A/N : I know it's been too long. Like really, TOO long. I'm so sorry. ;(

Stefan groaned a little when he felt something ruined his sleep. He opened his eyes slowly and saw Elena giggled as she poked his nose with a long dry leaf. Stefan closed his eyes again and stirred his body away from her. "Mmm. Don't do that." he sighed. She giggled louder and placed herself on Stefan's chest.

"I'm sorry honey, but if I don't do that, you're not gonna wake up until next week." she answered, caressing his strong cheek-bones. He opened his eyes again and furrowed his eyebrows.

"You're too much, Elena." he chuckled and reached up to capture Elena's lips. Once. Twice.

"You like me anyways." she said, making that clear. "Come on, we have to get out of here. I'm hungry." By that, Stefan checked his watch and saw it was dinner time.

"Wow time flew fast." he sighed and moved from Elena a little and then stood. "Let's go." he said, helping Elena stood with her own feet. They walked to his car with holding hands. Elena's free hand gripped Stefan's arms just to make them more closer. He didn't mind that. In fact, he loved it. It made him somewhat happy. "What do you want to eat?" he asked her, tightening their intertwined fingers as they kept walking.

"Anything you want." she answered, placing her head on Stefan's shoulder. Stefan kissed her hair.

"Then the Grill will be great." he decided. They stopped in front of his car and opened the door for her. She mouthed thank you and hopped in. He quickly went to his side and drove his car to leave the park.

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"We should dance."

"No."

"Yes."

"No."

"Pretty please, love?" she begged, cupping his face. He locked eyes with her for a while then groaned. She smiled, knowing that she won.

"Alright, Bonnie. Just once." he pointed his finger in front of her. She hit his hand playfully and grabbed it with her own.

"Don't ever pointing your finger in front of me, Damon Salvatore." he only nodded and leaned in to give her a quick kiss then followed her behind to the dance floor.

Elena and Stefan entered the Grill, looking around to find an empty table. Then she saw Damon and Bonnie on the dance floor. She smiled and turned her face to Stefan. "Looks like we don't need to find a table, we can join them." she smiled, pointing Damon and Bonnie with her head. Stefan followed her direction and smiled too.

"Do you want to dance?" he asked. He wanted to dance with her in all of sudden. Elena widened her eyes, didn't believe what she heard.

"No, I meant we can join them, on their table." she answered, almost laughing at him. But when she saw his serious face and he began to pout, she felt terrible. She didn't expect that he was serious. "At least, after we dance."

Stefan's eyes automatically sparkled as she said that. She swore that it really happened. Then he grabbed Elena's hand and led her to where Damon and Bonnie were at. Bonnie was the first who saw them and called her brother in-law-to-be.

"Steffy!" she released one of her hands from Damon's shoulder, waving them to Stefan. He smiled widely as he walked towards them. Damon turned his face to see his brother and grinned when he realized that he was with Elena. Stefan stopped near them and placed his hands on around Elena's waist and her hands were on his neck. They danced slowly, following the music rhythm.

"What?" Elena asked shyly to Stefan who was looking at her closely. Stefan smiled and shook his head. He kept staring at her, wondering why he would be so lucky to have her. Elena, couldn't stand his act, tucked her face between Stefan's neck and shoulder and closed her eyes, enjoying the moment.

"You're beautiful." he whispered and kissed her ear which made her shivered a little. She tightened her hands and kissed his shoulder, proving that she heard that and accepted the good compliment. They kept dancing slowly until the music changed into one of disco music. Stefan released his hands from Elena and looked around. People were crazy on dancing. Then suddenly Bonnie pulled him to her direction. He locked his eyes with Elena apologetically. She nodded, understanding that he was bonding with Bonnie. In a good way, of course.

"Excuse me, Miss. I see you're alone here. Are you lost or something?" Damon asked, standing behind her. Elena turned around and smiled.

"No, Mr. Salvatore. I'm fine."

"Do you want to dance?" he asked again, wondering if she would dance with him. He wouldn't mind. Elena shook her head carefully, studying his face. She didn't want to disappoint him but she didn't want to dance anymore either.

"Okay then. Let's go to our table. We can talk." he smiled, pointing their table. She nodded and made her steps to the table when Damon suddenly met someone he knew and talked with him for a little while. She sat on a chair and threw her eyes to Stefan and Bonnie, watching their bonding closely. Stefan smiled a lot as they talked. She didn't know about what that was, but it made her smile as well.

"Anything you'd like to drink, Elena?" Damon asked, sitting in front of her. "I'll buy."

"I want to eat something to be honest. I'm here for dinner." she answered as she tore her eyes from Stefan and Bonnie to Damon.

"Oh, let me see. Here's special menu is chic and chips. You should try it." he gave her a suggestion. She only nodded.

"I'll wait for Stefan then order it."

"Okay." he agreed. Elena's eyes were back to Stefan and Bonnie and Damon realized that. He turned around and looked at them too and said, "Don't be jealous, Elena. Bonnie would never cheat on me with my brother."

Elena surprised that Damon suddenly said that and quickly looked at him. "No, I don't mind that. I just love the fact that they're close enough and have a good time together."

"Bonnie considered Stefan as her brother since I brought her home. I don't know why but they were fast on bonding." he shrugged.

"That's good to know. Stefan once said to me that Bonnie is a lovable girl. She influences positive energy to everyone near her." By that, Damon laughed. Elena furrowed her eyebrows, wondering if she said a funny thing. "What?"

"Nothing. Uh Stefan was right. Bonnie is lovable. I fell so hard for her since I met her for the first time. It wasn't a good memory though, but that was the one that made me love her." Elena dropped her jaw as he said that. She never thought that Damon was that man who would fall for a girl so hard. Even though she was barely knew him. "So tell me, are you and Stefan a thing now?" he changed the topic as he put his arms on the table and smiled teasingly.

She blushed and looked down at her feet. "Yes."

"Since when?" he asked casually, now sipping his drink.

Elena looked at him again and answered, "3 days ago."

He nodded, learning her answer. "Well, we should celebrate it then." he winked again.

"Celebrate what?" Stefan asked curiously, he was standing behind Damon and quickly sat beside Elena.

"That you're with her now." Damon answered, smirking winningly. Bonnie, who was taking a seat beside him, slapped his upper arms playfully. "What?"

"Don't say anything."

"I just said…"

"Shut up."

"You're hurting me, Bonnie." she automatically glanced at him and pinched his cheek.

"You look cute, babe." she said, still pinching his cheek. That made both of Stefan and Elena laughed. While Damon and Bonnie were still 'playing', Stefan moved a little to look at Elena.

"What do you want to eat?" he asked, tucked her loose hair behind her ear.

"Damon said that Grill's special menu is chic and chips. I'd love to try that."

"Mmm. Good choice." Stefan agreed. "Bonnie, do you want to order something?" She literally stopped pinching Damon and looked at Stefan.

"I want a slice of choco-banana cake."

"Okay. You Damon?"

"I'll order it by myself. Let's go." he said, caressing Bonnie's hair for a while then standing from his seat and walked out of the table. Stefan stood as well and followed him behind.

"Stefan!" Elena yelled. "I want a bottle of mineral water!" Stefan looked at her and nodded then went to the food bar. Both of Elena and Bonnie looked at their lovely boys for a while. Then Bonnie asked something to her.

"Do you love him?"

"What?" Elena asked, a bit lost with Bonnie's question.

"Stefan. Do you love him?" she asked once again and looked at Elena's reaction.

This took a little time to answer it but then she said, "Yes, I do." Bonnie smiled at this and grabbed Elena's hand.

"That's good, Elena. He loves you too, you know that? He couldn't stop talking about you when we're dancing." Bonnie added. "Don't disappoint my brother, okay? He's a good guy."

Elena bit her lips. There was one big thing that no one knew except her and Jenna. And that thing would disappoint everyone once they know, especially Stefan. "Elena?" Bonnie called. She shook her head a little.

"No, I don't want to disappoint him. He always makes me happy. And I'll try my best to make him happy as well."

Bonnie nodded. "I'm sure you want to do it. Thank you so much, Elena." Elena smiled a little, not knowing what she should've said more. Right then, Stefan and Damon came back. Damon sat again beside Bonnie, placing his arm around her neck as he pulled her closer and asked,

"What are you two talking about?"

Stefan sat as he put his jacket near Elena and looked at her. She was blushing which made him sure that they were talking about him. He just got the feeling. He took Elena's hand and caressed it, calming her down. She smiled at him and quickly threw her gaze to another place as she heard Damon cleared his throat, completely teasing them.

"That's okay if you want to kiss in front of us, we can pretend that it doesn't happen." he said, more teasing them. Stefan smirked as he heard that words.

"Sorry, big bro, that's our privacy. No one is allowed to see it."

Damon scoffed. "Speaking of privacy, did you know that he's writing a journal, Elena?" he turned to see Elena.

"No, I didn't know that." she looked at Stefan, still surprised by Damon's words. "He hasn't told me yet."

"Hey! Writing a journal isn't a bad thing." Stefan said, trying to defend himself. Elena smiled and placed her other hand on top of Stefan's.

"That's okay, Stefan. No one said that it is bad. Actually, I was mesmerized because there's someone who still writing in a journal. And that someone is you." Her words made his heart fluttered. He smiled widely and brought his free hand to Elena's head, caressing it slightly.

"Thank you." he mouthed her. Then the waitress came brought their foods. No one talked after that. They were too busy with their own food.

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Knock. Knock.

"Comin'!" Jenna yelled as she heard someone knocked the door. She ran a little from the kitchen and quickly opened the door as soon as she reached the knob.

"Hello, Jenna."

"Oh my God." she was speechless and froze. When she could feel herself again, she brought her hands to cover her mouth and her eyes started to get teary. She didn't expect that she would meet him at her house. Tonight. In America. "Jeremy!" she suddenly threw her arms around him that almost made both of them fell. She sighed happily as she tightened her hug. "I've missed you so much."

Jeremy chuckled and hugged her back. "I've missed you too, Jenna."

"You're here alone? How? Why?" she asked, pulling herself from him and wiped her tears. Then she caressed her nephew's cheeks. She missed him a lot. The last time they met was when he's only 5 and Elena was 7.

"I came here by myself, auntie. And I want to spend my 2 weeks holiday." he answered. "Uh may I come in?" he asked playfully. Jenna a bit surprised to hear that, she was too excited to see him came.

"Yeah, yeah. Of course! I'm so sorry I'm too happy that you're here." she stepped back and let him in then closed the door. "Have anything for dinner yet?"

Jeremy put his suitcase and small bag near the couch. "Not yet. Did you cook?" he looked around and smiled a little. This house had a lot of memories of his family. His parents.

"No. You didn't tell me that you're coming. Let's order then."

"Thai?"

"Sure."

"Wait, where's Elena? I didn't hear her voice since I entered the house."

"She's out."

"No way." Jeremy denied, looking at Jenna unbelievably. "She wouldn't brave to go out in the nights." Jenna only smiled.

"No worries, Jer. She's with Stefan." she patted his shoulder as she made her steps to her phone on the table near him.

"Who's Stefan?"

"Her boyfriend."

"What?" he practically yelled that surprised her.

"You scared me, Jeremy. Don't worry, he's a very good guy. He can protect her."

"Not like that…" he stopped, clearly didn't know what more to say.

"Then what?"

"Nothing. We can talk about it later. I want to take a shower before the dinner comes." he said, quickly grabbed his things and brought them to his room upstairs. It wouldn't be good.

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"Oh come on! It's not midnight yet!" Damon groaned. They were playing truth or dare when Elena suddenly wanted to go home before it's too late. She didn't want to make Jenna worry. She felt terrible as she heard Damon's groan.

"I'm so sorry, Damon. I have to go home. I don't want to make my aunt worry." she said, wearing her jacket. Stefan stood behind her, helping her to wear it. Bonnie looked at her apologetically.

"Don't hear him, Elena. You should go though. It's a school night." Elena nodded. Stefan caressed her shoulder, calming her.

"I had a very good night with all of you. Thank you. See you later, Bonnie." she walked towards Bonnie and hugged her. "See you, Damon." she looked at him, nodded once.

"We had a special night with you too, Elena. We should do this again next time." Bonnie answered.

"Yeah, it can be arranged." she answered as she grabbed her bag on the chair and looked at Stefan. "I'm ready."

He smiled a little. "Let's go." Then he threw her gaze at his brother and the fiancé. "See you later." he said, turning around and grabbing Elena's hand to pull her out of the Grill.

"Bye." Both of them said and waved their hands. They didn't want to leave the Grill before they got drunk. Because they thought if they're drunk, they would spend the rest of the night with sex. Drunk-passionate sex. Oh well…

"Are you sure that Jenna wouldn't be mad at you?" Stefan asked as they walked to his car.

"Don't worry, I already texted her. The good point is she trusts you enough to bring me home."

"Isn't it good?" he asked, smiling widely. She smiled too and tucked her tongue out of her mouth. Stefan bumped Elena's shoulder with his playfully and she pushed him away as she laughed. Today was amazing for both of them.

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"Why the hell is Elena not coming yet?" Jeremy looked at the clock and crossed his arms. It was 10.20 PM.

"Just relax, Jer. She's on the way home."

"Yeah? How do you know that?"

Jenna shrugged. "My feeling." He automatically looked at her disbelief. "Hey, don't look at me like that. My feeling is always right, you know. Just wait."

He grumbled and turned his face to the door. He couldn't wait for her any longer. He missed her a lot, yes. Even though it's not 2 months yet after she moved. But he also wanted to know about Stefan from her mouth as soon as she came. He still believed that she shouldn't have moved back here and had a boyfriend. What about him?

15 minutes later…

Stefan turned his car machine off as soon as he stopped in front of her house. He turned to Elena's seat and saw that she was sleeping. He didn't want to wake her up but they already arrived. Half heartedly, he poked her side slowly.

"Elena, we're home, baby." she didn't move. "Elena, wake up. We're here." he kept trying to wake her up until she moved her head slightly and opened her eyes. Stefan smiled as he caressed her cheek. "We're home."

"Whose?" she furrowed her eyebrows, looking at the car window and saw her house as she unbuckled her safety belt. "Never mind." she said again, too embarrassed to look at him. She was afraid that he thought she wanted him to take her to his house.

Chuckling, he answered, "It's yours." Elena blushed as she finally looked at him. Stefan only smiled and leaned in to kiss her gently. "Thank you for today." he murmured and pulled away.

Without opening her eyes, she wrapped her arms on Stefan's neck, wanting another kiss. "I'm not finished on kissing you yet." she said playfully, pulling his head until her lips touched his once again.

"Mmm." Stefan clearly enjoyed the moment. He could feel Elena's smirk on his lips. He pulled away again and looked at her eyes closely.

"What?" she asked, placing her hands on Stefan's face to make him stop looking at her. He caught her hands and brought them down.

"I love you." he said without hesitation. She looked at his eyes, trying to find the sign if he was kidding. But she didn't find anything but seriousness. She nodded.

"I know." she said, smiling happily. "I love you too." Stefan cupped her face and kissed her forehead with all of love that he had for her. Once he had done, she looked back to her house. "So I guess I have to go there now. It's getting late."

Stefan followed her gaze and nodded. "I suppose." then he hopped out of his car, walking to her side to open the car door and helped her hopped out. She mouthed thank you that only rewarded with a nod. They walked slowly towards her house's door. When they were finally in front of it, Stefan stood behind her and she turned around to face him.

"Thank you for today, Stefan. I had a very great day."

"I'm glad you enjoyed it, Elena."

Elena nodded. Then she had an internal debate to kiss him good night or not because they had kissed a lot today. But Stefan made the move first. He lifted her chin with his thumb and forefinger to kiss her. "Good night. Sweet dreams." he said as he pulled away and caressed her cheeks before he released her.

"Good night, Stefan." she smiled as she opened the door and walked in. Before she closed the door, she looked at him once again and he waved his hand once. Then he turned around and began to walk to his car.

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Stefan was on his way to get home when suddenly his phone buzzed. Someone was calling but he didn't know whose number that was when he looked at the screen.

"Hello?"

"Stefan Salvatore?"

"Yeah. Who is this?"

"It's Bryan Pierce."

"Oh Mr. Pierce, I'm sorry I didn't know your number. What happened?"

"That's okay. Uh it's about Katherine. I need you to do a favor."

A/N : Uh oh something has happened with Katherine…