The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)

Under Control (2010)

Nina Dobrev: Elena Gilbert

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• Elena Gilbert : Oh, good. You're here.

  Damon Salvatore : You ask, I come. I'm easy like that.

• Damon Salvatore : [Entering Elena's bedroom]  Ah. Just like I remembered.

  Elena Gilbert : Stop messing around.

  Damon Salvatore : [Flops down on Elena's bed and begins playing with her teddy bear]  You know, did you know that your uncle's been kicking it with the founder's council?

  Elena Gilbert : What?

  Damon Salvatore : Yep.

  Elena Gilbert : Perfect. We'll just add it to the growing list of how everything's falling apart.

  Damon Salvatore : [Pointing with teddy bear's arm]  What happened right there?

  Elena Gilbert : Uh, nothing.

  [Damon gives suspicious look] 

  Elena Gilbert : Look, Damon, I'm worried about Stefan. He says that everything's okay, but he's clearly struggling. How long is it going to take before he's back to normal?

  Damon Salvatore : [Still playing with teddy and lounging on Elena's bed]  A few days, give or take.

  Elena Gilbert : It's been a few days.

  Damon Salvatore : Give, then. I don't know. What's the big deal?

  [Gets up and hands teddy to Elena] 

  Elena Gilbert : He's not himself, Damon.

  Damon Salvatore : [Digging through Elena's drawers]  Well, maybe his problem is he's spent too long not being himself.

  [Pulls a bra from Elena's dresser and examines it] 

  Elena Gilbert : [Taking bra away from Damon and returning it, closing drawer]  Please don't make me sorry for asking you.

  Damon Salvatore : [Snatches photo from Elena's mirror]  It is what it is, Elena. The Stefan you know is "Good-behavior Stefan." "Rein-it-in Stefan." "Fight-against-his-nature-to-an-annoyingly-obsessive-level Stefan." But if you think there's not another part to this, then you have not been paying attention.

  Elena Gilbert : [Taking back picture]  He's not you. Not even close.

  Damon Salvatore : Well, he doesn't want to be me, but that doesn't mean, deep down, that he's not.

  [Approaches Elena and smirks] 

  Damon Salvatore : Mm-hm.

  [Walks away] 

• Damon Salvatore : [watching Stefan dance and actually enjoy himself]  Have I entered an alternate universe where Stefan is fun?

  Elena Gilbert : Is he gonna be okay?

  Damon Salvatore : Eventually.

• Elena Gilbert : Have you noticed what your brother's up to?

  Damon Salvatore : No, I've been too preoccupied with yours. Jeremy's been asking questions about Vicki Donovan's death.

  Elena Gilbert : He knows that her death was ruled an overdose.

  Damon Salvatore : Really?

  [imitating Jeremy:] 

  Damon Salvatore : 'Oh, but, Sheriff, somebody buried her. Who would do that?' I know, I know! Me! I mean, I could compel him, but he's wearing vervain.

  Elena Gilbert : No, I don't want you to compel him.

  Damon Salvatore : If he keeps asking questions...

  Elena Gilbert : Damon, no, I'm serious. I'm not gonna do that to him again. I'll handle it.

  Damon Salvatore : [selects red rose from bouquet on table, sniffs it]  Okay. Don't say I didn't warn you.

  [gives the rose to Elena]