The Prince of Mystic Falls

47. Remote Control

Pairing: Klaus/Henrik (M/m) hand

Vanessa Monroe pulled into the parking lot with fifteen minutes to spare. She was not a morning person. At the Duke University, the first class she taught hadn't been until 10 am. However, now that she was a high school teacher, she had to be there much earlier. Her real purpose in being at Mystic Fall High School was to hunt vampires.

"Hey Alaric, you beat me here!" she called to the only other teacher she knew on staff.

"Hi Vanessa, by barely a minute. My wife made me this huge breakfast and made me stay there until I ate all of it. I might explode," Alaric said holding his stomach.

"Congrats, by the way. That's so great that you had such a small wedding. So much better that way. Hey, any action around here lately," Vanessa whispered.

"Oh, you mean hunting wise? Nope, there was a possible werewolf attack a few weeks back, but it wasn't on the full moon. Cops think it could just be your regular garden variety murderer. The town quit pumping vervain in the water supply due to the expense. No other animals attacks, and things have been pretty quiet," Alaric lied. Vanessa had no idea that his best friend Damon was a vamp and that his nephew lives with a whole house full of supernaturals. Vanessa also didn't remember that she had been compelled to forget the hunter attack on the Mikaelson mansion. In her mind, none of it ever happened. Alaric's main aim was just to throw her off track to keep the supernaturals in his life safer. His first wife, Isobel, had been Vanessa's mentor. Vanessa still believed that vampires killed her and she was out for revenge. If she only knew the truth!

"Bells gonna ring. We'll have you over for dinner soon. Let me know if you need anything," Alaric called as he trotted to his history classroom.

Klaus had called Alaric to let him know that Kol was not going to be able to attend as a student. He asked Alaric to help keep an eye on Tyler, Jeremy, and Matt during the day in case the Strix or other hunters attacked. Freya and Rebekah had their hands full with Henrik and Finn. It was pretty clear now that those two were not ready for school, so Kol would stay with them.

Klaus filled Alaric in on Davina Claire. He was a little concerned that the former Harvest witch may cause problems and draw attention to them. Alaric promised that he would keep an eye on her in particular. They thought they had Vanessa under control. The Originals could have compelled her to leave, but they didn't want to tip off the town council that they were on to them. Plus, it was likely she was back on vervain.

"So, see any new transfers that look good?" Matt said to Tyler in their first period class, looking for any new girls.

"No, I'm going to see if I can catch Caroline at some point to see if she will talk to me in person, since she still won't take my calls," Tyler said breaking his pencil in half.

"Glad you're dropping the Davina thing. I'm telling you, man, things at home are going to be heating up if Marcel doesn't come back soon. Kol and Davina just seem to be really into each other," Matt revealed.

"Yeah, I feel like Rebekah is oblivious or just too caught up trying to help Henrik and Finn," Tyler agreed.

"Henrik is just a little brat at times. I know crap must be really weird for him, but the more they baby him, the worse he gets. Uncle Elijah needs to straighten that kid out. I mean, I think Dad feels guilty that he caused him to die, but that is not excuse to let the kid freak out all the time," Matt stated in a whisper as the teacher started the class.

"I know," Tyler agreed absentmindedly, his mind was still on Caroline.

They got out their notebooks and started taking notes.