Stefan walked into the bar, deeply engrossed in the article he was reading on his phone, when all of a sudden he bumps into this kid, whom he had been seeing around him a lot lately. More like stalking him. It was a bright sunny day outside and he had no idea, why some people have no personal life, and rather than being busy with their work, were chasing him. Paparazzis are interested in actor's life. And he ain't that.

"Sorry." The stalker said.

Stefan turned his head up, side-eyeing the kid. Judging by his look, the kid must be around 22 or maybe 23 year old. "Nevermind." He told him, and pushed him off to get in his way to the booth.

"I would like to have a booth for two." Stefan asked the waitress. "And he is not with me." Stefan said before she could misunderstood the meaning of "two". He didn't have to read the name tag on her chest to know her name. He was the regular, and he knew her on the name basis. "And Ginny, please don't let that kid come to my table." He whispered to her on the way to his table.

Ginny took him to his usual booth. "Another stalker?" She asked while putting the menu in front of him.
"I have no idea what they want from me?"

"An exclusive maybe."

"Well, then that…. they aren't gonna get from me during my lunch hour. This is my me time Ginny. And I don't share it with people."

"Sure!" Her tone implied more than what her actual word was. Meaning, it was a sarcastic sure. "Anything to drink?"

"Just water without ice, and no sparkling water."

"The usual." Ginny smiled at him, putting her notepad in her pocket.

"You got me." He winked at her, and went back to finishing up his article on his phone.

Ginny was walking towards the counter, when she saw Caroline walking in, with the same guy, Stefan was with.

"That's like so awesome!" Caroline told him, while walking towards Ginny. "Hey, is he here? I hope not, otherwise I might have to bear his lecture on why not to be late and be on time, that makes your life better, and blah blah blah." She rolled her eyes, making noises and pulling her tongue out in a mocking way.

"Actually, he is already here."

Caroline turned to the guy and said, "Well, that's not good."

"I know." He nodded in agreement.

"Well, then we should hurry and go."

"Wait, he-"

"Oh, he is with me. Don't you worry." She waved her hand, and went towards her usual booth.

Stefan was still scrolling on his IPhone screen, when his eyes drifted up towards her direction, and he sighed in exhaustion, rolling his eyes.

"Why did you bring him here?"

"And that's how you greet your friends?" Caroline mocked her stabbed face, which made Stefan stare at her blankly.

"Friends?" He raised an eyebrow, putting more pressure on the s after the word friend.

"Yeah, he said he is your friend." Caroline said in all her innocence. Stefan couldn't keep his anger tone high once he saw that face.

"Well, he is not." Stefan's voice was calm now. "I don't even know his name. He is a stalker who has been following me for like past four days." He looked at him to talk to him straight. "Look, kid… I am not interested in whatever you want from me, so just, leave me alone. Can you?"

Caroline took her seat on the booth, opposite to Stefan.

"well, then let me introduce myself to you." The guy said pushing Caroline way to the corner so that he can have a room for himself as well on the table. "I am Malakai Parker, but in short I like people to call myself Kai. I am studying management, and I have read ALL your books, and man, I am your huuge fan, like people call it- a die hard fan. So, now you know my name. I think we can converse since we know each other's name." His smile was wide with his pearl-shiny teeth peeking out at the corner of his lip side.

"So, I guess he is joining us." Caroline laughed nervously. If she knew Stefan better, she very well knows that he is going to kill her for bringing strangers to his place during his "me" time.

"What do you want from me?" Stefan's voice was calm. He couldn't make a scene in public.

"I want you to mentor me. Take me under your wings."

"And why should I do that?"

"Because you are the best."

"Well.. come to my office, if that's what you wanna talk about."

"Awesome." Kai was super excited as if on sugar or something, that was creeping Stefan the hell out.

"Can I join you for lunch then?" Kai was smiling his wide- teeth smile.

"Okay, sure." It was Caroline who answered. Stefan tilted his head and stared at her, it was more of a glare. The "me" time remember!

"Come on, he is your fan Stefan. Don't go all grumpy on him." Caroline can read his eyes, his face and mostly his every little gestures . Why couldn't she. After all the perks of knowing him for almost twenty years comes handy. Childhood friends and all!

Stefan sighed waiting for Ginny to come for his order.

"So.. you on twitter?" Kai asked him while searching his name from his twitter account.

"Nope" Stefan said which was superimposed with Caroline's "yes".

His eyes shifted to her position, getting narrowed at why the yes from her.

Her face was mixed with guilt, fear and yeah did she mentioned fear?

"I forgot to tell you…. I created on for you last night."

"My wha- my twitter?" Stefan was never the fan of putting his personal stuff on social media. That's why he has been away from it for all of his life. And now Caroline saying that she created one for him, was raising his blood temperature. "You" he laughed mostly in anger. "You created my what?"

"Do you mind if I just go to the washroom." She could see his head boiling, and it can calm, but she didn't want to hear his gibberish nonsense of why people should not put their personal stuff on internet.

"How about you just answer the damn question."

'Stefan, it's a whole world out there."

"No, no, no, that isn't a sole reason for it." Stefan was shaking his head in disagreement.

"Are you mad?" She pushed her body towards the table.

"Yes, Caroline. As a matter of fact, I am a little mad, I mean you created something I don't like, without even asking me, or taking my permission." He said while rubbing his forehead.

"I think I am not that hungry, so.. I will meet you in your office. And you have given me the appointment, so don't go back on words when I come there." Kai was not going to hang around them while they were fighting. He would have loved to see that, because fights are fun to watch for him. But, Stefan might help him earn his grade points, and that was more important. Thus, he just left them as they were.

Caroline stared at kai walking away. Thanks for busting me!

"I think I am not hungry either." Stefan put the bills on the table for Ginny, and started walking out of the place.

Caroline gulped the whole glass of water, and ran behind him. "Stefan.. I am just saying."

"Ah, I don't, I don't want to hear anything Caroline."

"Stefan, social media is good publicity tool. And you can be changing the world with words there." Running in high heels is really hard, but she did managed to pace in his speed.

"Sure, yeah.. no why not. one account can help in that."

"And anyways, I got all that in the theme, in your favorite color blue." She expectantly blurted out that she customized it for him. He turned around to look back at him, the same moment when turned back. She closed her eyes, cursing herself in being cheesy and all.

He looked at her, all his anger diminished in one flick. His eyes roamed on her.

She turned back at him. "No, I didn't say that… I just….I, uh… just forget it… just forget everything I said." Her voice was a little sad. They not being on the same wasn't new to her, but it still made her sad that her best friend was a total opposite to her.

"Fineeee." Stefan sighed in his defeat. "If that's what you want."

Caroline almost laughed at his comment. Like Stefan was agreeing on keeping the account solely for Caroline. "Get over yourself!"

"Nope, Now that's something I can't do."

"So, that was fun making your account."

"And why is that?"

"You will know it!" She had played with his page, and Stefan had no idea about that. How would he? He didn't have the username yet.

"What does that mean, Caroline?" She stared at her, stopping at his place.

"I like your socks!" She said and walked past him, walking faster to keep the questions at minimum.

"What?" He frowned. Who gives compliment for the socks. And then he realized that she was just distracting him from his previous conversation.

"Right!" He had to look into that account now.


A/N: Yep, it's here. The new fic. This is a fic across Youtube, Twitter, and the written chapters. The prologue is basically based on the video which was posted on Youtube. You can check the conversation of Stefan and Caroline on twitter at StefanStrings and CarolineStrings. There is a fanfic account as well with user ID STRiNGS_SCFic where you can get all the details and the video links. Since it was just the prologue, it's short one. The chapters will be longer and new characters will be introduced as the the story progresses. Anyways, Stefan and Caroline did conversed on twitter, where this chapter ends. If you haven't read them, you can on the mentioned accounts. Let me know what are your thoughts for this fanfic?