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Chapter 19: Unwanted Changes

The day was Saturday. It was early in the morning. Rebekah has just returned to Mystic Falls. She was away for about two months. Though not many were aware of her absence. Anyway, since Rebekah didn't know of anything that happened lately, she was catching up with everything while having breakfast with her brothers Klaus and Kol. And while conversing she noticed that something was bothering her brother Kol. It has been two weeks since Shanyra learned about Violet and ever since then she's been acting like a completely different person.

"Kol, something on your mind?" She asked and noticed Klaus smirking a little. It only confirmed her suspicion. Kol sighed out a little, then said-

"It's Shanyra. She has changed." Rebekah frown in confusion.

"Changed how?" She asked.

"Meaning she has stopped worshiping him." Klaus quipped in, earning a glare from Kol.

"It doesn't matter. Today I'm going to take her to New Orleans. She wanted to see the place where we lived once. Since there's peace in the Quarter at this time, it'd be safe for Shae to go there now. We'd spend the weekend together exploring the city. Hopefully this trip would fix everything and she'll be like before." Kol said the last part more to himself than to his siblings. Little did he know that Shae has already intuited his plan therefore she has made a plan of her own to avoid going on this trip?

"You should go wake her up then. It's better to start early for a road trip" said Klaus to his brother. As if on cue, Shanyra appeared there. She seemed ready to start the day.

"Rebekah! When did you get back?" She asked, surprised to see the Mikaelson sister return but in a good way of course.

"Just now love." Rebekah replied as Shae walked up to her and gave her a hug.

"I missed you." She said.

"Me too. It seems you've gotten taller" said Rebekah affectionately. Then she pulled away and looked at Shae.

"Are you going somewhere?" The original inquired.

"Yes. I'm waiting for Stefan actually. He's supposed to come and pick me up- now." Shae replied glancing at her wrist watch. She didn't notice that Kol's face has immediately darkened. Or she noticed but didn't really care. Rebekah of course noticed both their behavior and she glanced at Klaus who simply shrugged his shoulders at her with a smirk on his face. Before Kol could say anything his sister spoke up.

"Since when did you start spending time with Stefan?" Rebekah asked curiously.

"Since he could spare time for me." Shanyra replied smoothly with a shrug of her shoulders.

"Yeah but why would you spend time with him?" She asked.

"Because he's Stefan. Who wouldn't want to spend time with him? Even Klaus likes to spend time with him and he's very choosy about his company."

"Shae don't drag me into this." Klaus immediately warned.

"I'm not dragging you into anything. Just giving an example to make a point." She defended herself while speaking nonchalantly. When she looked back at Rebekah, she found the original giving her a suspicious look.

"What's going on between you and Stefan?" Rebekah asked without any hesitation making Shae raise her eyebrows at the blonde.

"What's going on between me and Stefan!? Geez, Rebekah. We are just friends. Not that I'd have minded it going any where else-" She said quite frankly. Not noticing the glare Kol just threw at her.

"But Stefan has officially 'sister zoned' me." Which was a bummer for her.

"Thank goodness" said Rebekah more to herself than to the thirteen years old who gave her a look for that.

"So what do you do when spending time with Stefan Salvatore." The Mikaelson sister asked curiously.

"He's teaching me self defense. And he's a very good listener so-" said Shanyra trailing off in the end.

"Self defense? You never told me you wish to learn self defense." It was Kol who said that, speaking up for the first time.

"I didn't wish to learn it. Stefan thought it'd be good for me if I do and when I started training with him, I kind of enjoyed it so-" Shae trailed off once again. The fact that she was doing something that Kol had no idea about was kind of thrilling for her. But it certainly wasn't for Kol. He always hated not knowing something concerning Shanyra.

"I supposed this has been going on for a while now. You should've told me about it" said Kol using stern tone of voice.

"Sorry. I didn't mean to keep it a secret. It just skipped my mind that I didn't tell you." The apology didn't make Kol feel any better. If anything it only enraged him more. After all not long ago, she used to tell him everything. Now, she didn't care to anymore. How could Kol possibly tolerate that?

"Yes, you forget to tell me a lot of things nowadays." The original said quite darkly. Shanyra realized it was best to withdraw from this particular conversation now. She turned her attention back to Rebekah again.

"So how was your Europe tour?" She asked.

"Amazing. I've brought something for you. You'd love it" said Rebekah.

"Thanks. And once I get back you'll have to tell me all about what happened on the tour." Shae said with a smile and sounding excited. But her excitement died and smiled dropped when Kol spoke up again.

"Actually your girl time has to wait a couple of days more. I've plans for us" said Kol. He tried to speak normally burying his darkened moon deep inside.

"Us?" Shae questioned with confusion as if she had no idea what he was talking about.

"You and me of course. I'm taking you to New Orleans this weekend." Kol said with a smile. Any other time, Shae would've started jumping up and down with excitement but the changed Shanyra Forbes only kept staring at the original.

"Yeah that'd be fun" quipped in Rebekah.

"Then we'll both have stories to share." She said enthusiastically.

"I can't go." Shae blurted out at once.

"I've a lot of things to do this weekend."

"Like what?" Kol asked losing his cool slowly. Still he tried to stay calm as he didn't want to lash out at her. He promised himself to make this happen nicely.

"Like the science project that Emily and I need to work on this weekend. And then there's-" Shae had the list ready but Kol didn't let her finish.

"I'll take care of all your school stuff. Now, should I start the car or do you want to have breakfast before we go? You can eat on the way too if you want." Basically Shanyra didn't have any choice here but she begged to differ.

"You know what, I have a better idea. You and I have been to road trips before. How about you take Violet to this one? She'll love it. You'll get to spend the weekend with each other and have fun. Sounds good?" The way Kol glared at Shae, it worried even Rebekah but the teen herself didn't falter at all. Moreover she continued speaking.

"I mean I'm no relationship expert but if you don't spend enough time with your girlfriend then your secret relationship or secret affair or whatever it is, it won't last for long." Shanyra advised wisely but shut up immediately as Kol crushed a glass in his hand and broke it into pieces. She realized a violence episode of Kol Mikaelson was about to happen. Thankfully she received a text from Stefan that time saying he has arrived.

"Okay, that's my cue." Shae said under her breath. The last thing she wanted was to deal with Kol so early in the morning when he was clearly not in control of himself. She walked out of the mansion. Thankfully Kol didn't stop her. He too realized that it was best if she wasn't around him that time. Once Shanyra left, Rebekah turned to look at her brother and asked-

"Who the hell is Violet?"

Half an hour later, Kol calmed down enough to talk to Rebekah properly. Klaus has already left as he had some business to take care of. Kol told his sister all that happened regarding Violet, his nonexistent girlfriend. He has even stopped seeing her for casual sex but apparently the damage was already done.

"So she's acting all different now because she's mad at you for keeping a secret from her." Rebekah stated, summarizing the problem.

"Yes" said Kol.

"But somehow I think it's something else." Rebekah said thoughtfully.

"What else would it be?" Her brother asked, not considering another reason for Shanyra's changed behavior.

"She's driving me nuts Bekah. In past two weeks, every time I wanted to spend some time with her, she found one excuse or another to get away from me. Why don't you talk to her? Maybe she'd listen to you" said Kol rather hopefully.

"What would I tell her? That, no Violet is not your girlfriend. She's just your personal whore, your play thing. That's why you couldn't tell her about it. Like that's going to fix anything." Rebekah said bluntly but sensibly making Kol sigh out heavily.

"I just want everything between us to go back to the way it was before Shae found out about Violet. I'll do anything" said Kol, sounding rather desperate. Rebekah thought about it for a moment and indeed came up with a solution.

"Well, there is a solution to this problem. You might not like it though but I really think you should just compel Shae to forget about Violet." She half expected Kol to lash out at her for saying this but instead he agreed with her. Rebekah understood then how desperate Kol was to fix everything between him and Shanyra. And she really didn't think it would be unfair for Kol to compel Shae to forget about someone who clearly meant nothing to him and only causing unnecessary trouble. Though a little voice in Rebekah's head was telling her there was more to this matter than a thirteen year old girl feeling angry at her guardian/friend.

"You're right. Compulsion seems to be the only way to dissolve this matter. I think I'll compel her to forget about the kiss as well." Kol said that more to himself than to Rebekah but nevertheless she got shocked hearing that.

"Kiss? What kiss?" She asked with confusion.

"It's a long story. Shanyra accidentally kissed me." Kol spoke rather casually about it because it was indeed just a mistake for him made by Shae. One that he has got over now and thought nothing of it. Rebekah on the other hand needed to hear the entire story, no matter how long.

"Tell me how that happened." She demanded. And so Kol told her everything. Rebekah indeed missed out on a lot of things that happened in Mystic Falls in past two months. After hearing out Kol attentively, she said-

"Kol, you are an idiot." Rebekah stated bluntly making her brother throw a glare at her. She rolled her eyes at him in return.

"Now it makes sense why Shae is acting so strangely ever since she found out about you being with someone else." Rebekah said that more to herself than to Kol.

"What are you talking about?" He asked with confusion. His sister looked at him and said-

"Don't you understand Kol? Shanyra is not mad at you. She's heartbroken. Clearly her kissing you was no accident. She kissed you because she has feelings for you. Perhaps she's even in love with you." Kol cut her off right there.

"Don't be ridiculous Bekah." He said rolling his eyes at her.

"Then tell me, why else did it affect her so much when she found out about you and Violet? The girl practically worshiped you. If it was just about you keeping a little secret from her, surely she'd have gotten over it within couple of hours. I mean she did get over the fact that not long ago you enjoyed killing people, not to mention in one night. But it's been two weeks now since she started pushing you away. No matter how normal she's trying to be outside, I bet she's inwardly very miserable. Poor thing, how difficult it must be for her to be around you right now. Unknowingly maybe but you certainly did break her heart Kol. No wonder she wants to stay away from you now as much as possible."

"Come on Rebekah, she's just a thirteen year old girl. I doubt she even knows what heartbreak means or being in love for that matter." Kol argued.

"Don't talk as if you know a lot about being in love. When it comes to falling for someone, age doesn't matter. And now that I'm thinking about it, the way you're being all messed up just because Shae is behaving differently with you, I think you have feelings for her too."

"Shut up Bekah. True that I love her and care about her. I'd do anything for her too. But I'm certainly not in love with her. She's a child for god's sake." Kol rolled his eyes at his delusional sister. But Rebekah knew she wasn't being delusional. She herself experienced a similar situation once with Marcel Gerard. He too was as young as Shanyra is now when he started dreaming about marrying her. And Rebekah too harbored feelings for him. That love was nothing carnal; of course not but it was love indeed that blossomed later when Marcel grew up.

Rebekah understood that because of Shanyra's age, Kol wouldn't be able to admit it to himself that he loved her more than as a friend or a guardian. But it was very obvious that he did. If Shae gets sick, Kol goes insane with worry. If she gets hurt, somehow he feels the pain. If Shanyra smiles, Kol feels happy. He enjoys taking care of her and spend hours with her. He listens to her unimportant blabbering about who did what at school but never gets bored. Not to mention, Kol was insanely possessive of Shanyra. When it comes to her, he trusted no one else but himself. If that wasn't being in love then what was?

"I'm not going to try to convince you Kol. You'll realize this yourself soon enough." Rebekah said confidently. Kol opened his mouth to argue but then thinking of something, he decided not to. However his silence didn't mean that he agreed with Rebekah.

"We'll see." Saying that Kol stood up from the couch.

"Though you said some crap, thanks for listening sister." Rebekah simply smiled at him.

"Go find her. The sooner you do the sooner you can leave for the trip." Kol smiled back at his sister, then left the mansion to find Shanyra. Sitting alone, Rebekah said to herself-

"She is the one for you brother. Sooner or later you'll have to accept that."

In the woods, nearby the Boarding house Shanyra was trying to punch Stefan as he tried to block her. For Shae learning self defense with Stefan was just an excuse for her to get away from Kol. But spending time with the Salvatore was really helping her. Not that much with self defense but with how to handle her heartbreak and keep her emotions in check; not letting them be all over the place. It wasn't that Shae out loud said it to Stefan that she loved Kol but since he didn't love her back, her heart was broken. It was just that Stefan had an experience of heartbreak of his own with Elena. So whenever she asked a general question regarding dealing with a broken heart, Stefan could give her some solid insight.

"I thought you said you wouldn't use your vampire reflex with me." Shae said pouting a little as she missed hitting Stefan once again.

"Vampire reflex isn't so slow Shae." He said with a mirthful smile.

"I'll never be able to save myself if I get into any danger." Shae said hopelessly more to herself than to Stefan. But the statement caught the vampire's attention.

"Why would you need to save yourself? Not only me and Caroline will always be there for you, but Kol would do anything to save you."

"Of course he would. I haven't forgotten that we are bound. You know what, this isn't working for me Stefan." Shanyra suddenly changed the topic and started talking about their training. It confused the Salvatore but he didn't say anything.

"Teach me something else. Something that I'll be able to pull off."

"The best trick to win against your opponent is to catch them off guard." Just as Stefan said it, he dropped dead on the ground. Someone had broken his neck and it was none other than Kol.

"He was right you know." He said with a smirk.

"Stefan!" Shanyra exclaimed with shock. Then she looked at Kol with disbelieve in her eyes.

"Why did you do it?"

"Because I need to talk to you. Alone." Kol said, sounding quite serious this time. Shae closed her eyes and inhaled a deep breath first then-

"About what?" She asked.

"I'm gonna ask you one last time, are you coming to New Orleans with me, or not?" The original asked with sternness in his voice.

"I'm not going anywhere." Shae stated with strong tone of voice looking determined. Kol sighed out heavily hearing that answer as if sad.

"I didn't want to do this to you Shae. I really didn't but you are leaving me with no other choice." He said helplessly making Shae frown at him with confusion at first but then one careful look at Kol and somehow she realized what he was thinking of doing. Her eyes widened with fear.

"No!" Shanyra gasped out in whisper. She immediately started running away from Kol as if that would help. He let her run for a few minutes. The original hated it that it felt like one of those hunting escapades of his.

"You can't escape me Shae. You are only tiring yourself." Kol said making her run faster but obviously it didn't work. He caught her in a blink of an eye.

"No!" Shanyra screamed.

"Kol, NO! NO! let go of me Kol. Let go of me." She screamed more and struggled against the original with every bit of strength in her. Alas, not only it was a futile attempt but all her struggling did nothing to dissuade Kol either.

"I'm sorry but I must do this." Saying that Kol cupped Shae's face with one hand while holding her against him with another hand. He forced her to look at him, as he bored his gaze right into hers. Kol's pupils dilated and he started compelling her-

"You're not going to remember me compelling you but you are going to forget everything about Violet being my girlfriend. She means nothing to me. It's you who I care about. Never doubt that. It's been a while since we did anything fun together; that's why today we are going to New Orleans. And we'll have a blast over there."