A/N: Hello there! Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, couldn't really figure out what to write next. Then after the shame that was last episode. I needed to go to a world where everything was right. Stefan wasn't flipping a coin over Abby's life and the girls were just having a little fun. I'll be honest Stefan is my fave male character but right now me and him are on a break. At least until I get over him and his brother flipping coins to decide people's lives.

Anyways here's chapter 4. The girls talk and Stefan helps out the best he can, which doesn't necessarily end well for him. He kind of starts something unintentionally that will be shall I say… a war of sorts. So enjoy and hope this makes up for my absence.

Like Old Times

Caroline was sitting in the grill having lunch with Stefan. Well she couldn't really say they were talking because she would talk and Stefan would just nod and answer with short answers. She found it kind of a annoying that he wasn't listening to her.

"Stefan?"

"Mmm?" His head rose from his drink.

"Are you even listening to me?"

"Yeah." Caroline knew that was a lie.

"What did I just say?"

"Uhhh?"

"See I told you."

"I'm sorry Caroline you have my full attention."

"No. Now I want to know what's wrong with you. Does it have something to do with Elena and Damon?" smiling he shook his head no. "So what is bothering you so much?"

"Have you talked to Bonnie lately?"

"I've seen her but we haven't really talked since that dinner at your house. Why is she okay?"

"I think you and Elena need to talk to her." The vampire held his head up high looking over the crowd as Caroline continued to speak.

"Stefan can you just tell me what's wrong?"

"I wish I could but I think it'd be better coming from her. Just get her to talk."

"I don't like where this is going?"

"It's not really bad."

"So it is something bad?" Stefan looked through the crowd until he saw who he was looking for.

"Elena?" he said ignoring Caroline. The brunette made her way over to the two.

"Hey. Stefan you told me to meet you here? Is everything okay?"

"I thought it would be nice if we had lunch together seeing as though dinner didn't go so well last week." Elena shrugged her shoulders and sat down.

"Probably because Bonnie is not giving Damon a chance." Stefan had shaken his head at the brunette because she had no idea what was really wrong with their friend.

"Hey Guys." The blonde came up to the table greeting them with a smile.

"Matt? I didn't know you worked today?"

"Yeah I got a few more shifts added. Mortgage is still a little high."

"Sorry Matt." Elena consoled the boy with by rubbing her hands against his arm.

"I mean look at the bright side. At least I'm never bored."

"That's not really a good bright side." Caroline interjected.

"I know but it works for me. Are you ready to order?"

"No, we're waiting on one more person." The girls looked over to Stefan who was still glancing over the crowd.

"Alright I'll be back over in five minutes."

"Who else are we waiting for?"

"There she goes right there." The girls looked up to see Bonnie making her way to the table. She halted as she realized who was sitting there. "Oh no you don't."

Stefan got up stopping her before she could turn away. "You set me up?"

"You need to talk to them."

"No I don't."

"They can't change Bonnie if you don't let them know it's a problem."

"I don't want anyone to change for me."

"But they will, especially if they know why."

"Stefan why are you so nice? You know it's sickening sometimes."

"It's my gift and my curse." She smiled as Stefan led her to the table. She took a seat as the girls greeted her.

"Hi Bonnie." They spoke in unison.

"Hey." She announced giving them a smile.

"Alright now that the three of you are here, you need to talk."

"About what exactly?"

"Well Bonnie will start off. She has something to say." He looked at her. "Go head. I will be watching to make sure you're talking, too." They watched as Stefan took a seat at the bar and ordered.

The witch sighed before giving in and explaining to her friends what was wrong. "Look I love you guys. You know that right."

"Yeah."

"Of course we know that."

"Now-a-days if we ever spend time together. I feel like you guys are slipping away from me."

"Why would you think that?" the blonde vamp asked concern showing on her face.

"Elena either spends her time with Damon or at home with her Aunt Jenna. And Caroline spends it with her mom or still getting the hang of this vampire thing."

"Bonnie…"

"Look I know everybody has their lives and I understand the need to spend it with your boyfriend or family or just trying to get yourself together. I just feel like you guys forget that I'm family too. You guys are the only family I still see or have pretty much."

"How come you didn't tell us this earlier?" Elena asked placing her hand on top of Bonnie's.

"At first I thought it was best. You know Caroline is a vampire and the possibility of you becoming one is always there. I figured that maybe me just leaving it unsaid it wouldn't hurt that much when you both eventually left me here and went out into the world."

"Bon!" Caroline replied sad that her friend felt such a way. "We would never leave you?"

"Even if I became a vampire, which let's be honest is not happening anytime soon, we wouldn't be able to keep you out of our lives. It wouldn't be possible."

"I'd probably go through you grimoire to see if there was a spell you could do to be young forever. Then the three of us would literally be best friends forever." Caroline babbled ecstatic.

"Don't you ever think that we would do something rash like that?"

"Really?"

"Never in a million years?" Bonnie was excited to hear that and brought both of her friends into a hug.

"I love you guys so much." There was a giggle between the three as a gentlemen's voice interrupted them.

"Glad to see that you guys are so happy but are you ready to order?" Matt explained still smirking at his friends.

They chuckled as the girls gave the man there orders. "Oh and Stefan told me to tell you guys don't worry about your other plans. He told Damon that you were busy tonight and Sheriff Forbes thinks that you are out hunting. So now the rest of your nights are free so you guys could enjoy each other's company."

"I guess this just became a girl's night." Elena grinned at her two best friends. "So scratch the three salads and let's get some strawberry ice cream, three slices of red velvet cake, three root beer floats,"

"And fries." Caroline said smiling up at the blonde.

"Okay so buckets load of sweets and some salty fries coming up." Placing the pin behind his head he left the snickering girls to their lonesome.

Elena woke up in between her friends with Caroline's feet in her face and Bonnie's hand over her stomach. She was so relaxed and happy; it was the first time in a long time that she enjoyed being a teenage girl with her friends. Slowly moving Bonnie's hand and Caroline's feet she rolled out of bed, making sure not to wake anyone.

Always the first one to wake up out of the three, Elena looked over her sleeping friends figures. The bathroom got closer as she walked down the hall. She was brushing her teeth when the smell of blueberry pancakes filled the air. Entering the kitchen she laid eyes on Stefan cooking over the stove. It bought back lovely memories. "What are you doing in here and how did you get in?"

"I'm making breakfast and I have an extra key because I sometimes sleep on the couch when I don't want to go home." Elena looked confused for a second and then realized why he wouldn't want to be home. Usually whenever she stayed at the manor she noticed that Stefan was nowhere to be found.

"So why are you making breakfast?"

"Caroline told me that when you guys were little you use to make blueberry pancakes for breakfast and since I am trying to help you relive those days I thought I could make some pancakes, eggs, bacon, and cut up some fresh fruit."

"Wow." She was astonished.

"What?" He said not sure how to perceive the 'wow'.

"Nothing. It's just I like how you've become friends with my best friends. I mean you were always a good friend to them but now you just got even better."

"They were there for me when I needed someone so I figure I can repay them through my amazing friendship." Elena smiles at her ex as he flips the pancake onto a plate.

"Well thank you."

"For?"

"For being there for them; helping Caroline with the cheerleading team and Bonnie with expressing herself."

"No need to thank me. I don't mind. Besides I should be thanking Bonnie and Caroline. They're great to hang out with."

"I know. They have this effect on people. They make people feel like family, appreciated and loved. I wouldn't be me if it wasn't for those two." She picked up a piece of bacon and bit it.

"That sounds like them." Stefan and Elena enjoyed a comfortable silence that hadn't happened in weeks. Elena thought it felt nice and soon maybe they could be friends.

"Is that pancakes I smell?" Caroline entered the kitchen with Bonnie following close behind her.

"And bacon and eggs." The witch finished.

"Yup." Stefan answered.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm just helping with an age old tradition, preparing breakfast for the girls who have just had their slumber party."

"Did I mention how vomit inducing it is to see you like this?" Bonnie joked. "Didn't I say you were too nice?

"I know right. When do you just not care about anything?" Caroline filled in supporting her friend.

"Your right so since you don't appreciate my how kind I am. I guess Elena and I can just eat all this food by ourselves."

"If you know what's good for you Stefan Salvatore you will put the plate of pancakes down, right now." Caroline growled causing the other three to burst out laughing.

"Yeah when Caroline is hungry if you mess with her food she gets these I want to kill people urges. And that was before she was even a vampire." Elena grinned watching as Caroline picked up a piece of bacon.

"She's right." Bonnie replied. "But before we eat there is always something we have to do."

"What's that?" He asked intrigued.

"Well the cook gets a little treat." Elena caught on to what was about to happen.

"What do I get?" The girls eyed the bowl with the pancake batter. "No."

"Come on Stefan you said you wanted to follow the slumber party tradition."

"I didn't know it included that or I wouldn't have cooked in the first place." He began backing up as the girls came closer.

"Well it's too late now." Stefan finally realized he was corned when he looked up to see he was surrounded by the three girls.

"Do you really want to do this?" The girls all traded glances before dipping their hands in the batter. "This is the last time I'm going to ask?"

They all smiled as Caroline and Bonnie placed their batter covered hands on his face smearing it and Elena poured the bowl over his head. The girls backed away laughing and high-fived each other with their clean hands.

"You know this means war right?" Stefan pointed out as he wiped the batter out of his eye.

"Bring it on, Salvatore." Bonnie urged.

"Because if it's a war you want it's a war you'll get." Caroline finished as the girls turned to the cooked food on the table. Stefan grinned as he thought, Game on then.

A/N: So Stefan helped the girls and ends up starting a prank war. This event will actually play out for a few chaps in a B-plotline as whatever other event the chapter is based on plays in the a-plotline. Do you think Stefan can handle a prank war against our girls or does Stefan have some tricks up his sleeve? Send me some ideas if you have any of some pranks they could play on each other. I'll try and use them if it fits properly.

Thanks for reading and sorry for any spelling or grammatical errors. Until next time.