As promised, Kolena! I love you guys so much for bearing with me :) Thank you for reviewing, for a moment I thought you had abandoned my story because of Eva.. so, here is chapter 45.. enjoy :)


Elena opened her mouth to say something, to comfort him, to tell him something, but before she could say anything Kol jumped up and said. "Your phone."

And with that he disappeared and Elena sighed, leaning back against the soft cushion. Kol was back before she was comfortable. He handed her the phone and said. "The caller is unknown."

Elena answered it with a frown. "Who's there?"

"Jer-Bear as my sister liked to call me when she was six." Said an amused voice.

Elena felt a wave of happiness flowing over her. "How are you doing, Jer?"

"Fine, fine. How are things in Mystic Falls?" He asked cheerfully.

She looked at Kol and he smiled shyly at her. Somehow Elena didn't want to break the news of being in love with an original over the phone. "Same old." Elena replied shortly. All the while thinking, I am in love with an Original vampire, so nothing new, really.

Jeremy sighed. "That doesn't sound very good."

"No, it's actually better." Elena reassured him. When he left Klaus was still running wild and she was torn between the two vampire brothers.

"Good, so no one will try to kill me when I come back?" Jeremy chuckled.

"Wait what?" Elena gasped.

"Come on, Elena, did you really think I would leave for good?" Jeremy asked and Elena could almost hear his grin.

Elena was speechless. How could he come back? Damon had compelled him to leave.

"I expected you to be happier about my return, but well. I booked a flight for tomorrow afternoon." He mocked her.

Elena gasped again. "Really?"

"Yep." Came his amused response.

"You will be back on monday?" Elena asked just to be sure.

"Yep." He repeated.

"Oh my god. Why didn't you tell me earlier, Jer?" She cried out.

"I was planning on surprising you, but I thought you would probably have a heart attack." He said.

"I am so happy that you'll be back, Jer." Elena grinned at her reflection in the mirror.

"Me, too. I've missed you."

"I missed you, too." She replied.

"Ok, anyway. I gotta go. My friends are throwing a goodbye party for me."

"Hey, don't drink," Elena said. "too much."

Jeremy chuckled and the line was disconnected.

Elena looked up and was greeted by a grinning Kol.

"What?" She asked him warily.

"Am I your dirty little secret now?" He teased her and Elena felt herself blush.

"Well, there is nothing really dirty about it." Elena smirked and cocked her head to the side in challenge.

"For now." Kol added and pulled her closer to him. "We could change that if you want." He whispered into her ear and Elena felt goosebumps spreading on her arms and spine.

Elena's reply was a passionate kiss. Whenever Kol held her, everything else faded away. The thoughts about Jeremy's compulsion, the thoughts about Eva, nothing mattered as long as she was in his arms. She forgot the world and for the time being, she didn't want to remember any of it.

When she needed to breath, Kol released her lips and moved on to her jaw and neck. Elena couldn't help it, her breath became louder and her heart beat picked up. Her hands were roaming over his chest and Elena wanted to feel his skin, wanted to know, if it felt as good as everything about him.


Kol couldn't stop himself. The need, the love, the urge to be with her, overtook his other senses and he quickly placed Elena back down on the couch and propped himself above her. She let out a gasp, but he could feel her heart beating quickly against his chest in excitement. Like a humming bird. He thought as her hands found their way into his hair and pulled on them to bring him even closer. The smell of her arousal clouded his mind and he felt his face changing.

When he turned away from her, her hands cupped his face and turned him back, gently. She was still breathing fast, but her eyes showed no trace of fear, only love.

"You don't have to hide from me. Not now, not ever." She whispered and kissed him. He felt his fangs scraping agains her lips and then he tasted blood. He moaned and his tongue quickly found the little wound.


Elena closed her eyes and gave herself completely over to him. His tongue darted over the spot where his fangs had pierced her lip and she felt him harden agains her inner thighs. She arched her back to be closed to him. The silence around them was broken, when her phone rang loudly in the room. Kol's lips immediately left hers and she could only lay back and pant heavily. She saw Kol holding out the phone and after she took a few more deep breaths, she answered it.

"You didn't tell him?" Bonnie yelled from the other end.

"Tell who what?" Elena asked, still a little breathless.

"Jeremy. That you are dating an original." Bonnie growled.

"No, Bonnie, I didn't. I wanted to tell him when he was back." Elena replied, now equally growling. "This is too important to be told on the phone."

"Well, you don't have to worry about that anymore." Bonnie said.

"Wait, what?" Elena gasped.

"He called me, he told me he was coming back, he asked me if everything was truly ok here in Mystic Falls and I thought he knew."

"Seriously, Bonnie?" Elena sighed. "What did he say?"

She heard the witch laugh. "He freaked out. What did you think he would do?! He left when your crazy vampire ex didn't want to hand over Klaus' coffins and his older brother was looming all over you. And now you're dating one of the coffins occupants."

Elena sighed. "Great, well thank you for reciting my life story." She spat. "And thanks for telling Jeremy."

"Elena, I am sorry. Besides, Caroline told me everything. About how he killed that girl. You can't be with him, Elena. It's wrong."

Elena looked up and saw Kol looking down at the floor and sighing.

"He didn't kill the girl, Bonnie." Elena said firmly. "It wasn't him. And being with him is anything but wrong. It's the only thing in my life that has ever felt right."

"Oh, god. Please, don't do this, Elena." Bonnie whispered. "Don't act out because we all want to protect you. Look, I told you I was ok with it, but this, this is too creepy. You know him for a week and you're talking like he is the love of your life."

"Well, he is." Elena said angrily. "And I am done explaining myself. Kol and I are together and there is nothing that can change that." With that Elena hung up and glared at the screen.

There was a new text from Jeremy. 'Seriously, Elena?!'

Elena growled in frustration and threw the phone onto Kol's lap. He looked up at her and she tried to smile.

"She is right." He said.


Elena sighed loudly. "Kol, please don't do this." She jumped up on her knees and turned around to face him completely. When he didn't look up, she grasped his face and turned it around. "I love you, Kol. And I want to be with you."

At that his eyes lit up and Elena grinned at him. "I love you." She said again.

"What did I do to deserve your love?" He asked, searching her eyes.

Elena rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on. Just because you're a vampire, doesn't mean that you don't deserve love." Elena said playfully. She wanted him to laugh.

He shook his head softly. "Not just love, but this. Elena, I love you so much, I don't even know how to say or show it. And being a vampire doesn't justify everything I have done in a thousand years."

Elena sighed at him. "You don't have to explain how you feel, I feel exactly the same." And then she kissed him. She tried to put all her love for him into this one kiss and so did he. It wasn't as passionate as the one before, but it was sweet and even while kissing him, Elena's heart felt like it was going to explode or break apart, the feeling was so much, too much.

Kol abruptly broke the kiss and his eyes were wide. His hand came up and his index finger brushed away the tears that were running down Elena's cheeks. "Don't cry."


Don't worry there won't be any more flashbacks. at least not if you're not begging me to :)

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