The Vampire Diaries (TV Series)

Stay (2015)

Paul Wesley: Stefan Salvatore

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• Stefan Salvatore : So, I, uh... I realized that... it doesn't matter.

  Caroline Forbes : What doesn't matter?

  Stefan Salvatore : [shakes his head]  Doesn't matter what book your Mom reads in her final precious moments. It doesn't matter if it's good or if it's terrible. It doesn't matter because life isn't about your final moments. It's about the moments that led up to them.

  Caroline Forbes : I know. I just wanted it to be... perfect, you know? I just wanted...

  Stefan Salvatore : Control? Hey, look, if anyone can control death...

  [takes her hand] 

  Stefan Salvatore : it's you.

  Caroline Forbes : I know that she asked you to look after me.

  Stefan Salvatore : Caroline, that's not...

  Caroline Forbes : And I'm okay with it.

  [shakes her head] 

  Caroline Forbes : Really, I'm glad, actually... I don't know if I would be able to get through this... on my own.

  Stefan Salvatore : I'm not here because your Mom asked me to look after you.

  Caroline Forbes : Well, then why are you here?

  Stefan Salvatore : Well, because... you're my friend. Because I know what it feels like to lose a mother.

  [wipes her hair away from her eyes] 

  Stefan Salvatore : Because when you told me you hated me...

  [scoffs] 

  Stefan Salvatore : it was pretty much the worst thing I had heard in a long time.

  Caroline Forbes : I think we both know I never really hated you.

• Caroline Forbes : [after that long passionate kiss]  We should probably say something.

  Stefan Salvatore : Go for it.

  [chuckles] 

  Caroline Forbes : Not that.

  [chuckles] 

• Caroline Forbes : [has little girl's bicycle]  Look what I found in the...

  Stefan Salvatore : You know, if you're gonna go for a spin, I suggest you, uh, get your helmet.

  Caroline Forbes : [chuckles]  This is the bike that I learned to ride on. I just didn't know my Mom kept it. It used to have these training wheels on the back with lights that would flash every time you pedaled. Then, one day, my Mom took them off and said it was time to be a big girl. You can imagine the princess-sized tantrum that followed.

  [chuckles] 

  Stefan Salvatore : Well, they had lights. I don't blame you.

• Caroline Forbes : [as Stefan enters hospital ward where her Mom lies dying]  I should have been with her.

  Stefan Salvatore : You didn't know.

  Caroline Forbes : But I knew she was sick. And I knew it was bad.

  Stefan Salvatore : Caroline...

  Caroline Forbes : I'm her daughter, Stefan! Okay? I was supposed to give her peace... and convince her that I would be okay, and thank her for being...

  [sobbing] 

  Caroline Forbes : an amazing Mom.

  [sobs] 

  Caroline Forbes : God, I don't even remember the last thing that I said to her. And I was supposed to be with her in her final moment.

  Stefan Salvatore : You still can.