Review of ‘The Vampire Diaries’ – The hapunan Party 

and had paused before saying, “Alaric did it.” That pause was telling. It was perhaps a test on Stefan’s part to see if Elena truly cares for him. And if it was not a test, then why did he phrase it that way? Why the deliberate omission of telling her straight up that Alaric killed Elijah. It is that omission that reveals Stefan’s deepest fear: that Elena does not truly love him.

I believe that Stephan doesn't fear that Elana doesn't love him. Her actions prove that she is in fact deeply in love with him. I think that he fears for her future and what is to come. I wonder how this new "truce" with Katherine is going to play out. It seems pretty out there to me.