The Ways of Magic

The Ways Of Magic


By
Kathrines_keeper

Disclaimer:All Characters are property of abc TV and the words are mine, so, can't sue me so HA! (at least I don't think you can sue me)

Rating:pg

Summary: Takes place after February Tenth's episode




WEDNESDAY,February 10 Katherine told Nikolas that she had kept the truth about his paternity quiet in order to prove herself to him. Nikolas and Katherine kissed, which Liz witnessed and Katherine and Nikolas made plans for the next evening.

Nikolas doesn't show up. Katherine and Nikolas don't resolve anything but it's hokey stuff, I like it.

It was near dawn, the sky had lighted and Katherine slid up from her bed, covered in a white sheet and stood by the unblinded windows to watch the pink glow push through the clouds. She felt her eyes well up once more as they did last night, depriving her of sleep. The door slid open and Katherine did not notice, she laid a hand on the cool glass window and peered out, pressing her forehead against it. Slowly, she heard his heart from across the room and spoke softly "I knew it would be you" She sighed and wiped the tear from her left eye and calmed her breath "Katherine" He spoke not roughly but with an odd tone to his voice, a tilt almost. She waited a moment before turning around, afraid of the loss he might see in her eyes, she turned to face him and realised how she must look to him in her state,old and awake for 2 days with puffy red eyes. She turned back to the window without a word, the cotton of the sheets making more than enough noise. He stepped behind her and slowly turned her around in his arms and all he saw was pain, the pain that he'd caused. He cradled her like a child in his arms as she cried into his shirt "I didn't know Nikolas, how, how much, I " she died off and Nikolas lifted her chin with his fingers and kissed her softly and held her tighter, resting his chin on her forehead. "Katherine, I'm sorry, so sorry" She didn't speak, just stood there and then whispered, "You don't have to Nikolas, don't you see that? You don't have to be sorry or be responsible for what you felt at one point. I don't want you to have to feel that. You are not obligated or bound to me or need me in any way shape or form" She walked away from him and carried on, "I'm trying to do the honourable thing here Nikolas, Gods help me I am, the honest thing to do, I said once that I'd never be venerable again, and then you came along, and you did something miraculous and you op-!Go, Nikolas, go to wherever you feel you must be, Emily, your family, wherever" He looked at her and began walking to the door, her back was straight and confidant but her head was held not as proudly as it always is, it hung down rather mournful. She heard him hesitate at the door and then it locked. "Wha-"She turned around and saw him making his way to her "You are my family Katherine"He held her hands in his and raised them up to his chest and continued "And I need to be here, with you, not with Emily, but with you, I don't want her like I want you, have wanted and will want Katherine, I am happiest when in your arms and there's this feeling that comes over me when you're lying there, talking to me or laughing, or watching me sleep that makes me so happy and I think that there has to be some other reason for you to be here with me" "There's no other reason Nikolas except that I want to be there, laughing or talking or being held in your arms." "I know that Katherine, You scare me, I can't control myself around you, I just want to pick you up and hold you and never let go. I'm infatuated with you, your voice, your smile, your eyes" She led him to the bed and he took off his shirt and kicked off his shoes and fell into bed, undraping the sheet from her body and pulling her down to him. He held her in his arms as she snuggled herself into his chest. They slept there, in the dawn of the pink sun and each others warmth and nurtured the longing which kept them awake for days.


-fini