Alright so I know Caroline and Stefan are copping a lot of crap lately. As a diehard Delena fan I totally get it but I still can't help but love them both and totally ship them. This is a Delena and Steroline story and I will have a lot of the other characters pop up intermittently. Hope you guys enjoy : )

*** EPOV ***

I had finally finished teaching my last yoga class and looked forward to my exciting Friday evening of scrubbing the studio spotless and washing sweaty gym towels. Oh, NYC yoga wasn't all the glamour it was cracked up to be. Don't get me wrong, I love my large Manhattan hot yoga studio that I worked hard for and I really am living the dream but there are somedays that I envy the glamour of a job like my best friend Caroline's; personal stylist and shopper extrodinaire. She had made such a name for herself that she had celebrities begging them to dress her and the worlds best designers clamouring for her to use their designs. Her success doesn't surprise me one bit considering her natural born gift to always look amazing and dispense endless fashion advice. I had been on the receiving end of her "constructive criticism", as she calls it, more times than I can count; "Seriously Elena... Do you own anything that isn't from Lululemon?". I'm a yoga instructor, sue me! Despite her regular friendterventions in almost every facet of my life I love her to bits.

Just as I was sanitising the last of my 35 yoga mats (once again... the glamour!) my cell rang from the back pocket of my yoga pants. I immediately answered it seeing "Caroline" on the caller ID.

"Hey Care." I answered.

"Elena! So guess what!" Caroline practically screamed down the phone with her typical infectious enthusiasm.

"He finally asked me out!" She actually screamed this, no practically about it.

I let out a girly giggle and briefly though to myself how amazing it was that whenever Caroline is excited I turn into a squeeing teeny bopper as well. Of course I knew immideately who she was talking about; Stefan Salvatore. He was a personal accountant for one of her most wealthy clients, Lexi Branson, and they had met at one of the extravagant parties Lexi threw on a almost monthly basis.

"His birthday is tomorrow and his brother planned him a party and get this... He couldn't imagine going without me on his arm. Direct quote, Elena!"

"Thats awesome Caroline! I'm sure you will have heaps of fun." I enthused, knowing how much she had liked Sexy Stefan (Caroline's direct quote) from the moment he met him.

"Oh and it gets better. He knows you're my best friend and that I won't know anyone except him at the party so he told me to invite you too." I could practically see the glazed expression Caroline must have on her face at this exact moment, thinking about how kind and caring her Saint-Stefan was. Man, she had it bad.

"I suppose I could make an appearance." I said with a grin, having learnt from experience that I couldn't dare say no to Caroline.

"Yay! Well it starts at 7 so meet me at my place at 5 tomorrow so we can get ready together. Oh my god! I have no idea what I'm going to wear!"

I couldn't help but let out a snort of laughter. Caroline's walk in wardrobe was twice the size of my living room and almost qualified as an actual mall.

"Alright, cocktails and endless wardrobe changes. It's a date" I chuckled as we said our goodbyes and I hung up the phone.

It was nice to see Caroline so excited over a guy. The last one she had dated turned out to be a total loser who went on to sleep with the most promiscuous of her celebrity clients behind her back. I knew for a fact that Caroline thoroughly enjoyed seeing their names at the top of the worst dressed list now that she refused to style them. Unfortunately she never quite got her opportunity to get back at Tyler for cheating on her.

All of Caroline's bad experiences with men only helped me strengthen my resolve to not engage in a romantic relationship. I was far to busy and preoccupied to be bothered with jack ass men. Most of them only want to date me to find out just how flexible my yoga career makes me. One of the guys who came to my classes just to pick up women even had the nerve to straight up say that to me as some sort of perverted pick up line. Long story short, it's easy to fend off men when not a single attractive one seems to have crossed my path in the last 2 years. My last boyfriend was a fellow business major in college, Matt Donovan. He was a nice guy but he had to move away after we graduated and we lost touch. Since then I can safely say that I haven't been at all tempted and thats the way I like it. I am Elena Gilbert, strong independent woman who worked her ass off and achieved her career goal at just 23 years old. I do things on my own steam and that's the way its going to stay.

Okay first don't hate on my about Tyler, I actually really like his character now. I just needed a bad ex boyfriend so this Tyler is based of season 1 Tyler who, let's face it, was a total douche. Next chapter is written and I will post straight away. Please review and subscribe : )