Chapter 013

They Really Chose Me

Tuesday, January 04, 2011, at about 4:15 p.m.

Girl's Locker Room at Mystic Falls High School

Bonnie slept over at the Mikaelson's house Sunday night and then went home yesterday after Kol compelled her father to let her sleep over any time she wants.

My grandbaby just finished cheer practice, and while she's heading into the locker room, she hears her phone ring. She knows it's hers because the ringtone is wolves howling, which also tells her that the caller is one Niklaus Mikaelson. Hurrying into the locker room, she opens her locker and pulls out her phone and answers it before he can hang up, "Hello, Pebbles."

She smiles when he laughs and says, "Hello, Luv, I was beginning to think you were screening your phone calls."

She giggles, which if the other times she's giggled at the hybrid's jokes are any indication probably sends warmth through his chest before she tells him, "Nope, I just got done with cheer practice, so I was barely inside the locker room when the phone began to ring. So, my favorite hybrid, what's up?"

I chuckle because they really have come a long way in the month since she and Kol made their truce. Bonnie and I can both hear that he's smiling in a very uncharacteristic manner when he tells her, "Careful, Luv, you don't want young Tyler to hear that."

Scoffing she tells him, "Please, Tyler and I barely talk, and you and I talk at least three times every day since I became friends with you so clearly you beat him in that way, but just between you and me, I think you beat him in most ways. He's kind of an ass. Well… then again you are rather good at being an ass yourself, but you're growing on me… like a fungus."

I laugh. They really have been talking a couple of times a day. He's even made a point to call her and speak with her on the days when he doesn't see her in person. He's never had a friend who wasn't a mass murderer like him, so he's sort of enjoying the novelty of it all, but more than that he's enjoying having her in his life. She brings joy to his life in ways that only she and Caroline have been able to in his 1,033 years on this earth. Bonnie and Caroline are the only people other than his family who have given him not only a chance but told it to him straight when he messes up and acts like an ass. His behaving like an ass has been less frequent than it usually is, though, but she still knows he's damn good at being an ass without even trying in most instances.

My grandbaby is the only person he has ever met, however, who has had the guts to tell him that he's growing on her like a fungus, so his laughter is in all likelihood genuine before he says, "You have such a lovely way with words, Little Witch, but you have grown on me as well."

She giggles and says, "It's a gift. So, what's up?"

He chuckles at her words and then says, "I have a favor to ask of you."

My precious girl thinks, 'Uh oh, that can't be good.' She sits heavily on a bench before she asks him with obvious trepidation in her voice, "Um, what exactly do you need?"

He laughs again. I watched when Niklaus overheard her telling his sister that she used to think his laugh was creepy, like in a psycho laughing at you instead of with you kind of way, but, now, she finds she kind of likes it. He's still chuckling softly when he tells her, "Relax, Luv, I simply need someone to draw. I have thousands of drawings of my family but none of you. I want an actual challenge instead of drawing faces I've been drawing for a millennium so I thought I'd ask you if you are available to sit for me."

There is a pregnant pause while she clearly asks herself, 'He what? Um, yeah that's not weird or anything. I mean the boogie man just asked me to let him draw me.'

He's hoping she won't find it too weird or anything. I mean he knows damn well that he was the monster under the bed for her and her friends for a long time, but I can tell from his tone that he's hoping she'll overlook that and let him draw her. She still hasn't said anything or even made a noise, so he asks, "Luv, you still there?"

"Um, I've never been drawn before, and you know I have just as hard a time sitting still as Kol does, so I don't know."

He laughs again, "First, no one has as hard a time sitting still as my younger brother. Second, do you think after drawing him for centuries I haven't learned every trick in the book to get him to sit still? I'll just adapt those strategies to you."

She sighs before she says, "Um, okay, I guess, if you promise not to get mad if I fidget."

I've watched him with his family and with Bonnie enough to know that he doesn't generally get angry over that sort of thing. While he may have a fuse that is only just slightly longer than Kol's when it comes to losing his temper, he doesn't generally get angry while making art even if his subject can't sit still for longer than two seconds, so he asks her, "Do you trust me, Luv?"

He lets out a breath and obviously breathes a little easier because he hears the smile in her voice when she tells him, "Maybe, a little anyhow." She pauses for a second and looks down at her sweaty self and then says, "I've got to shower because I'm all hot and sweaty, so I can come over in like 45 minutes, maybe a little longer because it seems like the showers are already at full capacity."

Niklaus is obviously smiling too and tells her "I'll be here then, thank you, Luv."

She smiles wider and warns him, "Don't thank me yet."

He laughs and then says, "I'll see you in 45 minutes."

"Bye."

When my granddaughter hangs up, I marvel at the fact that Niklaus Mikaelson just laughed multiple times without it being sarcastic even once. She really has changed him for the better, well her and Caroline have. Both have honestly given him a chance, even if Caroline has been a little more reluctant in providing that chance. I know he finds, though, that he wants to do everything he can to prove to both that he's worthy of that opportunity. I mean if you think about it, Bonnie had no reason to give him a second chance to prove himself, and she still gave it to him.

I flash on the memory of Mikael's face when he told Niklaus, "Nobody cares about you anymore, boy! What do you have other than those whose loyalty you've forced? No one. No one." Niklaus remembers that night and specifically those words often. Turns out Mikael never met the likes of my granddaughter or Caroline Forbes. I'm grateful for that too because I hate to think what the evil original father might have tried to do to them. Niklaus has considered the same thing also amazingly enough. He believes that Mikael would have tortured both women far worse than he did Chalina simply because he didn't like anyone loving his children. At this point, Bonnie would have wiped the floor with him but back then neither Bonnie or Caroline would have fared well against his step-father.

I smile though because, while at the time Mikael said those words they hit their mark and wounded his son, everyone else, including Niklaus, is having the last laugh because not only did the hybrid kill his step-father but now he has Bonnie as a friend and the hope that he might someday have Caroline for more than friendship.

I'm pulled out of my thoughts of Niklaus when Bonnie rushes to grab her shower stuff and then hurries into the showers. She's secretly loving not having bruises to hide anymore. Kol's friendship and really that of all the Mikaelsons has really helped her come out of her shell and has freed her from so much pain and torment. Not to mention the fear she no longer has at every moment. She used to worry that someone might see her bruises and ask about them or worse tell an adult and get her dad into trouble. Now she doesn't have to worry about that at all, and she's finding life is pretty nice when you're not worried you might set someone off and cause them to beat you.

When she's coming out of the shower 15 minutes later, she almost runs into Rebekah who grabs her upper arms to keep her from toppling over and then the blonde smiles and says, "Hey, I just wanted to let you know that Janet offered to give me a ride home if you're busy."

Bonnie smiles and tells her honestly, "I'm actually going to your house to hang out with your brother, so if you don't mind waiting for ten minutes, I can give you a ride."

Rebekah smiles and asks, "So what do you and Kol plan on doing?"

My grandbaby laughs and tells her in a lowered voice because who knows if Elena is still around or not, "Wrong brother, Nik asked me to sit for him so he can draw me."

Rebekah surprises us both by hugging Bonnie and telling her, "Oh thank you, you don't know how annoying it gets after centuries just sitting there for hours doing nothing." Bonnie frowns at her when she pulls back so Rebekah adds, "But it'll be new and exciting for you, so it should be okay."

Bonnie just nods at her and then goes and dresses. 20 minutes later she's done blow drying her hair and applying her make-up, so she turns and faces Rebekah, striking a pose before asking, "So what do you think, will I pass inspection?"

She nods at Bonnie and with a smile says, "You would have even if you didn't put your make-up back on."

My granddaughter smiles because it's always nice to get reassurance from another pretty girl that you're pretty too. They walk out of the locker room arm in arm and head to Bonnie's car. Chattering about nonsense, she drives them to the Mikaelsons' mansion, but Bonnie's stomach has a swarm of butterflies break-dancing inside it. She asks herself, 'Am I really going to go hang out with Niklaus Mikaelson, just the two of us?'

When she pulls up to the house, she decides, 'Yes, apparently I am.' They get out, and Rebekah lets them into the house before she tells Bonnie, "You know which room his studio is right?"

I can hear Niklaus' thoughts when we walk into the house. He hears them both get out of Bonnie's car. He bought Rebekah a vehicle shortly after Elijah revived her and the rest of their family but since they all became friends with Bonnie, his sister has taken to leaving her car here and getting rides to and from school with Bonnie.

Bonnie nods at her question, so Rebekah says, "Come and find me when he releases you."

Bonnie giggles and so does she before my grandbaby walks down the hallway.

Bonnie walks towards Niklaus' studio and knocks on the open door. When he looks up from his desk, he says, "Come in, Luv."

She shuffles in, and he points to the couch by the wall and says, "Relax, Luv, you're not marching in front of the firing squad."

Giggling she tells him, "Sorry, but you're The Big Bad Hybrid and except for when you were in Ric's body when you first came to town, I don't think I've ever been in a room completely alone with you before, so I'm a little out of my depths here."

He nods while she sits on the couch and then he gets up from his desk chair and walks over to an empty canvas. Her eyes get wide before she asks him, "I thought you were drawing me, not painting?"

He smiles what he thinks is a rather handsome smile at her and says, "Does it really matter, Luv?"

She seems to realize that it indeed does not matter, so she shakes her head. She sits against the arm of the couch and puts her elbow on the arm and then puts her chin into the cup of the palm of her hand. He looks up and says, "That's perfect Luv. Stay just like that."

Bonnie smiles, and while he picks up his brush and the palette he already prepared, she asks him, "Okay. Um, am I allowed to talk?"

He chuckles and begins laying down brush strokes while he tells her, "I was actually going to offer to answer any questions you might have, so yes you can speak."

She frowns and her brows furrow before she asks, "Questions about what?"

Smiling again because she really is unassuming, he says, "Me, my family, history, art, whatever you want. You have a unique opportunity for two reasons. First, I very rarely allow anyone to ask me anything they like without guidelines in place. And second, I'm 1,033-years-old. Except for Elijah who was only daggered recently and only for a few months, no one else currently on earth has been alive and awake for that entire time, so ask away, Luv."

She very obviously has no clue what to ask him, so she stalls for time by telling him, "You should have warned me, and I'd actually have thought about it before coming over. Um, well, you've known three doppelgängers, were they all brats?"

Niklaus and I both burst out laughing because her face clearly says, 'Um oops, did I say that out loud?' He calms his laughter a moment later, but in between chuckles he tells her, "Well Katerina you know, and she was every bit the brat then that she is now. She always felt entitled, and she perhaps had feelings for Elijah, but I was higher ranking, so she went after me instead and then got upset when she found out that I too had ulterior motives."

Bonnie giggles but tells him, "Ulterior motives, is that what they're calling a plan to kill her nowadays? She had the right to be upset on that front, though I'm not happy to hear that she was messing with you and Elijah, too. I mean first you two, and then the Salvatores. She has a thing for playing with brothers I think."

He chuckles again and tells her, "That is true of all three of the doppelgängers that I've known. Tatia strung Elijah and me along for over two years. Katerina tried to play us off each other and then hundreds of years later was slightly more successful when doing the same thing to the Salvatores. And the most recent one is also toying with the Salvatores' hearts. And to answer your first question, in my opinion, yes, all three of them were brats. In fact, brat is the perfect word to describe each of them."

My grandbaby stiffens her shoulders slightly and asks, "Were you only after Katherine for her blood, or did you actually like her?"

He laughs lightly but shakes his head and says, "Elijah liked her, maybe even loved her, but I couldn't stand the bitch. My older brother has a soft spot for doppelgängers. We both wanted Tatia, but he wanted to save Katerina, and then he tried and succeeded in helping you all save Elena. Although just between you and me, I think his soft spot for the most recent doppelgänger is slowly hardening. Besides our time together during the holidays, Elijah has been in touch with young Jeremy quite a bit, and he does not approve of how the boy's older sister is treating him."

My precious girl's hazel eyes widen at that news, "He's been in touch with Jer? I had no idea. I mean I knew they seemed to get along at Christmas and New Year's, but I didn't know they had been talking before or since then. What do they talk about?"

He laughs loudly, and grinning, tells her honestly, "Elijah is very caring and tends to focus on helping those he cares about in whatever way they need. Make no mistake, the fact that Jeremy allowed his arms to be cut off to save everyone, myself and Kol included, put the teen firmly on the list of people Elijah cares about. Anyhow, I think mostly they discuss how Jeremy is coping. Your friend has made several comments about Elena avoiding him, which upsets Elijah because so far as every member of this family is concerned you don't turn your back on family. You might fight with that family. You might disagree with them. In my case, I've daggered them all at various points, but family is family. When a member of your family is hurt and in need of assistance, you drop everything and give them the help they need. Even I know that! However, Elena is not even remotely doing that."

I know Bonnie knew all of that from Jeremy, but I also know she didn't realize the Mikaelsons knew about it. Still, she agrees, so she nods and tells him, "She's so hung up on this being a vampire thing, and I get that she never asked for it, but point of fact, I have yet to meet a vampire who consented before entering transition. I mean, think about it, no one in your family except Mikael consented, and he's an abusive asshat, so he doesn't count, and I never actually met the asshole anyway. But none of you asked to become vampires. Kol didn't ask to be made into a monster that drained the love of his life of all her blood. Rebekah didn't ask to become a vampire and never be able to have children of her own. You didn't ask to become a vampire, a wolf or a hybrid. Elijah, Finn, Damon, Stefan, Caroline, none of you asked to become what you are, and I'm pretty sure none of you wanted it because except for the Salvatores none of you had a clue what was happening to you when you woke up thirsty for blood."

That's another reason Niklaus is so fond of Bonnie. She understands. She might not have similar life experience, but she works to understand how everyone else is feeling and coping with the hands life dealt them and even if she can't fully understand it's not for lack of trying and, even still, she empathizes at the very least.

My granddaughter pauses and thinks for a second then she tells him, "Kol said he's fed people his blood to heal them and then they died not knowing what was happening, so I'm beginning to understand that most if not all vampires don't choose that life. Anyway, the course of Elena's life is not unique, yet she acts like no one could possibly understand what it's like to be a vampire. While I don't personally know what it's like, I have talked to Caroline about her experiences. Now Kol and Rebekah are telling me stuff about theirs, so I think I have more of a clue than most people would. She doesn't want to talk about it, though, unless we're going to talk about how to fix it. There is no fixing it, or at least not without killing everyone we love."

He nods and says to her, "You are correct that her experiences and life course are not unique, but really every doppelgänger thinks they're unique, that or they try to convince everyone of it anyhow."

She nods and then huffs and says, "Let's talk about something else, something not so depressing and anger-inducing. Where were you during The Renaissance?"

He smiles and tells her, "Hmm let's see, I spent most of the fourteenth century in Italy and the first half of the fifteenth century in Russia. Then we spent the second half of the fifteenth century in England, and after the mess with Katerina, we moved back to Italy for a time. We spent about four decades there, moving about every few years to keep the locals from realizing we weren't aging. I was in metaphorical heaven in terms of the art that all the artists were creating all around me. Then we traveled around Europe for a bit not really staying anywhere for long but by 1564 we were in Copenhagen, and we enjoyed that quite a bit."

She tilts her head and with a smile firmly in place asks, "What exactly did you enjoy so much about it?"

He smiles back, and after laying down a few more brush strokes, he looks up and says, "Honestly, the women were plentiful, and by then we all had our bloodlusts under control, for the most part, so we could stay longer because there wasn't a pile of bodies growing at our feet. Even Kol, whom I had released from his coffin in 1562, had a good handle on the killing sprees. Don't get me wrong, he still had a problem with his temper, and that led to many bloodbaths but those were dwindling by that point, so we were able to just be a family for a while. By 1574 Kol grew restless again and went and traveled on his own and it just wasn't the same without him."

She smiles, and I can tell by the set of her shoulders that she thinks what she's about to ask may be a touchy question, "You seem like you spent most of your time with Elijah but that you longed for Kol? Err, not to say that you don't love Elijah, but um…"

He chuckles and says, "Don't worry Luv you haven't offended me. I did spend most of my life with Elijah by my side. He was essentially my General. Kol, on the other hand, was my partner in crime. When I wanted to not be so stuffy and rule-oriented, I'd go find Kol, and we'd see what mischief we could bring about. That's actually why we…"

She sits up a little straighter, "Why you what?"

He frowns but answers, "In 1674 I once again released Kol from his coffin. He promptly left the area, so we spent the next 25 years following him from place to place trying to catch up to him and honestly, the bloodshed was attracting attention. By 1699 we found him in Spain, but we almost missed him because he had mellowed. A witch friend of his helped him learn to control his bloodlust and his anger and jealousy. The three in tandem made it possible for him to stay in one place for longer periods without attracting Mikael. We spent just about three years in Spain with him and things were good, really good, and then Mikael showed up and ruined everything."

She sits up a little straighter and asks, "You're talking about Chalina, right?"

He nods and pauses before thinking, 'Do I tell her the rest? Kol will probably tell her eventually so I might as well not avoid it,' so he tells her, "I'm certain Kol and I are not as close as we were then because I wound up having to dagger him again and not just for a few decades. I daggered him for 119 years. When he got out, he was incredibly angry with me and slaughtered a lot of people, which I feared would bring Mikael to our doorstep once more, so I made a judgment call and daggered him again after he had only been out for a few months and I didn't release him until 1900. He resented me for taking that much time from him, so he sought to find a way to dagger me back."

He sighs and then meets her eyes and says, "Once I found out he was actively trying to create a dagger that would work on me, I had no choice but to dagger him again. Elijah released him last autumn, and fortunately for me, he seems to have lost some of his anger this time around. I have high hopes that we may find the happiness we had so fleetingly back in 1700. You're actually a big part of that."

Her back stiffens, and her eyes widen at that while she clearly wonders, 'Me, how am I involved?'

He chuckles and tells her, "Relax Luv, you mellow Kol and your need for a teacher has once again given him a purpose, a reason to exist if you will."

Her shoulders relax noticeably at that, so he smiles that handsome smile again and tells her, "Why don't you go upstairs and see Kol."

She smiles but asks, "Are you done already?"

Grinning in return, he shakes his head and tells her, "Because I'm painting you and not drawing you, it'll take much longer. If you're willing I'd like you to sit for me a few more times, but you're beginning to fidget, so I thought I'd give you the opportunity to get up and go do something else before sitting still becomes bothersome."

She smiles and stands up, "If you're sure?"

He nods, so she turns to leave, but stops at the doorway and turns back and tells him, "I'm glad your family is free of Mikael now and that you all have a real chance at being a happy family. You all deserve happiness, even you Nik, maybe especially you."

His eyes widen at that, so she smiles and tells him, "I know Caroline will be home tonight if you feel like going for a walk."

That she obviously condones his actively trying to woo her best friend brings a genuine smile to his face before he tells her, "I might at that, Luv."

She giggles and then walks out of the room.

Friday, January 14, 2011, 3:00 p.m.

Kol's Study in the Mikaelson's Mansion

It's been six weeks since The Original Family and my granddaughter went to the beach and did the spell returning all their magick to each of them and about a day over two weeks since Bonnie found the spell to make it possible for Niklaus to make hybrids without needing to feed them doppelgänger blood.

She's pretty sure she's going to offer her spell casting services to Niklaus. She has the book in her bag, and she's brought it with her when she came here for the last two days, but she hasn't seen him at all.

She saw him every day through Tuesday because he's been working on his painting of her. He won't let her see it either, but that's another story for another time.

So back to Niklaus being mysteriously absent the last two days. She thought about calling him, but, on the one hand, she's grateful that she hasn't seen him and had to officially make the decision, but, on the other hand, she just wishes he'd show his face, so she can get it over with.

It's Friday afternoon again, and she's currently sitting in Kol's study with him while she reads through my book with all the family trees and lists and biographies of everyone in our line dating back more than 3,825 years for the third time when there is a knock on the bedroom door.

Kol gets up and answers it, and Bonnie and I can both tell by the knock that it's Elijah at the door. He's pretty much the only Mikaelson sibling who not only knows it's polite to knock before entering someone else's personal space, but he also seems to be the only one who bothers practicing the custom unless there are what I'll call outsiders with them. I find that particularly funny after Kol made a point of telling Bonnie that first day about how much he values the privacy a closed-door gives him from the rest of the world. Plus he made that comment about how Niklaus would tear heads off people's shoulders if they presumed to enter his space without knocking and waiting for him to invite them inside.

Apparently, those statements only apply to those who aren't Mikaelsons. Needless to say, Bonnie makes sure she knocks anytime she comes across a closed door while visiting them. Hell, she even knocks when the door is open, just to be safe.

Anyway, the two brothers speak too softly for her to hear what they're saying, but it's obvious Kol doesn't like whatever it is his brother said when he comes back into the room and flops down into his chair with a heavy sigh.

She marks her place on Ayana's biography, which she's rereading because it's pretty interesting. She's the one whose family grimoire gave Esther the spell she needed to turn her family. She was a mentor of sorts to Esther.

Bonnie shakes her head to clear it of thoughts of our interesting yet extremely dangerous ancestors and focuses on the vampire sitting in front of her because he's obviously upset about something if his hunched shoulders, pout, and bouncing knee are any indication, so she closes her book and asks, "What's wrong, Kol?"

He frowns and says, "It's nothing—"

I don't need The Truth Spell to know he's lying and neither does she, so she interrupts, "Bull, you're frowning and pouting, so it must be something, but if you don't want to talk to me about it, then just say so, but don't lie about it."

He sits up straight at that and looks her in the eye before he says, "I'm sorry, Little Bella, you are correct. I shouldn't have said that. I don't mind talking with you about it, but let's wait a few minutes until Elijah has left the house. Then I'll tell you all about it, okay?"

She nods and goes back to reading and Kol does the same. About ten minutes later he closes his book and leans towards her before he says, "Nik heard rumors that people are actively conspiring against him in New Orleans, so he went yesterday to investigate, and Elijah has decided to go follow him and help."

Well, that explains why she hasn't seen Niklaus yesterday or today. She frowns and waits, but when he doesn't elaborate she asks him, "Um, so why did that make you look like someone killed your puppy?"

He laughs and says, "You say the funniest things sometimes, Little Bella, but to answer your question, Elijah always chooses Nik. If Nik has a problem, Elijah is the first one there looking for a solution. I never come first. That's why Elijah helped dagger me so many times. He chose our brother over me every time."

She frowns and asks the same question I would if he could hear me, "Is there something you need help with?"

Shaking his head, he tells her, "No, not at the moment but it just reminded me that I never come first with Elijah."

She wonders, 'Is there a way I can help unite the brothers?' An idea pops into her head so she asks, "Is there any way I can share my premonition with you? I know from what you just said as well as the vision that there is a strain on your relationship with Elijah because he chose Nik over you repeatedly and helped him dagger you. While I don't condone anything either of you really did in my vision, it showed me beyond a reasonable doubt that your brother loves you, and if you had died that night, he would have chosen you and then continued doing so for the rest of eternity."

He frowns but tilts his head to the side and then says, "I have a spell in one of these books," and he gets up from his chair and begins running his hand over the spines of the grimoires on the shelves in his study.

After a few minutes of searching, which takes him into his bedroom to peruse the shelves of grimoires in there, he returns to his study with a book in his hand and flips it open quickly scanning the pages until he stops and says, "Here, this shouldn't be too difficult or painful."

At her dubious look when he says painful, he smiles and says, "I mentioned pain because I have another book with a similar spell that would cause us both tremendous pain but essentially give us the same result. This spell, however, should let me see everything you saw through your eyes without causing either of us any pain."

My grandbaby thinks if it weren't for The Truth Spell she wouldn't entirely and completely trust him yet, but she also believes that after everything with her dad and Abby that she's only a day or two away from getting there.

The truth is she's already been there for a while she just hasn't realized it yet. Still, she decides to take what to her is a surprisingly ridiculously small leap of faith that what he believes is, in fact, true because although he's glowing green, The Truth Spell only tells her if someone is lying based on what they know to be the truth. If what they believe is wrong they would still glow green because so far as they know, they're telling the truth, so she holds her hand out.

He hands her the book open to the necessary spell, and I read it over her shoulder while she reads. He's right. It should be easy, and nothing about it suggests that it will cause either of them any pain.

She reads the list of ingredients, and then even though she's sure he has the ingredients in his cabinet she does the Teleportation Spell he and Rebekah helped her write to teleport the necessary herbs still in their little jars, her Athamé, and her Boline Knife off her new bookshelves at home and onto the floor at her feet.

He smiles and says, "Well done, Darling. I take it this means you're willing to do the spell?"

She nods and moves the bottles to the work table he assembled for his spell work towards the corner beneath the window of his study before taking the bowl he hands her and cutting and mixing the necessary herbs. When she gets to the part about each of them contributing blood, she pauses.

'Do I really want to drink his blood? The simple answer is no. I only drank it the day Kol walked in on my dad hitting me because I knew he wouldn't give up until I agreed. In reality, though, I have absolutely no interest in ever drinking vampire blood, but he's helped me in many ways including, but not limited to, the fact that for the first time, possibly ever, my dad hasn't hit me in a month. Kol's also taught me a lot in the last six weeks, not just about magick but about life, friendship, family, and a love that has spanned the centuries and endured Nik daggering his siblings multiple times. I've been blessed to experience that familial love from the Mikaelsons first hand in the last six weeks, so I want to help Kol by strengthening and reinforcing that love, and I know if he sees what I saw, he'll forgive his brother and be on better terms with him.'

So, she sucks it up and uses her Boline Knife to cut her palm and let some of her blood drip into the bowl. Then she reaches for his hand, which he is already offering to her before she slices his palm allowing his blood to flow into the bowl. When enough blood has fallen into the bowl, she mixes the potion counterclockwise nine times using her Athamé. When she finishes, she drinks half of it and hands the original the bowl with the rest of the blood potion. After he drinks it, he places his finger on her lips and takes her now healed hand with his other hand before he licks the remaining blood off it.

He smirks at her and her wide eyes, and then he leads her out of the room and to his bed. He pulls her onto the mattress with a smile on his face. She's slightly uncomfortable if only because Jeremy is the only other person who's ever held her like this and they're in his bed instead of hers, the latter of which is apparently her safe place where she doesn't feel nervous about being held by Kol.

Henri is bouncing on his toes obviously excited about finally getting to see the mysterious premonition. Finn and Freya are leaning towards the pair on the bed also naturally curious about what prompted Bonnie to make the truce with their family all those weeks ago.

When they're settled with my granddaughter laying in Kol's arms, he smiles wider and says, "Okay, now say the incantation otherwise we both would have dropped where we stood, and while I can't really be hurt, you could be."

She smiles because he's in the habit of looking out for her by doing little things like that, but tells him, "Don't think I don't realize you just want me in your bed."

Her eyes get wide, and she thinks, 'Oh my God, where did the courage to say that come from?' For his part, Kol chuckles and leans in and kisses her forehead before telling her, "More than most things, Little Bella, but for now, say the spell, and perhaps afterward I'll take you for a roll in my bed."

She blushes deeply and then puts one hand on her hip before she narrows her eyes at him and says, "Not likely Kol. I'm a good girl. I don't do those sorts of things with bad boys like you."

He laughs again and squeezes her gently before saying, "Someday, Little Bella, you'll change your mind."

She giggles and leans up and kisses his cheek before telling him, "Well, I've never been one to say never, so we'll see."

He beams at her so getting serious again she takes a deep breath, and she whispers the words of the spell, and then both of them and the four ghosts in the room are all reliving the whole premonition in all its terrifying glory.

Strangely this time there is more details and scenes we didn't see the first time like her friends and her searching for Silas and the Cure on the island and her own death.

In the first premonition, we mostly only saw those things that directly related to Kol and what he was doing. This time, however, well, I'm glad Elena isn't seeing this because she would be able to get to the tomb on her own if she saw what we're watching right now.

I'm also glad that Silas' Tomb Stone is in Kol's possession because I'm certain it would take a miracle to discover whatever safe place he's hidden it in. Bonnie worried when he first suggested a few weeks ago that she move Atticus' things into his house, but she quickly realized it all being in her dad's house put him in danger. Whereas the books and artifacts she got from Atticus being in the Mikaelson home not only better protect the items, but it also doesn't put anyone except those hunting for the objects into any danger.

The good news is Elena isn't seeing this premonition and if Bonnie gets her way she never will. She thinks perhaps she's not a particularly good friend because not only is she keeping the location of The Cure to herself now but she's also keeping to herself the fact that she has the spell to reverse vampirism in one of Qetsiyah's books. Either way you look at it, she's willfully not allowing her childhood best friend to return to her human state of being.

My thoughts drift from Elena and her overwhelming desire to become human again and float back onto what I'm seeing because we still see everything from the original premonition too, so Kol is seeing everything my granddaughter wished for him to see.

When the part we already saw is over it keeps going and shows us what happened to the Mikaelson children after Damon and Elena were dead, and my precious girl was right. Elijah chose Kol and continued doing so for the rest of eternity. Niklaus and Rebekah picked him, too. In fact, his death made them all realize that they were all they had and that they should treat each other better.

Once Damon and Elena were dead Elijah and Kol heard of the first three of the Mikaelson's progeny conspiring against them, and they went and dealt with them. In the process of battling them, the Mikaelsons resurrected Kol into his original body, but they did a spell that Lucien commissioned for himself, and Kol became an upgraded original of sorts. We see in great detail the spell that will allow all the Mikaelsons to become upgraded originals, and I smirk while Bonnie and Kol both pay close attention to the spell's details, instinctively knowing it's important and that they might need it later.

Bonnie comes back to herself when the premonition ends after the Mikaelsons defeat Tristan, Lucien, and Aurora, and looks over at the clock to see that this time three hours have passed instead of 27 minutes like the first time. That makes sense because we saw far more of the days following Kol's death than we did the first time.

Freya, Finn, Henri, and Kol are all quiet. Bonnie looks at Kol's face, and he has tears on his cheeks. Rolling over within the confines of his arms she reaches up wiping his tears away before he whispers, "He really chose me… repeatedly! They all did."

She nods and tells him, "Yes they did, and we know it would have happened because everything leading up to our truce happened exactly like it did in the vision. All three of your siblings would have chosen you over everyone else, and from what I could glean they did so for not only 144 years, but for centuries after that which leads me to believe that they really would have done it until The End of Days."

With her hand resting on his cheek, she tells him with conviction, "Your brothers and sister love you, Kol. They may not have chosen you in the past, but what little I know from Caroline, Elena, and 'Bekah about what you all went through with your father, well, that leads me to believe Elijah and Nik's actions were more out of fear for your continued safety. And not just your continued safety, but the continued safety of all of you, not just one of you."

She strokes his cheek and says, "I don't think it was an indication of an actual preference for one of you over the other. Elena and 'Bekah both led me to believe that Elijah felt responsible for Nik because he didn't help your brother when your mother cursed him. His guilt at letting one of you down is why Elijah tried to help Nik every time since, but I think he also felt responsible for you and Beks, and while Elijah definitely made bad decisions where you're concerned, I'm confident he did so with the best of intentions."

She brushes his tears away with her thumb and tells him, "Then there is Nik who spent the last thousand years terrified that Mikael would get lucky just once and he'd lose one or all of you forever. He'd have rathered cart you all around in boxes and get you back periodically than lose you all forever. In the premonition, he saw what the world would be like without you in it, and he hated it with every fiber of his being, and that's why he gave up his body so you could get your revenge because he was reminded of what you all had been fighting for in the first place."

She cups his cheek again and meets his eyes before telling him, "They may not make the right choices all the time, but I'm confident that they always make those choices based on what they think will protect all of you from not just Mikael but your other enemies, too."

Kol nods and tells her, "I think you might be right about that, Little Bella. Thank you. It seems I once again owe you."

She smiles and kisses his cheek again, "That was on the house, Sparkle Pants. After all, you've helped me far more since we struck our deal than what I just did for you now."

Finn shakes his head and says, "They've helped each other, but now I understand fully why she was so willing to keep Ms. Gilbert from becoming human again. If I had been in her shoes, I would have done the same thing she did."

I nod, and so do Freya and Henri.

After Bonnie finishes speaking, she pauses, kisses his cheek again, pats his chest, and then gets up off the bed prompting him to pout and ask, "Not interested in that roll in my bed now that the spell is finished?"

We all laugh, and she shakes her head before getting serious and telling him, "I was serious when I told Caroline that I'm waiting for it be real and forever. I deserve better than settling for less than that, so I just won't settle, even if I am pretty sure doing that sort of thing with you would be the most fun I could ever have. Besides, I don't need a public ceremony, but I do want vows and a permanent commitment made before God before I go sleeping with a guy."

He smiles gently at her and with equally soft eyes he tells her, "You do deserve better than settling, so I'll wait for you to realize that I'm the one for you. You're right, though, you'll never have more fun than when you finally admit the truth and give into me."

She blushes more deeply but laughs to hide the fact that his words give her a thrill that she thinks they really shouldn't give her. She wonders, 'Could he maybe want me as much as I'm beginning to admit I want him?' Still laughing lightly, she tells him, "Keep telling yourself that Kol."

He nods and tells her, "Oh I will, and someday soon you'll tell me the same thing."

She internally scoffs at that, 'Yeah, so not happening. Even if I were to sleep with him, I'd never tell him how good he is because he's got a big enough ego as it is and doesn't need me adding to the size of his head.'

She still laughs though and then tells him, "Careful Kol or your head won't fit through your bedroom door."

He laughs at that and gets up off the bed before swaggering towards her. When he's in front of her, he stops, and she suddenly finds the floor remarkably interesting because it was far easier to joke with him when he was all the way over there and not right in front of her within touching distance.

He reaches out and tips her chin up so he can look into her eyes. He smiles at the blush darkening her cheeks. When her hazel eyes meet his chestnut orbs, hers widen because there is some unknown emotion swimming behind his eyes and although she doesn't know what emotion it is its presence sends warm fuzzy feelings spreading out from her chest and enveloping her whole body.

Smiling gently, he tells her, "All teasing aside, Bonnie, all you have to do is say the word, and I'm yours."

Her eyes widen even more at his words. She thinks, 'He's not serious, is he?' She looks deep into his chocolate eyes and then she takes an involuntary step backward when she realizes he's completely serious. He's just waiting for her to make a move and has been for some time.

She wonders, 'Um, wow. Do I want to make a move? God, yes, but, he's Kol Mikaelson, and although I know for certain he cares for me I don't want to be just another notch on his very full bedpost. Maybe someday I'll get the courage to act on my desires, but for now, I'm too scared he'd have his fun and then drop me like a hot potato.'

That fear is slowly but surely shrinking, but it's still big enough to keep her from reacting to his words how she really wants to, which is to stretch up on her tiptoes and kiss him silly. Instead, she steps into his personal space and stretches up onto her toes and kisses his cheek before stepping back and telling him, "I'll keep that in mind, Sparkle Pants."

Kol smiles and says, "You do that, Little Bella, because I'm waiting on you, and I'll be here and ready whenever you are."

She doesn't want to talk about this anymore right now, so she nods once before turning and heading back over into the study and sitting down to continue reading about our family line.