Family Above All

45. Macbeth

Pairing: Pearl/Katherine (F/F)

Prompt for anonymous from ff.net

"That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold, what hath quenched them hath given me fire." -William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Thursday, April 5, 2012

On route to Mikaelson Mansion

Evening

Dorian frowned as he watched the town whiz by. He knew he had something else to tell Ric...then, the ugly scene in the high school cafeteria popped into his head.

Oh! Did Jeremy mention any issues with that Tyler Lockwood and some blond kid. Matt? I think," Dorian asked, turning to Ric as the man made a turn onto the Mikaelson property. They had dropped off Dorian's car at Ric's loft that Dorian was staying in.

"No, I don't think so. I only saw him for a minute though at the end of the day before we left. He seemed fine," Ric noted. After having a beer, Ric and Dorian had driven to meet one of their contacts from Whitmore at a bar near campus. It had taken longer than Ric anticipated. He had called Jenna to stay that he would miss dinner and might be late.

They had to share this information with the Mikaelsons. In person, when Ric called the house, he could tell it was chaotic there.
Dorian shrugged a bit. "Something happened when I was covering study hall today. Jeremy was talking to some girl and the other two seemed ready to kick his ass. I could hardly get them settled down and they got pretty mouthy. I talked to Coach Wineman and he got pretty pissed, not at Jeremy, but at the other two. I don't know, man, some of these kids act like they are running the place..."

Dorian wasn't sure he was cut out for teaching kids. Ric had insisted on Dorian staying at his place for free, explaining that Elijah had paid him. But Dorian wouldn't take money from vampires. Never.

"Tyler is kind of the big man on campus bully," Ric surmised. "I guess since he is so athletic and his dad is mayor, he kinda does what he wants. I can talk to them later about it."

"Yeah, I should thought I should mention it," Dorian said.

"And Jeremy doesn't have study hall then. Damnit, if that kid skipped gym again I'm gonna use the board of education on his ass," Ric fumed.

"I think he had a nurse's pass or something," Dorian added. "I always hated gym, too."
"I loved it, but I guess you were too busy reading, huh?" Ric joked.

"You know it, brother. My sister was the athlete in my family," Dorian shared, trying not to think of his late sister. It was too painful, she had so much to live for. Dorian liked Stefan, but still had mixed feelings about helping vampires. Were they really able to be trusted? He didn't know yet.

"Thanks for looking out for Jer, he's struggling right now," Ric said.
"Aren't we all? There are already some cars here. Guess we are late for the party?" Dorian mused. "Hope this doesn't take long."
"Thanks for coming with me, Dorian," Ric said, parking. "All this witch stuff is not my area of expertise. And yeah, I know how you are feeling about the Mikaelsons. It kinda feels like selling out, but I feel like they are trying to do the right thing. Come on, let's get this over with."

Mikaelson Mansion

Basement Cells

"Ahhhh, that bloodly hurts!" Kol shrieked as Lucy applied another poultice to the area that was affected by the werewolf bite.

Lucy scolded, "Sorry, Kol, but hold it to your neck this time. It will help in a minute."
Kol scowled, but held the herb-coated cloth tightly over his neck. He wasn't used to not healing like this.