Unpleasantville

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*Gilbert Residence,Elena and Stefan are lying on Elena's bed together, conversing about the previous days events.*
Elena: Stefan, who was that man in the road?
Stefan: I don't know. Do you remember anything else about him?
Elena: I wish. I never really saw his face. He was wearing a hoodie. All I can remember is that there was these black boots coming towards me.
Stefan: I brought some vervain for, um—for you and Jenna. (Grabs a box from the end of the bed. Elena sits up straight. Stefan opens the box up.) And, um, I made this bracelet for Jeremy and , a few extra ones for friends. (Stefan hands Elena the bracelet. She takes it and observes it.) You can put it in jewelry, or you can even put it in food or drink, but as long as it's in you or on you, a vampire cannot control you. (Stefan hands Elena a small vial of liquid vervain.)
Elena: (picks up a dried up branch of vervain from the box) Wow. So much to remember.
Stefan: I know, but there's another vampire in town. So until we find out who it is and what he wants, we have to be careful.(Elena nods understandingly.)

*Downstairs, Jeremy is sketching at the dining room table. The doorbell rings and Jeremy gets up to answer it. A pizza delivery guy waits on the front porch.*
Noah: Hey. It's gonna be $22. (pulls pizza out of the bag.)
Jeremy: (yelling up the stairs) Elena or Aria I need the money! Uh, here. Come in. Just put it on the table.(Jeremy walks back into the dining room. The young man stands on the front porch for a moment longer before crossing the threshold into the house. He places the pizza on the table while Elena comes down the stairs, retrieving the money from her wallet.)
Elena: Hi. Um, keep the change.(Elena hands the money to Noah who takes it. Noah starts to walk backwards, out of the house.)
Aria: oh! Is that pizza?(she comes down stairs with her hair curled)
Noah:(whispers)Katherine!
Aria:(sees the pizza guy is still there) oh,did Elena not give you your money?
Elena: yes I did Aria since you didn't came here sooner.
Aria: ok then why hasn't he left yet.
Elena: Aria!
Aria: what?..
Noah:Thanks. And you have yourself a good night.
Elena: sorry about her.(Elena smiles and shuts the door. Noah turns around, pulls the hood of his sweater over his head, and walks down the steps of the front porch. It is clear that he is the vampire that caused Elena's car accident and now he has been invited in her house.)

*Salvatore Boarding House,Stefan walks into the library, books are strewn haphazardly across the room. When he enters, he sees Damon, looking through the shelves and tossing aside books. Stefan stops and looks at him.*
Stefan: What are you lookin' for, Damon?
Damon: Not your concern.
Stefan: No, but putting Elena in harm's way, that is my concern.
Damon: (flipping through a book, not looking up at Stefan)Hm hm. What are you talking about?
Stefan: I'm talking about Atlanta.
Damon: (looks away from his back and at Stefan)Oh, yeah. Elena and I had blast.
Stefan: I get it. You're just bitter because one of us gets to be with the person that we love, and poor Katherine is just out of reach. Unless there's another way for you to get into that tomb. Is that what Bree said?
Damon: You're pathetic when you're fishing.
Stefan: And you're transparent when you're deflecting.
Damon: Don't you have school?(Damon grabs another book off the shelf. Stefan walks out of the room and Damon looks up and watches him leave.)

*Mystic Falls High School,The bell rings signaling the end of class. Students get up from their desks and start to leave the classroom. Jeremy is packing up his stuff when a paper is thrown down onto his desk by Alaric. Jeremy looks down at the paper and picks it up. A giant red "A" is marked on the paper. Jeremy smiles, stunned by his grade.*
Alaric: Surprised? It's a good essay. Your thoughts are clear, and your argument is well laid out. It's just, uh, you don't actually think there are vampires in Mystic Falls.(Alaric sits down behind his desk.)
Jeremy: (gets a little nervous )No. I mean, I think statistically there's been more animal attacks, mysterious deaths, uh, people gone missing, more than any other place in the whole commonwealth of Virginia.
Alaric: It's conjecture, but creative, which is why you got the "A." I just wouldn't get too, uh, caught up in the whole conspiracy theory of it all.
Jeremy: Ah, I won't.(Jeremy gathers up his stuff, gets up, and starts to exit the room.)
Alaric: Oh, uh, Jeremy,the source that you cited for the 1860s info, uh, Johnathan Gilbert...?(Jeremy stops and looks back at Alaric.)
Jeremy: Oh, my ancestor's journal?
Alaric: I'd really like to see that sometime.
Jeremy: Really?
Alaric: A first-person account of the Civil War? That's like, uh, porn for a history teacher.
Jeremy: Then you should ask Aria because she has it.(Aria suddenly runs in)
Aria: I am so sorry to just run in like this but(she takes out her paper) I forgot to give you this.I hope it not to late(give him the paper)
Alaric: No of course not.(he take it) oh by the way Jeremy says you have a journal from you ancestors. I was wondering if you could let me see it?
Aria: I don't know...it's very special to me...
Alaric: I'll take very good  care of it,I just want to read the history in it.
Aria: ok,but please be careful.(Aria retrieves the journal from her backpack and puts it in his desk.Alaric picks it up carefully.)
Alaric: Thank you.(Aria nods and her and Jeremy exit the room. Alaric looks at the journal and unbinds it with curiosity.)

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