( Still wearing clothes from last chapter. )

" Hey Tyler, I know I said not to talk or come near me but have you see Stefan." I asked playing with my hands.

" Nope." He said. His wrist was now healed.

I sighed and looked around about to walk away.

" But if you want to kill some time, you can rack." He called out making me turn.

I walked back. " This doesn't mean I forgive you!"

He nodded. " I'll even let you break."

"Get prepared to get your ass beaten by a girl." I said. " Again." I added smirking taking the pool stick from his hands. He let out a laugh.

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I pulled my phone out looking at the time. 4:59.

" How late is he?" Tyler asked seeing the frown on my face.

" Hitting the hour mark." He hummed. I went to hit again.

" Nothings wrong though." I glanced at him.

" Which means i'm not talking boy problems with you." I stated going my turn. He chuckled a bit.

" Good. I mean it's not like we weren't best friends before everything." His eyebrows raising as he went to hit this time.

I huffed. " Fine. I still don't forgive you." He stood up slowly.

" What do you think about Stefan?" I asked him. We're now facing each other.

" Actually don't answer that." I said after a moment. He laughed.

" Tyler this isn't funny!" I said with a small frown, hitting him in the chest.

" Okay okay. What has he done?" He asked calming down.

" Not any one thing. It's just I know like nothing about him. I know the important things and that matters to me but I also want to know the little details and actually really get to know him." I rambled on.

" You know as much as I really hate to say this. He's a nice guy. I think you should give him another chance and actually let him open up to you. He will eventually, I mean your Aliza Miranda Gilbert you can get anyone to do anything you want too." I looked at him shocked.

" You really think so?" I asked him with a soft smile.

He nodded smiling down at me. " I know so. You just need to talk to him."

" Talk to who?" Me and Tyler turned our gazes from each other and looked at the voice. Stefan.

" I'm sorry that I'm late." He said looking at me.

" What happened?" I asked.

" I got held up." Stefan said taking a quick glance at Tyler knowing what he had to say he couldn't.

I sighed and but my hand on my hip. " Didn't you think to call me and tell me you were going to be an hour late?"

" Okay! You two have fun." Tyler said rubbing his hand on my shoulder about to walk away but stopped.

" Am I forgiven now?" He asked with a smug grin.

I shifted my gaze from Stefan to Tyler. " Your getting there." I replied with a smirk.

" It's something. I'll catch you later." He said waving. I waved back.

I looked towards Stefan again.

" I'm really sorry. It was unavoidable." He said coming closer.

" What was unavoidable?" I lowered my voice, cautious of people around.

He looked down at his feet.

" My sister deserves an actual answer Stefan." Elena said coming out of nowhere. I rolled my eyes. I love her for sticking up for me but she really needs to mind her own business.

" Elena what-."

" I know you." A old man cut me off causing us all to turn to look at him. He was looking at Stefan. I knew this wasn't going to go well.

" I'm sorry?" Stefan said looking at the man confused.

" I know you. How could it be?" The man asked eyeing Stefan. I grabbed Stefan's hand out of instinct trying to comfort him. This wasn't going to be easy. Especially with Elena here.

" I think you have to wrong person sir." Stefan responded politely.

The elder man shook his head. " You haven't aged a day."  Elena looked at me with a suspicious look. I just shrugged and looked at Stefan. We locked eyes for a moment. I squeezed his hand and used my eyes to pint to the man telling him to hurry and reply.

" I'm sorry. Excuse me." He said to the man and looked at me and my sister.

" Can I take you guys home?" Stefan asked. " We can talk about it." He added already pulling me along. Elena behind us.

" Wait what was that?" Elena asked as we stopped a little further away from the man.

" Uh nothing." Stefan said to her.

" Right okay. Well we have to go." Elena said dragging me out. I looked at Stefan and mouthed. We can talk a later. Okay?. He nodded.

::

" You okay?" Jeremy asked from the door to my room. I was on my bed writing lyrics to a song I'm working on.

I looked towards him. " Is Vicky here still?" I asked with a teasing smile.

" Don't answer a question with another question." Jeremy said walking towards my bed, sitting down.

" What's wrong with you?" He asked his eyes filled with concern.

I sighed sitting up and looking at him. " I'm miserable."

He cracked a smile. " Well you should eat."

I playfully glared at him. He kissed my cheek and left my room. I sighed and got up walking down stairs. I heard something coming from the kitchen making me slow down a little.

" Auntie J?" I called out at the bottom of the steps. " Jenna?" I called out again going towards the kitchen. I opened the sliding doors.

" Stefan?" He looked up at me from cutting something. He smiled. I walked towards him.

" What are you doing here?" I asked behind the counter.

" Dinner." He stated.

" Jeremy told me that chicken parmesan is your favorite and I happened to be a good cook." He said looking back down continuing to cut garlic. Jeremy I love you. I mentally thought out to him. I love you too Lizzie. What the hell was that?! Did we just? Talk through our minds.

" What's wrong?" Stefan asked looking at my confused and shocked face.

" I'll tell you later." I said. He just nodded slowly.

" You never answered what you were doing here?" I said to him.

He looked at me. " You want to really know me?" I nodded.

" Then I figured if you were to dump me. I want you to know how your really dumping. Besides all the supernatural things." Stefan said. I looked at him sadly.

" I wasn't going to dump you but continue." I told him with a soft smile making him do the same.

" Let's start with Katherine." He said going back to cutting.

" Stefan you don't-." He cut me off.

" She was the most beautiful girl I have ever met before meeting you of course." My smile got bigger and heat ran to my face.

" She had this laugh. It was ridiculous. Her laugh made you laugh." He said looking at me. My smile still on my face.

" And she was fun. She knew how to have a good time. But Katherine was also very impatient entitled and selfish, and um impulsive." He said cutting again.

" And for Damon I don't know. But I do you know that I did some things I'm not proud of and my biggest regret is not being able to make it right before she died." He looked at me with sad eyes.

" Did she compel you and Damon? She wanted you both to her self right?" I asked him softly. He looked away from my eyes.

" Uh yeah. That's why I'm no longer crippled by her lost. Damon's another story." I just nodded not knowing what to say.

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~Jeremy Pov, 3rd person~
I was still thinking about how Izzy connected with me but I pushed it back knowing we were going to talk about it soon.

" It's sweet what you did for your sister. Very romantic." Vicky said to Jeremy.

Jeremy looked up at her and smiled. " I was feeling romantic. Plus she's my sister she deserves the world."

Vicky ignored what he said and pulled out a bottle of pills.

" Look what I found." She shakes the bottle in his face.

" Elena Gilbert. Take on tablet every 46 hours for pain." Vicky said going to sit down at his desk.

" Those are from the car accident." Jeremy stated standing up from the bed going towards the girl.

" So she won't miss them." The Donavan girl said talking one out and putting it down at the desk. Grabbing the watch about to crush the pill.

" No no no not with that." Jeremy said grabbing the watch from Vicky's hand. Vicky shrugged and grabbed something else. Crushing the pill.

" I'm not getting high Vicky." Jeremy told the girl. The girl looked at him a little shocked.

" Why not?" She asked.

" I made a promise to my sister. The only thing I can do is drink under her supervision." Jeremy said sitting back on his bed.

" Since when did you care about what Elena tells you?" Vicky asked rudely.

" It's not Elena, It's Aliza and I will always care about what she thinks. She comes before any girl no actually anyone in my life." Jeremy told her.

" Right sorry." Vicky nodded quickly. She was scared of Aliza. Everyone was especially if you get in her bad side.

Aliza and Jeremy mind linking! What the hell do you think it is?

Stefan and Aliza getting to know more about each other❤️

Should Aliza preform a song for Stefan next chapter?