A.N. Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! Onwards to the story! :-)
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.
"Let's not jump ahead on things just yet, poppet. We haven't even begun your training on how to control your wolf and witch side so let's wait a bit to jump onto immortality, alright, darling?" Kol explained as he and his siblings walked through the cabin door, Nik and Elijah sitting beside their mates while Kol plopped himself onto the couch next to Bella.
"Wouldn't it make more sense to do it now and learn to control everything at once so I don't have to later?" Bella asked in confusion, her head tilting.
"No, poppet, it'd be overwhelming and you have enough to deal with; besides, I'm sure this will not be the last drama show we'll have and we need you properly functioning so I know you can handle yourself. I don't want to get us both killed worrying about your mental state, your well-being as well as trying to stay alive, darling. I already will be pushing it by checking on you to make sure you're alright, let's not push it by adding you being unstable to the mix." Kol added the last bit cheekily, unable to help himself with wanting to see how Bella would react by Kol basically commanding her and he was unsurprised when her eyes flashed yellow before going back to normal. He raised an eyebrow at her and Bella stared for a moment before emitting a resigned sigh and Kol wrapped an arm around her shoulders, pulling her into a semi-hug before whispering in her ear.
"Don't worry, darling, you'll learn your control and then we'll discuss your immortality. In fact, we can talk about it, work through the kinks and make a plan so once your control is solid at best, we'll get working on your immortality." He kissed her temple and she sighed again, this time in contentment.
"Okay." She whispered back and kissed his neck before sitting back against the couch, keeping his arm around her as she sat back, their sides touching as they faced the group that was pointedly avoiding their obvious PDA moment. Bella smiled at that before her smile fell off her face and was immediately replaced with a frantic horror that had her gasping in shame. "Jer and 'Lana! Do they know where I am?" She felt like the world's worst cousin. She was spending almost all of her time with the Mikaelson's and almost none with them and had it not been for the genuine panic Bella seemed to be in, Kol would've laughed.
"We bumped into little Jeremy Gilbert on our way back here and let him know of your circumstance. They know you're safe, darling." Kol calmed her and even though she still felt bad about essentially ditching her cousins, she did feel a bit better about them knowing what was going on and not feeling out of the loop. She nodded with a sigh before taking deep breaths to calm down.
"Well, it's been a trying day for us all, let us leave training for daybreak and I'll see you guys then." Elijah said briskly, speaking to his brothers with his eyes to explain he felt they all needed alone time with their mates before having to spend most of their upcoming days mentoring Bella. Everyone nodded in agreeance, Kol, and Nik nodding in agreement with both spoken and unspoken statements before everyone, sans Elijah and Davina, stood, ready to leave the cabin as they spoke their farewells.
"Well, as … exciting as this has been, Stefan - and his whole gang, I'm sure will be wanting an update. I'll see you guys at daybreak. Bye, little dove," Rebekah flipped her hair before hugging Bella tightly, whispering the last sentence in her ear before releasing her, continuing her escape speech.
"Text me, little witch and Hayley, tell my darling little niece that her Aunty 'Bex will come to see her soon, yeah?" Rebekah hugged each girl while grinning at her brothers before dashing off.
"Next time, you can meet Hope. We usually keep her hidden to keep her safe but I know she'll want to meet you." Hayley said to Bella with a grin once the yellow whirlwind that was Rebekah had left and Bella returned that grin tenfold.
"I'd like that, thanks, Hayley." Both Nik and Kol watched the interaction with more emotion then they'd care to admit but when their eyes caught they couldn't deny the flare of warmth the moment inspired and instead nodded to one another in acknowledgment. Kol loved how seamlessly Bella was integrating herself into his family and it stirred something deep within him that made Kol want to make Bella his in every way possible, it was a feeling he'd never experienced before in his long, long life and it was startling. He didn't understand the emotion nor the urge but he did know that it was something primal, and raw, and it wasn't going anywhere until he dealt with it.
Nik felt a smile tug at his lips as he watched his mate and newly found niece come together, forming his internal - becoming external - formed pack and it felt good.
It felt really good and it seemed that his newfound niece would always find a way to make the Mikaelson's feel something again.
"See you at daybreak, little Swan." Nik said nodding to Bella and she grinned, waggling her eyebrows at him. They grinned at each other for a moment before Nik winked and left hand in hand with Hayley.
"Do I need to be worried about her?" Hayley asked with attitude and the gang inside the cabin smiled in amusement while Nik responded to Hayley with unrestrained humor.
"She's my niece, love."
"Oh, yeah." The gang laughed lightly before continuing their farewells. Davina and Bella swapped numbers so they could talk amongst themselves while Kol and Elijah nodded to one another before Kol grabbed Bella's hand and walked her out of the cabin.