A/N: Helloo, since I couldn't figure out what to write for the new DFTD chap I decided to update this story instead xD

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xoxo Ascha

Chapter 12:

After Kenzie had finished speaking with Connor she went outside to talk with Rebekah and stopped dead in her tracks upon seeing Kol.

He appeared to be waiting for someone as well and when he noticed her, he groaned and muttered something about Rebekah planning this.

Kenzie frowned and glanced around for the female Original, seeing no evidence of her even being nearby.

"Rebekah told you to meet her here?" Kol asked, placing his hands in his pockets.

"Um… yeah," Kenzie answered hesitantly and realized something. "Did she set us up?"

Kol shrugged. "Wouldn't surprise me if she did. She thinks that we need to talk."

Need to talk? Is she serious? First she hates seeing me with her brother and no she wants me to go back to him? Un-fucking-believable!

Kenzie felt like hitting something but somehow managed to remain calm.

"Well, I have better things to do, so–"

Kol quickly grabbed her wrist and stopped her from walking away, opening his mouth to say something that seemed to be on his mind.

"We do need to talk, Kenzie. What's going on between us?"

She didn't pull away from him, because to be honest then she missed his touch and every part of her body craved his.

"Nothing is going on between us. We're done, remember?"

Kol shook his head. "Obviously we're not when you're still here, taking care of Gabriel and you did come to me for help, right?"

She had and she did because… well, she didn't know why but she feared that it was because her emotions were starting to return.

She hadn't even killed anyone since she slept with Kol.

"You're starting to feel things again and you hate it, because you don't want to feel scared or lonely. Can you look into my eyes and tell me that what I'm saying isn't true?"

Kenzie pulled her hand out of his grip and changed her posture, hoping to appear unfazed by his words as she looked into his eyes.

"You… you're wrong." It sounded like a lie and they both knew it.

But Kol smiled anyway and right at that moment she wished that she knew what he was thinking about.

"I love you, Kenzie."

She instinctively smiled weakly and felt like her heart was melting, but she realized what he was doing and quickly turned around to hide her smile.

"Tell your sister that I need to talk with her about Alexander."

Kol raised a brow. "Alexander? You mean that annoying hunter she once fell for?"

She turned to him again and nodded, wondering if he knew anything. "Klaus told me that the hunter told her something important. I want to know what it is."

"Hmm, well she never told me anything, but is this why you acted so strange in the church."

"Yes. Connor isn't just a hunter. He's one of The Five."

Kol's face turned slightly pale and he mumbled something rude about the five original hunters. She didn't have to guess to know that they'd pissed him off big time.

"In that case, then I will gladly help. If you agree to going on a date with me."

Kenzie scowled at him. "Are you fucking serious? You want to go on a date when we're practically on the verge of getting caught in the middle of a war?"

Kol nodded calmly, completely unfazed by her anger. She seemed quite serious about going on that date with her and it made her speechless for a few minutes.

"Well? Do you fancy going on a date with me or do I have to go all caveman style on you?"

She rolled her eyes. "Will you stop pestering me and trying to make me human?"

"Yes."

He was so full of confidence that it both frightened and amazed her, because whatever he had planned for their date then he seemed to be sure that it would fix everything between them.

"Fine, but what about Gabriel? I can't leave him alone."

Kol shrugged and thought about it. "Um… We can put a leash on him and tie him to a pole?"

She groaned and hid her face behind her palms. "That is the stupidest idea ever!"

"It is not! I reckon it's a brilliant idea! I mean he is like an overly clingy dog that needs to be neutered!"

"Oh, Kol… You are such an–"

"Amazing person with loads of brilliant ideas. I know, love. You don't need to remind me!"

~~oOo~~

"Very clever move, dear sister," Kol said as he entered his home. "Despite your hatred for me you still seem to care about my love life."

Rebekah glanced up from a magazine and smirked mischievously.

"Well, from the annoying smile on your lips I can tell that it worked so no need to thank me!" Rebekah said smugly.

Kol rolled his eyes at her and slumped down on the couch beside her. "Thank you. But why did you do it?"

Rebekah tossed the magazine aside and stared at him as if it was obvious why she did it.

"You honestly don't know? Well, frankly then I was sick and tired of hearing you complain about how she's acting and that she's spending so much time with Gabriel."

He snorted. "Oh, geez! Thanks for doing it out of pure kindness!"

"What did you expect? But… it did bother me to see you in pain. You may be an idiot 99,9 % of the time, but you're still my brother."

Kol smiled and had they been human he might have been more prone to show his gratitude by giving her a hug, but they'd both changed a lot since then.

"I think I'm getting through to her. But she won't tell me what happened to her yet."

He wasn't sure why he was discussing this with his bratty little sister, but it felt oddly comforting and he hadn't exactly gotten a friend in town yet.

"Of course she won't. Her own father kidnapped and tortured her. Sounds familiar?"

Kol didn't reply but he was starting to get how Kenzie felt. He remembered the times Mikael had caught him and tortured him into telling him where Klaus was hiding.

Luckily, he'd been able to get away from his father, but it still hurt that his own father would do that to him to get back at Klaus.

"What did Alexander tell you before he had us all daggered?" Kol asked, wanting to change the subject.

Rebekah glanced around to make sure that Klaus wasn't eavesdropping on them and leaned closer to him.

"Don't tell Nik, but there is… a cure."

Kol frowned, growing more curious. "A cure? To what?"

"Vampirism. He told me that… his tattoo leads the way to the cure."

A cure to vampirism? That… changes everything. I could turn Kenzie human and perhaps make the pain in her weaker, he thought. But I'll have to get my hands on it before Nik does. I know exactly what he wants to use it for.

"You're going to find the cure for her, aren't you?" Rebekah asked, reading his thoughts.

"She never wanted to become a vampire and she's horrible at being one." Kol murmured.

"You do realize that she'll grow old and die then, right?"

Kol hadn't thought that far but if there was a chance that she could become human and she wanted to turn back then he didn't want to stop her.

He decided to return to his bedroom and slumped down on his bed, closing his eyes and thinking back to that crazy first time he met Kenzie and thought she was just another silly hunter.

"I'm Kol Mikaelson." he said with a charming smile.

She rolled her eyes. "Good for you."

"Wow, someone's in a bad mood. What happened? Someone died?"

"Actually, yes." Kenzie snapped.

Kol raised an eyebrow, but didn't bother apologizing and just ordered a beer. "Who died?"

She frowned and looked at him. "Just drink your beer and leave me alone."

"Oh, but I like talking to you!"

Kenzie snorted and was about to leave, but he grabbed her arm. "Don't leave. Let's start with a clean table. I'm Kol."

She sighed. "Fine! I'm Kenzie."

The young man with the dark hair and brown eyes smiled. "I don't remember seeing you here… are you new?"

"More like newish. I lived here about 15 years ago, but moved away."

He nodded understandingly. "So you're just… visiting?"

"You're awfully chipper for someone who's drinking in the afternoon. What owes the good mood?"

He grinned. "You."

Kol smiled of that memory and shook his head. He was going to get the Kenzie he fell in love with back and he didn't care how hard he had to fight for it to happen.

~~oOo~~

"Why are you all dressed up?" Gabriel asked curiously, sipping a glass of deer blood.

"I'm going on a date," Kenzie answered bluntly, noticing the hurt in his eyes. "I need some information and Kol won't give it unless I go out with him."

"Oh… well, then I'm coming too."

"No, you're not. I don't need you to start bickering with Kol again."

"Well, I sure as hell won't let you go alone. You're my girlfriend."

Kenzie rolled her eyes. "I am not your girlfriend and I don't love you."

"Then why are you taking care of me? Why not just let me walk around freely?"

She sighed heavily and walked up to him, smoothing down the dark red dress she wore on her body.

"Because I care about you, Gabriel. Yes, I actually care about your pathetic existence of a life."

Gabriel fell quiet and stayed quiet even as she left the abandoned house they'd occupied. She drove to the Grill where Kol wanted to meet up with her and bought herself a drink while she waited for him at the bar.

"Rough morning?" a familiar voice asked.

Kenzie glanced at Kol who sat beside her and saw a flashback of the first time they met each other in her mind.

"Yeah, something like it…" she said and fought the temptation to smile.

"I don't think we've met before. I'm Kol Mikaelson."

She rolled her eyes and sent him a deadpan look. "Are you fucking serious?"

"I don't recall you saying that to me the first time we met."

She snorted and took a swig of her drink. "I agreed to go on this date with you so tell me what you know about the hunter Rebekah fell in love with."

"Hmm, why the rush? We've got plenty of time."

Kenzie stood up and glared at him. "Kol, I'm not in the mood for your games. Either you tell me what you know and we can continue this unnecessary date or I go back home."

Kol chuckled. "Are you blackmailing me again? Hmm, that's not very nice Kenzie."

"Who ever said I was a nice person?" she asked sarcastically.

Kol laughed warmly and suddenly pulled her close to him, pressing his lips against hers. She tensed up and her immediate reaction was to pull away, but he held her arms and she slowly melted like butter in the sun in his embrace.

She hooked her fingers in the hoops of his pants and deepened the passionate kiss, wishing and begging for more even though she hated feeling needy.

But she reminded herself that right now Connor thought that she was human, so she quickly broke the kiss and glanced around, making sure that he wasn't nearby and watching them.

"Can we go somewhere… less public?" Kenzie asked.

Kol smirked as she said this and swung her over her shoulder all caveman style which only got them more attention than Kenzie desired.

Once they were outside and out of sight he blurred to a quiet and dark bar with ominous looking people – a place where Connor Jordan definitely wouldn't go.

"Remember this place?" Kol asked, smirking.

A few of the regulars glared at him but they didn't stand up to try hurting him again, because they either knew that he was stronger than he looked or had compelled them to behave.

"Yeah, it hasn't changed at all…" she muttered and took a seat at one of the booths.

Kol slumped down beside her and didn't hide his affections for her, kissing her deeply for a long moment and savoring the feeling of her body.

"I don't get you. I break up with you, go all ripper and hurt your feelings repeatedly and you still want me in your life. Either you're seriously retarded or very persistent."

"Hey, I'm many things but I am not retarded," he retorted with a serious expression on his face.

He seemed to examine her reaction at first and then began laughing, making Kenzie giggle and shake her head of him.

"Oh how I love hearing you giggle. You sound like an actual girl rather than a manly female hunter."

Kenzie glared at him venomously and felt tempted to slap him, but somehow managed to not do it.

"God, you can be so immature sometimes."

"Yes, but you still fell for me, didn't you?"

She smiled cryptically and leaned in to whisper something in his ear. "Let's go have some fun now."

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