He came back because his brother asked him to. Even after all Damon had done he came back.
"I missed you brother it's been a while" Damon said when he met him at the airport in their home town of Mystic Falls.
"I can't say I feel the same brother" replied Stefan. Stefan was still bitter about Katherine the woman he thought he loved, who he wanted to spend the rest of his life with and who cheated on him with his brother.
"You can hate me all you want but those days are behind us we have both moved on I'm with Bonnie now".
"Well then I can't wait to meet her, tell me again how old is she 19 how did you do that one"? At least he was trying to keep it civil he really did miss his brother he just wasn't over it yet.
"She is a sweet girl you'll see she fell for me first and I just couldn't resist, big change having been with Katherine and all".
They were on their way back to the boarding house. A place Stefan spent all his days as a kid and a place he couldn't get away from fast enough when he found out his brother had slept with his girlfriend Katherine.
She of course seduced Damon, he knew she had but he actually went through with it. They told him they wanted to be together and she said she never loved Stefan that he was too much of a boy and too sweet that he would never keep a woman happy. Instead of trying to win her back he left.
He walked through the double doors of the Boarding house –it looked exactly the way it had the last time he saw it he didn't know if that was a good thing or not.
He went upstairs to his old room and found everything to be exactly the way he had left it only his bed was made and there were flowers in the vase before the window.
"Bonnie's idea I told her to leave it alone but she wanted you to feel at home again she is really excited to get to know you." Damon said as he was entering his brother's room taking a seat on his bed. He didn't know what to say something inside of him was happy there was someone taking care of his brother.
"When do I get to meet her"? He asked "soon we are meeting her for dinner at the Mystic Grill Damon explained. "What why are we going there I haven't been there in years"? "Yea well get used to it I am half owner and I want you to start working there too Bonnie is the other owner and she is on board a job is just what you need".
Stefan knew better than that, him and Damon had millions in bank accounts all over the place, their relatives saved and never spent and they both came into their own shares when they turned 18, this was about Damon getting Stefan out of his old ways.
"If you insists, I'm going to take a quick shower I'll be down stairs in a bit" I told him "Ok see you then and Stefan I really am glad your back" Damon said as he was walking out the door. Stefan didn't reply he entered his old bathroom and took a long hot shower.
There was one thing he was really looking forward to about being back. The girls Mystic Falls was known to have some of the prettiest girls around living there and most of them didn't ever use the word no.
That had been one of his biggest coping skills when he left, sleeping with anything anyone that would help him forget how screwed over he felt. Yes this would make being back in Mystic Falls worth it for sure.
When he got out of the shower he threw on some clothes and headed downstairs. He saw Damon sitting in front of the fire a drink in his hand something's never changed.
"Still drinking all hours of the I see" I said to him standing a few feet away from him obviously startling him "yeah you sound like Bonnie I've slowed down a bit since meeting her but a drink here and there helps to calm the nerves.
"The nerves"? I asked what does he have to be nervous about he has a life here "You being home meeting Bonnie us starting our brotherhood over it's a bit nerve racking". I understood what he meant none of this was easy.
They got to the Mystic Grill. God it looked exactly the same nothing in this town ever changed. I was entering when Damon stopped me and said "Listen Stefan Bonnie means a lot to me, ignore her ditzy voice and don't be judgy I want to keep this one around for a long time". He was telling me like he thought I was going to hate her and run away screaming.
"Ok Damon" I replied not really into this meet and greet anymore.
When we got inside we took a seat at the bar and I ordered a scotch on the rocks on of my favorite drinks.
The girl who came back with my order was pretty hot her name tag said "Kim". I decided to say hello "Hi Kim my name is Stefan Salvatore and you my dear have a really nice ass".
She blushed letting him know she was going to be easy "Thank you she said" and then walked to the back after seeing Damon sit down beside me.
Bonnie came by a few minutes later, she was pretty young but pretty she had dark hair and brown eyes darker skin she looked too pure to be with someone like his brother.
"You must be Stefan" she smiled big as she was walking up to hug him "yeah and you must be Bonnie it's so nice to finally meet you I have heard so much about you".
She sat beside me and told me all about how she and Damon met and how he couldn't wait to get Stefan back home to meet her. She was an open book I liked her she was sassy and different- compared to what he was use to with Damon. She explained she had to go back to work in the back doing inventory and said she would see Stefan back home later. He didn't realize she was living there.
I took that chance to get "Kim" back out. She came around the corner as soon as everyone walked away. I asked her what time her shift was done and she said in 15 minutes. I asked her if she wanted to get some coffee and she agreed.
Easy I thought. She was giggly too giggly she seemed like an air head but he really didn't care he needed to sleep with someone he was starting to have too many flash backs of everything he had felt when he was here last. She was going to make him forget for the moment.
"So where do you want to get coffee" she asked standing against the wall outside of the grill I stood in front of her and got close enough to her face so she couldn't look away "actually I was hoping we could skip the coffee and just get naked".
He knew it was forward but he knew girls like her they always go for it.
"Ok" she said shyly. We went to the alley behind the Grill and had sex meaningless clumsy sex. She had no idea what she was doing and I really didn't care I wanted it over with I just needed to be inside someone to feel these days even if I wasn't into her
. When I was finally done she was pulling down her skirt and watching me. I just wanted to go but she wanted to talk like they all want to do
"So how long are you back for"? She asked like it should matter to her
"I don't know"
I replied dodging I didn't really know "well can we do this again sometime" she asked sounding like a begging child asking to stay up late.
"Sure" I replied quickly before walking away leaving her alone in the alley.
I went back inside to meet Damon. He was in the back offices with bonnie I knocked on the door before I opened it apparently I didn't knock loud enough because he was on top of Bonnie on the couch.
"Oh sorry" I said starting to close the door
"No it's ok come in Bonnie said sitting up and pushing Damon off of her "what's up" they asked at the same time?
"Nothing I just wanted to see what this whole job thing was going to be about when do I start what am I doing all of that"?
Damon and Bonnie exchanged glances and Bonnie stood up and smiled
"Well I hear you are really good in charge and I know you will be more help around here than your brother is "she said elbowing Damon playfully.
"We want you to help keep everyone in line, wait on tables if it gets really busy but really just help do the paper work and make sure the waitresses are set and don't need anything it's really easy"
Bonnie waited for me to reply
"Ok I said sure when do I start"? "How about tonight I mean not full blown work a tour and the basics" she said with a hopeful glance. I couldn't say no.
When we went back out front there was Kim all giddy and smiling like we were an item I ignored her wishing I could go home and shower her away she worked for what I needed but now she was a bug who I could see wasn't going to fly away easily.
I heard Bonnie say "My best friend Elena works here pretty much every day shift, you will be working with her the most but she had something to deal with today so she won't be in until tomorrow"
After about an hour of her showing me where everything was and what the rules were (no swearing at customers no stealing money common sense stuff) Bonnie asked me if I was sure I wanted to do this. "Of course I do I need something to keep me busy any way"
"Ok" she said "I am so happy to have you on board so be here at 7am sharp to get your uniform and get started and Stefan thank you so much for doing this".
She walked away to go and help clear tables.
I walked out the door and decided I wanted to see the town I had tried so hard to not think about. I met up with Tyler Lockwood he had been one of my best friends years ago and probably the only one I still had any contact with all this time.
"Hey Stefan your back man how's it going" he asked bouncing his basketball as he walked my way the kid had always been a poster child for athletics.
"Good man just seeing the sites how are you"?
"Good going to play a little ball you want to come"? He asked
"maybe next time I start work tomorrow so I gotta get home and get some rest before slave duty" laughing at myself
"Ok he said well hit me up if you ever want to chill" he said walking away
"You got it" I said turning around and heading back to that place called home.
When I got home Damon and Bonnie were laying on the couch watching a movie I didn't even bother them I just went up the stairs and went to bed he started to feel like he needed to find something, someone to hold him back from all the crazy things he was feeling and he knew that would never happen. He had no respect for women they were all the same easy women who would sleep with anyone who showed interest. There was no reason to ever hold hope of finding someone to love again and to be honest I wasn't sure I would ever want to try.
The next morning I woke up jumped in the shower and headed out the door by 6:30. I decided I wanted to drive the car I had built in high school a porche it had been a project Damon and I had worked on so when I left of course I left it behind.
I got to the Mystic Grill at about 6:45 and headed in Bonnie greeted me with a big smile I could see this is how she was always going to be
"Hey there sleepy head I'm glad you made it I was starting to wonder when you didn't get up this morning if you were going to skip the job".
"Of course I wouldn't I am excited to start and with a boss like you who could blame me I just have an issue waking up early" I said with a smile trying to calm her down.
"Ok then she said well let me introduce you to Elena she is in the back getting order pads".
I followed her to the back.
"Elena" I heard Bonnie say to the skinny girl with her back to me "this is Stefan the one I was telling you about Damon's brother" the girl turned around and I was rather caught off guard she was beautiful she had brown hair and beautiful brown eyes she was easily one of the sexiest girls he had ever seen in his life and he couldn't help but smile and reach out his hand "Hey there Elena how are you"
She smiled back it was a beautiful smile "Hi Stefan I'm good it is very nice to meet you". I turned to walk away I had to go and get my uniform and change as I walked away I heard Bonnie whisper to Elena "Totally cute right"? I couldn't help but smile I couldn't wait to get with this one another useless girl but at least she was pretty.
I got most of the paper work done that Bonnie asked me to. Pretty much just had to account for all spending and organize receipts. I went out to check and see how everything was going.
I saw Elena waiting on a customer she was so pretty how she smiled she seemed like a really good girl, happy and the customers seemed to like her a lot. I smiled and decided to ask her for coffee it was my usual date starter and we never usually made it to that point.
"Hey Elena" I said as she walked by
"Hey" She smiled her eyes lit up pretty hot
"Need some help with that order" I asked seeing her hands full
"That would be awesome Stefan thanks" she smiled back at me
I helped her bring them over to the table, one with a little girl about 4 sitting there
"Let me guess beautiful this is your plate of French toast with strawberries on top" I said the little girl smiled
"Yes" she replied slightly shy I could feel Elena beside me passing out the rest of the tables order
"Is that your teddy bear there he is awfully cute what is his name sweetheart" I asked her noticing the white bear she held in her other arm
"Snowball he is a very shy bear" the little sighed
I talked to the little girls bear for a bit and made her smile and started to walk away when I felt Elena grabbed my arm to say thank you
"Hey that was really sweet you are great with kids"
"Thanks" I said "I have always liked them they are so innocent they don't know how to hurt people its refreshing"
Then I realized this was my chance I had to take it
"Hey listen I was just wondering if you wanted to maybe get some coffee"
She bit her lip and thought for a minute
"Um she I would love to after work but how about you sit with me at the bar and talk during my break too"
She liked him and she wanted to spend a little time getting to know this gorgeous stranger
"I would love to Miss Elena"
He wasn't expecting that but hey whatever it takes he thought to himself
When he break came they sat at the bar and talked. He told her about the time he spent traveling the world Europe and beyond. She told him about her hopes and dreams and how she has been hoping to get out of this tiny time her whole life but that her Aunt Jenna and her brother Jeremy always kept her there.
He found himself liking what she had to say, she was funny she wasn't shallow like all the other girls he gets with. He found himself wishing they could just kiss and get it over with she looked hot in her tight work shirt and jeans but something inside of him told him that it wasn't the time. He got a feeling in his pants when she brushed up against him when she got up to go. He knew he had to sleep with her he just started feeling he wanted to spend time with her too.
He went back to work in the back when he came around the corner to drop a box off he noticed Kim talking to Elena. He saw Elena looked a little annoyed and then she saw Stefan and they both walked into the kitchen. Not a good side he thought to himself.
I walked back out at the end of my shift and noticed her clocking out and went to catch up with her.
"Hey" I said walking out the door behind her
"Can I help you" she said rather annoyed
"Wait what's wrong 2 hours ago you were talking to me and agreeing to coffee and-"
"coffee" she snapped "coffee that's what you call it when you take an innocent girl and fuck her in the back of a restaurant and then leave her like a piece of trash no Stefan I'm sorry I don't want to have coffee with you"
"What are you talking about Kim because she knew it was a hook up she was the one who hit on me" I defended
"Whatever you want to call it Stefan you are a whore and you're a pig now get away from me" and she rushed off
I stood there feeling confused on what just happened I shouldn't care that she just told me off she was absolutely right I am a whore I like to have sex with girls and not call them because it's who I am. Why all of a sudden did I feel like I cared that she knew this.
The next few days were hard, he would see her at work and try to talk to her, to help her just be nice and she would walk away roll her eyes or call me a dick under her breath. I watched her after a while just couldn't look away. She was beautiful and her life started to drive me crazy. The sound of someone so happy and able to make those around her happy I had to do something.
That night when I got home I went to Damon's room to look for Bonnie she was sitting at the desk reading a book.
"Hey" I knocked as I entered
"Hey to you" she smiled "What's up"?
"Umm well I don't really know how to do any of this but I was wondering if we could talk about Elena" I trailed
"Sure"
"Well the thing is, I'm a douche I slept with the bar tender and I didn't call her and I was trying to ask Elena out and Kim told Elena about it and now she is angry with me. I shouldn't really care but I just don't want her to have the wrong opinion of me or anything"
"Does it matter if she does honestly Stefan you have a different girl almost every night why should it matter what she thinks"?
I knew then that she was in defense mode, it was her best friend of course she wouldn't know what to tell me
"Forget it" I said "I just felt bad but it doesn't matter thanks Bon"
"Wait" she stood up and came before me
"Elena has a huge heart, she loves and trusts everyone but she has been through a lot of bad stuff in the last year and if you give her something to remind her of what she has been through she is going to push you away just be yourself with her and stop sleeping around"
I went back to my room and laid on my bed thinking. Then my phone rang it was Tyler
"Hey man what's up" I answered
"Hey Stefan we are having a bon fire tonight outside my place Kegs girls you know the whole thing why don't you come"
"Who else will be there" I asked
"Well everyone Me, Matt, Caroline, Elena-"
"I'll go" I said quickly "what time" it starts at 9
"See you then"
I got up and hopped in the shower, this would be my chance to show her I wasn't a horrible ass
When I got to the bon fire I saw Elena against a tree drinking with her girlfriends.
I decided to grab a drink and wait a bit to let her see I was there and then go and talk to her. I grabbed a drink and started in on the fun
Tyler came up to me and said "Hey what's the deal with you and Elena Gilbert"?
"What do you mean" I asked
"Well rumor has it you tried to get with her and she turned you down big time" he explained almost laughter in his voice
With that I got mad, I didn't like to be made fun of and I sure as hell didn't want her going around telling people my game had a flaw, she if anything had a flaw I gulped down my drink and turned to Tyler
"Yea I tried to get with her and then I realized she was a bitch who listens to what everyone else says and realized I don't need any high school drama"
"Whoa chill out" Tyler said laughing
"I'm chill what else did she say" I asked
"Not much I heard a few girls saying she told them to stay away and that you were cocky and not as good looking as you think and you're not capable of relationships which I mean Stefan she's right"
I looked at him "she's not right" and I walked off glaring at her as she just happened to be looking at me
I got another drink and started to chug it down as a cute blonde came walking by I decided I was going to make a point
"Hey you" touching her arm as I talked to her girls loved that she started talking to me 90 miles an hour and I knew this would be easy. She was facing me against a tree across from Elena when the girl reached up to kiss me I let her
We were making out she was rubbing her hands all over me and I was watching Elena, the look on her face like she was pissed –jealous even
When the girl stopped and I said "just to be clear I have no interest in you I just had to make someone jealous" and walked away smiling at Elena whose eyes never left me
When I walked towards the bathroom I felt a hand grab me
"What's your problem Stefan"? It was Elena
"What's your problem I fuck one girl and you make it your mission to tell the town I'm some kind of a whore"
"It's guys like you, pretending you like me just because you wanted to get into my pants"
"Trust me Elena if I wanted to just get in your pants this would have gone a totally different way" I snapped walking away
"Wait" she called "why are you interested in me don't you have like every girl in town on your arm clearly you don't have issues find ones ready to feel you up" she was cute jealous
"Yea I do like you, I liked talking to you but then you turned all snobby bitch and I decided what's the point"
I'm not a snob" she replied
"Ok Elena do you want to start over"?
"Ok" "fine I'm Elena Gilbert you must be Stefan Salvatore"
I shook her hand and we started to talk.. 5 hours of talking. She told me more this time, that he parents had just died in a car acceded and that she had just had a bad break up 2 months before that broke her heart and she wasn't sure she would ever be able to get over it.
We started sitting closer and closer and I felt myself feeling save with her. I asked her if she wanted me to walk her home and she agreed. When I got her home I told her I had a great time and that I was glad she gave me another chance. I kissed her on the cheek and she seemed rather shocked I did it but didn't protest either. I said good night and walked home.
From that point on work was nice, her and I could joke and I helped her with her tables it was civil. I loved the flirting I loved being with her, she was so smart and she was real something none of the other girls were.
Months passed and we remained close friends spending all sorts of time together. When winter came she started coming by my place to hang out.
One night it was snowing she came over to have a movie marathon we were going to watch the Godfather movies.. 4 hours later I got up to cook her dinner
"You can cook" she asked rather shocked and slightly sarcastic
"Why yes Miss Elena I can cook, I took a cooking course in Italy one summer thank you very much"
She helped me chop up the tomatoes while telling me about her day and how she had looked forward to hanging out with me all day that's when the phone rang. It was Damon:
"Hey brother he said when I answered the phone
"Hey what's up?"
"Well have you looked outside lately"?
"No why what's up" I said going to look out the window
"Snow blizzard 3 feet have fallen already it's crazy Virginia isn't supposed to have this kind of weather anyway roads are shut down and looks like they will be that way for a couple days so Bonnie and I are going to stay here in the back make sure you stay home ok"
"Um sure ah Damon I'm not alone though"
"Of course you're not little brother which girl of the week is it"
"Elena Gilbert"
Damon didn't say anything for a minute "Listen Stefan be careful with her and make sure you keep her safe"
Why he was telling me this like I didn't already know
"I'll call you when we have news on the road, make sure you keep the house neat Bonnie will freak"
"You got it see ya"
I was scared she was going to be upset with this news
"Elena we have an issue" I said turning to her
"What" She sounded worried
"Snow is out of control Damon called and said roads are closed for a few days you have to stay here"
"Oh" she said looking at her feet I suddenly saw this vulnerable little girl like she was nervous all of a sudden that she had never been alone with a guy
I reached out to her and asked her what was wrong
"Nothing she said I guess we better finish the movie"
We watched the movie and I left her alone then she turned to me and asked:
"Why did you move away Stefan I mean why for 2 years?"
Did we really have to get into this, then I looked in her eyes and I felt something in my stomach, something that I hadn't felt well ever I knew I could trust her
"There was this woman Katherine I thought she was the love of my life. We were engaged we wanted all the same things she was my best friend and then she slept with my brother"
"Damon" she said sounding shocked
"That's the one"
"Wow" she answered
"it's ok though it wasn't meant to be I have just had a hard time getting over that I don't know what part hurt me more her cheating on me or it being with my brother".
Elena just watched me for a bit and then went back to the movie
I felt better telling someone that I mean I didn't tell her that I was madly in love with Katherine I didn't think I needed to but she knew I loved her and now she knows why it hurt.
I felt her lean a little towards me like she was getting tired. I didn't move I didn't know how
Then she leaned over and rested her head on my shoulder like that is what she wanted all along
She looked up at me
"Hey you ok" she had tears in her eyes
"I had a boyfriend and he died, my mom dad my dad died and the guy I was starting to fall in love with died"
"What happened" I asked after a while
"He got into drugs, I didn't know he had any part of that but he went to a few towns over and was caught in a drug bust that went bad"
"Wow" I said
"So now I am careful who I fall for, I never feel like I know anyone no matter how much they try I always feel like everyone is keeping something from me"
"Well I won't ever keep anything from you, let's make a pact right now to always tell each other everything" Did I really just say that cheesy she is going to think I am an idiot
She looked at me and smiled, liking the idea "Let's shake on it"
I leaned in and kissed her, I wasn't planning on it the second I did it I thought for sure she was going to punch me.
Instead she kissed me back, hard like she was making up for something.
The next thing I knew she was wrapping her legs around my back climbing up onto my lap I felt my heart start to race as she started to kiss down my neck I was rubbing my hands up and down her back feeling my pants getting tighter and tighter apparently she could too because she started rubbing up against it.
I pushed her down onto the couch and reached under her skit to pull her panties down. After I did I scooted back up to kiss her, rubbing her breasts as I did she was moaning not even looking at me like she was enjoying it as much as I was
I took a finger and started to rub it around the outside of her wetness not going inside; I could tell it was driving her crazy. I stuck a finger and slowly started to finger her feeling myself getting harder and harder, I slipped in two fingers I couldn't believe how tight she was I couldn't imagine a man ever entering her ever. I leaned down and began to suck on her soft spot and she started to yell and beg for more I told her it was ok and to go with it and sucked more and more.
When she finally released he took off his shirt and his pants showing her what he had to offer
She smiled as he climbed on top of her and began to rub himself against her, she started to moan again until he bent down to kiss her and whisper in her ear "Are you sure"?
"Yes" she was barely able to get out before he was entering her; slowly at first he was rather large and knew she would have a hard time taking it all. She started to scream which made him want to go in more.
He had never felt like this during Sex, he wanted to soak up every moment he never wanted it to end she was amazing the feel of her was like nothing else.
She was grabbing the back of his head and calling his name, he had a smile on his face but he was trying to focus on her face. Loving the pleasure she couldn't wipe away if she tried.
About an hour later he was about to cum and he begged her to open her eyes and look at him while he did it. He couldn't stop moaning her name and he had to watch her face as they went together. She complied.
When they were done they laid there for a while neither one moving neither one saying anything. She was the first to say anything "that was amazing Stefan"
"You were amazing you mean" he said smiling
"You were better but now I am hungry" she laughed
They got up and ate the dinner they had been working on all night.
For the rest of the night they had sex and talked. Neither of them knew how far this would go but they were both willing for it to continue.
Something in her felt oddly happy, he felt it too he wanted to be with her not just sleep with her but make her his, take her to the movies and hold her all night long not just walk away when he was finished.
They were stuck in the house for 4 days, neither caring nor noticing the time just enjoying being with the other, sharing secrets. It was like they had been dating for months not just hooking up over the past few days.
She knew she could easily fall for him, what's not to fall for, tall, dark and handsome and he was obviously crazy about her. Nothing could ruin this moment. That was until there was a knock on the door.
"Babe" Stefan said going to the door "pick another movie and don't you dare get dressed" He didn't know who was at the door but it must be someone crazy since the roads were closed.
My heart dropped when I opened and saw her face before I would have been happy to see her, now I wanted to kill her.. It was Katherine
"Hi baby are you having fun without me, well get ready because I'm home".