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After Carlisle’s little announcement earlier, Kolby had slipped out of the Coven House like a shadow. Making his way back to his apartment, Kolby had spent the remainder of his day making sure that the space was livable again. Rearranging, dusting, sweeping & mopping - if you could name it, Kolby had done it.
While Kolby loved parties, he didn’t want to go to one at the Coven House - especially if it was run by Carlisle. Despite his best efforts, however, Kolby’s phone was going off like crazy. People were updating their statuses, posting their party outfits to instagram and the like. It felt like highschool all over again.
As Kolby sat on the couch scrolling through social media, he received a message from Miles.
‘U should come check on ur girl, man’
‘Why?’
In response, Kolby had received a very blurry image of what appeared to be Hayden fighting someone. Upon closer inspection, Kolby made out the rest of the faces in the photo, his face growing hot. Standing up, Kolby grabbed his car keys and put on his jacket before exiting the home.
The drive to the Coven house was a short one. Kolby had made sure of that as he sped up the roads, weaving in and out of traffic as he went. While Kolby knew that Hayden had a temper, and that this wasn’t the first time he was saving her from herself - he couldn’t help but be pissed off. He had told Hayden for weeks leading up to their move that fighting anyone in the Coven wasn’t a good idea. Did she listen? Obviously not.
Arriving at the party, Kolby entered the party and avoided the high fives and claps on back in greeting. He had a one track mind right now, and nothing was going to distract him - except for the bottle of Jack he grabbed from the party favours table.
Scanning his surroundings, Kolby spotted the back of Hayden’s head as she made her way out back and into the Alchemy lab. Opening the bottle and taking a large gulp, Kolby wiped his mouth before setting out on his journey - giving Hayden just enough time to settle in.
Opening the door, Kolby stepped inside the room before locking the door behind him.
His expression stone cold, he turned to look at Hayden were she sat in the chair - still bruised and battered.
”I’m not going to ask you to explain yourself because I’m tired of your piss poor fucking excuses. But what in the fucking hell were you thinking? Or do you even have any brain cells left rolling around in that pretty little head of yours?”
”I have enough brain cells. And for the fight… I had that bitch. Let's get that clear. That blonde bitch was getting hammered. Then those two other bitches jumped in and tag teamed me. I couldn’t defend against them. Was fun though” Hayden commented as she leaned back with her eyes closed, having no idea where Kolby was in the room. The healing potion that she had just taken was starting to heal her. ”I ain't got any excuses. She knocked into me, I squared up, I lost. Big deal. Next time I will remember to isolate those bitches more.”
As Hayden spoke, Kolby flipped on the light switch next to him. Listening to the bullshit excuses flying from her mouth, the young man made his way across the room, he took a seat in front of her before pressing the bottle of whiskey to his lips. Taking another drink, Kolby sighed.
”You got lucky,” he said sourly. ”Delaney is nothing by herself - not magically. Serena on the other hand - that bitch would have literally set you on fire.” Upon further inspection of Hayden, Kolby could see how she was holding her arm at an odd angle. He could see the bruises on her face and body slowly fading one by one - but it was clear that Hayden had gotten her ass kicked. ”And I’m assuming that you already know what Erin can do,” he chuckled.
Hayden gave off a small huff of pain as felt her arm starting to set back into position. It was nice to heal, but it was an odd and uncomfortable sensation, feeling your bones reset. "I know I got lucky. It was my fault the fight escalated to magic. We were fighting hand to hand until I panicked and tried to stab the tall bitch with a flame dagger." She groaned once more as her arm twitched from the weird angle it was recovering from. "Sides, if it was one on one and non magic I could take all three. Only really challenge would be that tall one. Unlike the other two she actually knew how to throw a punch. She nearly dislocated my jaw with that uppercut. Pretty sure she hits harder than you do." As she finished speaking a smirk came on her lips. She opened her eyes to see Kolby drinking infront of her.
"Sides it's not like you can talk. You got into plenty of fights when you were bored. The number of times I had to pick you up from bars before the police came. This is how we get our kicks, me and you"
”The difference between the two of us is that I’ve matured, Hayden. I understand that there’s a time and place for things and you… you have no regard for anyone or anything but yourself. You want to talk about picking me up from bars? At least I came home. At least you knew where to find me. You're gonna sit there and act like you offered me the same courtesy?” Taking another drink, Kolby laughed evilly as he wiped the excess from his lower lip with his thumb. ”You’ll be lucky if the Coven even lets you stay in town. ‘Challenge’ this and ‘challenge’ that. Only hand to hand. You’re so fucking stupid. No fight in Tanner is going to stay non magical.”
”I think I will be alright. I spent some time with that Carlisle today, and thinking on it, I can wrap him around my finger. He ain’t going to get rid of me.” With that being said her arm was finally back into position correctly and Hayden was finally fully healed. ”Don’t start trying to act all high and mighty with me, otherwise I will have to knock you down. I know when to pick fights. I just underestimated who would get involved. And yeah… kinda forgot that they might resort to magic.” Hayden sat up on the chair properly now, taking a moment to test out the now pain free movement in her arm. ”I am surprised you let me come here alone with all these boys looking around and getting drunk. Normally you don’t like it when they look at me” She retorted with a smirk. Even when they had broken up the oh-so many times in New York, Hayden knew that all she had to do was just have a guy look at her in a suggestive way, and the next day the guy was either gone, or in the ER. Kolby could be a possessive SOB, and Hayden loved him for it.
The more Hayden spoke, the more Kolby drank. ”And I’m shocked that you don’t have a problem with me walking around with all these drunk women,” he retorted sarcastically, tossing up his free hand as he fell back into his seat. Looking at her, his eyes narrowed. ”You want to fuck Carlise? Go for it. Hell - Miles, Zach, Rowan, Daniel, Tristan - have ‘em all. I’m done.”
Hearing those last two words, Hayden knew she had reached her limit. She did owe Kolby for letting her come with him. She was in a lot of trouble back home, and he did save her from a tight, pretty much lethal encounter. She was in his debt, whether she liked it or not. ”Look…” She started with bated breath ”... Delaney knocked into me, my temper flared. I thought I had everything under control and then I got ambushed. By that point, I was too deep to back out, as that tall woman had practically towered on in. I tried to knock them all down so I could escape, but they were too strong. I then resorted to magic thinking it would back them off. I didn’t expect them to escalate.” She moved her head so she wasn’t looking directly at Kolby. ”It’s my fault. I fucked up. I should have owned it.”
”It’s not about who you fought, or how many, or how you did it. It’s the fact that it happened at all. And on the first night here!” Taking a moment to sort through his thoughts, Kolbys gaze stayed focused on the bottle in his hands. He cared about Hayden, but he was beyond tired at the messes that came with being with her. Kolby was a messy person - that much was true - and it was time that he started worrying about cleaning up his own bad habits. ”I asked you so nicely before we ever got on that plane to not start anything with anyone. Now look atchya.”
”I know you did! And I fucked up. I am sorry.” God that felt weird. Hayden couldn’t think of the last time she actually said sorry. Normally, the duo would end up arguing, break up, and then a day or two later, make up and get back to fucking again. Hayden was actually for once in her life, trying to put some kind of effort in. ”You know that I care only for you. I mean it” She said in hushed tones, still not quite comfortable acting the way she was. ”So where do we go from here? Not really got this far without one of us either shouting the other out or swinging for the other.”
”I don’t want to go anywhere if I’m going with you. I care about you Hayden - I do - and that’s never going to change. But you’re messy, petty, dramatic and honestly, a small party of you is just batshit crazy. I meant what I said, I’m done with whatever this is.”
Hayden’s heart sunk slightly. Her brain hadn’t quite registered what he had said or maybe it was denial. ”Okay then… I won’t get into any more fights in the coven, and I will do my best to grow up. Sound fair?” She asked, hopefully the answer she would get was a good one. Her eyes however drifted to his whiskey bottle, taking a mental note of how much he had drunk. Sadly it seemed Kolby hadn’t actually drunk enough to become wasted, so he was speaking honestly right now.
Standing up, Kolby stretched his arms over his head with a deep sigh before letting them fall back to his sides. ”I’m not sure why you’re consulting me on your plans anymore. But sure. Seems like a decent way to keep your nose clean.”
Hayden’s heartbeat began to get fast as he listened to his words and the proverbial penny began to drop. Her eyes grew wide as she looked up at him standing over her. ”Wait… no. no,no,no. Come on Kobly. I will do anything. 'Anything'. You are the only thing I have in this town.”
With a short laugh, Kolby looked down at her, making eye contact. It would have been clear to anyone that his anger was boiling just beneath the surface as the fire danced in his eyes. Inhaling deeply through his nose, Kolby tried to steady his nerves.
”Anything,” he had pondered, half questioned, letting the word settle on his tongue. ”Anything except making me look like a fool, right?” Taking another sip from the bottle, he scoffed. ”And you’re right, you know? About me being the only thing you have. That’s the only reason you’ve ever been with me Hayden; You just want what you can get and take from me.”
"I didn't mean to make you look like a fool!" Hayden replied back. Upset was slowly turning into anger, as confusion still reigned supreme in her mind. She was so unsure why Kolby was escalating this so quickly. Normally things have to get far worse than they did now before they had conversations about breaking up.
"That's not true. I have been with you because surprise, surprise, I actually like your company. You are interesting to hang out with and quite a caring person once you get past the toughest guy in the world facade" Hayden let out a depressed sigh. She could see his eyes and the fire burning underneath. That look she had seen before. There was a good chance that Kolby had made up his mind. She lowered her head, trying to hide the fact that tears were rushing to the edges of her eyes.
"And what do I do huh? I can't stay with you, I am pretty sure I won't be able to stay here in the coven. I can't go back home cause I will be killed. You are… Were I guess… the only piece of stability I had in this wretched world"
As Kolby stood there listening to Hayden's borderline plea to keep whatever it was between them going, he felt himself growing more and more apathetic by the second. Normally Kolby would seek to have this level of power over anyone - but when it came to Hayden he found himself no longer wanting it.
”Will you just stop,” he growled through gritted teeth.
Hayden couldn’t quite work out the whirlpool of emotions that were going through her body right now. Sadness, regret, anger, resentment. All of them were mixing together to make the woman very unstable. In the matter of a single night, everything in her life had come crashing down. How did she even begin picking up the pieces? With a heavy, saddened sigh, Hayden looked down.
”Okay. Okay. I… will survive. I always do” She said with a self-depreciating chuckle, still looking down. ”I…am completely at fault.”
Rolling his eyes, Kolby turned on his heel and began to walk away from the sorry excuse of a human standing in front of him. He could no longer be bothered by whatever fit she was going though. Quite frankly, she was no longer his problem.
Opening the door with his free hand, Kolby didn’t bother to look back as he called out ”Have a nice life.”
Hayden crashed and slumped back onto the chair she had originally been sitting on. She laid her heads into her hands, and for what could quite possibly be the first time, she began to lightly cry and sob. Trying her best to avoid attracting attention from outside the room. Now what?
