Hello there, here is a new story of none other than Stefan and Elena from the vampire diaries.

I hope you enjoy it and review.

I do not own any of the characters just the story idea

Story plot: Elena Gilbert recently graduated from medical school and is moving to Chicago with her best friend Stefan, but will being under the same roof will make too hard to keep her feelings secret

CHAPTER ONE

-FLASHBACK-

'Believe me, babe, you are going to love it here!' Matt, Elena's boyfriend, said as he smiled brightly into the computer screen. Elena and Matt had been having a long-distance relationship for the last two years, giving that Matt had graduated two years before her and had moved to Chicago for a job he had landed. Elena had recently graduated from medical school and had managed to land a residency at a prestigious hospital in Chicago, in the children wing. She had decided to move in with Matt, but she wasn't so sure, she didn't feel ready to live with Matt. So, it had been sort of a miracle when a friend from school had told her that he too would be moving from Mystic Falls to Chicago as well. Stefan was also a medical student, but his specialty was psychology, they had been good friends throughout school and they got along really well. They had been planning their move for the last month and everything was ready for the move except that Elena had not told Matt that she wouldn't be moving in with him.

'yeah, I'm super excited for the internship. You know Stefan landed an internship there as well' she told Matt with a bit of apprehension. It wasn't that Matt didn't like Stefan, it was more that he hated him. He had this crazy idea in his head that Stefan had the hots for his girl and he wouldn't have that. 'you don't say, he just happened to apply at the same hospital in the same city as you?'

'Matt, come on don't start. We are just friends' Elena said getting a bit annoyed. She didn't know why Matt thought this about Stefan, he was not interested in her that way, he was just a naturally sweet guy. 'but speaking about moving and everything, I have something to tell you. There has been a change of plans' Elena paused, this was either going to end okay o very bad. It had been that lately every video call o phone call ended in a fight with them two. 'you see, I'm not going to be living with you in Chicago' she paused and looked at the screen for a bit before continuing 'it's just I found this really cheap apartment that is crazy close to the hospital and well if I moved in with you I would be on the other side of the city from the hospital, so I will rent the apartment instead' she finished, kicking herself on the inside because she had failed to mention she was going to be living with Stefan.

'are you going to live by yourself?' Matt asked, already forming the idea in his head that this somehow involved Stefan Salvatore. 'or is Salvatore going to be your roomie?' he said that last word like it meant something more.

'yeah, I mean, we are both going to work in the same hospital, so it will just be easier that way' she said already sensing a fight. God she was tired of always fighting, she didn't even enjoy her relationship anymore.

'why are you barely telling me this? More importantly, why are you moving in with him? Don't you want to move in with me, be with me?' Matt had never really asked Elena if she wanted to live with him, he just kind of assumed she did.

'well, in all honestly, no Matt. I don't think we are ready for that. I mean lately we are always fighting, and we've only been dating for about three years and two of those have been over a screen or messaging' Elena surprised herself for being so honest with Matt, usually she always gave into him mostly for fear of hurting his feelings.

'I think this has a lot more to do with Stefan than about the long distance' Matt said raising his voice 'god Elena, you have to choose, I'm not going to sit here and let you move in with him and have you cheating on me' he yelled.

'so, this is what it's about!? You think I'm cheating on you with Stefan!?' Elena was really angry now, she had never doubted Matt and she did have reasons to but she always chose to trust him, and now he came up with this absurd idea 'I have never doubted you and I had moments when I should have and you don't have anything to go on, and you are doubting me!? This is unbelievable!' Elena screamed into the screen, and that´s when it hit her, she couldn't be with Matt anymore not if he was doubting her about something so important.

'Elena, I'm sorry, but you have to choose'

'you're asking me to choose between being with you and between being able to enjoy my job by living closer to it. Living with you was going to tire me at some point Matt, I would have to wake up extra early to make my shifts and I would always be late getting back home...'

'So, are you choosing him over me then?'

'God! Matt I'm not choosing Stefan over you! He has nothing to do with this. I'm choosing my career and the fact that you can't support me in this and that you can't trust my loyalty to the relationship.'

'you know what Elena fine choose you 'job' I was getting tired of you anyway' the words sounded so harsh coming from him, he had always been nice to Elena

'well then good thing this is over I guess' she said her voice breaking in the end 'good luck with everything Matt, I hope you find someone you don't get tired of'

'wait, Elena, before you go. I must tell you something. I don't want to feel guilty about this anymore' he paused and looked away from the screen 'I cheated on you this past summer'

That was what broke Elena, she had never doubted him, and he took that for granted. Everything made since now, the late nights at work, the busy weekends and the short phone calls. 'take care Matt' that was all she said before she finished the video call.

-END OF FLASHBACK-

'Stefan to Elena, do you copy?' Stefan said as he glanced at Elena in the passenger seat of his explorer. They were almost to their apartment and Elena had been quiet for most of the trip. She had been really upset the last couple of days and she had reason to be. She had told him everything that had happened with Matt and Stefan really hoped that he would bump into him in Chicago to beat his ass for cheating on Elena. She didn't deserve that, she deserved the best. She deserved someone amazing just like her.

'yeah, I'm sorry, I just kind of zoned out for a bit' she said looking over at Stefan with a small smile

'you don't fool me; you have to stop reliving that moment Gilbert. He doesn't deserve you wasting more time on him'

'he wasn't that bad Stefan; I mean minus the part where he cheated on me' she said as she grimaced at the window

'hey, look at the bright side, you didn't want to be with him anymore, so it was a win win situation, don't you think?

Elena sighed, she guessed he was right. Stefan had helped her figure that out last week when she had shown up at his house crying. He had done what any best friend would do, comfort her and give her ice cream. She was lucky to have such a great friend, they had grown really close throughout school and were now each other's best friend. After the breakup he had gone out of his way to help her get better and they had become even closer, and throughout that time something changed between both of them, but neither said anything afraid to ruin their friendship. 'you're right are we almost there?' she asked. They were now in the city but she didn´t really know where

'well, my GPS says we are about 5 minutes away' Stefan said as he took a left turn, this street was lined with oak trees on either side of and the houses had a modern rustic feeling to them. He liked the feeling of this block already 'looks pretty fancy here' Elena said, looking at the cozy houses on either side.

'we're here' Stefan announced as he stopped the car. He had stopped in front of a house that was colored chocolate brown and had a white gate at the entrance

'this is an apartment building?' Elena asked as she took in the beautiful home, it was a three-story home and looked quite large from the outside, so it couldn´t possibly be an apartment building

'yeah, cool right? Well actually it used to be a regular home, but they remodeled it and made into an apartment building, it only has about 4 apartments in total, so that's great right?'

'yeah, this is amazing' Elena as she started to take a box out of the Explorer

'hey, I got it, go ahead and open the apartment. We are the apartment on the third floor' Stefan said as he handed her the keys

Elena walked into the apartment building and made her way to her apartment.