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Lexi Branson is the tequila rain dancer (

Stefan did what Lexi knew from the start he'd do at the sight of Elena, beg her to help him, beg her to set him free because clearly Lexi was going too far, hurting him. Poor baby. The vampire turned to face Elena, drawing the stake out oh so slowly from a Stefan 30 years without blood. He'd hate her for a long time, but maybe she'd get her friend back along the way. "Don't listen. He'll say anything right now, he'll do anything, twist you if you let him because like this, he is oh so good at manipulating. He'll tell you he loves you, tell you he's better because you're here, you're his world. Am I close Stefan?"

The stake finally came free and Lexi looked at him critically for a moment.

"I've been telling our Ripper friend here about hope, about finding something, anything, important enough for him to hold on to as he recovers, something that can break through the haze of blood and anger that he's operating with. The urge to kill for someone like him, its immense, but I know this boy pretty well and I know that there's more in there than just a monster. So tell him Elena, tell him about the good parts. Tell him about you and him, about his life with you, at school, going back to school...I mean, I couldn't do it. I'd go slowly mad. But he did it, and he met you, right?"

She knew it wasn't the girl he loved he was focusing on, but her blood, her humanity. She had to break through that if she was ever gonna get him back.

"You want him back the way he was. Help him remember?"

Lexi kept a careful barrier between Stefan and Elena, because even bound, she was at risk, because even bound, he wanted to kill her more than anything and if he could, he would. Luckily Lexi knew well how tightly she'd bound him, and knew she was the stronger vampire. For now, that was enough. She didn't want to keep up the vervain as the others had, not unless she had to

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