Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

I'll Remember

Rick is teaching a class at Whitmore, which Elena, Grace and Liv happen to be in.
"(writing on the blackboard in front of class) Occult: the word in its literal translation means hidden."
Instead of following along with the lecture, Elena and Grace have their notebooks laid up in front of their faces while they drink from cups.
"Therefore, the study of the occult..."
Alaric becomes flustered.
"Uh.. Therefore, the study of the occult is the study of the hidden knowledge. Today, we're going to discuss it and how it relates to resurrection."
From the front row, Liv snickers.
"Is there something funny, Liv?"
"Uhh. More like ironic, but okay..."
Suddenly a late and sweaty Tyler runs into the room.
"Ah. Mr. Lockwood.. How generous of the squad to lend you to us."
"Sorry I'm late."
Tyler sits next to Liv.
"Typically not all occult groups held a consensus on the topic. Apostles, Athanasian Creeds Tertullian and the western church were inclined to believe in resurrection of the flesh, whereas the Gnostics held the firm belief that resurrection existed only in a spiritual sense. (He turns back to his students and whispers so only Elena and Grace can hear him thanks to their vampire hearing) Elena, Grace, you know I can smell that, right? (They startle and stop drinking blood from a bottle) I'm teaching a class full of kids who all look like blood sausages to me. Now, put that away."
"(whispering, in sync) Sorry."
"Uh, whereas others like the early church Fathers..."

Grace and Caroline walk in and comes over to Alaric's table. They put three books on the table and sits opposite Mr. Saltzman
"(surprised) You already read all that?"
"Cover to cover, with no mention on how to undo an anti-magic force-field. And if I'm going to single-handedly take back our town, I'm gonna need a little bit more to go on."
"Got it. All right, well. (he draws a book) I brought 'Ancient Witchcraft, volume two'."
"I read it."
"How about 'The Art of Hexing' and 'Elements of Magic'?"
Caroline takes one of the books from Alaric.
"Fine. Thank you."
"So... how's Stefan?"
"He's ok."
Grace smiles awkwardly.
"How often do you talk to him?"
"I don't know. Couple times a week."
"Oh, huh."
"I'm gonna go out on a limb here, Grace. Is something bothering you?"
"He didn't say goodbye. Damon and Bonnie died and he just left. No phone calls, no e-mails. Just disappeared into thin air. And I haven't heard from him in months. I actually convinced myself he was in some remote mountain region and couldn't accept my calls."
"Or maybe he just doesn't want to bother you with every half-lead that goes nowhere."
"Or maybe I just need to get over it."
"Thanks for the books."

Caroline and Grace go out as Alaric smiles sadly.

Caroline and Grace show up.
"Oh, my god! What are you--"
"Caroline. Grace. It's not--"
Sarah starts running away.
"No!"
Elena reaches the border of Mystic Falls and her arm burns in the sunlight; Sarah gets away.
"What did you do? Why the hell are you feeding on people?"
"It's fine. I've compelled everyone else."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hang on. So you're the border-lurker?"
"The what?"
"Yeah, did you know my mom's been out looking for a vampire prowler?"
"The herbs... Luke's been giving me. They make me so thirsty. (turns away from Caroline) I am not thinking straight."
"Whoa, what herbs?"
"They make me see Damon. (turns to Grace) I can talk to him, and, and I can be with him, and -"
"God, is this what you've been doing this whole time? Hallucinating your dead boyfriend?"
"I tried to grieve him, Caroline. Trust me, I know grief. I've got grieving down to a science at this point, and I tried. But every time I let it sink in that I'm never gonna see him again, I feel like I'm gonna die."
"Oh God, I get it okay? I do. But, there are better ways to get through this."
"Like what? Like dropping out of school and having picnics with my mom, near the town border? Or maybe I could pull a Stefan and bounce from country to country, chasing some false hope that we're gonna find a way to bring Damon and Bonnie back. We're all getting through it. This is me, getting through it, okay?"
"Yeah but you're not getting through it, Elena. You're just pressing pause. (sighs) Look, I'll call my mom and she can fix all this. But you need to get out of here, go hide, okay? So just... go."

 "Where are you? The game's gonna start in, like, 15 minutes."
"Do you know Elena has some witchy drug problem? Yeah, Luke Parker has been feeding her some concoction that allows her to hallucinate Damon."
"Whoa. Slow down, what?"
"It gets her all bloodlusty and confused. She nearly killed a girl today."
"This makes no sense."
"Yeah, well, neither did the fact that she got over Damon so quickly when he died. Now it's crystal clear. She hasn't. She's living in a fantasy land."
"(worried) Is she ok?"
"She's a mess. And as long as Luke keeps playing witch doctor, she's not going to get any better."
"Let me deal with him."
Tyler hangs up and is looks angry.

Sarah turns back in order to run but Caroline and Grace appear in front of her.
"(in sync) That's probably wise."

"(voice recording)It's Stefan. Leave a message."
"Hey. It's me. Just leaving another message about how today was not a good day. Everyone drifted apart. It's like everyone's pretending they can get through this alone. Elena's gone and I think she's so scared to accept what happened that she's become a completely different person. And if you ask me, Tyler's just hiding at Whitmore, pretending everything's fine as if he can outrun his werewolf gene or something. And Matt and Jeremy never leave Mystic Falls anymore. There's an invisible wall standing between us and them and nobody's doing anything about it. Part of me wonders if they hope we never find a way back in. Caroline is hiding just outside the boarder. And then there's me, just sitting in a diner on the border of town looking for a way to get our home back. We just lost two of our closest friends. We need each other. We need to be together, Stefan, or pretty soon we're just gonna end up pictures in a yearbook in a drawer somewhere, and so, that is why I am not going to stop calling you until you pick up the phone and I hear your voice and you tell me that you are going to help me fix it. Because I am not going to give up on us. I miss you Stefan you were here for me and just vanished."