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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE; MY BROTHER

chapter twenty-five
(the frost)

      THE DRIVE to Mystic Grill was incredibly fast, the entire time Jack was worried Kol would crash the car. He sat in the middle back seat and scrolled through his phone deciding to delete every photo he had and restart. He knew everything would be different now and he had a new family, new friends, he didn't need the others anymore.

     When the three walked in the grill Jack trailed behind them watching as they were walking up to Alaric. Jack was just glad none of his other friends were in here.

      It was clear that Kol and Klaus had heard something becaus they did not look happy. "Oh come on now. Let's not go blaming the new family in town just because you lot have got yourselves a killer at large. Don't mind us. My brothers and I are just here to let off some steam, right guys?" Klaus asked sitting next to Alaric.

        "Right" Kol nodded, Jack sitting beside him at the end.

          Jack smiled awkward and waved, "Hi, Ric" he greeted, already knowing he was judging him.

            Though the only thing Alaric was focused on was how Kol and Meredith seemed to know each other.

             Jack huffed and put his arm down looking at the bartender. "Ice water, please" he ordered sitting there patiently.

             Kol sighed, "Come on, brother you're not seriously going to let us drink alone, are you?" he asked patting Jack on the back.

            Jack who was mid swallow of his water briefly choked. "Uh. . .I'm not of age" he reminded.

              Both Klaus and Kol started laughing, "Oh that's no problem" Klaus sighed looking at the bartender. "Two scotches and a. . .?" he trailed off looking at Jack.

               Jack bit his cheek for a moment and then decided to give in. "a shot of Tequila" he added.

                 Kol and Klaus laughed in success and the bartender walked away compelled. Alaric couldn't take his eyes off of the brothers, he knew Jack and he knew Jack would never have let an innocent man be compelled. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

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MANY HOURS later and the three Mikaelson's were still day drinking. Jack was only a couple shots in pacing himself while Kol and Klaus were faced looking out to the other people in the grill, one of them which happened to be Caroline.

Kol laughed pointing at her, "I remember her from last night. She looks like a tasty little thing" he exclaimed.

Jack spun around on the spinny chair and winced.

"Say another word and I'll tear out your liver. Caroline!" Klaus greeted. Jack huffed and waved at the blonde though she didn't look happy to see either of them.

She sighed, "Oh, it's you".

Klaus grinned like a love struck teenager, "Join us for a drink?" he offered.

Caroline crossed her arms and thought for a moment, "Mmm, I'd rather die of thirst. But thanks" she denied walking away.

Klaus's eyes followed her as she walked away, "Isn't she stunning?" he stated.

Jack gagged, "Ew she's like a sister to me, please stop looking at her like she's dinner" he warned, downing another shot.

Kol laughed at him "She certainly looks good walking away from you" he admitted.

Klaus slammed his drink on the counter and turned, "I'll take that as a challenge" he said before walking away.

Jack shivered, "God what is with you two, you're like horny dogs" he joked.

Kol chuckled and chugged his drink, "Come on you haven't once looked at Caroline and thought. . .I would bang that?" he asked clearly sky high in adrenaline.

Jack shook his head covering his face in disgust, "God no, I've lived with her since I was like fourteen" he reminded.

Kol smirked, "you got to live. .with. . her?" he repeated. "Nik would be so jealous right now" he added.

Jack tsked "Yeah because she is like. a. sister. to me" he said once again. "Besides she was always busy with Tyler and I was always busy with Max".

Kol slammed his drink down, "Sure, okay you were 'too busy'" he quoted. "But what about now, see anybody interesting?" he asked curious.

Jack huffed looking around, "If you mean do I 'see anyone I want to bang' no, no I do not" he replied truthfully.

Kol shook his head, "Oh come on what do you swing the other way?" he asked jokingly.

Jack laughed for a solid minute, "What? you're kidding right. Men are. . .gross. Plus I'm a virgin" he admitted trying to get his heart to stop thumping so loudly.

Kol almost spitted out his drink, "you're a virgin? A Mikaelson a virgin wow that's got to be like some sort of record" he joked.

Jack, "What, I just haven't found the right person yet, you know someone who makes my heart beat so fast it feels like it's going to come out of my chest. Someone who loves everything about me and I love everything about them. Or even just someone I can talk to for hours on end without getting bored" he ranted unintentionally. "I thought I had that with Maxine but then I found out I didn't" he laughed.

Kol popped his mouth, "you want to hear the truth, little brother? True love isn't real. It's made up by people with wild imaginations who can grasp that there doesn't have to be a connection to have sex, someone who clearly never lost it" he muttered, leaning into Jack. "Look I'm saying this as your responsible, smart, older brother. Lose it before it's to late and you get hurt again" he said.

Jack bursted out laughing, "You have got to be joking. You're telling me you've been around for over a thousand years and you've never, never fallen in love?" he questioned in disbelief.

Kol shrugged looking smug, "I'm not the one who falls in love, that's the girls job. It's my job as a man to help them lose it and then leave so they understand how the real world is" he explained poorly.

Jack punched him in the shoulder which only resulted in him getting hurt. "You're a jerk, seriously? 'It's my job as a man to help them lose it' come on who says that? you know who says that, assholes do. I didn't know my brother was an asshole" he laughed, wincing as his knuckle felt like he'd shoved it in glass shards.

Even though it was such a horrible moment for Jack, such a painful moment, Kol couldn't have been happier.

He wouldn't have confessed this to anyone but he was over the moon that Jack had called him my brother, my brother. Suddenly it felt like maybe everything was going to be okay, just maybe.