He knows that he'll always be the second choice.
She screams, and she cries, and she sobs, and she trembles and she begs for him.. for Stefan.
Sometimes he wonders why he keeps loving her, why he keeps protecting the girl who will never give him a second glance, the girl who will turn her back on him over and over again for his little brother.
He knows that he'll always be the second choice, but as she lay in his arms…
He thinks that maybe, just maybe… that it's worth it.