Sincerely Yours [Stefan Salvatore]

[40. Summer Loving]

[3x01; The Birthday]

June 22, 2010

Broody,

I'm writing because I know today's going to be hard for you. It's Elena's 18th birthday. A few of us are getting together tonight to celebrate for her. It's gonna be tough without you and I'm sure Damon will be drunk by sunset. We'll see though.

Not much has happened since I last wrote you. I finished a painting, I hung out with Caroline, I've started to work out with Jeremy and Joel, and I went to cheer camp. Caroline is captain again this year—yay! —and I was once again picked for choreographer. Hopefully this year our season won't be cancelled because of a dead football coach. Matt would appreciate that, I'm sure.

How are things going? I'm concerned about you because I've overheard Ric and Damon talking. I'm not gonna scold you—I know you do that to yourself too much already—but I'm worried, Stefan. Don't lose yourself, okay?

This letter is gonna have to be a little bit shorter than the others. There's a lot to do today and that includes working out with Joel and setting up for our get-together. I miss you and so does everyone else.

Keep fighting, Stefan.

Sincerely yours,

Goofy

Lucy set down her pen, satisfied with what she wrote, and carefully tore the piece of paper out of her notebook. Crumpling it up, she cupped it with her hands and bowed her head, casting a spell with the magic she siphoned just before writing the letter. With a burst of fire, the paper was gone, sent to Stefan wherever he was.

The spell to send notes to someone was genius, really. She had copied it from Bonnie's grimoire and started practicing only days after Stefan left with Klaus. It took a few practice runs with Caroline before she managed to ace it. And then she took a week or so to actually gain the courage to send a letter to Stefan.

She made sure the letters weren't too sad—other than the one she wrote the week of the anniversary of her parents' death—and she never mentioned what she confessed just before he left. Right now, she pretended that it never happened. She didn't want to make Stefan feel bad and she definitely didn't want to ruin their friendship more than she already had.

Rolling off her bed, Lucy ambled over to her closet and got dressed in some gym shorts and a tank-top. As she brushed her hair, she stared at the pictures that were placed on her dresser—a new picture of her and Damon at their concert was added, along with an older one of her and Jenna that was a couple years old.

Her phone rang as she was tying up her Nikes and when she saw that it was Caroline, she answered it without a fuss.

"Hey, Care," she finished tying her last sneaker. "Whatcha doing?"