Dream-like state

I have a plan.

"Elena, look at me." He lifted my chin. "Darling, you have forever. I lived a thousand years, my life should have been over more than 900 years ago. You are 18, and immortal. You have given me the best experience of my entire existence, and I couldn't thank you more." He said, cupping my face.

"Kol, we are not done here, by any means. I know that I have to go back eventually, even though I prefer this to real life. I don't know how much you can see, but things are getting complicated. With Silas and Quetsiya, then Damon and Stefan. Kol, I can't go back to how things were after this. All they do is fight over me, and I can't keep leading them on, especially when my mind is elsewhere. What am I supposed to do?" I said, only speaking the truth.

"I can see everything. Elena, do you love them?" He asked hesitantly. I thought about it for a second.

"I love both of them." I watched his face fall. "But I'm not 'in love' with either of them." He looked up with a hopeful expression.

"Do what your heart tells you. I wish I would have been able to. Live, Elena, because no matter how old you are, death still comes sooner than you think. Don't make the same mistake I did." He said, pulling me on top of him.

"My heart is telling me live in the moment, with you, while I can." I said, leaning down to kiss him passionately. I closed my eyes and thought really hard. I opened my eyes as the scene around us changed. We were now laying in a bed, even though we couldn't feel it.

"Where are we?" He asked, looking around.

"We are at my family's lake house." I said, smiling at the memories of this place.

"It's beautiful." He said, looking out of the bedside window.

"I wanted to bring you here because this place is important to me. The only people I bring here alone are people who are equally important to me. I wanted to bring you while we have the chance." I said, watching his expression change, pulling me toward him to kiss me passionately.

"I won't ever be able to get enough of you." Kol murmured into my hair. Just then, I had an idea. I wasn't sure it would work, but it was worth a try.

"If I have my way, you won't have to." I said in a voice so low, only a vampire could hear it. He looked up at me, shocked.

"What are you talking about, darling?" He asked, more than interested.

"I'm going to bring you back, Kol." I said, jumping into his arms and wrapping my legs around his waist.

"Elena, it's not possible." He said sadly, laying me on the bed.

"I'm here, aren't I? We can feel each other. I gave up thinking that anything is impossible in this world a long time ago. My brother came back, so can you." I said confidently, not wanting to believe it had the possibility of not working.

"Elena, this is a risk you can't take. You saw what happened after Jeremy came back, there are consequences to everything." He turned his head to look back out the window, longing to come back. Wanting a second chance at life.

"The difference is that I won't be using expression, like Bonnie. That is what killed her, she had too much power and couldn't control it. And I won't be using magic at all. You will." I said, explaining my plan. He looked at me curiously then shook his head.

"Darling, I haven't been able to use magic in a thousand years." He managed to say, eyes looking down.

"Have you tried, since you died?" I asked honestly. He looked at me incredulously, beginning to chuckle.

"I am still a vampire, Elena, dead or not. By nature my magic is bound. You can't be both at once." I looked at him, his brown hair disheveled. In an instant, I had a strange urge to place my hand on his chest, over the scars. I couldn't help myself, so I did.