The Push and Pull of Things, Chapter 12: If I Could Just See You

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~*~I~*~

How long have I been in this storm?
So overwhelmed by the ocean's shapeless form
Water's getting harder to tread
With these waves crashing over my head

Davina wrapped her arms around herself and fidgeted nervously as Bella and Kol exited the room along with Elijah, leaving her alone with Klaus.

The oppressive silence as the Hybrid stood across the room from her was not doing anything to ease the panic that was steadily rushing through her, making her heart race, and her pulse thump loudly in her ears.

Klaus sighed heavily when he looked at the young witch. She was clearly uncomfortable in his presence now, and he really didn't enjoy the way it made him feel seeing that.

"You can relax love, I'm not about to pounce on you against your will." He unsuccessfully tried to keep the bitterness from his voice.

"Oh…" Davina breathed unsteadily, "I'm sorry, that's not… I know you wouldn't. I just… this spell. I mean, do you really want to have me bound to you like that? If we don't ever … Why would you want to?"

"Why would I want to?" Klaus chuckled humourlessly, "I can't imagine why you would want this. What about the boy, your violinist?"

"Tim?" Now it was Davina's turn to sigh. "I… okay, yes I do feel something for Tim, I have since we were little, but he doesn't belong in this world… our world. He's safer if I'm not in his life, you were right about that."

"I will not be a second choice, not for anyone." Klaus bit out, knocking back the rest of the drink in his hand and slamming the glass down on a nearby table. The sudden noise made Davina flinch.

"And I'm not asking you to be!" She almost shouted, looking down as the treacherous tears started to well up in her eyes.

An unfamiliar sensation in his chest prompted Klaus to move forward, stopping just in front of her. He tucked his fingers lightly under her chin, lifting it up until she reluctantly met his eyes.

"That's better." He murmured, his voice unusually gentle.

Davina stared at Klaus wide eyed as his hand cupped her cheek, his thumb brushing away a few stray tears.

He gazed down at her and for a brief, heady moment Davina wondered if he was going to kiss her again. Instead he simply spoke to her, still in that oddly gentle tone.

"You have some decisions to make little witch."

Davina nodded, understanding what he was referring to. In truth her decision was all but made, she just needed to come to terms with it. It was hard to admit to having real feelings for someone that she had first considered an enemy.

A tiny smirk appeared on Klaus' face, as if he knew what she was thinking, and then he looked serious again.

"Regardless of anything that might happen between us, my family owes you a great debt. Allowing your life to be tied to mine to protect you is an insignificant thing compared to what you did for my brother.

Davina nodded slowly, smashing down the urge to giggle at how much Klaus sounded like Elijah in that moment. Then Klaus gently brushed his fingers down her cheek and laughing was the last thing she felt like doing.

"I told you before that I would keep you safe, no matter your decision… and I will stand by that promise if you'll allow me to. Please…"

He forced the plea out, clearly unaccustomed to asking for something so earnestly. "Please… allow me… us, to protect you in the best ways we can."

Davina nodded once again, swallowing past the lump in her throat, a smile tugging at her lips in response to the rare genuine smile he gave her.

Choosing not to closely examine the relief flooding him at Davina's agreement, Klaus took a step forward, his arms surrounding her small frame. He knew he had feelings for her, but exactly how deep those feeling ran was not something he wanted to explore just yet.

Davina inhaled Klaus' scent, breathing it in deeply and finding it oddly comforting. Who would have thought she'd feel so safe pressed up against the dangerous hybrid she had previously been told she should hate and fear.

Her face was still buried against his chest when the others arrived back in the room, and it was with some reluctance she pulled away to speak to them. Somehow she had a hunch that it wouldn't be long before she gave in to what she was feeling.

Klaus had barely touched her, yet her body felt like it was crying out for him to take her. Just the memory of that one spectacular kiss he'd laid on her was enough to make every sense tingle with desire.

Supressing a light shiver, she took the tea Elijah offered her and sat down along with everyone else to discuss the spell. She couldn't help keep darting glances toward Klaus whenever he wasn't looking though.

Yes, they would need to have a much longer conversation soon, there was still so much left unsaid between them. He had told her it was her decision, but there had never really been much of a decision for her to make. It seemed that with this path she had chosen she was always going to find herself inevitably falling for Klaus.

It didn't matter that he was the feared Hybrid; the Original famed for his lack of compassion or mercy. Ever since she had arrived here at the house he had been nothing but kind to her. He was extremely good looking, and what she had felt from him during that spell… he was a swirling mass of contradictory emotions, layered with such a strong devotion to those few people he loved, that just the very idea of it being directed at her made her shiver once again.

Looking up, she blushed as Kol smirked knowingly from where he sat with his arm loosely around Bella.

Forcing her thoughts back to the conversation at hand, and ignoring the amused smirk on Kol's face – that vampire picked up on far too much – Davina took a sip of her tea and picked up the sheets of paper filled with Kol's detailed notes on the spellwork required.

Glancing over them again, she was certain she could do it. It was a complicated spell, sure, but with the background work Kol had already put in, it was something she felt confident about.

Kol was clearly more than just knowledgeable about magic, and her curiosity burning, Davina looked between him and the paper in her hands meaningfully, her eyebrow raised in question.

Kol chuckled a little bitterly at her inquisitive look, his arm tightening reflexively around Bella at the difficult subject. The loss of his magic had never stopped being painful, no matter how many centuries had passed.

"I was a witch. Something of a child prodigy really… until… well, before everything." He waved a hand at himself carelessly.

Davina nodded in understanding and didn't push the matter. There was a reason it was rare for a witch to be turned, most would not survive for very long. Loss of their powers was a bereavement many witches could never recover from.

A new found understanding of the youngest male Mikaelson blossomed in her as she watched him settle back in his seat. She saw as he pulled Bella in even closer and believing no one was paying attention, dropped a surprisingly tender kiss on her head before gently tucking her against his side.

Bella snuggled into him in response, resting her head on his chest as Davina watched, and once again she felt a brief pang of something akin to envy at their closeness and ease with each other.

She wished more than anything that she could have what they did, and despite the things she had been told to believe about the Original family, everything inside her wished that it could be with Klaus.

Lost in thought, Davina struggled to pay attention for the rest of the afternoon, struggling through a quiet and tension filled dinner.

Even Hayley had picked up that something was going on, though she didn't question it, still wary of angering Klaus again. Instead she excused herself quickly once they'd eaten, leaving the group of five alone for whatever they were planning.

~*~II~*~

If I could just see you
Everything would be all right
If I'd see you
This darkness would turn to light

The spell was surprisingly straightforward in the end because of Davina's power, the lingering effects of not being sacrificed in the Harvest ritual meaning that she didn't require much more than a few drops of each person's blood and an incantation.

Both Kol and Klaus had chuckled when Bella had turned slightly green as her finger was pricked, finding her aversion to blood amusing. Her glare had only made Klaus chuckle more as Kol took her hand and lifted to his mouth, his tongue flicking over the pad of her finger and removing any last traces of blood.

Bella let out a shuddering breath then blushed when Klaus coughed obnoxiously at them.

"When you're quite finished."

"Piss off." Kol grumbled without heat, letting go of Bella's hand after one last lick to make sure he hadn't missed any.

The put out expression on his face made Davina giggle even as she readied herself for the spell, the small amounts of blood from both Kol and Bella mixed together with some herbs in a small glass dish in front of her.

Refocusing, Davina held her hands out over the dish and said the words, first muttering them softly and then getting louder. Finally, as the contents of the dish glowed briefly she stopped, panting slightly, her hands lowering.

Kol and Bella were facing each other, both of them breathing heavily as the magic settled around them and Davina was loath to interrupt the moment, but her instincts were calling her to. So she approached slowly, the glass dish in her hands.

Kol looked at her when she held it out cautiously to him, taking it from her hands.

"You should drink it, it will strengthen the spell."

It wasn't in their original planning, but Davina was a powerful witch and her suggestion made sense, and in fact Kol's instincts were not only agreeing but telling him that they both should.

He raised his eyebrow at Bella, silently questioning whether she would be able to drink it without passing out, and was pleased when she visibly steeled herself and nodded.

Acting on an impulse, he raised the dish to his lips and took a large swallow before tugging Bella closer and pressing his lips to hers, kissing her deeply.

Though she was instantly too far gone to notice, there was just enough blood left for her to get a small taste and cement the spell building around them. A white light flashed, making them break apart panting, though their eyes never left each other's.

Neither of them paid attention as Davina went through the same spell again, this time using drops of blood from herself and Klaus with the herb mixture.

When the time came for them to drink, Davina pulled a face and took a quick sip, handing the glass dish to Klaus who smirked, amused.

"Didn't fancy trying it their way then, love?" He teased before taking his own mouthful.

His smirk died quickly though as the spell settled over him, a soft white glow briefly illuminating both him and Davina.

Elijah said nothing while he watched both couples, a concerned frown the only thing giving away his thoughts. Nothing they'd read had suggested anything about flashes of light and although he trusted Davina, he wondered if the pairs drinking the blood had severely altered things.

"Do you feel that?" Bella whispered, finally speaking.

Before Kol could so much as smile and nod in reply, she wobbled unsteadily, her eyes rolling back in her head.

Catching her easily, Kol glanced over at Davina who looked pale but fortunately didn't seem to be close to passing out as Klaus led her to a nearby couch, urging her to sit down.

"Do you feel anything different?" Elijah questioned Klaus and Davina while Kol carefully laid Bella on the other couch, checking her over and then positioning himself beside her head.

"There's something…" Davina begun hesitantly. "Something extra… there in the back of my mind."

Klaus nodded in agreement. "It's there… a tiny change, but it's there."

"You're all idiots, you know." Kol grumbled from his spot on the floor beside Bella's head.

"Care to enlighten us then?" Klaus countered irritably, "We can't all be the magical genius that you so obviously are."

Kol scowled but didn't comment on Klaus' sarcasm. "That thing in the back of your minds, the thing you both feel… that's each other. You can feel each other."

"How could you know that?" Elijah asked quietly after a long moment of stunned silence.

"I do know," Kol sighed, looking at them all stoically, "I know because ever since the spell I've felt her… and not just in the back of my mind, like both of you." He tapped his forehead. "I can feel Bella right here… and all over… I feel her almost as strongly as I feel myself."

"Oh god," Davina whimpered, suddenly terrified, "I'm so sorry. I didn't know that it would happen… I didn't know. I swear."

Klaus moved over to her, frowning as she recoiled away from him slightly. He could sense her fear and it bothered him more than he could say. For once fear was the last thing he wanted.

"Easy, love," Klaus soothed the witch, wrapping his arms around her and letting her sob into his chest, "It's okay, it wasn't your fault."

"He's right," Kol spoke up again, "The research was all mine; it was me that got it wrong, not you."

"I wouldn't say you got it wrong exactly," Elijah mused thoughtfully, getting everyone's attention, "More that you failed to consider an important factor."

"And what would that be?" Klaus snapped, sounding irritated again.

"Feelings, something that despite his strong relationship with Bella, Kol has very little experience with. I would suspect that the feelings already present in both your relationships have affected the way the spell took hold."

Now Kol was the one that looked slightly put out, though he couldn't really argue with Elijah's assertion. Before Bella he had never particularly cared for anyone, nor had anyone particularly cared for him.

He looked back down at her at that thought, his hand lightly brushing her hair back from her face. Stumbling into Bella's life the way he did had altered everything, including himself.

It was worrying to see her passed out like this, but if he had to guess, she had simply been overwhelmed with feeling everything he did on top of her own emotions. Their connection was so much stronger than Klaus and the witch's newly formed bond, and it had hit her hard.

He hadn't liked seeing her fall, but he couldn't deny that getting to feel exactly what she felt for him, even for a moment, had been an experience he greatly appreciated. He could only hope that she would be able to quickly adjust to the new part of their bond, before it harmed her at all.

In the back of his mind he could feel her slow return to awareness, and finally after what seemed like an age, Bella's eyes slowly opened.

"Kol?" She whispered.

"I'm here." He replied quietly, squeezing her hand. "How are you feeling?"

"I'm…" Bella thought for a moment, taking stock of her body, "I'm okay. But, I feel… something…"

She sat up and stared at Kol for a long moment before breaking into a bashful smile. "Is thatyou?"

Kol nodded, leaning forward until his forehead was touching hers. "Yes, you can feel me, just as I can feel you."

He pressed his lips to hers and under the onslaught of his feelings on top of her own, Bella could only whimper softly in response.

"It's okay." Klaus was still murmuring softly to Davina over on the other couch. "You know you have the ability to feel me now… so do it. Feel what I'm feeling. Feel if I am angry with you."

Davina shook her head, her eyes sparkling with tears. She wasn't sure how exactly much she was meant to pick up, but angry was the last thing Klaus seemed to be feeling in that moment.

~*~0~*~

And I will walk on water
And you will catch me if I fall
And I will get lost into your eyes
I know everything will be alright
I know everything is alright

Chapter title and lyrics are from Storm ~ Lifehouse

Unbeta'd so any mistakes are my own

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