Next few weeks were adjustment period for all of them Caroline decided to stay so girls had to adjust to having two moms there. Josie gravitated more toward Joe and Lizzie to Caroline. Both girls choose mother that had more to do with their way of thinking. Josie and Joe spent a lot of time together and getting to know one another. Some of that time was spent with Penelope too. Penelope did her best to give Josie space she needed to be with her mom and not intrude on their time together. Sometimes Penelope went out with her mom alone too and spent time with her and Stefan in their home. They spent time together but also learned to spend some time apart. Lizzie complained that Penelope took all Josie's time and she didn't have any moment with her sister, so when Penelope was away and Lizzie had all the time with Josie, she spent it usually saying mean things to her and making her feel guilty for picking Joe as a mom she feels more drown to.

''You are ungrateful. Mom did all the things for us and you pick that other woman.''

''She is our mom too.''

''NO! She is just DNA. Mom is our mother…''

''Lizzie…''

''NO! She scarified so much for us…and that other woman was gone for seventeen years.''

''She was dead… She didn't just pick up and leave. She died… That's why she was not with us… And now we all got her back and have our chance to be happy.''

''And all of the sudden we don't need mom. That woman is back and you forget about our mom?''

''No one is forgetting about her.''

''You are. You are spending so much time with that woman and forgetting who really brought you into this world and took care of you.''

''Lizzie, I give up!''

Rick and Joe were doing amazing. They were sort of continuing where they left off. Rick wanted them to get married, to complete the ceremony and he wanted Joe to really be his wife now. He invited Emma and Dorian to his office for a talk. They got in and expected it to be something school related and were very surprised by the conversation that took place.

''I invited you to talk about something.''

''What is it?''

Dorian was worried about million things that might be going wrong.

''I want to marry Joe this time… And I hope that bride would survive the wedding.''

Emma nodded at him.

''What do you need from us?''

''How does that work? Who has to marry us?''

''Judge?''

''We can't do that. Jose is dead… So marriage at the court would be a problem. She is dead for seventeen years.''

''That is a problem… But maybe a witch could marry you ? Joe was a withc, so she can be married in that sort of ceremony.''

They looked at Emma and she smiled.

''Good thing we have a lot of them here.''

''Will you do it?''

''I can't.''

''Why?''

Emma tried to explain to them that by hierarchy she couldn't do it. She was a teacher, a witch, but her power was not the highest. Two of them didn't get it.

''Because I am no the highest ranked witch on campus.''

''What?''

Confusion didn't end there. She had to make it very simple.

''Ask Penelope. She is the one you should be talking to…Or Hope who is next in line.''

Rick finally understood. He was surprised how he didn't catch Emma's drift before. Of course it would be Penelope or Hope. She had to talk to one of them to do it. He felt bad for Emma. She was a teacher here, but her magic was much weaker than the students she feared the most.

''Oh, I get it.''

''Call your daughter in law.''

''What?''

Emma felt like she said too much. Apparently Alaric had no idea two of them got married. She noticed slight shift in their power and that is how she knew. She also saw their rings but later she saw them on the chain around their necks. Just a blind man wouldn't notice that sort of bling…but apparently…there were many who are blind or just choose to ignore the fact two witches merged their magic and are now the power couple.

Dorian was the one who spoke before her.

''They are all the time together. They sleep in the same room and some students are joking and calling them old married couple. Hope is the first to tease them about it.''

Alaric was relived. No one was married, or so they believed.

''Fine… I will talk to her.''

''Good. Now I must return to the kids. Since Penelope started giving them extra lessons they got crazy about learning new spells and testing them. I am afraid to leave them alone for too long.''

''Some dangerous spells?''

''No… Classroom is just full of flowers, hearts, butterflies and sometimes snow. And every day their hair is different or nails are different. She is good with kids and they finally love magic and feel good about using it.''

''Oh, ok…''

''See you Rick.''

Dorian and Alaric were alone in his office and there was strange silence.

''Do you think she is a good person?''

''Who Penelope?''

''Yes…''

''I think she is like all of us. She has her good and bad sides… But from what I see… She is amazingly protective of Josie; she is very devoted to her… Her personality is flirty, but she never crossed the line since they got back together. She loves Hope very much and two of them are finding the way to deal with their set of life cards that are not the best. She got Joe back and it looks like Joe has a lot of love for that girl. And you daughter is so in love with her. She signed the book for her…There must be a reason for Josie to make that choice at the age of sixteen.''

Alaric listened and really started thinking about what Dorian was saying. Penelope loved Josie very much, and he saw the way they were together. There was some deep respect and devotion from both sides.

''But if you ask me should we be afraid of her… I think answer is yes… As we should be afraid of any student in this school. She is a supernatural being. I stand to correct it. She ins incredible powerful supernatural being. She can snap…But so can Josie, so can MG…Kaleb… Hope…Raphael… Any kid here can snap and use their powers for…not so good. Or something they believed is a just cause. But it's up to you and the rest of the staff to teach them right from wrong and support them. We are here for them.''

''You are not helping.''

''You didn't ask for help. You asked for advice.''

Classes were ending when Alaric went to find Penelope. He found her and Josie in the hallway going to their next lesson. Josie was surprised to see her dad in the part where classrooms were. He was usually not seen there.

''Dad? Is everything ok?''

''Yes, it is… I was wondering if you Penelope could meet me for lunch. There is a thing I would like to ask you.''

''Yes, Dr. Saltzman. Where do you want me to come?''

''My office? We can eat there.''

''Dad, is everything ok?''

''Yes, you could come too if you don't trust me alone with her.''

Josie was about to answer that, when Penelope interrupted.

'' I will come alone. I don't need a bodyguard and I can take care of myself. Josie is just a little overprotective since the last time we were all together.''

Alaric felt a little sting from Penelope's words.

''I can assure this conversation is more of a personal matter…favor actually.''

That got both girls intrigued.

''I'll see you for lunch. Have nice day Dr. Saltzman.''

With that Penelope and Josie went to their next lesson and Alaric was left alone wondering what just happened. Even before all this power, he knew Penelope took crap from no one and now he was a bit scared of her. That girl put him in his place in a matter of moments. She knew what she was doing and she was fierce young woman.

Josie took her seat beside Penelope and she couldn't stop thinking about what her dad might have wanted from her. Why would he want to talk to Penelope alone and what was that personal matter? Did he find out about them? Was it something about what Penelope owned and it was kept in the school? Was it about Katherine and Stefan? So many things were on Josie's mind and she had no idea what it could be. Lunch came too soon and Penelope went to see Rick. Josie walked her to his office and stayed out to wait for her. She was hungry, but Penelope's safety came to her before any hunger. She knocked on the door and Rick answered. He saw Josie sit there and he just shrugged his shoulders. Did his daughter have so little faith in him that she had to sit there and wait for Penelope? Was the thrust so broken now that she would always follow Penelope when she was with the family members?

''Come in Josie…''

She came in and saw a bit hurt expression on her father's face, but then she saw three plates. She looked at him with a question.

''I knew you would come. I hoped you wouldn't but I knew you would.''

Penelope was not happy Josie was here, but she understood why she came. They both had that protective bone and they knew it would be impossible to control it.

''What can I help you with?''

''Hmm… Joe and I want to get married…and since you are the most powerful witch on campus…it looks like you should be the one to perform the ceremony.''

Josie was surprised that her patents wanted to get married in a ritual, not legally.

''Why not courthouse?''

''JoJo, she is dead for seventeen years… They can't do that. They will have to explain a lot of things.''

Josie forgot about that small detail. Her mom was legally dead. Penelope looked at Josie who smiled and nodded.

''It would be my pleasure to do it. When do you want to do it?''

''Do we have to follow some special day or something?''

''I will have to check, but I think any day would be ok. It is just the wedding. You are not performing any other thing?''

''Just a wedding.''

''O.K. I will check but I believe any day is ok since it's just a wedding. Do you need help with anything more?''

''No… I don't know. I never organized a wedding.''

''Who did the last one?''

''Caroline, Elena and Bonnie.''

''Should you ask them to do it again? And we can help too dad…''

''Sure, if you want to.''

''I will ask Lizzie if she wants to do it too.''

Alaric smiled at Josie and Penelope. That went well. They ate in a very pleasant atmosphere and they chatted about the wedding and all. After classes, Josie wanted to go and see Caroline about her parents' wedding. She dragged Penelope with her and when they got to Caroline's room, they found her with Lizzie.

''Hey Josie… Penelope…? What brings you here?''

''We had lunch with dad and he asked Penelope to officiate his and Joe's wedding. So we wanted to see if you Elena and Bonnie were interested in doing their wedding again. ''

Penelope wanted to try and be civil with Caroline.

''He said you did amazing job last time.''

''It ended in massacre.''

''This time there is no Kai.''

''How can you be so sure? That one knows many ways to come back.''

''I killed him few weeks ago. He traded his life for Joe's.''

Lizzie was in shock…

''You killed a man?''

''Yes, I killed a man…who happens to be Joe's twin…who killed her.''

''You killed our uncle?''

''Did you miss the part where he killed your mom?''

Josie had to stop them before this turns into one more fight.

''Can we go back to the thing we came to talk about. Will you help with the wedding? Dad said you really did amazing job. All of us will help.''

Caroline had to think about this. Last time it was a disaster and she ended up pregnant with Joe's twins. She looked at Lizzie who was not very happy about her father's decision to marry Joe and at Josie who was over the Moon with the news.

''I'll talk to Bonnie and Elena.''

''Thank you so much. They will be happy to know you will be part of it.''

''I will be honored… But I hope this time it would be better than the last.''

''We all do….mom.''

It felt weird for Josie to call Caroline mom now that Joe was back. Elena, Damon and Bonnie were in. Elena and Damon were very happy that Joe was back. They knew Alaric never really got over her. She was the love of his life and part of him died with her that day. They said they would be at school later that evening and that they will split their duties like the last time. Caroline warned them that they will not get a pass this time for last minute sex. Penelope found it funny but Josie was not that entertained by that idea. She knew how Caroline loved everything to run smooth and be on scheduale.

''She will kill them if they don't make it on time at this wedding.''

''I am guessing there will be distractions for them at any time.''

''You better not think of following in their footsteps Penelope Michaelson!''

''You kill all the fun.''

''I love you too…''

Josie gave her a quick peck on the lips and continued making list of things she wanted to do for her mom and dad's wedding.