Carol was on the stage, talking into a microphone as she introduced the Fundraiser to everyone seated inside the grill. "Tickets for the raffle are now on sale. All proceeds benefit the annual Founder's Day celebration." She announced.
Caroline, Lexa, Elena, and Matt were all milling around at the front of the Grill. "He's already been hit on, like, 35 times. He's total cougar bait." Caroline bitched, talking about Damon. "Impressive." Elena admitted as Lexa just frowned, "More like embarrassing."
Caroline laughed at her best friend's reaction but fell quiet once she saw Kelly enter the Grill. "Hi, Mrs. Donovan." She chimed as the woman appraised them. Kelly glanced at Caroline with distaste and looked at the Gilberts. "Elena, Alexia, honey."
"Hi, Kelly." The twins replied in unison, though Lexa sounded a little unsure, as she wasn't super fond of Mrs Donovan. Kelly hugged both of the girls as Elena smiled, whilst Lexa didn't look pleased.
"Long time, no see." Kelly chimed, breaking away from the twins. "How are you doing?" Elena asked. "Oh, same old. Oh. Matty tells me you broke his heart- And that you," She turned to Lexa. "Broke Vicki's." The words stung Lexa.
"Mom." Matt groaned, not pleased by her behaviour. "Just kidding. Calm down. Matty found his rebound girl." Kelly said, before glancing over at Caroline. "And Vicki.. she's happy wherever she has ran off to." Mrs Donovan said, glancing at Lexa who still, didn't look pleased.
"I just hope I don't get Bachelor 3. I dated him in high school. Not impressive. In any way." Kelly said as Matt shook his head, embarrassed. Caroline hands Kelly her tickets and she takes them. "Very exciting." Kelly said before she walked off into the Grill.
Elena turned around and saw Alaric. They stared at each other for a moment before Alaric walked off and Elena turned back around with a dissatisfied look.
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"And what do you do, Bachelor Number 3?" Carol's cheery voice piped up, as she leaned the microphone towards the 'bachelor'. "Yeah, I'm a plumber." The man answered.
"Well, isn't that wonderful? We could always use more plumbers. Moving on. Number 4, Alaric Saltzman. Wow. That's quite a mouthful. What do you do, Alaric?" Carol asked. "I'm a teacher at Mystic Falls High." Alaric answered the woman. "Oh, beauty and brains, ladies. This one's a keeper. What do you teach?"
"History."
"History. Oh, well, give us a fun fact about Mystic Falls, something crazy." Carol grins, before Alaric looked over at Damon. Damon places his hand up to his ear, sarcastically anticipating a response.
"Uh, well..."
Carol pulled the microphone away. "He's probably saving the best stories for his date." She said as she moved down the line. "And last, but not least, Damon Salvatore. We don't have much on you."
"Well, I'm tough to fit on a card." Damon answered cockily, causing Lexa, who sat at a table with Elena and Jenna, to roll her eyes at his cockiness. "Do you have any hobbies, like to travel?" Carol asked him.
"Oh, yeah. L.A., New York. Couple of years ago, I was in North Carolina. Near the Duke campus, actually. I think-I think Alaric went to school there. Didn't you, Ric?" Damon asked, as he turned to look at Alaric, who does the same.
"Yeah, 'cause I— I know your wife did."
Stefan became alert and he looked over at Elena. Elena's face started to falter. Stefan made his way over to her.
"I had a drink with her once. She was— she was a great girl. I ever tell you that? Cause she was— Delicious. Mmm! Mmm mmm mmm."
Elena's mouth hung open, as Lexa looked at her worried. Elena's eyes filled with tears as she stared at Damon. Jenna looked over at her. "Are you okay?" Jenna asked. "I just need some air."
Elena got up and walked out of the Grill, Alexia got to her feet to follow her. "Lena!" She called in a loud whisper, as they left the venue. Stefan followed them.
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Outside, Elena was pacing around. Lexa exited the Grill and approached her twin, as Elena turned to face her. "Lena.. what's wrong?" Lexa asked worriedly as tears rolled down Elena's cheeks. "I found out that Alaric's ex wife was our Mum. Damon killed her, Lexa." Elena summarised as Lexa's mouth fell open. "Oh my god... that fucking asshole!" Alexia growled, clenching her fists in anger now, as rage filled her body.
"Elena, Lexa—" Stefan called, exiting the grill. The twins turned to face the vampire, "He killed her? Damon was the vampire that killed her?" Elena snapped. "I don't know what happened. Alaric said that they never found the body." Stefan confessed.
The twins both looked upset, as Stefan looked at them with sympathy. "I'm sorry. I wanted to tell you. But I just... I wanted to know more." He insisted. "I was feeling sorry for him, hoping that this whole Katherine thing would change him. I'm so stupid." Elena growled, as Lexa calmed herself down, before she placed a hand on her twins shoulder. "Hey... you're not stupid. Damon's stupid— and so unbelievably annoying." She insisted.
"He doesn't know about the connection to you two. I thought about confronting him, but he's already so on edge." Stefan explained as Lexa then glared, "Why are you protecting him?" She asked. "Because Elena's not the only one hoping that he might actually change." The vampire answered as Alexia frowned.
Elena shook her head slightly as her and Stefan look at each other. Lexa looked over Stefan's shoulder and back up at him, but does a double take when she recognised the man from earlier down the street. "That man." She blurted, as Elena now looked over Stefan's shoulder, recognising the man too.
Stefan turned around and looks at the man, who watches them. "We saw that man outside of Trudie's." Elena explained, as Stefan turned back to them, "Get back inside. Come on."
"Stef-" Lexa went to argue before he ushered them back inside the Grill and followed them soon thereafter.
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The Gilbert twins walked back into the Grill, still upset and shocked. As they continued walking without paying attention to where they're going, they ran right into Damon, who was chatting to Sienna.
"Whoa. Easy there. Buy a ticket like everyone else." Damon grinned, as the Gilberts looked up at him with glares plastered on their faces, causing Sienna to blink in surprise, wondering what he'd done to piss them off. "Did you enjoy that? Rubbing it in to Alaric Saltzman?" Lexa snapped as Damon raised an eyebrow, "What?"
"Just as I was starting to think that there was something redeemable about you." Elena spat, before Stefan walked up to Elena, Lexa, Sienna and Damon. "Elena.. Lexa." He sighed, earning a frown from Lexa. Stefan shook his head at Elena, as Damon looked from Stefan to Elena. "Am I missing something here?" He asked. Sienna also looked confused, before she glanced at Lexa, "Yeah, you okay Lexa?" She asked.
"Did I forget to mention earlier when we were talking about my birth mother? The one that gave me up?" Elena asked as Damon nodded, "Mm-hm."
Lexa then turned to Damon, "Her name was Isobel." She said as Damon's face faltered.
"Go ahead. Reminisce about how you killed her." Elena declared, before she rammed into Damon's shoulder as she walked past him, Lexa following behind her. Stefan and Damon exchange looks before Stefan left to follow the twins. Sienna was in shock, "Lexa!" She called out, wanting to go after the girl and comfort her, but she was gone. The werewolf then turned to Damon, shooting him a glare before she walked off.
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Outside, Elena and Lexa have left the Grill with Stefan following behind them. "Come on. Let's get you home." Stefan said to them.
Lexa stopped abruptly when she saw the man from earlier standing in front of her, and she held out her arm to stop Elena. Stefan saw him too and stood slightly in front of the twins, placing his hand out to protect them.
"I have a message for you." The man said. "What?" The twins both blurted in unison. "Who are you?" Stefan asked.
"Stop looking."
"Stop looking for what?" Lexa asked. "She doesn't want to know you. She doesn't want to talk to you." The stranger said. "Isobel?" Elena blurted. "You need to stop looking. Do you understand?"
"She's alive? Does that mean she's a-" Lexa blurted, starting to inch forward, but Stefan put his arm back to keep her behind him. "Lexa, he's under compulsion."
"Do you understand?"
"Yes. I do." Lexa nodded. "Good." The man looked down the street. "I'm done now."
The man stepped backwards into the road, as a large truck blared its horn before running over the man, killing him. "Oh my god-" Lexa blurted, her eyes widened in complete shock. Only a moment after the incident, Stefan and Elena ran into the middle of the street. People around them began yelling. Stefan knelt down and looked at the man.
Elena saw a phone that must have fallen out of the man's pocket and picked it up. Stefan quickly stood up and grabbed Elena's arm. "Come on. Let's get out of here. Come on."
Elena placed the phone in her pocket as Stefan dragged her and Lexa off to their car.
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Damon walked across the parlor and prepared to make two drinks, whilst Natasha stood closeby. Quietly, Alaric entered the room with a stake in his hand. "Are you really this stupid?" Damon asked.
Damon finished pouring his drink and turned around to look at Alaric who was standing behind him. "Guess so." Natasha answered, a fake sweet tone filling her voice and she went to walk over to Alaric, but Damon reached his hand out to stop her. "He's mine." He told her.
Damon took a sip of his drink and placed his glass down, before vamp speeding at Alaric and throwing him across the room. Alaric landed on the floor, heavily, but quickly got back up, ready to attack. "You gonna put down the stake?" Natasha asked, her arms crossed.
Alaric remained in an attacking stance, looking Damon in the eyes. "Wow. That's courage."
Damon walked towards Alaric. "Where's Isobel? What have you done to my wife?" Alaric demanded. "You want me to tell you I killed her? Would that make you happy? Because I think you know what happened."
"I saw you feeding on her."
"Yeah, I did, and I wasn't lying. She was delicious."
Alaric rushed at Damon to attack him, but Damon hit Alaric in the stomach and Alaric keeled over falling, back onto the floor.
"Oh, come on. What do you think happened? Not an inkling? Never considered the possibility?" Damon asked as Alaric looked up at him. "I turned her."
Natasha clapped her hands together, "Wow what a plot twist." She announced.
"Why?" Alaric asked, ignoring the Petrova. "She came to me. All pathetic, looking for vampires. There was something about her, something I liked. There was something special." Damon answered. "You turned her because you liked her?"
"No, I slept with her because I liked her. I turned her because she begged me to. Yeah. But you knew that, too, didn't you? Hmm. I guess she wasn't happy at home, wasn't happy with life in general, wasn't happy with you." Damon explained, before Alaric rushed at Damon again, but Damon grabbed the stake from Alaric's hands and stabbed him in the chest, puncturing his lung, as Alaric yelled in pain, before falling to the floor.
"Ah, this is a shame. We're kindred spirits, abandoned by the women we love. Unrequited love sucks." Damon said, before he removed the stake from Alaric's chest, as the human wheezed.
"Sounds like you got a lung. Which means we get to sit here and watch him die." Natasha chimed, as Alaric gasped for air and placed his hands over his wound. Damon threw the stake down, grabbed his drink, and sat down on the sofa, with Natasha by his side, as they watched Alaric took one last breath before he died. Damon took a swig from his glass as he looked at Alaric's dead body.
Stefan walked in the room and looked at Alaric. He rushed over to the body and knelt down next to it, checking for a pulse. "What happened? What did you guys do?" Stefan ordered as Natasha looked offended she was even asked.
"Do what? He attacked me. Natasha just watched." Damon answered as Stefan sat up and looked at Damon. "Damon."
"All Damon did was tell him the truth. His wife didn't want him anymore. It's not his fault the human couldn't handle it." Natasha answered as Stefan deadpanned the doppelgänger, "Like you've both been handling Katherine?"
"I'm handling it fine. You know what? Isobel came to me. She found me. And if she's related to Elena, that means she's related to Katherine. Maybe Katherine sent her to me." Damon shrugged, as Natasha didn't answer. "Stop it. You don't have to keep looking."
"Can't be a coincidence Isobel sought him out. Uh-uh. Can't." Natasha declared as Damon pointed to Alaric, "I'm assuming you'll take care of this." He said to Stefan before the vampire and heretic- best friends, left the room.
Stefan, exhausted by Damon's actions, sat down next to Alaric's body. Suddenly, Stefan saw Alaric's fingers moved and he furrowed his eyebrow and leant over Alaric. Suddenly, Alaric gasped back to life, panting heavily, and then he sat up, confused.
"What happened? What's going on?" Alaric asked as Stefan blinked in surprise, "You were just...Did Damon turn you?"
"No. I... I went for him and then he, uh... he stabbed me." Alaric answered. "No, no, no. You must have vampire blood in your system. Somebody slipped it to you." Stefan insisted as Alaric flexed his fingers, "No. It's, uh, it's something else." He replied.
"Then how?"
Alaric looked down at the ring on his right hand before answering, "Isobel- This ring protected me." He said, showing it to Stefan, who was surprised. "That's impossible."
"I know."
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Elena was in her bed, holding a picture frame in her hands of her and her parents. She looked at it for a moment then placed it down on her lap. The door slowly opened, Lexa in the doorway. "Hey." She answered.
"Hey." Elena replied, grabbing the cell phone that she took from the man that was run over. Alexia blinked in surprise, "Is that.. that dead dude's phone?" She asked as Elena nodded. Lexa, confused and intrigued, walked over and sat beside her twin, who'd opened the phone and found the last number that was dialed.
Before she can change her mind, Elena called the number and placing it on speaker mode. After a few rings, a woman picks up on the other end.
"Was there a problem? Did you find her? What's going on?" A voice spoke up. Elena and Lexa glanced at eachother, confused before Alexia spoke, "Isobel?"
The phone call ended, the other person that was assumably Isobel, hanging up without another word. Elena shut the phone, looking tearful, as Lexa sighed sadly.