A/N : A new AU/AH story of Stefan and Elena. This story just came into my mind and I felt like have to write it. I hope it won't disappoint all of you. :)

There she was. A tall beautiful girl, light-brown haired with warm chocolate eyes, was standing. She had the sweetest smell I've ever known with the cutest smile I've ever seen and the most amazing laugh I've ever heard. She was the queen of everything in my office. It was only my opinion. Oh her name? Elena Gilbert.

She was standing in front of her house, waiting for someone. I knew it because it was her regular schedule every 7.15 in the morning. Monday until Friday. No, she wasn't waiting for me. I secretly hoped it though. But she was waiting for her friend, Caroline Forbes, who also worked at the same office as me. And her.

I closed my window curtains before I took my suitcase and walked outside. She was still there, looking at her phone desperately. I looked at my watch. It's already 7.30 AM and Caroline hadn't come yet. If she wasn't going to show up in 10 more minutes, Elena would be late. And she always hated to come late. So after I put my suitcase at the back seat of my car, I literally ran a little towards her. She smiled and nodded politely as she looked at me.

"Morning, Salvatore." she greeted just in time I stopped in front of her.

"Morning, Gilbert." I said. God, her smile was so mesmerizing. "Why does Caroline not come yet? I've never seen you in here at 7…" I paused, looking at my watch to make it sure. "7.32 AM."

She chuckled. Why did she chuckle anyway? "I don't know. She didn't text me."

"Wanna go with me?"

"Ah no, Stefan, thanks. You're my boss, what would people say if they saw me coming with you?"

"Eh, Gilbert. I'm your boss in the office, but I'm offering a ride as a very old friend and neighbor. Is that too much to ask? And by the way, I don't care what would people say."

She chuckled again. Seriously, I thought I would go die just because of her cute chuckles. "If you insist." She finally agreed as she looked at her phone for the last time.

"Great. Wait here. I'm gonna go get my car." I smiled widely as I started to run to pick my car. I hopped in quickly and started the machine. Not wasting time, I drove my car to her house and stopped near her. I was about to go out and opened the door for her, but she already did it by herself. She was in a hurry. I could see it from her face. "You okay?"

"I'm gonna be late." she answered, wearing the safety belt quickly.

"Relax, Elena." I tried to calm her down. She turned her face and looked at me.

"You're the big boss, Stefan. It's easy for you to say."

"Exactly. It's because you're with the big boss, you're gonna be fine. So please relax." I explained, a bit joking. She didn't seem buy it though. I only shrugged and started drive my car, heading to our office.

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Stefan was being polite and kind, as usual. He was being the Stefan who I knew so well. He was my neighbor since I was 5 years old. He was older two years than me. His family moved from Italy and lived in a house near Mrs. Poly's which was in front of mine. So our houses were close. Since the first time I met him, I already knew he was a sweet boy. He was so… gentle, even though he was still 7 years old. I didn't know why.

We went to the same elementary and junior high school. But we were separated when we were in senior high school. His parents had an accident which caused them dead and he with his brother, Damon Salvatore, decided to bury their parents in Italy. It was a hard time. I still could remember how depressed Stefan was and how hard Damon struggled to get rid of his sadness before they had flight to Italy. But after 8 years later, they were back.

Damon was the chief of Salvatore's luxury residence business. Stefan refused to join him because he didn't have passion in it. He chose to work in an international export-import company instead. And about the company, I owed him. He was the one who gave me a job in here. Without any tests, interviews or else. I instantly joined the company. I didn't know how he did that at first. But then I knew. This company was his uncle's. Zach Salvatore. I've once tried to pay him back, I didn't care how was I gonna do that. But he didn't let me do it. Sometimes it's just so annoying to have a very gentle and kind neighbor. But I was grateful to meet him and his family. Very much so.

Did I say Salvatore was a deadly rich family? Let me count. They had one luxury residence business, one international export-import company, one Asian restaurant and one Mall Of Salvatore. I hadn't come to those places yet, except the company of course. But as much as I heard, those places were like a heaven for rich people. Which I didn't doubt about that. Why have I not come to there yet? Because I wasn't rich. That's pretty clear. I couldn't spend my salary at those places because it wouldn't be enough. And if I was rich, I wouldn't have worked in other company right? I would have built my own company instead.

But there was one simple thing that made me love the Salvatore family. They had never been arrogant or selfish or negative. In fact, they were so kind, loving, caring and down to earth. They're the greatest ones in Mystic Falls but always being perfect role models. And honestly? I couldn't explain how happy I was to have them in my life. As neighbors. As friends. As a family.

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I didn't know what Elena was thinking about. It's been 15 minutes and we hadn't talked yet. I wanted to start a conversation but she seemed too busy with her thoughts. So I backed off and only watched the road in front of me.

"Rain is gonna fall." Elena suddenly said. I cleared my throat and turned my face to see her.

"How do you know that?" I asked curiously.

She smiled before answered. "Just look at the sky, Stefan. The clouds are so dark which mean it'll be rain." I instantly looked at the sky and nodded. There were dark clouds yes. But I didn't notice it before she said that.

"And you always love rain." I said.

She leaned her head to the top of her seat and looked at me. I could see it from the corner of my eye. "Yes. Always have and always will."

I didn't know if rain could hear us or not because it started to send the droplets of water to my front window. It was slow at first then became heavy. I turned my face to see her and grinned. Then she gave me one of her beautiful smiles.

"Like I said." she said to the point.

"Exactly." I agreed as I turned the wipers and car lamps on because the road went dark. I stole a glance at her one more time and forced myself to focus on driving. It was hard to keep my eyes away from her. Why? I didn't know. She was just perfect in my eyes.

Elena was my favorite neighbor since my family and I moved here. She was 5 years old when I came and introduced myself. She was kind of a lovely girl. She had a baby brother, Jeremy, but they rarely played together. I didn't know whether it was because they were different from the gender or what. But they've never fought. I swore. And I envied them so much.

Her parents died because of a plane crash. They were heading to Miami for something to taken care of. She was only 11 years old and Jeremy was 9 years old when it happened. I remembered the day when I came in to her room and found her cried in her closet. I was speechless to see her like that. She had lost. When she saw me, she literally ran and hugged me so tight. I only could caress her hair and tried to calm her down. Which successfully failed.

Jenna, her aunt, came to the rescue as soon as Elena started to sob so hard. I couldn't make her stop crying and I felt bad for that. After the ceremony ended, I was looking for Elena again to see how she was doing. She was asleep in her bedroom with Jenna accompanied her. And when Jenna saw me, she waved her hand at me and invited me in. Once I stood near her, she grabbed my hand and asked me to not to leave Elena and Jeremy. They needed friends around more often since. I agreed automatically. And since that day, Elena, Jeremy, Damon and I were like a family. We went everywhere together. We celebrated each other's birthdays with surprises. We went to Elena's parents' graves every year and etc. And thankfully, my parents didn't forbid us to do all of stuffs. They cared about Elena and Jeremy too.

A few years later, it was my parents' turn which got the call from God. They had a car accident the night after they opened the Asian restaurant. Of course Damon and I had feeling lost terribly. I was 16 years old when it happened and got depressed. And Damon, even though he looked strong in the outside, but he was weak in the inside. After we went to Italy to bury my parents, my big family came to support us. I appreciated them so much. But there was only one person who did that unconditionally. Uncle Zach. He helped me and Damon to prepare everything. When we decided to stay in Italy for a while, he taken care everything for us, the house, school and college. And then he followed us to Mystic Falls after 8 years.

Now, Uncle Zach was the owner of the company where I and Elena worked. He didn't mind at all when I asked if there was a job vacancy and wanted to put someone I knew in. Elena went to college of administration so she would know everything about it. Uncle Zach was satisfied with her work after a few days she joined us. And I was glad. That meant Elena would stay long in this company. She had once tried to pay me because I gave her a position in here. But I refused. She didn't owe me anything though. I was happy to help her.

"Stefan?" she called me to out of my bubble thoughts.

"Yes?" I turned my face to see her.

"The office…"

The office?

"You missed it." she said as she pointed her forefinger to the back seat, signing it was behind us.

"Damn!" I cursed and looked at behind. I really missed it. How could I? You were so stupid, Stefan! I heard Elena laughed a little. Maybe that's because she saw my panic and stupid face at the same time. God kill me now!

"What were you thinking about?" she asked, smiling playfully. I searched a place to turn over then looked at her.

"Nothing." I simply answered. She didn't seem buy it though. She knew me very well so she wouldn't believe it. But she only smiled and nodded, accepting my answer without any questions. I turned over and went to my, uh our office and literally headed to the basement to park my car.

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Stefan had parked his car not far from the elevator. After he unbuckled his safety belt, he hopped out and came around to my side to open my door. Always being a gentleman. I smiled at the thought. When he was walking in front of the car, I clearly could see how amazing and gorgeous he was. He wore a light blue shirt with rolled sleeve up to his arms and black pants with a black, nice belt. I've never wondered why girls in the office always did a fangirl thing about him every day.

As soon as he reached my side, he opened the door and I hopped out after unbuckled my safety belt. I thanked him and he only nodded once and smiled. He closed it then opened the back door to pick his suitcase. I waited for him to go to the elevator together. He locked the car then walked to my side and started walking with him.

"Thank you, Stefan." I said as we walked through the elevator.

"What for?" he asked, turning his face to look at me. I literally looked at him too.

"For the ride." I grinned. He chuckled and nodded.

"It's not a big deal, Elena."

"But I still have to thank you for that." I said again, pushing the up button as soon as we got near the elevator and stood face to face.

He laughed. "Okay, you're welcome." he answered as he a bit bent down to my face. He wasn't going to kiss me, no. He was playing at me. I wouldn't lie though that I automatically looked at his lips when he did that. I brought my eyes back to his and smiled. Finally, the elevator opened and we walked in. This time, he was the one who pushed the button. Floor 21st. Oh, we worked at the same floor, by the way. Coincidence? I didn't think so.

I exhaled slowly as the door closed. Today would be a new day. I had to be brave to face it. I was with Stefan anyway. But wait… That was the problem. The girls would hate me if they saw me coming with him. Unfortunately, I was sure there would be a drama and I had to get ready for that. I let out another sigh and leaned back to the elevator.

This was another disadvantage of having a gorgeous boss, old friend and neighbor at the same time.

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