The Swan girl and her grandmother drove off; a blond man rushed outside. He looked around, eyeing each of us before settling on Alaric.

'Mr. Saltzman?'

Alaric looked at him, looked for a bit, and then said, 'Dr. Francis?'

'Yes.' he looked in Bella's direction, then back at him. 'What happened to Isabella? Is she alright?'

I agreed, not wanting to deal with Elena and her crew.

The Swan girl and her grandmother drove off; a blond man rushed outside. He looked around, eyeing each of us before settling on Alaric.

'Mr. Saltzman?'

Alaric looked at him, looked for a bit, and then said, 'Dr. Francis.'

'Yes.' he looked in Bella's direction, then back at him. 'What happened to Isabella? Is she alright?'

'She fainted.'

'Fainted?'

'She was probably faking.' I declared.

'Then she must be a hell of an actress,' Dr. Franics pushed his glasses off his nose, 'She's been doing this for two years.'

'Fainting in class? She's never done that in my class.'

'Panic attacks. They were sporadic until her father's attack. Were you all with her when she fainted? Do you know what triggered her?'

'What usually triggers her?' asked Elena.

'PTSD, social gatherings, stress, environmental changes, conflict, negative thinking- what exactly happened?'

'She said her chest hurt.' Stefan murmured. 'Is she going to be alright?'

'She just needs rest for a couple of days.' A dreadlocked man and a red-haired girl approached him. 'Mr. Noir, Tori. Thank you for coming.' he turned to us. 'I'm sorry, I have to go.'

The three of them went inside; Elena turned to us, 'Now what? We're not going to get any answers from with that grandmother of hers hovering around.'

'Maybe we can get an opportunity to talk to her after you meet Isobel.' Alaric sighed.

'How are we going get her to spill?'

'Let me handle that.' I insisted.

'No!' Stefan turned to Elena. 'Just tell her her truth, you think your parents are in her photos. She lost her parents, too; she might sympathize with that.'

'You're wasting your breath. If we just terrorize that little-'

'Then we tip our hand.'

'We could ask Jeremy.' Alaric suggested.

'I don't want to involve Jeremy.'

'He might know something.'

'No, Jeremy is not involved in this.'