Stefan is leaning on a pillar outside the house. Brie opens the door and walks over to him. "I'm sorry that I stabbed you"
"Nah, it's all right, I probably deserved it. So, um, Damon told me that he clued you in."
Brie raised her eyebrow "You didn't kill him, did you?"
Stefan laughs "Nah, screw Klaus and his secrets" He sits down on the porch's steps. "We all want the same thing, we just have to work together for it"
Brie sits down next to him. "Stefan, why did you send Damon to come look for me instead of you?"
"I sent him because lately it seems like he's able to get through to you in ways that I can't. You'll listen to him. You trust him, even when you can't trust me"
They look at each other for a long time. Brie looks down and finally responds. "You've been so strong for me. Helping me, fighting for that girl that chose you, the girl that I was when I died on the bridge, and I love you so much for wanting to find this cure. Because I'd like nothing more than to get her back, because the girl that she's become, that I've become is different, somehow.
"What you want, or...who you want?"
"I want you Stefan, I am always going to choose you every time. Even when you do keep things from me" She pauses as they both chuckled "Just because we go through a rough patch doesn't mean you send Damon to the rescue because you think I don't want you there, yeah, I'll be mad at you but I still want you there. I love you Stefan and being a Human or a Vampire is not going to change that"
Stefan looks up at her and smiles "I love you too" He leans in and kisses her. Damon looks on as he heard every word Brie said. He looked down wondering what it was about Stefan that girls loved so much. Damon looks up at the couple still kissing and sighs as he vamps away.
The next morning Brie is helping Caroline with the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant. Brie is arranging flowers in a vase at a table when Elena walks over to her.
"Look, I'm one of your best friends and I would never pick sides, but are you sure that this is what you want? I know Stefan is your soulmate but Damon has definitely taking a liking to you" Brie looks up at her. "Sorry. Picking sides"
"It's not like I don't like Damon, but I can't deny that ever since I turned, my feelings for Stefan have become more intense"
"Yeah, I know. Damon filled me in that he heard every word you said to Stefan last night"
"He did?" Brie looks at her for a second, clearly worried. "Is he okay?"
Elena shakes her head "No, he's heartbroken, I haven't seen Damon this upset"
"Well, what was I supposed to do? Lie to him?" Professor Shane walks down the steps and over to Brie and Elena.
"Excuse me, I'm a little lost. I'm here to interview contestants"
"You're Professor Shane" Brie and Elena look at each other.
"Yeah, that's right. Professor by day; pageant judge by other day. In spite of being absurdly unqualified, I'm apparently awarding a scholarship"
"Uh, inside by the parlor" Shane points up towards the house.
"All right, I'll just follow the scent of hairspray and world domination.
Elena laughs quietly as Shane walks away.
Brie turns and looks at Elena "He's the one who told Damon how to break the hunter's curse"
"He's also the one that has Bonnie so obsessed with practicing magic that she bailed on pageant prep"
"And now he's judging Miss Mystic Falls?" Elena raises her eyebrows. "Jack of all trades or kind of creepy?"
Brie is standing outside the house with her clipboard in hand that Caroline gave to her to take charge as she got a call from Tyler. Three girls walk towards her with flower arrangements.
"Woah, woah, woah, stop, stop!" The girls come to a halt. "Those flowers go in the back as indicated by the floral chart that you guys had plenty of time to memorize" The girls turn around and walk off. "Yeah, thank you"
Brie looks down at her clipboard again. Klaus walks up to her. "Now, how did I know I'd find you at the helm of the ship?"
She looks at him and then back down at her clipboard. "Go away. I'm busy covering for Caroline this is not my thing at all"
"I was wondering what time I should pick you up tomorrow"
Brie looks up from her clipboard again and over at him. "How about a quarter to never? I'm with Stefan remember" She looks away again. Klaus moves closer towards her.
"And I assume you're not taking Stefan. Not after him keeping secrets from you" Klaus looks up at her with puppy dog eyes. Brie finally turns around and looks at him with her full attention.
"Me and Stefan have already spoken about it and I know the reason why" Brie said looking at him.
"I had to keep it between us as anyone could know about the cure" Klaus smiles innocently.
Brie sighs, she had so much to do since Caroline left her in charge, she didn't have time to chat with him even though she didn't want to "If you insist on coming, be here for two pm" She starts to walk away "Black tie optional, god I'm starting to sound like Caroline" She quickly turns around and points at him "And I already have a dress, so don't even think of getting me so much as a corsage, you understand?"
Klaus looks down submissively and nods and Brie walks up the stairs. "I'll see you tomorrow, Brianna"
April is preparing for the Miss Mystic Falls Pageant. She holds up two dresses, one red and one blue, for Caroline Brie and Elena to pick from.
"Blue" They all said.
April doesn't look keen on their option "Really? The blue seems a little safe"
Brie nods her head "Safe is good when it comes to the judges"
"She's right. Gracie Lockwood had a three-foot slit her year and practically got laughed off the court" Brie smiles and laughs at Caroline when Damon walks into the room.
"She got my vote" Brie looks at him and appears to stop breathing.
Caroline throws a black object at him. It hits him in the chest. "Get out, lurker!"
"Ouch" Damon says sarcastically as Caroline walks over to him.
"Where's Professor Shane?"
"Check the judges' table" Caroline starts to close the door on him, but Damon puts his hand up and pushes it back open. Caroline starts to walk back towards Brie.
Damon looks at April "Red one, definitely" Caroline has stopped in the middle of the room, midway between Elena and Damon. She has her arms crossed. "We've already agreed that the red one is a little bit too showy"
She glances at Elena. "It's a pageant. That's the whole point"
Caroline looks at Damon and places her hands on her hips. "Did you win Miss Mystic last year? No. I don't think you did"
"Neither did Elena and she wore blue"
"Nobody cares what you think" Caroline says making a face at Damon as if she cared about his opinion.
"I care" April says smiling innocently.
"See? April cares. Red, right, Brie?" Damon says looking at Brie who ends up looking at Caroline.
"We all agreed on blue Damon" Brie says as Caroline looks at him smugly.
Damon looks at Elena "C'mon Elena back me up on this one"
Caroline glares at Elena. Elena looks at April. "The red is pretty" Caroline's face falls.
Damon smirks. "And my work here is done" Damon walks out of the room. Caroline looks back at Elena.
"Uh, what happened to thirty seconds ago when you hated the red one? What happened to safe is good?" Elena looks at her with a glazed look over her eyes. She shakes her head and turns back to April.
"C'mon Care it is April's decision, whatever one you want to wear, April" Elena walks out of the room. Caroline and Brie watches her leave and turns around and look at each other confused.
"What just happened?" Caroline said as Brie shrugs.
Damon is walking down the stairs. Elena is following right behind him. "Damon" Damon stops at the bottom of the staircase and turns to look at her.
"Still here" There is a moment of silence.
"We need to talk" Elena starts to walk down the remaining stairs towards Damon. Damon and Elena start to walk across the room together. They stop in the middle of the room and face each other. "You didn't tell anyone what happened last night did you?"
Damon scoffs "No Elena I haven't told anyone that we slept together last night, it's not like it's the first time"
Elena looks round the room "Can you keep your voice down, there are vampires upstairs you know"
Damon rolls his eyes "Don't worry Elena no one is going to know, not even Brie"
Elena shrugs her shoulders "I'm not fussed if Brie finds out, she won't care she's in love with Stefan remember" Elena said coldly reminding him of his misery. Damon looks down "Sorry Damon I didn't mean to remind you of that"
Damon shakes his head trying to keep his emotions in "No it's fine, just reminding me that I need to move on"
Elena moves in closer and picks up his tie and plays with it "We'll I'm sure I could help you get over her" Elena winks as Damon stares at her, speechless at this revelation. They stare at each other for a long moment. Professor Shane walks by, but stops when he sees Damon.
"Damon Salvatore. Looks like we travel in the same circuit"
Damon and Elena look over at him. Damon is not pleased that Shane interrupted his moment with Elena. "Professor Shane. Just the guy I wanted to see" Damon walks towards Professor Shane, but looks back at Elena. The two men walk out of the room together, but Damon gives Elena one last look. Elena stands in the middle of the room, alone now. Outside, Damon and Shane walk past the tables set up for the pageant.
Brie is outside, watching Caroline picking up empty champagne glasses from tables. She smiles at the attendees of the pageant and walks angrily over to a bus boy. "Hey, why am I bussing your tables?" She slams the champagne glasses onto his tray. "I said no empty glasses" The bus boy walks off. Caroline strides over to the orchestra. "Will you guys pick up the tempo?!" She snaps her fingers at them. "This is a pageant, not a funeral" She turns around and walks away.
Brie smiles at how obsessive her best friend was being as Klaus walks up to her.
"How do you think am I doing? Brie turns and looks at him and raises her eyebrows as she thought the original looked good in a suit "She'd think you were perfect" Klaus smiles. "Just so beyond annoying for me to as I can't even look at you" Klaus doesn't say anything. Brie eventually looks at him again anyway. "Let's just get today over with" She strides past Klaus.
"Hi, everyone, I'm Caroline Forbes" Brie walks up the lawn to watch the introduction of the girls. Damon stands a few feet away from her and he looks over at her while Elena looks over at Damon looking at Brie. "As the reigning Miss Mystic Falls, it is my honor to introduce this year's Miss Mystic Court" Everyone claps for the girls, including Brie and Damon. They exchange looks and Brie takes a deep breath. Music starts playing for the introduction of the girls. "We begin the procession with Valerie Fell accompanied by Dylan Clark" There is a round of applause for Valerie as she walks down the stone steps. "Next, we have Amber Wolvertine accompanied by Hector Lindsay" Another round of applause is given for Amber. Brie and Elena is clapping when Matt approaches them.
"Have you seen Jeremy?"
"He's probably up there with the escorts" Another girl has been introduced and more applause are heard. She takes the arm of her escort and they walk off together. Elena and Matt look over at the escorts and try to spot Jeremy.
"Yeah, Caroline told me to wrangle the escorts. He's not here" Elena appears to be slightly worried. "Did he tell you about his nightmares?"
"What nightmares?" She looks over at Matt.
"The ones where he kills you" She raises her eyebrows in surprise so does Brie.
"Katherine Wilson accompanied by Eric Hanson" A round of applause is heard for Katherine.
Elena still looks speechless and Brie decides to talk for her "We'll find him"
April starts to descend the stairs. Elena, Brie and Matt look up at her. Elena sighs. "April's about to get abandoned"
"I got this" Matt walks away.
"And finally, we have a last minute entry, April Young accompanied by Jeremy Gilbert" April continues to walk down the steps but stops and looks around for Jeremy. Caroline also looks around for Jeremy but keeps a large smile on her face. Matt walks up to where the escorts were lined up and holds out his arm for April. Everyone applauds and April breathes a sigh of relief. She walks down the remainder of the stairs with a smile and takes Matt's arm.
"Jeremy's running late"
"I guess you'll do" She giggles. Caroline continues to look around, worried, but stops and smiles. April and Matt walk to the dance floor and face each other.
"You lead" April smiles and nods. The girls and their escorts bow to each other and begin the dance. Damon watches them for a moment then looks over at Brie who is helping Elena look around for Jeremy. Elena catches Damon looking at her and she smiles. Damon looks back and watches the dance. Elena stares at him for a moment longer and then walks out of the crowd.
Caroline quickly walks down the steps and over to Elena, who is on her phone. "Hey, what's with the last-minute escort change? Where is Jeremy?"
"I'm calling him right now" Damon walks up to them. "He's not picking up"
"Do the math. Emo teen, open bar, it's fine" Damon shrugs his shoulders.
"Matt said that Jeremy's been having nightmares about killing vampires and he's been hiding it from me" Caroline looks surprised and worried.
Damon shrugs it off. "Relax, I'm sure he's fine"
"I don't know. I have a bad feeling" Elena said getting worried.
"If I'm not worried, you shouldn't be worried. Let it go. I'll go look for him" Damon walks away.
"Okay, you go home, I'm going to start asking around here" Caroline suggests.
"Maybe Damon's right. Maybe he grabbed a bottle from the bar and snuck off to the woods"
Brie exchanges a look with Caroline and shakes her head "No, Damon is never right. Damon is sneaky and manipulative and rude, but he's never right. How can you not see that?"
"I don't know, but why do I think that you won't hesitate to tell me?" Elena says raising her eyebrow.
Brie doesn't hesitate to say the truth "Fine, friend-tervention. I think you've got feelings Damon and they are really starting to cloud your judgment and I don't like it"
"Why because you can't have Damon as well along with Stefan" Elena snapped as she thought Brie was being selfish stringing both Stefan and Damon along.
Brie looks at her with disbelief and opens to her mouth but Klaus walks over to them and stands next to Brie. "Easy, love, you're making a scene"
"Wow, Brie, thank you for making this very difficult time so much easier" Elena walks away. Caroline stands there with a blank look on her face.
"How did I become the bad guy?" Klaus moves from standing next to her to standing in front of her.
"Let's get you a drink. I'll tell you all about being the bad guy"
Brie and Klaus are walking next to the pond on the Lockwood property. Klaus is carrying two glasses and a bottle of champagne. "It's just, as her friend, it is my duty to warn her when she's making a giant mistake, right? And now she's taking Damon's side on everything"
"So, being a vampire's changed her?" Klaus questions.
"But being a vampire only amplifies who you already are. It doesn't turn you into a completely different person"
"It's very peculiar" Klaus smirks and looks as if he knows something she doesn't. Brie looks at him.
"What's that look for?" Brie asks as she raises her eyebrow.
"It'll all make sense eventually"
Brie sits down on a stone bench by the pond. Klaus places the champagne down next to her and looks at her Klaus sits next to her and starts to open the champagne bottle.
"Would you ever take it? The cure I mean?" Brie asks.
"Now, why would I want to cure myself of being the most powerful creature on the planet? Hm?"
"So there's not one single moment in your whole life that you wanted to be human?"
Klaus looks at her and pops the cork off the champagne bottle. He avoids the question. "Life used to be a lot easier" Brie nodded and looked down at her feet. "Where's Stefan? I thought he was your date?"
"He should be here somewhere?" Brie said looking around seeing if she could see Stefan anywhere.
"Maybe he got side tracked" Klaus shrugged as he took a sip of his glass.
Brie sighs "Yeah maybe"
Klaus sees her looking down and looking a bit upset "What's wrong love?"
Brie looks up at Klaus and shakes her head "It's nothing just forget about it" Klaus looks at her as if he was saying tell me. "This cure, I don't know if I want it"
"Why would anyone? Immortality who wouldn't want that?"
"I guess but I always thought I would have a family as I got older, a husband who loves me and a couple of kids who I could spoil I always wanted that when I was younger, having a family"
"Hate to break it to you love, Stefan can't give you that"
Brie nods "And that's why I don't want to take the cure because all I want is Stefan and I'd rather lose out on what I've always wanted than lose him"
"What if he took it with you?" Klaus looked at her.
"If he took the cure with me, I'd love him more giving me everything I wanted would be amazing but" Brie pauses and shakes her head "I can't be selfish, Damon would lose his brother forever while he lives on and Damon would have no family left and I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I was the reason for Damon to be alone"
Klaus smiles and looks down and looks up and admires Brie "Over the many years of me being on this earth, I haven't ever met a person that is more selfless than you, the fact that you put everyone first before your own happiness is pretty unbelievable"
Brie blushes a little "Well you can thank my mother for that" Brie says looking up at the sky raising her glass to her mother who knows that she is watching over her.