"Everyone has their breaking point, hers has been coming for over 18 years."

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Alaric sighs as he sits at his desk when he sees Caroline ringing for the 3rd time that morning. He mutes his phone and turns it over with his head in his hands sighing.

Today wasn't any ordinary day. It was the day the whole Salvatore boarding school was gloomy. The hallways were quiet, the kids kept their heads down, and sadness could be felt in the air.

Today was the anniversary of Camilla & Stefan Salvatore's wedding day. Along with Stefan Salvatores death date.

Today was the day Camilla Salvatore-Forbes locks herself in her room for a whole 24 hours a sobbing mess. She was the heart of the school and all of the students loved her, to see her in pain put them in pain.

After all, the school was named after him and they all lived in the late Salvatores once upon a time home. Where him and his brother once schemed to keep a doppelgänger safe from a sacrifice. Where they tried to kill Katherine Pierce many times. Where Stefan and Camilla's most fond memories were.

Not even Lizzie, Josie, Alec, nor Jace disturbed her on this day of the year. They all felt her pain like it was their own. Jace and Lizzie especially. Josie was always more of a daddy's girl, of course she loved her mom she just didn't have that strong of a connection to her like her sister and brother. Jace and Lizzie mostly keep their heads down for a majority of the day wishing they could comfort their mom in any way possible. Alec on the other hand wasn't that great with emotions and respected her wishes of being left alone.

Camilla lays in her bed silently crying with a picture frame in her arms of her and Stefan on their wedding day. He held her bridal style while they stared smiling lovingly at each other. Little did she know he'd sacrifice himself hours later for her and his brother.

She runs her soft fingertips over his face in the frame and whispers, "Till death do us part." And begins crying even harder.

Hope Mikaelson almost immediately notices the gloomy change in the air when she steps out of her 'dorm' that day. Of course she'd be confused being a new student and all.

She walks over to where she sees Lizzie staring at a plaque on the wall with a far away gaze and a small frown.

"Hey do you know why everyone's being so sad today?" Hope questions with a small laugh not thinking anything of it and trying to ease the tense air.

Lizzie turns with fury in her eyes at her insensitivity. "Shut up!" She yells and walks away.

Hopes eyes widen and huffs a quite "jeez." But then she turns her head and looks to see what Lizzie was looking so intently at. Her eyes widen even more in guilt when she looks at the plaque and the date noticing it was dated for today.

In loving memory of Stefan Salvatore
A Husband, loving father, brother, and amazing friend. Gone but never forgotten.

Hope sighs and feels extreme regret at her own insensitivity. When her phone buzzes she puffs her cheeks out and checks it.

Dad: Hey Darling, how's school?

Hope: I messed up.

Dad:What happened? Are you okay?

Hope: I'm fine, but I was insensitive towards Mrs. Forbes daughter today when she was upset thinking she was being over dramatic but today is Stefan Salvatores death anniversary and I haven't seen Mrs. Forbes all day.

On the other side of town Klaus Mikaelson looks at his phone and sighs. Ofcourse he doesn't blame his daughter for not knowing Stefan Salvatores death date but he knows Camilla. She's probably laying in bed devastated refusing to speak to anyone.

He felt a little tug at his heart at the thought of Stefan Salvatore. Once upon a time they had been good friends. He still remembers the long talks and partying in the roaring 20's.

The last time he saw him was in New Orleans while Reyna cruise had been chasing him. Little did he know he had Camilla waiting at home for him. He always thought Stefan would be one of those people he ran into every couple of years. But like always, Stefan sacrificed himself for someone he loved. He envies Stefan for being there for Camilla when he wasn't. For saving her life time and time again when he wasn't there.

He gets changed and ready to head over to the Salvatore school. No matter what has happened between them he had to make sure Camilla was okay.

He begins walking down the stairs when Kol's voice interrupts him, "And where are you going brother?"

"Today is Stefan Salvatores Death date." Is all he has to say for Kol to immediately register where and who he was going to.

"Let her know I'll stop by later." Kol says with a rare solemn look. He knows how much his bestfriend really loved the ripper. Even if he hadn't been there these past couple of years, the look in her eyes while she talked about him is enough for him to know how much that man meant to her.

Klaus nods and with out a word speeds off.

"Where's he going?" Freya asks when she walks into the room having heard the small conversation.

"Camilla." Kol simply says with a sigh.

"Doesn't he know what happened last time?" Freya asked shocked. She understands the females anger completely, Klaus wasn't a loyal fiancé nor a good father to her child. She was just shocked he was so willing to constantly be rejected. She wished she was present for their short lived love story. Her siblings were always talking about how they were each other's epic love and how they were glad to have been a part of it while it lasted.

Her friends were constantly trying to kill him but they saw how she changed him at that time. He wanted to be good for her. He did change until he made the mistake named Hayley Marshall. After he returned to New Orleans he was never the same until Hope was born. Though he never recovered from his own self made heart break that was Camilla Forbes.

"The difference is that she needs him today of all days. She'll let her walls down just this once, because although he broke her heart, they once understood each other completely. She thought she'd never feel love like that again but once she did it was taken away from her. So maybe the familiar feeling will help her." Kol says with furrowed eyebrows.

Freya is once again shocked at how Kol spoke so passionately of this girl. Her family was never so human except for when they talked about this one girl.

"What do you mean today of all days?" She asks curiously, wanting more details.

"Today is the anniversary of the day she was married and widowed on the same day. She found love after Nik and he died hours after marrying her. " He says still staring at the door in deep thought.

"Oh. Wow. That's horrible." Freya mutters feeling sympathetic for the woman. "I don't know how someone gets through what she has." She admits after a couple of moments in silence.

"Yeah. That's what I'm worried about." Kol sighs running a hand over his face.

Camilla has recently explained in private to him the merge that all Gemini twins have to go through at the age of 21. She asked him for help seeking a solution knowing about all his escapades with multiple different witches and covens through out the centuries but he had never heard of this. He knew if she lost her daughters she'd be forever lost. Everyone had a breaking point. And he was afraid she was quickly approaching hers.

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