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.