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"Hello, Elijah," Davina greeted in return accepting his handshake. "It is nice to put a face to your name. I hope your travels went smoothly?"
"They did," Elijah replied. "Thank you for asking. Would you like a drink?"
"A drink sounds lovely," Davina smiled as she walked past the two vampires into the other room.
Elijah turned to his younger brother smirking as he clapped a hand on to Kol's shoulder. "Perhaps Brother, when you are done drooling, you could join us." He teased as earning a glare of the century from Kol walking into the sitting room.
"Shut up," He growled as he followed Elijah into the sitting room where Elijah stood in front of the drink cart.
"What would you like?" Elijah asked turning to the little witch,
"I am not picky," Davina answered as Elijah nodded reaching for a bottle of white wine pouring it into a glass before handing it to her. "Thank you," She nodded before taking a sip from her glass savoring the off-dry liquid on her palate. "Mmmm… Riesling. My favorite."
"Very good," Elijah said sounding impressed. "Everyone knows that Riesling is the best wine."
"I like you already," Davina agreed, taking another sip. "Indeed it is."
"I didn't know you liked wine," Kol said as he accepted a glass from Elijah.
"I do," Davina admitted. "I like a lot of wines. Riesling and Chenin Blanc are a few of my top choices."
"Dinner is ready, Mr. Mikaelson," Paulie said as she stepped into the room.
"Wonderful," Elijah nodded and looked to Kol and Davina. "Shall we?" He held his arm up before following Paulie into the dining room.
Davina began to follow Elijah but felt a hand on her arm which stopped her. She turned to Kol who was watching his brother fully exit the room before turning his eyes to her "You look beautiful, Love." He smiled.
"Thank you," She blushed as she took him in for the first time since coming downstairs. Kol was dressed in a navy blue buttoned down shirt which seemed to mold to his broad chest and shoulder down to his slim waist where it met his dark jeans which hugged his thighs in the way she had come to love. His hair was laying small neat curls as it had grown since the night she had met him.
"I had every intention of introducing you as my girlfriend," Kol said as his smile growing as she turned her blue eyes up to his. "But then, I got a glimpse of you and lost my train of thought."
"Girlfriend huh?" Davina asked tilting her head to the side. "I don't remember you asking me," She said in a teasing tone.
"I haven't?" Kol smirked causing butterflies in her stomach but different from the ones she had before coming down. "Then what do you say about joining me on a proper first date?"
"A first date? Davina questioned her smile growing as she wondered what a first date would be like with Kol Mikaelson. "A first date sounds interesting," Davina nodded. "When?"
"It will happen when you least suspect it, but soon," Kol answered and Davina smirked. "What do you say?"
"I'll have to think about it," Davina said her smirk growing."I will let you know after dinner." She said biting her lip.
Kol chuckled watching as she bit her lip. "You keep doing that and we'll be late." He whispered.
"We will not be late and I can smell whatever it is that is being served for dinner and it smells spicy and it is making me hungry," she said. "If you want my answer...you'll have to behave."
"Behave?" Kol said looking at her as she nodded her head.
"That is what I said," Davina answered.
"Well then, challenge accepted," Kol agreed to cause her smile to widen as he leaned forward to press her lips to hers, but she pulled away from him to walk into the dining room leaving Kol speechless for the second time that night.
"I thought you had gotten lost," Elijah said standing at the front of a large round table that had three empty place settings with a basket of rolls in the middle as she chose her seat.
"Sorry, brother, just needed a private word with Davina," Kol said as he moved around the table to Davina's side pulling out the chair for her. "Ladies are to be seated first, Darling."
"Why thank you," Davina smiled as she sat down placing her glass of wine on to the table and Kol and Elijah followed suit and Paulie brought out the first course: a light arugula salad with goat cheese and tomatoes.
"So, Elijah," Kol said after he took his first bite. "What has happened with our darling brother? He is still alive I presume?"
"You presume right," Elijah answered. "The Bennett witch performed a body jumping spell that allowed his soul in to jump into another."
"A good old classic jumping spell," Kol scoffed into his wine glass that he was sipping out of. "I didn't think Niklaus would ever be that smart." Davina snickered as she chewed on a tomato at this.
"Yes, well it took us all by surprise," Elijah said. "We weren't expecting it."
"He didn't tell you?" Davina asked and Kol shook his head.
"Our brother is always guarded by his paranoia," Kol confided. "He always thinks that he has to do things on his own. I bet Bekah was mad."
"She was so furious and hurt by Nik that ruined his stash of his doppelganger stash," Elijah said as he placed his wine glass back on to the table.
"Is she daggered now?"
"No," Elijah shook her head. "They are no longer on speaking terms and she apparently moved out to her own home."
"That's my girl," Kol laughed and turned to Davina. "Our baby sister managed to inherit a nasty temper."
"The more I hear about the tales of your family," Davina said holding a fork of food in front of her mouth. "The more I am happy that I was an only child."
"Tell me about your family, Davina?" Elijah asked as he turned his attention to Davina.
"There is not much to say about my family," Davina sighed taking a sip of her wine causing Elijah to raise an eyebrow.
"Why would you say that?" He questioned.
"Well my father, I have never met him nor have I ever heard of his name, and my mother is no longer living," Davina admitted.
Paulie came into the dining room taking up their empty salad plates and replacing them with steaming plates a Cajun pasta with blackened shrimp. The smell hit Davina's nose making her mouth water as it was one of her favorite things in the world. It had shrimp and the dish was spicy as hell. "Thank you," She smiled at Paulie watching as she refilled her glass of wine.
"I am sorry for your loss," Elijah said sympathetically. "But, surely you must have someone?"
"Nope," Davina shook her head as she picked up a shrimp biting into it. "It is just me."
"What about the witch community?" Elijah wondered as he dug into his plate.
"I don't like witches," Davina confided as she savored the burning sensation her mouth as the spices found her tongue.
"But you are a witch," Elijah pointed out sound confused. "I figured you would want to be with your people."
"Because they are liars," She said as she twirled her fork around in her pasta as she felt the anger she felt towards her people surged through her veins.
"When I got to town, Elijah, I learned that the witches of the community had tried to perform a Harvest Ritual," Kol said causing his brother to turned to him wide-eyed.
"Are you serious Brother?" Elijah gaped as anger entered his eyes.
"Deadly serious and don't worry, I dealt with the matter accordingly. None of those witches are currently alive. Though the Harvest was performed weeks before my arrival," Kol replied.
"I remember the last Harvest," Elijah shook his head. "It was totally barbaric and I have seen many things in our lifetimes, but nothing like that. It shook us all to the core. When did this happen?"
"It will be four months next week," Davina answered as she twirled the stem of her glass in her fingers watching the pale yellow liquid swirl.
Elijah studied the younger girl for a moment as h connected the dots in his mind. "You were," He began and she nodded as she swallowed her latest bite.
"Yes," She answered solemnly. "Out of the four girls chosen for the harvest, I am the only one who made it out alive."
"How did that happen?"
"A group of vampires broke up the ritual killing several of the witches including my mother," Davina answered even though she kept a few details to herself. "Ever since that night, I don't trust any witch because they all lied to us about what the ritual really was for which was supposedly for more power."
"That was the same excuse they used back in the 1820s," Kol muttered bitterly. "The coven has some of the most powerful witches...why would they need more power?"
"Who know knows," Davina shrugged as she popped another shrimp in her mouth.
"How did you two cross paths?" Elijah asked pointing from Kol and Davina.
"He saved my life," She answered looking to Kol. "Right before I was about to get my jugular ripped out."
"Heavens help us if I had gone a different way," Kol snickered. "The world would be a lost cause."
"What were you doing in that alley anyway?" Davina asked suddenly as Kol picked up his wine glass.
"You want the truth?" Kol asked as he downed his wine.
"I wouldn't have asked you if I didn't want it," Davina pointed out which caused Elijah to snicker slightly from his seat.
"I had just fed on someone," Kol answered and Davina shrugged. "I was leaving to find a place to rest for the night when I heard you scream out."
"Just as I thought," Davina smiled as went back to eating her meal.
"Then why did you ask, if you knew the answer?" Kol wondered though his tone was playful.
"I just wanted to hear the words from that mouth of yours," Davina said flashing him an innocent grin his way causing him to chuckle.
"That doesn't bother you?"
"What?" Davina looked to Elijah who was placing his silverware on to his empty plate. "That he drinks blood?" Elijah nodded and shook her head. "Why would it? You both are vampires and vampires need to blood in order to live. It is just your nature..."
"It
is not considered normal..." Elijah said and she could tell that he was trying to test her. Davina raised an eyebrow at the older Mikaelson.
"I am a seventeen almost eighteen-year-old witch living in an abandoned church after my coven tried to put me to death in a blood ritual hell-bent on contracting more power and I have a best friend who is a vampire…. Trust me...Normal is relative." She answered looking to Kol who sent her a proud smile before turning back to Elijah.
"And to think you were willing to help my family without anything in return," Elijah said linking his fingers together. "Why would risk your life to help someone that you don't know?"
"Why did Kol help me?" Davina asked looking to Kol. "I didn't ask him for his, and he didn't have to do it. But he did anyway… It doesn't hurt to be kind. I wanted to do it because you needed help to find someone that was your family and from what I heard you would do anything for your family."
"That is true," Elijah nodded. "I hope I am not coming off as offensive, Davina. As you said yourself, I will do anything for my family and that includes their safety as we have many enemies-"
"Mostly created by Niklaus himself," Kol interrupted causing Elijah to glare his way at his rude disruption as Elijah always hated it and a stickler for manners.
"We have many enemies," Elijah said returning to the conversation with Davina. "I need to make sure you are not a threat."
"Well that is one thing that you can cross off your list," Davina said. "Because I am not your enemy nor do I have any intentions of becoming one in the future."
"You are from the Claire bloodline am I correct?
"Yeah so?" Davina frowned. "What does my bloodline have to do with anything?"
"I am sure you are aware of the conflict between one of your older ancestors and Kol?" Elijah asked. "How do I know that you haven't come for revenge?"
"Revenge?" Davina bit back a fit of laughter that was threatening to escape her being. "If I wanted revenge for what happened, don't you think I would have done it by now? And yes I do know what happened as the story was told to me many times and to all stories, there is always another side. Besides what happened between the both of them happened a century ago, way before I was even a thought in their minds. Just because that is their history doesn't mean it has to be our history," Davina said waving a finger between Kol and herself. "Let dead bones stay buried where they are buried." She finished taking a sip of her wine.
"You knew he was a vampire," Elijah began.
"Yes, I knew he was a vampire. I could tell the moment I set my eyes on him," Davina nodded.
"Why didn't you run from him? He could have hurt you." Elijah kept his eye on Davina as he could feel the daggers from Kol's eyes being cast his way.
"I didn't run from him because he offered to walk me home in case my attacker would try for round two," Davina said defensively. "It would be nice if you would not put Kol down in front of him."
"Excuse me?"
"With all due respect, Kol has been nothing but nice to me since that night. There hasn't been a moment where I didn't feel safe around him. And I know about the past things he has done, but he hasn't done anything no vampire has not." Davina glared heatedly. "I will not sit here letting you talk about your brother as if he is not in this very room. I trust Kol with my life." She narrowed her eyes at Elijah.
Kol smiled into his glass as he was sipping from it as his eyes darted between his older brother and his witch during their little stare off. He didn't know whether to laugh or not, but he could tell Elijah was impressed by Davina. Elijah was having a hard time keeping a smile from appearing on his face. He brought his eyes back to the beautiful girl next to him and could feel his heart grow more attached to her, never had anyone stood up for him before especially to his family. Normally by now, when someone was being interrogated by the Mikaelsons, that person was in tears by now begging for mercy. The girl had balls that's for sure and could tell that the look she was giving Elijah that she was not about to back down.
"Most people would not," Elijah added as Paulie came in filling up their wine glasses before disappearing back into the kitchen.
"I am not most people," Davina tossed back without a blink of an eye.
"I am seeing that," Elijah nodded as he let his grin come forward and Davina hoped that this was an end to all the questioning.
"Besides this one here," She pointed to Kol who was biting back what appeared to laughter. "I rather like his company."
"I like your company as well," Kol said lifting his glass up towards Davina who tipped the rim of her glass into his.
Elijah sat back his chair as he watched his little brother interact with the witch. He was shocked to see Kol's eyes, which used to be deadly cold, light up whenever he gazed in the witch's direction. Kol was positively smitten with the young witch and vice versa even if they hadn't admitted it to him yet. Elijah could see a change in Kol from the moment he walked through the door and he would never forget the look on Kol's face the moment he went out to greet her on the stairs earlier. He had seen his brother with many women before, but never had he ever been stunned by a woman's beauty as it was always in reverse.
"So Elijah," Davina piped up grabbing his attention from his thought. "What was Kol like as a child?" She grinned at Kol who rolled his eyes, apparently, he missed something when he was lost in his thoughts.
"That could take a while," Elijah snickered. "Do you have the time Davina?"
Davina smiled holding up her wine glass. "We have all night..."
Hours later after dinner, Davina sat in a rocking chair on the balcony using her foot to sway back and forth as she welcomed the cooling night air against her flushed skin, from the wine, closing her eyes as the sound of singing crickets offering the lullaby. She was tired, but not tired enough to fall asleep and she hated going to bed only to toss and turn. She leaned down pulling her heels off of her feet as they were beginning to hurt her feet and tucked her legs under her.
"There you are."
She turned around to see Kol coming through the back door closing it behind him. "Here I am." She smiled.
"Are you thinking of more questions to ask Elijah?" He teased as he dropped down beside her in another chair. "Or for more embarrassing tales of my childhood?"
"Not yet," Davina grinned. "Give me a few days and I am sure I will get some." She giggled.
"Did you have a nice night?"
"I did," Kol nodded leaning his head back in his chair. "It was very entertaining…."
"It was," She grinned as her eyes moved to meet his eyes and nodded. "I certainly gained a lot of blackmail material tonight…."
"You wouldn't use it," Kol said narrowing his eyes in her direction.
"Don't give me a reason to and I won't," She said her smirk growing on her face and he shook her head.
"Look, I am sorry for all the questions," Kol said turning to her. "He was kind of intense tonight."
"Kol, I know what he was doing. He was testing me," Davina said reaching over to lay a hand on his. "Elijah's heart was in the right place. I am an outsider of the family, I kind of expected it tonight. So, it's okay."
"You didn't have to stand up for me," Kol said turning away and she shook her head. "Thank you."
"I suspect that no one has ever done that before?" She asked knowingly and it was his turn to shake his head. "Well, it will not happen in front of me," She promised and he smiled as he brought her hand up to his lips. "I meant what I said. I trust you with my life," Davina said.
"Same here, and you can always trust me," Kol said to her seriously, "Don't let anything my family says about you scare you off because I will never hurt you, Davina Claire."
"They aren't going to scare me off, Kol," Davina assured him as she could see the uncertainty in his brown gaze. "You have told me some of the things you have done and yet I haven't gone anywhere. No matter what your family says, I will still be here." She told him before a smile warmed up her face. "You didn't just get a girlfriend in me, but also a forever friend."
"He likes you know, Elijah," Kol confessed looking back to the house.
"How do you know?"
"Because he was impressed by you and well you gave him a run for his money tonight," Kol answered surely.
"I only spoke my mind," Davina said looking out to the garden where she could see the moonlight glittering on a flowing creek. "So one down and two more to go."
"The other two will be a lot harder," Kol sighed. "As they are two peas in a pod, even though they are on the outs right now, it won't stick."
"That's one thing I admire about your family," Davina murmured looking back to Kol. "It doesn't matter what, you always have each other's back. I wish I had a family like yours."
"My family has not always been a picnic," Kol muttered as he picked a piece of peeling paint on the arm of the chair.
"My answer is yes," Davina said suddenly causing Kol to look up at her. "To a proper first date, though I have never been on one."
"Good, I was hoping that you would agree to it," Kol smiled and then looked at her. "You have never been on a date?"
"No," Davina shook her head. "My mother was always very strict when it came to boys. I wasn't allowed to date as I was to fully commit to my craft. I'll be honest with you… I love being a witch, but I just don't want to be like the witches of what was my coven."
"You are nothing like them," Kol shook his head. "You are much different and you don't have a stick up your ass like most witches do. You follow your heart from what I see," Kol said when something registered into his mind. "Wait…" He trailed off as he narrowed his eyes. "Girlfriend?"
"You just now picked that up?" She laughed causing her chair to sway back and forth.
her chair to rock back. "I said that about ten minutes ago."
"You are one sneaky little witch, Davina Claire," Kol shook his head at her as she continued to laugh in her seat.
"So when is this first date?" Davina breathed as her laughing calmed down.
"You leave that to me," Kol said as Davina's eyes widen at this.
"I need to know when so I can be prepared." She said nervously.
"Trust me you will," Kol assured her as an idea for the date ran through his mind bringing him into his thoughts.
"Good," She nodded letting out a breath of relief before she felt her limbs begging for her bed upstairs. "I am gonna go to bed," Davina sighed before leaning over in her chair. "Good night," She said before pressing her soft lips to his cheek before standing up.
"Good night," He smiled softly before she turned back disappearing into the house as Kol returned to his thoughts as he worked out the details of the date in his head. Normally, he would not put much thought into such an event, but she deserved nothing more than the best. Feeling an itch in his throat, he decided to go back inside to the fridge grabbing a blood bag from it and sat down to enjoy it. Human food was alright, but it never did quench the urge. He took a seat at the island to enjoy his meal as he took the first sip out of his A+ bag nodding to Elijah as he passed him going into the fridge to grab his own bag leaning up against the counter as he poured his blood into a glass. Kol was wondering what was going through his older brother's mind… He gritted his teeth as he was prepared to fight Elijah with whatever he had to say. There was no way he was going to stay away from her, not when they were just beginning their journey one he hoped would be a long one.
"Where's Davina?" Elijah asked looking around the kitchen for the little witch.
"She has gone to bed," Kol answered taking another sip from his bag nodding up to the next level. "She was tired."
"I hope I didn't offend her with all my questions," Elijah said as he taking the seat across from his younger brother.
"You didn't," Kol shook his head. "Davina knows that you were just being cautious and said she was expecting it. In fact, I believe she was holding her own in there."
"Indeed she was," Elijah nodded downing his glass of blood before pouring more into it. "She is spirited. I don't trust her yet-"
"That is because you don't know her," Kol snapped in defense of Davina cutting Elijah off. "She has been more trustworthy than my own damn family."
"I am just saying be careful," Elijah advised wisely. "You never know-"
"You have been spending way to much time with Nik," Kol said cutting Elijah off once more. "It seems as if you had developed your own sense of paranoia and I don't need you telling me what I need to be doing."
"You never kept your bloodthirst in check," Elijah said. "What if you lose control and hurt her?"
Kol was beginning to feel angry at his brother's words as he tossed his blood bag aside. "Stop," He said glaring at Elijah. "I have been around her for over a month and I have not had the urge to drink her blood… In fact, when we were in Denver that Jeremy kid gutted me with a bat, she offered me her blood and I refused it, but she insisted well threatened me if I didn't take any. And I have not killed anyone since I was let out of the coffin, besides Mary Porter in which our brother Niklaus asked me to do so.," Kol finished before picking his blood bag up taking more blood from it. "Another thing, Elijah I would never hurt Davina."
"She is growing attached to you," Elijah began watching Kol carefully before continuing. "What if-" Elijah began to say but Kol cut him off once again.
"I love her," Kol confessed not looking at Elijah knowing that he had probably stunned the man. "If there is anyone who is attached here, it is me. There hasn't been anyone like her in my life and for that very reason I could never hurt Davina."
"Wasn't you who told Rebekah falling for mortals is the first sign of weakness?" Elijah teased making Kol smirk. "Hypocrite..." Elijah said slyly as took another drink of his drink.
"And to which I am not ashamed," Kol chuckled as he finished the rest of his blood tossing the empty bag into the wastebasket.
"I could see it tonight in the way you looked at each other," Elijah admitted softly. "What you have with her is special and I can see it in you. Whatever you do, just don't lose it." He advised as Elijah's ringtone sounded off causing him to reach into his pocket. "It's our sister," Elijah sighed as he got up from his chair.
"Well I am going to turn in for the night as I had enough excitement for one day," Kol sighed tiredly as he got out of her chair.
"Lucky for you," Elijah grumbled as he held up his singing phone. "You don't have to deal with our baby sister who is calling probably to rant about Nik."
"And I don't want to," Kol said as Elijah answered his phone as Kol quickly dashed out of the room before his brother could pull him into their conversation.
What a chapter... Elijah and Davina meet and exchange some words and Kol and Elijah had a bonding moment!
I am serious about how much I love this story as I am super super proud of it. I know this chapter is not as long as my chapters have been, but I thought I would end it on a funny note for once without a cliffhanger and the fact that the next chapter has a change to be long and I hope you are prepared for some fluff because it will be fluffy.
Stay tuned as there are many more chapters to come. This story is looking to be about 30 chapters or more and I have a sequel planned after I finish this one. Also, I have plans for a story of the missing moments of this fanfic, but it will be written after this one is finished, so big plans on the way.
See you next time!
RJ