A/N Wow, you guys are awesome! As soon as I said I only had two votes the number jumped to six. Do that again, it was cool. 'Prisoner' is still winning, and I'll close the poll at the end of January, so get your votes in there. I think the prize will be a sequel!

Chapter 20 Broken Up

I walked to the corner and saw Katherine.

"What are we going to do?" She asked. "We can't exactly go around with each other." She said

"Let's go see the Salvatores." I said and headed off in that direction. On the way there I called Bonnie and Caroline and asked if they could meet us there. When we arrived, Stefan was the one to open the door.

"Hey" he said to me and we hugged each other.

"Can we talk?" I asked since Bonnie and Caroline said they would be awhile.

"Yeah, sure" he said and we took a walk around the house. I wasn't sure what Katherine was doing, but I could feel her presence in the back of my mind and that was a completely new feeling to me.

"Stefan, I'm sorry you worried while I was gone." I said to start us off

"I just had no idea what happened to you. But you're fine now." He said

"Yeah, if only everyone thought that way." I mumbled

"Just ignore Damon. He'll cool off." Stefan said grabbing my hand.

"Stefan," I said stopping him so that we could face each other, "I care about you, I do. But Damon's right. I am different. I mean just look at me." I said and his eyes swept over my appearance.

"I just thought Katherine dressed you" he said honestly, but with a hint of humor.

"No," I replied completely serious. "I did this by myself, and I don't know yet what else about me has changed. But, Stefan, I can't be with you. Not right now. You deserve better." I said looking down

"You have feelings for Damon" he said surely

"Yes" I confirmed, my voice chocking up "I'm sorry Stefan, I love you, but it's just not that simple."

"I know you love me." He said. "Which is why I'll wait until this little phase with Damon is over." He said trying to hug me

"No, Stefan you don't understand" I said pulling away

"Yes, I do"

"No! It's not a phase with him. I want to give him friendship and love, and I want to be with him. I'm sorry. But there's no point in waiting. You deserve someone better." I tried to tell him but he would have none of it.

"There is no better for me." He said "Come on. Let's go back to the house."

A/N the next chapter will be of Katherine and Damon while all this was going on so give me reviews if you want that soon. And tell me some of your new year resolutions! Remember to vote on my poll! And like I said in Exhausted I wasn't planning on updating again but I figured I would before the new year.