Surprising Lover (TVDxOC) (Complete)

I Never Could Love Like That

He shakes his head in disappointment just as Grace appears on the steps to the upper level, looking offended.
"[scoffs] Are you booing me?"
"Boo!"
"[indignant] I scared him! [She turns to the bartender] I scared you, right? With the whole chair-flipping, and the bottle thing?"
Stefan shrugs, not at all impressed by her efforts.
"[scared] Who are you people?"
"Oh! I'm Grace-- [She gestures to Stefan, who waves to him]-- This is Stefan. [She points to Chris' body] And that? Mmm... was delicious. [She turns to Stefan] Taste!"
Stefan goes over to Chris' body and tastes his blood.
"[happily] Mmm!"
" ...What's going on?"
"Well, Grace and I had a little bet that she would scare you to death."
"[interrupts him] --Like, literally scare you to death."
"But, you have to understand-- this is her first time messing with somebody, so she didn't realize the whole "dead body shock-drop"-thing is a complete cliché."
"[angrily] Cliché? This guy was my friend!"
"Well, then why aren't you freaking out? A panic attack? A heart attack? Come on, give me something."
The bartender does start to freak out, to the point that he tries to run away, but Grace vamp-speeds over to him and blocks his path, staring him deeply in the eyes as she does so.
"[compels him] I don't think you heard me. You're having a heart attack!"
"[scoffs] What are you...? [He starts to groan and cough painfully] My... my chest. What's happening?"
The sound of his rapidly beating heart becomes louder and louder
"[drolly] She's cheating. That's what's happening."
[gasps] Please, help me."
"[sighs] Alright, just relax. It's mental. You only think you're having a heart attack."
"[mockingly] Now your throat's tightening! [She grabs her own throat and fake coughs as the bartender grabs his throat and gags] You can't breathe!"
Grace giggles gleefully as the bartender falls to his knees and gasps desperately for breath.
"Oh, my God! Are those spiders all over your body?"
The man moans in agony as he starts rolling all over the floor, and Stefan sighs exasperatedly. After a long moment, the bartender's heart stops beating, and he finally dies.
"[happily] Hmm, look at that! I won! Poor guy was so scared that he died of a heart attack."
"[indignant] No, that's not fair! Technically, he died of a loophole."
"A win is a win. So, you know what we do now?"
"[sighs and grumbles] Yes, unfortunately I do... Karaoke."
Rock music starts to play, and Grace smiles and raises her eyebrows suggestively as Caroline enters.

Grace and Stefan are still at the bar so that Grace can have the karaoke day that she wanted. She's on the stage singing Pat Benetar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot," and the bar's patrons, who are mostly Whitmore students studying for their classes, look unhappy with the loud noise. Caroline is sat behind the bar. Finally, a female student loses her temper.
"Hey! Taylor Swift! We're trying to study here! [Grace smiles and wags her finger at the girl, who scoffs] Where's the manager in this place?"
Stefan, having heard the commotion, goes to talk to the girl.
"Someone ask for the manager?"

Tyler and Matt walk into the bar to find Grace still singing "Hit Me With Your Best Shot. They both look confused and unnerved, especially when they see Stefan holding a bloody knife and sitting next to the compelled female student from earlier, who is currently dripping the blood from her cut palm into a coffee cup for him. All of the patrons are now staring at Grace intensely, suggesting that they have been compelled to watch her sing silently. Caroline is now making cocktails.
"[warily] What did we just walk into?"
"Oh, look! It's the police officers in training. Are you guys here to arrest us? [He points the knife at the girl and compels her] You can go away now."
The girl looks freaked out as she cradles her injured hand in her other arm and rushes away. Stefan simply shrugs and drinks her blood from the mug.
"[horrified] What the hell are you doing?"
"I'm just enjoying the music. You guys want next song?"
"We should get out of here."
Caroline vamp-speeds around them to block them from exiting.
"No, stay! Grace's taking requests."
Matt and Tyler gulp nervously and glare at Caroline.