[ She gets a nod, an acknowledgment. He looks over the top, but he does pull it off.

Damon deposits the random child (rude, Malia, his name is Chester) onto the counter before taking their number and leading her through the restaurant. It's a fantasy, orders don't need to be taken. As he leads the way, he listens. ] What do you mean he lived in some other place? He didn't meet you and he moved somewhere else before he did?

[ He heads up the stairs now, past two very beautiful models who you'd think wouldn't be in an establishment like this, giving them a nod and a smile. Even a raise of the eyebrow. ]

Stefan, no. He and I remember all the same things. It's why we may not be as close as everyone thinks we are. I messed up - before coming here. [ He takes a seat at one of the empty two seat tables overlooking the restaurant. ] Had a real, self-sacrificing woe is me moment and Stefan stepped in. Like he usually does. He always takes the bullet for his big brother. But, I'm getting carried away. Katherine. It turns out Katherine is from years before us, confirmed only by the clothing she was given when she arrived. Well, when she went to the perving sheriff. So, I can't speak for wherever else your boyfriend and your friend lived, but, whatever her remembers of you, it's what happened. To him.

[ And their pie arrives. Meat lovers. ]