Holding On To You

Chapter Fourteen

"Nik's dead."

"What?" Kol gasped as the word registered in his mind. "What do you mean Nik is dead?" He asked as Davina cupped her mouth her hands backing away from him and he placed an arm around her shoulders pulling her back to him. "How?" He asked his voice thickening.

"The hunter stabbed him with the white oak stake," Rebekah wept. "Elena agreed to Elijah's deal and I went to retrieve his body, but the hunter had followed me. I tried to stop it, but Damon made me leave before he could get a hold of me."

"At least they did one thing right," Kol scoffed. "So what now?"

"I have no idea," Rebekah sighed into the phone. "I am heading back to Mystic Falls, I still have to tell Elijah the news, I just need to find him."

"I am on my way, Bekah," He promised. "We will rip through that entire town."

"No! Alaric is still out there at large. You are safe were you are," Rebekah told him. "I don't want to lose anyone else."

"I am getting tired of people telling me to stay," Kol snapped coldly. "I am a part of this family too remember, Bekah? And just as able as the rest."

"Just stay where you are," Rebekah said forcefully. "I will call you if anything chances if we need to come, I promise you that I will."

"Whatever," Kol scoffed and ended the phone call looking at Davina who began stepping away from him. "Davina."

"This is all my fault," She whispered as she continued backing away from him. "Your family was in danger and I could have done something about it and what did I do?" She muttered but he couldn't stand hearing her talk down to herself.

"Davina," Kol said again as he made his way over to her. "This not your fault," He said as he placed his hands on her shoulders. "We only found the spell a couple of hours ago, and even if Elijah did call us we wouldn't have gotten there in time so don't beat yourself up about this, Darling," He said looking into her eyes. "Why did you bring me here?" he asked.

"Because, I knew you would drive yourself crazy waiting for Elijah to call, so I thought if I got you out of the house for a bit, that it would shorten the wait a little and help you relax," Davina answered. "But I should have been prepared."

"None of us were," Kol said leaning his forehead against hers. "Do you regret it?" He asked.

"Regret what?" She asked looking into his brown gaze.

"Today," He answered. "What happened here today." He added talking about the kiss because he sure in hell didn't.

"No," Davina responded shaking her head adamantly. "Not for a second." She cupped his face with her hands. "Nothing will ever take this day from me or that moment." She studied him for a moment. "How are you even standing right now?"

"I don't know if I believe it," Kol said looking to the iced covered ground. "It is hard to believe to be honest, because I always thought that he was the one that would never be..." He swallowed as he didn't want to say the word as he remembered the conversation he had shared with Nik shortly after Finn's death. "I.." Kol closed his eyes as he could feel himself getting choked up as he felt Davina place a hand on the back of his head pulling him into her shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her hiding his face in the crook of her neck.

"I am so sorry, Kol," She whispered into his ear as she could feel the wetness of his tears on her skin and felt his shoulders begin to under her fingers. Davina wished that she could take his grief as her heart broke for him. She tightened her hold on him delving her fingers in to his brown locks. They stood like that for several minutes before Kol pulled back his eyes wet.