Sophia's POV
Two months had quickly passed and being on the road with Nik and Stefan was seriously driving me insane, the two were killing and leaving a lot of bodies that I worried would lead Damon to find us and that was the last thing I wanted but nothing I said stopped the party while we searched for werewolves all over the country and we had a potential lead on a werewolf called Ray Sutton who'd unwillingly lead us to his pack.
We'd lost his trail however it did lead us to a house in Tennessee where two of his companions, packmates...whatever werewolves liked to call themselves lived and Nik was determined to get his location from him so that Ray could lead us to the rest of the pack and Nik could turn them and create his hybrid army.
"Follow my lead my love" Nik said to me as we approached the house sneaking up on the girl who was clearly calling for an animal but she suddenly looked up and saw us jumping in fear. "I am so sorry, I didn't mean to scare you" I had to fight to keep from laughing at the god awful American backhoe accent Nik was trying to pull off.
"Can I help you?" the girl we'd startled asked.
"Yeah our uh…our car ran out of gas a couple miles back and I feel like we've been walking forever, yours is the first house we've come to so I was just hoping I could use your phone" Nik replied and I made sure to slump a little and lean a little further into Nik in order to make the story of being exhausted seem legitimist especially since I was in heels so I had to make it believable.
"Don't you have a cell phone?" the girl asked him and I rolled my eyes since this was a lot easier back when cellphones didn't exist even though they did make life simpler when we needed them.
"Heh yeah, the batteries died" I quickly covered for us and held up my phone even though it was perfectly charged, she just didn't need to know that.
"I promise we're not serial killers, we just need to use your phone" I stepped back subtly onto Nik's foot since that was the worst thing to say when we were trying to gain access to their bloody house.
"Sure" she finally sighed and I was actually surprised she agreed after that dummy comment from Nik.
"So...we can come in?" Nik pressed given we needed to be invited in.
"No, I'll get the phone and bring it out to you" she argued and my face dropped with that news, she clearly suspected something and I glared up at Nik blaming him.
"I thought you country folk were supposed to be more trusting" Nik spoke in his normal British accent and it was a relief since his American one was terrible even after hearing mine for the past 150 years.
"I'm from Florida" she spat back and I rolled my eyes having enough and sped forward grabbing her neck and lifted her up slightly.
"Well that explains it, now show us a little southern hospitality and invite us in" I compelled her watching her eyes dilate as it worked.
"Come in" she told us and I pushed her towards Nik.
"How about next time you follow my lead and we seriously need to work on that accent it's horrible"
"You wound me luv, I thought it sounded pretty good"
"It didn't" I told him as we headed up the porch and into the house being able to cross the threshold.
"I bet you a hundred dollars that dog ran off to a house with air conditioning" another girl called out leading us into the kitchen where we headed and she turned getting startled at the sight of us with the first girl. "What's going on?"
"Please don't be alarmed, I'm told Ray Sutton lives here" Nik told her.
"He's almost never here, he's on the road mostly"
"But I expect he makes it home...once a month" I pointed out letting them know exactly why we were here and why we wanted Ray but she doesn't answer and I smirked given it was answer enough to know we had the right place. "That's what I thought, where is he now?" I went on but she still refused to answer.
"If I have to make you tell me, it's going to be infinitely more painful for you" Klaus warned her with a smile and of course the girl tries to run but Stefan is at the front door and blocks her escape while we drag the first girl with us as we followed behind.
"I do love it when they run, don't you lover?" I smirked back towards Klaus.
"He's in Tulley, it's near the border...a bar called Southern Comfort it's off Highway 41" the 2nd girl exclaimed giving us what we wanted but she had already tried to run and I knew Nik wouldn't leave loose ends.
"Thank you, my love" I glared back at him, only I got that title from him, sure he called people love all the time but 'my love' was mine and mine alone. "Now..." he looks down at the girl in his grasp. "May my friend come in your home?"
"Yes" she breathed out and Stefan is able to enters
"Kill this one quickly" Nik states as he pushes the blond girl toward Stefan before he looks at the one that had ran. "Make that one suffer, we'll be in the car" he grabbed my hand and we walked out leaving Stefan to take care of the evidence.
"You know I still don't like this"
"How can I not when you tell me at least every hour"
"Well I still don't know why we needed to bring Stefan along, it's not like we can't do the torturous work ourselves, in fact I'd actually prefer it since I haven't exactly gotten to have any fun with you and Stefan hogging all the blood" I argued as we made it to where we'd left the car and as I went to open the passenger door it was suddenly pushed shut and I felt his hands on my waist spinning me around and pushing me against the car.
"You want blood luv you only need to ask" he smirked than bit into his wrist before holding his arm towards me.
"It's not the same thing Nik and I only enjoy blood sharing in more...intimate circumstances" I rolled my eyes as his wound healed over and he placed his hand into my hair gently pushing it aside. "Which is far too overdue with the fact that my brother is always bloody with us and it's awkward as hell"
"I know believe me I feel the longing too, my love" he replied and hearing him call me 'my love' just reminded me and I quickly hit my hands into his chest forcing him back a step out of shock more than my strength. "What was that for?"
"That was for calling that girl, my love" I spat glaring at him before I grabbed his shirt and pulled him forward colliding my lips to his in a deep domineering kiss. "You are mine Niklaus Mikaelson, I'm the only one you get to call that" I warned him and he smirked like the smug bastard that he is sometimes.
"Your sexy when your jealous" he spoke back and I rolled my eyes at him.
"I don't get jealous" I argued but he just smirked and leaned in kissing me and although I should make him work for it I couldn't resist the taste of his lips and pulled him even deeper into me before I felt his hands grab me behind my thighs and pull them up so I was forced to wrap them around my waist.
"You know you're the only one for me Sophia" he said breaking away from the kiss and I nodded my head before I leaned forward catching his lips again and I felt his hardening bulge.
"Argh gross" we heard and broke apart looking behind Nik and I saw Stefan standing there looking away. "Do you two really have to do that here and now?"
"You would have heard us" I spat glaring at me as Nik put me down and I stepped away from him.
"Well it's done, can we go?" he spoke turning to Nik and I could'a sworn I saw him glare at him for a split second but it could still be the fact that his humanity is on and he clearly doesn't want to be here anymore than I wanted him here.
"Yes, in the car" Nik told him before opening my door for me and I got in allowing him to shut it before he got into the driver's seat and started driving for the bar, the car falling into an awkward silence.
The air never stopped giving off an awkward vibe the entire drive to the bar and when we arrived I was thankful to just get out and head into the bar which we quickly determined Ray wasn't here but he would be so we began our preparations for subduing him by compelling everyone that was here already to ignore what was about to happen and to not intervene in any way before I headed to the bar and ordered a shot of bourbon compelling the bartender to make it on the house smirking as I sipped at my drink while Stefan and Nik continued to compel anyone that entered who we knew wasn't Ray.
"Hey there" I turned as a guy suddenly sat on the stool beside me. "Anyone ever tell you, you got beautiful eyes" I scoffed since seriously that was the best he could do.
"You know what they have, some say they even sparkle like sapphires" I blinked at him, fluttering my eyes for good measure.
"They do" he smirked clearly thinking I was interested, I recognized him as one of the ones Stefan had compelled which clearly he didn't do a good job of it since this guy was still an idiot and clearly stupid. "Can I get you another drink?" he asked and I smirked.
"I was actually just thinking about grabbing another drink" I replied and he smiled before I ran my hand up along his bicep to his shoulder before I leaned in like I was going for a kiss which got me eye contact considering this guy was pretty wasted judging by the strong stench of alcohol coming from his breath. "You won't scream or run"
"I won't" he spoke in a dazed tone making me smirk before I grabbed his arm and pulled his wrist to my mouth letting myself vamp out and bit down hard immediately feeling the blood drain out into my mouth and down my throat draining him dry before I pulled away and let his lifeless body drop to the floor.
"Thanks" I smirked wiping a single drip from the corner of my mouth.
"Really Sophia?" I heard and rolled my eyes turning to find Stefan standing behind me with an almost disappointed look on his face.
"What a girls gotta eat" I bit at him snarkily. "Get rid of the body will you" I told him and he glared at me.
"Get rid of it yourself" he snapped back at me before turning only to come face to face with Nik.
"Now mate, that's no way to treat a woman, take the body out back and throw it in the dumpster" I smirked at Nik's words as Stefan had no choice but obey and he groaned picking up the dead guy over his shoulder and carried him out the back.
"Mm I could get used to having my baby brother do whatever the hell I want" I laughed watching him go before I turned to Nik who was shaking his head at me with a smile.
"Be a little less conspicuous next time luv, we don't want to scare of Ray if he'd have come in and saw that"
"I was hungry, you two have been hogging all the blood and besides he thought he could get in my pants" I shrugged and swore I heard a growl of possessiveness come from Nik for a split second.
"I heard" he pointed out. "I was a split second from tearing his arm off if he touched you"
"And yet you scolded me, I can take care of myself you know"
"I know" he smirked leaning down and kissed my forehead. "But a man does need to protect his woman every now and then"
"Insecure about your man-card?" I smirked at him and he glared at me for a second before I felt him grab me and in a second I was sat on top of the bar. "Don't get so worked up Nik, we both know what you pack and I'm everything but disappointed or dissatisfied even with my cock-blocking brother always ruining our moments, I miss you" I added moving my hands down the front of his jeans and felt the bulge come to life again.
"You are bad" he breathed into me, a hairs breath from my face as his hand found its way into my hair gently pulling on it and I smirked wrapping my legs around his waist pulling him closer.
"Get us a place of our own tonight and I'll show you just how bad I can be"
"It's a date, my love"
"Counting on it lover" I smirked at him before I pushed him back and he stepped away letting me get off the bar right in time as I watched as Stefan came back in broody as ever and I rolled my eyes since did he have any other emotion besides brood. "You know you could smile every once in a while Stefan"
"What for?" he asked taking a seat at one of the tables.
"I don't know how about you actually have some fun...you never used to be this broody"
"People change, you never used to be this...wild" he shot back and I glared at him.
"Never in front of you, you'd always run and tell father anytime I did something wrong but I was never the polite, noble daughter that he wanted...in fact he never wanted a daughter at all" I spat at him feeling the ache in my chest of reminiscing our human lives, it felt like a knife to the heart to even remember that time. "He was always disappointed with me and couldn't wait to sell me off to the Lockwood's just so I wouldn't be his problem anymore but you wouldn't know any of that because you never could see past your blind admiration for the man!" I yelled getting myself worked up yet again.
"Luv-" I ripped my arm away from Nik as he tried to reach for it and stormed off before I seriously killed Stefan I was that angry, he may be broodier but he was still stubbornly loyal to the man who caused me the most misery in my life until I became a vampire.
"Ah!" I yelled and kicked over a bin as I found myself out the back of the bar and watched it fly across the clearing and slam into a car creating a huge dent in the door before I sank to my knees feeling the tears building up in my eyes. "Go away, just go away" I called out against the memories flashing back to the front of my mind, reliving every torture...every beating and yelling I'd ever gotten from my father especially the day I was told he'd betrothed me to George Lockwood.
"Sophia, your father wishes to speak with you in the parlor" Odette told me just as I was finishing with my hair pinning it up in a nice neat hairstyle.
"Thank you Odette, I'll be down in a second" I told her standing up from my vanity smiling to my reflection, I was officially 21 years old today and I couldn't wait for what Damon and I had planned to celebrate our birthday tonight. "Good morning father" I smiled at him as I entered the parlor not only seeing him but Benjamin Lockwood the mayor and his young son George who was my age. "Mayor Lockwood, Mr Lockwood" I curtsied remembering my manners and etiquette especially in front of my father knowing how he felt about me appearing as a lady in front of company.
"Take a seat my daughter" father said and gestured to the seat next to him so I held up my dress slightly as I walked over and sat next to him, legs pressed together and hands on my lap just like I'd been taught.
"May I ask what this is regarding?" I asked trying to be polite and not let the impatience be heard in my voice since I just wanted to find Damon and Stefan, we had all agreed to meet at the quarry even though Stefan was 14 we were including him in the fun.
"Well Sophia, your 21 now and a woman"
"Oh?" I asked confused on where this was leading, I'd already had the talk about becoming a woman and had already began to bleed and no way was my father concerned with that surely.
"It's time that you finally settle down and I've agreed that you are to marry George Lockwood"
"What?" I asked turning to face the Lockwood's into George's face who just looked impassive to the entire matter, I didn't want to marry him...I wanted to marry for love and I certainly didn't love George Lockwood nor would I ever since I'd heard all the girls in town talk about spending nights with him and I didn't want that, I didn't want some trapped arranged marriage.
"This will happen Sophia, I have let you run wild for far too long but now you need to settle down and fulfil the role of a woman, George is a fine young man and you will be his wife" I sat there shocked unable to put any words together while they continued to talk like I wasn't even here which was fine since I'm sure if I had my voice right now I'd be yelling and screaming, telling father that I didn't want to be sold off but I knew if I did than I'd be punished so I sat and let myself be talked about right in front of me before Mayor Lockwood and George stood to leave. "Say goodbye Sophia" father warned me with a look.
"Goodbye, it was a pleasure to have you" I curtsied before I watched father escort them out before I followed him into the hall. "How could you sell me off?!" I yelled unable to stop myself and he turned to me.
"Don't Sophia, your far too old to throw a tantrum and it's long overdue" he argued before disappearing into his study, a place we aren't allowed to go unless he invited us and I knew I was definitely not invited in so I ran.
I left the house running all the way to the quarry where I knew I'd find my brothers mucking around which I always joined them since I preferred that to my etiquette lessons against all my father's wishes I'd usually sneak down here.
"Damon!" I yelled upon seeing my twin and he immediately spun.
"About time...Soph?" I crashed into his chest feeling the tears rolling down my face. "What's wrong?"
"Father he..." I choked up sobbing a little and I heard Stefan had stopped playing and come over.
"What did he do?" Damon asked holding me out at arm's length looking me up and down for any blood or wounds which just made me shake my head.
"He sold me off" I choked out before a whole new set of tears began to fall as if saying it had made it feel realer.
"What?"
"He's making me marry George Lockwood, I don't want to marry him"
"He what?!" Damon exclaimed loudly that a few birds startled across the quarry and flew up into the sky. "Why would he do that, George is a pig"
"I don't want to marry Damon, please help me...help me run away"
"You can't do that" Stefan cut in and we turned to him. "Father knows what he's doing" I frowned at Stefan's words before turning back to Damon.
"You can't run away Soph but you won't be marrying George Lockwood" Damon argued making me cry harder and he pulled me into a hug.
"Promise?"
"I promise Soph and I don't break promises with you"
"Pinkie swear?" I asked having calmed down and held out my pinkie towards him.
"Come on Soph it's so childish" he protested but I knew he didn't mean it because he sighed then linked his pinkie with mine. "I pinkie promise now wipe those tears, we're finally 21 little sister"
"Little, I'm 12 minutes younger than you" I laughed before hitting his shoulder. "Your it!" I announced then ran off, I don't care how old we got when it was just the three of us it was like time stood still and we were as young and free as we wanted to be...
Damon had tried to get me out of the arrangement but the next day I'd awoken and he had a black eye, he refused to tell me how he got it but I already knew it was from father and while I hadn't married George he hadn't kept his promise since when Katherine arrived it was like he'd forgotten since when he and George came back from the war I was still engaged to him and he hadn't attempted to get me out of it, I did by dying...I saved myself and that's when I learnt that I couldn't trust anyone to save me...except Nik but only as a last resort as I always attempted to save myself first.
I stood up shaking off those thoughts, I was finished with whatever this little pity party I had fallen into was and went back into the bar seemingly just in time as I watched Nik heading towards the bar where a guy was sitting that I didn't recognize as being here before.
"Ray, Ray Sutton?" Nik asked him to make sure it was him.
"Who wants to know?"
"I've been looking everywhere for you, we started in Florida, Pensacola I met a young chap there who you worked with before you moved to Memphis now he directed me to two lovely young women and they lead me here to you" I rolled my eyes at Nik's words since yeah we'd been busy but he sure liked to lay out a story that was unnecessary.
"I think I'll be going" Ray said and started pulling out money to pay for the beer he'd gotten.
"Not so fast mate" Nik quickly snapped grabbing his arm to stop his leave. "You only just got here, now your type are very hard to come by" I huffed seeing Stefan heading over right as Ray tried to turn and make a break for it but he stopped him and I finally decided to walk up.
"I wouldn't do that" Stefan warned him.
"Why not the chase could be fun" I smirked towards Ray as Stefan pushed him into the bar as we surrounded him.
"Vampires" Ray stated finally concluding what we were...well two of us anyway since Nik was more than just a vampire now.
"Your swifty, swift Ray" Nik smirked at him. "Yes my friend here is a vampire and so is my girl, they've compelled everyone in the bar so don't look to them for any help, I however I'm something else a different kind of monster, I've got some vampire, I've got some wolf"
"You what?" Ray asked, a slight stutter to his voice and I smirked recognizing it as fear.
"A hybrid Ray, he's both" I told him as I jumped up onto the bar beside Ray and crossed my legs as he jumped away a little staring up at me with fear reflecting in his eyes which made my smirk widen, how I loved instilling fear into someone.
"You see I want to create more of me, now you being the first werewolf I've come across in many a moon...pun intended Ray" I rolled my eyes at Nik as he laughed at his own joke. "I need you to direct me to your pack" Ray avoided Nik's eyes and I knew this was about to get fun since werewolves were stubborn when it came to the pack and I knew we were gonna have to torture it out of him which I looked for to which is why I gave Nik and impatient look to just get on with it. "So where can I find them Ray?"
"You can't compel me, it won't work" Ray argued shaking his head and I turned towards Nik since clearly we were going with torture but instead of giving me the go ahead he turned to Stefan and the two seemingly had a silent conversation and knew exactly what they were saying to each other.
"Can I get a scotch on the rocks please?" Stefan suddenly asked making me frown since why was he ordering a drink before he turned back to Ray. "Ahem...tell you what Ray, were gonna play a little drinking game" he stated pulling out a bag from his back pocket opening it. "Something I like to call, truth or wolfsbane" he emptied out the contents and held up the plant material making me frown since why the hell did he get to torture.
"Oh this is going to be fun Ray" Nik smirked at Ray before Stefan grabbed him and began making me glare at them. "What's the face?" Nik asked and I turned back to him.
"Since when does he get to do all the torture, I was actually looking forward on getting my hands dirty"
"I'm sure they'll be plenty of time in the future for you to torture luv"
"Way to suck the fun out of this Nik" I pouted crossing my arms over my chest.
"Come here" he tried to grab me but I slapped his hands away.
"I'm mad at you"
"When are you not?" he whispered to himself but loud enough for me to hear and I glared at him.
"Maybe if you let me do something for once than I wouldn't be, ever since we started this I've been an afterthought to you" I don't know why this was coming up now but I couldn't stop the words from coming out of my mouth.
"That's not true"
"Isn't it, I mean if you two want to be alone I'll gladly leave" I spat glaring at me and he frowned before ignoring me and came over sitting down and pulled me off the bar so I was straddling his waist. "Let me go Nik"
"No" he argued running his hands over my thighs. "You are not an afterthought Sophia, I'm testing how far he'll go until he turns it off"
"Why do you even want him to turn it off?" I asked him with a frown. "Or here at all, we could have done this without him"
"I know but it's fun torturing him" he replied and I smiled a little since that was about the only silver lining to this situation.
"But he's getting all the fun" I argued looking over seeing Stefan had chained Ray up in front of a dart board and was dipping darts into the wolfsbane concoction he'd mixed up and was throwing them at Ray making him scream.
"You can get the next one"
"Promise?" I asked him running my hands into his hair.
"I promise" he replied but I swear I heard it in Damon's voice making me frown before I smashed my lips to his and he sped off the stool towards the back of the bar forcing me against the wall and I smirked.
"Nik, were not doing this here"
"Why not?" he smirked making me roll my eyes at him before using my own speed to fly us across the bar and pushed him into a chair and sat myself in his lap smiling when he did before I kissed him quickly trailing my kisses down his jaw and to his neck moving my hips just slightly hearing him grunt a little. "Luv" he warned making me smirk right as Ray screamed out again and I stopped what I was doing seeing another dart in him.
"Ray you can end this right now, just tell me where your pack gathers for the full moon" Stefan told him pulling out one of the darts from Ray's neck.
"I can't" Ray argued and I huffed turning around on Nik's lap to watch leaning back and Nik's arms wrapped moved around me pulling me against his chest.
"I know, I know you live by a code and all that but see he's not gonna let me stop until you tell me and I do whatever he says, that's the way it goes around here"
"Hello Mr Klaus" a girl suddenly said appearing in front of us, a compelled human spy Nik had watching our backs. "I have some information for you, you told me to tell you if I saw anything, I saw that guy's brother Damon at the farmhouse" I frowned since Damon was getting close and the last thing we needed was my twin around as well.
"Well thank you Claudine, you just tell your friends to keep up the good work with the neighborhood watch" Nik told her and she left and he pushed me to stand up as he got up and I huffed sitting back down in the chair as he faced off with Stefan who'd clearly heard and came over.
"Our brothers still on our trail" he spoke up looking at me but I glared at him.
"Your brother, I don't have any blood-brothers" I spat at him before avoiding his eyes.
"He's getting closer" Nik cut in before we could start, an all too common thing this past 2 months. "I'm gonna have to deal with that"
"No, no let me handle it" Stefan argued grabbing his hand to stop Nik from leaving and I frowned not trusting him for a second but I had conflicting thoughts about Nik going either.
"Why should I let you leave?" Nik asked him.
"Because you know I'll come back"
"Do I?" Nik questioned.
"You saved my brother's life, I'm in your service" Stefan replied and I scoffed.
"Oh it all sounds so tedious and indentured, aren't you having the least bit of fun?" Nik laughed pointing towards Ray who was looking at us.
"I'll make sure that my brother doesn't bother us anymore" Stefan said before he left not giving Nik a chance to argue and I watched him leave before I turned back to Nik feeling his eyes on me.
"Well then" he stated turning towards Ray. "Ray let me introduce you to someone, she's very adapt in torture" he turned and held out his hand towards me and I smiled since about damn time, I got up and practically skipped towards Ray smirking a little as he tried to move out of fear.
"Hello Ray, you want to tell us where your pack is?" I asked him but he didn't answer. "Okay well I guess this is gonna be done the hard way" I smirked before I grabbed his chains and ripped them off letting them drop to the floor. "And just to be clear Ray, what my brother has done so far is child's play" his eyes widened in fear as I grabbed him and pulled him with me while Nik laughed.
An hour later Ray was still holding out and I was growing frustrated as I threw him over my shoulder onto a pool table then used my speed to get on top of him and pressed my heel down into his neck, blood was covering his entire body but I was mindful to avoid the major arteries since we didn't want him to bleed out and his body was a mixture of black and blue from all the bruises in which was taking their time healing since werewolves didn't heal as fast as us.
"You have five seconds to tell me where your pack gathers as I'm getting tired of this Ray" I warned him pressing down hearing him choke a little but this time there was words. "What was that?" I asked releasing the pressure just slightly.
"The Smokey Mountains" he choked out and I smirked.
"Thank you Ray, now was that so hard" I turned to where Nik was sitting staring at us having watched the entire time, the amused smirk never leaving his face. "You get that lover?" I asked and he stood up coming over.
"Well done luv" I jumped off the pool table leaving Nik to handle the rest as I went to the bar and grabbed a drink for myself. "Okay it's a three step process Ray, this is step one I want you to drink from my wrist-"
"I already told your girlfriend where to find the pack" Ray argued cutting Nik off. "What more do you want from me?"
"Have you been listening to a word I've been saying Ray?" Nik replied and the knife he had in his hand towards Ray's eye. "I have great plans for you" he hold him before using the knife and cut his wrist forcing it into Ray's mouth forcing him to drink. "You'll thank me for it later, there we go atta boy" he looked up and I followed his eyes seeing Stefan had actually returned.
"What are you gonna do now?" Ray asked coughing up a little.
"It's time for step two Ray" Nik explained he snapped his neck. "Your back" he looked up at Stefan again.
"Did you doubt me?" Stefan asked.
"Not for a second" Nik replied and I scoffed since I had, I didn't trust either of my brothers for a second. "I knew you'd past the test, you still care for your brother, for your old life"
"Nah I don't care about anything anymore" Stefan argued and I let out a laugh.
"You put on a good show Stefan, we almost believe you" I bit back at him as I stood. "Let's hope for Damon's sake he does"
"You never stop caring about family, do you?" Nik added making me frown as I turned to him since that's not what I meant, I could care less about my brothers. "But every time you feed the blood makes it easier to let go" he stated and I frowned heading away from them before I heard Stefan stand and leave the bar.
"Does this mean I get to do all the torturing now, seeing as I got the answer?" I asked as I jumped to sit on the bar again.
"Perhaps" Nik smirked coming over and stood in front of me so I moved my legs apart letting him stand between them and put my arms over his shoulders.
"Perhaps, I did better than my little brother" I protested and he stared at me.
"You still call him little brother" he pointed out and I frowned since I hadn't meant to, it was hard seeing as that's what I had always called Stefan and having had that episode earlier of my memories in which I'd pushed down for 100 years rushing back I guess it was fresh in my mind.
"It doesn't mean anything to me, whether I like it or not he is my brother and old habits are hard to break, just like how you dagger your siblings but you still call them siblings" I pointed out and he frowned but clearly understood where I was coming from. "Besides your brothers have been more like brothers to me than they have the past 150 years"
"Yes you did have quite the relationship with Kol as I remember"
"God I miss him" I laughed and he gave me a look. "As a friend" I quickly added since we both knew how much Kol liked to flirt with me just to get a rise from Nik but he was the closest Mikaelson male besides Nik that I was closest to and was like my best friend in the 13 years he'd been un-daggered that I had met him.
"Maybe one day I'll un-dagger him for you, once he's learnt his lesson"
"It's been over ninety years Nik" I argued since I was still on the fence over the fact that he daggered his siblings if they ever turned against him or did something he didn't like but it wasn't my place and I usually stayed out of it but I didn't even know what Kol did since Nik refused to tell me only that he turned on the family and had conspired with the witches.
"Yes and he'll continue his torture until I see fit" he reminded me.
"I know, I just...miss them" I shrugged before leaning back over the bar and grabbed an entire bottle of bourbon and cracked it open.
"You have me" he argued and I smiled.
"I always have you" I reminded him. "Wherever" I added using my legs to draw him closer. "And whenever I want" I whispered close to his ear before leaning back and took a drink before he was pulling the bottle out of my hands.
"Don't toy with me Sophia, unless you're prepared to face the consequences" he said taking a drink himself.
"Maybe I want to face the consequences" I smirked taking my bottle back and sat it down on the bar before I put my arms back over his shoulder and into his hair and pulled back to bring his head back. "Maybe I want to be punished" I added slowly closing the gap between us, our lips a hairs breath apart and as those words left my mouth his crashed down before he ripped my shirt over my head and I smirked, hook...line and sinker every time.
