Making him wait

Somewhere in season 7, the storyline is changed by a bit. Hope you don't mind!

Caroline brushed a strand of hair to the side of her face, as she bit her bottom lip deep in thought. She needed to clear all these boxes before her friend came, and she had spent the last half hour thinking about her conversation with Stefan.

No one ever told her that they'd wait for her and that's what frightened her, she couldn't lose him. He, being the ever so nice gentleman had proposed that they stay friends till she sorted out her 'issues' and sometimes all she wanted to do was run into his arms... but she couldn't.

Sighing heavily she picked up the nearest boxing bearing old toys since she was a kid and headed out to the attic.

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Stefan was a patient guy.

Everybody knew that.

Except that didn't make him happy knowing that there was a fifty-fifty chance of Caroline not returning his same feelings, and yes he told her if she didn't want him in her life he would leave.

He didn't want to leave.

So that's what led him to drinking with his brother at 5 pm on a friday evening.

"Cheer up, Your girl is going to Mystic grill tonight and I promised Ric I'd be there so you could tag along and meet her and end your misery" Damon gulped down his cup of bourbon.

"It's not that easy, It's a tough time for her. I'm giving her space and she doesn't have to like me back" Stefan sighed and placed his glass down with a slight ring.

"Fine. Well I'm heading out to grill to drink some more" Damon shrugged.

"I'll come too" Stefan stood up, the idea of seeing Caroline enthralled him. "To keep an eye on you" Stefan added as Damon gave him a knowing smirk.

"Oh come on" Stefan whined, as Damon grinned.

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"So who's your new friend that you decided to replace me with" Bonnie came up from behind as Caroline giggled.

"No one, You irreplaceable and what are you doing here " Caroline raised her eyebrow knowing perfectly well that it had to do with a certain british man.

"Enzo called to talk about life things" Bonnie shrugged and Caroline clicked her tongue.

"Anyways look who showed up" Bonnie whispered and disappeared through the crowd as Caroline's eyes landed on Stefan.

"Hey!" He greeted as he approached her with a wide smile.

"Hey" she mirrored his action as Damon made a heart with his hands behind Stefan and she shot him a look to which he soon went to go find Alaric.

"So what are you doing in the grill tonight?"

"Meeting an old friend. You?" She asked smiling, they were friends she needed to stop acting so awkward.

"Need to keep an eye on Damon," Stefan answered, as Bonnie came up behind the pair.

"hi stefan" She greeted the younger salvatore before looking at Caroline with a sad expression, "I wanna meet your friend too"

"Sure" Caroline laughed as she took the hint as Enzo wasn't here yet.

"After Damon and Alaric had a few drinks we'll come around" Stefan smiled and Caroline nodded eagerly.

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"Steffy's got the hots for blondie" Damon sang as Alaric snickered into his drink.

"Shut up"

"But she's got the hots for another brunette" Damon took another sip of alcohol as Stefan rolled his eyes before freezing halfway.

His eyes spotted Caroline laughing with a guy who seemed taller than her by an inch, he had brown hair swept across his face with tan skin.

"I think that's her friend" Stefan clicked his tongue as he ordered a glass of bourbon himself.

"Yeah Friend" Damon snickered, as Alaric laughed.

Stefans jaw clenched, and he gulped down the bourbon in a whole, whoever he was, wasn't supposed to make Caroline that happy.

"Woah slow down Saint Stefan, You still want to be a saint don't you" Damon laughed and Stefan wanted to hit him.

"Alright let's go talk to the girls now, Look Enzo came as well" Alaric suggested.

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"You're crazy!" Caroline laughed at the story Noah told them.

"You really did all that?" Bonnie asked laughing at which Enzo rolled his eyes.

"Damon" Enzo greeted as the boys came along.

"Enzo! Blondie! Bon bon! and Blondie's boytoy!" Damon raised his glass in acknowledgement.

"Alright I'm out" Alaric bid the group farewell.

"This is my friend Noah" Caroline introduced."And Noah this is Stefan and Damon"

"Ah so you're the one that thinks I'm care's boytoy" Noah laughed as Damon seemed to start developing a dislike for this new guy.

"Yeah, She could do better" Damon snapped.

'He was so drunk,' Stefan sighed.

"I heard is single"Noah turned to face Caroline who awkwardly nodded. "See after dating me her expectations are too high".

Stefan almost choked on his drink, 'they had dated before'

"Oo gorgeous has a type" Enzo laughed as Bonnie nervously laughed and dragged Enzo elsewhere.

"So Blondie and the new guy" Damon nodded his head as if he was thinking. "I hate it"

"Alright, don't you think that's enough for you" Stefan tried talking his brother's beer bottle away.

"Come on Steffy we're just starting to talk"

"Care, I don't think your friend here likes me"

If one more person called Caroline a nickname he would rip out their heads, Stefan thought and gulped the rest of his drink down. His jaw clenched he plastered on a smile, "We're gonna go now, Damon and everythi-"

"Yeah I understand" Caroline smiled at him, Stefan only nodded and dragged Damon out.

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After dragging Damon home and making sure he fell asleep, he needed a drink of something strong.

Opening his brother's bourbon, he poured a good amount before standing before the fireplace and nursing it. The most vivid instance he was when Caroline came through his door and told him that she wouldn't let him lose control.

A smile graced his mouth, it was still early around ten, he could drive over to her house and….talk.

Checking on Damon one last time he grabbed his keys and drove out to her house, the route was so familiar now, from the number of times he drove there, or drove her. It was also where he stayed when they had Elena drama.

Knocking on her door, he was greeted by Caroline in a pink tank top, her light curls a bit disheveled. "Hi" he smiled.

"Hi" She let him in, his heart dropped when he saw Noah behind her, he was grinning and It didn't help the fact that his hair seemed disheveled and his shirt seemed to be put on backwards.

Stefan seemed to piece the worst of it, they probably slept together.His jaw tightened at the idea of Noah running his hands through her hair and making her happy. He wished he didn't think of it now, as unwanted pictures of them flashed through his mind.

"I'm leaving town tomorrow" Stefan had a tight smile on his face. "I just wanted to let you know, before I leave"

"Wait why? For how long?" Caroline asked, confusion befalling her features with a hint of longing.

"Just the day or maybe two" Stefan jammed his hands in his pockets and turned around to leave.

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Hey this is a multishot of Jealous stefan, we don't see him a lot but love him! Thank you if you're reading! Review please!