Destroy me - KAI PARKER

33. || Disney World

"Hey cutie, you alright?"

I nodded at the bartender and stirred the straw of my drink around. "Well you're crying, so.." He slid some napkins over the counter and watched me wiping my tears away.

"So, what's wrong?"

Shrugging my shoulders I tossed the napkins into a trash can. "Did a boy break your heart?" My eyes started watering up again as I thought about what Enzo told me. He held up the biggest mistake I ever made and acted like he never forgave me.
Why was I always the one suffering?

Why did he even bring up Augustine? The topic was me being trapped in this prison world. After I vamp speeded out of the grill I got here. Whitmore bar. A college bar. I thought this was the last place anyone would think about.

Well– if anyone even cared where I went.

"It's not like that.."

The bartender rose his brows and leaned against the bar. "My brother and I got into a fight." He looked at me with compassion adorning his eyes. "Well I don't have a brother but I have a good shoulder to cry on and my shift ends in a few minutes." I chuckled at his words and nodded. "That'd be lovely, thank you."

"No problem. I am Liam by the way."

"Layla."

When a blonde girl came to take his place, Liam got rid of his black apron and sat down next to me.
"So what did he say to make you cry like this?"
Now try to explain this to a normal guy.

Maybe this was my chance? A normal guy. No vampire, no werewolf, no sociopath - just a friendly young man. Just as I was about to tell Liam a played down version of my fight with Enzo, a hand laid on his shoulder and pushed him off the stool.

"Back off baby face, bad boy is here to cheer that girl up."

After I compelled Liam to leave I turned to Kai, who was trying to get the straw of my drink into his mouth.

"What the hell is wrong with you?!"

Kai frowned while taking a few sips of my cocktail.
"What? That guy seemed boring." I desperately rushes my hand over my face and sat back down.

"You know a little boredom would—"

"No it wouldn't."

I really liked Kai but he was literally the worst kind of person to have around when you were sad. When being mad - he was the perfect candidate. He raged you up and motivated you to destroy everything around you, but when being sad, I preferred to be alone.

"Your brother is an idiot."

A slight smile appeared on my face. Kai got up and took my cocktail with him, so I just sat there looking at my nails and waiting for him to come back.

"Mama take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see.."

My head immediately shot to the little stage. In his right hand he was holding my cocktail and in his left the mic. Oh my god!

"Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door.."

Kai brought up his glass as if he was toasting to me. A bright smile grew on my lips at his try to cheer me up. He was the best. Fuck Damon, fuck Bonnie.
Kai was the one I could trust. Kai was the one who cared.
I wooed at him as the song stopped.

"Crushed it. Literal mic drop."

He dropped the mic and got back to me. "You liked it?" I nodded in amazement. "I was about to throw my bra on the stage." Kai started laughing out loud. "No but seriously, thank you."

"What do you mean I just sang karaoke."

I rolled my eyes knowing damn well he did not just sing karaoke. "So I figured that we both don't have anyone here.." I nodded and listened carefully.
"And we had a plan - you know back in hell."
Plan? Which plan?

"We could still go to see your stupid waterfalls."

My heart jumped at his words. I quickly pulled him into a tight hug. "I'll take that as a yes." Kai grinned as we pulled away. "Yea after your falls we're going to Disney world." I furrowed my brows. Disney world with a sociopath?
Could be fun.

"I- I read something about online and it's hugee! There is this gigantic darth vader–"

He stopped talking when he realized my stare.

"What?"

"I love you Kai."