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Laraliz16: Haha que bueno que te guste! Nunca había visto una historia en la cual mataran a Elena así de primera, creeme que la busque y todo, asi que como no habia tuve un momento Thanos y me dije -Lo haré yo misma! y pues es que en verdad no me dio pena matar a Elena ;)

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flowerangel502: No, Alex is not a new doppleganger, rest assured that I won't be doing that, I'm doing something completely different, trust me.

LenaMiaH: Eu amo como eu enviei todos vocês em um frenesi para verificar as datas. Eu acho que todos nós sabemos que Damon na primeira temporada não teria salvado Elena, ele não tinha motivação para ela uma vez que ele percebeu que ela não era Katherine e Stefan não estava em Mystic Falls para Damon tentar foder. Agora, eu não sei exatamente como vou levar minha trama, mas garanto que tenho uma ideia, e acho que isso nunca foi feito antes. O que posso dizer é que, primeiro, Alexandra não será uma doppleganger, ela não tem nenhuma relação com Elena ou Katherine. Então, eu acho que sim, muitas coisas vão acontecer, as pessoas de Mystic Falls serão diferentes das suas contrapartes na TV Show e quem sabe. Alas de borboleta.

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AUTHORS NOTE READ PLEASE: Thank you all for the support, here's another cool hint: There's a thing that our girl still hasn't realized yet, that is enough to shake the story a little more ;)

much love,

Alex

~Something about the way that you walked into my living room
Casually and confident lookin' at the mess I am
But still you, still you want me~

- Next To Me, Imagine Dragons.

May 24th, 2009.

Stefan and I walked out of the hotel we had stayed with our bags, well Stefan was carrying the bags while I ate a bagel and sipped on coffee.

"Hey Alex, do you have plans this week?" Stefan asked, I dignified his question with a raised eyebrow, he laughed, "Do you want to go with me to visit my uncle?"

"Sure, as long as Ghost can come, I can't believe you convinced me to leave my baby behind," I said pouting, Stefan grinned.

"He can come, Uncle Zach likes dogs."

"And where is this uncle of yours?" I asked crossing my arms, Stefan shrugged.

"Small town in Virginia, maybe you'll love it, it has a homier feel than New York," he explained, I nodded.

"If you say so."

I frowned as I finished packing my bag, Ghost was laying on my bed looking way too comfortable, I zipped up the bag and huffed. Stefan was a nice guy and he had brought me out of my darkest moment, but going with him to visit his uncle seemed so weird to me. It felt too familiar, it meant an attachment that I wasn't sure I was ready for in my life.

"Hey Alex, you ready?" Stefan asked from the doorway, I turned to look at him.

"Sure," I said, Stefan walked into my room and stood in front of me.

"Hey, if you don't want to do this, you don't have to," he said as he grabbed my face in his hands, a kind smile on his face.

"I want to," I said softly, "I'm just scared, what if your uncle doesn't like me?"

Stefan's eyes softened and he let out a small huff, "Zach will love you, trust me."

"Okay," I murmured, Stefan grinned at me before pulling me into a hug.

My hands wrapped around his middle and I felt his lips on my forehead in a comforting kiss.

"Hey, everything okay?" Stefan asked, his voice brining me out of my thoughts, my eyes snapped to him.

"What? Uh yeah, just thinking," I said feeling my blood rush up to my cheeks.

"Well, we're almost in DC, any place you'd like to stop for lunch?" He asked, I shrugged.

"Anywhere that we can take Ghost, I suppose," I said, Stefan nodded.

"One Pet-Friendly restaurant coming right up," he said making a funny gesture with his hand, the car swerved lightly and I let out a yelp.

"STEFAN!" I glared at him, he burst out laughing and suddenly, I was laughing too, "You're such an asshole, Stef."

"No I'm not, I just wanted to see you laugh," he said innocently, I rolled my eyes at him.

"I'm pretty sure there are more safe ways to make someone laugh than to try to make a human tortilla out of us," I said as I crossed my arms, Stefan only smirked at me.

"Now where's the fun in that," he said and suddenly I felt the need to punch him in the mouth, with mine... Softly.

I huffed and turned my attention to the road again, trying to keep all my thoughts regarding Stefan at bay. Just as he had said we had stopped in DC for lunch at a small restaurant, it was cute and we sat outside with Ghost by our feet. After lunch, Stefan suggested a walk for us to stretch our legs as Virginia was still a couple of hours away.

He parked his car near the Lincoln monument and put Ghost on his leash, he offered me his hand with a smile on his face and I fought the urge to blush as I took it. The weather was nice for a May afternoon and the park was not too crowded.

"And I tell you, it's the weirdest thing," Stefan said, I chuckled and rolled my eyes.

"It's not, it's New York, I've seen weirder in the Subway," I countered, Stefan huffed and I laughed.

"You've been here before right?" he asked after a moment, I looked at him and nodded.

"A couple years ago with my class, we came here for a whole week it was one of the best trips that we did," I said, a small smile playing on my face.

I could almost hear Valentina's laugh and Irina's random comments as I walked with Stefan, simpler, unsure times, times that I was not even sure that existed anymore, but that I treasured in my memory regardless because in my heart I knew that it had been real, my other life.

"Hey," Stefan said softly, I looked up at him, I could feel tears pooling in my eyes, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you sad."

"I'm not sad, Stef, I'm just reminiscing, it's all happy memories, they hurt, but its a good kind of hurt," I explained, Stefan didn't seem convinced.

He frowned as he grabbed my face in his hands, his green eyes looking for something in me, I often wondered why he decided to spend his time with me, because surely there was more than Stefan could have been doing than hanging around with my depressed ass.

"I don't want you to be hurt," he said softly, his thumbs caressing my cheeks.

"You help, a lot, but I can't suddenly stop being hurt, but it's getting better, you make it a lot better," I said as I placed my hands on Stefan's chest and got closer to him.

We stood there and time seemed to stop, only Stefan and I existed in this moment, his eyes seemed unsure but I was sure of what I wanted, even if it was just for a small moment in this life of mine. I closed the distance between us, pressing my lips to Stefan's chastely at first, giving him the time to back down, he didn't, his hold on my face changed as he kissed me, slowly, as if he was scared that he could break me, as if we had all the time in the world.

Soon enough I needed to breathe again, I pulled away from his mouth but remained close, lips brushing and breath's mingling, I opened my eyes slowly and looked at Stefan, he had a small smile on his face I smiled back at him and he pulled me in for another kiss, his hands traveled slowly down my back to my waist and mine went up his chest to hold his neck, we pulled away when we needed to breathe again, he let out a small laugh as I stepped back, red in the face.

"I'm sorry," I said, Stefan continued to smile at me.

"Don't be, I wanted to do that as much as you did," he said one of his hands coming up to my face in a tender grasp.

"Okay,"

"Okay."