~ There wasn't any help in the reviews of what to do with this chapter, so I just went along with one idea that I had... hopefully no one will hate it.
~ Hopefully the next chapter will come out faster even though I've been having some laptop issues.

Guest (1): I will try and get more Jer/Liz scenes in this story but there aren't any in this chapter. Jarabeth is an interesting name for their couple. As I get into season 2, there will be more Liz/Jer moment and of course Ty/Liz... but this story is for season 1 and 2 events... season 3 and 4 are going to be combined in a sequel to this.

~ I don't really like this chapter, even though I put some scenes in it that I've been wanting to write. Hopefully I will like the next chapter more... but that all depends on the reviews of this chapter.

ENJOY!

Elizabeth's POV

I left Mystic Falls for a few days. It wasn't because I was bored with what was happening, I was actually happy. Tyler and I seemed to be in a good relationship, Stefan and Elena were good, but I just felt like taking a little breath and it gave me a good excuse to get more sketch pads.

I ended up back in New York, just because I liked it. It was only about two week since I was last in New York, but not for the same reason. Two weeks ago, I wasn't really sure if I should continue my relationship with Tyler because I was still secretly waiting to see Klaus again. After shopping and all the time I've spent with Tyler since then, I knew it was a good choice to risk it. I think the truth was that I didn't want to be like Damon, obsessing over something that might not even like me in the first place.

I pulled up in the parking lot of one of my favorite places of New York. I wasn't in it since the late 70's. It brought back memories, even though some of them weren't the best. I went through the doors and smiled at myself. 'It looks the same' I thought.
"Elizabeth?" I turned my head and saw someone I knew standing near the bar. "Elizabeth Salvatore?" He walked in the shade towards me with some disbelief on his face. "Is it really you?"
"The one and only." I said with a smile before hugging him. "Good to see you Will."
"Good to see you to." He said as he pulled away. "Where is your annoying brother?"
"Damon?" I asked with a small laugh. "He's back in Mystic Falls with Stefan. I just needed to take another shopping trip." I said as we walked towards the bar. "I'm running out of something and some of the best stores are here."
"So it has nothing to do with me?" I couldn't help but laugh.
"Oh, you wish." I sat down at the bar. "I have someone anyway."
"Really?" Will asked with disbelief. "The great Elizabeth Salvatore has a boyfriend?" All I could do with smile because I knew that it gave him the answer.
"Yeah, he lives back in Mystic Falls."
"I've never pictured you with a boyfriend." He said as he handed me a glass.
"Well, that's because when you saw me last, I had no emotions."
"How did they come back?"
"Long story." I said as I drank the glass. "Hey, I'm gonna come back later. I still have to do my shopping."
"I'll save you a drink." He said and I just gave him a nod before walking out.

When I stepped out of the bar, I took a deep breath and smiled. It was nice to see that Will was still alive, even though I wasn't myself the last time I saw him. Lexi and Stefan brought me back to myself, which I am glad for when I looked back at it. I smiled at myself before walking off towards a store with a strange feeling that someone was watching me.

It was night by the time I got back to the bar. It was busier at night, which was the best time to be there for a vampire. When I stepped in, it was like I was taken back to '77. The whole place was packed with people, a majority of them human... but the only thing that was different was the music. It was more rock music, which made me think of the '80's... after I was myself again.
"Hey, you're back." Will said from the bar over the music.
"I said I'd come back." I said with a smile as I walked up to the bar. "And I'm back." I sat down on one of the stools. "So, what's happened since I was here last?"
"Since this morning?" He asked and just gave him a small smile.
"You know what I meant." I said as he handed me a glass.
"Same old stuff." He shrugged. "Running this bar, doing my side business, trying not to get staked." I gave Will a small smile as I took a sip from my glass.
"Sounds like you had fun." I said with some sarcasm, which made him laugh.

After a while of drinking, I was still at the bar. I had a few drinks and when Will wasn't talking to me, I was texting Tyler. A part of me couldn't help but feel like I was being watched, but that could have been because I was standing behind the bar near Will because I didn't want to sit the whole time. Usually people didn't go behind the bar, but Will and I are friends so he made an exception.
"Texting your boyfriend?" Will asked and I just smiled.
"Maybe." I said as he attended to the people that just sat down. "Or I'm just making it look like I'm busy so those guys won't try and flirt with me." I said, nudging my head towards some men that wouldn't keep their eyes off of me. I couldn't help but notice the song that the band was starting to play. "I know this song." I said with a smile. "You give love a bad name." I semi-sang along with the band. "Bon Jovi is awesome." I said before thinking about Lexi. My mind flashed back to when she was with me and Stefan backstage at one of the concerts. The three of us had shots with the band and I wanted to do that with her again, but she was dead. "I'm going to need a drink." I said before I sat in the spot I was sitting in before. "Thanks." Will gave me a glass before going towards some other people. I bent down and pulled a small vial out from my boots. When I would go on little vacations, I would always made sure I had vervain on me so I could drink it. 'Almost 146 years' I thought before pouring the vial into the glass. There was little straw in the glass that I used to mix the vervain in with the drink.
"I'll have what she's having mate." I heard a familiar voice from next to me say.

~Flashback~
~1920's~

I was standing by a wall, watching Stefan as he dance with Rebecca. It was good to see him smiling, even though he had turned it off again.
"It's nice to see him not killing someone." I said to Klaus, who was standing near me. "It would be better if he had his humanity."
"Why do you still have yours?" He asked.
"Somebody has to make sure he doesn't die and he's my brother. I have to look out for him." I said with a small smile.
"Would you care for a dance?" Klaus asked and I gave him a small nod. He put down the glass in his hand before taking my hand and leading me toward the other dancers.

~End Of Flashback~

I let out a deep breath that I didn't realize I was holding in before taking a sip from my glass. The vervain didn't burn like it did in the beginning, but it had that weird taste to it. I had grown used to the taste over the 145 years.
"Any other plans while you're here?" Will asked me after pouring Klaus's drink.
"Not really." I honestly told him even though I thought Klaus might be listening to us. "I got all my shopping done, but I might decide to get something for my boyfriend at the last minute." I noticed that my phone was vibrating in my pocket so I took it out. I couldn't help but smile when I realized who was calling. "I was just talking about you." I said when I answered.
"Good." Tyler said and I just rolled my eyes with a smile on my face. "How's my girl doing?"
"Fine." I said with a small smile because Ty called me his. "I'm just visiting a friend before I come back."
"I finally finished the drawing I was making for you."
"After a week?"
"We can't all have your skill." I smiled at Tyler's words. "You can draw more than me a day."
"It's your fault Ty. You are the one to get be back into drawing in the first place." I couldn't help but think of when I stopped drawing `A little after Klaus left in the 20's' "I'm a little drunk so I'll talk to you when I get back home."
"I'll talk to you later babe." Tyler said before I hung up.
"So he calls you babe?" Will asked like he was making fun of me.
"Be nice." I said before taking a sip of my glass. "I can beat you up."
"I'd like to see you try." I just rolled my eyes at Will. My phone rang again before Will could say anything else.

"Checking up on me brother?" I asked, knowing that it was Damon who called.
"You did steal my card again." He said even though I knew he wasn't mad.
"Be lucky I didn't borrow your car."
"No one touches my car." I rolled my eyes.
"Are you ruining my buzz for a reason Damy?"
"I told you not to call me that." Damon said to me.
"Back in the 70's." I said to him, even though I was pretty sure there was another time he told me not to call him Damy. "What's up?"
"It's about Stef."
"Please don't tell me..."
"Yep." Damon said, knowing what I was thinking. "We can't have it happen with the council on alert."
"I wonder who put them there." I sarcastically said to him.
"You helped." I let out a sigh. "You spent more time with him and Lexi the last time..."
"Like I had a choice." I said, remembering what happened. "So, you thought it was a great idea to call me when I'm drunk and tell me that Stefy's having another blood problem?"
"You are his twin."
"You're lucky I'm coming back in the morning anyway." I said with a sigh.
"Why not tonight?"
"If I did and I crashed, I'd use your car until I got my other one fixed." I said, knowing that I had an extra car and a motorcycle in the garage.
"You're lucky you're my favorite sister."
"I'm your only sister."
"I know. If I had another one, you'd be my second favorite."
"You're a mean brother." I said and I heard Damon, Will, and Klaus all chuckle. "I'll be home tomorrow." I hung up and gulped down the rest of my drink.
"Before you ask, I fixed up your old room earlier."
"This is why you are one of my favorite people." I said to Will before carefully getting off the stool I was sitting on. "I'll see you in the morning before I leave." I managed to walk to the room without falling or bumping into anything. There was a part of me that thought that Klaus was following me, but once I laid on the bed, I blocked out everything because I fell asleep.

When I woke up there was a note by the bed, which I read but I just couldn't get rid of. I wanted to, but I just couldn't. I distracted myself by thinking of Stefan. It took him a good portion of 50 years to get back on the animal diet and that wasn't when he had Elena. He was always a problem drinker and it worried me.

I got back to Mystic Falls in time for the Miss Mystic Falls competition. Tyler and I spent most of the time together even though I talked to Anna a little bit. The whole competition brought back memories of when I was human. I wanted to tell Tyler about those times, but he didn't even know I was a vampire. It made me want to tell him even more, but I didn't know how he would react. I had to put that in the back of my mind when we had to get Stefan away from all the people. He had fed from Amber and almost killed her if it wasn't for me, Damon, Elena and Bonnie stopping him. Elena thought about locking up in one of the cells in the basement. I hoped that it would help when the human blood would get out of his system. It brought some worries back though because with Stefan it was hard for him to really deal with his blood issues but hopefully with Elena, Damon and I helping, he would get over it faster.

~ Will wasn't really shown a lot of in the show, so I sort of just wrote him how I thought that he might act. Hopefully you guys liked how I wrote him.
~ I was going to have some events from the episode Miss Mystic Falls in this chapter, but I ended up not putting them it. They could be as flashback, I'm not completely sure yet. It all depends on what happens in the future chapters.

~ Since the next chapter is mainly about Alaric and Damon teaming up while Stefan is locked away, there are a couple of things I could do, that I hope you could help me decide with.
- Idea One: Elizabeth stays with Elena while she's at the Boarding house and talks to her about Stefan.
- Idea Two: Elizabeth and Tyler spend a lot of time together. She maybe tells him about her or lets slip that she loves him.
- Idea Three: Elizabeth goes with Damon and Alaric when they kill Henry (The vamp that's living in the apartment).
- Idea Four: Elizabeth spends time with Jeremy and possibly Anna..
~ I hope you can help me decide on what to do with the next chapter... it would help with getting it done faster and it would hopefully make it better than this chapter.

~ After this chapter, there is three more episodes until the end of season 1. I will be continuing season 2 under this story for those of you that don't know. If there is anything you'd like to see in season 2, now's the time to share. I will try to get as much of your ideas in the chapters as I can while staying along what I sort of have planned.

~ I just finished my season 4 story Changes Within and after this chapter is posted, I'll be working on chapters for The Other Hybrid and Past Temptations.

R&R 'till the next update