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"I've heard that blood sharing is a very intimate thing, but the only times I have done it were because I needed the blood right away, but that... I can't explain it. It was... intoxicating." I responded.
"Intoxicating is a good word for it. But lets get you dressed, I am sure that you want to spend some time with your family. I can have you all to myself tonight, and we can figure out this intoxicating mess then." Kol said, picking out an outfit for me to wear (a beautiful dress that was what I was going to choose anyways, which made me smile) and he got dressed as well.
Still confused over what had happened, we both walked down the stairs where we heard Jeremy and Jenna in the kitchen.
Jeremy had a cup of coffee and Jenna was staring between the freezer and Jeremy like they were dangerous or something. I realized that the freezer must have been full of blood. Jenna died before she could learn any type of control, meaning she was hungry and didn't know how to control it. We needed to get Jeremy away while she feeds. I looked at Kol who nodded, knowing what I was thinking. He flashed over and got Jeremy before Jenna could lung at him, I grabbed her from behind just in time.
"Jenna, calm down, you need to feed. Now sit down at the table and breathe through your mouth, okay?" I said to her as I held her from attacking Jeremy. She looked at me, face changing back, and sat down, holding onto the table like she was going to fly away. I opened the freezer and grabbed two bags of blood. Pouring one bag into a coffee mug, I handed it to her and saw her face change instantly. She drank the blood quickly and almost broke the mug pleading for more. I poured the other bag into the cup. By the time she finished her second cup, it had filled her need for blood. Kol went and got Jeremy from his room and told him it was safe to come back downstairs.
"Man, I'm starving." Jeremy said as he walked back into the kitchen, scowering through the refrigerator.
"I am too, mate. I guess all of our basic needs are coming back at once. We didn't eat or feed on the other side, so we are all probably going to have big appetites for a while. Right now, I seem to really want human food, which is not normal for me." Kol said, joining Jeremy on the hunt for food. After getting enough food out for three five-course meals, we all sat at the table and began eating. Kol, Jenna, and I all had rare steak and Jeremy had his medium.
"How does it feel to be back?" I asked them all.
"Surreal for me." Jeremy said.
"Amazing. Being able to feel again, having a new start on life, after being dead for over a year. Wait how old would that make me?" Jenna said, laughing.
"Jenna, as vampires, we get to stop counting. Otherwise Kol over here would be celebrating his 1000th-something birthday." I laughed with them. I wondered how old Kol really was, and how old he was when he was turned.
"I guess that makes sense. Kol, how about you?" Jenna asked him. I was so glad they were all getting along.
"A second chance would be a great way of putting it. I did a lot of things that I am not proud of the first time, so now I get to have my redemption." Kol said with a mix of emotions. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it, reassuring him. After talking about a few other things, being yelled at for stupid things I did, being chastized to NEVER turn my emotions off again, and having some tea, we all headed to our rooms for the night. I followed Kol up the stairs after I bid Jeremy and Jenna goodnight.
"What was it like on the other side, Kol?" I asked cautiously. I didn't know if he wanted to talk about it or not.
"It was- I guess you could call it a different version of hell. It was what I always imagined hell to be like. It wasn't the fire pit, which I would have preferred over the torture we were put through. On the other side, it was exactly how we are now. I could be standing right here, right in front of you, but you couldn't see me. I could speak to you, but you couldn't hear me. I could reach out, but not be able to touch you. I couldn't feel anything, there was no physical feeling, only emotional. On the other side, we didn't have humanity switches, we were cursed to feel everything. I had to feel the guilt from everyone I had ever killed. I had to feel the heartbreak of you forgetting me over and over again. I had to watch that basturd force you to turn your emotions off, and do all the things you did in its wake. I had to watch it all and not be able to do a damn thing about it. It was torture of the worst kind. But now that I am here, I am grateful that I had to go through it all, because I learned many lessons from my mistakes. Ones I will never make again. Now, I can feel you again, I can touch you, I can kiss you. I cannot begin to tell you how amazing that feeling is." Kol said before leaning down and kissing my forehead. What he described sounded worse than hell. But I realized something.
"When I was being tortured, a few times I could hear your voice, talking to me. How?" I asked quickly.
"As I told you before, Elena, you almost crossed over a few times during those couple days. I was right by your side the entire time, If you could hear me talking to you, it meant that you were seconds from death. The veil was opening to accept you, which let you hear my voice, if you would have looked, you probably would have seen me as well." Kol said, sadly.
"I was that close to death?" I hadn't realized I had been so close to dying.
"Yes, darling, and there was nothing I could do about it. But you fought bravely. I am proud of you. You didn't want to die." Kol told me, which was true, I didn't want to die.
After we changed, we both climbed into the large bed, which had red silk sheets (how classic), and I curled into his side, laying my head on his chest. I didn't want to go to sleep yet because I was afraid it was all a dream, one I would wake up from at any second. I listened to the slow beating of his heart. As vampires, our heart still beats, but slower than a humans. It was a comforting sound. Within seconds, I could tell by his even breathing patterns that he was already asleep. They had told me that you didn't sleep on the other side, awake all the time. He must have been exhausting. I stayed awake for a while, just thinking about all the things I had done while my emotions were off.
I had killed countless people, I had pretended to be Katherine, I acted worse than Katherine, even kissing Elijah. I almost killed my best friends, and Caroline's mom. I was a monster. When Damon and Stefan were torturing me with the sun, It hurt, but it didn't work. I quickly looked down at my hand. My daylight ring wasn't there. Elijah hadn't taken me into direct sunlight, but Kol had. I had walked right out in the open and I didn't burn. How was that possible?
A few minutes later, still thinking about how I walked in the sunlight without my ring, I had my eyes closed, but they shot open upon hearing Kol muttering in his sleep. It was a different language, Latin, it almost sounded like what Bonnie says when she is doing a spell. He was still asleep, but in a split second, all of the candles in the room lit by themselves. Was there a witch here? Was Kol being possessed?
"Kol! Kol! Wake up!" I yelled, shaking him awake. He shot up in bed and looked at me.
"What, what's wrong, Elena?" He asked, looking for signs of trouble.
"You were talking in your sleep and all of a sudden all the candles lit up. Kol, you were speaking in Latin." I said, making his eyebrows raise, and he looked around the room and saw all the candles still lit.
"Impossible." He said, still watching the candles. He muttered something else in Latin and they all went out, then again, and they lit once more. "This is impossible. I am still a vampire." He muttered to himself.
TWIST. Okay, to everyone whose read my other stories, you know I love my twists. Just saying... To everyone who has only read this story of mine, be prepared. I love you all! Hope you like my story. (Don't worry, we will get back to Mystic Falls and everyone else there in a little bit. Patience is a virtue!)
BEX