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-TNOF-
"How do you turn this ridiculous device on?" Kol asks, fiddling with his new iPhone and Sofia chuckles. She reaches into the backseat with one hand while keeping the other hand on the wheel, and pulls the car charger for his cell phone out of the bag that all of the accessories that they bought came in.
"The battery has to charge a bit first," Sofia says, unplugging her own cell phone charger, and plugging Kol's into the cigarette lighter. She takes his phone from him, and plugs it into the charger.
"The contraptions are so complicated nowadays," Kol complains, frowning while watching the road out of the windshield.
"They're not as complicated as you think. Once you get used to them, it's actually pretty simple," Sofia says, stopping at a stoplight.
"Music these days is much better than it used to be," he comments after a few moments of listening to the radio. Sofia grins a bit at the familiar song.
"Music of this decade is alright. I much preferred music from the 80's. Like this song," she says, pointing to the radio when Kickstart my Heart by Motley Crue comes on the radio. "One of my favorite bands during the 80's. I honestly think you would have loved the 80's. The 60's and 70's… Not so much, but the 1980's… My favorite decade."
"Well, I have Nik to thank for making me miss out on that," Kol says, sarcastically.
"True enough," Sofia comments, keeping her eyes glued to the road. "On the bright side, we should be in Denver by tonight."
"Finally. We've been driving all night, and all of today," Kol complains, leaning his head back on the headrest of the passenger seat.
"Yeah, well I'd rather not hear Klaus bark at me over the phone for not getting there within his allotted time limit," Sofia says, raising an eyebrow.
"Clever word play, sweets," Kol compliments, smirking at her, and Sofia grins.
"It just kind of came to me," Sofia says, shrugging nonchalantly. Sofia reaches in the back and grabs her purse when she hears her phone begin to vibrate, signaling that she has a phone call. She turns down the car radio, and pulls her phone out of her bag before answering the call. "Hello, Klaus. We were just talking about you."
"All good things I hope," Klaus says, and Sofia chuckles.
"Why, of course," she says.
"Have you arrived in Denver yet?" he asks.
"Well, at the rate we're going we should be there by tonight," Sofia says.
"Wonderful, sweetheart. Have you thought of a way to get close to the Gilbert boy?" Klaus asks, and Sofia frowns.
"I didn't know that was part of the plan," Sofia says, and raises an eyebrow.
"Ah, well, not to worry, I've already taken care of it," Klaus says, and Sofia narrows her eyes when she can hear the grin in Klaus' voice.
"I don't like the sound of that," Sofia mutters.
"I took the liberty of enrolling you at the high school that the little Gilbert goes to," Klaus says, happily, and Sofia stares blankly ahead, while Kol chuckles beside her.
"You've got to be kidding me," Sofia says, shaking her head.
"You start tomorrow morning," Klaus says, and Sofia scoffs.
"I'm starting school on a Friday?" Sofia asks.
"The sooner the better," Klaus says. "Rest up tonight, darling. You have school in the morning," Klaus says, before chuckling and hanging up. Sofia growls, and tosses her phone in the back seat.
"So," Kol begins, smirking devilishly at Sofia.
"Shut up, Kol," Sofia growls, glaring at the road ahead of her, and Kol laughs beside her.
-TNOF-
"Okay, ease up on the gas!" Sofia shouts from the passenger seat as Kol drives down the empty road. The two of them are about thirty minutes away from Denver, and Sofia decides that now would be as good of a time as ever to teach Kol to drive. "There's no reason that you should be pushing 115 miles per hour!"
"Relax, darling, we'll be fine," Kol says, grinning at her.
"Keep your eyes on the road, please," Sofia groans, shaking her head. "I may not be able to die from getting into a car accident, but I love this car, and if you wreck my car I'm going to be highly upset."
"Don't be so dramatic, Sofia," Kol scoffs, dropping the speed of the car to appease Sofia, who immediately relaxes.
"You really grasped the concept of driving pretty fast," Sofia comments.
"Of course I did. Are you actually surprised?" he asks, and Sofia smirks.
"Not in the slightest," Sofia says, and leans back in her seat before letting out a sigh. "School. I still can't believe that. I'm six hundred and seventeen years old. I've long surpassed the need for school."
"Oh, enough complaining. It's only until Nik gets what he needs from the Bennett witch, when we will be able to leave, and go somewhere more suitable for the two of us," Kol says, and Sofia sighs dramatically, before going back to giving him directions. Along the way, Sofia uses the internet on her phone to look up hotels in Denver.
"Alright, turn left here, and that's where the nicest hotel in this city is," Sofia says. "Oh! Hang on, pull in here."
"What for, may I ask?" Kol asks, as he pulls into the parking lot of the clothing store.
"If I'm going to school, I need clothes that make me look like more of a teenager," Sofia grumbles, and climbs out of the car. She smirks when she hears Kol groan from inside the car, and he gets out behind her.
"Shopping with you is 'Bekah's job," Kol says, walking alongside her, and Sofia looks up at him.
"Well, you're right, but 'Bekah's not here," Sofia says, and walks inside the store, smiling at the woman that greets them. She immediately begins browsing for clothes, and starts picking out a variety of shirts, pants, shoes, and accessories. Kol lounges in a chair that one of the women set out for him, and he pouts as Sofia shops.
"Can you hurry it along, sweets? I'm bored," Kol complains, and Sofia rolls her eyes.
"Yes dear, I'm nearly finished," she calls, grinning at him. Sofia continues to shop, and she's not very surprised when she looks over and sees Kol feeding on one of the female workers. She'd heard him compelling the three women in the store when she first started shopping. "Don't kill any of them Kol. We don't need any suspicious deaths yet in this city," Sofia calls, holding up a shirt and looking it over.
"Well, that's no fun," Kol says, pulling away from the woman's neck. Sofia shrugs at him before taking the clothes to the check out counter, deciding to pay for the clothes. Sofia waits patiently for the woman to ring up the price for all of her clothes, and she pays for them with some of the cash that she has in her wallet.
"I'm ready, Kol," Sofia says, holding the bags on her arm and standing by the door.
"Why don't you go wait in the car, sweets? I'll take care of them," he says, gesturing to the three women. Sofia rolls her eyes, and walks out of the store, and walks to the car. She puts her bags in the back seat, and gets in the driver's side of the car. A few minutes later Kol exits the store, and blurs over to the car and gets in. Sofia frowns when she sees blood on the sleeves of his shirt, and she rolls her eyes at him again.
"You killed them, didn't you?" Sofia asks.
"Of course I did," Kol says, smirking at her, and Sofia glares at him. "Now, don't be upset sweets. I was locked in a coffin for over 100 years. I think I deserve to have a little fun. You should have joined me, darling."
"I already had my fill of excitement for the night," Sofia says, raising an eyebrow before starting the car. The drive to the hotel is silent, and Sofia compels the man at the front desk for a room. The man hands Sofia two key cards and Sofia and Kol make their way to their hotel suite. Once inside, they set their bags down, and Sofia begins to go through her new clothes, tearing the tags off of everything while sitting on the couch in the room. Sofia raises an eyebrow when Kol pulls one shoulder of the sweater that she wears from her shoulder. He leans down and kisses her bare shoulder.
"Are you angry with me, sweets?" he whispers in her ear before kissing it.
"Yes," Sofia says, paying attention to her clothes. She smiles lightly as he kisses up and down her neck, and she pushes him away with a laugh when he bites her lightly. "I know what you're trying to do, and it's not gonna work," she says, rising from the couch, and looking at him with a raised eyebrow. "You can't seduce my anger away every time I'm upset with you."
"Can't I?" he asks, smirking and moving closer to her. Sofia places her hands on his chest, holding him back, and keeping the smirk that threatens to show on her face away.
"No, you can't," Sofia says, and Kol tilts his head slightly at her, before grabbing her wrists, and blurring her to the bedroom, and pinning her to the bed.
"That's where you're wrong, love," Kol murmurs huskily in her ear, causing her to repress a shiver of longing. "You see, we've been through this before," he says, kissing down her neck, and biting her exposed collar bone. "And I thoroughly remember that by the end of the night," he starts, leaning over her, his lips centimeters from hers, "your anger at me was replaced with something else entirely," he finishes, pressing his lips to hers. Sofia finally allows herself to smirk when he pulls away, and she uses her inhuman speed and strength to push him over on the bed so that she's straddling his waist.
"I also remember that night," Sofia says, tilting her head a bit. "I clearly recall it starting a little like this," she says, and allows her face to slowly shift, before she leans down and quickly sinks her fangs into his neck. She hears Kol growl a bit before he reaches up and tears her sweater open before he lifts his head a bit and Sofia groans when his fangs pierce her own neck. The two vampires take a few mouthfuls of each other's blood, before they each simultaneously pull away. Kol takes this opportunity to flip them over so that he's once again on top of Sofia, and he looks down at her with a smirk.
"Are you still angry with me?" he asks, and Sofia cocks an eyebrow at him.
"Yes," she says, simply.
"Well, that makes what we're about to do all the more fun."
-TNOF-
"Okay, what about this one?" Sofia asks, standing in front of the bed the next morning, and spinning around once, modeling yet another outfit for Kol.
"You look lovely, sweets," Kol says, rolling his eyes before looking back at his phone.
"I don't need to look lovely, Kol. I need to look like a teenager," Sofia says, looking at her appearance in the full length mirror in the room. "God knows I've spent so much time with teenagers in Mystic Falls, I should at least know how to dress like one," she says, fixing her newly straightened hair.
"You're going to be late," Kol says in a sing-song voice, and Sofia looks at him, slightly amused.
"Sounds like you're trying to get rid of me," Sofia says, straightening out her leather jacket.
"The sooner we get this whole bonding experience with the Gilbert boy over with, the sooner Nik has leverage for the witch so that she can break the spell bonding my siblings and I together. Then we can leave this city. I'm bored with it already," Kol says, and Sofia sighs.
"I guess I'm going with this outfit then. I need you to drop me off at the school," Sofia says, looking at him. "Keeping up with experiences and all that."
"Our story?" he asks, rising from the bed, and walking to her.
"Life in Mystic Falls had gotten far too boring and monotonous. So I moved out here to get away from Klaus and all of the Original vampire business, where I met my new very handsome, yet very human boyfriend Kol. I decided to give high school a try since it's something I've never had the pleasure of experiencing before," Sofia recites, smiling at him when she finishes.
"That's my girl," Kol says, and kisses her lips gently.
"Well… We better go. Might as well get this over with," Sofia grumbles, and grabs her bag. The two vampires exit the hotel room, and then the hotel completely before Sofia reluctantly hands her car keys over to Kol. "If I don't like it, I'm not going back. I'll tell Klaus myself."
"That would be a sight to see," Kol comments, starting the car the way Sofia showed him, and he almost expertly pulls out of the parking lot and begins the drive to the school that Sofia mapped out on the GPS on her phone.
"What are you gonna be doing while I'm at school?" Sofia asks, sneering the word 'school'.
"I'm sure I'll find something to do around this boring city," Kol says, rolling his eyes. "I'm sure Nik has something for me to do."
"I wouldn't put it past him," Sofia mutters, before sighing. She grumbles lowly under her breath when they pull up to the school. "If I'm right, school lets out at 2:30. Be here on time please," Sofia stresses the words 'on time' to him.
"You act as if I'm completely unreliable," Kol says, smirking, and Sofia gives him a sharp look. "I'll be here, sweets, don't worry. I'm eager to leave this city," Kol says, and Sofia nods, before opening the car door. Kol catches her hand before she gets out, and pulls her towards him and kissing her. She smirks when he pulls away, and he returns the smirk. "Keeping up appearances, sweets."
"2:30 Kol," Sofia says, and climbs out of the car and shutting the door. She takes a deep, annoyed breath and walks into the school, and weaves through the crowded hallways before she gets to the main office. She walks inside and smiles at the woman behind the desk.
"Can I help you, honey?" the woman asks, kindly.
"I need my schedule," Sofia says, and the woman nods.
"Name?" she asks.
"Sofia Panzano," Sofia responds and the woman nods.
"There were a few problems with making a schedule for you. The man who called to enroll you said that you'd have your paperwork on hand," the woman says, and Sofia sighs.
'Damn it, Niklaus,' Sofia curses in her mind, before what Klaus wants her to do actually hits her, and she wants to roll her eyes at herself. She looks into the woman's eyes and begins compelling her. "You already have everything you need. Just put me into all of Jeremy Gilbert's classes."
"Just let me make that schedule for you really quick, dear," the woman says after blinking, and Sofia grins at her and nods. The woman makes quick work of making Sofia's schedule, and prints it out. "Here you are, sweetie. Here's a map of the school," the woman says, handing Sofia two pieces of paper. "Just show your teachers your schedule when you get there, and they'll add you into their roster. Good luck," the woman smiles sincerely, and Sofia gives her a smile back.
"Thank you," Sofia says, and leaves the office. She looks at her schedule and then the map of the school, and begins her trek to her first class of the day. After walking for a few moments, she looks up when she hears the boy that she's here for call her name.
"Sofia?" Jeremy asks, genuinely surprised, walking up to the shorter vampire.
"Jeremy?" Sofia asks, feigning surprise. "Wow, so this is where you've been?" she asks, and Jeremy nods, smiling slightly.
"Yeah, I've been staying with some family friends up here," Jeremy says. "What are you doing here?"
"Just wanted to get away from all of the Mystic Falls drama," she says, shaking her head, and Jeremy nods in understanding.
"Finally got tired of the Klaus situation?" Jeremy asks, and Sofia nods while chuckling. "So you decided to go to school?"
"Yeah… Uh, it's a little embarrassing," she says, leaning a bit closer to him. "But I've never been to school before."
"Are you serious?" he asks, laughing a bit, surprised.
"Completely. So, I figured, why not give it a try?" Sofia asks, shrugging.
"Well, awesome. It'll be nice to have someone that I knew from back home, no matter how vaguely," Jeremy says. "Does Elena know you're here?" Jeremy asks curiously, and Sofia quickly searches him for vervain.
"No, she doesn't, and there's no reason for her to know anything about me being here. Let's just keep it between us," Sofia compels Jeremy, and he blinks a bit.
"Oh well, it shouldn't matter to her anyway," Jeremy says with a grin, and Sofia grins back. "So what's your first class?" he asks, and Sofia hands him her schedule. "That's… Weird, you have all of the same classes as me."
"Well… Awesome," Sofia says, shaking her head a bit with a smile. "Lucky me, then," Sofia says, and Jeremy nods.
"Come on, the bell's gonna ring soon. We should get to class," Jeremy says, and Sofia nods, taking her schedule back when he hands it to her. He leads her to their first class which just so happens to be history. They walk into the class room, and Jeremy accompanies her to the teacher's desk.
"Good morning, Jeremy," the history teacher says, smiling at Jeremy. "Who's this?"
"I'm the new girl," Sofia says, smiling at the man, and handing him her schedule. The teacher looks it over, and nods.
"Welcome to my class then, Miss Panzano," he says, giving her, her schedule back. "Go ahead and take a seat anywhere."
"Come on, you can sit by me," Jeremy says, leading Sofia to the back of the class, and she sits down in an empty desk next to Jeremy. "It's not so bad. School."
"That's what I'm hoping for," Sofia says, smiling. A bit after the bell rings, the teacher stands up and begins lecturing.
"Alright guys, where were we yesterday?" he asks.
"We were talking about Abraham Lincoln," a boy calls from across the class room.
"Right," the teacher says. "Alright then, Lincoln's assassination. I need the date. Any guesses?" he asks, and the class stays silent. Sofia looks around a bit. "Come on, guys. You should have learned this last year."
"April 14, 1865," Sofia answers, looking at the teacher, who smiles at her.
"Correct, very good, Miss Panzano. By who, and where?" he asks, still looking at her.
"By John Wilkes Booth, at Ford's Theater," Sofia answers, and the teacher nods.
"Correct," he says, and continues his lecture, and Sofia ignores the stares from the students around her, and half pays attention to the teacher, knowing that there's really nothing new he could tell her, considering she was alive through everything that he's talking about. Soon enough, the bell rings again, signaling the end of class, and Sofia stands from her seat while grabbing her things. The next three classes pass without a problem, and then it comes time for lunch. After Jeremy and Sofia get their food, Jeremy leads her to a table, and they sit down.
"So, do you like it so far?" Jeremy asks while he eats.
"It's not so bad," Sofia says, smiling a bit.
"So can I ask you a question?" Jeremy asks, and Sofia smirks.
"You just did," she says, and Jeremy gives her a dry look that makes her chuckle lightly. "Go ahead."
"Why did you go with Klaus after the sacrifice?" Jeremy asks, and Sofia frowns a bit. "I just don't understand, because you were helping with trying to kill him, but then you left with him. I mean, I understand why Stefan left, but not you."
"Klaus told me that he would give something that's very dear to me, back to me if I went with him and Stefan," Sofia says.
"Did he?" Jeremy asks, and Sofia stays silent for a few moments.
"No," Sofia says. Technically she didn't lie considering it was Elijah who pulled the dagger out of Kol. Sofia looks to her left when someone sits down next to her.
"Hey, Jeremy," the boy says, flashing a cool smile to Sofia. "Who's your girlfriend."
"Brad, this is Sofia, not my girlfriend," Jeremy says, rolling his eyes, but Sofia can see the hint of a blush on his cheeks. "Sofia, this is Brad."
"Well, hello there, Sofia. Can I say that you have the most unique and beautiful eyes I've ever seen?" the boy says with a flirty smile. Sofia can't deny that the boy is cute with his blonde hair, blue eyes, slightly chiseled features, and charming smile, but Sofia only has eyes for a certain dark haired, cocky, Original vampire.
"That's very sweet, Brad," Sofia says, brushing him off. Jeremy smirks at the way the vampire next to him brushes his friend off, and he can practically see his friend's ego deflate a bit.
"So you're the new girl," Brad observes, looking her over. "Where'd you come from?"
"Mystic Falls, Virginia," Sofia says simply, and Brad's eyes widen.
"So did Jeremy!" he exclaims.
"Yeah, weird coincidence, huh?" Sofia asks, smiling at the two teenage boys. The rest of the school day passes, and when the last bell rings Sofia and Jeremy walk out of the school together.
"So?" Jeremy asks as they walk outside. "What did you think? Was your first day of school ever all you thought it would be?"
"It's… Crowded, loud a lot of the time, and a bit boring considering I know almost everything that they're teaching… Except math… But it was an interesting experience," Sofia says, nodding.
"Well, your first day wasn't a complete disaster, and I would know since we have every class together," Jeremy says, laughing.
"Yeah, I wasn't going to come back if today was bad… But… It wasn't awful," Sofia says.
"There you are!" Sofia hears Kol exclaim in a happy tone. "I was wondering where you were, sweets," he says, putting his hands on her shoulders, and kissing her cheek.
"Oh, yeah, I was just talking to Jeremy here," Sofia says, smiling. "Jeremy this is my boyfriend Kol, Kol, this is Jeremy, a friend from back in Mystic Falls."
"Hey, how's it going, man?" Jeremy asks, nodding to Kol. Kol shrugs his shoulders a bit with a grin.
"Alright. Just couldn't wait for my girl here to finish her first day at her new school," Kol says, in a false cheery tone.
"Yeah, well, uh, I should get going but… It looks like my ride ditched me," Jeremy says, frowning, and Sofia looks in the direction that he's looking in before looking up at Kol, then back to Jeremy.
"Oh, well, we could give you a ride if you want," Sofia says, and Jeremy looks at her.
"Oh, no it's okay, you probably have other things to do," Jeremy denies, but Sofia shakes her head with a smile.
"No, really it's okay," Sofia says, and Jeremy looks like he's considering it. "Right Kol?"
"Absolutely. It's no problem, mate," Kol says, with a grin.
"Well, alright, sure," Jeremy says with a smile, as he nods. Kol keeps an arm around Sofia as they walk, leading Jeremy to Sofia's car. Sofia and Kol both get in the front seats, Kol driving, and Jeremy gets in the back.
"So, how was school today, sweets?" Kol asks, flashing her a charming smile, and Sofia subtly glares at him out of the corner of her eye.
"School was school," Sofia says, smiling falsely at Kol, and Kol smirks at her.
"So, hey, I don't know if it's really your scene, but you remember my friend Brad that you met?" Jeremy asks, looking at Sofia.
"Mhm," Sofia hums, glancing back at him.
"Well, he's having this party tonight… It's supposed to be pretty big. You both can come if you want," Jeremy says, and Sofia raises an eyebrow, and looks at Kol, her lips slowly forming a grin, and Kol matches her grin while tilting his head to the side a bit.
"Sounds like fun," Sofia says, smiling, and Jeremy grins back. Sofia gives Jeremy her phone number, which he quickly enters into his phone, and they arrive at Jeremy's house from the directions he gave when he first got into the car.
"See you both tonight, thanks for the ride," Jeremy says as he gets out of the car.
"No problem," Sofia says, and he shuts the door.
"You are a superb actress, sweets," Kol says, as he drives down the road, back to the hotel.
"Why thank you," Sofia says, smiling. "A teenager's party. That'll be something new for the two of us."
"I'm sure that there'll be plenty to drink there," Kol says, with a dangerous smirk, and Sofia catches the double meaning behind his words.
"Yes, but remember, you're human to them," Sofia says, and Kol warns his eyes.
"Yes, sweets, I remember."
-TNOF-
A/N: Not a very good cut off place, but I wanted to stop this chapter before it got too long. I hope you all liked this!
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