It was a beautiful day, as Elena walked into the kitchen. Alaric was already up.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzU64rtjPt
"Morning," she greeted him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhxp6GVySF
"Thought we had aspirin," Alaric said, searching for some in a cupboard.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjSpfnRp7s
"Yeah, with the vitamins. You're hung over."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T3TkoHBLD
"Yeah, sorry about that, it was a bit of a weird night."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡra9o01TX9W
"I told you you don't have to feel guilty about inviting Meredith over here."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdgVJhlstl
"Oh I know. And I thank you for that. But I feel guilty for whiskey dialing her two in the morning."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAIXwRm2x1
"No you didn't."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhRSB6iWdl
"Yes I did."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZCI3PLenz
"Oh, was she cool about that?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgNB8eTXIG3
"Well, as soon as the aspirin kicks in and I remember the conversation I'll let you know."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVsBqNWF7or
Just then, the doorbell rang.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqLsNsrRKw
Elena opened the door to see Sheriff Forbes on the porch.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMNulZCHIl
"Sheriff Forbes, hi. Is everything ok?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5Yi4BnFb2
She closed the door behind herself to talk to her on the porch with Alaric beside her.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSxMnKRJyR
"This is an unconventional conversation we're about to have. So I hope you'll protect me on it," she replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70B9YAyY1z
"Of course," Alaric responded.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kpeB4nlnS
"I assume you both heard our medical examiner was murdered the night of the Whickery bridge fund raiser."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPriXWguJHJ
"Yeah. Brian Walters. Why?" Alaric answered.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUGuHHd1VF
"We've been investigating. Someone drove this stake through his heart."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNIg18a1lZ
Liz held up a plastic bag with a stake inside it.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21DMsAQEBy
"That's one of ours. I mean this is one a set from your parents' lake house," Alaric said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvNdyXEazx
"That's why i'm here. I haven't told anyone but forensics scrutinized it for prints and found only one set."
Liz looked at Elena.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwYXjJClww
"Yours."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUABTUtzcZm
"What?" Elena questioned.
Damon Salvatore walked through a meadow in the woods, talking on his cell phone with Elena.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEZ6m1JioG
"So you're the prime suspect, huh?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfTLwV8lskc
"She doesn't think that I did it. She's just trying' to find out why somebody used one of my family weapons to kill a council member," Elena replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLL1jEy2pNy
"Well why don't you just ask Ric if his dirty little doctor had access to the weapons," Damon said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgp5DYJt7y
"You're on speaker phone, dick," Alaric interjected.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPuffMdYQLz
"I'm just sayin' first suspect she's the right one. Don't get so defensive," Damon explained.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWrRfnyRnMp
"Brian Walters was killed days ago, right? I didn't show Meredith this stuff until last night!" Alaric said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXLrgYPfyO
"It wasn't Meredith," Elena said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXf8gOJwz07
"But Brian Walters was her ex-boyfriend and Ric saw them fighting that night," Damon replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0WstbhVrE
"It's not Meredith! Okay? I refuse to believe that your luck with women is that tragic," Elena responded.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ibfhwZI14
"Who else knows about your secret slayer stash?" Damon asked.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy29CPNqTvr
"A dozen. I got weapons everywhere, here, the school, my loft, your car."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Y38F5hTjR
"It's Klaus. It has to be, he's screwing with us," Damon replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjO254hATQ
"What if it was Stefan?" Elena asked. "He was crazy that night, and you know he was trying to get under Klaus' skin, he was capable of pretty much anything."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83QbFSIwqi
"Ahh, makes me nostalgic for the time Stefan was a bunny snacking pacifist, anyway got to go, tomorrow later."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe5IJe51f3y
"Hey, where are you?" Alaric asked him.
"Tea with an old friend," Damon replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9O7HTAU2J
Damon hung up.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlRxAM3S8hs
"Elijah, my favorite Original, back from the dead. Clean up nice."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg9IOvjeVkv
"You left something in my jacket pocket," Elijah said, a piece of paper in hand.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRhjNJm4Vt
"Oh, yeah, "Dear Elijah, let's get together, thought of the destruction of your brother, XOXO."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWAPF6TuSX
"Damon."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPQ8YiYb6c
"Was I right to undagger you or do we have a problem?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHWTHogCsG
"I'm here, let's talk."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSNzMmUh2d
"I'll start with an easy question, any idea why Klaus' killing weapon would be magically sealed in a mystery coffin."
Elijah opened the door to Klaus' house, Stefan and Damon with him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbRhG1UeNV
"Niklaus, our guests have arrived," Elijah announced.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFoklg36s7
"Damon. Stefan. Elijah tells me, you seek in audience. Very bold. Let's discuss the terms of our agreement like civilized men, shall we?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjJnplYVzN
"It's better to indulge him," Elijah told the Salvatores.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNuLR10FpN
"I didn't come here to eat, Klaus. Fact, I didn't want to come here at all. But I was told, I had to cause you would hear our sound," Stefan told Klaus.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfv8lVGrwd
"Well, we can sit and eat or I can reach down your throats and pull out your insides. The choice is yours," Klaus replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvWfwNQeF2F
Everyone but Stefan ate at the table.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14VUta3M2Y
"You lost your appetite," Klaus said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9Bs0nzjA3
"Eat. I thought we agreed to leave grumpy Stefan at home," Damon said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡos0XsdN2uv
"Isn't it nice? The four of us dining together? Is it that was you had in mind when you pulled the dagger from my brother," Klaus said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10DADlWbLr
"Oh no...I felt about you so...I figured the more the merrier!" Damon rejoindered.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HszgmpEHj
"Elijah and I we have our quarrels over the centuries but we always make it through."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqtA0vyT6n
"Kinda like you and Rebekah right? Where is she by the way? Last I checked she was daggered because you were afraid to face her," Stefan retorted.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbh4CxxFu6a
"If you are referring to the fact that Rebekah knows that I killed our mother i've already come clean to Elijah."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wF9dnOsZd
"Hey Stef remember when you killed dad? Might wanna doubt on the judgment desert," Damon told his brother.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD51hMOCRwz
"We're here to make a deal Damon. That doesn't mean we have to kiss his butt for seven courses."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnKviPuePT
"I'm just saying we have a long evening ahead of us, face yourself," Damon answered.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhQD9QOCV8
"Stefan, where is the lovely Elena tonight?" Elijah asked.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUKHrAn24q
"I don't know ask Damon."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19EA9DnuDE
Klaus laughed.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkYXL7OIPx
Elijah looked surprised.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosZNsmlJOE
"I'm sorry you missed so much. Ahh...trouble in paradise."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOks8XeCdqA
"One more word about Elena and this dinner is over," Stefan commented.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsI6C4kbRw
"You know what probably it's best just to keep Elena in the Do Not Discuss pile," Damon interjected.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7zqAApzfn
"You're probably right," Klaus agreed. "It's just the lure of the Petrova doppelgänger is still so strong. What do you say brother? Should we tell them about Tartia?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfI5UVt1Q20
"No, why should we discuss matters long since resolved?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghJlFw0aTM
"Oh, give them both a shared attraction for Elena and Katerina I think they must be curious to learn about the originated of the Petrova line."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFowH6MJKs5
"We're not going anywhere Elijah. Please! Do tell," Damon rebutted.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24hafGdmIK
"When our family first settled here, there was a girl named Tartia. She was an exquisite beauty. Every boy her age desired to be her suitor; even though she'd had a child by another man. And no one loved her more than Klaus," Elijah explained.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5lTqD5kaXD
"Ah, I said there's one who loved her just as much."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjZyTrpVdH
"Wait a minute, so you both loved the same girl?" Stefan asked.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbMj06kvTA
"Our mother was a very powerful witch," Elijah explained. "She saw our love for Tatia and she took her. Klaus and I would later learn that it was Tatia's blood that we consumed in the wine of the night when our mother performed a spell which turned us into vampires. Tatia wouldn't make a decision between the two of us so for a time Niklaus and I grew estranged harsh truth traded we even came to blows. Didn't we, brother?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgBj8PXnc3
"But in the end we recognized the secret bond of family."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvpe8XKpoY
"Family of paver," Elijah said, raising a glass.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4adKDRZQE
"Family of paver," Klaus echoed.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoXQfGqYGQ
"So what do we look at this evening along and discuss the terms of this proposal," Elijah announced.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWS2NdtpVV
"That's very simple. Klaus gets his coffin back and exchange he and the original extended family leave mystic falls forever. Me, Stefan and Elena live happily ever after. No grudges," Damon replied.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYZYx1vxga
"Sounds fair," Elijah commented.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWquysHbF9
"I don't think you understand Elena's doppelgänger blood ensures that I will always have hybrids to fight those that abode me. I will never leave her behind. Well say I do leave her and you protect her and what then? How long until one of you turns her into a vampire? Or worse. How long before she dies? Count between you two. You see each one of you believes that he is the one that can protect her. Nice simply at the illusion. Gentlemen. The worst thing for Elena Gilbert is the two of you."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgF7M3H6HYf
"I'm gonna get some air," Damon said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQpLixokA7
"I'll deal with this," Elijah responded.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSgdIIzBOS
"And this talk has made me thirsty. What do you say Stefan? Can I interest you with my love to do a drink?" Klaus asked, as Damon and Elijah stepped out.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdP9QLtUKW
Klaus fed from a girl's neck.
He finished and she dropped to the floor dead.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7wJkwiy2Vw
"Delicious," Klaus commented.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIJ2me4idP
"Well...I guess the only reason you agreed to this evening, Klaus is to try and watch me and my brother," Stefan said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJ1Oqs1dgo
"I know you didn't have well enough for your own. Because of Elena you're going to lose your brother and you only have yourself to blame."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHCSptHz9e
"What do you say, Klaus. I'm here to put something on the table. We've made our offer. Now you count on," Damon said, coming back in with Elijah.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZD98TaL5Eq
"Okay. I offer Elena's future happiness, you see what she needs right now is to be rid of you lot, and to fall in love with a human, maybe that football player."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk70CTw6GfF
"Matt Donovan? Really?" Damon said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfJwveoGX5
"Yeah. Why not? They marry, live a long life and make a family."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrIglfHecGo
"And continue the Petrova bloodline, every few hundred years you'll have a doppelgänger for you to drain and you never run out of hybrids, right Klaus?" Stefan said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UI39DzTtT
"Consider it a small return on my investment in her well-being. See after you hand me back the coffin, I'll ensure her safety for the rest of her natural life, you know it's what's best for her."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbB1AwklWb3
"So what do you say, Stefan? Do we have a deal?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡStnt96YSum
They walked towards each other.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc7qiLOI6Vh
"What are you doing?" Damon asked.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfpbwyUqjW
Klaus held his hand out and Stefan took it.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovHBYCpI0A
"Nice try, Klaus, but no deal."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ31L1oWic6
Klaus grabbed Stefan's arm and held his hand in the fireplace in the fire and his hand started to burn.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZk60gdfHv
Damon rushed over and through him away.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLhWZIo0ntc
Stefan got to his feet.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ql1GtFAZx
"What do you think you're doing?" Damon asked Klaus.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2SQpXhwkk
"Since we don't have a deal, let's make a new one. Give me the coffin or I'll burn him alive."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphVTRfrzgS
"Why don't you go ahead and kill me now? We both know you'll do it anyway once you have your coffin."
"Because that would take all the fun out of it."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7v8UdP4UZ
Elijah walked in with Rebekah.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHglZ0qk5DO
"What have you done?" Klaus asked Elijah.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQITiQI4Hzq
"What have you done? I've learned now to trust in your promises, Klaus."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36QcMZP3lV
Rebekah walked up to Klaus and stabbed him with a dagger.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRJPCkYGnE
"This is for mother."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgWh94bixr
Elijah had a dagger too.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyaqWf6FoZ
Just then, their mother came in and walked up to him.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CzJOZMMIf
"Do you know why I'm here?"683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mrczxpnNf
"To kill me."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGai8hLBqd
Stefan and Damon watched from the sidelines as a family brawl fell into place.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuGMEIo12x
"I'm here to forgive you," their mother replied and then left the room.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6k7rJGHxDi
Elijah stabbed his brother.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64qSPwSpAs
"See you in the next century or two."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL2EiJHlf6
The Salvatores left.
Damon and Stefan walked through the woods that night.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHDnkviBg4
"You could've just left me to die there and you would've had Elena all to yourself. Why didn't you?" Stefan said.683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwqTOTHbab
"I didn't do it on your account."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5cA1n4XBs
"I love her, Damon."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMiUuwuPOV
"So do I."683Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gt2UOcFyP
Damon looked at him and then walked away.
