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S1 E15Unfinished Business
Guess it's a good thin I'm not claustrophobic anymore.
That's what Katherine helped you with-- Silas aftermath.
She did.
Can I just hate her anyway?
You can.
Thank you.
But I don't. I know I should, but for some reason, I keep rooting for her to find peace. Katherine's not the only one, you know? Damon keeps pushing you away because he hates himself, who he is, what's he done. Just remember that you never gave up on me, so don't give up on him. Don't let him give up on you either, ok?
So the quarterback has been saved. What now?
Don't you have a dying girl to go punish for all of her sins?
I do, but I won't for you.
So you came all the way to Mystic Falls just to back off when I ask you to?
No. I came all the way to Mystic Falls to gloat over a corpse to be, as you so poetically put it, but I will leave minus the gloating in return for one small thing.
And what is that?
I want your confession.
My confession? I didn't do anything. Confession about what?
Me. As soon as we're done here, I'm gonna walk away, and I'm never coming back. You'll never again have to look me in the eye and cover our connection with hostility and revulsion. You'll never have to loathe the darkest parts of yourself that care fore in spite of all I've done. I will be gone, and you will be free. I just... Want you to be honest with me.
I'm in college. I'm building a life for myself. I have plans and a future and things that I want, and none of those things involve you, ok, none of them.
I see.
No, you don't because, yes, I cover our connection with hostility because, yes, I hate myself for the truth, so if you promise to walk away like you said an never come back, then, yes, I will be honest with you. I will be honest with you about what I want.
I will walk away, and I'll never come back, I promise.
(steps closer) Good. (kisses Klaus)
You know, I was in a dark place, Damon.
And Katherine pulled you out of it. Irony abounds.
You know, whatever is going on with you and Elena, you need to fix it. She's the best thing that ever happen to you.
You think I don't know that? I can't live without her... But when you think about it, I'm no better than Katherine. Elena will be happier without me. What, I'm being selfless? Don't give me that look.
I'm not giving you a look.
Katherine fricking Pierce has a selfless moment, I'm not allowed to? Fine. Fine. When I get Elena back and the whole universe freaks out because the fated Doppelgängers are torn apart, just remember you-- you're the one that pep talked me out of doing the right thing for the universe and all mankind.
I will keep that in mind.
You do that.
So this anchor thing, does it mean that you'll, like, be able to feel Katherine's death or whatever?
I think so. I mean, she's human, but she's also a Doppelgänger and Traveler apparently.
So who else do you see over there? Anybody I know?
I see lots of people. My Grams, the other witches. Vicki. I just don't talk about it, you know, I just--
Because it's depressing as hell. Tell Matty I love him.
What's happening?
She's here. She said she loves you.
Tell him that I watch over him and no more knocking around with that blond original chick who almost got him killed.
Wait. Wait. What's happening? What am I missing?
Me.
Tyler?
Rebekah says to tell you that I'm her parting gift. Hey, Care.
Hi.
We've really gone through four bottles of bourbon today?
Can someone really tell these idiots to lay off the booze?
Oh, my god.
Alaric?
Ric's here?
Where the hell have you been? I thought you bailed on us to go find peace or something.
Do you honestly think I'd leave Damon in charge and never look back?
He's talking about me, isn't he?
He says you're a dick.
Cheers, buddy.
Cheers.
Katherine.
Ding-dong. Does that mean the witch is dead?
No. Uh-uh. It's too soon. I can't.
(Katherine wakes up gasping in Stefan's room)
Wow, you really don't want to die, do you? I swear I just heard your heat stop.
Where am I?
Still alive... Sadly.
I thought I was a goner there for a second, but I still have unfinished business.
So do I. I had this whole speech that I was preparing to give your unconscious body.
Let me guess. Hate, loathe, screw you, die, bitch, et cetera.
Yes. Plus one more thing. I forgive you.
You what?
I forgive you. You weren't born evil. Your life made you that way. You lost everyone that you cared about way too young, and you didn't have a family that looked after you. Sound familiar?
Is this the... "We're not so different you and I" Doppelgänger speech? Because I'd be happy to skip it.
I'll save it for the funeral that we probably won't have for you.
Perfect.
I just wanted to get the forgiveness part out. It's part of me that I... I never want to lose.
Good for you. Now maybe you can help a girl out and give me one more syringe, and if anyone's gonna plunge a needle in me one last time, may as well be you. Symmetry and all that. Elena... Thank you for your forgiveness.
You're welcome.
Jaryakat a zem. Daryeet acza.
Hey, I need a favor. You know how Damon was trying to be all noble and broke up with Elena?
Of course. There was champagne.
Yeah. Well, I kind of convinced him he was an idiot.
You what?!
And now he's in a bit of a mood, and something tells me that he's been trying to get ahold of Elena, but she hasn't been returning his phone calls.
Look. I would love to help if I thought he was actually good for her, but I don't.
Caroline, how would you like to be judged solely based on who you're attracted too? Come on.
Why? Do you know something?
Why? Should I know something?
I just mean are you sure that this is you really want? You know, Elena and Damon or Damon and Elena, or-- I know that there's a nickname in there somewhere.
Listen. I actually think that Elena is good for Damon. She makes him happy, and we all know that when Damon is happy...
He's not out there killing people, which I guess is a plus for mankind.
Exactly.
But even if I wanted to help, she's not here. I thought that she was with you.
She told me she was staying at Whitmore.
Ok. That's weird. Well, where the hell is she?
You? You hate me. You once told me that calling me Satan was an insult to Satan.
Well... Nobody's perfect.
I have to pee.
Hybrids pee?
There's got to be a fire hydrant joke in there somewhere.
Hilarious.
You're not gonna hurt me. Elena would--
Elena would what? Hurt me, dump me? Been there, done that, wrote the country song.
Kill you. She would kill you.
Cool. And then me and all her doppelgängers could start a baseball team on the Other Side.
Hey, Damon. Don't bother coming back.
I wasn't planning on it.
[to Katherine] The truth is, ever since the first time I noticed you falling for my brother, I have been waiting for him to screw something up so badly that you hate him. So I've been waiting and watching him do all these horrible things and then every single time I think he's gone too far, he's there for you, sometimes in ways better than I ever was. So the truth is, after a while I just stopped waiting for him to fail because I liked the person he had become -- and I don't want to lose that person.
Good news, bad news. Bad news is that when this happened to Jesse we had to kill him, but the good news is... I'm sorry. Usually there is some good news.
Give them your phone number. I assume that your phone does receive incoming calls, right? Or is it from the Han Dynasty just like your car?
(Enzo called Stefan with Damon's phone) Oh, my god. Damon?
Hello, Stefan. How wonderful to hear your beautiful feminine voice.
Enzo. What the hell do you want?
I'm in a spot of trouble, actually.
Where's Damon?
Oh, he's here, salivating, about to chomp into my neck and feed until my head pops off in a grotesque but slightly comical fashion.
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