Elena stood there leaning against the closed door, she had known Stefan for less than a day yet she felt like she had known him her whole life.

Elena made her way upstairs she put her stuff down on her bed and rested her head down on her pillow, she smiled at the way Stefan made her feel. Elena grabbed her diary from behind the picture and opened it to the same page she was writing on earlier that morning.

Dear Diary ,

I made it through the day. I must've said I'm fine, thanks about 37 times. and I didn't mean it once, but no-one noticed. When someone asks how are you they don't really want an answer.

Today was terrible yes, but also amazing I met someone. He's different I feel like I've known him for years. I need to know more about him, I know he has secrets and that makes me curious. I hate that when I'm around him, he consumes me. He makes me forget and I like that. I need to know who Stefan Salvatore really is, and I will find out.

Elena closed her diary and, put it back in its secret place, she then stood up peering her head into the hallway. "Jeremy? Jenna?" Elena called out seeing if anyone was home. There was no answer. Well at least Jeremy went to school she thought to herself. Elena made her way to the bathroom, she locked the door behind her despite the house being empty.

Elena ran her hand over her pocket feeling the pill bottle through her Jeans. Elena removed the pills pouring 3 out into her hand without giving in a second thought. She poured her self a glass of water and took them this time without hesitation.

Elena made her way back to her room laying down on her bed, she rolled on to her back and looked at the celling. Elena set her alarm for the morning then grabbed her phone and sent Jenna a text:

"Jeremy is not home yet, not feeling good I've gone to bed, see you in the morning -E"

Elena pulled the sheets over her head and closed her eyes drifting off into a deep sleep with the help of the pills. Elena slept all night without waking up once, she got up, got dressed and took some more pills upping her dosage to 4. Elena walked outside meeting Bonnie, as usual they drove to school like any other day, except today she got to see Stefan again.

Elena and Bonnie got to school. Bonnie walked off to meet Caroline and Elena was desperately searching for Stefan. Where was he, she thought her eyes frantically darting back and forth in search of the one who could make her feel again, who could make her forget.

"Miss Gilbert is it?" a voice came from behind. Elena felt shivers run down her spine hearing his voice again. She knew exactly who it was. Stefan Salvatore.

"Well, well, well look who it is" Elena said turing around trying to hide her excitment.

"Hey we still on for after school?" Stefan asked secretly as equally as excited to see Elena again just as she was with him.

"Of course we are, so are you going to tell me where were going?" Elena asking liking the thought of it being a surprise.

"Nope your just going to have to trust me" Stefan said letting a cheeky smile creep across his face.

"I don't know if I can do that I mean how much do I really know about you Mr Salvatore, you might take me into the woods, chop me up and feed me to the wolves" Elena said playfully hitting Stefan on the shoulder.

"Well I'm sure those wolves would have a good feast" Stefan said back with a nervous laugh.

"Im only joking, I like that its a surprise, so ill meet you here after Chemistry?" Elena said wanting the day to be over now so she could spend more time with Stefan.

"Shall we just skip classes and spend the day together?" Stefan asked being cheeky. He didn't think Elena would have agreed, but she did.

"If you has asked my that last year I would have said no, but I'm feeling spontaneous and I vowed to take more risks in life" Elena said with a soft smile, not actually believing that she just agreed to skip school.

"Right then Miss Gilbert, your carriage awaits" Stefan said point to his car. It was a bright red Porsche Karmann Coupe.

"Wow this yours 1963 Porsche Karmann Coupe, if I'm not mistaken?" Elena said in an attempt to impress Stefan which It did.

"You know your cars" Stefan said impressed. "Yeah its been passed down through the family" Stefan said lying which Elena picked up on, there was something about Stefan when he lied, his eyes turned dark and his tone of voice changed.

Despite the fact Elena knew Stefan lied straight to her face she didn't care there was just something about him, that made her see past all of his flaws. All of his lies.

"My dad.. he was really into cars, this was one of his favourites actually" Elena said feeling saddened now that she had let the memories in. Elena wanted the hurt to stop she ran her hands across her pocket feeling the pill bottle again.

Stefan picked up on the sensitive subject and decided to take her mind off it. "So do you want to know where were going then?" Stefan said quickly changing the subject.

"Would love to" Elena said gladly excepting the way out but, the thought of taking the pills was still there.

"Well its a special place I go when I need some space, its my thinking spot, its truly amazing and it has beautiful views" Stefan said feeling sentimental that he was sharing his place with someone else. With Elena.

"It sounds beautiful" Elena said with a smile. Elena stayed quite throughout the car journey still thinking about her dad and the pills, but she enjoyed the dive into the hills, she admired the way the trees moved with the wind almost as if they were trying to communicate with each other.

"Your very quiet?" Stefan said breaking the silence.

"Just appreciating how peaceful and relaxing the hill side is" Elena said half lying. "Do you come here often?" Elena added noticing they had been driving for a little while.

"I actually come here to hunt" Stefan said regretting what he had just said the minute the words left his mouth.

"You hunt?" Elena asked surprised, Stefan didn't strike her as the type of person that would hurt another being.

Stefan panicked and tried to think of something to say. "What I meant to say was I used to hunt with my dad, and now I just come here for the peace and quiet" Stefan said his tone of voice changing again. Once again Elena dismissed the fact that Stefan just blatantly lied to her. Was he just full of lies? Or was there more too it?

"Were here!" Stefan announced getting out of the car a little too quickly. Regardless of the slight awkwardness Stefan made his way round to Elena's side of the car and opened her door.

"What a gentleman" Elena said jokingly.

Stefan lead the way offering Elena his hand the ground was slightly rocky making it very uneven and easy to slip. Elena gladly took his had, she enjoyed his company and had completely forgotten about the pills.

Stefan led Elena up the uneven gravel path making sure she was okay every step of the way, he couldn't risk her slipping and injuring herself or worse getting cut.

"Wow" Elena said truly breath taken at the beauty. "You can see the whole of Mystic Falls from here, the hills, the trees, Stefan its beautiful" Elena said looking up at Stefan.

"Beautiful just like you" Stefan said placing his arm around Elena also admiring the beauty. Elena leaned into his embrace welcoming the warmth.

"Theres just something about you Stefan, your different" Elena said looking into his eyes feeling lost again.

Stefan felt a horrid chill that spread across his body at the though of Elena finding out his secret, she would never want to speak to him again. Then again maybe if he told her now she would understand. He didn't want to risk keeping the secret then Elena finding out by something else or from someone else. Damon to be exact. Stefan thought about it and decided to tell her now.

"Elena I need to tell you something" Stefan said now looking back into her deep brown eyes, there was so much life behind all that hurt and heart break.

"Stefan It doesn't matter, whatever it is I don't care. Just come here" Elena said leaning in for a kiss, which Stefan gladly returned forgetting about what he was going to say despite the severity of his secret.

There worlds collied in the most passionate longing kiss, they barley knew anything about each other but at the same time the knew everything. I didn't matter because both of them felt the same, they kept each other grounded.

"Do you want to come back to my house?" Stefan asked being forward and forgetting that Damon lived there too.

"Sure" Elena said still getting over the mind blowing kiss, there was so much chemistry between them. Elena regretted not letting Stefan speak, but then again she also felt relieved because she had secretes too, secrets she wasn't ready to share.

The drive back to Stefan's house took longer than she thought but when they arrived she was stunned at how big the house was. Even the drive unto the house itself took a few minutes. Stefan owned this?

"You live here?" Elena asked shocked.

"Yeah just me and my brother" Stefan said cringing at the word brother, thinking about how Damon would react when he saw Elena's face. How it looked exactly like Katherine's.

"Just you two in such a big house like this?" Elena asked.

"Yeah just the two of us" Stefan asked now pulling up his car into the drive way, once again he opened Elena's door for her, and once again she thanked him.

Stefan was about to open the front door when it started to open its self...Damon. "Well you must be Stefan's girl, I'm Damon, the good looking brother" Damon said introducing himself and opening the door gesturing Elena inside, Stefan followed.

Damon stood there his shirt slightly un-buttoned just enough to show a little chest, his hair dangled in his eyes but Elena could still make out they were green, and he held a glass of bourbon in his hand, he stunk of it but mixed with his after shave Elena found the smell very inviting.

"Elena Gilbert" Elena said walking inside, still eyeing up Damon he was equally as beautiful as Stefan, green eyes, gorgeous dark hair that fell either side of his face, he seemed dark and mysterious and Elena couldn't help but feel draw to him.

"Nice to meet you Elena" Damon said taking her hand in his and giving it a small and delicate kiss. Elena blushed at his gesture and Stefan couldn't help but feel jealous, not wanting Damon anywhere near Elena.

"The Living room is through there" Damon said pointing to the huge room on the right that had two couches bang in the middle of the room and a massive fireplace to compliment the homely feeling that the house had. Elena wandered into the Living room appreciating its beauty, which left the two brothers in the hallway.

"Hello brother" Damon greeted with his famous side smile. "She's a dead ringer for Katherine don't you think?" Damon said letting a sadistic smirk linger on his face.

"Don't you dare go near her or even think of mentioning Katherine, I will hurt you" Stefan threatened despite knowing Damon was a lot faster and stronger and his chances of beating him were very slim.

"Wouldn't dream of It brother, damaged goods" Damon said swirling his bourbon in his glass and downing the remainder, he closed the door to the house and headed back to the living room.

END.