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                           Annabelle walked down the stairs, whistling a tune in her head and she nonchalantly entered the kitchen with a calm expression, feeling everyone's eyes on her as she began making herself coffee, her head shaking to the tune and her feet tapping against the ground, following the tune in her head.

The brunette poured herself the coffee and begins humming, bring the coffee to her lips and her eyes lit up at the taste. She took another sip before setting it on the table and finally noticed everyones eyes cautiously watching her making her eyebrows furrow.

"What?" Annabelle bluntly asked, her eyes flickering between all of them "Is there something on my face?" She asked, her eyes widening as she began touching her face in panic.

Caroline's eyebrows furrowed  and she grabbed Annabelles face then she inspected it carefully "You're so...normal." She released her face with confusion "And so calm."

"Oh, I'm supposed to be freaked out about something I can't change." Annabelle bought the coffee back to her lips, she turned to Kol "Hey, are my taste buds heightened or does this just taste really good?" She gave him the coffee.

Kol tilted his head at her, squinting his eyes and smirked, he didn't take the mug, he only leaned in and bought it to his lips, tasting it. "It just tastes really good." He gave her an impressed look and she smiled in agreement

The two stared at each other until she turned around  "So Whats today's problem?"  She asked, looking at everyone "Anyone that wants to kill us but then we uno reverse it and kill them?" Annabelle laughed to herself.

"Apparently not." Katherine smirked "I like vampire-Annabelle. Witch-Annabelle was a bore."

"Oh, well you're no sunshine yourself, sweetheart." Annabelle smiled as Rebekah and Caroline snorted. "Crap, time doesn't slow down as a vampire, I almost forgot about my shift at the Mystic Grill."

Kol sped in front of her but this time, she didn't jump in surprise, she only raised a brow. "You aren't going anywhere, darling." He smirked as her eyebrows furrowed.

Caroline silently glared at Kol while Annabelle seemed to be having an argument with herself. She pursed her lips and finally regained her posture "Get out of my way Kol." She demanded and it was his turn to be confused.

She's fighting against it Caroline thought to herself and smiled. "I said you aren't going anywhere." He repeated with a challenging tone.

"If I recall correctly, my dads dead and my mom is in Denver and they're the only people that could make me do something." Annabelle stated, fighting against that part of her mind telling her to stay "I'm leaving." She sped away before he could stop her and went over to the Mystic Grill.

Kol turned to Caroline in confusion but Rebekah spoke up instead "She's fighting against the need to give into you. Annabelle has always been stubborn, hasn't she?" The blonde smirked while Kol rolled his eyes.

With Annabelle. She walked in the Mystic Grill wearing her name tag and her eyes immediately met Jessie's making her eyes light up as she began walking towards the raven haired cashier, a smile playing on her lips.

"Hey!" Jessie greeted and looked at Annabelles appearance "You look great!" She complimented, putting a hand on Annabelles shoulder.

"Thanks, so do you." Annabelle smiled appreciatively "Did you cut your hair?" She asked, noting it's shorter length.

Jessie nodded "Sort off, I just trimmed it by a nearby salon— unless a salon counts as my grandmas house then yeah." She laughed and Annabelle joined in, laughing in a carefree manner.

"Hey, maybe you're grandma could cut my hair, I wanna go for a change." Annabelle looks nervous as she asks. "Should i trim or just cut it out?"

"No, long hair suits you." Jessie shook her head and tilted her head to the side, inspecting Annabelle carefully.

"Straight hair. That's what you need, straighten your hair." She told her and picked two strands from her hair "Dye these purple, it would bring our you're eyes."

Annabelle hummed, her lips curling up a smile. "Consider it done by tomorrow." She smiled.

"Let's get to work."

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The next day, Annabelle came home in the afternoon wearing black comfortable sweatpants that went to her waist with a purple tank top that hung to her body and a black large jacket. Two strands at the middle part of her hair colored purple, matching her shirt and she held many shopping bags.

"I got everyone gifts." Annabelle smiles, walking towards everyone with a excited look but they weren't half as ecstatic. "Christmas is close and in case we have any drama going on, I thought some gifts would be really nice.." she looks to see their annoyed or busy faces which made her smile slowly drop, shifting one weigh on her leg.

Caroline and Klaus sat far from each other, showing they had just argued and were irritated. Elijah was focusing on a newspaper, Katherine and Rebekah had someone painting their nails and Kol, with a bored expression, was playing video games.

Annabelle bites her lip. "Or it can wait." She sets the bags aside.

Annabelles phone began to ring and she saw Stacey calling her. She had already told her mother and sister about her turning into a vampire and they were only happy she was alive, not caring if she's a vampire— especially since Stacey is already a vampire.

"Anna speaking." Annabelle chimed, happy to hear her sisters voice once she answered the phone. Slumping on the couch and looking at her newly done nails. It was casual French nails.

"Mom has been keeping something from us. She has cancer." Stacey blunted out, choking on a sob.

Now, everyone was listening in on the conversation "What?! How?! Why?!"

"I don't know. I already called Alaric and he's on his way." Stacey was already crying and Rebekah. "I can't lose anyone, Annabelle." Apparently, Staceys girlfriend had broken up with her "I'm so scared."

"You called Alaric before you called me?"  Annabelle asked in disbelief "I'm coming, I'll be there in a few."

"I'm coming." Rebekah declared, standing up.

"Me too." Kol nodded and Annabelle smiled slightly in appreciation, her eyes lingering on Kol.

Annabelle went up to her room and began putting her new clothes in the luggage, speeding around the room and folding it quickly. Perks of being a vampire she thought. Annabelle was thankful to be a heretic, her powers had always been a part of her and losing it would be a nightmare.

When she turned around, Kol was in front of her and she smiled slightly. He caressed her hair "I like what you did with your hair." He complimented, looking deeply into her eyes.

Annabelle smiled "Thanks, you should tell the salon that since I only sa—" she got cut off by Kol pressing his lips against hers "Mmm." She hummed in surprise as his hand cupped her cheeks. Her hands began finding its way to his chest, slowly returning the kiss.

The kiss felt better than Kol could have ever imagined, he had been planning on doing it ever since he thought he lost Annabelle but he didn't know when the right time was and he figured with everything going on, he wouldn't have any free time to do it but when she talked, he couldn't take his eyes off her lips and captured the moment.

The brunette had been waiting for this moment ever since she was human but now was not the time, her mother was in the hospital so she pulled away from the kiss making Kol slowly open his eyes and he leaned forward again, in attempt to have her lips against his again but she stepped away from him making him frown.

"I can't do this, Kol, not now." Annabelle sighed and picked up her luggage then quickly walked out of her room making him sigh in frustration. Kol sighs, nodding to himself.

I think the edited chapters are starting now.

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Anyways, hello guys, readers, amazing people, I have a small announcement and it's exactly a happy one..

One of my family members have unfortunately passed away and it's a hard loss for my family and I do I'll be posting a couple of chapters before taking a small two weeks break or, if it gets easier, maybe a one week break.

Thank you for understanding, have an amazing day.