"What are you doing?" Klaus asked as he looked over Kol's shoulder while his younger brother flipped through the phone book.

"I'm not telling you," Kol said. "It's my business."

"I don't know why you bother saying that since it's not going to stop me from trying to find out anyway," Klaus told him. "Wouldn't it be easier to just tell me?"

Kol turned around slowly, an angry look on his face. "Bekah has a life," he said. "Why can't you get one? Why do you have to stay here every night and try to interfere in mine?"

"What do you need a private investagator for?" Klaus asked. "Who are you checking up on?"

"The man Bonnie's dating," Kol said. "His name is Trevor and it seems there's something fishy about him."

"What makes you think that?" Klaus asked.

"Well, Caroline told me that Bonnie told her that he never takes her out for dates on the weekends, just quickie lunch dates in the middle of the week. He never brings her flowers or anything and only calls her from his office."

"My, that is suspicious," Klaus replied. "And that's why you're hiring an investigator."

"Yeah," Kol nodded. "Exactly. I don't trust that man. I think he's up to something. I think he's still married."

"I think you're going about this the wrong way," Klaus told him. "Why don't you handle this yourself?"

"Are you kidding?" Kol asked. "I know myself too well and if I saw that Trevor was in fact dating Bonnie while he was still married to his wife, you know what I would do to him? I would kill him. And it wouldn't exactly win me any points with Bonnie if she found out her boyfriend was dead and that I did it."

"Well, then you don't have to do it!" Klaus exclaimed. "I'll do it. Or I can do most of it and you can help. That way, Bonnie can't pin the entire thing on you."

Kol shrugged. "That could work, I guess. But I have to see where he lives first. I'll ask Caroline. She probably knows."

"I think I'm gonna have to break things off with Trevor," Bonnie said to Caroline. a few days later. "I'm just not getting enough out of the relationship. The guy won't even bring me flowers or take me out on the weekend. I deserve better than that, don't I? Does Kol bring you flowers? He used to bring me flowers."

"Yeah," Caroline nodded. "Sometimes. So, are you gonna break up with him before the date the four of us are supposed to go on, or..."

"No," Bonnie shook her head. "I'll wait until afterward. Then make it a clean break. Ever since Kol, I have had the worst luck with men, haven't I?"

"But I thought you were happy," Caroline replied. "Going slow and all."

Bonnie nodded. "It was fine before. I didn't feel like I was missing anything, really. And then you and I got talking about Kol's and my first date and it made me realize that I've been selling myself short and that I wouldn't mind dating guys who are actually exciting again. I mean, with Kol, I met him and just a few words was enough for me to follow him out of the restaurant and to Kyle's house to do something that could have very well gotten me arrested. And damn it, I liked it! So, what does that say about Kol? What does that say about me?"

"To me, it says that up until Kol, your life was boring as hell, much like it is now, despite the fact that you are a gorgeous, intelligent supermodel and could have anyone you want, and you actually wanted some excitement for once," Caroline replied. "When you met Kol, he did that for you. Gave you a chance to do something wild and dangerous that you wouldn't normally do. So you jumped on the opportunity and it just progressed from there."

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded. "Until they crashed and burned because he's an idiot. An idiot who still gives me tingles when I look at him, but still...an idiot."

"If he still gives you tingles, that must mean something," Caroline replied. "Don't you think?"

"Why are you pushing this?" Bonnie asked her. "Why are you trying to get me to say that I still have feelings for your boyfriend? Have you gone insane?"

"No!" Caroline shook her head. "I just think you have a lot of feelings about him still that you haven't faced up to and thus for some reason, you're dating all these boring guys instead of just going to Kol and talking to him. I'm not saying you have to date again, or anything. Just that you should talk."

"You really think?" Bonnie asked.

"Yes," Caroline nodded. "I do."

"Fine," Bonnie replied. "But I won't try and steal Kol away, I promise."

She left to call him to see if he was home, and then when she came back, she grinned. "I'm gonna go talk to Kol," she said. "See you tonight, okay?"

"Yeah," Caroline nodded. "Okay. Good luck!"

"Bonnie!" Kol said when he opened the door. "Come in! I was really glad to get your call. You said you wanted to talk?"

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded, straightening her skirt as she sat down and ignoring the fact that Kol's eyes were locked on her legs. "I wante to come over and apologize. I've been a real jerk to you ever since Roger, but I didn't realize it until Caroline got me talking about our first date."

"Really?" Kol asked, his eyes finally meeting hers. "What about it changed your perspective?"

Bonnie sighed. "Well, I was really hurt when we broke up, you know, especially because of the reason why, and it just made me forget all the good stuff about our relationship and only remember the bad stuff. I thought you were immature and capricious and self-absorbed and I told myself I didn't want to have to deal with that again, so I played it safe, completely forgetting that when we met, you made me feel something for you without knowing anything about you, other than the fact that you were pissed off at my blind date for leaving me and more than happy to take revenge on him. That's not a typical beginning for a relationship, is it?" She smiled.

Kol gave a short laugh. "I didn't realize we had enough bad times to keep you away for as long as you were."

Bonnie sighed. "Well, I may have invented most of them in my head, but you have to admit, the reason why we broke up and you kicked me out was a good start."

"Yes," Kol sighed. "I was very stupid, wasn't I? It's just that, when it happened, I had never had trouble finishing before and...well, I'm a proud man, Bonnie!"

"You don't have to tell me," Bonnie replied. "I know that. But being proud can cost you. And it did, didn't it?"

"Yes," Kol nodded. "I've had to sit back and watch as you've dated men who are nowhere near worthy of you, and watch you get disappointed, and get your heart broken. I don't like seeing that."

"And now I have to watch you with Caroline," Bonnie said. "How are things going with you?"

"Oh, fine," Kol replied. "We do a lot of talking."

"That's it?" Bonnie asked in surprise. "All you do is talk? That doesn't seem like you."

"Well," Kol stuttered. "After you and I broke up, I decided I needed to change the way I handle relationships because my previous way ruined for me. Caroline is the first person I've had to practice my new techniques on. In fact, I called her a few days ago to talk about Trevor. Don't ask me why. It was nothing important."

"Well, don't spend too much time talking," Bonnie said. "Too much talk gets boring really fast. Something Trevor needs to learn. That's why I'm breaking up with him."

"You're gonna break up with Trevor?" Just then, Klaus texted him. "Mission accomplished. Trevor's dead. And you were right. He was married."

"You're planning on breaking up with Trevor?" Kol asked.

"Yeah," Bonnie nodded. "I'm not happy with how our relationship is going and I think it would be better for both of us if I just ended things."

"Good," Kol nodded. "Good decision."

"Are you all right?" Bonnie asked. "You don't seem all right."

"I'm fine," Kol said. "Nothing is wrong.

Bonnie nodded. "Okay then," she said. "I don't think I have anything more to say, so I'm gonna go and I'll see you when we have our double date."

"Sorry I'm late," Bonnie said as she approached the table where Caroline and Kol were sitting. "I waited for Trevor, but he never showed. She was wearing a purple dress without sleeves and her hair was up. "I think I need a drink," she said.

"You look very nice," Kol said quietly.

"Thank you," Bonnie nodded. "So do you."

The waitress returned. "What can I get you?"

"I don't care," Bonnie shrugged. "Just make sure that it's alcohol and there's a lot of it."

"Are you okay?" Caroline asked.

"He never even called," Bonnie replied. "He knew we were going out tonight and he didn't call or come and pick me up or anything."

"I'm sorry you got robbed of the chance to be the one who initiated the break up," Caroline said, putting a hand on Bonnie's. "But look on the bright side. Now you can start looking for someone else who hopefully won't be a giant loser."

"Yeah," Bonnie said, eying Kol wistfully across the table. He grinned at her. "One can only hope." She finished her sentence and then looked away from Kol and buried her face in the menu.

By the time the waitress came back with Bonnie's drink, they were all ready to order their dinner. As they ate it, a racket began in the dining room, as an enraged woman pushed past the setting host and approached Bonnie, Kol and Caroline's table. "You!" She said, her voice angry and her muscles tense. Her hair was wild and her clothes were rumpled. "You're the tramp who was dating my husband, aren't you?"

"What?" Bonnie asked. "I-I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Trevor Williams," the woman practically growled. "I'm his wife, Sherri. Did you think I was never gonna find out about the two of you?"

"I'm sorry," Bonnie said. "But I genuinely had no idea he was married."

"You liar!" She yelled and slapped Bonnie across the face.

"Hey!" Kol said, standing up and coming around to take a tearful Bonnie in his arms. "You need to go away now," he said, locking eyes with her. "She's sorry your husband was unfaithful, but if she says she had no idea about it, then she had no idea about it. Now go away."

The woman left and Kol looked down at Bonnie, stroking her hair. "Will you be all right?" He asked her.

"No," she sniffled. "I just wanna go home."

Kol nodded. "I understand."

Just then, the restaurant manager approached them. "So sorry about that," he said. "We won't charge you for any of your meals tonight."

"Good," Kol nodded. "Then you can take them all away because we're going home."

Once he was gone, and as the waitstaff cleared their plates away, Caroline came to join Kol and Bonnie. "I'll take your car to my house," she said. "And keep it there so you can pick it up tomorrow. You take Bonnie home in her car."

Kol nodded. "All right. That seems like a good solution."

They drove away from the restaurant in separate cars, and then as Kol led Bonnie into her house, she broke into tears.

"Why me?" She asked. "Why do I always get the bad ones or the boring ones? Why can't I just get a good guy?" She leaned her head against Kol's shoulder as he wiped tears from her eyes. "I should have just stayed with you!"

"Yes," Kol nodded. "And I definitely would have let you if I'd known that things were going to turn out like this for you." And at that moment, their eyes met, their faces inched closer and closer together, and, putting their arms around each other, they kissed deeply and for a very long time.