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Lexi

*Third Person's P.O.V.*

        "Why are we here, again?" Annabelle asked her sister in an annoyed tone as they got out of Annabelle's car (that Elena was driving after she took the keys from the kitchen counter and dragged Annabelle with her), which was parked outside of the Salvatore Boarding House.
        "I need to talk to Stefan," Elena replied shortly, stepping onto the porch.
        "Okay, let me rephrase that: why am I here?" Annabelle asked, looking at her sister, annoyed. Elena didn't reply this time, and instead rang the doorbell, while Annabelle closed her eyes and released a breath, trying to calm down and constantly reminding herself that Elena was her sister and it was Annabelle's obligation to help her with boy troubles. Even if it annoyed the living daylights out of her.
        "It's open, come on in!" came an unmistakably female voice from within a house, and Annabelle and Elena shared a confused look before the elder twin pushed the door open and walked in, her brows furrowed, with Annabelle following closely. The two sisters quickly walked to the intersection of the hallway, before stopping and looking around curiously, searching for the source of the female voice. They looked down the hallway to the right, and shared a confused glance after not seeing anyone, before turning around, only to come face to face with a beautiful girl who looked around their age, maybe a year or two older, whose eyes widened at the sight of them. Though she wasn't the only one, as Annabelle and Elena looked down at her attire, which consisted of only a towel, with a bit wide eyes as well.
        "Oh, my God," the girl staggered back in, what appeared to be, shock, and the two sisters raised their eyebrows in slight bewilderment. Why was she looking at them as though she had just seen a ghost?
        As the young woman stared at the sisters with wide eyes and mouth agape, Annabelle took the time to quickly analyze her. There was no hiding it; she was beautiful. She had long, silky blonde hair that ran all the way down to below her waist, and beautiful hazel eyes. Her skin was much tanner than Annabelle's, and a shade darker than Elena's. As the girl was only wearing a towel, Annabelle could already tell that she had an amazing figure that any girl could envy.
        "How, uh..." the blonde began as the stared at the two sisters, though she very obviously couldn't find the words as she continued to stare at them with wide eyes, "Wha... Who?" she finally managed to ask, still staring at the two brunettes, making them slightly more uncomfortable. One more than the other.
        "Uh, I'm Annabelle, and this is Elena," Annabelle finally introduced them, and watched in confusion as the blonde raised her eyebrows, as though she couldn't believe the stupidity or the audacity of something. "Who are you?"
        "Lexi. A friend of Stefan's," the blonde replied, still staring at the two girls as Elena raised her eyebrows.
        "Is he here?" she asked.
        "He's in the shower," Lexi replied, and Annabelle and Elena both raised their eyebrows, seeing that Lexi had very obviously just gotten out of the shower. Did that... Did that mean that she and Stefan were...? "Do you want to wait?" Lexi asked, offering the girls a smile, but Elena just shook her head.
        "No," she said quietly.
        "I'll tell him you two stopped by," Lexi said with a kind smile.
        "That's okay," Elena muttered, before practically bolting out the door. Annabelle sighed. Yes, she understood why Elena was feeling hurt or betrayed, but... Elena was the one who broke up with Stefan. Not the other way around. Stefan had every right to get with whomever he wanted.
        Feeling a bit bad about the way her sister acted towards Lexi, since Lexi seemed to be really nice and genuine, Annabelle gave the blonde a small, slightly apologetic smile before running out of the house, wanting to make sure that Elena didn't leave her behind.
*In the Salvatore Boarding House*
        "Are you out of your freaking mind?" Lexi asked Stefan incredulously as she barged into his room, walking in on him shirtless as he put on a clean shirt.
        "What are you talking about?" he asked, confused, but Lexi just walked over to his desk and picked something up.
        "I just met Elena," she said, holding up the picture of Katherine. Stefan mentally closed his eyes, knowing where this conversation was going to go, but before he could open his mouth to say something, Lexi held up her finger, silently telling him to wait, "And - and this is the best part - Annabelle," she said, walking over to his bookshelf to retrieve the picture of Layla and show it to him. "You have some serious explaining to do,"

*15 Minutes Later*

        "You have some serious emotional damage," Lexi said after hearing the basics of what has happened between Stefan, Elena, and Annabelle so far, sitting on Stefan's bed and applying her makeup, already dressed for the planned party.
        "No, it's not what you think, Elena's not Katherine," Stefan insisted.
        "Then they're related, because they could be twins," Lexi said, putting away her lipstick. "The same goes for the blue-eyed Belle and Layla,"
        "I don't know," Stefan finally said, stuffing his hands in his pockets.
        "You don't know? You-You didn't find out?" Lexi asked in disbelief.
        "No, maybe I don't want to know," Stefan said. "I have, I have no desire to tie Elena to Katherine," he said, looking down at Lexi, who only raised an eyebrow at him, "Okay, yes, yes, the-the resemblance is what drew me in, but that's it. Katherine and Elena may look the same on the outside, but on the inside they are completely different,"
        "Oh, so Elena's not a raging bitch then, huh?" Lexi asked, looking up at Stefan, who only smiled as he held back a chuckle.
        "No," he said, before sitting down in front of her. "No, Elena is... Elena's warm, and she's... she's kind, and she's caring, and she's selfless... and it's real... And... honestly, when I'm around her, I... I completely forget what I am,"
        "Oh, my God," Lexi said softly, looking at her best friend with knowing eyes. "You're in love with her,"
        "Yeah," Stefan nodded with a smile after a moment of silence. "Yeah, I am,"
        "Wow," the blonde commented quietly, closing her eye shadow compact and putting it away as Stefan smiled, "What about Annabelle?" she asked after a moment of silence, looking up at him.
        "What about Annabelle?" Stefan asked, confused, but quickly shook his head as he saw the look Lexi was giving him and stood up. "No. No, I know what you're thinking, and it's not like that,"
        "Hey, I didn't say anything," Lexi defended herself, but but closed her mouth as Stefan gave her a look. "Okay, fine! I'm curious. I know about the thing between you and Layla-"
        "There was never a thing between me and Layla," Stefan cut her off, and Lexi gave him a look.
        "Yeah, 'cause you never had the guts to tell her that you liked her," she said in a 'duh' voice, and Stefan shut his mouth, knowing deep down that she was right. "So...?"
        "So, nothing," he dismissed. "Anna's not Layla,"
        "No, but she seems to have the same effect on you," Lexi observed, her tone growing softer as she knew that this might be a bit more difficult for Stefan. He was in love with Elena, yes, but she knew how he felt about Layla a century ago, "And from what I heard, Layla was much less of a bitch than her dear sister," she said, trying to lighten the mood, and succeeding by getting a smile out of Stefan.
        "It's not like that," Stefan shook his head, a small smile still on his lips as he sat back down, "Anna and Layla may look the same, and they might even act the same on certain occasions, but... there was always a part of Layla that was full of darkness. Anna... Anna's pure light," he said, a smile on his lips as he recalled the multiple occasions in which she made him feel better without even trying after such a short amount of time of knowing her.
        "You know, you talk about her any more highly and I might just start getting jealous," Lexi joked, and Stefan chuckled. Even though Elena hurt him by turning him down, Lexi could always find a way to make him smile. She truly was his best friend.