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Stasia was outside the next afternoon sitting on the porch when she saw Damon pull into the driveway. He got out of the car and walked towards her.
"Hey."
"Hey Damon," she replied.
"You're not meeting Kol?"
"Not yet," she answered. "He'll be by later."
"I still don't get what you see in him." Damon said. "He's not the guy you think he is."
"Insulting Kol is not going to make me less mad at you." She told him and stood up.
"Stasia, you deserve better than Kol," he told her. "He's not good enough for you."
"Don't start Damon because I don't want to hear how you think Kol's not good enough for me," she told him. "Because I could care less what you think about Kol and my relationship with him."
"You know I would be better for you," he said.
"For how long Damon, until you get tired me or Elena decides she actually wants you and you dump me because I'm not Elena and I'm not going to be the girl you settle for because you can't have Elena."
"Stasia its not like that," he told her. "I do want you, I just never realized it."
"Damon…"
"Stasia, you used to want me to," Damon told her. "Maybe you still do."
"Damon I don't."
"Well I want you now," he said, neither one of them realized Kol had pulled up and was getting out of his car and walking towards them.
"I'm with Kol and nothing you can say or do will change that," she said and went to walk by him but he grabbed her arm and pulled her back to him.
"You sure about that?" he asked and leaned down and kissed her.
Kol stopped walking when he saw Damon kiss Stasia. The thought crossed his mind that she was just using him, it explained why she would be interested in him, why Alaric was going to let her go to New York with him for a few days, he turned to walk away but then turned back around deciding to confront them. As he walked to the porch he saw Stasia pushing Damon away.
"WHAT THE HELL!" Stasia yelled. "I told you I'm with Kol and you kiss me again."
"Stasia I thought…."
"And to think I was going to talk to you and possibly get passed what happened the other day," she told him. "Whatever your problem is, you need to get over it because I'm not leaving Kol and the sooner you accept that the sooner we can be friends again," she told him and walked past him seeing Kol.
"Kol," she whispered.
"I saw and heard princess," he said.
"Kol you know I want to be with you, only you,"
"I know princess," he said and leaned down and touched his lips to hers. "I'm going to talk to Damon."
"Kol.."
"Don't ask me to not hit him."
"I'm not," she told him.
"Do you want to wait in the car?"
"I need to go inside and get my phone and bag and I'll be right back."
"Ok," he said and Stasia walked back onto the porch and past Damon.
"Stasia," Damon said and she just walked passed him and shut the door behind her. When Damon turned around he saw Kol.
"What?"
"You really need to stop hurting her and upsetting her," Kol told him. "I know it really pisses you off that she is with me but she's with because she wants to be."
"You're going to hurt her and when you do, I'll happily kick your ass," Damon told him. "She deserves better than you."
"She also deserves better than someone who makes her cry all the time," Kol said. "You had your chance to be with her and you stood her up, made her cry," Kol said. "Don't get mad because I'm not stupid enough to mess up my chance with her like you are," Kol said.
"You don't care about Stasia no matter what you want people to believe," Damon said. "You're selfish and inconsiderate and only care about yourself."
"Believe what you want but I finally get to do something I've always wanted to do," Kol told him.
"What?" Damon asked
"This," Kol said as he drew back and punched Damon in the face. "Leave Anastasia alone, don't make her cry, don't upset her, don't kiss her," he told him as he hit him again. Stasia opened the door and walked outside. "you ready princess?"
"Yeah," she said looking over at Damon who was holding his jaw and then to Kol, placing her hand in his as she walked away with him.
When they got in the car Kol backed out of the driveway and drove away.
"Ok what happened when I went inside?" she asked. "You're being way to quiet Kol."
"I hit him," he told her.
"Oh," was all she said.
"Twice," he said
"Ok."
"I'm not sorry about it," he told her.
"I didn't think you would be." She said.
"You're not mad at me?" he asked.
"No Kol I already told Damon I wasn't going to stop you from hitting him next time."
"Are you going to still be friends with him?"
"If he can't accept that we're together then I don't know if me and Damon can be friends." She told him.
"Princess I…"
"Its not your fault Kol, you haven't done anything wrong."
"So have you thought anymore about what we talked about last night?" Kol asked her.
"Singing for people," she said. "I don't know."
"Well I'm not going to push you but I really think you can do this." He said and she smiled. "Do you need to eat?" he asked.
"I'm ok," she told him. "I'd rather go somewhere to be alone with you."
"Ok," he smiled. "I can do that."
When Damon went inside he found Alaric watching TV.
"When did you get here?"
"A few minutes ago before Stasia left with Kol."
"Damon what did you do?" he asked. "You might as well tell me because I will find out."
"I may have argued with her, kissed her, told her Kol wasn't right for her," he admitted.
"Damon!" Alaric exclaimed.
"Kol saw it all and hit me." He told him. "Don't even think Stasia was mad about it or if she even realized what he did."
"As much as I hate to say it Damon, you deserved it."
"Ric I…."
"Maybe Kol is right for her," Alaric said. "I don't want to admit it but he has been good for her and she likes him Damon and maybe you just need to give her some space because you can't seem to not hurt her lately. Every time I talk to her or see her after you've been with her she's crying, so maybe it would be best if you did stay away from her for a few days or unless she wants to talk to you."
"Ric, I'm not hurting her intentionally." He said.
"I know you're not," he sighed.
"I'll keep my distance from her unless she wants to talk to me."
Kol parked his car outside his house not much later
"We'll be alone here?" she asked.
"No one is home," he assured her. "My siblings rarely are home."
"Oh, ok then," she said and Kol got out of the car and walked around and opened the door for her before leading her inside and to his room.
When they got to his room Kol shut the door behind them and turned around and saw Stasia walking around his room. She walked over to his bookshelf and ran her fingers over the books on it. Some of them looked really old. Kol walked over and stood behind her, sliding his arms around her waist.
"What are you doing?" he asked.
"Exploring your room," she told him as she turned around his arms. "Didn't get to do that last time I was in here."
"Why do you want to explore my room?"
"See what kind of things you have, learn more about you."
"Oh," he said as he leaned down and pressed his lips against hers. "Explore away," he said and she started looking at things. She walked over to an antique chest of drawers and opened the top drawer.
"Ah so you're a boxer guy," she said.
"Don't go through my underwear drawer unless you want me to go through yours." Kol told her.
"The kind of underwear people have says something about them."
"Oh and what do boxers say about me?" he asked.
"I think it says you're conservative and like to be comfortable." She told him as she shut the drawer and walked over to him.
"You're done going through my things?" he asked.
"For now," she said as she sat on the bed with him, she slid her arms around him and leaned forward and kissed his lips. She pulled herself closer to him as Kol grabbed her hips and threw her down on the bed. Stasia's head hit the pillow seconds before Kol's lips met hers again. Kol felt Stasia's fingers running through his hair and across his back. She felt Kol's tongue run across her lips, then slip past her lips. Kol's tongue touched hers and couldn't stop the moan that escaped her mouth. Kol pulled away and touched his forehead to hers.
"Anastasia," he whispered, she ran her thumb across his lips and leaned up and kissed his lips. Kol placed his lips against her neck as he ran his hands down her body. Kol pushed her shirt up and placed his lips against her stomach. He placed kisses up her body as he pushed her shirt up and over her head and tossed it to the floor. Kol felt Stasia's hands running across his back and he felt her hands pushing his shirt up and over his head, tossing it to the floor. Stasia ran her hands across his chest, Kol moved her hands and pressed his lips against her scars.
"Kol," she moaned as he looked down at her.
"I like this," he said as he ran his finger under the straps of her black lace bra.
"Well I was thinking of you when I put it on."
"Really?" he asked surprised.
"Maybe," she smiled and he leaned down pressing his lips against hers just as his door opened.
"Kol," a male voice said and the two of them looked over and saw Klaus and Elijah.
"Oh my god," Stasia said embarrassed as Kol moved off of her and she tried to hide behind him.
"Stasia," Elijah said.
"So nice to see you again," Klaus said amused. Kol felt Stasia's head hit his shoulder as she tried to hide her face.
"Nik," Kol growled.
"We didn't realize we were interrupting anything," Elijah said and he shut the door.
"Oh my god," Stasia said and Kol looked back at her.
"Princess I…"
"We can go back to my house my siblings are rarely home," she said mocking him before hitting his arm. "Kol!"
"How was I to know they would come back so early," he said.
"I can't believe this."
"My brothers have caught me in worse positions than we were in," he told her.
"Kol I'm not your other girls," she told him. "Who knows what your brothers think of me now," she added as she got off his bed and went to get her shirt.
"Anastasia," he said. "They're not going to think badly of you," Kol assured her. "We have nothing to be embarrassed about," Kol told her as he walked over to where she was standing.
"I know I just, I try not to care what people think about me but they are your brothers and I don't want them to think I'm like all those other girls you've been with." She told him. "I actually do like you a lot Kol."
"I know princess," he said leaning down to kiss her lips. "I feel the same way." He told her. "Now I need to go to the kitchen, I'll be right back ok," he said and she nodded.
"Ok Kol," she said as she put her shirt on.
"Be right back," he said and he grabbed his shirt before walking out of his bedroom.
When Kol walked into the kitchen, Klaus and Elijah were in there. He grabbed a blood bag out of the refrigerator, not his first choice of how to get blood of course, and poured it in a mug and warmed it.
"So about what you two saw between me and Anastasia…" Kol began.
"You don't have to explain yourself to us Kol," Elijah told him.
"I know that and I usually wouldn't bother with explanations," he told them., "Anastasia is just really embarrassed," he told them as he took his mug out of the microwave.
"Why would she be embarrassed?" Klaus asked confused.
"Well she doesn't want you to think badly about her or that she's like the other girls I've been with."
"Well considering we've never really met your other girls and have only seen them around, we know she's definitely not like them," Klaus told him.
"Stasia, is sweet, smart and she has plenty of reasons to not be with you," Elijah told him. "Especially if she listened to her friends."
"And she hasn't," Klaus told him. "I didn't think you two were that serious anyway" he added . "
"We haven't done more than kiss and make out a little." Kol told them.
"Really?" Elijah asked surprised.
"She's not ready yet," Kol told them as he took a drink from his mug. "So I'm respecting her decision."
"You're respecting her decision," Klaus asked in disbelief.
"Yeah, I'm not as horrible as you think I am." Kol told them. "She's different than other girls."
"You're in love with her," Elijah stated. "After a week."
"I am not in love with her," Kol argued. "I just happen to like her," Kol told them and finished his drink and put his cup in the sink.
"Deny it all you want Kol but if you're not in love with her, you're falling for her." Klaus told him. "You let her in your bedroom, in your bed."
"Love isn't for me," He told them and walked away.
Kol couldn't believe his brothers thought he was in love with Stasia. He liked her a lot, liked spending time with her, liked kissing her, she was beautiful, talented, smart, amazing. He was not in love with her, he was not falling in love again, it wasn't like she would ever love him anyway. Kol walked in his bedroom and shut the door behind him. Stasia was lying on his bed, Kol walked over and laid down beside her. Stasia turned to look at him.
"Everything ok?" he asked.
"I'm fine," she assured him.
"So you're not still upset about my brothers walking in on us?" he asked.
"It's fine Kol," she said.
"So someone has a birthday next week."
"Kol, don't make a big deal out of my birthday," she told him.
"Is there something you want?" he asked.
"Kol I don't need anything for my birthday," she told him.
"What about a new guitar?" he asked.
"What?"
"To replace the one you said got broken before you moved." He said.
"Oh, you don't have to get me anything," she told him.
"Well I want to get you something," he told her. "You are my girlfriend and I should get you something for your birthday."
"Kol its not a big deal," she told him as she sat up.
"It is a big deal princess," he told her as he sat up. "I'm going to make sure you have a great birthday."
"I'm not going to talk you out of this am I?" she asked him.
"No way," he said and leaned over and kissed her. "Now lets get out of here." He said and got off his bed. Stasia did the same and the two of them walked to Kol's car.
Kol was walking her to her front door not much later.
"Please don't make a big deal out of my birthday," she said.
"Anastasia…"
"Kol I…" she began but he placed his finger over her lips.
"You deserve to have fun on your birthday," he told her and leaned down and touched his lips to hers.
"I wouldn't mind doing something with you," she said and Kol smiled.
"Whatever you want princess," he said and leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. "Good night."
"Good night Kol," she replied and he waited while she went inside and when she was inside he walked to his car and drove away.