Mossy Manse: the brothers Salvatore bicker about Elena, and then her circa 1864 doppelganger, Katherine -- the original thorn between these lovely roses. Damon's not satisfied with that, though, and starts berating his brother for swearing off human blood. The exchange soon devolves into fisticuffs. Stefan, eyes bloodshot, goes all vein-y, and pounces on his big brother, pushing them both off the balcony toward the ground below. Only Stefan hits bottom, though. Damon's got some Gypsy parlor tricks up his sleeve and is fast enough -- strong enough, to escape the fall. Stefan pleads for Damon to give their rivalry a rest, but Damon reminds Stefan that he promised to give him "an eternity of misery." As Stefan warns Damon to stay away from Elena, Damon interrupts to point out that Stefan's magical ring has gone missing. "Oh yeah, the sun's coming up in a couple of hours and *poof* -- ashes to ashes." Oh, so it's the gem of Amara. Thank goodness it's not the sunglasses. Before Stefan can respond, Damon tells him to relax, produces the ring, and holds it out to his brother. As Stefan slips it back on his finger, Damon goes all vein-y and bloodshot, grabs Stefan by the throat and tosses him across the yard. He bounces off the garage and falls back at Damon's feet with a thud. Damon loses his whimsy. "You should know better than to think you're stronger than me. You lost that fight when you stopped feeding on people. I wouldn't try it again." Stefan searches for words but they refuse to come. Damon looks around and grins. "I think we woke Zach up." He turns from Stefan and approaches the house. "Hi Zach."

Party: Jeremy is pounding a beer, despite the umpteen cops on the scene. Where is this magical place where teenagers get Christmas-light lit venues for their keg parties, and indulgent cops who care nothing about them breaking the law? Elena points out his folly and tells him that the town is pretty much over their sympathy for the Gilbert orphans, so Jeremy chucks the bottle over his shoulder. As they wait for Aunt Jenna, Elena continues, saying, "The rest of the world has moved on. You should try too." Jeremy doesn't think Elena's habit of writing in her diary in the cemetery is a sure sign of her moving on. Elena frowns. "Mom and dad wouldn't have wanted this." And we cut to...