The Reveal
The doorbell rang at the Salvatore Boarding House. Stefan had been in the living room writing in his diary and scrunched his face with curiosity. He hadn't been expecting anyone. Leaping up from his comfortable position on the sofa, he opened the door to reveal a beaming Elena.
With a smile he greeted, "Hey there, to what do I owe the pleasure?" Stefan wrapped his arms around her with a quick kiss.
"Well, it is the weekend, and since you hadn't asked me if I wanted to do anything…" Elena responded teasingly.
"I see." Stefan smiled, "So what are we-"
Their moment of bliss was interrupted by an extremely aggravated-looking Damon walking very quickly towards them. The smiles on the couples' faces each wiped clean off to be replaced with annoyance. Damon rolled his eyes at them.
"No, continue. I have better things to do today than ruin your lovey-dovey, vomit-inducing smooches."
"Bitter." Elena commented, more to herself than to him.
"Yeah, what's igniting your anger today, Damon? Weight of the world on your shoulders? Guilty conscience? Or just evil and self-serving as always?"
Damon stopped, turning around to smirk and quip back, "Uh, D. All of the above? You know me Stefan, I'm a man of many moods. Whereas you have just sitting around, brooding about your feelings brooding and brooding about Elena brooding."
Stefan sighed; his brother continued, "Oh, I'm sorry Elena did I ruin the mystery? Anyway, I'd love to chit-chat, but I have a meeting with a lovely lady to attend."
Elena rolled her eyes, "Oh sure, another one of your hook-ups. Or is this one special?" She said that last part with a patronizingly sweet tone.
Damon shrugged his shoulders, "I should hope so, she's my wife. Wish me luck! Bye!" And with that, he was off to his car and, soon enough, driving out to the Mystic Grill.
The entire time, they had been standing in the open doorway of the Boarding House, which was surrounded by a forest. Therefore, the crickets, which started chirping during that long silence between Stefan and Elena, were literal.