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Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 16:38:35 GMT -6
After the way their last attempt at dinner had ended he decided to try for a do over but this time he had no intention allow either Finn or Esther to know where he was going. Given what had happened was indeed his fault he want to at least try to make up for it. Davina was the only friend and ally he had in this city and though he knew she thought the wolf attack was her fault that somehow made him feel worst and given that he didn't have many feelings it was odd.
Leaving the cemetery he shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone to text Davina.
Dinner? Now-ish?
Pressing the send button he kept walking into the quarter it would be easy to go to Rousseau's but given the experience they had last time he wanted something different. Looking up at the sign closest to him it seemed as good an option as any other.
Court Tavern Po-Boys?
Taking a seat at one of the tables near the door he looked out onto the busy sidewalk. It was a casual sort of place, not too fancy and soon enough Royal would be crawling with people which would easily blend them in. Tapping his phone against the table he waited for a response.
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 16:54:32 GMT -6
Walking back to the church, after bringing Katherine The Traveler's spellbooks, Davina was looking forward to a night of endless work to figure out Esther's delinking spell. The spell she had cast to unlink Klaus from the moonstone rings was powerful but not strong enough to break a sire-line.
The buzzing of her phone stopped her in her tracks as she looked at the message. It was from Kaleb, asking her for a dinner redo. She was tempted to say no, after the fiasco that their last date had turned into but she knew that she had to talk to him. She had to break things off before she developed any more feelings for him. Those feelings would make him even more a target than he was now. She hit reply and typed in her message:
**Give me ten minutes. We need to talk.**
Hitting send, Davina hurried to the church to change her clothes and touch up her makeup. Why she was making herself pretty for a guy she was about to break up with, she wasn't sure. She guessed that she just wanted to leave him with a good impression.
Walking out of the church, having changed into a light pink top and nice dark blue jeans, Davina headed towards the restaurant where she found Kaleb sitting on a bench outside. Giving her hair one last fluff, she walked over to him casually. She grew more nervous as she approached him, her heart skipping a beat when he turned his head towards her.
"Hi Kaleb. Are you sure you want to try this again?"
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 17:09:46 GMT -6
Phone buzzing in his hands he looked at the message and frowned. He might not be used to the lingo of the time but even he was aware that 'we need to talk' wasn't a good sign. Tapping his phone against the table with one hand he ran the other through his hair.
His phone buzzed again before he looked at it seeing it was from his Mum he decided to ignore it. Tonight wasn't about his family, about what he Mum wanted or anything else. The other night at Rousseau's they'd had a moment where he'd opened up to her more than anyone else and then it had been shattered.
Catching sight of Davina he stood from the bench he was sitting on smiling at her. When he told her she was gorgeous it wasn't a lie or just a way to charm her. "More sure then I've ever been. It's not Rousseau's but figured we could use a change of scenery and hopefully a better ending to tonight."
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 17:21:49 GMT -6
Davina smiled and felt herself blush when Kaleb mentioned wanting a better ending to the night. Would he want to kiss her? The thought made her blush a little brighter and a silly grin spread over her face. Her thoughts of wanting to talk to him immediately flew to the back of her mind. What was the harm in enjoying some time with him before getting to the unpleasantness of the evening?
"Well as long as your willing to risk it."
Sliding into the bench across from Kaleb, Davina met his eyes and felt that grin split her face again. What was it about this boy that made her stomach fly and her heart beat? She had been around good looking guys before but there was just something about him.
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 17:37:48 GMT -6
Catching sight of the blush on Davina's cheeks it was something he hadn't caused to happen in a rather long time. Smiling he lifted a hand and trailed the pad of his thumb over Davina's cheek. "Sorry, the blush is cute." He said pulling his hand away from her face.
"Well if you're willing to risk it I'm not above taking a chance. Can't think of a better reason to." For just a short time he didn't have to worry about his Mum or his brothers he wasn't Kol he was Kaleb and able to be what he wanted to be. Though he was sure it would be fleeting he wanted to hold on to it.
"Didn't really know where to go so I just picked the first place I saw, the sign in the window said famous so thought it might be a worth adventure." Giving her a wink he didn't really care where they ate he was just glad to see her outside of class.
A friendly face was becoming a rarity in his world. Mikael was under Davina's control, Nik wanted to kill him, his Mum wanted to use him and so far Davina was the only one who wanted nothing. He'd once focused on corrupting innocence like that and yet with her it was magnetic and he wanted to protect it.
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 17:51:10 GMT -6
Davina smiled and looked down at the table when Kaleb touched her face. His touch sent chills up her spine. She had thought that she was in love with Tim but he never made her feel anything like this. Perhaps this was what love truly felt like.
The thought of Tim brought Davina's mind back to the task at hand. She leaned forward slightly and whispered to Kaleb. She was trying to find a good way to bring up the subject that she didn't want to approach but knew she had to, Klaus.
"Have you ever been in love before Kaleb?"
She pursed her lips together, needing an answer. Maybe it would help him understand why she had to do what she had to do.
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 17:57:54 GMT -6
The smile on Davina's face seemed to weaver sightly before she looked at him and leaned forward. His eyes followed her movements as she whispered to him. Hearing her words caused him to frown slightly, it was hard question to answer.
"I've been attracted to people before but as far as love. I really don't know Davina. I'm sure I'd know it when I felt it but I haven't. I've cared for people before and I care for someone now." He said giving her a meaningful look.
Reaching up he rubbed the back of his neck, "I'm going to guess this has to do with that you wanted to talk about." It was weird but for some reason the change in conversation made him slightly nervous but maybe that was just the teenage mood swings and hormones he was trying to deal with.
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 18:14:12 GMT -6
Davina hoped that Kaleb didn't think she was trying to profess her love to him. Sure she knew she had feelings for him and they might be love but they weren't anywhere close to that step yet. She had known Tim for years and they hadn't gotten there.
A pained look crossed her face as she frowned, her eyes not leaving the table. When he mentioned this being the reason she wanted to talk, Davina nodded.
"I thought I was in love once. With a boy from school named Tim."
Davina felt as tears began to well up in her eyes, she felt the guilt of Tim's death on her shoulders once again as if someone came and dropped it across her shoulders.
"Tim died because of me....as punishment for going against Klaus. He killed me too but I was brought back because of a spell."
She paused and looked up as a waiter appeared next to their table. She placed a fake smile on her face and ordered a steak po-boy with a side of fries and a soda. Looking over the table to Kaleb, Davina tried to gauge what was going through Kaleb's mind.
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 18:27:07 GMT -6
Davina was still for a few minutes saying nothing which worried him. Had he said or done something wrong? He really wasn’t sure what to say or do in this first place since this was all pretty new for him. As a pained look crossed her face followed by a frown.
Reaching over he grabbed her hand from across the table as she began to speak. His brow furrowed as he listened while she spoke of a boy she thought she’d loved. “He was killed by the name in the school?” Davina nodded at him and he brows dropped lower.
Tears began to fill her eyes and for a moment he truly hated his brother for causing this girl so much pain. He’d killeded countless people in his life but he’d left none to feel the true pain of their loss.
Before they could truly continue the conversation a waiter came over and he order a shrimp po-boy along with a side of red beans and rice and a water. As the waiter left he moved around the table and sat next to Davina sliding into her side of the booth. “You’re worried for me? Davina I’m not Tim. I know what I’m getting into. The war between the witches, wolves and vampires, the hybrid Klaus and the Original Elijah. I’m not scared.”
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 18:46:31 GMT -6
Davina leaned into Kaleb's shoulder, closing her eyes as she inhaled his fresh, masculine scent. She knew that he wasn't Tim and that he had more defenses than Tim did but, she couldn't live with herself if something happened to Kaleb because of her betrayal.
"I know you're not Tim but he wasn't the only person that I cared about that's been targeted because of me. My friends Josh and Marcel were both bitten by Klaus because I hesitated to help him. Hesitated! What do you think he'll do now that I brought his arch enemy back from the dead?"
She looked up again as the waiter appeared once more, this time with their food. She thought that the food came back a bit quickly but dismissed it leaning into Kaleb, as if she were a girl in love, and placing her smile back on her face. Once the waiter left, Davina picked at her food not feeling very hungry suddenly.
"I care about you too Kaleb and, if Klaus finds out, he'll use you just to hurt me. I couldn't live with myself if you got hurt or....killed because of me."
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 19:25:51 GMT -6
When Davina leaned into him it was a whole new feeling, she was warm and small and for the first time he didn't see a human as being weak. Though his own mortality and lack of strength might have something to do with it. Leaning his head against hers he smiled slightly.
Nik always went for those people cared about because it was easier to weaker a person by those they loved them attacking them head on. That and if you wanted to person to do something for you leverage made it easier to control them. No, Nik hadn't changed at all over the years only caring for what he wanted a willing to use any to get it.
"Josh and Marcel are vampires then?" He asked as if trying to follow it all, "If they care about you as much as you care about them then the risk was worth it. Seems to me it wouldn't matter if they were your friends or not. Marcel was King of the city before Klaus came back right?"
Smiling he nodded in acknowledgement as the waiter dropped off their food. Grabbing the spoon he stirred up the red beans and rice before taking a slow bite. Though he nearly choked on his food as her heard her words. No one had ever cared about him that much. His father had been cold, his Mum had been and still was distant caring about witch business over her own family.
Putting the spoon down he turned slightly to look at her and reached up gently tilting her chin, "Davina, there are worse things than death. I'm not afraid of dying, I'm afraid of not fully living."
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 19:42:52 GMT -6
Davina smiled when Kaleb told her he wasn't afraid of death. She was because she knew what was probably in store for her after death. The ancestors had tormented her while she was dead from The Harvest and she didn't think they'd be pleased about her breaking the moonstone curse. She wasn't in a hurry to go back to an eternity in the afterlife with those witches.
She knew that she hadn't lived fully since she had been saved by Marcel. She spent months in an attic, Klaus' magical slave and was now devoting her time to finding a way around a sire-line. School and her first two dates were the closest that she had come to living in a very long time. She just hoped that nothing would happen to this man who had suddenly become as important to her as any of the other people that she loved.
"Yes, Marcel was the king of New Orleans, with my help. He probably would've gone up against Klaus but Josh was pulled into everything just like I was. He was caught in the middle and used by both sides."
Grabbing a french fry, she took a bite and chewed slowly. The, normally, delicious food was like chewing sand. She knew that she was on the verge of relenting to Kaleb's wishes of not being together, if they were actually together. Davina wasn't entirely sure about that either.
"He would hunt you down and kill you just to see the pain in my eyes as you die. He's said as much and I know he would. He killed the entire family of a friend of mine's years ago. Since I don't have a blood family, he'd choose surrogates and you would be one of the top people on his list."
The fact that Kaleb was being so brave touched deep within her but she wanted to make sure he knew what he was getting into.
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 20:04:35 GMT -6
The other side was gone which meant after death there would be nothing, he would be gone and there would be no coming back. For some reason no longer existing was no longer his greatest fear. It had been as he watched others being pulled into the dark abys but this second chance seemed more like torture. His Mum sought to dictate his every move and yet wouldn’t tell him the end game. She’d threatened him and brought him to his knees nearly giving him a brain aneurism.
If he was going to die one final time it would in fact be on his own terms. He’d been killed by his father to be turned, daggered by Elijah and Nik more times than he could count and lastly staked by the Gilbert boy. Though in retrospect he had that one coming to him but unlike then he wasn’t just pretending to be Davina’s friend.
“And then the wolves drove the vampires from the Quarter, well all but our record dealer but I’m going to guess he’s no longer with us.” Given the store had never been reopened his assumption was the vampire was dead. “Though the problem doesn’t seem to be with you love, seems to be with Klaus.”
Moving the spoon through the red beans and rice a strange feeling went through him. As humans would say it felt like someone walking over his grave. “He’ll probably already hunt me down and kill me Davina but I put myself in his line of sight and on his list. You can’t let the fear of what may happen to someone keep you from ever doing anything. I run as much risk getting hit by a car crossing Bourbon street as I do from Klaus.”
Pausing for a moment he stared into her eyes and gave her the best smile he could muster, “Call if brave or call it stupid love but you’re Debbie downer attitude and morbid prophesy aren’t causing me to run. If a man is scared away from what he want by another then he isn’t much of a man to start with and rather undeserving."
Post by Davina Claire on Oct 18, 2014 20:34:32 GMT -6
Davina's smile grew slightly at Kaleb's words, that he wasn't going to be sent away because of the impending danger that Klaus presented. Marcel and Josh had both been as loyal but they were now banned from The French Quarter, by both Klaus and the werewolves. Though since Marcel was now working with Elijah, that particular ban had probably been lifted. His allegiance now drew a line between the two and, if she were honest with herself, Davina wasn't entirely sure of which side Marcel would choose. Josh would choose whichever side Marcel stood on. Other than Cami, Davina had nobody else but Kaleb right now.
She blushed a bright pink when Kaleb scolded her slightly about her "Debbie downer attitude." It quickly went away though when he mentioned that a man was not scared away from what it was he wanted. Her next question was rather cliche but Davina didn't care at the moment. Later she would kick herself for asking out loud though.
Post by Kol Mikaelson on Oct 18, 2014 20:54:27 GMT -6
The more he spoke the more Davina’s face seemed to light up which indicated to him she wasn’t used to many staying after finding out what it might cost them. Both of her vampire friends weren’t allowed in the Quarter which left her and Cami and given his brother’s new role he wasn’t sure Cami would be an ally of Davina’s much longer. Was he any better than his brother Finn? His brother might be using Cami but he seemed to know what purpose, Kol on the other hand had no idea why he was meant to be using Davina.
Though somewhere along the way lines and paths got crossed and he realized he wasn’t using her. He couldn’t use her like that, not knowing how much she seemed to care as she warned him away. His mother’s wrath and Nik’s threats were worth this.
Davina was quiet for so long that it kind of scared him. Though the question she asked next seemed to frighten him more. He wanted something dangerous, a light he was never meant to hold, a girl that was better than he could ever deserve. If she knew him for what he was she would hate him, she would call him a fraud but he cared only about the now.
“Something I’ve never thought to possess, someone who cared about my safety above their own.” Sighing he looked at her, “I want the impossible.” He wanted her not to hate him but the day always seemed to come when all did.