may could hear enzo groaning in the backseat. he'd finally woken up.
"what-what have you done?" enzo asked her.
"i did what i needed, for once." may said, looking ahead at the road.
"stop driving." enzo told her.
"no way. i'm gonna get you as far away from her as i can." may told him.
"may, stop the car." enzo said before he started groaning.
may saw him holding his head and his nose started to bleed.
"i have to get out." enzo told her.
"what's going on?" may asked him.
"i'm too far away from her. she's trying to pull me back in. we need to turn around right now! now!" enzo told her.
may pulled the car over, letting enzo get out. she followed behind him.
"hey, hey. hey. hey, you're gonna be okay." may said, putting her hands on his shoulders.
"it's not that simple. my mind is bonded to hers. she's gone on the attack. tightening her hold." enzo explained.
"then we'll break you free." may told him.
"there is no breaking free. there's no escaping her reach. every moment we spend together is another moment she could discover how i feel about you." enzo said, looking into her eyes.
"i can't let you out of my sight. i can't lose you again." may said before enzo held her hand.
"you never lost me, mabel wilkins." enzo told her.
"please stay with me." may begged him.
"i can't put you in any more danger. you have to let me go. i know you know what that's like, you have to let me go. you have to." enzo told her.
may looked down. she knew how he felt, she left him when he was still human because she was scared to put him in danger.
"look, if you're gonna leave, then leave. i'm not gonna watch you." may said before she started to walk away.
she felt enzo grab her arm and pull her towards him before smashing his lips onto hers. they started kissing and when they finally pulled away, may was staring into his eyes.
"know this, love. i will never stop fighting. i will brave the oceans and sail past the sirens to find my way back to you." enzo said, making may tear up.
enzo saw the sadness in her face and they leaned back in for another kiss. the two of them felt their hearts breaking a little more.
they loved each other deeply. may felt herself fall completely and madly in love with enzo. she was all in with him, she would fight until her last breath to be with him.
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may let enzo go and she went back to the apartment. she saw caroline walk up to the car, she looked angry.
"i know i screwed up by taking enzo." may said, caroline shock her head.
"at least we know he's safe." caroline said making may's face drop.
"he's not. i, uh... i couldn't break him away from the siren's mind control, and i had to let him go back to her." may said.
"so this was all for nothing? we needed you here." caroline told her.
"and i needed to rescue my boyfriend." may argued.
"yeah, but we had a plan." caroline replied back.
"i had a plan, too. i had a plan to spend the rest of my life with enzo and come home to him every night. i had a plan to live the kind of life that you and stefan are living right now." may told her.
"so is that what made you go rogue? the fact that stefan and i are happy?" caroline asked her.
"no, caroline. i'm happy for the two of you. i am. but when i see everything that you have... your home, your boyfriend, your kids, your life... it makes me feel so alone that i want to die. i've been feeding on people since i lost him, which is something i haven't done in decades." may said before she sat down beside the car.
"is that how you really feel?" caroline asked her.
"trust me, i hate myself for it, but, yes." may told her.
"you're not alone, may. oh, my god. i'm so sorry. i should have thought about what this was like for you. i've been a terrible friend. look, i know that i've been distracted, but i am here for you always, no matter what else happens in my life. i am here for you whatever you need, even if it's just to rage at me and scream at me." caroline replied before pulling may into a hug.
"none of this is your fault, caroline." may reassured her.
"except i was so caught up in my own drama, i didn't even realize what this was doing to you. i swear to you, we are going to save enzo together, and then, we are going to go back to our normal, crazy, mutually awesome lives. your happiness is a part of my happiness, always. i'm gonna fix this. for us." caroline said making may tear up.
"thank you." may said before pulling caroline back in for a hug.
"caroline." they heard stefan say.
bonnie got out of the car, seeing the look on stefan's face.
"is sarah safe?" bonnie asked him.
stefan didn't even have to say anything, the look on his face said it all. she was dead.
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caroline brought may and bonnie back home. after dropping off bonnie, she looked over at may.
"are you gonna be okay?" caroline asked her, may let out a sigh.
"i think so. i honestly just want to crawl into bed. don't worry about me." may replied with a weak smile.
"may, earlier you said you've been feeding on people. if you ever need someone to help you with that, remember i'm always here for you. i mean, honestly you have been so good at that all these years, i doubt you even need my help." caroline said.
"thank you, caroline. i'll call you if i need anything." may said before she went to the cabin to call it a night.
