Alexis and Matt's arms are linked together, their heats aflutter, as they walk up to the entrance of the Lockwood Mansion. It's always been the great big elegant house. Mayor Lockwood is at the door, greeting those attending this event. Alexis gives the Mayor a tight lipped smile as she greets him. "Hello, Mayor Lockwood." She feels as if he might be judging her, disappointed in her because she was pregnant teen. The Lockwood's and her parents were very close. Alexis spent more times then she could count here and she has always hated the idea of disappointing people.
"Hello, Alexis..You look beautiful. I hope you are feeling well...considering.." The Mayor tells her, with a tilt of his head and a smile that's too wide to be true. She doesn't like that.
"I do, thank you." The pregnant girl tells the mayor in a polite tone with a slight nod and he clasps his hands together.
"My son says you have agreed and made up with him?" He asks, suggesting his own son's words might not be true so he must make sure with Alexis herself. Tyler's words are confirmed as true as she nods softly in agreement before speaking up.
"I have." She admits and next to her Matt furrows his brow slightly, looking over to her. She looks to him, seeing the questioning look on his face and she gives him a look back saying she'll explain in a moment.
"Brilliant!" He exclaims. "Matt." The older man looks to the teen male and the soon to be father.
"Mayor Lockwood." Matt greets him with a curt now.
"Please come in and have a good time." Tyler's father and host tells them. The two are quick to part ways from the host and walk away, further into the house.
"You and Tyler made up?" The blond asks quietly, leaning closer to her more as they walk.
"Yeah, he came over to pick up things for a project here my mother was working on. That night was an accident, heat of the moment and he wouldn't hurt me again, he didn't mean to. Trust me, you should have seen how he was earlier when Jeremy punched him the moment he heard my voice he didn't fight, he stopped and it was like he lost all the fight in him because he was...scared." She tells him softly, furrowing her brow trying to find the right words. That night was an accident, that's it. It was the heat of the moment, what happened was wrong, could have been avoided but the all have fault in what happened. Tyler charged at Jeremy, Jeremy threw the first punch and Alexis put herself in the middle of a fight, they all played a part in what happened. She trusts Tyler, she can't remember that night past grabbing him but the way he was earlier today and how instantly his rage deflated when he heard her voice then saw her. She could tell he was horrified at his actions that night and she forgives him for his part.
"That's good." Matt tells her though he sounds unsure. Tyler's been his best friend since they were children but Tyler keeps doing stuff like this, hurting the people he loves. It's always felt as though Matt cared more about their friendship than he did. It's not easy being friends with someone whose behavior you don't approve of. The stuff with Vicki and even now with Alexis it almost feels like Tyler wants to hurt him, but he knows that's ridiculous.
"Have you made up with him?" Alexis asks softly, wide eyed and caring.
"No."
"Talk to him." She insists because she doesn't want to come between two best friends but she feels she has been doing that, whether she intended to or not. Matt would say he choose to stay away from Tyler because what he did was a betrayal of trust, especially when Tyler was the first person Matt told being something close to a breaking point for Matt, especially after everything he did to Vicki. Now more than ever he finds himself thinking back to Jeremy's words that alluded to something Matt just brushed off. He was wrong to.
"I will... but tonight is about us." He tells her, it's going to be a long conversation with Tyler, nodding slightly and she has to smile a little at that. It's not long before people start coming up to, interrupting, the two of them, congratulating them about their impending parenthood. People put their hand on her stomach without even asking and she feels so uncomfortable, her bump isn't even that big at the moment although to her it feels like a balloon. People talk to them, they make sharp comments, insults wrapped in compliments looking them right in the eye and she can see the pity and sympathy in their eyes. After the fourth person Alexis just wants Matt to herself but she needs to see the heritage project first.
She's grabbing Matt by the hand, pulling him off to go see but when the fifth person comes up Matt steps in and politely excuses them both, not giving the person a chance to respond. "You okay?" He asks her as she leads him.
"Yeah, but little taken back..." She tells him, stopping in her tracks, because this is the first time she's getting such a reaction, she had taken the previous week off school so the time she was back it died down a far bit and no one wanted to be the one to be mean to the pregnant injured girl. Plus, the right hook Matt threw at Tyler didn't seem appealing so most dropped it. Sure, she got a few looks, heard a few whispers but it was not enough to take note, not like now. Matt has gotten reaction like this. He felt lost when he got to school after the incident, everyone stared at him in the hall and the guys asked him vulgar questions about her but he wasn't alone. Although he and Tyler weren't speaking Tyler defended him and her with everything instead of defending himself. Tyler accepted all blame and every insult hurled at him which something that Matt truly appreciates. Also Stefan was a good support, so were the others, so was Alexis who after school would be with him and she'd assure him it was fine when they would be lounging around, just being together. It was her words that calmed him most, they need each other.
Alexis looks up to Matt he's about to say something to assure her but she just tilts her head. "Come on, I want to look at the heritage project my mother worked on before we get some air." She suggests to him and the way she says it tells him makes it seem like a big deal. It is kind of a big deal even though anyone can see the project it means so much more for her.
"Yeah, we should check your family thing out." He agrees and she leads him off. She stops as she sees her parents wedding rings on display. The look on her face softens and looks distance as she lets go of Matt's hand to step closer, to look at the display better.
"Mom and Dad's wedding rings." She breathes out, thinking about her parents about how they're not here to see her become a parent herself. She's getting ahead of herself but, seeing those rings, she can't help but to think if she'll get married. She's pregnant but she had always wanted to get married before having children...though she did get pregnant at a party with a guy she wasn't dating. Matt comes up behind her, hand on her back as he looks to the rings and she looks at him. "I miss them." Alexis admits with a heavy heart and Matt doesn't even speak, he just leans slightly leaning his head against hers, squeezing the hand he placed on her back only slightly telling her he's there for her. A quiet moment pass between the two before Alexis turns her face, hearing someone approaching them. "Elena." Alexis greets her sister quietly who walks over with Stefan trailing after her and Matt straightens up, about to greet them but he pauses to let the sister have a moment.
"Alexis..Matt." Elena smiles at them before she notices the look on Alexis face, something akin to sadness so Elena furrows her brow and turns her eyes to the display. They all see the way Elena pauses instantly taken at the display.
"Your parents?" Stefan asks Elena who is momentarily speechless before she nods.
"There's history here."
"Allot of history. Everything from our founding ancestor..to Mom and Dad." Alexis agrees with her twin, nodding slowly, one day her name will be up there too, and Matt tilts his head thoughtfully.
"I guess that's how people live on after death...Through history, memories and stories." Matt speaks up and Alexis looks up and over to him. There's a soft look on her face at his words and a small smile pulls through at the thought of his meaning. His worlds just puts this sense of ease into her as she thinks that's a beautiful way to be remembered. She smiles at him with her lips together and he smiles back in a way of understanding.
The four of them walked together for quite awhile, talking and laughing, making it easier on the soon to be teen parents as they forget about the looks from everyone else they are getting. They stop as reach the original guest registry.
"'The founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration.' Wow, look, it's the original guest registry."
"Look at all these familiar names." Alexis beams, looking over her shoulder and smiling at the two males though her eyes linger on Matt before she looks back. "—Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And, Stefan Salvatore?" She trails off, look of confusion and suspicion on her face as she looks over to Stefan.
"The original Salvatore brothers." A new but familiar voice speaks up and Alexis whips around, like the others, to see none other than Damon Salvatore standing there with Caroline Forbes on his arm. Alexis stiffens at the sight of a man she does not trust. Matt doesn't need to be a genius to figure Alexis doesn't like Damon much, why he's not sure. Damon must have broke her trust or did something right off the bat, or something because she always has a good reason in the rare times she really doesn't like someone. He wraps an arm around her middle to soothe her, hand half resting on her hip and the other resting half on her bump. She leans into him as she looks at Damon. Damon locks eyes with Alexis as he continues to talk. "Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually."
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past." Stefan is quick to cut his brother off throwing him a sharp look, Alexis tilts her head finding it curious why Stefan's defensive about that.
"It's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family." Elena tells the younger brother and Damon smirks.
"Well, I'm bored. I want to dance. And Damon won't dance with me." The blonde girl huffs, crossing her arms over her chest, not even greeting her best friend who frowns at that.
"Mm-hmm." Damon hums in agreements and Caroline looks between the twins.
"Could I just borrow one of your dates?" She asks and Matt and Alexis share a look. Matt, not wanting to get sweeped up and dance with Caroline, looks to Alexis. "I'm going to get us a drink, I'll be right back." He promises and the pregnant girl finds herself relieved at that. She didn't want Caroline to dance with Matt tonight, it would definitely be crossing a boundary between them considering the circumstances of tonight. He gives Alexis an apologetic look but she gives a tight lipped smile before he walks off.
"Can I borrow your date then, Elena?" Both twins could tell, Caroline was really demanding it of Elena rather then asking her.
"Oh, uh..."
"I don't really dance." Stefan tells her, it's clear that he does not want too dance with Caroline but Damon has other ideas.
"Oh, sure he does. You should see him. Waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all." Damon interject, huge smug smile on his face and Caroline lights up.
"You wouldn't mind, would you, Elena?" It's clear Caroline doesn't actually care about the answer so Alexis buts in.
"Caroline." Alexis cuts in shooting Caroline a warning look, telling the girl to back off but she completely ignores it.
"What?" The blonde huffs in response.
"It's up to Stefan." Elena says awkwardly and Caroline looks like that cat that got the canary as she reaches to take Stefan's arm.
"Well sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer." Caroline grins as she pulls Stefan out to dance with her and Elena deflates at that.
"'Lena." Alexis starts but they both notice Bonnie walking around alone and Elena needs the distraction. The older twin turns back to Alexis with an apologetic look. "Go." Alexis tells her and once Elena head off she turns to Damon who is already looking at her.
"Alexis, I'm happy to see that you are recovering from that horrible incident. I hope you're okay." He tells her, tilting his head and he confuses her, she doesn't trust him but she doesn't know what to make of him.
"Thank you, I'm-" She starts, hand going to rest on her small bump as she corrects herself "'-we're okay and it's sorted out." She speaks softly, keeping a carefully eye on him. Damon looks shocked and his face screws up into one of confusion.
"You forgave him?" He looks at her like she is completely and utterly insane. He doesn't understand how she could forgive him, that kid doesn't deserve it in his mind. Alexis looks up to him like the answer is obvious.
"Of course, It was an accident. I know him, sure he may be all macho and a jerk at time but deep down he's a good guy. Plus, Tyler and I have a long history, he's almost family."
"Not many women, pregnant or mothers, or parents, could forgive some after they did that." He tells her voice sounding distant, like he's caught up in his own mind. She looks at him curiously and he seems to snap out of it before he smiles a her, tilting his head. "I was right, you really are interesting, Alexis Gilbert. I can see why my brother is so fond of you.."
"What is it with you and your brother?" She can't help but question yet he doesn't seem surprised at her asking, actually he looks like he was expecting it.
"The Salvatore's have been cursed with a long line of sibling rivalry." He starts with a shrug and sigh.
"It seems more than just that." She observes with a small frown and he gives her a look.
"You didn't let me finish. You see it all started with the original Salvatore brothers...The Salvatore name was practically royalty in this town. Until the war. There was a battle here-" He starts motioning over to the original guest registry but she cuts in.
"The Battle of Willow Creek." She interrupts, remembering that from class and he looks at her, smiling a little, obviously pleased at her speaking up.
"We'll aren't you a smart cookie? But yes." He tells her in a teasing tone.
"I know, we talked about it in class. Confederate soldiers fired on a church with civilians inside. Stefan actually told me allot about it."
"He did?" Damon asks curiously, tilting his head and she nods in confirmation.
"He knew allot more then I did about it. He's actually very smart when it comes to history, not so much in other classes." She admits with a tilt of her head and Damon huffs out a laugh at the sugar covered insult she just threw at Stefan. He shakes his head before he continues.
"What the history books left out was the people that were killed. They weren't there by accident. They were believed to be union sympathizers. So some of the founders on the confederacy side back then wanted them rounded up and burned alive. Stefan and Damon had someone they loved very much in that church. And when they went to rescue them, they were shot. Murdered in cold blood."
"That's horrible. Who was in the church that they wanted to save?
"A woman, I guess. Doesn't it always come down to the love of a woman?" He tells her, eyes locking with hers and it makes her think of Katherine. Didn't Katherine, who both the current Stefan and Damon, die in a fire as well? The Salvatore must have poor luck when it comes to love. She looks at him and frowns a little.
"I'm sorry that you and Stefan have this thing between you."
"Does that mean you like me?" Damon asks her flashing her a smirk and a wink but she is not having it.
"Oh no, I do not and for many reasons." She huffs out, shaking her head and he was expecting that.
"I admit I was not myself that night at the dinner party and I do apologize for that." He's lying to her but she considers his words as true.
"I hope you and Stefan can work things out if you truly aren't the bad guy." She tells him carefully and slowly. She already sees him as a bad guy but she might be turning around..very slowly. Alexis isn't stupid she can tell Damon's presence feels intoxicating and she knows he's got the bad boy demeanor so it'd be easy for him to be toxic.
"I hope so, too." He tells her.
"Excuse me." she tells him as she spots Matt coming over holding two drinks, he looks back over his shoulder where a waiter disappears. He just had a very weird and amusing interaction. Damon nods at her as she leaves heading over to Matt. Matt gives her a drink, she takes a sip before setting it on a table and look at him. "Lets go outside." She tells him.
"Outside?" He questioning, setting his drink down as well.
"Come on, as you said, 'tonight's about us.'" She tells him, lips twisting into a sweet smile as she grabs his hand.
The night is beautiful as she pulls him out into the yard, there's soft music and lanterns lighting up the area that surrounded them in a warm light. The Lockwood's really know how to throw a nice party. She looks around, smiling softly and eyes lighting up at just how beautiful it is around them. She turns back and grabs his other hand as well facing him and taking a few steps back making him walk forward and he's were she wants him. He looks at her curiously, lips quirky up but her goes with lets of his hand and takes another few steps back, she's laughing and he laugh is the kind that just makes everyone laugh.
He watches her as she twirls on her feet before, laughing softly, she looks beautiful and lively. She spins again before Alexis stops with a daring smile and offers him her hand. "Come on, too cool?" She asks him teasingly, giving him a playful look and smile.
"Totally." Matt tells her, laughing, giving her a wink, trying to play up the 'cool guy' act before he takes her hand. They dance, smoothly and keep making missteps but it doesn't really matter, they find it amusing. This all feel more playful with the hint of seriousness and romance in the moment which is what makes it incredible and is exactly what they need.
They talk quietly but he says something or she thinks something that has her sighing. "They all think we're two kids in over they're head but they're wrong-" Everyone here knows she's pregnant, whisper pity and sympathy haunt their night it why they are out here.
"Who cares what they think." The blond tells her, cutting her off and keeping the mood not too serious. He tells Alexis "We'll prove them wrong, Lexi."
"I do like a challenge." She admits, smiling softly and after a moment she starts to turn so he lets go one hand and hold her hand above her head as she twirls. She spins back and he pulls her closer. She ends up with her arms around his neck.
"Hi." He whispers at her, not knowing what to say.
"Hey." She breathes out softly and quietly. She's feels herself getting lost in the moment. In the back of the mind she can't thinking about how he apparently called him her girlfriend. She looks into his eyes, he's so close to her. She loves his baby blue eyes, windows of the soul also they are very telling, she hopes their child has his eyes because they really are beautiful. His breath ghost over her lips.
"Alexis." The blond starts quietly but stops.
"Matt." She replies and his eyes search her face.
"I really like you, Alexis, and I.." He seems at a loss for words and she's holding her breath. "I want to be more than friends, more than just friends who are having a kid, I want.." His eyes search her face,
"I do too...I like you, Matt, I like you allot." She confesses and he can't find the words...but they don't need words right now. Forget about butterflies in her stomach, he's giving her the entire zoo and this feels so right. Her heart beats like a drum in her chest, she's breathless and his eyes flick down to her lips. He's moving forward slowly, her hand moves on the back of his neck, then he leans down and she tilts her head up as she starts to close the gap. Her hand reaching up and grabbing him by the back of the neck, pulling him down but she stops when their lips barely touch, letting out a breath. He closes the gap, bringing their lips together in one of the many moments that would define their relationship.
They kiss and it's something she just wants to do again and again, it's so different to their first kiss which was good but this is so much better. Her hands are on the sides of his face when they both pull back slightly at the need of air. Their foreheads meet and they look each other, smiling and laughing in that moment before she kisses him again.
After their epic kiss and moment that the carved out of time just for the two of them it ends a while later when the two caught sight of Tyler in the distance and she convinced Matt talk to him, to sort things out while she heads up to the powder room. It's important to her that Matt and Tyler talk, Matt's been lost lately and whether he would like to admit it he needs Tyler. As she reaches the powder room she walks in to see both her sister and Caroline already in there. Caroline is reapplying lip gloss, looking in the mirror and Elena touching up her makeup when Alexis greets them, all sweet and toothy."Hey girls."
"Hey." Elena notices the look on Alexis face and she immediately knows something good happened with Matt but doesn't get the chance to ask when Caroline looks over to the pregnant girl and speaks up.
"Hey. You look happy, so how are things with Matt?" Caroline grins at her best fried. Alexis blushes a deep red and looks down at the question, soft smile on her lips.
"Amazing..we may of just kissed." Alexis confesses, huge smile on her face and her cheeks a rosy red.
"Really?" Caroline seems excited but something is a little off. Alexis hardly notice it until she her eyes flick up and she looks at Caroline. The excited happy look slowly falls off the pregnant teen's face and morphs into one of concern as she notices something on Caroline's neck peeking out from beneath her neck scarf. Elena notices the sudden silence and is about to ask her sister what's wrong when Alexis speaks up, frowning. "What's that?" She questions reaching for the blonde's neck scarf. She looks curious and concerned for her friends who's been acting so strange lately. Damon has changed Caroline.
"Don't!" Caroline shouts, alarm in her voice but Alexis manages to pull it up anyway only for it to reveal bruising and sores in the shape of what she thinks could be bite marks littering Caroline's pale neck because they are far to viscous to be hickeys. It's horrifying.
"Oh my god, what happened?" Elena is the first to speak as she steps closer to Caroline, by her sister as they look at Caroline.
"Are you okay?" Alexis question voice gently, worried and fearful for her friend wondering what has happened.
"Yeah, it's nothing." Elena pulls down the sleeve of Caroline's shawl and both girls gasps at what they see.
"That is not nothing!" Alexis argues, looking at Caroline in shock just wanting to get answers but also wanting to comfort her.
"Did somebody hurt you?" Elena shouts, anger and concern in her voice.
"No, okay, nothing. It just...My mom would kill me." Caroline tries to tell them but it's the furthest thing from believable as she looks back into the mirror, acting as if she's perfectly okay. Alexis can see through it all, Caroline seems not only flustered but scared..it's Damon, it has to be or she wouldn't be acting like this. It also explains how strange the blonde has been acting lately.
"Did Damon do this?!" Alexis demands sound heart broken and angry as her mama bear instincts kick in again. She wants to care and make sure Caroline's okay and wants to take action against Damon to protect her. She is normally protective over those she loves but lately she's been way more protective of them, probably cause baby is making her protective instincts so much stronger, with Jeremy for example.
"No! Of course not!" Caroline shouts very unconvincing and desperate. Alexis' heart sinks further in her chest. Her best friend is being abused, her best friend is hurt and she can't believe she was starting to think for a moment Damon may not be a total complete bad guy like Stefan said but Stefan words were true. "Just leave me alone. Okay?!" Caroline shouts harshly before pushing past the twins and hurrying out of the room. That confirms it, Damon's hurting her. The sisters are breathless, looking to one another with shock and many other emotions on their faces.
A moment later Alexis storms out of the room, dead set on finding Damon but as she looking for him outside but she finds Stefan first and he can see clearly that something is very wrong with how distraught she seems. "What happened?" Stefan tries to stop her but she just looks to him and he can see the fire in her eyes. A fire he hasn't seen before look so ferocious.. He can hear her heartbeat like a jack hammer in her chest and he can hear her babies heartbeat thankfully not as aggressive as hers, the babies heartbeat beating as usual but he can here the unborn baby moving around.
"You were right about Damon!" She tells him firmly but her voice sounds hurt. Alexis looks at him for just a moment but before she turns away to leave.
"Alexis, don't!" He tries to warn her, tries to stop her but he can't even follow her as she storms off to confront his brother because Elena is suddenly in front of him, grabbing his arm, stopping him. She finds Damon at the back door of the Lockwood mansion and he's smirking when he sees her beelining toward him. The smirk is quick to fall from his face when he sees the look on hers.
She shoves him, not hard, not truly following the urge she had to punch or slap him as she knew she wasn't that type of person but mainly because she was pregnant but she felt like she needed to do something.
"There is something seriously wrong with you!" She snarls at him, shaking her head looking at him like some sort of monster. "I know Caroline has a thing for bad boys but you're not just a bad boy, Damon Salvatore, you're a bad guy. You're brother was right about you and I swear if you come near Caroline or anyone else I will be going straight to her mother, the Sheriff. Got it?!" She snarls at him, voice so loud and furious. Her eyes glisten with tears of both anger and sadness as she yells at him. He knows now he's completely villainized in her mind but maybe it's better that way yet for some reason seeing her this hurt hurts him in a way he isn't used to.
She looks him in the eyes, can't continue or walk off before they are interrupted.
"What the hell is going on here?" A voice cuts in and both eyes snap to the door way to see that Tyler Lockwood who is stepping closer to them, head tilted up, eyes narrowed. Alexis relaxes her stance slightly seeing Tyler there and all she wants to do is leave here right now. Alexis reaches out and grabs Tyler's arm as Tyler starts to move himself to be between Alexis and Damon.
"Let's just go,Ty." She tells him, shaking her head, not being able to be around Damon for a second longer as she starts to drag Tyler off without giving him time to fight it. Tyler tenses but lets her pull him off, mainly wanting her away from the guy who is giving him really bad vibes and is making Alexis freak out but he doesn't let what just happened go. He stops her from walking further, using her grip on his arm to force her to stop and look at him. Her eyes are wet, she's on the verge of crying and it almost him melt but it also enrages him that she's hurt.
Tyler looks back at the offending man, Damon, puffing up his chest with a snarl on his lips. "No, What was that? That douche bag giving you trouble, want me to kick him out? Beat his ass?" Tyler asks her, rage boiling in his veins and his breath coming in shorter. The rage, the anger, the so called animal inside him surrenders to her but now as he sees her clearly distraught he feels the urge to defend her, attack whoever made her feel this way. He has never seen Alexis Gilbert kick off like that before, maybe except at him thought to a lesser degree, but that guy must of had done something really bad, truly horrible, to have such a forgiving girl look at him like he was a monster.
She shakes her head, knowing more violence is not the answer. "No, though he probably deserves it." She admits quietly, crossing her arms over her chest and he looks at her.
"What's going on, Al'? I thought'd you'd be on cloud nine right now, what changed? Are you okay? What'd he do?"
"With Matt? I'm so happy I can't describe it..but I just found out my best friend is being abused by her boyfriend...she's covered in bruised and sores and she's all confused in her head." Alexis tells him, voice hitching. She sounds heartbroken and angry no wonder why she went off at the guy. Tyler wants to go off at the guy to but Alexis doesn't want that even though the guy needs that. He just asks her what she needs to help fix this and he can always do more later.
"What do you need me to do? Need me to get Matt? The sheriff? What?" Matt's off inside probably looking for Alexis as the blond said that's what he was going to do when they parted ways. She might want Matt right now and even want to talk to the sheriff but right now she has something more important to do and Caroline needs her.
"I need to find Caroline."
They look back inside for her, coming back downstairs they run into Matt and Elena. "Matt." She breathes out and they both feel it, they feel more at ease seeing each other, feeling almost happy but the fact Caroline is hurt is taking front seat.
"Alexis." He greets her, concern in his eyes seeing she looks like she's in duress so his eyes flick to Tyler who gives him a look that only slightly assures him.
"Do you know where Caroline is?" Elena is quick to ask, looking between Alexis and Tyler.
"No, What did Stefan say?" The pregnant girl questions, wondering just how much Stefan knew.
"He didn't even seem surprised! He knew!" Elena looked beyond furious at that, furious at him. Those words leave an imprint of Alexis, Stefan knew. He knew. How could he let that happen? Alexis feels like a fool for trusting him. A good person doesn't let abuse go on.
"Come lets go find her." Alexis tells them all.
"You okay?" Matt asks her before any of them move to leave, stepping forward and putting at hand on her upper arm to comfort her.
"I will be when we find Care." She tells him nodding slowly and he looks at her softly before she and Elena leave. While Matt and Tyler go to check the front yard and side of the house once figuring out she is not in the house the twins check in the back yard. They're looking around outside and finally find Caroline who is getting up off the ground outside, shaken up by the lake.
"Caroline? There you are. We've been looking everywhere for you. Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine." But it's clear she isn't actually as she says it she becomes more emotional as she tries to say she is okay.
"Caroline, what happened? Are you okay?" She feels her heartbreak more for her best friend and she can tell between now and the last time she saw Caroline something else has happened to the girl.
"I'm fine."
"No. You're shaking. Caroline, What-" Elena starts, looking so concerned but the blonde cuts her off.
"I'm fine!" Caroline argues, tears starting to spill down her face, clearly not okay.
"Caroline, come here, come here." Alexis tells her softly, pulling the girl into a hug where both twins wrap their arms around their friend, trying to comfort and sooth the hurting teen. "It'll be okay, Care, I promise." She whispers to her friend in a promise as Caroline lets it all go and starts sobbing.
She's standing with Matt and Jenna's who is about to drive her home is talking to Elena a few feet away as she catches up with Matt. She's calmed down, of course she's still angry and upset but the she's more okay knowing Caroline is home safe right now."Tonight was.." He starts.
"Perfect one moment and messy the next?" She suggest with a tilt of her head.
"Exactly, but I'd do it again a million times over." She just laughs softly.
"Tonight, being with you, dancing with you and kissing you, that was incredible, Matt." She tells him sincerely, smiling softly looking up at him. "But then Caroline.." She trails off, not knowing how to deal with such a situation but Matt cuts her off.
"What happened with Caroline is horrible but it's over now, she's on the path to healing and she'll be okay and hopefully he'll stay far away."
"I should get going." She sighs, looking over her shoulder to her aunt and twin before looking back to Matt.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" He asks and she smiles.
"See you tomorrow..and does tonight mean we're actually together? She asks a little nervously, looking up to him with a smile. The idea almost sounds foreign but sounds so laughs softly at they way she says it.
"Depends." He says, easy look on his face that is more playful and doesn't make her anxious at the words. She gives him a curious look and he continues but he reaches out, grabbing her arms causing her to smile. "Alexis Gilbert, Will you be my girlfriend?" Matt asks her, tilting his head and her heart flutters in her chest. Alexis looks at him because she wants more than she can describe and nothing else has ever felt so right.
"Yes." She confirms laughing in her voice as she's feeling very giddy, eyes lighting up and lips quirking up before she's smiling like crazy before she kisses him. After they part way she walks over to the car feeling giddy but also a little upset from the events with Caroline. her aunt gives her a soft look, one that says that they need to talk about something and Alexis just nods and Jenna leaves that at that for now, seeing how drained but happy the girl is. Alexis gives a play by play of what happened outside with Matt and Elena's grinning at how even though her sister is tired just completely lights up, of course, she's also happy for Alexis.
"That's sounds perfect...So you and Matt?" Elena tells her and Alexis nods
"It really was perfect Elena and yes we are together..the way he asked me was so cute." Alexis tells her sister softly smile on her lips and the only continue to talk for a moment before Alexis starts writing in her journal about tonight before she crawls into be, falling asleep straight away.