2 weeks later
{Stefan's POV}
It had been two weeks since I spent the day with Elena, which was also the last time I'd seen her. Something was off, I just didn't know what. Normally we would all hang out at the Grill through the week and have the occasional movie night or something, but during these past two weeks Elena hadn't showed up once and Caroline was acting differently with me. I'd even dropped by Elena's apartment a few times to see if she was okay, but every time her roommate Bonnie would answer and give me the cold shoulder and tell me she wasn't home. I was so confused. Had I done something wrong? I've asked myself that question a million times after I realised Elena was avoiding me. Maybe she had changed her mind and decided that we couldn't change our relationship to being better friends, maybe she realised that all we would ever be to each other is a pain in the ass. If only she knew how I really felt, maybe things would be so different. But I could never bring myself to tell her, it would be selfish of me because Elena is an amazing girl and she deserves amazing things, not a guy like me. Truth is, I miss her. It sounds ridiculous, it's only been two weeks, but I do, I really miss her. You know what? I'm not just gonna sit round here on my ass wondering what I did, I'm gonna go and find out.
Pacing over to her apartment building, I ran up the stairs determined to get to the bottom of what was going on. I didn't even bother knocking, I just walked straight in and there she was sitting on her couch looking at me in shock.
"What are you doing here?" She said to me half shocked, half annoyed.
"Nice to see you too Gilbert. I'm here to find out why you've been avoiding me" I said raising my voice for some reason. She had got up and walked over to me but still staying quite far away as if she was protecting herself from me. She was looking everywhere but me.
"I've been busy not avoiding you" she lied. She always was a bad liar.
"Bullshit, I wanna know why you haven't been around lately, and before you make something else up, I know it's something to do with me because you've been speaking to Nik and Caroline" I responded not believing a thing she said.
"Listen Stefan I don't want to get into this right now" she replied sounding exasperated.
"Well too bad because I'm not leaving until you tell me what's up" I tried not to sound too angry, but I was frustrated. She sighed and went back the couch to sit down, I followed and sat down too, trying to not to get too close because something was clearly bugging her.
{Elena's POV}
I was totally caught off guard my Stefan's appearance and I didn't know what to say. But what I did know is that I needed to distance myself from him because I was still recovering from my hurt feelings. I noticed that Stefan looked genuinely upset that I had been avoiding him, but I still wasn't ready to face him properly again, so I decided to try and let him down easily.
"Stefan, look, I don't regret that day we spent together or the part where I said we should start off fresh and get to know each other better, but what I'm saying is I can't do it right now. Right now, things are tense with school, and me and you are just too different. I do things that annoy you and you do things that annoy me. I think that if we tried to get on as if we never had this argumentative past, we would either be lying to ourselves or it would change us. You are who you are, and I won't change you". God, that sounded so over the top, it's not as if we were a couple or anything but I didn't know what else to say. "I'll start coming back to the Grill and our movie nights and I'll be civil with you, but that's it. I'm sorry". As the words came out of my mouth, Stefan's face dropped, I'd never seen him like this before. Looking into his eyes, all I could see was sadness and my heart ached, but I had to protect myself.
"Huh, okay, I guess if that's what you really want" Stefan stuttered and got up and walked out slowly but not without giving me one last look, his sad eyes burning into me.
{Stefan's POV}
I couldn't believe all those things Elena had just said to me. I though she wanted to get me know properly, but obviously not. That's what I get for trying to trust someone. I couldn't tell if I was mad or upset, both probably, but more sad. Stupid me for thinking that I actually had a chance with her and for believing I could let someone in and let them get too close to me.
Returning to my idiotic, impulsive self, I decided to go to the Grill and drink away my sadness, which would probably end in me taking some girl back to my apartment.
