A/N: Here's to the story that I thought I wasn't going to write any more for. Enjoy, sorry for the wait and thank you to everyone that has read it and provided constant support!

hey moved too quickly up the stairs for Elena's eyes to keep up, so she let them slide closed and focused on her other senses. Pressed against Stefan so closely, she could feel every rise and fall of his chest, hers moving in unison. The warmth from his fingers radiated up through her spine leaving a comfortable glow trickling through her insides. It was strange though, she thought, everything in their relationship had been so epic, from their break ups to their reconciliations. This though. This wasn't, -but surprisingly it was refreshing. This was the same house they had always been in, the same jaded light hit the banister from the upstairs window. The same smell of grass and cinnamon lingering on Stefan's skin. This was them, the real thing. The way they should be- simple, passionate and easy.

Suddenly her feet were on the thick carpet of the stairs, she opened her eyes in shock. He thrust his hands against the walls behind her, leaning in closely. There was no escape - not that she was looking for one. She arched her body up in answer to his but he pushed her back firmer against the wall and came down harder against her, pinning her in place. A look of pure lust filled his eyes - a different kind from the one he had experienced in the lounge only minutes before.

"Stefan what's wrong? Are you- Oh..."

Her question was caught in her throat as he leaned in close to her, placing delicate kissed along her neck, moving up to trace the line of her jaw. A small moan escaped her lips, followed by a thick coating of goose bumps along her arms. He leaned back slightly to enjoy the reaction he had coaxed from her before moving in closer again- a sly smile pulling at the corner of his lips.

"Well, I've been held captive a lot recently but this - well this is my kind of cell." She commented while gliding her hand down his chest evoking a shutter from him. " A room with a view." She whispered into his chest forcing a second shudder to follow the first.

Elena's eyes involuntarily fluttered closed but she didn't try to stop them, instead she let her head fall back against the wall behind her, going limp in Stefan's arms as he moved towards her ear. With a throaty chuckle he slid his tongue over the outer rim of her ear before finally stopping to pay special attention to her ear lobe. He gently sucked it into his mouth while grazing the surface lightly with his teeth causing another moan to escape from Elena- louder this time as she found the strength to wrap her arms around him, digging her hands into his back. Hungrily she began to push her hands under his shirt pulling it up as she went. His mouth quickly found hers as he arched away from her just enough to let his shirt rise to his elbows -

"Oh really Stefan? On the stair well? Perhaps you should wait until you are in the bedroom before you maul innocent girls to avoid- well to avoid embarrassing encounters like this, wouldn't you think?"

At the sound of her voice, every inch of Stefan grew rigid (well not every inch ;) ) The lust in his eyes dulled and was instead replaced with... mild boredom? He sighed and pushed away from the wall, an action that seemed to require more effort than it should as his desire to just ignore her and get back to Elena weighed strongly on his mind. For all his feigned lack of interest though, Elena noticed that he had moved himself in front of her guarding her with a slightly hunched back and barely masked fangs.

She supposed you could never be too careful when it came to-

"Katherine." He greeted with mild disgust coating his voice. "To what do we owe the great displeasure of your old, haggard face?"

"Oh please, we both know that I'm still as beautiful as that piece of meat behind you- more so , in fact, because I'll stay this way. While you? Well you will in fact be a grey old hag in no time."

"Charming Katherine. Good to see you again." Even speaking her name made Elena's skin crawl. Where she had once held hatred for Katherine instead been replaced by pity as she had come to know her- and not through your usual coffee dates or hang outs. No, more through the continuous torture, abductions and overall bloody encounters

"I am charming aren't I? You on the other hand are a sight for sore eyes. Is that- hang on is that a grey hair I see? Oooh. So it begins."

"I don't mind getting old Katherine, I already have everything that you want so that's enough satisfaction for me to die happy at any age." She retorted with as much sarcasm in her tone as she could manage but couldn't help but turn away from her and pat her head self-consciously.

Katherine let a small hiss escape her lips as she leaned forward slightly; "You little-"

"What'll it be Katherine?" Stefan interjected with more venom in his tone this time while mirroring Katherine's posture.

Her eyes instantly shifted back to Stefan and she straightened her posture coating her lips with her most charming smile as she repositioned her brown locks over her shoulder. "Well aren't we certainly more animalistic than ever - first the appalling mauling that I witnessed before and now this? Perhaps you've been hunting too much lately Stefan, "you are what you eat" or whatever it is they say. Not that I've ever found a woodland creature this sexy before, wouldn't you agree Elena?"

Even when asking Elena, Katherine's eyes never left Stefan's face. Even this tense encounter with him left a look of utter rapture in her eyes- it was as though she revelled in their heated banter. The thought made Elena's stomach turn as she wondered, for about the hundredth time, what their relationship had been like when they first met. Did they argue like this? Was the same level of adoration shadowed in her eyes as there was now? She had never really asked Stefan much about it and he certainly hadn't been forthcoming - but seeing that look in Katherine's eyes, one that Elena was sure mirrored the one she had worn back then only confirmed how violently consuming their relationship had been... much likes hers and Stefan's. The thought sent another shiver down her spine, and not one filled with pleasure like she had experienced earlier that evening.

"See Katherine the thing is, if I was to describe you in one word, of course skipping the obvious choices; bitch, vindictive, evil of course, I think I would have to go to 'flakey.' So how about for once in your life, you choose to do something like, hm, disappear? and you stick to it- please."

"Surely your mother taught you better than that- didn't you Lilli?

"Oh you know Stefan, of course I did but would he listen to a word I ever said? Of course not." She remarked as she stepped out from behind him. Elena was shocked by the grace and elegance that radiated Stefan's supposedly dead mother. It was as if she were born from royalty- and she knew it. She was beautiful, with long brown ringlings trailing down her back and skin that looked like it had been sculpted from marble. She wore a long flowing velvet dress that would only ever be seen in a thrift shop window in this time but on her, well it was like it was made especially for her - it probably was.

After the initial shock passed, Elena glanced down to Stefan's face on the step below her. His face mirrored the expressions she was sure she wore herself - utter confusion.

"Oh don't be so shocked, more reunions to come dear."

" But how is that even..." He started before trailing off as if the words escaped him.

"well we are vampire's darling. -

"It's in our job description to live forever." A man finished from behind Lillian and before even seeing his face, Elena knew.

"dad.."

A/N: Okay so please don't lynch me or whatever they did in those times, I know I promised a steamy scene but after months of writers block, this is what came to me so I just let my fingers do the decision making. This was an idea that I had been toying with for months so I'm going to run with it. THERE WILL BE A SCENE- eventually so don't lose hope haha. Cheers guys.