Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

Stand By Me

"How'd this happen?"
"It was Katherine. She must have been following us this whole time."
"What about the cure, or Silas?"
"If there was anything in there at all, it's all gone."
"Where the hell is Bonnie?"
"I have no idea. She went looking for Jeremy last night. She never came back. Damon, Elena is in there waiting for the Gilbert ring to bring Jeremy back to life."
"Okay, fine. I'll wait with her."
Damon starts walking toward the well opening but Stefan puts up a hand to stop him.
"Damon, listen to me. Jeremy was one of the Five, a hunter."
"He's supernatural."
"The ring won't work anymore. [pauses] She won't survive this. I'll find Bonnie. You get Elena off this island."

Caroline is scrubbing the floor when the door opens and Elena walks in, Stefan behind her carrying Jeremy's body. Grace walks over.
"[standing] Hey, you're home. I was trying to clean the burn mark where Kol-- [She sees Stefan carrying Jeremy, his body wrapped in a blanket] I couldn't get the spot out."
Grace shakes her head a little at Caroline.
"Come on. Let's get him upstairs."
Stefan follows Elena while Caroline stands immobile, shocked. 

 Downstairs in the kitchen, Caroline is dumping a bucket of water into the sink and talking to Stefan and Grace.
"How long has she been like that?"
"Ever since we found his body. She hasn't said anything except that she's waiting for him to wake up."
"But he's not going to wake up. She knows that, right?"
Stefan holds a finger up to his lips to silence her. He walks over to the sink and runs the tap, using the noise to cover their conversation.
"Look. Deep down, I think she has to, but we're talking about Elena here. She feels grief more powerfully than anyone else. I think her denial is the one thing protecting her from letting it all in."
"But she can't stay like that forever."
"I know, but I don't want to be the one to break her out of it, not until we know that Bonnie is safe, not until we get Damon over here to, you know--"
"Use the sire bond to convince her that everything is okay?"
Stefan nods but then Elena joins them in the kitchen.
"I'm not in denial. [Stefan turns off the tap.] I know that he was supernatural, but did you see? His tattoo is gone. The tattoo had the spell that opened Silas' chamber. Maybe it being gone means that he's fulfilled his supernatural destiny. Maybe he's back to normal. It's possible, right?"
"Elena--"
"It's possible, Caroline. There's a chance. It may be miniscule, but it's hope and I'm gonna hold on to that hope with everything that I've got because there's no way that m-- [she pauses] There's absolutely no way that my brother is dead. [she nods and shakes her head a bit] I'm not in denial."
She turns and leaves the kitchen. Caroline, Grace and Stefan share a look. A little while later, Caroline is on the front porch, talking on her cell phone.
"Hey. I know that I'm not supposed to be calling, but something happened, and I need to talk to you, Tyler. So please call me. [she hangs up.]"
"[joining her] Do you know where he is?"
"As far away from Klaus as he can get. Klaus said he wouldn't stop until he found him."
"Well, Katherine's been running from Klaus for 500 years. It's not easy, but it's possible. It's probably why she stole the cure. She wants to bargain for her freedom."
"I just can't believe after all that, the cure is just gone."
"Yeah. I mean, talk about denial. In my head, I was thinking there was no way Elena was gonna stay a vampire forever...And now without any family."
"Well, we can't think about that right now. We need to make plans, lists. We need a funeral or a cover story, or a funeral and a cover story. I should go tell my mom. I guess she'll know what to do."
"We should get Matt over here."
"You're right. I will do that. I will call Matt, and then I will go tell my mom, and then I will make a list or a casserole or-- I don't know-- whatever people are supposed to do or make in these situations. [she pauses] What's that smell?"
Stefan looks inside through the open front door. Caroline looks like she already knows the answer.
"It's his body."
"He's starting to decompose. Tell your mom to get Dr. Fell over here."
"I'll go with Caroline."

It's night-time. Caroline and Grace are  in her car, talking on her phone. As she's talking they get out and walk round to stand in front of the Gilbert house.
"Tyler, it's me again. So I was thinking about it, and you probably ditched your phone, which is the smartest thing that you could do. So I don't know when you're gonna get this, but things were looking kind of bleak for a minute, and-- I don't know-- maybe they're starting to turn around. So when you get this, call me back, and I'll tell you everything."
She hangs up as Damon's car pulls up and Bonnie gets out of the passenger side. Grace and Caroline run to give Bonnie a hug.
"[sighing] Thank god. We were so, so worried. [They hug.]"
"I'm okay."
"Could you get Stefan out here?"
"They said that she knows what to do."
"[sounding serious, not hopeful like everyone else] Caroline, I need to talk to my brother."
"What's wrong?"
Damon's eyes move slightly to gesture at Bonnie.