Baby Saltzman (Klaus Mikaelson) DISCONTINUED </3

Hot-Head

I woke up by myself, father must have gotten up early and went out. I lay there for minutes contemplating if I should just lay here all day. I eventually get up and do my daily routine. I call up Damon and ask him if he wants to get a drink. "Yeah, meet me at the Mystic Grill in 30 minutes", he replied before hanging up.

Meanwhile Liz&Damon:

"I ran the check on the history teacher. You want this before or after your debut?", Liz informed Damon. "How's it look?" "He checks out. Couple of speeding tickets. Rough story, though. His wife went missing years back in North Carolina", Liz confirmed. "North Carolina?", Damon asked shocked. As of that moment Damon remembered going with a girl named Isobel in North Carolina.

Father is standing with me outside the Grill when he spaces out in remembering. 

In Alaric, Era, and Isobel's apartment, Alaric awakens to the sound of typing on a keyboard. He sits up groggily. Isobel is typing away on her computer. He tells her she is making a degree out of looking into vampire myths. They laugh and look at each other lovingly. 

Father and I walk in and he sits down to get a drunk and grade papers. I'll help while I'm waiting for Damon. About ten mins later he walks in. "Hey Day", I say while hugging him. "Hey E, bourbon ay don't you papers to grade", Damon asked my father. I laugh and answer for him," Much better with a buzz." Father shakes his head agreeing with me.

"Well, most things in life are. Sober's depressing", Damon laughed. "You don't strike me as somebody who gets depressed", Alaric casually says. "You say that like you know me", Damon tests. "Nope. Just a hunch." Damon and Alaric exchange long looks. Alaric finishes his drink and places it down on the bar. Okay that was weird I thought to myself.

After father leaves Liz comes up to Damon talking about the auction for men as I like to call it. So I just tuned out while I drank my whiskey. So unfortunately after my drinking session I was begged to stay at this auction by Caroline and Elena. We sit down peacefully enjoying each other's company until Matt's mom shows up hugging Elena.

When Matt's mom called Caroline a rebound girl I went off. Caroline thanked me for taking up for her so did Matt. We were talking until I heard Mrs. Lockwood say: Number 4, "Alaric Saltzman." Wow. That's quite a mouthful. I whistled and laughed when he got embarrassed.

He went off stage and next was Damon. She didn't have much on him so of course he would say he is tough to fit on a card.

I was laughing until I heard him say, "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 turns to look at Alaric, who does the same as me. Damon smirked, "Yeah, 'cause I-- I know your wife did."

I looked at my father he looked almost as mad as me, but the worst part was what Damon said next. "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".

If I was a cartoon character smoke would be coming out of my ears. I stood up, "What the fuck are you doing Damon?" Only to be dragged out by Stefan and a very upset Elena. I don't think straight when I get angry, so I looked at Elena, "Why are you so upset you never even met her. It's not all about you."

I walked back inside to get my stuff before I heard Kelly bothering Caroline again. " I thought I fucking told you not to talk to her that way," I said. I caught her off guard, I ended up punching her in the face letting my temper getting the best of me again.

I pick up my stuff and run into the woods to calm down. In the woods I sit down and have a flashback. 

In our family apartment, Father is sitting on the edge of the bed and me on the floor as Mom talks to him pacing across the floor. Father says, "I think it's time to let this vampire crap go. I mean, the research, the trips, it's become an obsession". Mom replies, "Well, this is important to me, Ric. Era understands why cant you?"

I shrug my shoulders. Father questions, "Why? Why is it so important? Explain it to me. I mean, make me understand." Mom doesn't respond. Father sighs, "I mean, what's the point of this? You hardly ever spend time with Era anymore. You're barely ever home."

I just want us to be normal people. Mom thinks for a moment, "Maybe I don't want to. Maybe I want more." I scoff and run of the house going into the woods where I clear my head.

Later at the Salvatore boarding house..

Damon walks across the parlor and prepares to make a drink. Quietly, Alaric enters the room with a stake in his hand. Damon laughs, "Are you really this stupid?"

Damon finishes pouring his drink and turns around to look at Alaric who is standing behind him. Damon smirks, "Guess so". Damon takes a drink, places his glass down, and vamp-runs at Alaric, throwing him across the room. Alaric lands on the floor, heavily, but quickly gets back up, ready to attack.

"You gonna put down the stake?", Damon tests. Alaric remains in an attacking stance. "Wow. That's courageous.", Damon remarks. Damon walks towards Alaric. Alaric asks, "Where's Isobel? What have you done to my wife?"

Damon chuckles while Alaric tells him he seen him feeding on Isobel. I walked in and upstairs with Stefan to talk about apologizing to Elena.

While secretly I was also listening to their conversation. Alaric rushes at Damon. Damon hits Alaric in the stomach and Alaric keels over falling back onto the floor.

Damon confesses," I turned her". I hear and I smile knowing I was right or was it because part of me was happy she was alive. Alaric asks why? Damon explains, "She came to me. All pathetic, looking for vampires. There was something about her, something I liked. There was something special." 

Alaric interrupted, "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."

I started to get angry so I ran down when...Father rushes at Damon again, but Damon grabs the stake from his hands and stabs him in the chest, puncturing his lung. Alaric yells in pain. I go to run to help, but Damon threw me back against the wall.

Damon removes the stake from Alaric's chest. Alaric wheezes. Damon smirks, "Sounds like I got a lung. Which means I get to sit here and watch you die." Damon tosses Alaric to the floor. Alaric gasps for air and places his hands over his wound.

Damon throws the stake down, grabs his drink, and sits down on the sofa as he watches Alaric take one last breath before he dies. I wake up a few seconds later from the hit. I seen my father laying there, I run to check his pulse and there wasn't one.

"No no no no, father please wake up, don't leave me not now. I'm sorry I could've saved you. I look up at Damon. "How could you", and he looks hurt for a second, but it goes away.

I run up to him and start hitting is chest, "Why why why I'm the only one that believe you weren't as bad as you played it off!" I start crying while he his chest, he just stands there taking it.