Stefan

I watch her twirl and dance down the sidewalk without a care in the world, her curly black hair is in a high pony tail, I smile watching it swish back and forth with every move she makes. I love seeing her like this, in her own little world being a free spirit. Turning back to look at me she grins before reaching for my hand which I instantly take. "Where to now?" I ask her while keeping her hand in mine, she sighs as we walk side by side. "The Grill?" I chuckle looking down at her sparkling eyes. Every since we moved back to Mystic Falls she's been obsessed with eating at The Mystic Grill, I wanted to take offense at first since she loves my cooking, but I can't deny this girl anything. "Sure." We cross and just before we get to the entrance it begins raining. "Looks like you made a good call." The smirk on her face has me rolling my eyes, she has always informed me that she's always right, but now it's just a smirk that puts me in my place. A smirk that I know very well. My buddy Matt Donovan greets us with menus though we get the same thing every time we come in here. He and my brother's best friend Alaric Saltzman are co-owners of the infamous Mystic Grill, but Ric's about to buy Matt out since he's about to become a deputy. "Hey guys, I'll have someone bring out your lemonade and a water right out." I nod at Matt with a smile and a chuckle, yeah we come here a lot. "Did you have fun today?" I fiddle with the salt shaker snorting. "I always have fun with you sweetheart." The eye roll doesn't go unnoticed by me and I laugh. "Sorry, yes darling I had a fun today and I can't wait to see what adventure we go on tomorrow."

She grins from ear to ear now just as our waitress brings us our drinks. I look over and see the most gorgeous woman ever, quickly realizing that I know this beauty. "Elena Gilbert." She turns her head towards me so fast that her pony tail almost hits me in the face. A thousand watt smile spreads across her face, I get out of the booth and we embrace in a tight hug. God I forgot how amazing she feels in my arms, damn I've missed her. Elena still smells like Gardenias and my body is close to responding to her presence like it used to. "Stefan Salvatore, what is a big time Wide Receiver like you doing back here of all places?" Her giggle is the same, almost everything in appearance and sound is the same with her except she is a woman now. Elena has always been beautiful and she had a killer body even when we were teenagers, she's even more gorgeous now that she's in her twenties. "Well they say there's no place like home." I say with a smirk and just like the old days she playfully pushes my shoulder. "What have you been up to miss Gilbert?" Folding my arms I lean against the booth and raise an eyebrow. "Well as you can see Mr. Salvatore, I'm still in our hometown and I have been a EMT since I was nineteen. I work here on my days off just to have some extra spending money." We share a smile and I feel that familiar pull in my chest, something only she can do to me. "When I left here for Tennessee you were still undecided on what college to attend and was stuck on a major, good to know you figured it out. Also, it's nice to know someone who can help save lives." I give her a wink causing Elena to roll her eyes. "Yeah I thought Caroline was going to pick for me because I couldn't make up my mind, but in the end I chose to stay home and be a part of the life savers." I open my mouth to speak when my lovely lunch date loudly clears her throat. "Sorry, April this is Elena Gilbert my high school girlfriend." April's nose wrinkles while her baby blues narrow, Elena's eyebrows raise. "You're very pretty." I cough and Elena laughs sweetly "Thank you April, you're very pretty too." My ex says awkwardly, I scratch the back of my neck embarrassed then she turns her surprised look to me. "Wow Stefan, I can't believe you're a dad. Then again you're good at keeping your personal life out of the press." Amazement and shock are written on her face, I laugh now and April giggles in her seat. "No, no, no. April is my three year old niece." Another wave of shock hits her now as she looks back to my adorable niece. "Damon's daughter." She states as Ric walks over to us from behind the bar. "Elena nice to see you and Stefan meeting up again, but you have another table."

Elena clears her throat then digs her order pad out of the small black apron that's tied around her slender waist. "Alright, so what are we having?" I slide back into my seat just as April tells her what she wants. Damn its good to finally be back home.

Elena

After taking Stefan and his niece's order, I run to put it in before moving on to my next table and getting their drink orders. I am in utter shock right now, Stefan is back home! God I've missed him and he still looks and sounds like the same Stefan Salvatore that I fell in love with when I was a teen. I'll never forget when the Salvatore family moved here when we were Sophomores in High School. He and I became friends instantly and it wasn't long before I fell for him and thankfully he felt the same about me. He and I fell into an amazing relationship and was together for the remainder of our high school years and crazy as it was we ended on good terms though there were tears and yes even heart break. Its still amazing to see him. I never thought he'd be back here in Mystic Falls which was part of the reason we broke up. I knew that I wanted to return to my hometown after college and Stefan wanted to find himself in a big city after playing for the Tennessee Vols. I of course didn't go to a big university like I had planned, but I am loving the life I chose for myself. Stefan was studying to be a History teacher while also hoping to be drafted into the NFL, both of those career choices had always been his dream. He always said that if a career in football didn't happen then he wanted to be a History teacher at a high school and coach the football team. Stefan was fine with going pro or not. I knew that he would go pro though and sure enough he was drafted just before graduating college. "Honey mustard chicken tenders and fries for you and a cheeseburger with everything and onion rings for you." Its protocol to call out what they ordered just to make sure it's right, I never saw myself waiting tables then again I didn't think that I'd be working out of an ambulance either. I take their empty glasses and hurry to refill them, once I get to the kitchen I smack Matt in the back of the head. "Ow, what the hell Elena?" I flag down his sister Vicky before I answer him. "Hey would you run this to booth seven?" I ask her holding the drinks, she nods and I hand them over.

"Why didn't you tell me that Stefan came back to Mystic Falls?" My hands are on my hips waiting for him to answer me, Matt shrugs. "He's only been back for a week and you just got back into town two days ago and your first shift here is today. I figured you'd already know anyway, it's been circling the media like crazy." Licking my lips I lean back on the stainless steel counter looking down at my feet. "I'm sorry Matt, its great to see him, I was just thrown off by it." His chuckle has me looking back up to him, his blue eyes smile with him. "I thought it would be nice to surprise you when they sat in your section by keeping my mouth shut." I ruffle his short blonde hair. "You can say that again, I was very surprised!" I throw over my shoulder making my way out into the dining area. Once all of my customers have been checked on I stop by Stefan's table, his niece April is busy playing a game on Stefan's phone, surely a child that little wouldn't have one. "Is everything good over here, want some dessert?" Stefan stretches his arms over the back of the booth shaking his head no. "Nah, we're about to head out." I nod and get the ticket book out sliding it onto the table. "They eat for free." Matt says while walking by the table, well someone should've mentioned that earlier. "Sorry." I say taking it back, but Stefan puts his hand over mine stopping my movement. "Are you free tonight?" My eyes leave the table and stare into those gorgeous green orbs of his, I've always envied Stefan's eyes. So damn green! "I am, I get out of here at four." I try not to sound breathless, but with his warm hand over mine, looking into his eyes… I can't. God I've missed him. His pantie dropping smile comes out to play now and I bite back a moan, one because he has his little niece with him and two because I don't want him to see just how desperate I am. Because he has always made me feel that way, desperate to be his, desperate for his touch and his amazing kiss. Only Stefan can make me feel like this. "Good, how about we get together at my place tonight after April goes to bed?" Damn that's forward of him, maybe he just wants an adult conversation? I wonder if April is just with him for the summer? My mind is running rampant and I know that if I want answers then I'm going to have to agree to go over to his place.

"Yeah, I'd like that, are you back at the boarding house?" Stefan takes his hand back and I almost frown at the loss of contact. "Yeah, Ric hired a team to come in and get it ready for us." Us? Sounds like Damon's staying with him, so he's probably just having lunch with his niece. "So I'll see you at eight-thirty?" Biting my lip I nod at him and with another dazzling Stefan Salvatore smile he stands up and throws down sixty dollars on the table. I want to smack him for the big tip however I decide to take a twenty and give the rest to Vicky, being a single mom of three, she needs all the help she can get. "See you tonight sweetheart." His whisper is hot against my ear and my nether region begins to stir. "See you later, bye April." I wave to the cute little Salvatore girl, she looks just like her dad, minus the skin tone. Damon's white as a ghost whereas his daughter has smooth light toffee colored skin and her hair is curly unlike his black messy mop. She's beautiful as can be and I can see hints of Stefan in her too. April hops out of the seat and waves back at me with her uncle's smile plastered on her cherub face. "Bye miss Elena, it was nice meeting you." She's so freaking cute! "It was nice meeting you too."

I kind of thought this up and wrote the first chapter as it came to mind, so it might be a little rough. Hopefully the other chapters will come out better, anyway please read and review!