Stefan drives up into his job, parks and walks into the garage. His boss is underneath the car and he's fixing it.
"Ain't a parking lot, kid"
"Yeah, well I'm not here to work. Need a few days off"
"It looks like I need a new mechanic" Dean said cockily.
Stefan pulls Dean from underneath the car "I said, I need a few days off"
"Are you slow? Let me simplify: Stay, keep the job. Leave, lose it" Stefan yanks Dean up by his collar and then holds him above ground by his neck "How the hell are you so strong!?"
"You hired a vampire, next time do a background check" Stefan looks into his eyes, compelling him "Now, shut up and don't move" He sets his boss on the ground and Dean is still. "You have no idea how long I wanted to do that. See, I was trying to...get a fresh start, live a normal life, normal job, normal dick of a boss. That's you by the way, and this place was supposed to be my sanctuary. And it was until yesterday"
Stefan pulls Dean toward his car "Come with me" He opens the trunk, revealing a dead Ivy "This is my girlfriend Ivy, someone killed her last night in front of me. So, now I have to go back home, last place on this earth I wanna be. Find him, and kill him" He shuts the trunk and turns to Dean. "Like I said, I need a few days off"
Dean, slowly "You should take a few days off"
"Thanks buddy, I will" He grabs the keys from his back pocket "Now, I need you to drive my car into the woods, and you're going to bury my girlfriend. And forget this ever happened. Oh, and when I get back you're giving me a raise"
Brie is staring at the graduation pic of Bonnie, Elena, Brie and Caroline all wearing red graduation clothes. And she sighs, heading over to the bed.
Elena is walking into the room with a tray of two coffee "So I uh, volunteered at the hospital until like two. And then I figured we could carpool to the party at the swimming hole" After setting the coffee down, Elena realises Brie is packing. "Um, normally when you move back in you unpack"
"I'm not staying. Last night was just a momentary moment of weakness"
"Momentary moment?" Elena asks looking confused. Brie nods "Are you sure you don't want to come back to school?" Brie stares at her directly "Brie, needing your friends isn't a weakness, momentary or otherwise"
Brie shuts her suitcase "Tell that to Stefan, who clearly needs no one"
Elena crosses her arms "Cut him some slack, he lost his brother. Granted, said brother was a homicidal maniac. But, still." Brie is staring at Elena with sadness, and incredulously "What?"
Brie, shakes her head back into reality "Nothing, I just I gotta go, got breakfast with Enzo, and then I'm gonna go"
Elena looks judgmental "Enzo"
Brie, surprised alone "Mm, hmm"
"You guys go on one road trip and all of a sudden you're breakfast buddies?"
Brie, giggles "Yeah, I guess so. Ironically, he's recently become one of the most stable people in my life"
Elena still looks skeptical and judgy "Okay, then invite him to the party"
Brie sighs, frustrated "Elena"
"Come on, I got Matt to take the afternoon of from his training and Tyler to give the practice squad a break, even Jeremy is coming. It's been forever since we've all been together, it'll be fun" Brie opens her mouth, skeptical. Elena, pointing her finger at her "Don't make me invoke the nuclear option"
Brie raises her eyebrows. "Cause I will selfie bomb you. Every five minutes"
Brie laughs. "Okay, fine I'll go to the party"
"Yay" She picks up the tray of coffees.
"But I'm not moving back in" Brie says as she heads to the door.
"That is a conversation to be had over jello shots" Brie leaves and Elena drinks her coffee.
As Brie leaves the dorm her phone rings. She checks the caller Id before picking up. It was Stefan. She declined the call before putting it in her back pocket. She didn't want to see or speak to him until she calmed down a little. Hell she didn't want to talk to him ever again. Her phone rang again but this time it was Elijah. "Elijah" she picked up.
"Brianna how are you?"
"Could be better but if you want an update on me and the baby then we are fine"
"Come back to New Orleans Brianna" Elijah pleaded "I want to make sure you are safe and I cant do that when your in Mystic Falls"
"Look Elijah I told Rebekah I'd be back but don't know if New Orleans is the best place to be for me right now" she said feeling guilty for telling Rebekah she'd be back "Since I got there I have been attacked by French Quarter vampires, I've had to live in a house with a secret dungeon full of coffins, and I was nearly murdered by witches who are convinced my baby is Lucifer"
"Well I am just happy your still in one piece" Elijah smiles "So, back to the murderous witches. I have some concerns"
Brie nods, she was worried as she doesn't have anymore knowledge about her link with Sophie as she hasn't been harmed "They're evil. And, my life is still magically linked to Sophie Deveraux, which is not comforting"
Elijah nods "Yes, I think it's time we took care of that little problem"
Brie could head Rebekah in the back ground "I am all for it. As soon as they're unlinked, we get to leave this crap town. Who do we have to kill?" She could feel Rebekah smirking.
Elijah considers this for a moment "Probably no one"
Brie gives Elijah a significant look of disbelief over the phone "I don't believe that for a second"
Elijah rolls his eyes and sighs "Alright, potentially everyone"
"Well when you figure how to unlink me from Sophie then get back to me but until then speak to you soon Elijah" Brie says as she goes to hang up.
"Brianna. Please stay safe"
She smiled at Elijah's worry for her safety "I will Elijah. I will make sure me and my baby come back to you's in one piece" she hangs up.
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"This hospital thing..Its a whole new look huh?" Stefan says.
"Yeah..Apparently this colour" Elena said pointing to her t-shirt "disguises all bodily fluids that i get covered in throughout the day. So far its been only observation but I don't know.. Ilove it there. Seeing sick people getting better..it's inspiring"
Stefan nods "You seem different. Seem happier"
"And you? Are you happy?" She Pauses "Brie told me a little bit"
"Ohh..About the dinner party from Hell"
Elena starts laughing "Her exact words actually. In between the ranting she may have mentioned something about your new job and a new girlfriend" she looks questioningly "Ivy right? Is it Ivy?" Stefan looks down uncomfortably "Stefan it's . It's not weird i promise. I'm just happy to finally see you again you know" Stefan nods understanding "It's been really rough. Losing Bonnie the last couple of months" She stops suddenly realising something "Which is an incredibly insensitive thing to say to somebody who just lost their brother I'm sorry"
"No i've been working on the healing thing too. I guess. Hey, by the way, have you heard from Brie? She's not returning any of my calls and I really wanna apologise for the way i acted"
"Ohh she'll be there at the swimming hole today. You should come.
Stefan shakes his head "No I'm not sure i'm ready to dive back into all that. No pun intended"
Elena smiles "Stefan they're your friends too. C'mon. I know that we can't hang out at the Grill anymore. But that doesn't mean we can't all spend time together. C'mon please. If not for that then at least to convince Brie that Enzo is not new best friend replacement material"
Stefan: Will Enzo be there?
"Yeah..but I can easily uninvite him. I'd rather you come"
Stefan cuts in "No. Don't worry about it" Thinks for a moment "Yeah. Maybe I'll stop by"
"Great" Elena looks happy.
—
Enzo is carrying ice bags when he notices someone following him. He avoids a wood piece and it gets lodged in the ice bag tearing it "That was Brie's ice."
"Yeah. Well, you'll be dead, so I think she'll let you off the hook" Enzo smashes the ice bag on Stefan's head. Stefan falls down but gets up again.
"I don't want to kill you, Stefan. (He takes out the wood stick from the ice bag and throws it at Jay who is standing behind Stefan with a gun. It stabs him in the neck. Jay falls to the ground, dead "But it looks like he did"
Brie walks up to the drinks table, opens the ice box and sees that it is empty "I thought I told Enzo to go get more ice"
A random girls comes up from behind her and scoffs "Did you do it in that tone? Because I think I know why he didn't"
"Congratulations. Now it's your job" She compels her "Go get ice"
Jeremy walks up to her "Aren't we supposed to be having fun?"
"Is that why you brought your latest fling in a series of sad attempts to pretend like you don't care about Bonnie" she said nodding towards the girl who's smiling at Jeremy "To have fun?" Jeremy looks on a bit disturbed. Brie gets a text from Enzo that says " we have a problem"
—
"Right. Cavalry's on their way, so why don't we put a pin in our little spat till this all gets sorted, eh?"
Stefan walks to where Jay's body lies, picks up his gun and points it at Enzo "No, thanks"
Enzo couldn't believe him "You've got to be bloody kidding me. I just saved your life"
"So you can give me a lifetime full of misery. Well, that's fine. I'm just gonna shorten the lifetime"
Brie super-speeds in front of Stefan "Stefan"
"Good news, Brianna. I thwarted a vampire hunter. Bad news... Stefan has become a vampire hunter"
Brie looks at Enzo then looks back Stefan "What are you doing?"
"Why don't you ask him?" Stefan stares at Enzo then leaves.
Brie turns around to face Enzo "What did you do?"
—
In the woods, elsewhere, Brie calls Stefan when she sees him but Stefan tries to avoid her. She super-speeds in front of him "Stop, ok? I am sorry. I did not know about Ivy, but..."
"But what? What? I was fooling myself, I was using her as an escape? Yeah, I know what you think, Brianna"
"Well, actually, I was gonna say, "but killing Enzo won't bring her back."
Stefan shakes his head "No, but it will stop him from reminding me of my brother. I kill him, I can leave this place, and I can start over again"
"So that's why you left all those messages on my phone, promising apologies. That's why you visited Elena, that's why you came to this party, just to kill Enzo and start over?"
Stefan nods his head "Yep"
Brie scoffs "I don't believe you. I know that a part of you misses this place and these people, your friends. I know that being back here reminds you how much we need you, how much... I need you, but if I'm wrong, then go ahead. Just go. Start over, but, God, if I'm right, if just a little part of you came back to check on Elena, who's had an unbearable 4 months, or Alaric, who just came back from the dead, or me... If even just a small, little part of you came back to check on me... Then stay" Stefan waits for a moment but then leaves suddenly. Brie starts crying. She sees Elena who has been observing everything from nearby and both look at each other sadly. Elena comes ahead and hugs Brie as she continues to cry.
Brie enters the room. "So, I was just gonna leave my clothes here until I know what I'm doing if that's okay"
Elena nods "Yeah, of course"
"I also was thinking that you know if there are vampire hunters on the loose then living alone right by there home base is probably not a good idea"
"Is this an official unpack? Because your moving method is so confusing" Elena raises an eyebrow.
Brie nods her head "Yes, this is an official unpack. I have something I need to tell you and I don't know how your going to take it?"
Elena looks at her "Whats wrong?"
"The reason I have been away for a while wasn't because I was visiting my gran, I was in New Orleans"
Elena looked confused "New Orleans? Why were you there?"
Brie takes a deep breath "I don't expect you to like what I am about to tell you but I found out I am pregnant" Elena's eyes widened "And Klaus is there father"
By that point Elena's mouth dropped "How….when?" She stuttered.
"Remember when we had a sleepover at The Salvatore's?" Elena nodded "I had told you I had sex with Klaus. Yeah then"
Elena didn't know what to do "Umm am I the only one who knows?"
"Caroline knows too. She found out when I first came back"
"Brie you do know I will always be there for you right? I would never abandon you especially now"
Brie smiled when she heard Elena say that. "You know that's music to my ears. I cant believe you's are all being supportive"
Elena grins "Of course we are. And will be. Even if your baby daddy is a murderous psychopath"
They both laugh and Brie sighs " I miss Bonnie and Damon, I miss Mystic Falls, I miss my old life. And I miss ..."
"Stefan?" Elena questioned.
Brie nods her head "Yeah, I miss Stefan"
"Brie, you and Stefan, did you have feelings for him or something?"
Brie looks into space "Yeah, I think maybe I did"