A/N : Haha I thought that you didn't like my last chapter because I [was afraid that - I] forced Stefan/Elena to happened. But I'm glad that you liked it. Thank you for the support and reviews! About Elena who was worried that Stefan could get sick because he skipped lunch, maybe for some people it's weird. But for Elena, she was worried that Stefan [maybe] had a digestive system problem. So if he didn't eat, he would have something trouble. Or my imagination was too much? Hahaha sorry for that. xD
By the way, have you seen the new episode of TVD? I haven't watched the full of it yet but I've seen Stelena scenes and those were truly beautiful. They didn't need to do 'something hot and steamy' to explore their feelings towards each other. I loved each of Stelena scenes and especially when he said "you look beautiful" and "you have me" to Elena. That two was so emotional and as I said, beautiful. And that gave me so much hope for them after all of this craziness that happened to both of them. :)
Okay then, enjoy this chapter.
"Elena, Stefan is coming!" Jenna yelled.
"One minute!" Elena yelled back from the upstairs. Jenna just shook her head and asked Stefan to come in and wait in the living room. Stefan nodded and smiled. She went back to the desk which was not far from him to continue her work. Stefan sat on the couch and tapped his phone, kinda impatient.
"Are you gonna be late?" Jenna asked, turning her face to see him.
"No. Why?"
She shrugged. "Nothing. You just look nervous."
"Do I?"
"Uh-huh."
Stefan almost answered her when he heard Elena came. He turned his face to see her. She looked beautiful as always, but a little pale. He literally got up and walked towards her.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah."
"You sure? You look a bit pale." he said, still examining her face.
"I'm fine. Come on, we're gonna be late." she smiled, reassuring her worried (new) boyfriend.
"No, no. You have to eat something for breakfast first." Jenna suddenly said.
Elena looked at her aunt and furrowed. "We're almost late."
"At least grab something and eat that in the car."
"Jenna is right. I'll be waiting here." Stefan told her, caressing her back. "Go grab something for breakfast."
Elena sighed. "Fine." then she went to the kitchen. Both of Jenna and Stefan just looked at her.
"She seems happy."
"Yeah, I can see that." he smiled. Jenna might be realized that he seemed happy too.
"Keep her safe, Stefan. I know you can do that."
"I'll do my best, Jenna."
Jenna just nodded. After a few moments, Elena went out of the kitchen.
"Are you ready?" Elena asked Stefan and grabbed her bag on the couch.
"Yep. Let's go."
"Good bye, Jenna. See you later." she said as she walked towards Jenna and kissed her cheek.
"Good bye. Be careful." she greeted back. Stefan opened the door for Elena and nodded to Jenna as he walked outside and closed the door.
He ran a little and once he walked beside her, he automatically grabbed her hand and intertwined his fingers with hers. Elena just looked at him and smiled. When they were in front of his car, he opened the door for her and let she hopped in. After that he went to his side and hopped in too.
"Let's go." she said as she wore her safety belt. But instead of answered her, Stefan leaned in to kiss her. Elena was surprised but smiled as she kissed him back.
"What's that for?" she asked as he pulled back.
"A good morning kiss." he winked and turned the machine on. He wanted to do that since she went downstairs. Elena just chuckled and shook her head. Stefan looked at her curiously. "What?"
"You're cheesy."
Stefan laughed. "But you love me anyways."
"Who said that I love you?" Stefan gulped. She looked so serious. Elena saw his afraid face and laughed out loud in all of sudden. She changed her position to get closer to him and cupped his face. "I'm just kidding. Of course I love you." she said and kissed him once more. "Now go, before we're really late." she said again as she pulled away.
Stefan sighed, feeling relief. "Don't do that again, Elena." he said, caressing her head lovingly.
"Okay." she answered.
"Okay." he agreed then drove his car to school.
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"Hello, Matt."
Matt stopped walking and without turning back, he asked. "What do you want Katherine?"
"I want Stefan." she laughed at her own words.
"Then go to find him." he said with an icy tone. He never liked her so he tried to make a bad impression to her. He began to continue his steps when she stopped him again.
"Wait! I can't find him. So I wanted to ask you where he is. He should have been here since 10 minutes ago."
"I don't know. I'm not his babysitter. Just wait here if you want okay? I have to go now." he told her as he walked towards the school's door. Katherine didn't say anything. She just sighed and began walk towards a long chair when she saw Stefan's car came and parked a bit far from her place. She almost ran to him but stopped when she saw Stefan was opening a door for someone. She tried to look at it clearly.
"Who is that?" she narrowed her eyes. Then she gasped angrily when she realized that was Elena. "That bitch! How dare she is!" she yelled. People around her literally turned to look at her. But she didn't mind to look at them back. She was too angry for now. She just stood there and watched Stefan and Elena entered the building together.
15 minutes later…
"I hate this." Stefan said as he leaned back to one of lockers near Elena's, crossing his arms over his chest. Elena looked at him and raised an eyebrow.
"Hate what?"
"Hate the fact that I don't have any same classes with you. Not even one." he sighed.
Elena just smiled a little and closed her locker. "Your act is too much."
"This is not an act, Elena. I'm just expressing what I feel."
Elena laughed at his honesty. "You're just like a kid, Stefan."
"Well, if you said so…" he said, leaning to her. But she stopped her.
"Uh, what are you doing?" she asked as she placed her hand on his chest to stop him. He stopped and leaned back.
"No kiss in public?" he asked disappointedly.
Elena shook her head. "At least wait until people know that we're together now." she smiled and winked. But Stefan just groaned.
"That's still too long. And you know, if we kissed, they would know about that from now." he tried and leaned again to her. Elena quickly placed her hand on Stefan's mouth.
"Hold that thought, Mr. Salvatore."
Stefan groaned again, giving up. "Okay, I'll wait." he said hopelessly. Elena smiled again and pinched his cheek.
"You're so funny when you're kinda hopeless."
"I'm hopeless." he answered, quickly kissed her cheek before she could stop him. Her eyes went wide as she caressed her cheek, right where Stefan just kissed and looked around. Fortunately, there were not many people around.
"You're bad." she said playfully, her face turning red.
"People won't agree with you about that." he winked, feeling satisfied because at least he could kiss her cheek. In public, especially.
She just glared at him. "Yeah okay then. Let's go to the class." she said. Stefan just nodded as he laughed and followed her behind. But they didn't realize that someone was spying on them.
"Ah so they're together now. Good news for you, Elena. You'll be dead." she said, smiling evilly as she still looked at the new couple. "This is gonna be fun."
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Elena sat on a chair near the window at the cafeteria. She was waiting for Stefan. When she looked around, she saw Matt and Caroline sat not far from her. They were laughing at something. When she almost threw her eyes from them, she saw Caroline waved her hand to her. She just smiled and waved a little.
"Ah what a happy couple." someone said, causing Elena gasped and turned her face to see the owner of the voice. "Hello, Elena."
"Katherine." she said as she watched Katherine sat on the chair in front of her.
"You seem surprised to see me."
"That's because you suddenly appeared." Elena answered, trying to calm herself down.
"That's not important. Let's get the point here. Why are so stubborn?"
"Excuse me?"
"Don't pretend, Elena. I know you and Stefan are together now. Aren't you?"
Elena looked down and nodded weakly.
"Too bad that you didn't want to hear my words. Something will happen to you. And Stefan."
"Something like what?" suddenly Elena heard Stefan's voice. She literally tilted her head and saw Stefan was standing behind Katherine. And Katherine was surprised as well. She stood and turned to face Stefan.
"Hello gorgeous." she greeted as she smiled seductively. But Stefan didn't buy it.
"Why are you here? And what do you mean with something will happen to me and Elena?" he asked, his eyes were burning hers.
"Did I say that?" she asked, pretending to be innocent. "Maybe you heard the wrong thing, Stefan. Hey Elena, did I say that?" she turned to see Elena, using that chance to tortured her. Elena just shook her head weakly, didn't brave to see Katherine and Stefan's eyes. Katherine turned back to see Stefan. "See? Elena agreed with me."
"I don't believe you."
Katherine shrugged. "Whatever. Bye now, Stefan. Elena." she pressured her tone when she called Elena. Stefan just shook his head when Katherine was leaving the cafeteria. He looked at Elena who still ducked her head. He sat beside her and tilted her face.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Elena bit her lips and nodded weakly.
"Sorry for that, Elena. She's always rude to everyone. Don't think about her okay?" he said as he caressed her cheeks. Elena just smiled. "You look paler now. Have you eaten something?"
"Not yet. I was waiting for you."
Stefan shook his head. "No, Elena. Next time you don't have to wait for me. If you want to eat, you can eat without me. Promise?"
"Okay, I promise." she said.
"Good. Wait here, I'm gonna buy some foods for you."
"No, Stefan. Let me."
"No. You wait here." Stefan warned her. She couldn't say anything else. Then she just nodded, letting Stefan bought some foods for both of them.
7 minutes later…
"What's your last class?" Stefan asked as he handed the food to Elena and sat on his chair.
"Biology. Why?"
"Mr. Bold? Did he give tasks that have to be collected today?"
"Yes." she answered, a little curious.
"Have you done it? Give it to me."
"Of course." then she picked it from her bag and gave it to him.
"Good. Wait here. I'm not gonna be long."
"Wait, Stefan…" but he already ran out of the cafeteria. She sighed heavily and just waited for him.
Not for a long time, Stefan came back.
"It's perfect. Let's go." he said, grabbing Elena's hand and held it until she stood.
"Where are we going?"
"Talk outside."
Parking lot…
"Okay, can you please tell me where are we going?"
"You look pale since this morning and I want to take you to some place that can make you fresh."
"But I still have class. So do you."
"Doesn't matter. I already have the permission for me and you."
"No, no, no. We can't skip the last class just because I look pale. I'm fine." she said as she turned around to go back to school. Stefan quickly grabbed her shoulder to stop her.
"Please, just once. Believe me, everything is fine. We can borrow our friend's notes. Okay? I'm just worried about you."
"But I'm fine."
"Just trust me. Please?" he begged and Elena couldn't stand it.
She turned around to see Stefan. "Fine. Just once. Today. No more skipping class."
"Yes." he smiled and led Elena to his car.
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30 minutes later, Stefan and Elena arrived at a park. It's out of the town. And there were no people, although that was a good park. Stefan held Elena's hand and led her to somewhere behind the high thickets. She gasped when she saw a lot of wild flowers there. She literally ran and spun around just like a kid found a cookie house. Stefan smiled as he saw that. She didn't look so pale like before. Then he picked a grass and lay on the land not far from Elena. She was still expressing her happiness. He turned his face to look at the sky and slowly closed his eyes. He felt sleepy in all of sudden.
"This is so great, Stefan!" Elena yelled and looked at him who was sleeping not far from her. "Stefan?" she called again as she walked closer to him. She squatted near him and caressed his closed eyes and hair. She was looking at him adoringly. Didn't take much time, she pulled his arms and placed her head there as she laid beside him. Suddenly Stefan pulled her closer and moved to face her. Elena could feel Stefan's warm breaths on her forehead.
"Thank you, Stefan."
"For what?" he asked sleepily.
"For taking me here. It's so beautiful."
He chuckled and kissed her forehead. "Anytime, my love." Elena felt butterflies attacked her tummy when she heard Stefan said that. She just smiled and closed her eyes to enjoy the moment.
A few moments later…
Elena felt something warm on her nose. When she opened her eyes, Stefan was kissing it. She smiled and pushed his face playfully.
"Uh, Elena. Don't do that."
"You, don't do that, Stefan." she chuckled and woke up slowly. "What time is it?"
Stefan looked at his watch. "3 PM. We still have much time here."
Elena looked at him and nodded. "I think so." Stefan woke up, sat behind her then pulled her closer and wrapped his arms around her. Elena leaned back to his chest and held his arms. "So do you care to fill me in how did you find this place?"
Stefan leaned his head into Elena's. "I used to have picnics with my family here when I was a kid. My father found this place."
"Ah, sweet memories."
"Yeah, I know."
"Do you still come here regularly?"
"Twice after my parents' death. And this is the third with you."
She was speechless. All she could do was caressed his hand and he kissed her hair. "That's okay though. I'm glad you're here with me." he said again and hugged her tighter.
"We should have a picnic here next time." she suddenly said, her eyes were excited as she turned to see him.
Stefan smiled and nodded. "That'd be awesome."
"We can invite Damon, Bonnie, Matt, Caroline. And… Um maybe Katherine."
Stefan furrowed his eyebrows disbelief. "Katherine? I don't want her with us."
"Yeah, I guess me too." Elena turned around again and leaned back to his chest. Then she played Stefan's fingers.
"Speaking of Matt…" Stefan hung his words, he was doubt to ask.
"Yeah?"
"How's him with you?"
Elena sighed but kept playing his fingers. "He told me that he loved me."
Stefan scoffed. "Really? When?"
"4 days ago."
"Ah so he was the first."
"Yes."
"So how did you say no to him?"
"He was sure that I loved you before I said no."
"How did he know? And do you seriously love me?"
"I don't know, he told me that he just had that feeling." she sighed. "Hmm about that, I'll think about it."
"Ouch. That's harsh." Stefan said, suddenly released her and tickled her instead. She was laughing so hard and tried to escape from Stefan but she fell onto the land.
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry." she said, still trying to escape from him but he held her too tight. He kept tickling her until she cried with laughter. But finally he let go of her. Then she sat in front of him and pouted. "You're cheating. You hold me too tight so I can't stop you."
"I'm not cheating. I'm just stronger than you are." he pointed Elena's nose and laughed.
"Yeah, I'm weak." she claimed, somewhat looked serious. But Stefan didn't notice it.
"Hmm I think it is especially when I do this." he said, leaning in and pushing her until she laid on the land again and he was on top of her. Elena laughed a little but Stefan quickly shut her up with giving her one of those searing kisses. When he pulled back, they both looked at each other closely. "Thank you, Elena."
Elena raised an eyebrow. "For what?"
"For moving back here so I could meet and love you."
Her eyes got all teary in all of sudden. He sounded cheesy, but that was so cute. She just nodded and chuckled nervously.
"I'm glad too, Stefan." she caressed his cheek. "I'm glad that I can meet you too."
"That's good." he whispered and leaned to kiss her forehead.
Elena closed her eyes as Stefan did that and answered his words in her mind. "Yeah, that's definitely good."
A/N : I'm sorry if it's too cheesy and not good for you. But may I still get some reviews?