I wake up at 5, get ready and leave for class. After learning how to disarm someone I leave for archery. Archery class went smoothly, I should be able to shoot the dead center soon enough. I come home feeling oddly refreshed. I take a shower and change the dressing on my neck, get a coffee and leave for school with Jer. "Did you take the journals? I left them for you." I ask him. "Yeah I even completed the essay. Will you read it and tell me how it is?" Jer tells me. "Of course. I'm really proud of you Jer. I know it's probably not easy to get over everything and I'm happy you're trying so tomorrow I'll treat you at The Grill. How about it? I know it's not much." I tell him. "No, it's sounds great. And thanks I don't think I could've done it without you." Jer tells me. As if. "Yeah and what did I do exactly to help you?" I ask him. I really want to know. "Well you believed that I could do it unlike Elena and Jenna. And you didn't force me to stop, you let me stay with you and cry if I wanted to." Jer says with a small smile. "Well you are my brother I would do anything for you." I tell him sincerely. We reach school and I start reading his essay. It was great. His points were valid and he didn't get too much into it to be suspicious or considered delusional either. "This is great Jer. Although I would be careful if Elena saw this she would blow and do something Elena like. I'm sure this will get you an A. Great job." I tell him. "Thanks Elle. And don't worry about it. I'll see you later?" Jer asks. "Yeah. Oh wait think you can go home on your own? I'm going out with Caroline." I tell him. He looks a bit surprised but still nods says bye and leaves.

I find Matt soon enough with Tyler and they both seemed fine. "Hey guys." I greet them. "Hey Ari." Tyler seems to be in pain. "Hey Ty, you okay?" I ask him. He looks at me and I know it had something to do with his dad. "Yeah. Thanks for sending Matt yesterday." Ty says. I hate Mayor Lockwood. "No problem. So Matt last night I went to your house to see if you were back since you didn't call or anything and I found Vicki. She was pretty high so I called Stefan and he took her with him. Don't worry though Stefan thinks it's just a relapse and he even called his friend here to help. She's a professional Vicki will be fine." I tell him and make sure my story isn't too imaginative. "Oh thanks Ari. Is that why you texted me? Sorry about not calling, things got pretty bad last night." Matt informs me. Tyler didn't seem like he wanted to talk about it, couldn't blame him. His dad is an abusive drunk, it gets out of hand sometimes. "No it's fine, I just thought you should know. Here Ty this will help." I tell him while handing him a painkiller and water which I thankfully carried due to my neck. He gives me a smile and takes it. The bell rings and we say bye and go our separate ways.

During lunch me and Caroline talked about what to get at the mall and what movie to watch and things like that. Soon classes were over and Caroline and I head towards the mall. We talk about everything we need to getwell Caroline was listing things she is going to force me to get. We reach the mall and first go looking for a dress. After spending an hour there we finally leave to get some shoes and other things. Caroline bought enough things to last her a few months and even got a dress for the dance. We then go to the food court since I was dying of hunger. "So what else do you want to get?" Caroline asks as we sat down with our food. "Well I wanted to get some art supplies." I tell her. "Oh you still sketch?" She asks curiously. "Yeah I do but I want to get something for Jer. He's been working really hard to get back on track and I want to support him. So I just thought I should get him some supplies. And a bracelet one that says we believe in you or something like that. What do you think?" I ask her, really nervous about giving Jer a bracelet like that and knew Caroline would give me an honest opinion. "I think it's a great idea Ari. You are really good sister you know? I'm sure he will love it." Care tells me and I sigh in relief. "Thanks Care and it's nothing. Are you sure though? I mean he won't think I'm giving it as a reminder right?" I ask really worried. "Don't worry he'll love it. Now stop worrying and finish eating." Care orders me and I laugh but obey.

After we finish eating we go to the art shop first. Caroline helps me get a good art kit. I get him a big sketchbook and some beautiful coloured chalks. After that we went to a customization shop and I told them what I wanted. Since the bracelet would take some time we both decide to go to the salon since apparently I really need a haircut. We both go back after an hour and get the bracelet. I love it and I really hope Jer does too. After that we both decide to go to her house to get ready and left. When we reach her house she immediately sits me down for makeup which I hate and starts working since we only had two hours. We are both ready in time which in itself was a miracle since I forgot I had a wound on my neck and Caroline saw it and freaked out. I told her honestly that Vicki did it and not to tell anyone, she promised not to and gave me a scarf.

We enter the dance together and I swear everyone was watching. It was bound to happen since Caroline is the 'It Girl' in our school. We both dance together like no one is watching which is fun. After a while we see Elena come in with both the Salvatore brothers. And Caroline gives me a look that basically screamed what the hell. I just shrug which she didn't like. "Hey Arielle wanna dance?" Stefan asks as they all come next to us. I look at Caroline who in return nudges me towards Stefan. "Sure. I would love to." I tell him. If looks could kill I would deader than dead. "You look beautiful." Stefan tells me as we start dancing. "You don't look bad yourself and you seem to be a decent dancer." I tell him and he laughs and looks at me before kissing me. What the hell? Why would he do that? And many other thoughts crossed my mind before it occurs thateveryone already knows anyways so why not enjoy and kiss him back. He laughs as we break off our kiss and spins me around and I've never been happier. We both dance for two songs straight before we see Elena run towards a corridor. Stefan looks at me almost asking if he should go. "Go Stefan and be careful." I tell him and with one last kiss he is gone. I text Jer and tell him to go home immediately and leave with Caroline for her house.

We both change into some comfortable clothes and bought all the snacks and ice cream to her room and start Netflix. We had decided to watch The Notebook (Caroline's choice) and Disney (my choice what can I say I'm child at heart). After starting The Notebook we both sit back and eat snacks while making comments here and there. We then take a break after The Notebook and I tell her about my kisses with Stefan. "Okay so how did it feel? Was it what you expected?" Caroline asks with a smirk. "Care you know I can't tell these sort of things. But it was better than I expected." I tell her. She looks a bit disappointed but let it go. "Your turn. Tell me how did you and Matt even happen. Not that I mind I actually love it." I ask her, I was so excited my best friends together. "Well remember Stefan's party? I got drunk and he took me home and stayed the night. After that we both hung out after that and I kissed him. I was scared that he would reject me or something but he didn't and I'm so happy. He's so nice and so cute?" Care says with a dreamy smile. We both laugh knowing he would rather not be known as cute. "That's amazing Care and I'm so happy. He actually seems a bit better and hopefully he won't be as miserable anymore. I know you want to tell me about the kiss so spit it out." I tell her with a smile. "It was amazing Ari, he was so sweet and gentle about it. And it was almost like in the books." Her smile is so wide I am surprised her jaw doesn't hurt. We talk about a few more things and then put on Beauty And The Beast. It's my favorite Disney movie.

Care and I are now on her bed and she is telling me about her plans for Miss Mystic Falls. I promise her I'll help her with her dress and anything else she needs. "I don't think me and Stefan are going to last Care." I tell her, this had been bugging me and I just wanted to talk to someone and I knew Care would know what to say. "Why? I thought he told you he likes you." Care asks. "He did but Caroline he is always worried about Elena and he...I don't know it's just a feeling. Its like he's only half mine and that he's only here for a little. What if he realizes he likes Elena more and then leaves me? What do I do then? What if I'm not good enough? What if for him I'm just not her?" I ask her on the verge of tears. I was not going to cry. I'm just worrying about stupid things. I look at Care in some ways hoping that she would ease my worries. She sits up pulling me with her and makes me face her. She looks at me with a stern face and says, "You're Arielle Gilbert. You don't need some guy in your life, you never have. You could never not be enough. If he does leave you it would be his loss and not yours. You understand?" Care basically orders. Damn she's scary when she's determined. "Yeah Care. Thank you. I love you Care and I missed you." I tell her and hug her. "I missed you too and I love you too." She replies. We both just sit there hugging each other. We both pull apart after a minute and then laugh. We both lie down and then just talk about random things.

It was sometime after midnight when my phone rings. "Who is it?" Care asks. It was a text from Stefan. "It's a text from Stefan." I inform her. "Well what does it say? How much he misses you or how he would just love to make out?" Care asks teasingly. I look at the text it said he was outside. "It says he's outside. Should I go?" I ask her. "Yeah. Duh. Go." Care says and practically pushs me off of the bed. "Okay okay." I say and walk out and see him. "Hey. Look no offense but if this about what happened during the dance today I would rather not talk about it." I tell him as soon as we were close enough. "So you're angry that I kissed you in front of everyone then?" Stefan asks. Huh? "What? No. I meant about what happened with Elena. I loved the kiss." I tell him with a shy smile. He smiles back at me. "I loved it too. You looked really amazing tonight. I was wondering if you want to go on a date though?" Stefan asks me. Wow. "Yeah I would love to. When?" I ask trying to hide my excitement. "Today early morning around five?" He asks seeming nervous. "Yeah sure. At 5." I smile at him and he responds with a kiss. That's how we spent the next hour talking and kissing. He tells me about his past and his ripper phase. I tell him how Elena has always despised me and how she has always tried to make me look bad in front of everyone. She's tried to humiliate more times than I could count. He told me that he was realizing how much Elena was like Katherine. Around one he left and I went back and slept since I wanted to be fresh and ready for our date.

I wake up at 4:30 and wake Caroline too since I didn't know what to do. "Care I don't know what to wear. What do I do?" I ask her with wide afraid eyes. "Relax Ari, go take a shower I'll take care of everything else. And before you say I know no dresses. Go." She tells me. I smile gratefully at her. I take a shower and when I step into the room I see Care setting up makeup and had laid an outfit for me. It was a skirt with leggings and a grey jumper with a scarf. I had already changed the neck dressing. I take the clothes and change into them. I sit down and Care starts with light barely noticeable makeup, just to pop out the eyes and some lipstick. I thank her and start towards the door since it was already 4:55. I see Stefan just about to knock. He looks down at me and smiles. He holds out his arm for me and I take it. After shouting a bye to Caroline we left in my car since he ran to Caroline's house.

We were heading towards the mountain area of our town. "So where are we going?" I ask him as we started climbing. I obviously know we were going to the top, but why? "It's a surprise. You think you can climb all the way up?" Stefan challenges. I smile at him. "I think I can I'm not a damsel in distress Mr.Salvatore. Try to keep up. Without using your super speed that is." I toell him while speeding up. We both talk and laugh while walking up. Finally we reach the top. "Okay now what?" I ask him. "Well I wanted to show you the sunrise. It's a beautiful sight. Damon and I used to come when we were human. I hope you don't mind." Stefan says. He seems way too nervous. I take his hand and smile at him. "I love it. I love everything about nature. And I've never gotten the chance to see a sunrise before." I tell him happily while looking at the sky. There were still a few minutes till sunrise. "Let's sit and wait." Stefan suggests. We both sit down on a nearby rock. "Tell me about your human years. You told me about your ripper days, but not your human years why?" I ask him. "In all honesty I wanted to see if you would get scared and run away. I also didn't want to hide anything from you." He smiles and then tells me about how he and Damon were the closest siblings could be, how he used to look up to him and about his first love. I was amazed Stefan was so... what's the word, deep. I don't know it was like he just was.

The sunrise was beautiful, the sky turned from a dark midnight blue to a red then lilac and different shades of purple before finally settling into a beautiful yellow. He then vamp sped us down hill. The rush was amazing. He drives us to The Grill for breakfast. I order pancakes and a coffee and he just orders a coffee. "Your turn. Tell me about what happened with the boy you liked." Stefan asks me. "Okay. So two years ago I had a crush on this guy Jackson. And I told Caroline who in turn told Elena. As you may know every guy wants to be with Elena so she used this for herself and told him she would go on a date with him if he did what she said. We went on two dates. The next day we were going to go to school together, trust me it was a big step he was really popular and on the football team. Elena had told him her plan which was to humiliate me in front of everyone at the school. He was going to say things I don't know what. Matt overheard them talking and told Tyler who beat the guy up and asked him to apologize to me. They didn't tell me what he was going to say or do but by how much they had hurt him I had a fair guess. After that Matt broke up with Elena. She wasn't very happy it just gave her another reason to hate me." I explain to him. He looks at me with a look I couldn't place. "They broke up two years ago? Elena said they broke up 4 months ago." Stefan questions. Oh. "Yeah no not really. They did break up two years ago but Elena wanted to get back with him. They had a fight 4 months ago, Matt told Elena some things about her she didn't want to hear and she told him they aren't together anymore so people thought they had gotten back together in secret. Matt still cares about her I mean she was his first love so..." I trail off. "Thanks for telling me. I have no such intentions."

We are driving towards my house. "Look Stefan don't take this the wrong way but I don't think we are going to last long whether you have that intention or not." I tell him as he is driving. "Why do you think so?" Stefan asks curiously. "Well Elena wants you and she will somehow convince you everything I've told you was a lie. And you're probably going to believe her too. So just talk to me when that happens I don't want to find out any other way at all." I tell him sincerely. "Are you always a pessimist? Besides don't worry it won't happen. I think you're amazing. I highly doubt any girl would like to climb a mountain at 5 in the morning for a date. And actually find it nice." Stefan says amused. We both laugh a little. "To answer your question no I'm not always a pessimist. And I like observing nature. I'll probably paint the sunrise we saw today or well try to." I tell him with a smile. We reach my house and climb out of the car. "Thanks Stefan. It really was amazing." I tell him as I hug him. "I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully there's no drama today and we can see the sunset too." He tells me before pulling away a bit and kissing me. I will never get used to that feeling. I was blushing like crazy I knew that from the smile on his face. "I'll pick you up to watch the sunset?" He asks with a smile. "I would love to. See you later?" I ask him. "Yeah. See you." He says before kissing me again and then disappearing. I couldn't get the stupid smile off my face.