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Chapter 12 - "How horrible that must be for vampires."

Kol had told Mariposa about how Rebekah had tried to dagger him, and had handed her a set of daggers to keep safe. Of course, because she loved him, she kept them safe and away from sight and away from Klaus. She had them hidden in her bedroom's drawers.

It was soon morning and Mariposa made her way to her shower and as soon as she put it on and the water touched her body, she felt a slight tingle. She furrowed her brows and opened her bedroom door to find Kol sitting up in bed, having just woken up.

Kol's eyes landed on her as she used a towel to cover her body and smirked over at her. "Now, that is a beautiful sight to see as soon as I wake up!" Kol told her with a grin. "You should wake me up like that more often!"

Mariposa rolled her eyes with a faint smile on her face. "Just, get in here!" She told him.

Kol stood from the bed the light from the open curtains shining on his naked chest. "No, Mari, I will not get into the shower with you." He said loudly, and she shook her head with a sigh. "I also think Chris will be able to hear if we do so."

"Yes, I will be able to hear you. Please don't!" They heard Chris saying, him obviously having heard their conversation.

"Not for that, you idiot!" She said as she grabbed his wrist and pulled him towards the shower. "Turn it on, put your hand under it, does it tingle to you?" She asked him.

Kol rolled his eyes at her before he turned the shower back on and the water began to fall to the floor. Kol put his hand under the water and yelled out in pain as he brought it away with loads of blisters over his hand. "No, it doesn't tingle, it burns!" Kol told her as his hand slowly began to heal.

"So, they've put vervain in the water supply!" Mariposa concluded. "How horrible that must be for vampires!" She commented as she flashed Kol a grin. "Now, get out!" She instructed him as she pointed to the door.

"Why?" Kol questioned. "It's nothing I ain't seen before!"

"Kol!" She complained with a pout.

"Fine, fine!" Kol told her as he went to walk away but he turned to face her again. "Give me a kiss first!" Mariposa let out a sigh before she walked over and kissed him on the cheek. She then began to push him out of the bathroom. She closed the door behind him before she climbed into the shower.

•••

Mariposa and Kol has spent most the day together at her house, just together. Chris had gone out an hour or so after they had discovered there was vervain in the water supply. He mentioned something about going to help Klaus with some Damon situation.

Something that was their fault anyway.

They had just spent the whole day just doing random and stupid stuff, unnecessary stuff. Just talking, watching the tv, cooking and many other human like things. It was actually Kol's idea, which surprised her greatly.

It was not that far into the night when Kol had decided that he was going to go out and get some take out, she offered to go with him, but he told her to stay at home and carry on watching films, that he wouldn't be that long. He was about to leave and she followed him to the door. "Are you sure you don't want me to join you to get take out?" She asked him. "I don't mind, honestly."

"No, darling!" Kol told her. "Stay here and stay comfy, i won't be that long, I promise. Then we can carry on enjoying the rest of the night, hows that sound!"

"Amazing!" She answered before she leaned up to kiss him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him as his arms wrapped around her waist. "Be careful!" She warned him.

"What?" Kol asked her. "Is Klaus gonna jump me on my way to get take away?" He asked her in an unimpressed tone.

Mariposa rolled her eyes at him. "No!" She answered as she shook her head. "I'm just saying be careful, it's a thing people say to each other, apparently!" He opened the door. "I love you!" She told him as she smiled fondly up at him.

"I love you too, darling." Kol told her softly. "I love you, too!" And with that said he closed the door behind him and she walked back to the sofa and continued to watch the film that was on the screen as she snuggled into the sofa.

•••

Kol had been gone a long time now, and Mariposa had began to get a little impatient and a little worried. She didn't know why she was worried, her mind and body just told her to be, so she was. Her witchy senses were also going here, there and everywhere.

She picked her phone up and text Kol, asking him where he was and what was taking him so long since he promised he wouldn't be too long, which now she got was obviously a lie. And just hoped that the take away was worth it. 

After a few minutes she finally received a text back from him. 'Plan changed, I was on my way to get some take away, but Elena invited me over to talk about Silas. Calling a truce. I don't believe her.' Was all the text said causing her to furrow her brows.

Elena invited Kol over even though he compelled her lover to kill her little brother. It made no sense. But instead of giving into her doubts, she text him back telling him to be careful and cautious of Elena because Elena was a selfish bitch.

To which he replied 'I know, darling. And I will.'.

Mariposa was reassured and knew that he'd try his best to be as careful as he could. After a few minuets, if she had to guess it had to be at least 15 to 20 minutes later, when Chris burst through her front door. Mariposa looked over at him confused.

"Chris, what the-" she began to say but he cut her off.

"Mariposa, it's Elena and Jeremy!" Chris stressed. "They're trying to kill Kol!" He told her. Mariposa narrowed her eyes as black swirled around in her eyes before she disappeared from his view, and he closed her door before he followed after her.

Mariposa arrived at the Gilbert residence and walked in with a very angry expression. "Jeremy, now!" She heard Elena say as she watched Elena throw the white oak stake at Jeremy who caught it. Mariposa's eyes landed on Kol, who was blistered and against the wall, who widened his eyes upon seeing her.

Mariposa's heart had began to race rapidly. "No!" She screamed, causing Elena to drop to the floor due to the pitch of her voice causing her pain. She dropped the the floor holding her ears as they bled. Without thinking Mariposa put her body between Kol and the white oak stake.

But Jeremy didn't care at all.

He thrust the white oak stake into her heart so harshly that it went straight through her heart and went into Kol's chest and pierced itself into his heart as well. Mariposa let out a choked gasp as she raised her hand to the heavily bleeding wound on her chest.

Mariposa wavered on her feet before she dropped to her knees holding the wound, but then everything came back, Kol had also been wounded and she turned round on her knees to see him looking down at the white oak stake in his chest, and tears instantly came to her eyes. "Kol?" She whimpered before she dropped to the floor, temporarily dead.

Almost as if her being conscious was keeping Kol alive, as soon as Mariposa dropped to the floor dead, Kol erupted into flames just as Chris and Klaus arrived at the door. Kol dropped to the floor, dead, beside Mariposa and Klaus had unshed tears in his eyes and Chris looked indifferent. "What have you done?" Chris whispered as he peered down at Mariposa's dead body.