He watches her as she dances on top of the table, swaying along with the song and shaking her head with the rhythm. He stands and watches, his hands on his hips, amused. And there is a moment when he feels peace, when he can put the world aside and watches her dancing like that for hours. He doesn't understand how can she- after all of this, stay full of light.

They are having fun, nothing serious, enjoying their less-humanity life. And what could go wrong if they spice the events a little and play around with Tyler and Matt, as if they're toy.

After few hours, they get bored, he's sitting on the stool, and she's sitting on the table, acting as if their friends aren't lying fainted behind them.

Just then, Damon makes his way into the bar, putting his hero-on-mission face on. Since Stefan called him to update with their newest game, he knew that this has to stop before they do something both of them will regret. He was so mad and desperate that he had to use the mom card immediately.

"Oh, look who made it to the party." Stefan says, as he didn't notice Lily yet.

"I wouldn't get so excited, he seems upset." Caroline says and fakes a pout, her legs hanging from the table, going forth and back.

"Sorry kids, party's over. I have someone you need to meet, Stef." Damon says, half annoyed, half amused. He takes a step aside so Stefan can see the woman standing behind him.

Stefan's smile falls quickly as soon as he sees her, her lips turn to a soft smile. Still worried thou.

Caroline notices the weird silence, the smirk on Damon's lips, Stefan borrows getting more furrowed, something is wrong.

"Who is this?" she asks, looking at the lady.

He takes a moment before he answers, the longer he takes to answer, the bigger Damon's smirk gets.

"She's my mother." He says.

Their eyes still fixed on each other. The smile on her lips no longer exists; she's now more serious, sad. Maybe part of her expected him to run to her arms, at least that what she wanted.

"Stefan?" Caroline says, looking at him, her face clearly worried. Damon narrows his eyes at her. She better stay out of this till the process is over, he thinks.

Anyway, Stefan doesn't answer, he can't focus on anything but his mother, standing in front of him, after hundred and sixty some years.

"Hello, Stefan." Lily says, "It's good to see you again."

He doesn't know what is it, but when he hears her voice, he suddenly sees some memories, passing in his mind as photos. He blinks them away and regains his strength once more.

"What are you doing here?" He asks firmly.

"It's a long story, I wasn't really dead, Stefan." She pauses, giving him a chance to take it all in.

"I was in some prison world, for over a century. But now I'm back." She says, taking a step closer.

"Now what brother? Are you gonna hug your mother, or will you leave?" Damon asked, walking closer too.

"Think Stefan, what are you gonna do, more importantly, how do you feel?"

Stefan's eyes travel between Damon and his mother, his mouth slight opened in confusion. Caroline watches him all the time, now getting worried.

They stay silent for a moment, Stefan's face softens suddenly. It's then when Caroline feels the need to do something.

"No " she whispers to herself and takes a step closer to him. Only to be hit on the wall by Damon, his hands on her throat. "Not now blonde, I promise, once he's back we'll have all the time for you." He says in a mocking tone, thou his anger and impatience are showing.

Stefan moves a little when he sees them like that. He can't even spill one word, everything is jut overwhelming. He doesn't quite know what's happening. And before he can think, Caroline shoves Damon away, grabs some stake from the ground, one that has been there since their fight with the boys.

She vamps to him and points it to his chest, but he stops her in the middle, their hands are fighting each other, she's trying to dig the stake to his heart, and he's trying to push her away.

"You know? I'm so beyond done with you…" she pauses as she puts the stake in his skin, right under his heart, he winces at that. "I had to act normally around you, as if you never did anything to me, I had to act like you never manipulated me, fed on me, used me as your doll," she pauses again, digging it deeper, "I had to accept that you and my supposed-to-be-friends are together, I had enough of you, this has to end." She pulls it out, and about to put it in again, once and for all.

She's so close, just one second far.

And then his voice breaks into her.

"Caroline."

She hears him from behind, his shout is nothing compared to his face, not just scared, but lost.

She purses her lips in anger, she was trying her best to keep him with her, actually to keep him away from her.

But that look, he was back. She takes a long moment staring into his eyes. The idea of her joining him passes her mind. but she blinks it away quickly.

He was back again, Stefan, the one who was scared of his feelings, who pushed it away, she wasn't getting back to that. She drops the stake next to her and pulls her fingers from Damon's jacket. She looks at his mother then him.

"Well, I think he was right, the party is over." She says, and in a second she's out of the bar.

He looks quickly at the door, swinging behind her. He looks back at Damon who is getting up from the table she pushed him on. Then back to his mother, he suddenly doesn't feel his legs anymore. He falls on the flour, his face still shocked. One tear escapes his eyes. And then he feels it all.

He thinks of her the first thing, he tries to ignore the pain and the guilt. And instead he thinks of her, he think about her when she's back. He knows that he has to choose something to focus on, and he chooses her.