"Present"
Boarding House, October 22nd 2010:
Bonnie, Elena, Stefan, Jeremy, and Damon are in the Parlor... Jeremy just got done filling everyone in.
Elena: "What do you mean she just left with him?!"
Damon: "What's so hard to understand, your evil twin plugged two in my skull and then skipped off with the bad guy."
Bonnie: "Well, maybe he isn't so bad."
Damon: "He's with Katherine of course he's bad."
Bonnie: "You and Stefan were once with Katherine."
Damon: "Thats different."
Bonnie: "How,"
Damon: "Bec-"
Elena: "Enough! Elora is missing and possibly in danger we need to find her."
Damon: "Correction, she left she's not missing."
Elena: "She doesn't know about any of this, we all managed to keep her out of it."
Damon: "Yeah because of her oh so close ties to dear Uncle John, and either way whatever she knows it looks like she picked a side."
Elena: "Please Bonnie can't you just do a locator spell so we can know she's okay?"
Stefan: "Maybe it'd be better to give her some space, have you tried calling her?"
Elena: "Uh no actually, hang on."
Elena picks up her phone a dials her twin.
**brrring**brring**
"Hello."
Elena: "Lo, is that you... are you okay?"
Lo: "It me, and no I am not okay."
Elena: "I am so sorry you had to find out this way just tell me where you are and we'll come get you."
Lo: "No."
Elena: "No?"
Lo: "I don't want to see you right now Elena."
Elena: "Look I know what it must have seemed like seeing Mason chained up like that but please I can explain."
Lo: "Our family protected innocents Elena, we were hunters... and you have chosen to surround not only yourself but our family with supernatural predators. I may not understand everything thats going on right now, but I know the safest place for me is as far away from you as I can get."
Elena: "You don't mean that..."
Lo: "Yeah Elena... I do."
Flashback
Gilbert House, October 3rd 2009
Elora wakes up and shuffles from her bed to the bathroom she shares with Jeremy... still waking up it takes her a minute to see Vicki is in there.
Vicki: "I-I'm sorry, I'm almost done."
Lo: "It's-it's ok. Sorry (Yawns) not awake yet... so does this mean you took my brother's cherry?"
Vicki: "What! Oh my god, you know what bathroom's all yours," Vicki races out but Elora calls after her loving any chance to mess with her little brother.
Lo: "I hope you realize I expect you to make a honest man out of him now!"
Vicki goes to Jeremy's room.
Vicki: "Your sister, is totally insane!"
Jeremy: "Which one?"
Vicki: "Lo, she wanted to know if we had sex."
Jeremy: "What! What did you do?"
Vicki: "Nothing, I ran out of there as she yelled after me to make a honest man out of you."
Jeremy chuckles a little and rolls his eyes at his sister's antics,
Jeremy: "Don't take Lo too seriously, she harmless, if it was Elena you'd run into then we'd be in trouble."
Elora now ready for the day finds Jenna in the kitchen and decides its time to come clean,
Lo: "Hey can I talk to you?"
Jenna: "Of course what's going on? Is this about Jer and Vicki, 'cause I already know he's not exactly subtle with it."
Lo: "No, its about uncle John."
Jenna: "Ugh what about him?"
Lo: "I may have called him a couple nights ago."
Jenna: "You WHAT?!"
Elena comes in,
Elena: "Wow, whats going on?"
Jenna: "Your evil twin called John?"
Elena: "Uncle John? Why would you do that?"
Lo: "Look I didn't know how to tell you the other night because you were already angry at me for being a bitch to Stefan's brother but I overheard them talking and what they were saying really freaked me out. I didn't think you'd believe me... I'm just trying to look out for you."
Elena: "What did you overhear?"
Lo: "Damon was talking about how now he's been invited in he can come back and do whatever he wants to us... and Stefan saying we weren't puppets from him to play with and feed on..."
Jenna: "Wait, feed on... really?"
Lo: "This is why I called John."
Elena: "You must have misheard, that doesn't even make sense."
Lo: "I knew you wouldn't believe me."
Elena: "It's not that I don't believe you I just can't see Damon being a threat to us and Stefan not doing anything."
Lo: "Really? Because a little Bon Bon told me about Damon snacking on Caroline's neck and you smacking the crap out of him, did Stefan do anything about his brother then?"
Jenna: "Wait, what happened?"
Elena: "Uh, look I was going to tell..."
Lo: "sure you were."
Jenna: (to Elora) "Enough," (to Elena) "Speak."
Elena: "I saw these really angry bite marks on Caroline she was trying to hide with a scarf and I asked her if Damon was hurting her and then she got all weird and I confronted him and let him know I would go to her mom, the Sheriff, if I ever suspected he did anything to her again."
Jenna: "Okay, you did the right thing, both of you... next time let's just all get on the same page, especially before we call John, understood?"
Elora and Elena: "Understood." The twins say in synch earning a glare from Jenna.
"present"
Elena's bedroom Gilbert House, October 22nd 2010:
Stefan: "Hey you haven't said much since your call to Elora earlier, you okay?"
Elena: "Yeah I was just thinking about the first time Lo called Uncle John here... How about you, how are you doing?"
Stefan: "I was thinking about Lo too."
Elena: "Really, what?"
Stefan: "When I was making you that apology/please give me a second chance diner."
Flashback
Gilbert Kitchen, October 8th 2009:
Elora comes in exhausted from her run, the house had never smelled better... was someone cooking?
Elora: "Jenna? Jenna is that you, what smells so good?"
She turn the corner into the kitchen to be met by the sight of Stefan,
Elora: "Oh Stefan, What are you doing here?"
Stefan: "Dinner. I kept Elena waiting for me at the grill earlier and Jeremy told me that Chicken Parmesan is one of your sister's favorites so I though I'd try to make it up to her."
Elora: "yeah whatever fine, look I'm sure there's a more delicate or tactful way to broach this but I don't have the patience for all that so I'm just gonna dive in, are you and your brother cannibals?"
Stefan spits out the sauce he was just taste testing shocked by what Elora has just asked.
Stefan: "what? No! what would make you think something like that?"
Elora: "I overheard you and Damon talking the other night, I know you guys are up to something talking about getting into the house whenever you want... so you better just come clean because I won't leave it alone until I know my sister safe."
Elora lays down the law for Stefan and he sighs not knowing how to get out of this one.
Stefan: "Look your right my brother was up to something but I took care of it... you and your sister won't be in danger any more I promise you."
Elora: "i'm gonna need more than just your promise Stefan."
Stefan: "what is it you want?"
Elora: "for starters the truth, what was Damon up to? what do you mean when you say you took care of him? what are your intentions with my sister?"
Elena arrives home, and Stefan gives Lo a pleading look,
Elora: "this isn't over," Elora whispers and then excuses herself and allows Stefan and Elena to have their romantic night.
"Present"
Elena's Bedroom October 22nd 2010:
Elena: "I never knew she confronted you like that."
Stefan: "Oh yeah, a couple times... she was trying to protect you."
Elena: "And I completely failed her."
Stefan: "That not true... you thought her not knowing would keep her safe and give her a good uncomplicated life... you did your best."
Elena: "Then why is everything falling apart?"
Stefan holds Elena close and wishes he had the right answers for her.