Kol jolted awake from his dream, never in his thousand years did he ever dream until her. The dream seemed so real that when he awoke he felt a sense of sadness and loss, in it Tyler had killed her before he could reach them. He pulled her to him and in her sleep she cuddled closer making him smile. With the reassurance she was safe in his arms he let her heartbeat lull him back to sleep.
"Elena? You need to get up otherwise we'll be late getting to school" Caroline said through the door after she knocked.
"I'm up, I was in the shower. I'll be right out" Elena said through the closed door as she was gathering her stuff for school.
"Ok, I'll meet you downstairs" Caroline said and headed back down.
"Good morning love" Kol said handing her a mug of coffee.
"You are a life saver" she said taking it and sipping carefully. After a few sips she handed the mug back to him grabbing her stuff.
"Have a good day at school" he said taking her face in his hands and giving her a quick kiss.
"I'll try...hey...I love you" she said smiling as she turned to follow Caroline out.
"I love you too" he called after her.
"How did she sleep?" Rebekah asked.
"She slept better than I did to be honest" he said.
"Want to talk about it?" his sister asked.
"I dreamed Tyler killed her before I could save her, and I woke up feeling empty inside. If I ever lose her it won't matter if I ever make Nik mad and he daggers me because I would welcome it" he said.
"Well thankfully you did save her and she is still here...so let's not talk of daggers" she said with a smile.
"When is Freya supposed to be back from her really long vacation?" Kol asked.
"Next week, she called last night. Why?" Rebekah asked. Before Kol could answer Nik walked in.
"Did the girls get off to school on time? I could hear Caroline telling Elena to hurry up" Nik said with a smile.
"They left about fifteen minutes ago, sure is quiet when they aren't here...I actually miss it...thought I would never say that" Rebekah said.
"It is quiet, never knew teenage girls were quite so loud" Nik said with a twinkle in his eyes.
"I take it you are talking about the life Caroline and Elena breath into this house?" Elijah asked as he walked into the dining room.
"That we are" Nik said.
"Something on your mind Kol?" Elijah asked.
"You three kind of already know and thankfully haven't said anything, but after Elena graduates I'm going to ask her to marry me" Kol said, waiting for them to give him all the reasons not to make her a Mikaelson.
"Oh I can't wait to help her pick stuff out" Rebekah said excitedly.
"Hold off on that little sister, how long we are engaged....provided she says yes it up to her" he said.
"What will you do if she says no?" Elijah asked.
"I was wondering the same thing" Nik said.
"Why can't you two be happy for him?" Rebekah asked slightly upset they asked Kol that.
"It's ok Rebekah, then we will go on as we are now" he said, knowing that would satisfy his brothers.
"Then I wish you the best and hoping her answer is yes" Elijah said with a smile.
"I second that" Nik said.
"She'll say yes, I'm sure of it" his sister said.
"I take it you must have left New Orleans right after Kol and Elena did" Elijah said looking at Nik.
"I did, figured there was no reason to stay. Marcel can take care of things down there, and if by chance there is retaliation I best be here" Nik said.
"Do you think Tyler found any family?" their sister asked.
"It's hard to say, depends on what leads he had...if any" Nik said.
"So I take it we are all on Elena watch, I find it strange he went after her. I mean they were friends weren't they?" Elijah asked.
"What are you getting at Elijah?" Kol asked
"I mean it seems he wanted you to suffer, but why?" his older brother asked.
"He goes after Elena, which would set the old Kol off and he would do something reckless to get himself killed, which would hurt me....clever" Nik said.
"So you think it was to just get to you?" Kol asked.
"I'm sure of it" Nik said.
"So do you think that he thought you were in New Orleans when he spotted Elena and Kol? Rebekah asked.
"Possible, what better way to draw me out...go after family..not realizing that going after Elena would bring out the old Kol. I guess he figured Kol wouldn't kill him in front of Elena" Nik reasoned.
"He was counting on Kol holding back. Do you think he would have killed her?" Elijah asked.
"No, I think he planned on taking her into the woods to use her as bait to draw Kol out there and let the wolves have him in his weakened state, knowing they wouldn't have been able to defeat him at full strength" Nik said.
"So are you saying we need to all be careful?" Rebekah asked.
"That is exactly what he's saying, we can hold our own against a wolf provided none of us get bit by one" Kol said, worried for Elena's safety and his siblings.
"When is Freya due back home?" Elijah asked.
"Sometime next week, I'll let her know to be careful" Rebekah said as she got her phone out of her back pocket.
"Kol make sure Elena understands she isn't to leave anywhere without one of us with her. Beings you two are together no one will think anything of it if either Niklaus or myself is with her at any point and time" Elijah said in his usual calm voice.
"She knows, we had that discussion on the way back home. All I ask is don't smother her, she got enough of that with the Salvatore brothers and last thing I need is her taking off somewhere to get away" Kol said with a warning to his older brothers.
"Agreed, she is a smart girl...to smart for her own good sometimes" Elijah mused.
"After all she did dagger you two" Nik said pointing to Elijah and Rebekah with a smirk.
"At least she only daggered us, you she wanted dead along with Kol" Rebekah countered back with a smirk of her own.
"Touche sister" Nik said chuckling.
"Doesn't it seem like this day moving slow?" Caroline asked looking at Elena and Bonnie.
"No" Elena and Bonnie said at the same time, then broke out laughing.
"Haha very funny you two" Caroline said grinning.
"She just thinks the day is moving slow because she misses the hottie" Bonnie said teasingly.
"I do not" she said as her cheeks turned red.
"I knew it! The way you two look at each other when the other one isn't looking, very cute" Elena said smiling.
"Oooo do tell" Bonnie said teasingly.
"Aha...saved by the bell" Caroline said as they walked to their next class.
