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Warning...this is long. I couldn't really decided if I wanted to break it up, but I had the plan of this chapter laid out in my mind so this is the result. Enjoy...I know I did.
Kol sighed as he shift the car into park as he turned off the engine. He turned to see the dark cabin before him and he dreaded going inside. Mainly because he felt like the world's biggest ass. He had spent the last several hours at Kelly's calming down which led to thinking and his regret. He couldn't believe the way he acted towards before he stormed out or why he got so angry. All she was trying to do was talk to him and everything she said was true. He does care even if he didn't want to admit to anyone, and he was not used to anyone forcing him to talk about is feelings and it caught him of guard. He didn't blame her if she never talked to him again after his outburst.
He pushed the car door open and climbed out shutting it behind him before taking in a deep breath as he walked up the pathway finding the door unlocked. He walked into a dark room and went over to a corner table to turn on a lamp so he could see his way around. He saw that the kitchen was spotless, no pots and pan were left on the stove or sink and even the drying rack was empty.
Kol took off his jacket throwing it over the couch as he made his way to the stairs. He was making his way to his room when he stopped outside her closed door. He listen to see if he could hear anything and he was wondering how she was feeling, but couldn't tell if she way awake nor was there a sign of light coming from underneath the door. He raised his hand to knock, but his thoughts made him stop. He figured that it could wait until the morning, when all was fresh. Maybe he could fix her breakfast with that french toast she seemed to love with cherries on top. He knew that cherries were her favorite fruit and little bit of powdered sugar. He started to turn away when something caught his attention. It was her voice, but muffled and then she spoke again. Kol froze as he could hear the panic in her voice.
"No!"
"Davina?" Kol called out worried. What if something had gotten into the house while he was out? How could he foolishly leave her alone in a house where any being out there could come and go as they pleased?
"No! Please! Stop it!"
Kol's hand flew to the door knob opening it with a hurried twist. He was greeted with by darkness and surprisingly an empty room. He searched each and every corner of the room and there was nothing not a soul.
"No Mo! Help!"
Kol turned at the sound of her cries to see her tossing in her bed covered in a soaking sweat. The covers where all in a jumbled mess and will a pillow in the floor. The lights in the room started flickering on and off as she continued to toss and turn. She was having a nightmare and a horrid one at that and it was having an effect on her magic. He walked over to the bed sitting down as he reached out placing a hand on her shoulder shaking her.
"Davina," He said softly as he didn't want to yell and frighten her more, but she didn't wake up as she cried out again.
"Stop! Let go of me! No!"
Kol placed both of his hand on each of her shoulder and shook her a little harder. "Davina wake up!" He said a little bit more loudly, but still he couldn't reach her. "You are safe Davina. Come on Love, all you have to do is open you eyes." He pushed back some of the hair that flew in her face as she was turning in her sleep. "Davina!"
She gasped as her eyes snapped opened and sat up in the bed with Kol's hands on her shoulders. She was breathing heavily with sweats rolling down her face as her wide eyes darted around trying to figure out where she was. Kol could feel her shaking underneath his fingers as her eyes made their way back to him.
"Kol?" She whispered her voice shaky as he sent her a small, but comforting smile as she sprang forward throwing her arms around his his shoulders burying her face into his neck as she let out a sigh of relief. He could hear her heartbeat racing into overdrive and he could tell how scared she was from whatever it was she saw. He placed a hand on to her head as his other arm wrapped around her arm back pulling her closer to him. He also didn't realize how much he missed her scent, that alluring smell of oranges, lavender, and apples, but it was all her.
"Hey," He whispered into her ear running his hand up and down her back as he could hear her sniffling against his neck as she tightened her arms around him if that was even possible. "it's okay," He could hear her trying to calm herself down as her heart was calming down as she pulled away from him wiping at her eyes.
"It was just a dream," She hiccuped as more tears slid down her flawless cheeks. "But it felt so real all over again."
"Want to talk about it?" He asked as he reached up to wipe away the tears from her face.
"It was a dream about that night of the Harvest," She answered as she shivered as the images were fresh in her mind as she tried to will them away. "The night will always haunt me for the rest of my life, never have I ever felt such fear. How did you know?"
"I could hear you from the hallway," Kol answered looking towards the door. "I thought someone was attacking you from the sounds of it. Are you okay?"
"I am now," She nodded. "I know I should be getting over it, but..."
"Something like that would be hard for anyone to get over," Kol added shaking his head. "Don't feel any shame over how you deal with it. I wish I could have been there to save your friend."
"She was my best friend," Davina confided. "We had been best friend since our preschool days and we would walk to school together everyday until we were no longer allowed to go to school. She was always there for me and she taught me her fashion sense. I miss her."
"She was a good friend," Kol nodded softly.
"She was and a rare find." Davina smiled at the memory of her. "I wish I could have saved her or at least taken her place."
"Why?" Kol asked surprised at the sudden confession.
"I'm nothing special not like she was," Davina smiled bitterly and Kol shook his head.
"I don't agree with that," Kol told her. "There has to be some reason why you survived and she didn't."
"I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Marcel," Davina said looking up. "If he has been a moment too late, it would have been my turn."
"Then the world would have become a darker place if the world lost a soul as pure as yours," Kol added causing her smile and the haunted look in her eyes faded as she was unable to hold back a large yawn. "I'll let you go back to sleep." He said pulling away but she grabbed his arm with her hand.
"Will you stay with me?" She asked her eyes wide and full of fear. "I don't want to really be alone right now," She admitted as she pulled her knees back to her chest. Kol stared at her for a moment. "Please?" She pleaded. "Just until I fall asleep?"
Kol didn't have it in him to deny her as she looked tiny in the bed and wanted to anything his power to protect her and if this is what he had to do...then well. "Alright," He nodded. "I will be right back okay?"
She nodded settling into her pillows as he got of the bed and head to his room where he changed from his jeans and button down shirt to a pair of sweat pants and t shirt before returning back to her room where Davina was laying facing the window lost in her thoughts
"I'm back," He announced as entered the room and walked around to the other side of the bed where he got in. "Is this better?" he asked.
"Much," She nodded. "When did you get back?" Davina asked sleepily.
"Not too long ago," He answered as he thought about his actions earlier which brought his guilt come screaming back as she laid there watching him. "I'm sorry for exploding the way I did." Kol said and she shook her head.
"No," She shook her head. "I shouldn't have pushed you the way I did."
"You didn't push me," Kol rolled over on to his side his eyes meeting hers feeling himself getting lost in their depths once again and he didn't mind one bit.
"You were wrong about one thing Kol," She said sitting up on her elbow her veil of long hair falling to the side and he was once again taken back by her beauty. "You think that no one cares about you, but you're wrong because I care about you. You never have to feel alone because I am here for you anytime you need me because you filled up a void in my life and it is not as lonely with you."
Kol stared at her speechless as he tried to find the words to say. He wish he knew what stars he could thank for having this angel come into his life because she was the brightest star he had ever seen and the purest heart. "I don't know what I did to deserve you coming into my life, but it throws me off because there hasn't been anyone I allowed myself to get close to in my entire life. I care about you too and it scares me because I haven't cared about anything since my pet rabbit that I had when was younger."
"You had a pet rabbit?" Davina giggled. "Tell me more." She demanded as she laid her head down on to her pillow.
"Her name was Bunsie," Kol said turning on to his back staring at the ceiling. "I found him one day when my brothers and I were out practicing our bow and arrow skills to improve our hunting skills and I broke of from my brothers because I was not really interested in to learning, so I went off on my own to practice some of my magic, when I stumbled over a rock and I went down the hill that was not far from our house and there was a trap that was set by our father to catch a fox that had been terrorizing our chickens and I noticed it was down and I was curious. So, I get up and walk over and I could hear something from the inside hitting the box. The rule was to check to make sure that something hadn't tripped the wire and to set it back up. I lift the box and inside was this small baby rabbit no bigger than the palm of my hand and her foot had gotten caught up in the wire and the wire had cut it, so I freed her foot and took her into the wood to this tree where I would keep her and sneak out morning and night to feed her until she was well again even after that Bunsie, would stay there until one day she was gone. I never told anyone about that, not even my family."
"Well I am honored," Davina murmured sleepily. "Your secret is safe with me." She was rapidly blinking her eyes to keep herself awake.
"That rabbit was a strong soul, much like you in many ways," Kol said as Davina raised an eyebrow.
"Did you just compare me to a rabbit?" She asked laughing slightly.
"Well rabbits are my favorite animals," Kol defended. "Like you are my favorite person."
Davina gasped holding a hand to her mouth. "I am a favorite! I finally achieved something."
"You can achieve anything you set your mind to, Darling," Kol smiled as she leaned her head forward.
"You wanna know something?" She whispered her eyes light.
"What?" He asked whispering as well.
"You are my favorite person as well," Davina smiled her eyes heavy. "Before Marcel….Shhh! Don't tell him though."
"Your secret is safe with me," Kol said repeating her own word watching as her eyes slid closed and his own eyes felt heavy as well and decided to close them for a minute...Only minute wouldn't hurt anything right?
When Kol opened his eyes he saw the early morning sunshine flowing through the windows on to the bed, much different than the dark room he entered the night before, but wait one second...This wasn't his room. Kol felt something heavy on his chest and he lifted his head to see Davina. Her head was laying on his chest and she was fast asleep. He could feel the burning in the back of his throat for some blood and he gently lifted her head off his chest and back onto a pillow very carefully so he wouldn't wake her. The he slid out of the bed and to his room to gather his things for a shower before going to find his breakfast which would be a blood bag that was waiting for him down in the fridge.
Once he was freshly showered and shaven, as he hated to have any kind of facial hair, and looking like his good old handsome self, Kol made his way down to the kitchen where he was not surprised to see Davina, dressed in standing in front of the coffee pot waiting for her morning brew.
"You know as much as you drink that stuff I am surprised that your blood is not brown," he teased as he past her on the way to the fridge as the burn was a little bit more intense now.
"It probably is," She joked as she watched the pot slowly fill up and the kitchen was immersed in the smell of freshly brewed coffee. "You want some?"
"I'm gonna have a bag first," He said as he opened the fridge. "How are you feeling this morning?" Kol asked as he looked in the fridge grabbing a bag of B+ along with her creamer.
"Much better," She sighed as she poured herself a cup and took the creamer from him when he handed to her.
"Is there anything you want for breakfast?" Kol asked leaning up against the counter pouring his blood into a glass.
"You know you are spoiling me with you making me breakfast every morning," She said turning around taking a sip of her coffee. "What am I going to do without you?"
"Starve probably," Kol teased as he knocked back the glass of blood and poured him some more as she watched him without a flinch as most people would do, but Davina Claire was not most people as had learned. "Anything special you want?"
"Surprise me," She said walking around sitting in her stool at the bar.
"Okay," He nodded up for the challenge as he went over to the fridge where he got the eggs, milk and butter out setting the items on the counter as he reached over to grabbed the brioche bread, that he loves using for french toast because there is no other bread and using regular old sandwich bread is a disgrace to the dish, and a plate and then went to the spice cabinet and got out the cinnamon.
Oooh yay," Davina smiled as she saw what he was making. "I was hoping you would make that."
"Then why didn't you just say so?" He asked looking up from the eggs he was whisking before adding a splash of milk and teaspoon of sugar then started stirring the mixture.
"I don't want to be a pain in the ass," Davina answered simply taking a swig from her cup before reaching over to grab the pot and filled it to the top.
"You are not a pain in the ass, Darling," Kol said as he placed a pan on to the stove and turned the eye on before adding a pad of butter in to the skillet. "If you want to know a pain in the ass, then I will have to introduce you to my siblings one day."
Davina laughed at this a rolled her eyes as she watched Kol place three pieces of the soaked bread in to the pan before moving to clean up the mess while they cooked her eyes trailing his every move and enjoying the view. The way his hips moved as he walked with such grace...his thighs encased by those blue jeans that he wore so well, it made her lick her lips hungrily and was glad his back was turned towards her so he wouldn't see her drooling over him. She brought her cup to her lips as he turned around to flip the toast.
"Perfectly golden brown," He hummed as he looked over his masterpieces with pride. He reached and got a plate, the syrup, powdered sugar, and got the maraschino cherries out of the fridge then when back to the stove scooping up the pieces with a spatula placing them on them on the plate, sprinkling them with the powdered sugar, and topped them with three cherries then placed it in front of her where she was wear an amused smile.
"Ta-da," He said smiling proudly as she shook her head looking at the dish.
"It is so pretty I don't know if I want to eat it," She picked up a cherry popping in to her mouth. "Mmm. Thank you Gordon."
"Gordon? Who is Gordon?" Kol asked confused at the name.
"Gordon Ramsey," Davina answered as Kol's eyebrow furrowed even further.
"Who is Gordon Ramsey?" He asked as Davina laughed at his face as she started to eat her food.
"Gordon Ramsey is a big time chef that is on TV all the time. He can get super mean at peoples idiocy," She explained.
"I have no idea who that is," Kol answered as he reached back for his glass of blood taking a gulp before starting to clean up the rest of the kitchen so he could go play a few rounds of his game. He was just placing the dishes into the sink when he heard the sound of his ring tone coming from his back pocket, he turned off the water and reached into his back pocket seeing Elijah's name on the screen. "Speaking of pain in the asses," Kol said holding up his phone as he turned to Davina who was working on her second piece.
"What do you think that they want?" She asked after she swallowed her bite and he shrugged.
"I honestly don't know," He shrugged as he answered the called. "Hello Elijah," He greeted into the phone as he walked over to the bar leaning up against it.
"Brother," Elijah greeted, but something in his voice was off which immediately sparked Kol's interest pressed the button for the speaker phone.
"What's going on brother?" he asked as he was beginning to get concerned and looked to Davina who was watching him quietly.
"Things have happened," Elijah began and his voice was grim. "With our brother."
"What kind of things?"He asked as he stood up waiting for Elijah's answer.
"The Salvatore brother have managed to desiccate our brother with the help of the Bennett witch and Elena is holding on to our brother's body by hiding it," Elijah explained and Davina's eye widen at this and her mouth dropped opened.
"Do you need me to come help you get him back?" Kol asked not liking the sound of this and the thought of snapping that doppelganger's neck even more and more.
"No, I want you to stay hidden. Things are not well here. Our mother has managed to turn the hunter into an Original Vampire and is on a hunt to kill all the Original Vampires." Elijah explained urgently. "If he doesn't know where you are, then he can't kill you."
"I can't just sit idly by while the rest of my family is danger, Elijah," He said crossly as he began to pace the room.
"Please, little brother, I ask of you to stay where you are," Elijah said firmly, but Kol scoffed at this. "We will be fine," He promised.
"What are we going to do about Nik? We can't let them just keep his body," Kol said angrily.
"I have a plan to get him back, Kol. I am going to offer Elena a deal," Elijah answered.
"You are your deals, Elijah," Kol scoffed again. "What kind of a deal this time?
"I am going to ask for them to return Nik's body to my possession," Elijah replied.
"That's it? That's the plan?" Kol chuckled coldly. "And you think that they are just going to hand him over?"
"They will if we make terms that the can't say no to," Elijah said. "The terms will be if they agree to turn Nik to us, that I will see that Elena comes to know harm, not by Rebekah, you or myself. I need your word brother that you will not pursue them if they agree to the terms."
"That is absolutely ridiculous, Elijah," Kol sighed running a hand through his hair
"Also, to add armor to our terms, I am going to offer that when they give us Niklaus, that we will scatter leaving Mystic Fall behind with a promise to never return." Elijah added.
"So what? We are supposed to be on the run for the rest of our lives? Again? Haven't we run enough?" Kol snapped angrily. "I don't want to run anymore, Elijah. Why can't we find Nik and get him ourselves?"
"I have no idea what they have done with his body. We can't find it not even a locator spell has worked," Elijah said letting out a sigh of frustration and Kol looked over to Davina who was listening to every word.
"What if we had a very powerful witch do the locator spell?" Kol asked quickly to Elijah.
"I'm not sure it would work," Elijah said thinking out loud. "It could be a possibility if the deal falls through. Where would we find such a witch that would do it for us if they know what or who it was for?"
"I'll do it," Davina answered out loud and without any hesitation before Kol could stop her.
"Who is that?" Elijah asked immediately. "Who are you?"
Davina got up out of her stool walking around to where Kol was standing so she didn't have yell. "My name is Davina."
"And how do you know my brother, Davina?" asked Elijah curiously his tone light.
"He saved my life," Davina answered keeping her answers simple as not to give too much away.
"So, you are helping my brother because you felt that you owe him your life? There must be more to it. What is it? What has he done to you?" Elijah asked. Kol rolled his eyes at this question. Apparently to his older brother felt the need to question his intentions.
"Kol has done nothing to me," She answered defending Kol as he didn't deserve it. "He needed help my help, so I helped him," Davina explained. "It was the least I could do after all."
"So, you would be willing to this locator spell if this plan doesn't fall through?" Elijah asked calmly his tone elegant.
"I already said that I would," She said firmly. "I don't go back on my word."
"And just what do you want in return?" Elijah questioned.
"Nothing," She answered.
"I beg your pardon?"
Davina turned her eyes up to Kol, who was watching the exchange wearing a smirk on his face and what seemed to be surprised at well.
"I want nothing," She repeated her answer in and more firmly.
"Why would you do that Davina?" Elijah wondered silkily. "Why would you help Kol?"
"He is my friend," She answered heartily.
"My brother doesn't have any friends," Elijah snickered as he told her. "So you must be mistaken."
"There is no mistake," She replied hotly. "Because he will always have a friend in me." Davina informed him her tone was firm.
"He has done some horrific acts, murdered people for fun. Surely that must terrify you?"
"What vampire hasn't? And no, he doesn't scare me," She kept her eyes on Kol's. "I trust him with my life and I want to help Kol in any way I can."
"Why?" Elijah asked again.
"That is enough with the questions brother," Kol snapped not liking how Elijah was interrogating Davina.
"He is just being cautious, Kol," Davina said to him placing a hand on his arm. "It's okay. I don't mind and meant every word I have said."
"You defend me as if you have known me for years, Davina," Elijah said sounding surprised.
"That is because she is amazing, Elijah," Kol piped in grinning softly at his little witch with pride because she was truly amazing. "I will agree to your terms if you do something for me in exchange."
"And this is?" Elijah drawled.
"You will keep Davina a secret," Kol answered simply. "No one is to know about her in order to keep her safe."
"Is she in danger?" Elijah asked.
"No, but I don't want the others to think that they can use her as they please. She is not some tool or toy." Kol stated firmly. "If you will allow me this small pleasure, then I will do as you ask. I will not go after Elena Gilbert." He promised even though the words were bitter against his tongue.
"You have my word, little brother," Elijah promised. "This is what we'll do, I will go to Elena and propose the deal and if they do not comply, we will have Davina do the spell."
"Sounds good to me," Davina agreed looking to Kol.
"Now I must go and speak with Rebekah before I proceed, so I must bid you and Davina good bye," Elijah said before adding. "I will be in touch to let you know what happens." With that Elijah ended the call and Kol turned to Davina.
"Are you sure you want to help my family?" He asked. "Because you don't have to Davina."
"I already said that I would and I don't mind helping," Davina said as she picked up her empty plate placing it in the sink. "It is what friends do for each other. So what do we do now?"
"I don't know, but I have something nagging in the back of my mind that I should head back to Mystic Falls," Kol said.
"But Elijah said not too," Davina reminded him crossing her arms. "It sounds really dangerous, Kol."
"I just hate being a sitting duck," Kol grumbled as he felt the need to break something. "Or being useless."
"You are not being useless," Davina shook her head. "You are just simply waiting for your brother to call me back."
"I know, but I have this really bad feeling and I should be there," Kol sighed as he leaned against the counter.
"How about this, while we wait for Elijah's call, we pack up and if we don't hear anything by the morning, I will do the locator spell anyway and we can find your brother on our own."
"We?" Kol asked raising an eyebrow at her. "I don't know if I want you coming along with me because it will be very very dangerous, Love."
"If you don't remember what I was able to do in that alleyway that night," Davina began seriously. "Then you have not been paying very good attention to me Kol."
Kol stared at Davina for a moment thinking about that night she dropped him to his knees with just a flick of her wrist. He had never felt power like that before and had been around his share of witches, but nothing ever came close. He knew that she was powerful, but just didn't want her to get hurt because of him or possibly killed because he didn't want to lose her...he couldn't- no would not lose her. "Oh, I remember that night well, my head felt like it was about to explode," Kol chuckled rubbing his head as he remembered the pain. "Fine, but if we go, you have to promise to be very careful and listen to me," He told her.
"I am not a little kid, Kol," She said stubbornly her eyes filled with fire. "I can take care of myself."
"Trust me, I know you are not a little kid," He tossed back. "I just don't want you to get hurt at my family's expense, so promise me. Please?" He begged softly.
"I will if you will," Davina proposed firmly.
"What kind of promise is that?" Kol asked tilting his head as he tried to understand her.
"A firm one," She answered dropping her arms. "I am going to go upstairs to pack. It's better to be prepare than not to be."
Davina crouched low on the floor, pulling up the skirt bed to make sure that nothing had got pushed under there was too important for her to forget about. She had been working for the past several hours packing up her suitcase, and spent a good bit of time studying up in her grimoires going over every locator spell that she could find. She wanted to be prepared for anything that came her way. She reached under finding a shirt, one she had been looking for, and a pair of socks. She got of her knees folding the items up and placed them into her bag. She sat down on her bed going through her mental checklist of things she needed to do and well they were all completed which left her with nothing to do which sucked. She could not stand being bored when she got an idea. So, she got of her bed and changed into a blue top with lacy short sleeves, dark skinny jeans, and brown slouch boots, before leaving her room in search of her favorite vampire.
"Kol," She called out as she made her way down the stairs finding the living room and kitchen empty wondering where he could be. She made her way out to the back door where the wood pile was located and didn't find him there either. "Kol,' She called out again as she entered the cabin.
"In here."
Davina turned and followed his voice which led her to an open door underneath the stairs. She was surprised to see a door there because she had never noticed it before as she went down two steps into a room filled with rows and rows of bookshelves full many old looking books. She couldn't stop looking around as she walked deeper into the room turning to go down one of the many rows to Kol standing in front of it holding an open book.
"I've been looking up different locator spells," He said looking up from the pages at her and smiled as he saw her beautiful face looking around in awe.
"So have I," Davina said as she turned to look at the books on the shelf. "Are all of the these books grimoires?"
"Not all of them," Kol said and nodded to the book he was holding. "This one is and my mother's."
"How many grimoires does she have?" Davina asked curiously.
"She has five that I know of and I have them all here," Kol said looking around the room. "Along with many other grimoires. I gave you a few of them when we got here."
"I looked through all mine and studied up any locator spell I could find," Davina sighed shaking her head before reaching over and taking the book from his hands. "I have studied ten different locator spells one of them is bound to work."
"I hope so, if not we always have my mother's spell," Kol said as he flipped through the pages before holding the book out for her to see. "Here." He pointed to the page.
Davina leaned her head forward so she could see the words on the page. "Kol…This isn't a locator spell," She said in a low voice as her eyes moved left to right reading word for word her eyes widening. "This is a spell to disables the stake, but only temporarily." She whispered as she moved to take the book from Kol. "This is a very powerful spell, I can feel it just by reading the words and I would need to be within the vicinity of the stake. And I would need something to draw power from in order to do this spell. I am very powerful, but each witch has a limit of much they can use." She said looking up at Kol. "And if I were to do the spell myself, it would kill me from using that much power."
"Well let's just hope that my brother can convince Elena with the deal," Kol said. "Because you are not dying, Davina Claire, do you understand me?" He said firmly.
"This says here," She said pointing to the line. "That I could draw power from a vampire's blood like I could draw power from a dark object. All I have to do is cut along the life line of my palm and have the blood in my hands," She read out loud. "You mother was a fucking genius, Kol."
"She was a nut job who created the vampires species," Kol laughed.
"From a witch stand point," Davina defended before closing the book. "You know what? I have had enough reading for now," She said placing the book on the shelf before grabbing his hand pulling him out of the room. "Here," Davina said picking his jacket up off the chair and tossing it to him. "Come with me." She said as she plucked the keys off the door side table.
"Where are we going?" Kol asked confused as he shrugged on his jacket wondering what had happened to the nice and sane Davina he had come to know as he followed her out the door to see her getting into the car. "What are you doing?" He asked as he opened the door and got in.
"Do you trust me?" She asked turning to him as she started the car.
"What kind of question is that?" He demanded, furrowing his eyebrows at her.
"One I want you to answer," Davina blinked waiting for an answer.
"Of course I trust you," Kol answered, incredulously as Davina shifted the car into drive then proceeded to drive out of the drive way with out another look in his direction.
"Where are we going?" asked Kol as he looked at all the building of Denver passing by his window.
"The answer is the same as it had been the last five times you have asked," Davina said as she went around the curve. "You will see when we get there."
"Well I would like to know where there is," Kol snapped. "Are you kidnapping me?"
"What?" Davina broke into laughter which filled the car as she slowed down before turning into a parking lot of what looked like an abandoned warehouse with broken windows and there was some damage to the wall and the paint was faded. "Kidnapping you?" She asked as she pulled into a parking space and turned to him. "How in the hell could I kidnap you? You weigh a ton and it would require you going against your will."
"Are you calling me fat?" Kol asked as he placed a hand on his chest with a fake hurt look on his face. "How dare you..." He whispered, but Davina could tell his tone was playful.
"Not at all, but you weren't the one who had to drag your ass in order to get that bat out of your gut either," Davina retorted as she put the car into park and pulled the keys out.
"What is this place?" Kol asked looking at the building warily. "Looks like it could fall over any minute at the slightest wind."
"Oh don't be so dramatic," Davina scoffed as she got out of the car. "Because we are going in," She said looking to the building.
"We? In there?!" Kol asked hurrying to get out of the car walking to her side. "I am not going in there. That building doesn't look all that safe."
Davina shook her head at Kol as she started walking towards the building when she felt Kol grab her arm. "What?" She asked.
"You are not going in there," He told her firmly. "Do you have a death sentence or something?"
"No, I don't and I am going in there," Davina told him. "You can stay out here and continue to be scared." She said pulling away from his hand before turning around and walked across the parking lot to the front door without another word, where she had to used a good bit a strength to open, and entered and turned around to see Kol standing near the car shaking his head. "See its fine," She said before closing the door as she grinned to herself before letting out a loud scream.
Kol's eyes widened at the sound of her scream and flashed to the door. He pulled the door open running in and flew down what appeared to be a very long hallway looking through every turn and corner, but could not find Davina as he came to a set of twin door. He pushed the door open and his jaw dropped as he entered what appeared to be an empty arena with a big rink of ice. He walked to the rail to look down to the ice and heard a laugh behind him which made him turn around to see Davina sitting in one of the chairs with her arms and legs crossed unharmed and smirking at him.
"Nice of you to join me," She sent a sexy grin his way causing a shiver to go down his spine as well as a sense of relief.
"You scared me," He scoffed shaking his head at the cheeky girl before him. "I thought something happened to you."
"Sorry," She said but the smirk had yet to leave her face.
"You look it," Kol agreed sarcastically and shook his head as Davina got out of her seat skipping down the three steps.
"Because I'm not," She said playfully.
"What is this?" asked Kol pointing over his shoulder at the empty ice.
"This is an ice skating rink" She answered as she walked to the safety rail looking down at the slick surface as Kol guessed what was going on.
"You are taking me ice skating," Kol realized chuckling at the surprise laid out in front of him.
"Well ever since that day up on the mountain," Davina started. "I have trying to think of something that would top it and I wanted to something for you and you had said that you liked to ice skate, so I was talking to Kelly and I asked her about the ice rinks in the area when I went to pick up the food the other night and she told me about this place."
"So that was what took so long," Kol said his grin growing bigger.
"Kelly coaches kids on the weekend here. She said that this rink is only used on the weekends because the public rinks are always filled to the brim with families and they can't practice, so they come here. During the week it is empty, so she said that I could bring you here." Davina finished looking around the place.
"We are missing one thing," Kol said pointing to his feet. "Skates."
"Hmm," Davina hummed before turning around going to the seat she had been sitting in reaching behind it pulling out two pairs of skate. "Like these?"
"You thought of everything," Kol said as she handed him a black pair of skates. "How did you know my size?" He asked curiously.
"I snuck in your room one night while you were in the shower to check you shoes," Davina answered lightly.
"So, I wasn't hearing things," Kol said remembering the night that he could hear movement from inside the shower as he sat down to trade in his shoes for his skates. "You are a sneaky witch," He accused playfully.
"Well, I had to learn how to get around Marcel or I wouldn't have had any freedom," Davina said as she watched Kol finished lacing up skates.
"How did you get around Marcel?"
"Josh," Davina answered. "If it wasn't for him, I think I would have been ready for a mental institution. He would cover for me if the attic got too much. Do you remember how to skate?"
"That is one thing about me, I can learn something but never forget it," Kol said his grim smug as he got up out of his seat and made his way to the entrance of the rink and gingerly set his right foot on the ice, then did the same with his left. She watched as he pushed forward sliding over the ice a few feet before his legs came out from under him causing him to fall on his behind.
"I thought you knew how to skate," Davina teased as she leaned on the rail as she watched him get back up to his feet.
"It's the skates," Kol called out as he brushed the ice off of his backside. "I need to get used to them. The ones I am used to, didn't look like this," He explained as he moved on the ice with a little and steadily picked up his speed until he was skating with no problem. "When are you coming out?" He asked as he slid to a stop in front of her.
"I'm not," She answered.
"What do you mean you're not?" He barked crossing his arms at the girl in front of him. "Get your ass out on this ice."
"I don't know how to ice skate," She said shaking her head. "I'll just be making a fool of myself and I would like to keep my pride thanks."
"That is the worst excuse I have ever heard," He said shaking his head. "Get out here or I will come off this ice and carry you." He threatened.
"I dare you," She challenged lifting an eyebrow at him.
"You shouldn't test me," Kol drawled tightly as she got out of her seat the blue hue of her shirt making her blue eyes stand out even more, her full lips held in a sexy smirk and her long legs moved slowly towards him. Damn she was sexy and she was making him thirsty...for her.
"Why not?" She questioned her smirk broadening. "It's fun," She murmured, her low voice popping the word 'fun'. He had to clench his hands from pulling her over the rail to him, burying his hands in those brown locks he so longed to touch, slamming his lips against hers claiming them as his as he had dreamt of so many times in last several weeks.
Kol narrowed his eyes at her as she tilted her head her eyes daring him. He used his vampire strength to pull himself up and leap over the rail in front of her and her eyes widened. "Are you ready to skate?" He asked as she sighed looked to the empty skates.
"I don't even know how to put them on," She said as she sat down pulling off her boots as she lifted up the heavy skate. Kol kneeled down taking the skate from her hands pushing it on to her foot and played around the with laces until they were tied and did the same with the next boot until he was finished.
"How do they feel?" He asked looking up. "Not too tight are they?"
"They are tight," She said as she tested the movement of her ankle which moved easily with not pain. "They feel fine," Davina said as Kol stood up and she pushed herself up feeling a bit wobbly as she took her first step in her skates. She let out a breath as took the next step and felt Kol take her hand and wrapped it around his arm.
"That's it," He said gently walking beside her and he could tell she was very nervous as they made the way and he went out on to the ice first gliding without any hesitation as Davina looked at the ice as if it were the worst kind of dark magic. "Take my hand, Love," He said it out to her and she thought back to the night that they danced in the snow. She smiled as she took his hand holding tightly as she took her first step out on to the ice. Her breath caught as her foot wobbles as she brought her right foot on to the ice, but she didn't fall. She felt as if she was on a tight rope and if she moved the wrong way she would be going down with only ice to break her fall.
"Watch my legs," Kol instructed moving his legs in a way that allowed him to backwards pulling her with him. "Bend you need and press forward," He said demonstrating with one of his knees.
Davina bit her lip nervously as she bent her right knee and pressed forwards feeling the blade slip, but was able to stop herself from falling and tried to with her left leg which moved shakily and she was pretty sure that the reason she was standing was because Kol hand her hand.
"You are doing great," Kol encouraged trying to offer some comfort. "It is a bit tricky at first, but once you get the hang of it, it can be a lot of fun."
"I blame New Orleans," Davina said looking up from the ice to Kol. "It is way too warm in the winter for such a thing. We barely even have winters, let alone ice." She said looking around the rink glad that there was no one watching because she was determined to get this right no matter how many times she fell.
"I learned on small pond on our farm," Kol said. "This is a lot bigger than that so you have more room. Do you want me to let go?"
"I'm fine," She nodded as Kol let her go backing up from her form where she remained still. "At least I am standing," She said smiled looking up to Kol and then found herself falling back on to her own behind like Kol had done before. "Spoke too soon," She grumbled blowing a piece a hair out of her face as she tried to pick herself up of the ground. Kol had moved away from her and was gliding around on the ice, but he was watching in case if she needed his help.
Davina managed to get herself on her feet and studied Kol's movements, before trying on her own. She had managed to get a few inches before falling down again this time she banged her elbow on the ground. "Ow…" She whined as she rubbed her throbbing funny bone. Kol skidded to a stop in front of her causing chunks of ice fly up into the air and took her hands helping her off the ground to her feet.
"Are you okay?" He asked kindly as he was concerned as that fall was kind of bumpy.
"I'm fine," Davina smiled as she used his hands to pull herself up and let out breath. "I want to try again," She said as Kol nodded letting go of her hand and Davina pushed her skate along the ice staying up longer than she had so far she smiled as she kept going and lost her balance and she held her arms up as she wobbled trying to stabilize herself from falling and she felt a hand sneak around her middle to her stomach making her breath catch in her throat and closed her eyes. He felt so close to her and knew if she turned around she would run into his chest. A hard chest her head had been laying on that very morning. She didn't know what she was doing when she laid her head on his chest after he had fallen asleep, but wanted to see what it was like. It was like the best pillow she could ever find making her feel so safe and warm that she could not help but falling asleep on him.
"I won't let you fall," He promised his breath fanning her ear causing goosebumps to rise on her skin.
"Too late for that," She said to herself feeling herself fall for him just a little bit more as she was standing with his arm around her.
"What?" asked Kol, his breath still hitting her ear and she realized that she said that out loud and he heard her. She scrambled to find a way to cover her slip.
"I said too late for that," She said not looking at him and mentally slapping herself for her slip of words as she moved herself around to face him. "I fell twice already and I got the bruise on my elbow to prove it," She said holding up her arm and there was a bruise already forming.
"True," Kol said chuckling as he made her way over to her to check her arm because that bruise was looking nasty. "I have herbs at the cabin that can heal that right up or you can have some of my blood," He offered, but she shook her head.
"It is just a bruise it will go away in a few days," She said and looked at it. "Besides, it is my battle wound from attempting to battle ice." She laughed the sound echoing off the walls of the building. He noticed that she was trying to keep herself from looking at him which made him wonder what she had meant something different before which made his heart speed up a bit because that would she had feelings for him just as he did for her. He had been suspecting of her feelings for a while, but didn't want to get his hopes up because it was almost too good to be true of the possibility of having someone like her at his side.
Davina forced herself to focus on her skating testing every little move out as she moved around on the ice as she picked up her speed a bit as she slid smoothly across ice and she looked up at Kol smiling at she had managed a successful skate without any falling loving the way it felt. "I did it," She smiled proudly and Kol began to clap.
"You did. Good job," He nodded proudly at his girl...yes his girl because she was his girl as he skated over to her slowing down beside her. "How does it feel?" He grinned.
"Great," She said. "Now that I haven't fallen on my ass," She said moved her boots as she felt herself grow more and more confident in her moves and when she felt as if she was going to fast than she was comfortable with, she tried to stop causing her to trip over her feet causing her to stumble over face first, but Kol quickly reached out to allow her to fall in his arms before she could each the ice and she left out a sigh of relief into his chest. "Well..almost," she said grinned looking up at him, but made no move to get out of his arms.
"Everyone falls, Love," Kol said gently getting lost in her eyes before smiling gently at her. "Even I did," he confessed remembering what she had said earlier and watched as her smile slowly left her face, her eyes searching his.
Davina felt her heart stop as she made sense of the word he had spoken and her mouth felt suddenly dry as she tried to find the word to speak, but the man had done made her speechless once again, so he did hear what she had said and what she had meant. She watched as his eyes dropped to her lips, her lips she had suddenly put chap stick on, as he invaded everyone of her senses. Her eyes, her smell, her touch. She loved being in his arms as it felt as if this was where she was always supposed to be as his head lowered down towards to hers and she felt her eyes drift shut on their own accord.
Kol felt himself smile as he could her heartbeat racing almost to the same speed as his own. He dropped his eyes to her full lips only inches from his as he lowered his head even more as the need to kiss her was greater than any blood lust he had ever felt. He instantly missed her eyes as felt his nose brush up against her and could feel her breath on his lip which made them tingle. Kol held his breath as he closed the small gap finally locking his lips against hers. He heard her breath hitched once again as he kept one arm around her as he lifted one hand to cup her jaw. He didn't want to push it so he broke the kiss pulling back to look at her face and watched as she opened her eyes. Kol was hoping that he didn't make the wrong move and mess things up with her.
Davina felt the void that his lips left as he pulled back and opened her eyes to see Kol looking at her with uncertainty in his eyes. She smiled softly at him and found that she couldn't really stand on her tip toes, so she pulled away from him reaching down to untie her skates pulling them off tossing them aside as quickly as she could, stood up on her tiptoes before reaching up wrapping her arms around his neck pulling him back down locking her lips over his. She could feel him chuckling against her lips as their lips moved together and could not believe that this moment was happening and felt his arms tighten around her bring her closer to him as she felt herself getting lost in the kiss as well as her need for oxygen. She pulled back needing a moment to catch her breath. "Wow," She whispered breathlessly looking into his eyes as he grinned back at her.
"I should have asked first," He whispered as he searched her face "It is what a proper gentleman would do."
"Do you hear me complaining?" She whispered with a flirty smile.
"I may have to double check," Kol smirked as he moved to cup her face with her his hands as he pressed his lips to hers, his lips moving against hers as she matched his every move and his ran the tip of his tongue against her lip asking for admittance. She opened his lips to him and he had to stop himself from moaning at her taste. She was delicious and he could see himself getting addicted to her more than he already as he continued to explore her sweet mouth as her tongue began to battle with his. Davina Claire was perfect in every sense as their kiss deepened and then he heard the annoying sound of his phone ringing.
"You should answer that," She breathed against his lips as she pulled back as he moved to steal another kiss as the ringing kept on. He groaned against her lips making her giggle as he reached into his jacket pocket pulling the damn thing out not looking to see who it was as he hit the damn button. He just wanted to get the call over so he could go back to his new favorite thing as he put the phone to ear.
"This better be good, brother," He snapped into the phone not taking his eyes off of Davina as she began to move away, but he tightened his arm around her to keep her place because she wasn't going anywhere, but he was greeted by the sound of sobbing on the other line. "Rebekah?" He said as his full attention was brought to the phone call and he could hear more sobbing. "Bekah, what wrong?" He asked hurriedly not liking the sound of his baby sister crying in such a state.
"Nik's dead."
Yes, yes, I know, I am evil but you know what...It is so much fun!
So a lot of things have happened in the chapter...
Now what is going to happen next? Stay tuned to find out as the next chapter is coming soon!
RJ