Stupid dick. Why did he think he had the right to treat her like that? She was good to him, she did everything he asked. She comforted him when he needed it and left him alone when he needed and now? Now he'd well and truly fucked her best friend. He phone vibrated in her pocket she dug it out without bothering to glance at the caller id.
"Yes?"
"Elena, I am so sorry! I didn't mean that to happen! I love you! Rebekah means nothing to me! She was just-"
"Just what Stefan?" She let her anger spill into her voice. She wasn't upset. Hell, she hardly cared that he'd slept with Rebekah. She was angry.
"I'm done Stefan. I won't come running back to you. I don't do that. Not with you." Without another word or a chance for him to talk she cut him off, and cut him out of her life.
It was like a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders.
"I'm free!" She giggled while hollering out at the bartender. "Alcohol! Now!"
"Now, why's a pretty girl like you yelling about being free and drinking alone?" a velvet voice came from nearby, turning her insides to mush.
"Because I am free, therefore, alone." She smiled before turning round to face the owner of the voice.
Her jaw dropped.
He was gorgeous. Messy, raven-black hair and beautiful blue eyes which were currently wide in shock. There was only one bar stool between, but she wished he was closer. His jaw was also open and he was staring at her.
"What? Am I ugly or something?" She laughed. She was feeling more free and at ease than she'd felt in a long time.
"Ugly? You are kidding right?" He rolled his eyes. His piercing blue eyes.
"Well you know what they say, beauty on the inside and everything." He slid off his stool and occupied the one next to her.
"So tell me, pretty stranger, why have a never met you before?" His tone was playful. His eyes boring into hers.
"I've been waiting for a dark, handsome man to sweep me off my feet." She nudged him playfully. "I'll have to settle for you instead." His face broke into a grin. His eyes lit up making him heartbreakingly gorgeous.
"I'll count on that." His joking tone was gone, replaced with seriousness. Not that she minded. She liked him.
"So, you'll be sweeping me off my feet?" She smiled at him laughing.
"Oh how I'd love to. I've been with my brother. The stupid dick cheated on his girlfriend. Not that we've ever met her. Biggest mistake of his life apparently." He rolled his eyes.
"She's better off without him." he looked at her with a strange expression on his face. She sighed. "Ex-boyfriend cheated. Best decision of my life to let him go."
He smiled even wider.
"Well, brown eyes, I want to show you something." He held his hand out to her, gesturing for her to take it. She took it without hesitation, giggling when he pulled her off the stool closer to her.
"So I, an innocent girl, am supposed to let a mysterious, blue-eyed man take me somewhere? My mamma always told me not to listen to strangers." He smiled at her knowingly. He could see right through her.
"Well?"
"Well, I never did listen very well as a child." She winked at him. This man was really something. He lifted her hand to his lips before kissing it lightly.
"Come on, brown eyes." And he pulled her out the door, without knowing he was leading her into a world full of passion, adventure and all consuming love.
"So, where are you taking me stranger?" His arm was wrapped around her shoulder and she had hers around his waist. He liked that. He liked her in all honesty.
"Somewhere amazing." He grinned and she utterly melted him with her eyes. Her gorgeous eyes.
"If I knew your name I would be whining it and pouting right now."
"Names are precious." He shrugged.
"Well that was deep." He giggled before spinning her around and wrapping his arms around around her waist.
"You're really something, you know? I don't do this. I don't talk and listen and all that. I'm a man whore." He winked. Then paused. Then sighed. "I was a man whore. I just got out a relationship I was practically forced in to." He was angry now.
She wrapped her arms around his neck before leaning in as if to kiss him. He leaned into and was moments from placing his lips on her before she pulled away and ran off giggling in the opposite direction.
"You're evil!" He yelled after her.
"Fight for what you want!" She yelled back.
He wanted her. God, he wanted her. He really liked her. He hadn't given her a reason for not giving his name. Names were precious. His engagement to Katherine Petrova was all about money, power and the influence of a second name. He didn't want her to know his name and the power behind it. He wanted to get to know her.
"Wait up brown eyes!"
He smiled and sprinted after her.
"Wow." It was all she could say, but it definitely deserved more.
"I know." His velvet voice was soft in her ear. Her head lolled backwards against his shoulder and his cheek rested against her temple. His hands were clasped over her stomach and her back was pressed against his chest.
They were on top of a high rise block. The early morning view of the city was breathtaking. It was complete darkness and the lights were beautiful. They were content to stand in silence, enjoying the beauty.
"When you said names are precious-" she paused but pressed on anyway "'-what did you mean?"
She felt his tense.
"My dad practically forced me into a relationship with a woman with a powerful second name. Said it would be a great opportunity." She felt his scoff. "I was engaged but I broke it off. It wasn't what I wanted. Can't say she cared too much but my dad is livid. Doubt I'll be in his will much longer."
She tensed. He was engaged? Did he still like this woman? Even a little bit? It made her angry for some reason. She liked this man. A lot.
"Didn't mean to dump the heavy stuff on you, brown eyes." He had obviously misinterpreted her silence.
"It's okay." She twisted in his arms and smiled at him. "I have work in the morning y'know. I should get back." regret laced her voice and she saw disappointment fill his eyes.
"Phone." She geld out her hand demanding his phone. He gave it to her without hesitation.
She flicked onto contacts and was about to add her name before it burst into life. She checked the called iD by force of habit. Stefan. Stefan? As in her ex Stefan? She gave him his phone back.
He made a face at it. "The baby bro needs to get over his big mistake. It's his fault he lost the girl."
Her face must have given her away because he declined the call and looked at her softly.
"What's up?" She didn't know what to say.
"Your brother cheated on his girlfriend right?"
He nodded "Yeah, he was for about three months and she found out today. He's been driving me insane."
Six months? The bastard was cheating on her for three months. They'd only been together for six.
"You know the guy who I found out was cheating. Today."
Realization covered his face. "That bastard cheated on you! Are you kidding me? That guy is a fucking idiot! He actually had a chance with you and he cheated!" His face was so angry it almost blew me away.
"Hey, calm down! It's okay."
"It's not fucking okay." He growled. "He actually cheated on you. I'm gonna punch him when I see him."
She laughed loudly. Did it really matter that this man was Stefan's brother? Then something popped into her head.
"Stefan said he didn't talk to any of his family." Now it was his turn to laugh. He was laughing loudly and happily.
"That's rich, he's a complete daddy's boy!" She smiled and looked into his eyes. He was smiled at her, his brother forgotten.
"I didn't know him at all."
"Trust me, brown eyes, it's his loss."
"Will I ever get your name?"
"One day, brown eyes. But for now, I want to think of you of the mysterious, beautiful brown eyed girl who had made me laugh and listen for just one night."
"Only one night?" She was more than disappointed. Would she ever see him again?
"Phone." he mimicked. She pulled it out and handed it over.
She watched him tap at the keyboard before handing it back to her.
"Your turn." This time she succeeded in adding her to his contacts. She smiled. They would see each other again. The idea made her stomach tighten.
'Wa-a-a-a-a-i-t!" She looked up as he snapped a picture of her. "Nothing." he said with a smirk.
"You just wanted a picture of me." She stated accusingly. He shrugged innocently.
"So it's only fair I get one, right?" Now he looked hesitant. Then his eyes flashed wickedly.
Suddenly she was standing beside him with her phone in his hands. Before she could process what was happening she felt his lips on her cheek and she saw the flash erupt in front of her. He then held the phone above her head.
"Hey! Give!" He laughed while he edited the settings on her phone.
When she finally snatched it off him she exploded with laughter. Her new wallpaper was of them both. It was slightly shaking and the flash made there faces shiny but she liked it. She wore a genuine smile on her face and he had his eyes closed with his lips on her cheek. They looked good together. She looked up and saw him looking at her with his finger outstretched.
"Promise you won't change it 'till I see you again!"
"Promise!"
He suddenly hugged her tight and swung her round. She was laughing uncontrollably. It felt nice ot laugh. She'd felt so on edge recently it was amazing to just let lose and be herself. She hadn't been herself in far too long.
She caught sight of the time and sighed.
'I really should get back." He looked at her with regret.
"Yeah me too."
They walked in comfortable silence back to the street. Neither wanted the night to end but neither wanted to say something to stop the inevitable.
A cab screeched to a stop in front of them and he gestured for her to take it. She looked at him regretfully before leaning in to kiss him softly on the cheek. He rose and eyebrow before capturing her lips, pulling her in and holding her tight. Her world exploded with fireworks and he kissed her and she kissed him back. It was gentle and soft and romantic and passionate. It was perfect. It was the type of kiss neither had ever experienced before. The magic spell was broken by the cab's horn beeping loudly and the driver's angry shouts. She glanced at him smiling before jumping in and driving away.
She got home in minutes and crashed onto the sofa smiling uncontrollably. She dug out her phone and scrolled through her contacts to find him.
Cheater's Brother.
She laughed before typing out a message and crashing out on her bed. This man was special. She liked him. She truly did. He was gorgeous and witty. Funny and more than a little bit sarcastic. Surely it hadn't just been her who'd felt the connection? She fell asleep to dreams plagued by a blue eyed stranger.
"I'll see you around, brown eyes." he spoke softly before walking off in the opposite direction. His mind full of a brown-eyed girl who he knew would never leave his mind.
He wandered through the doors of him apartment and seeing two missed calls and one message from his Father. He deleted it without listening. It would be him yelling about his called off engagement. NOt that he cared. He hadn't loved Katherine. She'd been hot and feisty but not marriage material. Not at all.
He smiled as he walked into his bedroom and collapsed onto his bed. His phone was chiming insistently.
One new message: Brown Eyes
His smile was so wide it almost hurt. This girl would invade his thoughts every second of every day.
She had sent him the picture he had taken. It was off her smiling brightly, he brown eyes sparkling. It may have been slightly out of focus and too bright but he smiled once more. He didn't think he'd ever stop smiling.
New Wallpaper, stranger.
-E x
E? E for what? He hoped his brother wouldn't ruin the mystery for him and spill her name. He set the picture as his wallpaper. This girl was truly something. He never opened up or let himself get to know people. She was special. He quickly typed out a reply.
Sweet dreams Brown eyes.
A/u: I do like this a lot. Makes a difference to all the vampire stories about them. This is purely human. Shall I continue? I am sorry for all those reading 'The New Life' but I have a lack of creative juices! As you can see Elena stole my signature! (hehe. I'm in a good mood tonight!)
love you all, reviews mean the world and more to me!
-Ex