Alaric, why didn't you come to see me when you came back? You just went to Damon. I...I've missed you too, you know?
I know there is nothing I can say that’ll sound… right. Hell, you know I’m about the worst pseudo-guardian… chaperon teacher from hell and all…
Look, I was with you and Damon when you staked him - on your rampage to go kill Katherine? And I didn’t see anything wrong with the whole killing Katherine thing. On the other hand, Damon was - well, hurt. So I stuck around to make sure he was getting up again.
Then the veil was lifted so I lent him a hand, and all this crazy crap went down, I had to call Stefan, try to catch up in the tunnels and help Damon lug Dead Guy out to the car… before I knew it, time was up.
‘Least, I thought it was. And… I knew you needed to talk to Jeremy. I didn’t wanna get in the middle of that. Not with so little time left. There was so much I wanted to talk to you both about, there just wasn’t enough time - I thought there wasn’t - and this… it was too important to interrupt. You needed to talk with your brother.
I missed you too, Elena. So much. You and Jeremy always come first, okay? Damon just… doesn’t have as many people looking out for him, so I tend to stick around when he’s alone.
I love you kids, you know that. And now that something weird’s going on with the veil…. I’m on my way. You, me, Jer in the Salvatore Parlor, say about fifteen minutes-? I’ll be there. Count on it.