Best of 2011 (Behind the Scenes): 'The Vampire Diaries' EP Julie Plec talks moments that made her cry

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Elena says it’s Stefan’s love for Damon that will save him: I always love when Damon has his really pure, honest moments, and to me, the most pure moment that he’s had this year has been watching Elena fall asleep at the end of their scene when she says, “It won’t be because he loves me, it’ll be because he loves you.” I love the simplicity of their intimacy, the friendship had evolved to a place where she trusted him enough to let him be there in her bed in a friendship way, and then ultimately the look on his face as he watched her go to sleep… In episode 102 of the series, “Friday Night Bites,” he stood over her bed and watched her sleep and touched her face. That’s the first time we realized Damon had a sense of humanity. And that was right about the second or third day of school. And then in this episode in season 3, it’s almost exactly a year later in the timeline of the show. I would like to take credit for the timeline symmetry but I can’t. But as far as Damon and Elena in her bedroom — all of their important moments — their worst moments together and their best moments together — have happened either in her bedroom or on her front porch. Those are two important locations for us as far as telling the story of their evolving intimacy.