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Chapter 5 - I want you to drink from me

"Esme" Kol whispered walking towards her.

"No Kol, don't come any closer to me!" Esme cried grabbing the closest thing off the desk which happened to be a lamp. She ran to the door but Kol was in front of her in an instant.

"Esme please let me explain" the hurt in Kol's eyes were clearly evident, Esme held the lamp in front of her as some form of a weapon.

"Please just let me go" Esme cried as but Kol ignored her and continued towards her, he took the lamp from her hands and stroked her cheek.

"I didn't want you to find out like this" he told her. "Please Esme?" Esme looked into his pleading eyes, the eyes she had fallen in love with, the eyes that only a few moments ago were cold and black.

"You have ten minutes" Esme told him.

"I'm a vampire" Kol told her.

"I think I got that" Esme muttered angrily.

"My whole family are vampires, we are what they call originals vampires, the first ever created. But I would never ever hurt you Esme, I love you so much" Kol explained.

"Kol we can't pretend this doesn't change things, you aren't human."

"You don't just have to say you're not human Esme, why don't you just come out and say what you were thinking. I'm a monster" Kol said bitterly.

"I wasn't thinking that Kol" Esme said softly going to sit closer to him she took his hand.

"Why are you not running for the hills?" Kol asked her cupping her cheek.

"Because despite what you are I still love you, I don't think anything could change that" Esme said quietly. "I do have questions though."

"And I will answer them all truthfully, you can ask me anything" Kol told her quickly.

"Okay, how old are you?"

"I was born in the tenth century."

"Wow, your old enough to be my great grandfathers, grandfather" they both chuckled.

"Have you ever killed anyone?"

"Yes. I have no choice, I do not wish to feed on animals but I haven't killed anyone for a while" he told her.

"How long is a while?"

"Since I met you" Kol whispered.

"What about the maid?"

"I had been so thirsty, that is where Bekkah had gone to feed elsewhere, out of the town so no one got suspicious. But I stayed, I knew it would be the one time I would be able to be alone with you, but I was hungry and our intimate encounter didn't help but I knew I could never hurt you so I waited until you were gone. I didn't hurt her though, I compelled her so she wouldn't feel anything, and I'm not going to kill her either. I was planning on healing her and then compelling her to forget" Kol said honestly.

"What was it like, becoming a vampire?"

"I didn't truly understand what was happening at first, back then I was vain, ignorant and foolish. I was told this would make me immortal and it was for the best. All I remember from that day is being fed blood then my father, Mikael, driving a stake through my heart, along with my sisters and brothers. I woke up and he fed me more blood. I am able to control my thirst nowadays but back then it was so hard not only for me but for my siblings. I have lost count on the amount of people I have killed over the years" Kol told her. "But I don't regret killing them, it is what I am Esme."

"I have a question for you Esme" Esme nodded waiting for him to ask what he wanted to. "Is this the end for us?" Kol asked her not being able to look her in the eyes. "I understand if it is."

"No" Esme told him softly he looked at her shocked. "No" she said more strongly now. "I love you Kol, no matter what you are. I can accept it. You have been the first good thing that has happened to me in so long. I will not let you go because of this. But please I do not want to see something like that again" Esme motioned kissing him, he deepened the kiss. She kissed down his neck but stopped noticing the veins near his eyes appearing.

"Are you still hungry" Esme whispered tracing the veins around his face that were now slowly disappearing.

"Nothing I can't handle" Kol pressed his fore head against her own.

"Drink from me" Esme told him and he shook his head.

"No Esme that is foolish" Kol told her.

"You said it didn't hurt and I trust you" Esme told him.

Kol kissed her neck and the next thing she felt was as though two pins pricked her but then all she felt was pleasure. It was the most exotic feeling she had ever felt and she couldn't help but moan in pleasure. It was over far too quickly then she would have liked. Kol kissed her neck once more and then bit his own wrist.

"Drink" Esme looked at him unsure but pressed her mouth to his bleeding wrist and sucked gently. The liquid flowed down her mouth; she had never tasted any drink so fine and rich. "That's enough love" Kol said kissing her.

The two sat in front of the fire in each other's embrace.

"Klaus and Elijah told me you would never have accepted me, Bekkah didn't know she knew you were open minded but she said she didn't know how far that could stretch. I am so happy you accepted me Esme" Kol said.

"I should finally go. I came back in here to get my glove" Esme chuckled.

-x-

"Bekkah she knows about us and she accepts us!" Kol said happily to his sister as soon as she even stepped in the door.

"What do you mean she knows about us Kol" Rebekah whined, hoping that her friend actually did accept them.

"She said she still loved me Bekkah" Kol practically skipped around and Rebekah chuckled not seeing her brother this happy in a long time.

"I'm happy for you Kol you deserve this but it doesn't change the fact that someone else already had her hand in marriage" Rebekah reminded him.

"I'm happy right now Bekkah please don't spoil it" Kol told her. "Besides that man is pathetic she does not love him, she tells me she is disgusted by him and the way he treats her."

"So she has finally told you" Bekkah assumed.

"Told me what?" Kol asked confused.

"About the way he treats her" Bekkah said, sometimes her brother was slow.

"Yes like a trophy wife" Kol said.

"Oh" Rebekah said kicking herself for mentioning anything.

"Rebekah, what you are keeping from me?" Kol said threatenin7gly.

"Trent sometimes isn't exactly the friendliest with Esme" Bekkah told him.

"What do you mean?" Kol asked in denial that his precious love is being abused.

"He hits her Kol and abuses her. I have seen hand marks on her cheeks, bruises in the shape of his hand on her wrist but she refuses to do anything about it. She told me no one would believe her and that he has already threatened her about telling people" Kol growled at Rebekah's words.

"Why did you no tell me this sooner, I could help her!" Kol demanded.

"She told me not too, I didn't want to break out friendship" Rebekah whispered.

"Your friendship with her is a little less important than her safety" Kol growled walking out the room. "I'm going to kill him!" Kol said.

"That won't make things any better!" Rebekah yelled at him.

"I do not care he has laid his filthy hands on Esme he deserves to die!" Kol shouted back.

"Maybe so but do you think Esme will see it that way" Rebekah said.

"Right now I don't really care!"

"But you will afterwards when she will know it was you and she won't even be able to look at you!"

"She will thank me! Bekkah do you not care about Esme, she is one of your only friends!"

"How dare you of course I bloody care about her but I doubt she will thank you for killing someone even if it is him. Just wait until tomorrow Kol, we will go over and talk to her, check if she is fine and then if you still wish to kill him after hearing what Esme has to say you can" Rebekah bargained.

"Fine" Kol growled out. "But I don't like it" he muttered.

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