Twice the Love: Twice the Trouble
2x04
Memory Lane
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the Vampire Diaries, I only own Tori and Marie.
Mystic Falls, 1864
Stefan and Katherine are dancing. "Look who found his dancing shoes." He tries to kiss her. "No touching, Mr. Salvatore. Those are the rules." She smiled.
"I thought you didn't believe in rules." Stefan said. He looked over to see Damon glaring at Marie's date. "My brother is still upset that Marie didn't let her take him"
"Well, Damon needs to concede that his not the best dancer." She looks at Damon. "Looks like he found someone to occupy his time."
Tori is with Damon, she was dressed in her everyday clothes. She looks at Stefan. "Tori." Stefan called.
Katherine grabs Stefan' arm. "Stefan don't."
Tori leaves with Damon. Stefan follows them. "Tori!" He opens a door and arrives at the Mystic Grill. Tori is at the pool table.
"It's your turn." Tori held out the pol stick. Stefan smiles but she was talking to Damon. "Be prepare to lose." He kisses Tori.
Katherine is there in 1864 dress. "It's true isn't it. Damon and Tori..." He looks at Tori and Damon. "Now you know how I feel. Don't fight it, Stefan. You loved me once. You can love me again."
Suddenly he is in 1864 again, at the Lockwood Mansion. "I love you, Stefan. We'll be together again, I promise." She kisses him.
Mystic Falls, Present Day
Stefan bolted awake from his nightmare. He's in his bed. 'Elena' is lying on his chest.
"Hey, are you okay?" Katherine asked.
"Yeah. Yes, bad dream. Get back to sleep." He gets out of the bed with his powers. It was not Elena but Katherine. She sits down on the bed. "Katherine." He growled.
"You have to admit I am getting better at this." She smirked. "It was easy to get inside of your head. Have you completely forsaken your nature?" He rushes over her but she pushes him and he falls. "Are we really gonna do this again? You both know I could rip you to shreds and do my nails at the same time."
"What do you want?" Stefan asked.
"I wanted to see you. I missed you, Stefan." She told him. "Indulge me for a little while, please?"
"Why are you back in town?"
"3 reasons: you, you and you." She held up three fingers.
"You see, I can't quite get that down. Just kind of… gets stuck in my throat" He said.
"Well, you know, it's the truth. Deep down inside that gorgeous body of yours there's the Stefan that fell in love with me too." She ran her finger over his chest.
Tori is sitting at a table, alone. Damon arrives. "What do you want?" She asked.
"So, this is where you spend your time when you're not stabbing people in the back." He said.
"I tricked you into telling me the truth, that's not stabbing you in the back, it's using your own tactics against you." She gets up.
Damon grabbed her arm. "Where are you going?"
She pulled her arm from his grip. "I made myself clear, Damon. I want nothing to do with you."
"Okay." He replied. "See you at Jenna's barbecue."
"How did you know about Jenna's barbecue?" Tori asked.
"It was my idea. Jenna went to high school with Mason Lockwood so I figured a social gathering would be a good way to get to know the guy. So I told Rick to tell Jenna and…" He told her.
"Does Jenna know that you're going to be there because she's not exactly a fan of yours."
A woman arrives and gives him a box with a pie in it. "Perfect. Thank you." He thanked the lady. "I'm hoping this peach cobbler will pave the way."
"What are you up to?" Tori questioned.
"I'm gonna put some silver into Mason Lockwood and prove he is a werewolf. See you at the barbecue." He smiled before leaving.
At the Lockwood Mansion. "Hey, Mason, got a second?" Tyler asked.
"No, man, barbecue at Jenna Sommers' house" Mason replied.
"Come on man; give me two minutes, alright? You can't keep dodging me. I'm freaking out over here!" Tyler told him.
"Tyler, what do you want me to say man? Yes, I turned into wolf. No, it's not gonna happen to you." Mason told him.
"How do you know that?" Tyler asked.
"Because you're not gonna trigger the curse. Your dad didn't know anything about any of this neither did I until it happened to me."
"How does it get triggered?" Tyler asked again.
"Ignorance is bliss, trust me." Mason said.
"You blow back into town with some supernatural family secret and you expect me not to ask questions?"
"I can't say anything more, I'm sorry, Tyler. It's just better for you if I don't." Mason replied.
"You ever find that moon stone?" Tyler questioned.
"Do you know where it is?"
"What's so special about it?"
"I told you, it was my mom's. It's sentimental. Look, just don't worry about it. Forget I even brought it up, alright? See you later." He leaves. Tyler takes the moon stone from his pocket and looks at it.
At the Salvatore House, Katherine is in the living room, reading Stefan's journal. Stefan arrives. "You shouldn't read someone's journal" He told her.
"I know. I'm sorry." She replied. "It was just too tempting, all of your inner thoughts and feelings, laying there on your desk for me to read."
He takes the journal from Katherine's hands and gives her a glass of blood. "Damon's private stock."
"That's right! You don't do human, I read that. I also read about your recent werewolf siting.. That must have come as a surprise." Katherine said.
"What do you know about werewolves?"
"I know not to pet one." She replied. "Their bite kills, Stefan. It's best to stay clear of them during a full moon."
"And… how do you know this?" He asked.
"Who do you think was responsible for ridding this town of vampires in 1864?"
"Founding families." Stefan answered.
"Spearheaded by?" She asked.
"The Lockwoods."
"You remember the Founder's Ball, don't you? The one that you were dreaming about?" Katherine questioned.
"I was your escort." He replied.
"That was before you and Damon knew about mine and Marie's little secret."
Mystic Falls, 1864
Damon was making a speech. "Everyone will you please join me in raising your glasses to my good friend George Lockwood. George, thank you for so bravely defending the south."
"My honor Mr. Salvatore. After all, someone had to do it." George replied.
Katherine, Marie and Stefan are drinking. Henry arrives. "Can we have a word Miss Katherine and Marie?" Henry asked.
"Grab a glass, Henry. It's a celebration." Katherine told him.
"Please, Miss Katherine" He begged. Katherine rolled her eyes before her and Marie followed him. "I looked into those attacks from the other night. It wasn't vampires."
"That's good news, Henry." Katherine replied. "That means we have nothing to worry about."
"I'm afraid you don't understand. Those folks were torn apart in ways I've never seen before."
"Then… it won't be long before the founders drop an investigation" Marie spoke up.
"We'll leave town immediately. I'll tell the others." Henry said.
"Relax, Henry. This town is our home and the vampires are my family. I won't let anything happen to us." She looks at George Lockwood.
Mystic Falls, Present Day
"From the moment I met George, I knew he'd be a problem." Katherine explained.
"So you're saying that all the Lockwoods are werewolves." Stefan said.
"The werewolf gene runs in the Lockwood family." She replied. "Not that they're all wolves."
"How many werewolves are out there? I mean… is it just limited to the Lockwood's?" He questioned.
"No, there are others. Not many. They're practically extinct. They mainly exist now in books and really bad movies." She drinks and puts the glass on the table. "My turn to ask a question." She takes Stefan's journal, takes her and Marie picture from it and shows it to Stefan. " Why did you keep this picture? Why not burn it? Tear it up? You want to know why I came back. Well I have a better question: Why did you? For Elena? No. You came back here to fall in love with me all over again, didn't you?"
He moves toward her and touches her face. "What is it about you that makes me still care?" She kisses him but he put a vervain dart in her back. She falls on the couch.
Stefan attaches Katherine with chains in a chair, in a cell in the basement. "Now, where were we?" He asked. "That's right; you were going to tell me why you came back to Mystic Falls, weren't you?"
"You don't have to do this."
"Answer the question." He ordered.
"I came back for you." She replied.
"We're gonna play by my rules now." Stefan puts on gloves, takes vervain, goes toward Katherine and puts the vervain on her cheek. Her skin burns. She screams. "Answer the question."
"You're going to torture me now?" She asked.
"I'll do whatever it takes to get you to tell me the truth."
"Later that night at the Founder's Ball-"
"I don't want to hear any more stories about the past." He cut her off.
"Yes you do, Stefan." She replied. "That's exactly what you want to hear."
Mystic Falls, 1864
It's the founder's ball. Marie is drinking, alone. George Lockwood rejoins her. "She's all alone. Does this mean I can finally have you all to myself?" He said.
"Your father has outdone himself." Marie announced.
"Knowing father, he will want to throw a founder's party every year." George replied.
"I must admit, I'm rather surprised that you'd come looking for me."
"Because you are stringing Damon along." He replied.
"No, because I'm a vampire who could kill you in your sleep." She said simply.
"I beg your pardon?"
"Relax, George. I know you know my secret" She told him.
"This conversation is over."
He begins to leave but she catches his arm. "And I know your secret too and I know that you're extra strong, only not as strong." She releases him and smiles.
"How do you know who I am?" He asked.
"You think that my sister and I would settle into a town without knowing our enemies?" Marie asked.
"What do you want?"
She smiles.
"What did he want?" Stefan asked. He takes a chair and sits down in front of her.
Tori, Elena and Jenna are in the kitchen.
"Thanks for letting me invite Caroline.' Elena said, "She could use a day of distraction."
"Well, she's not the plus one I'm worried about." Jenna replied, she looks at Tori. "Why is Damon coming?"
"Because Alaric is a pity taker." Tori replied. "Come on Jenna, be nice."
"I'll be nice when Damon learns to keep his paws off you."
Mason arrives. "Good news! I found the shot glasses!"
"That would be my exit." Elena said. She looked at Tori. " Come on" With that they both leave.
"You're here for 10 minutes and I'm already back under the bleachers at the pep rally." Jenna said.
"Like old times, huh?" Mason laughed a little. "Only I didn't swipe this bottle from my old man."
Alaric arrives. "Oh, the expensive stuff! I like you already."
"Just happy to be invited." Mason replied.
Jenna looks at Alaric. "Thank Rick, it was his idea."
"Really?"
"Yeah, you know, I thought it would be nice to meet some of Jenna's high school friends." Alaric replied. "Dig up a little dirt."
"I've got dirt. I've got dirt." Mason said.
"I have no secrets." Jenna spoke. "Only dirty shame."
"To dirty shame." They clink glasses.
Damon arrives. "Hey." He greeted.
"Damon." Jenna tried not to glare.
"We were just doing shots." Alaric told him. "Let me give you a shot glass, buddy."
"Here. Use mine" She leaves. Alaric too.
"She doesn't like me very much." Damon said.
"We haven't met. Mason Lockwood" Mason introduced holding out his hand.
"Oh sure. Damon Salvatore." He shook Mason's hand.
"I know. I heard great things about you."
"Really? That's weird 'cause I'm a dick." Damon shrugged.
Elena is on the porch, with Tori. Elena calls Stefan but he doesn't answer so she leaves a message. "Hey. Just checking in. Did you get my message about Jenna's barbecue? Call me when you can."
Caroline arrives and sits down with them. "Is that Stefan?"
"Yeah, he hasn't called me back." Elena replied. "I'm trying to decide if I should be worried."
"I'm sure he's fine" She eats chips. "God! I cannot stop eating. Stefan says it's a great way to sublimate the cravings. It's horrible just fighting the urge for blood every minute of every day."
"I know that Stefan really hates that part of himself."
"Yeah and he hates that you're a constant temptation." Caroline spoke.
"Caroline" Tori warned.
"He said that?" Elena asked.
"The desire to rip out your jugular every time he's with you? Trust me, it's there." Caroline told her. "It's why I had to break up with Matt."
Alaric arrives. "Hey! Food's ready, come get it."
"Finally, I'm starving." She goes inside.
Back at the Salvatore's House, Katherine and Stefan are still in the cell. "You know, we can sit here as long as you want." Stefan told her. "And when you start to desiccate, there's a tomb with your name on it."
"I've been doing all the talking, it's your turn. Do you pretend to be human when you're with Elena? Is that the appeal?" Katherine questioned.
"Actually, I don't pretend to be anything when I'm with her. That's the whole point. I get to just be myself." He reploed.
"Does she know that you love me?" She asked.
"I don't."
"That's where you're wrong, Stefan." She replied. "Don't you remember bringing me home that night? Your family had taken Marie and I in."
Mystic Falls, 1864
Katherine, Marie and Stefan walked into the Salvatore's house. Marie smiled as she watched Stefan and Katherine walk up the stairs.
Katherine smiled. "I had a lovely time, Stefan"
"How long do you plan on staying in Mystic Falls?" Stefan asked.
"As long as I'm wanted." She replied. "Your father has been very kind to give my sister and myself a shelter."
"How could he not?" Stefan asked rhetorically. "Losing your family in the fire, greatfully you made it to Atlanta."
"So, I gather I'm wanted?"
"Uh, very much so." He replied. "I know… we've only known each other for a short while and I know I'm in competition for your affections but I've never met a woman quite like you. I look at you and I see an angel. I touch your skin and my entire body ignites. I kiss you and I know that I'm falling in love." He kisses her. "I am in love with you."
"There's so much you don't know about me, Stefan." She said. "Both me and my sister."
"More to learn and love."
"I must say good night." She told him.
"Have I upset you?" He asked.
"No, you haven't upset me, you've just surprised me." She told him. "Until tomorrow." She walks into her room. She touches her lips.
Across the hall, Marie is in her bedroom listening to Stefan and Katherine. She turned to see Damon there. He goes toward her and kisses her. "What are you doing here?" She stopped him.
"I told you I would come." He replied.
"Well, I'm tired, you should go." Marie told him.
"Did my little brother's confession to your sister overwhelm you?" He asked.
"You need to leave."
"Is my love not enough?" Damon questioned.
"I told you, I'm tired." She looked into his eyes and start compelling him. "I wish to be alone tonight. Please, leave."
"Good night Marie." He leaves.
Katherine nodded. "Go ahead Stefan. Torture me, keep me captive, drain me of my blood until my body turns to dust. It'll never change the truth. I never compelled your love. It was real and so was mine."
They are playing Pictionary. Damon is drawing a wolf with a tutu.
"Dress! Ballerina!" Jenna called out.
"Puppy!" Caroline added, "Puppy with a tutu!"
Damon shook his head. "No, no."
"A dog! Hound-dog!" Jenna guessed.
"Dances with the wolves" Mason said with a sigh.
Damon smirked. "Mason wins…again."
"How is that a wolf?" Jenna asked.
Tori is in the kitchen, taking the pie from the box. Damon rejoins her. "Aunt Jenna is getting tipsy" He noted.
"Will you stop plying her with alcohol?" Tori asked.
"I want her to like me" He replied.
"How is operation Lockwood?" She questioned.
"He's my new BFF."
Jenna arrives. "There you are. Isn't this fun?"
"Yes, thank you so much for inviting me." Damon smiled.
"Did I have a choice?"
"I know what you must think about me."
"No, you don't." Jenna replied. "You've never dated you; I have dated many you's."
"I'm a work in progress." He smirked. Tori gives her a cake knife from a set. Damon sees it. "These are fancy."
"Thanks. My mother's silver set."
Tori looks at Damon. He takes a knife from the set.
"Hearing the truth after a century and a half of denial must be overwhelming." Katherine said.
"It wasn't real, I remember you compelling me." Stefan replied.
"Only after I showed you who I really was." Katherine told him. "You were so scared of me; I had to take away your fear."
"Well, whatever feelings I had back then, they all turned to hate."
"Love, hate, such a fine line, I can wait. Anyway, George Lockwood was causing all sorts of trouble. He used the vampires to cover up his own tracks. He told the founding families about us." She explained, "But he was willing to strike a deal."
"What kind of a deal?" Stefan asked.
"A deal to rid the town of vampires."
Mystic Falls, 1864
Katherine, Marie and George are walking in the grounds of the Salvatore estate. "I just spoke to Giuseppe Salvatore." George mentioned. "The round up happens tonight."
"Good." Marie replied. "Insists that they do a body count before the church is set ablaze."
"I will"
"27 vampires" Katherine added.
"Once the flames create chaos, crawl to the exit under the quire loft. I'll be there to set you free" George told them.
"Make sure you're not followed." Katherine said. "We need everyone to believe we perished in that fire"
Mystic Falls, Present Day
"You knew that they were gonna burn the vampires in the church?" Stefan questioned.
"Marie practically lit the match." Katherine shrugged.
"They were your friends, they were your family and you just sold them out."
"Without blinking." She replied.
Back at the Gilbert's house, Damon puts the pie on the table, with a cake knife which was made of Silver. "Mason, why don't you start us off?" Damon suggested.
"Sure" Mason takes it with his hands, not with the knife. "I apologize, I'm an animal."
"So Mason, you and Jenna never dated?" Alaric asked.
"She was always lost in Logan Fell land."
"My first mistake." Jenna added. "Mason was a catch; he had girls lining up."
"Really? I always pegged you for a lone wolf." Damon smirked.
"I'm sure I wasn't half the lady killer you were. How about a toast?" He picked up his beer. "To new friends."
Caroline, Tori and Elena are in the living room. "Would we be the worst friends in the world if we abandoned you and went to Stefan's?" Tori asked.
"You want to leave?" Caroline asked.
"It's just that he hasn't gotten back to me and I'm starting to get this bad feeling." Elena replied.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Elena"
"Damon's got it under control here" Tori told her.
Caroline looked at Elena. "Take it from me, there's nothing worse than a clingy girlfriend."
"I'm not being clingy, I'm just concerned." Elena replied. "You understand, right?"
"How about I drive you?"
"Are you sure?" Tori questioned.
"Yeah, okay, that'll be great, thanks." Elena smiled
Tori and Elena goes into Caroline's car. Caroline deflates a tire and goes into the car.
"What did George get in return?" Stefan questioned. "For giving you your freedom."
"Something he wanted desperately." She replied.
"So you sent 26 of your friends to their death, just to fake your own? No, you were running from something. What was it?" He asked.
" Everyone has a past, Stefan. Mine needed to stay far far away but thanks to you my plan nearly failed before it even began. Once George told me that the round up was imminent, I made sure I could see you one last time, but your father used your love for me against you, he poisoned your blood." She explained. "Then Damon being Damon, nearly ruined everything."
"We came for you both, we tried to save you." Stefan told her.
"We didn't want to be saved."
"So then Damon and I died for nothing! For nothing!" He snapped.
"No, Stefan, you died for love!" She told him.
Back at the Gilbert's house, Damon is in the kitchen, Mason arrives. "Jenna just brought out "Guitar Hero"." Mason mentioned.
"Well, I just happen to like "Guitar Hero"." Damon replied. "So you my friend, are barking up the wrong tree."
"Okay." Mason held his hand up. "Enough with the innuendos, you win, you're hilarious."
"Thank you"
"Come on, man. You don't think I know what this barbecue is about?"
"How do you know about me?" Damon asked. "Your brother was completely clueless."
"It doesn't matter; I'm not your enemy, Damon." Mason told him.
"You tried to kill my brother." Damon snapped.
"That was a mistake." He replied.
"Really?"
"There was confusion; I couldn't chain myself up in time. I have no control once I shift." Mason explained.
"What, no obedience school?" Damon joked.
"I'm serious." Mason said. "Let's not spark some age old feud that doesn't apply to us."
"You expect me to believe that you are in Mystic Falls planting peach trees?"
" lost my brother, my nephew lost his father. I'm here for my family. Let's be above this." They shake their hands. Mason leaves and Damon takes a knife from the cutlery box.
Caroline is driving toward the boarding house with Elena and Tori. "Thanks for this, I appreciate it." Elena smiled.
"Here we come, to the rescue." Caroline replied.
"Why are you being so snippy?" Tori asked.
"That's my own drama." Caroline told her. She looked at Elena. "I'm sure that you and Stefan will beat the odds. Not that there is any study to pull odds from. What is the ratio of success vampire-human coupling? I'm guessing nil."
"Okay Caroline."
"Sorry."
Elena turns up radio. "I love this song"
Caroline pushes a button on her steering wheel. "Whats playing?" She asked the voiceover.
"playing "We Radiate" By Goldfrapp." The radio voiceover replied.
"Ta-da" The tire bursts. "Oh crap" Tori Sighs.
"No more takers for drinks at the grill?" Mason asked. "It's like I am with a bunch of adults here"
"I prefer the term "Role model" " Jenna smiled.
"Okay. Well, thanks for having me, it was awesome." Mason replied. "Alaric, catch that game next week?"
Alaric nodded. "Yeah, I look forward to it."
"You know, I should probably head out too" Damon said. Mason leaves. "Jenna, you are a wonderful hostess." Damon kisses her hand.
"And you are a terrible artist." Jenna said.
"Is that the only thing that makes me terrible?"
"I'm still deciding." She replied.
"Good enough for me. Alaric, let's not catch that game next week." He leaves.
Somewhere in the road, Tori, Elena and Caroline are waiting for the tow truck. "Are you sure the tow's coming?" Tori asked. "We've been waiting forever."
"I know, it's weird. They said they'd be here by now." Caroline replied.
"Yeah. I'm just gonna call Jenna." Elena said.
"No!" Caroline stopped her. "Let me try the tow people again. And I'll use my mad girl voice."
"Can we just walk from here?" Tori questioned.
"I can't just leave my car"
"We'll come back for it." Elena told her.
"Just give me a minute, Elena" Caroline said.
"Caroline, what part of "I'm worried about Stefan" didn't sink in?" Elena asked.
"What's the rush? Why are you hurrying to get to a relationship that will never work?" Caroline questioned.
"Okay, look." Elena replied. "I know that you're upset over Matt but will you stop projecting it onto me and Stefan please?"
"I'm not projecting anything!" Caroline snapped. "You're human, he's a vampire. You're gonna be 70 and in diapers and he's still gonna be smoking hot and you will never have his children, Elena! And you are too maternal to not have children!"
Tori was gobsmacked. "Caroline!"
"Where is this coming from?" Elena asked.
"I'm just trying to be your friend." Caroline told her.
"Okay, well, do me a favor and stop trying." The tow arrives. "There's the tow, I'm gonna walk." Elena starts to walk of and Tori follows her.
"No, Tori, don't!" She catches Tori's arm.
"Caroline, you're hurting me." Tori told her.
"Don't leave me alone."
"What's wrong with you?" She asked.
"Hey there, someone called about a flat tire?" The tow guy asked.
Tori is now looking at Caroline. "She did."
Mason parks his car, gets out and is approached by Damon. "Damon? What? More dog jokes?" Mason questioned.
"Nah, those got old" Damon shook his head. He stabs Mason with the silver knife but Mason removes the knife from his chest.
"You know, I think it was werewolves who started this whole silver myth." Mason told him. "Probably for moments like this."
"Dully noted."
"I was really looking forward to last call. Now you made an enemy."
Katherine is still attached to the chair in the cell. "Are you gonna tell me why you came back here or you're just playing another game?" Stefan asked.
"Have you not heard a word that I've said?" Katherine groaned. "I've answered that question 5 times over now."
"Oh good, make it six."
"I want what I want, Stefan and I don't care what I have to do to get it." She told him. "My list of victims is a long one, and I have no problem adding one more name to that list."
"Come on Katherine. If you wanted Elena dead, you would have done it by now." Stefan replied.
"Still can. If I have to, I will snap her neck like a twig and you know it." She shrugged.
He rushes over her with a stake but he throws it. "I guess you don't hate me as much as you thought you did. I don't want you seeing Elena anymore. If you don't remove from your life, I will kill everyone that she loves while she watches and then I will kill her while you watch."
He rushes over her again and strangles her. His face has changed and he has a stake in his hands. "Don't you ever think for one moment that I will not kill you."
"Don't even think about" Marie said from the doorway. She throws him against the wall while Katherine releases herself.
"I have been sipping vervain every single day for the last 145 years." Katherine told Stefan. "You caught me by surprise once, I wasn't gonna let it happen again. It doesn't hurt me, Stefan."
"What? Why?" Stefan asked.
"I told you, I missed you Stefan. I just wanted to spend some time with you." She smiled.
They all hear Tori and Elena enter the house. Marie looks at Stefan, smiles and puts a stake in his leg. Both Katherine and Marie leaves.
Upstairs Tori and Elena are in the living room. They both turn around and sees Katherine and Marie.
"You must be Elena." Katherine spoke up.
"And your the sister, Tori." Marie pointed.
"How is this possible?" Elena asked.
"How do we look exactly alike?" Tori questioned.
Neither Marie or Katherine answer, they continue to look Elena and Tori from top to bottom. Marie touches Tori's neck with one finger and goes behind her. "You're asking the wrong questions."
Stefan arrives. "Elena?! Tori?" They turn their heads. Marie and Katherine are not here anymore. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine" Tori muttered.
"Not really." Elena replied. "Are you okay?"
"Not really." They embrace each other.
At Mystic Grill, Caroline is in the bathroom. She looks in the mirror. Katherine and Marie are behind her.
"Katherine. Marie" Caroline spoke.
"Care to share how you couldn't follow through with one simple task?" Marie questioned.
"I tried okay? But I couldn't exactly kidnap my best friend." Caroline replied.
"Occupy her." Katherine snapped. "That's all I asked."
"I told her that her relationship was doomed and all that mortality stuff. I think…I really think that I got to her."
"I hope so because let's not forget. I already killed you once; I can easily do it again." Katherine glared.
Tyler is searching online about the moonstone as Mason arrives. "How was that barbecue?" Tyler asked.
"Not great. Are you still pissed?: Mason asked.
"Are you still keeping secrets?" Tyler answered with a question.
"Yep."
"Then I'm still pissed." Tyler replied. "Hey, you know I was thinking about that stone you were looking for. I might know a couple places it could be."
"Do you think this is a joke? If you know where it is then tell me." Mason said.
"Tell me how the curse's trigger"
"If I tell you, you won't be able to think about anything else. I don't want that for you." Mason told him.
"I think I can handle knowing." Tyler replied.
"You think that you can handle it, tough guy? You have no idea"
"You want your stupid rock or not?!"
Mason pushes him against the wall. "Tell me where it is!"
"Tell me what triggers the curse!" Tyler demanded.
"You have to kill somebody! Human blood! You take another person's life away from them and then the curse is yours forever! Can you handle that?" Mason questioned.
Caroline is sitting alone at a table. Elena and Stefan enter. "Elena" Caroline said.
"Hey." Elena greeted. Stefan goes to a table while Elena talks with Caroline.
"Oh my god. I am so sorry about earlier today. I don't know what came over me."
"It's okay, Caroline." Elena replied. "Everything that you were saying was right. It's just hard for me to hear, you know?"
"So… you're not mad at me?" Caroline asked.
"You were just being a good friend…in your own way."
"My own head case, horrible way. Elena, I really am sorry."
Elena smiles and rejoins Stefan at a table. "I'm starving." Stefan stated.
"Well, spending the day with your jealous ex will do that to you." Elena said.
"Listen, I know you're upset but we have to take her seriously. Today, was all about the lengths she would go to." Stefan told her.
"If she was going to hurt me, she would have. I was standing right in front of her."
"Elena, you caught her off guard." Stefan replied. "It doesn't mean that you're safe."
"I'm not afraid of her." Elena noted.
"Well, you should be."
"If Katherine had her way, we'd be breaking up right now." Elena said.
"If today taught me anything, is that Katherine is used to getting her way." Stefan told her.
"You're not actually saying that we should what she says?" Elen asked.
"Listen, she's sadistic, okay? She threatened you, she threatened everyone."
"Yeah, no, I get it. She's dangerous. But every day that we are together, it's dangerous. Why are you giving her so much power over our relationship?" She questioned.
"This is the reality of our situation." Stefan said.
"Well, reality sucks." Caroline is listening to all their conversation. "This is what she wants. She wants us to fight. She wants to get between us."
"She already has, Elena." They look at each other and Elena leaves. Damon is at the bar. He's heard everything.
Damon is going out of the Mystic Grill. Marie is waiting for him. "Bad day?" She asked.
"Bad century." Damon replied. "I heard you were on the loose."
"What's the matter? Jealous Katherine and Stefan spent the day together?" She questioned.
"I don't do jealous. Not with you, not anymore." Damon told her.
"Then why so pouty?"
"I tried to kill a werewolf, I failed." He replied. "Now I feel like I'm not living up to my best self."
"Well, werewolves aren't easy prey." She said.
"What do you know about werewolves?"
"Why don't you ask your brother?" She suggested. "Don't try to be the hero, Damon. You'll end up dead."
"Been there, done that. At least this time it'll worth it."
Elena goes in her bedroom. Stefan is here. "Are you okay?" She smiles and embraces him.
"I hated that fight." She noted.
"I know me too. It felt too real." He agreed.
She kisses him. "Did you see Caroline?"
"Yeah."
"We were right. Katherine and Marie got to her." Elena replied. "She was hanging on to every single word."
"It won't be long before Katherine gets a play by play." Stefan said,
"I wish I was wrong but I know Caroline too well. It was so obvious that something was up today."
"You're not wrong." Stefan told her. "It's pure Katherine. She's always finding somebody to do her dirty work."
"I think Damon was listening to us fight too. Are you gonna tell him that it wasn't real?" Elena asked.
"The only way Katherine is gonna believe it is if everybody believes it. That's the best way to make her think she's getting what she wants."
"All this…just to get you back." Elena sighed.
"It's not why she's here, okay? Because why would Marie be here?" Stefan questioned. "No matter what she says, I know her. Katherine doesn't care about anybody but herself, she never has. She's incapable of love. She's here for another reason."
Katherine is walking alone. She looks at the moon.
Mystic Falls, 1864
Katherine and Marie are in the woods. They turns her head and sees Damon and Stefan dead, on the floor. George Lockwood approaches.
"George" Marie nodded.
"Your carriage is just waiting." He told them.
"All done, George. Thank you." Marie thanked him.
"Now it's your part of the deal."
"If anyone learns of my escape, I will find you and I will kill you. Don't think that I won't." She gives him the moonstone.
"We should take each other secrets to the grave. Now, you must hurry." He told them. He leaves with Marie following.
Katherine hesitates, then she runs toward Stefan's body. She touches his face and looks at him. "I love you, Stefan. We will be together again, I promise." She kisses him.
Katherine touches her lips and smiles.
