It's morning. Silas is sitting on a bench at a bus stop next to a couple. He talks to them, while they're hugging each other. He has a bandage over his neck and blood has soaked through in the center. Silas:"have you ever been in love? Love. Hello, you two." Woman:"yeah, we are together, in love." Silas:"aw, that's so adorable. I love love. I do. Yeah. I have a soulmate, well had a soulmate, you know that love at first sight, want to live forever, love is eternal kind of love? Amara— that's her name." He smiles and looks at them,"see, the problem is that when I first met Amara, I was with another woman, so I kind of cheated on her. But somehow she was cheated on me too, but with another guy. Which, to be honest with you, it really wouldn't have been that big of a deal, except it turned out that the other woman was a raging lunatic, so when she found out that I cheated on her she freaked out and turned Amara into stone, like, literally. Medusa-style." Man:"dude, are you like, okay?" Silas:"what do you mean? You think I'm crazy? Why do you think I'm crazy? All I've wanted for the last two thousand years was to be reunited with the love of my life. How is that crazy?" Woman:"maybe the turned her to stone part." Man:"or the two thousand years part." Silas:"no, guys, we were both immortal and now we're not. Hello?" The couple believes that Silas is really crazy, so the man pushes their bag under the bench with his foot. Silas:"look, the point is that I finally got a chance to hold Amara in my arms and what does she do? She told me she wanted to die and be with her true love and jams a chunk of glass into my carotid artery. Look, look." Silas pulls back part of his bandage on his neck. Man:"no, thanks. No." Silas:"listen, you two. Here's my advice. Live it up. You know, enjoy this love while it lasts because let me tell you something. Just a couple days ago, I was psychic, I was immortal, I was in love. Now my neck hurts, my soul is crushed, I'm sitting in a bus stop in frigging Delaware." Woman:"you're in Philly." Silas:"I'm in Philly? Ugh! God, it's even worse." The man groans in pain and bends over. Woman:"what's going on, babe? Hey. What's going on? Hey. Talk to me." The man started throwing up blood, because Silas is using his witch powers. Woman:"oh, my god. What's happening?" She said to Silas,"what are you doing to him?" Silas:"I think I'm liquefying his internal organs. Did I fail to mention I'm a witch?" Woman:"please stop!" Silas:"no! I'm pissed off at the world, and I'm taking it out on your so-called lover." Woman:"please!" Silas:"I'm thinking you might be the next victim." Woman:"oh, my god!" The woman runs away from the bus stop in the middle of nowhere, while her boyfriend is dying. Silas:"look at that. Unbelievable. Love is so damn fickle. Incredible. Here you go, buddy. Come on up. Come on up, come on up." He helps the man sit down back on the bus bench,"up you go. That's good, good. Buses, however..." A Virginia bound bus comes,"...tried and true." Silas picks up the man's duffel bag and boards the bus.
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Stefan is in his bed having nightmares about Silas, remembering the torture of drowning over and over again. He heard Nevaeh whispering "Stefan" and he suddenly wakes up. Nevaeh is in his room, having just opened the curtains. She's holding a cup of coffee. Nevaeh:"morning. I made coffee, and breakfast is downstairs if you want some. How did you sleep?" Stefan:"ohh... not great." Nevaeh:"first night back in your own bed. Not as comfy as Tessa's couch, huh?" Stefan:"if we're gonna talk about Tessa, I think I'm gonna need that caffeine." He takes the cup and has a sip,"so, uh, what's with the wake up call?" Nevaeh:"I miss you. I feel like when you lost your memories, I lost a friend, and I was thinking instead of just describing how much we meant to each other, maybe we could just start fresh. Hi, I'm Nevaeh." Stefan:"I was driving to Portland." Nevaeh:"what?" Stefan:"the night I took Silas to the quarry, I said goodbye to Lexi, and then I decided to keep driving west." Nevaeh:"wait. Hang on. How do you remember that?" Stefan:"because my memories are back." Nevaeh:"really? Are you serious? How?" Stefan:"Tessa came here last night and she undid whatever spell fried my brain and it's all back. I can remember everything." Nevaeh smiles,"Stefan, this is great!" She hugs Stefan,"this is amazing."
