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NARRATOR :
For over a century, I have lived in secret...
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...hiding in the shadows,
alone in the world...
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...until now.
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I am a vampire...
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...and this is my story.
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DARREN :
An hour's drive to hear that crap.
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You know, it wasn't even a band.
A guy with a guitar. An hour each way.
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- He wasn't that bad.
- He sounded like James Blunt.
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What's wrong with that?
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Already have a James Blunt.
One's all we need.
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- So why did you come?
- Because I love you.
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Nicely done.
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BROOKE : What's with the fog?
- It'll clear in a sec.
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Watch out!
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(PANTING)
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- Are you okay?
- We just hit someone. Oh, my God.
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Call for help.
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Come on, come on.
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Please be alive.
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Oh, my God.
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BROOKE : There's no signal.
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Darren?
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Darren?
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(SCREAMING)
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STEFAN :
I shouldn't have come home.
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I know the risk.
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But I had no choice.
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I have to know her.
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ELENA :
Dear diary, today will be different.
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It has to be.
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I will smile, and it will be believable.
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My smile will say:
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"I'm fine, thank you.
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Yes, I feel much better."
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I will no longer be the sad little girl
who lost her parents.
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I will start fresh, be someone new.
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It's the only way I'll make it through.
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JENNA : Toast. I can make toast.
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It's all about the coffee, Aunt Jenna.
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JEREMY : Is there coffee?
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Your first day of school,
and I'm totally unprepared.
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- Lunch money?
- I'm okay.
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Anything else? A Number 2 pencil?
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What am I missing?
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ELENA : Don't you have
a big presentation today?
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JENNA : I'm meeting
with my thesis advisor at... Now.
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- Crap.
- Then go. We'll be fine.
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You okay?
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Don't start.
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BONNIE : So Grams is telling me I'm psychic.
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Our ancestors were from Salem,
witches and all that.
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I know, crazy,
but she's going on and on about it.
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I'm like,
"Put this woman in a home already."
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But I start thinking, I predicted Obama,
and I predicted Heath Ledger.
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And I still think Florida will break off
and turn into little resort islands.
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Elena, back in the car.
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ELENA : I did it again, didn't I?
I'm sorry, Bonnie.
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- You were telling me that...
- That I'm psychic now.
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Right, okay, then predict
something about me.
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(SIGHS)
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I see...
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(BOTH GASP)
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What was that?
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Oh, my God.
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- Elena, are you okay?
- It's okay. I'm fine.
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It was a bird or something.
It came out of nowhere.
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Really, I can't be freaked out
by cars for the rest of my life.
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BONNIE : I predict this year
is going to be kick-ass.
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And I predict all the sad
and dark times are over.
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And you are going to be
beyond happy.
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BONNIE : Major lack of male real estate.
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Look at the shower curtain
on Kelly Beech.
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She looks a hot...
Can I still say "trannie mess"?
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No, that's over.
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Ugh. Find a man and coin a phrase.
It's a busy year.
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ELENA : He hates me.
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BONNIE : That's not hate. That's, "You dumped me,
but I'm too cool to show it...
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...but secretly I'm listening
to Air Supply's greatest hits."
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CAROLINE : Elena. Oh, my God.
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How are you?
Oh, it's so good to see you.
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How is she? Is she good?
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Caroline, I'm right here.
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And I'm fine, thank you.
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- Really?
- Yes, much better.
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- Oh, you poor thing.
- Okay, Caroline.
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(SIGHS)
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- Okay, see you guys later?
- Okay, yeah.
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Bye.
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No comment.
I'm not gonna say anything.
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JEREMY : Don't take more than two
in a six-hour window.
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TYLER : Hey, Vicki, I knew I'd find you here
with the crackheads.
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Hey.
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- Pete Wentz wants his nail polish back.
- Pete Wentz, huh?
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How old-school TRL of you.
Carson Daly fan?
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VICKI : Whoa, Ty, be nice. Be nice.
That's Elena's little brother.
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I know who he is.
I'll still kick his ass.
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Hold up. Who's this?
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ELENA :
All I see is back.
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It's a hot back.
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SECRETARY :
Your records are incomplete.
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You're missing immunization records,
and we do insist on transcripts.
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STEFAN : Please look again.
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I'm sure everything you need is there.
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Oh, you're right.
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So it is.
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BONNIE : I'm sensing Seattle,
and he plays the guitar.
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ELENA : font> You're gonna run this psychic thing
into the ground, huh?
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- Pretty much.
MALE STUDENT : Jeremy, good batch, man.
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I'll be right back.
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Please be hot.
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Whoa! Next down, chick.
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Great. It's the first day of school,
and you're stoned.
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- No, I'm not.
- Where is it?
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- Is it on you?
- Stop. Chill yourself, all right?
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Chill myself?
What is that, stoner talk?
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- Dude, you are so cool.
- Look, stop.
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- I don't have anything. Are you crazy?
- You haven't seen crazy, Jeremy.
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I gave you a summer pass.
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But I am done watching you
destroy yourself.
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No, you know what?
Go ahead, keep it up.
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Just know that I am going to be there
to ruin your buzz every time, you got it?
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(TOILET FLUSHING)
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Jeremy, I know who you are,
and it's not this person.
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So don't be this person.
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I don't need this.
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STEFAN : Thank you.
SECRETARY : You're welcome.
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STEFAN : Uh... Pardon me.
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Um...
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Is this the men's room?
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ELENA (STAMMERING)
Yes. I was just...
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I was just...
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It's a long story.
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Just...
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Thank you.
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TANNER : Once our home state of Virginia
joined Confederacy in 1861...
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...it created a tremendous amount
of tension within the state.
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(VOICE FADING) People in Virginia's
Northwest had different ideas...
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...from those
of the traditional deep South.
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And Virginia divided...
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(CELL PHONE VIBRATES)
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ELENA :
Dear diary, I made it through the day.
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I must have said, "I'm fine, thanks,"
at least 37 times.
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And I didn't mean it once.
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But no one noticed.
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When someone asks, "How are you?"
They really don't want an answer.
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(CROW CAWING)
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Okay. Hi, bird.
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That's not creepy or anything.
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(SIGHS)
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(CROW CAWING)
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Shoo!
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That's what I thought.
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(CAWING)
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(PANTING)
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STEFAN : You okay?
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(SIGHS)
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ELENA : Were you following me?
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No, I just... I saw you fall.
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ELENA : Uh-huh. And you just happened
to be hanging out in a cemetery.
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STEFAN : I'm visiting. I have, uh, family here.
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ELENA : Oh.
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Wow, tactless.
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I'm sorry.
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It's the fog. It's making me foggy.
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Then back there, there was this bird.
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And it was all very Hitchcock
for a second.
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That is the bird movie, right?
The Hitchcock?
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I'm Elena.
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I'm Stefan.
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I know. We have history together.
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And English and French.
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Right.
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Thanks.
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- Nice ring.
- Oh.
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STEFAN : Uh... It's a family ring.
Yeah. Kind of stuck with it.
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- It's weird, huh?
- No.
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ELENA : It's just... I mean, there are rings,
and then there's that.
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- Did you hurt yourself?
- Hmm?
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- Did you hurt yourself?
- Oh, uh...
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ELENA : I don't know.
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Oh, would you look at that?
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That is not pretty.
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Are you okay?
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You should go.
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- Take care of that.
- Really, it's nothing.
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STEFAN :
I lost control today.
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Everything I've kept buried inside
came rushing to the surface.
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I am simply not able to resist her.
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- Hey.
- Working.
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- Thanks, Vick.
- Do you need another refill?
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I'd love one.
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Tell me you're not hooking up
with my sister.
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I'm not hooking up with your sister.
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You're such a dick.
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What's your deal?
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JEREMY : Summer you act one way,
school starts, and you can't be bothered.
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VICKI :Look Jeremy,
I appreciate the pharmaceuticals...
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...but you can't keep
following like a lost puppy.
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You had sex with a puppy?
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Keep it down. I don't wanna tell the world
I deflowered Elena's brother.
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And deflowered and deflowered.
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We hooked up a few times
in a drug haze. It's over.
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Back off before you ruin things
between me and Tyler.
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Come on, the guy's a total douche.
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He only wants you for your ass.
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Yeah? What do you want me for?
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(SIGHS)
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CAROLINE : His name is Stefan Salvatore.
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He lives with his uncle
at the Salvatore boarding house.
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He hasn't lived here since he was a kid.
Military family. They moved around a lot.
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He's a Gemini,
and his favorite color is blue.
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You got all of that in one day?
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I got all that
between third and fourth period.
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We're planning a June wedding.
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- I'm meeting Bonnie at the Grill.
- Have fun.
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Wait. I got this.
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Don't stay out late.
It's a school night.
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(ELENA CHUCKLES)
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Well done, Aunt Jenna.
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(GASPS)
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- Oh.
- Sorry. I was about to knock.
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STEFAN : I wanted to apologize
for my disappearing act earlier.
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I know it was strange.
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ELENA : No worries.
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I get it. Blood makes you squeamish.
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Something like that.
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How's your leg?
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Oh, it's fine. Just a scratch, barely.
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How did you know where I lived?
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STEFAN : It's a small town.
I asked the first person I saw.
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ELENA : I thought you might want this back.
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I must have dropped it. I...
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Thank you.
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Don't worry. I didn't read it.
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No?
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Why not? Most people would have.
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Well, I wouldn't want anyone
to read mine.
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You keep a journal?
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Yeah, if I don't write it down,
I forget it.
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Memories are too important.
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Yeah.
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I'm just gonna...
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You don't have to stay out there.
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I'm fine.
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Sorry, were you going somewhere?
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Yeah, I'm meeting a friend.
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Do you wanna come?
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MATT : How's Elena doing?
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BONNIE : Her mom and dad died.
How do you think?
250
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She's putting on a good face.
It's only been four months.
251
00:17:45,671 --> 00:17:47,605
- Has she said anything about me?
- Oh, no.
252
00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:49,865
So not getting in the middle.
You pick up the phone & call her.
253
00:17:51,110 --> 00:17:53,738
I feel weird calling her.
She broke up with me.
254
00:17:54,747 --> 00:17:56,078
Give it more time, Matt.
255
00:17:58,784 --> 00:18:00,183
(DOOR OPENS)
256
00:18:09,061 --> 00:18:10,756
More time, huh?
257
00:18:18,204 --> 00:18:21,469
- Hey, I'm Matt. Nice to meet you.
- Hi. Stefan.
258
00:18:24,043 --> 00:18:26,102
- Hey.
- Hey.
259
00:18:26,278 --> 00:18:29,145
- So you were born in Mystic Falls?
- Mm-hm.
260
00:18:29,348 --> 00:18:30,872
I moved when I was still young.
261
00:18:31,050 --> 00:18:32,074
Parents?
262
00:18:32,284 --> 00:18:34,548
My parents passed away.
263
00:18:37,123 --> 00:18:38,283
I'm sorry.
264
00:18:39,758 --> 00:18:41,555
Any siblings?
265
00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:43,625
None that I talk to.
266
00:18:43,796 --> 00:18:45,730
I live with my uncle.
267
00:18:46,665 --> 00:18:49,964
CAROLINE : So, Stefan, if you're new, you don't
know about the party tomorrow.
268
00:18:50,169 --> 00:18:52,660
BONNIE : It's a back-to-school thing at the falls.
269
00:18:52,872 --> 00:18:54,772
- Are you going?
- Of course she is.
270
00:19:03,182 --> 00:19:04,342
(DOOR OPENS)
271
00:19:07,453 --> 00:19:08,511
ZACH : You promised.
272
00:19:14,660 --> 00:19:16,150
This was an animal attack.
273
00:19:16,395 --> 00:19:18,124
Don't give me that. I know the game.
274
00:19:18,297 --> 00:19:20,595
You tear them up,
they suspect an animal attack.
275
00:19:20,766 --> 00:19:23,894
- You said you had it under control.
- And I do.
276
00:19:25,271 --> 00:19:28,763
Please, Uncle Stefan,
Mystic Falls is a different place now.
277
00:19:28,941 --> 00:19:30,169
It's been quiet for years.
278
00:19:30,342 --> 00:19:32,537
But there are people
who still remember.
279
00:19:32,711 --> 00:19:34,372
And you being here...
280
00:19:34,547 --> 00:19:37,345
...it's just gonna stir things up.
- That's not my intention.
281
00:19:37,516 --> 00:19:39,541
Why did you come back
after all this time?
282
00:19:39,718 --> 00:19:42,482
STEFAN : I don't have to explain myself.
283
00:19:44,123 --> 00:19:47,024
I know that you can't change
what you are.
284
00:19:47,726 --> 00:19:50,160
But you don't belong here anymore.
285
00:19:51,330 --> 00:19:53,025
Where do I belong?
286
00:19:53,199 --> 00:19:55,724
I can't tell you what to do.
287
00:19:55,935 --> 00:19:58,130
But coming back here was a mistake.
288
00:20:40,246 --> 00:20:43,374
TANNER : The Battle of Willow Creek
took place at the end of the war...
289
00:20:43,549 --> 00:20:45,915
...in our very own Mystic Falls.
290
00:20:46,085 --> 00:20:49,077
How many casualties
resulted in this battle?
291
00:20:49,922 --> 00:20:51,583
Miss Bennett?
292
00:20:51,957 --> 00:20:54,858
Um... A lot?
293
00:20:55,027 --> 00:20:56,892
I'm not sure. But, like, a whole lot.
294
00:20:57,062 --> 00:20:59,223
Cute becomes dumb
in an instant, Miss Bennett.
295
00:21:00,399 --> 00:21:02,390
Mr. Donovan.
296
00:21:02,568 --> 00:21:06,129
Would you like to take this opportunity
to overcome your jock stereotype?
297
00:21:06,305 --> 00:21:08,432
It's okay, Mr. Tanner. I'm cool with it.
298
00:21:09,008 --> 00:21:10,066
(ALL CHUCKLING)
299
00:21:10,242 --> 00:21:11,300
Elena?
300
00:21:11,510 --> 00:21:15,310
Surely you can enlighten us about one
of the town's most historical events.
301
00:21:15,514 --> 00:21:18,244
I'm sorry, I don't know.
302
00:21:18,817 --> 00:21:22,446
TANNER : I was willing to be lenient last year
for obvious reasons, Elena.
303
00:21:22,655 --> 00:21:25,818
But the personal excuses ended
with summer break.
304
00:21:27,293 --> 00:21:31,889
STEFAN : There were 346 casualties,
unless you're counting the local civilians.
305
00:21:32,097 --> 00:21:34,895
That's correct, Mr?
306
00:21:35,100 --> 00:21:37,500
- Salvatore.
- Salvatore.
307
00:21:37,670 --> 00:21:41,231
Any relation to the original settlers
here at Mystic Falls?
308
00:21:42,107 --> 00:21:43,734
- Distant.
- Well, very good.
309
00:21:43,942 --> 00:21:47,241
Except, of course, there were
no civilian casualties in this battle.
310
00:21:47,413 --> 00:21:49,779
STEFAN :
Actually, there were 27, sir.
311
00:21:49,982 --> 00:21:53,918
Confederate soldiers fired on the church,
believing it to be housing weapons.
312
00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:56,986
And they were wrong.
It was a night of great loss.
313
00:21:58,357 --> 00:22:02,316
The founder's archives are stored in Civil Hall
if you'd like to brush up on your facts...
314
00:22:04,063 --> 00:22:05,758
...Mr. Tanner.
315
00:22:13,706 --> 00:22:15,697
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
316
00:22:32,791 --> 00:22:34,850
GIRL : Who are you waiting for?
Who's your date?
317
00:22:35,027 --> 00:22:36,961
BOY 1 :
What do you mean, we never hooked up?
318
00:22:37,129 --> 00:22:38,323
BOY 2 :
Searching?
319
00:22:39,598 --> 00:22:42,795
GIRL 2 : I mean, people look up to me.
I have to set a good example.
320
00:22:42,968 --> 00:22:44,333
BONNIE :
Just admit it, Elena.
321
00:22:44,503 --> 00:22:47,472
ELENA :
Okay, so he's a little pretty.
322
00:22:47,639 --> 00:22:50,369
He has that romance-novel stare.
323
00:22:50,542 --> 00:22:54,342
BONNIE : "Stefan looked deep into her eyes,
piercing her very soul."
324
00:22:54,580 --> 00:22:55,604
(ELENA AND BONNIE LAUGH)
325
00:22:55,781 --> 00:22:57,180
CAROLINE : Hey, you made it.
326
00:22:57,349 --> 00:22:59,408
- I did.
- Well, let's get you a drink.
327
00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:01,814
- Well, I'm...
- Oh, come on.
328
00:23:02,521 --> 00:23:04,751
- So where is he?
- I don't know.
329
00:23:04,990 --> 00:23:07,424
You tell me. You're the psychic one.
330
00:23:07,626 --> 00:23:09,150
Right, I forgot.
331
00:23:09,328 --> 00:23:12,263
Okay, so give me a sec.
Grams says I have to concentrate.
332
00:23:12,431 --> 00:23:14,058
Wait. You need a crystal ball.
333
00:23:14,299 --> 00:23:15,789
Uh...
334
00:23:17,069 --> 00:23:18,468
Ta-da.
335
00:23:27,413 --> 00:23:29,176
- What?
- That was weird.
336
00:23:29,381 --> 00:23:31,246
When I touched you, I saw a crow.
337
00:23:32,384 --> 00:23:35,012
- What?
- A crow.
338
00:23:35,354 --> 00:23:38,551
There was fog, a man.
339
00:23:38,724 --> 00:23:42,421
I'm drunk. It's the drinking.
There's nothing psychic about it.
340
00:23:44,196 --> 00:23:45,891
Yeah? Okay, I'm gonna get a refill.
341
00:23:48,167 --> 00:23:49,225
Okay.
342
00:23:49,435 --> 00:23:51,096
Bonnie?
343
00:23:53,939 --> 00:23:55,463
Hi.
344
00:23:55,674 --> 00:23:56,902
(CHUCKLES)
345
00:23:57,075 --> 00:23:58,303
Hi.
346
00:23:58,544 --> 00:24:00,034
STEFAN : I did it again, didn't I?
347
00:24:00,979 --> 00:24:03,174
- Yeah.
- I'm sorry.
348
00:24:05,784 --> 00:24:07,877
- You're upset about something.
- Oh, uh...
349
00:24:08,287 --> 00:24:10,949
ELENA : No, it's just Bonnie, she's...
350
00:24:13,826 --> 00:24:15,953
You know what? Never mind.
351
00:24:16,128 --> 00:24:18,460
You're here.
352
00:24:18,697 --> 00:24:20,062
I'm here.
353
00:24:35,781 --> 00:24:37,942
You know, you're kind of
the talk of the town.
354
00:24:38,116 --> 00:24:40,107
- Am I?
- Mm-hm.
355
00:24:40,285 --> 00:24:43,277
Mysterious new guy, oh, yeah.
356
00:24:43,655 --> 00:24:47,682
Well, you have
the mysterious thing going too.
357
00:24:47,860 --> 00:24:50,021
Twinged in sadness.
358
00:24:50,963 --> 00:24:53,761
What makes you think that I'm sad?
359
00:24:54,299 --> 00:24:58,497
Well, we did meet in a graveyard.
360
00:24:58,670 --> 00:24:59,694
Right.
361
00:24:59,872 --> 00:25:02,739
ELENA : No, technically,
we met in the men's room.
362
00:25:04,443 --> 00:25:06,104
You don't wanna know.
363
00:25:06,278 --> 00:25:09,042
It's not exactly party chitchat.
364
00:25:09,248 --> 00:25:13,275
STEFAN : Well, I've never really been
very good at chitchat.
365
00:25:16,755 --> 00:25:18,780
Last spring...
366
00:25:19,291 --> 00:25:23,990
...my parents' car drove off
of a bridge into the lake.
367
00:25:24,162 --> 00:25:28,861
And I was in the back seat,
and I survived...
368
00:25:30,035 --> 00:25:31,696
...but they didn't.
369
00:25:33,171 --> 00:25:35,264
So that's my story.
370
00:25:43,649 --> 00:25:46,345
You won't be sad forever, Elena.
371
00:25:57,896 --> 00:25:58,920
(CHUCKLES)
372
00:25:59,097 --> 00:26:01,930
No, Ty, I'm not having sex
against a tree.
373
00:26:02,100 --> 00:26:03,829
- Come on, it will be hot.
- For who?
374
00:26:04,036 --> 00:26:06,368
No, it's not gonna happen.
It's not gonna happen.
375
00:26:06,538 --> 00:26:07,937
Not here. Not like this.
376
00:26:08,106 --> 00:26:09,869
No. I said no.
377
00:26:10,075 --> 00:26:12,270
I said no. Ow. That hurts.
378
00:26:12,444 --> 00:26:13,877
JEREMY :
Hey, leave her alone.
379
00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:16,711
You're starting to get on my nerves.
380
00:26:16,882 --> 00:26:19,544
- Go, Tyler. Get the hell away from me.
TYLER : Wow.
381
00:26:19,718 --> 00:26:22,619
Vicki Donovan says no. That's a first.
382
00:26:25,924 --> 00:26:28,085
- I didn't need your help.
- Seems like you did.
383
00:26:28,260 --> 00:26:30,228
- He was just drunk.
- I'm drunk.
384
00:26:30,429 --> 00:26:32,556
- Am I throwing myself at you?
- You're worse.
385
00:26:32,764 --> 00:26:35,062
You wanna talk to me,
get to know me...
386
00:26:35,233 --> 00:26:39,761
...see into my soul, and screw and screw
and screw until you're done with me.
387
00:26:40,639 --> 00:26:44,040
- Is that what you think?
- That's what I know.
388
00:26:50,415 --> 00:26:53,976
STEFAN : Bonnie seems like a good friend.
- Best friend in the world.
389
00:26:54,152 --> 00:26:58,088
Matt can't seem
to take his eyes off of us.
390
00:26:58,256 --> 00:27:02,659
ELENA : Matt's that friend since childhood
that you start dating...
391
00:27:02,861 --> 00:27:06,558
...because you owe it to yourselves
to see if you can be more.
392
00:27:08,967 --> 00:27:10,457
And?
393
00:27:11,236 --> 00:27:13,431
And then my parents died.
394
00:27:13,805 --> 00:27:15,932
And everything changes.
395
00:27:16,141 --> 00:27:18,905
Anyway, Matt and I,
together, we just...
396
00:27:19,077 --> 00:27:21,375
I don't know, it wasn't...
397
00:27:22,414 --> 00:27:23,472
It wasn't...
398
00:27:25,751 --> 00:27:27,412
Passionate.
399
00:27:30,489 --> 00:27:31,956
No.
400
00:27:35,427 --> 00:27:37,759
No, it wasn't passionate.
401
00:27:42,034 --> 00:27:44,901
Hey, are you okay?
402
00:27:45,103 --> 00:27:49,062
- Your eye, it's just... It's...
- Oh. Um...
403
00:27:49,808 --> 00:27:52,777
Yeah. No, it's nothing.
404
00:27:53,145 --> 00:27:55,807
Are you thirsty?
I'm gonna get us a drink.
405
00:28:16,735 --> 00:28:18,396
Jeremy?
406
00:28:18,570 --> 00:28:20,367
Is that you?
407
00:28:38,657 --> 00:28:39,715
Jeremy?
408
00:28:45,397 --> 00:28:46,796
(VICKI SCREAMS)
409
00:29:00,479 --> 00:29:02,037
Looking for someone?
410
00:29:04,282 --> 00:29:05,840
Hey.
411
00:29:11,623 --> 00:29:14,888
MATT : When you broke up with me,
you said you needed some time alone.
412
00:29:15,093 --> 00:29:17,391
You don't look so alone to me.
413
00:29:17,562 --> 00:29:19,427
Matt, you don't understand. It's...
414
00:29:19,631 --> 00:29:22,896
It's okay, Elena.
You do what you have to do.
415
00:29:25,303 --> 00:29:29,899
I just wanna let you know
that I still believe in us.
416
00:29:30,408 --> 00:29:32,740
And I'm not giving up on that.
417
00:29:36,515 --> 00:29:38,039
Matt.
418
00:29:41,586 --> 00:29:42,883
CAROLINE :
Hey, there you are.
419
00:29:43,054 --> 00:29:46,990
Have you been down to the falls yet?
Because they are really cool at night.
420
00:29:47,159 --> 00:29:50,458
And I can show you if you want.
421
00:29:50,662 --> 00:29:54,530
- I think you've had too much to drink.
- Well, of course I have.
422
00:29:55,033 --> 00:29:57,126
- So...
- Caroline.
423
00:29:57,435 --> 00:30:00,233
You and me, it's not gonna happen.
424
00:30:01,740 --> 00:30:03,401
I'm sorry.
425
00:30:11,283 --> 00:30:15,049
I was wondering who abducted you,
but now I know.
426
00:30:16,087 --> 00:30:18,180
She like that with all the guys?
427
00:30:18,356 --> 00:30:20,085
No. You're fresh meat.
428
00:30:20,258 --> 00:30:21,885
She'll back off eventually.
429
00:30:22,060 --> 00:30:23,687
(BOTTLES CLATTERING)
430
00:30:23,862 --> 00:30:26,695
- Oh, God, you gotta be kidding me.
STEFAN : What is it?
431
00:30:26,865 --> 00:30:29,026
ELENA : My brother.
STEFAN : The drunk one?
432
00:30:29,201 --> 00:30:31,032
That would be the one. Excuse me.
433
00:30:31,203 --> 00:30:34,001
- Need some help?
- You're not gonna wanna witness this.
434
00:30:34,172 --> 00:30:36,367
Jeremy.
435
00:30:36,608 --> 00:30:38,337
Jeremy.
436
00:30:38,510 --> 00:30:41,843
- Jeremy, where the hell are you going?
- I don't wanna hear it. Uhn!
437
00:30:44,149 --> 00:30:46,344
Vicki? No.
438
00:30:46,818 --> 00:30:48,786
- Oh, my God, it's Vicki.
- Oh, my God.
439
00:30:50,622 --> 00:30:52,021
JEREMY :
No.
440
00:30:54,459 --> 00:30:55,824
Somebody help!
441
00:30:56,027 --> 00:30:58,655
Vicki? Vicki, what the hell?
442
00:30:59,731 --> 00:31:01,392
- What happened?
- Call an ambulance.
443
00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:04,091
- Everybody back up. Give her space.
- It's her neck.
444
00:31:04,302 --> 00:31:06,702
Something bit her.
She's losing a lot of blood.
445
00:31:07,002 --> 00:31:09,732
MATT : Vicki, come on, open your eyes.
Look at me.
446
00:31:28,123 --> 00:31:29,354
ZACH : What's going on?
447
00:31:29,414 --> 00:31:32,320
STEFAN : Someone was attacked tonight,
Zach, and it wasn't me.
448
00:31:40,635 --> 00:31:42,125
(CROW CAWS)
449
00:31:55,383 --> 00:31:56,307
STEFAN : Damon.
450
00:31:59,421 --> 00:32:01,148
DAMON : Hello, brother.
451
00:32:08,663 --> 00:32:09,789
(CAWS)
452
00:32:09,964 --> 00:32:11,795
STEFAN : The crow's a bit much,
don't you think?
453
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,024
(CROW CAWS)
454
00:32:13,201 --> 00:32:15,226
DAMON : Wait till you see
what I can do with the fog.
455
00:32:16,604 --> 00:32:17,764
When did you get here?
456
00:32:17,939 --> 00:32:21,067
Well, I couldn't miss
your first day of school.
457
00:32:23,912 --> 00:32:27,075
Your hair's different. I like it.
458
00:32:27,248 --> 00:32:29,682
STEFAN : It's been 15 years, Damon.
459
00:32:29,884 --> 00:32:33,513
DAMON : Thank God. I couldn't take
another day of the '90s.
460
00:32:33,688 --> 00:32:36,282
That horrible grunge look...
461
00:32:36,458 --> 00:32:38,426
...did not suit you.
462
00:32:38,626 --> 00:32:41,186
Remember, Stefan,
it's important to stay away from fads.
463
00:32:41,362 --> 00:32:43,557
STEFAN : Why are you here?
464
00:32:44,099 --> 00:32:46,226
- I missed my little brother.
- You hate small towns.
465
00:32:46,434 --> 00:32:48,766
It's boring.
There's nothing for you to do.
466
00:32:49,571 --> 00:32:51,198
I've managed to keep myself busy.
467
00:32:51,372 --> 00:32:53,397
STEFAN : You know,
you left that girl alive tonight.
468
00:32:53,575 --> 00:32:55,270
That's very clumsy of you.
469
00:32:55,443 --> 00:32:57,411
DAMON : That could be a problem...
470
00:32:57,579 --> 00:32:58,841
...for you.
471
00:33:00,748 --> 00:33:02,613
STEFAN : Why are you here now?
472
00:33:03,451 --> 00:33:05,544
DAMON : I could ask you the same question.
473
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:07,745
However, I'm fairly certain...
474
00:33:07,922 --> 00:33:11,380
...your answer can be summed up
all into one little word:
475
00:33:11,593 --> 00:33:13,356
ELENA.
476
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:20,867
MAN :
Okay.
477
00:33:36,017 --> 00:33:37,143
(SIREN WAILS)
478
00:33:37,519 --> 00:33:40,511
BONNIE : Hey, we're gonna go mainline coffee
and wait for news.
479
00:33:42,590 --> 00:33:43,989
ELENA :I gotta take Jeremy home.
480
00:33:44,159 --> 00:33:47,959
BONNIE : Elena, there's no way I'm psychic.
481
00:33:48,129 --> 00:33:49,892
I know that.
482
00:33:50,598 --> 00:33:54,796
But whatever I saw,
or I think I saw...
483
00:33:55,303 --> 00:33:56,964
...I have this feeling...
484
00:33:58,606 --> 00:34:00,540
Bonnie, what?
485
00:34:03,611 --> 00:34:05,909
- That it's just the beginning.
486
00:34:08,516 --> 00:34:10,177
DAMON :
She took my breath away.
487
00:34:11,119 --> 00:34:12,484
Elena.
488
00:34:13,621 --> 00:34:15,521
She's a dead ringer for Katherine.
489
00:34:17,692 --> 00:34:21,389
Is it working, Stefan?
Being around her? Being in her world?
490
00:34:21,563 --> 00:34:24,430
- Does it make you feel alive?
- She's not Katherine.
491
00:34:24,632 --> 00:34:27,567
Well, let's hope not.
We both know how that ended.
492
00:34:29,003 --> 00:34:32,495
Tell me, when's the last time you had
something stronger than a squirrel?
493
00:34:33,641 --> 00:34:35,438
STEFAN : I know what you're doing, Damon.
it's not gonna work..
494
00:34:35,643 --> 00:34:37,304
Yeah? Don't you crave a little?
495
00:34:37,512 --> 00:34:39,480
- Stop it.
- Let's do it together.
496
00:34:40,081 --> 00:34:43,642
DAMON : I saw a couple girls out there. Or just...
Let's just cut to the chase.
497
00:34:43,851 --> 00:34:45,682
Let's just go straight for Elena.
498
00:34:45,853 --> 00:34:48,686
- Stop it!
- Imagine what her blood tastes like.
499
00:34:49,691 --> 00:34:50,988
I can.
500
00:34:51,192 --> 00:34:52,659
STEFAN : I said stop!
501
00:34:52,827 --> 00:34:54,488
(GROWLS)
502
00:35:00,134 --> 00:35:01,533
(GROANS)
503
00:35:07,041 --> 00:35:08,975
DAMON : I was impressed.
504
00:35:10,778 --> 00:35:14,509
I give it a six. You missed on style,
but I was pleasantly surprised.
505
00:35:17,252 --> 00:35:18,583
Very good
with the whole face...
506
00:35:18,753 --> 00:35:19,777
(IMITATES GROWLING)
507
00:35:19,954 --> 00:35:21,854
...thing. It was good.
508
00:35:22,023 --> 00:35:24,355
STEFAN : Yeah, it's all fun and games,
Damon, huh?
509
00:35:24,525 --> 00:35:26,425
But wherever you go, people die.
510
00:35:27,495 --> 00:35:29,395
- That's a given.
- Not here.
511
00:35:29,564 --> 00:35:31,122
I won't allow it.
512
00:35:32,100 --> 00:35:34,625
- I take that as an invitation.
- Damon, please.
513
00:35:34,869 --> 00:35:37,565
STEFAN : After all these years,
can't we just give it a rest?
514
00:35:37,739 --> 00:35:42,039
DAMON : I promised you an eternity of misery,
so I'm just keeping my word.
515
00:35:42,210 --> 00:35:44,610
STEFAN : Just stay away from Elena.
516
00:35:47,048 --> 00:35:49,141
DAMON : Where's your ring?
517
00:35:51,085 --> 00:35:54,384
Oh, yeah, the sun's coming up
in a couple hours...
518
00:35:54,555 --> 00:35:57,319
...and, poof, ashes to ashes.
519
00:36:00,061 --> 00:36:01,460
(CHUCKLES)
520
00:36:01,629 --> 00:36:03,256
Relax.
521
00:36:04,899 --> 00:36:06,958
It's right here.
522
00:36:20,281 --> 00:36:23,182
You should know better than to think
you're stronger than me.
523
00:36:23,351 --> 00:36:26,548
You lost that fight
when you stopped feeding on people.
524
00:36:27,121 --> 00:36:28,748
I wouldn't try it again.
525
00:36:32,060 --> 00:36:33,425
(THUMP)
526
00:36:33,928 --> 00:36:35,987
I think we woke Zach up.
527
00:36:37,432 --> 00:36:38,524
Sorry, Zach.
528
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,224
(DAMON WHISTLING)
529
00:36:51,512 --> 00:36:53,207
ELENA : You okay?
530
00:36:56,684 --> 00:36:59,312
I called Jenna. She's on her way.
531
00:37:02,357 --> 00:37:04,154
Those people in uniforms?
532
00:37:04,325 --> 00:37:07,123
Last time I checked,
they're the police.
533
00:37:14,335 --> 00:37:19,204
People are gonna stop
giving you breaks, Jer.
534
00:37:19,374 --> 00:37:21,968
They just don't care anymore.
535
00:37:22,477 --> 00:37:25,241
They don't remember
that our parents are dead.
536
00:37:25,413 --> 00:37:27,745
They've got their own lives
to deal with.
537
00:37:29,250 --> 00:37:31,878
The rest of the world has moved on.
538
00:37:32,987 --> 00:37:34,352
You should try too.
539
00:37:34,555 --> 00:37:37,046
JEREMY : I've seen you in the cemetery
writing in your diary.
540
00:37:37,225 --> 00:37:39,693
Is that supposed to be you
moving on?
541
00:37:43,898 --> 00:37:46,332
ELENA : Mom and Dad
wouldn't have wanted this.
542
00:37:54,041 --> 00:37:55,372
BONNIE : Are you sober yet?
543
00:37:57,745 --> 00:37:58,905
CAROLINE : Nope.
544
00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:02,516
Keep drinking. I gotta get you home.
I gotta get me home.
545
00:38:03,284 --> 00:38:04,911
CAROLINE : Why didn't he go for me?
546
00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:10,122
How come the guys that I want
never want me?
547
00:38:10,291 --> 00:38:12,953
- I'm not touching that.
- I'm inappropriate.
548
00:38:13,194 --> 00:38:15,924
I always say the wrong thing.
549
00:38:16,597 --> 00:38:21,057
And Elena always says the right thing.
550
00:38:21,769 --> 00:38:24,294
Ugh. She doesn't even try.
551
00:38:24,539 --> 00:38:28,566
And he just picks her. And she's always
the one that everyone picks...
552
00:38:28,743 --> 00:38:30,210
...for everything.
553
00:38:30,378 --> 00:38:35,111
And I try so hard...
554
00:38:35,883 --> 00:38:38,647
...and I'm never the one that...
555
00:38:38,820 --> 00:38:41,755
It's not a competition, Caroline.
556
00:38:45,893 --> 00:38:47,986
Yeah, it is.
557
00:39:12,353 --> 00:39:13,650
Hey.
558
00:39:13,855 --> 00:39:15,914
Hey. It's okay.
559
00:39:16,090 --> 00:39:18,581
- You're gonna be okay. Shh.
- Matt...
560
00:39:18,793 --> 00:39:22,490
Hey, don't try to talk, okay? You're fine.
561
00:39:24,699 --> 00:39:26,724
VICKI : Vampire.
562
00:39:35,309 --> 00:39:36,742
ELENA :
Dear diary...
563
00:39:38,012 --> 00:39:40,139
...I couldn't have been more wrong.
564
00:39:40,314 --> 00:39:43,841
I thought that I could smile
and nod my way through it.
565
00:39:44,018 --> 00:39:46,509
Pretend like it would all be okay.
566
00:39:52,560 --> 00:39:54,494
STEFAN :
I had a plan.
567
00:39:55,296 --> 00:39:57,958
I wanted to change who I was.
568
00:39:58,332 --> 00:40:00,960
Create a life as someone new.
569
00:40:01,569 --> 00:40:04,003
Someone without the past.
570
00:40:04,171 --> 00:40:06,298
ELENA :
Without the pain.
571
00:40:06,707 --> 00:40:08,834
ELENA AND STEFAN :
Someone alive.
572
00:40:12,713 --> 00:40:14,874
ELENA :
But it's not that easy.
573
00:40:15,516 --> 00:40:17,916
The bad things stay with you.
574
00:40:18,152 --> 00:40:20,086
STEFAN :
They follow you.
575
00:40:25,826 --> 00:40:27,987
You can't escape them...
576
00:40:28,429 --> 00:40:30,226
...as much as you want to.
577
00:40:47,181 --> 00:40:50,116
ELENA : All you can do is be ready
for the good...
578
00:40:50,318 --> 00:40:55,017
...so when it comes, you invite it in
because you need it.
579
00:40:56,390 --> 00:40:58,187
I need it.
580
00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:06,958
I know it's late...
581
00:41:10,037 --> 00:41:12,733
...but I needed to know
that you were okay.
582
00:41:12,907 --> 00:41:17,344
You know, for months,
that's all anyone's wondered about me...
583
00:41:17,845 --> 00:41:18,903
...if I'll be okay.
584
00:41:20,114 --> 00:41:21,138
What do you tell them?
585
00:41:23,451 --> 00:41:25,419
That I'll be fine.
586
00:41:26,420 --> 00:41:27,717
STEFAN : Do you ever mean it?
587
00:41:30,358 --> 00:41:32,292
ELENA : Ask me tomorrow.
588
00:41:36,297 --> 00:41:39,061
It's warmer in the house.
We can talk.
589
00:41:42,136 --> 00:41:43,398
Would you like to come in?
590
00:41:46,641 --> 00:41:47,869
STEFAN : Yes.