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Forbes Residence
Caroline's Bedroom
Few Days Later…

Kol is enjoying soon-to-be-dead bastard-free life. He has no idea where the asshole is but as long as he doesn't show his face anywhere near his human. He is satisfied for now. "Although, he won't hide from me once I'm free from daggered." The transparent ghost mused out loud.

He is currently in the room as he is leaning against the wall, watching his human covering the bite scars on her neck with concealer. "One of these days, I will give you my blood to erase those scars, love." He promised, knowing that with his unusual old blood as ancient vampire, it could truly heal any scars no matter how old. He likes seeing his human in flawless skin with no memories of asshole that forced her to remembered.

Bonnie is laying on the bed with a candle in hand while she stares at it. "—remember the party. Damon came up behind me, and he was kissing my neck, or biting my neck. I passed out. It's like there's holes in my memory lately. It's just weird. Maybe I let him bite me."

"No. He forced to bit you and attempt to drain you dry." Kol dryly said with anger flash in his eyes. He would never forget how Damon placed his filthy fangs in his sweet darling's neck so viciously and barbaric. "Stefan saved your life." He reluctantly added, as much as he wants to be the one to save his human… he is grateful that younger Salvatore saved Caroline.

"Why would you do that?" Bonnie asked, confused.

Caroline shrugged her shoulders. "Can we just not talk about it, okay? Don't want to talk about Damon. I don't want to talk about any of it. Just want to go back to normal."

"Agreed, darling." Kol glanced over Bonnie and noted that she attempts to lit up the candle with her magic. "Let me guess, you are starting to believe you have magic." He muttered, curious and frustrated. Seriously, what the hell is her family doing?

"What are you doing with that candle?" Caroline speak up from the mirror when she noticed Bonnie has been playing with it for a while.

The petite witch snapped out of it. "Um… nothing." She placed the candle on the nightstand but paused when her eyes contact the crystal necklace. She picked it up and examined it. "What's this?"

Caroline stood up from her seat, walked to Bonnie with a sighed. "Damon gave it to me. Or he was going to give it to me. All I know is, it's mine now."

"Technically, he dropped it and you found it. What was those words… ah, Finders Keepers." Kol snapped his finger when he recalled it with a smirked.

Bonnie raise her eyebrow at the necklace. "It's ugly." Kol snorted and Caroline grabbed it not unkindly.

"Well, get your grubby hands off it." The blonde-haired beauty placed the necklace over the coatrack and stared at it. She turned around and walked back to the vanity to finish her make-up.

Kol eyeing the crystal with warily. "I am curious why that tosser wants a dead witch's talisman though…" he muttered, puzzled.

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Only You

Chapter Five

"You're Undead to Me"

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Mystic Falls
Outdoor
Sexy Suds Car Wash

"Darling… one day, I would love to see you wash my car in bikini." Kol wiggles his eyebrows as he watches his human take charge the event. There are many girls wearing two pieces and some of them either wears shorts or skirt. Boys are either shirtless or tank top. Cars filled in the area, high schoolers are washing the automobiles with sponges of soapy waters and towels to dry.

He stood near his human who wears adorable two-piece pink bikini and dark jeans-shorts. Caroline currently informed her brunette friend with stern tone. "No friend discounts. No freebies. No pay-ya laters. We are not running a charity here. No, we are not." Kol watched her with amused and fond.

Elena nod her head with understood. "No, we are not." She repeated, confirmed her best friend that she is listening.

Then Stefan arrived with a smile. "Hi." He greeted them politely.

The girls greeted back as Kol tipped his head. "Hey mate."

Caroline stood up from her chair and raise her eyebrow at them. "The event is called sexy suds, you know?" she scolded them then walked away with a smirked.

"Ya know darlin', I wouldn't mind gettin' scold by you anytime and anywhere." Kol thick accented came as he walked by Caroline's side while he is enjoying watching how she swing her hips so nicely. What? He may be an Original immortal vampire and stuck as transparent ghost… he is still a man. Who appreciates women figures… especially the one he is taking a fancy to.

After a moment, Kol sauntered around the area with casual interested. He wishes he could passed the information to his human who is defiantly interested in gossip. It would be nice to have a real conversation with Caroline. He wondered what it would be like to meet her in person, to touch her, to exchanges talk and laugh, to dance, to see her smile for him, and how she would take when he will court her.

Kol shakes his head and return to his blonde-haired beauty who is back on the table with a lockbox that she gave the customer the ticket and take the money after she thanked them with a friendly smile. Soon, Elena approached her and sat down on the empty chair next to Caroline. "Hey, we're out of towels and those shimmy things." She informed.

"I'll go get some more. Mind the money." Caroline handed the money to Elena who will take charged of the stand temporarily.

The bad boy Original followed his human back inside the empty school building to the hallway. He glanced around for any danger as he doesn't want his human to be in any risk. The blonde-haired beauty arrived at the office door, grabbed the handle and jerk it but it was locked. She sighed with exasperatedly. She turned around but paused when she saw the shadows flickered.

"Love?" Kol watches her with concerned and wondered when Caroline glanced around with calculating eyes. Caroline step forward until she stopped in the middle of the hallway and tilted her head. Kol frowned deeply when he noticed Caroline turned around and eyes widen in anxious and nervously. "Hey, sweetheart…" Kol silently cursed once again that he can't communicate with her.

"Damon?" Caroline dazed off, confused and lost as she attempt to hear the voice from older Salvatore.

Kol stared at her blankly then realized hit him. "No, no, no, no! the vervain is gone from your system… that means… shit, fuck! That tosser is still trying to control you?!" he rubs through his hair with his fingers messy. "No! Do not let him control you!" he watches Caroline slowly jogging down the hallway. "CAROLINE!" he snapped, mixture of frustrated, anger, worried, and desperate.

SLAMMED!

Silence in the hallway as Caroline stared at the doors in appalled and astonished. The doors that were opened, has shut it closed to prevent her to leave. Kol blinked owlishly at the doors. "Bloody hell." He muttered, pleasantly surprised that he, somehow, got the doors shut. Caroline shakes her head and rubbed her temples. "What… what the hell was that?" she mumbled, perplexed as her blue-green eyes are clear.

"Caroline?" the blonde-haired beauty turned around and saw Bonnie approaching her. "There you are, we need your help. We are running out of the sponges." She informed with a calm smile. "Hey, you alright?" she noticed how confused her best friend is in.

"Umm… yeah, I'm fine." Caroline smiles, unsure but tried to comprehend what just happened. "Right, we need towels, shimmy things, and sponges. Gotta go find the teachers for the key. The door is locked." Bonnie nod her head with understanding.

Kol sighed loudly with relief. "You are going to be the death of me, love." He knew this is not the end. "That bastard… wherever the hell he is… he better leaves her alone." He grumbled, irritated.

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Later…

Caroline was slightly annoyed when she learned that Elena left the event but grateful that Stefan stayed as he has duty to do. "Seriously… what's up with her?" she asked Bonnie as they are cleaning the car with soapy sponges.

"I don't know. Elena has been acting weird for a while." The petite witch answered with a half-shrugged.

The blonde-haired beauty scoffed as she circled the soaps area around the car's door. "Things has been change around her ever since she met Stefan. And then there's Damon…" she scowled while Kol grimaced as he is standing in the safe distance while keeping his eyes out for any potential danger to his human.

He nearly lost Caroline to that soon-to-be dead vampire who tried to control her, but fortunately, he somehow used some kind of force to shut those doors and snapped the girl out. Plus, with Bonnie there is very helpful. "…anyways, why is she so…" Caroline couldn't even find the word for it to describe her brunette friend as she curled her free hand and shakes her fist in the air which amused Kol.

"Elena has been trying to get to know Stefan for a while, but he hardly mentions about his past to her." Bonnie explained while cleaning the windshield. "You know how she is when it comes big trust in relationship." She reminded her blonde-haired best friend.

Caroline rolled her eyes. "I get it. I really do. But not everyone wants to blab their past just after met less than a month."

The petite witch paused and stared at Caroline with raised eyebrow. "Really? This is coming from a girl who interrogated Stefan on his first day at school within five minutes?"

"Ah, she got that right, love." Kol agreed with Bonnie.

"All I'm saying is that—" the blonde-haired girl paused her cleaning as she turned her head to Bonnie. "—it's fine to get to know someone with basic information. But to truly learn and try to force someone reveal their past isn't the best way to do. Whatever Elena is doing… it could seriously risk her relationship with Stefan. He might have reasons for not telling her."

Kol snorted. "Of course, darling. His reason was he couldn't exactly reveal that he's a vampire to his human girlfriend." He pointed it out, offhandedly.

Bonnie shakes her head. "Since when did you get so… wise?" she tilted her head, impressed with her friend.

"I've always been this wise." Caroline rolled her eyes playfully and continued cleaning the car. "Honestly, if there's a reason a guy who has some kind of dark deep secret that he wants to hide, then I will respect that decision." She steps back, dropped the sponge in the bucket and picked up the hose. "As long as he won't lie to me about it and that someday, he will tell me when he is ready. And that—" she sprayed the water on the car to clean off the soaps while Bonnie backed away but listening to her quietly. "—is trust between two people in a relationship."

Kol stared at Caroline with new light once again. "Everytime, sweetheart. Whatever you do or whatever you say, you managed to surprise me." He muttered, thoughtful.

"You really put heavy thoughts about this relationship." Bonnie speaks up. "This isn't about Stefan and Elena… it's about you."

Caroline sighed softly while she shakes the water over the car. "I don't remember everything in my relationship with that asshole." Kol's lips quirk up. "But I know enough that he abused me. That he did something to me… he took something from me that I somehow knew… I won't get it back."

The petite witch step forward with wide eyes. "You… you are not saying that you were rape?" she whispered harshly to Caroline in horror.

"No!" Caroline snapped at her with shock as she nearly dropped the hose. "That's not what I'm saying! I don't know how you come to that conclusion. But no. He didn't rape me."

"He almost did." Kol growled as he recalled how Damon touches forced-sexually to his human.

Bonnie leaned back with relief. "Then what is it that you were trying to say?" she went to grabbed couple of clean dry towels from the folded chair while Caroline turned off the hook that was attached to the hose.

"I feel like he took away my free will." Caroline bit her lips as she grabbed the towel when Bonnie handed her not unkindly. "I got some glimpse during my time with him is that whatever I say or do… somehow switched around after he said words to me." Kol perked up with interest. He never met anyone who actually attempts to remember their time during compelled spells.

The petite witch slowly drying the car with the towel with confused frowned on her face. "Are you saying that he manipulates you into whatever he wants?"

The blonde-haired beauty carefully dries the glass with the towel. "Yeah, kind of. It's like… he can really… do some kind of tricks." She attempted to find a word for it.

"Hypnotize?" Bonnie offered a word that Caroline beamed at her.

"That's it! That's how I felt whenever I'm with him." Caroline said while Kol was beyond impressed with her intelligence.

The tiny witch finished dried the half of the car while Caroline is nearly done the other half. "So, you felt like you've been in some kind of trance-state when you are around Stefan's brother?" the blonde-haired beauty nodded her head. "If that's really true, then you should start fight against that. Make sure that you have strong will enough, so you don't have to repeat that kind of relationship again."

"Trust me, one time with an abuser asshole is enough for me." Caroline assured Bonnie as they both completely finished cleaned the car.

"Darling… you are amazing." Kol whispered with awed. He is starting to seriously fancy this girl more and more.

Beauty and brain?

He likes it.

A lot.

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Forbes Residence
Caroline's Bedroom
Later…

Kol never thought that he would find the car on flame by Bonnie who used her magic unintentionally would be so amusing. Meanwhile, Caroline dropped her things on her bed, went to her vanity and gently touch her bare neck where she covered the bite scar. She took the make-up wipers, clean the concealer off from her neck and revealed ghastly bite-scar. "…ugly." She mumbled, with disgusted and distressed.

Kol watching her quietly with soften eyes. "Oh darling…" he doesn't like it either since it kept reminding him how useless he was to protect his human from Damon fucking Salvatore. The Original immortal step forward until he stood behind her. He stared at the reflection of her appearance as he doesn't have his reflection. After all, he's only transparent ghost.

Caroline sighed heavily as she tilted her head to right shoulder, displayed the awful-looking bite and shred her sweater and grabbed the wipers to clean the concealer from her back of her shoulder of another bite-scar. She shakes her head and dropped the wipers on the vanity with teary eyes. "…why did I allow to stay with that bastard?" she whispered harshly with furious, confused, and lost.

"Because you were compelled by him." Kol answered softly, once again wish to comfort his human. He lifted his fingers to touch the bite-scar on the back of her shoulder. He lightly traces it around, barely touching her skin with his fingertips. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't help you… I was useless." He muttered, bitter about himself. He hates being incapable to protect blonde-haired beauty.

Caroline shivered from the slightly cold. Kol paused when he noticed and glanced up at the mirror to watch Caroline's confused glint in her blue-green eyes. He tries again when he traces his light fingertips to her neck where the bite-scar was. Once again, Caroline shivered hard and rubbed the scar on her neck, attempted to warm up.

Kol's eyes lit up with small hope. "…I wonder if you could feel my presence, sweetheart…" he mused out loud, reluctantly optimism.

Then the knocked heard which Caroline quickly shrugged her sweater back on and placed her palm over her bite-scar as her elbow rested against the vanity. "Yeah?" her door opened as her mother peek in.

"Hey, sorry I didn't come to see you at the car wash. Been busy with my job."

Caroline hummed disinterested in her mother's excuses. "That's fine."

Sheriff Forbes smiles softly. "Is there anything I can do to help you? I could always lend my ears in case you want to talk. Anything you want." Caroline just shakes her head. "No? Not even about boys?"

"Mom, if I want to talk about boys… I'll call dad. At least he's successfully dating one." Kol whistled with shocked as Sheriff Forbes huffed but nod her head and left with the door shut.

"Well, damn love. You certainly aren't afraid to use your bark worse than your bite." Kol commented, he did learn that her mother is hardly in home and that her father is gay who left her and her mother behind to be with his lover. Caroline and her mother's relationship isn't the best one but not the worse one.

Caroline sighed loudly as she dropped her head on the vanity. "Shit… didn't think about it and ended up hurt my mom's feelings again." She grumbled.

"At least you knew that you were wrong." Kol muttered. "Unlike my siblings… or me." He doesn't like to be proved wrong but oh well.

For now, he is wondering if there's a way for himself to at least make his human somehow acknowledge his existence.

It would be very entertaining and relief for him.

And it would make him a little less lonely too.