Hey guys, sorry for the SUPER long update. School. It's been crazy. Not the school work but...lets just say there's been A LOT of drama happening between my group of friend and I :S

I've been trying to get this done for a while so I hope you like it. Shout out to kpetrova on Polyvore. She's done amazing manip pictures of Alex/Stefan, Alex/Damon and Alex/Stefan/Damon. She's also done a bunch more with characters other then those three. Check them out. They're really good.

Chapter 21

"Jacopo," A woman's voice said. "Please, I beg you; do not let the young Mr. Salvatore marry our daughter. You know the rules" The woman said pleading. Isabella was standing just outside the door, peaking in. I tried looking threw the crack.

Isabella's father, Jacopo was standing over the blazing fireplace with his hand on the mantel and a pie in the other. "Rules are made to be broken, Marzia"

Isabella's mother was standing right beside her husband looking at him while tears were forming in her eyes. "Jacopo, what about Isabella's future. She has the right to fight and win those powers, she has the skill to win the wizard competition and it'll all be thrown away over a…human"

"Sacrifices must be made"

"What for? So an old comrade and steal more from our family?"

"I owe him a great deal"

"For what? What could you have possibly done? That Mr. Salvatore is a lying, cheating-"

Jacopo then turned to his wife and raised his hand as his wife stood there waiting for the slap. Isabella jumped back from the door. I watched as Jacopo stopped inches from my face. "My I remind you," he said. "I'm the head of his house hold and you do not speak to me like that"

"But what about the Wizard Council, Jacopo?" Marzia said as tears started flowing from her eyes. "What will they think of all this? Our family…they'll be,"

"We'll be fine"

"How are you so sure?"

"Because Marinetta has married a wizard. Isabella will forfeit from the competition and give her powers to Marinetta and our family will live on in the R-" Jacopo looked at the door and saw Isabella standing there. "Isabella, is that you?"

Isabella immediately turned around and started running down the hallway.

"Alex!" I heard somebody call downstairs. "Get up! You're gonna be late for school!"

Crap. I immediately jumped out of bed and ran for the bathroom to get ready…wait. I walked over to the dresser and picked up my wand and then flash myself into an outfit and was ready of the day. I grabbed my purse and ran downstairs. "Hey," I said. "Sorry I'm late, slept in"

Elena laughed. "No kidding" she said. I made it down the stairs and grabbed my jacket. "Come on, Jeremy!" she called up. "We have school! Walking out the door now!"

"Forgot this" Aunt Jenna said as she came up behind Elena and put Elena's note book in her bag.

Elena turned around and gave Aunt Jenna a smile. "Thank you"

"Hey," Justin said as he came up behind me and looked at Elena. I didn't even look at him. I couldn't. After last night…it was just too hard to talk to him. "I'm ready"

"Great, I guess we'll wait in the car for Jer" Elena said. Elena opened the door and their stood a man with blonde air and blue eyes.

It was John, Elena's uncle. He was about to knock but when he laid eyes on Elena, a big smile appeared on his face as he leaned against the door. "Elena" John said.

"Uncle John," Elena said, not sounding very excited. "Hi"

"Jenna" John said looking at Aunt Jenna.

"John," Aunt Jenna said while crossing her arms. "You made it"

"I said I would be in by noon" He said as he entered the house.

"Oh what you say and what you do are typically two very different things"

Jeremy then slowly started walking down the stairs. "Uncle John," He said. "What's up?" He said as he patted him on the shoulder.

"Hey, " John said but Jeremy was already out the door going to the car. "And who are these two" he said looking at Justin and I.

"These two, are my niece and nephew," Aunt Jenna said. "Justin and Alex. They're my brother's, Jerry, kids…well their two of my brother's kids, the other one in back in New York"

"How do you do?" John said as he extended his hand to me for a shake.

I glared at his hands and glared back at him. "We've already met, remember," I said. "Back at the funeral. You gave me an…unwelcoming greeting to the family"

"Alex" Justin whispered to me.

"I'm late for school. Don't plan on staying for too long" I said as I walked out the door and sat in the passenger seat of the car.

Elena and Justin came in a little while after. Elena got into the driver's seat and looked at me. "What was that about?" She asked.

"Nothing, can we just get to school" I said. Elena rolled her eyes and then started the car. We pulled into the parking lot and we all got out of the car.

"Do you wanna talk about?" Elena asked me.

"No, just forget about it. I'm late for class." I said as I turned around and started making my way to the building. I went to my locker and started opening it.

"Alex," I heard some one call out. I looked beside me and saw Alaric standing right there. "I need to talk to you. You got a minute?"

"Yeah, sure" I said as I followed him to his classroom.

He went behind his desk and pulled out a piece of paper. "I made a copy," he said. "of a paper Jeremy wrote for me. I think you should take a look at it" he said passing it to me. I gave him a funny look. I took the paper from his a read the front cover.

Fact or Fiction: The Truth about Vampires in Mystic Falls

"You gotta be kidding me," I said. "Jeremy wrote this paper?"

"He's very clear that he didn't think it was real"

"You better be right because I promised Aunt Jenna that Jeremy or Elena wouldn't know the secret of our family's origins and if Jeremy finds out and squeals to Jenna, it's a one way ticket back home to New York for me" I gave him back the paper and he set it back on his table.

"So, how do you deal with it?"

"I'm not sure what you mean?"

"With all the lies and the secrets. You have to lie to everyone who's important to you"

"What can I say, I'm a good liar, use to it but, I don't want them involved in this. Them involved in this just puts them in more and more danger. I can't live that that. They're allowing me to stay in their home. I have to repay them by keeping them safe"

Alaric gave me a nod and started making his way behind his desk. "I think Stefan is a good guy…but at the end of the day he's still a vampire"

"And I'm still a wizard…I don't know what you're trying to get at. Stefan's…different. He would never hurt me…not in a million years"

With the school bell going off, I then made my way to my first class. By the end of the day, I already wanted to get home. I decided to walk home because I needed to clear my head.

So much was going on. Juliet, John, my visions and now Jeremy. First thing on my mind was Juliet. She was my brother's girlfriend. She made him whole and after she left…that hole in my brother's heart started to get bigger and bigger. What if I just told him that Juliet is fine and she came to see him the other night? I can't…even thought I was bad at keeping secrets, Juliet is like a sister to me and she begged me not to tell anyone about our visit the other night. That woman, even though I didn't see her, she did sound very mad at Juliet for coming to my house the other night.

I took a short cut threw the park instead of taking the long way around the town.

The words, the woman said about Juiet and Justin's love still rand threw my head,

He'll grow up and die and you'll stay like this forever, thanks to me.

Thanks to me? What does she mean? Is this the woman that turned Juliet and her family…there's only one way to find out. I ran behind some bushes and pulled out my wand and flashed my self onto Waverly Place.

I peaked threw the Waverly Sub Station and saw it was packed with people making Mom, Dad and Max busy. Good, so they won't see me. I ran up the steps and stood in front of the Late Night Bite. Owned by Juliet's parents. The sign on the front of the shop read,

Closed For Good

Closed For Good? They're leaving Waverly Place? I opened the door and Immediately ran down the stairs, bonking my head on the pipe a head. "Ow!" I yelled out as I continued down the stairs.

"Don't you read?" I heard somebody yell out. "The sign reads closed! Stupid mortals" Alucard Van Heusen, Juliet's father, stepped right threw the kitchen and walked into the dining area and stopped when he saw me. "Alex?" He asked with a puzzled look.

I gave him a weird look. "Yeeeeeah…Who else would it be?" I asked.

"No one. Just…haven't seen you in a while"

"I moved away"

"Where?"

"To a town called Mystic Falls…in Virginia. Remember, Justin told you the week before we left?"

"Oh…right, right. Let me just…call Cindy. Cindy!" Alucard called his wife.

Cindy came into to dinning room as a small smile appeared on her face. "Alex," she said looking at her husband. Alucard gave her a slow nod. Cindy then had a warm smile appear on her face and gave me a hug. "I haven't seen you in months, how have you been?"

"Ah…great…sort of. I came here to ask you some questions"

"Um…sure" We all sat at the table beside us. I sat at one end and Alucard and Cindy sat across from me.

"Have you guys seen Juliet?" I asked.

"No," Cindy said. "Not since…the day you guys save her from the Mummy"

"Oh…Again, Justin is really sorry about that"

"That's ok…he did it to save my daughter and you guys saved her again…until she was bitten by that werewolf"

"Again, I'm sorry about that. Mason and Justin were fighting over me and Juliet was trying to protect Justin"

"That's ok. That's what happens when you have a soul. It can make you do stupid things sometimes"

I gave her a slow nod.

"Is this why you came here?" Alucard asked.

"No…the reason I came here was to ask about…your history"

"What do you mean?"

"I want to know who turned you"

Alucard and Cindy gave each other a look. They were scared. "I'm sorry, Alex," Cindy said. "We can't answer that question"

"Why not?" I let out a deep breath. "The other night…Juliet came to me. Well…she came to see Justin but I found her hiding beside my house"

"Juliet came to see you?" Alucard scream out in anger as he stood from his seat and banged his fist on the table breaking it into pieces. I jumped out of my seat as I backed away quickly from them.

"Y-Y-Y-Yes"

"Why would she do that?" Cindy said as she stood from her seat. "She knows she's forbidden to see the Russos!"

"That what I want to know!" I yelled at them. They looked at me with wide eyes. "I want to know who is treating you from seeing us? The woman also came to my house!"

"Did you see her?" Alucard asked. I shook my head. "Oh, thank satin"

I gave him a funny look. "I think the correct term is thank-"

Alucard put his index finder in front of my lips. "We do not speak his," he said pointing up to the ceiling. "name. It brings bad luck to vampires"

I gave him another funny look. "To your kind of vampires or both?"

"How do you know about the other vampires?" Cindy asked.

"Mystic Falls has a…rather interesting history. There was this battle called-"

"The Battle of Willow Creek"

"How do know?"

"Every vampire knows that story, it shows us what could happen if we're not carful with our…'power' also…it was another pin point on…her"

"Her? Her who?"

"Katerina" Alucard said. "It's her fault were still cursed with this…vial curse"

"Who is Katerina?"

"We're not supposed to tell"

"Alucard," Cindy said. "She's bound to find out at some point"

Alucard let out a deep breath. "Alright, you see a thousand years ago-"

There was a loud bang coming from upstairs. "Alucard, Cindy," It was that British woman. "Where are you, we have to discuss about your daughter's behavior" She said as I heard the clicking coming down the stairs.

"Ow! You're hurting me!" It was Juliet.

Cindy grabbed my arm and pulled me into the kitchen. "Let me go, I want to see this woman" I said.

"Alex, you can't" Cindy said.

"Why not?"

"Because…you're suppose to meet her when the time comes. Now is not the time"

"What do you mean?"

"Ow! Alucard, you should really fix that pipe before somebody loses a head" We heard the British woman say.

"Alex! Please go, we'll come in find you in Mystic Falls and explain everything ok"

"Ok"

"Please go, now," Cindy put a smile on her face and entered the dining area. "Oh, Mother a Creatiei, so nice to see you"

I then had my wand in my hand and flashed in front of the porch.

It was already six o'clock. "Alex?" I turned around and saw Stefan standing right in front of the steps of the porch.

"Stef…I probity should be careful were I flash to next time"

A smile appeared on his face. "Yeah…Where were you. I phoned your cell no answer and when I phoned home, Jenna said you weren't home yet"

"Oh…yeah…I still had my phone off for school and I decided to go for a walk in the park…just to clear my head. Let's go upstairs, I have to talk to you about something"

Stefan walked up the stairs and stood beside me. I opened the door and we were about to walk upstairs when we heard, "Hey," It was John. He came out from the kitchen and walked up to Stefan and I. "Where were you, we've tried calling you"

I glared at him. "Pfft. Like you care. Come on, Stef" I said as I grabbed Stefan's hand and dragged him upstairs to my room.

I let go of his hand when we entered my room. I fell, flat face, on my bed as Stefan grabbed a chair and place it at the end of my bed. "What was that about"

"That's John, Elena and Jeremy's Uncle. Total ass"

"Why? What did he ever do to you"

"It's a long story"

"I've got time"

I gave him a small smile, grabbed one of my pillows and placed it at the end of that bed and laid on it as I was talking to Stefan. "It was at the funeral,"

I was standing by the window, looking at the pond by the church. It wall filled with ducks and swans. I was standing there, holding my glass of coke.

"Did you pour something in there?" I heard someone say. I turned around and saw a blonde hair man with blue eyes come up to me. He was maybe in his 30s. "You do know that's disrespectful to be doing that at a funeral at your age"

"Uh…no I didn't spike my own drink. If you want you can have a ship?" I said as I put the cup right up into his face.

"No, that's fine," he said as he put down my cup. "I'm John. John Gilbert. Grayson Gilbert's brother," he said as he extended his hand.

"I'm Alex Russo. Miranda Gilbert's niece" I said as I extended my hand and started shaking his but I felt a spark when our hands touched and jumped back.

"I knew it" He said as a smile appeared on his face.

"What the-"

"Alex!" I looked and saw Mom and Dad come up to me. "There you are," Dad said. "We've been looking all over for you"

"Hello Jerry" John said.

Dad looked at John and glared at him. "Hello John. Haven't seen you since the wedding"

"We'll that was certainly a long time ago"

"About 20 years"

"Right"

"Come on, Alex, let's go" Dad said as he started pulling me away.

"Yeah, I better go too, wouldn't want your half-blood children putting a curse on me"

"Excuse me!" I yelled back at him and I turned around and glared at him.

"Not now, Alex" Dad said as he and mom pulled me away.

"He knows what you are?" Stefan asked.

"Yeah, some how"

"It'll be ok" He said as he started rubbing my back.

"There's something else I need to tell you"

"Shoot"

"I think…Jeremy knows about Mystic Fall's history on vampires. He did a report about it but…why would he write something about that? I'm starting to think he's remembering the night we staked Vicki"

"Damon took away those memories for good, you don't have to worry about that…Tell you what, why don't you just…ask him"

I raised my eye brow at him. "Are you crazy? Sure, I'll just walk up to him and say, 'Hi Jer, so do you really think vampire's are real?' No, that's a stupid question"

"Why not? I mean, if he doesn't know anything this is just an…innocent question"

"I'm not even that close with him and I don't want to tell Elena about his. It'll just get her worked up and…Justin"

"What about Justin?"

"Justin and I use to be so close before…all this secrets came into my life"

"Maybe it's time you start opening up with him again. Now, I don't know what's going on between the two of you but I'm just saying…be prepared for it when the time comes"

I started rubbing his shoulder. "And what about you? How've you been?"

"Much, much better," he said. "I'm still...you know, a little jittery, and little bit on edge but…I'm gonna be okay"

"Good. I've been…really worried about you. I haven't seen you in…forever"

"I just needed to let got for a while and let my body re-just. It's been only a few days" He said with a smile.

I gave him a smile back. "Like a said, it's feels like forever" I said as I gave him a kiss on the lips.

"I've missed you too" he said as he gave me a kiss. I kissed him back.

Things then started to heat up. I couldn't take my lips off of his. Stefan then grabbed me and pulled me onto the bed. He was over me and kept kissing me. We then flipped around and I was on top kissing him. Stefan's breathing started getting harder. He then flipped me around and kissed me, harder and harder…and harder. He then started pulling away.

"Stefan?" I asked. "Is something wrong," Stefan looked at me but with his vampire eyes. Starting to get veiny and red. "Oh my god" I said as I tried to push back from him but couldn't.

Stefan then jumped back from me hitting the wall and breaking my clothes tree. Stefan fell to the ground, breathing harder and harder. I sat there, scared. I felt like I was stuck in the tiger cage waiting for the tiger to attack me. When Stefan controlled himself, I made my move and slowly stood up from my bed and helped him up. "I…I…I think you should go" I said. Stefan nodded slowly. "I'll walk you downstairs"

Stefan was first to leave my room. We walked downstairs and Stefan grabbed his jacket.

"Hey," we turned around and saw Justin walk up to us. "What happened up there? I heard this great big thud"

I looked at Stefan. Trying to this of an excuse to come up with. "Um" I said looking back at Justin. I lifted up my wand that was in my boot. Justin glared at me and was about to say something when I turned to Stefan. "Um…So I'll see you tomorrow?" I asked him.

"Yeah…" Stefan did do anything. No good-bye kiss, no hug, not even a wave. He just opened the door and walked out.

"Alex" Justin said.

"Justin," I said. "I don't want to hear it. I'm going to do some homework"

"Homework? You never do homework"

"I just need to get my mind off things and Chem is going to do that for me"

"Do you want some help? I did get a A+ in Chemistry last year"

"No, I don't think that's a good idea" I said as I started walking up the stairs.

"K what is your problem, Alex?"

"Nothing"

"You've been dodging me for days. You haven't said one work to me and every time I try to say hi to you, you leave like you have somewhere to go"

"Justin, I can't tell you…I…I could get in a lot of trouble if I do"

"What's going on?"

'Juliet still loves you and she came back' is what I wanted to say but if I did…I wouldn't know what consequences would happen in the future and I wouldn't want to face them…not now anyway. With everything going on with Stefan…I just needed to focus on that.

"I can't tell you, ok. I need to go upstairs" I left it at that and walked upstairs to my room. I walked up to my dresser and grabbed my phone and started dialing Damon's number.

I know. Not Stefan's, Damon's.

If anyone would know what was wrong with Stefan's vampire problems. Who would know better then his vampire brother? "Hello" Damon said.

"Hi Damon…it's Alex"

"Whoa, did you get the wrong number or something because it's always me calling you not the other way around"

"I know. I'm freaked out too but this isn't about me…it's about Stefan"

"Why? What happened now?" He said in a serious tone.

"Nothing happened…well…something happened but it's not that big of a deal I just need to talk to you about Stefan's…problems…I guess that's what you would call them"

"Do you want me to come over now?"

"No, I need to get to bed"

"Ooo, even better. We can have a…sleep over I guess what you would call it"

"Ok…note to self, Lock windows before going to bed because creepy vampire might sneak in"

"You really think insulting me is going to make me want to help you?"

"Sorry but can you maybe come over tomorrow? Maybe 9:30?"

"I'll be there"

"Great. Thank you"

"Whatever" Then Damon hung up the phone.

"Jerk" I said to myself.

I woke up at 8:30, changed and got ready for the day and had breakfast. Elena went over at Caroline's and Justin stayed home but he wasn't talking to me at all during breakfast.

At exactly 9:30, there was a knock at the door. "I got it," I said as I got up and went to go answer the door. I opened the door and there stood Damon with his cocky smile. "You're here" I said.

"You ask, I come," he said. "I'm easy like that" he said as he walked inside. I put my index figure over my mouth and pointed to Jeremy and Justin. I then pointed upstairs and started walking the stairs. "No, Alex!" he said out loud. "I will not go to your bedroom with you"

I looked over to Justin and Jeremy who were both looking at me with wide eyes. I shook my head and started pulling Damon upstairs to my bedroom while he was laughing.

"Ooo, just like I remember" Damon said as we entered my bedroom.

"What did you say?" I asked.

"Oh, nothing"

I rolled my eyes. Damon then jumped on my bed, took the stuffed wolf that laid on my bed and placed it on top.

"Ooo, did your werewolf boyfriend give this to you?"

"Yeah…he did…"

"Alex," Mason called out as he was looking for me down Waverly Place. "Where are you?"

"Come find me!" I called out with a laugh.

A smile appeared on his face. "This isn't funny"

"Yes it is" I said with another laugh. Mason started looking behind the statue and then behind the tree. I hid behind the wall while peaking over to see where he was looking. He went to the other side of the wall and started searching. I slowly started creeping around the corner but when I went around the wall, he was gone. "Mason?"

"Gotcha" he said as he jumped behind me and started hugging me.

I turned my self around and started laughing. "Yes, you got me. What's your prize?"

A smile appeared on his face. "Just to be here with you, I think that's the only thing I want"

I gave him a smile and kissed him. "I love you" I said.

"I love you too, love" We laughed.

He then handed me a fluffy white ball and handed it to me. "What is it?" I asked.

"I won it for you. It's a stuffed wolf. I thought you would like it"

"I love it" I said.

He then kissed me again.

"Oh, awkward" Damon said.

I shook my head, getting out of that memory and glared at him. "How did you know about Mason?"

"Some…brotherly bonding. Stefan brought it up"

"Stefan did?"

"Ummhmm. Oh! Just remembered, did you know that your cousin's uncle has been kicking at the founder council"

"Come again?"

"He's been getting really tight with all of them"

"You mean my cousin's asshole of an uncle also knows about vampires?" Damon nodded. "This guy…what is his problem?"

"What happened right there?" Damon asked pointing to the broken clothes tree.

"Oh, right. I forgot to fix that," I grabbed my wand from my dresser and pointed at the broken bits on the floor. "Rearly, Dearly, Repair this vastly" The clothes tree then fixed itself and stood as if nothing happened.

"Ooo" he said.

"Ok, Damon. Listen. I'm getting worried about Stefan. He's acting like everything is fine but I can tell he's having problems. How long will this last? Is he ever going to be normal?"

"A few days. Give or take"

"But it's been a few days"

"Give then, I don't' know. What's the big deal?" he said as he got up from my bed, gave the stuffed wolf, and walked over to my dresser.

I threw the wolf back on the bed and followed him. "He's not himself, ok"

Damon opened my bra drawer. "Well, maybe his problem is that he has spent too long not being himself" he then pulled my bra from my drawer and started looking at it.

I walked over to him and put it back in the drawer. "I really didn't want to call you about this so…don't make me regret this"

"Ooo, what's this?" he said as he pulled the heart shaped necklace that Mason gave to me out from my drawer.

"No!" I said as I grabbed it form his hands and hung on tight to it. "This is special. It's important"

Damon gave me a funny look and then took the picture of Justin, Max and I at Coney Island when we were younger before I was banned from being there. I tried to get it back but he was too quick. "It is what it is, Alex," he said. "The Stefan you know was 'good behavior Stefan', 'under control Stefan", 'Fight his nature into an annoying excessive level' Stefan but if you think there isn't another part to this then you have not been paying attention"

I glared at him as I grabbed the picture from his hands and put it back on the mirror. "Last I checked he wasn't you" I said.

"Because he doesn't want to be me," Damon said as I turned around and he was walking towards me. This time he was straight in my face. "That doesn't mean that deep down he's not" Damon gave me a smile and then walked out of my room and left the house.

"What was that about?" I asked myself.

I got dressed for the Founder's Day Kick-Off Party. I put on the red and black dress I had bought earlier that week. Elena, Jenna, John, Justin, Jeremy and I went to the party. When we got there, we all made our way to the dance area. We walked in the room and there by the bar stood Stefan. He was drinking something and when he saw me, he put his drink down and gave me a wave.

"Hey" I said as I walked up to him.

"Hey," he said. "How are you?" he said as he kissed me on the cheek.

"Good. Are you drunk?"

"Um…okay, I know it's a little…weird but it's really helping me. The…alcohol takes the edge off"

I laughed. "Your one of those drunk high school tough guys that always parties and sneaks the booze in. Oh yeah, I had a lot of those back at my old high school...I even dated one too"

Stefan raised his eye brow and laughed. "I totally am"

"And…should I be worried?"

"Oh no! You don't need to be worried. It's just until the cravings go away. Listen, I think we should enjoy it while it lasts. Would you like to dance with me?"

"Really? Cause that's funny because if I recall, the last time I begged you to dance with me, you said you hated dancing"

"No, no you have to beg the sober me, the drunk me. There is no begging necessary"

I looked at the dance floor. "I would love to dance with you but, there isn't anybody really dancing"

"That's because they need something better to dance to. I'll be right back" he said as he patted my shoulder twice and walked away.

"Yeah…That's not gonna work," I turned around and saw Kelly Donovon talking to me. "I already tried to buy the guy with 20 bucks and a date. He said Carol Lockwood has complete control over the music choices"

I looked over at Stefan and saw him 'talking' to the DJ. I laughed. "Stefan…can work wonders sometimes if he puts his mind to it"

The music then changed to more fun music to dance to. "Thank god!" Kelly said as she set her drink down and walked over to Stefan and pulled him onto the dance floor and started dancing.

Damon saw me and gave me a smile. I looked at him and didn't do anything. He walked over to me and stood by me and watched Stefan. "Have I entered an alternate universe where Stefan is fun?" He asked.

"Are you sure he's gonna be ok?" I asked.

"Eventually. One way or another" I looked at him with a worried look. He looked back. We then looked back at Stefan.

I later found Jenna and Elena and we started talking to each other. We were laughing about something that happened to me earlier when we spotted Alaric. "History teacher at three o'clock" Elena said looking at Jenna.

"How do I look?" I said.

"Beautiful," I said. "No…not beautiful. Gorgeous"

Jenna gave me a smile and then she turned to Alaric to came up to us. "I was looking for you" he said to Jenna.

"Here I am. I haven't seen you in a while"

"Yeah well uh…," Ric then turned to Elena and I. "Thngs have been a little crazy," he then turned back to Jenna. "But I'm here now. Do you want to get a drink?"

"Sure"

"Okay, cool" Ric gave us a smile and grabbed Jenna's hand and they went to the bar.

Matt then walked up to us. "When did this happen?" Matt asked us with a smile.

"DJ had a change of heart" Elena said looking at me with a smile.

"Do you want to dance?" Matt asked Elena.

"I don't know" I nudged Elena in the elbow.

"Yes" Matt said as he grabbed Elena's hand.

"Matt"

"Yes" he then pulled Elena onto the dance floor and started dancing.

"Alex," I turned around and saw Justin standing behind me. "Would you like to dance with your big brother?" He asked.

I started backing away slowly. "I'm….not sure if I really-" before I could finish my sentence, Justin already grabbed my hand and started pulling me onto the dance floor and started twirling me around. It was surprisingly fun. I actually laughed and it was a really laugh. The laughed I haven't expressed in a long time.

We dancing into I bumped into someone. "I'm sorry" I said as I turned around and saw Stefan smiling at me. "

Please dance with your alcoholic vampire boyfriend" I gave him a small smile as I shook my head. Stefan nodded his head.

I turned my head and looked at Justin. "I think this guy just stole your dance" I said.

"No problem, you guys have fun. See you later" Justin said as he left the dance floor.

I turned my head back to Stefan and grabbed onto his hands. He then twirled me around and pulled me in. I gave him a smile. "You're good" I said. He gave me a small laugh and then pushed me out, making me bump into another person.

"Wow!" I heard someone say. I turned around and looked at the man I bumped into. "Watch it" he said.

"I'm so sorry, sir," I said. "That was totally my fault. I'm a…little clumsy"

"Then get off the dance floor" he said as he pointed to the door.

I raised my eye brow. "What did you say?" I said as I crossed my arms and took a step towards him.

Stefan pushed me back and stood right in front of the guy's face. "That's no way to talk to a lady" Stefan said.

"Whatever" the guy said as he turned and started walking away but Stefan caught his arm and pulled him back looking straight into the guy's eyes.

"I think you need to apologize" Stefan said. He was compelling him.

The guy then turned his eyes to me. "I'm sorry" He said.

I gave him a slow nod.

Stefan then let go of him and the guy started walking away but Stefan grabbed his arm again. "Now say it like you mean it" Stefan said, compelling him again.

The guy, this time, turned his head to me and had an apologetic look on his face. "I'm really, really sorry" he said.

"Stef, don't worry about it. Let him go" I said.

"Now walk away" Stefan said as he pushed the guy off and the guy left. Stefan turned back to me and put his hand on my cheek. "You alright?" he asked me. I nodded my head slowly.

I left Stefan shortly after and went to go find Damon. 'He'll most likely be at the bar' I thought to myself and sure enough, he was. "Have you seen your brother lately," I said to him as I walked up to him. "It's not looking very good"

"No," he said. "I've been too preoccupied with yours"

I looked at him. "What are you talking about?"

"You brother, has been asking me a lot of questions lately"

"Like what?"

"Like 'So, is there any sort of curse that causes vampires to be there true age if so, is there a cure' or 'So how long have you been a vampire? Have you met any interesting friends…like a girl with blonde hair and brown eyes that goes by the name Juliet?' God! If I didn't leave we would of still been playing 20 questions"

"Oh god. He's trying to see if Juliet is still alive or…trying to find a cure for her or better yet, trying to find her. I thought things were going smooth with Bonnie. Elena was starting to see a change in Justin too"

"Oh, which reminds me, I'm also having problems with her brother"

"Come again?"

"Jeremy has been asking questions about Vicki Donovan's death"

"But he and the rest of the town 'know' it was an overdose"

"Really? 'Oh but sheriff, someone buried her. Who would do that?' I know! I know!" Damon said as he raised his hand up. "Me!" he said pointing to himself and setting his hand back on the bar table. "I mean," he said leaning in. "I could compel him but he's wearing vervain"

"No way in hell," I said as I raised my hand in front of him. "You're not compelling him"

"If he keeps asking questions…" he said as he raised his eye brows.

"Damon, I'm not joking. He's not going to have that happen to him again. I mean, Elena was hurt the last time we did it to him. I'll tell her and we can handle you just…have fun and party on"

"Okay," he said. He pulled a rose out from the vase and handed it to me. "Don't say I didn't warn you" he then backed off and walked away.

I found Elena and told her what Damon told me. We then set out to go find Jeremy. We found him in the living room sitting in front of the fire place. Elena took the seat beside him and I sat on the arm rest beside Elena. "Jer," Elena said as she started rubbing his shoulder. "I heard about your conversation with Sheriff Forbes"

"No one is trying to figure out what happened to her," he said. "They all want to believe that she oded"

"The Coroner's office confirmed it. If that's what they say happened then-"

"Is that what you believe?" Jeremy cut her off.

Elena and I looked at each other then we looked back at him. "What do you think happened?" I asked.

"I think that somebody killed her and buried her body...and I don't think we should write it off just because it's easy"

"They're just doing what they can to move on" Elena said.

"The truth is the only thing that gonna help people to move on"

"Jer, Jer, just let it go okay? Whatever it was she's gone now"

Jeremy gave her a funny look. "Whatever it was? So you don't think it was an overdose?"

"Yes…I…I do"

There was a short pause.

"Is there something you're not telling me? Why aren't you looking at me?"

"Stop it, that doesn't mean anything"

There was another short pause.

"If there was something else you'd telling me right?"

"Of course I would" Elena said.

And another short pause.

"Well," I said as I clapped my hands together and stood up. "I think we're done here, have fun at the party, Jer. Come on, Elena" I said as I grabbed her arm and pulled her out of the room.

"Why did you do that? He'll now know were hiding something" She said.

"Elena, trust me. This works all the time"

It was the end of the night. A fight broke out earlier between Matt and Tyler because Tyler was kissing Matt's mom. Ugh! So gross. Elena witness everything and helped Matt clean up. I went to go find Stefan to make sure he wasn't in trouble…or didn't cause any trouble.

I walked over to the parking lot and called out, "Stefan!" I heard a gust of wind go by as I turned in the direction I heard it come from. I looked and saw somebody lying on the ground. "Oh my god," I said as I ran over to the person laying on the ground. It was the jerk I bumped into before. "Sir, are you ok?" I asked as I tried to help him up. "What happened?"

The man groaned as he gain consciousness. "My arm,' the guy said. "I lost my balance and fell. I'm clumsy" He was compelled and most likely...it was Stefan.

I flashed home in front of the porch and walked in. I took my shoes off and started carrying them upstairs to my room. I closed the door behind me and put my shoes on the floor beside my dresser.

I then placed my handbag on my dresser and looked up at the mirror there I saw someone standing behind me. I gasped, turned around and saw Stefan standing there. "Oh my god!" I said. "You scared the crap out of me"

"Sorry," he said. "I'm sorry I ran off earlier" he said pointing behind me.

"What the hell happened to you? Are you alright?"

"Uh…no"

"You can talk to me. I'm right here"

He took a seat on my bed. "I tried so hard to keep together tonight and it was working, it was working but then Matt's mom, she got hurt and she was bleeding and I had her…blood on my hands"

"Oh my god, you didn't"

"No…I didn't. I was trying to keep in under control but that guy in the parking lot…I wanted to feed on him and it took everything inside of me not to do it"

"But you didn't…right?"

"No, but I wanted to. Oh my god. Alex, my head is pounding. I feel like my…my skin is on…on fire. I have this hunger inside of me that I've never felt before in my entire life and all I keep thinking about is how I promised that I would never keep anything from you, and so I'm telling you this"

"Stefan, that fine. I need you to tell me about these things"

"But I don't want you to see me like this. I don't want you to know that this side of me exists"

"Stefan, that's ok. I'm going to help you ok. You'll be alright"

I went to go grab his face but he pulled me off and said, "No, no, no, no, no," as he got up from the bed and walked away. He then turned back to me. "Sorry…I can't. I'm…afraid of what I could do to you"

"And you think I am afarid? Stef, I'm a wizard. We can get our selves into tough situations and still be able to pull ourselves threw," I walked up to him and cupped his cheeks. "Stefan…I'm. Not. Scared. Of. You" I then gave him a kiss. "I'm not or will ever be" I said as I pulled my lips from his. I then gave him a hug and he hugged me back.

"I love you so much" he said, crying.

"I love you too"

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