A/N: Thanks to all the reviewers and followers/favorites! You guys are awesome!

So I'm probably going to regret this chapter, only because the event that happens... But there's some Andy and Klaus interaction so I hope it will make it better. For the next few chapters Andy's going to go through crap, so try to understand where's she's coming from, okay?

Um, quick note, did anyone see Sam Claflin as Finnick in Catching Fire? He was fantastic! Now onto the chapter!

Poison & Wine - Chapter LI

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"Nobody else seems to think Silas exists, so why do you?" I asked Kol from across the table. We were having an early lunch together on my break at the Grill to talk what we would try to do to persuade everyone not to go after the cure.

Kol downed the rest of his drink. "I used to run with some witches. Africa in the fourteenth century, Haiti in the seventeenth century, New Orleans in the nineteen hundreds. They all knew about Silas; that he needed to stay buried. I actually hold witches in high esteem."

"Really?" I raised my eyebrows. "I thought that you only held yourself in high esteem, Kol. I'm impressed."

"I'm not joking around, Andy,"

"Okay, I'm sorry, it's just my family isn't really talking to me since I joined your side in this... They think saying the littlest thing in front of me will cause me to call you to murder them all, and on top of that Elijah's ignoring my calls," I exhaled. "Anyways, you said you lived in New Orleans?"

"Yes, we all did until Nik daggered me. You should visit there sometime, it's absolutely captivating,"

I nodded slowly, remembering Emmeline mentioning that she had gotten that stuff that heals me from New Orleans. I might have to go venture there to get it myself sometime.

Shaking my head, I got our conversation back on track. "Why are you so afraid of Silas, anyway?"

"They said if Silas rises, he'll unleash hell on Earth. I happen to like Earth just the way it is,"

I nodded in agreement. "Okay, so what do you want to do then?"

"We wait until one of your siblings contacts me. which I know one of them will. Once they do, I'll handle it myself," He leaned back in my chair.

"Just don't hurt Jeremy, okay? The entire reason I'm on team Kol is because I want to keep him safe. Do not screw it up."

"Well, I make no promises," He smirked at me.

I gave him a glare as I stood. "I'm not afraid to come after you. Plus, once Elijah comes back to town, he'll be able to beat you up for me."

"Or you could just get Nik,"

"You know he and I aren't on speaking terms,"

"Doesn't mean he wouldn't do anything for you,"

I sighed and leaned over to peck Kol on the head. "Please behave, Kol, I couldn't handle if something happened to you or my brother."

He waved me off as I went to go back to my job. I just hoped that no one would try anything today on both sides. I just needed a normal day, biut it didn't seem like it when I got a text from Elena that she needed to talk to me.

Once I got home, Jeremy and Matt were playing Call of Duty on the XBOX and Elena was in the kitchen on the phone with Bonnie. Jeremy and Matt hardly acknowledged me as I went to go speak to Elena. She was washing dishes.

"You texted that you wanted to talk to me?" I said, folding my arms and giving her a nasty look.

"Yes, I did," She turned off the sink and looked over at me. "Damon was compelled by Kol to kill Jeremy, so he's locked up in the Boarding House cellar. He wanted you to come watch over him to make sure he didn't escape."

I stared at her, completely suspicious of this entire thing. "Wait, you think that, one, I could stop a vampire from escaping and, two, that you could attempt to distract me with this?"

"It's what Stefan wants, Andy. I just wanna relax today, okay? We're not planning anything, trust me," She folded her arms and sighed. She looked exhausted, and I could hear in her words that she wasn't lying.

"Fine, I'll go check it out, but no promises, okay?" I muttered as I headed out, texting Kol to be cautious if he was contacted by Elena. Even if I believed she was being truthful, I still didn't trust her.


I walked into the Boarding House with haste. "Alright, Stefan, where are you? You wanted me to babysit your brother and here I am!" I stopped in my tracks when I entered the living room where Klaus was standing.

"Hello, love," He smiled at me. "You're here for babysitting duty also?"

I immediately turned to leave but bumped into Stefan. "Wait, Andy,"

"I'm not going to babysit Damon with him, Stefan, so you can go ahead and get the hell out of my way," I growled in a low tone.

"Andy, please, I'll owe you one," Stefan pleaded.

"You owe me a fortune already," I pointed out.

"Then I'll owe you a fortune and one,"

I stared at him a moment before sighing. "Fine, but if he even looks at me in the wrong way―"

"Perhaps we should get to it then?" Klaus interrupted, coming to stand next to us. I spared him a glare and followed after Stefan, acutely aware of how close Klaus was walking behind me. "Can you stop breathing down my neck? God, you're so annoying!" I complained as we went down the stairs. He backed off.

Once we got down there, Stefan stopped directly in front of the door. "You coming to snap my neck again? Because I woke up feeling completely un-murderous, and I'm pretty sure that it's safe to set me free," Stefan threw a vial of blood towards Damon.

Damon groaned. "Oh man, really? You practically bled me dry. At least spring for a bag or something. I'm thirsty." Stefan sat a water bottle between the bars of the door. "Not exactly what I had in mind."

I heard when Damon got up, because he groaned before he walked over to grab the water bottle. He spotted Klaus and I standing on the other side. "Hello, mate," Klaus greeted while I just stood there with a scowl on my face.

"What the hell are you two doing here?" Damon demanded. He just looked completely horrible.

From his tone, I could tell Klaus was smiling. "Babysitting," He answered.

"Oh," Damon looked over at Stefan like he was crazy.

Stefan turned towards me. "Give him a vial of blood every couple of hours, so he doesn't desiccate. If he gets too much strength back, or if he just annoys you, bleed him out again."

Damon weakly chuckled. "Silent treatment, huh? Is that your best shot?" Damon looked over to Klaus and I. "He's still pissed at me for sleeping with Elena."

"You sure about that? 'Cause I saw him trying to sneak out of Rebekah's bed this morning, which would suggest to me that he's moved on," Klaus revealed, causing a sigh to escape Stefan.

Damon looked over at Stefan, almost impressed. "Well, well. Looks like my brother ripped out a page of my revenge-sex handbook,"

Stefan started walking away. "Well, why don't you two enjoy your little, uh, villain bonding time? I'll let you know when I get the dagger from Rebekah... Good luck, Andy."

"Huh, thanks," I muttered as I looked back at Damon. Klaus opened the door and we walked into Damon's cell. I waited to speak until Klaus shut the door back. "If you even try to drink my blood and escape, I'll kill you."

"That's funny, considering your bestie is the one who compelled me to kill Jeremy," Damon shot back.

I glared at him. "I'm protecting him from all of this. Kol's an Original, Damon! Don't you think he has a valid reason to be wary of this Silas guy?"

Damon shrugged, lying down on the cot and tossing an object up in the air.

"You know, none of this would be an issue if you'd have just done your job properly. I was perfectly willing to let you train Jeremy," Klaus said, and I went to yell at him until I saw he was talking to Damon. I looked away and focused on studying a brick on the wall.

"No, you weren't. Are you kidding? You got there day two. Do you know how hard it is to get these Xbox brains to focus?" Damon questioned. "Andy didn't make it any better, moping around like her boyfriend killed her ex-boyfriend's mother... Oh, wait."

I glared at Damon before my phone buzzed. Looking down I noticed there was a message from Kol that read: E invited me over 2 chat a truce for J's life - update u l8ter ;) I sighed upon seeing the wink emoticon. I should not have taught Kol text lingo.

I started to walk out of the cellar to go make a call, but Damon's voice stopped me. "Who is it? Your boyfriend?"

"Shut up, Damon," I snapped as I slammed the cellar door behind me. I walked upstairs before I dialed Elena's number. She picked up almost immediately.

"Yes?"

"Elena Gilbert, I want you to listen to every word I'm saying right now: you hurt one hair on Kol's head and I'm coming for your blood. Understood?"

"Understood," She said without a single red flag popping up... So I trusted her enough to give her the benefit of the doubt that she wouldn't hurt Kol.

"Good," I said before I hung up. i tried Elijah again but he didn't pick up so I headed back downstairs, but I heard Klaus' voice and it stopped me mid-step.

"Come on. There must be a secret. It can't just be the sire bond. What is it? Compulsion? Manipulation?" Klaus paused for a second, evidently waiting for Damon to reply but he didn't. "What is it you say to her?"

I heard Damon sit up from the creak of the cot before he spoke, "I think this has something to do with a certain brunette human. I think you murdered Carol Lockwood, and I think you're worried that Andy's never going to forgive you."

"You've done worse," Klaus pointed out.

"Debatable... See, I don't mind being the bad guy, because somebody has to fill that role and get things done. You do bad things for no reason. You do them to be a dick."

"Debatable,"

"If you're gonna be bad, be bad with a purpose. Otherwise, you're just not worth forgiving," Damon laid back down - another creak giving the movement away - and sighed. "Besides, you've already murdered her aunt. How much longer did you actually expect her not to see how you really are?"

I stood there for a moment, Damon's words playing over and over in my head. Was Klaus worth forgiving? I really didn't think so at this point, but maybe... No, I couldn't think about possibilities. It wasn't fair to myself. Holding my quivering chin up, I headed into the cell. I prepared myself for the hours I would have to spend in there with Damon and Klaus, who I knew were both prepped to sway me away from Kol.


We literally stood around and stayed silent for the hours we were there. I was texting with Kol to make sure Elena wasn't doing anything she wasn't supposed to. He insisted everything was okay and that he wouldn't ever let something bad happen to himself.

Klaus was apparently getting impatient with Stefan, because he had his phone out and paced around the room. "Your brother's lack of communication is infuriating,"

Damon rolled his eyes as he sat up from the cot. "It's one of his trademarks, like his brooding and his hair,"

"I don't understand what's taking so long. I mean, how hard is it to steal a dagger?" Klaus shoved his phone back in his pocket and folded his arms. Why did they need a dagger? I remembered Stefan mentioning it earlier, but I hadn't thought about it until now.

"From a vampire who's been stabbed as many times as your sister, I'd say difficult," Damon said as Klaus sighed and tossed Damon a vial of blood. "Sweet," Damon said as he uncapped the vial and quickly drank it.

I started to ask about the dagger, but Klaus spoke before I could. He said, "You disappoint me, Damon. You're not trying very hard to get out of here. I expected more the daring escape artist, less the cell potato."

Damon looked up him in slight disgust. "Well, I am compelled to kill Jeremy, so I figured it's probably smarter to sit here and chit-chat with you than bust out of here like the Hulk,"

Klaus grinned at him. "How do you think Elena felt about that, by the way? Your inability to overcome Kol's compulsion for a single moment even though it meant saving the only other person besides Andy that she loves most in the world?"

"She's met me. She knows impulse control's not my strong suit,"

"Still, must be hard trying to live up to Stefan. I remember when I compelled him to feed off Elena. He fought it so hard, he actually managed to resist. Now, that's love,"

"What do you know about love?"

I didn't miss the glance that Klaus gave to me. His eyes rested on me for a second before moving straight back to Damon. "I know that you're in love with Elena. But I think you're afraid of what might happen when we find the cure at the end of the rainbow. Personally, I don't see a fairytale ending for you. All I see is Stefan and Elena. I think you see the same thing,"

"First of all, Elena clearly loves Damon, sire bond or no," I said as I stood from my spot on the ground. I faced Klaus with my arms folded and my hip popped out to the side. "Second of all... why do you need a dagger?"

He looked over at me. "Really? You've not figured it out yet, love? I expected more from you,"

It took me a moment, but then I dawned on me. Elena was distracting me with Damon. I wasn't even babysitting, I was being babysat, by Klaus. They were going to dagger Kol.

"You son of a bitch," I spat at him, staring at him in complete hatred. "Kol doesn't deserve to be daggered! Yeah, he's done a lot of shitty things, but you have a lot more on your plate!"

Klaus rolled his eyes and looked away. "Just sit down, Andy," I scoffed and started to leave, but Klaus blocked my pathway. "I said, sit down." He stared at me coldly.

I felt tears spring to my eyes and I couldn't resist slapping him across the cheek. "You know if he gets daggered it very well might kill me this time, and yet you still agree to help them," I shook my head and started to turn away, but stopped and looked back at him. "That's why we can't be together, Klaus, because you're so willing to have your brother daggered and have me injured all for the sake of a cure that I know you don't want. I never want to see your face again." He was clearly upset and the tears had built up in his eyes as I spoke. I reached into my pocket and pulled out my Christmas present I hadn't given him. I threw it at him and spat at his feet. "Merry belated Christmas," I walked away and sat as far as I could get from him and started to silently cry.

It wasn't long before my phone rang. I answered it with shaky hands without even looking who it was. "Hello?"

"Did you know that your darling sister/Nik's former blood bag and her brother are trying to kill me?" Kol's voice came through, practically dripping with venom.

"What?" I asked, but my phone was yanked out of my hands by Klaus.

"What are you talking about?" Klaus demanded into the phone. I don't know what Kol said to Klaus after that, but it couldn't be good. "I don't know what you're talking about." Klaus quickly said. Suddenly Klaus threw my phone against the wall, causing it to shatter into a million pieces. Stupid iPhones.

I jumped to my feet as a now furious Klaus grabbed Damon by the neck and shoved him against the wall. "What the hell's going on?" He demanded.

Damon barely managed out, "I don't know,"

Suddenly I felt pain and I gasped, falling against the wall. "Klaus, they're hurting him," I said, clutching my chest. It felt like really bad heartburn.

Klaus slammed him against the wall again. "What are Stefan and Elena planning?"

Damon coughed and then glared at Klaus as he spoke. "I don't know. I've been stuck in the penalty box with you since yesterday. Stefan won't talk to me, and Elena won't come to see me, so maybe you're right. Maybe she's written me off."

I could see that Klaus using compulsion, "Tell me what you know,"

Damon answered, "I don't know anything about a plan."

"Stay here till I return," Klaus ordered as he released Damon and started to leave, but I managed to slip through the door before he slammed it.

"Klaus, wait!" I barely got out before my voice broke.

"I don't have time for this, Andy, I need to go," Klaus said without even looking back at me.

"Please take me with you, Klaus, I can help you. I can talk them out of it," I grabbed his arm and hurried in front of him to block his way. "Klaus, please. I need to know that Kol's okay, just... "

I wasn't able to finish because he suddenly grabbed me and I felt the similar feeling that I always did when they started running at vamp speed with no warning: nauseous and dizzy. I hadn't even noticed we had stopped moving until Klaus told me we were here. We both hurried to the open front door, and when I started to open it, I doubled over in pain. Klaus made sure I was okay before he helped me up. When I looked up, I stared in complete horror.

Elena yelled, "Jeremy, now!"

Everything seemed to happen in slow mo from there.

Elena tossed Jeremy the stake and he caught it with no problem. Without a moments hesitation, he stabbed Kol through the heart with it.

Kol and mine's screams were in sync with one another. I fell into the house and convulsed on the ground as I felt like my entire body was in flames. I screamed over and over, hearing Kol's scream still in sync with mine, and when his died down, so did mine.

There was a heartbeat of complete silence before I cried out, "Kol!" Turning myself over on the ground, I saw his burning body in the kitchen and screamed in horror again. This couldn't be happening. He couldn't be dead.

Elena and Jeremy were looking over at Klaus in complete fear. "What did you do?" Klaus asked in shock.

Elena quickly said, "We didn't have a choice. He was trying to cut off Jeremy's arm!"

"Lies! He never would've gotten inside if you hadn't have set a trap for him," Klaus yelled at her as I crawled over into the kitchen to Kol's burning body.

"You said you were going to put him down too," Elena tried pointing out.

Klaus spoke furiously, "I was going to make him suffer on my terms! I'm going to burn this house to the ground. And then, when you try to flee for your lives, I'll kill you both without blinking."

"You kill us, you'll never get to the cure. You'll never be able to make any more hybrids," Jeremy said almost kind of smugly. "And what will Andy think of you then?"

Klaus scoffed. "You really think I care for an instant about my bloody hybrids? I want the cure so I can destoy it. I would've killed you all the second we dug it up, but now I'm just gonna watch you burn instead!"

Suddenly a new pain hit me - like a heart attack - and I cried out, and Klaus' cry echoed mine. Looking back I saw Bonnie walking in past him. "Invite him in," Bonnie ordered. "Do it!"

Klaus stood up, staring at all them in hatred. "Come in," Jeremy said.

Klaus fell forward as Bonnie magically pulled him inside and immobilized him. "Living room. Go!" Bonnie ordered and they ran through the living and into the kitchen. Klaus followed quickly behind them, but he can't get into the kitchen. He punched at the air, but there is an invisible barrier.

In a daze I watched as Jeremy pulled the white oak stake out of Kol, and Elena ran to the door. Klaus continued to pound on the barrier. "Witch, you can't do this to me," Klaus spat at Bonnie.

"You have no idea what I can do now," Bonnie said from somewhere behind me,

"I will hunt all of you to your end! Do you hear me? Do you!?" Klaus shouted at them.

Suddenly Jeremy picked me up in his arms. Immediately I started thrashing around. "No! Kol! Get off of me! Klaus, help me! Klaus!" I screamed and cried for Klaus as Jeremy pulled me away from the house. I heard Klaus calling out for me back at the house.

I must've blacked out there for a while, because next thing I knew I was sitting in the Salvatore Boarding House on the sofa across from Elena and Bonnie. Jeremy was pacing around the room, staring at his bare arm. In a daze, I listened to their conversation.

"It didn't work," Jeremy said with worry.

"It took time for Finn's line to die off, remember? It'll work," Bonnie said.

"What if it doesn't?"

Damon entered the room. "Where's that Gilbert optimism?" He asked as he walked over to Elena. "Hi," He greeted her. With a smile, Elena hugged him. "Sorry I missed all the excitement."

Elena's smiled grew, and so did my nausea. "I'm just happy to see you,"

Damon noticed me and I saw him flinch. "Why does she smell like ash?"

Elena whispered, "Not now, Damon,"

The front door opened and Stefan walked in carrying a tombstone. He closed the door. "Looks like I didn't miss much. Got the Silas headstone," He said.

"We're just waiting for Jeremy's mark to grow," Elena said as Stefan sat the stone down on a table while Damon watches him warily. "Klaus is trapped in our living room."

Bonnie stepped into the conversation, "Temporarily. I drew on the new moon to bind the spell. We've got three days to find that cure – four, max."

Jeremy sighed. "If we don't, we might as well look up Katherine Pierce and see if she wants some company in hiding, 'cause he will come after us.

"I hope he does," I said before I could stop myself. Every pair of eyes turned towards me in the room, but I stared directly at Elena. "I hope he kills you in the most painful way and the most slow way imaginable. I hope you suffer the way that Kol did and I hope you die. All of you." I stood up and walked out of the house without so much as a glance back.

I now saw how much I actually hated Elena and I never wanted to see her again.

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The End of Chapter LII

~ The Onceler's Unless