Walking back to the miserable and drunken crowd is one of the most hateful thing I had do. If it wasn't for my phone, then screw everyone. I don't give a damn about Selena anymore, not after she is planning to get back at me without my fault. Kol is walking side by side with me. As the night began to descend, more people swarmed in and flood the small ground, even the parking lots. And then when we try to shove people out of the way, we get shoved back.

This time I recognized a lot of faces. When I was with Selena, she was hauling me everywhere and I hardly had any glimpse around. Thanking Kol mentally for his idea of giving me his jacket and someone's scarf to cover myself, otherwise Selena 2.0 (and the people who know me) might have ripped me away from him.

Suddenly, few fingers round around my wrist. Kol has held my hand and the only time we get space to walk ahead when girls spot Kol and whispers how handsome he is while making way for us, actually for him. His grip tightens on my wrist firmly and it reminded me the time around one month ago when his brother had held my hand the same way while shoving the teenagers out of the way at Animo's club where we had met Mr. Castor and his children. And then how Roseline chased me away from the club and later boss went nuts about my disappearance. Was he really worried? Maybe no! Then why he smacked those guys who tried to follow me.

"So! Where is the friend of yours who has your phone?" Kol ask.

"What?-oh yes! My friend...must be...somewhere....there." I quickly recover from my thought. We are now somewhere between the ground with less people around us. Kol let go of my hand and I touch it. I feel the warmth there but it's not as strong as I felt when his big brother held me. OK, enough! Don't think about him.

"Yeah, it would so easy to find her amoung 500 peoples. So easy!" Kol says fervently while scanning around.

"Half of them aren't of this college I guess," I observed trying to find Selena, "but do tell me meantime how you're gonna get it back from her. She isn't in her sense, not to forget her new roommate is a real nutter."

He grinned, then run his fingers in his hair. I laugh before he can say 'girls can't resist me' A similar voice broke into my head. I turned and saw the guy who was offering me liquor when I was with Selena an hour ago. He is yelling someone about something and when I follow his gaze, I spot Selena with Mandy and her other newly turned friends. Seems like she forgot that I was with her a little time ago. They are playing some sort of game while smoking and then kiss each other randomly. My eyes went wide at the scene. That isn't my Selena. She would never do such type of things. How far she has gone!

"Caroline? Caroline-"

"Yes-" I turned at Kol who is looking straight at me confusingly, "there is she." I pointed at the direction before Kol ask me why I wasn't listening to him. But regretted it immediately when he strode off to her direction without uttering a word. I call him but my voice was crushed between the noise coming around me. I watch him stunnily when he went straight to her and dragged away from her friends who don't interfere a bit.
Kol then whisper something in her ear and she giggles. And after she whispers back, Kol handed her phone to her. She, in response handed back her and my phone to him and type something in his phone. I watch Kol open mouthed when he slips my phone in his pocket.

After Selena has stopped typing, she gives his phone back and takes her's with a beaming smile. She again whispers and Kol gives her one of his charming smile and then walk straight to me when I hear Selena shout, "Call me!"

Kol grabbed my hand as soon as he reached me and takes me away from there. "She invited me to her room for the night. I told her later, but I doubt she will wait for that much. Let's get out before she comes running back." He tells me, his finger shaking while I'm still process the whole thing.

"She didn't realized that you had my phone." I say in amusement.

"That's because she's brainless git," he said. "And who cares, we've got what we have wanted."

Yes, right and I can't tell how relieved I'm about it. Life without phone is miserable. When its not with us, I feel I've left half of my body elsewhere. We soon get out of the building and reach his car. Coming back wasn't that difficult as this time he literally pushed people aside. And they didn't care due to loss of sense, losers! I look back at my college and rethink how I survived here. We slip in his car and I pull off his jacket and scraf and make sure to thank him.

He give me my phone like a diamond so precious that stealing with Selena was kind of nightmare for him. I clearly remember when he returned, his face was pale, color completely drained off. Looks like Selena said something which made him nervous as he no longer display the swag look of 'girls can't resist me'.

We clutch the seat belt and my body begins to warm a bit. Thanks heaven for sending my rescuer. Kol starts driving while I curl my body. I really want to sleep. I can't believe I had such long day and I didn't got sleep.

"Why your friend had your phone?" Kol asked when I was going to shut my eyes and fell into sleep. I see the brightness of his face return as soon as we hit the road.

"It's a long story." I yawn, keeping my face at the window so he doesn't see me splitting my mouth in exhaustion.

"Don't you think you have a long time to tell me the long story." Kol chuckles softly. He actaully made a point. I know I am feeling sleepy but talking him the whole time isn't a boring think. In fact I feel I'm going to enjoy talking him. So, I turn to look at him while his hands are on the steering wheel; eyes flicking from road to me. I adjust myself to look at his direction and then I began. Accept the fact that Selena has planned some sort of revenge, I tell him everything. In between he asked me. ,"So that Brian guy isn't your boyfriend!" I actually had a good laugh. Why people easily consider things which are likely to be cease? Having a boy as a friend doesn't mean he is their boyfriend. Kol gave an amusing look before concluding.

"You should tell her parents if you think that can help her before she ruins her life." Kol suggested and I nod instead of saying anything. Moreover, there are certain risk of telling it all to her parents. First it will curb my friendship, second, it will strain her family and third, she's adult, capable of taking her own decision. And I am no one to do any of this. It's her life and I'm not going to take that right the way she took from me and I hated her for it. I hated her for bringing me here against me wish, then forced me to wear a slutery dress and then took my phone.

"My brother never let me drink, except in special occasion." Kol tells me and now I gawk at him.

"Why is that? He drinks a lot!" I amuse. How can I forget that he tried to—never mind.

"That's why!" He emphasis. "He sometime looses his mind and get black outs. And he has this strained relationship with our parents and— " his voice fell. "Oh sorry—I shouldn't have said that."

He suddenly looks more attentively on the road rather than the conversation.

"Don't worry. I won't tell a soul." I reassure him. He thinks for few second before speaking.

"Brother isn't in good terms with mom and dad. I thought it's because he spent his precious ten years of childhood with grandparents, not with mom and dad. But I don't think that's the whole thing. He may think that he can pretend his all goody-good behavior in front of us, but Bex...I mean Rebekah, my sister and I knows it better."

"I think I have heard a little about it."

"You have?" He says surprisingly. "He doesn't let people know about his private life, not even his girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?" Now it was my time to go nuts and freak. He has a girlfriend. Then what about no dating policy?

"Yeah, the readhead girl. He even asked me to dig about her. Maybe-"

"Dig about her? Meaning spy on her."

"No, no, no. He told me that his girl has some sort of past and she isn't really comfortable to open it up. Brother thinks if he can know about it then he may take further steps into his relationship"

"You mean-"

"Yes, marry her!" He confirms my thought.

Okay that's enough! That can't be. He doesn't love her. He admitted it when he was high yesterday. Was I wrong? Did he lied to me even in that state. That seems impossible. And if he really love her, then why he goes out with other women. I know how many women he meet in his office. And what about Roseline when she told me that boss denied her her girlfriend in front of Mr. Castor when he is planning to propose her. I mean how complicated he can get?

"By the way, who told you about my parents?" Kol snapped me out of my thoughts.

"Sorry?" I was so lost to listen anything.

"I mean how did you know about the things going on between bother and my parents. Clearly brother not told you, I can see it in your face."

"Umm....no one!" I lie.

"Come on, I can keep some secrets, too." He duck his head toward me. And I can't miss the sparkling in his eyes even in the dimness of night.

"Bonnie told me."

"That Bennet girl."

"You know her?"

"Not personally but I heard brother slipping some of her skills to me. She's brilliant hacker. I was really looking forward to add her in my team but dad won't let me for some reasons. I still wonder why?" Kol tells me, fury reflected in his last sentences. This tells me that Kol has no clue neither about his brother nor his father. And I don't think her sister knows any better that his father had an affair with Bonnie's mother and his brother-well, I have no idea about him, too. He is the most complicated and unpredictable person I've ever met.