The Calm Before the Storm:

Beth slowly opened her eyes to see Kol, just as naked as her, stroking her bare back, sending shivers up her spine. She smiled remembering the night before. "Hi." She whispered. He smiled seeing her awake and leaned in, slowly kissing her, tasting her. Last night, had been a better ending to the day than before. Being with Kol made her happy, especially to know how much he loved her and showed it."Good morning to you too." She giggled laying on his chest a little more.

"Good morning, darling." He chuckled, pulling her closer to him, her body heat radiating onto him. He enjoyed hearing her heartbeat, it was a calming way to wake up in the morning. "I hope I didn't wake you. I was going to make you something to eat before you actually woke."

"It's okay. I'll make something in a little bit. Did you get some rest last night?" She played with the pendant that she gave him, she could sense the energy coming from it. She smiled, it was working, she was happy for that. She had a really bad feeling about today. She couldn't place it, but she felt like something bad was going to happen.

He nodded, slowly running his hand up and down her bare leg, feeling her smooth skin underneath. "I did, and you, my love? You were tossing and turning most of the night. I didn't think I made you that restless." He grinned and she blushed, rolling her eyes. She'd never get used to his comments about their love life.

He pulled her closer, breathing her in. "I wish we could go back. Just, leave Mystic Falls for a while again. Go back to England.' Beth mused as she closed her eyes. She didn't want to move from this spot. It was safe. In Kol's arms without anything hurting her or him, she felt safe. "I miss it there, everything was peaceful."

"As do I, love. And we will. I promise, after this all blows over." He kissed her head before sitting up, slightly, looking for his clothes. She sighed watching him. "I have to go out for a few hours, you'll be okay here? Unless you want a repeat of last night?" He offered with a smirk. She giggled as he hovered over to kiss her, trailing them down her neck and shoulder. She stroked his cheek bringing him up to kiss her. Just her touch sent a show of fire through them. He didn't want to stop, usually he'd never stop, but he knew he had to. "Later, darling, promise." He kissed her slowly before getting off her.

She sighed as she watched him returning to get dressed."Kol, please not causing trouble. No doubt, Klaus and Rebekah will be trying to dagger you after what you did." She reminded him, laying up, pulling the sheet to cover her up. "I'm not going to watch them do that to you again."

Kol grinned, leaning over to kiss her slowly until she was breathless."And that's why I can count on you to get it from them." She looked at him confused. "I'm just going to talk to the witch that is planning on finding the cure, but I need you to get the daggers from Klaus. I promised I'll be back here later tonight."

She sighed. "We could stay here, today? Kol, I...I have a bad feeling about today. I don't know what it is, but I don't think you should go out today." She told him seriously as she watched him quickly get dressed. This feeling was creeping up in her and it didn't feel right.

Kol kissed her again. "Hey, it'll be okay. I promise that I'll come back to you tonight. It's okay. Maybe we can finally finish that Pirate movie that we always get distracted while watching." She smiled back at him, weakly. She hesitated before nodding. "Fantastic. I love you, I'll see you tonight."

"Kol." She stopped him as he reached the door, putting on his jacket. "I love you, be careful?" She asked him, though it came out sounding more like a plea. She didn't want him to go, but he was stubborn. He smiled, trying to reassure her and nodded.

"I love you too, darling. I promise I will." With that he left the apartment and her fear for his safety only grew that much more.

xxxxx

Beth didn't feel like staying the apartment alone, for longer than she had to. She was lucky that Klaus was at the Salvatore house, alone with just Damon for company. That way she wouldn't get interrupted when trying to convince him to give up the stakes and the search for the cure. She wasn't surprised to find the living room of the boarding house empty, knowing Klaus he was taunting Damon about being locked up. She headed down the stairs to the basement, slowly hearing familiar voices. "What is it that you say to her?" Klaus asked, sounding oddly sincere coming from him.

She could practically hear the smirk from Damon as he answered. "I think this has something to do with a certain doe eyed witch." Damon seemed amused. "I think that you're so hung up on hybrids, I think that you're afraid that since El's all team Kol, she'll never want to talk to you again, on top of you killing Carol Lockwood, you're not really winning any points."

"You've done worst." Klaus argued, bitterly.

"Debetable. See, I don't mind being the bad guy, because somebody has to fill that role and get things done. You do bad things for no reason. You do them to be a dick." Damon smirked.

Klaus shot him a glare. "Debatable." Damon scoffed.

"If you're going to be bad, be bad with a purpose. Otherwise, you're just not worth forgiving." He lied back down and stared at the ceiling.

Beth knew that this was a good time to interfere before they started to rip each other's throat's out. She stepped down, loudly into the hallway. "Hey, I was looking for you." She nodded over at Klaus, as she walked into the room. Damon twisted his head to glance at her, going back to looking at the wall. "Shouldn't this door be shut?"

Klaus grinned at her. "Oh even if he tried to get out, he wouldn't get very far, trust me, love." He just wanted Damon to escape. That way he would have a legit reason for snapping her neck. "What are you doing here, anyways?"

"Did you come to spring me?" Damon asked hopefully. She leaned on the side of the doorway. "Or at least get your psycho boyfriend to uncompel me?"

She shrugged. "Sorry, he's more stubborn than you most times. I actually came here to talk to Klaus and make sure you're both still alive." He rolled his eyes and laid back down on his back. "Can we talk? In private?" She nodded to the door, making sure he knew that she didn't want Damon to hear.

He nodded and stood up. "Of course, love." He lead her out of the room, locking the door behind him, They went into the living room where they wouldn't be disturbed. He helped himself to come of Damon's Bourbon as she sat down. "What is the pleasure of your visit?"

She sighed. "I needed to talk to you about the daggers." He nodded, for her to continue on. "I know that you're probably going to use them on Kol, don't, please. He's been stuck in that box for over a century. He can't go back in there, he's just trying to stop you from raising Silas, and you know, ending the whole world?" She told him sarcastically.

He chuckled. "Sweetheart, my brother's obsession with Silas is all in his head. He's nothing more than a fairy tale. Kol' is being overly cautious for no reason." He shrugged taking a seat across from her. "It's a myth, however because my brother is so fond of riling up his enemies, being daggered will keep him safe."

She scoffed. "It won't! It'll just piss him off! Why can't you just stop? If you tell Elena and Jeremy, they'll call it off. Klaus, please." She asked him hopefully. Kol wasn't going to give up and neither was Klaus, someone could get hurt if they kept doing this. That was the thing she noticed about the both of them. They both wanted to be the one's who were right and would stand by their decision. No matter what.

"They wouldn't stop, you know this. They'll do anything to have their precious Elena back to being human." He reminded her simply, slightly frustrated. She scoffed. "Love, if I stopped they wouldn't. At least this way I would have an eye on what they could use to destroy me." He knew that arguing with her wouldn't change her mind. She was nearly as stubborn as his own siblings when she wanted to be.

"Klaus, this is insane." She sighed, shaking her head. He shrugged and leaned back in his chair going. "What happens if you're wrong? What happens if Silas is real and dangerous and will release hell on earth? What happens then?"

He hesitated. There was always that small chance, but it wasn't realistic to him. It couldn't be possible. "It's not, it won't be. Love, this is just something we'll have to wait and see. In the meanwhile, pass onto Kol that he needs to stop, or else I will put him down." He told her calmly, knowing that it wouldn't help calm her down anymore. 'I won't allow him to put himself or you in any danger." He stood up walking out the room, leaving a fuming Elizabeth.