So here's my story, it's AH/AU and I think it's going to be pretty long. Stefan's last name isn't Salvatore for a good reason, but you'll found out about that later on.

Chapter 1 White Blank Page

Elena POV

This morning when I woke up, I was feeling just as numb as I had been feeling for these past few months. I was starting my second semester of college but I couldn't have been less excited.

I had come home for Christmas, if you could still call it home that is. My parents had passed away a few years ago because of a car accident, because of me, and I was left alone with my little brother Jeremy and my aunt Jenna. I needed to catch a break from the town I had grown up in , Mystic Falls, but couldn't be too far from Jer and Jenna, so I had decided to go to college in Massachusetts. It was 10 hours away from home by car, but I couldn't make myself go all the way to California, where I wanted to go at first.

I had made some great friends here: Caroline, with her amazing and bubbly personality, she always brightened my day. Bonnie, with her wisdom and her kindness, was always there to help me when I was going to a rough patch. Matt, who had a crush on me but was one of the sweetest guys I had ever met. And then there was Damon. He had quickly become my best friend, and we were very close. He was the one person I knew I could always count on, even if he lashed out sometimes and could be extremely obnoxious.

I had dated Tyler Lockwood for a few weeks before Christmas, but he he had left me without a real explanation. I wasn't in love with him, I had never been in love actually, but the fact that he left made me sad.

On top of all of that, the weather was really bad today.

I got out of bed and went to wake up Caroline who happened to be my roommate. I always had to wake her up, and she would always throw her pillow at me to make me stop, and I would always dodge it. It was our little routine.

-''Leave me alone Lena, I want to sleep'' she told me with her sleepy voice

-''Come on Care, we've got to get ourselves ready. It's the first day of the 2nd semester! '' I replied while laughing at her sleepy face

I was already out of the shower when she finally got out of bed. We got dressed quickly and went to the little kitchen on our floor to have breakfast. I poured myself a huge cup of coffee -one of my guilty pleasures- and ate the pancakes that Vicky had made for the whole floor.

Vicky was extremely lunatic, but today she was in a very joyful mood, and I felt relieved. Mad Vicky wasn't something you wanted to deal with early in the morning.

Bonnie was here too, with her roommate Katherine. They couldn't stand each other, but somehow I managed to love them both as much. Katherine was feisty and she was ready to do anything to get what she wanted, but if she considered you a friend, you could be certain of her loyalty and her kindness. I began to drink my coffee and smiled. Even if I was feeling a little depressed today, I was happy to be surrounded by my friends.

At lunch, I was already tired. All I wanted was to be back in my bed, under my soft covers and think about nothing. But I still had a class to go to later this evening. I got my stuff together, said goodbye to the people I was having lunch with and headed to the library. First day of classes and I had homework already.

I smiled when I saw a tall man with raven hair and blue eyes in front of me, my day had gotten a whole lot better now.

''Damon! '' I yelled and ran into his arms

''Elena! I'm so happy to see you , I've missed you smart ass !'' He answered, hugging me tightly.

A lot of people thought we were together, but I could never be in love with Damon. Sure he was hot, he was even more than hot, but we were best friends and that's all we would ever be.

''I've missed you too, I wish you could have come home with me'' I said giggling

''I know, me too, but as you know, my dad wanted me in New York''

Damon's dad, Guiseppe Salvatore, was one of the most influential men in the country, and whatever Guiseppe said, Damon did. His father had always been hard on him, but Damon still yearned for his approval. I had told him many times that he didn't have to be perfect, that he already was an incredible person, but he would never listen to me. Guiseppe had a strong influence on Damon and it was what made him spend Christmas in New York rather than with my family, who loved Damon and had invited him over.

''You have to tell me how that went, I want to know everything! '' I said , finally letting him go of my hug.

''Well we have all afternoon don't we ? '' He replied, with his usual smirk.

We spend the afternoon in the library, talking about his holidays and working at the same time. Guiseppe had been meaner than normally from what he had told me. He wanted Damon to intern for the company during the summer, even if Damon had landed an amazing internship with a famous music label. He loved to listen to music, so did I and that's how we became so close. We could listen to songs for hours, and then analysis the lyrics for hours, and then fall asleep because we had been up for so long. He was going to intern with his dad, even though going into the music business was his biggest dreams. I couldn't believe he had given it up just to please his dad. But he seemed sad about it, and I didn't want to make him feel worse by telling him it was a bad idea. When Damon was sad, he did some crazy things and I didn't want him to lash out at me. Not now at least, because I was late for class.

I hugged him quickly and ran to be on time. Unfortunately, as I was running, I bumped into someone. I don't know how it happened, that person came out of nowhere! I apologized immediately without looking at who I had ran into, focusing on gathering the stuff that had fallen.

As he knelt to help me, I realized I had bumped into the most beautiful man I had ever seen.

He had curly brown hair that seemed so soft I just wanted to run my hand through them. His body was just hot, I can't describe how perfectly fit and shaped he was. But the most beautiful thing was his eyes. They were green, but they weren't just green, they were this deep shape of green that made me shiver.

''Don't worry about it '' he said smiling

I couldn't answer. His voice was so soft, so soothing, matching his eyes perfectly. If it's even possible that a voice matches a color. Anyway, I didn't have much time to debate if this was a correct analogy or not, because he added:

''My name is Stefan Zyman by the way, I'm very happy to meet you''.

Stefan , what a perfect name for a perfect man. Zyman sounded weird though. And his smile, I don't know how to describe the effect it had on me. I don't know how I managed to smile back and talk, but I eventually answered.

''Hi, I'm Elena Gilbert, the pleasure is all mine ''

We stood there for a moment and I realized I was even running even later for class.

''I'm sorry Stefan, but I'm really late and I have to go''

''I am running late too, I understand ! I'll see you around Elena'' he replied, still smiling.

He left and I began to run to get to class, hoping I wouldn't bump into someone else. Or maybe hoping I wouldn't bump into someone who wasn't Stefan Zyman.

I finally arrived in front of the classroom and sat in one of the two seats left.

At this very moment, Stefan Zyman arrived into the classroom. We were in the same class, and the only seat left was the one left next to me. He looked around, saw me, smiled (and my heart skipped a beat) , and came to sit next to me.

''Well well Elena Gilbert, it appears I'll be bumping into you a lot this semester ''

I giggled, and his smile became wider. I was about to say something but the teacher decided it was time to start. I spent the entire class not listening to the class. I couldn't help but think about my excruciatingly hot neighbor. I kept imagining his lips on mine, his hands on my body, holding me and never letting go. I had to stop. Guys like Stefan never went for girls like me. I am pretty, but he's way out of my reach. Besides, now really wasn't the time to be thinking about guys. I had gone out with Tyler and even if I didn't love him, the break up was hard on me.

But still, I felt like Stefan and I had this incredible connection, that we could have this amazing relationship. I was strongly attracted to him and I had never felt this way before.

When the class was over I looked at him and saw that he was staring at me. Noticing me looking at him, he smiled. He had to stop doing that, he had no idea what he was doing to me. Or maybe he did. Yes, he probably knew. Stefan Zyman could only one of the biggest players on this planet. How could he not be?

''Hey Elena, do you want to grab coffee someday , it would be fun! '' He asked.

''Fun, we don't even know each other, how could you know it would be fun?'' I answered, stopping myself from saying yes to abruptly.

'' I don't '' He admitted ''But I noticed that you had Wuthering Heights in your bag, and it's my favorite novel. So I figured we must have other things in common! ''

He liked Wuthering Heights. He liked it ! This guy had great taste.

''It's your favorite book? No way, it's mine too!''

''It is, I managed to get this really old edition of it in a yard sale, I can't tell you how happy that purchase made me''

He laughed after saying this. He had the most wonderful laugh I had ever heard.

''I can imagine, I love old books! ''

He smiled and said ''See, we do have other things in common. So? Are you up for coffee someday?''

I smiled right back at him and answered: ''Definitely. See you around Zyman''

He laughed '' See you around Gilbert''

I went back to my dorm and I was feeling butterlfies in my stomach. I couldn't be feeling butterflies for Stefan. It was crazy. Crazy. I was so puzzled I wasn't even hungry. I stayed in my room reading Wuthering Heights while Caroline was talking to me about how she's crushing on Matt.

She fell asleep while I kept reading, and after a little time, I decided I should get to sleep to. I put the beloved book on the table near my bed and turned my reading light off. I closed my eyes and let Stefan into my mind. I wasn't feeling depressed anymore, and it was the first time since my parents had died that I had felt that good.

I had Stefan to thank for that.

I'm sorry if I made some mistakes, please review and tell me what you think of this story !