After stopping by the Gilbert house and having lunch at the grill the young couple arrive at the high school for the sexy suds car wash. Alexis walks over toward Bonnie who beams at the sight of her. The girl pulls the pregnant teen into a hug, big smile on her face. "You two actually came, didn't think you guys would." Bonnie tells them looking between the couple as she starts to pull away from Alexis's embrace.

"Caroline wouldn't let us here the end of it if we didn't." Matt huffs out lightly as the girls pull away from one another.

"I think she'd give you two a pass." Bonnie tells them dubiously, nodding her head and Alexis knows exactly what she means. Caroline would have probably made a few comments and complain without any real heat for five minutes then let it go. She understands in her own way. The pregnant girl looks to Bonnie thoughtfully, pressing her lips together before speaking up.

"Well, I wanted to come. It feels normal to be here." The girl confesses softly as she looks around. When she says normal she's not just talking about a time when she wasn't pregnant, she's talking about a time that her parents were still alive. When they'd always encourage her to par-take in fundraisers, be active in the community like they were. She's still adjusting to her parents not being around. The pregnancy has sort of been something that helped her with her grieving the most, showing life can come of death. Bonnie's face softens understandingly and she can feel Matt takes her spare hand, giving it a gently squeeze. She's not about to break, it's just a fact and in part it was easy to say. She's getting there. "I'm fine, I feel good." Alexis assures the two when she notices them subtly trying to assure her but her words are true, right now she feels good.

"Well I think it's good you two came." Bonnie tells them, smiling.

"Me too." Matt nods.

"We need the extra hands" Bonnie agrees before looking around and catching sight of Caroline looking over to them." Caroline's about to come over, so I'll leave you guys to it." Bonnie informs them before she steps back and heads over to start cleaning the closes car while the blonde girl strides over to the couple.

"You know it's called sexy suds." Caroline drawls out as she looks Matt whose wearing an open jacket and t-shirt, criticizing look on her face not even saying hello to the couple first. Matt's eyebrows hitch up and Alexis lets out a huff as her lips also curl up. The blue eyed male throws a look to his girlfriend as he pulls off his jacket but the look on his face turns more teasing. She gives him a suspicious and amused look at that. He winks at her before he crosses his arms and reaches down. He grabs the bottom hem of his shirt and lifts it up, pulling it off his torso. The brunette can't help the smile that spreads across her face and laughs quietly and sweetly at her boyfriend. Matt just winks at her again, laughing a little himself. He's about to make a comment by Caroline seems to interrupt him even though she was watching the couple feeling good her friend is happy with him.

"I'm talking to you too." Caroline tells Alexis, giving her a knowing look saying 'You're welcome.'

"You are?" Alexis questions and Caroline just grins before she step closer to her best friend, grabbing Alexis by the shirt. Caroline pulls her shirt down slightly to show off Alexis's cleavage more. The pregnant girl looks at her with wide eyes and her mouth open in amused shock. "Oh my god, Caroline!" She gasps and the blonde girl just gives her a look.

"Now that you're pregnant your rack looks incredible..well more so but show it off." Caroline tells her in a tone like it's completely obvious and rational. Matt laughs abruptly, shaking his head at the two girls before him. Alexis looks to Matt and back to Caroline as she laughs softly. "Feel free to take it off whenever." Caroline tells her, not pressuring her friend to take her shirt off because even though she knows Alexis is probably wearing a tank top Alexis might not want her baby bump to be on such display because the girl does actually look pregnant now.

"I can't believe you." She laughs but Caroline just gives her a smug look before it softens.

"Help where you can, if you get tired or...just sit down over there and mind the money." The blonde girl tells the pregnant girl who smiles.

"Thanks Care." Alexis thanks her and Caroline gives her a look saying they'll talk later but not about this.

"And you." Caroline whirls around to look at Matt with a firmer, serious, look on her face. "Get to work." She orders him before she notices Stefan and Elena and turns on her heal, probably to order them around too. Alexis is one hundred percent sure as soon as things start to run smoothly at the fundraiser Caroline will hurry over to her so she can interrogate about how she and Matt arrived together and how the baby appointment went yesterday. Caroline's just too busy at the moment with getting everyone where they need to be to think about it which gives Alexis the chance to think about what she'll say to her friend.


Matt's washing the other end of the car as Bonnie is at the front, wiping over the hood with a wet sponge, pausing as she talks with Alexis. "So the appointment went okay yesterday?" Bonnie asks, looking at her thoughtfully but Alexis knows exactly what Bonnie is actually asking her.

"It went amazing... and it's just the one." Alexis assures her friends but with that she notices the put out look on Bonnie's face. Alexis frowns at her friend, titling her head. "You really thought it was twins, huh?" Alexis asks her and Bonnie presses her lips together, letting out a breath of air before looking up at Alexis.

"I just have this very strong feeling that I can't explain." Bonnie confesses, shaking her head slightly, searching her mind for more answers. "I saw twins, Alexis, in your future. Maybe...maybe it's not this pregnancy." She suggests, like she's desperate for answers because it's the feeling is like none other, it's like a strong truth that needs to be answered.

"What?" Alexis squeaks out, eyes going wide and lately Bonnie really has been good at shocking her.

"I have no idea how far into you're future. It could be years away, Alexis, I just know that one day you will have twins." Alexis pauses, contemplating Bonnie's words, pressing her lips together and thoughtful look upon her face. She wants more than one kid, she's always known that but thinking in this very moment she could have more than one kid stresses her out. Of course being pregnant now isn't ideal but it's happening, she and Matt are trying their best. But if one day she has another kid, or more, she wants to be older as in probably in her twenties, be quite stable in life and be married.

"Maybe." Alexis tells her friend but Bonnie seems set on the idea yet she still gives the pregnant girl space to breathe. Bonnie shakes her head and starts wiping down the car again, having paused when she started talking to her friend.

"So you guys had a good day yesterday after the doctors?" Bonnie questions a little louder, directing it over to Matt who perks up from the other end of the car.

"Yeah-" Matt starts before telling Bonnie about how they watched movies on the couch and how Alexis made him watch some Rom-com he had no intention of ever seeing. Please, Alexis thinks, he loves Rom-coms just as much as she three talk for a while, topic shifting a few times until Bonnie has to cut the conversation of short when Tiki comes over.

"Hey Tiki, this ones your's." Bonnie tells the girl whose face screw up when she sees the car.

"Why do I always get the homely ones? Just to be clear, your car's a P.O.S. I mean, we can wash it, but it's still a P.O.S." This is unlike Tiki, usually she's such a nice girl to her at least but Alexis has been told Tiki isn't that kind to others. Maybe Tiki's just having a bad day.

"You don't have to be rude." Alexis tells the other girl who looks to her briefly.

"Sorry, but Rude is uglying up the road with that junk." The girls huffs out with a sharp edge that has Alexis frowning. Maybe Tiki wasn't as nice as Alexis always thought. Alexis will give the girl the benefit of the doubt and think the girl must have something going on, thought that doesn't excuse her words and actions. Or maybe Alexis is only just seeing the girls true colours. Suddenly water abruptly splashes on the girl shocking her and Bonnie smiles.

"Whoa! What the hell?" Tiki gasps and Matt laughs.

"Wet and wild, Tik." He tells her before splashing water at her. She sprays water back at him only to get Bonnie and Alexis and chaos irrupts in small group the form of a water fight.


"I'm sorry." Matt tells her as he laughs, not sounding very sorry as he pulls her against him. Alexis is totally drenched, the water fight got out of hand and she ended up the most soaked. Her hair is damp and her clothes as soaking. Alexis groans and tries to pull back from him, trying not to laugh, just trying to play up the upset side.

"You're mean." She grumbles out but he just laughs before kissing her on the cheek, wrapping his arms around her more and pull her back against him.

"I'm sorry." He tells her before actually letting her pull back from him and she crossing her arms, putting her hand on each of her upper arms like she's freezing.

"Its fine but I'm cold." She tells him, frowning a little as she pouts. She really does feel cold now even though the sun is shining. He looks at her the more playful edge slips away. He only just realizes having her stay in cold soaking wet clothing isn't the best idea, especially since she could get sick and that wouldn't be great for the baby either. He lifts a hand, resting on her shoulder, giving it a squeeze as he nods looking a little concerned.

"Here, let me get my jacket and a towel, so you can warm up and dry off." He suggests and a second later he's gone to go get what he said he would. She lets out a sigh, but she smiles, shaking her head before she catches sight of something that truly surprises her. Tyler Lockwood is hear at the fundraiser actually washing cars, usually he'd never be seen at these things.

"Wet t-shirt competition I wasn't told about?" He asks her, smirk on his lips that is purely teasing when he notices her stopping next to him. Alexis lets out a huffs, shaking her head before she stops, looking at him like he's crazier but a type of crazier that makes her smile.

"What are you doing here?" She deadpans in a knowing tone, and teasing smile curling on her lips. He even tries to look offended but he caves under her gaze. he just shrugs as he continues to wash the car.

"Some people haven't forgotten what happened so parents are having me show case more 'redeeming qualities.'" Tyler tells her, motioning with his head to in front of them cause her to furrow her brow in curiosity and look over. Alexis is honestly not at all surprised when she sees the local new crew with Logan Fell reporting with her and Tyler perfectly in the line of the shoot in the background. She lets out a short huff, looking back over to him with a look.

"Really Ty'?" She questions him and he just laughs because she doesn't completely get it but he can tell she does in part as she is from a founding family. He looks back to her after a moment, face softening as he sees her completely drenched. She's about to ask him how things are going with his parents but he cuts her off. He arches an eyebrow, changing the topic of conversation.

"Should you be wearing that? You're going to get sick, Al'." He's trying to play it off, saying it like she's stupid, but he seems like he cares allot and it takes her back. She looks it him, her eyes lingering and narrowing but she shakes it of letting herself smile at this side of him she's been seeing so much more of.

"Awww, how sweet you care." Alexis coos and she pushes him gently, teasing him. He rolls his eyes at the girls he's suddenly become so fond and protective of and she laughs before look at him more seriously. "And no, I shouldn't be but Matt's getting me his jacket and a towel to dry off."

"Good." He nods and she pauses.

"Speaking of Matt..." She trails off as she sees Matt holding a towel and his jacket as he jogs over to them.

"You should probably..." Matt starts nodding to her shirt and she looks done, understanding straight away.

"I should probably take off my shirt or it won't help at all. and I'll get sick." She finishes off for him

She peels off her shirt but as it's wet and she's not trying to take the small singlet she has on underneath it proves difficult. As she gets her arms and because she just gets stuck. Matt's quick to come to his girlfriend's aid helping her take the wet shirt off as Tyler laughs. Alexis is laughing softly, that exaggerated self pity kind with her lips pouted when Matt finally gets her shirt off. He laughs as she speaks up. "That was so not hot." She tells hims and he cups her face in her hands.

"It was adorable." Matt promises her, laughing as he does so. She smiles as she locks eyes with his before she leans forward and kisses him. Honestly kissing him is her favorite thing. Matt smiles into the kiss but their moment is short lived when Tyler makes a loud exaggerated noise of distaste, mostly just to annoy the new couple. The two pull apart and Matt rolls his eyes at his best friend while Alexis give the raven hair hair male a look.

"Oh, also I have to leave early for work so I won't be able to drive you home."

"I don't think Elena brought her car and Jenna's leaving really soon. " The brunette frowns, trying to think of how she's going to get home if she doesn't want to leave here early.

"W-" Matt starts but Tyler looks over to Alexis and cuts off the blond.

"I can drive you back later." Tyler's quick to offer. For some reason the guy has been allot more about her which is very unlike him being this about a girl he isn't trying to get in with. It's not at all romantic or sexual at all, he knows that for a fact it's that he just simply craves being around her, making sure she's okay but he has no idea why. Offering her a ride home just seems like a good idea..and she's his friend. The pregnant girl looks at him and smiles brightly.

"That'd be great. Thanks Ty'."

"As long as I don't have to see that punk-" He starts, slipping back into the Tyler she knows and grew up with. As if he needed to make a comment after catching himself being too nice or whatever it is he worries about.

"Tyler!"


Her hair is now thrown up into a high pony tail, she's cozy with Matt's large jacket wrapped around her form as she sets at the table to collect money from the customers. She's mostly dry, the towel and the seam beaming down had helped. As a customer walks off none other than Stefan wonders over to talk with her. "Let me guess, Caroline confined you to this table?" Stefan questions her, amused look on his face and she looks up at him, nodding slightly but also smiling a little.

"Not entirely wrong, but I'm mainly staying away from the water." She tells him with a small shrug as she into the idea of getting drenched again.

"Don't like the water?" He jokes but It was the wrong question to ask. It's not until then the smile falls from her face, and the look in her eyes go hazy. Her heart suddenly feeling heavier in her chest and pain seeping into her at his words.

It's not water she fears.

It's never been the water.

It's the defensive and unbiased power of the water she fears. It's the succumbing to the water. It's the water invading her entire being. When it's wrapping around her like the cruel unrelenting hands of death. It's the pain of holding her breath and fighting till the point it feels as though she's about to explode. It's the inescapable terror and helpless as it steals away the oxygen right from her lungs and floods them. It's how the water drowns you with ease. It's how people she loves died.

It's how her mother and father died.

It's how Elena almost died.

It's how she almost died.

It's funny how sometimes you can be perfectly fine, enjoying life and all it takes is some accidental words and you're back there, at the night you're life changed.

At this moment as she sits there, wet hair and warm jacket she can't help but feel ice cold. Lost in her mind and the memories from that horrible night as tears threaten to spill. Stefan's voice suddenly breaks through her barriers, she doesn't catch his words the first time but she looks up to him. Stefan looks sympathetic Alexis sniffles slightly, handing coming to wipe at her face as she quickly tries to push all those horrible memories away. "Huh?"

"I'm sorry, Lex, I didn't mean-" Stefan apologizes honestly, realizing the other meaning behind those words and looking so apologetic. Alexis swallows, meeting his eyes and cutting him off.

"It's okay..I know."Alexis speaks up, voice strained and her own arms wrapping around her self as she shakes her head softly. Her heartbeat betrays her words, they're lies and Stefan can tell. It's not okay. Her words were only half truths, on one hand she knows Stefan didn't mean to bring those painful memories to the surface but on the other hand he did, although accidental, and it really hurts her. Tears still threatening to spill as she tries to compose herself and pretend everything is okay. She tries to smile at him, sadness etched onto her face as she speaks back up.

"Water fight with the others. I only just dried off and don't feel like being drenched again." The girl explains, laughing a little but it's strained and false. He goes to say something, sadness on his face and regret in his eyes but her eyes flick back to his in a pleading way. She doesn't want to talk about it. Stefan stops in understanding and just gives her this sad smile before letting it go. At least for now.

"A water fight? How'd I miss that?"

"You were probably too focused on Elena." She teases lightly, hands coming up to wipe at her face and he can't help but to smile at the truth of that.

"Probably, so how'd you appointment go?" He asks remembering that she told him she was going yesterday and as he still finds peace hearing her and the baby's heartbeat beating in sync with one another. At the mention of her unborn son her face softens as she nods. Her hands come straight down to rest upon her stomach fondly and bittersweetly.

"The baby is perfect, absolutely perfect, everything is going exactly as it's meant to." She beams at him, her mood improving drastically. She takes care in not referring a gender as they speak, her and Matt decided they wanted to keep it a secret for a while. Alexis sounds so proud and for some strange reason it makes Stefan feel proud as well.

"How about you? How are you?" He questions and it surprises her, people usually tend to ask about how the baby is, totally forgetting that it is also a check up for the mother to be as well. She knows they care but it's also nice that he's asked her.

"I'm good, I'm a tad bit smaller than what I should be but my doctor said she was expecting that because of my small frame and athletic habits. Doesn't feel like it though. I swear I feel like a balloon but she assured me it's nothing to worry about." Alexis informs him, thinking back to her appointment and feeling something close to content even with the pain lingering in her heart. Stefan laughs lightly before smiling truly at her.

"That's really good and if you ever need anything I'll always be here for you both, Alexis." The way he says it, the way he looks at her with nothing but softness and fondness make it impossible to believe anything else. Alexis' smiles softly before giving him a curious look.

"I know you are and if you ever need me I'm here...I'm also amazing at keeping secrets." She smiles, wanting to know him better. She can tell he's isn't the best at opening up and is all 'mysterious' but she can see the person beneath. He keeps slowly opening up and she's happy about that. His secret..he's not sure he'd ever want her to have to live with that knowledge. He thinks about what I'd be like if she learnt of his secret... she could react badly along with the stress and overwhelming tidal waves of emotion that comes with knowing what he is could cause her to miscarry. He'd never forgive himself if something were to happen to her baby. He nods, giving her a tight lip smile but she doesn't notice it's a strained and not fully true when she smiles back.

"I know." He tell her before he's about to excuse himself but this conversation has been about her and she needs to remedy that by asking about him. She could also learn more about him, Damon's words still ringing in her head.

"Hey, come on, sit down. I could use some company." She tell hims, motioning the the chair beside her behind the table. After a moment, Stefan caves and walks around the table. It's so easy to talk to him about anything she finds. The only pause the conversation every so often as a customer comes over but they are quick to pick it back up. Alexis finds it so endearing as he tells her about last night, how he surprised Elena and cooked for her. Alexis finds herself secretly proud when Stefan tells her Jeremy helped set up everything so Stefan could do it. He's telling her about how

"You cook?" She lights up, realizing they two of them have even more in common than she had thought. Stefan's lips quirk up in amusement as he nods, thinking of his next words.

"Yeah, I love it.. Elena said you do as well and mine was 'sub-par compared to yours'."

"Really?" She laughs and he chuckles while he nods, looking at her fondly.

"And I agree, the food you cooked for our double date was amazing." Stefan tells her, voice full of honestly and she beams at the compliment.

"Thank you, though I'm sure you're good at cooking as well." Alexis assures him but she only waits a short beat before continuing. "But you really missed out the other week when you guys didn't eat the 'brunch' that I made." She tells him, mock thoughtfully causing him to let out a loud huff off amusement. She can't let that go, not yet, not until she remedies it and he does as well. It's not something bad, it's something to look forward to, something fun.

"Well next time you offer me food, I'll be sure to accept" He promises her, sounding both amused but also a little apologetic.

"You better." She tells him, leaving no room for argument and he can't find himself even wanting to argue that. He just smiles at her, it's something, she's something, that makes him feel not just alive but human. After a moment her eyes drift off to her sister in the distance then back in front of them seeing an old man walking steadily over.

"You should get back to Elena." She tells him and Stefan finds himself agreeing. he's quick to politely excuse himself from her and leave while she turns to look at the old man, she's assuming will be a customer, arrive before her. The old man stares off after Stefan as he walks up to the table Alexis is at, distant look on his face and concern drips into her wondering if the man is alright. "Are you okay, Sir? Is anything wrong?" She finds her self questioning instead of politely greeting the man, feeling worry for him. The man slowly looks over to her without answering, she then realizes he was looking over at Stefan and looks quite put out. "Do you know him?" She asks the elderly man who frowns as he pulls his wallet out.

"Well, the boy, he looks like someone I once knew." The man tells her slowly, almost sadly, as he hands her the twenty dollars of cash in note as the price of getting his car washed. She takes it from his hand slowly, finding his words intriguing as she speaks up.

"Stefan Salvatore?" Alexis asks him, brow creased in curiosity and concern as she puts the money in the small cash box. The man pauses but he is quick to shake his head.

"Nah, it can't be him. He hasn't aged a day...It's just my mind playing tricks on me." He's trying to convince himself, she realizes, like he thinks it can't be possible and she wonders why. She pauses a brief moment, confusion seeping in as the words 'he hasn't aged a day' ring in her head. Alexis presses her lips together, titling her head.

"Well, where do you think you'd seen him before, Sir?" She asks, thinking that might help jog his memory. She can't understand this. What is going on? The man lets out a breath, looking at her as he thinks carefully.

"When I first moved here, I stayed at the Salvatore boarding house." He starts.

"Really?" She speaks feeling a little confused. He nods, continuing to explain the story of how he first meet the youngest Salvatore brother.

"Stefan was just passing through to visit his uncle. I mean, none of us knew he was even here until the attack." The man speaks and Alexis frowns. The way he says it sounds like quite some time has past, like Stefan was just visiting and hadn't moved her so that rules out the recent attacks. Her frown deepens because Stefan said he hadn't been back in Mystic falls for years and it really doesn't make sense.

"The attack?" She question, wanting to have things be clearer to her.

"His uncle got killed. Mauled by an animal in the woods." He tells her, grim voice and she furrows her brow.

"His uncle? Zach?" She thinks for a moment but she is sure Zach is alive living with Stefan at the boarding house. The man shakes his head.

"Mm-mmm. Joseph." He corrects her and with every word he speaks she feels even more confused.

"I'm sorry, sir. I don't think I'm familiar with the story." Alexis tells him, feeling very confused and as if something is very wrong.

"Oh, how could you, child? I mean, this happened years ago. Years before you were even born." He tells her, looking at her in a questioning but slightly sad way. The pregnant girl's eyes widen slightly, appearing shocked and confused, not sure what to think of his words. Before she can even think of forming a question Tiki comes over.

"Grandpa, you gotta go. Mom wants you home. Okay?" Tiki tells her grandfather interrupting their conversation and the man nods before staring to walk away. Tiki sighs, looking to Alexis. "He wasn't bugging you, was he? He's a little alzy-heimer."

"No, he was sweet." Alexis tells Tiki distantly before looking at her. "Hey Tik, can you do may a favor and take over here for a moment?" She doesn't even wait for the girl to answer before she gets up and goes after that man.

"Hey, sir, I'm sorry. Um, are you sure that the man that you saw, that you knew, his name was Stefan Salvatore and not something else?" She questions, desperate for answers.

"Yes. I remember his ring and his brother-" The man shrugs.

"Damon?" Alexis cuts him off, she doesn't even like saying that mans name after what he did.

"Yeah. Stefan and Damon Salvatore." He nods.

"Sir, do you remember when this was?"

"It was early June, 1953. Yeah. June, 1953." He tells her and she doesn't even know what to think of that before he walks off leaving her in a haze of confusion as she thinks about it. Three pairs of Salvatore brothers over time, all with the names Stefan and Damon. On pair during the civil war who both loved a women who had died tragically in a fire. Another pair of brothers, Damon and Stefan Salvatore lived in the 1950's and that Stefan looked just like this one and he also wore the same ring. Those brothers stayed in town with their uncle who was then mauled to death in an animal attack. Much like the animal attacks going on now. Then there were her Stefan and Damon, the ones from right now who both live with an uncle, wear rings and both loved a women who died in a fire. Alexis didn't know what to think of it. The only thing she does know is that this can't be a coincidence. There's something more going on here, and it feels darker then anything she's ever felt.

Alexis turns and slowly starts to walk back to the table a distant look on her face but suddenly her sister is in front of her, stopping her. "Hey, just need some more towels. Where's Caroline?"

"Um, I think Caroline bailed but I'll go get them." Alexis tells her, about to turn and leave to get some but Elena can clearly see that something is up, she looks over to the man who just walked away then back. Elena reaches out and stops her sister. Alexis looks to her, seeing the worry on Elena's face.

"Something wrong? What was that about?"

"The weirdest thing just happened..." Alexis breathes out giving her sister a look before she gives Elena a shorts gist of what the man told her and Elena seems put out by it. Wondering how much she actually knows about her boyfriend with a bad feeling in her stomach. Elena walks off forgetting about the towels and Alexis forces herself to think of actual ways it could make sense. Maybe it's pregnancy brain that has her all confused or maybe that man was confused. Maybe, It could simply be a mix Family rings, Family names, genetics and maybe history just repeating itself. Nothing logic defying, maybe a little improbable but possible. She accepts that answer because she has to. She's a smart girl, she believes in logic, fact and reason, she lets it go but something in her doesn't quite forget it. It's telling her to stay cautious of what she does not know, for it may be a danger to her and her child. She finds all of it strange yet she lets it go though because it probably is just nothing, nothing that actually matters anyway. Yet she can't help but know deep down it's dangerous and dark. Her sister is off heading over to question Stefan while Alexis moves back to sit down, protective hand resting on her belly and almost straight away she's distracted from what just happened as a customer comes over to her.


She just said goodbye to Matt about half an hour ago who left for work before she finds herself walking across the lot to see if she can find Elena since her sister isn't answering her calls. Alexis frowns, looking down at her phone, she hasn't seen her sister since she told her about that man and that was about a couple of hours ago. The mother to be lets out a breath of air before she puts her phone into the pocket of Matt's jacket she's wearing before she turns, slowly looking around for Elena or one of the group so she can ask if they've seen her.

It was a noise, it was something, maybe it was everyone turning to look, shocked looks on their face that makes her look back around. Her mouth falls open and her eyes widen, making her stumble a few steps back to protect herself even though she isn't really close to what is happening before her. A car is burning, Tiki's car is on fire, flames flicking and burning it in the middle of the lot. She feels someone move next to her, a hand on her lower arm and her eyes lock onto her friend. Bonnie is standing before the fire, a trail of flames stopping and dying before her as if she is the ignition point. Alexis looks at her friend, Bonnie standing, holding a broom seemingly watching the fire in a trance. Alexis watches as Stefan runs, grabbing and pulling Bonnie back from the flames, yet Bonnie seems unresponsive. She watches as Stefan puts his hands on Bonnie shoulders and Bonnie looks over, shaking out of the trance before suddenly the flames die out and the fire's gone.

Alexis is breathing hard, almost shaking, her heart beat erratic and she's not completely sure why. Actually she knows part of it is being so close to danger while pregnant and Bonnie, as ridiculous as it seems...the whole witch thing isn't really looking that far fetched. Noticing her distress, the grip on her lower arm squeezes gently causing her to look at the person. She really is not surprised it Tyler. They lock eyes and she is incredibly thankful he's become her friend. "What was the hell was that?" He asks, huffing it out but looks confused himself. Her brow creases and she shakes her head. She can't tell him about Bonnie it's not her place but she also knows it isn't just about Bonnie, it's everything strange going on in this town and even the mysterious Salvatore's but she won't let herself dwell on them, apart from how much of a bad person Damon is, because something tells her if she does everything will change in the worst way.

"I- Something is happening to this town, Ty'." Alexis confesses and Tyler looks at her not knowing what exactly she means.

"It's probably nothing, some asshole probably flicked a cigarette on some fuel." Tyler huffs out, hatred in his voice at whoever he thinks it could have been but it isn't completely convincing.

"Maybe..." She agrees quietly, looking down, not quite believing that so she continues as her eyes flick back to him. "But I'm not just talking about that." She tells him and the look on his face is serious but he shakes his head, looking away.

"Come on, lets get out of here." He tells her and she can't agree with that idea more. She just feels scattered at the moment, not really knowing what to think as she looks back, wanting to see if Bonnie is okay first she only sees Stefan in sight. Bonnie's run off.


When they get into Tyler's car and he starts driving she looks at him thoughtfully when she realizes she hasn't eaten in a while. Honestly it feels like she's been slapped in the face with hunger and it's a good distraction to focus on rather than everything else. "Before you drop me home can we get food?" She asks him and he looks over to her nodding because he could use some food right now as well as she writes out a message asking if Bonnie is okay over text before putting her phone back in her pocket.

"Sure, what do you want?" He asks and she realizes actually didn't think that far ahead. She pauses for a second, thinking over what she feels like eating before shrugging.

"I don't know." Alexis admits carelessly, leaving the choice to him. The jock takes in a sharp breath of air at that answer, ticking his jaw.

"I swear you girls always say that." He huffs out as if he runs into this problem on a regular basis and she just looks at him, narrowing her eyes.

"Oh please, you say that like you actually take girls out on a date" She scoffs, amusement and disdain in her voice. His lips quirk up and a look comes across his face at just how fast her response was. He wonders how long she's been waiting to make another snarky remark about his play boy ways. He shakes his head and lets out a laugh.

"It's called ordering out. You know you can actually get food delivered to you. Don't even have to leave the bed until it's there and you're paying for the food with nothing but a blanket around your waist." Tyler tells her smugly and mock thoughtfully, clicking his tongue in his mouth. She closes her eyes, shaking her head and her lips quirk in distaste at the smugness of him.

"God, you're a jerk." She huffs out, laughing in disbelief at his ways and cocky, player nature but being able to look past them in the most part because lately she's been seeing the real person beneath it all. He shakes his head, grinning though.

"Just pick a place, Alexis." He tells her, getting back to that topic and once again she shrugs.

"I don't know. You pick one." She tells him, knowing she can't decide at the moment and he rolls his eyes.

"Fine." He caves with a loud, exaggerated sigh. "What about the grill?" Tyler suggests the first and most obvious place that comes to mind but she finds herself making a face and shaking her head.

"No, don't feel like that." Now she is actually doing it just to annoy him.

"Oh my god, Alexis!" He speaks loudly, getting a little frustrated at not knowing what to do.

"Sorry." She chuckles, though feeling a little bad but it's in good spirit. He sighs and looks at her.

"Just tell me what your craving to eat and I'll work with that."


With take out from various places around them they sit in the parked car eating together and talking as they do so. The food isn't great but it hits just the right spots. Alexis offhandedly makes a comment about some times you just need something different from home cooked meals and Tyler's response makes her face fall. He said he wouldn't know, that his parents never really cooked, always too busy. She frowns at that before a smile is back in its place.

"Well, I guess you're going to have to come over for dinner." She suggests with a smile before eating another curly fry dipped in hot sauce.

"Ale-" He starts, shaking his head but she's not going to let him get out of it.

"Come on, I'll cook you something. Nice, home cooked, and I promise I'm good at cooking!" She promises and she knows there's something comforting about a home cooked meal that just makes you feel warm and happy when it's cooked for you by someone that cares. She wants Tyler to have that as well as she thinks everyone should every so often, and because she cares.

"Matt told me…" Tyler agrees, tilting his head as if thinking about it. Apparently her cooking's really good, Matt not only told him about last night but the other times she's cooked for him. It would be nice, Tyler supposes, to actually sit down with his friends and have a home cooked dinner, though he isn't sure about it. The raven haired teen shakes his head. "But you're not my mother." He says that even though he knows Alexis Gilbert is a homemaker. She's always been the 'mom' of the group, she'll take you in, make you feel like family, and then she will truly do everything in her power to do anything for you. She's incredibly loyal to those she loves. But sometimes those bonds take longer, because something happens and trust can't be easily built with some or their words are too sharp or something like that.

Alexis Gilbert is the girl who'll always make sure you're okay even if you have wronged her. He will never forget the moment she asked if he was okay after he got a well-deserved punch as bruise still appeared on her face from where he accidentally struck her a week before. It speaks volume to the kind of girl she is but the history they have along with her empathy is why she was able to forgive him. If it was anyone she didn't know as well or as long, he knows she would not be as quick to forgive. He's so happy that she did though because something changed in him and he needs her.

Right now, the mother-to-be, gives him a pouty look. "I know, but I like cooking and I want to. Come on, Tyler." She tries to stress her point and It almost hurts when people don't take what she offers when it comes to her cooking because it's something she loves and is proud of doing. Realizing that his best friend's girlfriend won't drop this he caves.

"Fine." Tyler's sighs, shaking his head like he's so put out but he kind of finds himself looking forward to it.


She gets homes, it's just turned dark when she walks inside, locking the front door behind her. She checks her phone, a message from Bonnie is scrawled across the screen saying they'll talk soon but she's going to her grams. Replying before putting her phone away. She can hear he aunt talking to someone in the kitchen but decides just to go up stairs. On her journey to her room she stops as she reaches the outside of her brother's door. She places a hand on the door handle and with the other she knocks gently on his door. Alexis waits a moment, not hearing a response means he probably isn't busy so she slowly pushes the door open to check steps in, looking around to see her younger brother sitting in an oval chair with headphones on. She thinks about it for a moment but decides for it as she walks over to him and sits down on the corner end of his bed that is closes to him. So she sits across from him, with not too much space between. He reaches up slowly and pulls the earphones from his ears when

His movements are only a little slowed and she knows what he's taken- well, actually smoked straight away. She can smell it lingering on him as well. She'll level and anchor him, like every other time. Though he doesn't need her like he has the other times, he's hardly high now, he's not curled up on the ground, he's not hallucinating, not throwing up, not scared and thinking he's going to die. She knows he's not on a bad trip, he's not into pills just pot. He's not in a bad way; he's only losing the buzz of being stoned. He only has the slight buzz off it. I's then she notices there's a bottle next to his leg on the chair, a beer bottle, up opened though but she's sure he was planning on changing that before she came in. She closes her eyes in disappointment; he's a major alcoholic she knows that his drinking is far worse than his drug habits, drugs meaning just pot. At least it isn't open. He probably just got home a few minutes before him she thinks. She wonders if he had a reason for doing that today and as she looks at him she can tell something happened though. He looks distant and upset, angry about something so she decides to distract him. But she has to ask him first.

"You okay little brother?" She asks him softly, her hand loose together in front of her while she leans forward. Jeremy doesn't look up at her when he shakes his head. Alexis presses her lips together letting a breath of air out of her nose as she looks at him. "Want to talk about it?" She suggests but he doesn't answer her. She lets out a breathe and takes this silence as 'not yet' and she's thankful it's only pot he's high on. Since telling him she's pregnant she has not encountered him high that she noticed but she knows he was drunk that night him and Tyler got in a scuffle that ended with Alexis in hospitable. She reaches out with a sigh, grabbing his arm but pausing as she gets an idea when she sees his hand, in particular the nails. "You wait right here." She tells him as her lips twitch up into a small smile and he gives her a questioning look but she just gets up, quickly leaving the room.

"Oh no." Is the first thing that comes from his lips when she comes back into the room holding a bag.

"You said I could today!" She tells him and he looks like he's about to grumble something but she just plops back down on the end of the bed, opening the bag and giving him a look. "And, Yes, I have too." Remembering what he said yesterday and he rolls his eyes fondly.


He watches her quietly as she cleans off the chipped nail polish and starts reapplying new coats of black onto them while she rambles on softly, about anything really, about her friends and her baby. It's strange, well not really, but she always is able to talk to Jeremy about things she just feels like she needs to talk through to figure out. It's mostly a one sided conversation, she often does this more so with Caroline but not really as of late, but it makes her come to clarity with her thoughts. It's peaceful though, he finds himself enjoying this time despite himself.

"That Logan guy." Jeremy speaks up capturing his sister attention as that voice is one of caution.

"What about him?" She asks, furrowing her brow yet looking strangely concerned and protective. Jeremy then goes on to tell her what happened probably only a couple of minutes before she came into his room. He had just gotten back and saw the man coming out of his room, more sneaking out. How the mans excuse was he was looking for the bathroom which made no sense since there's one downstairs and it just seemed off. Alexis finds that really strange and can see her brothers concern so she asks if he told Jenna but he hadn't so she makes a mental note to tell her tomorrow as she continues. Her job of painting his nails isn't perfect as it's becomes clear with every passing minute how tired she is. As soon as she finishes paint them she tired curls back further on his bed while he waits for his nails to dry. Jeremy looks at his sister and she's curled up on the center of his bed, looking like she's about to drift off.

"Alex?" He speaks up after a moment checking if she's awake and she grumbles in response. "You're that tired?" Jeremy asks the obvious.

"Mmm. Making a baby is hard work..." She mumbles and it's like a switch has flipped, or fatigue and sleepiness just hit her and all she desires is sleep at the moment.

"You-" He starts, making a funny look but he cuts himself off, shaking his head. "Never mind." He tells her, not even making the obvious joke at her words and their double meaning. Alexis snuggles into his blankets, trying to get comfy as he stays lounged in the soft, cushioned, oval chair.

"Hey, Jer?" She speaks up, voice a mumbled softness.

"Mmm?"

"Please start trying, Jer. I need you to stick around." She sounds heartbroken but fully serious and quite as she tappers on the edge of sleep. She needs him around and he needs her. He can tell she doesn't like being alone, neither does he so even when they shut everyone else out and isolated themselves they still let each other in, they need each other. She knows that Jeremy's grief/fear isn't just because Mom and Dad died, though that was the main reason, It was also because his sisters almost died as well. Maybe it's the reason she's so soft on Jeremy because he was almost left alone in this world and for some reason Jenna and Elena never realize that, probably because it's a lesser detail but an important one all the same.

"Yeah, Yeah, Ally. I'll try." He doesn't know if it's an empty promise or not but she doesn't hear the answer as she's already asleep. He hears a door across the hall open before moments later the sound of a car starts in the drive way, he wonders why Elena's going out but he shakes his head, shaking it off, putting his headphones in and blasting music.