Chapter 14

I am what I am

Kol looked at Selene who was staring the body in front of her. She was shaking and suddenly she started to cry. For some reason, that surprised Kol. He wrapped his arms around her and gently stroked her hair.

"There, there, darling…"

People were screaming and running back and forth. A dead body seemed to be spoiling their shopping mood. It didn't take long before a couple of security guards started to handle the situation.

"Sir, I need you and the lady to move", one of them said.

Kol smiled at him politely.

"Of course."

He helped Selene up and picked up the shopping bags.

"Did anyone see what happened?" he heard one of the guards asking.

"Yes, I saw it; she just climbed to the railing and jumped…"

"I saw it too…"

Kol smiled. He had compelled that arrogant bitch to do that. He hadn't liked the way she had treated Selene. His sweet Selene. He couldn't remember ever liking any of his toys as much as her. There was definitely more to her than meets the eye. She was still crying. Hopefully he hadn't gone too far. He didn't want to break her. Not so soon anyway. Kol led her away from all the people that had gathered to stare the body. The guards tried to tell them to move along. That didn't do much good. People never changed. They were still eager to see dead and violence. Kol placed Selene gently on a bench and sat next to her.

"Why…" she asked quietly. Tears were still rolling down her cheeks.

"Why what darling?" Kol asked smiling.

Selene looked at him.

"What did that woman ever do to you?"

Kol gently wiped her tears away and caressed her cheek.

"You are assuming I care about things like that. Why would I need a reason to end someone's life? Maybe I did it simply because I can. Or because it's just…fun."

Selene was staring at him disbelievingly.

"And besides, don't tell me that you cared about that bitch after how she treated you."

"That's not the point. You can't just… What happened to you that made you so…"

Kol smiled.

"Nothing happened to me darling; this is just what I am."

"Then I truly feel sorry for you", Selene said quietly and headed to an entrance.

Kol was actually surprised. That didn't happen often. What a fascinating little human. He followed her to the car.

"Are we ready to go?" he asked smiling.

Selene didn't say anything. She just started the car.

"You're not planning to sulk all day now, are you?" Kol asked after a moment of silence.

"What would you like me to do? Cartwheels?"

Kol couldn't help but smile.

"Well, that was sassy. Tell me darling, what suddenly gave you the impression you can talk to me like that?"

"What difference does it make what I do or say, you just do what ever you want anyway", Selene said quietly.

"True, but I would still advice you to be careful." Kol leaned closer to her and touched her neck making her shiver. "This might be hard to believe but I'm really not a nice person when I get angry. Am I making myself clear, darling?"

Selene swallowed.

"Yes, I got it."

Kol kissed her cheek.

"Good. Now, what should we do? Do you have any suggestions?"

Selene shook her head.

"Oh come on! We can do anything, go anywhere; there must be something you want to do."

"I don't know", Selene said tiredly. "I just want to go to bed."

Kol grinned.

"I don't have a problem with that."

Selene's eyes widened.

"No, I didn't mean… I…"

"Relax sweetheart, I was kidding. Your virtue is perfectly safe."

Selene bit her lower lip. "At least there's something good of being unattractive", she murmured.

Kol looked at her curiously.

"You think I find you unattractive? Why would you think that?"

"I'm not stupid", she said simply.

Kol smirked.

"Well, if you want me to prove you wrong I'm more than happy to do that."

He started to caress her neck.

"No, that's not what I meant. I'm just surprised if you actually have some… decency."

"Ouch, that hurts darling. I might be many things but I'm not some kind of barbarian. I have never forced myself on anyone, I find that…disgusting."

Selene looked surprised.

"So, you don't have any problem killing people but you've never…"

"No, I have some standards."

"Ok…"

There was a long silence before Selene finally spoke.

"Maybe a movie."

Kol turned to her.

"What?"

"You asked what I want to do. Maybe we could go and see a movie."

"Why not darling. I'll even let you choose the movie."

"Ok. But I really don't want to see anything violent."

Kol smirked.

"I'm afraid I can't make any promises. It's still early after all."

"Yes", Selene said emotionlessly. "I suppose it is."

She wasn't looking at him. Kol on the other hand enjoyed looking at her. What a pretty little thing she was. Usually Kol got bored quickly but this time he was just getting started. And he had a feeling this would be a lot of fun.