Authors Note; I own nothing TVD or Covenant related, only Verity and the plot.

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Chapter 10.

The next morning Verity woke up feeling very groggy and had a killer headache. She slowly opened her eyes, taking in her surroundings. It took her a few seconds to remember she had spent the night at Stefan's house. Which was now her house too, seeing as she was moving in with him. Verity stretched an arm out and discovered she was in bed alone, and smiled to herself as she heard his footsteps nearing the bed ever so lightly. Stefan was making a conscious effort to make more noise and slow his movements down in order to blend in with Verity and make her feel more at ease.

"Good morning Princess. I bought you some water and painkillers for your head." He said, sitting gently on the bed, offering Verity the water and pills. Verity sat up and it was then that the room started to spin and he stomach began to churn, a cold sweat suddenly covered her body and the hairs on the back of her neck stood up on end.

"I'm going to hurl!" She panted, putting a hand over her mouth as she quickly and unsteadily ran to the en-suite bathroom, leant over the toilet and emptied to contents of her alcohol filled stomach.

Stefan kneeled behind her and held her hair back with one hand and rubber her back with the other.

When she was finished, Verity lay herself down on the cool tiled floor and groaned.

"I never want to drink tequila again!" She protested.

Stefan flushed the toilet and picked her up gently and carried her over to the bed, placing her in a next of feather pillows and sheets. He placed the two pills to her lips, she opened her mouth and took them. Stefan gave her a small sip of water and stroked her hair.

"Go back to sleep Princess. It's early yet, only 4am, you'll feel better soon." He soothed.

"Cuddle me?" She whimpered.

"Always." He kissed her forehead and lay behind her, his arms loosely around her but ready to swiftly move her back to the bathroom at a seconds notice.

For three hours Stefan cuddled Verity and thought about their future. He also thought about his past and how Verity had made his world seem normal again, how she had given him a reason to get out of bed in the mornings and to take proper care of himself. The alarm was about to go off and Stefan could feel Verity stirring, so he turned off the clock and kissed her cheeks and forehead.

"Rise and shine Princess" He said softly, stroking her cheek.

Verity stirred and her eyes slowly opened.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey." He smiled. "How are you feeling now?"

"Okay I guess. But maybe we should stay in bed today, just to be sure." She smiled, a little groggy.

"As much as I'd like that, I think we need to be sensible and go to class. Besides; you have to go to the stables later for your shift." He kissed her cheek.

"How does it feel being right all the time?"

"Feels good." He smirked.

"I need to take a shower, I feel gross!"

"Well you look beautiful."

"You have to say that; you're my boyfriend."

"No, I have to say it because it's true."

"So I look beautiful when I'm hung over? Maybe I should drink more often then!" Verity joked, slowly and carefully getting out of bed and making her way to the bathroom and turning on the shower.

"Care to join me?" She playfully asked, poking her head out of the door way.

"I'm very tempted." He smirked.

"Maybe I should tempt you more! The waters nice and hot…" She disappeared behind the door.

"Tempting." He teased.

"The shower gel smells nice….." She called, undressing and wrapping a towel around her.

"Tempting."

"I'll naked. Tempting enough?" Verity appeared back in the door way and aimed her clothes at Stefan who was sat on the end of the bed.

"Tempted!" He smirked, standing up and making his way over to Verity and hugging her tightly before getting undressed and jumping in to the shower and taking Verity with him.

By 8:30 sharp, Verity, Stefan, Caroline and Lena were dressed and fed and in the car half way to school. Lena and Verity were feeling the after effects of the previous night but Stefan and Caroline were perfectly fine, a fact they were both very smug about.

"I can't believe you threw up! That's so disgusting!" Caroline laughed from the back seat, causing Lena to nudge her and readjust her huge oversized sun glasses.

"Shhhhhh! My head hurts!" Lena moaned, leaning her head on Caroline's shoulder.

"I'm really sorry about that." Verity said quietly to Stefan, who was driving her car.

"It's okay, really." He smiled, giving her hand a squeeze.

"You shouldn't have seen that, it won't happen again. I promise."

"You're young, you'll learn." He smirked.

"Nope, no more learning. Tequila is one teacher I am done taking lessons from!"

Stefan laughed quietly and continued the drive, Lena fell asleep in the car and Caroline decided it would be fun to tickle her awake, at this point Stefan and Verity got out the car to allow Lena to make a run for it.

"You coming to class?" Verity asked Stefan.

"I'll catch up with you. I just need to have a chat with Care first. You and Lena go." Stefan kissed her forehead.

"Okay, I'll see you in a few minutes." She smiled and took Lena by the arm and the two made their way through the entrance.

"What are they whispering about?" Verity asked. Lena shrugged.

"Who knows. I'm going up to my dorm room to get some sleep, don't tell okay?" Lena asked.

"Sure. I'll say you went to the library and didn't see you. Just make sure you're down for lunch though, or we'll both be in trouble!" Verity instructed.

"Yes ma'am!" She smiled and walked in the opposite direction of her class, leaving Verity to wonder down the hall on her own to History class.

Verity slumped herself in to her usual seat, a few moments later she was joined by Stefan.

"What are you two plotting?" She asked, taking her books out of her bag.

"Nothing. Just asking her to help you move your stuff over. In case your parents decide to chase me out of the house for stealing you away from them." He smirked.

"They won't, they'll love you."

"Not when we tell them you have a boyfriend you're moving in with. Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked with concern, just as the teacher was walking in to class.

"Yes, there's nothing I'm more sure of or want more than to move in with you." She whispered, ending her sentence a few seconds before she received a look from her impatient teacher, who promptly began the lesson and made Stefan and Verity his target for his most difficult questions.