"Stefan. Move it come on. We're gonna be late." Buffy says as she slips on her shirt while coming out of his bathroom.
"Let's be later." Stefan says as he enters the room with a sly smirk on his face.
Buffy shakes her head in amusement knowing what he really wanted to do but she couldn't no matter how much she wanted to, she would rather live to see graduation "Elena will kill me if I'm late for school. Plus I can't get expelled...again." She says as she slips on her brown leather boots.

Once Buffy has her boots on she stands properly only to have him grabs her "Hey!" She says as she giggles.

"School?" He asks before kissing her "Doesn't ring a bell." He says before lifting her off the ground, Buffy giggles while wrapping her legs around his waist "What the hell. Since when do I care about school?"
Stefan grins "Exactly." He says before he kisses her once more and leading her over to the bed.


After finally tearing themselves away from each other to check out what the racket downstairs had been Buffy and Stefan come down the stairs and spot Damon holding Elena against the wall, his hands wrapped around her throat.
"What the hell is going on here?" Stefan asks confused.
Elena turns to Buffy "I don't know, you tell me. Is Katherine in the tomb or not?"

Buffy raises an eyebrow at her cousin before walking over to her and punching her in the face sending her flying across the room.

"That's not Elena." Buffy says simply before turning to Damon "Wanna explain why the bitch isn't locked up anymore."
Suddenly Katherine stands "You have to admit I'm really good at this." She pauses "Well when it comes to tricking your boys."

Buffy quickly walks over to her and grabs a hold of the back of Katherine's head and pulls on her hair "You're irritating me." She says before slamming Katherine's face into the wall.


"Someone wanna get with the explain-y part here or can I beat the information out of her?" Buffy asks as he glances in between Stefan and Damon.
Damon hesitates, as he considers letting Buffy beat Katherine for the fun of it "Well-"
"Damon." Stefan says trying to get Damon back to the point.

Damon rolls his eyes "Fine. Look when we killed Elijah it broke the compulsion and freed the bitch from the tomb."
"How's that possible?" Stefan asks confused.
"He's an Original." Katherine says "They have all sorts of special skills."
Buffy glares at her "I don't want you here, honestly I want you six feet underground as rotting corpse."
"You need me, Buffy. You all do."
Stefan scoffs "Like hell."

Katherine rolls her eyes "We all want the same thing—Klaus dead. Yet here you all are running around like chickens with their heads cut off."

Buffy just continues to glare at her "I don't need your help. And I don't want it, so why don't you leave before I drop you out head first."
"Wanting me gone is incredibly stupid of you. Do you know where Klaus is? When he's coming, what he looks like? Mary is gone and it's not like she would help you anyway."

Damon steps towards Katherine "If you know something, say it or get out."
"Fine. Then I'll just go to The Grill and have some lunch. Maybe, Aunt Jenna's free for a bite."

The moment the words leave her mouth Katherine finds herself pinned against the wall, Buffy's hand around her throat "Let me make something very clear." Buffy says to her "Your little witch bitch of a friend, is the reason my mother is dead and you are the reason my cousin is in danger. So the moment you are no longer of use to me, I will rip off your head. Do you understand?"


Buffy hangs up the phone after speaking to Elena, who like her was not pleased with Katherine being here. As they pull into the school parking lot Buffy climbs out of the car and turns to Stefan "I don't get it, she knows I will kill her, she was free if I were her I would run from me."

Stefan shrugs "She wants what we want—Klaus dead. Maybe she sees us as her only chance."

The two of them start walking towards the school and Buffy turns to him "Or option B, she's bored and wants to see if she can lure you and Damon into her evil web now that Mary's gone. I want her gone. No correction I want her dead."

Stefan nods in agreement "So do I. But you're right even with you threatening to kill her when she becomes useless, she's staying. Shouldn't we at least try to figure out why?"
Buffy turns to him "And we do that how? The girl is an expert liar."

"Look, I hate it as much as you do, but she does make a point. We don't know anything about Klaus. Other than what Mary told us and that mostly had to do with you. Katherine knows."
"I know that." Buffy says as she sighs "Doesn't mean I want her shacking up with you. Can't we just lock her up in a coffin at night?"
Stefan chuckles softly before hugging her "Maybe we should stay at your place tonight."

Buffy groans "Hmm, I can't. I promised Elena that I would hang and take the night off. Apparently, Bonnie's freaked cause she lost her powers and Caroline's having more guy trouble, so Elena says that we're all hanging at the house. AKA girls' night."

Stefan smiles and kisses the top of her head "Come on." He says before leading her into the school.


"It was bad." Alaric tells Buffy as they sit in his classroom together after class "You know, John planted all these seeds about Isobel and now Jenna knows I'm lying about something."

Buffy scoffs "That man is going to end up on the shiny end of one of my swords, first he and the council almost got me and Jeremy killed and now he is screwing you over. So gonna beat him till he bleeds."

"Yeah, well, easier said than done. I gave him back his ring." He tells her showing her is now bare ring finger "Look, Jenna keeps asking about Isobel. You know, was she murdered? Why haven't they found the body? I mean, how much longer can she stay in the dark?"

Buffy raises an eyebrow "You wanna tell her the truth?"
"I'm saying I can't be with her and not tell her. It's not fair to her, and it's not the kind of relationship I want."
Buffy nods "I wanna tell her, I do, but then I remember how mom reacted."
Alaric looks over at her confused "I thought she was fine with it."

"Eventually but she was always really uncomfortable. When I first told her she saw me kill a vampire, she then thought I was insane and needed help. And when I told her that I have to go save the world she kicked me out of the house."

"Wow." Alaric whistlers "So that's the worse scenario."

"Pretty much. Look I get it the longer she doesn't know...I thought it was protecting her but know it's putting her in danger. Elena wants to wait until we've dealt with Klaus but...I don't know how she's gonna take it no matter when we tell her."

Alaric sighs "Look, I'm sorry to put this on you. But I feel it's yours and Elena's decision to make. And whatever you guys decide to do, I'll respect it. I want, to be honest with her. But until then, Jenna and I are done."


"Chinese food or Pizza?" Caroline asks the Bonnie and Elena.
Elena chuckles "Like you have to ask."
Caroline smiles before grabbing the iPad off Bonnie.

At that moment Buffy tries to sneak in through the back door only to be face to face with a cross armed Elena "You were supposed to be here an hour ago."
Buffy sighs "I was patrolling I-"
"Buffy, you promised."
Buffy raises her hand in defence "Look I'm done. Buffy is now free for the night. And is starving."

Caroline smiles "Good then get your butt in here we're ordering Pizza."
Buffy grins "Don't mind if I do." She says before flopping on top of the counter, however when she flinches the three girls notice "Buffy? You okay?" Bonnie asks.
Buffy nods "Yeah, demon dislocated my arm again, it's still a little sore."
Bonnie nods and Elena who is prepared, tosses an ice pack over to Bonnie who moves to hold it against Buffy's shoulder.
Buffy looks over at Buffy "Thanks."
Elena shrugs "You learn that ice packs are essential when living with a vampire slayer."

Bonnie and Caroline chuckle, however, Caroline's laughter falls as she spots the screensaver of her and Matt on her tablet.

"So do you think Jonas is being sincere?" Elena asks Bonnie.
Bonnie shrugs "I don't know what to believe." She says as she takes the tablet off Caroline after noticing her expression "I think he's at a loss. He's not sure who to trust."
Buffy nods "None of us do."

After a brief moment of silence, Caroline speaks up "Well, what are we going to do about this movie situation? What about The Notebook?"
Elena smiles "Caroline, how many times have you seen that movie?"
"That is so not the point."
Buffy shakes her head "We are not watching The Notebook, again, I mean-Hey." Buffy says as she sees Jenna come into the room.

Jenna looks over at Buffy and sees the ice pack on her shoulder "Buffy, what happened?"
Buffy shakes her head "Nothing. I'm just clumsy tripped and banged my shoulder. No biggy."
Jenna nods and looks at her slightly worried before turning to the girls "What's going on?"
"Girls' night." Elena tells Jenna.
Jenna nods "Oh."
Buffy and Elena look at each over before looking back at the heartbroken aunt "How are you doing?" Elena asks.
"You guys heard about my fight with Ric."
Buffy nods "He let it slip. He's all miserable and with the terrible guilty feelings."
Jenna raises an eyebrow "Is this some kind of disguised attempt to cheer me up?"
Elena shakes her head "No. No, this is about us girls hanging out. And, you know, we'll be here if you happen to want to talk, or..."
"Because I am a winner..." Caroline says as she interjects "...When it comes to successful relationships."

Buffy raises her hand "Me too. You know with the crazy ex who went nuts before dying."
Jenna chuckles "Okay, then. It's this whole Isobel thing. He's hiding something from me." She sighs.
Caroline cuts in "To play devil's advocate, maybe there is a great reason why he's not telling you. Maybe he is just trying to protect you."
"Well, that's not his call to make. I mean, I deserve the truth. Everybody does."
Caroline at this point comes up with an idea "You know what we need?"

Buffy looks up "Please don't say the Notebook again."
Caroline shakes her head "Nope. Dancing. There is a bang at the grill."


The five of them make their way into the Grill and smile "This is so much like the bronze right now." Buffy says as she looks around.
Suddenly Jenna heads towards the bar "I need a drink."

The next moment Matt brushes Caroline off and the four friends stand there awkwardly "Things just got real awkward." Bonnie says.
The three friends turn to Caroline "He said the ball was in your court." Bonnie argues.
Caroline shakes her head "Yeah, but I can't do anything bout it."
Buffy smiles "Why not? Look Care, all you ever do is mope and be sad because you're not with him."
"Yeah, but I am still keeping so many secrets." She argues.

Buffy sighs sadly "We all do. Do you honestly think Stefan knows every last detail about my relationship with Angel? Look sometimes keeping secrets is necessary but...you are doing it to protect him because you care about him."
"Alaric's in the same boat with Jenna." Elena tells Caroline "And maybe that's our mistake. Keeping secrets may be necessary but it may end up hurting them anyway."

As the band finishes Caroline takes off her jacket and heads towards the stage.
"What the hell are you doing?" Buffy asks but Caroline just climbs onto the stage.


A little while later Buffy is at the bar when her phone starts ringing, she looks down and smiles "Hey, Stefan. Don't worry I'm not killing anything, except the burger I plan on getting."

Buffy tries to listen but can't hear due to the noise in the bar "Hold on—I can't hear you."
Buffy quickly heads out the room and towards the back of the restaurant as she tries to listen to him "What happened?"
"Jonas is coming after you and Elena. Now!" Stefan says panicked.
Buffy's eyes widen "Wait, what?"
"Luca is dead. He's going to get Elijah and take you both with him."

Buffy turns around and spots Jonas moving through the bar "Stefan, he's here."
"Buffy, don't do anything."

Suddenly someone grasps Buffy's wrists, Buffy prepares to fight only to sigh in relief as she spots her boyfriend she quickly hugs him before allowing him to lead her down the hall. "This way." Stefan says as he pulls her into the bathroom.

"Hey!" Caroline says as Buffy and Stefan enter the bathroom.
"We have a little itty bitty problem." Buffy tells her.
Caroline raises an eyebrow "What's going on?"
"Jonas is here and he's after Elena and Buffy." Stefan informs the blonde vampire.
Caroline's eyes widen "Oh, my God!"
"We have a plan." Buffy tells her, she pauses "Well part of a plan. But we need to grab Elena."

"I need to get the two of them out of here." Stefan tells Caroline.
Caroline nods "Well, what can I do?" She asks almost instantaneously.


As Stefan and Buffy head back into the now fire filled room, "Shit." Buffy mutters before spotting Elena. Buffy quickly heads over and grabs Elena "Come on we got to go."
Elena shakes her head "What?"
"Explain later. Move now." Buffy says before dragging Elena through the room.
"Dr. Matin!" Buffy calls as she spots him.

Elena turns to her cousin "What are you doing?!"
"Trust me." Buffy whispers before turning back to the warlock "Dr. Matin, look I'm so sorry about Luka."
Elena at this point gets over her shock and catches on "We never wanted that to happen..." She tells him "...but...at least let us help you get your daughter back."

"Only Elijah can do that." He deadpans.
"You don't need Elijah." Elena argues.

Suddenly the fire grows and people around the gasp in fear, Stefan grasps Buffy who keeps a hold of Elena. The next second Caroline appears and jumps at Jonas, tackling him to the ground. Stefan quickly grabs both girls and runs.


The moment they enter the house Elena and Buffy head for the stairs "What's going on?" Jeremy asks confused, as he and Bonnie walk over.
"He'll explain." Elena says simply before heading up the stairs, Buffy in tow.

The two make their way through the hall and head into their separate bathrooms. Buffy runs her hands under the water and when she looks up she see Jonas in the mirror, Buffy turns to him, and as he goes to grab her; Buffy punches him, sending him through the door and into the hall, suddenly Elena appears next to him. He looks at her confused before she smiles, and bites into his neck.
Buffy glares at Katherine as the doppelgänger drops the body to the ground. Katherine just moves her hair out of hair face

"You're welcome."
Bonnie stares stunned at the body as she and Stefan appear. The witch quickly makes her way over and crouches down by Jonas' body "You didn't have to kill him!" She says as she glares up at Katherine.
Katherine merely rolls her eyes "Yes, we did."

Bonnie looks down sadly, she moves to close the man's eyes but suddenly he shoots up and grasps her face in his hand "Bonnie!" Buffy yells before quickly running over and kicking Jonas in the face.


"Everything's taken care of." Stefan says as him, Buffy and Katherine come down the stairs.
Katherine tears the necklace from her neck and turns to Elena "I'm guessing you're going to want this back. But your pretty little outfit is going to need a good dry clean."
Buffy glares at Katherine before grabbing the necklace and tossing it to Elena. Buffy then turns to Katherine "You can go now."
Elena nods in agreement "She needs to get out of here before Jenna gets home."
Katherine frowns at the two cousins "Is that all the two of you have to say to me?"

Buffy shrugs "Well the other thing I have to say to you, doesn't have much to do with words. More, my fist connecting with your face. Especially if you continue to irritate me."
Katherine glares at Buffy, but Buffy could see the hint of fear in her eyes "Your violent tendencies are making me like you less and less."

Buffy shrugs "And yet, I can't find it in myself to care. Oh, well. What a shame."
"This doesn't change the way I feel about you." Elena tells Katherine when the vampire glances at her.

Katherine merely shrugs "I don't much like you, either, if we're going to be open. And frankly, I'd be happy to see you dead, and your little cousin either dead or as Klaus' bitch. But if we're going to try to take on Klaus, we kinda need you to be alive and we kinda need the super freak. So I'm not a threat to either of you."

At that moment Buffy reveals a small wooden knife and plunges it into Katherine's side. Katherine screams in pain "What the hell?!"
Buffy shrugs "Don't talk to me or my cousin like that again, or else it won't be your stomach I put this in next."
Buffy pushes her to the ground as Elena chuckles slightly, hiding it behind a cough. Buffy looks over at Stefan and Damon "Get her out of here. Before you have to take her out in a body bag."


"Are John and Jeremy asleep?" Jenna asks Buffy and Elena as they walk into the kitchen.
"I think so." Elena says.
Buffy shrugs "I doubt it. I think John stays awake to try and give us all nightmares."
Jenna chuckles "True. So true." Jenna pauses "If I got to bed right now, there's a chance I'll wake up hangover-free."

At that moment the doorbell goes off "Who's that?" Jenna asks confused.

Elena shrugs and both of her and Buffy grabbed the cartoon of ice cream Jenna left.

However a moment later Buffy freezes "Something's not right." She says, Elena gives her an odd look but quickly follows the blonde as she heads into the hall.

Both girls freeze "I'm...Elena's mother." Isobel says as she stands on the porch with the shocked Jenna.
Elena and Buffy both glare at the woman before hissing "Isobel."