Elena woke up the next day and almost fell back in her bed because of how much she didn't want to get up. She was a little afraid to run into Stefan today, but only because of mutual friends. But, she got up anyway and showered and dressed and soon was walking in the doors of her store being met by her assistant. "Hey, Elena." Amanda greeted her. Elena smiled softly and put her purse on the check out desk. "What's wrong?" She asked.
Elena sighed heavily and shrugged. "I really don't know. I shouldn't feel this way, because it shouldn't really matter much to me, but it does and I can't stand it." She rattled off to her.
"And, the way you are feeling is?" Amanda asked.
"Oh right," Elena pointed at her. "I have to tell you so you would understand." She remembered. "Well, Stefan sleeps around with girls that he just doesn't seem like he would like. And, sleeping with random girls was something he told me for sure that wasn't him." Elena started to explaining.
"Elena," Amanda said sympathetically. "Are you okay?" She asked.
Elena shrugged and lightly laughed. "Yeah. You know, I'll get over it." She waved her off and moved around the counter to the other side and put it on the counter where the check out register and computer is.
Amanda brought her hand up and patted Elena's shoulder in a comforting way. "It'll be okay," She assured. Elena nodded and walked over to the door to show the open sign.
"Will it?" She whispered to herself when she was at the door. Soon there were people coming in and out of the store and buying things. Elena was helping someone when she saw a familiar girl walk into her store. "Your welcome." Elena told the customer and quickly went to the back room where all of the extra clothes and shoes were. Amanda saw her go in there and asked one of the other workers to help the person she was helping so she could go see what happened with Elena.
She walked in and saw Elena standing against the wall. "What are you doing?" Amanda asked her.
Elena jumped and moved to one of the racks to grab a random shirt. "Uh, getting more of these…things." Elena said, fumbling with the shirt in her hands.
"Elena," Amanda said. "What is wrong?" She asked.
Elena threw the shirt down roughly and turned to Amanda. "You know how I told you about Stefan and that girl?" She asked her and Amanda nodded. "Well, that girl just walked in here." She pointed angrily to the store.
"You're kidding," Amanda said. "Which one?" She asked. Elena grabbed her arm and led her to the opening between the store and the back room. They leaned in so their heads were only looking out. Elena scanned her eyes through the store before she found Angie looking at a jumpsuit. Elena hit Amanda's shoulder and pointed. "Oh my god." She gasped. They both went back into the back room.
Elena ran a hand threw her hair. "She's gorgeous but she's an actual bitch." Elena told her. "I'm going upstairs do to some work." She said and started walking out but stopping suddenly when she had to say something else. "Or maybe I'll sew something so I could let out my anger pushing the fabric threw the needle thing that I can't think about whatever it's really called because I'm mad." Elena said before walking out of the room with her heels clicking hard on the ground.
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It was time for Elena to go to lunch with Caroline. She was kind of dreading it because of how much she didn't feel like talking about what happened last night. But, she went and waited for Caroline to show up.
Finally she did, and immediately asked Elena the question she didn't want to hear. "What happened last night?" Caroline asked.
"Stefan's friend showed up and yeah. Ruined the moment a little." Elena said. "So, how was your day so far?" Elena asked wanting very badly to change the subject.
Caroline shook her and her finger at Elena. "No, you tell me, what that son of a bitch did." She said. Elena really didn't know who she was talking about, the friend or Stefan.
"He said it was someone who he hooked up with a couple times and how it mean nothing to him and yeah, then you picked me up." She told her, leaving out Elena saying something to him.
"Stefan never told any of us, that he had a special friend," Caroline said, putting air quotes with special friend. "Elena, Katherine would have told you that he had a someone he was hooking up with. I would have told you!" She exclaimed. "Even though I didn't know the date was happening, I would have told you when you mentioned his name that first day."
Elena covered her face with her hands. "I mean, he told me that he always had feelings for me and then I find out when he feels like it, he has sex for no reason," Elena almost said as tears almost formed in her eyes.
"Oh, Elena." Caroline said taking her hand. "I'm sorry," She shook her head and took out her phone.
"What are you doing?" Elena asked.
"Calling Stefan and yelling at him!" Caroline exclaimed and started dialing. Elena leaned over the table and grabbed the phone out of her hand. "What?" She asked.
"I'm not letting you call him!" Elena exclaimed. "It's none of my business. Okay? So please, just don't do anything." Elena demanded.
Caroline bit her lip holding in her angry words that were going to come out saying that Elena should Stefan just deserves to be yelled at. "Fine." She said through gritted teeth.
"Good." Elena held Caroline's phone out for her to take back. "I should get back to work." She said and grabbed her purse. She decided not to tell her about the girl being in the store today because that would make her more upset, so Elena just walked out and got in her car that she finally bought, and went back to her office.
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Elena was finally done with work and was cleaning up in the store when someone walked in. She looked up, ready to tell the person to go because the store was about to close until she saw who it was. She rolled her eyes at him and put the broom she was sweeping with against the wall and moved behind the counter. "Store's closing, you have to get out." Elena said with no emotion while counting the money in the register.
Stefan shook his head. "I'm not leaving," He argued.
She dropped her hands with the money in it and looked at him. "Stefan please, I'm seriously not in the mood." She warned him.
"I don't care, because I need to explain this," He said.
"What is there to explain, Stefan?" She asked, moving around the counter with her arms at her sides. "You are someone different, that's fine. I'm not. I don't like the way people meet somewhere and is either drunk or desperate and sleep together that night when they don't even know each other. I just don't like that, that's not me." She informed him, pointing to her chest indicating herself. "It's fine that you are, I have no control over that," Elena was saying. "What are you doing?" She asked as Stefan was moving closer to her.
"Showing you I don't want to be that way anymore," He said still walking to her.
"What? How? Wait," Elena started to say when his lips were on hers. She grabbed his biceps and held onto him as the kiss deepened. Elena didn't stop and she didn't know why. What was happening right now felt right to her and she didn't want to stop it.
Stefan broke apart from her but kept his hands on her waist. "I want to be with you, Elena. And I'm so sorry for what happened but I don't really know how to explain what happened but I really just want to be with you so please, can I have a chance." He pleaded.
Elena moved her eyes away and shook her head. "I don't know, Stef." She sighed and started to move away.
"How about another date," He quickly said, spinning her back around. "This time at my place and I'll cook." He offered. His eyes showed how much he really wanted this. "No interruptions." He promised.
She closed her eyes softly and started to nod. "Alright. Dinner tomorrow at your place. 6:30." She told him.
"Perfect." He smiled. "Okay," He nodded and let go of Elena. "I'll see you tomorrow." He said. Elena waved goodbye to Stefan without saying anything and watched him leave the store. She then leaned against the counter and rubbed her head.
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"Are you going to get screwed again?" Katherine asked her best friend as she sat at her counter.
Elena shrugged while taking out rice from the Chinese bag and putting some on her plate. "I don't know, honestly, but I want to hear what he has to say." She told Katherine. Elena didn't even tell Katherine about what happened, Caroline did and that made Elena mad at her. Katherine was going to do something to Stefan with the help of Caroline but Elena held them back. Caroline and Katherine were not only mad that what he did ended up hurting Elena, but they were also mad because he didn't even tell them he was doing anything.
"Whatever," Katherine shook her head. "Your choice I guess." She sighed. Elena nodded at her.
"I mean, he kissed me yesterday. Again." She blurted out. "So I felt like I needed to hear him out,"
"He kissed you? Twice?" Katherine asked her, very surprised. Elena nodded slowly. "And when were you going to tell me this?" She yelled and jumped off the stool.
"I only told like Tyler and Matt," She tried to say to Katherine but that only got her madder.
"Elena, you told Tyler and Matt before you told me! Or even Caroline?" She yelled.
Elena put the rice on the counter and looked up from her plate at Katherine. "They were with me at the moment, I'm sorry, okay. But, what your yelling at me right now for, has nothing to do with what we need to talk about for tonight!" She yelled back at her. Katherine calmed down and crossed her arms over her chest. "I need to know what I'm going to say if he tells me everything. I already know what I'm going to do. I'm going to listen to him. But, I don't know what to say; I mean do I say thanks for explaining it to me, or what?" She asked Katherine desperately
"I don't know. I'm sorry; I never have been in this situation before. But, I think whatever you think is right to say at that moment, say it." Katherine advised.
Elena nodded. "Okay, yeah."
"Good." Katherine nodded. "Isn't he cooking for you?" She asked Elena as she put started eating the Chinese on her plate. She nodded with a mouth full of rice. "Why are you eating?" She asked.
"Because I'm hungry," She said simply after she swallowed. "I'm hungry, I eat." She told Katherine.
"Okay."
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"Stefan?" Elena called as she walked into Stefan's kitchen after not seeing him in the living either. She smelled something good right when she got off the elevator and that was another reason for coming in the kitchen. Stefan came in, in his suit probably from work and greeted her. "Hi," She said.
"Hey," He said back. He turned off the stove so the chicken wouldn't burn and then turned around back at Elena. "Is that for me?" He asked pointing to the bottle of wine she was clutching tightly.
She looked down at her hands, forgetting she had to give it to him. "Oh, yeah. I just thought it was too fancy to drink it alone a couple nights in a row, so I decided, why not bring it here?" She told him.
"Elena, thank you." He said. "I'll pour some for us right now." He told her and taking two glasses out of the clear cabinets up above. Elena set the wine down on the island in his kitchen and stood waiting. She watched him pour the red liquid neatly into the glass and hand it to her.
"Thanks." She said and quickly took a sip. "Where are we eating?" She asked him. There wasn't anything set up in the kitchen that would be good for a date, so she asked.
Stefan smiled and lightly took her hand. "Come with me." He said. Stefan started walking and Elena followed closely behind with there fingers intertwined. They were at the balcony doors when Elena realized what was happening. Stefan opened the door and walked out. To their right was a table with two candles lighting it and set for two people.
"Wow," She gasped. "This is amazing," She said with her eyes still on what's in front of her.
"Good." He said while pulling out the chair a little for Elena to sit in. "I am going to get the food. I'll be right back." He told her after she was settled and then went back inside. Elena looked around her and smiled. He really wanted to make up for last time.
Stefan soon came back with the food and gave one plate to Elena. "So," She started. "Why did you go so all out?" She asked.
"Because I promised to re-make this date better." He told her. Elena nodded and smiled. "And I hope you enjoy this date much more." He smiled at her.
"I hope I do too," She said and took a bite of the Chicken Parmesan and hummed. "This is good." She complimented and pointing down to it with her fork.
"Yeah?" Stefan asked proudly.
"You were always a good cook Stefan," She told him. "Remember when we were 14 and we were hanging out and we got super hungry all of a sudden and your mom or dad or Damon wasn't home so you made pasta and chicken parm, just for the two of us." She said.
He nodded smiling and laughing. "Yeah, me trying to impress you." He admitted. "I don't know, was it okay?" He asked her.
"It was good, Stefan." Elena told him. She ate more of her food. "I'm sorry that I got really mad at you. It was stupid." She apologized. She realized then that she shouldn't have been that upset because it was his life.
"No, Elena, it's okay. I promise. I'm just glad that you gave me another chance." He told her.
"Well, I couldn't pass up your cooking," She smiled at him.
Stefan took his napkin off his lap and placed it on the table. He stood up, holding out his hand for Elena. "Would you like to dance?" He asked.
Elena smiled and stood up as well taking his hand. He pressed a button on a remote and light music started playing in the background. "How am I not surprised you have something like that?" She asked as he brought her towards him. Their fingers intertwined and his hand was low on her waist as they moved slowly to the song.
"I really did miss you, Elena." He said after a few seconds. "You have no idea," He shook his head softly.
Elena looked at him in the eyes. She smiled lightly. "I missed you too, Stefan." They just looked into each other's eyes as Stefan started leaning closer. Elena wanted to kiss him again so she leaned in faster and put her lips on his. He moved his hand up to her face and cupped it softly.
"Be with me Elena," Stefan said breaking off from their kiss. She looked at him confused. "Be my girlfriend. Let's do the thing that we were afraid of doing when we were younger." He told her. Elena smiled and kissed him again. "I'm hoping that's a yes." He laughed. Elena nodded excitedly. They kissed again and moved inside. Elena wanted to have sex with Stefan but she thought that it could be a little too early. Even though that's all she thought about since she saw him for the first time.
The next thing Elena knew, she was being slammed against the wall with Stefan kissing down her neck. He moved them into his bedroom quickly and laid her down on the bed. "Are you sure you want to do this?" Stefan asked before anything further happened.
She put her arms around his neck and brought him a little closer. "I'm sure." She said. "And I'm not a virgin or anything," She told him.
"Okay," He smiled and kissed her again. The rest of the night was Elena and Stefan. That was it. No interruptions, no drama, just them.
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I have been sick and not in school that's why I have been posting so much. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to say don't get used to the updates so...back-to-back. Once I get back in school, I'm going back to hell (excuse my language) so yeah. But, I hope you like this update!:))
