Mate Bonds

THE TIES THAT BIND

GILBERT HOUSE

Bonnie and Elena are searching through a pile of driver license records for Bonnie's mother Abby. They're looking through the records of everyone who is named Abby Bennett.

Elena: Los Alamitos?

Amelia is sitting beside her, playing on her tablet, biting her nails. Elena hands Bonnie the record for a woman named Abby Bennett Wilson.

Bonnie: Too old.

Elena: Honolulu?

Bonnie: I wish. How many of these are there?

Elena: A lot. I asked the sheriff's office to pull up every single Abby Bennett in the country.

Bonnie: I know we haven't been able to really...that things had been weird, because of Jeremy, so, thank you for helping me with this. I know you have a lot to deal with.

Elena: There's nothing more important, Bonnie.

Bonnie: It's surreal. Having to track down a woman, who bailed on her own kid.

Elena: You know, you don't have to, right? Let Stefan obsess over opening up the coffin. It doesn't have to fall on you.

Bonnie: The coffin is spell shut. That makes it a witch problem. So it does fall on me. I was bound to see my mother again sooner or later.

Amelia places her tablet down and reaches into her purse pulling out a file and hands to Elena

Elena: What's this?

Amelia: Abby Bennett Wilson, Monroe, North Carolina. Born in Mystic Falls Hospital, graduated at Mystic Falls High

Bonnie: How'd you get this?

Amelia: Damon compelled someone.

Bonnie: This is her

Elena: You wanna come, darling?

Amelia: No thank you

She stuffs her tablet in her bag and kisses Elena on the cheek, leaving the kitchen.

LOCKWOOD CELLAR

Katherine is chaining Amelia up, Caroline is standing nearby

Caroline: How is this gonna work?

Katherine: A sire bond, at its core, is about one thing...gratitude. If you believe you owe Klaus your life, ask yourself why.

Amelia: I was cursed. Every full moon I had to change into a wolf. It was torture. Klaus took that away.

Katherine: He freed you from your pain and now you feel indebted to him. To break the sire bound you gotta make yourself turn. Own your pain then you'll owe Klaus nothing and you will be free.

Caroline: But how can she turn? It's not a full moon.

Katherine: She doesn't need one. You're a hybrid now, right? I mean, you can turn at will now, am I right?

Amelia: Yeah, but I don't know how to just start.

Katherine: You're making excuses.

Amelia: You don't understand! When I turn, I break every bone in my body.

Katherine cups her chin caressing it lovingly

Katherine: We're going to help you, baby girl. This is the only way. How bad do you want to be free?

Amelia nods her head

Caroline: We'll be right here beside you, darling.

Amelia walks back near the wall, tugs at her chains, then concentrates and begins to transform.

Amelia: I can't

Katherine: Of course you, baby girl.

Amelia: Please just go.

Caroline: No, baby, we're not leaving you.

Katherine kneels down in front of her taking her face in her hands looking into her eyes

Katherine: Think about our lives together. Think about when we eventually have kids, baby.

She kisses her softly on the forehead.

Amelia moves back and begins to transform again. Katherine frowns in confusion moving her eyes down to her stomach and she stumbles back wide eyed

Katherine: You're-----you're----you're pregnant?

Caroline does a double take looking between them both

Caroline: What? Melly, are you----pregnant?

Amelia looks up mid transformation and sadly nods her head

Amelia: I'm pregnant, Kat. WE'RE pregnant.

Katherine rolls her eyes to the back of her head falls straight backwards, fainting.

SALVATORE HOUSE-NIGHT

Katherine walks into Amelia's bedroom finding her walking out of the bathroom drying her hair with a towel

Katherine: So-----are you sure it's mine?

Amelia nods her head smiling happily.

Amelia: It's yours.

She rubs her stomach with a loving smile, Katherine walks up to her and cups her face smashing their lips together. Amelia smiles snaking her arms around her neck moving her lips passionately against hers

Katherine: I love you

Amelia: I love you too.