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The next morning they were woken up by the sound of a cell phone ringing.
Everyone groaned and Elena got knocked out of the bed. She groaned but grabbed it. "Hello?"
"Elena!" Caroline groaned.
She smiled softly and moved out into the hallway.
"How was the sleepover?" Stefan's voice asked from the other end.
"Good. Much needed. When can you and I have one?"
"Hmm, that can be arranged." Stefan smiled.
"Good, now. Take me far far away."
"Even with everything going on?"
"Because of everything that's going on." Elena sighed.
"And you're sure this has nothing to do with avoiding your father who just got into town?"
"It has everything to do with that." Elena admitted.
"Good. Where would you like to go?"
Elena giggled and they made plan to go to her parents lake house a few hours away. After saying goodbye to her friends she headed out to pack.
After Elena was packed and ready to go Stefan arrived to pick her up.
"Ready for the romantic weekend?" he asked.
"Yeah. Let's get out of here before John shows up and decides to play the concerned father. " Elena said.
Stefan chuckled. "I'll get the bags into the car."
Before Elena could follow her phone buzzed and it was Caroline. She wanted to know what Elena was doing because she wanted to talk. Elena replied that she was on her way to the Lake House and asked if she was ok.
"Everything ok?" Stefan asked as he came back inside.
Elena waited and saw that Caroline was ok. So she smiled and nodded. "Yeah, everything's great. Let's go."
Together they left the house excited to start their romantic weekend.
They arrived at the house and Stefan saw Elena's face fall. She looked more upset than when they left. "You alright?"
Elena nodded "I'm good… I just haven't been back here since before…"
Stefan knew she was talking about their death. He hadn't even thought about that when he suggested it. "Oh my gosh…Elena listen just say the word and we can get back on the highway and go anywhere else"
"I've always loved it here. I want it to stay that way." She sighed deeply and then looked into his eyes "I was just having a moment." She sniffled and then faked a smile before opening the car door and walking toward the cabin. She walked inside and waited for Stefan but he didn't follow her inside. "You don't have to wait out there. I am all good"
"Well that's great cause I'm uh…I'm stuck." He said.
"Oh my gosh! You can't get in…" Elena gasped an idea forming in her head.
"It's not going to be a very romantic weekend unless you invite me inside." Stefan said.
"Stefan I can't. My parents left this house to John Gilbert. He is the only one who can
invite you in. I'm so sorry I completely forgot." She frowned and walked over to the doorway.
"You're kidding me right?"
Elena couldn't hold it back anymore and she smiled and then giggled. "Stefan Salvatore I hereby invite you into this home."
Stefan glared. "You're such a liar. He came inside instantly grabbing her by the sides squeezing them.
"Hey, Hey, Hey!" she giggled
He lifted her up and they started to kiss. He set her down on the side table by the door and they continued to make out.
As he ran his hands up and down her back and across her stomach he stopped kissing her for a second and playfully growled. "Now to punish you for teasing a vampire."
With that his hands started to squeeze the sides of her stomach. Elena shrieked and bust into giggles. "Stefan stop it!" she giggled.
He laughed with her and continued. "Not until you say sorry."
"I'm sorry!" she giggled. "I'm sorry."
He stopped but kept his hands around her waist. "That's better." He kissed her lips once more and then helped her down and they went upstairs to unpack their bags.
After unpacking Stefan went to check on what they had for lunch. When he was finished he noticed Elena standing out back on the dock with a blanket wrapped around her. Smiling softly he made his way out to her.
"Having another moment?" he asked and wrapped his arms around her.
"Jeremy broke his arm diving off that dock when he was six. My dad taught me to fish right off the edge of there. So many memories. Do you ever think about us? What our future will be like, our memories?"
"I think there are a lot of conversations to be had about our future or the kind of life we could have together." He said.
"Well…there is a box we shouldn't open." She sighed.
Stefan knew she was talking about the fact that he was a vampire and could live forever and she was human and would eventually die. They never spoke about it. Stefan was waiting for Elena to bring it up. "We can open it, whenever you're ready."
"No." Elena shook her head. "I'd rather just be here. Now."
"You know this is a future memory. It's where your boyfriend whispered to you that he loved you." He leaned in and whispered in her head "I love you."
Elena smiled as his breath tickled her ear. She hugged him tighter and they stood there just holding each other for a while.
After a few minutes they went inside and Stefan got to work cooking as Elena sat by watching.
"My dad cooked all the time." Elena said.
"And your mom?" Stefan wondered.
"She sat right here and watched. She couldn't cook either." she giggled shyly.
Stefan smiled at her.
Elena turned to look at the fire. "Fire is dying." she said.
"I'll go get more wood." Stefan said.
"I'll get it." Elena said.
"No, No, it's cold out there." He said.
"Hey." Elena said stepping in front of him to stop him. "So I'll wear a jacket."
She went upstairs into her parents room. But when she walked in she stopped and looked around. She felt another moment coming on. She slowly walked over to the dressed and grabbed her mom's perfume. Grabbing it she removed the top and smelled it. The smell caused a rush of memories she wasn't ready for. Sucking in a deep breath she tried not to cry.
"My mom's perfume." Elena said
To prevent herself from crying she went over to the closet and grabbed and jacket and threw it to Stefan who caught it. "It was my great-granddad." She said, Then smirked as he put it on. "You look really hot in it."
"I look hot in your dead great granddad's jacket." he asked.
"Very hot." she giggled.
He stalked over to her and kissed her. She giggled. "Stefan's this is my parents bedroom."
He just smirked and continued to kiss her, not that she minded. She kissed back as she hit a wall Stefan stopped.
"What?" she giggled.
He knocked on the wall behind her. "Huh. This is hallow inside." he said.
From there he processed to take off wood piece by piece until they sat a tiny door with a lock.
"What is it?" Elena asked.
"A really good hiding place." he broke the lock and opened the door. Elena gasped. It was filled with weapons, weapons to kill a vampire. Elena looked further inside and saw more diaries. She opened them and started to flip through them. "These much be the other Johnathan Gilbert journals. Jeremy had the one but John said he had others. His entire life must be in here."
Stefan sighed. "I'll go get the firewood and let you have a moment." With that Stefan walked away.
Elena wasn't sure how long it had been but before she could even wonder about Stefan Lexi appeared behind her and moved her further into the room. "Stay in here and do not make a sound. Do not come out until I say so. Do you understand?"
"What? Lexi? What's going on?"
"I'll explain later. Just stay in here and do not leave. Do not open the door for anyone either."
With that Lexi left closing and locking the door behind her. Elena could even hear her put the wall pieces back up. Elena gulped a little nervous as to what was going on. Where was Stefan? What was happening? Why did they lock her in here?
Time went by really slowly and Elena could hear a lot of sounds but not sure what they were.
Finally she heard Lexi removing the wall pieces and then the door opened.
"It's safe to come out now." she said.
Elena slowly came out. "What happen?"
"The wolves attacked. They were going to kill you. They trapped Stefan in the shed so he couldn't save you. But I saved him and sent the wolves packing and came here to get you. Stefan is downstairs…"
Lexi didn't get a chance to finish because Elena took off in a run. Lexi followed her.
Elena ran right into his arms hugging her tightly. "Are you ok?" she asked.
"I'm ok. Lexi helped me. Are you?" he asked.
"Lexi kept me hidden the whole time. But I got so scared. Are you sure you're ok?"
"I'm fine. We're both fine."
They sat there holding each other tightly the entire time.
Lexi walked over. "You're both safe. I'll be staying for the night just to be sure the wolves don't come back. Stefan would you like to hunt. I can stay with Elena."
"Wait. I got a better idea." Elena said.
"Elena, he's too weak, he might not be able to fight it." Lexi said.
Elena ignored her. She knew Stefan would be able to do this. Elena reached down and pressed her palm to the edge of the side table next to her and slid it down the sides.
"What are you doing?" Stefan asked.
Elena lifted her bloody hand to him. "Here"
"Are you sure?"
"You need your strength. Plus a little each day, remember?"
Sighing Stefan took her hand and as gently as he good sucked her blood. He let her hand go and the wound was gone."Does it hurt you?" Stefan asked.
"When you first started it did but I've gotten used to it."
"You are an amazing girlfriend for allowing me to do this."
"Well then we're even because you're an amazing boyfriend in general."
"Well I have had over 100 years of practice." He teased.
Elena giggled. They shared another kiss.
"I'm proud of you, Stefan. You've come such a long way." Lexi said.
"Thanks Lexi." Stefan said.
Lexi smiled. "I'll be outside if you need anything."
"Thank you, Lexi." Elena said.
Lexi smiled and nodded and headed outside.
"How about we finish dinner and get some sleep." Stefan suggested.
"Sounds good to me."
They kissed once more and moved into the kitchen. They ate dinner and then went up to Elena's bedroom and fell asleep snuggled in each other's arms. So much for a romantic weekend. Hopefully the next day would be better.
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