Hi everyone! I don't know how long this story will last because I honestly haven't figured out the conflict that is going to happen some time later! Also, school just ended for me last week on Friday and today was the only day I could post something and since I started this new story I figured why not publish it! Hope you enjoy and please review! I except all! Hope you guys enjoy it!

My name is Elena Gilbert. I am a photographer. Yes, that is my career and no I don't take pictures of hot male models for their photo-shoots. I take pictures of anything I see around me that I might find interesting or cool in a sense.

I take a lot of pictures of the beach and a lot of my best friend Katherine. She says she hates it but I know that she secretly loves being in front of the camera all the time. I'm at the beach a lot taking pictures of the sunsets and then I sneak my way up on top of my apartment building to take pictures of the sunrise.

Now, I'm at the beach taking pictures of the MALE surfers. And might I add that this is not such a bad show. I got this really nice one of one of them doing a sharp turn at the top of the wave. I got the perfect timing of the water splattering from the turn. The guy I took the picture started making his way out of the water and I instantly got afraid that he might have seen me taking the picture of him.

He undid the Velcro strap on his ankle and picked up his board under his arm and started running up the beach. He smiled over at me after sticking his board in the ground. He walked slowly over to me and I was frozen in my spot. I was always afraid this would happen to me after I take a picture of a random person. "Did you like what you saw?" He asked.

In my head I knew that was a dick line but then I realized that any guy would probably say that. Well, I know my brother would. "Uh, no," I started then realized that sounded offensive. "I mean yes. I-I'm sorry." I stuttered. But honestly you could not blame me. His abs were literally right there and they were dripping wet.

He chuckled softly. "It's okay. I'm just kidding." He said showing off his beautiful smile. I really wanted to just take a picture of that right there because that has to probably be the best thing I have ever seen in my life. "But, do you mind me asking why you were taking a picture of me?" He asked.

I opened my mouth to start talking but my breath got caught in my throat. I swallowed before talking. "I'm a photographer. I honestly will take a picture of anything and I just happened to get you surfing." I told him. That was not the whole truth. I purposely took pictures of him surfing for two reasons. One, I think surfing is the coolest things to capture on camera. And two, I wanted to show Katherine how freaking hot this guy was.

He nodded. "Well, I hope you got some good ones." He said smiling again and showing off his pearly white teeth. My breath hitched once again. I don't know what was happening to me. "I'm Stefan. Stefan Salvatore."

He held out his hand for me to shake and I quickly moved my camera into one hand. "Elena Gilbert." I said shaking his hand. I really like the feeling of my hand in his. Hold up, did I just that? I let go of hand quickly when I suddenly felt my phone buzz in the back pocket of my jean shorts. "Sorry." I apologized before I took my phone out and looked to see who was calling me. It was Katherine. I smiled softly at Stefan before sliding the screen to answer. "Hey, what's up?"

I walked away a little so I could talk to her. "When are you coming home?" She asked mumbling. She was probably eating.

"In a little bit why?" I answered. Katherine and I shared an apartment since we got out of college. We both went to UCLA and out parents let us stay here as long as we lived together.

Katherine sighed. "I'm hungry and I wanted to know what you wanted for dinner." She said.

I was confused. It can't be almost dinner already. "What time is it?" I asked. She didn't answer for a second but then I heard her voice again.

"A quarter to 6." She said. I got here at three o'clock. I guess I got overwhelmed with the pictures.

I ran a hand through my hair before saying something. "Oh, then I'll be home in like 20 minutes. And Chinese food is good for me." I said answering her question asked before. Katherine said bye and then hung up. I turned to see Stefan still standing there. "Sorry." I said first. "I have to go, but it was nice meeting you, Stefan." I said.

Stefan smiles a soft smile down at me. "You too, Elena." He said. I started walking away and casually looking back at him once or twice before I got to my car. My beautiful 2016 Jeep Cherokee was sitting in the same parking spot and I softly got in and felt the hot black leather seats on my thighs.

I put my camera in the passenger seat and buckled my seat belt. As I was but the car in reverse, I saw Stefan sliding his surf board into the bed of his F-150 Raptor. Yes, I know my cars. It was huge. He even had to practically jump to get in and he was at least 4 inches taller then I am. As I was pulling out I had to stop so he could go. I could hear his music blasting and I smiled.

A nice country song was playing. I turned up my radio enough to hear it over his, which didn't take much because all my windows were closed. He seemed to go the same way I was so I just followed him.

I thought he was going to be turning into the same apartment building as me but as I turned he kept going straight. He beeped and I knew he knew I was behind him the whole time. I smiled as I parked in my usual parking spot in the garage of the apartment complex and walked to the elevator.

I walked into my apartment and called for Katherine. "Kat? Where's the food?" I asked.

As I walked into the kitchen there she was sitting at the island eating away at her General Sal's chicken and fried rice. I took the seat next to her and started putting food on my plate. "Get any good pictures today?" She asked. I nodded trying to hide my smirk as Stefan same to my mind. I didn't know she was looking at me so I didn't know she saw that I failed at hiding my smirk. "Show me. Show me now." She said dropping her fork.

I rolled my eyes and picked up my camera. I got to the picture and smiled widely as I turned it around to show her. "His name is Stefan." She told her.

Katherine's mouth hung open. "Who the hell can even have abs like that?" She asked not taking her eyes off the picture.

I just shrugged. It was pretty impressive how he had abs like he did. "I don't know." I said. "He saw me taking the picture." I blurted out quickly. She looked over at me suddenly. "And we talked and let me just say, his smile is picture perfect. And I'm not just saying that because I'm a photographer, I'm saying that as a normal human being." I explained.

Katherine smiled. "Did you get his number?" She asked turning her whole body towards me.

I shook my head. "When we really started talking, you called me and that was when I realized what time it was and should get home." I told her.

She rolled her eyes. "You should have ignored me if you had the chance of getting the number of him!" She exclaimed. "Oh my god, we have to hunt him down." She said with a wide smile. "Tomorrow! We can go all around LA!" She said.

I looked at her like she was crazy. "First of all, LA is huge. We would not be able to find him even if we did look all day." I said. "And second of all, I have a photo shoot tomorrow. I have to meet with the people at 10 AM." I told her and started eating my food I got on my plate.

Katherine sighed. "Ugh." She complained. "Well, then maybe fate will be kind to you because it will feel bad about your stupid mistake of not getting his number when you first met him." She said.

I laughed shaking my head. "Okay, Kat." I said and then we ate in silence the rest of the time.

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The next day, after my photo shoot, which only took about two hours, I went over to my parent's house that they own here in LA. They live in Virginia though. I got dressed in something nice from my mother's orders. Light washed jeans that I cuffed at the bottom and a long sleeve lace up shirt and put on black boom box Steve Madden sneakers.

I didn't even know my parents were in LA let alone why they invited me over and told me to dress nice.

I walked in through one doors of the two in the front of my parents gigantic beach house. As I walked in, my brother Jeremy came down the long, curving steps to the right in front of me. There were two curving down and if you walk straight it takes you into a small sitting area then you walk around and eventually find the kitchen. "Hey, Lena." He said.

I smiled at him. "I didn't know you were here too." I said wrapping my arms around his neck.

He nodded. "Yeah. I wasn't going to come but then I realized it would just me sitting home alone because Anna is in Florida with her family." He explained. Anna is his girlfriend.

I laughed. "Well, good. I like hanging out with my little bro." I said wrapping my arm around his neck. He was so much taller then me but I always like to try.

He laughed taking my arm off his shoulder and putting his arm around my shoulders instead. "I like hanging out with you too, big sis." He said. I laughed and shook my head as we walked into the kitchen where my mother and father were waiting.

My mom smiled over at me. "Hey, hun." My mother, Miranda said. "How are you?" She asked while hugging me.

I hugged back. "I'm good. I didn't know you guys were coming." I told her. Another condition for me staying in LA with Katherine was that they get a house so that they can come and check on us whenever and have somewhere nice to stay. It's not that my apartment isn't nice, it's that it only has two bedrooms and we living there are kind of occupying them.

My mom smiled. "Well, we decided to come because it's getting boring back at home and we only did get here last night." She told me. I don't want to seem stuck up, but my parents have money. Like a lot. My mom is a fashion designer and my dad is a plastic surgeon. They get good income.

But, when I was little it was a bit different. My mom got pregnant with me when she was 22, unmarried and in the process of getting a job. She did have my dad because they were dating. My dad was still studying to be a doctor and was literally in the beginning of medical school. My dad's parents were cool about it after a little of explaining and convincing but my mom's parents didn't speak to her for a few months.

They are okay now because once they realized how cute I was they knew they couldn't be mad at her for much longer. I'm kidding. After I was born, my mom started making more clothes for fun. She started up a website and started selling her clothes on it. Her friends promoted it and it became such a hit. People started really seeing them and then she got good jobs until she finally started her own business at 24. By then, my mom and dad got married. They decided it was time because they had me and then another one on the way who is my brother.

So, yeah, that's my story. "What's going on here that you wanted me all dressed up?" I asked her.

She took my hand in hers. "I ran into one of my best friends from high school the other day when I was in New York and she told me that she lives in California. Her name is Lily. She is coming over with her husband, her daughter, and both her son's." She told me. I started getting scared because once she said son's I knew she wanted something. "And one of the son's is your age so I was thinking that maybe you could talk to-"

I started shaking my head and that stopped her from going on. "Mom, I hate when you do this. I want to meet someone on my own and see if I would like him. I don't want you picking men out for me like you used to pick out my outfits." I told her.

She tilted her head and looked at me in the eyes. "Elena, you can't be single for your whole life. That isn't going to be a healthy lifestyle." She said.

I shook my head and laughed softly. "I didn't say I was going to be single the rest of my life. I'm still 23, I have plenty of time before I can go out and literally search for men." I told her squeezing her hand. "But, I'll talk to this kid. To see what he's like," I told her and she started smiling like crazy. "But if I don't like him, I'm not going to go out with him because you think he's a nice guy." I assured her.

She nodded. "That's fine!" She exclaimed and clapped her hands. He took my face in her hands and kissed my forehead.

My dad came out of the den and smiled at me. "I heard. And I'm sorry." He first said. I knew he meant my mom talking about the guy. I laughed. "How are you, monkey?" He asked.

I wrapped my arms around him and smiled. "Good." I said softly into his shirt. "I missed you." I told him.

He hugged me tighter. "I missed you too, Lena." He said. "You have any good pictures to show me?" He asked slightly pulling away.

I laughed as I looked up at him. "Always." He smiled down at me and then we moved apart after he kissed the side of my head. Before I started saying something more, the doorbell rang and he walked into the foyer to go and answer it.

I heard my mom's heels clicking as she was practically running towards the door. "Lily!" I heard her exclaim. I laughed shaking my head and sat down at the island picking at the carrots that were placed around the ranch dressing. "Elena," I heard from behind me. I slid off the chair and turned towards my mother. "This is Lily, my friend from high school." She told me.

Lily skipped the shaking hands and went in for the hug. "So nice to meet you, Elena." She said. I lightly and awkwardly put my arms around her too.

"You too." I said with a weird half smile on my face. I saw a man with dark hair and literal icy blue eyes. I was at least ten feet away from him and I could see how they pierced into my eyes. I knew that was definitely not her husband because there was another man talking to my dad. If that was one of her son's where was the other and her daughter.

Lily let go of me finally and smiled. "This is my son, Damon." She introduced. I softly shook his hand and smiled. "My daughter and other son will be here soon. They were out surfing and got a little caught up." She said.

My mom jumped into the conversation. "Oh, Elena. You love to surf." She said. "She's actually pretty good too. And I'm not just saying that because I'm her mother, her brother can even say it and mean it." She said looking over at Jeremy and he nodded.

I smiled softly at Lily as her eyes were on mine again. "Well, if you get along tonight maybe you go out with them sometime." She said. I just nodded.

Everyone agreed to wait for the other son and the daughter to come before eating lunch. I was talking to my dad and Giuseppe who was Lily's husband about my photos I take. "Do you have something you can show us your photos on?" My dad asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, I have my laptop in my car. I'll just go get it and show you the good ones." I said and got up from my spot on the couch. As I was leaning over the seat in the back of my car reaching for my laptop, I heard a loud noise that sounded like a big car slowing down near the house.

I get out holding my laptop and see the familiar black truck that I saw yesterday. I instantly knew what was happening now. As he parked his car, I see a petite brown haired girl jump out of the lifted truck and then I see none other then Stefan Salvatore walking around looking hot as ever in a white polo.

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