Pairings: Kol/Bella, Rebekah/Stefan, Klaus/Hayley, Elijah/Davina, Matt/Caroline, Bonnie/Jeremy, Damon/Elena
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or Twilight nor its characters.
"Well, seems you can always find the interesting ones, Kol. I do apologize for the snooping but -" The brunette in a suit was cut off by Kol before he could finish his seemingly redundant speech.
"Nik sent you to make sure I don't hurt his precious Gilberts." Kol spit out, his face changing as he growled and glared at the blonde I had seen earlier at the grill. Nik, I would assume. I didn't understand the slight dislike I had toward the blonde, as he hadn't done anything to me but
He hurt Kol. We should rip him to pieces, but I feel that would hurt Kol even more so he will live. For now.
I shook that thought away from my head, filing it away for later scrutiny, before refocusing back on the Original family that seemed to be squabbling about … something. Something not important nor pertaining to me nor my family so I didn't care.
"Excuse me, but can we focus, please. I'd like to get back home sometime tonight." I sighed, watching as everyone focused back on me.
Nik growled but the brunette that started speaking once they emerged from the woods held him back.
"Of course. My name is Elijah." He said, slightly bowing before introducing the blonde man I saw him with earlier and the blonde female that looked as if she wanted to be anywhere but here.
"And this is my brother, Niklaus and our sister, Rebekah." They nodded, Niklaus with a scowl and Rebekah with boredom.
"I'm Bella. Now, seeing as we've covered introductions and Kol now knows I'm not gonna give up my cousins, it seems as if my presence here is no longer needed. Thank you for your …. Bye." I trailed off before waving, walking back in the direction I had come from, feeling very satisfied with what I had learned today.
The next day I had been feeling watched but couldn't smell, hear or see anyone around so I decided it was time to feed. I didn't have to do it often, seeing as I needed to drink cold one venom to make sure that the little bit in my system wouldn't leave completely. I quite liked having an extra bit of strength while hanging around vampires all the time. I walked around in the woods for a bit before smelling a scent I hadn't smelled since he had left and a smirk found my lips. "Victoria." I sang, circling around. "Come out, come out, wherever you are."
"Bella." She sneered as she jumped from a tree, revealing her tattered clothes and dirt smudged face.
"Not looking too good, Victoria. Losing your touch?" I teased, my smirk still in place, as it usually is when hunting these loathsome creatures. She hissed before grabbing my neck and barring her teeth in my face. I frowned, what was it with vampires and my neck? Oh ... dumb question.
I chuckled to myself before quickly reversing our positions and pulling the venom from her body and into mine, my face scrunching from the bitter taste before throwing her away from me in disgust. Kol then came out from his hiding spot in the trees, clapping with a similar smirk that I tended to have before speaking.
"Nice hunting, darling. Although I did have some theories, this one had not crossed my mind." He said walking over before he kicked Victoria's head and lifted an eyebrow at me. I rolled my eyes, "Yes, she's dead." I said before lighting a match and throwing it onto the cold one's body. I waited until nothing was left before I snapped my fingers, thus putting out the fire and walking away.
"How - how did you do that?" Kol - Kol - stuttered, bringing a smirk to my face.
"Well, I'm a witch, darling." I said in a horrible attempt to copy his accent that even I grimaced.
"My mom and my grandma on my dad's side were witches," I explained with a shrug.
"and you're mentioned in my grimoires, both grimoires, a lot." I said with a pointed look toward the brunette but all I was met with was a raised eyebrow.
"Their surnames?" He questioned as we strolled throughout the woods.
"Higginbotham and Claire." I said before turning toward him.
"I would ask do you remember them but I feel as though that would be a waste of breath. I don't care if you do or not, just don't expect me to be your lap dog that does any and everything you would like; that Bella is long gone." I said folding my arms, feeling my magic start to rush through my body, the air around us starting to crackle. I took a deep breath to calm down, not wanting to burn down the lovely trees around us that had been nothing but sweet to me since I came here.
"Calm down, darling. I have no intention of asking you to follow me, It'll be my good looks and wonderful personality that will cause you to do so." Kol said cheekily making me open my eyes to glare at him.
"Seriously, darling, I'd never force you to do something that you didn't want to do." He soothed, his voice soft and smooth enough to make me want to throw him against a tree and -
"Okay." I coughed before continuing down the path toward my house. We walked in silence, him thinking I'd assume and me in a mixture of embarrassment and irritation of losing my control of both my anger and attraction toward the brunette that was slowly making me itch to choke something.
"Thanks for walking me home, I guess." I said, waving my hand toward the house before continuing.
"I know I'll see you soon because you're infatuated, so, I'll see you later." I said with a chuckle and genuine smile that surprised even me, before I headed inside. Yeah, I was in deep shit.
"Bella." Was whispered as someone shook my shoulder to wake me up.
"No," I moaned, "go away." I turned away from them, snuggling into the pillow to find that spot - right there. I smiled as I got comfortable again, falling back into my good sleep and just as I had gotten into that good, deep sleep, the irritant spoke again.
"Okay, I just wanted to spend some time with my favorite cousin. Have some bonding time that Jeremy and I haven't had much of before or after you'd gotten here but fine. I guess sleeping is more important than us." Elena sniffed before walking out and shutting the door behind her. "It is!" I yelled out in annoyance before getting up mumbling in both agitation and guilt. I took a shower, throwing on some jeans and a v-neck t-shirt before going - stomping - down the stairs.
"Morning, Bells." Jeremy said with a mouth full of toast and I glared at the smile that invaded his face. I muttered several insults that I'd probably feel bad about later as I poured some coffee into a mug before throwing myself into a stool behind the counter.
Jeremy's eyebrows were still shot up as I sipped on my coffee still mumbling with a scowl.
"It's best to let her settle with being awake, Jer. I woke her up this morning for some bonding time." Elena warned with a smile as she grabbed some coffee herself.
"Holy shit, Lana, you know better than to do that and why didn't you warn me?!" Jeremy whined at Elena before throwing a piece of bread at her that she caught. I raised an eyebrow at her and she cleared her throat uncomfortably, standing there shifting before throwing the piece of bread into the sink.
"Well, Bells," Jer clapped, obviously trying to diffuse the tension and take my attention away from Elena. "when you're finished with your coffee, I was thinking we could walk to the grill to give us," he waved between himself, Elena and I. "some time to catch up. And once we get to the grill, everyone else should be there so we can hang out with them, too." Jeremy explained as he finished his food and placed his dishes in the sink.
"Everyone?" I questioned and even Elena smiled. Jer nodded and by the time they grabbed their jackets I had transferred my coffee into a travel mug, slipped on my converses & jacket and were waiting for them by the front door.
"Hurry up!" I called out impatiently as they took their sweet time to get going and when my only response were chuckles, I scowled. Once they had exited the house I quickly closed & locked the door behind us, ignoring their amused smiles and chortles, before falling into step with them as we walked.