The feeling of kisses trailing down her bare shoulder and arm woke Natali up and she saw Kol smirking at her as her eyes fluttered open. He moved his lips closer to hers, kissing her softly for a brief moment.
- "Did you sleep well?" Kol asked, moving his hand down her chest and stomach.
- "That's the only way I can sleep when you're next to me." Natali told him and smiled.
After that, she went to the bathroom, while Kol stayed in bed. When she exited the bathroom Kol whistled flirtatiously at her.
- "Damn! Darling, you're smoking hot." Kol said teasingly, sitting up.
- Natali smiled, "You're not bad yourself." she told him as she opened her dresser to take out some clothes.
- "No. Don't get dressed." Kol protested.
- Natali turned towards him, "What else do you have on mind?" she asked.
- "Let's just lay in the bed, the whole day." Kol told her.
Two hours later, they were laying in bed holding each other while wrapped up in the bed sheets. Savoring in every moment they have together.
- "We could go and hunt humans." Natali suggested as she straddled Kol and he took her hands in his own. He could never get enough of her, he needed to be constantly touching her.
- "Uh, few more minutes." Kol said with a cheeky grin.
- "Did Kol Mikaelson just refused hunting humans? I didn't think I'll live up to that." Natali said as she leans up straightly and captured her lips with his own.
- "This isn't the first time I refused that." Kol told her as they broke the kiss.
- "Actually I think it is, usually I'm the one who refuses and would rather stay in bed." Natali told him.
- "Well I need to make up for a century lying in the coffin, so yeah, I would rather lay in bed and watch your naked body." Kol said, a smirk appearing on his face as he runs his hands up and down her bare tights.
Natali looked straight into his eyes and as she wanted to say something his phone started buzzing.
- Natali rolled her eyes, "That's like a fifth time in the last fifteen minutes." she told him.
- "Do I answer it?" Kol questioned turning his head towards the nightstand where his phone was.
- "Please, see who is calling. They won't stop." Natali told him.
Kol reached with his hand for his phone and saw that name of caller was Klaus.
- "It's Nik." Kol told her and saw that she just needed to hear that name and not be in a good mood anymore. As soon as he told her that he also answered Klaus' call that was just a few seconds away from ending on its own again.
- "Nik, what do you want?" Kol asked.
- "Well, you two told me to call you if I need your help and now I do." Klaus told them making Natali roll her eyes.
- "And just like that our paradise is ruined, once again because of you." Natali replied, annoyance in her voice.
- "You were the one that told me you'll help if I need you to torture someone." Klaus reminded her.
- "I was a little drunk back then." Natali told him.
- "Who do we need to torture?" Kol asked.
- "You need to go to Denver and spy on Elena's brother." Klaus told them.
- "That's not torturing." Natali said.
- "Why do we need to spy on him?" Kol asked.
- "Because Rebekah and I need to find those white oak stakes if you didn't already forget and Jeremy will be our leverage to get them." Klaus explained.
- "So does that mean we get to kill him?" Kol asked.
- "Not at this moment." Klaus said.
- Natali sighed, "Uh, fine. We're going to Denver. At least our vacation will just be in another city."
- "I knew you wouldn't say no to this." Klaus told them.
- "And Klaus don't try to be nice to us just because we have all the daggers." Natali told him before she hung up.
Kol placed his phone back on the nightstand as Natali leaned forward and kissed his chest, "I guess we need to get up from the bed now." she told him through kisses.
- "The moment I saw his name I knew it would be a bad idea to answer." Kol told her and as she looked back up at him she saw that crooked smile on his face that she fell in love with when they first met, "But it will be fun. We can always torture Jeremy and wipe his memories." he said as she smiled at him. Kol moved his head up, closer to her and started kissing her bare chest.
- "Kol, I think we could use a shower." Natali suggested and he didn't wait for another second to use vamp-speed and take her to the bathroom. They took a hot steamy shower, the mirrors were fogged from the steam. The hot water cascaded down on them while they made love for one more time.
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[MARSEILLES, FRANCE: 1002.]
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"She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired for a distance, not up close."
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That's what Kol thought while he was admiring Natali from the distance. She was standing in the ballroom alone, watching how her sister Renée dances with Lord Tristan de Martel. Luckily for Kol he wasn't afraid of the fire, so he decided to approach her.
- Standing behind her Kol said, "Why is such a beautiful lady like you standing all alone?"
Natali turned around. In front of her, she saw a handsome man, with brown hair, gorgeous chocolate eyes and a very charming smile. She was a little surprised that someone like him would ever approach her or say how she's beautiful.
- "I just enjoy watching while other people dance." Natali replied.
- "Or just a special someone." Kol remarked glancing at Tristan, "Don't tell me you like that Tristan guy."
- "Oh no, I don't like him." Natali quickly replied, "My sister is supposed to marry him, but I don't think he is good for her."
- "She wants that?" Kol asked.
- "I think she does and I think she likes him. I just can't figure out why." Natali told him.
- Kol softly laughs, before he asked, "Can I have a dance-" he gave her his hand and waited for her to say her name, "Natali." she said as she placed her hand on top of his, her eyes not leaving his. He gently kissed her hand, not taking his eyes off of her's and said, "My name is Kol."
Natali gave him a beaming smile and he returned it. Then he slowly pulled her closer to him, still holding her hand, while his other hand went to her lower back and Natali placed her hand on his shoulder. They started dancing slowly, gazing into each other's eyes and moving from side to side as her long brightly colored dress swept the floor. They did that for a few minutes and then Kol lifted her hand in the air and gave her a little twirl and she had to admit, she enjoyed every moment of it. He saw that she's enjoying it so he gave her one more twirl. After a few seconds, the song ended, too soon for Natali's liking. She took a deep breath and thanked him for a dance.
- "Always, darling. You're an incredible dancer." Kol said.
- "Well, I was learning to dance since I was born and you're not bad yourself." Natali said with a small smile.
- "Maybe you could teach me, so I can be better." Kol told her with a huge smirk playing on his lips, but before Natali could answer some man came and wanted to talk with Kol so he left and she was alone again.
KOL'S P.O.V:
- When Elijah dragged him from Natali, Kol annoyed spoke, "What do you want Elijah? You always need to ruin everything."
- "Now Kol, I hope you don't plan to eat her for dinner." Elijah replied.
- Kol smiled, "She looks like a dessert to me."
- Elijah gave him a look, saying, "You can't harm her. Her family is very important around here."
- "They are?" Kol asked.
- "She's part of a royal family, you can refer to her as princess." Elijah told him.
- "Interesting." Kol stated.
- "Better behave. Don't make me remind you of the importance of good behavior in our current situation." Elijah warned him and walked away.
When Kol looked back at the spot where he left Natali alone she wasn't there anymore and he didn't see her for the rest of the night.
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[THE PRESENT DAY:]
When they arrived in Denver it was already evening, they checked into some luxurious hotel with a view of the city.
- "So when are we going to become friends with that Gilbert boy?" Natali asked.
- "Are you sure he doesn't remember you?" Kol asked.
- "I wiped his memories. Are you doubting my spell?" Natali asked.
- Kol smiled, "Never." he told her.
- "Good." Natali said and give him a peck kiss on his lips before she added, "Let's go and find him now."
They followed Jeremy to the park where he was heading with his dog, having his pathetic mundane life as per usual. Kol and Natali give each other a look when Natali got the idea of what they can do. She reached for Kol's hand and they intertwine their fingers together, "We need to look like a normal human couple. Nothing supernatural to see here." Natali said as they started walking towards Jeremy. Kol had no idea what she wanted to do, but he let her lead the way.
- "Oh my God." Natali said in her cute voice as she crouched down calling for his dog to come closer to her, "Such a cute dog."
Jeremy was about to throw a ball to his dog, but the dog reacted to Natali calling him and ran to her. Jeremy came closer to them as Kol said, "Sorry mate, my girl is a dog lover."
- "No problem. I guess my dog likes her." Jeremy commented as he saw his dog licking Natali's face.
- "What is not to like." Kol stated, "Anyway, I'm Kol." he said holding his hand out for Jeremy to shake, "I'm Jeremy." Jeremy answers shaking Kol's hand.
- Natali smiles looking up from the ground at them, before she stood up and approached them, "I'm Natali." she says as they shake hands.
Jeremy's dog follows her so she can keep petting her. Natali sat down on the ground again and pet the dog some more.
- "Kol we should get a dog too." Natali suggested.
- "Uh, sure darling." Kol said, uncertainty clouding his voice.
- "You don't like dogs as much as she does, huh?" Jeremy asked him.
- "It's not that. We just travel a lot, so-." Kol was interrupted by Natali, "Dog can travel with us."
- "Sure he can." Kol replied.
- Natali looked at Jeremy, "So do you come here every day?" She asked.
- "Yeah, I do." Jeremy told her.
- "Great. We'll see each other again." Natali said, giving him a smile that Jeremy returned back.
- "I could use some friends. Maybe you could give me your number or something." Jeremy suggested, making Kol and Natali smile.
- "Yeah, sure." Natali replied as she took Jeremy's phone. When she put their numbers in she gives him his phone back and smiled, "There, I put mine and Kol's number, so hit us up when you want to hang out." she told him and Jeremy nodded.
- "We need to go now." Kol said as Natali kissed dog's head, "See you soon, cutie." she said before she took Kol's hand.
- "See you later." Jeremy told them and they walked away.
When they were out of Jeremy's sight they used vamp-speed to get faster to their hotel. Why walking like a normal human when they don't need to.
- "Well, that was easy." Natali remarked throwing her bag onto the sofa.
- "Have you been serious about having a dog?" Kol asked, "Because I don't want to share you with some animal."
- Natali shakes her head quickly, "No. You are more than an animal yourself."
- "I'm better than some animal." Kol's famous grin appeared across his face.
- "Way better." Natali tells him, drawling her words, "Unless you maybe want a dog."
- "No, I don't." Kol replied quickly.
- "Well, I would rather have some human pet." Natali stated, a cheeky grin appearing on her face.
- "Then we shouldn't even come back here." Kol said as he walked towards the door and opened them.
- "Or you can bring someone here." Natali replied.
Kol smiled at her and in the next moment he disappeared, just to be back a few seconds later, "I found this one in the lobby." Kol said as he entered the room with some young girl, that looked around their eternal age.
She looked slightly confused, she had no idea how did she came here so fast and why. By the look on her face, Natali could see that she wasn't compelled, but she was smart enough not to run away from them.
- "You always need to bring a girl, why didn't you bring a boy?" Natali playfully asked, looking up and down a girl in front of her.
- Kol laughs, "Isn't she entertaining?" he asked.
- "We'll see about that." Natali simply answered.
- "What do you want from me?" Girl asked in a shaky tone.
- "I want to eat you." Natali told her, a grin appearing on her face. Then she flashed behind the girl, making her inhale sharply. Kol came in front of the girl observing her with a predatory look in his eyes. Girls body shook with fear as Natali touched her from behind, moving her hair to one side. She couldn't even let out a scream, she was terrified, she just froze in one place. Kol took a step closer to her as Natali reached with her hand towards girls chin and lifted her head up. The girl closed her eyes as a tear rolled down her cheek.
- "Open your eyes, darling." Kol demanded, moving closer. His hands sitting on her hips, pressing her against him.
The girl was now sandwiched in between two vampires, afraid of what they want to do to her she tried to imagine she was somewhere else, anywhere but the room she was now locked in, with no possible way out unless they allowed her. Her heart thumped against her rib cage as Kol and Natali looked at one another.
- Then Kol's hand cupped girls cheeks, "I told you to open your eyes." he demanded once again, his voice rising.
The girl opened her eyes slowly and cached him gazing at her, just the moment before dark veins appeared under his eyes. Her eyes widened even more, wanting to see if she saw right or she is hallucinating something.
Kol moved one of his hands into girls hair at the back of her neck, grasping it and tugging until she tipped her head to one side. Natali moved closer to her neck as her fangs fully extended. The girl gasped and swallowed hard as Natali tenderly began tracing the curve of her neck with her fangs. Her fangs pressed against girls flesh. She didn't really bite her at all just let the tip of her fangs press against her jugular vein and the two drops of blood appeared on her neck. When Natali lifted her head a little to look at Kol, she bites her lower lips, making it bleed as well, before Kol leaned closer and captured her lips with his own, licking the blood off of it.
- "You're not the one who is going to bleed tonight. At least not right now." Kol told her.
- Natali smiled, "Scream for us, darling." she whispered into girl's ear, and without more hesitation, she sank her fangs into the side of her neck. Girls eye flew open and she let out a gut-wrenching scream as Natali lunged.
Girls screams echoed through their room and Kol smirked at the sight of her body shaking with fear, before he also sank his fangs at the other side of her neck, making her scream even more. The two of them groaned in unison as their craving for blood only got stronger. They clutched the girl to them, roaring hungrily as she started to fight against them, but with no luck to escape. She quickly became weak and started to slump against Natali, the screams faltering as they took her life.
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"They bite, she bleeds. She may fight, but they must feed."
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