So grab your tissues and join us on this trip down a vampire-filled memory lane.

What girl wouldnt want to dance with Ian Somerhalder half-clothed and having fun?

They didnt tell us the music or anything but they did play music as we were dancing.

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I remember I was like, What kind of dancing are we doing?

They were like, Just go ahead and do what you want to do.

It was just so well done.

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Even to this day I still love that experience.

And then at the very end, right before commercial break, he snaps my neck.

Then you come back to know I come back from that.

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The shock factor of this show is something that has kept the audience compelled for so many years.

You just never know whats going to happen and whos going to come back and whos going to die.

Theyve done such a good job of keeping actors and the audience on our feet all the time.

I think we did all of those scenes in a day.

She was such a fun character to play.

We all worked really hard to check that that it went as planned.

You cant mess that up.

No pressure, Kayla.

But you cant mess that up because its going to be that way for everyone.

If you’re able to have that family environment, it changes the work and the characters.

That is really what happened in this scenario.

Whatever she was searching for, I hope Vicki finds it.

Im going to take a little bit of that out.

As told toSamantha Highfill

The Vampire Diariesairs Fridays at 8 p.m.

ET on The CW.