love is weakness - k.p.

part five

"Guys?", y/n voiced through the nearly empty Grill.

Jo and Kai struggled against their bonds, crying out to the young woman but they and the still unconscious Alaric and tied down Elena and Damon were concealed with magic.

Y/n couldn't see anyone. Except for the one man, standing with his back to her.

"Um, hello?", y/n called out, looking around for her friends. Or whatever they were.

Jonah turned around, pretending to be surprised to see her. "Oh, hello, y/n! How are you?"

Y/n knew his face. She had seen it on the pictures of the Parker family. Jonah Parker. The man who killed her. And then resurrected her and whatever.

"I know who you are", y/n spat out. "You're Kai and Jo's father. You're the one who killed me."

"Yes, of course. But you see it was actually your fault. You just had to throw yourself in front of that monster.", Jonah said angrily, walking towards the woman.

"And now, now you just had to come back to him."

"What do you want from me?" Her voice was surprisingly steady.

"And where are my friends?"Jonah chuckled.

"Oh your friends? Come on, y/n. Think about it. Jo told you to come here, Damon tried to kill you. Do you really think they're your friends?"

"They left you, girl. All of them."

Y/n shook her head. No, that couldn't be true.

"So I give you a chance. Either you leave now and never come back or... I'll make sure you never leave this room again. This time permanently."

"Why?", y/n whispered. Why would he want for her to leave so badly?

"You see, my son is a monster, an abomination. And somehow, he loves you. I don't know why, but he does. He doesn't deserve something good in his life. He doesn't deserve you." Jonah sat down in a chair.

"I thought resurrecting you after he was imprisoned would be fine, he thought you dead and you couldn't remember him. You would have been separated forever." The old man frowned, his voice turning angry. "But then Kai got out, somehow, at the same time you started to work here. And you know, I can't give him that. Being with you."

"That's why I put the spell on you, you can't be near him for long without dying. But of course my daughter found a way to get rid of that spell, so now you have the choice", Jonah looked at y/n closely. "You either leave for good or you die."

Y/n couldn't think, her head hurt and even though she couldn't really remember Kai she remembered how safe and normal she felt in Kai's presence and how right it felt to be at his side. Her mind was a mess, thinking about the ultimatum and her friends and Kai.

"I don't have all day, girl!", Jonah growled.

With a flick of his wrist, y/n flew to him, his hand enclosing around her neck. And suddenly everything came back to her.

"Come here!", Kai laughed, running after y/n.

The girl screamed giggling, jumping over a tree stump and towards the water.

Still laughing, the young man picked her up, throwing her over his shoulder.

"No, no, no! I'm sorry, Kai!", y/n shouted, not really meaning it, as he started wading into the water.

"That's what you're getting for making my t-shirt wet!"Kai grinned, jumping underwater with y/n in his arms.

The memory flashed before her eyes. For a millisecond she saw Jonah, holding her neck and looking at her furious, then another memory shot through her head.