Feelings and Secrets Revealed:

Beth walked into the noisy Grill and almost immediately saw Caroline with Bonnie and Elena. They were watching the live band that was playing. She waved her over to them. Caroline hugged her. "You came!" She said excitedly.

"I did." Beth chuckled as Elena gave her a side hug too. She saw Alaric over by that bar with Jenna. She also saw Matt out of the corner of her eye cleaning a table. She turned quickly before he could see her and listened to the band with them. "They're good."

"Yeah they are." Caroline agreed. She didn't miss her trying to hide from Matt. She knew that Matt was looking for her earlier. Elena and the girls looked over at Jenna who was now talking to Alaric.

"How's Alaric?" Elena asked Beth kindly. She knew how hard Jenna was taking being lied to but they were trying to protect her. But Alaric was hurting the most about it.

"He feels bad about lying to Jenna. He hates to keep secrets from her." Beth revealed sadly.

"Maybe that's out mistake. We're trying to protect the people that we love by keeping them out of it, but in the end, we're hurting them anyways." Elena thought out loud. The girls nodded in agreement with her. Living this supernatural life and trying to keep the people safe was hard. Caroline looked at them all. This was the opposite of what tonight was supposed to be about. They were supposed to have fun with no vampire drama or worries whatsoever. Caroline started to take off her jacket. "What are you doing?" Elena asked as she gave her, her jacket and walked through the crow. "Where are you going?"

The three girls shared a confused look as Caroline ran up to the stage where the band had finished their song. She smiled, nervously at the crowd. "Hey, everybody! Let's here it for the band!" She encouraged.

Jenna had walked over to Elena. "This isn't going to end well." She finished the shot she had brought with her.

"Weren't they awesome?" She asked. She was excited and nervous at the same time but she wasn't going to back out of this. Elena, Bonnie, Beth and Jenna all looked baffled at where she was going with this. "So, this week has been a really rough time for me and my friends. And sometimes you just got to let go and…. I can sing!" Elena looked at the others.

"Sing?"

"Yeah! Yeah, you know what? I'm going to sing!" She said. She turned to the lead singer. Beth couldn't hear what she was saying but after a minute they started to play. Caroline's voice rang out through the grill as she started to sing 'Eternal Flame.' All the girls were surprised with how good of a singing voice she had.

"She's good." Beth said surprised. Elena smiled and agreed. Caroline sang her heart out and Beth looked around the grill. She saw Jenna staring at Alaric, who looked miserable. Her eyes landed on Matt who was listening to Caroline singing. His eyes met hers for a second and they shared smile before she looked down. Elena caught the look they shared and saw Matt continuing to look at her.

Caroline finished the whole crowd clapped for her including the girls, who were proud of their friend. Beth hugged her as she got off the stage. "You rocked, Care!" She praised her with a smile. Caroline giggled and thanked her as Elena and Bonnie both moved to hug her too.

Elena and Bonnie moved off to get food, leaving Caroline and Beth to talk by themselves. "You seriously were incredible. I didn't know you could sing."

"Yeah, well just in my room but it felt great being up there." She admitted laughing out of happiness. Beth smiled at her friend. She was glad at least one of them was having a good night. Caroline glanced to the side and saw Matt staring at Beth. "So, you and Matt?" Beth was quick to respond, not wanting Caroline to be mad.

"That's nothing! It's nothing. We're just…"

"I think you should go for it! He likes you." She encouraged her enthusiastically. She wanted Matt to be happy and she could tell that he liked her by the way he was staring at her since she walked in. Beth was shocked at her reaction. Matt was her ex but then again he was Elena's ex too and they've been friends longer.

"What?"

"Yeah, Matt and I had out time and it didn't work." She explained and her mind wandered to Tyler. "And I don't know. Tyler kissed me and it was different and I liked it. But he's gone now."

"He'll come back, Care. I know he will." She smiled at her. She knew Tyler and her had gotten close the last few weeks before he left. She just hoped he'd come back. "But as for Matt, I'm pretty sure that chance has been blown. I've been kind of avoiding him." Caroline just smiled seeing Matt over her shoulder, staring at her. "What?"

"Nothing. Don't worry. I'm sure he'll come around." She smiled. Elena came back. "I'll be right back."

"Hey, what was that all about?" She asked about Caroline.

"Just Caroline, you know." She replied with a small laugh. Elena and her made their way to the pool table.

"Yes! I won again!" Beth cheered as she hit the final ball into the hole and put the stick down. "That's what the 3rd round I've won?" She smirked victoriously. She didn't notice Caroline coming towards her while Matt was cleaning a table nearby.

"Another round." Elena argued and she started to rack them up again. "Hey, Care. Hey, Matt." She smiled as they walked up.

"Hey." Caroline said enthusiastically as Matt just gave them a shy smile. Caroline gave Matt her cup of water she was drinking. "Are you playing another round?" She asked as she walked over to grab a stick before they answered her.

"Hey." Beth greeted him quietly.

"Hey." He said back. Caroline could have rolled her eyes at them. She decided they both needed a bit of a push as she grabbed the pool stick. She saw Elena shaking her head fiercely at Caroline, knowing what she was going to do. She just smiled and inconspicuously hit Matt with it, making him accidentally spill the water on Beth. She let out a surprise gasp as the cold water drenched her shirt. Elena put a hand over her mouth gasping in surprise.

"I'm so sorry!" Matt apologized, looking embarrassed. Beth waved it off.

"Oh! I'm so sorry!" Caroline apologized quickly. "I'm such a klutz. Here, why don't you help her clean up?" She suggested to Matt. Beth could have laughed at how unsubtle she was but before she could say anything Caroline practically ushered them both into the nearby bathroom. They stood there for a few seconds until Matt broke the silence.

"Caroline gets what Caroline wants." Matt joked at the awkward situation they were both put in. Beth laughed with him in agreement.

"Apparently so." She agreed. She moved towards the sink, taking off her over plaid shirt while doing so, leaving her only in her black tank top. He walked over to her and turned on the water to help rinse off the shirt. "Oh, you don't have to do that. I know it was Caroline."

"I know but I want to." He smiled sweetly at her and she felt herself smile back at him. He finished rinsing the shirt and handed it back to her. "I'm sorry for putting you on the spot the other day. It wasn't fair to you especially if you're with Salvatore."

It tool her a minute to register what he said and the look she had was between laughter and disgust when she realized who he was talking about. "Wait! You think? Ugh, I almost threw up a little bit. You think that I'm with Damon? Damon Salvatore? Why?"

"He took you away the other day and he seemed kind of protective."

"Because he's like an older brother, Matt! He's a big overprotective brother to me! Just no! That is so not happening!" She said denying it. It wasn't that Damon wasn't attractive cause she had to admit Damon was hot but it wasn't like that between them. Sure, he made his flirty comments but that was just Damon. It wasn't going any further than that. Matt still didn't look convinced. She decided to take a leap of faith and she would just blame Damon if it went wrong.

"Look, I like you, Matt! Not Damon. Okay?" She let out a nervous laugh. She didn't stop though. "I've been driving myself completely crazy cause I like you. Any girl would like you. You're smart, funny and sweet and I completely-" Beth was cut off when Matt leaned forward and kissed her. She didn't hesitate to wrap her arms around his neck and kiss him back. The butterflies in her stomach went wild.

After a few minutes they broke the kiss to breathe, both with ridiculous smiles on their faces. "I like you too." Matt replied before he pressed his lips to hers again. It was officially a great day.

xxxxx

The lights went out and Beth was the one to pull away first. He smiled at her before going to open the door to the bathroom. He saw that the power was out through out the grill. "The power's out." He told her. "I should probably go help." He thought aloud and she nodded. She knew that he still had to work. He walked back to give her a long kiss and then left. Beth turned to look at herself in the mirror. Her smile was so wide it was ridiculous. She laughed to herself when she heard the bathroom door open. Stefan and Elena came in; looking worried with Caroline behind them.

"We have a problem." Elena told her worried. She felt bad for bringing her into this when the night was starting to look up for her. Stefan walked forward.

"What's going on?" She asked them.

"Jonas is here and he's after Elena." He explained quickly. "We have a plan but I need to get Elena out of here."

"What can I do?" Beth asked him. Stefan flashed her a small smile of appreciation. He knew she'd be on board. He told her about him going to meet Damon at the boarding out with Katherine and her waiting to bring Elena home, while Caroline distracted Jonas. He knew that would be where Jonas would try next. Caroline left first.

They then walked out of the restroom to see the grill on fire. There was smoke but they could still see Jonas. "Dr. Martin. I'm so sorry about Luka. I never wanted that to happen but…at least let us help get your daughter back." Elena asked him desperately.

"Only Elijah can do that." He answered her.

Elena shook her head, fiercely. "You don't need Elijah." She insisted. Suddenly, he put another part of the bar on fire and then turned to the girls and Stefan but before he could do anything Caroline jumped him. Stefan pushed the girls out of the grill. He looked reluctant to leave them by themselves.

"Go, I'll take care of her." Beth promised him and with one more look to Elena, he left. They got into Beth's car and she drove away. She took a longer way to Elena's house to wait for Damon to give her the okay to bring her home. "You okay?" She asked Elena.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just a little shaken up." She said truthfully. She looked at the window. She just hoped Stefan was okay. If what he thought was true, Jonas would be going to her house. She knew Stefan would keep Jeremy safe but she couldn't help but worry about him. Elena's phone beeped and Beth looked at her. "Damon says we can go home now."

"Okay, good." Beth sighed out. That meant that Stefan had taken care of Jonas.

"I feel bad for taking you away from Matt." Elena said and Beth couldn't help but blush a bit, remembering their kiss. Elena smiled. "He really likes, you know."

"I like him too. I hope he's okay." Beth told her. She knew that Caroline would make sure he got out all right but she was still worried.

"I'm sure he is." Elena assured her. They both smiled at each other. They both cared about him and both were worried. She pulled up to the Gilbert house and her and Elena went in. Damon was at the bottom of the staircase. He looked at both girls concerned but they nodded, saying that they were both fine. He filled them in on the plan to pretend Katherine was Elena and killing Jonas. "How did you guys convince her to do this?" She asked Damon.

"We didn't. It was actually her idea." He admitted. They all exchanged a look. Katherine was willing helping Elena, whom she hated.

"Wow. That's…that's not good."

"No, that's not good at all." He agreed. Elena paced slightly until they heard Stefan and Katherine coming downstairs.

"Everything's taken care of.

"I'm guessing you're going to want this back." Katherine suggested pulling Elena's necklace from her neck. "But your pretty little outfit is going to need a good dry clean." Elena walked over to her and snatched her necklace from her hand.

"You're going to have to get her out of here before Jenna gets home." Elena told Stefan and he nodded, silently agreeing with her. Damon took a step closer to Beth, watching the exchanged between the doppelgangers.

Katherine scoffed. "Is that all you have to say to me?"

"This doesn't change the way I feel about you." Elena said.

"I don't much like you either, if we're going to be open and frankly, I'd be happy to see you dead but if we're going to try and take on Klaus, we kind of need you to be alive." She told her truthfully. "So, I'm not a threat to you Elena. If any of you are going to believe anything? Believe that." She said before walking out with Stefan. Damon and the girls exchanged a look before he took Beth and left as well.

This day has been bittersweet, to say the very least. Where should I start first? Well as you know Katherine's out of the tomb. Damon's been trying to keep me as far away as possible from her, even though I can light her Petrova ass on fire in a second if I need to. But we also found out that the place where the witches were burned a few centuries ago harbors their mystical energy and if a witch can channel enough power from there, we can stop Klaus. It'd either be Bonnie or I but I don't know how dangerous it is. Damon says he knows the location but he didn't tell me yet cause Katherine was in the house. Even though she helped save Elena, doesn't mean I trust her any more.

Though the good news is I kissed Matt! Yeah, I know. Caroline surprisingly, practically pushed me into it but he said he liked me. At least one awesome thing came out of this day. But then, it wouldn't be Mystic Falls if something bad didn't happen. Matt got hurt. Caroline told me it was really bad and she had to give him her blood. She told me, she's going to explain everything and not to worry. But I can't help but worry. I knew how I reacted when I found everything out. How would he? I'm going to talk to Care in the morning to see what she says. Ric's still miserable about Jenna. He didn't say anything but it's a apparent. I just home they find their way back to each other. Alaric and Jenna both deserve happiness.

Beth.