Fifteen.

Lara

I could feel the nervousness falling over me, a rush of adrenaline making my hands shake and my heart racing. I step into the hallway, looking down one way and then the other hoping to see a mop of wavy dark hair somewhere.

I lean down and grab the small ring, and the paper. I stepped into the hallway a little further to see if I could catch a glimpse of Kol. Before I can stop myself, his name falls from my lips and drifts down the hallway.

"Kol?" Instead of hearing or seeing anything to confirm that he was around, I hear my voice echo back.

My stomach turns, an uneasy knot of guilt forming inside of me. I step inside and close the door, leaning against it my eyes meet Elijah's eyes.

"What is that?" He reaches out for me to hand him what I had hidden inside my closed hand.

I bite my lip and reach my hand out, opening my fingers. The ring and paper laying in my palm.

"It's- Kol got me this ring at the beach fair and I never took it but- I'm- he I don't know he seemed so upse