𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐘, carefully, and stefan can’t help but wonder how long he can keep this up before accidentally letting something slip up. after all, he hadn’t even pretended to be good in over a hundred years, it was nearly impossible for him to pretend to be good at nearly every second of the day. he was doing so much for her -- doing so much in an attempt to act good, to convert her to the dark side, though he was beginning to question it. elena gilbert was still nothing more than a COPY, after all. a really convincing imitation of the real thing. and even with all of stefan’s counseling, he was sure that she wouldn’t prove to be as manipulative or conniving as the original katherine pierce. besides, attending high school was just as much a bore as it had been last time, on his little stint on GOOD BEHAVIOUR ( no thanks to the likes of lexi, after all ). it had taken him nearly a decade to ❛ fall off the wagon ❜ again after lexi had turned on his humanity again, after she had convinced him that being good was worth something. he wouldn’t let history repeat itself, refused to make the same mistake twice. the only highlight of his day was seeing elena, of convincing the clueless girl of damon’s evil doings -- all while stefan was committing far more heinous crimes right under her nose. after all, elena was just as gullible as stefan had hoped, though her humanity and overall moral compass might prove to be an issue later on down the line... though, that won’t steer him away from trying. ❝ what do you say we meet at the grill after school ? with damon under wraps in the basement of the house, i’ve got a lot more free time on my hands. we can split an order of curly fries and everything. ❞