Elena's pov
thirty minutes ago we cross the mystic falls border. As we drive i slowly see 'the grill' and excitment starts to form in my stomach. stefan looks to his left to see the grill too and he decide's to pull in and get us to eat lunch.
"i havent been here in forever" i tell stefan and he nods his head "i remeber us going here everyday after school hanging out and playing pool" and watch as stefan smiles. "time sure does fly when your having fun" he says with a smirk and i playfully hit him in the arm.
I look behind us and see caroline and bonnie looking up at the grill "guys come on this place is great" i tell them and the look at me and follow us inside. with stefan and the girls on my sides we open the door and go in and imeddiatly i see a guy with blonde hair and i start to smile when he turns around and see him spot me aunt jenna's fiance alaric saltzsman or uncle ric as I now call him.
I've known him since i was little and then when i was 17 he started dating jenna then last year he proposed to her which she exepted. he puts down the beer's he was holding and opens his arms wide " There's my girl!" he shout's and i laugh " uncle ric!" i shout and run to him and give him a huge hug. he laughs in my ear and i lightly laugh too "WHAT" i hear a bunch of guys say from behind us and ric turns us around to face them as stefan, caroline, and bonnie get closer to see their face's. "uncle ric?" one of the guy's say " yes he's marrying my aunt which makes him my uncle and i've known him forever so..." I say and look at them closer.
I look at them closly and i recognize them i look at the left to see tyler in his brown shaggy hair and hazel eyes, to his right is mason his dirty blode and green eye's staring up at me to his side in the middle is damon his raven hair in slight curls and his ocean blue eyes looking up at me next to him is klaus the blonde headed man with ice blue eyes and last but not least enzo his dark brunette hair short and his deep brown eyes that look almost black and see them all look between ric and I.
I let out a breath i didn't know i was holding in and look back them " tyler" i say as he looks into my eyes i look next to him "mason" and his head snaps to me his eyes on me and me and alaric i clear my throut "Damon" and his eyes look to mine blue meeting brown just staring into my eye's i break the lock and look next to him "klaus" i say and see him look me up and down in my red dress that goes midway to my thighs. I lastly look to enzo who has his head down staring at his feet "enzo" i say and he looks up to me and i nod my head and clear my throut and look back to stefan who is nervously wringing his hands but as soon as he looks back up into my eyes i know he knows what i need right now " i need drink" i say simply to him and watch him nod his head as we both walk to the counter i look back at him.
"you might as well at least get to know damon considering your going to be living with us" stefan said and i nod my head "i never asked to stay there you know i was perfictly content on staying at a hotel" and he playfully glares at me " yeah well father would have none of it he see's you as the daughter he never had he's loved you like his own since we were little he favors you over both damon and I your like his preciouse jewl" he groan's.
"hey your father is not all bad he's like a second father to me he's nice" stefan huff's "yeah to you, you know how he is to damon and I but what i dont understand is how much he loves and care's about you dont get me wrong lena i love and care about you too but serioucely you should have heard him when i called and told him you and I were going back to mystic falls" stefan looks away remebering the conversation.
flash back 1 hour ago
stefan was still driving and the girls where still asleep he figured he would call his father and tell him he was coming home. he grabbed his phone and pressed 3 on his speed dial elena was his first and his brother was his second. on the third ring his father picked up "hello?" guessippe said into the phone.
"hello father i have some new's" stefan said into the phone "what is it son? is it elena? is she ok?" he heard his father say and stefan rolled his eyes " no actually elena and I are headed into mystic fall's" he heard some noise's then a laugh "elena's coming back that great and you too you both have to stay here at the house no motel's we have enough guest room's here avaliable" stefan turned and looked at elena her head resting on her right arm and her tattoo pocking out of her sleave he smiled and shook his head and looked back to the roude.
"yes father" he said and heard gueisseppe say "god i missed that girl i cant wait to have her home again" and with that his father hung up stefan stared at his phone why does father always favor elena serioucly it was all about her with guesseppe he thought to himself oh well i guess its nice to know your father thinks your best friend is family and with that thought he smiled
present
"anyway were sleeping there and since both your photo shoot and the pilot of the supernatural diaries is in mystic falls it means we'll be here at least a month" stefan said and winked at me then walked back to the rest of the group as a bartender walked over to me " bourbon neat please" i tell him and he nods and gives me the drink.
"aren't you Elena gilbert?" he ask's me and i nod my head "yes i am" i tell him and he smile's "can i get your auto graph? my girl friend loves you" he tells me and i nod my head and he gives me a paper cup "sorry i dont have anything better" he said i smile at him "dont worry about it" and i write on the cup 'stay stronge' "what's her name?" i ask him "amber" he says and i finishe writting 'stay stronge amber love always Elena gilbert' and hand the cup back to him.
A group of girls come in the grill maybe five or six and when i turn around i see stefan and hear him " we need to get elena outta here" he says and mason ask's why but right after that i get up from my seat and start heading towards the bathrooms when i hear the girls scream and everyone cover's there ears including me and we all turn to them " OH MY GOD ITS ELENA GILBERT!" i hear one of them say as they run towards me with screams of elena take a picture with me and elena sign my shirt.
Im surronded by them when suddenly a group of ten at least people comes in and crowds me. as more shouting goes on and they start to push me back wards until i see that im now standing on a stage.
With wide eyes i start looking around for stefan and caroline and bonnie finally i see them and the whole gang of mason,tyler,enzo,klaus,damon,and alaric pushing threw the people to get to me when they finally get to the front i shout for stefan but people start pushing them back to get to me oh my god i think to my self its like godzilla all over again.
"Elena sing for us" someone shouted and then they all started shouting in union " SING! SING!SING!" i look back at stefan and he looks straight at me and yells "its ok just go with the flow" he smiles and nods at me and i nod back to him and look back at the band and tell them the sing that im going to sing then i grab a microphone and start talking.
" ok guys" i say and they are silent i let out a breath "you want to hear me sing then i'll sing i guess are you ready" and they all shout yeah while taking there phone's out to record. the music starts playing and i let myself get lost in it.
You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in colour
And do the things I want
I get cheered on as i sing and i feel like everythings ok i close my eyes and let the music take over.
You think you got the best of me
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
You heard that I was starting over with someone new
They told you I was moving on over you
You didn't think that I'd come back
I'd come back swinging
You try to break me, but you see
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I'm not the broken-hearted
Thanks to you I'm finally thinking about me
You know in the end the day you left was just my beginning
In the end...
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
as i finish the song the crowd goes wild and i smile big. looking over to see stefan caroline bonnie and alaric cheering like crazy and damon and his gang claping. And i know everything's going to be ok because as long as i got my music and my friends i know ill be ok.
Stefan walk's on stage "all right lady's and gentalman Elena has to go now" the crowd slowly dissapers and stefan and i get off stage "alright lets go home" stefan says and i nod its been a long day and im tired i look outside and notice the sun is down wow i think to myself how long have we been here?.
we walk back to everyone and tell them were going bonnie and caroline nod and stefan tell's damon he will see him later. i hug alaric and follow stefan bonnie and caroline out the door but before i reach for the door a hand stops me i turn around and see damon " you were really good" he tells me and i give him a small smile " thanks" i repliy back and go out the door and into the passanger seat of the car.
we drop bonnie and caroline off at a hotel and me and stefan go to the boarding house " i feel bad leaving them there" i tell stefan and he looks over to me and nods "fathers order's" he says with a laugh and i join in with him. We finally make it to the boarding house and guesseppe envolpes me in a huge hug and we laugh.
And as always stefan grabs my suitcase with the escuse of its the gentalmanly thing to do. I just nod because there's no arguing with him on that. he lead's me to my bedroom which is the bedroom next to stefan's and unpack as soon as i do that i slip off my dress put pajama shorts and a t-shirt on and go to bed im to tired to do anything else.