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A week had passed since Tyler's party and things seemed like they were going smooth. Things were getting back to normal. Jake hadn't been to school in the past week and things were going around saying he moved away again. But of course, no one knew anything, especially Stefan and Elena.

It was Thursday and Stefan was looking forward to the weekend because he could finally spend some time with Elena. After last weekend she hadn't really spent a lot of time with him and this school week was even busier. November was over and in about a week they would be off for the holidays. Exam time is looming and there has been work upon work handed to the kids. They will begin applying to colleges and universities in January so everyone is working extra hard to scrounge up marks wherever they could.

Stefan sat in the staff room with his coffee reading through a couple of emails. His placement with Mystic High was going to end with this school year and then he would be moving forward. It kind of worried him because he had no idea what Elena was going to do. He knew she wanted to apply to several schools and focus on journalism and literary studies. But where she would go to school, he had yet to figure out, along with Elena.

The door swung open and in popped Mr. Polinsky with a rolled up piece of paper in his hands.

Mr. Polinksy was a young man, not much older than Alaric, with impeccable style. He had a full head of hair and was quite handsome.

"Stefan, I'd like to see you in my office, please" He said before he walked out without even making full eye contact for more than 10 seconds.

Stefan didn't think much of it as he stood up and followed him out of the staff room. Stefan was good in the school and he made a good addition. The kids liked him and Alaric had no complaints, so this led him to wonder why he had been summoned to his office.

Stefan walked in to the main office and followed Mr. Polinsky into his personal office.

"Close the door behind you" he said as he sat down and made himself comfortable in his own office. Stefan looked around a bit; the office was paneled with wood and there was a shelf full of books that looked incredibly old. There was a frame on his desk of who he assumed to be his family.

"Please, have a seat Stefan" Polinsky said as he motioned to one of the two chairs that faced his huge mahogany desk.

Stefan sat down and nodded his thanks as he began to speak, "Mr. Polinsky, is there anything I could do for you?" Stefan asked being courteous.

"Please, call me John, and yes there actually is. Care to explain this?" He said ad he picked up an envelope off his desk and took out a piece of paper as he handed it to Stefan.

Stefan, not knowing what the piece of paper was, took the piece of paper out of his hands. He took a deep breath and began to read.

Halfway through the letter, Stefan let out a silent gasp that John couldn't hear. This could not be happening. The letter was an anonymous tip exposing his relationship with someone, the letter hadn't stated who.

What was he supposed to do? Play it off? Own up to it? He didn't know. He pretended to re-read it a second time before he tore his eyes off of the piece of paper and nodded as he looked up at John.

John raised an eyebrow at him and cocked his head to the side asking him to explain the letter that he held in his hands.

Stefan let out a shaky laugh to break the ice, "I, to be honest, don't know what this letter is talking about. I am very much single" Stefan said laughing again.

John let out a little chuckle before he began speaking. "Stefan, that wasn't the only thing that came in the envelope" he said reaching into the envelope and pulling out a picture. He handed the picture to Stefan for him to look at.

Stefan examined the picture and it was a picture of him and Elena on their date the night they had said they loved each other for the very first time.

Elena's face was hidden in the crook of Stefan's neck but you could clearly see that it was her. Her hair was pin straight and she had on the leather jacket that she wore all the time in the fall. It was evident that it was Elena Gilbert.

He flipped the picture over to find a hand written note, "I think you can figure for yourself, who exactly this girl is (EG)"

Stefan let out a deep sigh and he set the photo down and ran his hand over his face in exasperation. He clearly could not play this one off. What would happen if he just accepted it? Would they fire him? I mean, Stefan had done his research, and although it was legal, it was a breach in rules and regulation of the school board.

"Stefan, listen…It doesn't matter if you own up to this or not, but you and I both know that that girl in that picture is Elena Gilbert." John said matter-of-factly.

"I won't deny it, not when everything is already in the open like it is, and I wouldn't disrespect her like that." Stefan said in a strong voice, his business demeanor taking over as he fell into the professional role he knew only too well.

"This would lead to you being fired, and in return affecting your teaching school placement which would render you pretty close to impossible in terms of getting a job in the future. Schools would not even look at you, I'm afraid" John said as if he was genuinely sad and worried about Stefan.

Stefan nodded his head understanding everything that was coming out of John's mouth. He could lose everything. But he wouldn't lose Elena. He was sure of that because he would try his hardest to make sure that would not happen.

"And Elena?" Stefan asked before he even spoke a single word about his own reputation and future.

John was taken a bit back by his question. He was not anticipating that Stefan would take such a selfless approach to the entire situation.

"Elena will obviously not be held accountable in any way possible. You are the faculty member in this case and you will be held accountable. How it affects Elena in a personal way, I could not say" John said eyeing Stefan carefully.

"Good" Stefan said, not knowing what else to say in this situation. He wasn't expecting this to happen and he already knew who the anonymous tip was. He wasn't stupid, he knew who would do such a thing. What made him even angrier was the fact that that low life jerk had creeped on them and took pictures of them while they were on their date. The night they had said I love you to each other was so important to him and now it was tainted by the antics of Jake.

"Stefan, that is all that could happen" John said looking at him with his hands on his desk and his eyes searching his own for understanding of his statement.

"I don't think…" Stefan said trailing off waiting for Mr. Polinsky to interject and say something to make it clearer.

"Stefan, I'm not going to let any of that happen to you. After being friends with your father and after everything that he has done for me, I don't think it would be fair to him, if I had let this happen" John said carefully making sure Stefan took in every word.

Stefan sat there a little confused. Who DOESN'T his father know, for crying out loud? Would he keep his placement? Would he still be fired, but not reported to the board? All these questions were going through his head and he hadn't a single answer to any of them.

"So? What does that mean for me?" Stefan said looking up at John waiting for his answer.

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"Bubbles let go of my shoe" Damon said chasing this tiny dog around his apartment. How on earth was this dog carrying around his shoe? He was only a tad bigger than the shoe itself.

Damon let out a breath as he had Bubbles cornered between the wall and his book shelf as he slowly came forward as Bubbles let the shoe go to stick his tongue out and waddle his tail as he was breathing at Damon. Bubbles looked up at him with the most innocent puppy dog eyes he had ever seen.

"Oh don't you go giving me those puppy eyes, I need my shoe, I'm gonna be late" Damon said reaching to grab the shoe but Bubbles quickly picked it up and ran in between his legs and down the hall towards his, no, their room.

Katherine came out of the room when she heard Bubbles whining and running around the hall. Katherine came out with her hair in a bun and an oversized sweater that read, SALVATORE on the back indicating that it was Damon's football sweater from his high school days.

"Damon, what are you doing" Katherine said coming to stand in front of him as he bent over trying to see where Bubbles had run off when he went down the hall.

"Trying to get my goddamn shoe from that god forsaken dog of yours" Damon said resentfully as he plastered a fake smile on his face.

Katherine just laughed at his fakeness of his smile as she leaned forward to pinch his cheeks before laying a kiss on his cheek.

"I'll get it for you" She said simply before she turned around to see Bubbles curled up around Damon's shoe at the end of the hall.

"Bubbles, baby, come give the shoe to mommy" Katherine said as she bent down on her knees about a foot away from him holding out her hand.

"Come on baby" she said again still holding out her hand. Bubbles whined and picked up the shoe and gave it to Katherine as he came and licked her other hand that rested on the floor keeping her balance.

"That's my good baby, come on, I'll take my little baby for a walk" Katherine said standing back up with Bubbled in her arms as she laid kisses all over its head and scratched behind his little ear.

She got to Damon and she chucked the shoe at him, "Here" she said nonchalantly as she walked away in search for his leash.

"Hmph" Damon grumbled as he cleaned his shoe with a cloth and put it on. He walked to the door and he saw Katherine bending over to put Bubbles' leash on.

He walked on over to Katherine before he stood behind her and rubbed her nice ass through her tights. "Mmmm, I like this ass quite a bit. Can I have some?" Damon said trying to ooze some seduction into his voice.

"You did have some last night. Four times to be exact" Katherine said with a smile as she remembered what they did last night.

"You were counting?" Damon said as he wrapped his arms around Katherine when she stood back up. Damon loved spending time with her and last night was quite the night.

"Yes I was counting. Hard not to" Katherine said more quietly trying not to blow up his ego that was clearly on the rise.

Damon let out a chuckle as he kissed her neck and let her go, "I like that sweater on you. Can I take it off later? After lunch with Steffy Poo of course" Damon said.

"You can take anything you want off" Katherine said with a wink before she turned around and placed a kiss on his lips.

"I'll be back in an hour or so, love you" she said before she went out the door leaving a very impatient Damon in the doorway.

"Love you" he called out behind her.

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"So then he told me that that was what he COULD let happen to me, and to my future" Stefan explained.

Damon sat across from him with a serious expression on his face. Damon was his older brother and Stefan had come to him for support and in that moment, he needed to be the caring older brother, not the sarcastic one.

"What did he mean about that?" Damon said with a snark. He clearly wasn't having any of this bullshit.

"He wasn't going to let any of that happen to me so instead, he is going to give me a transfer notice, and not report it to the board. He's going to have me transferred to Chersley High up in Cherishwood." Stefan explained with sadness in his voice.

"Cherishwood? That's two hours north of us. He's sending you that far?" Damon asked with irritation.

"Damon, It's better than being fired, and being reported to the board. I mean, he is already doing me a favor." Stefan reasoned.

"You're gonna have to move, buy a new place, and live out there on your own. Have you said yes yet?" Damon said finally backing down a bit with his anger.

"I didn't have a choice, D" Stefan said quietly already realizing what this meant. He was completely broken on the inside. He had to leave Mystic Falls, which meant he had to leave Elena; the girl he loved. Long distance relationships could work, but it would be hard with Elena still in high school and so much added pressure from her senior year. It was a tough decision, but a necessary one.

Damon let out a big breath, "Well, what are you gonna do now?" Damon asked looking up at his little brother and the torn expression on his face.

"Now, I tell Elena" he stated simply.

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Sorry for the late update! Things got hectic and I had no time to write but I do hope that you guys enjoyed this update! Leave a review letting me know what you think! What do you think of LDR's?! Thanks!