"Stop looking at Damon as if he is the reason that anything and everything goes wrong. He wasn't the reason then and he isn't the reason now." She said as she put the last batch in the oven and set the timer.

"I knew you would throw that in my face. I trusted Katherine when you said to stay away from her, I know that! What do you want me to say? She compelled me!" Amelia's hand flew slapping him across the face as he screamed at her.

"She compelled you to accept what she was and not to tell anyone about the two of you sleeping together. She didn't compel you to do anything else. I know she didn't because Katherine may have compelled me back then and even had her little Bennett witch do the same but I had a Bennett of my own and I remember everything now. You chose Katherine over our family with your own free will. You chose some bitch you didn't even know for a month over your own brother. A brother that shielded you from your father's abuse!" She yelled at him, not giving him a moment to try to excuse himself. "Nothing you say can justify that, Stefan! And here we are again with you repeating the exact same thing and choosing that whore's doppelganger over family. What does it say about you Stefan that you know damn near every word out her mouth has been a lie? Yet here you are defending her to the very person she lied the most to you about. Someone you once called a sister." She turned away from him, disgusted at the young man that was once the boy she had thought of as another brother. "I think you should go and think for awhile, Stefan. Damon and I have a wedding to discuss and adoption papers to fill out."


"What are we going to tell everyone? About how we met? I mean we can't say we grew up together considering I grew up here and everything."

"Could always say we knew each other in another life?" Damon jokes and she hits his shoulder playfully.

"Come on Damon. Be serious. I know you can." She says smiling as she tickles at his sides making him jump.

"We met while you were in New York. I saw you dancing one night at a party and couldn't take my eyes off you. Asked you to dance and history from there."

"First date?"

"Why change it? A picnic under the stars after sneaking out." He looks at her with that infectious smile. "What about the wedding?"

"Small and private. Last time around it was practically a town event." Damon chuckles at that.

"Alright, so small and private but it still has to be elaborate. Nothing but the best for you."

"I don't need the best, Damon. I just want you." She says pressing a kiss to his lips.

"I want you to have the best. This time it won't be about our parents and building this grand union. This time it'll be about us. What about a dress?"

"I'm going to wear my mom's old dress, it just need a few small alterations."

"Are you sure you don't want to find your own or have one made?"

"Takes to long to have one custom made and besides I already know exactly what alterations I want to make."


"Jeremy come sit with me. I need to talk to you about something." He walked into the study and sat with her on the couch as Damon sat at her other side. "I want you to listen ok? This is your choice and no matter what you choose, I love you. That is never going to change." She takes a breath.

"What is it?"

"During your dad's coma before you went back to school I'm sure you noticed how Jenna and I had started arguing even if we tried to hide it from you and Elena." Jeremy nods his head. "The truth is, I filed for sole guardianship of you and then I started the process of adoption." Jeremy eyes go wide.

"You adopted me?"

"The papers came last week. I planned to get them corrected since Grayson woke up."

"No! I want to stay with you!"

"Jeremy, he's your dad. So I need you to think about this for a little while but if this is what you decide then next week is the hearing but regardless of what Gray said the other night you can stay here." He hugs her as he starts to cry.

"I already know what I want. I want to stay with you that's not changing, Mom. You're really gonna be my mom now." He smiles at her through the tears and she does the same.

"It'll be good to have you here kid." Damon moves over and musses his hair. "You'll make good practice for when the little rugrats finally get here." Damon smiles.

"I guess so." Jeremy laughs as he pushes Damon's hand away before he can mess with his hair anymore and Amelia starts fixing it as he leans into her.


With Stefan After Leaving

He didn't understand how things had changed so quickly. He always believed that Damon had loved Katherine just like he had once. Only now he knew he never did. He thought Elena was another chance with the woman Katherine should have been. The woman he thought he could spend the rest of his life with. Was he just fooling himself this whole time? Was Elena different from Katherine or was she the same? Did he really still believe in her when everything she said was proved to be lies? Yes, yes he did and he didn't know why. He didn't know why he still wanted to be around her despite knowing the truth now. It was like something was drawing him to her and he just couldn't help it. It was then that he really began thinking and coming to a conclusion he made his way to the Gilbert house.

"Stefan." Elena answers the door cheerfully pulling it closed behind her before leaning up to kiss him. Only she stumbles forward when he moves away. "Stefan?"

"You lied to me."

"What?"

"Amelia." Elena's eyes widen.

"Stefan, I don't know what she's been telling you but I didn't"

"And now you're still lying." Stefan turns away from her. "I decided before I came here that if you would at least tell me the truth when I confronted you, I could give it another chance."

"Another? Stefan what are you saying?"

"It's over Elena. I can't be with someone who lies to me about her own family. This." he points between them. "This was a mistake. I don't know who I thought your were but you're not her. You're not the person I want to build something with."

"Stefan, you can't just break up with me!" Elena says hysterically.

"Is everything alright out here?" Grayson steps outside and looks between them. "Elena?"

"It's over between us, Elena. I'm sorry." He moves to leave only for her to grab his arm.

"Stefan, don't do this. "

"I know Amelia, Elena. I have for years. She's marrying my brother for God's sake! I thought maybe there was another Amelia in Mystic Falls that you were talking about but imagine my surprise finding out that the girl who 'stole' your ex-boyfriend is actually his cousin that took him and his sister in after their mom left." Stefan shook his head.

"What is he talking about, Elena?"

"It's nothing, Daddy. Stefan, please can we just talk about this? We can go and grab a coffee."

"No you cannot young lady. You are grounded or did you suddenly forget that? Inside now."

"But Da-"

"Inside!" Elena looks at Stefan with tears in her eyes before doing as her father says. Grayson looks at the young man on his steps. "Now, did you just say my baby sister is getting married?"