Poison • Kai Parker [1]

Chapter Twelve

"Nayeli, you need a place to stay." Damon walked behind me trying to convince me to stay with Caroline and Elena at some college.

"I have a place." I said with no further argument. I needed to get to New Orleans and figure out how to get Kai and Bonnie out of the Prison World. There was no telling how long they'd be in there.

"In New Orleans. Stay here for a while." He suggested and stopped walking.

I stopped as well and turned around to face him. "Listen, Damon. As much as I would love to stay in Mystic Falls I haven't been in the real world in three years! I need to see my family and I need to find a group of witches to help me get Kai." 

He looked away disappointedly making me feel bad.

I sighed, knowing I was about to regret my next words, "But I suppose staying for a day or two wouldn't hurt." I rolled my eyes with a smile.

He gave me his infamous smirk before waving, indicating me to follow him.

...

"Where exactly are we, again?" I asked as Damon led me down a hallway examining the numbers on the doors.

"Whittemore College. You can stay with Caroline and Elena until you wish to go back to New Orleans." He answered.

"Which will be soon, for the record. I've got some family issues to get back to." I stopped, almost running into Damon's back as he halted, looking satisfied. My guess is he found the room.

"Oh, and whatever you do, don't mention Bonnie would ya?" He almost begged.

I nodded lightly and walked up to the door, kind of nervous. I would be staying temporarily pretending to like Elena and having to deal with Caroline's annoying optimism.

I turned around to thank Damon but he was gone.

"Marvelous." I mumbled in annoyance, upset with Damon for leaving me to do this on my own.

Before I could even knock on the door, it swung open. Elena stood there, shocked and confused as to why I was here. All I could do was smile innocently.

...

"Wait, you were in a prison world for three years?" Caroline asked from the other half of the bed. "How did you even survive?"

I shrugged debating on whether or not I should tell them I had help from Kai but eventually decided against it. "It really sucked. It was fine for the first couple of months because I had my humanity off and didn't care. But I missed the real world like hell. I thought I'd go insane." I confessed.

Elena shifted her position before asking, "Was Bonnie there?" She looked at me with hope in her eyes that I would say yes.

I felt bad. Having to lie to her and break her heart about her best friend. The two looked at me anxiously. "No." I said softly finally having the guts to say something. "She wasn't. Just me and Damon."

"Damon was there? You were stuck in a prison world with a monster?" Elena said with frustration and sadness for me.

I tilted my head to the side slightly looking between her and Caroline. "Monster, huh? I'm guessing you two aren't at the best peak of you relat-"

I stopped when Caroline glared at me, shaking her head rapidly for me to stop.

I smirked at her, but got the hint. "Anyways, as much as I would love to chit chat with the two of you, I would love to shower and change into anything that isn't plaid." I looked down at my shirt in disgust. "I mustn't stay for long, family matters. Us Mikaelson's could be a bit too much at times so I ponder of what the hell I missed." I mumbled.