DamonYour hair's different; I like it.
It's been 15 years, Damon.
Damon
Thank God! Couldn't take another day of the 90's. That horrible grunge look did not suit you. Remember Stefan, it's important to stay away from fads.
Damon
I missed my little brother.
You hate small towns; they're boring, there's nothing for you to do.
Damon
I've been keeping myself busy.
You left that girl alive tonight. That was very careless of you.
Damon
Yeah, that could be a problem... for you.
Damon
I was impressed. I'll give it a six. Missing style, but I was pleasantly surprised. Very good with the whole face thing, it was good.
It's all fun and games, huh, Damon? But wherever you go, people die.
Damon
That's a given.
Not here, I won't allow it.
Damon
I take that as an invitation.
Damon, please, after all these years, can't we just give it a rest?
Damon
I promised you an eternity of misery, so I'm just keeping my word.
Damon
You must be Elena. I'm Damon, Stefan's brother.
He didn't tell me he had a brother.
Damon
Well, Stefan's not one to brag. Please, come. I'm sure Stefan will be along any second.
Damon
Were you successful? Did the powers of persuasion work? Remember if you don’t feed properly, none of those little tricks work right.
Damon
Are you worried, Stefan? Scared we may be doomed to repeat the past? Isn’t that why you play your little game ‘I’m a high school human’?
I’m not playing any game.
Damon
Of course you are. We both know the closest you’ll ever get to humanity is when you rip it open and feed on it.
Damon
You have two choices. You can feed and make her forget. Or you can let her run screaming "Vampire!" through the town square.
That's what this is about? You wanna expose me?
Damon
No! I want you to remember who you are!
Why? So what, so I'll feed, so I'll kill, so I'll remember what it's like to be brothers again? You know what, let her go. Let her tell everyone that vampires have returned to Mystic Falls, let them chain me up and let them drive a stake through my heart, 'cause then at least I'll be free of you.
Damon
It's good to be home. I think I might stay awhile, this town could use a bit of a wake up call, don't you think?
What are you up to, Damon?
Damon
That's for me to know and to you to... dot, dot, dot.
Damon [about Stefan]: That's what I always tell him - you have to engage. You can't just sit there and wait for life to come to you, you have to go get it.
Yeah, Elena wasn't so lucky today. [to Elena] It's only because you missed summer camp. God, I don't know how you're ever gonna learn the routines...
I'll work with her. She'll get it.
Caroline [to herself]: I guess we can put her in the back...
Damon
You know, you don't-- you don't seem like the 'cheerleader type', Elena.
Oh, it's just 'cause her parents died. Yeah, I mean, she's just totally going through a 'blah' phase. [chuckling to herself] She used to be way more fun... And...I say that with complete sensitivity.
Damon
I'm sorry, Elena. I know what it's like to lose both your parents. In fact, Stefan and I have watched almost every single person we've ever cared about die.
We don't need to get into that right now, Damon.
Damon
Ah, you know what? You're right, Stef. I'm sorry, I-- the last thing I wanted to do was bring her up...
Damon
[holds up an empty glass] One more.
Oh, thank you. [gasps when she accidentally drops the glass]
Damon
[miraculously catches the glass before it hits the floor; presents it to Elena]
Damon
I like you - you know how to laugh. And you make Stefan smile, which is something I haven't seen in a very long time.
Earlier, did you mean...Katherine?
Damon
Mm-hmm.
Damon
In a fire - a tragic fire.
Damon
It seems like it was yesterday.
Damon
She was beautiful - a lot like you in that department. She was also very complicated, and selfish, and at times not very kind, but very sexy and seductive.
So, which one of you dated her first? [passes Damon a plate]
Damon
[chuckles] Nicely deduced. Ask Stefan - I'm sure his answer differs from mine. [closes dishwasher]
Damon
I'd quit cheerleading if I were you.
Damon
Oh, I saw you at practice. You looked miserable.
Damon
Am I wrong?
[sighs] I used to love it. It was fun. Things are different this year - everything that used to matter doesn't anymore.
Damon
So don't let it. Quit, move on. Problem solved. Ta-da...
[chuckles] Some things could matter again.
Damon
Maybe. But...seems a little unrealistic to me.
[brief pause]
Damon
[looks confused]
About Katherine. You lost her, too.
[for once, Damon is speechless]
They are people, Damon. She's not a puppet - she doesn't exist for your amusement; for you to feed on whenever you want to.
Damon
Sure she does. They all do. They're whatever I want them to be. They're mine for the taking.
All right, you've had your fun. You used Caroline, you got to me and Elena. Good for you. Now it's time for you to go.
Damon
That's not a problem. Because...I've been invited in. And I'll come back tomorrow night, and the following night, and I'll do, with your little cheerleader, whatever I want to do. Because that is what is normal to me.
You scared me! What are you doing in here?
Damon
I'm hiding from Caroline.
Damon
I need a break.She talks more than I can listen.
Damon
Plus she's awfully young.
Not much younger than you are.
Damon
I can't see going anywhere in a bigger picture.I think she drives me crazy.
Caroline does have some really annoying traits but we've been friends since the first grade and that means something to me.
Damon
I'm sorry if I'm making you uncomfortable. It's just not my intention.
Yes, it is.Otherwise you wouldn't put alternative meaning behind everything you say.
Damon
You're right. I do have other intentions but so do you.
Damon
Mhm. I see them. You want me.
Damon
I get to you.You find yourself drawn to me.You think about me when you don't want to think about me. I bet you even dreamed about me. And right now you want to kiss me.
Elena[slaps him]:What the hell?I don't know what kind of game you're trying to play with Stefan here, but I don't want to be part of it. And I don't know what happened in the past, but let's get one thing straight - I am not Katherine!
This week at practice I was a dick.
No excuse. Good luck, we're lucky to have you.
[Matt and Stefan shake hands and Matt walks away]
Damon
[gives Stefan a slow clap] Isn't that nice? Stefan joins the team, makes a friend. It's all so Rah-Rah, go team! Yeah!
Not tonight. I'm done with you.
Damon
Nice trick with Elena. Let me guess, vervain in the necklace? I admit I was a bit surprised; it's been a while since anyone has been able to resist my compulsion. Where'd you get it?
Damon
Guess I could seduce her the old fashioned way. Or I could just...eat her.
No, you're not going to hurt her, Damon.
Damon
No?
Because deep down inside there is a part of you that feels for her. I was worried that you had no humanity left inside you, that you had actually become that monster you pretend to be.
Damon
Who's pretending?
Damon
Well, I'm tempted.
No, you're not. You've had lifetimes to do it and yet, here I am. I'm still alive and there you are. You're still haunting me after 145 years. Katherine is dead and you hate me because you loved her and you torture me because you still do. And that, my brother, is your humanity.
Damon
What's so special about this Bella girl, anyway? Edward's so whipped.
You have to read the first book first, otherwise it won't make sense.
Damon
Ugh, I miss Ann Rice - she was so on it.
Hey, how come you don't sparkle?
Damon
Because I live in the real world where vampires burn in the sun.
Yeah, but you go in the sun.
Damon
I have a ring. It protects me. Long story.
[Looks at bite marks in mirror] Are these bites going to turn me into a vampire?
Damon
It’s more complicated than that. You have to feed on my blood, then die, then feed on a human - it’s a whole ordeal. This book, by the way, has it all wrong.
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