Who: Lexi Branson and Stefan Salvatore What: Reunion, Booze, bonding, potential Bon Jovi Where: Stefan's hotel room When: Night of his arrival Rating: TBD, likely low Status: In progress
Something was not okay with the BFF. Lexi had been suspicious all through their conversation. but the fact he didn't want to see Elena at all threw her just a bit. He'd been all loved up with her last she knew from back home. Though she knew from Elena that things were a lot different, he'd gone Ripper again, made some deal with Klaus and it had all gone a bit wrong And she'd stepped in in some ghostly badass way and set him on the path back to himself again. Because even dead, Lexi was never gonna let Stefan lose himself to that if she could do anything about it. She hadn't been surprised to hear she'd done it again. If she had to do it another time then she would. But it didn't feel like that to her, he wasn't avoiding her company. He wasn't yelling at her to leave him alone or ranting about how much he hated her. No, this wasn't the blood. This was something else, something with Elena and it was tearing him up inside.
It seemed to be a conversation they needed to have, and one that would be made infinitely better with the presence of a bottle or two of bourbon which she retrieved from their storage. They were going for a good cause.
She'd quickly explained to Lee where she was going and a vague explanation of why, much as honestly she didn't know herself, before practically speeding across town to the hotel he'd mentioned. A quick chat with the doorman had her taking a flight or two of stairs and coming to the number Stefan had mentioned knocking a few times in sucsession and yelling into the room for him to hurry up and hug her already.
She anticipated tacklehugging. Oh he'd been here, a version of him once before. But to this Stefan she was still dead, occasionally a kickass ghost BFF but still dead, still gone. Here though, here they could rekindle their friendship, she could help him out of whatever funk he'd gotten himself in over Elena and he could be there for her wedding to Lee, he could stand by her side while, god help her, she committed to one guy for as long as they both lived. Lexi had so much to tell her best friend and as much time as they would have now, it didn't seem like enough and she figured it never would.