Jet Black Heart•Kol Mikaelson

•truth•

"ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ɢᴏᴛ ᴀ sᴏᴜʟ ʙᴇʟɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ᴜsᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴡᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ᴀ sᴛᴀʀᴛ ʙᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀ ғᴀʟsᴇ ᴏɴᴇ, ɪ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ʙᴀʙʏ, ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ғᴇᴇʟ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ"

~ᴏɴᴇ ᴅɪʀᴇᴄᴛɪᴏɴ '18'

"Chris come on, I'm only here to talk." Damon said standing at the door of the Argent home. He honestly just missed her, that was all.

"Alright, go on." Chris said rolling his eyes as he moved to the side for the vampire. Damon strolled into Allison's room without even knocking.

I had earbuds in as I focused on my school work in front of me. I had fallen behind ever since Ric, and Kol was right, I should graduate.

Someone tugged it right from my ear and when I looked up I saw a smirking Damon.

"Look at you, all studious." He said with a smirk.

"What do you want Damon?" I asked and he faked a frown as he laid on my perfectly made bed.

"I just wanted to catch up. You've been locked up at Klaus' like fort knox." Damon said and I just shrugged.

"I'm just trying to graduate so I can move on from this." I said and he sat up a bit, resting on the head board.

"You plan on leaving after graduation?" He asked and I nodded.

"Kol and I are going to France." I said and he looked distressed.

"It's not because of you, or even Stefan. I just don't belong here anymore." I said and he shook his head.

"That's not true Alli, this is your home." He said and my lips formed a straight smile. Truth was this place hadn't felt like home since the night Mikael bit into my neck.

"I'm sorry Damon. It's time for me to move on." I said and he didn't like it, not one bit.

"What about all your friends and family?" He asked and I laughed.

"What friends Damon? Elena and I can't even stand to look at each other, Stefan hates the fact that I stood by Klaus, and you- I didn't even think you'd notice I was gone." I said and he just rolled his eyes.

"That's the stupidest thing you've ever said, Daggers." Damon said and I couldn't help but laugh. It's been a while since he called me that.

"I understand why your little boyfriend doesn't want us to find the cure. You want it don't you?" He asked and I laughed again, which surprised him.

"No. I feel like I was meant to be this, an original. I like the idea of spending an eternity with someone." I said and Damon was shocked, she sounded so different, so unlike herself. Almost like her jet black heart had a flicker of light.

"In the years I've known you, I have never really seen you happy. It's nice." Damon said but stopped himself short. He almost wanted to tell her, but Kol's compulsion stopped him. He couldn't tell her he was compelled to kill Jeremy.

"When I went with Klaus that summer, I did it because I loved you, Damon. Even if you loved Elena and I was with Jeremy. It was always you. You were my best friend, the one thing in this town that actually made me smile. But, when I came back you were with her, and it's okay. I want you to feel as happy as I do, because a small part of me will always love you." I said staring into his glossed over, icy blue eyes.

"I can see you and Elena aren't working, and it's because of me. You chose her D, you need to let me go." I said and he awkwardly coughed and sat up as he looked down to his feet.

"I don't want to cut you out of my life." He said and I moved to sit next to him before crossing my legs, I reached over to grab his hand.

"It's time to move on." I said and I meant it for myself too. We both needed to let go, we owed it to them.

"This is harder than saying goodbye when you died." Damon said and I laughed.

"We can save the goodbye's until graduation." 

•••

I walked into the mansion to see broken furniture and walls. I saw Klaus sitting on a chair in the middle of the mess sipping a drink. 

"What the hell happened?" I asked barley able to make it over to him. 

"It seems my brother has become a liability." He said and my eyes widened. 

"Where is he?" I asked and Klaus just rolled his eyes. 

"I didn't have the heart to dagger him, so he ran off. I don't want to have to do it Allison." He said and I frowned. I knew he didn't, he wouldn't do that to me. 

"Just give me a chance to talk to him, Nik. I tried to get him to leave with me, but I just don't understand his obsession with Silas." I explained and Klaus just shook his head. 

"He's right to worry, but as soon as I have Elena's blood I plan on leaving, the Salvatore's can worry of Silas." Klaus said and I let out a short laugh. That sounded like something he'd do. 

"I don't want them to hurt him." I said and Klaus stood up wrapping an arm around my shoulder. 

"Do what you can to talk to him, get him to leave and if he fails to corporate. We will have to dagger him until we have the cure." He said and I sighed.  We were almost out of options, I didn't want to have to do that to him.