A/N Hey, thanks for the reviews! I love reading them so keep them coming. The poll in my profile will be closing in a week, hopefully (I'm closing it when I'm done with Prisoner), so if you want a possibility for a sequel, go and vote for Exhausted. Anyway, it's been awhile since I said I'd update, but it's here, and you can expect another one by Tuesday. Also, I updated Prisoner, and it only has about three more chapters until the end, so if you want to read another story of mine, cheeck it out!

Chapter 21 The Break-up

When I was done in the bathroom, I took off the necklace he put on me so Stefan didn't ask questions and went outside and sat on my front porch. Stefan pulled up a couple of minutes later.

"Hey." I said when he came up on the porch.

"Look," He said sitting beside me on the porch swing, "I know what you are goint to say, you don't have to say it."

"Yes I do." I said and grabbed his arm. "I care about you, but this just doesn't feel right anymore."

"Because Damon got to you."

"No, not because he got to me. This doesn't have anything to do with him."

"So you aren't going to be with him now?" He asked, already knowing the answer.

"I am, but it isn't his fault that we are breaking up." I said. "I'm not ending us because I want to be with him."

"You're ending it because you don't want to be with me." He said matter-of-factly.

"Yes. I love you, Stefan. Just not in the way that I should. I'm sorry, but I just want to be friends." I said

"Well, it took longer than I thought it would." He stated

"What do you mean?"

"You can say that you didn't change your mind about me because of Damon, but I know that is a lie. This is because of him." He said forcefully.

"You're wrong."

"I'm not letting him win this time, Elena. I love you, and I want to be with you."

"I'm sorry." I said and a tear slipped down my cheek because I didn't want to hurt him. "I love Damon."

"It's okay." He said and wiped my tear. "Just know that I'm not giving up on you." He said and kissed my forehead.

I looked away from him. "You need to Stefan, because this isn't just some kindd of phase."

"I'm not giving up." He said and stoodup to leave. "I'm going to leave tomorrow morning to head back."

I nodded because I wasn't sure what else there was to say. He walked off my porch and got in his car. I was glad that Mrs. Newton left town, because if he saw her, I would probably feel like puking. I watched his car drive away and sat on my porch crying. I don't know why it affected me so much, but I really hated hurting him. Especially over Damon. I decided to go to the Grill and get some food, so I called Caroline and asked her to meet me there. She said she would so I grabbed some money and thhe necklace, and made my way to the grill.

A/N So, when I first started this, it was before Caroline was changed, and it was before Katherine ever came back, but I think I want her to be a vampire in this, so pretend she was already turned by someone else, but not Katherine, because that doesn't work with the earlier chapter where Elena cries and wonders if Katherine would ever come back. Oh, and Tyler is a werewolf and has that whole friendship thing going with Caroline. Anyway, Review!