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"Come with me."
I looked at the hand that was offered to me before looking back up to Kol's face. "Why?"
"Do you have to be so suspicious?" He glanced up at me from under his eyelashes.
"Of you?" I shot Caroline a look before moving my little finger. Getting the hint she appeared at my side. "Always."
"Would you look at the time?" Caroline laughed and latched onto my arm but we all knew that it was forced. "We really should be going."
"What's the hurry love?" Klaus asked walking towards us as her grip on me tightened.
Kol took my free arm. "We really should get to know each other better, darling."
Before I could even begin to protest, he had dragged me along beside him as he ran at vampire speed. I groaned when he finally stopped, I was never going to get used to that.
"So much for our pact," I muttered, glancing around the garden and looking up at the moon. "What do you want Kol?"
He sat down one of the garden steps. "Just to talk." He parted the step beside him.
"Fine." I crossed my arms, refusing to do as he wanted. "What is it you wanted to talk about?"
He shrugged and I rolled my eyes before glancing down at the flowers planted along the path. Leaning down I traced the petals of one of the chrysanthemums before Kol mirrored my position. Plucking one of the white chrysanthemums, he turned to face me.
"Can I?" I remained silent, not sure what he was asking. Moving towards me, he pushed some of my hair behind my ear he set the flower in its place. "They're your favourite right? White chrysanthemums?"
"How do you know that?" I asked quietly, fearing his answer as if it could change absolutely everything.
"You told me."
I stood up quickly, rounding on him as he slowly rose from the ground. "No I didn't."
His eyes widened before clouding over completely. "I'm sure that you told me."
"Maybe." I muttered, turning away from him, knowing that I hadn't told him that. But there was that little niggling doubt in the back of my mind that told me that maybe I had told him.
"Come on." He tugged on my arm and the next thing I knew we were in his room.
I looked around the room and whirled round to face him when he began, "Dear diary."
"You keep a diary?" My lips tugged into a smirk.
"No." My eyebrows furrowed and he lifted the book to show me the cover for the fraction of a second. But in that fraction of a second I stiffened.
He wouldn't. "Today I saw him again. Nathan-"
"Don't you dare," I warned, stalking towards him.
His smirk only grew larger as he flipped past a few pages. "He's just so-"
I reached up for it and he tables it out of my reach and I pouted when I noticed that it was high above my head. I groaned before rising onto my toes only to have it still out of my reach. Stepping onto his toes, I continued to reach up.
"How did you get it?" I asked glaring at him. "When the hell did you get my dairy?"
He moved it out of my reach but I managed to cling onto the corner of it. "When your grandmother invited me in." His eyes flickered down to my lips and I swallowed nervously, noticing that we were face to face.
"Don't get any ideas."
"Whatever do you mean?" He asked his free arm slipping round my waist.
"Doesn't matter," I said, successfully tugging my diary out of his grip and stepping away from him. The arm around my waist stopped me form moving further away and he began to tilt his head down.
"You don't mean this do you?"
I watched him carefully, expecting him to pull back but he never did. Before his lips could touch mine, I covered mine with my diary and he stopped when his touched the other side of the book. He raised an unimpressed eyebrow and pulled back.
Before he could say another word I ground the heel of my shoe into his foot and muttered. "Don't touch my stuff, darling."
I sauntered out of his room, knowing that his gaze was following after me. Now I just had to find Caroline so we could leave. Walking down the stairs I passed by the rooms before walking back and seeing a blond figure.
"Caroline," I called and she jumped at the sound of my voice and tugged on my arm.
"Let's get out of here," she muttered and we walked out of the room and headed for the front door.
Feeling eyes drilling into us, I turned and looked at the top of the to see the two originals watching us. Turning away from Kol, I looked at Klaus and raised an eyebrow, hoping for some indication of what had Care so spooked. He only smirked and shook his head in smug amusement.
"What happened Caroline?" I asked as I slid into the passenger seat.
She started the car and muttered a quiet, "Nothing."
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Staring at my reflection I groaned and pulled my hair into a messy bun, my mind focused on a dream that had managed to take away all of my sanity. Sighing I turned away, trying to divert myself but it didn't work.
"It's not going to happen," I muttered, trying to reassure myself as I padded down the stairs in my pyjamas and into the kitchen. "Why am I even thinking about it? I refuse to let it happen."
But I knew that was a lie. No matter how hard I tried to fight it, it would happen even if I didn't know how or why. But if I had known why I could've done something about it. Especially because I knew that none of my visions were fully determined. If someone managed to eliminate the cause, my vision wouldn't come true and that version of the event would be completely none existent and I would be the only one to know of it.
Sighing slightly I leaned against the counter, trying to battle down the memory.
"Why are you doing this darling?" He asked quietly, his voice unusually husky.
"I really don't know," I murmured back as his hands slipped down from my sides and gripped my waist. He pulled me down onto his lap, a knee on either side if his thighs as I let out a gasp. A small blush made its way onto my cheeks when I realised that I was straddling him. Grasping my chin gently he turned me back to face him.
"Maybe you've realised just how hot I am?" He nuzzled his head into my neck and I found it odd that I didn't stiffen. Here was a vampire, an original at that, who could drain me in a second, especially in this position but it was as if I trusted him not to do anything without my consent.
"You think so?" My eyes fluttered shut as I arched my neck, his lips tracing up and down it repeatedly. Wrapping my arms around his neck, I pulled him towards me, suddenly needing him closer.
His lips left my skin momentarily and I opened my eyes at the loss of contact. I looked up into his eyes and found them dark with desire causing me to swallow slightly.
"Or," he drew the word out. "You've stopped fighting what's between us."
I moved my fingers to slowly trace his jaw line before leaning forward to trace the path with my lips and muttered against him. "And what exactly is between us?"
"The same thing that there's always been." He answered distractedly as his lips attached themselves to my collar bone. My head swam at his words and I couldn't quite understand them while understanding them perfectly at the same time.
This had happened a lot since I'd first seen him. It was as if part of me understood something perfectly while the other was at a loss to what was really happen.
I was snapped out of my thoughts as I felt him press harder against the same spot. "You're going to leave a mark."
He looked up and I caught the devilish gleam in his eye before he returned to his task. "That the point, darling." Pulling away from me, he glanced down at my collar bone, smug satisfaction displayed in his eyes and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. His hands slip slowly up my sides and pulled me closer, his be eyes focused onto my lips. "You're mine."
"Am I now?" I asked turning my head just in time for his lips to make contact with my cheek.
He continued unperturbed, his lips trailing a blazing path up to the skin just beneath my ear. His teeth grazed gently across the skin and I shivered, feeling him smirk against me. "You have been from the moment I first laid my eyes on you."
I saw a flurry of white before I found myself pressed into his mattress with him hovering over me, a gentle smile on his face. "As much as I liked that position I prefer this one so much more."
"Why's that?" I asked, moving innocently under him. When I felt him stiffen I turned my head away from him to hide a smirk. One of his hands turned my face so that I looked up at him.
"You're such a tease," he muttered before swooping down.
This is ridiculous, I thought pacing round the room. I had to find something to occupy my mind. My eyes landed on Caroline's binder and I sat down at the table and pulled it towards me in an attempt to distract myself. It worked as I tried to balance the budget we were given with Caroline's demands.
As the doorbell rang I rose slowly to my feet and opened the door. But once I caught the smallest of glimpses at the person on the other side I let out a squeak of "Kol!" Before slamming the door on his face and freezing completely.
Resting my back against the door I drew in deep breaths in an attempt to slow down my heartbeat and cool the blood that flowed straight to my cheeks. The bell rang again and I swallowed forcefully before opening the door inch by inch.
"You're not going to slam the door in my face again are you?"
I shook my head and stepped back to let him in. He surveyed the room once and turned back to face me and raised an eyebrow as if to ask why I was so quiet.
"What are you doing here?" I asked, finally finding my voice.
"I just decide to visit my favourite oracle."
"How many oracles do you know?" I demanded, raising an eyebrow.
"Alright then. I wanted to visit my favourite girl. Happy?"
I rolled my eyes and didn't answer him as I walked back to the table. Feeling a burning gaze on me I turned back to him and couldn't help but scoff. He might have been a 1000 years or so old vampire but he was still a boy. Tugging at the bottom of my pyjama shorts I threw him a look.
"My eyes are up here."
"I know." He stated but didn't move his gaze.
Sighing at his behaviour I sat down at the table and turned my attention back to the binder. He walked towards me, placed his chin on the top of my head and his hands on my shoulders as he glanced down at the papers on the table. I stiffened forcefully, refusing to melt into him.
"What are you doing darling?"
"Planning a dance."
"Need any help?"
"Sure," I said, knowing that my surprise carried across in my tone.
He watched me closely as I tugged on my hair and groaned. "What's wrong?"
"We've gone over budget and Caroline demands that we have all of these things."
"Here," he muttered, sliding his chair over to mine. "Let me see."
Minutes passed and I spent the time looking over his profile and couldn't help but admire his features. He glanced at me from the corner of his eye and I looked away immediately biting my bottom lip. A small chuckle passed his lips. Setting the piece of paper before me he watched the grin grow on my face.
"I could kiss you!" I declared before frowning when I saw his heated haze on my face. "What?"
"I'm waiting."
I rolled my eyes. "I said I could kiss you not that I would."
He gave an exaggerated sigh as my phone rang.
As soon as I had the phone pressed against my ear Caroline said quickly, "I need to tell you something."
"What's wrong Care?" I asked quietly
"Are you alone?" She demanded heatedly.
"No."
"Who's with you?"
"Kol."
"Leave the room," she muttered making his eyebrows shoot up. "I don't want him hearing anything."
"Alright one second," I said as I gave Kol a warning look and padded up stairs and into my room. Sitting down on my bed, I crossed my legs. "Spill."
She took in a short breath. "IkissedKlaus."
"Excuse me?" I raised an eyebrow. "Did you just say that-"
"I kissed Klaus. Well he kissed me actually but the point is that I didn't push him away or pull away and I might have sort of, kind of kissed him back a little bit." She said rapidly as I began to smile. "Stop that! Don't smile! It is not cute."
"Yes it is Caroline. You've got that boy wrapped around your finger."
She sighed quietly. "I don't want him wrapped around my finger. I just, I'm so confused."
"Care," I said softly. "Do you like him?"
"Only a little bit," she said begrudgingly. "But picture the smallest amount you can possibly think of and divide it by a million. So it's completely insignificant."
"Care."
"You know what, never mind. It's probably best if we forget this conversation."
I shook my head. That girl was far too stubborn.
"What was that all about?" Kol asked as I reappeared at the bottom of the stairs.
"The usual Caroline drama," I muttered as I sat beside him and tucked my legs under me. "Just do me a favour."
"Of course."
"Tell your brother that is he hurts her, I'll be coming after him."
He saluted me. "Yes ma'am."
I rolled my eyes and turned away from him before whipping back round. I took his hand in mine and stared down at the ring on his finger.
"If you wanted to hold my hand-"
"Shut up Kol," I cut him off, staring down at the ring. Where had I seen-
I rose to my feet suddenly, said a quick "Stay here," and ran up to my room before pulling the diary out from its hiding place. Taking the stairs two at a time I ran back into the room and took Kol's hand again and examined the lock on the cover against the pattern of the ring. They were identical.
"Where'd you get that book Julietta?" He asked his entire posture stiff and his tone clipped, causing me to look at him suspiciously.
"I found it," I muttered. "Do you know what it says?" He shook his head and I narrowed my eyes at him. "I think your ring would be able to unlock it. Can I use it to open it?"
"No." I looked at him in surprise. "I don't think you should read it."
"And why not?" I demanded.
I watched his fists clench at his sides. "Some things are better kept as mysteries. Let's just leave it at that."
"But you said you didn't know what it said."
"And I don't."
I looked at him in confusion, not understanding anything. Something that happened an awful lot around him.
"Kol what are you hiding from me?" I asked, setting the book aside and turning to face him.
"Nothing."
"I'm not buying that BS." I muttered. "You either tell me now or show yourself out."
His eyes scanned over my face before he rose slowly to his feet and walked out of my house.
I was so sick of people hiding things from me.