself either. This wasn't the Kassandra he fell in love with in 1864. She wouldn't have been so stupid. "I," I stuttered and didn't make any eye contact with him, "I don't know."

"Were you bored?" He said laughing, "Did I bore you, Kassandra?"

I looked at him and he was still laughing manically. He looked completely insane, like he'd lost himself. He pulled me close to him and kissed me hard on the mouth and I tried to push him away. "Kol, this isn't you!"

"Maybe this is me!" He screamed in my face and I backed away and he jumped on top of me and kissed me harder. "I'm sorry for boring you, I'm sorry for loving you so much, but there's something I'm not sorry for." He said and I gave him a confused look. I felt his hand go into my chest and his fingers were grazing my heart. "Kol," I choked out and he smiled.

"Yes, darling?" He said kissing my lips one last time.

"Please don't do this," I said closing my eyes weakly, "This isn't us. We're supposed to be forever, remember?"

He shook his head, his dark eyes searching mine, "Maybe this was supposed to be us the entire time. A fairytale intended on failing. And don't you see, I have to. It's going to be my pleasure to rip your heart out," I felt his hand grip around my heart. He tightened his grip and I took my final breath and looked up at him, "Goodbye Kassandra," He whispered. I heard him groan and I looked up and saw his face turning a gray color. His body started to desiccate and he removed his hand from my chest.

I climbed out from under him and ran over to the wall and leaned against it, Klaus looked over at me. "What did you do?" He yelled running over to me and lifting me up by my throat once again.

"He knows, Nik," I admitted in a whisper not wanting to believe myself, "He knows about us."