When Caroline and Stasia got outside they sat down on the bench.

"What happened?" Caroline asked her.

"Damon is never going to like me," she told her. "I have no idea why he asked me here he doesn't even like me or think I'm pretty."

"You don't know that."

"Yeah I do he pretty much said that."

"When?"

"A few minutes ago," she said as she wiped tears that ran down her cheeks. "He said I was smart, sweet and fun but that Elena was so pretty," she told her. "He basically called me ugly."

"You are not ugly," Caroline told her. "Don't let Damon make you feel bad about yourself." She added.

"Kol asked me to be his date, I should have said yes," she told him.

"Well it did look like you had a better time when you were with Kol."

"If I knew this is how Damon was going to act and treat me I would have," she told her.

"Damon Salvatore is not worth the time you spend thinking about him or worth crying over."

"I have to say I agree with your friend," a voice said and Stasia knew it was Kol.

"Kol," she whispered and looked over at him as he walked over. He knelt down in front of her. He wiped her tears away with his thumbs.

"Anastasia," he said. "Don't let Damon make you think you are anything less than beautiful," he said as he brushed her hair away from her face. "You are beautiful." He told her and Caroline smiled. Kol stood up and took his jacket off and wrapped it around her shoulders. Stasia slipped her arms through the sleeves.

"Thanks," she whispered and Kol looked over at Caroline.

"I'm not needed here right now," she said. "I'll be inside if you need me."

"Thanks Caroline." She said softly and Caroline smiled and stood up and walked away. Kol sat down by her.

"Anastasia," he said and she let out a sigh and looked over at him.

"Don't Kol," she said. "Don't tell me I'm beautiful to make me feel better."

"I would never do that," he sighed. "But don't forget I thought you were beautiful the day we met outside the grill."

"Yeah," she sighed. "I should have been your date tonight even though Damon had already asked me."

"Well how about you stop crying over a guy who isn't good enough for you and be my date the rest of the night," he said.

"That sounds great but I really just want to go home," she said and stood up.

"I'll take you," he said as he stood up.

"You don't have to," she said.

"Someone should make sure you get home safely," he said. "I'm trying to be a nice guy, it doesn't happen often darling."

"Ok," she said.

"Come on then," he said and he led her inside.

When they walked inside Damon spotted them and walked over.

"What are you still doing with him?" Damon asked. "Wearing his jacket," he spat.

"You've made it perfectly clear I'm not the girl you want to be with tonight, you've ignored me practically all night and Kol is taking me home," she told him. "Enjoy the rest of your night," she told him and walked by him. Damon turned and watched as Kol placed his hand on her lower back and a growl escaped his mouth, she shouldn't be with Kol.

Kol led her to his car and opened the door for her. Stasia smiled and got inside, Kol closed the door behind her and walked around to the other side.

"So tonight was not fun for you," Kol stated.

"Not really," she sighed.

"You would have had fun if you were with me," he said and she let out a sigh.

"Most likely," she replied. "But its over now and I'm just going to forget this night ever happened," she added.

"Really?" he asked. "Even the parts with me?"

"Well maybe not those parts," she smiled.

Kol pulled into her driveway a few minutes later and got out of the car. He walked around and opened the door for her and walked her to the front door. Stasia took his jacket off and gave it to him. She bent down and took a key from under the mat.

"Thank you Kol," she said and unlocked the door. "good night."

"Good night darling," he said and she smiled and went inside shutting the door behind her.

The next morning Stasia made her way to the kitchen to have some breakfast. Alaric was already up.

"Morning," Stasia said.

"Morning?" Alaric replied. "So Damon said Kol brought you home last night."

"So," she said. "I was tired of being ignored."

"Stasia you know Damon…"

"Uncle Ric I don't want to hear excuses for him, he made the choice to ignore me last night after he asked me to go with him."

"I know he did but Damon's just…."

"A jerk," she said as she poured a cup of coffee.

"Yes he can be that but you know Damon…"

"Uncle Ric, please don't make excuses for him," she said as they heard someone walk in.

"Ric!" Damon called out.

"In here Damon," he said and Damon walked in the kitchen and saw Stasia drinking a cup of coffee.

"Stasia," he said and she looked up at him.

"Morning," she said and finished her coffee.

"I should go," she said and walked past Damon.

"Stasia wait," Damon said and she stopped. "Can we please talk?"

"Damon I…."

"I need to go get something from my room," Alaric said and he walked past them.

"Stasia I'm so sorry about last night," he apologized.

"Of course you are," she replied.

"Stasia, please I am," he said. "I want to make it up to you."

"Oh and how do you expect to do that?" she asked.

"By taking you out tonight," he said.

"What?" she asked.

"Go out with me tonight, give me another chance," he said and she let out a sigh.

"You promise to show up?" she asked.

"Stasia I…."

"Have bailed on me a lot when we have plans."

"I know and I promise I'll be here to get you at seven," he said.

"Ok," she agreed. "No more second chances after this though."

"Sounds fair," he said. "I'll see you tonight."

"You're leaving?" she asked. "You're not here to talk to my uncle?"

"No I came to see you," he said and Stasia smiled as he walked away and out the door.

Alaric walked back in the room a few minutes later.

"Damon left?" he asked.

"Yeah he said he came by to see me," she said smiling.

"Stasia."

"We're going out tonight," she told him.

"Stasia are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Uncle Ric I…"

"Stasia, he may be my best friend but you've cried over him to many times."

"I know Uncle Ric," she sighed.

"I want you to find the guy who isn't going to stand you up, who makes you feel good about yourself, a guy that tells you how beautiful you are, you deserve to be a guys first choice."

"Well that guy may not exist for me Uncle Ric," she told him.

"Yes he does Stasia, and it will be the last person you expect it to be," he told her "and will happen when you don't expect it."

"If you say so," she said.

"I do" he told her.

Stasia stood in front of the mirror. She was wearing a short black dress with white straps. She curled her normally straight hair so it hung in ringlets. She grabbed her lipstick and put some on before putting it in her purse. She took a deep breath and made her way downstairs it was almost seven, Damon should be here any second. Alaric had left a few minutes ago. Stasia sat down to wait on him. At 7:15 Damon still hadn't shown up or called, more time passed and it was now 7:45 and Damon wasn't here, hadn't called, he had stood her up, he promised he would be here. She should have known better. She looked a her phone one more time to make sure she hadn't missed his call, then she called him to see if something happened but he didn't answer. Well there was no use in waiting any longer, he had definitely stood her up. She wiped tears that ran down her cheeks, she should have known better, she should have known Damon didn't want to go out with her that this was probably some mean joke he was playing on her. Stasia made her way to her room and took her dress off, washed her face and put on her pajamas. She couldn't believe he did this to her again and that she got her hopes up again, she should have known better. She laid down on her bed and tears fell down her cheeks. Her phone rang a few minutes later and she grabbed it from the table by her bed and answered it.

"Hello."

"Stasia, I'm so sorry," he said.

"I don't want to hear it Damon," she told him.

"I can come pick you up now, we can still go out."

"No Damon, what happened? You were supposed to pick me up an hour ago."

"Something came up, I'm sorry but I still want to go out with you."

"I don't think you do," she said. "You would have been here no matter what if you really wanted to go out with me," she said. "I just hope whatever came up was really important because I won't do this again with you." She told him.

"Stasia I…"

"Were you with Elena?" she asked.

"Stasia that…"

"It does matter, tell me you weren't with Elena," she pleaded.

"I can't." he said and Stasia hung her phone up.

When Alaric got home a few minutes later he went to his bedroom but he noticed Stasia's door was closed. She should still be out with Damon, it was only nine."

"Oh no," he said and he knocked on her door.

"Stasia," he said. "Are you in there?" he asked. "What happened?" he asked as the door opened.

"Damon didn't show up," she told him and walked over and sat on her bed.

"Did he call?"

"An hour later," she told him.

"So what did he say?" Alaric asked her.

"He apologized but he was with Elena," she told him as she wiped tears that ran down her cheeks.

"I'm sorry," Alaric said.

"I'm done doing this with Damon, we're just going to be friends because Elena is always going to matter more to him."

"Damon may be my best friend but you deserve better than a guy that ignores you."

"Thanks Uncle Ric," she said. "I think I'm just going to go to bed early."

"Ok, sleep well," he said.

The next morning when Stasia woke up she went into the living room and saw Damon was there with Alaric.

"I see you finally made it," she said and walked past them into the kitchen. Damon followed her, Alaric got up and followed him.

"Stasia I…"

"I don't want to hear anymore apologies from you," she told him. "You're the one who asked me out last night, you're the one who never showed up and only after I had been waiting an hour did you call me," she said angrily. "Do you have any idea how that made me feel Damon! I should have known you weren't going to show up after fifteen minutes but I waited an hour? AN HOUR!" she yelled.

"Stasia I…"

"Don't apologize again," she warned him. "I might have been able to over look you standing me up if you hadn't been with Elena." She told him.

"Stasia I am sorry I wanted to go out with you last night but I…."

"Want Elena more," she whispered.

"Stasia, Elena needed me."

"Damon she always needs you when you have plans with me," she told him. "Did she really need you last night?"

"Stasia…."

"Answer the damn question Damon,"

"No she didn't," he admitted.

"So you stood me up for no reason," she said.

"Yes I guess so," he said.

"Ok then," she said. "I'm going out," she told them and turned to walk away and they heard the front door slam behind her.