Chapter 11: Oops! Peanut

Shanyra was feeling mentally exhausted as she has been studying for two hours straight. She needed a little break from all the maths. Not to mention she was starving as if she hadn't eaten anything in two days. Thinking of getting something to eat, Shae walked out of her room and went to the kitchen. Kol wasn't home that time. He went out saying he got work to do. Shae wasn't curious to know what work as she already knew that the work involved drinking blood from innocent humans. Elijah or Rebekah weren't home either. Shae thought none of the originals were home but when she went to the kitchen, she found Klaus there. He was eating ice-cream and seemed rather lost in deep thoughts.

"Hey Nik!" Shanyra said as she walked up to the kitchen counter top.

"What got you so upset?" She asked curiously.

"I am not upset" said Klaus replying to Shae. "I'm just a little worried, that's all."

"About what?" She asked without any hesitation.

"Well, Hayley is going to give birth to the baby any day now. It's going to change a lot of things." Klaus didn't know why he was telling this to a twelve years old. Probably because he really wanted to talk to someone and at that moment, Shanyra was the only person who would listen to him without throwing any kind of any degrading comment at him.

"Of course it will. You'll become a father." Shae stated in a matter of fact tone of voice.

"Well that's what I am worried about" said Klaus making her frown at him with confusion.

"What if she wants Elijah as her father?"

"Oh." Was the only thing Shanyra said. Besides, what else could she possibly say to Klaus about such matters? She wasn't old enough to understand these kind of complications yet. Klaus went back to eating his ice cream scoop. He wasn't really hungry but the hybrid needed to do something to keep himself occupied. Since he wasn't feeling like murdering locals and leaving trails of bodies behind, he settled for enjoying ice cream instead.

"Do you have more of that?" Shae asked about the ice cream. It looked delicious to her as she was starving already.

"In the refrigerator." Klaus said pointing at the fridge in the kitchen. Shae got herself a bowl and a spoon. She opened the refrigerator which was always stuffed. She found the ice cream bucket right away. Taking it out, Shae walked back to the counter top. She spoke up again as she helped herself with the ice cream.

"So, I really need to ask you a question." Shanyra said getting Klaus' attention once again. She sounded quite serious too.

"What is it?" Klaus asked with mild curiosity.

"Would you compel my mathematics teacher to give me an A+? Because I'm quite sure I am gonna fail in the exam tomorrow?" Shae asked hopefully, and gave Klaus puppy dog eyes.

"No." Klaus said at once just like she expected. Still it was worth a try. The girl shook her head to herself in despair.

"Gosh, I feel sorry for your unborn daughter. She's going to have one big righteous family hovering over her heard. Poor soul." Shanyra said with pity in her voice. Klaus ignored commenting on that. Meanwhile, Shae ate a little ice cream off the spoon and moaned in satisfaction.

"Mmm, this is really good." She said before shoving a spoonful in her mouth.

"Did Hayley get her baby shower already?" Shae curiously asked all on a sudden.

"No." Klaus replied shortly.

"Why not?" She asked. Suddenly Shae coughed a little but ignored it, thinking it was nothing.

"Because this isn't a normal pregnancy and the circumstances aren't normal." The hybrid said rather insensitively. However, Shanyra failed to understand why the pregnancy not being normal should be a reason for not having a baby shower. In her opinion, Klaus and Hayley should do everything since it was their first and probably last and only born.

"Exactly why Hayley and you should do something normal. It'll be good for your memories. Both you and Hayley need something good to remember about your daughter coming into this world." Shae said maturely. Before she could say more, she coughed again and felt a little uncomfortable this time as well.

"I'll ask Hayley about it." Klaus said, surprisingly giving in. But Shae couldn't feel satisfied about that. She cleared her throat as she suddenly started feeling tightness there. Her throat was itching from inside for no reason at all. She felt a little uncomfortable breathing as well. To make the itchiness go away she ate another spoonful of ice cream.

"What do you think, how will Caroline react to the baby?" Klaus asked rather curiously after a moment of silence. Clearly he didn't notice Shanyra's discomfort yet. Caroline was another matter, he was worried about.

"She'll probably not react at-" Shae began to say but stopped midway. She couldn't speak anymore as she violently started coughing this time. Klaus frowned at her with confusion.

"Shae, are you-" He couldn't finish his sentence because the girl suddenly started having problems with her breathing. Shae started feeling dizziness in her head. Klaus quickly got over to her in vampire speed. He didn't know what was happening to her. Shae seemed to be in pain and she slowly started to collapse in his arms.

For a moment, Klaus felt lost about what to do. Not to mention, he had no idea why Shanyra suddenly got sick. Did someone put a spell on her? It was the first question that came into Klaus' mind. But there was no time debating on what caused the sudden reaction. Shae was on the verge of losing her consciousness. Klaus quickly bit onto his wrist and made her drink his blood. But it didn't help her heal much because she passed out soon. Klaus dashed out of the mansion with Shae in his arms. He quickly got into the car and drove to the hospital as fast as he could. He got Shanyra into the emergency room. Seeing Klaus at the hospital, Meredith Fell walked up to him to find out what was going on.

"Klaus, what are you doing here?" Meredith asked with an unfriendly tone of voice but when she looked at his face, she softened because the hybrid looked quite worried. There was fear in his eyes as well. She understood right away that something serious has happened.

"Dr. Fell, something has happened to her." Klaus said gesturing towards Shanyra. Meredith immediately averted her attention to the unconscious girl. She examined her for a moment. Even though the situation was very serious but Meredith remained calm. It was the result of years of training and practice.

"I can't say anything for sure right now but this appears to be an allergic reaction. Like anaphylaxis. Is she allergic to peanut or any other kind of nuts?" Meredith asked to Klaus who had no answer to that question.

"I don't know doctor." Klaus said honestly. But then he remembered something.

"Though she did eat peanut butter ice cream just a while ago." Hearing that Meredith sighed out heavily. Understanding that her assumption might be right.

"Please wait outside." She said to Klaus. Then Meredith and the other doctors started doing everything they needed to do to save Shanyra.

"It's a severe attack of anaphylaxis. Prepare the injection now." One of the doctors ordered another. Klaus was pacing outside the emergency room. He quickly pulled out his phone and called someone.

"Caroline."

On the other side of the town, Kol all on a sudden pulled away from his hot making out session with some stranger woman. She was lying underneath him, waiting for him to ravish her. Kol had initially planned on just feeding from her but then things got a little hot and heavy. It's been a while since Kol slept with a woman. And as a man who happened to be an original as well, Kol has his physical needs that he must take care of if he wanted to function properly.

"What's wrong babe?" The stranger woman asked with a seductive tone of voice.

"Nothing." Kol said smoothly but it was a lie because he was suddenly feeling quite uncomfortable. The woman pulled Kol down on her lips again and started kissing him lustfully. He tried to kiss her back and give into the temptation but somehow he couldn't do it. His dead heart was arching in a very strange way. Kol pulled away from the woman once again and this time he also got out of the bed as well.

"What the hell?" The woman asked, clearly annoyed. Kol put on his shirt first then looked back at her.

"Forget everything about me." He compelled the woman, then left the motel room. On his way over to his car in the parking lot, Kol called Rebekah. He was having a very bad feeling but couldn't figure out the reason. Rebekah picked up his call rather quickly.

"Kol!" His sister positively sounded worried. Kol became certain that something has happened.

"Bekah, is everything alright?" He asked anxiously. Kol met with silence at first which worried him even more. No one informed him about Shanyra for a reason. Everyone knew how Kol would react, so they decided not to tell him anything until Shae was out of danger at least.

"Rebekah, what is it?" Kol asked with force in his voice.

"Kol, it's Shae-" The original didn't need to hear anything else from his sister. Kol reached his car in vampire speed, not caring if anyone saw him doing that. He drove his car as fast as the vehicle could go. Thankfully Rebekah sent him a text, telling him to come straight to Mystic Falls hospital otherwise he would've gone to the mansion first. Once Kol reached the hospital, he saw Klaus, Rebekah, Caroline and Stefan there. Caroline was looking very worried. Stefan was holding her hand to support her.

"What the hell happened?" Kol asked to no one particularly.

"Well apparently, none of us knew that Shae is allergic to peanuts. She gets severe attacks upon eating them" said Rebekah explaining to Kol what has happened. He would've wrecked a havoc if it had happened because of carelessness but Kol himself didn't know this little but very important information about Shanyra. This could've happened with him around as well.

"Where is she now?" He asked anxiously. He wanted to see her right away.

"She's in the emergency room" replied Rebekah. Before Kol could go inside, Meredith Fell came outside. Caroline got over-anxious in a blink of an eye.

"Doctor?"

"Shanyra is out of danger now. Thankfully she got vampire blood in her system, otherwise she couldn't have made it. And please be careful from now on. She mustn't go anywhere near peanuts." Meredith said, speaking like the professional doctor she was.

"Thank you Meredith" said Stefan.

Kol on the other hand has already left to go and see his soul mate in the emergency room. The nurse tried to stop him but Kol compelled her to shut up and get out of there. The original walked over to Shanyra. She was sleeping peacefully. The girl looked so fragile at the moment that Kol didn't dare to touch her in fear that he might break her. A heavy sigh escaped his breath. To say that Kol was feeling guilty for not being there with Shae when she needed him the most, would be the understatement of the century. He should have been there. He should've stopped this from happening even though it was quite clear that he couldn't have. For a moment, Kol hated himself for not knowing something so important. He should have known. He should know every single thing about his Shae. Kol already wanted to know everything about Shanyra but after what happened, he became ferociously determined. He also realized that he owed Klaus, big times.

On the other hand, Caroline asked Stefan to give her a moment alone with Klaus. She wanted to thank him for what he did. Stefan took Rebekah away with him and Caroline walked closer to Klaus. She was feeling a little uneasy but perhaps shy was a better word to describe Caroline's feelings at the moment. She cleared her throat unnecessarily.

"Thank you for saving my cousin Klaus." Caroline said softly but really meaning it from the bottom of her heart.

"You are welcome love." Klaus said smiling.

"Shae is like my little sister now. I don't know what I would've done if something had happened to her. So I really appreciate you caring about her too." Caroline said but Klaus remained quiet this time. He simply let her speak and say everything she wanted to say.

"And I also want to apologize to you for being so rude to you all the time, even unnecessarily sometimes." Caroline felt more awkward after saying that but she had to apologize.

"Well, I can't exactly say, I don't love your snarky remarks but I'd like us to have friendly conversations as well, once in a while." Klaus said grinning broadly this time. Caroline couldn't help but smile as well.

"I think we could do that, once in a while." She said blushing a little.

"Have a drink with me." Klaus asked but Caroline had to deny.

"I shouldn't, Shae-" She started saying but Klaus interrupted her.

"Kol is here. He'd take care of her. And I really think, you could use a drink right now." As the hybrid insisted, Caroline couldn't say no this time. They left the hospital together. Not knowing this might be a new start of an old friendship.

On the other hand, Shanyra opened her eyes slowly. Just like she wanted, Kol was the first person she saw. He was sitting right beside her bed, holding her right hand with both his hands. He had his eyes closed as if praying for her to wake up. Truth to be told, Shae didn't think she'd survive this attack. How could she forget that she was allergic to peanuts. Actually she didn't exactly forget about it, she was just careless about reading the flavor label on the ice cream bucket. Otherwise she wouldn't have eaten it. Kol looked very miserable. It hurt Shae to see him like that. And when a drop of tear fell from his closed eye and rolled down his breathtaking face, tears gathered in her eyes as well.

"Kol." Shae softly called his name. The original immediately snapped open his eyes and looked at his soul mate with worry.

"Shae!" She never heard Kol sounding so anxious before. A moment of silence passed between them before Shanyra spoke up again.

"Kol, I'm so sorry for what happened. Please don't be mad at me. I don't know how I forgot about peanuts." She said with weak tone of voice and sighed out heavily afterwards as it hurt her throat to speak up. Her voice sounded quite hoarse as well.

"I am really sorry." Shae was desperate for Kol's forgiveness. But for Kol, there was nothing to forgive.

"You don't need to apologize love. But why did you never tell me that you're allergic to peanuts." He asked very softly using gentle tone of voice.

"The first and last attack I had from eating peanuts was when I was only four years old. Since then, I've never eaten anything that got peanut in it. I guess, somehow because of the lack of accidents, I became careless about it and completely forgot to tell you." Shanyra confessed truthfully.

"I am sorry." She apologized once again.

"Sshh." Kol hushed her by putting a finger on her lips.

"No more apologizes." He said.

"Besides, I'm the one who should apologize. I should've been there for you." Kol said regretfully, feeling very guilty about it.

"You are here now." Shae said as strongly as she could. She didn't wanna see Kol suffer from guilt. Whatever happened was not his fault in the slightest. The original stayed quiet for a moment before speaking up again.

"Why did you think I'd be mad at you?" He asked curiously.

"I almost got you killed today. You could have died because of my stupidity. So obviously I thought you'd be furious at me." Shae answered truthfully.

A surprised look suddenly flashed over Kol's face. Not because of what Shanyra just said but because Kol just realized that this entire time, he hasn't thought about himself for a single second. It seemed as if Kol completely forgot about it for the time being that he and Shae were connected and her death would be the end of him as well. He only thought about Shanyra and her survival this entire time. Kol also realized that he could die to save Shae, to keep her alive. The original snapped out of his thoughts before it could get any wilder.

"Are you?" Shanyra asked for confirmation. Kol shook his head in reply.

"No, I'm not mad darling. Relax." He said cheekily, trying to cover up his soft side quickly.

"I should call the doctor." Kol said getting up from the chair but Shae immediately closed her fingers around Kol's hand and refused to let him go.

"No, don't go." She said pleadingly.

"Please stay."

Kol couldn't find it in him to walk away so he gave into the request. He was about to sit back in the chair but Shanyra scooted over on the bed and made room for him. Asking Kol to cuddle her. He gave into that too. He took off his jacket and lay beside Shanyra. Though it was a small bed but he adjusted fine. While cuddling Shae, Kol stared at her beautiful but tired looking face rather intensely. Her fragileness made him hold her somewhat protectively. To get more comfortable, Shanyra turned around, wrapped her arms around Kol and put her head on his chest. She sighed in contentment as he gently ran his fingers through her soft hair. Knowing Shae hasn't fallen asleep yet, Kol started talking to her.

"We are going to have to make a list of all the things you're allergic to as soon as you get better." Kol said being very serious about it.

"There's no list." Shae said rolling her eyes. Her voice was tangled with sleepiness.

"I'm only allergic to peanuts." She said defending herself. But then she became quiet for a moment, and afterwards said-

"No, there's one more thing I'm allergic to. I just found out about it today." Shae said making the original curious right away.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Your tears." She answered. Kol immediately became a little uncomfortable. Shanyra saw him crying. Not good. Not good at all. He was a thousand years old original vampire. He shouldn't be crying, or seen crying by someone.

"You can't help but hit on me at every chance you get, can you?" said Kol to ease off his own discomfort; even though he knew that Shanyra was being serious about it. Hearing Kol say that Shae raised her head up a little and looked at him. Her eyebrows were furrowed which expressed her annoyance caused by the remark.

"I'm serious Kol. I didn't like it a bit when I saw you crying just a while ago." She said enthusiastically.

"Shut up, I wasn't crying." Kol snapped at her with playful anger and tried to hide his embarrassment. Shae put her head down again.

"There's nothing wrong with crying you know. Look at me, I cry all the time." She said and yawned softly afterwards.

"Yeah, I know that" said Kol and he decided to end this discussion here and hoped that Shanyra wouldn't remember seeing him cry when she wakes up tomorrow.

"You know Kol, I'm very happy." Shae said, her eyes were already closed.

"For what? Landing in the hospital." Kol said sarcastically.

"Yes. Now I won't have to give the math test tomorrow." She said in a whisper as she went out like a light bulb and fell asleep finally. Kol shook his head to himself but then a smile appeared on his lips. He kissed the top of her head and closed his eyes, deciding to sleep for a while because Kol too was feeling quite comfortable and content at the moment.

AN: This is it for now. Was it good? Bad? Please let me know. Love you all.