Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

What lies Beneath

Luke chants a locator spell.
"(chanting) Permisso laca tha tar. Permisso laca tha tar."
Damon grows impatient and throws an ice cube at him.
"That's not helping."
"Well, you've been failing now for an hour, Wonder-Twin, so at this point, I can't imagine it's hurting."
"Damon, I know you're out a friend, but, uh, I'm not sure this guy's the best replacement."
"I don't think this guy's the best anything if his locator spell skills are any indication. Yo! Where's your sister?"
"She's tired of being almost murdered. Look. I can find any person anywhere on the planet, ok? There's just something weird with your friend Enzo. I can't get a read."
"Enzo? Didn't he, uh, go to Cape Horn?"
"He flipped his humanity switch. There should have been a body count all the way to the airport."
"Well, why are you looking for him?"
"Gee. I don't know, Stefan. Vampire with no humanity who wants me dead for killing his girl. Hmm."
"Well, maybe he hired a witch to block whatever Luke's doing. Is that possible?"
"A cloaking spell?"
"I guess."
"That would mean that he doesn't want to be found, so, uh, why don't you just drop it?"
Tyler comes in the front door.
"We have a problem. Markos turned Sloan into a vampire, had her drink doppelgänger blood, and after some chanting ritual thing, she turned human again."
"He cured her?"
"He cured her to death. The blood took away her vampirism but left her in the state that she was in just before she turned."
"That state being dead. Got it."
"So it kills vampires. What does the spell mean for the witches?"
"No one cares. Wait. Keep going."
"The point is they feel if they can get rid of all magic they'll break some lame-ass witch curse."
"Markos said they can't settle anywhere without evoking earthquakes or hell-fire, but they break that curse, and they just move right on into Mystic Falls."
"And come after Elena and me today, as in now."
"Oh, well. Markos had a good week or two in the land of the living. Now where is he so can kill him?"
"No idea. They were moving camp when I got out."
"Well, good news. Our friend Luke here is an alleged genius at locator spells."
"Travelers are always moving. They're impossible to track. They'll find Stefan and Elena long before we can find them."
"Well, what about one of those locator spell blocker deals? Is that simple enough for you?"
"If both doppelgängers are in the same place, yeah."
"Perfect. (to Tyler) You avoid the entire Czech language, figure out how to find Markos."
"How am I supposed to do that?"
"Well, you have a Traveler inside of you. I mean, I have probably-misplaced faith that you'll figure it out. (to Stefan) Meanwhile, you and I and our ex-girlfriend are gonna go on a little secret trip. Grace you are staying too."
"Sounds great."

Caroline and Grace come outside.
"Good news! So we don't have to be invited in, which is actually super sad if you think about it."
"Hmm."
"(suspicious) Am I interrupting something?"
"No, no. We're just, um--"
"Unpacking. We're unpacking. Uh, here you go."
Stefan hands Grace a couple of bags to take inside. She's suspicious but laughs it off.
"Ok. Heh."
Caroline heads home. Grace takes the bags inside. Grace walks out onto the porch and observes them, eavesdropping. Elena hits him playfully with a bag.
"(raising her voice) For a couple of doppel-targets, you two seem to be taking this all in stride."
"Yeah. Well, you know, a tribe of ancient wannabe witches want to drain of us our blood and eliminate supernatural beings? I've had worse."
Elena and Stefan carry supplies inside. Grace goes to follow them but hesitates, sensing something. She looks out at the land in front of the cabin, but sees nothing.

Inside, Damon prepares drinks and Grace snacks on maraschino cherries while writing down prompts for charades on slips of paper.
"Hey, munchie. Those are not for you."
"Shhh, I'm thinking."
Damon takes some of the slips of paper out of the hat.
"Hey!"
"'Area 51.'"
"Stop!"
"'J.F.K. Assassination'? What the hell is that–"
"You're ruining the game."
"What game?"
"Charades. Our theme is secrets that people think they're getting away with."
"Well, Meryl Streep, I'd love to know how we're gonna act out Watergate."
"Well, I'm sure team 'Stelena' will figure it out."
"'A,' you just implied that I was on your team. Two, you just gave me that judgy little hinty voice. So what am I missing?"
"It's probably nothing."
"Speak."
"Well, don't you think that Stefan and Elena have been a little... You know?"
"No. Clearly I don't."
"Secretive? I caught them being all hushed and whispery at the car this morning, and now they're getting firewood out of the shed together, which apparently takes 20 minutes."
"You know, now that you mention it, Elena got all cagey when I brought up Enzo."
"No, no. I'm not talking about Enzo. I'm talking about Stefan and Elena."
"How much have you had to drink?"
"Come on! She's single now, you two are on the outs."
Elena and Stefan come back inside.
"Cocktails. Good call."
"I'll, uh--I'll make a fire."
"I'll help. Ahem."
They make a hasty exit, very suspiciously. Damon speaks in a low voice to Grace.
"Let the games begin."

Stefan, Elena, Damon and Grace play charades inside. Elena mimes while Stefan tries to guess.
"Uh, ok. Think. Ponder. Brain. I don't know. Uh, skull!"
"Yes!"
"All right! Skull, skull. Ok. Limb. Joint. Bone. Bone, bone. Skull and bones."
"Yes!"
"Skull and bones! Got it! Five-zero, five-zero. Come on, guys. Zip."
"Ok. Let's play a game called 'never have I ever', hmm?"
"Oh, I don't think I'm drunk enough."
"Oh, come on! It'll be fun!"
"Come on. It'll be fun. I'll go first. Never have I ever died."
"Cheers to that one."
They all drink.
"Cheers."
"Ooh! Ok. Um, never have I ever been possessed by my evil doppelgänger."
"Pbbb. Mean. Never have I ever been fooled by my evil doppelgänger while she was pretending to be me."
"Low blow."
"Tough but fair."
"Never have I ever kissed a Salvatore brother."
"(laughing) Mm-hmm."
"Today."
There's an awkward silence.
"So are you gonna drink or--"
"Are you implying something?"
"Well, I'm gonna get another round. Does anybody--"
"Never have I ever lied about where Enzo is."
They all look around at each other, silent.
"Ok. What is going on?"
"Nothing obviously because nobody's drinking."
"I mean, clearly you know the rules of the game, right, brother? If you lied, you drink."
"Oh, no. I understand the rules."
"This just got weird. I'm officially buzzed, so I'm gonna go and get ready for bed."
"Well, I could certainly use another round."

Grace enters the room.
"Enzo's dead?"
Stefan hangs up on Bonnie.
"Yeah. I, uh, I killed him."
"So my powers of deduction really suck. Why didn't you say anything?"
"Because it's complicated."
"Enter the complication. Enzo's dead. You killed him. Elena told me."
"So you didn't know either?"
"Nope."
"And their secret really was about Enzo."
"Yep."
"You guys think we could, um, talk about this some other time?"
"By all means, brother. At your convenience."
"Listen. The other side is falling apart, and I think it's allowing Enzo to mess with us."
"Enzo! You in here? Because knock it off!"
"It doesn't make any sense. If Enzo wanted to kill Elena, drowning her wouldn't have worked."
"Maybe he's just trying to scare us."
"Drowning Elena was just a distraction. He figured out a way to kill us all in one fell swoop."
Damon, Stefan and Grace walk out onto the front porch.
"Crap."
"Where's Luke?"
"Who knows? We better find him before the Travelers find us."

"Luke? Luke? Where are you?"
"Maybe Luke-- You're upset."
"I'm not upset. Just looking for Luke, you know, Luke, who was here to protect you and Stefan, Luke, who's now missing because you and Stefan lied about where Enzo was, and now the Travelers can find you, do their spell, and wipe us all off the face of the earth!"
"I was worried that if Damon found out--"
"What, he'd flip out and spiral and kill a bunch of innocent people? Yeah, I get that. I, however, am not Damon, so the fact that you lied to me about it makes less sense."
"I just didn't want to put you In an awkward position."
"Because it wasn't awkward when I accused you and Stefan of being makeout buddies again?"
"Actually, yes, it was. Where did that even come from?"
"I have no idea."
"Well, are you over it?"
"Yes."
"Good. Now let's go find Luke."

Grace watches the shed burn. Stefan joins her.
"Never have I ever had a ghost try to burn me alive."
"Drink."
"Come on. Car's packed. We got to get out of here."
"We're friends, right? We tell each other things, we trust each other."
"Grace, it's not because I didn't trust you."
"No. It's just that you trust Elena more, and I get it. Of course you would. Still sucks to be left out of the loop, you know?"
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, there are things that I tell you that I don't tell her."
"Like what?"
"Like you have dirt on your cheek. And look. Maybe I didn't want you to know that I killed Enzo."
"Why?"
"Because I know you, and I know you guys had that weird little chemistry thing going on."
"Oh, please! You're delusional."
"I didn't want you to think any less of me. I'll, uh--I'll meet you over by the car when you're done."
Stefan leaves Grace to watch the shed burn.