Ghosts

~Time isn't the main thing, it's the only thing

The warm spring wind blows through the dark sand-colored curtains. The sky is only getting light blue right now, decorated with a crescent moon. But that didn't hold Kayla from her morning jog. The alarm rings loudly through the room. "Shut up and dance with me" Kayla hums while she dresses in her sports outfit. "Bloody Hell Kayla, one day I am gonna kick your ass." Kayla grins and turns her ass towards him. "Just wait, keep holding your fancy ass like that darling, cause I'm on my way" he blinks. Kayla chuckles. "You know... This is gonna sound weird since we don't know each other that long, but still... I wished that was true." Kol smiles softly. "Me too" he says deeply. Kayla smiles, "Come on Kol, time to run", she jokes. Kol groans and rolls his eyes. "I'll get you for that", he sighs and follows her downstairs. Kayla chuckles and hastily walks outside. "You are a tad faster than the other day's darling" says Kol. Kayla looks at him. "Am I now" she jokes. "Keep going darling, I'll show you what I can do with you." Kayla puts her tongue out at him. She just loves teasing Kol. Everyone is afraid of him and she knows that she should be afraid of him also. But she just loves getting under his skin.

" Good morning" she greets a man who runs by. The man nods to them and runs on. "Was it my imagination or did the man just look at me?" "Probably coincidence" says Kayla. "Probably" says Kol. "doubtful".

Kayla hastily showers and dresses herself in a too big lumberjack vest, a black turtleneck shirt under it, ripped black skinny jeans and a pair of black ankle boots. Kol looks at her. "Teenagers" he scoffs. "What's wrong with my outfit" she asks offended. "Nothing, it is very cute" he jokes. "If you make fun with my outfit one more time, I'm going to kick you somewhere you will not enjoy it." "too bad you can't touch me" he teases with a sarcastic grin. Kayla groans. She grabs a book and throws it at Kol. Normally it goes right through him. Not this time, it hits him in the head. He groans and rubs the hurt spot. Confused, he looks at the book. "What was that for?" Kayla looks at him, not sure what just happened. "You felt that" she asks. "Not even a bloody bit," he yelps. Kayla walks closer to him. "Kol" she whispers. Kol looks at her. Finally, he understands. A smile curled around his lips. She reaches her hand out at him. Slowly he lifts his hand and places it against hers. Tears bubbled into her eyes. Her heart flutters, she feels his cold skin against her palm... She feels his touch. Kol grins and wraps his arms around her. He lifts her in his arms and hugs her tight. Kayla squealed happiness. Finally, she gets the hug she waited so long for. "Oh Kayla" whispers Kol and hugs her tight. He wraps his arms around her and places his chin on her neck. "My sweet Kayla, how long I've wanted to do this." Kayla sniffs. "I have no idea what's going on but... Kol... thank you" she whispers. He kisses her forehead. "Aren't you gonna be late for school" jokes Kol. Kayla nods. "I don't want to go to school right now." Kol chuckles. "I will be with you, don't be afraid Kayla Gilbert. Kayla grins. "I can... I can touch you" she says and rubs his chest. Kol grabs her hand. "And I you", he says, and hugs her again. She can't understand it, nor can she explain it, but she is just overwhelmed with happiness. For so long she teased the original vampire ghost, she had fun with him, she cried with him and for so long she wanted to touch him. To hug him... And now, after all this time... It was possible. Happy she walks down. She laughs when he tickles her. She didn't know what was going on, but she really didn't want it to end. Ever since the barbeque, which was a week ago, she has felt down. This was exactly what she needed.

"So you think I can still tease you now" laughed Kayla. Kol tickles her. "I think not" he says. Elena looks at her with her mouth wide open. "What" asks Kayla. "Is that... him?" asks Elena. "Who" asks Kayla. "Is that.. the ghost?" "You can see him/me" asks Kayla and Kol together. Elena nodded. 'What is going on, is he? Back?" Kayla shakes her head. "I don't know." "I'm still pretty ghostly darling" says Kol. "Kol Mikaelson" he greets and kisses Elena her upper hand. Elena smiles softly. "Nice to finally see you" she says. Kol scoffs. "Is that so" he asks. "Kol" jokes Kayla and pats his upper arm. "Ow Darling" he groans, offended. Kayla chuckles. "Don't be such a baby" she jokes. Kol smiles. "You know a thousand years ago they would sacrifice people for staring like that" says Kol. Elena shakes her head. "Forgive me. Eh Kayla, we need to go to school." Kayla nods. "Oh Darling, on the other hand you can skip just one day can't you?" "No she cannot" says Elena. Kayla smiles. "Kol, I know how much you love school. I am not going to take this opportunity away from you." "Now you are just hurting me darling" Kayla laughed. "Maybe I should take a day off, I mean. He can't leave my side. Wouldn't it be awkward in school ?" Elena took a deep sigh. "You are right, it might be a good day off." "That's what I'm talking about" jokes Kol. Kayla chuckles. "I need to meet with Bonnie, though. I'll ask if they want to meet me at the grill, feel like coming?" "Oh darling, please, I am craving that drink. And some other things" Kol smirks. "Kol please" scoffs Kayla. Kol winks. "Relax darling." "Fine" she scoffs and walks outside. Totally ignoring Elena, Kol and Kayla talk like always. Only this time, they walk closer and often touch each other. "So about that kick" she begins. "Don't think about it darling" jokes Kol. Kayla smirks. "Why not? You are afraid that you can't handle it", she jokes. Kol groans. "As a ghost I might not need blood, but I can still take it" he says, threatening. "Owtch, that's just low" jokes Kayla. She nods thankfully when he opens the door for her.

At the grill, everyone takes a moment to observe the new guy on the block. Carolyne and Bonnie wave at them. "Oh this is going to be fun" groans Kol. "You don't like them" asks Elena. "The witch is fine, but blondie... yikes" he groans. Kayla chuckles. Just go get your scotch you craved for. "I can't without you remember." He spots Damon and Alaric sitting at the bar. "Fine" sighs Kayla, ignoring Carolyne her questions.

"Hey Damon" she greets. Damon looks at her. Alaric's mouth just opens wide by seeing Kol. He obviously remembers her drawing. Before he can say anything, Kol grabs Damon, throws him in the air and lets him land stonehard on his back. "Kol" yells Kayla surprised. Damon grunts and gets up with Kayla her help. "What the hell Kol" Kayla says loudly and hits his chest. "Relax Darling, He'll live. That's for messing with Kayla" he says and grabs Damon by his neck. "Hey knock it off" says Alaric. "Kol stop" orders Kayla. Kol looks at her. "Don't ever hurt nor abuse your power for her again, Salvatore" Kol growls dangerously and let's go of Damon harder as needed. "Damon, I am sorry, are you alright?" Damon grunts and gets back on his stool. "I assume that you are Kol" he asks. ""Strange, you know my name? Have we met? I've met a lot of people and you don't particularly stand out," he says with a grin. Damon looks at him. He scoffs and drinks his bourbon. Kayla looks unbelievable at him. He was so different all of a sudden. Behind Kayla, Mason appears. "God I missed whiskey" he says and takes a zip. "Hey Mason" greets Kayla smiling.

He takes a drink from a glass and then smashes it on Damon's forehead. Damon then looks at Alaric. "Told you" he grunts, covered in blood and glass. "What the hell" asks Kayla. "Mason, what are you doing? Where have you been" asks Kayla. "Ask that on Damon", he groans. "Damon" asks Kayla. Damon sighs. "I might have killed him" says Damon. "You what" yells Kayla. "You are unbelievable." "He tried to kill me first." "All I wanted was peace" says Mason offended. "Peace with a Salvatore means death mate." Mason looks at Kol. "I see that now" he says. "What the hell is going on" asks Kayla. "Your witch probably messed with the veil darling. That's what you get when you bring somebody back from death." "Excuse me" asks Kayla. "Bonnie" hisses Damon. "Mason" Kayla asks again. Tears bubbled into her eyes. Mason tightly hugs her. "Don't get too touchy with my girl mate" growls Kol. Damon scoffs. "Kol" says Kayla and grabs his arm when he wants to take Damon back. Mason smiles. "You must be the vampire I heard about." "In the flesh, well kind of" he says with a mischievous smile on his face. "I'm sorry Mason, I really am", Kayla says in a trembling voice. Mason wipes her tears away. "You keep an eye out for Tyler, okay?" Kayla nods. "And who's exactly keeping an eye out that he can't hurt her again" groans Kol, offended. "I will" smirks Damon. Kol looks angry at him. His fangs showing. "Woah, relax dude. Somebody might see you" says Alaric. "I'm not you dude... mate" says Kol and takes Damon his neck again. "Kol" yells Kayla and pulls him from Damon.

"I need a moment" groans Kayla and runs out. "Darling" says Kol and runs behind her. "Do forgive me but I've seen it all. I've seen how the salvatores treated you. I just couldn't resist." "It's not just that Kol" says Kayla and rests her back against the wall. "It's just.. Mason. I liked him. He was a friend. Why did Damon have to kill him?" Tears escaped her eyes. Kol sighs. He holds her tight. " I'm sorry Kayla, I truly am." Kayla hangs her head against his shoulder. She softly sobs and closes her eyes. She smells his vest. She inhales his smell, observes his touch.. She wants it to stay. She doesn't want Bonnie to fix this. He hugs her tight. He keeps holding her until she stops sobbing. "Come on Darling, let's grab a drink shall we?" Kayla nods. "I think you deserve it after everything I made you go through." "Now you are speaking" he says.

"Okay" she says and looks into Kol's eyes. A playful grin on his face. "Just throw it backwards darling" he says. Kayla looks again at the tequila shot and sighs." Here we go" she says. She drinks the shot and immediately makes a sour face. Kol laughs, amused, and leans back on his stool. "Now that is priceless", he says. "That is so disgusting", she says, and waves her hands in front of her face. Kol laughs, amused. He shakes his head. "You know nothing about taste, darling" he says. Kayla shakes her head. "Ew" she groans again. Laughing, Kol hands her a diet coke. "Just keep it with this then." She drinks quickly of her coke hoping to wash that dirty burning taste away. "I don't understand how you can drink this" groans Kayla. Kol laughs and drinks his beer. "Its called class darling." "Class my ass" she laughs. Kol chuckles. "Oh bloody hell" he sighs and looks at Elena, who comes closer by. "Hello to you too" she says. "You know you are a horrible sister darling, almost like mine" he says. Elena scoffs. Kayla just drinks her coke with her eyes pinned on Kol. "Eh, yeah well. Bonnie figured out that there is a breach in the veil. Apparently she did some spell." "Not just some spell, it's a spell to bring people back from death" says Kol. "How do you know?" "He used to be a witch" says Kayla. Kol bites his lip. Elena nodded. "Well, she is trying to figure out how to put it back up. It might take a while." "Oh just leave it like this" Kol says. "I'm sorry but we all know that she can't. There are people who are in death, who have to stay death." "I missed the part where that is my problem." Elena scoffs. "You can't be that ignorant." "Kol" warns Kayla softly when he wants to get up. "As it seems you have more in common with Katharina then looks" he says, drawing Damon his attention towards him. "You know Katherine" he asks. "Longer as you I'm sure" says Kol. "How can you be sure" asks Damon amused. "I'm sorry bud, but you and me. We are not buds" says Kol angry. Kayla gives him a warning look. "Let's not destroy our fun, shall we" says Kol, and turns towards Kayla again. "Bonnie said that there is an old witch on the other side. She had an original business and she used Vickie to open up the veil. "Old witch" asks Kol. "You know who it is?" "Just the original witch... My dear mum" he groans. "Kol, I'm sorry" sighs Kayla, knowing how sensitive this is for him. "I don't understand" asks Elena. "You'll get the story later. Tell witchy that she is screwed." "It can't be that easy" sighs Elena. "Destroy something personal of Vickie with a returning spell. It will work." Elena nods. "Thank you." "You helped her. Even though it sends you back." Kol looks saddened all of a sudden. "I know darling, but she is right. There are some people on the other side who had better not come back. People who might hurt you.I don't want the veil to come back up. But then again, we don't always get what we want, don't we?" Kayla swallows. "I would risk it all for you Kol." "I know darling, but you shouldn't." "Kol, don't say that." Kol smiles softly again. "Fancy another drink love" he asks. Kayla chuckles. I first need to go to the toilet, Kol. I don't think my bladder can handle the amount of your drinking skills." "Come on love" chuckles Kol.

"Kayla, I'll give you four hours" says Bonnie, who walked into the grill. "I'm sorry, are you threatening me now" asks Kol. "Do you have any idea who I am?" "I am not scared of you" says Bonnie. Daring. Kol stands up. "Kol" says Kayla and grabs his arm. "I am not like any other vampire love, you are wise not to underestimate me." Bonnie swallows. " Find that item, we'll see if we can help" Kayla says and walks away. Kol, who keeps staring at Bonnie, swallows. "I know you Bennet, you are powerful... But not powerful enough to take up the original who..." his sentence gets interrupted by a force that drags him over the floor towards Kayla. "Oh bloody hell" groans Kol. "Kayla keep standing" he curses. Kayla looks at him. "Sorry" she chuckles. "What happened" asks Elena not understanding. "They are linked, he needs to stay close with him", Bonnie answers and walks further, amusement showing on her face. Elena looks at Kol. She passes him without a word. "You just had to" jokes Kayla. Kol lifts his shoulders innocently. Kayla scoffs and walks outside. "What did he mean by original" asks Elena, softly. Bonnie lifts her shoulders. "It's rude to gossip darling, says Kol and looks at Elena. Kayla rolls her eyes and steps outside already. She puts her back against the door so that she won't be too far from Kol. Whatever he had to say against Elena. It sure wasn't something she wanted to hear right now.

"Well well if it isn't little Gilbert", sounded suddenly. Kayla looks up. Vickie walks towards her. "Kayla swallows. "Hey Vickie, I'm sorry for what happened." Vickie grins. "Yeah right. Last time I checked, I almost killed your sorry ass. And last time I checked, your boyfriend turned me and then killed me." "Damon isn't my boyfriend" she answers. Vickie scoffs. "It's a good day, it seems that I have a chance to finish what I started." "

"Kayla" groans Kol and hastily walks outside. He looks at Vickie who holds Kayla against the wall. Her hands firmly around her neck. "Do you have any idea who I am darling" growls Kol dangerously and grabs Vickie. He pulls her effortlessly from Kayla. Vickie gets up again. "Tell my mum I said hello" groans Kol and shows his vampire face. Vickie swallows. Hastily she disappears. Kol looks at the necklace from Damon around her neck.

Kayla looks into Kol his eyes. She isn't sure what's going through her mind right now, but she just can't stop looking into his deep eyes. In the blink of an eye Kol his arms were wrapped around her waist, pulling her closer and removing all the space that lingered between them. She places her hand on his shoulder and lets her other hand tangle through his hair. It was a passionately needed kiss, the tension that had been rising between them from the moment they met escaped their lips now. She just realized that she wanted to taste him even more.. She wished she could keep kissing him. Forever...

Kol breaks up their kiss and smiles softly. Kayla, I used to be a psychotic maniac. But I didn't have you. I promise you... Always and forever. Only to you, not to my family." Kayla smiles and holds his hand.

Tears bubble up in her eyes once her hand goes straight through him. "Kol" she wines. "The veil is back up" says Kol saddened. Kol looks at her. He holds his hand in front of hers. "Kol, I'm..." "Ssh, it's okay Darling. You'll see... well' be together before you know. And then, I'm gonna kiss you even harder." Kayla nodded through her tears. "It will be alright Darling. I promise..." Kayla her heart broke once again. Again she could see him but she couldn't touch him. It tormented him.