Cold Hearted | Damon Salvatore

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02. The Hybrid

"You spent your birthday, getting drunk and crying?" Kol asked Aria, looking at her in amusement.

Aria lightly slapped Kol's shoulder, making him laugh, "You promised not to judge me".

"I'm not judging, I'm amused" Kol said.

"You realise that's not any better, right?" Aria asked.

"I don't know Ri, it sounds better in my books" Kol said, making Aria laugh and shake her head at him.

Over the summer, Aria and Kol's conversations become more frequent, they started talking every night, Kol is the one who told Aria the spell to stop her from feeling pain after staying away from Damon for so long. 

When Aria appeared to him tonight, Kol immediately knew she was upset, so he made it his mission to make her laugh, which he eventually succeeded in.

"On a serious not, Ri" Kol said, when Kol realised everybody except him had a nickname for Aria, he decided he also needed a nickname for her, therefore the name Ri was born, "If you tell Nik how miserable you are without him, you realise he will let you return to Mystic Falls, right?".

Aria frowned hearing Kol, the more they talked, the more Aria realised that Kol never said Damon's name, not unless it was absolutely necessary.

"I know, but I promised Nik I will stay with him for three months, and I can do a lot of things, but I can never break any of my promises" Aria said.

"You also promised Caroline that you will return to her" Kol said, giving Aria a pointed look.

Aria sighed, "And I will, I only have three weeks left on the road with Klaus and then I will return to Caroline, maybe when I return you will be with me?".

"You actually believe Nik is going undagger me?" Kol asked, with a apprehensive look on his face.

"He promised me he will, I trust him, you should to" Aria replied.

"I don't have the ability to see good in everyone I meet, I'm not you" Kol joked, with a tinge of seriousness in his voice.

"That is so not true" Aria said, chuckling.

"Whatever you say Ri" Kol said, smiling.

Aria paused and stared at the lake infront of her, "Hey Kol?".

"Yes?".

"Will I ever get all my memories back?" Aria asked.

Kol sighed, "I don't think you want to".

"What do you mean?" Aria asked confused, "Of course I want to".

"Ri, getting your memories back isn't going to be a easy process, it's going to be very painful and when you remember, you will remember everything, things that I would rather you never find out" Kol said.

"Things like how I died?" Aria said, giving Kol a knowing look.

"Correct" Kol whispered, looking at the lake infront of him, with a distant look on his face, he was remembering the dreadful day he lost the love of his life.