"What did you do to her?"

"You killed her?"

"Why would you do this?"

"Who killed who?"

"Riley is dead!" I heard Damon snap.

I thought.

"Who killed her?" I heard Stefan ask.

"This weasel of course, he just couldn't let her be happy." Damon replied.

"She's not dead." Kai yelled. "She's just asleep."

"She's been asleep for almost a day."

I thought.

Kai sighed. "Her body and mind need I rest, I did just break an originals' compulsion. So she isn't going to be better in minutes, Damon."

"I swear if anything has happened-"

"Damon, shut up." Kai said. "Riley is resting and she'll be awake soon."

I tried to pry my eyes open or scream at the two drama queens that I'm fine, but I couldn't.

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KAI'S P.O.V -

"Ri." I sat down beside her and looked at her. Her eyes remained shut and her chest didn't move.

I checked her pulse and still felt a faint beat. I let out a sigh.

"Good, you're not dead." I said. I ran my hand through her hair, moving it away from her face. "Ri, you need to wake up before Damon murders me."

I desperately wanted to see a smile form on her lips and her eyes pop open but nothing happened.

The Salvatores are downstairs, Ri is laying on her bed. After she passed out, I laid her on the bed and waited for her to wake up.

I fell asleep while waiting and Damon woke me up by screaming.

Pursing my lips together, I run my finger down Ri's cheek and admire her.

"Come on, Ri. We need you to wake up." I told her. "Wake up, so I can rub it in Damon's face that you remember me."

I laughed to myself. "I hope you remember me, Ri." I added. I leaned down and kissed her forehead. "You're my only friend."

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I was screaming at myself to wake up but I couldn't do it.

"I made her remember me!" Kai shouted. I sighed, him and Damon were arguing again. I didn't know why they chose to do it with me close by because it was getting annoying.

"Who says her not remembering you wasn't a bad thing?" Damon hissed. "You caused her nothing but pain."

"This coming from the same guy who handed her over to her crazy ex."

"Well, Kol never hurt her. He treated her well, he loved her."

Kai scoffed. "Damon." Stefan added in. "You need to calm down."

"Don't get mad at me, Damon. Riley was forced to forget me, Elena chose to forget you."

. I thought to myself yet I wanted to laugh.

"You little-"

"Damon." Stefan said. He must have stopped Damon from killing Kai.

I could practically smell the smirk from Kai. "Thank you Stefan. At least someone understands me."

"Don't flatter yourself, Kai." Stefan replied. "I'm only doing this for Riley."

"If she even remembers you." Damon laughed.

"I think it worked." Kai replied with a shrug.

"Why is that?" Stefan wondered.

"She called me Malachai, before passing out."

"But that's your name." Caroline said. "So, I don't see how that's a surprise."

I wondered.

"Duh." Kai said and I could practically see the glare that Caroline gave him. "But only Ri called me it. She enjoyed the fact, that annoyed me." Kai explained, I mentally grinned.

"So how much longer is she gonna be asleep?" Elena asked. "It's nearly been two days."

"She should wake up soon, I either restored her memories or....." Kai trailed off.

"Or?" Damon questioned.

"She's still a human and her body is shutting down, meaning." Kai sighed. "She'll die."

"You-"

"Shut up." I interrupted, as I opened my eyes. The sunlight hurt so I hissed, covering them for a few seconds. I cleared my throat and blinked a few times. "Finally, I can speak."

Everyone stared at me, looking relieved. "Riley." Damon said with a smile.

Stefan smiled, looking relieved. "You're alive."

I sent a small voice. "Hello." I said, my voice croaky so I clasped my throat and cleared my throat. "I need a drink."

Caroline nodded and vamp sped into the kitchen. In seconds, she appeared with a glass of water in her hands while she knelt in front of me. "How did you manage to wake up?"

I shrugged and took a small sip. "No idea but all of the shouting was annoying." I added, looking at Kai and Damon.

"Wait, you could hear us?" Damon rose a brow.

"Damon, if I was dead I'd probably be able to hear your two drama queens arguing."

Stefan and Caroline chuckled while Kai and Damon exchanged a glare. I rolled my eyes and drank more of my water.

"Do you need anything else Riley? Food? More water? Or maybe-" I shook my head to stop Caroline's offers.

I put my hand over hers and smiled. "I'm okay, thank you."

I noticed her eyes go glossy so I wasn't surprised when she squeezed me into a big hug. Thankfully my glass was empty, but that didn't bother me anyways. I accepted Caroline's embrace and inhaled her sweet sense.

"I'm so happy you're alive." She whispered to me. I heard her sniffle. "I couldn't lose another best friend."

That made my eyes water somewhat, I blinked the tears away and just squeezed her tighter. "You're not losing me."

"Good, but you need to wash Riley because you smell so bad." She laughed between her sniffles as I did. The hug ended and we exchanged a final smile.

Caroline stood up and Stefan welcomed her into his arms. I felt another stare on me and my eyes locked with Kai.

He seemed nervous, because he kept toying with his pockets. Kai licked his lips and ran his hand down his face, taking a couple of steps closer to me.

He leaned down so his eyes were levelled with mine. And all he said was. "Ri?"

I took a deep breath and leaned in to break the distance between our faces. My face couldn't hide the smile any longer and I spoke. "Malachai." It was adorable watching his face light up. I chuckled and shoved his shoulder. "You really think that I wouldn't remember you."

Kai laughed, sitting beside me with a big grin. "I guess you two are kinda of cute together." Stefan shrugged.

I shook my head and Kai and I look at the rest of them. He planted a kiss on my cheek. "I'm not kissing your lips because I think your breath is going to stink."

I winked. "Thanks."

"It's nice you being back Riley." Stefan said, I stood up and hugged him.

"Good to be back." My eyes peered over to Damon. He smirked and I smirked back. "Oh come here Damon."

Damon accepted my hug, lifting me off the ground. I laughed and he chuckled too. "Can't wait time get back to annoying you Riley."

"Likewise Damon." I laughed, glancing at Elena. I smiled and hugged her. "No point holding onto grudges."

She laughed and hugged me back. "I guess near death experiences do change people." I snorted a laugh when the hug ended and sighed with relief.

"Its good to be back and awake." I paused and my eyebrows rose. "Wait what about Kol? This is going to be an awkward explanation since his compulsion is broken."

I heard a throat clear and all eyes fell on Damon. "I don't think Kol will bothering us."

I raised a brow. "What did you do?"

"Me nothing." He held up his hands but the smirk on his lips said another story. He shrugged. "But if daggering him and dumping his body in an ocean something. Then......"

My jaw dropped. "Damon, Klaus is going to murder you." I pointed out. "Do you not realise that?"

"Which is why, you compel someone else to do for you." Damon replied, I rolled my eyes but smiled hugging Damon again. "Wow, this is new. Two hugs in one day."

I cringed, moving back. "Yeah, you're right." I brushed my clothes. "That never happened." I told everyone who just laughed.

"I need to bleach my clothes." Damon said, I punched his arm but grinned.

"So, my ex is in the middle of ocean with his siblings...."

"Away in New Orleans, believing he went off somewhere. The things compulsion can do is amazing." Damon finished off with a chuckle.

"Well i guess all I can say is thank you." I felt weight lift off my shoulders. "It's a shame, Kol and I could've been great friends."

"But I'm just better." Kai chimed in, I rolled my eyes.

"Keep telling yourself that, Malachai." I said, he smirked and wrapped his arms around me.

"So back to all seriousness......" I started. "I need a some food." I said just as my stomach rumbled.

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