Keeping My Distance

eight

EDITED

I roll over and notice I'm wrapped in someone's arms. But not just anyone's arms.

Kol Mikaelson's arms.

Last night flashes before my eyes as I blink them open slowly.

Kol's hands find their way to the front of my dress and rip it off of me. He eyes my body hungrily.

"Well love. You're absolutely stunning," He kisses me roughly and his shirt comes off soon after.

Vamp speeding us to the bedroom he flops us onto the bed.
The rest of our clothing follows soon after.

I blush thinking about last night and cuddle into his base chest.
I am no longer a virgin.

Kol Mikaelson was my first time.
He was gentle, and passionate. Yet rough and sexy.

My breathing gets heavier and I try to even it out, pushing the thoughts of last night out of my brain for now. 

I notice I'm in my sleep shorts and t-shirt I packed. My undergarments are in tatters on the floor along with my beautiful black dress which I bought yesterday.

Kol owes me around 150$ for my ruined clothing but I don't want to bug him just yet.
His deep breathing in my ear indicates he's still asleep.

His arm tightens around my waist, pulling me against him more, and he rolls on his side so I'm laying next to him now facing him.

Kol's dark brown eyes blink open and he smiles groggily at me,

"Morning, love."

I giggle quietly and smile at him, pushing the hair in his eyes out of the way,

"Morning, love." I mock his accent perfectly.

Kol rolls his eyes, but smiles softly at me,

"How are you? Do you remember everything from last night? You talk in your sleep an awful lot."

My eyes go wide with fear at what I could've said to him,

"What did I say?"

Kol smirks in victory, keeping my words a secret from me,

"Nope."

"Kol. What did. I say?" I growl low and now I am pissed off he won't tell me.

Kol sticks his tongue out and rolls so he's laying on his back,

"I think I want to keep this information to myself."

I sigh in frustration and lay on my back next to him, and suddenly he's straddling me and his arms form a cage over me.

His eyes have a playful gleam in them that I didn't trust,

"I love you, Kol," He says to me, 

"That's what you said in your sleep, Eve."

He calls me by my nickname instead of love or darling, which means he's being serious.

I push him off of me which he let me do because I'm not strong at all and I stand up off the bed. I'm unsure of how to respond to that information.

"Sorry, I guess? I know I shouldn't have said it. It was probably the after effects of the sex talking," I blush again even though he found out how I actually feel.

Last night when he was being gentle and making sure everything for me was perfect was when it clicked in my brain that I love Kol.
I'm in love. And I've never been in love. But I know this is what it feels like because it's painful to be away from him.

Kol looks disappointed,

"So you didn't mean it?"

"Why does it matter? I know you care for me. But why would you ever fall in love with me?" I ask him grabbing my overnight bag, preparing to be rejected and to leave so I can go home and be upset about it.

Kol stands up and takes the bag from me and sets it back down, his eyes searching my face.

"Evelyn Gilbert. I have never felt this much care for a single person in my thousand years," he pauses and takes my chin to make me look at him, our eyes lock and his deep chocolate eyes bore into my own, then he says the words,

"I love you too, Evelyn."

My heart takes off on a race and I smile slowly, after a few moments, to make sure that he's sure.

"Are you sure?" I whisper, tears brimming in my eyes.

"I've never been more sure about anything in my life. And I should've told you this last night. I'm sorry," Kol brushes his fingers across my cheek and kisses my forehead.

"Don't apologize," I take his face in my hands and kiss him then pull away, yet my lips ache to be on his still.

Kol smiles and takes my hand,

"Well, lovely, what does this make us?"

"A very much in-trouble secret couple," I laugh and he kisses my cheek.

Kol gets this evil yet playful glint in his eyes again.

"What?" I ask him, poking his chest.

Kol smirks, lust taking over his gaze,

"What time do you need to be back?"

"This afternoon, why?" I ask, curious about his mind brewing ideas.

"Then how about we take advantage about that?" Kol kisses me suddenly, and I kiss him back eagerly.

The rest of the morning was spent making love over and over.

Kol Mikaelson may have a horrible past. But I'm looking into the future. And all I see is Kol.

Emotions are never black and white. They are messy and complicated. They are more like symptoms. You lose your breath whenever they walk into the room. Your heart beat takes off when they brush by you. Your skin tingles when they touch you. Everything falls into place and everything suddenly makes sense.