"You want me to what?" Bonnie replied, sounding surprised.

Alaric turned away from his babies play pen. Both three-month-old twins were asleep inside the pen making baby noises while they slept. Josie had kept a firm grip on his fingers before letting him go. Alice seemed to watch him carefully as if trying to ensure daddy wasn't going anywhere if she let herself nap with her twin sister.

"I think you'll make a good teacher," Alaric said again. "You're the most experienced witch I've ever met in my life. So, what do you think?"

Bonnie was in shock. Teaching magic to kids was something she never considered before. She had just enrolled again at Whitmore, wanting to finish what she started a couple of years ago. Elena had enrolled at Duke but seemed to have given up on school again. "I don't know, Ric," Bonnie admitted softly. "I'll think about it," She then promised.

"The kids will love you," Alaric promised with a smile.

"You already have students?"

"Three are starting next month," said Alaric. "I have one other witch that might be interested, so we'll have a staff ready if the population gets better."

Bonnie smiled at hearing how good things were already getting to be. "Sounds great," Bonnie said.


"There you are," said Elijah before pulling Elena into a kiss. "Did I hear all that correctly? Stefan and Damon are here to take you home?" Elijah said getting to the point.

"Yeah, but they came about Katherine more than about me," replied Elena, sounding annoyed still. "They wanted to take her home...they think I should go to. They don't trust any of you."

"Katherine is always welcome to leave," said Elijah carefully. "Niklaus will not be happy though. The full moon is soon and they'll have everything they need for the spell to break the witches magic here."

"Is he planning to use me or both of us in his spell?" asked Elena.

"He only needs one of you," replied Elijah honestly. "I'll ensure he brings you to no harm."

Elena released Elijah's arm she'd been holding. She had never felt so turned off by him in that moment. "You're going to let them use me?"

"Elena, you would not be expected to do anything other than be present...nothing more..."

Elena was stunned by Elijah. He was actually going to allow Klaus to use her.

"Odds are that Katerina will stay here and you will not be used in the spell."

"What if I wanted to go back home right now? Would you let me go?" Elena pressed.

"Because of our new relationship...no Elena, I would not want to see you go... I am drawn to you, I love you..."

"I have to go for a walk," said Elena, not bothering to rub the tears from her brown eyes.

She left Elijah standing there in the front corridor of the house.


Stefan found Katherine and Damon sitting by a near by lake. "It's weird, watching you two sitting together...no fighting?" He asked Damon.

"You know what, I'm already ready to get our asses home," said Damon. "We can leave Katherine behind to rot with her new, screwed up family..."

"Why?" Stefan asked softly.

"She gave birth to a magical rugrat that Elijah fathered and now she doesn't want to leave him," Damon got to the quick of it. "I say we forget we ever came here and go home..."

"What?" said Stefan. "That's impossible."

"Not when you have the right witch," Katherine replied. "I had Elijah's daughter. It's the only thing that's holding me here."

"Why not just take her?" asked Stefan, his tone hard.

"He already told me I can't take her," said Katherine. "I'm not about to try."

"Does Elena know about all this?"

"Yes Stefan," said Katherine, getting annoyed. "Miss Goody Goody doesn't care. It doesn't involve her."

"Get the baby and we'll just go...see if they do anything," offered Stefan. "If they don't want to harm her, they'll likely let you take her..."

Katherine was tempted to say yes. "Fine, let's do it." She said.