The Vampire Diaries: Trinity

Chapter Twenty One: Isobel

"It's good to see you. You look good. I hear that you're a high school history teacher? How is that?" Isobel asks.

"Where have you been, Isobel?"

"I don't have any reasons that are gonna comfort you. I don't have any explanations that are gonna satisfy you. I wanted this."

"It's that simple?" Alaric questions.

"Yeah. You were supposed to mourn me, and move on."

"You were my wife, and I loved you. How could I not search for you?"

"Because I wasn't lost, Ric." She takes a paper and writes something down. "I understand that you know my daughter Elena and I hear that she's been looking for me. So..." She hands him the paper. "I want you to arrange for a meeting with us."

Alaric looks at the paper. "You want me to deliver a message?"

She smiles. "Yeah."

He throws the paper. "Screw you. You selfish bitch." He gets up and leaves. He walks to his car and Isobel follows after him. "What do you want from me?"

"I told you."

"I'm not gonna do anything for you."

She wraps a hand around his neck and holds him against his car. "You better tell Elena that I want to meet or I'm gonna start killing the citizens of this town one by one and I'm gonna start with your history students. Got it?" She throws him on the floor and gives him the paper. He gets up and looks it.

Elena is on the phone with Damon. "I'm supposed to help build the Miss Mystic float for the Founder's Day parade. If I don't I get the wrath of Caroline but I wanted to check in first."

"Well, I'm doing great, thanks for asking."

"Checking on Stefan."

"Oh, him? Oh, he's...he's terrible."

"What's the matter?" She asks, worried.

"He's just back to boring, straight-laced, off the junk. You've successfully cured him of anything that was interesting about his personality."

"Don't forget who helped me."

"I hate myself. Did Uncle John mention anything to you about my field trip with the history teacher?"

"No. I'm still been avoiding him. Why? What's he up to?"

"I don't know. But I'd love if you could find out for me."

"I've got to go I'm late."

"Have fun with the Mystic queen, I know I did."

Elena rolls her eyes and hangs up.

Damon gets up and gives the phone to Stefan. "Elena called." He smiles and leaves the room. Stefan looks at him and then at his phone.

Trinity inwardly sighs. Things are gonna get a lot more complicated.

In the cafeteria, Alaric is giving papers to students. "So these are the specs for the History department. For the founder's day float we'll be recreating the battle of Willow Creek. Tyler has been nominated at the head of the production design."

"By whom?" Tyler asks.

"By me. I've seen your sketches and they're good."

"I'm not really into the..."

"Well, you just pick your team, be creative and..." He sees Elena, Stefan, and Trinity. "Don't screw up." He says before walking towards them.

"Great!" Tyler sighs and turns to Matt. "You want to help me out with this?"