AN- Hope you guys like this chapter. :) I'll try to post something every night but I can't promise anything.
*The Next Morning
Stefan's pov
It's like 6am and for some ungodly reason I hear Caroline get up and go hop in the shower. I roll over pulling my pillow over my head to try to block out the noise. I throw my arm out expecting an empty bed but instead my arm lands on Katherine's waist. She stirs after the touch and rolls over burying her face into my chest. I move my arm from her waist to my side, part of me wanting to leave my hand where it was on the small of her back; the other part worrying about what Care would do if she had seen what had just occurred. I open my eyes finally and am startled by the brown eyes starring deeply back into mine.
"Morning," I say sitting up so our faces weren't so close.
"I promise I wouldn't have bitten you," she says getting out of the bed pulling her hair into a messy bun. I get up and walk towards the balcony door knowing she has turned around and is now watching my every move.
"The sun should be rising in a couple minutes," I say my hand on the handle turning to face her, "Would you join me?" I hold out my hand waiting for her to take it; to feel the electricity flow through our touch.
Se he flashes a dazzling smile and instead of grabbing my hand walks by me and opens the door and walks out on to the balcony. Her robe was wrapped tightly around her and she looked stunning in the morning sun beams.
"Salvatore are you coming or are you to busy enjoying the view?" she asks snarkily turning around.
I step out onto the balcony and watch the rest of the sun rise next to her.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Caroline asks from behind us moving to stand next to us.
"Not as beautiful as the two of you," I say charmingly and flash them, what Care dubbed, my to die for smile.
"Care, did that sound like a line he stole from Klaus?" Katherine asks teasingly.
Caroline does her cute fake thinking face where she scrunches her nose and purses her lips out ever so slightly. "It's possible but if it is one of Klaus's lines Stef definitely says it a lot better," she says linking her arm with mine.
I let out a chuckle and shake my head, "Well when Klaus tells me I'm beautiful it's charming on crack."
They both burst into a fit of giggles and I smile. I would never have expected these two to get along so well let alone all three of us having so much fun together.
*Katherine's pov
Stefan had left a couple minutes ago to make a breakfast run and Care and I were sitting on the balcony enjoying each other's company.
"So where'd you and Stef run off to last night?" I ask remembering why I had chosen to stumble into Stefan's bed last night rather than stick to the plan of sharing a bed with Care.
"He surprised me with like the cutest way to ask a girl to Prom," She says excitedly grabbing her phone and opening some pictures. There was a picture of the two of them cheek to cheek looking awfully coupley with 'PROM?' spelled out in seashells in the sand behind them. They were cute and obviously they both felt something for each other but then there was the whole thing this morning when Stefan threw his arm around me. It felt like it did before he found out what I was, before I had to compel him not to be afraid of me, it felt real.
"HELLO," Care yelled waving her hand in front of my face, "Earth to Katherine. Stefan's back." She pulls me up out of the chair skipping into the room, dragging my behind her. She stops next to Stefan letting my hand go and wrapping her arm around Stefan's waist. I felt a twinge of jealousy but quickly covered it before Stefan could see.
"I was just telling Kath how you asked me to Prom," she chimes out.
"Did you also tell her that you told me if I wasn't there for our crowning you would stake me?" he says teasingly wrapping his arm around her but looking straight at me.
She scoffs and play hits him in the shoulder. He glances at her out of the corner of his eyes and gives her a smile.
"What no hug Katherine?" he says returning his focus back to me.
"Oh Stef you know I'm not the hugging type," I say teasingly and instantly regret it. As soon as I say those words Care yells for a group hug and pulls me in. All of us being forced to hug at once. I guess it wasn't so bad we are all ….friends…. I think.
*Caroline's pov
Stefan and I were cleaning up from breakfast and Katherine was in the shower. All of us have been unusually quiet. I couldn't decide if it was because of the hug or because of the underlying feelings all of us were trying to burry. I know Kath still has her thing for Stefan and to some extent Stefan reciprocates her feelings. On the other hand I can see Stefan's feelings for me go from being best friend feelings to something much deeper and everyone knows I used to have a thing for him. This whole thing is confusing I wonder if this was what it was like for Elena.
"If you're trying to figure out the answer to all of life's questions the answer is 42," Stefan whispers into my ear resting his chin on my shoulder.
"Thanks Einstein," I tease wishing we could stay here like this forever.
"It won't end," he says turning me to face him, "When we go back to Mystic Falls we'll still have this much fun."
"I wasn't thinking about that," I say shifting my weight.
"Do you want to share what you were thinking about?" he asks cupping my hand in his.
"No. But I do want to do this," I reply wiping some of the whipped cream from our pancakes on his face. I quickly move out of his way using vamp speed and I turn and see him wipe the whipped cream off his face and shake his head.
"Oh it's on now," he says speeding over next to me and hitting me with a pillow he must've picked up on his way over. I speed away and pick up my own pillow.
"Bring it on, Stef," I say with a playful smile.