This missing scene begins about 7 minutes before the end of The House Guest as Damon and Stefan watch a mini-confrontation between Elena and Katherine…

"So I'm not a threat to you, Elena. If any of you are going to believe anything, believe that!"

Katherine stared at Elena after saying the words. The human broke eye contact first, looking past her to Stefan, then turning back to Damon.

It didn't help. She couldn't tell what either was thinking.

Elena heard Stefan from behind her as she looked at Damon. "I'm taking her away now."

She turned back and tried to look past Katherine as she spoke. "Thank you. See you tomorrow?"

Stefan nodded and then looked at Damon for a few seconds.

"Afraid you can't handle her?" Damon smirked. "I'll be there in a minute."

Stefan made a sound of exasperation and pushed a grinning Katherine out through the front door.

Elena watched them leave and then turned back to face the remaining vampire. "I have a bad feeling about this."

Damon's face was tight, maybe strained. He looked past her to the closed door. He didn't respond.

"Damon?" Elena asked tentatively. "Are you buying what she's selling? Do you believe her?"

Damon's eyes finally moved to her as he nodded. "She's had her chances to kill you. Now she does this. She wants you alive."

Elena looked dubious.

"Me, on the other hand," Damon continued. "she doesn't care about, me she is willing let die."

The thought of the look Damon had when he found out Katherine was not in the tomb rushed into Elena's mind. The look that had made her feel so bad for him that she had hugged him.

She resisted the urge to do it again - she knew he was over Katherine now. "You're still alive Damon."

"Because of you." Damon said, still holding her eyes.

Though the distance remained between them, they were both speaking softly.

"We help each other," Elena said. "We keep each other alive."

"I'm glad you finally see that, Elena."

Elena's face showed her confusion. "See what?"

She thought his face hardened slightly as she spoke. "You're still alive. Do you know who's not alive? The people who wanted you to die. Rose, Elijah, the witches…"

"They didn't want me to die, Damon. Rose wanted to live, to stop running. Dr. Martin just wanted his daughter back."

"Then call them the people who were willing to let you die to get what they want."

Elena exhaled and closed her eyes briefly. She opened them to look at Damon when he spoke again.

"Are you still a member of that club?"

Elena shook her head. "I'm not like them, not like that, Damon."

Damon didn't speak, he just looked at her with a hard expression.

"It's not the same Damon. I'm like you and Stefan. Either of you would die to keep me safe. I'd do the same for you …both."

Damon shook his head and almost laughed. "Even Katherine protects you. You really are going to make it out of this mess alive."

"I still don't trust her," she whispered. "Do you?"

Damon closed the gap between them as he spoke. "I don't have to trust her. I already know she's fine if I die, though now I think she'll do what she can to keep you alive."

It sounded like he wasn't quite done when he stopped speaking. Elena hesitated to see if he would say more as she looked into his eyes, just inches away from hers now.

"But?" she finally asked.

Damon pulled his head up suddenly and looked towards the door. He backed away a couple of steps before returning his eyes to hers.

"But nothing. She's not a threat to you, to your safety, anyway. She is a threat to your love life – she still wants what you have."

Elena hesitated briefly before asking "Stefan?"

"Jenna's here." Damon said before she saw the blur as he left her alone near the stairs.

Her eyes remained where his had been before he made his exit. She forced herself to blink and realized she had no idea where he had gone to exit the house.

Really, Katherine replacing Elena to take out the threat? The alignment of the TV story line with the Vampires and Witches and Elena group of stories is all but complete…

And Isobel is back. Yay! I love Isobel-probably because last time she was here, she tormented Alaric at the beginning and expressed her undying love for him at the end. And surely she'll bring up Damon's love for Elena again…