Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

A Bird in a Gilded Cage

(Caroline left town to give Grace space alone with Stefan. Also this is the first time Grace has had it off and not just been taken over with Darkness) 

Grace is cleaning up from her fight with Stefan the night before when Enzo walks in.
"A hard knock life, isn't it?"
"Don't walk there. Ugh! (She grabs a mop) I just washed that."
"My apologies, Cinderella. What are you doing?"
"Stefan and I had a moment. Things broke in the process, and now I'm returning the Scull Bar to the way we found it."
"Uh, the whole point of flipping your humanity switch is that you don't care how you leave things."
"(sighs) I go to school here, Enzo. I want to keep going to school here, and the second that I draw any suspicions -- break-ins, broken property, dead bodies -- people will try to interrupt my routine. Then I will end up rotting in a cell somewhere instead of what I should be doing, which is preparing for my audition tomorrow."
" You, Grace Branson, vampire without humanity, auditioning for the school play?"
"Musical. And obviously, duh. I'm a music major. And what are you doing here?"
"Find my Phone led me here, though it didn't explain why your sticky little fingers needed it last night."
"Because you're the only one with Sarah Salvatore's phone number."
"(confused) Why'd you need Sarah's number?"
"To use her life as leverage to convince Stefan to shut his humanity switch off too."
"(concerned) That's both clever and deeply unsettling. Tell me she's still alive."
"She's alive, assuming she survived any infections resulting from Liam's amateur surgery."
"(realizes his revenge plan won't work) Which means Stefan's humanity's a thing of the past."
"Like I said, I will stop at nothing to maintain my routine, so I suggest that you stay away. Now if you don't mind, (She hands Enzo the mop) I need to prepare for my audition."
Grace leaves and Enzo turn around, contemplating a solution.

Grace is auditioning in front of the director, who is taking notes.
"(sings) ♪Maybe there's somewhere, a lesson to learn. But that wouldn't change the fact, that wouldn't speed the time. Once the foundation's cracked, and I'm still hurting.♪ (She wipes a fake tear off her cheek and turns off the music) Hello? Pretty sure I crushed that."
Suddenly, the director's head falls off, revealing that Stefan is sitting behind him. He slow claps as Grace shields her eyes from the light to see who it is.
"Moving. Truly. Although it did lack a certain, um, authenticity."
"What the hell are you doing? That was the director!"
"And you are a vampire without humanity, singing about heartbreak."
"It's a performance, Stefan. I've acted all my life."
As Stefan speaks, he gets up and walks down the stairs toward the stage.
"It sure is, Grace. Especially this carefully crafted good student routine, straight and narrow, anything to keep you from making a mistake you might regret one year from now when you flip your switch back on. Oh, except the whole ruining my life part."
"Well, if your humanity's off, then you shouldn't really care how I deal."
"No, no, no. See, that's where you're wrong. Because, like you, I'm prone to doing bad things when my humanity is off, but unlike you, I don't have an elaborate system to keep me in check."
"Well that's not my problem."
"Well, I'm making it your problem. If my life is gonna fall apart when my humanity starts flooding back, then so is yours. When I'm done with you, you'll be drowning in mistakes."
"(walks toward Stefan and looks at him incredulously) This is seriously about revenge?"
"Yes, it is. And this? (He holds up his hands, which are covered in blood) This is a control freak's worst nightmare. This is me undoing your routine. This is me... (Stefan wipes blood onto Grace's lips, causing her face to vamp out) forcing you to let go, one day at a time, until you break."
He leaves the auditorium.

Stefan is walking over to his motorcycle. He takes his helmet and gets on, but it falls apart. He looks in confusion and Grace walks out.
"Oh, shoot. Is your bike okay? (Stefan gets off) Do you need money for the bus?"
"Seriously?"
"I just had to stuff the director's body into a furnace. Do you know how hard it was to get an audition during spring break?"
"Oh, come on. It was easy for you, Grace. All you had to do was shed some tears about your mom's funeral, play the cancer card, and boom -- your precious routine is back on track. (He kneels to put his bike back together) Am I wrong?"
"This is your only warning. Go away."
"Neat, organized Grace. Staying within the lines. Good at control, terrible at revenge."
"I dismantled your bike."
"I tore your director's head off with my teeth. Oh, my God. Grace, literally just unbolted this damn thing? I mean, it's gonna take me, what, ten minutes to put this back together? You are an embarrassment to humanity-free vampires everywhere."
Grace walks over to punch a hole in the gas tank before she walks away.