CENTURIES, stefan salvatore [1]

A View to a Kill

CHAPTER 70: A VIEW TO A KILL

The Gilbert House

Sometimes, Natalie could almost mistake her siblings for having some kind of inkling on whatever they should do to help their current situation work out. One of those times were when they told her that they wanted to create a truce between them and Kol, and that made the brunette incredibly happy. Of course, they needed to tell Kol about the truce first, but then neither Jeremy or Elena wanted to be the ones to call him, so they threw Jeremy's phone (with the original's number) at her so she could speak.

"Jeremy Gilbert. Nice to see I'm still on your speed dial, mate. Hey, you want to meet up at the batting cages in Denver?" he spoke through the phone, talking about his old fake friendship with her brother that caused them to realize he had a love of baseball bats.

"Wrong Gilbert." she retorted, smirking, even if he couldn't see her, as she leaned against the wall, her siblings still hanging out in the kitchen as she had no doubt Elena was listening in with her stupid vampire hearing.

"What a treat. Hello, darling." he greeted the correct person this time.

She smiled at him calling her that again, just like he'd done so many times. "Hi, Kol. So, how do you feel about a truce between you and my family? Elena and Jeremy came up with it but I'm all for it. And you're probably wondering why it's me that's calling you, but it's because they thought the chance of you agreeing might be bigger then."

"Maybe they're smarter than I give them credit for." he commented, sounding impressed with them actually figuring out that he had a liking to their sister, because as far as he knew, they didn't know much about the two of them, but word gets around in Mystic Falls.

"Probably not," she dismissed the idea as she scrunched up her nose with a shake of her head. "But about the truce, I hope it can happen. Mostly because they want to know more about Silas, so I can meet you anywjere you want."

"I'll tell you what. How about I come to you?" and right after he said that, the door bell rang and she saw Elena walk over to her and frown, definitely having been listening in. "If you want a truce, open up the door and invite me in."

Natalie grabbed the doorknob, and there he was, smiling at her as if this was a simple and casual encounter. She hung up as she saw him and they were actually face to face. "Wouldn't it be kinda stupid to invite you in? Seeing as you want to kill Jeremy and all."

He just shook his head as if it was an idiotic thought. "On the contrary, I can't kill your brother with my own two hands, or I'll suffer the hunter's curse and spend the next 20 years trying to off myself in gruesome ways."

"Yeah, the hunter's curse sucks." the human female muttered bitterly, but then she looked up at him again as she shook out of it.

He simply decided to continue on to throw her reasons as to why she shouldn't fear for her family's life at that exact moment. "And I've heard that vervain's back in town for everyone now, so I can't compel your sister to kill him either. So I think it's fair to say they're semi-safe, for now."

"Well, in that case, come on in." she invited him in, and she heard a door close from the kitchen and guessed that Jeremy had gotten his ass out of there, which was probably a good idea from her point of view.