Not giving it a second thought, I launch myself into Stefan's arms and cry. I've missed him so much. I've missed having someone to tell every moment of my day to. We stand there for what seems like a lifetime, then taking me with him, Stefan sinks to the couch, as I continue to cry. When we pull away Stefan notices my engagement ring as well.

"You're engaged? Congratulations!" he almost shout, hugging me again.

"Thank you. Damon didn't take it too well." I say.

"He saw this? He didn't hurt you, did he?" he asks genuinely concerned.

"He asked me if I loved my fiancé." I tell him.

"How'd he react when you told him?" he asks.

"I didn't respond. I kinda slapped him and then I kneed him." I say, not feeling sorry in the least.

"Why'd you do that?" he asks laughing.

"I wanted to prove to him that he hasn't been on my mind this whole time." I know it makes me look like I have, but I don't care. Just then, looking at Stefan, I notice something very important about him.

"Your hoodie. That was you in the alley?" I ask.

"We heard you were coming to Richmond and Damon insisted we come. We weren't suppose to call attention to ourselves." he says.

"Well, you both failed miserably. That was Damon in the alley wasn't it?" I ask.

"Yes it was." he frowns.

"What's going on, Stefan?" Do I even wanna know?

"I'll tell you everything. You can hate me when I've finished. Deal?" this is serious.

"Deal." I sigh.


"What's going on in here?" Dominic barges in, "Who's this?" he asks seething, pointing at Stefan. I forgot how jealous he could be at times.

"Dom, honey, calm down," I say rising from the couch to embrace him.

"This is Stefan. He's my brother." I say looking into his eyes to assure him.

"Stefan, this is my fiancé Dominic." I say as Stefan rises from the couch to greet him.


On my way to my suite, Dominic had to stay to play roadie, I hear footsteps behind me. I ignore them until I get to the door. Something tells me I know exactly who it is. I insert the key and at the ping notifying the door's unlocked, I feel that familiar sensation.

"Did I not get my point across when I kneed you? What do you want, Damon?" I ask frustrated.

"You said you hated me. We both know that's not true." I can almost feel his smirk from behind me. I open my door and I turn to face him.

"You can be resilient all you want. I'm engaged, Damon. Nothing's gonna change that." I say as I walk into the suite. I hear a grunt behind and I turn to see he hasn't followed me in. "Something wrong?" I ask.

"Nope. I'm just doing the gentlemanly thing by waiting to be invited in." he says.

"Or could it be that you can't come in." I raise an eyebrow.

"I'm trying to apologize here Kit. You're not the only one who changed." he says.

"No, Damon. I've changed. You're still an ass." I say.

"I loved you!" he growls.

"You broke my heart!" I shout, "Do you have any idea what happened to me? Because I allowed myself to feel? I got crushed by you! And for what? To end up at square one where Stefan found me again?"

"Just let me in and we can talk about all this." he says.

"If you wanna come in so bad. Why don't you just walk in?" I ask folding my arms.

"Because I'm being a-"

"You can't come in because I bought the suite! I know everything!" I shout.

"What do you mean, you know?" he asks, placing his hands on the door frame.

"Let me ask you this," I say walking to the refreshment bar. "Have you ever compelled me?" I ask pouring myself a glass of water.

"What are you ta-"

"Save it! You think I'm renting the suite? No, it's mine!" I shout pacing back and forth, "I know everything!"

"Keep your voice down. What do you know?' he asks.

"I know what you are." I leer as if the bravery of ten thousand men surface around me, mixed with my anger. I grab Dominic's letter opener and hurl in his direction. It slices into his chest with ease. I'm too angry to understand the level of what I've just done. He grunts and staggers a bit. He yanks the object out of his chest and throws it back into the room. "Let me guess, Stefan finally spilled his tiny little guts?" he asks clinching his jaw and his fists.

"Had he not caught me in an alley watching you feed on some poor innocent girl, he wouldn't have had to tell me anything. Now tell me Damon, had things been different, when were you planning on telling me that you're a vampire?"