ic contact - pines

[coy]

[ voice.]

"You've reached Caroline Forbes.
I'm not home right now.
Please leave your name and number and a
very detailed message and I'll get back to you
as soon as possible."

Comments

[unforgivably]

Well, Katherine's memories will end. [ She's dead. ] But, yes. That's what happened.

[coy]

[ The look she gives him is again, flat as a board.] What else happened, Damon?

[unforgivably]

Bonnie's in love. With a vampire named -- [ He tracks when she's from, pursing his lips. He sighs. ] A different more romantic, humanity-filled Enzo. [ AKA the one who terrorized Elena and Stefan and tried to ruin everyone's life - and part of the reason for what went down with Stefan and Tyler, technically. ] Keep in mind, this is years later and they spent the better part of a year in a cabin alone together to keep Bonnie hidden. I was as surprised as you when I found out about their connection. But, it's real. She loves the guy and he's going to take the cure for her. [ Which is what he's trying to do, explain real details, except -- His mouth stays open, head shaking back and forth as he pinches the bridge of his nose.] The cure came back into play thanks to a prison world, which, you haven't heard about yet. Think like the Other Side, except made especially for a specific person or set of persons - like my mother. Our mother. Stefan and I's. But, that all happened before I dreamed more. This is more colorful context. The point is, Bonnie's found her guy. And I couldn't be happier for her, because she deserves everything. She's sacrificed enough for us. [ A second as his eyes find her again, jaw setting. ] So have you.

[coy]

[ That is so much to unpack. And it doesn't help that her memories are still coming in, a bit fuzzy. Enzo pops into her mind finally and she almost staggers as she remembers a whole history with a person and then finds out her best friend is in love with him.

Stranger things have happened, she thinks. ] Your mother? But I thought your mother died... [ Of course, when he goes on, she looks at him, a sinking feeling hitting her.]

What does that mean, Damon...?

[unforgivably]

[ He can get back to their mother, the Ripper.

Gravely, he draws his lips together. ] It means things aren't good right now, Caroline. Not for any of us. [ Not for her, not really. Not with Stefan like he is. Unlike the Stefan here. ]

[coy]

Seriously? [ She looks annoyed now because... well, she is. She folds her arms over her chest and just gives him a look, one he should know well.] Enough with the vague-ness. It's not only annoying but it's exhausting. Why can't you just come out and say it? Is that bad?

[unforgivably]

It's bad, Caroline. I just stopped Stefan from letting Matt Donovan light up the sky with Hellfire from an actual Hell's bell. Cade wants souls, and he wants Stefan and me to provide for him. We might lose him, Caroline.

[coy]

Who is Cade? [ She shakes her head.] What are you talking about? Hellfire? Are you saying that Cade is the devil you were talking about? As in the actual devil...

[unforgivably]

Actual. Granted, it's a lot less biblical and more, burned at the stake for being imperviously psychic, but, his calling card is running hell itself. [ And he says it truthfully, not like he doubts it, but for what it is. ]