Chapter 3

Elena's POV

I laugh when he puts me down with excitement, he immediately starts the car and we accelerate through the Greek streets, I look to him zooming through the roads, he occasionally glances to me while laughing and I just smile thinking of how much he has changed, or not, maybe he is always like this but he put on an act of no humanity to please his brothers. I like him like this. We park in the middle of a busy town buzzing with life. The people are all staring at our grand entrance. Kol opens my door like a gentleman and I grab his arm to lean in to thank him because of the noise.

Kol's POV

I get out of the car to find everyone staring at it, I open the door for Elena and she immediately grabs my arm and leans into me, for a second I thought she was going to kiss me, instead she thanks me. I feel her breath against my skin making me weak. We walk along the bars and restaurants on the seaside and choose one on the end with the best view. The restaurant is on a cliff's edge outlined with a long bar table with stools overlooking the 270˚ view. We are seated and give our orders. While I look at the view I see Kol smiling using my peripherals. He looks so calm and happy that I forget he is a blood-sucking vampire, blood, he hasn't had any blood. "Kol, come with me." I bring him to the girl's bathroom and pull him into a stall.

Kol's POV

Elena suddenly drags me to the girl's bathroom, (again) is she going to kiss me? While I ask her what she is doing she pulls me into a stall, non-hesitantly I obey. "Why am I in the girls bathroom?" I ask with a cheek grin on my face. She lightly hits me on the chest with her fist. I exaggeratedly pretend to have a large impact on her 'attack' by falling back and holding onto the walls, she laughs. "Here drink." She offers her wrist. "Don't worry I can drink off a stranger." I say gratefully. "No, what if you cant control yourself and kill them? Please Kol, I know you can't kill me (Klaus) and this would help limit your intake, which would reduce your temptations." She replies. I nod and take her wrist, I look up as my fangs appear and lightly place them into her delicate skin. I hold her hand of the wrist I am drinking from; I can lightly feel her pulse, which indicates when I should stop. I don't want to drink so much of her blood that she has to drink mine to get back to her usual state, so I stop earlier. I wipe away the blood using my thumb and thank her.

Elena's POV

Now that Kol and I are friends, he is not mean, we joke and laugh together like best friends. We walk out of the stall together to find an elderly woman staring at us with a cheeky grin, as if she had imagined what we were doing in the stall together. She says something in Greek and before I have a chance to tell her we don't speak Greek Kol buts in and is suddenly fluent in Greek and replies to her, okay. She laughs as we exit. I laugh and nudge Kol "Kol! You never told me you could speak Greek, you're amazing, I mean, that's amazing." He simply smiles back with modesty. We go back to our tables and eat our Greek salads in the cool winds of a Greek summers night. When finished, we turn around to watch the couples dance together whilst chatting. Then an enthusiastic waiter beckons me to the dance floor, a few other couples clap their hands waiting for me to join him in the center of attention. He twirls up to me, "May I have a dance with beautiful lady?" he asks looking to Kol for permission. Kol laughs and nods with approval. I've had a few drinks so I eventually give in.

Its tango night, which is convenient with my attire, thank god I took some tango and salsa classes back in Mystic Falls with Caroline. I am dragged to the center, I look back to Kol and he is smiling with encouragement and laughter. I can't help but laugh while he spins me around and around making me dizzy and he exaggerates the steps making it amusing, again he spins me out of his arms and a muscular embrace catches me, it's Kol's.

"Kol," I say as I look up to his eyes, "May I cut in?" Kol's white shirt is unbuttoned with pulled up sleeves making him look quite hot I must confess. He looks so cool and laid back. He asks while going back to the standard tango position, Shakira's 'Objection' is put on and all eyes are on us. We dance to the song, perfectly in beat. We dance and laugh, I slip when laughing so much but Kol catches me with his arm holding my back along my spine, perfectly ending the song. Everyone claps while I am still gazing into Kols eyes with thrill and admiration of his dance skills. We both breathe heavily, feeling each other's breath against our skin. This situation would seem appropriate for a kiss, making the situation tense and a bit awkward. He lifts me up right and we both exit with other couples envious eyes on us applauding.

Kol's POV

Elena can tango. Seeing her dance with the waiter made me exhilarated to take over, I am learning so much about Elena on this trip, she is once again spun away from his grasp so I catch her and we dance. I cherish that moment when we ended our dance and just stayed in our positions almost as if we were waiting for the other to kiss the other. It was such a magnificent feeling, after getting to know each other and have so much in common, our moment of glory from the dance was overwhelming. I heard spectators yelling for me to kiss her (in Greek); I must admit I was tempted. I never thought of being romantically involved with Elena Gilbert on this trip of isolation from Mystic Falls.

We left the restaurant with hugs and appraisals from the staff and guests of the restaurant. We both joke about the waiter's extreme dance moves, which made Elena dizzy and the old lady who we had seen in the bathroom. "Oh yeah, what did that woman say in Greek?" Elena asks me. "Oh, she said how beautiful we were as a couple and I just told her that she was beautiful. " He said in mocking tone because he was embarrassed at how lame it sounded, "Aw Kol, you're such a sweetheart!" She said sarcastically as she nudges me in the shoulder so hard I stumble over. "Seriously Elena, how are you so strong for a human?" I ask. "Well, I used to be on the track te-" I cut her off by swiping her off her feet to a fireman's carry position. I feel her laughter through her abs on my shoulder; I run making her laugh even more. She tickles my underarms forcing me to put her back down, pinning her against the walls. "You're pretty strong yourself, almost as strong as me." She tells me.

I chuckle and reply with "Almost? " then push my face closer to hers as if it is a threat. I hear people walking so I let her go and we continue walking back to the car talking.

Elena's POV

I am enjoying spending time with Kol, he is a lot of work. When we arrive back at the house he tries to push me into the pool, I fall but he quickly pulls me back in time with another momentary gaze at each other's eyes intimately. I then unexpectedly push him into the pool, he does not expect it so he falls in and grabs onto my arm pulling me into his embrace as we prepare for impact of the cold water. "Well played Gilbert, I did not expect that." He tells me, I simply smile back then hit him for pulling me in. I swim to the edge of infinity and stare at the breathtaking view, Kol joins me and we play would you rather.
"Would you rather have your hands or feet amputated?" I ask.
"Um, probably feet. Hmm, would you rather sleep with Klaus or me?" He asks me. Wow, that escalated quickly, what do I say? God. I laugh awkwardly,
"Um, come on. You know Klaus killed Jenna, I hate him."
"So…" He asks insistently.
"So… you Kol. "I admit shamelessly. Obviously it would be him. He nods cheekily and says, "As expected". He pulls him self up, getting out of the pool, and I cant help but stare at his white shirt sticking to his muscular upper body like a god. He goes to the bar next to the pool and makes us drinks, "What would you like to drink Miss Gilbert?" He asks me kindly, I get out of the pool and sit at the bar stool admiring his kindness and reply, "Whatever you're having." He gives me a look as if I couldn't handle it and I widen my eyes with a shocked smile then he continues making the drinks.

Kol's POV

I am making the drinks when Elena decides to jump out of the pool her self, her thin dress sticks to her body with the water and I simply glance and want to continue but for some reason I don't stare, almost as if I am trying to be respectful, what. I enjoy how easygoing Elena is; I decide to make vodka martinis, a personal favorite. She sits on the bar stool and watches me, she pushes her back and shakes her head, like she is trying to make me stare, but I'm sure her intentions are innocent. I serve the drinks and we both sit on the bar stools. Her face scrunches up as if she had just tasted something sour; she takes another sip and yells, "Ah, I love it!", "Aha, you do?" I question. She takes another large sip and whispers "Yes". She stands up and dizzily walks to the edge of the cliff where she gazes at the view; I quickly take another sip and vamp speed to her attention in front of her. I take the glass away from her and with her left hand free, I am restraining her right, she tries to swipe the glass back. "I think we've had enough tonight". "Nooo", she begs while half asleep. Her arm falls with her strength and just falls onto me. I carry her bridal style back to her bed in our soaking wet clothes. As I place her down she suddenly, with immense strength, grabs my collar and pulls me down next to her. I look to her with confusion of her strength and then sit up to leave; I feel her clutch onto my arm and pull me in again "No, please Kol. I'm scared." She says, I know she is drunk so am I supposed to stay? I simply lie down with a 10-inch gap between us, to not take advantage of her in this state. After about ten minutes of staring up at the ceiling, she is finally asleep. I slowly try to move my hands up but then Elena rolls over and holds my body down with her right arm, hand clutching my triceps. "Goodnight Bonnie!" She suddenly yells after ten minutes of what looked like a deep sleep, okay. This startles me and made me jump which made Elena's clutch tighter. I eventually fall asleep after repeatedly failing to escape her clutch which to be honest I didn't want to.