THE ROAD TO MY UNDOING

CHAPTER 3 - SELFLESS

'Davina…DAVINA WAKE UP GOD DAMN IT! Marcel will you please hurry up before she well and truly kicks the bloody bucket'

My senses begin to awaken to someone shaking me and I can taste something metallic filling my mouth. Trying hard to swallow the thick, warm liquid being forced down my throat, I gasp for breath as though my lungs are empty.

'D? You okay?' I open my eyes to Marcel perched on the edge of the bed and Kol hovering around looking thoroughly pissed off. What the hell is going on? I slowly nod at Marcel and he gives me a sympathetic smile before rounding on a man lurking in the corner of the room. He's tall, dark and handsome with menace glittering in his dark brown eyes and a cheeky grin to rival even Kol's. And when he speaks, I notice he has the same English accent. Okay, this is creepy.

'Sorry to barge in on you like this love, but I needed a favour. And seeing you so aroused in whatever kinky fantasy you were dreaming about… well the journey was long and I needed a snack. And here we are'

He's grinning at me. Well it seems he has Kol's arrogance and sense of humour, too. Both Marcel and Kol continue to stare the man down, obviously trying to prove some sort of dominance over him. Ugh, men.

I roll my eyes.

'Who the hell are you?' I glare at him. What the hell is his problem? Not only has he somehow broken into the compound at 5 in the morning but he also happened to nearly kill me by puncturing my carotid.

'I'm Enzo love, nice to meet you'

An hour later and I'm ransacking Klaus's room, looking for the white oak stake. Kol has tagged along claiming he would help me look, but so far all he is doing is pissing me off by laying on Klaus's double king sized bed and staring at me.

'Want to tell me what was going on in there, love? I left you for all of an hour to walk back in and find some bloke sucking on your neck. I was quite offended you know'

I decide the best course of action is to ignore him. Kol has humour in his eyes and that stupid smirk plastered across his annoying face. I am too worried about getting Josh back safely to entertain his vulgar jokes. Clearly enjoying my silence, I catch the trace of a smile cross his lips before he speaks again.

'What was that dream about that he was babbling on about, you know, the one making you all hot and sweaty? And how come you didn't wake up when that nutter started feeding on you?'

This time he can't contain his enjoyment, grinning from ear to ear. I find myself spinning round to gaze at him with pure fury in my eyes. I then realise exactly what he's doing. Kol knows my emotions better than I do, and he knows why I'm grumpy with him. I'm embarrassed.

'Wouldn't you like to know' I turn back around to continue my search.

'Wouldn't I just. Although I think I can already guess. You know, your silence only gives you away, love'

Turning around to face him again, I decide the only way I will ever shut him up is to just tell him the truth. Well, most of it.

'Fine. I was dreaming about you love but then your eyes went all psycho and you started feeding on me and I didn't have the strength to fight you off. I didn't realise what was happening in my dream was actually happening in real life. And I wasn't getting all hot and sweaty, it was more of a nightmare than a dream to be honest.'

I give him the most sickly-sweet, sarcastic smile I can manage. Chuckling, he clears his throat with a small cough and his eyes meet mine. The expression on his face is of smug amusement, like the cat that got the cream. But he is deadly serious, all sign of humour now completely gone.

'Well in case you had forgotten love, I'm no longer a vampire. But if you wanted me to suck on your neck, all you had to do was ask'

The stake isn't in Klaus's room and I have to halt my efforts to find it as my help is required elsewhere. I need to get Josh back but I know a few more hours won't hurt because if Mikael kills him, he knows I will do everything in my power to stop him from getting his hands on the stake.

Esther is planning on using Cami's body for Rebekah to occupy as a mortal, but her children have other ideas. As much as I hate the thought of helping Klaus, Cami has been a good friend to me and I will do anything in my power to help her. Having completed the spell to block Esther's attempts at hijacking Cami's body, Cami is laying lifeless on the couch. I don't know if the spell has worked and all I can do is wait. A short while passes, until Cami wakes up I know we have been successful. Hugging her tightly, relief floods over me.

'It worked, then'

Looking up, I see Kol walking into the compound with Josh and Aiden beside him. What the hell? Running to Josh, I jump into his arms and again I feel relief wash through me.

'Are you okay? Did he hurt you?'

'I'm fine, actually! But I am so relieved to be out of there' He hugs me again, and I feel like I don't want to let go.

How did he do it? Looking at Kol, I arch my brow. He knows what I'm thinking. Walking toward me, he takes my hand and leads me away from the others.

'I managed to bargain the stake off of Klaus in return for my help today, under the explanation that I was going to give it to mother so she would believe me when I returned to her. Luckily for me, mother really did want that stake, and she somehow managed to take it off of Mikael after I had given it to him in exchange for your friends'

I stare at him open mouthed, taking it all in.

'And where is it now, what did Esther do with it?'

Plunging his hand inside his jacket, he pulls out the white oak stake, a smug grin forming across his beautiful face.

'I got it back, of course. Mother was pre-occupied with Nicklaus turning up and I seized the opportunity to steal it back'

I can't believe that he has done this, for me. If Esther hadn't of gotten the stake off of Mikael, Kol ran the risk of Klaus finding out he hadn't really wanted it for his mother, in which cause Klaus would have probably tried to kill him.

'You risked seriously pissing off Klaus, for me?'

'Well love, you have had a lot on your mind haven't you, I didn't want you worry about this as well'

This must be the most selfless act Kol has ever done…for anyone. In this moment, I know that I'm right to trust him. In this moment, I know that every emotion I ever thought I saw flash through his eyes was real. I don't know what to say or how to act, I suddenly feet very self-conscious and awkward. Gently reaching down to cup my face in his hands, he slowly tilts my eyes to meet his.

'I trust you' I whisper. I don't know what gives me the courage to say it, but I know he needs to hear it. He continues to stare down at me, his eyes searching mine. I think for a moment, I have somehow managed to leave Kol temporarily lost for words. Another first.

Kol leans closer and I knew what's coming. My breath becomes heavy and my eyelids droop to a close. I can sense him…closer…closer…I can feel his warm breath on my face as he struggles to control it. I instinctively bring my hands to rest on his hips, and I can hear his breath hitch in his throat as I do so.

Someone clears their throat behind us, causing me to nearly head-butt Kol. I hear him swear under his breath and turn to glare at the source of the intrusion.

'Urm…As much as I hate to interrupt this lovely little rendezvous, I could do with a word, witchy'

His eyes sparkle with triumphant joy, and mischief is etched across his handsome face. If looks could kill, Enzo would be seriously dead right now.