ℜ𝔬𝔰𝔢𝔰 • ᴋᴏʟ ᴍɪᴋᴀᴇʟsᴏɴ •

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"Sweetheart?"

Taking a head phone out of my ear, I looked up from my mountain of home work and smiled up at Nana. "Come in."

She hovered by the door of my room impatiently. "You've been invited round for dinner." I raised an eyebrow as I waited for her to elaborate. "To the Mikaelson's."

I let out a groan as soon as she had finished and fell back onto my bed with a small thump. Picking up my pillow, I smothered my face into it.

"Come on Julietta," she placated as she now sat on my bed, patting my knee comfortingly. "Give the boy a chance."

"I don't want to 'give him a chance' Nana." I removed the pillow from my face. "Who else is going?"

She shrugged, brushing some of my hair off of my forehead. "I really don't know."

"Great, just great." I muttered under my breath. "For all I know this is something set up by Kol to irritate me." Sitting up, I gave her a look. "I'm not going."

"Yes you are."

"No." I said slowly, hoping that she'd finally get the hint. "I'm not."

"Yes you are." She smiled knowingly at me and I threw myself down onto my bed, smothering my face in my pillow again. I let out a sigh, knowing that I'd never win an argument against her. "Besides you owe him for driving you home the other night."

She just had to be right, didn't she?

I did owe him for saving me from the hunter. Did that really mean that I had to suffer through an evening with him and who knows who else. But if I didn't go, I'd probably end up owing him and Kol didn't seem like the type of person that you wanted to owe a favour to.

"I can't believe I'm actually doing this," I muttered as I tugged at the hem of my dress and tried to make it reach past my knees. Heaving a small sigh, I knocked quietly on the door. The door opened slowly and I couldn't help by hope that Kol wasn't the one to open it.
"Hello love." I almost let sigh of relief slip past my lips as I peered up at Klaus.

"Hey Klaus."

He took a step back to let me in before offering to take my jacket. I raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything, he was up to something. Smothering a smirk he led me into a room and I caught sight of another person that I was very, very glad to see.

"Caroline."

She turned to face me and her entire stance relaxed when she saw me. As I made my way over to her, my eyes followed Klaus as he left the room.

"Thank god you're here," she muttered quietly, obviously not wanting the originals to overhear her words. "I thought I was the only one here."

"You and me both."

"They're coming."

My eyebrows furrowed and I wondered how she could possibly know that. But then it dawned on me, vampire hearing.

Leaning towards me, she lowered her voice to the merest whisper. "I won't leave you alone with Kol if you don't leave me alone with Klaus." She offered me her little finger. "Deal?"

I linked my finger with hers. "Deal."

As the two brothers walked into the room, we shared an uneasy look at their almost predator like smirks. I couldn't help but thing that absolutely no good was going to come of tonight but it was far too late to leave.

Or was it?

I shook my head minutely. I needed to get a grip. What was the worst that could happen?

Klaus had offered me protection and for all his faults I knew that once he gave his word he meant it.

My eyes locked onto Kol's and I instinctively began to play with my vervain bracelet before clearing my throat uncomfortably and glancing around the room. The originals appeared on either side of us before offering us their arms. I took Kol's arm cautiously as I shot him a warning look. They led us into the dining room and my eyes widened at the four seats that were set out.

"Aren't Rebekah and Elijah going to join us?" Caroline asked, voicing my thoughts.

"No sweetheart, they're busy."

Klaus shot Kol a secret look as they led us towards the table. Kol pulled out a seat for me and I sat down wearily, expecting something to jump down at me. Leaning down he muttered into my ear. "Relax, darling."

He straightened up and before he could, Caroline sat down in the seat beside me, forcing the two brothers to sit across from us. I chewed my bottom lip; this was going to be a long night.

"Why so quiet loves?" Klaus asked as the food was brought in and set before us. "Any one would think that you didn't enjoy our company."

"Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner." I muttered, glancing down at my plate before shooting a look at Kol. "How did you-"

"You ordered it at the Grill." He took a sip of his drink, smirking infuriatingly down at me.

"Stalker."

He shrugged a shoulder at me. "I remember things about you."

"Pass me a bucket." I murmured, shooting a glare at Klaus' ever growing grin. "Stop it."

"Sorry love." I rolled my eyes, he didn't sound sorry at all. He turned to face Caroline. "You look delectable tonight."

"To bad you're never going to get a taste," she quipped and I bit back a laugh, not failing to notice Kol's gaze on me.

"Can we just cut the small talk?" I asked, watching the two originals before us carefully. "What's the real reason that we're here?"

"We can't just want to spend time with two beautiful women?" Klaus asked innocently.

Caroline narrowed her eyes at him. "That doesn't answer their question."

I watched the two of them interact and specifically noticed the way that Caroline began to react towards him. A small smile made its way onto my face and from the corner of my eye, I saw Kol's grin.

"What?" I asked suspiciously.

"Nothing," he said shaking his head and refilling my glass.

I raised an eyebrow, a small smile still on my lips. "Are you trying to get me drunk?"

"Maybe."

I shook my head at him, rolling my eyes as Klaus clapped his hands together. "Time for dessert I think."

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