A/N: Well hello guys! It's been a while haha. I apologize I have been very busy lately and also this chapter was a really stressful one that has had many changes and re-writes. This is the final chapter of day one, next chapter will officially be the start of their holiday thank god!
Chapter Fourteen - Vampires will be Vampires...
As much as Kol would love to hit the night life in this place, he knew that an early night was calling him after the excruciating long day and especially after the previous dinner with the rest of the vampires. He dragged his body around the room as he stripped down, dropping his clothes to the floor before collapsing on top of his bed. A sigh came out subconsciously from his lips and he reached for his mobile to ring his fellow room mate Elijah.
His brother hadn't been seen for at least an hour and Kol wasn't exactly the caring nor worrying type however, the reason to Elijah's disappearance was something to be concerned about. Kol listened for the dialing tone and waited patiently for Elijah to pick up. Unfortunately he did not and it went straight to answer phone.
"Elijah it's me..." Kol began as the beep signaled to speak, "Wait, why do people say it's me? Of course it's me the caller I.D gives that away. Sorry I went off track. Where are you? Come on brother don't let Nik get to you of all people! And don't expect me to wait up all night to let you in either because you and I both know that isn't happ-"
Kol was cut short by the limited time and the call ended.
"Ugh technology!" He groaned and lied casually on his bed for minute or so wondering what to next. Sleep was his answer however in all honesty Kol and Elijah both knew he would be waiting up. He saw the television control placed carefully on the night-stand between the two beds and decided TV was really the answer to keep him occupied...
The Palm Restaurant (Earlier on).
The vampires were guided to their permitted table on the far side of the restaurant. Caroline and Elena were eager to sit next to each other and were the first to take a seat. Kol rapidly followed, sliding into a chair next to Caroline – he was up for a bit of fun and winding up the cute blonde and his older brother was the way to go about it. After giving Kol a stern glare, Klaus smoothly made his way to a seat on the other side of the table where his baby sister was already perched. The remaining places were two chairs on either end and one more next to Rebekah. Damon decided that he wasn't up for reuniting with the snooty original (he got to know briefly back in Mystic Falls) and went straight to one end. Elijah promptly took the other, leaving Stefan with the only seat left on the same side as Klaus and Rebekah – Just like old times he thought regrettably.
As the waiter came by and passed everyone tonight's menu, not a word was uttered between the group. Everyone started to thoroughly scan through their identical menus to avoid the awkward tension weaving its way through the atmosphere, except for Kol. Instead he hadn't even opened his menu. He was watching everyone's overly concentrated expressions with bemusement followed by agitation. How could he have fun if everyone was pretending no one else existed?
"I'm pretty sure the sign outside says restaurant not library?" He placed his elbows on the table and rested his chin in his hands. Everyone looked up from the pages of food in front of their eyes. Half of the group had their eyebrows raised where as the rest looked at him in disgust for speaking.
"We are all choosing what we would like to eat, maybe you should do the same before the waiter comes back." Elijah muttered from behind his own menu. Kol sighed dramatically and sat back up. He flung his own menu open, accidentally knocking Caroline's out of her grasp.
"Watch what you're doing jack-ass!" She hissed and bent down to reach for it.
"Oh calm down Forbes, I didn't exactly do it on purpose." He smirked and ignored the frustrated gazes falling on him.
"We never know with you." Damon muttered and put his menu down as he now knew what he was going to pick. Kol's only answer was a smug grin and he continued to skim down the many meals in front of him.
"Well I've decided what I'm getting!" Rebekah cheerily announced as she clapped her menu shut causing Stefan to wince at the sudden disruption.
"And that would be Rebekah?" Klaus exasperated aware that his sister would sulk if no one gave her the attention she craves.
"The chicken parmigiana." She smiled.
"You better watch the calorie count for that sis. You know what they say, a moment on your lips, forever on your hips. Kol mocked. Caroline and Elena carelessly let out a giggle but soon hushed as Rebekah angrily jumped out of her seat.
"Where are you going?" Elijah turned as she stormed off.
"To powder my nose!" She hissed and left for the nearest rest-room. Before Elijah or anyone else even had a chance to have ago at Kol he spoke.
"If I knew she was going to react like that I wouldn't of said it." He held his hands up in surrender.
"Of course she was going to react like that, it's Rebekah." Klaus retorted.
"Someone should at least check if she's okay?" Stefan suggested. The group stared at one another momentarily – clearly neither one of them wanted to go.
"Well, don't look at me. I'm the last person she is going to want to see now." Kol backed out.
"Yeah, I don't fancy taking a trip to the little girls room, so I'm out." Damon pitched and lent back into his chair. Instantly the other men all glanced at Elena and Caroline.
"What?" Caroline complained with narrowed eyes.
"Our certain anatomy kind of rules the rest of us out, except for you two lovely ladies." Kol explained. The girls glanced at each other in irritation.
"Fine I'll go..." Elena whined and prompted her self out of the chair. Caroline watched her best friend walk away leaving her with the guys. She looked at them and back at Elena. She really did not want to go and pretend to be nice and console Rebekah but she wasn't going to stay here and be the only female.
"I think, I'm just gonna go with Elena..." She smiled briefly and exited the table.
The remaining male vampires had now ordered their drinks and also three cocktails for the girls since they were still absent. Kol noticed Stefan was drinking something that did not look alcoholic free and frowned.
"So if it was that easy for Stefan to order and alcoholic drink, what is the point in these wrist bands?" He mentioned and pointed at the blue band around Stefan's wrist.
"How do you even have a red one? You definitely look at least under twenty-one." Stefan also frowned displeased.
"I work in mysterious ways mate." Kol fluttered his fingers jokingly resulting in an eye roll from Stefan.
"They are not going to check everybody's wrist during every evening Kol." Klaus eventually answered his brother's question.
"Then the system is pointless."
"I like to see you try and get into a club with a blue band." Damon added.
"Pfft easy." Kol replied.
"Without using compulsion." Elijah concluded. Kol's unusual silence earned scoffs from his fellow diners.
"Did we catch you out there brother?" Klaus lowered his bottom lip mockingly.
"I don't need compulsion because I have a certain something called charm." He sneered.
"Charm gets you no where now days, ask my brother he'll tell you that." Stefan smirked.
"What is that suppose to mean Stefan?" Damon glared unimpressed. Even though Stefan wasn't going to explain, he couldn't because the girls appeared once again with a much more relaxed Rebekah.
"What did we miss?" Elena asked as she leant back into her seat.
"Honestly not much." Elijah smiled warmly.
"What did you do?" Kol whispered in Caroline's ear while glancing in his sisters direction.
"I did nothing. Elena was the one who got her back out here not me." Caroline muttered back
"Are you okay now Rebekah?" Klaus turned to his sister.
"Yes, I'm just waiting for an apology from Kol." She muttered and adjusted herself for comfort.
"Pardon?" Kol blurted, "All I said was be careful with what choose, I mean you don't want to come back from this holiday half a stone heavier do you? If anything I was helping you out." He tried to act sincere as he could. Rebekah's eyes narrowed in distress.
"Kol please don't make the situation worse and just apologize." Elijah pinched the bridge of his nose and his shook his head unimpressed.
"Sorry." He breathed with a lack of meaning. Rebekah accepted that was all she was going to get and nodded her head in acceptance.
"Why did you ever persuade me to let us all eat at the same table?" Caroline leaned into Elena's ear.
"Sorry." She copied Kol's apology...
An hour and twenty minutes later.
"So what exactly happened once we all left the airport?" Caroline bravely questioned the Hybrid, waving her spoon around in his direction. The flow of alcohol had loosen the tension around them and finally they were all slowly allowing their selves in common conversation. Unfortunately, Caroline's sudden tipsy query had ruined the ambiance and three brothers glanced at one another awkwardly.
Elena hit her leg insisting that it isn't any of their business.
"Ow, 'Lena!" She growled.
"What do you think happened?" Rebekah replied with coldness in her tone.
"Well I wouldn't know and that's why I'm asking." Caroline frowned.
"Why the sudden interest?" The much older blonde had now stopped eating her dessert and was intrigued by Caroline.
"Can I not ask a simple question without being interrogated myself?"
Kol suddenly snickered but quickly stopped as he saw the angry blue eyes falling on him.
"Sorry just the irony of what you said." He took a sip of his drink. Caroline and Rebekah ignored him.
"No you can't." Rebekah carried on.
"Then it's a good job I was asking Klaus."
"Why are you two arguing, I thought you were friends?" Klaus dodged the main question and asked one of his own with a bemused smile.
"Since when?" Caroline hissed.
"Since you and my sister's little fashion show back in Richmond." Kol answered.
She instantly glared at her best friend, automatically assuming Elena was to blame.
"I never said a word." Elena defended herself.
"I would never be friends with her." Rebekah muttered as she finished her last spoonful.
"Excuse me?" Caroline's eyebrows disappeared under her bangs. The female original shrugged not bothered that she had pissed off the girl.
"Well I wouldn't be friends with you if you were the last vampire on earth!"
"Um Caroline quiet down we are in a restaurant remember." Elena butted in but it was no use.
"Oh please, if you and me were ever the last vampires on earth I would hunt you down and kill you just for the pure thrill and satisfaction." Rebekah angered.
"Ding ding ding. First point goes to Rebekah; sorry Forbes." Kol used his fork and hit it against his glass as a pretend bell.
"Why do you always have to be the instigator?" Klaus sighed, trying to speak up over the bickering blondes.
"Well why do you always have to get involved?" Kol complained back.
"I do not!" The Hybrid scowled.
"Stefan, is your brother just as aggravating and useless as mine?" The younger Mikaelson got the younger Salvatore's attention. Stefan couldn't help but snort at Kol's question.
"In more ways than one." He answered.
"Don't be such a prude Elena!" Rebekah cried out.
Damon was now distracted from the cat-fight on the other end of the table as he heard his brother reply.
"So now you want to start an argument?" Damon glared.
"I never start the arguments Damon, that's your doing." Stefan calmly replied back while he took glances back and forth from the girls and his brother.
"See, now you've set off the Salvatores!" Klaus hissed over the two new voices to be put in the mix.
"How?!"
The whole table was now in mid arguments with one another except for Elijah who watched patiently and was becoming fairly embarrassed with the little group. A few other diners around the room were now slowly listening to the bickering table and Elijah knew he needed it to end before it all got out of hand. He watched the faces of the girls and could even swear he could see Caroline's eyes darken. He couldn't manage to get his voice heard and after the third try he was now angry. Suddenly his curled up fist slammed against the wooden table. The group silenced immediately and all looked down at the fist embedded into the wood. Elijah knew he used to much strength and there was definitely a dent however, he did not remove his hand.
"Don't start being the mediator Elijah. Especially not now." Niklaus exasperated very coldly.
Just having to look at his brother's sneering face was enough to anger Elijah but it was his words that did it. He couldn't deal with him no more. Niklaus might have not started all of this but he had a major part and how dare he demand him not to be a mediator. If he didn't the group would be ripping limbs of each other in front of these humans at this very moment.
Elijah couldn't control his rage. He found his self suddenly jumping out of his seat and going for Niklaus. The vampires quickly tried to break the fighting brothers and surprisingly Kol was the one who ended it by standing in between the two and reminding them both where they were.
Elijah instantly realized what he done and was abruptly feeling fairly ashamed for stooping as low as them all. He just did the thing he was trying to avoid. He couldn't manage to look at anyone around him and decided the best thing to do was to leave and very quickly he did.
"What exactly was that all about?!" Klaus breathed trying to adjust his collar but no one replied because they were all watching the eldest vampire exiting the scene...
Three hours later...
Elijah wasn't sure how much time had passed. It could have been minutes or hours, he didn't know nor care. He had left the restaurant and was walking around the resort in circles. What came over him? Yes Niklaus was a pain but did he deserve it? Of course he did look what he did to Kol earlier today he thought. Was he just making up excuses now to ease his mind?
Elijah paused his mind for a second to check the time on his cell. He remembered he switched it off after the miss call he got from Elena. It was best to not answer his actions quite yet. Once it was on he saw that he had a few more miss calls from Elena, Rebekah and an answer phone message... from Kol?
"This should be interesting." Elijah muttered as he placed the mobile to his ear.
"Elijah it's me...Wait, why do people say it's me? Of course it's them the caller I.D gives that away. Sorry I went off track. Where are you? Come on brother don't let Nik get to you of all people! And don't expect me to wait up all night to let you in either because you and I both know that isn't happ-."
He let out a little laugh that the message ended to soon and imagined his brother wasn't impressed with that. He finally checked the time and it was ten past three in the morning. It was about time to let Kol out of his misery and let him sleep.
Elijah made sure no one was around before he used his vampire speed and it the matter of thirty seconds he was back on the third floor and in front of his door. He knocked once to see if Kol would answer. With that failing he took the spare key card out of his pocket and swiped it into the lock.
Kol was spread out across the bed in nothing but his boxers and the TV control lightly balancing in his hand. Elijah looked straight to the floor where Kol had abandoned his clothes and he sighed frustratingly.
"Kol wake up and clean this mess." He nudged his brother as he stepped over the pile and pulled his tie off.
Kol growled like an animal as he was disrupted from his slumber. He opened his eyes about to have ago at the rude intruder until he realised it was Elijah.
"You're back?" He rubbed his eyes. Elijah just nodded as he hung his suit jacket up on a hanger.
"Did you get my message?"
"Most of it." Elijah smiled weakly.
"Yeah, what is it with that? I didn't even have chance to finish." Kol stretched his body out before getting up to do what his brother asked. Nothing was said.
"So are you ready to explain why you nearly killed Nik earlier?"
"That's merely impossible without the white oak stake Kol." Elijah switched the television off.
"You know what I meant."
Once more Elijah didn't reply and continued to prepare his self for bed.
"Fine I will try and read your mind then. Hold on..." Kol got back on his bed and sat crossed leg in a meditation position. He began to hum purposely.
"Kol shut up it's late."
Kol frowned and got into bed once Elijah switched the light off. Neither of them spoke for a couple of minutes.
"Elijah?"
"Yes?"
"I have an idea." Kol randomly said.
"And that would be?" Elijah sighed.
"Well you and Nik were obviously the only ones arguing tonight so I have idea how to sort it."
"You're going to sort what exactly?"
"Our beloved friendship with the others." Kol smiled in the dark.
"Kol don't cause any more trouble." Elijah sat up and turned the lamp on.
"I'm being serious! I have a plan and I will tell you it in the morning." Kol smirked oddly before turning the light back of and turning away from Elijah's view...
A/N: Oooo what's Kol up to? ;D