Stefan walked through the campus with his hands in pockets, looking for Caroline. She was sitting on a bench with Bonnie, drinking coffee and laughing. Not knowing what he would do, he walked toward them.

"Here he comes" mumbled Bonnie before taking a sip of her coffee. Caroline frowned, confused.
"Who?"
"Hey, what are you doing?" Stefan asked, sitting between them. Bonnie held her laugh and Caroline sighed. "How's everything, Bonnie?"
"Great, how about you? I've been told that you spend a lot of time around here lately" she said, giving him an inquiring look.
"Me? Well, I…"
"I'd better go."

Bonnie got up and gave Caroline a warning look so that she would behave. When she left, Stefan turned to Caroline.

"Can we talk?" Stefan asked.
"About what?" Caroline asked him, standing up and throwing the empty coffee in a bin. She started walking towards the faculty. Stefan walked beside her and took the books of her hands to carry them.
"About what happened. Sarah told me what the reasons why you met Enzo were and…"
"Oh, I see. You listen to your nice but not to me" Caroline said, leaning against the wall of the faculty. "Do you realize that if you had listened to me that day this wouldn't have happened, right? But no, Stefan Salvatore had to be the proud one and ignore me, as he always does."

Stefan pursed his lips looking at Caroline, who gave him back a cold stare. Stefan left the books on the sill of a window and leaned against the wall too, putting his hands in his pockets. They remained silent for a minute and Stefan watched her profile. He wanted to hug her, kiss her and tell her to forget what had happened, but he knew that Caroline was not so easy to treat. And that in part was the one of the things that he liked about her the most. Caroline realized that Stefan was watching her and looked at him.

"You have to trust me" she said to him.
"I do. I don't trust him."
"He's my friend" Caroline reminded him. "And I know how he is, but I also know how to handle him."
"I don't like how he looks at you."

Caroline looked into his eyes and shook her head.

"The fact that he liked me a year ago doesn't mean that he keeps doing that. I'm pretty sure he is no longer interested in me" Caroline said, thinking about Sarah.
"What do you mean?" Stefan asked, but Caroline decided not to tell him. She would not want to imagine how Stefan would react if he found out about Sarah and Enzo.
"Nothing" she replied. "You need to stop being so jealous and listen to me, Stefan."

Stefan clenched his jaw and looked away, watching how people began to enter the building to go to class.

"What scares you so much?" Caroline asked him.
"I can't lose you again" he replied, turning to face her. Caroline assumed that he was referring to when Stefan, after leaving Mystic Falls, came back and their friendship started to decay. "Enzo is a bad influence and…"

Caroline sighed again, took the book and entered the building, leaving Stefan alone.

"Great."