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I felt a presence behind me as I walked across the street to my car from the Mystic Grill.

Spinning around, I come face to face with Kol Mikaelson. My heart betrays me by beating loud enough for even me to hear it.

"Can I help you?" I ask slowly, trying to appear as if I wanted nothing to do with him.

"Actually yes. I want to know more about you. What do you say to me buying you dinner?" Kol offers me, flashing a playful smile.

I eye him warily, stepping towards my car again,

"I'm not sure I understand your angle."

"My angle?" He asks with his perfect British accent, his brown eyes muddling into mine.

"You haven't tried to compel me, although I'm wearing vervain so that doesn't matter. You haven't tried to kill me, like Rebekah killed my older sister. You just want to take me to dinner?" I ask questioning him again.

Kol turns his head to one side, his eyes hold a indistinguishable mischief deep down,

"I've taken a liking to you. Although, I might kill you if you don't accept my dinner offer." He flashes me another killer smile, pun intended, and holds his arm out for me to follow him.

I take it slowly, his hand grips my arm tightly,

"Okay."

"Now. Where too?" Kol asks me lightly.

** two hours later **

"So, I know about your fear of heights. The color which you enjoy most is a chocolate brown, although you won't tell me why. You enjoy reading to an extent that may challenge my older brother Elijah's reading capabilities. You love cooking food for other people, which I may take you up on. And you don't like country music and can't stand rap, but anything else is accepted," Kol plops another one of the raviolis I ordered off of my plate and into his mouth before looking me over,

"Did I do good?"

I nod and eat another meat ravioli, we decided to go to the only Italian place in mystic falls and it was on the outskirts of town,

"Yeah, you did. Now it's my turn," I eye him up and down taking in his beautiful features before relaying back all that I've learned about him in the past two hours,

"Throughout your life, you have emotionally struggled with your status as the black sheep of the family. And the belief that your siblings considered you to be more of a nuisance than their brother. You love to hunt people, killing is second nature. You enjoy music almost as much as I do reading. You've been daggered for over a hundred years, but have recently been awoken a few months ago by Elijah. You tracked my brother to Denver and back a month ago because Klaus asked you too. And your favorite color is honey yellow, did I miss anything?" I ask playfully and sip my cup of water through a straw.

Kol looks slightly pissed off yet impressed I could read him that much,

"Am I an open book or something?"

"No, just I get it. I get you, Kol. I am the black sheep of my own family. I was sent to private school when my parents died for a reason. I went off the deep end. Drugs, alcohol. I was hurting the people around me. Basically a disgrace to the family name Gilbert," I sigh sadly and look anywhere but at him.

I feel his hand take mine on top of the table.
My breath hitches as I feel this current again, like a powerful energy surging through me from him.
Our eyes lock and I'm thrown into a vision.

Two bodies, both with dark brown hair.
A girl and a boy.
Making love.
A white four poster bed, black sheets.

They looked incredibly in love.

A white flash covers my eyes and I'm thrown back into my seat at the table I was sharing with Kol.

His eyes lock with mine again, and he slowly takes his hand away from mine,

"That was weird."

"You saw the two people having sex too didn't you?" I ask, my eyes wide.

He doesn't look away when he nods awkwardly,

"Yeah, what's your relation to the Gilbert's anyways? Elena's your older sister. Is Jeremy your older brother? How old are you anyways?" Kol asks trying hard to change topic. Although I can see a slight blush upon his neck.

My face must be red and I take a deep breath to calm myself,

"I'm older than Jeremy actually. By a few minutes, he's my twin. That's why I came home. I felt something off, but he seems fine just much more aggressive." I say to Kol, not wanting to expose Jeremy as a vampire hunter.

My phone buzzes then.
I look down at it to see it is from Jeremy.

Where the hell are you? It's almost midnight.

I text limbic quickly,

Out to dinner I'll be home when I get home. I can take care of myself baby bro.

Another buzz and I see his reply, 

Sure Eve. Just stay safe.

I close my phone and look at Kol who has been watching me closely,

"Speak of my brother and he shall appear."

Kol looks around,

"I don't see Jeremy."

I roll my eyes at him and hold my phone up, 

"Baby brother wants me home."

Kol frowns and his eyes go dark,

"Oh, but I don't want you to go."

I frown now, and smirk playfully,

"Why?"

"I fancy you," Kol says bluntly, his eyes scorch mine and his tone is nothing but serious.

"Well, thanks? I have to get home. But maybe I'll see you around town again tomorrow or something,"I sigh and stand up. I've become extremely anxious at this situation, not sure how to get out of it.

Kol frowns again and for some reason it tugs at my heart to see him frown,

"Here give me your number.."

I take his phone from him and plug my number in and hand it back to him then grab my purse,

"It was nice meeting you, Kol."

Kol takes my hand and I thought he was going to shake my hand, but he brings it up to his lips and he presses a kiss into the back of my hand while maintaining eye contact with me,

"I assure you the pleasure was all mine, Evelyn."

My heart beat must've been flying because he gave me a satisfied smirk before walking with me outside.

"Goodnight Evelyn. Sleep well," Kol says and then walks in the opposite direction I had to walk.

Why was this particular original effecting me so much?
What is his deal?
He's just a boy.

Yeah a thousand year old hottie who says he fancies you, my mind screams at me.

Sighing to myself I walk back across town in the dark to my car, think about everything that has been thrown at me today.


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