For those of you who read Run With You, yes there are outtakes and future takes including the cabin scene that will be written shortly. Thank you for your patience!

I toss a hand over my face as I groan, groggy and delirious. Once my mind has registered that I'm up, I immediately scan the beautiful woman beneath me, snuggled to my side . Funnily enough, my hands are placed comfortably, one on her breast and one on her plump ass.

I give it a squeeze to see if she responds, but she merely moans and snuggles further into me. Pity, I was hoping she was a sleep groper like myself. I roll over, detaching myself from her claws to grab my phone off the counter.

I scrolled past the missed call from Damon, as that was shit for another day. I had to be into work by 12, but it was 9. If I could get my girl up beside me, we may manage to have some fun for awhile.

I put my phone beside me and encase her back into my arms.

"Why are you up?" Her tiny groggy voice mumbles into my chest.

"Why aren't you up?" She points blindly to the clock beside her. I tuck a piece of hair behind her ear to see her better.

Like I've said, Elena was fucking pretty. Or beautiful or whatever. Most times you got those girls with nice asses and tits, but then messed up faces. She was fortunate enough to be pretty in every aspect of her. To be honest, I don't know how she was single before.

Maybe I'm biased.

"Aw, come on." I reach my hands down back to her ass. "We should be taking advantage of the fact that Mini is out like a light and we aren't at work."

She groans and pulls me tighter. "Morning sex, you're such a guy."

I rub the part of me that makes me, indeed, a guy. She squeals and I lay a slobbery kiss on her cheek. "Bet your ass I am."

She yawns away from me-probably to stop me from inhaling her morning breath-right as my phone rings from beside me. I lift it up and notice that it's Damon. Again.

I ignore it and toss it onto the floor.

"You aren't going to answer that?" Elena asks, pulling herself up from the bed. How the hell am I supposed to think about that when I finally realize what the hell she is wearing? Now, typically I'm never in bed long enough with women to know what they sleep in besides being naked.

But hell, she may as well be.

Those boy panties or whatever did not cover that delectable ass at all, which was not helping the current problem in my pants. And that tank top was ridden up like a goddamn bra(which she was not wearing) and fuck me if it didn't look amazing.

It usually takes a lot more touching than seeing to get me so turned on, but I guess that's life, right? Things change.

The saddest part of it all was that at least when she hated me a lot more, I could still jerk off thinking about her. But now Elena spends a lot of time here, and I can't just do it while she's watching. That'd be a really dickish move.

I've been celibate for the longest and she's keeping me this way until she gets an honest date out of me. What my girl wants, she gets.

"Stefan?"

"Huh?"

"Your phone," she motions to the device on the floor. I look down and think back.

"Oh, right. It was Bonnie. I think she's wondering when I'll be in, but Nik will tell her."

Why the hell did I lie? To keep her from finding out about the other lie. All this shit just keeps building up and when Elena finds out she's going to kill me, bring me back to life, then kill me again.

She accepts my answer and walks over to the bathroom adjacent to my room.

"Hey, Elena?"

"Hmm?" I hear the water start to pour from the sink.

"What do you think about going out tonight? Nik could babysit? Mini would like to murder him but I think we'd be good for a few hours. I know, I said yesterday, but I got caught up with Nik and you were tired so..." I slap my face when I realize I'm rambling.

She doesn't say anything.

"Elena?"

Nothing.

Suddenly, she pops out from the door, a toothbrush in her white filled mouth. She makes this weird noise and I almost think she's choking. But then she nods and does this head motion back into the bathroom. I think she's okay. Well, as okay as she always is.

I leap up out of bed and practically jog into the bathroom after her, yanking my toothbrush off the hook. I throw some paste onto it messily, the rest of it falling onto te counter. Elena frowns at the mess but continues to brush.

We brush in silence, occasionally bumping each other with our hips. She leaves the bathroom before I do, but when I'm satisfied with my cleansing I chase her back onto my bed.

"Alright, adult time now."

She giggles and pushes away from me, both hands on my chest. "No sex, buddy. Don't think just because I love your daughter that I'm gonna jump in bed with you."

"Fine," I acquiesce kissing down her neck. "But there has to be some way I can thank you. You know, for everything that you've done and all. It'd be the gentlemanly thing to do."

She laughs and moans, a deadly combination, while gripping my back tightly. "There's nothing gentlemanly about you, Mr. Salvatore."

I trail my kisses down further until I'm at her belly button, teasing the top of her panties and around the tiny crater. Everything about her was cute and soft; who in the world has an adorable belly button?

Her soft mewls of yearning make me smile against her. I lick a line from her belly button to the top of her panties, dragging my hand up to cup her pussy through the cotton.

She whimpers a bit, the sound going straight to my cock. When she starts wriggling beneath my ministrations, I know that's the okay to slip these damn things off of her. So I do.

Very seldom do I give oral sex to women. I just fucking don't, because it's a little disgusting and when I'm fucking a girl from the bar, the last thing I want is to put my mouth anywhere near her cooch. That being said, I am a man and I like women and I like seeing them aroused and a little fingering can go a long way so I never have to resort to that aspect of sex.

I like the feel of women, how they look and how they taste-on the outside.

Now, I know my cum doesn't taste like candy, but some girls smell and taste just as bad. The few times I have done it, something has always gone wrong, pertaining to their hygiene. Plus, it's too fucking intimate to me, I have to trust you a whole lot for that shit.

But when Elena pulls my hair and tells me to put my mouth on her? Well, I'm fucking whipped and she tastes good, like fucking berries and shit.

She's soft, too, and she moans and groans like a woman from my dreams. Her legs tighten around me and it makes me feel like a king. I'm usually a taker and not really a giver, but hearing and seeing and tasting her response to me makes me even harder for her, so much so that I start practically humping the bed.

I know she's getting close when I push my index finger into her and she starts clenching around me like crazy. She's tight and she's perfect and all I can think about is how good it'll be.

I double my efforts and hum against her so she's withering and making these high pitched moans all around my mouth. Finally, she falls off the edge, convulsing with tiny whimpers leaving her lips.

I lick her down from her orgasm, taking as much as I can for memory. I look up to see her smiling contentedly.

I move up her body to kiss her when my phone rings again. Fucking hell.

Elena leans over to get it and I immediately push her back onto the bed. "It's fine!" I say quickly, practically jumping on her.

"I told those assholes I'd be in later. We still have," I look at the clock,"three hours left. Three hours of anything we want."

I hear a familiar baby wail and groan, looking down at my erection.

It's okay, buddy. Better days will come.

"I don't think Elena likes fish food."

Katherine rolls her eyes, tossing her lip gloss between her hands. "Why would you think that you dumb bastard?"

I recoil at her viciousness and squint my eyes at her. Nik guffaws from the corner, tossing a cheese ring to Matt. "Don't pay her any mind, pretty sure she's on the rag or somethin'."

Katherine looks at him and clenches her jaw before hissing at us. "You all are a bunch of pricks."

Nik leans back in his chair, looking pointedly at Matt. "Ya know, you should be tappin' that better, maybe she wouldn't be so pissed all the time."

I snort as Matt shrugs. "Like I said, I think she's on her period. She's been like this for like three weeks. Did you know that last weekend she made me sleep outside by the trash?"

Nik throws another cheese ring. "Periods don't last that long, dumbass. Either you fucked up or she's pregnant. Actually, either you fucked up or you fucked up."

Matt's eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Kat's not pregnant." He stresses confidently.

"How would you know?"

"Because there's no baby!" Matt yelps as if it's the most obvious thing in the world. Nik looks at me solemnly before standing.

"I need a fucking cigarette."

I chuckle and push a forkful of pasta in my mouth. After a good five minutes of nothing, Matt calls my name.

"Yeah, man?"

"Do you think Kat is pregnant?"

"No fucking idea. I wasn't around for that, remember?"

He hums and then points to the paper beside me. "What's that?"

I slide it over to him. "I'm taking Elena out tonight, and Katherine gave me the menu to some place her friend owns."

He nods thoughtfully. "That's cool."

"Yeah, well, tonight has to be perfect for my girl. Who the hell knows where I'd be without her? She deserves a good first date."

"Did you buy her flowers?"

I pause and lift an eyebrow. "Am I supposed to?"

"It'd be nice," he shrugs. "Then again, cats are also nice."

"I don't understand, am I supposed to get her flowers or a fucking cat?"

He sighs as if he's really irritated with me and folds his arms across his chest. "You've been out of the dating game for a while, so I'll help you out a bit. Guys always talk about how complicated girls are, but it's actually pretty simple. They like gifts," he crosses of with his fingers, "they like guys to make effort to spend time with them, they like guys to tell them what they want to hear, which is the truth without being cruel, and they like to be equals in the relationship. That's the basics. Basically, you just gotta know what your girlfriend likes and you are in there. Literally."

I stare blankly at him. "How the hell do you even know this stuff?"

"Well, while you and Nik have been out getting pussy, I've been studying it."

I raise an eyebrow.

"No, seriously, I think I'm going to study gynecology in my second life."

A familiar ring brings me out of the conversation. Matt forces a handful of cheese rings down his throat. "Hey, your phone's ringing."

I sigh. "I know."

"Want me to get it?"

"No thanks man, but thanks for the advice."

His blue eyes light up like its Christmas. "No problem, dude. It's cool being the one to help you out for once."

I hold out my fist for him to tap and he does, eagerly, before I walk out the break room.

Tie or no tie? Tie.

Ties are really formal and it makes things seem like a big deal. Plus, this is my favorite tie ever.

I quickly tie it and straighten it out in the mirror. I bring out my comb from my pocket and brush through my hair a couple of times, pushing it in different directions until I'm mildly content.

I haven't been on a date since...well it's been a while. Even then I didn't care about anything. But yet here I am, holding a rose and wearing a suit like I'm on a reality tv dating show. My how the tables have turned.

I was actually pretty excited for our date. Nellie was a little peeved she couldn't come with us and even pulled the 'daddy' card on me. Not gonna lie, I almost caved. Since she's learned to say it, she's been ruthless.

But still so adorable.

"Leave before she realizes what a dick you are and stands you up," Nik yells from the living room. I grab my phone and stuff it into my pocket as I walk out.

"Don't say those fudging words around Mini."

He snorts. "Fudging?"

"Yeah."

"Elena put you up to this?"

I shake my head. "Nope, she doesn't even know I'm doing it. I feel like now if I accidentally fuck up, I don't have to face her judging face."

I lean over and kiss Mini's chubby cheek. "Sorry, baby. Daddy loves you, I'll be home later on, alright?"

"Daaa."

"I know, sweetheart, I know."

Mini takes her anger out on Nik by banging her rattle against his head, mercilessly. I laugh and grab my key and wallet. "Call me if anything happens. Like anything at all."

I head to Elena's apartment, half giddy and half nervous out of my mind. When I finally reach the door, I'm surprised I'm not completely in pieces.

I knock twice and then put the rose behind my back so she doesn't see it first. It was pretty teenager of me to do but I am pretty childish.

When she opens the door I feel my breath catch in my throat. No, like really I start coughing until my stomach hurts. She immediately comes to my side and starts pounding on my back, not fucking realizing I had a flower that she now pulverized to red bits and pieces.

"Oh, Stefan, I'm sorry!"

She reaches for the mangled rose and lies through her teeth. "It's beautiful. Let me just go put this in some..water?"

I cough once more and nod. She was wearing a beige colored form-fitting dress that went a little above her knee, and was strapless. That's all I know about dresses and all I can tell you other than that she looks amazing. I tell her so.

"You look great."

"You too. I didn't know you could clean up so well. I have to say I'm pleasantly surprised."

Me too.

"Ready?"

She grabs her clutch and nods, cutting the light off. We walk out to my car, mostly talking about trivial things, but things I didn't even know about her. Luckily, the weather is nice tonight and she got away with not wearing a jacket.

"Your brother, he's younger, right?" I ask her, opening the car door for her.

"I can do that myself," she points out in an Elena-type fashion.

"I know, but humor me."

I hop into the driver's seat and immediately start the car.

"My brother is 3 years younger than I am. His name is Jeremy."

"That's cool-having a younger sibling, I mean."

She sighs. "It's a lot of responsibility. Don't get me wrong, my parents were great parents at points, but they didn't want a second child. They let the village raise him, so to speak. They wanted to travel, see the world, all that jazz. They weren't prepared for a second baby. I had to make sure he didn't end up in trouble."

"Did you?"

"Not really, no. He still hung around bad people and it was hard for him to have a male figure to model after, you know? He was a handful but I love him."

I chuckle. "You're so much nicer when you talk about him, or Nellie than when you're talking about me. Why?"

"You're just full of questions." I sideways glance at her. She smiles. "I think it's funny. The first time I saw you was when I was moving in and you were talking to Maria."

"Who?"

"Maria?"

"Who?"

"A blonde girl who lives two doors over from me," she says hesitantly.

"Ah. Maria."

She ignores me. "I remember being attracted to you, but you also had this very arrogant look to you. I don't like arrogance and so I didn't like you in the beginning, but you also proved to be different."

I furrow my eyebrows. "How so?"

"You're more good than you think, and you have a very vulnerable side that's very real. I like that part of you."

I smile softly. "Just that part?"

"All the parts of you."

"I like all the parts of you, too."

We were probably the most overdressed people there. At first it was funny, but people keep looking at us and I'm getting pissed.

"These people are shitwads. Hey, buddy, how about you pay attention to your own girlfriend, thanks!"

The scraggly teen pushed away from us after taking a long look at my girls breasts. Just rude.

"Calm down."

She reaches her hand across to grab mine and I pull it close to my chest. I feel a vibration and pull out my phone.

"Is it Nik?" Elena asks curiously.

"Uhh..." I hit ignore and shake my head. "Must be the wrong number."

The vibration begins again and I clench my jaw.

"I don't think people call the wrong number twice. Or all day."

My eyes flicker to hers and my breathing starts to labor. I ignore again and smile as if I didn't hear her.

"You said you're from North Carolina. Why move here?"

"I needed a change in scenery, you know?"

I nod thoughtfully. "And your best friend, Caroline, her too?"

My phone vibrates again and my heart sinks.

"Pick up the phone or I will, Stefan." She gives me a menacing glare as I stand to go outside.

I accept it and slam it to my ear. "I've had enough, okay? You've called me all fucking day and you aren't seeming to get the message: I have nothing to say or report, okay? So drop it."

I'm about to hang up when my mouth starts moving again. "Oh, and another thing: I lied to my girlfriend for you who already had mixed feelings about me, so that I could meet up with your ex fiancé slash bitch from hell only for her to basically brush me off and offer me juice. So next time you want to ask me something like that, don't."

"The bitch from hell is gone, Stefan. Andie's dead."