Chapter 10: 50 Shades Of Grey

It's been a while since Kol learned about Shanyra's horrible past. He found the culprit quite easily. Kol was going to kill him brutally but was stopped by his brother. Klaus had a better, more brilliant and fascinating punishment for that child abuser. Of course by that time, Klaus had also found out about Shae and what she has suffered from. And like Kol, he wanted that monster to pay for his sins. Even more. Not because he loved that little girl a lot but because Klaus could relate to her more than Kol in this matter. After all, the hybrid got first hand experience of how it felt like to be abused by family. Not that he was ever molested but Mikael used to beat the hell out of him when he was human. That to on a rather regular basis.

To be honest, Klaus felt so sorry for Shae that he couldn't let her culprit have the mercy of death. Therefore, now the perpetrator was a walking talking blood bag in New Orleans quarters. Vampires feed off him everyday but not enough to kill him. It was definitely a much deserved punishment for him. Kol also compelled Eleanor to leave her husband and live a life without all the riches that she was so used to of. He wanted to kill her but Shanyra wouldn't have appreciated her mother's murder no matter how much she hated her. Therefore, Eleanor too got punished accordingly.

After Kol returned to Mystic Falls with Klaus, he found that things were a little changed. A little awkward. Klaus had obviously told Rebekah what happened to Shae and she told Caroline. So basically everyone knew Shae's deepest darkest secret. Caroline was greatly ashamed of her aunt and Sheriff Forbes refused to call her sister anymore. They couldn't believe Shae experienced such horrible things in her life, and her mother was so ignorant of it all. No wonder Shanyra hated her mother and envied Caroline. The vampire Barbie naturally became more protective of her cousin after learning the truth.

However, it wasn't Caroline or anyone else making things awkward. It was Shanyra herself. Suddenly she was quite changed. After all she disclosed a secret she never meant to tell anyone. And she wouldn't have either if Kol wasn't going to take her back to her mother. The blunt, chatty Shae was replaced by an embarrassed one who hardly spoke to anyone. She was acting as if whatever happened to her was her own fault. That she had something to be ashamed of. Seeing Shae like that, Kol started getting desperate to make her normal again.

Caroline was even contemplating taking Shanyra to a psychiatrist for counseling. But Kol had a better idea. He finally gave into Shae's wish to travel to other places. He planned a trip to Disneyland. It was going to be a long road trip. Kol hoped that this journey would help Shae start fresh in her life. Her culprits were already punished, now she needed to move on in her life.

In the beginning of the journey, Shae was very uncomfortable. She remained detached and lost in her own thoughts most of the time. But Kol never gave up. He kept trying to cheer her up. To make her feel better. And at one point, it started to work. Shanyra eventually began to enjoy the road trip. She began to smile now and then. Kol was so relieved to see her recovering. By the time, Shae came back to Mystic Falls after almost a month, she not only got back her lost spirit and spunk but she owned a sound mind now as well.

However, it wasn't really the journey that helped her. It was the soul sharing bond with Kol that actually helped her. Instead of borrowing anger, arrogance and craziness through the bond Shae started harboring the good things about Kol. His strength of mind. Otherwise, Shae could've never recovered so quickly and be ready to move on in her life.

With passing days, Shanyra started to grow up normally as any other kid. No longer haunted by her past. She still obviously remembered everything but it didn't traumatized her as much as before knowing that she'd never go back to that life again and she got people now who genuinely cared about her and loved her. However speaking of growing up normally, Shae seemed to be a lot more curious than any twelve years old kid should be. She developed a thirst for knowing the unknown. Although given her past horrors, she already knew about a lot of things that she shouldn't have at that age. But apparently it wasn't enough. And sometimes, it seemed to be a bit problematic. For example-

Just a couple of days ago, Kol found her reading a grimoire with great fascination. She found it in the library of the mansion. It wouldn't have been a concerning matter if the book wasn't filled with dark spells and descriptions of some very disturbing ritual processes. Kol took the grimoire from her as soon as he saw and forbid Shae to read such things again. Unfortunately, like Kol she also became good in breaking rules. Hence, another forbidden book found its way to her. Though it wasn't exactly a spell book but forbidden for her nonetheless.

A gasp escaped Shanyra's breath. She quickly put a hand on her mouth to prevent any other noise from escaping. Her eyes were wide open with shock as she read the words printed on the paper.

"We're going to have fun, with food.

Very slowly, he peels off the lid of the tub and dips the spoon in "Hmm . . . it's still quite hard."

Holy cow. It's cold, it's hot, it's tantalizing, but he doesn't stop. He trails the ice cream further down my body, into my pubic hair, on to my clitoris."

"Yuck! Gross!" Shae couldn't stop herself from saying.

Who knew ice cream could be enjoyed like that. Well Shae obviously didn't know this before. And now that she knew, she doubted she'd ever be able to eat ice cream again and not feel disgusted remembering this. Shae knew more nauseating things were ahead, yet she couldn't stop herself from turning the page. The curiosity of knowing what's written ahead was way too much for Shanyra to close the book without finishing it.

'50 Shades Of Grey' was a totally inappropriate book for Shanyra to read. And quite frankly she didn't understand most of the things written in the novel. Now how she came across this erotic book? Well that was an entirely different story. What mattered was that, Shae got the book and she was reading it, at three am in the morning. Because obviously she couldn't read this book in front of everyone. She wasn't allowed to do anything inappropriate.

Anyway, reading this book was the reason, Shae ate dinner quite early last night and went to bed before her usual time. She had the lights turned off in her bedroom so that no one would suspect her wake. She used a small flashlight to read the book while staying covered under her blanket. To say the least, it was overwhelmingly exciting and thrilling for Shae to do something she wasn't supposed to do.

"Turning to face him, I'm shocked to find he has his erection firmly in his grasp. My mouth drops open.

"I want you to become well acquainted, on first name terms if you will, with my favorite and most cherished part of my body."

"Oh god, I'm gonna be sick." Shae whispered to herself, not realizing that someone heard her say that quite clearly. Kol turned the doorknob, ready to enter Shae's bedroom. It was usual for the original to check up on her while she was asleep to ensure she was sleeping peacefully and not having any nightmare. However, this time instead of hearing steady breathing of Shae, Kol heard low whispers coming from her room. What the hell was going on? At first he thought, she was having a nightmare but he heard her whisper again.

It seemed she was talking to herself; since it was impossible for anyone else to be in her room at that hour. But why was Shae talking to herself at three in the morning? Not to mention, isn't talking to oneself the first sign of craziness? Getting confused and worried, Kol entered the room.

"Shae!" Kol called her name. A startled gasp escaped her breath accidentally. She quickly turned off the flashlight that Kol has already noticed and pushed the book under her pillow. Kol turned on the lights of her room knowing Shanyra was still wide awake.

"Shae, why aren't you sleeping yet? I thought you were too sleepy to properly have dinner last night." Kol asked as he walked over to her bed. His soul mate however, didn't move a single muscle and remained hidden under blanket as if in deep slumber. Kol sighed out heavily and pulled the cover off her to reveal her pretty face. Shanyra had her eyes closed but anyone could tell she was pretending.

"Come on luv, I know you're not sleeping." Kol said and waited for Shae to stop pretending and open up her eyes. But as stubborn as she was, she kept her eyes closed.

"I'm sleeping." Shae assured and rolled over on her stomach so that she could bury her face in the pillow. Kol shook his head to himself at her antics.

"Fine. Just remember, I'm not gonna let you miss school in the morning." Saying that Kol turned off the lights again and walked out of the bedroom. When Shae heard the door closing, she sighed out in relief. She didn't move for quite some time, expecting Kol to come back again. But he didn't. Shae thought Kol has decided to let her be. Only if she knew how wrong she was.

Shanyra knew it was risky but she couldn't stop herself from turning on the flashlight again and start reading the book from where she left off.

"I'm going to fuck you now, Miss Steele," he murmurs as he positions the head of his erection at the entrance of my sex. "Hard!"

Shae couldn't help but picture everything in her head. As if she couldn't stop herself from doing it. And even though she was utterly grossed by everything she was reading; yet she felt a strange sensation in between her legs as she thought about the sex scene in her mind. It was something she never felt before. And why was her pants getting wet? Did she piss in her pants? No, it was not like that. And what the hell was this feeling anyway? She was feeling something in her stomach. Strange. Truth to be told, Shae was freaking out. Because even though everything that was happening to her was quite confusing but she kind of liked it in a strange way. She liked the sensation she was experiencing.

"You should know that you're not as smart as you think you are Ms. Shanyra Forbes." Suddenly someone spoke up in the room, startling Shae so much that she screamed in fright. She jolted up into a sitting position and hastily turned on the lights. When Shae looked up, she found Kol standing in her room with a smirk on his lips. Her heartbeat increased more if possible. And when she saw Kol looking at the book that was lying open on her lap now, all colors from her face drained right away.

Kol walked over to the bed. Shanyra didn't have the courage to touch the book anymore or remove it from the original's sight. Kol picked up the book and turned around to read the title.

"50 Shades of Grey." He read the title out loud before looking at Shae with a piercing gaze. When Kol did that, she turned red immediately feeling embarrassed. She lowered her head; regretting getting caught. The original on the other hand crossed his arms over his chest to look more intimidating.

"The things I've heard about this book, you shouldn't be anywhere near it. But here you are, reading this at an hour you should be asleep." Kol spoke in a scolding manner. He was behaving like the responsible guardian he was. Kol narrowed his eyes at Shae when she didn't start spouting apologies for her misdeed. She didn't even look sorry about it. Shanyra was simply embarrassed for getting caught, not feeling guilty for doing something she shouldn't be doing.

Kol wouldn't tolerate such attitude. Shanyra should know that what she was doing was wrong. She must have that realization. Reading '50 shades of grey' at the age of twelve was wrong just like smoking, drinking alcohol and doing drugs. Though the later one was a no-no for all ages. The book was for adults only for a reason. Kol sighed out in order to calm his anger before speaking up again.

"You are grounded Shanyra." Kol said at once with stern tone of voice. Shae's head snapped up as she looked at Kol with furrowed eyebrows.

"Grounded?" She asked with disbelieve in her voice.

"Yes, for a month." The original said using colder tone of voice. Shae couldn't help but gap at him. She was expecting a minor scolding, not this.

"I object." Shanyra said immediately and received a dangerous glare from Kol that shut her up right away. However, Kol wasn't done with her yet.

"Now tell me where did you get this?" He asked, planning to strangle the person who was trying to misguide Shanyra by letting her read a book inappropriate for her. Shae however refused to answer at first. But Kol wasn't going to leave without getting one.

"I asked you a question." He said using the same stern voice. Shae on the other hand got visibly uncomfortable under the pressure.

"I- well; actually I found this." She said, lowering her face again so that Kol couldn't see her expression properly. The original rolled his eyes at her as she dragged this interrogation instead of giving him an answer and get over with it.

"Where?" Kol asked firmly.

"Um... in your bedroom." Despite the trouble she was in, Shae couldn't help but smirk a little after answering the question. She didn't dare to look up at Kol though, knowing she was in bigger trouble now cause she wasn't really allowed to go into his room. Probably that was why Shae never missed a chance of snooping around in Kol's room. The original on the other hand grew uncomfortable immediately. Of course Kol has read that erotic novel already. But unlike Shanyra, he was allowed to. No, that wasn't why he grew uncomfortable. Kol always tries to appear a flawless, responsible guardian who could never do anything wrong in front of Shanyra. But her discovering that he might be just as flawed as everyone else, if not more, didn't bode well with Kol. Also if Shae knew that she was being punished for something Kol himself did would only make him look like a hypocrite in her eyes. Also something Kol didn't want. Deciding to put this matter to rest and just forget about it, Kol said-

"Just go to bed. You've school in less than four hours." With that he started walking towards the door to get out of the room. But Shanyra stopped him by calling his name.

"Kol." The original looked back at her.

"Just out of curiosity, how many similarities are there between you and Christian Grey?" Shae asked with an innocent tone of voice, though inwardly smirking impishly. It was her attempt to make the original feel embarrassed. Seeing Kol flushed would be hilarious. But it didn't happen. Even if Kol did feel embarrassed, he didn't show it and kept his face straight.

"I mean you don't do the thing-?" This time Kol narrowed his eyes at Shae; shutting her up with that look.

"Go to bed." He said quite sternly before turning around to leave again but stopped when he heard Shanyra mutter something under her breath.

"Buzz kill."

Kol turned the doorknob and opened the door but just before walking out, he looked back at Shanyra and said-

"Go to sleep. Though I think it's best you take a shower before you do." Kol said with a smirk. It took a moment for Shae to understand why he said that but when she did realize the reason, she turned red like a ripe tomato. Kol has obviously smelled the wetness in between her legs. Once again she drowned in embarrassment. Though she deserved it. Kol wouldn't have pulled that off if she hadn't made that comment about him being a buzz kill. Clearly the original was offended by that. Shaking her head to her own stupidity, Shanyra went to the bathroom to take a shower as she was told.

In the morning, there was bound to be a little awkwardness between Kol and Shae as Shae still felt a little embarrassed around him and Kol still felt a little pissed off at her. But nonetheless Shanyra was looking forward to enjoy another wonderful day with her soul mate.

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