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So, I hear someone's making life changing decisions.

Another day, another bullshit challenge.

Stefan
So this whole church gym thing? You going to let me kick your ass or?

Angels? I'm not buying it.

So, has everyone calmed their shit yet, or is anyone still crazy out there?

[Lexi Branson]

Talk to me, babe. What's going on in that amazingly gorgeous head of yours?

[Claire Danvers]

How you doing, kiddo?

Damon + Elena
Caroline and I, we have our humanity. I'm s Lizzie does too from what I've heard.

Lexi
I don't even know what to say.

Josie
I'm sorry. The last thing I ever want to do is make you feel uncomfortable.

Caro
Tell me what you need from me.

Hey Lexi. Remember how I said I wouldn't tell?

Well, I lied.

Lee, I bet you can't even guess how many people Lexi killed the other night. I was impressed. One little push and all that willpower and stubbornness washed away.

[Stefan]

You really gonna make me come find you?

[Lee]

I'm going after Stefan. Can you keep an eye on Claire? I know she's all about the learning but I's rather not have her and Kai bring anyone home to experiment on.

Right now Harry is distracting Lizzie. Since we have the Armory, we have a place to keep her and also Caroline and Stefan as a means to contain them. We just have to get them there.

Annoying. The computer isn't running fast enough to work the calculations I want. Perhaps Myriam was correct and any decent computer uses a human brain for a hard drive and processor.

Well, this certainly isn't Oz.

So that was probably not my best way to say hello yesterday. But I'm sober now, for the first time in a very long time actually, so I'm hoping I can try again.

Hi, I'm Lee, Lexi's explained this place to me and convinced me this isn't some hallucination. Though, babe, kind of did figure it out after the first cold shower.

[Claire and Lexi]

Hey, kiddo. Sorry I didn't make the best first impression.

I think there was something in that tequila.

Or there was not enough tequila.

Right. I'm going to go back to sleep. And then I'm going to wake up back... where... wherever I was, or at least somewhere that's not here. In this weird dream place.

Make sure to stop by Best tonight for our Secret Santa giveaway. Bring a wrapped gift and you get free admission and half price drinks.

Elena

I've got to work the stupid holiday thing at work, are you going to stay inside while I'm gone with someone we know so that Silas doesn't get to you? Or are you gonna come to work with me so I can keep an eye on you and keep you safer than everyone else?

Mystic Falls plus Klaus, minus baddies & Amara
Silas approached me with a deal yesterday. The deal that he offered was that he won't kill us or come after us if Bonnie makes the immortality elixir for Amara so they can have eternity together. I didn't say anything until now because I wanted to make sure that Bonnie was confident she could make the potion. We have a back up plan and that's taking the cure from Katherine and making Silas take it, which will make him a powerful witch, but he won't be immortal anymore and that way we can kill him.

Silas
She's going to do it. Stop harassing my friends.

All pies at The Pie Hole are Buy One Get One 75% off now through Christmas Eve. Figured some people might like to know.

[Lexi]
It's a little over a week until Christmas. I was wondering if you might want to do something on Christmas? I mean I normally hung out with my parents so this is my first year without family.

Oh, and I need help buying a dress for the masquerade ball. Nick invited me and I don't own a dress!

[Kol]
Know any spells to keep whatever a Slayer is out of my apartment? I don't want any of them going after Lexi.

Maybe I do need a hobby after all.

[Lexi]
Does it ever hurt less? I don't know how many more times I can have Shane lose his temper because I'm a monster now.

Elena, Jeremy, Stefan, Caroline, Josie, Lizzie, Ric, Bonnie and Lexi

So, Christmas. I'd like to do breakfast and I'd like to organize it all. Just us, nice and small but family. Can't say I'm Bah-Humbug, now can you?

[Kai]
...Kol is a huge fucking jerk. Did you know?

[Stefan, Caroline, Lexi]
I have a slight problem. I opened the apartment door to go to class today and Nick's body was there with a note pinned to his bloody shirt.

Kol turned Nick and left him for me to find. So, uh, Nick is now on the couch and I'm just waiting.

[Kol]
How could you?

added later:
[Marcel]
He killed Nick! Kol left his body in front of my apartment and now I have to wait and see if Nick is actually going to wake up a vampire.

Anyone up for getting shit faced? Drinks on me.