So, here is the next chapter. Thanks to everybody who was kind enough to review, especially to that person who told me I made them ship Kolaye *.*
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"I can see you, see you there
Hanging weightless in the air
Wind and sunlight in your hair
And I can see you, see you there."

~ 'Weightless' by Black Lab ~

The sound of her ringing phone woke Faye up.

Still dizzy from her sleep, she felt for it without opening her eyes. „Hm?", she mumbled as she answered the call.

„It's me."

She recognized Jake's voice immediately but it annoyed her that he didn't even think of saying his name, as if it was self-evident that she knew who was speaking. As if he was the only one ever calling her. Angrily she rolled her eyes and regretted it the very moment because it added some to her headache. Gosh, maybe she had really exaggerated a bit with the alcohol last night.

„Hello?", Jake asked again, this time more impatient. „Faye, are you there?"

„Of course I am." She sat up and noticed an unfamiliar leather jacket wrapped around her. Abruptly a flashback of Kol kissing her hit her and she shivered in pleasure. Quickly she scanned the room but he wasn't there. She felt a stitch of disappointment that he had simply left her like this, without even begging for her number or at least saying goodbye but then she shook the stirring away and concentrated on the phone again. After all this time Jake was finally showing a sign of life, she needed to goddamn focus.

„I've been calling you all night. Took you some time to answer." She tried to sound as casual as possible. „What have you been doing?"

Don't lie to me, please don't lie to me.

„I ..." He hesitated. „Nothing really. Just turned my phone off, wanted some space for myself."

Faye was certain that ‚space for himself' actually meant ‚space for Cassie'. But even if he had been with her, important was that he was calling her now. She needed to make the best of it.

„Wanna meet in half an hour in town? Grab some coffee?"

„Yeah, sounds good. See you at Java Brew."

With that, he hang up on her.

„I really hate small towns." Kol looked out of the window in the little hotel suite Klaus had rented for the both of them. „Let's get back to Mystic Falls as soon as possible, pick up Bekah and go travelling again."
Klaus shook his head while he appreciatively drank from the neck of the blonde room service. „You know I won't do that. I'll tell you where you can find Rebekah's coffin but that's it. The cure is priority."
„Then why are you even here?" Kol frowned. „You said Chance Harbor was important but so far I've only see you drinking alcohol and blood, nothing you couldn't get anywhere else, too. What's so special about this town, huh?"
Klaus smirked and dropped the unconscious girl. „It's so ironic that you are asking me this since it was you who spent some quality time last night with this town's speciality."
Kol raised his eyebrows and turned around to face his older brother. „Faye? What about her?"

„Oh, the witch is a Faye now." Klaus' grin grew broader. „I sincerely hope you haven't gotten to attached with her. You may not like what I've planned for her and her little friends."

„I don't care about her at all", Kol answered coldly. „You can do with her whatever you want."
„That's fortunate because I will. I need her powers to help me find the cure."

Kol narrowed his eyes as a suspicion formed up in his head. „You planned all this, didn't you? You wanted me to go after her yesterday for some reason."

„Don't sound so angry, Kol. It isn't like it was a big sacrifice for you to sleep with her now, was it? And I am going to keep my promise, I will let you undagger Rebekah. But ..." Klaus got up and cleared away some drops of blood from the courner of his mouth. „I need you to make the witch fall for you first. Get inside her head, make her trust you."
„Why?", Kol spit. „I owe you nothing, brother. And I can spend my time and energy better than wasting it on some girl and her teenage phantasies."
„Come on now, Kol, don't be so mean. Take it as another challenge." Klaus laughed and spread his arms. „She seems to be a tough one and I know how you like cracking women, so this could actually be fun for you. Besides ..." He stopped laughing at once and his voice became serious and frosty. „Rebekah is the reason I lost Elena's blood. I'm running out of hybrids and if I don't get the cure, I'm left with no one soon. That thought makes me … a little angry, to be honest with you. You don't want me to lash out on our dear sister then now, do you?"

Kol gritted his teeth. „You wouldn't dare to harm a hair on her head."
„Try me."
He clotted his hands to fists. „I am done with you and your threats, Niklaus. I'm tired of it all." He walked to the door and opened it. On the threshold he stopped. „I am gonna do what you want but this is the last time. After I've broken the witch for you and hand her over, I'm going to get Rebekah and Elijah and we will leave you. You won't come after us, you won't contact us. You won't even try to look for our tracks. It will be like we never existed. Understood?"

There was a slight pause. „Understood. Do me this last favor and I will leave you alone."

„Look who's here."

Diana nodded to the door and Melissa turned around to see where her friend was pointing at. She spotted Faye entering the Java Brew, in companion of no less a person than Jake. Both sat down in the cosy corner of the café where only couples ever took a table.

She sighed heavily and turned around to look at Diana again. „I honestly don't know why she is wasting her time with him. I thought it the only good thing about that she went home with this guy last night, was that it meant she had forgotten about Jake."

Diana took a sip of her coffee, then shook her head. „She won't get away from his as long as he's stringing her along like that. But if Cassie ever decides to go for him, he will drop her."
Cassie. Melissa wrinkled her forehead. She really tried to like her but it was kinda hard when the whole universe seemed to revolve around her. Even Adam was still hung up on her, even though he was currently pretending like their break-up didn't mean something to him anymore and everything was butterflies and ponies. But she knew him to well to not notice the sadness in his eyes sometimes.

„Enough of Faye", Diana said suddenly. „What have you and Adam been doing after she left?"

Melissa turned pink. „What do you mean?"

Diana couldn't know … it was impossible … she had been hiding it so well.

Her friend's jaw dropped. „Noooo. No way."

„What?" Melissa felt her face heaten even more. „What is it?"
„You are developing a crush on Adam!" Diana laughed out loud. „Oh, you so are. Don't try to deny it, it's written all over your face."

„Shh, will you keep your voice down, please?" Alarmed Melissa looked around to check if anybody had been listening. „I don't want the whole café to know, okay?"

„So you admit it?", Diana clapped her hands in excitement. „You admit that you're in love with him?"

Melissa groaned resignedly. „Fine, whatever. Maybe I am. A tiny, little bit. Nothing serious though."

„I KNEWWW IT!"

This time, several heads really turned around to face them.

„For god's sake, Diana", Melissa giggled. „You are terrible."

„I sure am." Enthusiastically she leaned forward. „But you know what else I am? I'm gonna be your wingwoman. I will set you up with Adam."

Making out with Jake was always nice. While he shoved his tongue into her mouth, Faye remembered their first kiss, back when they had been little more than children. He was her high school crush and always would be.

But today she was not as into it as she usually was and it irritated her. Maybe it was because of Cassie. Or maybe not, she had no idea.

„Excuse me for a moment." She withdrew from him and saw the confusion on his face. Normally it was him who set the kisses up and determined when it was about time to end them.

„Have I done something wrong?"

„No, it's not you. I'm just not really in the mood. I will get some more coffee, I'm tired."

Confused by her own behaviour, she got up and traversed the room to the shop counter. She spotted Melissa and Diana sitting some tables away and waved at them. Maybe she should just call this date (or whatever it was Jake and her were having right now) off and spend some girl time instead.

Lost in her thoughts, she lined up … and froze as she suddenly recognized the guy standing in front of her. Her mouth became dry. This couldn't be a coincidence.

But there he was, the same well-conditioned back, the same rumpled brown hair, the same arrogant facial expression. Out of the corner of his eyes he caught her staring at him and turned around, already with a flirtatious smirk when he realized who was standing in front of him.

„Well …" Kol drew this syllabel out. „Look who we've got here."
Arms akimbo she glared at him. „Are you spying on me?"

„And why would I do that, love?" He chuckled, then his eyes widened. „Wait – is that my jacket you're wearing?"

Faye had totally forgotten that she was wearing it. She had been in a hurry when she had left the house to meet Jake and since it had been so comfortable and the leather so soft, she had decided to wear it. „You left it at my place", she proceeded to attack. „So it's mine now. Don't even think about trying to get it back from me."

Contrary to her expectations he didn't put up a fight about this. „If you want it, you can keep it." He smiled at her pugnacious demeanor. „It suits you."

His compliment took her by surprise. „Thanks." She watched him intently as he ordered a cappuccino from the barista who was totally checking him out. Wow, this was awkward. She never really did one night stands and she sure as well hadn't expected her first one to show up here. When she hadn't found him this morning, she had just assumed that he had gone back to wherever he came from. Hot strangers like him never stayed for long in Chance Harbor.

„What do you want to drink?", he turned around and asked her all of a sudden. „Order whatever you want, it's my treat. Those cookies there look like tasty little things, too."

And here it becomes even more awkward, she thought to herself and grimaced. „Um, I don't think that's a good idea. I'm actually here with someone."

His body tensed up. „You are? With whom?"

She pointed a finger at Jake who was still sitting in their comfort zone, completely oblivious to what was going on.

Kol examined Jake sceptically. „That isn't by any chance the same guy who was ditching you last night via phone, is it?"

„He wasn't ditching me!", Faye snarled. Well, maybe he was but that wasn't any of Kol's business. „And I don't wanna discuss this with you out of all people. Can you let me pass now? I want to order and you're in my way."
He stared down at her thoughtfully for a moment, then shoved her to the next table and forced her to sit down.

„HEY, what the-…"
„Do you honestly think you can keep a guy who is not into you by doing everything he ask you to?"

„Excuse me?!", Faye spit indignantly. „He is into me."
„No, he's not." Kol took a seat on the other chair opposite to her. „Otherwise he would've answered your calls yesterday. Or he would be wondering right now why it's taking you so long to get another coffee. But he hasn't and he isn't."

„I'm not listenting to this bullshit." Angrily Faye got up but his hand dashed forward and embraced her wrist vice-like so that she couldn't move away from him. For a second, she was tempted to use her newly found solo magic on him but she didn't want to make a fuss and draw Jake's attention to her involvement with him.

„Let go of me", she said menacingly. „Or I will make you."

„You are free to go wherever you want as soon as you hear me out", he told her unimpressed.

She hesitated. Then she sat down again. „Fine, loser. You have one minute, then I'm outta here."
„He is not into you", Kol repeated calmly and had a sip of his coffee. „But I know how you can change that."

Faye eyed him doubtfully but he had her attention. „Keep going."
„This won't work." He gestured towards her and Jake. „If you want him interested in you, the only way is to make him keep guessing. As long as you're so obviously showing him that you like him even though he's treating you like shit, he will take you for granted. You will always only be his second option."

She thought about that. He had a point – Jake never made an effort with her. He knew he could call her during the middle of the night and she would come to him. He knew that he could hang out with Cassie and she would still forgive him. It was just like Kol said: she didn't keep him guessing.

„What do you suggest I shall do then?", she asked.

He grinned. „That's easy. Make him jealous."

She snorted. „Make him jealous? That's your big solution? That won't work. I've tried it before and Jake didn't even care."
„Because you did it wrong." Kol noticed her puzzlement at this statement and set his cup aside. „Look, I don't mean just flirting with any random guy you meet on a party. That's too predictable, this Jake guy will see what you're doing right away. What I'm talking about is – pretend to actually have a boyfriend. Go out with someone else on a constant basis, act like you're oh so in love … but still be nice to Jake. Tell him you wanna still be friends." Kol leaned back in his chair. „It will drive him crazy, believe me."

Speechlessly Faye stared him. That idea was in fact quite brilliant. And it could even work. Except for one little detail ... „I don't have a boyfriend."
His face brightened up and his smile became vicious. „Of course you do, sweetheart! He's sitting right in front of you."
„You?" She raised an eyebrow and laughed. „Ohh, now I see what this is about. You want some free sex without commitment and chose me for the job. How flattering. Thanks, but no thanks."

„Actually", he said quickly before she could leap up again, „it's not you I want this time."

„What?"

„Don't be offended, love. You're gorgeous and the sex wasn't bad but you're actually not my type." He smirked. „Whereas your friend … now she's one I'd like to have more than once."
Faye followed his look to the table where her friends where sitting. „Diana? You want me to set you up with Diana?"

„I saw you waving at her, so I take it you know her. Now here's the deal ..." Kol leaned forward again. „I will help you get Jake the way you want him if in return you ensure me a date with your friend. It's a win-win-situation."

Faye studied him. He was being completely serious with this. And she liked his plan. Though it somehow … bugged her that he prefered Diana. She couldn't even explain why since she was absolutely not interested in Kol. But her ego was definitely a bit scratched.

Still, showing Jake that he was not her only option could be fun. And if Diana finally had a boyfriend, she wouldn't be hanging with Melissa anymore all the time which slowly started to annoy Faye.

So it as a win-win-situation indeed.

„Okay."

„Okay? Just like that?"

She smiled and nodded. „Just like that. I'm in. I will give this whole jealousy-thing a shot. But if the situation between Jake and me hasn't changed in … let's say two weeks, then the arragnement is over. Got it?"

„Accepted. Now ..." He grinned wolfishly. „Go to Jake, tell him you just ran into an old friend and that you're incredibly sorry but you need to catch up with him a bit. Act like it isn't a big deal but don't wait for his response, just let him sit there and come back to me as if you're so excited about meeting me that you don't even realize how impolite it is to abadon him."

She giggled and got up. This was bound to be fun. „Be back in a minute, honey."

Kol watched her walking over to Jake and talking to him. She was a born actress. But that was nothing against the act he had just pulled. This boyfriend-girlfriend thing had been a spontaneous idea, an emergency guide. And it would work but not the way Faye assumed.

While he would pretend to set her up with Jake, they would spend time together, converge, maybe even become friends. And he would make her fall for him without her even noticing.

Oh, this was almost going to be too easy.

She thought she could resist him now but he'd prove her so wrong. In two weeks she wouldn't even know the name of this blonde idiot anymore.

He toke his phone out of his pocket and typed in a text to Klaus:

Found the witch. Give me two weeks, then she's all mine.

Three seconds later, he got an aswer from his brother:
Fantastic.

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