AN: Thanks for the reviews and for still reading this story even though I Been like really slow at updating it. Which is about to change. I'm gonna try to update this story every Friday. Also I'm gonna try to make the chapters even longer this time.
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After Stefan dropped Damon off and drove back home to Caroline. Stefan's mind started to wonder what Valerie is doing in San Diego, how the hell did she find him since he always believed that once a vampire takes the cure and becomes human they have to find somewhere else to live so other vampires who might want the cure can't find them. Since they are not allowed to anyone. Not to mention Stefan has no idea how he's going to tell Caroline that Valerie is back into their lives or the fact he now has to work with her at the bakery. Considering he knows how much Caroline dispise Valerie especially after everything Valerie did to Caroline.
To this day Stefan still regrets running away with Valerie when he should have stayed with Caroline after she gave birth to the twins but of course thanks to Damon, he had to get away far away as possible from the vampire hunteress Rayne Cruz. He even regrets falling in love with Valerie at the time since he waz still clearly in love with Caroline. But with Caroline with Ric helping him raise his girls which she still does. He wasn't sure where their relationship stood at the time. So Stefan did what he had to do, what he thought was best for everyone. He let Caroline go and try to pursue a relationship with Valerie which thankfully never lasted long, or he wouldn't be married to Caroline right now who he loves more than anything.
Pulling into their driveway and once Stefan turned the car off he breath in and out deep!y as he leans back against his seat. In about two minutes Stefan is gonna walk into their front door and he's going have to tell Caroline who Karen hired at the bakery. He's just hopes she won't be too upset about it. But then again this is Caroline and he already knows how exactly she's gonna react to it.
Walking towards their front door after sitting in his car for five minutes Stefan took another deep breath as he turn the doorknob and opened the door and stepped in as he noticed Caroline was sitting on the couch.
" Hey." Stefan said softly as he closed the door behind him as he walked over to Caroline and sat down beside her as he leans into her and kisses her deeply and passionately as he cups her face with his hands and groans,softly against her lips.
Caroline giggles and smiles against his lips as she slowly pulls back." Hey, So how was work today? Did you meet your new co worker today? The person who Karen hired?" Caroline asked as she grazed her fingertips against his beard.
" Um, yeah. I met the person. She... uh doesn't start until tomorrow. " Stefan said nervously as he still wasn't sure how's exactly he's going to tell her. As Stefan noticed the way Caroline was staring at him he knew he should just spit it out and just say it." Caroline, the person Karen hired is Valerie."
Caroline scoffs as she shook her head in disbelief. " How's that even possible? The last time we saw Valerie is when she left Mystic Falls for good, right after she made that promise that she would never try to come between us again. That's who your boss hired?"
Stefan didn't say anything as he just sat there and nods his head.
Caroline sighs heavily as she threw her hands up in frustration as she got up from the couch and started to walk back and forth across the floor." Just what we need right now, is for your ex girlfriend to come back into our lives and try to come between us again." Caroline scoffs as she crossed her arms over her chest as she huffs.
" Did she say why she's here? Or how the hell did she find us?" Caroline asked softly as she looked down for a moment as she didn't want to look at Stefan right now.
Stefan shook his head." I didn't really stick around and ask. Karen was too busy showing her around. " Stefan answers as he got up from the couch and walked up to Caroline and cups her face with both of his hands. " Hey I don't want you to worry about Valerie. She's got nothing to do with us and for whatever reasons she has of being here shouldn't concern us."
" She's working with you Stefan and that concerns me and it should concern you." Caroline said as she pulls away from him as she walked right past him and headed upstairs. She was tired and she was done with the conversation. Caroline has no idea why Valerie is here or what she wants. But Caroline will soon find out.
Stefan stood there as he watched Caroline walk upstairs as he deeply sighs and sat back down on the couch and leans back against the couch and looks up at the ceiling. Stefan needs to figure out what he's going to do and he's going to avoid Valerie all together.
Sitting into a hotel room on the bed leading back against the headboard Valerie was writing in her journal. She was happy that she had gotten the job, but what she didn't expect was to run into Stefan again or learn the fact she's now going to be working with him either. When Valerie had heard that Stefan was now human once again because of the cure and that he married Caroline Forbes, Valerie just assumed that they would like on the other side of the world. Valerie never thought she would see him here in San Diego, California. Hell even Valerie didn't see herself here in San Diego. But she's here and she's now going to be working at Karen's bakery along with Stefan.
Seeing Stefan today was like everything she ever felt for him all suddenly came rushing back to the surface and Valerie had to push those feelings back down, since she had already made a promise to Stefan before and to herself. That she was never going to get between Stefan and Caroline ever again and she intends on keeping that promise. They are not the real why she's here. Valerie is here for a reason and it has nothing to do with them. It most likely have to do with Caroline twins.
Valerie knows that Caroline's twins are coming into their powers for quite some time now and she knows that they're having a hard time controlling their powers, especially at a young age. She remembered how it was when she first discovered her powers and how she had a hard time controlling them when she was their age. Valerie closed up her journal and set it down by the lamp on the nightstand as she reached up and turned off the light as she laid down.
Tomorrow Valerie starts her new job and she just hopes that Stefan ask her any questions. As matter of fact she's hoping that she could avoid him all together tomorrow. Which probably won't be that easy though.
The next morning Stefan woke up by the sound of his alarm going off. As he hit the snooze button. Stefan rolled over to his side and wrapped his arm over Caroline as he pulls her closer to him. He then gently placed kisses against the back of her neck." Mmmm, morning." He murmers against her neck as he sucks on her neck softly.
" Morning." Caroline responded back as she rolled on to her back and looks up at him as she reaches up and massage her fingertips against his beard as she leans up and kisses him deeply and passionately. " I don't want you to go to work. I want you to stay home with me today."
Stefan smirks as he gently rubs his nose against hers." As much as I would love to stay home with you. You know I can't babe." Stefan said as he kisses her softly before getting out of bed as he walked towards their dresser and pulled out his clothes to wear for work.
Caroline rolls her eyes as sighs heavily." Yeah, I know that Stefan. But Valerie is gonna be there and I don't want her around you that's all." She responds as she shrugs her shoulders. The last thing Caroline needs is for Valerie to be all over Stefan. She refuses to let history repeat itself again.
Stefan chuckled lightly as he loves Caroline even more. He tossed his clothes on to their bed as he walks over to her and place both hands against her face as he leans down and kisses her passionately and deeply as he smirks against her lips." Trust me babe, I'm mostly gonna be in the kitchen and Valerie is gonna be up front the whole time. There's a good chance we might not even see each other at the bakery. "
" Well still, just promise me that you will keep your distance because I really don't wanna have to come down there and end up doing something I might regret or in this case don't regret." Caroline may not be a vampire anymore but that doesn't mean she still can't kick Valerie's ass and Caroline will if she has too.
Stefan chuckled lightly as he leans down and kisses her deeply and passionately once more as he gently stroke her face with his thumb." I love you babe." He whispers against her lips.
" I love you too. You should get ready for work before you end up being late." Caroline whispers back as she returns the kiss and kisses him more deeply and passionately before letting him go. Once Caroline pulled away she climbed out of bed and grabbed her robe as she walked out of their room and went down stairs and into the kitchen, to get breakfast started before waking up the girls.
As Caroline walked into the kitchen she grabbed her cell from her purse and called Elena right away. Caroline knows for a fact that she's going to be stressing about Valerie being around Stefan all day and she's going need her best friend to calm her down.
" Hey Elena, what are you doing right now?" Caroline asked as soon as Elena answered.
" I'm feeding Miranda right now. Caroline what's wrong? You sound kinda weird. " Elena noticed with concern as she can tell by the sound of Caroline's voice there's something wrong or Caroline wouldn't be calling her this early in the morning. " Did something happen to Stefan? Or the girls? "
Caroline quickly shook her head. " No everyone is fine. It's nothing like that. Um, can you come over later today? Like maybe around lunch?" Caroline asked as she walked towards the fridge to get everything she needs to make breakfast.
" Yeah, I will ask Jeremy to watch Miranda for a few hours. Now are you sure nothing is wrong?" Elena asked once more as she just wanted to make sure Caroline is okay.
" Yeah, everything is fine Elena. I just need someone to talk to that's all. I will see you later Elena." Caroline said as she ended the call and set her cell down on the counter. Of course there's something wrong Caroline thought. Valerie's back and she's going try to come between Stefan and I again.
Caroline does trust Stefan and she knows he will never do anything to hurt her. She just doesn't trust Valerie and with good reason to. Valerie came between them once before and Caroline refuses to let it happen again. Valerie doesn't get to have Stefan. Stefan is Caroline's and it's about time Valerie knows that.
AN: another quick note. This chapter doesn't seem to be that long as I was hoping it would be and I apologize. I just didn't know what else to add. But I promise to write the next chapter little longer. Starting today I'm going to try to update this story every Friday or at least on Saturday. Happy reading everyone.
