May 10th, 1994, Tuesday

The Repeated Day

Six days in the prison world

The next day, I laid on the floor in the living room, internally picking at the ball of magic that sat at the bottom of my gut, my hands folded across my stomach and my ankles crossed. Kai had skirted around me the rest of the day yesterday, avoiding me to the best of his ability.

Although he always seemed to show up the second my fingers would so much as brush against the door handle to leave.

I was stirred from my thoughts by Kai himself entering the room, his arms folded across his chest and his head tilted as his eyes narrowed. "Why are you laying on the floor?"

"It's comfortable" I brushed his question off, continuing my stare off with the ceiling. "What are you doing today?" I asked instead.

"We are going to look through all those grimoires you snagged to find your spell" he muttered nonchalantly, my eyes snapped to him.

"Why would I help you find that?" I rose an eyebrow in his direction, making no move to get up from my spot.

"Because if you want to get out of here, you need to have magic I can access" he returned. He was right, I did want to get out of here, Adam and Eliza were waiting for me, most likely running from CPS with Caroline while I'm stuck with him.

But I still had to find a way to go home without Kai getting a ride. He's a bad guy. I reminded myself as a small wave of guilt formed.

"So you can go back to whatever you were doing before this, and take my magic with you?" I sent a glare his way.

Kai sighed dramatically, his head snapping back as he looked up at the ceiling. "Katie, Katie, Katie. I'm going to kill my coven because they're the ones who sent me in here, and you get to go back to your perfect life, I'm sure your parents miss you" a note of bitterness lined his tone, a scowl resting on his face.

I winced at the mention of my mom and dad, I hadn't told him they'd passed, it wasn't exactly something I like to advertise.

"You know what Kai, I don't want to have my magic taken from me, I don't care about your evil plans. We're trapped in this world together, and we only have each other. Believe me, you are the last person I want to be with." I stood, folding my arms

He was silent for a moment, his stare making my mark itch uncomfortably. "Wow" he slowly clapped "only took you six days to crack, Bonnie and Damon were sick of me the same day they met me. "I'm impressed"

Rolling my eyes, I tucked some of my hair behind an ear. "I don't hate you Kai" I said quietly, but it still made him look taken aback. "Can we just settle on standing each other so long as we're here?"

He reluctantly nodded, turning on his heel to leave. I watched him go, my thumb rubbing the Gemini mark on my wrist. The bond was urging us together, that much I could feel.

Quietly making my way to the kitchen, I started looking for something to eat. I don't know how long the mark will allow us to be apart now that we've met each other.

The refrigerator was getting sparse, meaning we needed to go shopping soon. I grabbed an apple, subconsciously prodding at the ball of magic in my gut.

I knew I had to stop, it'd wear down the spell, but it was such an odd sensation to have. I'm so used to feeling magic course through my veins that the cold after affects were making me wish I'd never done the spell in the first place.

"Kai Parker, we need to go to the store" I called as I walked to the entrance of the house, uneaten apple in hand.

"Didn't we go shopping a week ago?" He appeared, opening the door for me.

"Yes, but we ate the food we had so we have to get more" I told him, giving a quiet thank you as he closed the door behind him.

As we walked down the street, an idea popped into my head. "Okay" I started as I turned to walk backward and face him. "As a get to know you game, I propose twenty questions"

Kai just gave me a look. "Why would we play that"

"Because, in order to live together, we're gonna have to know each other. End of discussion." I finished, folding my arms.

"Fine" he grumbled. "I'll play your stupid game, only if you shut up about it after"

"Deal" I smiled. "So you know my favorite color, what's yours?" I began.

"Red, it's the color of blood" he remarked.

A little disturbed at his response, I shook it off "Now you have to ask me a question" I told, although I tripped, almost falling backward if it weren't for the hand that had reached out at the very last second, steadying me.

"Maybe don't walk like that" Kai suggested causally, pulling me back to a standing position and next to him. "What is your biggest fear?"

I paused in our walk, not expecting such a question from him. "Losing my siblings" I replied.

"What about your parents?" Kai questioned.

"Hey, you're cheating" I avoided answering "what is your favorite smell"

"Death" he shrugged.

"I'm sensing a theme here, did something happen before the prison world?" I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Ah Ah, now you're cheating." Kai scolded, helping me up onto the curb I'd been trying to walk on. "What happened to your parents?" He asked again.

I sighed. "They're dead, most powerful witches of our little coven and they get killed by a car accident" I scoffed, not letting Kai withdraw his hand. "What happened before the prison world? Why were you sent here?"

"I killed most of my siblings, let my twin live, but it ended up being a mistake because she tricked me into getting sent here" his voice held bitterness and strangely regret. "Is your parent's death why you're afraid to lose your siblings?"

"Yes" I admitted. "I raised them you know. Adam remembers our parents but my youngest sister, Eliza, doesn't remember them at all. She was just a few months old when they died"

"I'm sorry?" Kai remarked, when I started to giggle, he sent me a questioning look. "Is that not what I'm supposed to say?"

"No you are, just the way you phrased it made it seem like a question" I laughed. The corners of his lips started to tug up.

Maybe there was some good in Kai Parker after all.