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When Damon walked inside he slammed the door making Alaric rush in from the kitchen.
"Damon," he said. "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Stasia's outside making out with Kol in the front yard," he said angrily.
"That bothers you," Alaric stated.
"I think I should be more worried that it doesn't bother you." Damon snapped.
"Damon it does bother me but Kol hasn't hurt her and she's happy." He told him. "Happier than I've seen in her in a long time and Kol seems to have a lot to do with it."
"And you're just content to let her hang out with original vampires?" Damon asked.
"Damon, don't cause trouble," Alaric sighed. "Just be her friend," he said. "Don't act like a jealous ex boyfriend, because that is how you're acting."
"I'm not jealous," he said stubbornly.
"Sit down," Alaric ordered and Damon let out a sigh and plopped down on the couch. "So tell me what's going on?"
"Stasia is with him all the time," Damon complained.
"And she used to spend some of that time with you," Alaric stated.
"Well yeah but I'm not jealous," he said stubbornly.
"Damon I'm not sure Stasia would have dated you anyway."
"Thanks a lot," Damon said crossing his arms over his chest.
"Because she knows how you feel about Elena," Alaric told him. "And I know she would feel like she was second choice if you asked her out." He added
"Really?" he asked.
"Yeah considering all the times you've stood her up for Elena," he told him. " Kol's attention was on her from the second he saw her at the dance, Probably before that. You asked her to be your date and then you ignored her most of the night for Elena" he pointed out.. "all your problems with Stasia have Elena at the root," he told him. "I don't think Kol is the problem," he added. "Right now anyway." He said.
"He'll mess up eventually, show who he really is," Damon told him. "Kol doesn't have any good in him at all."
"If I'm not mistaken Damon we all thought that about you to," Alaric pointed out and Damon grunted and looked away. "And sometimes you just need someone to help you find the good in you," he added as the door opened and Stasia walked in.
"Hey," she said and Alaric looked over at her and smiled.
"Have a good time?" he asked.
"Actually I did," she smiled.
"Well you were obviously having a good time when I showed up," Damon said.
"Damon," Alaric said warning him.
"Its ok," she told him. " Because I was having a good time," she said. "And if you came here to talk to me stop being such a jerk or we won't talk."
"Stasia, did you have dinner?" Alaric asked.
"Yes, Kol took me somewhere," she told him. "He's actually really good at remembering I need to eat."
"Well then, I'll leave you two then," he said and went back into the kitchen. Stasia looked at Damon waiting for him to say something but he never did so she let out a frustrated growl and turned around and walked upstairs to her room.
Stasia stormed away from Damon not believing what a jerk he was being. He was mad at her for having a boyfriend. She grabbed her pajamas and went to the bathroom to change. She brushed her teeth and hair and washed her face before going back to her room. She sat on her bed and let out a sigh. Damon was her friend and she hated him and Kol didn't get along but she wasn't going to cut either one of them out of her life for the other. Damon's problem was he knew Stasia would always forgive him for what he did and how he acted, she thought he probably somehow knew about the feelings she had for him but Kol had taken that away and though she would always love Damon as a friend, Kol was the guy who filled her thoughts and that she was slowly falling for. Stasia let out a sigh and sat on her bed. A knock on the door brought her out of her thoughts.
Damon stared at the stairs where Stasia had just stormed away from him. He let out a sigh and stood up and walked up the stairs. He stopped in front of her door and took a deep breath before knocking.
"Stasia," Damon said. "Can we talk please?"
"Come in," she said and Damon opened the door and walked inside.
"Stasia," he said and she looked up at him. "I'm not going to pretend I'm happy you're dating Kol, I wish you weren't dating him." He told her. "I believe you deserve better."
"Damon," she sighed. "Kol makes me happy and he treats me really well." She told him. "He's not as bad as you think he is."
"That's hard to believe," Damon said rolling his eyes. "Considering what an ass he is."
"Damon," Stasia said sternly. "Don't talk about him like that." She said upset.
"You're falling in love with him aren't you," Damon said.
"Damon we've only spent…."
"Every day together since the ball," he finished.
"Damon I don't understand what you want from me," she said.
"I don't want you spending all the time you're spending with Kol," he said. "I never see you anymore and I don't know if I can share you with a guy like him," he said. "Anyone else but Kol."
"Damon what are you saying?" she asked as tears filled her eyes.
"That I can't watch you ruin your life," he said. "Because Kol will ruin you. Its me or Kol," he said and Stasia stood up and shook her head.
"You can't ask me to choose between you and my boyfriend," she said.
"I can and just did," he said. "So who's it going to be?" he asked , waiting and knowing she would choose him.
"You're a jerk Damon!" she yelled. "Get out!" she yelled louder. "I'm not choosing," she said as she pushed him on his chest. "Go Damon, just leave me alone." She told him.
"Stasia…." He said.
"GO!" she yelled and Damon turned and ran out just as Alaric was fixing to go up the stairs.
"Damon what is all the yelling about?" he asked.
"I did something stupid," he said and ran out. Alaric ran up the stairs and into Stasia's room.
"Stasia," Alaric said as he walked in and saw her lying on the bed crying. "Staisia what happened?"
"Damon," she said as she sat up. "Asked me to choose between him and Kol," she told him as she wiped her eyes. "Why would he do that?"
"I have no idea," Alaric said as he wrapped his arms around her. "He's just being a total ass right now," he told her. "You know he hates Kol and he actually does care a lot about you."
"I know he does," she said and pulled away from Alaric and looked up at him. "But why would he do that," she asked as she wiped tears from her face. "Kol hasn't even hinted at anything like that."
"Because it seems Kol has a little bit more sense right now than Damon," Alaric sighed.
"Apparently," she sighed
"I also think Damon has finally realized how amazing you are and the feelings he has for you."
"I doubt Damon really has feelings for me," she sighed.
"I don't," Alaric told her. "He just needed something to happen to realize it."
"Its to late now Uncle Ric," she told him. "I really like Kol and no guy has ever treated the way he has."
"All that matters is that you're happy." He said and she smiled.
"Look what he gave me tonight," she said and held out her wrist. Alaric looked at her wrist and saw a charm bracelet.
"Charm bracelet." He said. "An A for Anastasia, a hamburger…"
"Because the first time we met was outside the grill," she told him.
"A crown," Alaric said.
"He calls me princess," she said quietly.
"Its nice and thoughtful," he told her as her phone rang. She picked it up from the table by her bed. "Its Kol."
"Alright," Alaric sighed and stood up to leave. When he was gone she answered the phone.
"Hello," she answered and Kol could tell she was upset.
"Princess," Kol said. "Are you alright?" he asked. "You sound upset."
"I'm ok Kol, don't worry,"
"You sure, I'm not home yet I can come over," he said.
"I'll be ok Kol," she assured him. "There's no point in you coming back over," she sighed.
"Anastasia," he sighed. "You don't need me to come over?"
"I'll be ok Kol," she said. "No need to waste your time."
"Ok I'll see you tomorrow then"
"Yeah," she sighed.
After hanging up with Stasia, Kol knew something was wrong so he turned the car around and headed back to Stasia's.. He went to the grocery store first and found the ice cream. Stasia said she liked Ben and Jerry's cake batter. So he grabbed one and a spoon and made his way back to the car and went to Stasia's house. A few minutes later he parked the car outside Stasia's house and got out grabbing the bag with the ice cream. He walked up on the porch and knocked on the door. A few minutes later it opened and Alaric was standing in front of him.
"Kol," Alaric said.
"Alaric," Kol said politely. "Anastasia sounded upset on the phone," he added. "So…"
"You thought you'd drop by," he said. "You've already been invited in," he said and Kol stepped inside.
"I'm sure you can figure out where her room is," he said and Kol nodded and made his way to her room. Kol stopped in front of her bedroom door and knocked.
"Come in," she sighed and Kol opened the door. She looked up and was surprised to see Kol standing there with a bag in his hand.
"Kol," she said surprised as he stepped in her room and shut the door behind him. Kol looked at her and he could tell she had been crying, her eyes were red and puffy and he could see the tear stains on her cheeks and smell her tears.
"Hey," he smiled.
"You didn't need to rush over here," she told him.
"I know but I wanted to," he said. "And I brought you something," he said reaching into the bag and pulling out the ice cream and spoon.
"Ice cream," she said and he sat down on the bed by her.
"Kol," she whispered and laid her head against his chest, Kol wrapped his arms around her as he heard her sobs.
"Everything is going to be ok," he said softly and started running his fingers through her hair. "Princess, I don't consider anytime I spend with you wasting my time," he told her and she looked up at him.
"Kol I…" she began but he wiped the tears from her eyes with his thumbs.
"I'm sure we can fix what ever is wrong," he said "So you want to tell me what happened?" he asked as she opened the ice cream and took a bite.
"Damon," she said.
"Why am I not surprised?" he asked. "What did he do?"
"Doesn't want me to date you of course," she said and took another bite of ice cream. "Said he didn't want to share me with you and then asked me to choose between you and him," she told him and wiped tears from her eyes. "Damon's my friend and you're my boyfriend. I can't choose between you."
"I know you can't," he said. "I can't believe he asked you to do that," Kol said as she took another bite of ice cream.
"Well he did," she sighed. "Would you have ever asked me to do that?" she asked him.
"No, I don't think so," he told her as she took another bite of ice cream. "Because I know it would make you mad at me and that you probably wouldn't choose me anyway," he added and Stasia took Kol's hand in hers.
"Kol…"
"I get that you need both of us," he said and she smiled. "I don't like it but I get it, and I'm way to selfish to give you up," he said and she smiled.
"I don't want to give you up either," she said and Kol leaned over and touched his lips to hers. "So you want some ice cream?" she asked as she dipped her spoon in the ice cream and held it out to him. "Its really good," she said and he opened his mouth and she stuck the spoon in his mouth and pulled it out.
"That is good," he said. "Can I have another bite?"
"Of course," she said and stuck the spoon and held it out and he opened his mouth and she stuck the spoon in his mouth.
"So you need me to beat Damon up for you?" he asked smirking.
"No Kol," she said as she took another bite of ice cream. "I don't want you fighting with Damon." She said holding out the ice cream spoon to him.
"But I can if he starts it," Kol said after he swallowed his bite of ice cream.
"Yes," she said and he smiled.
"So are you going to talk to Damon again?" Kol asked.
"Eventually yeah I will but not for a few days."
"Ok," he sighed. "You probably need to get some sleep," he said and she nodded.
"Yeah," she said and stood up and Kol stood up with her and placed the top on her ice cream and leaned down and kissed her lips.
"I'll see you tomorrow," he said and she smiled and nodded. "Sleep well princess."
"Goodnight Kol," she whispered. "Thank you."
"For what?" he asked confused.
"Coming by, bringing me ice cream," she said. "Saying what I needed to hear," she added and Kol smiled.
"Anytime," Kol said and leaned down and touched his lips to hers.
"I'll walk you out," she told him and grabbed her ice cream to put in the freezer and the two of them walked out of her room.
Alaric was sitting in the living room when they walked by and he got up and followed looking out the window, seeing them on the porch.
"I'll see you tomorrow," he told her. "Don't think about Damon." He added and she nodded and he leaned down and kissed her. "Get some sleep."
"Good night Kol," she said and went back inside.
When she walked inside she saw Alaric.
"Good night," Stasia smiled.
"Good night Stasia," Alaric said and he watched Stasia go to her go to the kitchen and then to her room before walking outside..
When Alaric got outside he saw Kol was still there.
"Kol," Alaric said and he turned around.
"Alaric," Kol replied.
"So I'm guessing she told you what happened ?" Alaric asked. "What Damon did?"
"Yes she did," Kol sighed. "Damon definitely is not my favorite person, everyone knows that and the only reason I'm not kicking his ass is because she asked me not to," he told him.
"Really?" Alaric asked.
"Yeah," Kol said.
"You seem to actually like her," Alaric stated.
"Yeah I do," he said.
"She seems to like you to," Alaric said.
"Really?" Kol asked surprised.
"Really," Alaric said. "As much as I hate to admit it you seem to be good for Stasia."
"I am," he smiled.
"Stasia is happier than I've seen her since she moved here and you have a lot to do with it." He told him and Kol smiled.
"Well I've never met anyone like her," Kol told him.
"I'm glad she's happy Kol but if you hurt her," he said. "I'll kill you myself."
"Well you'll have to get in line behind Rebekah, Damon and most likely Elijah to do that," Kol told him. "Good night," he said and walked away.
When Kol got home he went upstairs to go to his room but Rebekah stopped him.
"So did she like the bracelet?" she asked.
"Yeah, she loved it," Kol told her.
"Good," Rebekah said. "I like Stasia," she told him. "She's different than your usual girl."
"I know she is," he said. "Its hard to believe she likes me."
"You know I didn't mean it that way," she told him and he shrugged.
"So you've been with Stasia this whole time?"
"Yeah I went back over after I dropped her off because she was upset when I called, Damon had upset her," Kol said. "Asked her to choose between me and him."
"Are you serious?" Rebekah asked shocked. "I didn't think he was that stupid."
"Well apparently he is." Kol said. "He's supposed to be her friend." He added . "She's still upset about it."
"She'll be ok Kol," Rebekah assured him.
"I know she will," he said. "I'm going to my room, I have something I need to do."
The next day Kol went over to Stasia's. he needed to talk with Alaric before he saw her. Kol parked his car outside and knocked on the door. Alaric opened it a few minutes later.
"Kol," he said surprised. "Stasia's not ready yet."
"Oh I'm here to talk to you," he said.
"Oh," Alaric said confused and he moved to let Kol come inside.
"Is something wrong?" he asked.
"No nothing's wrong," he said. "I just need to talk to you."
"Alright," Alaric said. "You want to sit down?"
"Alright," Kol said surprised and the two of them went into the living room to sit down.
"Ok so what's going on?"
"Well Anastasia's birthday is next week," Kol began. "And she mentioned she's always wanted to go to New York to see a musical." He went on. "And I wanted to take her the day after her birthday and spend a few days there.." He said. "I know you probably don't trust me but I would never let anything happen to her."
"I think I know that." He said. "Which one?"
"Phantom of the Opera, it was one of the ones she mentioned and its playing that weekend." He said. "You know I'll take care of her," he said.
"Kol I…This is something she really wants."
"Its something she's always wanted to do." He told him. "I know I'm not the most trustworthy guy but when it comes to Anastasia you can trust me."
"I'll think about it," Alaric told him as Stasia walked in the room.
"Kol," Stasia said shocked. "We didn't have plans did we?" she asked.
"No princess we didn't," he said as he stood up and walked over to her. "Not yet anyway." He added. "I had to talk to Alaric about something but I'll be back to get you around five."
"Ok," she smiled.
"I'll be in the kitchen." He told them and walked into the kitchen.
When Alaric got in the kitchen he stayed out of sight but close enough where he could here them.
"I'll be back at five ok.," he told her.
"Do you have something planned?"
"Not exactly," he told her. "But we'll have fun anyway."
"I don't care what we do anyway I just like being with you."
"I don't think anyone's ever liked just being with me," Kol told her.
"Why do you say that?" she asked.
"People usually want something from me when they spend time with me."
"Kol,"
"Its ok princess." He said.
"Kol I know you can be crazy, violent, mean but I mean it when I say I like spending time with you." She told him. "You're actually a great boyfriend Kol."
"Why do you think that?"
"Well, you're here when you say you're going to be, you treat me….like a princess, you give really good gifts," she told him.
"I'd do anything for you," he told her as she slid her arms around his neck. Kol leaned down and touched his lips to hers. "I'll be back princess." He said.
Alaric walked out of the kitchen when Kol left.
"So you really trust Kol?" Alaric asked.
"Yes Uncle Ric, I know he would never intentionally hurt me or you and he hasn't even hurt Damon because I asked him not to."
"Well I know the only reason he hasn't hurt Damon is because of you. I know he wanted to kick his ass because Damon hurt you," he said. "I really believe he'd do anything for you." He told her and she smiled.
"You really like him?"
"Yeah I do, a lot."
"I know he feels the same way," Alaric sighed. "I actually think Kol more than likes you."
"What?" Stasia asked.
"I see how he looks at you, how he talks to you and about you," Alaric told her. "That boy is in love with you."
"No I don't think so," she said shaking her head. "You're wrong about that."
"Maybe but I don't think I am," he said.
"I have to go get ready," Stasia told him and walked away.
Stasia changed into jeans and a pink top. She brushed her hair and looked at her reflection in the mirror. She couldn't believe her uncle thought Kol was in love with her. That was impossible, Kol wouldn't fall in love with her. He said love wasn't for him, he didn't want to fall in love again. Kol didn't fall in love, not with her. She knew she could definitely fall in love with him though and she couldn't fall in love with someone who may never love her back. She had been there before and she didn't want that again.