Remember Me

Chapter 4

Crash

“Oh my gods Bonnie are you alright!?!”

Brown eyes stared, transfixed at the scattered pieces of a vase on the mahogany wooden floor a hand grasped Bonnie’s shoulder seemingly pulling her out of a trance, she blinked shaking her head slightly as if to clear her mind.

She glanced up, suddenly feeling dozens of eyes gazing at her in concern rosy lips turned into a shy smile, “sorry everyone guess I’m a bit clumsy today” Bonnie turned her attention to her cousin who shook her head concern replaced with amusement. Almost instantly the giddy pre-wedding buzz returned as people scurried to clean up the mess.

Bonnie sighed her heels clicking on the floor as she went to get the broom, but her eyes slowly traveled back to the scattered glass.

This was a terrible sign.

~+~

“Do you really have to go?”

Light blue eyes gazed at Kol with a hint of sadness, Damon pulled out his bottom lip slightly making it quiver as he widened his gaze trying to give the image of innocence with a mix of begging, Kol let out a low unconscious grumble that look along with the fact that his lover was in nothing but a wrinkled bed sheet almost was enough for him to stay inside. Almost “can’t you just tell Klaus to run his own errands?” Kol chuckled wrapping his arm around Damon’s waist pulling him closer.

“You and I both know he would just bitch and whine if I told him that” damn it Damon sighed irritated was an understatement of what he was feeling, while the two we’re… spending quality time to make up for lost time when Klaus-fucking-Mikaelsen decided to call his brother telling him to run errands for him, why couldn’t he do this himself? Well it may have something to do with the fact that he was currently fucking his brother into a mattress (Damon wasn’t stupid that sure as hell wasn’t a pained groan in the background).

A soft hand traveling underneath the bed sheet, caused a shiver to run up Damon’s spine bringing him out of his thoughts “I expect you to be spread out when I get back” hot breath tickled his ear before being joined by teeth.  “When you get back” Damon breathed his hand slithering underneath the other male’s shirt fingers massaging smooth cold skin “I’ll be more than spread out” Kol growled, before reluctantly pulling back and for the untempt time regretted planning this in the first place, breathing in his mate’s scent one last time he kissed Damon’s forehead before turning his back on the thing that mattered most and leaving the boarding house Klaus had better been right when he said the store would sell him the perfect ring.

~+~

With a soft sigh Damon wrapped the bed sheet tighter around his body, trying to keep his naked skin hidden as much as possible biting his bottom lip he realized that although the other vampire had just left he missed him already.

“Oh? Your awake I thought you would never come down from that bedroom”

No Damon would never admit, that he jumped at least a few feet off the ground at the sudden appearance of the curious voice, and no his cheeks we’re not flushing with embarrassment the room was just hot…. “Jesus Elena don’t do that!” Damon slightly shouted at the doppelganger light blue eyes blinked before narrowing slightly “how long have you been standing there?” Elena quirked her grow a unidentified glint in her eye, her tone mischievous as chuckled “long enough to know what Kol’s going to do with you when he gets­­ back” god damn it.

Ignoring the sensation of humiliation the vampire straightened his posture slightly, trying to radiate an of superiority and age…it didn’t work, if anything it seemed to make the smug look on Elena’s face widen “shut up” Damon hissed blue eyes deciding that the fireplace was suddenly very interesting at the moment.

“When’s the last time you fed Damon?” the eldest Salvatore quirked his brow, teeth nibbling on his bottom lip in thought when was the last time he drank? Granted Kol was a bit of a distraction making the vampire forgetting basic needs such as feeding but certainly he managed to crawl out of bed and sneak in a few drinks, Elena leaned against the frame of the kitchen doorway her eyes traveled over the man standing not even a few feet from her.

Taking in the disheveled bed hair, and thoughtful yet still blown out pupil’s in the vampires eye the two images alone screamed out I-just-got-laid-multiple-times-and-can’t-walk-without-limping, the heavy air of silence was enough to answer Elena’s question and with a sigh she grabbed a pale forearm and yanked to the kitchen, the unexpected action almost causing the bed sheet to fall to the ground.

“Sit” she ordered practically tossing the man into a nearby chair, before wandering toward the fridge eyes scanning the blood bags for the type that Damon liked, “so…” she began taking a bag out of the fridge and getting a cup from the cabinet so she could warm it up “you and kol huh?” at the mention of the other male a blush coated Damon’s cheeks “what me and kol?” he retorted the silent hum of the microwave making his thirst for blood peek. “Nothing” she responded shrugging opening the microwave when it let out a beep “It’s just….” He quirked his brow at her pause.

“Just?”

“It’s just so….strange how you could go from being at each-other’s throats to being fuck buddies in the span of a few days”

The eldest Salvatore let out an amused snort before absorbing her words, was that what they we’re to each-other? If so then why did Kol constantly shower him with affections? Why we’re his touches so soft and intimate even when they we’re being rough and fueled with passion it still felt like the original was making love instead of screwing him senseless.

Elena out of the corner of her eye, watched the concerned yet confused look in Damon’s eye grow and couldn’t help but smirk, even without the potion all she needed was her words and the relationship between those two would come crashing down.

“Do you love him?” she asked as she placed the warm mug in front of him, “love him?” he repeated mostly to himself than to her, Elena nodded “yeah love him do you?” did he? Damon thought for a moment, his hands cupping the mug “yes…” Elena quirked a brow “what was that?” she asked leaning forward slightly so he could hear him better, light blue eyes rolled in their sockets “yes” he confirmed, bringing the mug up to his lips “I Damon Salvatore am in love with Kol Mikaleson  are you happy now?”

He didn’t miss the strange twinkle in her eye as he began to drink, or the victorious smirk that crawled onto her face “yes” she purred why was she?.....The feeling of fingers digging into his skull came almost instantly when the blood trailed down his throat, Damon gasped the mug falling to the floor with a loud crash as he backed away “what….what’s….”, “shhh…” Elena shushed going over to him, her hands framing his face fingers gliding over his dark locks.

“Shhh just let it happen you’ll thank for this” his eyes widened at her words with a groan he pushed her away, his vision becoming blurry his stomach churned as he fought the urge to cough up the blood he just drank, “what…the hell did…you do to me” Elena looked at him with pleading eyes not taking a step further in case he would attack her in his weakened yet still high alert state.

“I freed you Damon” she answered vaguely “I freed you from Kol’s control your safe from him now…safe to be with me” he narrowed his eyes shaking his head in order to focus, did he hear that right?

“Safe….to be with you?” she nodded eagerly taking a cautious step forward, “yes he can’t control you anymore” Damon opened his mouth only to let out a groan as the feeling of fingers grazing over his skull, turned into nails digging into his brain “I don’t want….to be with you….” Hurt flashed through her almond eyes for a split second before fading away.

“You don’t mean that….he still has power over just let it happen baby and we can be together” was she delusional? He narrowed his eyes before giving her his back moving as quickly as he could toward the stairs, panting as he did so muttering a quick “crazy bitch” before moving a speed too quick for her eyes to catch, almost tripping on the steps as he ran to his room too tired to close the door.

His body shuttered as he collapsed on the bed, curling into a ball trying desperately to picture the fading face of the person who he loved more than life itself, that feeling also fading “Kol….” He sobbed quietly grasping his head with both hands until the pain became too much and everything went dark.