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Chapter 28: Good Morning Sir!

A week has passed since Kol killed Sam. Shanyra didn't say a word to anyone this entire time neither she shred a drop of tear. She didn't even attend Sam's funeral. She just stayed in her bedroom, staring out the window god knew thinking what. She barely slept and ate only when Caroline forced a little food down her throat. Frankly Caroline was getting really worried about Shae. She was even considering compelling her to forget about Sam. Right after the murder happened, Caroline went to Kol to confront him. He was far from sorry for killing someone innocent. But then again, it was the Mikaelson way after all. Never feel sorry for doing anything wrong. Kol justified it by saying that Shanyra shouldn't have loved someone else but him. Though for all his arrogance and cruelty, Kol did agree to give her the time to mourn Sam and not meet her for a while. But it's been a week and Kol was running out of patience. It was painful for him to stay away from her. Specially knowing she was miserable. Even though he himself caused that misery in the first place.

Speaking of Sam's funeral, one other person was absent there. Sam's sister Violet. She was broken over her little brother's death. And she suspected that the cops weren't telling the truth about his murder. Which was obviously true. As usual Sheriff Forbes couldn't reveal the real story behind Sam's murder. She made up a cover story that he was killed in a robbery attack. Though Violet suspected the truth of this story but there was no way she could prove that. Hence she had to remain quiet about it. She even decided to leave town. There was nothing left for her in Mystic Falls anymore.

"I think you should give her more time Caroline. They've been together for three years. And she loved him a lot. It's gonna take her quite some time to heal." Stefan expressed his opinion when Caroline told him what she was thinking of doing. At the moment, they were in the house and Shae was upstairs in her room.

"I know that Stefan but the way she's been, it's scaring me. She didn't even cry. I can't tell if she's in denial or something else has happened. You know sometimes a person can lose mental stability after witnessing a gruesome crime. Kol ripped out Sam's heart right in front of her. I don't think she can get over that on her own." Stefan thought about it for a moment.

"You're right. Do what you think best Care." He said.

"I'll talk to her tonight" said Caroline.

"About what?" Someone spoke up. Both Caroline and Stefan looked up and it was none other than Shanyra. Caroline was surprised to see her out of the bedroom at last. She felt hopeful now.

"Shae, how are you feeling? Do you need anything?" She asked walking over to her sister.

"No. I just wanted to say sorry. I know I'm making you all very worried." Shae said very sincerely.

"You don't have to apologize. We know what you're going through. And we are here for you no matter what." Caroline pulled her sister into a hug. She wanted to console her and support her. Shae appreciated it and said-

"Thank you Care. But I can't live this way forever. I should go out and talk to people. I know Maggie and Emily ask about me everyday. Perhaps talking to them would make me feel better."

"Of course, should I call them over?" Caroline asked eagerly but Stefan looked at Shae in a suspicious way. She has been like a zombie for a week and now all on a sudden she wanted to start living normally again. Not that Stefan wasn't happy that she was trying to move on from Sam's tragic death and start over her life but it was happening too suddenly.

"No, I think I'll go to school tomorrow" said Shae, surprising both Stefan and Caroline. They looked at each other before looking back at her.

"Shae, are you sure you're up for that? You can take a few more days off if you want" said Caroline. Now she too was finding her behavior odd.

"No, I don't want to stay scooped up in my room anymore. I need to go out." Shanyra said with strong tone of voice. Caroline simply nodded her head. Not understanding what was really happening.

"Alright. Yeah, I think it'd be good for you."

After that Shae simply went upstairs back in her room. Caroline and Stefan looked at each other. Both thinking the same thing. What just happened?

The following morning, Shanyra indeed left the house to go to school. Caroline offered to go with her but she politely declined. Her sister also thought she needed some space therefore let her go alone. Shae arrived at school safely but she had stopped by somewhere on her way. Where? Well that would be revealed later. Let's just say Shae's sudden change in behavior had a purpose behind it. A deadly one.

"Shae, how are you? We've been so worried about you." Emily said as she came running over to Shanyra right after spotting her near her locker.

"I'm better now" replied Shae as she took out books from her locker.

"I'm sorry I had shut out both you and Maggie even though you wanted to be there for me. I just wanted to be alone for some time." She apologized to her friends. Emily gave her a sympathetic look.

"You don't have to explain anything Shae. We can imagine what you are going through. Sam was our friend too. Honestly I still can't believe he's-" She didn't finish the sentence. Not only it hurt her to say the word dead but she feared that hearing it might cause Shanyra to have a break down.

"Anyway I just hope that the cops catch the culprits as soon as possible and punish them for what they did" said Emily.

"Don't worry Em. The culprit will be punished." Shae said as if making a promise.

"Culprit?" Emily questioned because she was under the impression that it was more than one person who killed Sam. After all it was a robbery attack. Surely there wasn't only one robber. Before she could get any explanation as to why Shae thought only one person was behind Sam's murder, Maggie came there and unknowingly diverted the conversation.

"Ohmygod! Shae, I'm so sorry about what happened. It was so unexpected. I can't imagine how you're holding up yourself." Maggie said while hugging Shanyra tightly. She was never a calm person unlike Emily. Always hyperactive and overreacting. But she always means well.

"Maggie, she needs to breath." Emily reminded her making her let go of Shae who simply smiled at her friends.

"Oh it's so good to have you back. School doesn't feel the same without you" said Maggie.

"I'm not sure it'd ever be like before" said Shae more to herself than to her friends. Emily and Maggie looked at each other. Before they could say anything to comfort her, she spoke up again.

"I have to start over my life. He wouldn't have wanted me to stay miserable." Shae said it pretty convincingly.

"That's the spirit" said Emily encouraging this.

"And we'll help. We're here for you" said Maggie.

"Thanks" said Shae

"So, which class do you two have right now?" She asked.

"History" replied Maggie.

"Same here" said Emily.

"Great, I got history too. Let's go then" said Shanyra; then the three friends started walking towards the classroom. Many a times Shae thought about telling her friends about the supernatural world around them. Then she could've talked to them about it. But always thinking that her friends deserved to live a normal life, she refrained herself and never said anything to them. Besides, she had Caroline and Stefan and others to talk to about the supernatural stuff. Though considering that Emily was a Lockwood, it was quite possible that she had the werewolf gene in her. Her parents were relatives of late Richard Lockwood, Tyler Lockwood's father. She might turn one day. Emily would find out everything about vampires, witches and werewolves then but till that happened, it was best for her and Maggie to live in the dark. Because the supernatural world, wasn't all that beautiful but rather bloody and dark.

"Oh I completely forgot to tell you guy. There's a good news" said Maggie, as they all took their seats in the classroom. Shae sat in the desk right behind Emily and Maggie sat right beside Shae.

"What is it?" Emily asked curiously. Given the circumstances, a good news would be like a breath of fresh air.

"Mr. Fitz has resigned and went to New York. He is gone for good." Maggie informed happily.

"What? Really? Please tell me you're not kidding." Emily spoke with excitement. Shae however only smiled at their happiness. She would've been excited too to hear this if her state of mind was different. Mr. Fitz wasn't exactly their most favorite teacher. He was hard on everyone. But for some reason he enjoyed picking on Emily the most. He'd always ask her questions and if she couldn't answer them any time, he'd give her detention.

"Thank god. Finally got rid of that douche bag" said Emily feeling relieved. However Maggie wasn't done with giving them good news.

"That's not all. The teacher taking his place, I've just seen him talking to the principle. And OH MY GOD! he is so hot. And not just hot hot, he is smoking hot. He's like hotter than the hottest boy of our school." Maggie said hyperventilating and being all giggly. Emily laughed at her reaction. Even Shanyra had to smile a little.

"Did you catch his name?" Emily asked showing interest in the gossip.

Before Maggie could answer the question the teacher himself walked in the classroom. Everyone fell silent and Shanyra's eyes widened. Because the teacher was none other than Kol Mikaelson. He was wearing jeans and a navy blue button up shirt. His sleeves were folded up to his elbows nicely. Maggie was right. He did look like a hot mess. Too sexy to be a teacher. No wonder why the girls started ogling him as if he was a piece of meat. They obviously didn't see what Shae saw. Blood on his hands. Blood of many many innocent people. The blood of her Sam. She was on the verge of having a panic attack and lose her mind.

"You can do this. You can do this. You can do this. Be strong Shanyra. For Sam. Be strong. You have to do this."

Shae repeated them in her mind over and over again. It helped her resist a panic attack. She inhaled a deep breath to calm herself down more. Though she couldn't do anything about her heart which was beating at a fast pace. Shae decided to keep her eyes down the entire class. At least then she wouldn't be looking at his face. She knew that sooner or later, she'd face Kol again but she wasn't prepared to encounter him in her classroom. What the hell was he doing here? Not to mention as their new history teacher? That was just marvelous. Sarcasm inserted.

Kol on the other hand, focused on Shanyra as soon as he entered the classroom. She was looking down, pretending to read something in her text book. Obviously it was to avoid looking at him. It hurt Kol but he let it go. She was hurt herself. And he caused it. She was allowed to be mad at him and hate him. But Kol would do anything to change that as soon as possible. He promised it to himself. He turned around to write something on the blackboard. And he wrote-

'Kol Mikaelson'

Kol put down the piece of chalk, then turned to face the class again. None of Shae's friends remembered Kol or the Mikaelson family as Caroline had compelled everyone to forget about them. She didn't want one of her friends to suddenly ask her about Kol and confuse her. The original glanced at Shae again, wishing that she'd look up at least once and look at him. Even though Kol really wanted to just stare at his soul mate but he couldn't afford to do that in the classroom where the students weren't compelled to behave normally no matter what. He had to make this work by actually being a teacher. And the reason was so he could get close to Shanyra, and also protect her since Zuriel seemed to be making her next move.

"Good morning everyone. My name is Kol Mikaelson. Don't think I have spelled my name wrong on the blackboard. The spelling isn't C-o-l-e Cole as you're used to of spelling. It's Kol with K. I was born in Mystic Falls. My family used to live in this town. But me and my siblings moved out of here when I was very young."

"So what brought you back?" Tania asked. She smiled at him in a sultry way that Kol pretended not to see.

"Something was taken away from me. I came to take it back." He said casually. Shae knew he meant her but didn't let herself react to it. The other students looked at each other. Though feeling curious but knew asking further questions about it would be prying. Kol on the other hand couldn't take Shanyra's ignorance anymore.

"Ms. Forbes." He called out her name. She still didn't look up.

"Would you like to share with us what is it that you're reading so attentively?" Everyone turned to look at her.

"Shae look up." Emily whispered to her when she turned to look at her friend and found that Shae indeed had her nose buried in the book.

"Mr. Mikaelson, if you've just moved back to Mystic Falls after a long time then how do you know her?" Tania asked feeling jealous that Shae got the hot teacher's attention.

"I know her cousin- Caroline therefore know her. And next time when I ask a question to someone, don't speak up before I get my answer." Kol said to Tania in a friendly way however with noticeable amount of sternness in his voice. He turned his attention back to Shae. She was looking up now, so their eyes met. Kol thought her ignorance hurt him but now that she was finally looking at him, it hurt him even more. Because she was quite literary looking at him as if he was a blood thirsty rabid dog. A psychotic monster. There were both hatred and fear in her eyes. Kol forgot what he wanted to say for a second but he quickly regained his composure.

"So Ms. Forbes, what were you reading so interesting that you avoided listening to your teacher?" Kol asked curiously.

"I was actually thinking about something Mr. Mikaelson." Shae said. Only she knew what it took for her to speak up to him.

"I was wondering what happened to Mr. Fitz? Our former history teacher. His resignation was rather sudden and he left in haste without telling us anything. I hope he's alive and well wherever he is." She put extra pressure on 'alive' to let Kol know exactly what she was thinking. She was thinking he has killed him to vacate his position at the school. Sure Mr. Fitz was a pain in the ass teacher but he certainly didn't deserve to die, if that's what really happened. But the truth was; nothing like that happened. Kol had only compelled him to resign from the job and leave town.

"Mr. Fitz is well. He just had to leave town for a personal matter that I'm not allowed to share with you. I'm sure he was a great teacher but I'm not too bad either. You just need to give me a chance and get to know me." It was a request that Kol indirectly made to Shanyra. But she looked away from him, meaning she wouldn't even consider giving him a chance. Kol quietly sighed out but reminded himself that he had to be patient with her.

"Anything else you wish to ask me?" He asked to the class. Maggie raised her hand.

"Yes, Ms-"

"Fell sir." She said.

"I wanted to ask, were you teaching somewhere else before coming here or it's your first job?" Then she muttered- 'the hottest youngest teacher I've ever seen' under her breath that Kol heard very clearly. It almost made him smirk but he controlled himself.

"I was getting to that but thanks for asking." Kol said giving her a smile that took her breath away. He told them that it was his first job and then recited a made up story about his student life. What subject he studied and where etc. Once the introduction part was over, it was time to discuss the lessons they'd study throughout the semester.

"Okay class, now I'm gonna talk about my subject. I'm obviously here to teach you history. How many of you like history?" Some raised their hands and some didn't. Shanyra was one of them who didn't raise their hands. Kol looked at a student who didn't raise his hand and started asking him questions.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Ben." The student replied

"Ben, why don't you like history?" Kol asked as if genuinely interested to know the reason. He definitely was a good actor. Because anyone who knew Kol would know he couldn't careless about stranger humans.

"I'm not good with dates Mr. Mikaelson. It's hard to memorize them all." Was Ben's answer.

"Alright" said Kol and pretended as if he noted that problem about Ben in his mind. He asked two more students about why they didn't like history before he got to Shae. The person he really wanted to talk to and ask questions.

"Ms. Forbes. You don't like history either. Why not? Is it too boring for you?" There was a hint of amusement in Kol's voice because he knew she liked to hear about the past. She'd often ask him to tell stories about his adventures and inquire about how people were like at a certain period of time.

"I'm not into studying history Mr. Mikaelson. I want to make one." She said it looking right into Kol's eyes. And there was determination in them. He wondered what was she thinking. He hoped she wouldn't do anything stupid. It never ends well for her. Like the time she got in trouble with a cannibal.

"I see. But since it's a history class, you'll have to study and give exams." Their eyes stayed locked for a few seconds more before Kol looked away to speak to the class again.

"Now, someone please tell me where did Mr. Fitz left off."

Kol began the lesson. He acted completely professional. As if he has been teaching his entire life. Shae obviously wanted this class to end as soon as possible. It was putting pressure on her nerves to hear his voice and once in a while glance at him and see his face. She was checking her wrist watch in every five seconds. Shae took notes now and then but she could barely pay attention to the class. How could she when a storm of emotions was happening within her? The memory of Sam's heart in Kol's hand was coming up again and again. It was a miracle that she could sit still and not start screaming at the top of her lungs. Finally the bell rang indicating that the class was over. Shanyra was the first one who got up to leave the classroom.

"Ms. Forbes please stay back. I need to have a word with you" said Kol before she could get the hell out of there.

"I've got class Mr. Mikaelson."

"This won't take long." He said insisting. Shae couldn't downright say no. He was a teacher after all. Still she would've if there weren't any students around. The last thing she wanted was to become a gossip that Shanyra Forbes hated the new teacher, no matter how true it was. Once everyone left and the classroom was empty, Shae decided to just leave but Kol blocked her way.

"What do you want?" She asked with venom in her voice.

"I want to know if you are angry with me, why are you punishing yourself? You don't look well. Probably because you're neither eating or sleeping properly."

"Is it bothering you to see me like this?" Shae asked keeping all emotions out of her voice.

"Of course it is" said Kol. She stared at him for a second before saying-

"Good. At least I'm doing something to cause you a little discomfort after what you did. And I've half the mind to harm myself more to get back at you." She said without any fear.

"You'd do no such thing." Kol said as if warning her, taking a step closer to her as well but Shae stood her ground even though she despised the closeness.

"Or you'll do what? Kill someone else I care about. My aunt? My sister? My friends? Or will you compel me to behave? I heard you do that whenever I don't. Which makes me wonder, how long would you wait before you compel me to sleep with you too?"

"Stop it!" Kol snapped at her, getting angry this time rather than being patient.

"You don't know what you are talking about."

"What I know is that- you get want you want. No matter what. No matter who gets hurt or gets killed in the process. And you've made it very clear that you want me. If I had understood that before, Sam would be alive right now." Shae couldn't help but inhale a deep breath after mentioning Sam's name.

"I can't be responsible for anyone else's death. So- you want me, you have me. You can do whatever the hell you want with me. You won't even have to use compulsion. The only thing I want in return is that you don't hurt anyone else." Kol didn't like it a bit what Shanyra was saying. But he saw an opportunity here.

"If that's so-" Kol couldn't stop himself from reaching her face and gently caress her temple.

"If you'd really do whatever I tell you to do then I want you to have dinner with me, tonight. I shall come to pick you up at 7 then." He said with a smirk. That cocky bastard. If Shae was the original vampire here, she'd have ripped his head off right away. Controlling her temper, she said-

"As you wish. May I go now?" Kol like a gentleman stepped aside and let her go. But just as she reached the door, he spoke up again.

"Oh and Shanyra-" It stopped her from opening the door. She waited for him to finish.

"Don't ever speak to me this way again. It'd really upset me and since you wish to keep everyone alive-" Kol trailed off, not finishing the sentence but Shae got the message quite clearly. She didn't say anything in return, just opened the door and left. Once outside, Shanyra ran for the washroom. She went inside and locked the door. Then she violently splashed water on her face and rubbed the side of her face that Kol touched. Her breathing was heavy and uneven.

"Damn it Shanyra, you can't let him affect you like this." Shae said to herself.

"You have to be strong. You can do this. You must."

"This is for Sam. You promised to avenge him."

Flashback

Shae knocked on someone's door. When the door opened, it revealed Bonnie. She was surprised to see her.

"Shae, what a pleasant surprise!" Bonnie asked stepping aside to let her in. She knew all about how Shae was being lately. Caroline was really worried. Bonnie wanted to meet her earlier but Caroline said Shae refused to see anyone except for her sister.

"Please sit. How are you feeling now?" The witch asked with concern in her voice.

"Dead" replied Shae with one word.

"I'm gonna go straight to the point Bonnie. I want to avenge Sam. And I want you to help me with that."

"What are you thinking of doing?" Bonnie asked seriously.

"I'm thinking about breaking a soul sharing bond and kill an original." Shanyra's voice was full of anger, hatred and determination.

"Sam was an innocent person. A good person. And he died because of me. Because I loved him- and he loved me. His murder cannot go unpunished."

"I agree but you should know, going up against one original means going against them all." Bonnie warned.

"Yet, when he died the first time, he wasn't avenged. No one even tried to bring him back. He sort of resurrected himself, didn't he? And then stayed alive on my soul." Shae said which Bonnie couldn't deny.

"But they had a diversion back then. The cure and Silas."

"Now they'd have something better to deal with. The mother of travelers. Zuriel would come for me as soon as my soul is whole again. And they'd need to protect me instead of killing me off because my death would mean the end of them all."

"You've really thought this through, haven't you?" said Bonnie. She never really liked the originals therefore had no reason to protest against Shae wanting one of them dead. Not to mention for valid reason. Sam really was a sweet nice kid. He didn't deserve such untimely gruesome death.

"The only thing I'm not certain about is whether you'll agree to help me or turn me down, in which case I'll have to go to someone else but I don't want to. Another witch won't care about me or my feelings like you do."

"I'll help you. But I need some time to find the right spells to break this bond" said Bonnie.

"No need. I already found them for you." Saying that Shae pulled out a thin notebook from her bag and handed it to Bonnie.

"Did you really think I only wept in the last week? In fact I promised myself that I wouldn't cry until Sam's avenged."

Bonnie didn't know whether to be impressed or be worried about how revenge driven Shanyra was being. She read the spell written in the notebook.

"I can acquire most of the ingredients but getting Kol's blood would be difficult." She said.

"Leave that to me. I will make Kol Mikaelson bleed." For that Shae was willing to do anything. Instead of trying to get away from Kol, she'd start luring him to her from now on. Even get intimate with him if necessary. Her own feelings and honor didn't matter anymore. All that mattered was justice.

End Of Flashback

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