My brother's keeper

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*Woods,It's morning. Stefan is in the woods doing pushups as well as talking on the phone to Caroline who is outside the Lockwood Mansion.*
Caroline: What do you mean you're not coming? I don't need to remind you that your Miss Mystic Falls attendance record totally sucks.

*Lockwood Mansion,Caroline is walking down the stairs with a clipboard and preparing for the pageant. Her phone is to her ear as she continues to talk to Stefan.*
Caroline: Besides, you're a founding family member, by definition you have to be here.(She walks over to a table where Gabby is arranging some flowers. Caroline grabs the flowers from her hands and rearranges them to her satisfaction. She walks away.)
Stefan: Elena and I broke up. By definition, I don't need to be anywhere.
Caroline: Did that sound as depressing to you as it did to me?
Stefan: Oh, I'm not depressed. I just want to rip into someone's artery and feed until I can't breathe anymore.

*Woods,Stefan stops doing pushups and lies down with his back against the ground.*
Caroline: Well, you can't. As your sober sponsor, I am not going to let that happen. Try and sublimate.(Stefan stares up at the sky in silence for a moment.)
Stefan: She said she has feelings for Damon.
Caroline: What?! She can't have feelings for Damon! He's...Damon. And you're...you. And I'm – revolted. You know, I'm gonna talk to her. I'm going to shake some sense into her clearly diseased brain.
Stefan: Yeah, well I don't know what good that'll do. Elena's right, being a vampire really has changed her.
Caroline: All the more reason you need to cure her.

*Lockwood Mansion,Elena and Aria walk down the steps. Caroline sees her and Elena starts to walk over to her with Aria right behind*
Caroline: (to Stefan)Look, I got to go. Be careful. And remember, there is sublimating and then there is insanity.
Stefan: I'll be fine.
Caroline: Listen, you should still come. Aria doesn't have date,her date is like miles away looking for more information about the cure,you should come with her.
Stefan: I'll think about it,Bye.(He hangs up. Caroline puts down her phone and looks at Elena.)

*Woods,Stefan stands up. Klaus rushes up behind him and grabs him in a chokehold.*
Klaus: In what world do the words "tell no one" mean tell your brother and every teenage sycophant in town?
Stefan: The secret's safe. No one who knows about the cure will endanger us. Trust me, you know I want to find it more than anyone else.
Klaus: Well then, I suggest you find some more vampires for Jeremy to kill before I'm tempted to offer you up as a victim.(Klaus releases Stefan from his chokehold. Stefan steps away and turns to look at him.)And try and keep this one to yourself, would you?

*Salvatore Boarding House,Stefan walks down the stairs with a bag over his shoulder. Damon intercepts him on his way out.*
Damon: Where have you been?
Stefan: Ah, you know, out.(Stefan walks past Damon and towards the front door.)
Damon: Where you going?
Stefan: Out.
Damon: Okay, I see shady Stefan is back.(Stefan stops and walks back towards Damon.)Please don't tell me that you're still working with Klaus.
Stefan: You obviously haven't heard. Elena and I broke up.(Damon stays silent for a moment with a blank, expressionless face.)
Damon: Oh. Got it. Uh, well, I'll be quick then. So, apparently, if we want to find the cure, we have to find a vampire hunter who can kill enough vampires to reveal the map on the hunter's mark. Now, unless we want Jeremy to go all Connor two-point-oh, I suggest we find a different hunter.
Stefan: Okay. And?
Damon: And I was gonna ask Professor Shane, but turns out he's shadier than you are. Matt Donovan connected him and the Pastor through phone records. Apparently, the two were very chatty the day that the Pastor blew up the Council.
Stefan: Ah, so you're gonna confront Shane, threaten him, possibly kill him, that sort of thing.
Damon: Yeah, unless he tells me what he's up to. (He pats Stefan on the shoulder.)What do you say? Should we tag team this?
Stefan: Nah, I'd say you're on your own.(Stefan starts to leave again, but Damon stops him.)
Damon: Or we could just blow it off and go get drunk. Brother bond over some Tri Delts. If you, you know, want some quality time.(Stefan grimaces and laughs.)
Stefan: Let's not pretend like this isn't the best day of your life.(Stefan pats Damon on the arm and walks out of the house.)

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