Saved By A Mikaelson (Loving a Mikaelson AU)

Chapter 34: All Of Me

Chapter 34: All Of Me

Song: All I Need- Within Temptation

"We are born in one day. We die in one day. We can change in one day. And we can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in just one day."

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"Wait a minute! Why am I the one to blame?!" He calls after me. I just scowl in response as I walk away from him. "Lacey!" He yells. "How did this get turned around on me?!"

That just makes my face heat up, he just knows how to push my every button. I flip around to look at him, my eyes are glaring. Though somehow it's a lot easier to be mad at Kol when I'm not looking at him. My face almost softens when I find myself locked in his eyes. Almost. If you've even seen those mocha puppy eyes, you'd know what I mean.

"Don't look at me like that."

"Like what?" He asks, as if he doesn't know the way he makes me feel. Oh, he knows. He knows what I'm talking about - he makes me weak in the knees, and as much as I want to ignore it, he just seems to complicate things for me.

I can't take that little smirk, the one he's pulling out now. I can feel my angry facade falling apart. "Stop it!"

He grins, looking down at me the way he does. It's dirty, and I can almost tell what he's thinking the way it's sprawled across his face. He puts his hands on my hips, pulling me in. "What, this?" He asks. "Yes! That." I growl back.

He brings his face close to mine, so our lips barely brush. He's taunting me.

"Does it drive you crazy?"

"When did you become so dirty? I'm trying to be mad at you." I whine. "Do I drive you mad, Lacey?" His breath is warm across my cheek, my throat hitches. I'm a deer in headlights. He puts me in my place like I'm some schoolgirl. I feel like I'm trapped in a fanfiction.

"Kol..." I whisper. "Stop." I'm being serious now, I need to get this anger off my chest instead of shoving it aside.

He raises his eyebrows. "Okay. Why are you mad?"

"I didn't like the way you're acting," I say. "You're scaring me."

"Scaring you?" He asks, confused. I nod, I feel like a weight is slowly being lifted away. "You can't act so jealous like that. I know you and your brother have some... Problems, but don't you trust me?"

"You know I do, sweetheart. I don't trust him. You're human, love. He isn't. That worries me."

"Kol, I know. I know what all of you are and I'm - "

"Unafraid?" He interrupts. "You're fearless. But Niklaus is not a puppy, he is a wolf. He will take advantage of you. I don't want you near him."

"You make it sound so simple. You make it sound like he'll devour me, Kol. That's not what's going on here. I know what this is. You're jealous. You're not afraid he'll kill me, you're afraid I'll leave you." I touch his face, attempting to soothe him and get him to understand.

"I won't. You have me. All of me. I'm not leaving. I won't leave you."

"Your concern is uplifting, but that's not what this is. He is a hybrid, Lacey. A vampire and a werewolf. One of the two is bad enough, but my brother could rip you to shreds."

"So can you. If he wanted me dead I would be. I'm smart, I understand he's dangerous."

"You're not listening!" He yells. I watch him snap, and I flinch. I feel the breath leave my lungs.

"I'm sorry." He says. "Oh god, I shouldn't have yelled, I'm sorry."

"It's okay. Really. I'm okay." I just don't want him to look at me like a shattered porcelain doll. I close me eyes, sucking in a breath. He takes my hands, he pulls me in. "I forgive you." I say.

"I don't."

I sigh. "Can we just let this go? I can't be afraid to leave my room."

"I understand." He says. "Just be careful, darling. If anything at all were to happen, it would be my fault. I wouldn't be able to live with myself."

"I know." I whisper. I wrap my arms around him, his body heat feels like a barrier from the rest of the world. I feel safe. He protects me, but maybe I protect him too.