[Gilbert's house]
(Elena and Stefan are in Elena's bed. Stefan is sleeping. Elena is looking at him)
Stefan: You're staring
Elena: I'm gazing
Stefan: It's creepy
Elena: It's romantic
(He puts a pillow on his head. Elena removes it. They kiss)
Elena: Oh, this is bad of us
Stefan: Yes it is
Elena: If Katherine finds out...
(He kisses her)
[Katherine's bedroom]
(Mason and Katherine are kissing)
Katherine: Shut, Miss Flowers will think I'm a floozy if I have a man in here
Mason: Why are you staying here?
Katherine: Because I like this little bed and breakfast, don't you?
Mason: I love it
(They kiss passingly)
[Gilbert's House]
(Elena and Stefan are still kissing and hugging)
Elena: Okay, I need be in the shower
Stefan: Love it, let' go!
Elena: No, just me. I'm late. I'm decorating at the Lockwood charity thing
Stefan: What do you know! So am i
Elena: Do you thing that's really a good idea to be at their house today? Mason Lockwood tried to kill you
[Katherine's bedroom]
(Katherine and Mason are still in Katherine's bed)
Katherine: Where is the moonstone?
Mason: Somewhere safe
Katherine: Don't you trust me?
Mason: I don't trust anyone
[Gilbert's house]
Stefan: I don't trust Mason. I want to be there today to keep an eye on him
Elena: Okay but then we can't touch or talk and no lingering stares
Stefan: No, none of that
Elena: What do you think will happen if Katherine founds out that we are fake fighting?
[Katherine's bedroom]
Katherine: Scary will kill you
Mason: No, you won't
(She kisses him on the neck and bites him)
Mason: Ouch! Kat, easy!
Katherine: Did I hurt you? Sorry
[Gilbert's house]
(Elena pricks herself with a needle)
Elena: Ouch
Stefan: Did it hurt?
Elena: It's okay. A little bit every day to make you stronger, right?
(He drinks the blood on her finger)
[Katherine's bedroom]
Mason: What happen once I give you the moonstone?
Katherine: We'll live happily ever after. I promise
Mason: I'll bring it tonight, I promise
[Gilbert's house]
Stefan: I promise, we're gonna get through this
Elena: I love you, Stefan
[Katherine's bedroom]
Katherine: You know I love you
Mason: I love you too
(They kiss)
[Salvatore's house]
(Someone is knocking on the door. Damon opens it. It's Jeremy)
Jeremy: I need to talk to you
Damon: And why I need to talk to you?
Jeremy: Tyler Lockwood has to kill someone to activate his curse. He's not a werewolf yet
Damon: Whoa, fascinating. Not enough
Jeremy: But Mason Lockwood is and he's looking for a moonstone, a special roc related to the werewolves legend. That's why is here
Damon: A moonstone?
Jeremy: And I know where it is
Damon: And you're bringing me this why?
Jeremy: Do I need a reason? Look, I just want to help, okay?
Damon: What your sister say about this little discovery?
(Jeremy doesn't answer)
Damon: Oh, you haven't told her, have you?
Jeremy: Well, Elena doesn't want me getting involved in all this
Damon: And you're a Gilbert, you just can't help yourself. Whoa, your search for life's purpose is as obvious as it is tragic
Jeremy: You're gonna let me in or not?
(He goes into the house. Damon closes the door)
[Lockwood Mansion]
(Everyone is preparing for the masquerade ball. Jenna is talking with Carol)
Carol: Jenna, thanks for helping rundle the volunteers
Jenna: Off course, for a good cause. Plus, I have always been a sucker for the masquerade ball
Carol: So was Richard. This was always his favorite party of the year
(Matt and Tyler are carrying a table)
Carol: Boys! Be careful with that! It's from the eighteen hundreds
(She rejoins them. Jenna sees Stefan and rejoins him)
Jenna: Stefan, hey!
Stefan: Hey
Jenna: I'm cooking dinner tonight. Rick will be there, you should come
Stefan: You know, Elena and I, were kind of taking a pause
Jenna: Really? That's not what it sounded like this morning. Bad sleeper. You know what? I heard nothing
(She smiles and leaves)
(Bonnie is carrying a box. Elena is there too)
Elena: You're here
Bonnie: I'm here
(Bonnie is looking around her)
Elena: Caroline's not coming. I told you
Bonnie: Just making sure
Elena: You know, eventually, you're gonna have to talk to her
Bonnie: Could you make it a little less obvious you're on her side
Elena: There are no sides, Bonnie
Bonnie: Come on! Since Caroline became a vampire, you barely seen each other. Losing Caroline was bad enough; I didn't think I'd lose you too
Elena: Come with me
Bonnie: Where?
Elena: Not here. Some place quiet. We have to talk
(She takes Bonnie's hand and they leave)
[Salvatore's house]
(Liz is in her cell. Caroline arrives)
Caroline: You didn't eat much. Good news: Doctor Damon said the vervein is almost out of your system. So With any luck, you'll be freshly compelled and back in your own bed by tonight
(Liz doesn't answer)
Caroline: Are you really just gonna pretend like I don't exist?
Liz: Yes. So please go
Caroline: As usual, you don't care. Got it. Just like before I was a vampire. It's not like I died or anything
Liz: Are you... Are you really dead?
Caroline: Yes, I am now
Liz: How is it possible?
(Alaric arrive with a box)
Damon: Rick!
(Alaric sees Jeremy)
Alaric: What are you doing here?
Jeremy: Helping Damon. I'm the one who found out about the moonstone
Alaric: does Elena know you're here?
Jeremy: Don't exactly
Damon: What you got?
Alaric: This is Isobel research's from Duke. Her assistant send it to me
Damon: Vanessa, the hottie
Alaric: Vanessa yes. Do you remember the old Aztecs curse she told us about?
Damon: Son of the moon, bla bla bla bla
Jeremy: an Aztec curse? Cool
Alaric: Yeah, supposedly vampires and werewolves used to run freely until a shaman put a curse on them, limitating their power. Since then, werewolves can only turn on a full moon and vampires are weakened by the sun
Damon: Most of them anyway
Alaric: According to the legend, the werewolf part of the curse is sealed with a moonstone
Jeremy: What do you mean sealed?
Damon: It's a witch thing, whatever seals the curse is usually the key onto unsealing the curse
Alaric: Maybe Mason Lockwood believes he can use the moonstone to break the curse
Damon: If we start believing in some supernatural witchy mojo legend from a picture book, we're idiots. Where is the stone now?
Jeremy: Tyler
Damon: Can you get it?
Jeremy: Yeah
Damon: You see, know your life has a purpose
Jeremy: So you do believe it?
Damon: This is the same book that says the werewolf bite kills a vampire. Ignoring it make me an even bigger idiot. Let's go
[Lockwood Mansion]
(Elena and Bonnie are walking on the Lockwood property)
Bonnie: I can't believe this
Elena: it's a lot, I know. Katherine's gonna do everything that she can to drive me and Stefan apart and Caroline just got trapped in the middle
Bonnie: It's not that you and Stefan are pretending to fight, is that I didn't even know you guys were fighting at all
Elena: I'm sorry, I don't want to keep things from you but you've made it pretty clear where you stand with the whole vampire thing
Bonnie: So that makes me the unman out
Elena: No, Bonnie, of course not
Bonnie: I know where I stand, Elena and I know where you stand but where do we stand?
Elena: You're my best friend, Bonnie. I didn't mean to let this craziness with Caroline get in the way of that but she needs you too
Bonnie: not yet, I just... she's a vampire, I can't. I think we should get back
(Mason is carrying a box. He sees Stefan)
Mason: Hey Stefan
Stefan: Hey Mason
(Mason is chocked)
Mason: I wasn't expecting you here or anywhere
Stefan: Yeah, I had this little accident but I'm fine know
Mason: What did you do to Sheriff Forbes?
Stefan: she's fine too but for now on you'll have to do your own dirty work
Mason: Not a problem
(He leaves and bumps into Bonnie. She feels something)
Mason: Excuse me
(Stefan understands that something's going on so he rejoins Bonnie)
Stefan: What's the matter? Are you okay?
Bonnie: When I touched him, I saw something
Stefan: What do you mean? Like a vision?
Bonnie: I saw Elena
Stefan: You saw Elena?
Bonnie: He was kissing her
Stefan: No Bonnie. Elena wouldn't kiss... you didn't see Elena, you saw Katherine
(Elena sees Stefan and Bonnie talking together. Damon rejoins her)
Elena: Damon. What are you doing here?
Damon: Looking for my baby bro. Speaking of... you should tell yours to stop following me around
Elena: What's going on?
Damon: Ask him
(Jeremy arrives)
Elena: Jeremy, what is he making you do?
Jeremy: He's not making me do anything, Damon and i...
Elena: No way, no, no, no, no. There is no "Damon and you". There's Damon and whoever Damon is using, and those people, they end up dead. Whatever is going on Jeremy, I want you to stay out of it
Jeremy: I don't really care what you want, Elena. It's because of you that I'm in this mess in the first place so I'm sorry, you don't really get to tell me what I'm gonna do
(He leaves)
(Stefan is talking with Damon)
Damon: Katherine's with Mason Lockwood?
Stefan: You missed it. He got in the town after she did, it makes perfect sense
Damon: I know but Mason Lockwood?! Werewolf thing aside, the guy is a surfer. She's got to be using him, it has to be
Stefan: Using him for what?
Damon: Mason Lockwood's looking for a moonstone that allegedly can break the full moon werewolf curse. Maybe Katherine wants it as well
Stefan: Why?
Damon: Well... no idea. This is the beauty of Katherine; she's always up to something
Stefan: So how are we gonna find this moonstone?
Damon: Jeremy is gonna get it from Tyler
Stefan: Why would you involve Jeremy?
Damon: He's playing Indiana Jones, he involved himself
(Matt and Tyler are helping decorating)
Matt: She's this amazing girl one minute and then this raging jealous freak the next
Tyler: Look, you know what I think about Caroline Forbes. She's an insecure narcotic bitchy little twig
Matt: Hey!
Tyler: But the girl's got heart, she means well. You just get the mean with the best sometimes
Matt: Yeah. I'm gonna go get an extra. I'll be right back
(He leaves. Jeremy rejoins Tyler)
Jeremy: Hey man
Tyler: Hey!
Jeremy: Hey, so I did a little research on that stone you showed me
Tyler: What? Why?
Jeremy: I don't know. Curiosity, boredom
Tyler: What did it say?
Jeremy: Well, it turns out that it's part of this Aztec legend but I want to make sure it's the same kind of stone. You think I could check it out again?
Tyler: No. I gave it to my uncle
Jeremy: Why did you do that?
Tyler: Because I'm done with legends and curses. I don't want anything to do with it, okay?
Jeremy: Yeah, yeah sure. It's probably...
(Stefan and Damon had listened to the entire conversation. They look at each other)
(Elena is texting Stefan. She asks him if everything's okay. Stefan receives it and tells her that he's with Damon and Bonnie and that he'll fill her later. Stefan and Damon rejoin Bonnie)
Bonnie: Okay. This is as far as I go
Damon: Okay
Bonnie: What do you want?
Damon: A favor
Bonnie: That's not gonna happen
Damon: So predictable
(He looks at Stefan)
Damon: that's why I brought him
Stefan: I know how you feel about helping us out but since you're the one that linked Mason with Katherine, we finally have an opportunity to get an upper hand on both of them so just hear us out
Damon: Pretty please
Bonnie: I'm listening
(Stefan's phone is ringing. It's Elena)
Stefan: I have to throw Elena in on what's going on
(He looks at Damon)
Stefan: Can you play nice please?
(He answers)
Stefan: Hey, what are you doing? You shouldn't be calling me
Elena: I know but I have no idea what's happening. Damon's got Jeremy into something and you've got Bonnie with you and I'm sorting stupid masquerade masks for Misses Lockwood
Stefan: Alright, it's okay. Hold on
(He leaves. Damon is talking to Bonnie)
Damon: All you have to do is touch Mason Lockwood again to see if he gave Katherine the moonstone
Bonnie: My visions don't work like that; I don't get to ask questions
Damon: How inconvenient. Although, let's about that witchy mojo you do with me. You know the fun one, when my brain burst into flames? What is that?
Bonnie: That's me giving you an aneurysm. Your blood vessels go pop but you heal quickly so I do it over and over again
Damon: Is it vampire specific?
Bonnie: It'd work on anyone with a supernatural healing ability
Damon: Good. Good, good
Bonnie: Damon, I'm not gonna help you hurt him
Damon: Mason Lockwood's a werewolf, Katherine's evil. They're the bad guys. Really? You're gonna play morality police with me right now? Let me explain it to you another way: they're a threat to Elena. You witch, are gonna get over yourself and help us
Stefan: Yeah, he meant that as a question with a "please" on the end
Damon: Absolutely
(Mason is going to his car)
Mason: Hey, can you remove you van? I'm blocked in
(He sees Bonnie trying to remove a table from the truck)
Mason: Hey, how did you get stucked to that by yourself?
Bonnie: All the guys baled. Something about draft pix, I don't know, I don't speak that language
Mason: Here, let me give you a hand
(He helps her with the table but she uses her powers on him. He holds his head because he's in pain and fall on the floor)
Bonnie: Sorry
(Damon arrives and kicks him on the face. Mason is unconscious. Bonnie goes into Mason's car. Damon and Stefan put Mason in the trunk. Damon goes into Mason's car and leaves with Bonnie.)
[Salvatore's house]
(Caroline is in the cell with her mother)
Caroline: So I mainly drink from blood bags. It's not as good as the fresh stuff but it beats the animal blood that Stefan's been trying to get me to drink
Liz: So you steal the blood from the hospital?
Caroline: Damon does. I've been pilfering his supply so...
Liz: As long as you have blood, you don't need to kill?
Caroline: I want to. It's my basic nature now but on a healthy diet, I can control it. I'm getting better at it. I'm better than Stefan. He's a bit of a problem drinker, a blood-aholic
Liz: I don't want this for you
Caroline: I know but when life gives you lemons... Damon's home
(Damon and Bonnie are in the library. Damon puts Mason in a chair)
Bonnie: Here's his bag as requested
Damon: Okay, grab that corner
Bonnie: Why are we doing this?
Damon: Because I don't want to stain the carpet
Bonnie: I knew you were gonna say something like that
Damon: You're judging again
(They put a blanket under the chair)
Bonnie: He's not gonna be out much longer
(Damon takes chains from Mason's bag)
Damon: Looks like this guy used to be in tied up
(Bonnie takes Mason's head in her hands)
Damon: What are you doing?
Bonnie: You're looking for a moonstone and I'm trying to help you find it
Damon: Oh good, yeah. Find out if he gave it to Katherine and find out where she is and find out what they're gonna do with it once they get it
(Damon is tying Mason. Bonnie concentrates herself while she touches Mason's head)
Bonnie: Somewhere small, dark, there's water
Damon: Like a sewer?
Bonnie: No. Like a well? That can't be right? Yeah. It's a well
Damon: Why would it be in a well?
Bonnie: I told you, I only get what I get
(Mason catches Bonnie's wrist but Damon releases her)
Bonnie: That's it. That's all I got
Damon: Hey judgy! Thank you
(She looks at him and leaves. He's alone with Mason)
Damon: Come on. Wake up wolf boy
(He punches him on the face)
(Bonnie is leaving but Caroline arrives)
Caroline: Hey!
Bonnie: Hi. How's your mom? Elena filled me on everything
Caroline: I'm gonna take her home tonight
Bonnie: Caroline... don't remind, I've got to go
Caroline: Did you find the moonstone thing?
Bonnie: Not yet. Hey, do you remember that old well where we used to play when we were kids?
Caroline: Yeah
Bonnie: It's on the woods. Do you remember where?
Caroline: On the edge of the old Lockwood property. Why?
Bonnie: I think that's where Mason is keeping the moonstone. I got to go
Caroline: Well, I can go with you
Bonnie: No, it's okay
(She looks at Caroline who's disappointed)
Bonnie: Sure
Caroline: Okay
[SCENE_BREAK]
[Lockwood Mansion]
(Matt and Elena are helping preparing the masquerade ball)
Matt: So where's Caroline? This is like her thing. I can't believe she's not here
Elena: She has something else to do
Matt: Is she seeing someone?
Elena: Matt, come on. No, she's not
(Stefan arrives. Elena looks at him. Tyler arrives to)
Tyler: Anyone's seen Mason?
Stefan: He took off. He said he wasn't sure when he'd be back
Tyler: It's so weird
(He leaves. Stefan receives a text from Bonnie. She's telling him to look in the well, next to the old Lockwood property. Stefan looks at Elena. She goes toward him but he tells her no with his head. She's upset and looks at Matt)
Matt: I'm not even gonna ask
Elena: I'll be right back
(She leaves)
[Salvatore's house]
(Mason is chained to the chair. Damon is heating up an iron bar in the chimney. Mason is screaming. Damon looks at him)
Damon: Someone's feisty
(Damon goes toward Mason. Mason can't stop moving. He fell on the floor with the chair)
Mason: What?!
(Damon puts the iron bar into Mason's chest. Mason screams)
Damon: You can hurt, good to know. I was afraid you'd gonna be some beast mess with some with no affinity for pain
(Damon looks at Mason's wound. It's healing)
Damon: Oh, you heal quickly. Not good. I guess I'll just have to keep an applying pain
(He gets back the chair. Mason screams. Damon heats up the iron bar again)
Damon: So... Katherine. How do you know her? What is she up to?
(Mason doesn't answer)
Damon: I have all day
(He puts the iron bar into Mason again)
[The woods]
(Stefan arrives at the well. Elena rejoins him)
Elena: What's going on?
Stefan: You shouldn't be here
Elena: I know but I am. What's going on?
Stefan: Bonnie thinks the moonstone is down here
(He opens the well. He looks into it with a lamp)
Elena: Hey. Be careful
Stefan: I'll only be down there for a minute
(He goes into the well but he's full of vervein. Stefan's skin is burning)
Stefan: Elena!
Elena: Stefan?!
Stefan: Elena!
Elena: Stefan, what's happening?! What's going on in there?!
Stefan: Vervein. Oh my god! Help!
Elena: Stefan!
(Elena is trying to take the chains but they're too heavy. Caroline arrives)
Caroline: Elena!
Elena: Caroline, Stefan's down there and the chain is rusty
(Caroline tries to go into the well but Elena catches her)
Elena: No, no, no! You can't, it's full with vervein. Caroline, we've got to get him out. Now!
(Caroline takes the chain)
[Salvatore's house]
Damon: When did you two meet? Did she seduce you and tell she loved you? You're supernatural so she can't compel you. I'm she used her other charms. Katherine's good that way
(Jeremy arrives)
Damon: I thought I told you to leave
Jeremy: I found something in Rick's boxes stuff
Damon: What is it?
Jeremy: I did a search on my phone, it's a plant: Aconitum Vulparia. Grows in the mountain of the northern hemisphere, communally known as "Aconite", "blue rocket" and "Wolf spin"
(Damon looks at the plant)
Damon: What else did you read?
Jeremy: Well, every source says something different. One myth says it causes lycanthropy, which sounds bogus. Another one says that it protects people and another one says, well it's toxic
(Mason whimpers. Damon looks at him)
Damon: I'm guessing toxic
(He takes the plant and goes toward Mason)
Damon: What's Katherine doing in Mystic falls?
(Mason doesn't answer so Damon puts the plant on Mason's cheek. Mason's skin burn)
Damon: Why is she here?
Mason: She's here with me! Why are you asking? Jealous?!
Damon: How rude of me. I just realize I didn't offer you anything to eat
(He puts the plant in Damon's mouth)
Damon: Yummy!
[The woods]
(Elena is chaining herself to go into the well)
Caroline: I got you okay?
(Bonnie arrives)
Bonnie: What's going on? You took off in a blur
Caroline: I heard Elena screaming. Help her, now! Are you ready?
Elena: Yeah
(Elena goes into the well with the help of Caroline. She arrives at the bottom of the well. She founds Stefan unconscious into the vervein. Stefan's face is scalded. She attaches Stefan with the chains)
Caroline: Elena, what's going on down there?
Elena: Follow up!
(Caroline is pulling Stefan from the well. Elena stays in it. Bonnie unties Stefan and puts him on the floor)
Caroline: Elena! Ready for you!
Elena: Hold on! I need to find the stone
(Elena looks everywhere)
Caroline: Hurry!
Elena: Hold on! I think I found it!
(She finds a wooden box and takes it but a snake is on her arm. She screams. Another snake is on her. She can't stop screaming)
Caroline: Elena! What's going on?!
Elena: I got it. Come on, bring me up!
(Caroline brings Elena up. Bonnie unties her. Elena sees Stefan)
Elena: Oh god! Stefan!
(She cuts herself with a rock and gives her blood to Stefan. He drinks it)
Elena: I've got the stone, Stefan. Stefan, it's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be okay
[Salvatore's house]
(Damon is still torturing Mason)
Damon: Why do you want the moonstone?
Mason: Screw you!
Damon: Ahhh! Wrong answer!
Jeremy: If he was gonna say anything, he would have already!
Damon: I'm taking your eyes now
Mason: The well! You'll find it there!
Damon: I know where it is. I want to know what it does and why you want it
Mason: I'm getting it for Katherine
Damon: Why?
Mason: She's gonna use it to lift the curse
Damon: Of the moon? Now, why would a vampire help a werewolf break a curse that keeps him from turning whenever they want?
Mason: So I wouldn't have to turn anymore
Damon: Why?
Mason: Because she loves me!
(Damon laughs)
Damon: Now I get it. You're just stupid. Katherine doesn't love you, she using you, you moron!
Mason: I'm done talking
Damon: Yes you are. It's time to take a walk, Jeremy
Jeremy: I'm staying
Damon: No, you should go
Jeremy: I'm staying, Damon. He's got enough
(Mason looks at Jeremy)
Mason: Just help Tyler. Don't let this happen to him
Jeremy: Damon...
(Damon rushes over Jeremy and strangles him)
Damon: You want to be a part of this? Well, here it is! Kill or be killed! The guy is a werewolf; he'll kill me the first chance he got so you suck it up or leave!
(He releases him)
Damon: He wants me to kill him anyway, don't you Mason? Really is a curse, isn't it?
(Jeremy leaves)
Damon: You now, when I look at you I see myself, less dashing and less intelligent version
Mason: I love her
Damon: Oh, I know! I've been where you are but Katherine will only rip your heart out. Let me do it for her
(He puts his wrist in Mason's chest and kills him)
[Gilbert's house]
(Jenna and Alaric are in the kitchen, cooking dinner)
Jenna: You're pretty handy with that thing
Alaric: Yeah, uh, it's a skill
(They kiss)
Alaric: Where is the sea salt?
Jenna: Table
(They kiss again. Alaric lays the table. Elena arrives. Alaric looks at her and asks her secretively if she's okay. She nodded and goes upstairs)
[Salvatore's house]
(Caroline is in the cell with her mother)
Caroline: So I pulled Stefan out of this well and he's all verveined and just routed but Bonnie wasn't mean to me once and I really think it's progress, you know? I just... what? I'm freaking you out
Liz: It's just that you've become tis person....
Caroline: Don't... i... just starting to get along
Liz: This strong, this confident person
Caroline: Oh. Thank you
Liz: You don't have to take my memories away. I'll keep your secret. Look, if you're worried about them, just say you compelled me. I won't tell. I'll never do anything to hurt you
Caroline: Why we never talk like this? Never and today meant so much to me
Liz: For me too
Caroline: I know I can trust you but you're never going to trust them
(She cries and compels her)
Caroline: I'm going to take you home. You're going to forget that I'm a vampire
Liz: I'm going to forget that you're a vampire
Caroline: You'll remember you got sick with the flu, you had a fever, chills and leakiness but I made you soup and it was really salty. We beggared. You got better and then your selfish little daughter, who loves you no matter what, went right back to ignoring you and all is right in the world
(Damon is putting Mason's body in the blanket. Stefan arrives and shows the moonstone to Damon)
Damon: All this for that?
Stefan: Yep
(He throws him the moonstone)
Stefan: I see you've exercised your usual restraint
Damon: Had to be done
(He takes Damon's phone and text Carol on behalf of Mason)
Damon: "Carol, big opportunity in Florida, I'm gonna be gone for a long time. You'll send for ma things once I get settled. Much love, Mason"
Stefan: Let's get rid of the body
Damon: Oh, last number dialed. I wonder who that can possibly be
Stefan: No, no, no! Don't provoke her!
(Katherine answer, thinking its Mason)
Katherine: Mason, you should have been here an hour ago
Damon: Wrong boy toy
Katherine: Damon, for once you surprise me. I guess Mason's with you
Damon: he's right beside me although his heart he's across the room
Katherine: You shouldn't have
Damon: I've had a very busy day today. I killed a werewolf, found the moonstone. Hey, did you know that he hide the moonstone at the bottom of a well full of vervein? I guess he didn't trust you very much but he did love you. Poor guy. Hey, where are you? Because i could bring him over. Last goodbyes and all that
Katherine: You have no idea what you've just done
Damon: Aww, did I put a kink in your master plan? I'm so sorry
Katherine: Do you honestly believe that I don't have a plan B? And if that fails a plan C, then a plan D and... you know how the alphabet works, don't you? Send my love to Stefan
(She hangs up. Damon looks at Stefan)
[Gilbert's house]
(Elena arrive in the kitchen)
Elena: Where is Jeremy?
Alaric: Oh, he went straight up to his room. He said he's not hungry
Elena: Who is she talking to?
Alaric: I don't know. Everything go okay today?
Elena: There were a few hick ups but yeah
(Jenna is at the phone)
Jenna: Of course, I understand. Elena, it's for you
(Elena takes the phone)
Elena: Who is it? Hello?
Katherine: Hello Elena
Elena: Katherine
Katherine: Did you enjoy your little rendezvous with Stefan this morning? I will always know, Elena. I will always be one step ahead of you. When are you gonna figure that out? Do you know how easy it was to get inside of your house? To replace Aunt Jenna vervein perfume to convince her to stop drinking her special tea?
Elena: No
Katherine: Jenna's been my little spy for days now. Unlike you, Jenna actually listens to me so when I suggested that the world would be a much better place if she was just...
(Jenna is holding a knife toward her)
Elena: Jenna no!
(Jenna stabs herself. Alaric and Elena rush toward her)
Katherine: Well, you got the idea
(She hangs up)
[Mystic Falls' hospital]
(Elena rejoins Jeremy in the waiting room)
Jeremy: Is she okay?
Elena: The doctors told Alaric that she got lucky. She's gonna be okay
Jeremy: Did she remember what happened?
Elena: No, nothing. It's all bit of part of Katherine's mind compulsion
Jeremy: Why would Katherine hurt Aunt Jenna?
Elena: Because she's trying to send a message, that she could get to anybody
(She cries)
Jeremy: Hey, hey, come here
(He embraces her)
Jeremy: It's gonna be okay
Elena: No it's not
Jeremy: She's gonna pay Elena. I don't know how but she's gonna pay
[Lockwood Mansion]
(Tyler arrives and rejoins his mother)
Tyler: It looks good
Carol: Thanks. It was nice to see Matt today. He hasn't been around for a while
Tyler: We've both been busy I guess. Have you seen Mason? The guy's been off all day
Carol: Actually Tyler, Mason headed back to Florida
Tyler: What?
Carol: I'm sorry, honey. I know how much you two hinted off
Tyler: So he just left
Carol: I was hoping he'd stick around, I thought that with your dad gone... anyway, he's gone. So, I guess it's just you and me now
[Salvatore house]
(Elena rejoins Stefan in the library. He's crying)
Stefan: I'm so sorry
Elena: We were stupid. Sniking around, thinking that we weren't gonna get caught
Stefan: I know
Elena: We did this. Stefan, Jenna's in the hospital and Jeremy could be next all because we didn't listen to her, because we're together. Stefan...
Stefan: I know what you're gonna say to me
Elena: Then let me say it. I've been so selfish because I love you so much and I know how much you love me but it's over. Stefan, it has to be
Stefan: Elena, i...
(They are both crying)
Elena: No, Stefan. It has to be
(She kisses him and leave. Stefan is still crying. Elena goes toward the front door. Damon intercepts her)
Damon: Elena. I worked Katherine out. I wasn't thinking, I didn't think!
Elena: It doesn't matter, Damon. She won. Katherine won
(She looks at him and leaves)
[Katherine's bedroom]
Katherine: I apologize if I seem rattled. The circumstances have changed suddenly and I had to adjust. Mind control is necessarily evil. You see, I need a werewolf and I've lost the one that I had. Now tell me what you're going to do to help me get a new one
(She is talking to Matt)
Matt: I'm going to go after Tyler Lockwood
(She compels him)
Katherine: And you're not going to stop
Matt: And I'm not going to stop
Katherine: Until?
Matt: Until he kills me


[Scene: Magic School. Library. Paige, a man, and his daughter are there.]
Paige: So the wizard didn't realise the weight of the book. And after he put them on the shelves, they blew up everywhere and he had to re-conjure the entire library magically. But because he was a wizard, it only took him a couple of minutes. (The man and the daughter giggle.) Yeah, it's a cute story. (under her breath) The first couple thousand times you tell it.
Man: Excuse me?
Paige: Nothing. That's pretty much the bulk of the tour. Would you like to know anything about the facilities, students, teachers?
(Suddenly, Drake comes flying out of a room and he crashes against a wall.)
Drake: Boy. That was swinging! Hi.
Paige: Hi. This is Professor Drake. This is April, one of the students who's applying.
Drake: Oh, salutations. How do you do? Hello.
Paige: Drake is our visiting lecturer on advanced magical compositions.
Drake: In this case, magical musical compositions. That's the use of meter and tempo in spell casting and conjuring. (They hear a grunt and a loud noise coming from the room.) Oh, the troll is here. Why don't we see if he'll dance for us. Come on. (They stand at the doorway.) Hey, you put them down! All of 'em.
April: Wow, will I get to take his class?
Drake: Sure, why not?
Paige: Yeah, actually, Professor Drake's gonna be going on sabbatical in about a week.
Drake: That's right. I forgot about that little wrinkle. But with eager minds, and the power of magic, it's midsummer madness all the time. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta cut in.
Opening Credits
[Scene: Street. A security officer is standing in front of an abandoned building, pointing a gun. People are panicking and trying to get away from him.]
Security Officer: They'll burn! They'll burn! Don't you understand? They'll burn. We have to help them. (The police pull up.) I don't want to hurt anybody. We have to help them! They're burning. (The police get out of the car and point their guns at him.) I don't wanna hurt nobody, but I need somebody to listen. We need help. (A police officer tackles him to the ground.) You don't understand. You don't understand. The fire...
Police Officer: Relax, pal, you're under arrest. (He handcuffs him.) Get up.
Security Officer: We gotta help Marie!
Police Officer: Just calm down, buddy. Come on, everything's gonna be okay.
Security Officer: No, it won't. You don't understand. The fire. You have to let me go so I can get help! They're gonna burn! They're gonna burn!
(Screams are heard from a muddy hole in front of the building.)
[Scene: Manor. Piper's Bedroom. Piper and Leo are there packing a suitcase. Wyatt is sitting on the bed.]
Piper: Uh, rain gear for the kids?
Leo: Yes.
Piper: Camera and film?
Leo: Of course.
(Piper picks up an Italian dictionary and flips through it.)
Piper: Extra room for my... Pattini?
Leo: (thinks) Pattini.
Piper: Shoes. It's not a vacation in Italia if you don't have new shoes. (Leo laughs.) What's the matter?
Leo: I don't know. I guess I still don't think that this is such a good idea.
Piper: Why not? In Hong Kong, we'll buy you some suits or bootleg DVDs or something.
Leo: It's not the shopping. It's this whole world vacation thing. I just think we should stay here and wait for the Elders' decision on me.
Piper: Absolutely not. That's precisely why we should be going. Look, we're all together, we deserve a vacation. And we're not gonna sit around and wait for the other pattini to drop, so that's that. We're going.
Leo: But what about the travel and the cost?
Piper: Oh, for god sakes, Leo. We're orbing.
Leo: Okay, well, what about Phoebe and Paige?
Piper: What about them?
Leo: Well, they made us this big send-off dinner last night.
Piper: Oh, please. They ordered pizza.
Leo: Right. And we're not helping with the clean up.
Piper: Wow, if that's the best you got, you really do need a vacation.
Leo: But...
Piper: Arresto! Look, Phoebe and Paige just remade the world. I think they can handle the kitchen. Now, unless you have any more objections... (They pick up Wyatt and Chris and their bags.) Leaning Tower of Pisa, here we come.
(Leo orbs them all out of the room.)
[Cut to the Kitchen. Phoebe is on the phone. Paige is at the sink cleaning the dishes.]
Phoebe: I know, but Elise, why can't we just do the interview here? You know, kind of like an Ask Phoebe at home thing. Oh, yeah, the place looks great! (Paige makes a face.) Yeah, call them, I'll hold on.
Paige: That sounds exciting.
Phoebe: I guess.
Paige: What do you mean? You have Cosmo profiling you. That'd be great at any time. Sheesh.
Phoebe: I know, but I still want to make the most out of my day.
Paige: Phoebe, you asked to meet me here at... 8:22. That's not making the most of your day. That's some sort of weird OCD thing. What's going on?
Phoebe: I don't know. Maybe meeting Drake and realising what little time he has left has made me want to make the most of the time I have left? You know, time's a'wastin'.
Paige: Yeah, well, at least you're not wasting all your time at Magic School.
(The doorbell rings. Still on the phone, Phoebe heads for the front door.)
Phoebe: (to phone) Yeah, Elise, I'm still here. Oh, they can move it, that's perfect. (Paige follows Phoebe to the front door.) Just as long as the shoot's over by 3:00, 'cause I'm speaking at City College. All right, I'll be there in like twenty-five minutes.
(Phoebe hangs up.)
Paige: Sheesh, woman. You're a machine.
Phoebe: Every moment counts. Can you do me a favour and help me get this place cleaned up by 2:00? Great, thanks. (Phoebe opens the door.) Hey, Darryl, how you doing? Gotta go.
(Phoebe grabs her coat.)
Darryl: Hey, hold on a second. I need your help. Hi, Paige.
Phoebe: I was afraid you were gonna say that.
Paige: What's the matter?
Darryl: I'm not sure, but I think I've been around you guys long enough to know when something is not right.
Paige: What do you mean? Something magically wrong?
Darryl: I don't know what else it can be.
Phoebe: Listen, I'm on the clock here, so you gotta speed this up a little.
Darryl: Okay, look, my friend Mike, my mentor, actually. He's the one that brought me into the force. I think that... he might be, you know, possessed, maybe. He's not crazy. I don't care what anybody says. I mean, Mike would not hurt a fly.
Paige: Whoa, wait. Back up to the possessed thing, please.
Darryl: Well, since Mike retired, he's been working at this jewelry store as security on Market. And lately he's been having these... episodes.
Phoebe: What kind of episodes?
Darryl: Well, they've been happening more and more frequently lately until yesterday when he just snapped. He started waving his gun around, talking about he's gonna die in some terrible fire at Cabaret Fantome.
Paige: I haven't heard of that place.
Darryl: Look... I haven't asked you guys for help like this before.
Phoebe: Okay. Well, if I move my staff meeting to 11:00 and my 1:00 to 1:30, I should be able to help you right now. So I will check the archives for the club, Paige, you go with Darryl and check out this Mike guy, and we'll meet back here at like, I don't know, 1:10.
(Phoebe leaves. Paige shrugs her shoulders.)
[Scene: Bay General Hospital. A Room. Mike is strapped to a bed. He is yelling and trying to get free.]
Mike: No! I need... I need somebody to listen to me! I don't have much time. You understand? I don't have much time!
(Paige and Darryl stand at the doorway.)
Darryl: You see what I mean?
Paige: It doesn't seem demonic.
Darryl: Not demonic? I'm telling you, he doesn't even know who I am. He acts like he doesn't even know who he is.
Mike: Help! Let me get out of here!
Paige: He mostly seems afraid and panicky. All right, here goes. (They walk over to Mike.) Hi, I... I'm...
Mike: Marie.
Paige: No, I'm Paige. Who's Marie?
Mike: My fiance. She's trapped too.
Paige: Trapped where?
Mike: At the club with everybody else.
Paige: Cabaret Fantome?
Mike: Yes! Yes, you know it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You believe me?
Darryl: Just relax, Mike.
Mike: No! My name is George. I keep telling you that! We're gonna die. Don't you understand that?
Darryl: If that's not possession, what is it?
[Scene: Magic School. Phoebe and Paige are there. Phoebe shows Paige an old newspaper.]
Phoebe: Cabaret Fantome, deadly fire. Maybe Darryl's friend isn't so crazy after all. The Count's club was the biggest, most corrupt in the city. Right until it burned down, killing everyone inside.
Paige: Okay, why would the Count set the fire in the club, only to die in it himself?
Phoebe: I don't know, maybe he couldn't get out fast enough?
Paige: Maybe we should talk to George.
Phoebe: George? Who's George?
Paige: If I'm right, he's somebody who died in the fire. I think he's a spirit that's possessed Mike and he's crying out for help.
Phoebe: Yeah, but why would he need help? The fire happened over a hundred years ago.
(Drake walks in.)
Drake: Help from the pain of being a lost soul, perhaps. Paige asked me to do a little research in between classes.
(He drops a book on the table.)
Phoebe: "Possessions, Confessions, and Ghostly Obsessions: A demon's guide to everything magical."
Drake: Yeah, I used to sell these things lair to lair. Talk about a tough item to move.
(The book opens.)
Phoebe: "Lost souls are spirits of the dead, unable to move on because of spiritual confusion."
Drake: That's when souls die a violent death together. The fires of Gomorrah, the Flood, Pompeii. (The book starts to shake.) I would step back. The book likes to show off a little, don't you?
(A rope flies out of the book.)
Phoebe: What the hell?
Drake: Don't be afraid, it's simply illustrating a point. When souls die at once, the good ones can't move on because the bad ones are holding them back. And vice versa. They're lost, they're stuck in their respective afterlives, unaware of their tragic fate. It's really sad, actually.
(The book slams shut.)
Phoebe: Okay, but if they're unaware, how are we supposed to help George?
Drake: We can't. Unless we enter his world and find out which one of those bad souls is holding him back.
Phoebe: Excuse me?
Drake: Well, this spell would get us there, but I'm not gonna tell you what it is unless you take me.
Phoebe: Wait, us?
Drake: How many chances do we have to go to the 1890s?
Paige: It's not going to the 1890s that's the problem. It's getting back from the 1890s.
Drake: Don't you worry there, little lady. The spell will only keep us with the souls till the moment they become lost. In this case, it's when the fire begins.
Paige: Okay, how do we free George?
Drake: I don't know, we wing it.
Paige: Uh, okay. I don't know. I'm gonna go check out some other things.
(Paige walks away.)
Drake: All right. You don't have to go, but you do.
Phoebe: I can't. I have an interview today.
Drake: Interview shminterview. How does an interview weigh in against the fate of an innocent? And if we are to help, your premonition skills could prove essential. And it is the next logical step in our whirlwind romance.
Phoebe: What whirlwind romance?
Drake: The one we'd be having if we had time. Come on, I don't have long to live, I'm dying here. A soul needs your help. So, what do you say?
(Phoebe sighs.)
[Scene: Street. Phoebe, Paige and Drake pull up outside a large abandoned building.]
Paige: Are you sure this is the place?
Phoebe: It says here it's where the cabaret used to be.
Paige: A vacant lot after 106 years?
Drake: It's probably haunted. Or better yet cursed. Cool, let's go.
Paige: Is there a special reason we can't do this from home?
Drake: The closer we are to where the souls were lost, the better the chances of finding the exact one we are looking for. Excuse me. Safety first.
(He gets out of his seat and climbs over to the back seat where Phoebe is. Phoebe giggles.)
Phoebe: What are you doing?
Drake: Getting comfortable. What else? You don't want my body... slumped in the front seat. It's too conspicuous. Phoebe, living isn't about tasks. It's about living.
(Drake clicks his fingers and an old sheet of paper appears in his hand.)
Phoebe: All right. Paige, are you gonna make sure Elise bumps my interview two hours?
Paige: I'm all over it.
Phoebe: And we will be back before two hours?
Drake: Yeah. We'll return just when the fire begins. Which, based on what you said about George, seems imminent. "Free our souls from their shells, see where the lost spirits dwell, long enough to find their pain, quick enough to return again."
(Phoebe and Drake fall asleep.)
[Cut to inside Cabaret Fantome. 1890s. Phoebe and Drake appear on a staircase. Phoebe is wearing a red feathery dress and Drake is wearing a black tuxedo.]
Phoebe: Oh, my. (They look around and see men and women drinking and talking. A man is playing a piano.) This is...
Drake: Fantastic. Well, you look stunning.
Phoebe: Why, thank you. You don't look so bad yourself.
Drake: Well, thank you very much.
(Phoebe takes Drake's arm and they walk down the stairs.)
Phoebe: So, what do we do now?
Drake: We mingle.
(They walk through the room. A man sitting at a table near by with some women stands up.)
Count Roget: Ladies, please. (The women walk away.) Toulouse, who the hell is that?
(A man turns around and looks at Phoebe and Drake.)
Toulouse: Never seen 'em before, boss.
Count Roget: Nor have I. Find out who they are.
(Phoebe and Drake notice Count Roget staring at them.)
[SCENE_BREAK]
[Scene: Cabaret Fantome. Continued from before. Phoebe and Drake are walking through the room.]
Drake: Pardon us.
Phoebe: So all these people are stuck in some, like, ghostly limbo? As if the fire never happened?
Drake: It happened. Otherwise they wouldn't be here.
(Drake watches a woman walk past them.)
Phoebe: All right, keep your eyes in your socket, buddy. We're here for George, remember?
Drake: That doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves. Come on, it's 1899. You may not remember, but I do. What, the Gilded age? It's a time when everyone thought life couldn't possibly get any better. There was science, there was art. There was peace and love. And romance. Everything was a celebration.
Phoebe: This is a celebration? Everyone's dead, just like...
Woman's Voice: George? George? (A woman walks up to a fortune teller sitting at a table.) What did you do to him?
Fortune Teller: I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about.
Woman: Don't lie to me. I saw him over here talking to you and now he's gone.
Fortune Teller: What can I say? He likes my cards. Still, I don't know where he is. Now, if you'll excuse me.
(A man sits at the fortune teller's table. The woman walks away.)
Phoebe: Uh, excuse me? I couldn't help but overhear. Do you know George?
Woman: Who are you?
Phoebe: That doesn't matter. But what does matter is that George came to us for help. About the fire?
Woman: What fire? What are you talking about? I don't have time for this.
(The woman walks away.)
Phoebe: She doesn't know about the fire either?
Drake: That's because it hasn't happened yet. Not as far as she's concerned. Not as far as they're all concerned.
Phoebe: Huh?
Drake: Don't you see? They're doomed to repeat the last few hours over and over again. It's like a never-ending loop.
Phoebe: Well, that's just terrible. What could possibly cause such a thing?
Drake: What or who?
(They look over at Count Roget. Toulouse walks up to Count Roget.)
Count Roget: Well?
Toulouse: Well, they're not the law. I don't know where they came from.
Count Roget: I'm more interested in how they got in. And if they're my way out.
Toulouse: What do you mean?
Count Roget: Toulouse, what if I was to tell you everyone in this room has been reliving this same night for over 100 years? Like rats on a wheel. I mean, nobody knows it but me. And what if, no matter what anybody did, or how hard they tried, there's absolutely no way out? And all the drinking and gambling and... the girls. Well, what if they didn't mean squat? What if, you'll love this, I told you that it was going to be like that forever? Forever. What would you say then?
Toulouse: Well... Would I get to keep my tips?
Count Roget: Bring me a Scotch. Champagne for the lady, and a cigar for the gentleman. I want them to be comfortable when I meet them.
Toulouse: Yes, sir.
[Scene: Manor. Conservatory. Paige has put Phoebe and Drake on the chairs.]
Paige: Okay, if you guys are not back in two minutes, I'm calling Piper. (The doorbell rings. Paige walks into the foyer and opens the door. Elise and the photographers are there.) Hey, Elise. What are you doing here?
Elise: Well, what do you mean? I'm here with Cosmo for the photo shoot. Where's Phoebe?
Paige: Uh, Phoebe... Didn't you get her message? She said she's gonna have to reschedule.
Elise: What?
Paige: Yeah, just for a couple hours.
(Elise walks inside and closes the door.)
Elise: I never got the message to push the shoot. Are you out of your mind? We're talking national exposure here for her column. The kind you can't buy, and the deadline is tonight! And no, I can't just... (Elise sees Phoebe asleep in the chair in the conservatory.) Phoebe? Phoebe, we talked about this. (Elise heads for the conservatory.) You blow it with Cosmo once, you don't get a second chance. What is the matter with her?
(Paige stands in front of Elise, stopping her from walking any further.)
Paige: Well... I'd say that she's got food poisoning.
Elise: Food poisoning!
Paige: Shh. I think the more she can sleep, the quicker she'll get better.
Elise: When? When is she gonna get better?
Paige: Well, like I was trying to say... A couple hours. Have you thought about doing it at the office?
(They walk back towards the door.)
Elise: Well, that is where I originally wanted it, but...
Paige: See? You're brilliant. Really, a brilliant woman. Okay, I promise you'll have her there.
Elise: She better be.
(Elise leaves. Paige walks into the conservatory.)
Paige: Piper! Piper, Leo! (Piper, Leo, Wyatt and Chris orb in.) How was the vacation?
Piper: This better be an emergency. We were just about to go for a gondola ride. (Paige points to Phoebe and Drake.) Per l'amor di dio!
(Leo translates.)
Leo: Oh, for the love of god.
[Scene: Cabaret Fantome. A fan dancer walks on stage and talks to the piano player. Phoebe and Drake are sitting at a table. Count Roget is sitting at a table beside them.]
Drake: Hey, a fan dance. I love a fan dance. Wait'll you see this. (Phoebe looks uninterested.) Nevermind.
Count Roget: Yes, it is quite a sight. A beautiful woman onstage, nothing between her and the audience except two ostrich plume fans. The allure of the dance is to watch how she moves with the fans. Showing only what she wants, not an inch more.
Phoebe: Is the dance ever performed by a man?
Count Roget: So tell me, my new friends, how exactly do you know George?
Phoebe, Drake: What makes you think that we do?
Count Roget: Well, I saw you talking to his fiance, Marie. She seems terribly distraught, doesn't she?
Phoebe: She doesn't know what happened to him.
Drake: Do you?
Count Roget: I've been concerned about him recently. Keeping an eye on him, you know. He is my best barkeep, after all.
Phoebe: And you don't know what happened?
Count Roget: I wish I did. So, how did you come to learn about Cabaret Fantome?
Phoebe: Word gets out.
Drake: Hard to keep a place like this hidden forever.
Count Roget: Do you like the cigar?
Drake: Quite.
Count Roget: They're hand rolled in Havana, and shipped to my dealer Philippe, special. He's right across the street actually. Would you like to take in the night air, pay him a visit? He loves new customers.
Phoebe: Sure. Care to join us?
Count Roget: Sadly, I am unable to leave the club.
Drake: And why is that?
Count Roget: Because as they say... the show must go on, right?
Piano Player: Ladies and gentleman, please welcome your host, Count Roget.
(Count Roget stands up.)
Count Roget: Feel free to enjoy the show from here. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Phoebe: We're dying to see it. (Count Roget walks up on stage. Everyone applauds. Suddenly, a glass window shatters and you can see a fire on the other side. Everyone screams and runs for it. The clock says 12:00.) Right on time.
(Another window shatters near the fortune teller. Everyone screams.)
Drake: Could have waited till after the show. Come on, we gotta get to the spot.
(Everyone tries to escape and the doors slam shut. The place is going up in flames. Chandeliers fall.)
Maria: George!
(Phoebe and Drake head for the stairs.)
Phoebe: We have to help her.
Maria: George, where are you!
Drake: We can't. We stay, we burn. Don't worry, she'll be back tomorrow.
[Scene: Bay General Hospital. Room. Mike is struggling to get free from his bed. A nurse is trying to control him.]
Mike: The fire!
(Darryl runs in.)
Darryl: What's wrong? What's going on? Go, go get some help!
Nurse: Right away.
(The nurse runs outside. Mike glows and calms down.)
[Cut to the Cabaret Fantome. Phoebe and Drake are at the top of the stairs. George suddenly appears in the room.]
George: Marie! (Marie runs over to him. They hug.) Just hold on.
(Count Roget sits down at a table. He sees Phoebe and Drake vanish.)
[Cut to the Manor. Conservatory. Piper and Paige are there. Leo walks in.]
Leo: There's nothing in the Book that tells us how to get them back. So... Since I can't talk to the Elders...
(Phoebe and Drake suddenly wake up.)
Paige: Phoebe?
Piper: Are you all right?
Phoebe: I don't know.
[SCENE_BREAK]
[Scene: Manor. Conservatory. Continued from before.]
Phoebe: And that's when the good souls tried to escape, but couldn't.
Piper: Couldn't?
Drake: Yeah, all the exits were magically sealed. (Drake stands up.) I got dead leg. I'll be down here. Sorry.
(He sits back down.)
Leo: At least nobody knows they're gonna re-live it.
Phoebe: The Count definitely knew. He just stood there watching everybody burn.
Paige: You think he's a demon?
Phoebe: No, if he was, he wouldn't be reliving it.
Drake: No, but maybe he made a deal with a demon. If he's the one bad soul trying to hold everyone back, he'd do anything to keep from moving on.
Piper: Doesn't seem like much of a deal, though. He's stuck as well.
Drake: Yeah, but anything's better than purgatory. Trust me, it's... Besides, he's probably trying to buy time. Find another way out.
Phoebe: Okay, so how do we help George and the other souls move on?
Leo: First you've gotta find a way to separate their souls from the Count's.
Phoebe: Yeah, but how?
Piper: Find the demon who he made the deal with and get him to break it.
Paige: Think that demon's around?
Piper: Well, this one is.
Drake: Yeah, but not for long. Besides, that's not really the point. I mean, enough about me. What do you think of me?
Piper: Let's go check the Book. Andiamo.
Drake: Ciao, ciao.
(Piper and Leo leave the room.)
Phoebe: Maybe we should go talk to George and see if he remembers what the demon looks like.
Paige: Hello. Hello. Magazine. Interview. Cosmo. Canceling twice.
Phoebe: Well, I think this is a little bit more important than Cosmo, don't you?
Drake: Paige, there is a lot more to life than work. There's adventure.
Paige: Really? I wouldn't know.
Phoebe: Hey, I have an idea. Why don't you do it?
Paige: What?
Phoebe: Be me. You can glamour. You've done it before. Paige, it'll give you a little taste of life outside Magic School. And besides, if anyone knows me as well as I know me, it's you. Just fake it.
Paige: Why don't I just go talk to George?
Drake: Because if we have to go back at the Cabaret afterwards, the Count is expecting Phoebe. Feathers and all.
Paige: Feathers?
Phoebe: Don't ask.
[Scene: Bay General Hospital. Hallway. Phoebe, Drake and Darryl are there.]
Darryl: The doctors are saying that he's schizophrenic or something. First he's George, then he's back to being Mike again. Now he's George.
Phoebe: That must be who we saw get back into the club before we left.
Drake: Perhaps the fire starting is what pulled George back in the time warp.
Phoebe: He knows what's really going on.
Drake: And can only escape long enough to cry for help.
Darryl: What are you two talking about?
Phoebe: The fire that your friend's screaming about, Darryl, is real. Very real.
Drake: That's how poor George died.
Phoebe: And the only way he knows how to cry out for help is to possess your friend.
Darryl: But why? Why Mike?
Drake: Proximity.
(They hear Mike screaming from the room.)
Phoebe: You ready?
Drake: No.
Phoebe: Let's go.
Drake: Okay.
(They walk into the room.)
Mike: I gotta get out of the fire! It's coming back! I need somebody to believe me!
Phoebe: We believe you, George.
Mike: George? Then you do believe me?
Phoebe: Yes.
Drake: We also saw Marie just as we left.
Mike: You can go in and out without getting burned? How?
Drake: Well, you kind of have to die first.
Phoebe: We can go back in to free you and everybody else, but we're gonna need your help.
Mike: Anything. Anything.
Phoebe: What can you tell us about the Count?
Mike: He's the one who did this. He cursed everybody to save himself.
Phoebe: Yeah, we know.
Drake: Maybe he was talking to someone else, maybe there's...
Phoebe: Did you see him talk to anybody else, anyone unusual that night?
Mike: Yes, yes! Every night before the show he sits with this frightening-looking man at the centre table. And then the Count, he signs something.
Drake: That could be the deal.
Phoebe: They might still be there.
Drake: This may be a silly question. Is there anything we can do to make you more comfortable?
Mike: Save Marie.
[Scene: Manor. Attic. Leo is there writing in the Book of Shadows. Piper walks in.]
Piper: Kids are down for the count. No pun intended. What are you doing?
Leo: Me? Nothing.
Piper: Yes, you are. You're writing in the Book?
(Piper looks at the Book.)
Leo: No, I was just looking for demons.
Piper: "Tips for future Whitelighters." What?
Leo: It's just something I was working on for the kids. You know...
Piper: No, I don't know. Why can't you just tell them this yourself when they're ready?
Leo: Because I might not be around.
Piper: Come on.
Leo: Look, Piper, I know you want to ignore everything going on with the Elders, but I can't. We don't know what they're gonna do to me or when.
Piper: They can't just yank you out of our lives, Leo.
Leo: How do you know that?
Piper: Because they can't. And if they did, I'd quit. We'd all quit. Is that why you didn't want to go around the world in 80 orbs?
Leo: Yeah, I just wanted to finish it. Just in case.
Piper: Okay. Did you even look for demons?
Leo: Yeah, I found this one. Sargon. Traders of souls, preys on the afterlife.
Piper: Well, it certainly looks like our guy except... we vanquished him already.
[Scene: The Bay Mirror. Hallway. Paige walks in.]
Paige: I can do this. I can do this. I can do this. (She sees a poster on the wall of Phoebe.) You owe me.
(Paige glamours into Phoebe.)
Paige/Phoebe: Hello, sis.
(Paige/Phoebe walks into the office. Elise, the photographer and the interviewer are there. Elise rushes up to her.)
Elise: Phoebe, there you are. You look great. You feeling better? You are so late.
Paige/Phoebe: I know. Maybe we should just reschedule.
Elise: Not a chance. Come meet everybody.
Cameron: Hi, I'm Cameron.
Paige/Phoebe: Hi, it's nice to meet you. So, you're the photographer?
Cameron: Uh, I'm interviewing you. We spoke on the phone? Twice?
Paige/Phoebe: That's right. I'm sorry. I got confused. I thought you said, "I'm the camera man." Get it?
Cameron: Okay, so I'm gonna ask you questions while they shoot. Is that all right with you?
(She stands Phoebe in front of a background.)
Paige/Phoebe: Sure.
Cameron: Okay, great.
Paige/Phoebe: Shoot away.
(The photographer takes a photo. The flash hurts her eyes.)
Cameron: Are you all right?
Paige/Phoebe: Yeah. Yeah, it's just new contacts.
Cameron: So why don't we start with what inspired you to become an advice columnist?
Paige/Phoebe: That's a really good question. Well, I guess growing up as an only child...
Cameron: I'm sorry, only child?
Paige/Phoebe: I meant Paige grew up as an only child. I mean, that's how she grew up until she met her sisters, you know, us, me. And that had absolutely nothing to do with why Phoebe became an advice columnist.
(Elise laughs.)
Elise: She talks about herself in the third person.
Paige/Phoebe: Yeah, what I meant to say was that Paige had a lot to do with my decision. Well, she opened up a whole new world for me, and made me see how much I really have to offer. And I can honestly say, that I would not be standing here today if it wasn't for Paige.
Cameron: Oh, great.
(Paige/Phoebe poses for the camera.)
[Scene: Manor. Attic. Piper and Leo are there. Phoebe and Drake walk in.]
Phoebe: Hi, okay. According to Mike...
Drake: George.
Phoebe: Whatever. There was in fact a demon in the club that night who...
Piper: We vanquished, five years ago.
Phoebe: What? Are you serious?
Piper: 'Fraid so.
Leo: And according to the Book, there aren't other demons who could've made the deal either.
Phoebe: Well, how do we get them to unmake it?
Drake: We go back.
Piper: No! What? No.
Phoebe: No, I think he's right. It's the only way we're gonna be able to find the demon.
Piper: But you said yourself you barely made it out alive last time. Besides, you don't even know what he looks like.
Phoebe: Well, George told us where to find him.
Drake: It's simple. We go back. I talk to him demon to demon, talon to talon, claw to claw. Make him unmake the deal.
Phoebe: Hopefully, the souls'll be released.
Drake: Yeah.
Phoebe: Okay. Let's do it. (Phoebe and Drake sit on a couch.) This time no messing around, okay? We get in, we find him, we get out.
Drake: Might wanna stay for the show.
Piper: Wait. What are we supposed to do?
Phoebe: What you always do. Worry.
[Scene: Cabaret Fantome. Phoebe and Drake appear at the top of the stairs.]
Phoebe: We're late.
Drake: No, we're not. Let's go.
(They run down the stairs.)
Phoebe: There's nobody at that centre table.
(Count Roget walks up to them.)
Count Roget: Your demon is long gone. In fact, he left 106 years ago. Right after we made the deal. Long before the fire. You know... (in Mike's voice) The fire! It's coming back! You gotta believe me! (Phoebe and Drake see George and Marie sitting at a table near by. Toulouse has a gun pointed at them.) Please, you gotta help me and Marie! Or something like that?
Phoebe: Oh my god, that was you in Mike's body. You tricked us!
Drake: Slow down.
Piano Player: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your host, Count Roget.
Count Roget: I regret to inform you that tonight's fan dance is going to be cancelled.
(He points a gun at Phoebe and Drake. All the windows shatter. Everyone screams.)
Phoebe: You really think that gun's gonna do anything?
Count Roget: Indeed. If you can burn, you can bleed. (He shoots Drake in the chest. He falls backwards.) You really shouldn't bother. Both of you will die soon enough. Since your friend George has found a temporary way out, I now have found my permanent way out.
(Count Roget walks to the top of the stairs and disappears.)
[Cut to the manor. Attic. Piper is pacing.]
Leo: You know, they haven't been gone that long, relax.
Piper: Oh, no. I can't relax. I worry, remember? (Drake wakes up.) Drake, what happened? Why isn't Phoebe waking up? Drake, did you hear me? What the hell is wrong with Phoebe?
Drake: I suppose she didn't make it.
[SCENE_BREAK]
[Scene: Manor. Attic. Continued from before. Count Roget/Drake is looking at himself in the mirror.]
Piper: What do you mean she didn't make it? How is that possible?
Count Roget/Drake: I don't know. (He hits the mirror and it spins.) Clumsy...
(He hits the mirror again and it hits him in the head.)
Piper: What's the matter with you?
Count Roget/Drake: Nothing. Actually, I'm splendid. I mean... swell.
Leo: Look, you have to go back and get her before the fire starts.
Count Roget/Drake: It's already begun.
Piper: Well, then you need to go get her. Go!
Count Roget/Drake: No. What do you mean, go back there? Forget it.
Leo: Why not?
(Count Roget/Drake looks out the window.)
Count Roget/Drake: Perhaps if I go... outside... Have a smoke, you know, like... Consider the possibility of going back. I gotta go. Excuse me.
Piper: Who are you? Count Roget!
(Piper tries to blow him up.)
Count Roget/Drake: Oh, not bad. I guess I did choose the right body.
(Leo puts up his hands. Piper stops him.)
Piper: No, don't. You're in enough trouble already with... (Count Roget/Drake shimmers out.) The Elders.
[Cut to Cabaret Fantome. The place is on fire. Everyone is screaming and trying to escape. Phoebe is kneeling beside Drake.]
Drake: Go. I'm gonna die anyway. Get out of here.
Phoebe: Not like this. If George can get out, we can too. We just have to think about this. We have to think about it.
Drake: Fortune teller.
Phoebe: Okay. (They go over to the fortune teller's table. They look in a book.) Perfect. Perfect escape from the ordinary. Five card spread.
(She places tarot cards on the table.)
Drake: Listen, odds are the Count's possessed my body. Until he's evicted, I got nowhere to go. Only you can get out into your body. Even though I'm into your body, I still can't get out.
Phoebe: I'll come back for you.
Drake: If he puts up a fight, you just vanquish my sorry ass. I don't care. But only as a last resort.
Phoebe: Okay. Vita Brevis Abraxis.
(Phoebe disappears in a cloud of smoke. Drake coughs.)
Drake: Can I get a water?
[Cut to the manor. Attic. Piper and Leo are there. Piper picks up a vial.]
Piper: This should dispossess him, if we can find him.
Leo: He's off the radar. There's nothing in the Book to help locate him.
Piper: You were onto something a minute ago. (Phoebe wakes up and gasps.) Phoebe?
Phoebe: Where's the Count?
Piper: Wait a minute. What's my middle name?
Phoebe: Uh, Surly?
Piper: Ha. That's my girl.
Phoebe: Whatever, where's Drake's body?
Piper: We don't know.
Leo: We can't scry for him. But we're thinking maybe he's in a pub, or a restaurant.
Phoebe: Or a tobacco shop. I think I know where to find him.
[Scene: Street. Count Roget/Drake is running from a couple walking their dog. He steps onto the road and a motorbike rides past him.]
Count Roget/Drake: Whoa! What kind of terrible world is this?
(Piper, Phoebe and Leo walk around the corner.)
Piper: One you'll be leaving soon.
Count Roget/Drake: No. They'll take me away!
Phoebe: Go to hell!
(Phoebe throws a vial at his feet. Drake's body falls to the ground leaving Count Roget's soul standing there. Black shadows surround him and he screams. They suck him into the ground. Piper, Phoebe and Leo watch as the souls from the Cabaret Fantome are freed and rise into the sky.)
[Cut to Bay General Hospital. Room. Mike looks over at Darryl.]
Mike: Darryl?
Darryl: Mike. Is that you?
Mike: Of course it's me. (He notices that he's strapped to the bed.) What's... what's going on here?
(Darryl laughs.)
Darryl: You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
[Cut to the street. Drake wakes up. Phoebe tries to help him up.]
Phoebe: Welcome back.
Drake: Thank you. (Drake pulls Phoebe onto his lap. Phoebe giggles.) Thank you for bringing me back. This boy was getting hot.
Phoebe: I'll bet.
[Scene: P3. Piper and Leo are sitting at a table. Leo is reading out of a book trying to speak Italian.]
Piper: Leonardo, it's bene.
Leo: The vacation was a great idea.
Piper: Just not great timing.
Leo: Yeah, well, life is short, bella.
Piper: Are you quoting Drake now?
Leo: He's got a point. Thanks for trying to distract me from the Elders.
Piper: I just wished it would've worked out the way I planned.
Leo: Could be worse.
Piper: I think from now on I'm gonna stop trying to control every little moment. The best ones kinda sneak up on you anyway.
(They smile at each other and clink their wine glasses.)
[Cut to another table. Phoebe is sitting there. Paige walks up to her.]
Paige: Excuse me, have you seen Phoebe?
Phoebe: Very funny.
(Paige sits down.)
Paige: Wow, I haven't seen you this relaxed in quite a long time. After having been you, I kinda see why.
Phoebe: Well, I'm trying to take a step back and enjoy every moment. Hey, thank you. You did a great job. Nobody ever knew.
Paige: Well, you're welcome. I think after reading the article, you'll find that your little sister got praised quite a bit.
Phoebe: Deservedly so.
Paige: I actually think I got more out of it than you did. I kinda miss being out there in the real world, you know.
Phoebe: Maybe you should do something about that.
Paige: Maybe I will.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, P3 is proud to present a one night only show by...
(Piper and Leo sit at their table.)
Leo: What's going on?
Announcer: Drake Demond.
(Everyone applauds.)
Phoebe: Oh my god.
Piper: This is what happens when you have one week to live?
Paige: What is he up to?
Phoebe: Just be grateful it's not a fan dance.
(Music starts playing. A spotlight shines down on Drake on stage. He sings "Everything's Kind Of Good". When he's finished the spotlight turns off and everyone applauds.)


CRU - Street
Rusty : I'm telling you, Baldwin's rules for ring closure, they don't even apply. Dr. Albert's wrong.
Dale : Then somebody better change Baldwin's rules between now and the final.
Rusty : Dr. Albert is not infallible, Dale.
Dale : If you define "infallible" as I do in this situation as in "holds my future in her hands," then yes, she is. What you looking at? Dr. Albert? Did she hear you say she wasn't infallible? Please, Lord, grant me invisibility...
Rusty : No. It's the girl from my American lit class. Just don't stare so much.
Dale : That girl right there? I hate to say this, but I liked it better when you weren't on the prowl.
Rusty : That's the Moby Dick girl.
Dale : I'm not real sure I'm comfortable with that statement either.
Rusty : Last week, in my American lit class, Mr. Ellman pointed to me and he's like, "Mr. Cartwright," and I said, "No, please call me Ishmael."
Both : Emma cracked up.
Dale : It's such a good story. Every time.
Rusty : She got the joke. I think she gets me. You know how rare that is?
Dale : No, not really. But what I do know is that obsessing, particularly in the carnal realm, distracts the mind from important matters, like solid-state chemistry.
Rusty : My work in solid-state chemistry is not suffering because of Emma.
Dale : Well, mine is. If you like this girl, for heaven's sake, and mine, just ask her out.
Rusty : She laughed at my joke, she didn't give me her phone number. Look how she closes her book first, and then takes her last sip of coffee. Dale ? No !
Dale : She'll meet you for coffee tonight at the espresso farm, don't thank me. Let's start with exo-digs, you take favored, I'll take unfavored. You wanna sit down or you wanna just keep standing here? Come on. ZBZ HOUSE - Living room
Frannie : What's going on?
Casey : Caroline, Laurie, and Amy have been invited to Lambda Sig pink rose formal.
Frannie : It's fantastic.
Ashleigh : We're finally moving out of the social dog house. Under the amazing leadership of Casey Cartwright.
Frannie : So when do we call the Omega Chis? To build on the momentum? The Lambda Sigs are the second hottest house on campus. Now that they've officially taken us off Greek death row with these invitations, this is the perfect time to push for a full pardon by setting up a mixer with the first hottest house... the Omega Chis. If you thought that was a good idea.
Casey : Actually, I think it's a... terrible idea.
ZBZ Girl : But the Omega Chis are a rightful social counterpart.
Casey : Rightful social counterpart B.J.K.
Ashleigh : "Before Jen K."
Casey : And the shunning Omega Chi gave us after the article was published? Not to mention B.P.H.
Ashleigh : Before... Paris Hilton?
Casey : Before public humiliation? The back-to-school carnival. Am I the only one who remembers the kissing booth debacle? The way the Omega Chis publicly humiliated us? Why should we reward them for treating us like that? No, ladies. ZBZs will find their way to the top on their own merits. And in the meantime... We can celebrate, and strengthen from within. How about a game night? We can order pizza, bake cookies...
Frannie : Great, that sounds great. It sounds great. Credits CRU - Dale & Rusty's room
Rusty : 7:00, 8:00.? 7:00 sounds great. No. That's fine. Yeah, all right. I'll see you then. All right, bye. She wants to bring her roommate along on our date.
Dale : That can't be a good sign.
Rusty : If she didn't want to be alone with me, why didn't she just break the date?
Dale : Pity can be a pretty powerful emotion. Or... She likes you so much already, she wants to show you off.
Rusty : All right, maybe I should bring somebody to... To keep her roommate busy. So I can have a little one-on-one time with Emma.
Dale : That's à good idea. Maybe get one of your frat bros to go along.
Rusty : No, I don't wanna have to explain how this whole stupid date thing happened to any of the guys at the fraternity. Especially if it's go up in flames. How about you go with me? You're the one who got me into this.
Dale : Rusty, I know you haven't been able to see me in action. You know, pure girls being somewhat in short supply here at CRU. I'm known in certain circles as quite the ladies' man. I wouldn't wanna show you out there.
Rusty : What circles are those?
Dale : Purity pledge circles. I was voted "most likely to have the opportunity to become impure, but have the supreme self-control not to" three years running in high school. I just don't want to risk our friendship over some girl.
Rusty : I'm willing to take the risk.
Dale : All right, then. If that's the way you want it, roomie. But be forewarned. I have no control over this charisma. ZBZ HOUSE - Hallway
Rebecca : That sounds terrible. Poor thing! So I'll call you later. That was Cappie. He's sick.
Casey : Yeah, I'm suddenly feeling a little nauseous myself.
Rebecca : Not having a boyfriend is nothing to get yourself upset about. You don't need a man to have a fulfilling life. You could be the next mother Teresa or Rosie O'Donnell. Caroline and Mandy have already left for the movies yet?
Casey : Wait, you're not going to see Cappie?
Rebecca : He's sick.
Casey : Really? OK. I saw Mandy...
Rebecca : What?
Casey : It's just... When Cappie and I were together, I always took care of him when he was sick. But... He's probably not even thinking about that right now. Maybe you can just send him a nice warm e-card. I'm sure it'd mean a lot to him. CRU - Garden
Ashleigh : Okay, I'm here. So what's with all the secrecy?
Frannie : We needed to talk somewhere away from the house. I'm worried about Casey.
Ashleigh : Frannie, I know you've supposedly gone through this whole personality overhaul thing, but I'm kind of weirded out when you start talking about your concern for Casey.
Frannie : This is not about me. Didn't you notice how everyone was looking at her when she nixed mixing with the Omega Chis? And I know you heard someone call her "Lizzi."
Ashleigh : So? Casey, Lizzi. It's an understandable mistake.
Frannie : Casey is seriously being blinded to what's good for the house and herself by this Evan-shaped mental block. Which I know I helped to put there. That's why I'm doing everything I can to get everyone back to their rightful places.
Ashleigh : If you feel so strongly about this, why don't you talk to Casey about it?
Frannie : Because she might be kind of weirded out. Don't let her blow this opportunity, Ash. ZBZ HOUSE - Ashleigh & Casey's room
Casey : Not wanting to have a mixer with the Omega Chis couldn't possibly have anything to do with my feelings for Evan. I don't have feelings for Evan. It doesn't matter to me if he's arrogant, or rude, or dismissive... I don't even notice.
Ashleigh : Yeah, I can see that. Did you know that Amanda gets PE credits for massaging the varsity boys during swim meets? We should just go...
Casey : The Omega Chis publicly humiliated the ZBZs at the back-to-school carnival. Right?
Ashleigh : From where I was standing, Case, it looked more like... Evan humiliated you. But I could be so wrong.
Casey : No, Ash. You're right. It was about Evan and me. But he is an Omega Chi and I am a ZBZ.
Ashleigh : Yes, you are. And you're the best president ever.
Casey : And there are 50 other girls in this sorority, who didn't get dissed and who want to resume relations with the Omega Chis.
Ashleigh : 50 hot, desirable Omega Chis, including Calvin, who might be waiting for an opportunity to disagree with Evan Chambers.
Casey : That part would be gratifying.
Ashleigh : I'm social chair. I can extend the invitation.
Casey : Thanks Ash, but this isn't just about the party. It's about normalizing relations. I need to do it. I can do it.
Ashleigh : Wanna go fondle some swimmers first?
Casey : You are such a good friend. CRU - Café
Emma : So how did you meet?
Rusty : Did you guys meet here? You can go first.
Emma : No, you first.
Dale : Luck of the draw. Housing office saw fit to put us two brainiacs on the engineering dorm.
Rusty : Dale, we don't need...
Dale : Honors floor. I got a 2210 on my sats. Rusty here got about the same.
Tina : I got 2250.
Dale : 780 in math. Tina 790.
Rusty : Dale's very proud of his accomplishments.
Emma : It's okay. Tina's not easily intimidated.
Rusty : I see that.
Emma : So how are you liking american lit?
Rusty : Honestly, I am finding Moby Dick a little long and kinda stiff. I can't believe I just said that.
Emma : I say things I don't mean to say all the time. Why do you think I don't talk in class?
Rusty : Well, I just figured you were so far ahead of the discussion, you were just waiting for the rest of the class to catch up.
Emma : I wish. Mostly I'm just trying to stay awake. Which I guess brings us back to Moby Dick being...
Rusty : A little long and stiff.
Tina : Is that what I think it is?
Rusty : What, what is?
Dale : His pledge pin? Or his scarlet letter, if you will? He's in a frat.
Rusty : We prefer "fraternity." I'm pledging Kappa Tau Gamma.
Tina : The Greek system should be banned from college campuses.
Dale : You got a 2250 on your sats, and you're down on the Greeks?
Emma : Well, the Greeks aren't so bad.
Tina : Emma, they're this totally ritualistic, secretive society.
Rusty : I think you may be taking it a little bit too seriously.
Tina : You don't think it's serious when an organization takes monies from general students services fees, but doesn't allow all students to participate in its activities?
Rusty : Well, the same could be said for most clubs on campus and sports teams.
Emma : I could use some more coffee.
Rusty : I can get that for you.
Dale : You know, I've started an organization you may be interested in, U-Sag.
Tina : U- sag? What does that stand for?
Dale : University students against Greeks. CRU - Street
Rusty : That was a complete disaster.
Dale : Are you kidding? That was great. That Tina's a real spitfire.
Rusty : Dale, this was supposed to be my date with the new girl, and it turned into the Greek inquisition. They didn't even want us to walk them back to their dorms.
Emma : Hey Rusty !
Dale : If Tina wants to call me, tell her it's okay. I'm serious.
Emma : I just wanted to apologize for abandoning you tonight. I'm not much good with confrontation.
Rusty : Your roommate likes it enough for both of you.
Emma : I know. I probably shouldn't have brought her. I didn't really know you, and anyway, I'm really sorry. See you in class?
Rusty : Maybe we can try it again? Just you and me? Friday night?
Emma : Sure. Why not?
Dale : Did you tell her to call me? OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Hallway
Evan : Casey ?
Casey : Hey!
Evan : Hey!
Casey : I was looking for Dino.
Evan : Dino?
Casey : The Omega Chi president?
Evan : Yeah, I know. I know who he is. He's not here right now. What did you want to talk to him about?
Casey : Just some Greek business. If that's okay with you.
Evan : Why wouldn't it be with me? Just that the OCs and the ZBZs aren't exactly doing business anymore. But if you want me to tell Dino you stopped by, I'll tell him.
Casey : You know what? Never mind. I don't have to talk to him after all. KT HOUSE - Cappie's room
Rebecca : Cap ?
Cappie : That's my girl ?
Rebecca : Hey ? Thought maybe you could use a massage or maybe a sponge... I thought you had a cold.
Cappie : I do. I also have pink eye.
Rebecca : Bummer. Well, there's some tea. I've gotta go.
Cappie : Wait. What's under the white coat, doc?
Rebecca : It's... nothing that should be seen through... Crust.
Cappie : Is it really that bad? Okay, hold on. Here we go. Better?
Rebecca : A little. What?
Cappie : I didn't think that you'd come.
Rebecca : Why not? Casey took care of you when you were sick, right?
Cappie : Well, yeah, but, I mean, you're not... Tea! What is this, Earl Grey?
Rebecca : It's chamomile. Is there anything else I can do for you?
Cappie : I don't wanna impose. Let's see. Would you mind... Heating that up? Yeah, it's just a little cold. Thanks. And maybe some Chicken noodle soup in a cup, in, like, the mug, you know? It's always better when it's in a mug for when you're sick. With some of the little oyster crackers on top. I'm sorry. It's probably a good thing you wore the coat. ZBZ HOUSE - Living room
Ashleigh : So the social committee is planning a game night, and I'm taking a poll on board games.
Frannie : More like boring games.
ZBZ Girl : What we should be planning is a great party with the Omega Chis.
Casey : I couldn't agree more. Which is why I went to the Omega Chi house just now to discuss the possibility of mixing with us.
Frannie : My God, that's fantastic.
Casey : But they said no.
Ashleigh : Really?
Frannie : Did you talk to Dino?
Casey : We're still poison as far as they're concerned. But who cares, right? We don't need the Omega Chis to be the best sority at CRU. We are the ZBZs. We have the Lambda Sigs. We have game night. Now I'm gonna go change my clothes. And then let's scatter some gories.
Ashleigh : She did what she could. I guess. CRU - Dale & Rusty's room
Rusty : CD, cD jacket. Think I'm set.
Dale : Were you able to include any "Darwin lied"?
Rusty : I tried, Dale, but damnation seems like a little bit of a romance killer.
Dale : You know what Emma's gonna like, anyway?
Rusty : I don't, which is why I emailed her a detailed questionnaire with multiple options in each musical category. She hasn't sent it back, though, so I thought I'd give her some choices that she can cross-reference while deciding.
Dale : Man, that's my third email from Tina today. She's really chompin'at the U-Sag bit. I think she's gonna come by our meeting tomorrow.
Rusty : I don't get the attraction. Tina's one of the most abrasive people I've ever met.
Dale : I'm just not intimidated by strong women. And U-Sag is a big tent organization. CRU - Café
Ashleigh : Oh Calvin ! Over here.
Calvin : Let me just go grab some coffee.
Ashleigh : No! Sit.
Calvin : Or... not.
Ashleigh : Why don't we have mixers anymore?
Calvin : "We" meaning "you and I"?
Ashleigh : "We" meaning ZBZ and Omega Chi. You guys totally shut down the idea of having a mixer with us? What's up with that?
Calvin : I still have no idea what you're talking about.
Ashleigh : Casey said that she got a seriously strong negative reaction from Dino when she invited you guys to mix with us.
Calvin : Really? That's weird. When it comes to getting back together with the ZBZs, my sense is most of the guys are fine with it, including Dino.
Ashleigh : I need you to do something for me.
Calvin : Okay, let me just grab...
Ashleigh : No. So this is what I need you to do. CRU - Emma & Tina's door
Rusty : "Indelible." Crap.
Girl : See you at dinner, Tina.
Rusty : Hey Tina.
Tina : What are you doing with our white board?
Rusty : I just came by to drop off a CD for Emma, and it just fell off. And I thought I would just take it back to my dorm room, slap some adhesive on it, and bring it back.
Tina : It fell?
Rusty : Crazy? Good thing I was here. And I have adhesive in my room, so... I'm gonna go.
Tina : I can't speak for Emma, but I really don't appreciate being part of these little frat pranks. Give me back my white board.
Rusty : This has nothing to do with the fraternity.
Tina : Then give it back. Don't you think it would have been simpler to just erase it?
Rusty : Yes, but... Okay, I used their marker, and it's indelible. Who knew?
Tina : Yeah, they're in the middle of this feud with these guys down the hall. Hey, if you could find one with a corkboard, that'd be great.
Rusty : Hey, can you just give this to Emma for me?
Tina : Any message? Something... Short and limp?
Rusty : Just say it's from Rusty. Here. OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Meeting room
Calvin : All right. Look, we all know the ZBZs have been looked down upon ever since the article. But it's old news. I think it's time we gave them a second chance. They're the same girls that we partied with last semester, and they're awesome. I just don't think we should keep punishing them for something that could have happened to any of us.
Evan : I think my little brother is well-intentioned, but, in this particular case, missguided. I mean, come on, guys. The events of the past few months have just shown us who they really are. I mean, they're a house... That... Always puts their own interests first, and ultimately can't be trusted. I mean, no matter how much we might wanna trust them.
Dino : Do you really believe that?
Evan : Look, if this is about having a mixer, the Tri Pis are always available.
Calvin : A little too available.
Dino : Why don't we put it to a vote? All those in favor of continuing to shut out the ZBZs? All those opposed. ZBZs have it. ZBZ HOUSE - Ashleigh & Casey's room
Casey : What, did they just announce a new season of "America's Next Top Model"?
Ashleigh : Better! Kyle, the Omega Chi social chair, just came by to invite the Zeta betas to mix with them this weekend.
Casey : Wow, that's... That's so not what they said before. But great.
Ashleigh : We're gonna have to scramble a little to get the registration forms and keg application into the dean's office in time. But where there's a will, there's a way to get through with the new party restrictions. Right?
Casey : Right. We're back on with the Omega Chis. I wonder how all of this happened.
Ashleigh : Case, did you ever actually talk to Dino about a mixer?
Casey : Why would you even ask me that?
Ashleigh : 'cause I talked to Calvin. And from what he was hearing at the house, it didn't sound like you had.
Casey : Let's go see that... That was really fun. Right? I really meant to. I wanted to. I went over there, and Evan answered the door, and he was all cold and judgey. I knew what I should say, but I couldn't talk. I couldn't give him the satisfaction of knowing I wanted anything from him.
Ashleigh : It's one night. One night that'll make two houses very happy. And all you have to do is sign our half of the registration forms and get through a few hours with Evan. And I have a plan for that. CRU - Dale & Rusty's room
Rusty : Hey, guys. Emma loved the CD. I just got a text from her. "T-h-x" with an exclamation point.
Sanjay : A bake sale?
Ted : Car washes?
Dale : Just keep reading. So I guess she wasn't phased by the white board incident.
Rusty : I told you, Dale, she gets me. I just want to give her a couple more song choices before class.
Sanjay : This is truly ambitious.
Rusty : What are you guys doing?
Dale : We're meeting with Tina later that afternoon about U-Sag. I just want the guys here to be up to speed on all our suggestions.
Rusty : That's a lot of suggestions.
Dale : Tina's a real dynamo. And I feel like, you know, it's my job now to harness all her energy.
Sanjay : That sounds dirty.
Ted : You think everything sounds dirty.
Dale : Guys, could we focus?
Tina : Dale? You ready?
Dale : Come in. Hey. Let me introduce you to Sanjay and Ted.
Sanjay : Hi.
Ted : Hi.
Tina : Sanjay, Ted. Ishmael. So are you guys ready to go? I had a bunch of posters made up.
Dale : Posters? But, I mean, we haven't really went over...
Tina : We gotta grow this thing. I've got a hammer, and the rest of you guys could just use your shoes. Come on, guys, let's go! Hurry up!
Rusty : Nice harnessing. Got extra shoes? KT HOUSE - Living room
Rebecca : Anybody know where the charger to Cappie's little video game machine is?
Heath : Nope.
Rebecca : I don't suppose you have any saltine crackers. Anybody?
KT Guy : How 'bout some peanuts? They're warm.
Rebecca : Works for me! Okay. I will pay anyone $200 to take this tray up to Cappie's room and watch Reba with him. We're on season five!
Heath : No one goes into Cappie's room when he's sick.
KT Guy : It's like going into the Bermuda Triangle. With germs.
Heath : The only one brave enough to do that was...
Rebecca : Casey. I know.
KT Guy : I hear she never left his side.
Heath : Yeah, she was a real angel of mercy. CRU - Classroom
Rusty : Hey...
Emma : Hey!
Rusty : I also brought you a set of push pins. Because, look, it's got a corkboard on it. And a new set of dry erase pens. 'cause you don't want any more accidents.
Emma : No, that's for sure. Thanks.
Rusty : And I got you a cup of coffee. Careful. And a full selection of additives.
Emma : Wow.
Rusty : Last, but not least, here is a few more song samples, an updated hard copy of the cd questionnaire. I figured, since you hadn't responded, you were having trouble downloading the attachment.
Emma : Rusty, this is amazing. The only bad thing is now I feel like a real jerk for having to postpone our date tonight.
Rusty : Oh.
Emma : I have a paper due on Monday for my philosophy class. And I... Thought I'd be a lot further along than I am. So now I have to work on it all weekend. I'm really sorry.
Rusty : That's okay. When you're dating a student, you have to expect these kinds of things, right?
Emma : Right.
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OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Party
Ashleigh : There, now you only have to come in contact with Evan once. When you check his ID. And stamp his hand. Or his face.
Casey : Ash !
Ashleigh : Like you wouldn't love to.
Rebecca : Nice to see the Greek world back on its axis.
Casey : How's Cappie? Contagious?
Rebecca : Probably. Whatever.
Casey : Enjoy your soda.
Rebecca : Thanks, Casey.
Casey : This night not be so bad after all.
Ashleigh : There's Calvin. Are you okay here?
Casey : Sure, I'm fine. Have fun.
Ashleigh : Thanks.
Casey : Hey, Evan Let me just stamp your hand and then you can go get started.
Evan : You're ZBZ party patrol?
Casey : Your guy hasn't shown up yet.
Evan : Actually, he has. It's me. OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Party
Frannie : Oh, my God. Is this a reunion of... More than just our houses? Or just an incredibly awkward coincidence?
Evan : You're holding up the line, Frannie.
Ashleigh : Do you think people can really change?
Calvin : Right now, I'm more concerned about having something that combustible so close to the alcohol.
Ashleigh : I think they're gonna be okay. Let's go mingle.
Evan : If you stamp that hard, it makes the ink wet. If the ink stays wet, it's easier for them to transfer stamps.
Casey : If you guys had invested in wristbands instead of stamps, we wouldn't have to worry about it. Have fun.
Evan : You didn't check her ID.
Casey : She's over 21. I've known her for two years.
Evan : It doesn't matter. You still have to check her ID.
Casey : Right. I guess knowing someone for two years doesn't mean that much in the end.
ZBZ Girl : I'm over 21, Casey.
Casey : Beer is high in carbs and it makes you bloat. I'm doing you a favor.
Evan : I guess you always gotta make me be the bad guy. So you can play the victim again. Man up, Condon.
Casey : Whatever role I play, I have to be a mime, since you never stop accusing long enough to let me get a word in.
Evan : You mean you think you have some... Some reasonable explanation for kissing Cappie after I lavaliered you?
Casey : How about that I'm human? That I make mistakes? Like you did when you rush-humped Rebecca.
Evan : Will you ever quit playing that card? I was never in love with Rebecca.
Casey : You... move! Move! Just move! So?
Ashleigh : Can I get re-stamped?
Evan : Listen, it wasn't the same level of betrayal, okay? You obviously still had feelings for Cappie.
Casey : And I still have feelings for Cappie, Evan. Just like I still have feelings for you. Maybe I always will. Unlike the super-human Evan Chambers, I don't seem to have control over how I feel about people. Most of the time however, I do have control over what I do about those feelings. And what I did was choose you. I thought that was the most important thing. Clearly, in your world, it isn't. And then you dumped me without trying to talk, without giving me the second chance I gave you.
Evan : O'Toole. Perfect. You're gonna have to do this, man, you're it. I need a drink. KT HOUSE - Cappie's room
Cappie : Dr. Logan. You're... A scary scandinavian woman.
Nurse : It's nurse Von Lembke. But you can call me Helga.
Cappie : Why would I wanna do that?
Nurse : Rebecca Logan sent me. She said it's time for you to get well. Shall we start with the nasal irrigation? CRU - Dale & Rusty's room
Rusty : Emma must be really working hard. She's not even answering her phone. I just hope she got that care package I sent her.
Dale : Could you keep your voice down, please?
Rusty : Why?
Dale : 'cause Tina said she was coming over, and I do not want to talk to her. And put your phone on vibrate.
Rusty : Whatever happened to "Not being intimidated by strong women", "Harnessing that dynamo"?
Dale : She's trying to take over U-Sag. She emails me at least a dozen times a day. She put her email on all the flyers. Now she's even got Ted and Sanjay including a prayer for a greater U-Sag profile on campus in their daily intercessions.
Rusty : Well, Dale, you just can't hide out here. You're eventually going to have to talk to her.
Dale : No, I won't.
Rusty : Are you just gonna will her away?
Dale : I believe in science and creationism. My mind is a powerful instrument.
Tina : Hello? It's Tina. Anybody in there?
Dale : Don't say anything.
Tina : Is that you, Dale? I'm actually here to see Rusty.
Dale : It's a ruse. Don't fall for it. Do not let her in.
Rusty : Don't be ridiculous, Dale.
Tina : What's going on in there?
Rusty : What's going on in there is that Dale wants U-Sag back.
Tina : What are you talking about?
Rusty : You... overstepping your boundaries. As much as I disagree with U-Sag, it's important to Dale. It's his brainchild. You took a simple invitation to join, and you ran wild with it.
Tina : I thought that the goal was to get rid of the Greek system.
Rusty : It is, unfortunately. But... Dale wants to do it his way. And you had no right to come in and pull the rug out from under him. The guy's freaked out. So you just need to back off.
Tina : Yeah, well, I didn't come here to talk about U-Sag anyway. I came here to give you this. It's from Emma. Your care package. I mean, between the cd and the white board and the coffee and the questionnaire, and now this... I mean, you're scaring her. She wants you to back off. OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Party
Evan : Frannie... What do you want?
Frannie : To apologize. For screwing things up with you and Casey last semester.
Evan : I don't even wanna think about me and Casey anymore.
Frannie : Or maybe I can help. Evan kisses Frannie.
Frannie : My... Not exactly what I had in mind.
Evan : Really?
Frannie : Look, Evan... You're a gorgeous guy, with many, many fine attributes. You're also... Clearly Still working out some issues. I'm not interested in being anyone's warm body.
Evan : I got it. ZBZ HOUSE - Ashleigh & Casey's room Casey just woke up. OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Living room
Calvin : Evan.
Evan : I need my shoes. Where are my shoes?
Calvin : Right there.
Evan : Yes, okay.
Calvin : You look like crap. Where are you going?
Evan : I'm gonna go tell Casey I'm an idiot, and I want her back.
Calvin : Good luck with that. OMEGA CHI HOUSE - Hallway
Evan : Casey. You look amazing.
Casey : I feel pretty amazing. I'm done, Evan.
Evan : Done with what?
Casey : With all this. I'm finished being angry with you. I woke up this morning and I finally realized no matter what I say or do, I can't change the past. Or how you feel about it. And I'm done trying. I'm finally ready to move on.
Evan : Move on... From us?
Casey : Yeah.
Evan : And what if I was less of a jealous idiot?
Casey : Then I'd think maybe we could be friends... If you think you can do that.
Evan : Friends?
Casey : Think about it. See ya around campus... Evan Chambers. CRU - Street
Rusty : Hey, you're up early.
Emma : I've got coffee, thanks.
Rusty : This one's mine. Look, Emma... I just want to apologize for coming on so strong. I never meant to scare you or seem like a crazy person.
Emma : That's okay.
Rusty : Yeah, I guess I'm just... Overly enthusiastic. I really liked you. And I really liked being in a relationship when I was in one before. And I guess when it... Seemed like I might have a shot at a new one, I kind of jumped the gun. I'm sorry for the firearms metaphors.
Emma : Don't worry about it.
Rusty : Yeah, I don't know. It's probably obvious that... I don't have a lot of experience in the romance department. But I'm a fast learner. And maybe if I totally put the brakes on, we can try again.
Emma : Yeah. No. But I'll see you in class, okay? ZBZ HOUSE - Hallway
Casey : Frannie.
Frannie : Casey.
Casey : We need to talk.
Frannie : About what?
Casey : Do you still wanna move back into the house?
Frannie : Yeah.
Casey : Then do it. You're officially off probation. We're moving forward. KT HOUSE - Cappie's room
Cappie : Good morning.
Rebecca : What did you do to him?
Nurse : You know the rules, Ms. Logan. What happens in Cappie's room stays in Cappie's room.
Rebecca : Still contagious, right?
Cappie : No, I was just wearing this because, apparently, Helga likes pirates.
Rebecca : You two...
Cappie : Did not. I am currently a one-woman man.
Rebecca : Look, Cappie... I am not now, nor will I ever be Casey Cartwright... Perfect girlfriend, angel of mercy.
Cappie : Well, thank God.
Rebecca : You really are a colossal pain in the ass when you're sick, you know that? I don't know how she stood you.
Cappie : Well, she is an angel. And she discovered my achilles heel. Cough syrup. Knocks me on my butt. She'd give me a dose, climb out the window, and come back by the time I need another one. No one knew. She didn't even think I knew. What?
Rebecca : Only makes me like her more.
Cappie : Really? We talkin' threesome now?
Rebecca : Who said you're invited?
Cappie : You're bad. You naughty little girl. CRU - Dale & Rusty's room
Tina : I had a new idea for a U-Sag flyer, and I just wanted to run it by Dale and see if he would sign off on it.
Rusty : I'll make sure he gets it.
Tina : Hey Rusty. For what it's worth, Emma likes her crazy on the outside, not the inside. You're the first guy she's gone out with all semester that's not covered in tattoos and body piercings.
Rusty : I'm not crazy, okay?
Tina : And I'm not an egomaniacal control freak. Look... you probably won't understand this, and I don't even know why I feel the need to explain it to you, but I like to be in things. And all the ramp-up, getting-to-know-you part makes me feel anxious. So I kind of sort of just jump over it. Which can make me seem a little... pushy. Okay? Well, you better watch out for us, frat boy. Go, U-Sag!