A/N: Hey guys I am back again with a brand new chapter for you :)
I had a great trip to Prague, that's why I wasn't able to post anything, but thanks for the Patience.
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And if you think that it is easy
You have never experienced anything
that is similar to that:
Two People caring for each other,
but being seperated by the things unsaid

Chapter 3: Separation

The week passed by rather quickly. Jane went to school, got to work, and spent some time with her friends. It was pretty normal and what was the most importantly, she hadn't seen or heard anything from Kol. At least that was what she told herself. Actually she was pretty sure that her brain started to go crazy. Jane swore, that she was able to feel his presence near her, but every time she turned around to check if he was really there he wasn't, of course.
It seemed to be hopeless. All the time she thought Kol had finally disappeared from her head the presence got more concentrated. One day it had been so bad, that when she got up, Jane swore she saw Kol sitting in the tree, that stood in front of her window, but when she looked there for the second time he was gone. This morning it hadn't been any different.
It was Friday morning and Jane stood up really early because she couldn't sleep very well.
She had a lot of strange dreams, containing ancient languages and rituals, lately but the girl tried not to think of it. Right now the brunette was wide awake and aware of the smell inside of her room.
It was a scent she had learned to recognize so well within the last days, even though she had just noticed it twice this week. It was the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, mixed with the fresh smell that always came with the end of a heavy storm and something sweet and intoxicating that seemed to be typical for Kol Mikaelson. Even if she hated him or didn't want to see him at all, it made her smile.
Jane knew that it wasn't really normal for her to be focused on a guy like that, but she just couldn't help it. Getting up from her bead she used a little time to fix her hair and brush her teeth while packing her bag. A certain, muffled noise underneath the blankets on her bed caught her attention. Jane grinned, sneaking up on her bed and trying not to scare the little being lying under her sheets. She pulled back her blanket, which revealed a little, sand colored kitten with dark paws and ears. "Teddy! You're not supposed to be in my bed." Jane laughed at her little fur ball gently patting over his head. Cats were a major detail of her life. There were three of them, who belonged to the small family living in her house. Teddy looked at his human and climbed on top of her arm.
Jane got up and left her room, still cuddling the small being against her chest.
"Let's get something to eat. What do you say?", she asked her pet, who answered with a loud purring sound. Walking down the wooden stairway, she noticed the absence of her relatives.
They must have left the house very early to go to work or do the things they had to, which left Jane alone with the three cats in the house.
She put her own kitty down and was immediately greeted by two bigger cats, one was a red striped and the other one a silver/-gray striped tabby. The girl picked up their food tray and refilled it with their favorite wet food. She smiled as her three little family members launched themselves on their breakfast. Jane arranged some food of her own, containing some freshly cut fruits and a cup of water. After putting her dishes in the sink and saying goodbye to her cats, she got in her car to pick up Rick and to drive them to school.
The morning crept by really slowly, stretching its minutes as if they were some old, worn-out chewing gum, but finally, after what felt like the longest chemistry session ever, the bell rang.
Jane got out of her seat and left the classroom first, always avoiding looking at Jade and Molly, whom would just make fun of her. She put her glasses back on, into their place while entered into the cafeteria.
"Jane! Over here!", someone called over the noises of hundreds of students, but that voice put a smile on her face. Joshua sat on a big table at the end of the big room. Jane made her way through the crowed and was slowly joined by Tasha, Rick and Anya. As they all gathered at their usual table, everyone started to munch on the food that was placed in the middle.
Jane called this little ritual 'caring with sharing' and it was pretty easy. They simply put all the food that they had on the table and everyone could just eat what he or she wanted.
Jane grabbed one of her chocolate chip cookies and an apple as she laid back in her chair and listened halfheartedly to her friends until one of the most popular gossip themes came up.
And, of course, it had to be the new rich family in town.
"I heard that the Mikaelsons are a military family and that's why they move around so much," Tasha explained to the whole table. It seemed like almost everyone who could hear her quit their conversations and set their focus on the speaker. The Mikaelson family had become the number one topic of the school and there were a lot of rumors circulating about them, but no one seemed to actually know anything relevant. Jade, the school's one and only gossip queen and the town's sweetheart, had revealed to them the only pertinent information they could get, and that was the names of the family members.
"Some relatives of theirs was really rich, I heard," Mo cut in from his chair with jealousy plastered all over his face. He was one of those guys who thought that every girl was after them even if they were barely noticed and he saw some competition in those guys.
"Is anyone actually interested in what he says?" Rick whispered next to Jane, having a serious look in his eyes.
"They are just another family, who happens to be new in town and that's it," he continued not being able to understand why everyone had to make such a fuss over the Mikaelsons.
As always, his comment was not unheard and two people made their way over to the table.
"There it goes…" Kelvin sighed, having an annoyed grin on his face. He hated those two girls even more than Jane did, because one of them was his ex-girlfriend. Jane pulled him in next to her own place, while she scooched over to give him some protection. She knew how horrible this could end. Anya took the sign and moved behind her boyfriend in order to keep him calm.
"I don't think that they are just a normal family," Molly said in her sweetest voice, making Jane actually thinking she had to barf right here.
"They are rich and famous, or at least I assume that and…" her gaze drifted into something far away and invisible before she continued in that horrible tone,
"Have you seen them yet, Ricky?", she asked, focusing on the big boy with a flirty smile that seemed to be glued on her face.
"No, I haven't," Rick replied to the great disbelieve of his fellow students.
Now it was all over. He had given Molly permission to explain something and Jade took over the conversation about the new people in town.
"Well, there would be Elijah; he seems to be the perfect gentlemen, big, thoughtful, handsome, and responsible for the ones he loves. Since his father died he is the one, who commands the house.
The second brother is Niklaus, but he calls himself Klaus. He is maybe even more handsome than his older brother and he seems to be the tragic figure in this family. He loves to paint and spends a lot of time alone. Then there is Rebekah, the youngest. She's about our age and known as one of the prettiest beings ever seen in this town. She's cheerleader and going to join us for the rest of our senior year." Jade explained with every inch of fake loveliness she had in her body.
Jane, who still wasn't really interested in the said things, because she shared an opinion with Rick, straightened herself now, already knowing who would come next.
"And the youngest male of the family is eligible Kol. He is just a few years older than we are and probably the most mysterious one of his family. I've come to learn, that he is available and never scoots away from something fun." Jade sat and seemed to be really pleased with herself.
Jane just sat there and hated every word that flowed out of her chemistry nightmare.
"And why do you know all of that?" Jane hissed at the other girl, her eyes blazing.
"Well, as you know, my dad is the mayor and we were invited to join the Mikaelsons for dinner.
It was breathtaking, their home is huge and nothing seems to be too expensive for them," Jade explained with this dreamy voice gathering a slight laugh from Molly.
"And maybe I will see him again. He seemed to be more than interested," she ended in a theatrical pose and everyone seemed to suck up her words like sponges, all except for one.
Jane stood up glaring at her counterpart. She felt something heavy in her chest and just hearing those words from Jade made her angry. Jane had no idea why. Kol was a mean, arrogant idiot, who even tried to hurt her. He would be the best choice for someone like Jade or Molly, but the brunette had trouble even thinking of this possibility.
"How can you say something like that? You have no idea who they really are!" the words simply fell out of her mouth and without an ounce of hesitation Jane left the cafeteria, leaving two dumbstruck girls and her friends hurrying after her.
As she passed the floor Jane had no idea what she just did. It wasn't normal for her to react that way and even if she would never admit it out loud, not even Kol deserved to be reduced like that.
Jane didn't like him really much, but she had the urge to protect him in front of that girl, who just saw money and chances in him.
The first one to reach Jane was Kelvin. He grabbed her shoulder and forced the girl to look at him.
Being the replacement older brother that he was, the blonde knew exactly what was up.
Kelvin could read Jane's face and he pulled her into a firm but gentle hug, shielding her from the others and opening a chance to calm down.
Everyone decided to skip the next lesson and meet up at the "Chorus" so that Jane could finally explain what happened between her and Kol Mikaelson at the beginning of the week.

Kol himself spend his week on a whole new level. He was still mad at himself and it only got worse as the days passed by. His siblings knew that something was up with their brother, because of his currently bad mood, which was not out of character for him. Even if they had secretly named him 'the pest', Kol had a cheery and fun attitude if he wanted to.
The first few days he tried to avoid Jane, he didn't go to the "Chorus" when his family would and he avoided anything near the school, because that was where she spent most of her time.
On Wednesday, Elijah accompanied Kol, because he had to settle some things inside of town and that was when they met the mayor, who invited them to have a special dinner at the city hall with all of their siblings. When they arrived at the place Kol noticed, that the mayor had brought along his own family too and normally he would have picked up on the flirtous game, which the daughter was playing with him, but he was in no mood for anything like that.
Afterwards, the Original was the first one to excuse himself to the disbelief of his siblings.
As he paced through Covington, the brunet caught the sight of a familiar pair of turquoise eyes, hid behind some glasses and he just decided to follow her.
Kol was worried, that anybody who wasn't him could discover whatever creature Jane was before him. It was the only explanation that he had for his strange behavior. Failing to keep his mind distracted from that quickly evolving worry, he finally decided to give in and stayed by her side, always looking for any sign of supernatural happenings. He watched her going to work, or spending time with her friends and noticed so many little things, that you might not see when you looked at Jane Hudson from the surface. Kol even thought that she wasn't even aware of those little details herself. First there was her smile; she always seemed to smile no matter what happened. He found it pretty amusing how she could see the good in everything, when it was raining she just acted like it was her favorite thing, even if she was getting wet and when someone treated her bad, she shrugged it off and smiled at that person. Kol couldn't understand why she did that and this was something that made it even more interesting to watch her.

As Friday passed by, he sat inside of his room, knowing that Jane was safe in school right now.
It gave him some time to think and so he tried to solve those weird habits, that has formed these past days. He had an old piece of paper in his hands, feeling where it had been restored so many times. He would need it sometime later; it was not certain but the vampire just had a feeling, that it would come in handy.
"You! Haven't I told you to stay low?!", Klaus growled, entering the room clutching a newspaper inside his fists. Klaus's body trembled in his fury. Kol put his paper back into his pocket and stood up, facing his older brother with the most innocent look he could come up with.
"I have no idea what you are talking about brother?" he said quietly waiting on the hybrids reaction. The younger one had never seen his brother so angry. They were here for a reason and Kol knew that, but he really couldn't figure out what was wrong now.
Klaus shoved the newspaper into his chest.
"If it wasn't for Mother, I would rip your heart out, right here and now!", he growled, only fueling Kol's already bad mood and making it even worse. As he looked at the headline something inside of him force.
"Man Found Dead in Woods: Animal or Murderer?"
And underneath it was a picture of a place in the woods, which he knew.
The article was talking about the man that HE killed a few days ago, when he was not able to compel a simple girl. The man that made him feel like the strong original vampire he should be and now those humans found him, when he himself had hid the corps?

Kol stood up, tearing the newspaper into pieces. He blamed Klaus for this; he was the one who confronted him and even something of his rage from Monday boiled up again.
He sped forward, snapping his brother's neck, then he raced downstairs, ready to take his revenge in one of the cruelest ways he could think of.
Kol entered the art studio in the cellar of the house, for a short moment his hands moved along the paintings, taking in all of their details. As he reached the biggest one the Original ripped it off the wall and let himself be flooded by his thirst of revenge. He shattered glass and wood frames, which cut deeply in his skin, tore apart nearly all of the paintings and in the end even throwing the art supplies into the roaring fireplace in the living room. After satisfying his urge of destruction, Kol decided that he could not stay at the mansion any longer, at least not for tonight. When Klaus would wake he'd be murderous and Kol did not intend to die anytime soon, so he left the mansion in the direction of the only place he could go.
He got in his red Bugatti Veyron and sped out of the drive way. He decided to act like every normal human being and drive to someone and make things right. He could hear his car purring underneath him, as he drove through town, ignoring every sign there was. As Kol reached the citrus painted house he parked in the driveway and got out.
He was ready to face Jane and make things right again, because he knew he could not let it end like this. She deserved something better, even if she just was a little human, but to his great irritation it was not the turquoise eyed girl, who opened the door.
"Hello? Can I help you?", a middle aged woman, with long, curly hair in raven color asked.
A kind smile graced her features and she had something that made her look motherly. She looked politely at the Original, who was completely off balance as he had expected Jane to open the door and give him another yelling session, but instead he ran into her mother, which opened a whole new world of possibilities for him. An idea forming in his head, he put an innocent expression on his face, acting to be the nice boy across the pond.
"Hi, ahm… You are Mrs. Hudson, I assume? I was looking for Jane." he said quietly, not really knowing how he should treat this woman.
"No, it's Mrs. Kelly, actually.", she corrected him politely. Kol's expression turned from innocent to really confused and even a little scared. He had watched over Jane for the last 2 days and that was the house that she came to in the evenings and left in the morning, but if that was not her mother, why did she come here?
Maria seemed to notice his confusion, because she gave him a smile.
"Jane does live here, if that is what you wanted to ask. My name is Maria Kelly and I am her aunt." she explained. Kol simply nodded. He was very curious. Why was Jane living with her aunt?
And suddenly his confusion transformed into determination. He locked his eyes with Maria.
"It's ok if I come in, I am a friend who has some questions." he said, his eyes moving slowly.
This time his compulsion worked and Mrs. Kelly stepped aside.
"Do you want to come inside? My husband isn't at home and Jane is with friends, but you can wait for her if you want." she invited him in not knowing what just happened.
Kol nodded and stepped inside the house.
As he entered the living room the Original was stunned. This place felt like home immediately though it wasn't a big mansion. The living room was small and cozy with a simple combination of wood and leather furniture. The kitchen island met the living room and led into a specious and bright area that smelled like tea and a strange assembly of cat food and pancakes. Everything was cleaned up to a neat perfection but it seemed normal at the same time. Somehow it remembered him of his days as a human. He had owned a cat, but his father took it away from him as he was turned into a vampire and now there were three of them running around.
"Please, have a seat. I will have some tea ready in a few minutes," Maria said with a warm and inviting tone. A cozy feeling took over Kol's body. He felt the stress slowly flowing out of his system as he took a seat at the breakfast bar. Maria placed a cup of peppermint tee in front of him, which he accepted gratefully.
"Thank you so much Mrs. Kelly for this nice cuppa." He took a sip of his cup and smiled at the motherly woman standing in the kitchen.
"So, why does Jane live with you instead of her parents?" he asked the question he longed to since he had arrived. Maria was compelled so she had to answer him truthfully, but the answer was another thing.
"Well, the Hudsons used to live just a few streets ahead. One day, I guess it was six years ago, they turned up at our doorstep. They said that they would have to get away for a few months and asked us to take care of Jane. We accepted of course," she started to tell the story.
Kol sat there and listened in disbelief. How could a family leave their child behind?
He knew that his siblings and he always had their issues, but at the end they were family and always stayed together. The brunet couldn't imagine to ever having his family leave him.
Maria continued the story after putting the tea back on the stove.
"They only took her younger brother, Nico, with them and left her to stay with us. She used to sit over there, staring out of the window…" the woman continued, but Kol already knew what she wanted to say. Jane sat there and waited for her parents to come back to her. How pathetic, he thought bitterly. For suffering such a great loss, the girl always seemed so happy, despite everything that happened to her. The vampire had no idea how he should judge that behavior, because he wasn't able to understand it. The only thing he knew was, that he wanted to get to know Jane.
Not just because he was interested to prove his theory to his siblings, but now also to understand the
way she acted. Kol had no idea if he would ever get his answers, but he was damn well determined to try.

As the day was slowly consumed by darkness, Jane finally left the "Chorus", after spending a whole day with her friends, discussing every little detail about Kol Mikaelson.
It didn't help at all. She felt a heavy weight pushing down her shoulders and being exhausted wasn't helping. The brunette made it to her little, blue Ford Fiesta and got inside.
Her thoughts were racing, trying to process every little detail of the last hours.
She didn't care if Kol started something with Jade, he could play his stupid little game of arrogance with whoever he wanted, but at the same time it hurt. Jane had to admit, that even if this guy was a jerk she hadn't forgotten those green eyes with the silver sprinkles or let go his wicked half smile, which she wasn't sure if it was forced or genuine.
As she returned home there was a foreign car parked in the driveway. She figured that one of her Uncles clients was here for a visit, because business seemed to be pretty good lately.
Jane just needed a break from everything; those last days were tugging at her nerves and she felt like exploding every second. She entered the house silently and greeted her aunt with a quick kiss on the cheek and decided to have a movie night.
Jane turned off her phone and went for a quick, but hot shower; normally she would hang out at the park like every Friday, but today was different. After changing into her PJ's, she got herself some snacks plus the movie she wanted to watch and made her way up to her room.
Opening the door she froze, the DVD and chips falling to the ground with a small bang.