Fund raisers ball

~The worst feeling in the world is trying to hold back a panic attack in public

Last night was a mistake, or maybe it was not. Kayla wasn't sure. She was too tired and too mentally drained from everything. Even now, when morning had arrived, she was still drained.

"Kayla" sounds loud in her ears. Kayla groans and opens her eyes. "Good morning, Love" jokes Kol. Kayla closes her eyes and turns around. "No" she mopes and throws a pillow at him. Kol laughs when the pillow just flies through him. "What did you expect, love?" "KAYLA" "Oh bloody hell, somebody grab that woman's tongue." Kayla chuckles and sits up. "WHAT" she shouts. "Oh darling, you have some voice yourself." Kayla laughs softly. "Stefan is here for you!" Kayla groans. "Great, more vampires." "Owth love, you hurt my feelings." "You are different," she jokes, and dresses herself. "Oh am I" he jokes and watches how Kayla pulls a black skinny jeans over her hips. "No darling, not that one. Take the black V neck." "Are you joking" laughs Kayla. "Do I ever?" Kayla scoffs and pulls the shirt, he asked for. on. Kol smirks and walks behind her. "That's my girl" he whispers.

"What," she asks arrogantly, and looks at Elena and Stefan. "Is that ghost with you?" "Hello to you too, " greets Kol. "Good morning" answers Kayla. "Kayla, I'm not here to talk about Kol, but I just. I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important enough. Please... You can talk with Damon. He listens to you. Please help me. Help him. " "Don't even dare darling" grunts Kol. Kayla sighs. "It's Damon. Fine. What's wrong with him?" "Oh love, you are going to be the death of me." Kayla holds her smile back. "His heart is broken, and he doesn't do well." Kayla nods. "I'll go, but alone." "No way" groans Kol. "I meant Stefan and Elena, let me and Damon be alone a while." Stefan nods. "Thank you." "I don't trust him," says Elena. "I do" answers Kayla, and walks outside. "You sure about that love?" Kayla nods and takes Elena her car. "You can drive?" "I can, but I don't have my license yet. Nobody cares." "I especially don't" he jokes, and gets in the car. "I do fancy a road trip with a beautiful driver." Kayla chuckles. "Thanks, Kol, you made my day. Every time. " "That's why I'm here" he jokes. "Is it?" "I don't know, he says after a deep sigh. "But I'm glad I am." "Me too," she smiles and drives over to Salvatore's boarding home.

"The door is open," says Kol, before Kayla can ring the bell. Kayla nods and pushes the door open. "Damon," she asks, and walks inside the house. "Go, upstairs love, I hear a shower." Kayla smiles. "Thanks, Kol."

"Damon," she asks again, and walks inside Stefan his bedroom. Damon walks out of the bathroom, without a shirt on. "You look um" "Dashing? Gorgeous? Irresistible?" Damon walks across the room, closing the space between him and Kayla. Kayla pushes him back when he gets uncomfortably close. "Don't dare mate" warns Kol. "Wrecked. You look wrecked." "Nice choice of words love. But I would say horrible. Then again, it might just be his face." "No reason why. Do you know that I am one of Mystic Falls' most eligible bachelors?" "Huh?" "Yeah, you wish mate" jokes Kol. "Yep," says Damon and smiles. "How are you doing Damon?" "Never better." "Yeah, we can see" groans Kol, and leans against the dresser. Damon puts on a button-up shirt. "What can I do for you? I'm a barrel of favors today. It's my newfound purpose—how can I help people?" "Do you hear yourself mate?" asks Kol annoyed.

Damon pretends that he is too drunk to button up his shirt, so he tries to get Kayla to do it for him so she'll be close to him. He turns around, looking at Kayla, hoping she'll come over to him. "Don't fall for it love, this is my kind of trick." "Help a guy out, will you? Can't get this." Kayla sighs and walks toward Damon. She helps him button up his shirt. Damon smiles and looks into her eyes. Kayla, her heart beats so loud. Damon smiles softly. "You are going to come with me to the fundraising evening." "Am I" she asks. Damon nods and puts a jacket on. "Uhh. I need a bigger jacket." "You don't need a jacket Damon. You look fine without it. Also with it. Trust me. You are good." Damon looks at her. "You are so not Elena's sister." "My words exactly bud." Kayla smiles softly. "Don't touch my girl's lips mate!" Kayla looks soft away and rubs a hair out of her face. "I can't come with you Damon. I'm not dressed for it." Damon smirks. "Let's get a dress, you are coming." Kayla grunts. "Fine. Whatever I say, you do it anyway." "You get that", Damon chuckles. "Give me a moment," he says, and walks off. "My girl" asks Kayla and looks at Kol. Kol blushes. "Is Kol Mikaelson shy" she jokes. "Never" he answers, irritated. Kayla chuckles.

It doesn't take long before she is fitting dresses in an expensive store. "Damon, are you sure," she asks. "Just fit," he says, lying relaxed on the red sofa. Not knowing of the vampire ghost sitting next to him. Kayla took a deep breath. She leaves the fitting room, scared of how Kol and Damon will react. "Look at that," says Kol Soft. Damon doesn't say anything. He just looked at Kayla. The sapphire blue gown has a deep V-neck and thin straps. On her right leg, there is a high split. The designer gown fits like a glove around her body. "That's it," Damon says, and stands up. The flat open shoes fit her dress, to make the picture complete. "Let's go to a party" he whispers, and hooks his arm into hers. Kayla takes a deep breath before she nods. "Do not be afraid Kayla, you look dashing."

"Mystic falls will never have a not boring event will they" sighs Kol and leans back onto his chair. "Well, isn't that wonderful? We could always use more plumbers. Moving on. Number 4, "Alaric Saltzman." Wow. That's quite a mouthful. What do you do, Alaric" asks Miss Lockwood. Kayla chuckles softly. "Not boring events in Mystic falls? Please, that's not going to happen." Kol takes another deep sigh. "Oh, beauty and brains, ladies. This one's a keeper. What do you teach?" "History?" "History. Oh, well, give us a fun fact about Mystic Falls, something crazy." Alaric looks over at Damon. Damon places his hand up to his ear, sarcastically anticipating a response. "Uh well." "Uh oh" jokes Kol. "He's probably saving the best stories for his date." She moves down the line. "And last, but not least, Damon Salvatore. We don't have much on you." "How should that come" groans Kol. Kayla laughs softly. "Are you still talking with that thing" asks Elena. "I really don't like you" groans Kol. "That thing is a being and has a name" answers Kayla. Kol chuckles. "Tell her that when I'm back, I will have her heart on a silver plate." "I won't" she whispers, offended. Kol lifts his shoulders. "Do you have any hobbies?" "Killing" jokes Kol. Kayla scoffs. "Oh, yeah. L.A., New York. A couple of years ago, I was in North Carolina. Near the Duke campus, actually. I think, I think Alaric went to school there. Didn't you, Ric?" Rick turns around. "Yeah, 'cause I, I know your wife did." Elena looks over at Stefan. "What" asks Kayla. "I had a drink with her once. She was—she was a great girl. Did I ever tell you that? Cause she was Delicious. Mmm! Mmm mmm mmm." Elena stands up and leaves the room. "What? Elena?" Kayla looks after Elena and then at Damon.

"Kol?" "Oh forget it love, I want to see what happens." Kayla sighs. "Besides, I can't get that far away from you." "You can't" she asks. Kol shakes his head. "Come on Kayla please, it is getting really interesting now" he jokes. Kayla sighs. Kol was such an asshole sometimes.

"Alaric gets a date with... 37649" "That's me" yells Jenna. "You joking me" laughs Kayla. Jenna puts her tongue out and runs to the stage. "So desperate" she jokes. "Wouldn't you buy a ticket if I was between?" "Would I have to," she jokes. Kol laughs. "It's for a good fund darling" "And Bachelor Number 5, Damon Salvatore." She pulls out a ticket. "37552. Would you look at that? That's me?" "Yeah cause that's a coincidence" scoffs Kayla. "Jealous love?" "Not even close" she grunts. "Where did he go" asks Miss Lockwood. "Yeah where did he go" asks Kayla and stands up. "Kayla, don't. Running behind the Salvatore will get you in great trouble one day." "And a Mikelson won't?" "Owtch darling!"

Since she can't find him anymore at the party, she takes a cab to the salvatore boarding house. Surprised that the door stands open, she walks inside. "Love don't" says Kol but it is too late. Kayla sees Alaric attacking Damon with a stake. "Don't" Kayla shouts and runs hastily towards them, but too late. Damon puts the stake in Alaric his chest. "Kayla" groans Alaric. "Damon, please stop" she begs. Damon looks at Kayla. He pulls the stake out. "What are you doing here?" I was worried about you, you left so I came to find you. I was worried." Puzzled, Damon looks at her. "Kayla" yells Kol. Kayla turns and sees Alaric attacking Damon again. "No" yells Kol. Damon opens his eyes again and swallows. "What did you do" yelled Kol and Alaric. "Stupid girl" curses Damon when he sees that Kayla blocked the stake from entering his heart with her own body. The wooden stake points out of her stomach. "Kayla" he whispers and supports her body. "Why did you do that" he asks. "Love, whatever you are thinking of don't, you are not going to leave me because of Damon Salvatore" Kol yells and sits down with her.

Damon tosses Alaric to the floor and stabs him with the same stake. Alaric gasps for air and places his hands over his wound. Damon throws the stake down, grabs his drink, and watches Alaric take one last breath before he dies. "Justified." Damon walks up to Kayla, bites his wrist open and places the blood on her lips. "Drink love" orders Kol. Damon pushes his wrist at her lips till her wound heals. "Are you this stupid" he curses and helps her to her feet. "What you did," she asks and wipes her face. "Is he?" Damon sighs. "He almost killed you!" "On accident!" "But you. you saved me" whispers Damon. "Why?" "Is it that weird that people care for you?!" "YES," he roars. "Easy now mate," says Kol. Kayla looks at him. "Damon" she whispers and wraps her arms around him. "It's okay" she whispers and rubs his back. "It's okay Damon, I promise, you are worth caring for." She feels Damon holding in his sobs. "Oh bloody bite me" curses Kol. Kayla comforts Damon and holds him. "Damon, I am sorry that you feel this way" she whispers. Damon hangs his head over her shoulder.

Stefan walked into the room and looked at Alaric. He rushes over to the body and kneels down next to it, checking for a pulse. "What did you do" he yells. "Can't you see you are disturbing" yells Kol? Damon turns and places Kayla behind his back. "He attacked me." "Damon," says Stefan. "All I did was tell him the truth. His wife didn't want him anymore. It's not my fault he couldn't handle it." "Like you could handle Katherine?" "Don't put this on him, this time it really wasn't his fault" says Kayla. Stefan looked surprised at her. "Don't come between a vampire fight love." " I'm handling it fine. You know what? Isobel came to me. She found me. And if she's related to Elena, that means she's related to Katherine. Maybe Katherine sent her to me." "You have to stop looking." "Can't be a coincidence. Isobel sought me out. Uh-uh. Can't. I'm assuming you'll take care of this." "Damon," says Kayla and takes his hand. "Please" whispers Kayla. Damon sighs. "I'll see you tomorrow," he says, and leaves. Kayla swallows. "Kayla." begins Stefan but gets interrupted. Stefan sees Alaric's fingers move. He furrows his brow and leans over Alaric. Suddenly, Alaric gasps back to life, panting heavily. He sits up, confused. "What the hell," asks Kayla. "Vampire alert" groans Kol. "He isn't a vampire." "I don't know" mumbles, Stefan. "What else," asks Kol. "What happened," asks Alaric?" "Did Damon turn you" asks Stefan. "No, no I.." "He didn't get blood," says Kayla. "No. It's, uh, it's something else." "What" asked Kol, Stefan, and Kayla in unison. "The ring" mumbled Alaric. "Isobelle gave it to me. She said it would protect me. Keep me safe from things in the night." "That's impossible" mumbles Kayla. "Not quite love. A witch can enchant anything and that thing. It is a powerful witch token of appreciation. Believe me. That ring will keep bringing him back from any supernatural death." "For real" whispers Kayla. "What he said," asks Stefan. "What who said," asks Alaric. "Uh. he said that it's a powerful witch present." "I did not!" "Not exactly in those words but you know." Kol rolls his eyes. "It will bring you back from supernatural death. All the time." Alaric scoffs. "Good to have," says Stefan. "Especially now you pissed Damon off... again." Alaric sighs and gets up. "Time to go home darling. That Salvatore doesn't really take it well when his victims come back from the dead." "I am going to go home, Good luck with Damon" sighs Kayla and walks outside.

"Kayla" yells Alaric. "Look who tries to be step-uncle." groans Kol. "Kayla, let me give you a ride." "It's okay. It's not that far to walk". "Please, I insist, after everything." Kayla sighs. "Fine" she says after looking at Kol. "I like that you start to make better decisions darling" jokes Kol before he gets into the car. Kayla sighs. "Do you have pain?" "No" says Kayla. The vampire blood gave her a headache, but for the rest, she was fine. She felt the wood burning through her flesh at the beginning. But now, she doesn't feel a thing anymore. It was another long day.... like every day latest time...