"The last of it," said Alaric. He sat down the last luggage bag that Elena had with her, onto the floor, near the bed. "Oh, here. I wanted to give you a copy," mentioned Alaric. He removed a wallet size picture of his twin daughters. One had bright red hair, the other had sandy colored hair. "They're just two months old," finished Ric proudly.
"Oh, Ric, they are adorable," grinned Elena. She sat the picture onto the dresser near by as she readied her wallet. "I love Alice's red hair, and Josie is looking so much like you. Alice has Jo's smile, and her eyes."
"Thanks," Alaric beamed with pride about his children. "Well, I think I better be going. The kids are with the nanny, so I'm going to stop back home before going to the university. I have a class after lunch."
"They'll be alright," Elena urged Alaric kindly. "I'm sure Keri is great with the girls."
"Really great," Alaric admitted with a smile. "Well, use the place for as long as you want. I still haven't got around to putting it up for sale...so." Ric finished with a shrug.
"Thanks Ric," Elena said. "I still haven't put in a request for the dorms yet at Duke... so I might be here for a bit."
"So you settled on Duke," Alaric smiled. "Well, least they don't think you're dead like Whitmore," He laughed lightly.
"Yeah," Elena shook her head with a smile. "And I'll be near Jeremy. So, once the vampire thing gets better, I might want to be around people without biting them. "
"Maybe don't rush back to school yet," Alaric suggested. "Take Elijah up on the offer to help you."
"Maybe," Elena said softly. "He has some other things with his family that might keep him too busy for helping me."
"Well, there's always Stefan."
"With Stefan, comes Damon," Elena shook her head no. "It might be too difficult."
"Awe, so you and Damon, won't be..."
"Getting back together," Elena finished. "I can't go there again. We wanted different things, and then I turned into a vampire again, and Damon hasn't been there for me. Not without offering a bunch of trouble. He hates that it was Elijah who..."
"It was Elijah's blood which turned you," Alaric finished for her. "I'm sorry, Elena."
"And Damon doesn't want Elijah to help me with this," replied Elena.
Well," Alaric shrugged sheepishly. "I hope things get better."
"Thanks, Ric," Elena said softly.
Alaric then left Elena alone at the loft.