I got quite a positive response with the events in the last chapter! Someone asked how old Stefan is, and to answer that, he is 20! Alas, here is chapter 15! Enjoy.

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"What do you mean he is back in town" Caroline asked angrily while Bonnie sat at the table in the Mystic High library.

"He's back in town. I don't know what to say. Stefan knows about him though…" Elena said trailing off trying not to feel so down about this whole situation.

Truth is she didn't know what to say about it all. Yeah she no longer liked him, but will she always care? Probably. Will she act on that? Probably not. It was hard to tell, but she knew she wanted nothing to do with him because she was finally in a good place with Stefan and she cared so much about him.

But she had history with Jake, and they were good together at one point, they were happy. Fast forward to now, and he's making his way back into town. Chances are he is probably already here, enrolled in school. What would she say to him? Would she even meet up with him? Would she do that to Stefan? Or better yet, don't you think closure is something you need once you end a relationship? She had no idea, and honestly, the thought of all this was making her head hurt. She didn't want to screw this up.

"And what does Stefan have to say about this?" Bonnie asked

"Jake came over to my house yesterday, but I refused to see him. My mom had him leave because we had Stefan's family over for lunch. He said he trusted me, and I told him he had nothing to worry about, but I can tell this is weird for him, and understandably so." Elena responded.

"He doesn't deserve to see you again; you kicked him out of your life once. You can do it again" Caroline reminded Elena angrily.

"And what would that make me look like? A terrible person? I don't have a reason to not see him, but then again I don't exactly want to either." Elena said trying to sound reasonable.

"You aren't the terrible person, he is" Bonnie said quietly.

"We had our differences, but we were together once, and I respect that" Elena said, still trying to sound reasonable.

"You don't have to respect a man like that, he isn't worth it" Caroline said furiously

"Caroline, I'm done having this argument. I don't want this putting a strain on Stefan and I's relationship, so I will do whatever I can to try and get this over with quick as possible. And if that means meeting him, then so be it." Elena responded with a tone a little harsher than intended.

"Sorry I want to look out for you Elena, but you yourself know why things ended and keep that in mind." Caroline countered.

"I do remember and I do not need your reminders." Elena said before she got up and stormed off to history class well before the bell was supposed to ring.

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"And here is your time table. Looks like you have history with Alaric Saltzman right now. That's just down the hall and to your right, room 102" Mrs. Pacrany told Jake as she handed him his timetable.

"Thanks" he smiled as he walked out of the office.

Right when he walked out of the office he heard a high pitched scream which he was fairly certain was his name.

When he was turned around he was brought face to face with the one and only Caroline Forbes.

"Caroline, always a pleasure to see you" Jake winked and smiled at her

"You listen to me right now" Caroline began

"Already? I haven't even been in school for an hour yet" he teased

"Shut the hell up and listen to me Jake Thomas Meyer" Caroline said leaning into him

"Aw come on, not cool Care. Just Jake will do!" he groaned.

"I want you to know that I am watching you. And one move to hurt Elena and I will chop off that dick of yours, got it?" She threatened?

"Care" he began slowly

"No listen to me, she doesn't need you back in her life and she is sure as hell better off without you. So don't you Care me" she said angrily.

"Care, I really want to make things right. I'm not here to hurt her, I never would" He said with honest sincerity, almost enough to fool Caroline.

"Should have thought of that when you put your dick in another girl" Caroline said as she walked away from him bumping his shoulder causing his papers to fall.

With a big sigh he bent over to pick them up when he saw another pair of hands helping him. He stood up to see a young man holding his timetable and looking at it.

"Thanks, man" Jake said as he grabbed the timetable out of the man's hand.

"No problem, I see you've met the wonderful Caroline" Stefan said as he saw the back of her head walking down the hall.

"That I have. I'm sorry, you're not a familiar face. Are you a student here or?" Jake asked trying to be polite.

"Oh, I'm a student teacher here. My name is Stefan Salvatore" Stefan said reaching his hand out.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Jake, Jake Meyer" He said taking his hand.

Stefan gripped his hand as it all pieced together. Jake as in, Elena's ex? Has to be, I mean he wasn't a familiar face and he did say he didn't know me, so he must have been here before.

Stefan dropped his hand and just looked at him for a brief second. He looked like the typical jock. Brown hair, red Lacoste polo paired with black jeans and a pair of Nikes.

He didn't exactly like this guy but he couldn't exactly show that. I mean from how Elena had reacted, she wasn't comfortable talking about it. He wouldn't force her to talk about it either, she would tell him when she was okay with it.

"Well, it was nice meeting you. See you around" Stefan said as he walked away down the hall towards his history class.

He didn't like this, and he had to see Elena and let her know that he bumped into him. Or should he? He probably should. He didn't want any of this to be a problem.

He took a deep breath and let out a big sigh. This was going to be interesting.

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Elena sat in her desk patiently with her head down waiting for class to begin. She got there early after she stormed off on Caroline. She felt bad about storming off on her. Caroline was just looking out for her and Elena loved her to pieces. But Jake was such a touchy subject. It ruined her, and she just began to get her old self back. She found her old self when Stefan came back into town and she didn't want to be sucked back into the world of Jake. She refused to do so, but she needed an explanation. She needed that closure.

A cough directed towards her made her lift her head up off her desk. Stefan was standing at the front of the class with a pile of assignments to hand back.

She looked around and noticed Alaric sitting on the computer in the corner of the classroom. Surely he wouldn't care if they hugged before class. She needed it right now, she needed to feel safe in his arms and she needed the warmth of his embrace.

She got up while keeping her eyes on Alaric and walked to the door to close it before turning around and wrapping her arms around his waist.

Alaric shot his head up, "Elena, not now please. Class is about to begin" he reasoned

Stefan still kept his arms wrapped around Elena until she let go and stepped back from him.

"What's wrong?" Stefan asked looking her in the eyes

"I got into a bit of an argument with Caroline" Elena said avoiding his eyes and looking down at her nails

"Argument about what? If you don't mind me asking" Stefan asked, ever so politely

"J-Jake" Elena said quietly as she looked up at him to see his reaction

Stefan dropped her gaze and looked to the pile of assignments on his desk as he began to fumble around with them.

"Speaking of, I just met him in the hall" He said as he took the pile of work and began to walk around distributing it out before the students came in.

This caught Elena's attention as her head shot up and she walked to him as he walked around the class.

"What do you mean you met him?" She asked

"I bumped into him in the hall, he introduced himself after he had a run in with Caroline." Stefan explained.

"Did he say anything to you? What did you say?" Elena asked frantically

Stefan stopped walking and turned around to face her after he let out a deep breath.

"Elena, calm down. He didn't say anything to me, nor did I. We introduced ourselves, and parted." Stefan explained

"Did you catch what Caroline said to him?" She asked

Right as she finished her sentence in walked Caroline with quite the expression on her face.

"I'm gonna go talk to her" Elena said

Stefan nodded as he turned to walk away

"Stef" Elena called out, "Let's go somewhere for lunch, we should talk" Elena said

Again, Stefan nodded.

Stefan didn't know what to do or what to say. He trusted Elena with every fiber of his being, but did he trust Jake? He didn't know. He would wait until he and Elena talked today at lunch.

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"Katherine!" Damon called when he walked into his condo

"In here, babe!" She yelled back from the bathroom

Damon smiled and walked to the bathroom where he saw Katherine wrapped up in a towel, fresh from her shower, and applying some moisturizer on her face.

"Hi beautiful" Damon said as he walked behind her and placed his hands on her shoulder as he kissed the back of her neck.

Katherine let out a moan of appreciation, "Hi yourself" she said as she leaned back to press her back to his chest.

"What are you up to?" Damon asked

"Nothing much, just got out of the shower. I was going to take Bubbles over there to the park. Wanna come with me?" She asked as she stepped away from him and out of the bathroom into his room.

Damon silently followed her into his room where she dropped the towel to look for her panties in a bag she brought over.

"You're naked" Damon stated leaning against the door frame looking at her

"That I am, Damon" Katherine said not bothering to look at him

"You're naked, in my room" Damon said

"Yes, I am. Anything else you want to point out, Captain obvious?" She mocked, again, without turning to look at him

Damon left his spot against the door frame and walked over to her and picked her bridal style as she squealed and laughed, "Damon! Put me down!"

He walked over to the bed and threw her on it before he fell on the bed beside her, and wrapped her up in his arms.

"Damon, I'm naked" Katherine complained as she let her head rest on his chest.

"Anything else you want to point out, Captain obvious?" he mocked her as he ran his hand through her hair.

Katherine laughed at that. Okay, he got her there.

"So, I was wondering…" Damon said as he placed a kiss on Katherine's head.

"What were you wondering?" Katherine asked as she got up off his chest and pulled back the covers to lie down properly. She pulled on his arm and he soon followed under the covers with him.

"I was wondering if you would like to have dinner with my family and Elena this weekend." He asked turning on his side to face her.

Katherine smiled as she brought up a hand to rest on his cheek.

"You want me to meet your parents?" She asked with a bit of excitement.

"They already know you" he said trying not to make this a big deal.

"They do, but not as the woman you love" Katherine said feeling her insides warm up and tears pool at the corner of her eyes.

Damon smiled as he turned his head to kiss her palm that rested against his face.

"No, not as the woman I love" He repeated as she brought her body closer and connected their lips letting them mold to each other.

Katherine was the first one to pull away as she rested her forehead against his.

"I love you, Damon" Katherine said with complete sincerity.

Damon chuckled, "I like you too" he responded.

To that Katherine jumped on top of him and pinned him down by his arms at the top of his head on the pillow.

"Not fair. Tell me you love me" Katherine insisted.

"You don't need to hear me say something you already know" Damon countered trying not to ruin this bad boy image of his.

"D," she said with a stern voice, "say it" she said as she leaned down to press kisses to her jaw, neck and chest.

Damon quickly flipped them over and pinned her down, much like she did, and he placed a soft kiss to her forehead before he leaned down to whisper in her ear, "I love you, Katherine Pierce" he said softly.

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It was now lunch time and Elena was looking forward to talking to Stefan so she could finally clear the air. She still hadn't seen Jake yet, seems like he went back to his old ways of skipping classes. She hoped she wouldn't see him until she had talked to Stefan and reassured both herself and him about this whole situation.

She told Stefan she would meet him at The Grill. Elena headed to her car in the school parking lot when she saw him leaning against her car. She stopped, closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose. This was exactly what she was trying to avoid, at least until after lunch.

She opened her eyes and walked on over to her car. She stopped right in front of him, a good meter away from him.

"Hey Lena'" he said softly with earnest sincerity.

"Jake" she simply said.

"It's nice to see you, Elena. I missed you" he said getting up from leaning against the car.

"You too. What are you doing back in town?" she asked as she swallowed

"My parents wanted to move back because my grandparents still live here, and they aren't doing so well right now." Jake explained

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." Elena genuinely said

"Listen, Elena…" Jake began

"Whatever it is, it's going to have to wait Jake. I need to meet someone for lunch" Elena said interrupting him.

"This isn't gonna take long, just hear me out" He insisted.

Elena looked at the time on her phone, "You have five minutes" she said.

Jake smiled and brought his hands together and rubbed his face and ran his hand through his hair. Elena remembered running her own hands through his hair.

"I'm sorry for everything" he began

Elena shifted uncomfortably from one foot to the other still listening to what he had to say.

"I'm sorry I couldn't be what you wanted me to be, and I'm sorry that I had to break your trust in me. I didn't mean for any of it happen and I just want you to know how much you mean to me, and how much I have missed you. It was wrong for me to be involved with another woman." He stopped to take a deep breath.

Elena looked away from his for about ten seconds before she turned around to face him.

"Jake, what's done is done. We're no longer together and you owe me no explanations. I just wished you hadn't done that. Was I not enough?" Elena said beginning to raise her voice

Jake moved to her to grab her by the shoulders gently, "No, I am so sorry. It wasn't you, it was me. I was the reason for all of this. And yes, you were enough, and I see that now. Listen, Lena, I just want another chance, give me another chance please. I'll do anything" He said basically begging and moving closer to her and holding her arms at this point.

"Jake, I'm over it, you should be too. Listen, I need to go" Elena said moving as he dropped his arms by his side.

She moved to unlock her door but Jake grabbed her arm and spun her around quickly capturing her lips in a heated kiss.

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Yay! That was a fast update! Like I said, I am on summer vacation so updates will be more consistent! I hope you guys enjoyed this! Leave a review.