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The next morning when Stasia woke up Kol wasn't next to her.
"Kol," she said as she sat up. She looked across the room and saw him going through her underwear drawer. "What are you doing?" she asked.
"You went through mine," he pointed out as he pulled a pair of black lace panties out of her drawer. "I like these," he said as he pulled a white lace thong out. "I like these more though," he smirked. Stasia got out of bed and walked across the room grabbing them out of Kol's hand and putting them back in the drawer.
"Well unless you stop going through my underwear drawer, you're never going to see me in them," she told him as she closed the drawer.
"You don't mean that," he said.
"You want to find out?" she smiled.
"No," he said as he leaned down and kissed her. "I should go anyway, Rebekah will be here around eleven."
"Ok Kol I'll be ready," she told him.
"You can just come back to our house when you're done shopping if you want."
"That sounds good to me," she told him.
"Ok," he said and leaned down and kissed her again. "Have fun with Rebekah."
"I will Kol," she said and they walked over to the window and Kol climbed out and she watched him run off.
Stasia took a shower and changed into jeans and a black off the shoulder shirt before going to the kitchen for breakfast. After fixing a bowl of cereal Stasia sat at the table to eat. Alaric walked in a few seconds later.
"Good morning." Stasia said.
"Good morning Stasia," he replied. "So what are you doing today."
"Rebekah is picking me up at eleven to go shopping," she told him.
"Meeting Kol afterwards."
"Yeah," she sighed.
"Stasia," he said and she looked up at him. "I know Kol was here last night."
"Uncle Ric, nothing happened," she told him.
"I told you I wanted you to be honest with me if Kol is here," he told her.
"I know but I didn't know he was going to stay last night until he got here," she told him. "I'm sorry Uncle Ric," she apologized. "You were my age once."
"Exactly and I know what goes through guys heads when they are with a girl," he told her. "Kol may be a thousand year old vampire but he is still a guy."
"I trust Kol Uncle Ric, he's never done anything or even tried to push me further than I wanted," she told him.
"Its because he's in love with you," Alaric told her.
"No he's not, he said Love isn't for him."
"Why would he tell you that?"
"He's had some bad experiences with the one girl or maybe it was two girls, anyway he had some bad experiences with girls he actually did fall in love with so maybe he thinks he doesn't deserve to be loved or that someone couldn't love him." she told him. "It would explain a lot if he did believe that."
"It actually would explain a lot," Alaric agreed.
"Are you mad at me?" she asked.
"Stasia, I'm not mad," he sighed. "I guess I never thought I'd be having this conversation with you," he told her. "I am surprised you haven't had a boyfriend sooner."
"I don't know why people say that," she sighed.
"Because its true," he told her and she smiled.
Stasia finished up her cereal and took her bowl to the sink just as the door opened and Damon walked in.
"Morning," Damon said.
"Morning Damon," Alaric replied.
"Good morning," Stasia said and Damon smiled slightly.
"Are you talking to me now?" he asked hopefully.
"Maybe," she said. "I need to get ready," she told them and walked away.
"She has plans with Kol again?" Damon asked.
"Damon don't."
"I'm just asking," he said as he poured a cup of coffee.
"She has plans with Rebekah and then Kol, so she'll be gone all day and I'm going shopping for her birthday present."
"When's her birthday?" Damon asked.
"Wednesday," Alaric told him.
"What are you getting her?" he asked curiously.
"A guitar."
"I didn't know she played."
"I didn't either," Alaric admitted. "Kol told me that she did and that her guitar got broken before she moved here."
"Maybe I'll buy her a really cool guitar case for the guitar you get her."
"Damon I…"
"Stasia isn't going to stop seeing Kol no matter what I do or say," he said. "Saying bad things about him isn't going to change her mind I see that now."
"Are you serious?" Alaric asked.
"I'm trying to be," he said. "I do like Stasia and I don't want her to cut me out of everything."
"Just talk to her." Alaric said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Stasia," Damon said and she looked over at him. "Do you have time to talk?" he asked.
"Can we do this tomorrow?" she asked.
"Of course if that's what you want," he said.
"Come over in the morning around ten," she said. "Is that ok."
"That sounds perfect," he told her.
"Good, we won't have to be rushed to talk tomorrow," she told him. "I'll see you two later."
Stasia was in the mall trying on dresses for whatever Kol had planned for her birthday. After she put them on she walked out to see what Rebekah liked but neither one of them had found anything Stasia liked or that Rebekah liked.
"I have two more," she said.
"One of them is going to be it then," Rebekah told her and Stasia went in the room and tried on the next dress it was a short black strapless dress, it had black and gold sequins on the skirt and along the bottom. She actually kind of liked it. She walked out and showed Rebekah.
"What do you think?" she asked as she turned around.
"Yeah its ok," she said. "It looks good on you," she told her.
"I got one more," she told her and went to try it on.
The next dress she put on was a short one strap pink dress, it had a black belt along the middle. It had black flower lace that ran along one side and that stretched along her shoulder as a strap.
"This is the last one," she told her.
"I like that one to," Rebekah told her. "Why don't we get both of them, I'll buy the other one as one of your birthday presents from me," she added.
"Rebekah I…"
"I'm not taking no as an answer, go change and we'll get shoes and other stuff."
"Ok," she said and went to change and came back with the two dresses.
"So things are good with you and Kol," she stated.
"Yeah they are," she smiled. "I really like Kol," she told her. "He's so not what I pictured or imagined him to be after all the things I heard about him."
"I think that has more to do with you than with all those things not being true." Rebekah told her. "In here," she said pulling into a store where women were walking out with pink bags. "Because they are true."
"I know all the bad things I've heard about him are true, he's never denied that." She told her. "But it doesn't matter. He's Kol and he's not going to change and I don't expect him to."
"That's why you two are perfect for each other." Rebekah said and Stasia smiled. "Now lets get you a bra to wear under your dresses." She told her and led her to some strapless bras. Stasia finally picked out a white lacy strapless bra and white lace panties to match.
"So he finally kissed you right?" Rebekah asked.
"Yeah but all we've done is kiss and make out some…well a lot." She smiled. "Your brothers actually walked in on us in Kol's bedroom one time."
"Kol let you in his bedroom and his bed!" Rebekah said shocked. "he never brings any girl back to our home or lets them in his bedroom and never his bed," she told her. "When he sleeps with them he's always at their house or some hotel."
"Oh," she said.
"I really think Kol is in love with you," Rebekah told her.
"But Kol said love isn't for him."
"Things change," Rebekah told her. "Kol wouldn't do all the things he does for you if he didn't genuinely like you and care about you and possibly love you."
"You think so?" she asked.
"I've never seen Kol treat anyone the way he treats you or look at anyone the way he looks at you or talk about anyone the way he talks about you."
"He got me a new charm for my bracelet," she told her and showed her the piano charm.
"That's pretty," Rebekah said. "Why the piano?"
"I kind of play the piano and Kol talked me into playing for him," she told her.
"I think the charm bracelet is sweet," Rebekah said.
"Kol said you helped pick out the charm bracelet."
"I kind of gave him the idea, he came up with the charms." She told him
"I love it," Stasia smiled.
"And you really like Kol?" Rebekah asked her as they walked out of the store.
"Of course I do," she smiled. "Kol is actually a really great boyfriend."."
"That is surprising," Rebekah said. "But you and Kol just seem perfect together," she told her. "You're the first girl Kol has been with we've met in a long time." She told her. "We only met two…"
"Elizabeth and Maria." She said
"Kol told you about them." She said surprised.
"Yeah," she said. "Would he have actually married Maria?"
"If we hadn't become vampires I think so," she said. "But if we hadn't been turned you would have never met him."
"That's true," she said.
"Do you need lunch before we go back?" Rebekah asked.
"That would be great."
"Ok so food court or restaurant?"
"Food court is fine," she told her and the two of them walked to the food court. After getting something to eat the two of them found a table and sat down.
"So you were right about Kol not caring about my scars," she told her. "I asked him about it like you said."
"What did he say?" Rebekah asked curiously.
"That he didn't care if I had scars, he would always think I'm beautiful." She told her and Rebekah smiled. "He's seen them several times and he hasn't left me yet." She told her.
"What happened?" she asked.
"I haven't told Kol what happened yet," she told her. "I don't know how to tell him without him wanting to kill the person who gave them to me."
"Someone hurt you and put the scars on you," Rebekah said. "Kol will definitely want to kill them for hurting you then," she added. "What happened?"
"No one knows but me and my mom Rebekah," she told her. "It might be good to talk to someone about it and you can give advice about how to tell Kol."
"Of course," she said.
"Not here though," she told her and she nodded.
When they finished lunch the two of them went to the car and put all of Stasia's bags in it and then got in. Rebekah drove them to the park and they got out and started walking.
"Tell me," she said.
"Before I moved here I was dating a guy named Hudson. We dated for like six months and we hadn't slept together yet. He kept pressuring me and I kept telling him no. One night he came over while my mom was out and we were kissing and he wanted to sleep together and I didn't. I told him I wasn't ready and he was like are you ever going to be ready there are plenty of girls who would love to be with me."
"He actually said that to you?" Rebekah asked shocked and she nodded. "What a jerk!"
"So then he said something like you say you love me and I told him I did but I wasn't sleeping with him." she told her. Stasia tucked her hair behind her ear. "He pushed me into the wall and told me something like other guys would have left you by now, its not like you're the most popular girl or most fun and there are a lot of girls prettier and I told him to go be with one of them and he broke up with me." She told her and wiped a tear that ran down her cheek. "So a month later I went out with another guy, the first guy since we broke up."
"You waited a whole month?" Rebekah asked.
"Yeah," she sighed. "So when I came home Hudson was in my room, sitting on my bed." She told her. "There was something about him that night that was off. When I walked in my room I remember him saying 'Didn't take long to replace me'" she told her. "He asked if I had slept with the guy I went out with and he was walking towards me and I know I was backing away from him until I felt my back hit the wall. He wanted another chance with me and he kissed me and I pushed him away and told him we weren't getting back together. He informed me I was going to give him another chance I said we were never going to get back together and told him to leave. He said if he couldn't have me he would make sure no other guy would ever want me," she told her. "He pulled out a knife and threw me on the ground," she went on as tears fell from her eyes. "He straddled my legs and pushed my shirt up, I felt the knife in my side and then he stabbed me in my stomach. He would have done more but my moms car door slamming stopped him and he ran off. I woke up in the hospital and if my mom hadn't come home when she did he could have killed me or the stab wounds would have killed me." She told her.
"Stasia," Rebekah said quietly.
"How do I tell Kol that?"
"I have no idea, he's going to kill that guy. I probably wouldn't try to stop him, I want to kill that guy." She told her.
"Rebekah I…"
"I don't even think Elijah would try to stop him," Rebekah told her.
"So no suggestions then?" she asked.
"When you get ready to tell him, you're just going to have to sit down with him and do it," Rebekah told her. "Warn him that he's going to get mad and that he needs to try to keep his temper under control."
"I will," she promised. "I was thinking of telling him soon anyway."
"Good."
Rebekah drove them back to her house where Kol would be waiting for her.
"So if you want to you can just keep your dresses here and I'll help you get ready for your birthday."
"That sounds great," Stasia smiled and they got out of the car and got all their bags out. The two of them walked inside and to Rebekah's room and put their bags away and hung Stasia's dresses up.
"Thanks," she said. "I'm going to go see if Kol is in his room," she told her.
"Ok," Rebekah said and Stasia walked out of her room and turned to go to Kol's room almost walking into Elijah.
"Sorry," she said and looked up. "Hey Elijah."
"Stasia," he said. "You have fun with Rebekah?"
"Yes I did," she told him.
"I haven't seen you since the night with Kol and I…"
"Elijah its ok," she told him.
"Stasia, I would never want to embarrass you," Elijah said politely. "Kol seems to care a lot about you and I've never thought you were like the other girls he's been with."
"Oh," she said.
"I believe Kol is in his room," Elijah told her.
"Thanks," she said and walked by him to the end of the hall. Stasia knocked on Kol's door and he opened it a few seconds later.
"Anastasia," he smiled and he grabbed her arm and pulled her into his room shutting the door. He pushed her against the door and kissed her. Stasia slid her arms around his neck as Kol locked the door before pulling her closer to him. Stasia felt his hands across her back and over her butt before he grabbed the back of her thighs and picked her up. Stasia wrapped her legs around his waist and Kol carried her over to his bed and sat down on it. Stasia ran her hands down his back before pulling his shirt over his head. She pressed her forehead to his as she ran her fingers across his cheek and down his chest.
"Princess," he said and she pulled away from him and got off his lap and walked across the room.
"What?" she asked. "Did I do something wrong?"
"Of course not," he said as he walked over to her. He touched his lips to hers.
"Well at least I kept my shirt on this time," she said as she ran her fingers across his abs.
"Well," he said as he placed his palms against the wall on each side of her. "The night is not over yet," he said and kissed her. Stasia moaned as he ran his hands over her body. Kol placed his lips against his neck, placing small kisses along her neck before kissing her lips again. She felt his hands run down her sides and then slide under her shirt. He gently traced the scar that ran down her side before pulling her shirt over her head and tossing it to the ground. He kissed her again as they made their way over to the bed, Kol pulled away to lay down, pulling her with him. Stasia looked down at him, touching her lips to his, before placing her lips against his neck, a moan escaped his lips as she placed kisses across his chest, trailing them down to his stomach. She placed her lips against his neck again and a moan escaped his lips and he pulled away.
"Princess," he said.
"What?" she asked. "Oh god, was I doing something wrong?" she asked as she moved off of him and laid beside him.
"No," he said. "Princess trust me you were doing nothing wrong but I do only have so much control and…."
"Oh I get it Kol," she said quietly.
"Anastasia you have no idea how hard…difficult it is for me to pull away from you," he told her.
"Kol," she sighed.
"I care about you, like you, more than you can imagine," he told her.
"I feel the same way Kol," she told him. "I trust you and I know that you want to know about my scars," she said and she felt Kol gently tracing them.
"Of course I do," he told her.
"And I want to tell you but I know what happened is going to make you mad and you'll loose your temper and I need you to at least try not to."
"I can try not to, I have no idea what happened to you so can't exactly promise not to. I won't promise you something I may not be able to do." He told her.
"I understand Kol," she said softly and got off the bed and went to pick her shirt up and put it on. "And I do want to tell you, I'm just scared of how you're going to react." She admitted.
"Princess I do want you to tell me and when you do tell me I promise to try to keep my temper under control but you obviously know that whatever happened is going to piss me off and that's why you're putting it off, why you don't want to tell me," he said and he got off the bed and walked over and picked his shirt up and put it on. "But I will listen when you're ready." He told her.
"I know you will and that's why I want to tell you what happened."