Chapter 30: A Dinner Invitation

Shanyra was losing her patience. She thought as soon as she's gonna give Kol a second chance, he'd try to get in her pants. But nothing like that happened yet. Hell, he didn't even try to kiss her yet and it's already been a few days. Kol was really just being her friend. But Shae needed him to be more for her revenge plot to succeed. The mere thought of it was agonizing but it seemed that she had no other choice but to seduce the original. Shae decided to start doing that from tonight. It was a perfect opportunity.

Caroline has invited Kol over for dinner. She did it so that she could personally thank him for saving Shae's life the other day. Besides, she knew that her sister was giving Kol a second chance. And after what he did for her, it seemed like the right thing to do. By calling truce with the original, Caroline was actually supporting Shanyra and her decision. She didn't want her sister to think that she was alone in this which would've been the case if Caroline had disapproved of this second chance. Though truth to be told, she had her own doubts.

"Shae, may I ask you something?" Caroline asked. She and Shae were putting down plates on the table. Stefan was in the kitchen, cooking dinner.

"Of course Care. Why do you even need to ask for permission?" Shae asked frowning at Caroling with confusion.

"Because, it's about Sam. Have you really forgiven Kol for-" She trailed off, not completing the sentence. Shae visibly became stiff and uncomfortable. She sucked in her lips as if didn't really wanna speak about it. Caroline was about to change the topic immediately but Shae started talking.

"It's not really about me forgiving Kol. It's about what Sam would have wanted me to do. Kol saved my life Care. He would've wanted me to at least give Kol a chance to earn the forgiveness. If I hadn't, it wouldn't have been fair." She lied smoothly to her sister.

"You're right Shae. You're doing the right thing here and I'm with you" assured Caroline. Shae nodded her head gratefully.

"Thanks Care." She said then took a brief pause before speaking up again.

"Caroline, may I request you something?"

"Now why are YOU asking for permission?" She asked, then said-

"What is it? You can ask anything of me." Shae inhaled a deep breath first.

"Please don't bring him up again." She said pleadingly. Shae was obviously talking about Sam here. Caroline simply nodded her head in understanding while looking at her sister with sorrowful eyes. Right then the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Shae said regaining her normal composure. And then she went to get the door. When she opened it, it revealed Kol, however he wasn't alone. A beautiful blonde girl was standing right beside him. It confused Shanyra. If Kol was so madly in love with her then why did he bring a date? Was it an attempt to make her jealous? Shae realized that perhaps it was best for her plan to show jealousy after all. That should make Kol certain that she wanted him. And then perhaps he'd make a move on her.

"You're late." Shae said not very friendly as she eyed the girl with jealousy in her eyes.

"Good evening darling." Kol said smirking. He obviously noticed how she was looking at his companion. It certainly made him pleased.

"You've to blame her for my late arrival." Kol said while they both entered the house.

"Wow, I wasn't expecting you to bring your girlfriend here." She said giving the blonde a tight smile. The girl rolled her eyes at Shae in return.

"Try sister sweetheart." She said. Shanyra then realized that it was actually Rebekah. Apparently she hadn't had the opportunity to meet her ever since the Mikaelsons returned to Mystic Falls. Actually Shae hadn't met any other original yet other than Kol.

"You're Rebekah." She was genuinely surprised this time.

"The one and only. I brought desert." Saying that Rebekah handed Shae the sweet dish she was holding and walked straight inside but rather gracefully. Shae was impressed by her strong personality but not really surprised. Apparently all the originals had attitudes. Shae didn't know yet whether she's gonna like her or not. Caroline did say, they were good friends back in the days. Therefore she decided to like Rebekah until she gave her a reason not to. Shae looked back at Kol. He was looking handsome as usual. He was wearing a taupe colored blazer, v-neck black t-shirt and dry deep navy blue jeans with taupe colored belt.

"Sorry about Rebekah. I had to bring her. She really wanted to meet you. My sister is very stubborn." Shae smiled at that.

"No, I'm glad that you brought her here. I wanted to meet her too. I heard we got along really well in the past." She said.

"That you did." Kol confirmed. He and Rebekah were back on speaking terms with each other again. Though he was still very much mad at Elijah and Klaus. However it was only a matter of time before they reconciled with each other. It was an unspoken Mikaelson family rule. No matter who did what to hurt the other, they always forgive each other in the end. Sometimes it happens quickly and sometimes it takes a little time, that's all.

"Come on, let's get inside. Dinner's almost ready." They went inside to the dinning room. Shae put down the sweet dish on the table. Then she noticed the way Caroline, Stefan and Rebekah were looking at each other.

"Walking down the memory lane, are we?" Shae inquired with raised eyebrows.

"Kind of. Stefan here and I have a rather colorful history." Rebekah said to which Caroline immediately objected to.

"That we don't want to talk about tonight, or ever." She said glaring at the original.

"Caroline, she's our guest. No hateful looks or insults. Please." Shae said maturely making Caroline sigh out heavily and roll her eyes to herself but she agreed nonetheless.

"Fine. I'll be polite the entire evening." She then went to the kitchen to bring in the dishes. Meanwhile Rebekah hugged Shanyra affectionately.

"I missed you love." She said really meaning it. When she pulled away there was a pleasant smile on her lips.

"We used to have so much fun together. I wish you remembered me." She said the last part sadly. If Shae had remembered her, she'd have come running to meet her as soon as they came back in town. Before Shae could say anything to that, Caroline came back and said-

"Tell your dick of a brother to de-compel my sister and make her remember everything." She sounded quite pissed off about it.

"Nik was willing to take off his compulsion until Kol pissed him off." Rebekah informed making Kol roll his eyes at his sister.

"You got a PhD in pissing people off, don't you?" Shanyra asked, shaking her head at Kol in hopelessness. He only waggled his eyebrows and smirked at her like an ass.

"Nik would do it if you ask him to." Rebekah suggested to Caroline but she scoffed at that darkly.

"Like I'm ever going to talk to him." She said bitterly while rolling her eyes to herself.

"I can talk to him." Shae said casually without thinking much.

"No!" Except for Rebekah everyone said that at once.

"You're not going anywhere near Klaus." Kol stated firmly.

"But-"

"No buts." Kol said at once. It seemed odd to Shae that he didn't want her to remember their past. According to her, he should've wanted it the most. Perhaps Kol was more proud than she thought him to be. Or perhaps more hurt at what his brothers did to him than he was showing. A part of Shae wanted to feel pity for Kol but she squashed that tiny part right away. There was no room for any other feeling but hatred in her heart for Kol Mikaelson.

"I'm with Kol on this" said Caroline supporting him.

"Relax everyone. I was just saying." Shae said to calm down Kol and her sister.

"But frankly speaking I don't see what the big deal is about me talking to Klaus. I mean he's in town. Sooner or later we will cross paths with each other anyway."

"Well Kol made sure it happens later rather than sooner" quipped in Rebekah.

"And I don't wanna know how he accomplished that." She said with too much disinterest in her voice which was a bit sarcastic really. Afterwards they all started enjoying the dinner. Shanyra was sitting right beside Caroline and facing Kol.

"So Shae tell me something about yourself. You seemed to have changed a lot since the last time I saw you." Rebekah asked making conversations.

"Well there's nothing much to tell really. At school I pretty much do everything that's expected of me as a Forbes. Except for cheer leading." She informed.

"Yeah, I still can't believe you're my sister but hate cheer leading" said Caroline shaking her head at her.

"I don't hate it. I just never saw the point of screaming at the top of my lungs for a bunch of boys." Shae defended herself.

"She's right. Shae already gets enough attention from boys without screaming for them." It was Stefan who said that with a smirk on his lips, making her grin rather proudly.

"Not every cheerleader does cheer leading for attention from boys. Some of us do it because we like it and it helps with the popularity." Caroline said defending cheer leading, more like defending herself.

"Speaking of boys and their attention, what happened to the group of boys who used to ogle me at school? They don't even look at my way now." Shae asked looking particularly at Kol.

"If you think I've compelled them to behave then yes, I am guilty. You're welcome." He said with a smirk. Shanyra rolled her eyes at him then shook her head to herself in hopelessness.

"So, that's it? You're just Caroline 2.0?" Rebekah asked sounding a little disappointed.

"Hey!" Caroline exclaimed with objection immediately, looking annoyed and offended.

"There's nothing wrong with being like me. Besides, Shae has another side to her too." She said.

"Caroline don't." Shae said groaning out a little as if embarrassed about it. But the truth was, she just didn't want Kol to know too much about her than he already did.

"No, Caroline, please do." The original insisted. He was unaware of this other side of Shae that Caroline just spoke of.

"It's nothing. I'm just fascinated with witchy stuffs. That's all." Shanyra said it as if it was no big deal. She didn't want Kol to get too curious about it. But it was already too late.

"Let me guess, you're still into reading Grimoires." Kol said which surprised her.

"You mean I was interested in it even when I was twelve?" Shae asked curiously.

"Of course you were. I always had to keep them out of your reach. Didn't want you to read something you shouldn't. I guess you indulged in that habit fully after I was gone since there was no one to stop you anymore." The original said not liking the fact that his soul mate was exposed to witchcraft. More than often it could be very dangerous for a human to know too much about magic. Because it's too easy to give into the temptation of doing wonders. Humans then tends to get involved in black magic as they don't have the power to do natural magic. And yes there are ways for a human to do black magic.

"Why do you make it sound like it's a bad thing?" Caroline asked Kol.

"She isn't a witch Kol. What could possibly happen?" Shae wanted to know the answer too. Was there really any explanation or it was just another form of Kol controlling her life.

"Of course it's a bad thing. Every time humans learn too much about witchcraft, they unknowingly get involved with black magic and it never ends well for the humans." Kol said from experience but Shae didn't believe that.

"Kol, I'm not stupid enough to tap into black magic." She said defending herself.

"Yeah I've never seen her doing anything wrong or suspicious. All she does is read the books and sometimes helps mom solve crimes involving witchcraft. You know sacrifices and stuffs." Caroline spoke in her favor but it didn't do Shae any good.

"So you solve crimes too? What else I don't know?" Kol asked sarcastically. He didn't like that there were so many things unknown to him about his Shanyra.

"There's nothing else to know." She said assuring him, hoping that they would change the topic of conversation already. Kol already learned enough about her. He shouldn't know more.

"I was wrong" said Rebekah.

"There's more to you than just being Caroline's sister."

"I'll take that as a compliment." Shae said making Caroline roll her eyes to herself. Shanyra then glanced at Kol. Even though she didn't know him as well as she used to, still she could tell what exactly he was thinking just by looking at his face.

"What are you thinking about?" She asked him curiously.

"Nothing love." Kol said with a smile that made Shae more suspicious.

"No, you're thinking about how to keep me from witchcraft, aren't you?" It was kind of a shot in the dark but it indeed hit the target. The original sighed out a little.

"It's for your own good." He said.

"Of course" said Shae sarcastically while rolling her eyes to herself.

"I'm serious." Kol said and he sounded serious too.

"Okay warning noted. If I ever get into trouble because of this, you can tell me 'I told you so'." She said, not taking this matter seriously at all.

"I have a better idea. How about I not let you get into trouble in the first place? You can kiss this habit of reading Grimoires good bye." Kol said absolutely authoritatively.

"Come on Kol, don't be a control freak" said Rebekah as she sensed that Shae was getting pissed off now.

"Shut up Rebekah. I'm just trying to protect her. Clearly she doesn't know what she's doing."

"On the contrary, I think she does. She didn't get into any trouble even when you weren't around" said the original sister. Kol opened his mouth to retort back but was stopped.

"It's okay Rebekah. You don't have to argue with him for me. It's my fault that I forgot my life is not my own. I'm going upstairs. I'm not hungry anymore." Saying that Shanyra left the table abruptly.

"Well done." Rebekah said to her brother, rolling her eyes at him. Kol glared at her in return.

"Kol, you can't treat her like a child anymore" said Caroline.

"Really? Because she sure still acts like a child" said the original, feeling pissed off at the turn of events.

"Shanyra is a very mature girl Kol. But if you try to control her like you did just now, she's only gonna rebel against you. She's still after all a teenager and you two didn't exactly get off on the right foot." Stefan advised wisely.

"Go apologize to her" said Rebekah.

"If you don't want her anywhere near witchcraft, then you've to make her understand why you want that, instead of just ordering her to stay away from it in the name of her well being." Kol though not really liking it but decided to listen to his sister's advise. He went to apologize to Shanyra. When he reached her bedroom door, he knocked twice before entering. Inside, Shae was simply standing by the window, gazing outside. She looked over her shoulder a little when Kol stood merely two feet away from her.

"Shanyra, I-" He began to say but she cut him off.

"You lied to me." Shae said. Then she turned to face him and witnessed a confused look on his face.

"You said you wanted to be my friend."

"I do" assured Kol.

"Yet you act like my babysitter. Don't you realize, I'm not twelve anymore." She said with frustration in her voice.

"I know that." The original said at once. "I'm just trying to look out for you love."

"Then do it as a friend. Friends don't try to control each others lives. Look at my sister. Caroline likes to control everything around her but even she doesn't try to control me. Does that mean she doesn't care about me?" She said then inhaled a deep breath to be able to speak more calmly afterwards.

"You can care about me and protect me too without trying to control my every move."

"You're right." Kol said after thinking about it for a moment.

"I won't try to control you anymore. It's just I'm so scared of losing you again. I can't even bare the thought of it." He said expressing his feelings to her. Shae gave him a sympathetic look before she closed the distance between them and hugged Kol. He embraced her back right away.

"You know what I'm scared of?" Shae asked. Then after a brief pause, she said-

"My own thoughts-" She pulled away a little so she could look into Kol's eyes. He stared back at her with a lot of feelings and emotions.

"About you." She said.

"I lied when I said to you that I don't feel any urge to be with you because I do. So much." Shae raised her hand up to touch his face. Kol maybe staring at her with unblinking eyes and standing completely still but inwardly, he was getting overwhelmed with feelings. He was on the verge of losing control and have his way with Shanyra. But he used all his strength to hold himself back.

"That's why I can't handle you treating me like a child. I saw the way you look at me. Then why behave differently?" Shae leaned closer and pushed herself up on her toes so her lips were only an inch away from Kol's.

"Stop or I'll lose control. I don't want to scare you." He whispered huskily. Lust and longing dancing in his eyes. The desire he felt for her, it was so intense that it scared even him. Their lips were almost brushing and it took every ounce of resistance in Kol not to rip off Shanyra's clothes and take her right then, and there.

"You won't." Was the only thing she said before she closed her eyes and kissed him. But Kol neither moved, nor started kissing her back. After a moment, Shae pulled away and looked at him with questions in her eyes.

"Why?" She asked. Her confusion turning into hurt.

"Because you are not ready to go there with me yet." When Kol said that it kind of stunned Shanyra. Clearly she wasn't expecting rejection when she was trying to seduce him. What the hell was his game? She wondered in her mind. Even though a little baffled, but she kept up her pretense of wanting him.

"Right." Saying that Shae stepped away from Kol. Her face heated up due to feeling embarrassed. Which was of course nothing but good acting.

"Shae, please try to understand-" He started to say.

"I do. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have-" She trailed off. She couldn't even look at him anymore feeling kind of humiliated after the rejection.

"We should go downstairs. I'm sure Caroline and Rebekah have gotten into an argument already." Saying that Shae hurriedly walked out of her room. Not giving Kol a chance to say another word. Downstairs she tried to pretend as if nothing happened. Though she didn't say a word to Kol again. When it was time for the original siblings to leave, Rebekah thanked Caroline and Shanyra for the dinner and threw a smile at Stefan before getting out of the house. Kol simply followed out his sister without saying anything. When they got to Kol's car, Rebekah spoke up-

"Kol-" He looked at her.

"You're an idiot." She was just dying to tell him that. Kol rolled his eyes at her.

"What was I supposed to do?" He asked with a pissed off voice.

"Kiss her back perhaps. You wanted to, didn't you?"

"Of course I wanted to. But-"

"But what? Clearly she wants you. What's the problem?" She really felt confused about her brother. What was he thinking?

"Because I wasn't expecting her to want me so soon alright. I killed someone she cared about. I can understand that she's giving me a second chance which I'm very grateful for but her wanting to be with me so soon, it seems odd."

"Haven't you heard her? It's the soul mate bond between you that's making her want you" said Rebekah.

"Exactly, otherwise she wouldn't have wanted me. I want her to fall in love with me, sister." It was more important for Kol Mikaelson to have Shanyra's heart than her body. Not that he didn't desire the body. Because he did, crazily.

"Well all the more reason you shouldn't push her away and embarrass her." Saying that Rebekah got in the car. Even after a thousand years, her brother was still naïve in the matters of heart. Kol on the other hand thought about what she just said for a moment. He realized that turning down Shae was a dick move after all even though his intentions were good. He must apologize to her and make up for what he did otherwise his fear may come true after all. Little did he know that from now on whatever he'd do, it'd only tangle him more in the trap his soul mate has laid for him?

AN: Thanks 'dancergirlxo' for your review. I'm not sure if the rest of you are liking this story. Please let me know what you think. Love you all.