Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

Dead Man on Campus

The door opens and Caroline, Grace and Elena enter.
"Oh, here they are. Hey, guys! Say hi to my mom! [Caroline, Grace and Elena get excited and wave to the camera.] They're planning me a welcome party. Just something, just low-key. I miss you. Please come visit when you get a chance. I'll, um, talk to you soon. Bye! [plants a kiss on the screen with her hand.]"
"(mimicking Bonnie) 'By the way, Mom, I'm not a witch anymore, because I died and then came back from the Other Side.'"
"'Yeah, I'm this supernatural anchor that connects the two worlds together, so...'"
"'Technically, I'm a ghost, that people can still see, and touch, so...'"
"Okay, so I left out a detail...or two. I'll explain when she visits. How big is this party going to be?"
"Well, let's see. Silas and Tessa are gone, and you finally aren't."
"Which equals a massive cause for celebration!"
"Which equals a massive party. Hopefully. I mean, since each of us have only made one friend in college so far."
"And given that mine went radio silent after he kissed me, and yours was last seen at a tea party for a vampire-hating secret society. And Caroline's left."
"Hmm...Augustine, right? The one who covered up your roommate's death and wants you kicked off from campus."
All girls give her a look.
"What? I've kept up! The Other Side is boring. What else am I supposed to do?"
"All right. So, Augustine wants us gone. Who cares? It doesn't matter. It's not gonna happen. We're moving on with our lives, together, as functional vampires, [points at Grace] Heretic—[pointing towards Bonnie]—a former witch, anchor-thing. I don't know. [They laugh] And we have a party."
"With Jell-O shots."
"[Looking at her cellphone] Oh, shoot. Um, I have to go register for classes."
Caroline, Grace and Elena share a look.
"What??"
"(Caroline, Grace and Elena): Nothing."
Bonnie turns around smiling.
"[in a low voice] Have fun registering."
Caroline, Grace and Elena tease Bonnie, acting like they are making out.
"Oh, my God! Oh, my God!"
Bonnie leaves.

Grace, Elena and Caroline are getting ready for the party.
"I...uh...handed out all of the flyers. Oh, and Damon said he was going to try to bring Stefan."
"Funny. That sentiment implies that Damon is actually coming."
Grace's phone rings. Elena picks it up.
"Hmm. Maybe a call from a mysteriously hot biology TA will help?"
She hands the phone to Grace, who proceeds to answer it.
"(to Jesse) Well look who rose from the dead."
"I need your help."
"What happened, Jesse?"
"Just come to my room, please."
"Okay...I'm coming, but what's going on?"
"It's a long story. My roomate's going to be home."
Grace leaves the room without telling Elena or Caroline what's going on.

Jesse bites hard into Aaron's neck, before Grace enters the room and shoves Jesse away from him. Aaron falls to the ground unconscious.
"Oh, my God!"
She looks at Aaron on the floor, before pushing Jesse against a wall. She once again peers at Aaron.
"Who the hell turned you into a vampire?"
The next scene begins slightly after the last one ended. Caroline and Jesse are discussing Jesse's time with Dr. Maxfield. Aaron is still unconscious but now lying on a sofa.
"It was torture. I was in a cell all day at at night, he would take me out and do experiments on me."
"What kind of experiments?"
"I don't know. He would starve me and then inject me with some weird blood. What am I supposed to tell my parents? They left me all of these messages. They're wondering where the hell I am."
"You're going to call them and tell them that you lost your phone, but you're okay. Where's Wes now?"
"I locked him in his lab after I attacked him. Honestly, the whole escape was kind of a blur. I wasn't exactly in my right mind."
"Well, you're new and you're hungry."
Elena and Caroline enter the room.
"Not for long."
"We brought our stash."
Elena opens up a small cooler full of blood bags. She takes one out and hands it to Jesse.
"How are you doing?"
"Our stash? You're a vampires too?"
"You say it like it's a bad thing."
"First rule of being a vampire is realizing how awesome you are."
Jesse opens the blood bag and starts drinking from it.
"How's he doing?"
"He's alright. He's alive."
Elena approaches Aaron. She begins to bite her wrist to give him her blood.
"Elena, wait. I was thinking that Jesse could do it. [to Jesse] You're a vampire now. You may have hurt him, but you can also heal him with your blood."
Grace grabs Jesse's arm, biting into him. She guides Jesse over to Aaron and feeds him his blood, watching as Aaron begins to awake - with his neck wound closing up.
"Holy crap. That is insane."
"(to Caroline)You want to teach him about compulsion? [Caroline smiles at Grace.]

Elena is at a table in another part of the room. She's manning the punch bowl. Grace and Caroline walk over.
"You been keeping an eye on Jesse?"
"Yep. I've been teaching him the art of sublimating vampire hunger via grain alcohol."
"And I sent Damon to question Wes."
"You realize that Damon's going to kill Wes, right?"
"He's not going to kill him. He's getting information."
"You realize you're wrong, right?"
"Okay. Look. I know you're not crazy about Damon and I being together--"
"No. No. It's fine. I'm fine with you two being together, as long as you can acknowledge the kind of person you are with."

At another area of the room, Grace is dancing with Jesse. She caresses his hand with hers.
"That feels amazing."
"That's one of the other fun side effects. Everything is heightened."
"So, that feeling never goes away?"
"Nope."

Jesse is about to kiss Grace but he pulls back.
"What?"
"Last time I kissed you, you got all weird, and it was awkward, and--"
Grace interrupts Jesse by grabbing him by the neck and kissing him long and hard.

Back at the party, Jesse is kissing Grace's neck, then he starts kissing her but he vamps out and bites her on the lip
"Ow! You bit me."
Jesse turns away from her, still vamped out, veins creeped up his red eyes. He controls it down.
"Hey. You okay?"
"Yeah. I just got to get out of here."
"Jesse..."

She stand up. Grace meets her.
"Hey. Have you seen Jesse?"
"No."
Elena tries to go around Grace.
"Wait. Where are you going?"
"To call Damon, to make sure that he doesn't kill Dr. Wes."

Elena super speeds to grab a wooden piece from the broken door on the floor and stabs Jesse in the back at the same time as Grace walks in.
"No! No!"
Elena looks back at Grace and kind of regrets what she's done. Jesse falls on the floor and Grace goes to help him. Elena goes to help Damon.
"No, Jesse! Jesse, come here. Hold on. Hold on. Just stay with me, please. Jesse, just stay with me, please. [Grace has Jesse's head on her lap. He dies.] No. [Grace is upset and looks at Elena.] What did you do?"
"He was gonna kill Damon--"
"But we promised that we would help him."
"She didn't have a choice, all right? Once he had the taste of vampire blood, there was nothing stopping him. Go ask Dr. Frankenstein. I'll go deal with him. [He lets go of Elena and heads back into the lab.] Ugh!"
Elena turns to Grace.
"Grace, I'm so sorry. I--"
"Yeah. Me, too. Because the Elena that I used to know would have given Jesse a chance."
Elena looks hurt.

Grace, Elena and Caroline are cleaning up after the party.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said earlier. It was out of line. It just sucks, you know, cause Jesse was one of the good ones."
"I know, and I wouldn't have killed him if I could have done something. He was dangerous. I need you to believe that. [Grace doesn't respond and keeps on cleaning up.] I need you to believe me when I tell you that Grace."
"I believe you, okay? I believe you want to celebrate the fact that we can go to school and function like regular freshmen. I get that. I want that, too, but, Elena, when are you gonna figure out that the outside world is not nearly as dangerous as the person you're inviting into your own bedroom?"
"[sarcastically] Wow! Why don't you tell me how you really feel?"
"The day that I stop telling you is the day that we're no longer best friends, and I hope that day never comes."
Grace walks away.