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RHatch89: Haha, I'm glad you liked that! I couldn't resist writing it. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
PenelopeSuriCUTE: Aww, well thank you. I'm really glad you liked the ball. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
IronManRox2k12: Oh, wow. Well thank you so much for thinking that! That really means a lot to me because of how much I love writing this. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
Imaddictedtocarrots: Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
ChelseaBaby91: Yeah, I would think that Kol wouldn't be as violent with Sofia as he would with Elijah, but I mean… He did break her arms a bit. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
: That's so sweet. I'm so glad you like this story so much. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
Katherine Sparrow: There will definitely be more Klaus and Sofia moments soon, but the Caroline and Sofia moments will temporarily be put on hold for a couple of chapters. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
Eby Mikaelson: Thank you for the review!
Elin: That's exactly right! I had to take a few plot lines and change them to secure Kol's life in my story, but there will be another precaution that Sofia takes do preserve his life soon in the story. I can't give anything away, but I already have everything planned out in my head. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
Luli Cullen: Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
not-so-average-07: Ah, that horrid moment will happen soon enough. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
justa20: Oh, no. I can't have a Kol that's too nice in my story. I softened him up just a little bit because of Sofia, but he's still the same psychopath that we all know and love. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
Unternasty: I agree. I can't stand the super nice Kol that some authors write him as. That's not how Kol is at all. All of us love the psychotic, manipulative, cocky Kol that the writers of the show made him. As for the Marcello character, I imagine him to look like Ben Barnes. There are pictures of Trenton, Marcello, and Sofia on my Polyvore sets, which the link for that is on my profile if you'd like to take a look. Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
.Executioner: Thank you for the review! I hope you like this chapter as much as the last one!
-TNOF-
The evening after the Mikaelson's ball, Sofia finds herself relaxing on her couch while Kol spends time with his family. Sofia decides not to intrude on that since he'd been spending his nights at her own house. Sofia glances at her phone when she gets a text message, and she raises an eyebrow when she sees that it's from Klaus.
'Meet Kol and I at the Mystic Grill. He's becoming unbearable without your presence.'
Sofia chuckles a bit, and rises from the couch before going to her bedroom, and changing into different clothes.
"Where are you going?" Marcello asks, when she leaves her bedroom and heads for the front door.
"The Grill for a drink," Sofia says, and looks at her brother. "Care to join me?"
"No thank you. If I'm correct, you're gonna be meeting Kol there, and since he's returned you two have been all over each other. I'd rather not have to witness that," Marcello says, grimacing and Sofia laughs.
"Your loss brother," Sofia says, before walking out of the house, and blurring to the Grill. Sofia walks inside the building, immediately seeing Klaus and Kol sitting at the bar.
"Ah, and there she is," she hears Klaus say, and she flashes a smile at the brothers. "Barman, why don't you get our lovely friend here a drink of…," Klaus trails off, looking at Sofia.
"Whiskey," Sofia says, and Klaus nods at the man behind the bar who immediately sets to work.
"I didn't know you'd be joining us, sweets. What a pleasant surprise," Kol says, smirking down at Sofia from his seat at the bar.
"Yeah, well, a little birdie told me that you were here, and asked me to join, so I figured, 'hey, why not?'" Sofia says, smiling at the bartender when he sets her drink down in front of her.
Across the bar, Alaric looks at Sofia worriedly while talking on the phone with Damon.
"Yeah, no, they're still here. Yeah, they've drank their way through half the grill's liquor supply," he says, looking at the two vampires and the hybrid.
"Good. It'll be easier if they're wasted," Damon says, and Alaric nods.
"Yeah, but we have a problem. Sofia just got here," Alaric says, and Damon stays silent for a few moments.
"Damn it," Damon curses and groans. "Okay, yeah I'll figure it out."
"So, what's the plan?" Alaric asks.
"Divide and conquer. First, we'll need a little blond distraction," Damon says, and Alaric sees Caroline walk inside. "Now, I have to work on little Sofia's distraction. Don't screw this up," Damon says, and Alaric hangs up.
"I remember her from last night. She looks like a tasty little thing," Kol says, pointing at Caroline who just walked into the restaurant, causing Sofia to give him a look that he smirks at.
"Say another word and I'll tear out your liver," Klaus says, and Sofia smirks at Kol. "Caroline!" Klaus calls, and Caroline stops and looks at the three of them.
"Oh, it's you," Caroline says, rolling her eyes at Klaus.
"Join us for a drink?" Klaus asks, holding up his drink.
"Mmm, I'd rather die of thirst. But thanks," Caroline says, before throwing a smile to Sofia, which she returns, and Caroline walks away.
"I'm so proud of her," Sofia says, smiling proudly at the blonde retreating vampire. She looks over a bit and sees Klaus giving her a look. "Hey, I did all I could last night. If she wants to give you a chance it's up to her. It's not like I can just snap my fingers and she'll do as I say."
"I thought that your word would mean more to her," Klaus says, casually.
"You turned her boyfriend into a sire bonded hybrid. You can't expect her to give you a chance just like that," Sofia says, defending her friend. "Plus, you told him to bite her! Total dick move, which I'm still angry about, by the way."
Klaus gives her a look before looking at Caroline's retreating form. He sighs. "Isn't she stunning?" he asks, looking at her longingly, which makes Sofia chuckle under her breath.
"She certainly looks good walking away from you," Kol quips, and Sofia grins.
"I'll take that as a challenge," Klaus says, before standing from his seat, and walking after Caroline.
"Now that we're rid of him," Kol says, smirking at Sofia before pulling her into a heated kiss.
"I didn't know we had to wait for your older brother to leave to do that," Sofia says, smirking back at Kol. Kol keeps his smirk on his face while he glances at the pool tables.
"Ah, I remember that game," he says, nodding at the pool tables. "Come join me for a game, sweets."
"Hmm… Might as well," Sofia says, and Kol stands, before offering Sofia his hand, which she takes with a grin. Kol leads her to an empty pool table, and Sofia sets up the game. As they play, Sofia pouts when she realizes that Kol is winning, and he grins at her pouting face.
"Don't pout, sweets," Kol says, kissing her cheek, and she scowls at him.
"Hey, uh, Sofia?" Sofia hears from behind her. She turns around and sees Matt standing there, looking uncomfortable around Kol.
"Oh, hey Matt," Sofia says, with a kind smile.
"Hey, could I talk to you for a minute?" he asks, and glances over Sofia's shoulder at Kol, who had come to stand directly behind her, looking at Matt with a smirk. "Outside?"
"I'm sure whatever you have to say can be said in front of me, right sweets?" Kol says, wrapping an arm around Sofia's waist. "How's your hand doing, mate?"
"Kol," Sofia says in a warning tone.
"I'm just joking, darling. Relax," Kol says, kissing her once on the neck.
"Of course, Matt," Sofia says, smiling at the blonde teenager. "I'll be right back," Sofia says, pecking Kol on the lips quickly, before following Matt out of the restaurant. "So, what's going on?"
"I… I just wanted to say thank you for last night," Matt says, glancing around, and Sofia smiles at him.
"It's no problem at all, Matt. Really it's the least I could do," Sofia says, and Matt smiles back at her. "Again, I'm really sorry about Kol."
"You don't have to apologize, it wasn't your fault," Matt says.
"How's your hand doing?" Sofia asks, nicely.
"It's alright. They gave me pills for the pain, so it isn't bad," Matt says, and Sofia nods.
"Good. I'm glad," Sofia says, and sighs. "Well, if that's all, I should get back inside before Kol drains everyone at the bar," Sofia says, with a smirk, before turning around to walk back inside.
"Wait," Matt says, grabbing her arm. "Uh… You know, you're really good friends with Caroline, and I barely know anything about you."
"Yeah, we haven't really been able to talk much with all of the drama going on here," Sofia says, frowning a bit at him.
"Right, so… You and Stefan are friends, right?" Matt says, dropping Sofia's leather clad arm.
"Yeah, we are," Sofia nods.
"Were you friends before you came to Mystic Falls?" Matt asks, and Sofia frowns deeper when he glances around them again.
"Yeah… Yeah, we were. Is everything okay, Matt?" Sofia asks, and Matt nods.
"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Matt asks, and Sofia narrows her eyes while searching his face for a moment.
"You're lying," Sofia says, taking a step closer to him. "What's going on?"
"Nothing," Matt says, a little too quickly.
"You're distracting me," Sofia realizes. "From what?"
"Nothing, Sofia," Matt says, and Sofia turns around and walks back to the restaurant and looks in the window. She growls when she sees Alaric dragging Kol's limp body out of the restaurant through the back.
"Son of a bitch," Sofia hisses, and looks up the street a bit, where she sees Klaus standing in front of Caroline, with his hands on her arms, glaring at her. "Klaus!" she calls, and she sees him look in her direction. "It's Kol!" she shouts, blurring to the back of the restaurant. She pauses when she sees Alaric dragging Kol into an alley with a dagger in his chest.
"Here, grab him!" Alaric says, and Sofia narrows her eyes.
"Allow me," Sofia says, blurring behind him, and she pushes him away, before ripping the dagger out of Kol's chest. Stefan blurs past Sofia to attack Klaus who had appeared after she took the dagger out of Kol, but Klaus pushes him away.
"I should have killed you months ago," Klaus says, looking at Damon who remains standing, looking at Sofia and Klaus.
"Do it. It's not going to stop Esther from killing you," Damon says, and Sofia and Klaus frown.
"What did you say about my mother?" Klaus growls, taking a step closer to Damon.
"You didn't know I was friends with your mummy? Yeah, we have a lot in common. She hates you as much as I do," Damon says, and Klaus goes to attack Damon but is stopped by Elijah.
"Leave him!" Elijah shouts, causing everyone to freeze, and look up at him. "We still need them, Niklaus," Elijah says.
"What did mother do? What did she do, Elijah?" Klaus asks, and Elijah takes his phone out of his pocket before walking down the stairs to the group.
"You tell me where the witches are or I'll have my sister kill Elena right now," Elijah says, and Sofia raises an eyebrow, still not understanding what's going on.
"You told me we had until after nine," Damon protests, looking at Elijah.
"I'm sure Rebekah will be more than happy to start her work early," Elijah says, and Damon glares at him, as does Stefan. Sofia rolls her eyes at their dramatics.
"You may want to go and do what you need to do instead of just standing around," Sofia says, looking at the two brothers. "Tick tock. And you may want to get him out of here before Kol wakes up," Sofia says, gesturing to the unconscious Alaric. "Because he's not gonna be very happy," she finishes, and as if on cue, Kol begins to stir at their feet. Damon sends a harsh glare to Sofia before grabbing Alaric and blurring away, with Stefan following.
"What's going on, Elijah?" Klaus asks, and Sofia watches as Kol slowly rises to his feet beside her.
"Our mother didn't hold the ball last night to celebrate our reunion. She did it to gather us all together to cast a spell upon us. She's linked us all together to kill us. To undo the evil that she created. If one of us dies, we all die. So I've sent the Salvatore's on a mission to sever the witches' connection to stop her from killing us," Elijah explains, and Sofia can practically feel the anger radiating from the three Originals. "Now, I think it's time we paid our mother a visit," Elijah says, and walks away, with Klaus following angrily.
"Sweets, why don't you go wait at your house for me. I'll show up when this whole mess tonight is over," Kol says, looking at her.
"But-," she starts.
"Now, Sofia," Kol demands, and Sofia immediately snaps her mouth shut, before reluctantly nodding. Kol leans forward and presses a lingering kiss to her forehead before taking off in the direction of his brothers. Sofia waits until Kol is out of sight before she blurs out of the alley, and back to her house. When she arrives at home, she sighs when she finds her house empty except for the dog that is lying on the couch. Sofia turns on the living room light, and collapses onto the couch next to the dog who immediately puts his furry head on her lap. Sofia switches on the television, and half watches the screen for nearly an hour before the front door opens, and Kol walks in with a bag.
Sofia stands from the couch, and frowns at him.
"I'm leaving," Kol says, simply.
"Leaving?" Sofia asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, darling, the act where one moves from one place-," Kol starts, and is cut off by a scoff from Sofia that makes him smirk. "Anyhow, I was hoping that you would accompany me."
"You aren't gonna try to force me?" Sofia asks, frowning.
"Well, I was under the impression that if I asked, you'd come willingly," Kol says, raising an eyebrow. "I have no intentions of leaving without you, Sofia."
"I thought so," Sofia sighs, and frowns when Sam the dog walks over to Kol, wagging his tail, demanding attention. Sofia watches as Kol crouches down in front of the dog, offering his hand for Sam to sniff. Sam sniffs Kol's hand and then licks it, and allows Kol to pet him.
"What a delightful creature," Kol says, and Sofia laughs. She walks to the desk that's near the living room, and pulls open one of the drawers, pulling out a pen and a notepad. She quickly writes a note to Marcello and Trenton, telling them that she's going to be leaving with Kol. She walks to her bedroom, and takes out a suitcase, and quickly packs it with clothes, and other essentials that she'll need. She grabs her suitcase and purse, and exits her bedroom, and walks back out to the living room where Kol stands, watching her. She grabs her car keys off of the desk, and takes a credit card out of her purse, and sets it on top of the note, leaving it for Trenton.
"Well… I think that's everything," Sofia says, and looks at Kol, before heading to the door with her things. Kol follows behind her, and pulls the door shut when they step outside. Sofia presses the button on the car's remote to unlock the doors, and she puts her belongings in the back, as does Kol, and Sofia gets into the driver's side. Kol gets into the passenger side, and Sofia starts the car. She pulls out of the driveway and in no time, is heading out of Mystic Falls. "So, is the rest of your family staying in town?"
"Well, Nik probably will to stay near the doppelganger, and Rebekah will probably stay with him," Kol says, and Sofia glances at him. "Elijah left, as did my mother and Finn."
"What happened tonight?" Sofia asks, frowning as she keeps her eyes on the road in front of her.
"Mother obviously failed to kill me and my siblings, but I doubt that she'll stop trying," Kol says. Sofia glances over and can see the anger in Kol's eyes, so she decides to keep quiet about the Esther issue.
"Where are we going?" Sofia asks.
"Well, first thing's first. I need one of those… Mobile phone devices," he says, and Sofia chuckles.
"Most of the stores are probably closed by now, but we can get one tomorrow," Sofia says, and her phone begins to ring in her pocket. She pulls the phone out of her pocket and sees Klaus' name flashing on the screen. She raises an eyebrow, and glances at Kol before answering the call, and putting it on speaker phone. "Yes?"
"Well, hello to you too, sweetheart," Klaus says, and Sofia smirks.
"What can I do for you Klaus?" Sofia asks.
"Well, I need to speak with my brother, and I figured if he was anywhere, he'd be with you," Klaus says.
"Right on that one, brother," Kol says.
"Ah, I thought so," Klaus says, "I trust that the two of you aren't in Mystic Falls anymore."
"Well, technically we still are, but we're almost at the city limits," Sofia says.
"Where are you headed?" Klaus asks, and Sofia frowns and looks at Kol.
"Haven't the slightest," Kol responds.
"How about Denver, Colorado?" Klaus asks, and Sofia's frown deepens.
"Why Denver?" Sofia asks.
"Well, the Gilbert boy happens to reside there, and correct me if I'm wrong, but the Bennett witch seems to care a lot about him. She will need to be used to break the spell that Esther put on us, and I'm thinking she'll need a bit of motivation," Klaus says.
"By the tone of your voice, I take it that there's no option two," Sofia says, and Klaus chuckles.
"Ah, you've always been bright, Sofia," Klaus says, and Sofia sighs.
"I guess we're going to Denver then," Sofia mutters.
"Fantastic. Now, we have a problem," Klaus says, and Sofia raises an eyebrow. "Another white oak tree grew in Mystic Falls."
"That's impossible. We burned the only one to the ground," Kol hisses, frowning.
"I thought that as well, brother. But our dear sister found proof, and showed it to me. It's true," Klaus says, and Sofia looks at Kol worriedly. "We're looking into it, and we'll take care of it. I just thought you should be notified."
"Well, thank you very much for that, Nik," Kol remarks, sarcastically.
"Inform me when you arrive in Denver," Klaus says, and Sofia hears the line go dead shortly after. Sofia glances at Kol who has his fists clenched in his lap, and she stays silent as they pass the 'You are now leaving Mystic Falls' sign. The drive is silent, and in thirty minutes they are passing through Roanoke, Virginia. Sofia looks at Kol who is still looking angrily through the windshield, and she pulls into a nearby bar's parking lot, and shuts off the car.
"What are you doing?" Kol asks, raising an eyebrow at her.
"I'm thirsty," Sofia shrugs. "And I just so happened to forget to bring blood bags," she continues, and looks at him. She feels a sense of satisfaction when she sees a small smirk on his face. "Care to join me?"
She's caught off guard when he quickly leans forward, and captures her lips in a passionate kiss. "It would be my pleasure," Kol whispers against her lips, and he pulls away. Sofia grins at him, and they both exit the car and walk into the bar. Sofia takes a quick look around, and eyes everything in distaste.
"You pick this time, and I'll pick next time," Sofia says, looking up at Kol.
"You've got yourself a deal there, sweets," Kol says, and places a possessive hand on her back, and leads her to the bar where Sofia orders them both a shot of tequila.
"When in the world did you start drinking tequila?" Kol asks, smirking at Sofia, impressed.
"I was influenced by Lexi in the 80's. I swear, if I was human, I would have died from liver failure after the time I spent with her," Sofia says. "A couple of years before, I turned off my emotions. I gave up hope of ever getting you back, and it was killing me, so I just turned it all off. I must have drained at least half of Boston's population of young adults before your brother compelled me to turn my emotions back on," Sofia says.
"Ah, Elijah. Ever the buzz kill," Kol says, and Sofia laughs, and nods to the bartender when he sets their shots in front of them.
"Well, afterwards, I immediately felt guilty about everything that I did, and paired up with the loss of you, I was a wreck," Sofia says, looking at Kol. "So, we left Boston, and went a few other places while looking for Klaus, and eventually ended up in New York where Lexi usually chose to live. So, she found me, saw the state I was in, and took me to bars every single night to try and make me feel better. Now, you know that I've never been much of a drinker, but she practically shoved the alcohol down my throat and now… Well….," Sofia trails off and picks up her shot, flashes Kol a quick grin, and downs the shot of tequila quickly. Kol chuckles a bit, and copies her actions, and sets his empty shot glass down.
"That was quite a story. You without emotions. What a sight that must have been," Kol says, leaning towards her.
"A sight, indeed," Sofia says, smirking. "Now, that's all the alcohol I'm gonna have, because, believe it or not, I can't drive while I'm drunk. And I love that car out there, so I'm not gonna take any chances."
"Speaking of, I want you to show me how to drive one of those," Kol says, and Sofia nods a bit.
"It isn't hard," Sofia says, and looks around the bar. "So, who are the lucky two people who get to join us for a drink?"
"I think I've spotted the perfect pair," Kol says, nodding at a couple who looked to be in their mid to late twenties, sitting at a table not too far away from the bar. Kol rises from his seat to go compel the couple, and Sofia lays down a twenty dollar bill on the bar, as she watches him. She watches as he compels the young man and woman, and they walk out of the bar. Sofia rises from her seat and walks over to Kol, and they exit the bar, and Kol guides her around to the back where the couple stands, waiting for them. Kol smirks at Sofia before he walks to the woman, and plunges his fangs into her neck. Sofia takes a deep breath and she walks over to the man. She lets her face shift, and she sinks her fangs into the man's neck, and immediately starts taking mouthfuls of the man's blood. She groans slightly at the taste, not having fresh human blood since her travels with Stefan and Klaus. Soon enough, the man goes limp in her arms, and his heartbeat ceases. Sofia drops the man's body to the ground and looks at Kol who'd already finished with the woman.
"That's much better," Sofia says, and Kol regards her for a few moments.
"Do you feel guilty for killing him?" Kol asks, genuinely curious, and Sofia frowns.
"I never really feel guilty about the random kills I make when I'm with you," Sofia says after a few moments of silence.
"And do you know why?" Kol asks, walking closer to her. "Because I taught you not to be. You're a vampire, sweets. You should never feel guilty about the kills that you make," Kol says, pressing Sofia against the brick wall of the building. He looks down into her eyes, intensely. "I don't want you to ever feel guilty about the human's lives that you take from this point forward," he says, compelling her. "You won't remember that I compelled you," Kol finishes compelling Sofia, and she blinks.
Sofia stares up at him with a small frown, wondering why Kol is keeping her pressed against the building's wall. "We should go if we want to get to Denver by Friday," Sofia says.
"I think Nik's little favor can be put on hold for a bit longer," Kol says, placing his hands on Sofia's hips. He leans down and presses his lips against hers, roughly, and she responds immediately. After a few heated moments, Kol pulls away and trails kisses and bites down Sofia's neck, and she chuckles a bit.
"Kol, we can't do this here," Sofia says, but not moving away.
"Of course we can, sweets," Kol says, biting down on her neck with his fangs out.
"Kol," Sofia says, beginning to protest again, and Kol puts a finger to her lips.
"Hush, love. No talking. Don't think about it, just simply do as you want," Kol mutters huskily, his face inches from hers. Sofia needs no further encouragement, and presses her lips to his forcefully, taking Kol's advice and giving no thought to the matter, and simply doing what she feels.
-TNOF-
A/N: And there's chapter 25, and Sofia and Kol are officially out of Mystic Falls… For now.
Song for the Kol and Sofia bar scene is My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark by Fall Out Boy.
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