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Stefan woke up in his room with Katherine sitting in a chair in front of him.
"Are you okay, Stefan",she asked with very little enthusiasm.
"I'm fine. What happened last night?"
"Depends. What do you remember?"
"I remember that we made plans to go to the Lockwood masquerade ball. But I don't ever remember going."
"That's because...you didn't end up going. You got a really bad headache last night and went to bed early."
"Oh."
"Let me just test something." Katherine reached into a bag next to her and pulled out a picture frame. She held it up so that Stefan could see it. "Tell me, Stefan. Who is this girl in the picture? Is it me or Elena?"
"It's you and who's Elena?"
"Don't worry about it. Just know that you are exactly how I want you to be."
Elena woke up in her sun filled room with Damon sitting on her vanity stool.
"You're awake. Great."
"Aren't you happy I woke up instead of um, dying in my sleep",she asked.
"Of course. I'm just messing with you."
"What happened? All I remember was getting ready to go to Tyler's house."
"You didn't go. You got a huge headache and stayed home. By the way, what do you know about my brother?"
"Your brother? All I know is that he died in 1864 after your father shot him."
"Perfect. Well, see you later."
"Where are you going?"
"Don't worry about it. Just eat something, I don't care what."
"Did you make something special for breakfast?"
"No. Come on Elena. You can do that yourself. Later."
"Right. See you",she called after he left the room.
Damon's phone began vibrating in his pocket and he took it out to see the caller i.d. Katherine.
"What?"
"Damon is that any way to greet your old love?"
"Sorry. How do you do Miss Katherine?"
"Fine now that you mention it. How's your girlfriend?"
"Fine. But she kind of annoyed me just now."
"Tell me."
"She expected me to make her breakfast! Is it so hard to get a pan and crack an egg in it?"
"Who cares! The question is, does she remember or not?"
"She doesn't. Relax. What about Stefan?"
"He's okay too. Look. I may need to borrow Elena for a bit."
"Why?"
"Because I need Klaus to help me deal with a pack of werewolves looking for me."
"And you need Elena because?"
"He won't just give me his help. So, I'll give him what he always seems to want. Special hybrid blood to go."
"Why should I do this?"
"Because if you don't, I'll let Elena remember precious Stefan and she'll regret ever meeting you. Her blood or her goodbye to you. Your call."
"Fine. I'll drop her off later."
"Perfect."
Caroline heard the whole conversation between Damon and Katherine from a nearby tree. She had finally pieced together what had happened in the last month. Katherine (and Klaus most likely as well) had offered both cures to Stefan and Elena. In return, she wanted their memories of each other. They had agreed and had become human. To prevent Elena from ever meeting Stefan, Damon moved to Fell's Church and brought her with him while Katherine had moved into the Boarding House and tried to date Stefan. Caroline had been trying for that whole month to piece together what had happened and after eavesdropping on countless conversations, she had finally figured out what happened. She had to tell Bonnie. But she had to be quick considering that Elena would be coming to Mystic Falls soon. They needed to put the rest of their plan in motion. After all, last night had only been the base of their plan.
I know. This was a short update but I really wanted that to be the end of a chapter so here you go! I'll try to squeeze in the next one now. What is Caroline and Bonnie's plan? Will Stefan and Elena meet ever again? Stay tuned...