My Gift to You

Call with Loved Ones

"Kol, I've missed you so much. How dare you just get into contact now? It's been almost a year now, I thought you were dead. Once I figured you turned your emotions off, I imagined that bodies would be appearing everywhere, but once there was no news... We all feared the worst." 

I forgot that Iris didn't let me out for another few months of training myself emotional control and bonding with her a bit, not forgetting the time I was out killing. We talked about Ara, I can't say her full name but I am getting to the point where I can think about her a bit without getting murderous. 

"I know Bekah, but it's too hard to be around you all after she died. I needed time to figure out my emotions, I got help. I was in really bad shape, I am never going to heal from Ara's death. I will never love anyone as I loved her, but I still need to heal and grieve. Don't worry about me, okay? How is everyone, I only heard a few things."

"Klaus is a father now, to a little girl named Hope. She was almost killed, but we got her out safely. She's in my care now, and I love her more than most people."

"I'm glad, she seems like a lucky girl. I finally hope that Klaus can love her more than he loves himself."

"He does, he went to so much trouble to protect her. I know this may hurt, but her middle name is Arabella. She would have been the biggest help in raising her."

Tears fall down my face as I feel such joy and pain at the same time, my family all misses her.

"That's beautiful, she would've loved it. Did you guys-" I take a sharp breath in while starting to head closer to Iris's workplace. "Did you guys spread her ashes? I know that you tried to bring her back, but we knew she moved on by now." The streets become loud, but I can still her Bekah's crying over the phone. 

"Yes, after you ran without the urn, the whole family gathered together and said a final goodbye. I wish you would've been there, it was beautiful."

"I'll make my peace with her death on my own, I think I would've ruined the event. She deserves to be honored." I look up to see Iris walking out of her building, she looks at her phone before glancing towards me. She can see the tears running down my face, nothing braver than a man crying in public. "I need to go Bekah, I love you. If you need anything, just text me or call. I'll always be here for you, but for now, I don't know when I can call again. Goodbye." I hear her whisper goodbye before I hang up.

"Hey, what's up Kol?" Iris places her hand on my shoulder but my pain is deep, I grab her waist and pull into a hug against me. "I know we aren't that close, but I want to be," I whisper into her ear as I rest my head in her neck, hunching my back to reach it. She storks my back for a few minutes, just letting me cry out some of my pain. I pull back and wipe the tears from my face, "I'm quite manly right?" She lets out a laugh, making me smile. "You needed to let go of the pain, you are one of the manliest men I know." She reaches into her purse and pulls out a waterbottle. "Here, this should help your skin reduce the redness faster. I still want to head out for human lunch, like I want a burger now." I quickly chug half of the bottle before handing it back to Iris. "let's go to Hardrock and then I will help you apply for a job." I roll my head back and groin. "A teacher? You really think putting me with children will help me?" 

She loops her arm with mine and begins to pull me down the sidewalk. "I thought that the children could learn a lot from you, I got you a job as a new history teacher for 3rd graders. Why learn history from a regular boring human when they can learn from someone who lived it?" I just shake my head at her, "When do I start?" We get to the front of the restaurant. "New school year. You have a few months for training on how to act with children. You will be mentoring at a daycare starting tomorrow." Fuck.