Splitting Our Odds Into Evens

For now

Joshua knocked twice on Bonnie's door. "Hey, there. Is everything okay? I heard a lot of yelling, and I saw two girls walk out of here; they didn't look too happy."

Bonnie lifted her head that was just in her hands. "Come in."

"Someone's stressed," Joshua said as he waltzed into the room. He took a seat on the couch.

"My friend just broke up with her girlfriend right in front of me. And I feel like it's my fault since they sought my counsel."

"Does your counsel include shouting?"

"No. Well, it depends," Bonnie said.

Joshua put his hand on top of Bonnie's hand, and a tingle shot up her spine. She wasn't attracted to him or anything; his skin touching hers just caught her by surprise. But she didn't pull away. She didn't want to make things awkward between them, which it was now that he had just done that.

"What happened isn't your fault, Bonnie," he said.

Silence. They dwelled in silence for a moment before speaking.

Bonnie wondered why he was so sincere with her; he barely knew her.

Suddenly, Kol knocked on the door.

Quickly, Bonnie pulled her hand out of Joshua's grasp. "Kol." She didn't expect to see him.

"Bonnie," he greeted with the same tone she regarded him with: shock.

Joshua stood up and turned around, wiping his sweaty palms on his pants.

"Kol, this is Joshua. Joshua, this is Kol; my boyfriend," Bonnie said.

Joshua almost choked on his spit. "Boyfriend? Oh, okay."

Kol could hear the disappointment in his voice and narrowed his eyes.

"Well, it is nice to meet you, Kol," Joshua said, holding his hand out for Kol to shake.

Kol looked at his hand, then at him.

Joshua realized Kol wasn't going to shake his hand, so he put it away in his pocket. "I was just leaving, anyway," he said, sensing that Kol didn't like him. "I'll see you later, Bonnie." With that, he walked out the door.

"You couldn't have been ruder," Bonnie said as Kol sat on the couch.

"My bad," he said. "I couldn't help but despise the little moment you two shared."

"Real mature," Bonnie said.

Kol chuckled. He looked at Bonnie to see that she wasn't joking with him like he thought, so he wiped the smirk off his face. "Anyways. I brought you something." He placed a bouquet of roses and a sealed bag on her desk.

Bonnie put her two hands on her chest. "Aw. You brought me flowers and a packed lunch?" She reached in and hugged him. "Thank you, babe."

"You are welcome," Kol said. "How has your day been so far? Any walk-ins?"

"Yeah, I had one. Mary Louise and Nora."

"What were they doing here?"

"Well, Nora came to apologize, and we settled our differences. And then, Mary Louise came walking in demanding to speak with Nora, but Nora wouldn't talk to her unless I counseled them," Bonnie replied.

"And how did that go?"

"In short, it was disastrous," Bonnie said. "Anyways, how are things at the house?"

"Rebekah, Klaus, and Elijah knocked heads, so you can imagine how that's going," Kol said.

"Great," Bonnie said, slapping her hands to her thighs. "So I'm guessing they're all in a bad mood, which I will have to deal with when I go home."