- Caroline Forbes: I can't just let my father die.
- [stammers:]
- Caroline Forbes: I'm... I'm gonna force him to feed.
- Elena Gilbert: [shakes her head, speaks softly:] He doesn't want to, Caroline. The only thing your Dad has... is his choice.
- Caroline Forbes: [sobs] I hated him so much for what he did to me.
- [sobs]
- Caroline Forbes: So much.
- [shakes her head]
- Caroline Forbes: But now all I wanna do is save his life.
- Elena Gilbert: Of course you do. He's your Dad.
- Caroline Forbes: [bites her lower lip, then long silence] What was the hardest part for you... when you lost your Dad?
- Elena Gilbert: Realizing all the things that he wouldn't be there for.
- [Caroline nods]
- Elena Gilbert: The things that, um, you just need your Dad for, you know?
- [her friend nods tearfully]
- Caroline Forbes: [as her father weakly sits down on bed] How are you feeling?
- Bill Forbes: I'm tired.
- Caroline Forbes: Uh, can I get you anything? Or, um, do you want me to call Steven?
- Bill Forbes: No, no, we haven't spoken in a while. Just... call him when it's over and the dust has settled, would you?
- [Caroline nods]
- Caroline Forbes: [sitting down next to him] Listen... listen to me. Look...
- [self-conscious chuckle]
- Caroline Forbes: I know that you think you made your choice... but you can change your mind. You know? You are strong enough to handle being a vampire.
- [shakes her head]
- Caroline Forbes: I mean, you are the strongest person that I know.
- Bill Forbes: No, Caroline, my strength is all in my beliefs. Becoming a vampire is... wrong. People aren't supposed to cheat death. That's just... what I believe. Please respect that.
- [smiles]
- Caroline Forbes: [gets up, tearfully shakes her head, stammers:] How can you hate who I am so much?
- Bill Forbes: [his hands on her shoulders] No, no, no, sweetheart. I don't hate you. I love you.
- [she shakes her head]
- Bill Forbes: You're strong. You're beautiful.
- [Mom appears in doorway behind them]
- Bill Forbes: You're good.
- Caroline Forbes: No, I'm not.
- [cries]
- Bill Forbes: And even after everything that's happened to you...
- [she sobs]
- Bill Forbes: you are exactly who your mother and I hoped you'd grow up to be.
- Caroline Forbes: [tears streaming down her cheeks] Then please don't leave me, Daddy. Please. Please don't leave me, Daddy, just don't leave me.
- [sobs]
- Bill Forbes: [cradling her head] Shh... Parents aren't supposed to outlive their children, Caroline.
- [as she sobs:]
- Bill Forbes: It's okay.
- [kisses top of her head, and looks over at Mom]
- Bill Forbes: This is life.
- [kisses Caroline's head again]
- Bill Forbes: This is what it means to be human.
- Dr. Meredith Fell: [in hospital] Are you Caroline?
- Caroline Forbes: Yes. Dr. Fell? Hi. Elena told me you helped out my Dad.
- Dr. Meredith Fell: I did. Do you think you can get him to be a little more grateful? He spent half the night threatening to get my medical license revoked for saving his life.
- Caroline Forbes: Yeah, my Dad's a little...
- [soft sigh]
- Caroline Forbes: set in his ways. Um, he's spent his whole life hating vampires, so...
- Dr. Meredith Fell: So he's not psyched about it being vampire blood that healed him. Yeah, he made that clear.
- [chuckles]
- Caroline Forbes: Oh, maybe Dr. Fell can give you something.
- Bill Forbes: [sharply] She's done enough.
- Elena Gilbert: [entering] I've called your Mom.
- Caroline Forbes: Thanks.
- Elena Gilbert: Mr. Forbes, did you see your attacker?
- Bill Forbes: I didn't see anything. I tried to sneak out the back exit, and someone came up from behind.
- Caroline Forbes: Look, we'll figure this out, but... in the meantime, we need to get you some blood.
- Bill Forbes: I'm not gonna drink any blood.
- [shakes his head]
- Elena Gilbert: You have to. You died with vampire blood in your system. If you don't feed and... finish the transition into a vampire, then you'll die.
- Bill Forbes: I understand how it works. And that's what I'm prepared to do. Now get me out of this hospital! I smell blood everywhere!