Just a reminder. This story is not the same as canon. I have changed a lot in the time line.
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Chapter 8
Mystic Falls
GEN POV
Stefan watched Rebekah's daggered body lying on his bed. As he ran his fingers through her hair, he told her about his day. For some reason he felt as though she could hear him even in her dead state. After he was done he says "I love you bekah" and kisses her forehead before leaving the room. He walks downstairs and pours himself a glass of bourbon and hearing the turning of pages he walks into the library. Once in the library, he found the source of the page turning. Bonnie Bennett- sitting on the floor in the middle of the library- surrounded by loads of old grimoires. "Hey Bonnie. What are you doing up so late?" asks Stefan. "Going through these grimoires. I'm hoping one of them will have a cure for Rebekah. We can't keep daggering her every time she goes crazy with anger" says Bonnie. "I know what you mean. I just can't stand to see her lying there. I can't hear her voice or feel her arms around me. I miss seeing her smile. Hell I even miss her tantrums'" says Stefan.
BONNIE'S POV
I couldn't help but just stare at Stefan in shock after his little outburst. Stefan has always been the type of person who holds his thoughts in. While Damon definitely needs a filter for his mouth, on the other hand Stefan tends to choose his words carefully. Caroline and I have been wondering about his feelings for Rebekah ever since Katherine sent her coffin here. The look on his face when we opened the coffin and he saw her wet daggered body really surprised us. He looked as though his world had just ended. It's also the reason why we are trying to find a cure as soon as possible. None of us think Stefan will be able to handle Rebekah being daggered much longer. He seems to spend most of his time staring at her body when he is not looking after Henrik. Thank heavens for Katherine asking us to look after him today. It seemed to divert his attention from Rebekah. Unfortunately Henrik goes home tomorrow and its back to staring for him. The strange thing is that we never saw him react like this to Elena. As far as we were aware Stefan and Rebekah used to date in the 20's. "You've fallen for her haven't you?" I couldn't resist asking him. He gives me this sad smile and says to my shock "I don't think I ever stopped loving her". "What do you mean by that?" I ask him. "I fell in love with her back in the 20's, but then Klaus compelled me to forget her. During the years that followed I always felt like a part of me was missing. When I met Elena I thought it was her I was missing because of Katherine probably. When Klaus gave me my memories back, all those feelings that I had for Rebekah came rushing back but my feelings for Elena confused me. Since I was dating Elena I pushed aside my feelings for Rebekah. After my breakup with Elena I decided to ask Rebekah out, but then the mess with the cure occurred and then she left for New Orleans" he tells me. Realisation struck me. "You never got a chance to fall out of love with her" I tell him. He nods his head in the affirmative smiling sadly. "You know something I hope I never fall out of love with her. She accepts me as I am. She makes me a better man. With her I don't have to compete with some other guy. When Katherine first came back to town, she asked me what I was doing with a copy of her. I asked her if she was jealous, but she just laughed. She said something really strange to me" he says. "What did she say?" I ask him curiously.
"She said and I quote- Falling in love is easy for a vampire, it happens all the time. But falling in love when your emotions are off is really very rare due to the impossibility of feeling anything without emotions. But if you happen to be among those rare cases then know that it is true love- unquote. At that time I thought she was talking about me and her but then it stuck me that was the first time I saw Katherine since before I turned, so it couldn't have been about her and me. So I kind of forgot about it. Until she reminded me of that conversation when Elena gave her the cure. That's when I realised she was talking about me and Rebekah" he says.
Well that was deep. We all thought that Katherine was after Stefan. Looks like we were wrong. Seems like Katherine had the right idea when she sent Rebekah here instead of getting her own coven to deal with the cure. Damn she is still a few steps ahead of us as always, I think in amusement. "Well you will get your chance soon. We are close to finding a cure. Then you will have ample time to tell Rebekah your feelings and win her back" I tell him. "I hope your right. I really want a chance with her again. I don't intend to screw it up this time. She's it for me. I always told Lexi that I was missing an EPIC love. I just never realised that I had my EPIC love but I screwed it up for some silly crush that I thought was love" he says to me.
"I always thought you and Damon fell for Elena because of her resemblance to Katherine" I say. "Your right. It just took us a very long time to figure that out. Could have saved ourselves a lot of grief if we had figured that out sooner" says Stefan. "Hey, you think your grams or Emily will have an idea about that dagger?" asks Stefan. "I asked them but they had no idea. Kol has been trying to figure it out though. He says he has managed to contact the coven that dagger came from. Unfortunately they seem to be keeping mum on the identity of the witch who created it" I tell him.
"You talk to Kol?" he asks me surprised. "Yes. When I died he looked after me on the other side and we became friends. Even when I was the anchor he stayed with me always. I just never mentioned it because I knew how everyone would react" I tell him. "By everyone you mean Elena" he says understanding why I never mentioned Kol to them. Even now I miss him a lot. I can't wait to till he is alive again. Though I am a little scared he won't want to be friends anymore. I had finally admitted to myself that I was slowly falling in love with Kol but I am to too scared to tell him. What if he does not feel the same and I lose him as a friend. I think it is better I keep my feelings to myself. "Bonnie I think it's time you go to bed. You have been over working yourself trying to find this cure. You can continue tomorrow" Stefan says to me.
Before I can answer him Damon comes into the room with Henrik. "Someone did not want to sleep without saying goodnight to his mom and listening to a story by Stefan" Damon says to us while Henrik giggles. Damon comes and sits next to us with Henrik on his lap. The little boy is already in his jammies ready for bed. "Damon he should have been asleep hours ago" says Stefan. "Relax little brother. He can follow the rules when he is with his mom. With us he can stay up whenever he wants. Right Rik" he asks the boy, who nods his head in response. "Call mama Stefy" Henrik says to Stefan.
It always makes us laugh hearing Henrik call Stefan and Damon- Stefy and Damy, in his adorable baby voice. This little guy has brought so much peace and joy in our lives. He made us all a family.
To be Continued…