Third times the charm. Kol's sure that his time he'll be able to take Jeremy out. As he approaches the net Kol remembers the first time he saw Jeremy. He'd asked Jeremy if he wanted someone to play ball with and Jeremy had answered with a beaming smile. That smile had made Kol...whoa. Hold it right there. He did not just recall Jeremy's smile with fondness. Kol thinks he might be sick. He reaches out and steadies himself against a tree, he needs a moment to gather his thoughts. This is a bad idea, what if he can't go through with it? He should leave, now. Yes, retreat, regroup and... Then he feels a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you alright?" Jeremy asks him, voice full of concern. Shit, too late. Kol knows when he looks up all his powers of resistance will be gone, but he looks up anyway.
"I'm fine," Kol lies.
"Well come on then," Jeremy encourages, "what are we waiting for?"
What indeed?
xxx
It's amazing how easily they fall back into the old rhythm of friendship, it's almost like all the upheaval in between never happened.
"You wanna bat for a while?" Jeremy calls down the pitch to Kol.
"No, that's ok, I'd rather pitch," Kol replies and then adds after a moments thought, "unless you want to pitch?"
"No, I'm happy to keep batting, just thought I'd ask."
xxx
"You wanna meet here again tomorrow?" Jeremy asks hopefully.
"Ok," Kol agrees, he just can't say no. Jeremy's attention is drawn away from Kol for a moment, Kol assumes he's seen someone he knows. Kol looks in same direction as Jeremy but there's no one there. Strange. Jeremy zones back in, his attention once again on Kol.
"Great," Jeremy says and Kol's sure he detects a little hostility in Jeremy's tone, but he can't think of anything he's done to upset Jeremy. But then again, Kol never was very good with people unless you count being able to dismember them in record time, because that's something he's very good at.
