And here's chapter two! Again, I own nothing.

We walked in silence. As we walked, I kept my eyes staring straight ahead, but I could feel his eyes on me. More so, I could feel the heat radiating off of every part of my body his eyes happened to travel. Not five minutes of walking later, we neared my dorm room and I pulled my key from my book bag. Before opening the door, I shot a quick glance at the man standing behind me. I closed my eyes briefly to regain my composure, "Just this once Stefan. After this, I don't see any reason for things not to go back to the way they were."

I didn't wait for his response; I just opened the door and walked into my room. My eyes widened in annoyance when I realized he was still outside the door seemingly waiting for an invitation. I again forced myself to breathe and took a deep breath, "This is a state college Stefan, I don't own this dorm room, you can come in without an invitation."

Stefan hung his head slightly then looked up into my eyes, "Elena-"

"Just come in Stefan. I told you. I'm not waiting all day." I interrupted. I watched as he slowly walked into the room and looked around. I watched him as he seemed to be soaking in his surroundings. He stopped in front of my desk and stared at the pictures situated there. His eyes skimmed over the pictures of me with my parents. Jeremy and I. Aunt Jenna and Alaric. Caroline, Bonnie, Me, Matt, and Tyler all smiling in our graduation gowns. I took a deep breath and suddenly as if on cue, Stefan reached over and picked up a black frame. I didn't have to see the picture to know which one he had picked.

As his eyes scanned over one of my favorite pictures of Damon and I, I held my breath. In the picture, I was attempting to give Damon a piggy back ride. Damon had a huge smile on his face and my eyes were closed in laughter. My eyebrows shot up when I noticed the way Stefan was reacting to the picture. He had a small grin on his face and rubbed his thumb over where I imagined my face was. He took his eyes off of the photo and looked at me, "You guys look really happy." I nodded, acknowledging his comment but not responding verbally. Stefan's eyes returned to the picture and he added, "He loves you, you know?"

Again I nodded, "I know."

I felt his eyes on me once more as he took a deep breath and asked, "Do you love him?"

"Yes, but things are a lot different now, Stefan. It's not-"

Both of our heads shot to the door that suddenly swung open. There was a blurry mass of blonde curls and before I knew what was happening, I saw Stefan pinned to the lofted beds by a very irate looking Caroline.

"What the hell do you think you're doing here?" Caroline hissed while tightening her grip on Stefan.

I watched as the veins around Caroline's eyes began to darken and appear before stepping in, "Care, calm down. He's fine. He just wants to talk and then he'll be on his way." I turned my head towards Stefan, "right?"

Caroline and I watched as he nodded slightly then relaxed when Caroline released him. She turned to look at me as if in confirmation, then back at Stefan, "Fine, but try anything, and you're a dead man, Salvatore." Caroline's eyes again turned to me, "My professor cancelled class on the first day, can you believe it? Oh, and Elena; Damon texted me. He said you're ignoring his texts and told me to tell you that if you don't reply to him immediately he is coming here to kick your ass."

I rolled my eyes at how utterly Damon the statement was, "I'll text him right now, Caroline. Sorry you had to be the go between and face the wrath of Damon," we both laughed slightly.

"Oh, like I'm not used to it. Elena, do you want me to stay?" She asked eyes traveling between myself and Stefan.

"No, it's alright Caroline, everything's fine." I replied as I sent a quick text to Damon informing him that I was indeed fine and would not hesitate to kick HIS ass if he didn't give me some leeway in responding to his messages.

Caroline nodded, walking towards the door. With her hand on the door knob, she turned back to Stefan and pointed a red, perfectly manicured finger in his direction, "I swear Stefan, if you so much as try anything I will not hesitate to run a stake through your heart." Being satisfied with Stefan's nod in response to her threat, she opened the door but turned back to me and added, "Elena, I am NOT being held responsible for breaking this news. That's all on you," and walked out of the dorm room leaving Stefan and I alone.

After Caroline left, I sat down on the bottom bed and gestured for Stefan to take a seat at the computer chair across from me. I watched as he sat down. It seemed like he was struggling for the right words to say until finally deciding on, "So you and Damon?" his eyes searching mine.

My brows furrowed in confusion, "What about Damon and I?" I asked in genuine confusion.

"You're…um… you and Damon, you're close?" His eyes drifted to his lap, avoiding my gaze.

I arched my brow and shrugged, "you could say that."

He nodded, still not looking at me. His eyes drifted back to the picture he had recently picked up again. His eyes scanned back over the looks of happiness on our faces and he quickly looked back at me and quietly asked, "And you're happy? Together?"

I let out a deep sigh and closed my eyes momentarily before taking a deep breath, "we're-"

"Wait," Stefan interrupted, "I thought I could do this. I'm not so sure anymore."

"Stefan, I'm-"

"No, Elena. I can't do this, I thought I could, but I can't. I'm sorry."

He went to stand up, but not before I let out a frustrated groan, took the three steps it took to get to his chair, and pushed him down by the shoulder. "If you would stop for one second and let me finish a sentence," I started and then turned around to the other desk next to mine. I grabbed a photo of a couple kissing off of the bulletin board and dropped it in his lap, "You would know that Damon and I aren't together," I watched as the picture fluttered down to his lap and he picked it up, looking at the head of blonde hair with the black for the first time, "Damon and Caroline are." He looked up at me with wide eyes and I added, "So yes, Damon and I are very happy, but not together. Caroline and Damon; however, are." I returned to my seat on the bed and looked at him, waiting for him to say something.

He glanced back down at the picture with furrowed brows, "but before I left again, you told me you kissed Damon."

"Yes Stefan, I kissed Damon. A few times actually. But Damon and I? We aren't meant to be together. He's like my big brother. He's been there, Stefan. Damon's been there for me through everything. He's never left my side. He's my best friend."

He nodded, taking all of this new information in. His eyes once again locked with mine, "Klaus is dead."

I felt a big wave of air leave my mouth and my entire body relax. I was shocked. I looked him in the eye and nodded to him, "Thank you. Thank you for letting me know. How did it happen?" I asked. The one man I had been hiding from for over two years was finally dead. I wasn't surprised when I felt my eyes begin to well up with tears waiting on his response. Relief. Relief and happiness was all I could feel.

"Katherine and I-" He began but was interrupted by my sudden dark chuckle.

"Wow. I should have known. Every damn thing in my life goes back to Katherine. I should have known you'd eventually-"

"No Elena, it wasn't like that. Katherine and I, we worked together to find a way to kill him. We finally found it, Elena. We found it, and I killed him."

I nodded, letting this sink in then asked, "and then you and Katherine walked into the sunset? Happily ever after?" It was my turn to avoid his gaze.

"Actually, I killed her. After I killed Klaus, I killed her, Elena." My eyes sought his once more as he continued, "The two people who pushed me into becoming what I became, who took away everything I ever cared about? I killed them both."

We stared at each other for a long moment until we were finally broken out of our trance by the door opening yet again. This time Caroline's head was down and she was smiling at something on her phone. She looked up with a big smile on her face, "Hey guys, sorry to interrupt. Since my class got canceled, I figured I would head home for an impromptu visit. Elena, do you want to come? We'll be back in time for you 9AM, promise."

I nodded at my friend, "Sure, Care. Feels like forever since we've seen everyone. I'll meet you in the lot?" I asked, trying to get the message across to her that I would wrap things up with Stefan, "I'll be right out." She nodded and Stefan and I watched as she walked out of the door, fingers flying over the keyboard of her phone.

Stefan stood up from his place at the computer chair, "Well I guess that's my cue. Thanks for listening Elena; I just needed to tell you that. I'll transfer out of psych. If you want, I'll leave the university."

I rolled my eyes at him, but he must have missed the gesture. "Stefan, you screwed up. I screwed up. To tell you the truth, this whole thing; the last five years, has been totally screwed up. You don't have to leave. I'm a big girl, I can handle it."

He gave me a small, hesitant smile, "So maybe we can talk some more, sometime?"

I nodded and gave him a small smile of my own before he turned the door knob, "Stefan?" He slowly turned back towards me with one eye brow arched. I took a deep breath, readying myself to jump back into the messy history and looked him in the eyes, "do you want to come with us to see Damon?"

His face broke out into a wide smile, one I couldn't help but to return. He opened the door and gestured for me to exit, "I would love to, Elena."