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Once Rebekah was settled Elijah urged Elena to come back home with him. Caroline assured them that she'd call if anything came up.

"Come with me Bonnie," Kol extended his hand to her, "please." Bonnie looked a little hesitant a moment as she weighed her options.

"Okay," she smiled at him. A moment later he had grabbed her arms and pulled them over his shoulder dragging her up. She wrapped her legs around his waist and he piggy-backed her all the way to the guys' townhouse. She was laughing as the tension from tonight and indeed the last three weeks began to leave her body.

Kol flashed up to his bedroom with her and sat her on the edge of the bed. He settled against the plush pillows of the bed but Bonnie didn't settle against him. Instead she sat facing him on the bed with only her hip touching his. She was admiring him sprawled out so casually in his jeans though. He looked like one of those 'wicked as sin' billboard models.

"Thank you for helping Bekah tonight," he said.

"You helped too."

"I know but I would do anything for my sister. She's my family," Kol said. "We may bicker quite a bit but I think Elijah coined the phrase – Always and Forever."

"Well she feels like the sister I never had," Bonnie said. "We've become really close. The first week we got here it was a little crazy because we couldn't really all get along but then we got to know her better and now I'd do anything for her."

"That's what all of that was really about," he said. "I realize now that what was happening between you and I had nothing to do with what you were doing for Rebekah and Stefan – what you were hiding. I was so quick to believe Klaus – that you had been playing me."

"Why were you so quick to believe it?" she asked and he had to take a good long look inward.

"I was afraid to believe that you truly cared for me," Kol confessed turning his gaze to the windows, "because if you truly cared for me then I had something to lose – something that I didn't want to do without…"

"So you're going to shut me out because you don't want to lose me?"

"No!" He sat up and was inches from her. "I don't ever want to let you go Bonnie." He closed the distance then and kissed her. It was a sweet kiss – soft and tender – full of feeling. Her arms snaked around his neck and his hand found its way to the small of her back. He lay back against the pillows again and this time she came with him as they were still kissing. When their lips parted their gazes held. Finally Bonnie yawned.

"I'm sorry…the human is sleepy…" Kol smiled at such a sweet sentiment. Sometimes it was the little things. She shifted to a sitting position again and he regarded her.

"Do you have a guest room here?" she asked.

"You can stay right here with me," Kol offered hopefully.

"Not all of the hurt is gone yet Kol…you really hurt me." His face fell with her words.

"I'd really like it best if you'd sleep here in my room," he began and before she could speak her objection he added, "I'll sleep in Klaus' room here. Sleep well my love." He walked to the door.

"Kol" she stopped him and he glanced back to her.

"Be here when I wake…"

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Bonnie inhaled before she even opened her eyes. The now familiar smell of Kol Mikaelson greeted her – his shampoo, his soap, his cologne which smelled suspiciously like her favorite. She opened her eyes and smiled at the navy and white stripes. There was something a little wicked about waking up in a bedroom that wasn't yours she decided. Her gaze shifted and she found him sitting in the chair in the corner of his room.

"Good morning little witch."

"Good morning Kol," she smiled sweetly at him. "You're here…"

"You asked," he said gently and then couldn't help but quip, "and it is my bedroom. Technically you're the guest but a very welcome one." Bonnie stretched and inhaled deeply.

"Come downstairs as soon as you're ready," Kol said as he rose. He came to lean over Bonnie still on the bed and with a tender smile he leaned down and kissed her. Then he left the room so she could get ready for the day.

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When Elena came downstairs to what she was beginning to feel was more her home than Rebekah's she was surprised to find that not only was coffee ready but there were delicious smells coming from the kitchen. Kol was flipping things on the stove while a variety of serving pans had steam escaping their covers.

"Good morning Kol," Elena greeted with a soft smile as she reached for two mugs and began to make coffee.

"Good morning love," Kol smiled. "Sleep good?" Elena presented what passed for a blush.

"Yes, thank you. You?"

"I slept very well thank you."

"This smells amazing. What are you making?"

"I thought we might have a fry-up," Kol smiled. Something upstairs got his attention and he looked to the ceiling before turning his attention back to cooking some kind of sausages.

"You're making her breakfast…" Elena smiled as she realized it. "That's so sweet."

"Elena Gilbert do you forget I could have your head in a second? I'm the psychotic one remember?" Kol asked though his slight smile belied his words. "You think she'll like it? I'm working on an apology."

"With breakfast? Bonnie loves breakfast. If it was Caroline you'd be out of luck but BonBon and I always start our Saturday mornings together with breakfast. I don't think I've ever had anything like this though!"

"Kol are you using every dish in the kitchen?" Elijah asked as he appeared immaculate in one of his suits. He took the coffee that Elena offered him and dropped a kiss on her lips before taking the chair next to her at the breakfast bar.

"What's a fry-up?" Elena whispered to Elijah though of course she needn't have bothered.

"It's a traditional English breakfast – bacon, eggs, fried or grilled tomatoes, fried mushrooms, toast, baked beans, sausages and hash browns," Elijah explained.

"Wow" Elena marveled. Footsteps sounded on the stairs and Bonnie appeared wearing a pair of Elena's shorts and a mint green dolman sleeve top.

"Morning Elijah, Elena. Wow this smells fantastic. Wait – did you cook all this?" Bonnie looked to Kol.

"I thought you should have a good breakfast after such a rough night," Kol smiled.

"I'm impressed," Bonnie said as she watched him place the last of the eggs into their serving dish. Everyone pitched in and moved things to the table then.

"Okay, show me how it's done," Elena requested and Bonnie nodded. Elijah and Kol smiled as they fixed plates for the women in their lives. Bonnie was amazed to find her plate consisted of fried green tomato, baked beans, a sausage patty, some sautéed mushrooms with onions, a slice of toast and a wedge of hashbrowns.

"I have never had baked beans for breakfast," Bonnie smiled.

"Try it before you knock it," Kol said as he began eating his own breakfast. Soon both girls were devouring their breakfasts.

"This is incredible Kol," Bonnie smiled.

"Yes really fantastic," Elena agreed.

"Glad you liked it," Kol smiled. "Now you just need to talk Elijah into making his roast." Elena looked to Elijah expectantly.

"Feeling homesick for the old world?"

"No, just the food," Kol said. "I have everything I could possibly want right here." He finished with a glance to Bonnie who was devouring her breakfast.

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"Cafe Du Monde?" Kol asked Bonnie as they raced to the place. "I could have made the beignets for the others." He finished with a huff.

"Don't blame me!" She said while breathing harshly and bemoaning the fact that she should have run those mornings when Elena asked if she was busy. "They all love it and besides-I didn't even know you knew how to make them!"

Kol stopped and caught her before she fell over. Placing her on his back, he began running at near vampire speed.

"I can make most things but the real cook in the family is Elijah and his meals that he makes are delicious."

"Though Elena can't cook, she can bake the most amazing desserts in the world!" They finally got to the cafe and looked up when they heard lightning above them.

"Well," he said as he looked at the sky. "At least it isn't raining."

She wanted to glare at him but he was right.

It wasn't raining.

"Do you...do you think we should try dating again?" She asked out of the blue. She was hesitant about what his answer would be. Sure he had been coming to see her and he had asked her to come back to his place last night but what if her reluctance to rekindle their relationship last night had been enough to push him away?

"I would like that BonBon." Kol smiled feeling relieved that he hadn't lost her after all. He had missed their closeness – the feel of her in his arms, the banter and the taste of her lips. He had missed everything about her and now he was going to get a second chance. They smiled at each other and managed to get five dozen beignets for everyone else for breakfast.

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