Together

chapter fourteen

Kai cooked steak and mash potatoes and some green beans. He says making ham and Turkey would take too much time. We were currently eating and it was getting dark outside. It was seven o'clock.

To my surprise he was a great cook. This was amazing. Kai smiled as he watched me light up as I tasted it. "Good right?" he asked excited. I nodded. "It's great." I replied smiling back. He had the biggest smile. It was adorable.

I savored that smile. The look of excitement in his eyes. I savored everything about him because I know after this dinner I have to leave to protect my friends.

"Kai?" I asked getting serious. He took a bite and looked at me. "Yeah?" he responded. "Why?" I asked unable to keep the question to myself anymore. Kai scrunched his face up confused.

I got nervous suddenly. Do I want to know? What if he says for fun? I don't want to be the girl who likes a real sociopath..but I might be. "Why did you kill them?" I asked searching his face for answers.

He stopped chewing and his smile fell. Regret? Does he regret what he did? Maybe he isn't as bad as I thought. "You really wanna know..?" He asked. I nodded listening completely.

"It started when my family discovered I'm not a real witch. I was a siphoner..I can only take magic. I was a freak. An abomination in their eyes. My father was the worst. He only cared for the coven. The coven comes first even before his own family. In our coven when the twins turn 22 they merge. One died the other gets there magic. The winner is the new leader of the coven. If they die we all die. I was going to win. I would have. I would have had my own magic but father didn't want an abomination as the leader of the coven. He had another set of twins just so me and my sister couldn't do it. After being called a freak..a monster..an abomination for twenty two years of my life I had had enough. I waited til dad and mom left for date night..then I did it. I killed everyone except my twin sister..I was after the little twins..but she protected them. I only wanted the twins out of the way but all that built up anger..I lost control for a while and just killed them all. My sister hid the twins and she said that if I stopped and didn't hurt them she would do the merge with me. I agreed. Besides after she was dead and I win I can take care of them anyway. But she tricked me. Instead of using the power of the eclipse to merge my father sent me here to be alone forever. I killed them because they never even gave me a chance..I killed them for neglecting me." He said in a blank tone.

A merge..? Everything sounds so awful. The merge..killing your twin for power..and how they treated him was just as bad. It doesn't give him permission to murder them..but I can kind of understand why he wanted to. "Being the family reject for so long..it hurt my feelings." He added sadly. "I just gave them what they wanted. A monster." he added avoiding my eyes.

"You're not a monster..you're not an abomination." I said wanting to comfort him. "I'm evil.." He whispered but I heard it. "You weren't born that way..you were pushed into it. You can be good. Only if you want to." I said feeling hope for him. He looked up at me and smiled slightly. It was a sad smile though..not a goofy annoying one.

"Let's talk about you. I've put together you aren't the best vamp in the camp yet. How long have you been one?" he asked changing subjects. I sighed. "Three weeks before I got stuck here." I answered honestly. I took a bite of food. "How did you get turned?" he asked pressing the subject.

"Well I was headed to Elena's house when a drunk driver slammed into me..I was in a comma for a week..they thought I was dying. Elena is a vampire..she told Damon I needed his blood. Elena didn't want to do it..she wasn't sure she could take that risk. So Damon did. He gave me his blood but it was too late. I died. With his blood. So obviously I came back. About two weeks of me trying to control myself some big witch coven put a spell over our home town mystic falls keeping all supernatural things out. So we have to leave. Bonnie said she could bring back the dead and Elena and Damon thought hey let's do a suicide thing and blow those witches up killing us too. Elena is my best friend so I was in. We died and Bonnie didn't have enough time to save everyone. It was me or Damon. Elena needs Damon. She loves him. So I sent him home and Bonnie and I got sent here." I explained everything.

Kai nodded. "You're the nice kind of friend who will let your friend have a boy she loves over going home. So you'd rather get your self stuck with a psychopath than put anyone in danger." he mumbled more to himself.

I smiled. "I guess I am. That's what love is. I love Elena. She's my befriend.." I said. He looked down at his food. "I wouldn't know. I've never seen love..or felt it." he mumbled sadly. "I'm sorry.." I mumbled.

His childhood must have been awful. Never receiving love from the people who should love you the most. "What about your family?" Kai asked. "My parents died when I was three. Elena's parents took me in and that's why Elena and I are close." I explained.

We began to make small talk and eat and over all it was a good time. I'll miss him when I leave. But I can't stay and risk my friends lives because I may have a small crush on a guy.