Nina Dobrev credited as playing...
Elena Gilbert
- Elena Gilbert: Stefan. Do you really not feel... anything?
- Stefan Salvatore: When?
- Elena Gilbert: How do you do that? Act like you don't care? Like you... you don't feel anything? Because I can't do that. I feel. I feel everything.
- Stefan Salvatore: Elena, stop.
- Elena Gilbert: I'm not going to stop, Stefan. Because I don't believe that you feel nothing.
- Stefan Salvatore: You think I wanna be this person? I hurt you, Elena. I bit you. I hate myself for what I did to you.
- Elena Gilbert: Then show it. Do something, Stefan, anything is better than trying to convince me that you don't care.
- Stefan Salvatore: I can't.
- Elena Gilbert: Stefan...
- Stefan Salvatore: If I let myself care, all I feel is pain.
- [turns, walks off, leaving her behind]
- Damon Salvatore: [as Elena is about to follow Esther up the stairs] Don't even think about it.
- Elena Gilbert: She wants to see me alone, Damon.
- Damon Salvatore: Well, sucks to be her then. Was I not clear this morning?
- Elena Gilbert: I was invited.
- Damon Salvatore: You have to tell me before you walk into a lion's den.
- Elena Gilbert: Why? So that you can stop me?
- Damon Salvatore: Yes.
- [offers her his hand]
- Damon Salvatore: It would be rude not to dance, you know?
- Elena Gilbert: [accepts] It is tradition.
- Matt Donovan: Any word on who's behind all these attacks?
- Elena Gilbert: No. Sheriff Forbes said there's no real suspects at all.
- Elena Gilbert: It's all so weird. The Originals are throwing a ball. Like, an actual ball.
- Caroline Forbes: It's some twisted Cinderella fetish, is what it is. And why does the evil witch want an audience with you?
- Elena Gilbert: I have no idea. But there's only one way to find out.
- Caroline Forbes: I thought you told Damon and Stefan that you weren't going.
- Elena Gilbert: I did. Which is all the more reason why I need a drama-free bodyguard.
- Caroline Forbes: Well, I think a Salvatore would look a lot better in a tux. And by that, I mean Stefan.
- Elena Gilbert: Ugh.
- [shakes her head]
- Elena Gilbert: I can't deal with either of the Salvatores right now. Whatever Stefan feels, he's channeling it all to Klaus. And Damon...
- [sighs]
- Elena Gilbert: It's just not a good idea.
- Caroline Forbes: Why? Because you two made out?
- [as Elena looks at her:]
- Caroline Forbes: Bonnie spilled the beans.
- Elena Gilbert: [sighs] I was gonna tell you.
- [shakes her head]
- Elena Gilbert: It's just, after everything happened with your Dad...
- Caroline Forbes: Elena... When you and Matt kissed for the first time freshman year, you called me the second it happened.
- [shakes her head]
- Caroline Forbes: And I don't hear about this until now? And from somebody else?
- Elena Gilbert: I'm sorry.
- [shakes her head]
- Elena Gilbert: It's just, I don't even know how I feel about it yet. All I do know is just...
- [sighs]
- Elena Gilbert: It used to be so much easier.
- Rebekah Mikaelson: [appearing] Careful, Caroline. It's all well and good till she stabs you in the back.
- Elena Gilbert: What are you doing here? I know your Mom's rules. No murdering the locals.
- Rebekah Mikaelson: Get over yourself, Elena. It's not all about you.
- [goes off]
- Caroline Forbes: [as Rebekah hands Matt an invitation] Oh, my God! She's inviting him to the ball! Why is she inviting him?
- Elena Gilbert: Probably to get this reaction from us.
- Caroline Forbes: [sighs] What time is this stupid dance?