I DO NOT OWN THE VAMPIRE DIARIES OR THE CHARACTERS.
Chapter Eleven:
I stretched and nuzzled my face back against Kol's chest. I yawned happily and relished in how relax and at ease I felt. It's so nice. I peeked around the living room and saw everyone else from last night still snoozing happily. We all ended up drinking more than we intended and I insisted that they all stay the night. I wasn't about to have drinking and driving on my conscience. I cared about them all too much for that. I felt lips moving against my neck and I knew that Kai must have woken up. I stifled a groan and turned my body, so I could look at him.
"Not here," I scolded him, softly. He just smirked at me, before touching his lips to mine. I cuddled up against him, still sandwiched between him and Kol. Kol's grip tightened around my middle and I felt him start to stir. If they're both waking up, then I'm sure it won't be long until everyone else wakes up, too. "Come on. We need to go get dressed… then you both can help me make breakfast for everyone." I whispered. Kai pouted, until I kissed him. He was up, before Kol had even opened his eyes. I pressed soft kissed on his face, until his eyes slowly opened. "Come shower with us." I offered. Kol nodded and pulled me in for a kiss. He got to his feet and picked me up in his arms, before following Kai to my bedroom. The way this was going, a repeat of last night is looking like a strong possibility.
We made it to the bathroom, and then hands were all over me. Someone turned on the hot water. Clothes were being shed and my body was jolted awake by the both of them. It was all I could do to keep up. I was kissing one and being fucked by another. Neither of us lasted long. I barely had time to come down from my high, before they were switching places. If it weren't for them kissing me, I'm sure we would've woken up the entire house by now.
Things between us were strangely calm after our morning sex. We helped clean each other in the shower and helped dry each other off. It was strangely domestic. I know it's not normal by society's standards, but for us it works. I love it. In the short time that we've been together, both Kai and Kol have given me more than Damon ever did in the years that he and I were together.
"I better get down there before Jo and Caroline burn down the kitchen." Kai mused. I laughed and hit his shoulder playfully.
"Care's not that bad." I argued. Sure, cooking isn't her strong suit, but she could make the basics… sometimes.
"Whatever helps you sleep, babe." He winked and gave me a kiss, before heading downstairs.
"This is nice." Kol said, grinning at me. I nodded.
"Yeah, it really is." I agreed.
"You'll never know how glad I am that you agreed to try this, with us, darling." Kol breathed, before wrapping his arms around me and hugging me to him. I relaxed into the hug and gave him a squeeze back. I pulled back just enough to touch my lips to his. "We should get down there, too, love." Kol sighed, like that was the last thing he wanted to do. I laughed and nodded in agreement.
"Just let me grab a pair of socks and I'll be right down." I promised. He nodded and left. I grabbed a pair of socks and put them on my cold feet.
"Bonnie, hurry up!" Caroline yelled, as I got to the staircase.
"I'm right here, Care, no need to yell." I teased. She looked relieved.
"She just doesn't want Kol to tell any embarrassing stories about her, while she was dating Klaus." Stefan laughed. I giggled, as I shook my head, walking down the stairs.
"There can't be that many." I tried to relax my friend.
"Not true, darling, quite the contrary, actually." Kol disagreed. My phone started vibrating in my back pocket. I jumped and reached back to grab it. My stomach sank as I lost my footing. I tried to grab the railing, but missed. I managed to hit my arm against it and face-plant on the landing, after tumbling down the stairs. I hissed as I tried to get air back into my lungs, after having the wind knocked out of me.
"Shit, are you okay?" Stefan was the first to reach me. He helped me to my feet, by grabbing my hand and pulling me to my feet. I cried out and cradled the wrist that he had just grabbed. That shouldn't hurt like that. I winced. Really? Only I could hurt myself falling down the stairs in front of all of my friends. Kol and Caroline were close behind us.
"Bonnie," Kol sounded concerned and Care looking worried.
"I'm fine. Just a bruised ego and arm." I played it off. I hate being the center of attention.
"What just happened? It sounded like something crashed." Kai asked, walking over with everyone else. I shrugged.
"Oh, ya know, I was just testing gravity… with my body. No big." I told him. He furrowed his brow and took a second to assess my body.
"Jo, you need to look at her, please." Kai demanded.
"I'm sure it's fine, really." I countered. Kai just looked at me like I was crazy.
"She can look at you here, or I can take you to the hospital to get checked out." He put his foot down. I rolled my eyes.
"Kai, relax. Just let me take a look, Bon. What can it hurt?" She offered. I nodded She put a finger under my chin and inspected my face for injury, then moved onto my hurt wrist. She tried to touch it and I jumped, because of the pain. "Well, I'm pretty sure your wrist is broken. We can go to the hospital and I can have an X-Ray done." She suggested. I nodded.
"Can we at least eat first? I'm starving. It's not like my arm is going to fall off before then." I asked. She looked at Kai, who didn't seem convinced, neither did Kol.
I grabbed an oatmeal bar from the kitchen, before I was ushered into the car. It was honestly just a lot of waiting, once we got to the hospital. Kai and Kol never left my side. Kol kept rubbing my nape of my neck. It was comforting. Kai put his arm around me and cradled me to his side. All in all, this isn't too bad.
"Damon, I really appreciate you coming with me. I have no idea where Ryan is or why he isn't answering his phone." Andie thanked my ex-husband, as he escorted his very pregnant mistress.
"Sure thing, babe," Damon replied. Just as the words left his mouth, Andie was taken away by some doctors.
"We need to run some tests and then you're more than welcome to join your wife." They told him.
"She's not my wife." An amused Damon told them, as they walked away. He looked at us and at the arm that I now had a soft cast on. I was still waiting to get my hard cast put on. "Are they beating you already?" He sneered. I looked up at him and glared, clearly livid.
"No, they're not, asshole. I fell down the stairs, literally in front of my house full of friends. You can go ask any of them, even Alaric. He was there." I quipped. The color drained from his face and his mouth curled into a grimace.
"Don't worry. Andie's kid isn't mine. I haven't hit that in a long time." He said nonchalantly. I rolled my eyes. Typical Damon. Not like I care.
"It wouldn't matter if it was. You're not my problem anymore." I reminded him.
"Does it bring back sore memories? I know how much you've always wanted kids. Remember when you would beg me to consider having a family? How do you expect to get that now? Do you honestly think that you can settle down with two guys and have kids and a family?" He laughed.
"What we do is really none of your concern. I suggest you leave, before we reconsider the protective order." Kol suggested.
"Or before we make you leave. I really don't know what kind of shit you used to pull with Bonnie," Kai said, as he got up and walked up to Damon, until they were face to face, "but let me assure you that whatever shit you're used to doing is done now. None of us will tolerate. Whatever Bonnie does or doesn't do is none of your fucking business. She isn't yours. You have no claim to her. You fucked that up. She has told you over and over again that she isn't interested. Why don't you go ruin some other woman's life? Isn't that what you're good at?" Kai asked him in an eerily calm voice. I've never heard him be so threatening or direct in my life. And damn, if it wasn't the hottest thing I've ever seen him do. "You need to leave, before we call the sheriff. I won't tell you again, Salvatore. This was your last warning from me. Don't make me make good on my promise." Kai continued to stare him down, until Damon walked away quietly. Something told me that if I asked Kai what he meant, he wouldn't tell me, so I left it alone.
"He's not wrong." Kol sighed. He stopped his ministrations and I looked over at him.
"What do you mean?" I asked him.
"How could you possibly expect to have a family with the two of us?" Kol asked me, looking worried for the first time, since our relationship started.
"We don't have to get married to have a family or be successful. I've been married once and it was a disaster. I never want to get married again." I argued.
"Seriously?" Kai asked me. I nodded.
"Don't let what Damon said get to you. I'm not. He's just trying to taint everything he can, because that's what he does. That's what he's always done. None of us are ready for a family yet, are we? I'm not. When it does happen, it'll happen. How can having three parents instead of two hurt a child? How? They would have more support? More love? I don't care if it's conventional. We're still figuring all of this out. It could work." I lamented. Kai's eyes met mine and he brought his lips to mine.
"I know it can. Damon doesn't scare me. The thought of him hurting you scares me. How unstable he is scares me, but he doesn't. I won't lose you, because he's a jealous, possessive jackass." Kai clenched his jaw, angrily. I touched his cheek with my good hand.
"You won't." I promised.
"You're right. I'm sorry I doubted this." Kol apologized. I leaned over and kissed him.
"You don't have to apologize for having doubts. You're human. It's only natural."
"You guys really don't have to stay with me. It's just a broken wrist. I can get along just fine on my own." I tried to reason with them, just to get the same stubborn look from them both, that I got at the hospital. I laughed. "You know that you're both always welcome here, and goddess knows I have the room, but really, I'll be fine." I tried one more time.
"We're staying." Kai shook his head.
"I'm afraid he's right, sweetheart." Kol agreed.
"Are you sure you're not just using this as an excuse to move in?" I teased them. Kai smirked, before licking my nose. I giggled and wiped it off. "You know, I wouldn't mind if you did." I added, casually. We spend most nights together anyway. There is more than enough space for us all to keep having our own separate rooms, should we need them.
"Are you serious, babe?" Kai asked me. I nodded. He smirked and placed a soft kiss on my forehead. "I might just take you up on that."
"I would love to move out of the manor. I love my family, but they can be overbearing." Kol complained. We all laughed at that. At that moment, I know that I was starting to fall in love with them. I didn't even have to fall. I was already in love with them. I looked at them both and debated whether or not to tell them. I bit my lip and stayed quiet. Kai hugged me to his side and pressed his mouth next to my ear.
"I hope you were serious about this, Bon. Once we go so far, there's no going back." Kai told me, quietly.
"Of course, I was serious." I said loud enough for them both to hear me.
"Good, because I kinda love you." Kai breathed. My heart fluttered and I looked up at him. I smiled at him and snuggled into his embrace and pressed my face against his chest.
"Do you? Because I was thinking about how I love the both of you." I replied.
"Don't tease a man about such things, darling," Kol said, lightheartedly, but there was an insecurity in his eyes that told me that he wasn't really joking.
"I would never joke about that. I love you, Kol." I clarified. His lips were on mine, before I realized what was happening.
"How could I ever doubt this? How could we possibly find someone so perfect, Kai?" Kol asked him, as he broke the kiss.
"That's the question I've been asking myself every day, since we met her." Kai told him, before kissing his friend. I laid back, content. We're all in my bed just enjoying being together. We haven't done anything intimate since this morning. I'm on pain pills, so I'm feeling pretty good. I don't think I've felt this good in a long time. I have complete faith in the direction that my life is going right now and who I've chosen to spend it with. The only thing I would change, would be bringing my Grams back, so she would have the chance to meet this two amazing men. She never did like Damon. That should have been a sign right there, but I was too stupid to see it.
"Love, don't cry." Kol whispered, hugging me against him. I didn't realize that I was, until he said something.
"I'm sorry. It's just… sometimes just being here… in my Grams' old house brings back memories… And she was really the only family I had. It still hurts that she's gone. She never liked Damon, but I keep thinking that she really would have loved the two of you. It kills me that she'll never get to see this. She'll never get to see me happy. That was the only thing she ever wanted for me and while she was alive, I could never give that to her." I felt my heart break with every word I confessed. The tears were coming full force now.
"Maybe we can't meet her physically, but maybe we could meet her in another way." Kai proposed.
"What are you going on about, mate?" Kol asked him, clearly as confused as I was.
"What if we all went to visit her grave tomorrow? Then you could introduce us? I know it's not the same thing, but it's something." He explained. I wiped the tears from my eyes and hugged both of them.
"You're perfect. Both of you are fucking perfect."
