STEFAN:You know, that comet... it's been traveling across space for thousands ofyears. All alone.

ELENA: Yeah, Bonnie says it's aharbinger of evil.

STEFAN:I think it's just a ball of... snow and ice, trapped on a path that it can'tescape. And once every 145 years, it gets to come home. I'm sorry aboutyesterday. I wasn't myself.

ELENA: You seem to spend a lot oftime apologizing.

STEFAN:Well, I have a lot to apologize for. Yesterday, that wasn't about you, ok?

ELENA: You didn't tell me that youhad a brother.

STEFAN:We're not close. It's, uh... it's complicated.

ELENA: Always. He told me aboutyour ex, Katherine.

STEFAN:What did he say?

ELENA: That she broke your heart.

STEFAN:That was a long time ago.

ELENA: When you lose someone, itstays with you, always reminding you of how easy it is to get hurt.

STEFAN:Elena...

ELENA: It's ok, Stefan. I get it.You have no idea how much I get it. Complicated brother? Check. Complicated ex?Check. Too complicated to even contemplate dating, double check. It's ok. Wemet, and we talked, and it was epic, but... then the sun came up and realityset in.