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CHAPTER FOUR-Waking Up In Vegas
Stefan's P.O.V.
My mind feels like it's going to implode from the pressure. From the realization. I know them and I have no idea how I didn't remember their faces, two women like that are very hard to miss!
So, as Lexi watches me sit down on one of the sofas in the lobby, I watch as a few guests pass by me and I nearly feel sick from it all. "Lexi, I'm going to head up back to my room for a while. I um, I need to figure some stuff out." I tell her, turning slightly as she smiles at me and nods.
As I take the elevator up, I pass by a few familiar faces as they smile at me. Mostly people from the wedding reception, leaving the hotel and heading back home. Unlocking the door, my mind races back to just a few years ago...2007...when I had first saw them, in the airport in Denver...
"Oh, for the love of God! Caroline, I 'm telling you I'll be there in five minutes, can't a girl just pee without being bothered! Look, I'm standing in line and getting coffee and then I'll meet you at the terminal. It's G7, right? Aha, Okay. Bye." She rambles on as I stand behind her, watching her run her hands through her hair as she lets out a sigh.
"Business trip?" I ask, smiling at her as she looks up from her blackberry, nodding in response as we both move forward in the line that's been forming.
"I'm sorry that you had to hear that! Ha, I'm embarrassed now. Um, yeah. We made a pit stop here and then we're heading out to Orlando, Florida for a conference." She says, pulling out her wallet. I watch her rummage through her purse for a minute before she curses under her breath.
"Son of a bitch! I forget my credit card. Great, and I have no cash. Ha." She says, blushing a bit as she finally looks up at me, our eyes locking on each other briefly.
"Hey, It's okay. I can pay for you both." I try offering. She smiles up at me again, her dark brown eyes smiling along with her.
"It's um..Just for me." She says, shyness in her voice as she steps to my left side and I pull out my wallet, watching as she glances down at it and smiles.
"Wow, that's a larrie leather wallet, right?" She says, sounding confident in her question as I take a 20 dollar bill from it and then shut it, placing it back into my jeans as I nod.
"Yeah, You know men's fashion..pretty well." I tell her, watching as she slightly blushes and then she laughs. "Yeah, I guess so. I'm an intern, so I'm still learning."
My cell phone in my pocket starts to buzz as I hand her the 20 dollar bill and smile. "um, I'm afraid I've got to get going. But, keep the change. It was nice talking to you...Miss?" I try fishing for her name, hoping that she will give in when she nods her head, replying with "Thanks, Have a safe flight." as I watch her turn away from me and back to the sales associate.
2 hours later and more than enough caffeine later, I find myself on the plane, sitting down as I hear the blonde giggle at me. " .God! Just wait until I tell her who I sat by! You're Stefan Salvatore..Your face covers Bello, People and Glow Magazine...Oh, she's going to be so jealous!" The blonde tells me, running her slim fingers against my arm as I look up at her. Her blue eyes are dark with pure desire as I smile at her.
"Yeah, I am and for some odd reason, I didn't take my private jet. So, I...I ended up in first class here with you. You can thank my brother for that one." I tell her, smirking at her. She nearly spits out her water and then embarrassingly wipes the water off her mouth with a laugh.
"Damon...Your brother! Oh...Thank You God for allowing me to sit next to this hot man." She says, under her breath as she laughs, blushing .
"Yup. So, Where are you headed too?" I ask, trying to change the subject away from me and back to her, looking around as I notice a few people staring at us. One of them pointing her cell phone at me, taking a picture with it quickly.
"Um, Florida! What about you?" She asks, turning around and throwing a glare in the direction of the woman who had just taken the picture.
"Um, The same actually. Just for a few hours and then I'm meeting up with my brother. We're heading off to some island, I have no idea." I tell her, smiling at her as she looks like she's going to pass out on me.
"So, Stefan...Why don't you have any body guards or the secret service following you. I mean, you do realize how much people would pay to just be near you?" She says, pushing a strand of her long curly blonde hair away from her neck.
"Who says I don't" I respond with a wink, watching as she squeals like a little girl and then she clears her throat.
"Oh gosh! I'm so sorry! I totally forgot my manners...I'm Caroline Forbes, I work for a fashion magazine." She says with a beaming smile.
I nod. "Huh. Well, that's nice, Caroline." I say, pulling out my head phones as we watch a flight attendant walk past us, going around the rows checking our tickets as Caroline nervously lets out a laugh when the red head turns towards her. "Can I see your first class ticket, Ma'am?" She asks, a hand out towards the blonde as she laughs loudly again, more nervously.
I glance over at the flight attendant as she shakes her head. "Miss Forbes, I'm afraid that you're seats in couch. Not in first class."
Caroline once again blushes, looking over at me quickly as she smiles and then tries to explain. "I...I must have read that wrong. I swear it says first class, seat 4A."
"No, It doesn't. Ma'am. I'm sorry, but you're going to need to leave this gentlemen alone and head back to your correct seat before we head off. We've got a packed flight and I can't have people switching seats." She explains, hands on her hips as she gives Caroline the ticket back and I hear her exhale deeply.
"Fine. Um, It was nice meeting you and sitting next to you for a few minutes. Mr. Salvatore." She says turning towards me as I nod and reply "It was a pleasure, Miss Forbes. Maybe we'll see each other again. Look out for me in those magazines!"
"Oh, you bet I will." She tells me, winking at me as she picks up her things and shamefully makes her way back towards the airplane.
The airport. I had met them in 2007 at the airport in Denver for the first time. That's why she looked so familiar. That's why her name stuck out like a sore thumb and now that my not so foggy brain is catching up with me, I remember it.
I quickly get up off the king size bed that I've laid across, staring up at the ceiling as the memory of them washes away and I hear a light knock at the door.
Walking over to it briskly with my mind seeming a million miles away as he looks up at me with a smile and says "Holy shit brother! You look like hell!" Damon exclaims, brushing past me as he sits down at the table that's in the room and sighs.
"Nice digs. So, I guess since you're going to be running the company for two or three weeks. While the new wife and I are away in Bora Bora. I wanted to talk about business with you real quick." Damon tells me, placing his feet onto the table, leaning back in his chair as he looks up at me with a grin.
"Yeah, that's fine. But, can I ask you a question first?" I ask him, watching as my brother laughs and then smiles at me, his blue eyes round and wide as he replies.
"Yeah, sure. Just as long as we're not trying to rehash the past." He says, a grin on his face as he watches me sit down across from him, tapping my hands against the table that I'm sitting in front.
"Well, Ha. We're going to need to for a bit." I begin to say as Damon's face goes pale. I can see it in his eyes as he looks at me and sighs deeply.
"What do you want to talk about now?" Damon asks, running his hands through his hair as he gives me a worried smile.
I watch him closely as I reply and when the name comes out of my mouth, Damon looks like I've just poured a pound of bleach on him, pale and nauseous. "Let's talk about Caroline Forbes, Damon." I reply, a wicked smile on my face as my brother nods his head.
"Caroline Forbes? Ha, surely Stefan you know everything there is about her and I." Damon comments, placing his hands behind him and giving me an innocent smile, his color returning to his face as I lock my eyes on him and speak.
"You would think that I would. I mean, you almost married Caroline...two months shy of the wedding actually...and then you met Katherine, leaving Caroline with a broken heart and awfully vengeful." I tell him, watching as Damon plays it off as no big deal. Like the fact that he had cheated on Caroline before he had gone away to Yale with Katherine wasn't a big deal.
"So, tell me brother...how is it that the day your getting married to Katherine. Miss Forbes is also marrying her fiancé, in the reception hall...right across from yours?" I ask him, watching as the paleness in his face returns and Damon swallows hard.
"What?" He asks me, shaking his head in disbelief as I repeat my question, watching my brother look past me as he almost looks like he's remembering the past in his head.
-Until Next Time-
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