Elena got out of her car and rushed to the front door of the Boarding House. Without bothering to knock she walked in, tears streaming down her face. She ran into Stefan's open arms the minute she was in the house. "'What's wrong, 'Lena?" he asked with a worried tone in his voice.

She took a deep breath and then looked up at him, tears still fresh in her eyes. "Aunt Jenna and Alaric are moving to California. Alaric got an amazing job offer. The bad part is that Jeremy and I have to go with them since we are both minors," Elena managed to get out. "I don't want to go, Stefan. Neither does Jeremy, but we don't have any choice," She continued sadly.

Stefan let the reality of what she said sink in. "Why don't you stay here? We have plenty of room for the both of you," he was desperate for some sort of solution. He couldn't just let her leave without a fight. She was his other half, his everything.

"I already gave them that option. They said that we couldn't. 'You are not living with your boyfriend at the age of 17' were her exact words. Stefan. We leave in a week and there isn't any way to stop it," she told him sadly. "I'll be 18 in 6 months and I will come back that same day. I swear, Stefan, it will go ..," was all he allowed her to say before kissing her with all the love and passion he had in him.