The Owl Gilbert

3:17: Fathersitting

I'm with Meredith after learning about Samantha Gilbert and the magic ring as we're at the Mystic Falls Hospital as we're at my Dad's MRI scan and I see him laying down. "What are you looking for?" I ask. "I don't know. A tumor, vascular anomalies, anything physical that might explain his behavior. If it's medical, I can treat it." She says and I look at her as I have my arms around crossed. "And if it's not?" I ask. "Well, then we'll deal with that too." She says and I look back at Dad, and see a technician put him inside the machine. "When did you suspect him? That it was my Dad who was killing all of those people?" I ask, looking at her. "It was after he told me about his ring. I remembered a story my grandmother had told me about Samantha Gilbert and her secret journal. I don't know if you know this, but we Fells are notorious busybodies." She says, smiling and I smile back. "Then why did you protect him? Not that I'm not grateful." I say. "Because I'm a doctor, I don't like to see someone hurt by something they have no control over." She says, nodding. "And because when he and I first met I felt like.. I don't know, I-- I just kind of want to help him." She says and I nod, and we look back at Dad, and he starts panicking. "Everything alright in there?" Meredith asks over the loud speaker. "Yeah. Yeah, everything's okay." Dad says.

I walk into Dad's room and smile at him as he puts his phone that's in his right hand, into his right pocket. "Meredith says that everything is normal." I say. "Yeah, well, everything is normal, because there is nothing wrong with me. I didn't kill Brian Walters, I didn't kill Bill Forbes, and I sure as hell didn't shove a hunting knife into my stomach." He says and we look down at the ring on the table. "Or I did and I've gone insane, just like your ancestor who wore that ring. Or well, not technically ours." He says. "Look, I'm gonna get Elena to call Bonnie. The rings were made by a Bennett witch so maybe a witch can reverse the damage." I say and he pushes the ring to me with his right hand. "Take it. I don't want it any more." He says and I take the ring with my right hand. "You ready to ditch this House of Horrors? Oof, you look terrible." Damon says and I turn around to look at him. "Yeah, let me-- let me check outta here." Dad says and walks past me, and I cross my arms at Damon, and walk off.

I'm walking outside of the Mystic Falls Hospital with Damon behind me. "Don't worry about him, take him out for chicken soup, get him a martini, make sure he doesn't kill anybody." He says and I look at him. "What is wrong with you? How could you just go out feeding with Stefan like some vampire pub crawl?" I ask. "Oh right, I thought we were talking about Alaric, but of course we're talking about Stefan." He says as I reach my Jeep and I turn around to look at him, and walk over to him. "You stood there and let him feed on an innocent girl." I say and he closes the gap between us. "I didn't let him do anything, if you want to get nit-picky about it, I made him." He says. "Why would you do that?" I ask. "Because we're vampires, Adam. We need human blood to survive. We're predators, not kitty cats." He says. "Well, Stefan found a way around it before." I say. "Stefan has built himself a delusional wagon which he has repeatedly fallen off of. What he needs to learn is control." He says. "He was able to manage when he was drinking Elena's blood. Small amounts every single day." I say. "Ah, yes, back when you those two were in love and it was all candy and butterflies." He says. "I'm just saying, maybe you're not the right person to be teaching Stefan about self-control." I say and get in my car after opening my door with my right hand, and drive off.

I arrive to the reconstruction of the Wickery Bridge with Damon, Dad and Meredith, and we see Rebekah talking with Carol Lockwood. "Rebekah's up to something. She's been snooping around in places she shouldn't be." Damon says. "Tell me again, why are we here?" Dad asks and we look at him. "Ric, the world can't stop just because you're an accidental psycho killer." Damon says. "Do you have any tact whatsoever?" Meredith asks as we look at her and Dad sighs, and we see Carol Lockwood walking over to us. "Alaric, I'm glad you're here. Did you bring the sign?" She asks and Dad looks confused. "The restored Wickery Bridge sign. The history department promised me you'd have it today." She says. " I- I don't have the sign actually it slipped-- it slipped my mind. I've been.. busy." Dad says. "Well, it's not an emergency. We'll just um- unveil it when the bridge is complete." Carol says, shaking her head and turns around, walking off. "Get me out of here." Dad says. "My pleasure." Meredith says. "I'll come with you guys." I say. "I'm gonna stick around for a bit." Damon says and we see a red haired woman smiling at Damon and he smiles back. "Who's that?" Dad asks. "A blast from the past." Damon says and walks over to her, and realize it's Sage. "That's Sage. She's over nine hundred years old. And was involved with Finn." I say. "Mikaelson?" Meredith asks. "Nope. Carter." I say, sarcastically and we all laugh.