Sadly, their trip had to come to an end. Now it was only around a month until Caroline and Tyler's wedding. She was in her mess of an office, handling Caroline's dress. Her office was messy because she has been so busy. And, Stefan's noticed because every second she was remembering something different that she had to do. So, he decided to surprise her at work.
He walked in to her standing in front of the manikin that had Caroline's dress on it and a pencil in her mouth. "Hey, babe." Stefan said walking in slowly and making his presence known.
She turned after putting the pencil down on her desk and smiled. "Hi." She said. "I'm almost done with it." She said, talking about the dress.
Stefan nodded. "I think that Caroline will love it." He said putting an arm around her waist and kissing her head.
Elena laughed. "She better. These are almost her exact preferences." Elena said. Stefan smiled.
He pulled her waist so she was now up against his chest. "How about we get some time to ourselves tonight, instead of you and the dress. Because, you know, I'm getting kind of jealous." He pleaded.
Elena put her arms around his neck. "I think I could blow it off, just this night." She said and reached up to kiss his lips as he was smirking himself.
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Tonight was the night Elena and Katherine had been dying for, the bachelorette party. Katherine and Elena planned it to be at a bar, just the three of them. So, that meant no sexy stripper cop. That was also way to predictable and if you've met Elena and Katherine, they like to do things their own way.
So, what they decided to do was literally pull Caroline out of the house as her surprise. The guys were going to take Tyler to another bar, but they already did, so Caroline was home alone.
They were at the front door to Caroline and Tyler's apartment. Katherine had a key that he got from Tyler because he knew about what they were doing. His bachelor party was not a surprise. Katherine slowly unlocked the door and walked in quietly. They found her watching TV in the living room. They decided to sneak up behind her, so they walked quietly behind the couch until they reached her. They both screamed boo and hit each of her shoulders.
She jumped because she was startled. "What the hell?" She asked standing and looking at Elena and Katherine. Elena held up a tiara with white fabric attached that represented a veil.
"Happy bachelorette party!" They shouted. Caroline smiled. "Let's go!" Katherine exclaimed. "Go put sexy heels on and let's get your ass out the door!"
Caroline ran into her room and put on heels and Jeans with a nice top. She came back out and they all quickly got down stairs and into a cab. They drove to the bar and went to the actual bar right away to get drinks. "Shots?" Elena asked with a smile.
Caroline nodded. "Shots." She agreed. They ordered a round of tequila shots with limes. They each threw the shot back and Elena scrunched up her nose. "You okay there, Lena?" Caroline asked with a laugh. She nodded and sucked on the lime quickly.
They had a few more rounds before they decided to sit at one of the bar tables. A guy came up to their table and stood right in between Caroline and Elena. He looked at Caroline about to talk to her but she held up her left hand to show the ring and then he turned to Elena. She shook her head. "I have a boyfriend." She said simply, hoping that he would leave.
The guy smirked. "So? He's not here now." He said and moved closer to her chair. Elena was trapped now. Caroline and Katherine got up.
They stood behind Elena's chair. "Get away from her." Katherine said fiercely.
The guy smiled. "Hey, I'm just talking to a girl that I happen to find gorgeous." He said. Elena was frozen and still trapped. He went to take her hand but another hand grabbed his wrist. He looked up to see a taller man standing next to Elena's chair. "What the hell man?" He asked.
Stefan squeezed the guy's wrist. "Sorry, am I hurting you?" He asked. "I think this girl said she had a boyfriend. You know what that means?" He asked moving around the chair to pull the guy away. "Get the hell away from her." Stefan said to him and let go of his wrist. The guy rolled his eyes and walked away. He turned to Elena. "Surprise!" He said with a smile and went to kiss her. "You okay?" He said after he ended up kissing her head.
Elena nodded. "Just happy you're here." She smiled widely. She jumped down and took his hand and walked towards where the other guys were. "Why are you here though?" She asked all four of them.
Damon shrugged. "The other bar was gross. It was sticky and the drinks tasted like dirt." He explained.
Elena scrunched up her nose in disgust. "Ew." She said.
Matt looked confused. "Aren't they not supposed to see each other or something at these things."
Katherine looked over at them and saw her arms around his neck and they were smiling and kissing. "It's okay. They just can't see each other on the wedding day." She explained.
Caroline and Tyler were attached at the hip all night. Dancing, drinking, sitting, anything, they were with each other. Well, they are going to be newly weds so its probably normal but Elena and Stefan were behaving better than they were. At least they were all having fun though.
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It was the engagement party. The night before the actual wedding. The rehearsal dinner was the night before. The bachelor and bachelorette parties were about a week ago. Elena was on edge all day. She had something that she should tell people but was too afraid as to what they might think.
She was in the bathroom looking at her period calendar and saw that she was 6 days late. She was never late. Ever since her first period, she was always right on schedule.
Stefan was coming to pick her up soon. She didn't know what to say. If it meant what she thinks it means, she's scared of what he might think. She wasn't under any stress lately, which she knows could cause being late. There could be one other reason and that reason scared her. She was twenty-three and if this meant that she was pregnant, she doesn't think she would be ready to have a baby. She decided that tomorrow, when everyone was helping Caroline get ready, she would sneak off for a second and take a home pregnancy test.
She heard Stefan calling her name. She quickly closed the calendar book and ran out of her bathroom. She threw the book on her bed and walked out to meet Stefan. She smiled when she saw him and kissed him right away. "Hi." He said.
Elena opened her eyes from the kiss before answering. "Hi." She giggled. "Shall we?" She asked and backed away a little.
Stefan held out his hand in the air for her to softly place her hand in. He brought it up to his lips and kiss her hand sweetly. "Let's go." He said smiling as he set both of their hands in between them as they walked downstairs. Stefan opened his passenger side door for Elena as she smiled and got in.
When they were driving, the first few minutes were silent until Stefan started talking. "I think there is a surprise somebody today. Tyler said something but never told me who it was." He told her. Elena nodded, not really caring because all she could think about was her late period. He took her hand in his and brought it to his lips as the other hand stayed on the wheel. "What's wrong, baby?" He asked.
Elena looked at him and smiled. "Nothing." She shook her head. Stefan nodded and placed her hand down but put his hand on her thigh and kept it there until they got to where the party was. Stefan didn't come around to open the door even though he was going to before the valet guys opened it for her.
He waited for her then took her hand to walk in together. They saw so many people there already, but didn't see Caroline. Caroline saw them though and started running over to them in her big heels.
She hugged Elena first, which caused her to let go of Stefan's hand. Tyler came from behind Caroline and shook Stefan's hand and one arm hugged him like they do a lot. Caroline then immediately hugged Stefan, which blocked Elena and Tyler from hugging so Tyler went around her. They hugged and then let go quickly.
Elena immediately took Stefan's hand again and moved closer to him. She wanted to be with him all night because the more she was with him; the more she can will herself to tell him. While Caroline was suddenly talking about something, Elena looked behind her to see a familiar face across the room. She squinted first to see if it was her and when she realized it was she let go of Stefan's hand quickly and ran towards the girl.
She threw her arms around the girl's neck surprising her. "Bonnie!" She exclaimed. Bonnie realized it was Elena and hugged her waist tightly. "I missed you!" She said.
Bonnie let go to look at Elena. "Elena, you look amazing." She said. She said running her eyes up and down Elena's body to see.
Elena smiled widely. "Thanks. So do you!" She said. "Where's that boyfriend of yours?" Elena asked with a smirk.
Bonnie smiled widely. "Come with me." She said and took Elena's hand. They came up to someone who was standing with their back facing to them talking to someone else. Bonnie tapped him on the shoulder and smiled when he turned around. "Kol, this is my friend Elena, Elena, Kol." She introduced them.
Elena stuck out her hand to shake and he took it and kissed the top. "A pleasure to meet you, Elena. Bonnie talks a lot about you." He laughed slightly.
Elena was stunned by his manners but when she recognized the accent, she understood why. "Pleasure is mine, Kol." She said. "Bonnie, I have someone I want you to see." She smiled. She turned and looked for Stefan and when she spotted him, she took Bonnie's hand and told Kol to follow.
They reached Stefan and Bonnie smiled. "Stefan!" She exclaimed. He quickly turned surprised and saw Bonnie. He hugged her right away. "How are you?" She asked.
He let go and nodded. "Never better." He said putting an arm around Elena's waist. He knew Elena brought her over to him to tell her about them so he gave her a hint.
Bonnie looks confused. "You two?" She asked. "Oh my god!" She exclaimed. "That's amazing!" She said to them. "Oh, Stefan, this is Kol. He's my boyfriend." She said putting her hand on Kol's back.
Stefan stuck out his hand to shake and Kol took it. After that, Elena put her hand back in Stefan's right where she wanted it and put her other hand on the same arm.
Katherine came up to the four of them talking and was smiling. "Surprise!" She shouted to Elena. "Did you like the surprise?" She asked. She pointed to Bonnie behind her hand trying to be secretive so Bonnie didn't know she was meant to be a surprise event though she was and she knew that. Obviously Katherine was already drunk.
Elena nodded. "Yeah, I did." She said. "You okay, Kat?" She asked. Elena nodded.
"Yeah. Why aren't you having a drink, Lena?" She asked. Elena's face fell straight, not knowing an answer right away.
Elena hesitated. "Not in the mood tonight." She shrugged. Katherine quickly dismissed her and just took Bonnie's hand to go somewhere else. Elena looked confused but went with it and turned her head towards Stefan.
He held his beer out towards her. "You want a sip?" He asked. Elena scrunched up her nose and shook her head. "You sure?" He asked. She nodded. "Okay," He shrugged and took a sip for himself.
Elena looked disgusted. "Beer is gross." She said. Stefan laughed. He turned his head and kissed her lips with the taste of beer still on his lips from the sip he took before. She made a face and wiped her mouth. "Ew."
Stefan looked extremely offended. "What you all of a sudden don't like my kisses?" He asked smiling.
Elena shook her head. "Not when you have beer on your lips no!" She complained. He smiled and took another sip. "You do look hot when you drink it like that though." She said into his ear.
He laughed. "I look hot when I drink beer?" He asked, just clarifying what she said because it sounded sort of strange.
She nodded. "And that could be just me talking or my horny self talking." She hinted.
Stefan froze at those words but had a small smirk playing at his lips. "Where do you want to go?" He whispered.
Elena laughed and smacked his arm. "We can't do that! Not at both of our best friends wedding." She exclaimed.
Stefan placed the beer bottle down and grabbed her waist with both hands. "Come on, it'll be fine. They won't even know we are gone," He said trying to convince her.
Elena was weighing her options. Have the risk of Caroline banishing her from the country if she didn't stay in the party as her maid of honor, or have long awaited sex with Stefan. Hard choice but she obviously chose sex with Stefan.
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"Stefan, I think this is a fire blanket," She laughed as they sat in a spacious closet with a small blanket covering them.
He shrugged. "So what?" He asked.
Elena's smile disappeared when she realized she should tell him what was wrong today in the car. She thought about it for a second and decided she's not going to say anything until she knew for sure. "I think we should go out now." She said and started getting up to get dressed.
Stefan reluctantly agreed and sat up as well. He was smiling as he watched Elena get dressed with a red face. "What you blushing about?" He asked, smirking.
Elena shook her head while she kept it down facing her shoes that she was putting back on. "Just the fact that we had sex in a closet at two of our best friends engagement party." She shrugged and stood. "Do I have sex hair?" She asked.
He laughed and shook his head. She squinted her eyes at him before turning to look at any place where she can see herself. The shelves were stainless steel so she looked at that and fixed her hair. "You didn't have sex hair," He said as they were walking out. She snapped at him saying shut up.
Before they opened the door, Elena realized Stefan's shirt and tie were twisted. She stopped him and stepped in front of him. She twisted his shirt so that it was straight and then fixed his tie. "Okay, now we can go out there." She said and opened the door.
As they were walking back into the party room, they heard someone clear there throat behind them. They turned to see Damon leaning on the wall right before the entrance to the room. "What are you two up to?" He asked.
Stefan turned to his brother and smiled. "Nothing much." He said before turning back and started walking back into the room.
Damon started walking after them with a smirk on his lips. "What was in the closet that you were in there for an hour for?" He asked.
Elena blushed. "You wouldn't dare tell anyone." She said pointing a finger at him.
He put his hands up defensively. "I won't say anything. As long as you sprayed some Lysol in there, I think Kat and I were going to jump in." He said. He laughed and they all walked in and tried to avoid Caroline for a little so she would forget she even noticed they weren't there. Even if she noticed.
Too late though. She was rushing over to them with a wine glass in her hand. "Where the hell were you two?" She asked.
Elena looked around the room because if she looked straight into Caroline's eyes she would start laughing. So, Stefan answered. "We went for a walk," He said smoothly. Caroline squinted at them not convinced. As she stared at them and tried to figure out what he was hiding from her, she realized what they did.
She gasped and put her hand over her mouth. "No!" She exclaimed. "You didn't! Not at my engagement party!" She said stomping her foot. She was mad.
Elena shrugged. "I'm so sorry. But hey, at least it wasn't at your wedding," Elena said smiling trying to cheer her up.
Caroline rolled her eyes. "Still. It's not nice." She frowned at them. She looked at her silver watch on her right wrist to see the time. "Oh my god. It's over. The party is over! I can't see Tyler for 17 hours!" She said and started freaking out.
Her emotional bride side was coming out. "Hey, hey. It's okay. It will go by super fast and soon you will be Mrs. Lockwood. Okay?" Elena said rubbing her friends back softly.
Caroline nodded and downed her wine before straightening up and taking Elena's hand to talk to her. Elena looked back at Stefan and waved knowing that they probably wouldn't see each other for a while too.
"Okay, I need you to keep me from crying when I say bye to Tyler for the night." She instructed. Elena nodded.
Tyler held out his arms for Caroline. She ran to him and hugged him tight. "I love you." He whispered into her hair. "Mrs. Lockwood." He said smiling against her ear.
Caroline giggled as she held in a small cry. "I love you too, Mr. Lockwood." She smiled and moved her head so she could kiss his lips. They kissed until Caroline felt a tap on her shoulder. She turned to see Elena. "We have to go?" She asked sadly. Elena nodded. "Alright." She sighed. She turned to Tyler quickly. "See you later?" She asked.
Tyler nodded and kissed her forehead. "Of course, baby." He promised. Katherine came to the one side of Caroline and Bonnie was next to her. Elena was on the other side and all their arms were linked. They got to Katherine's car and Elena was driving because even if Katherine was feeling better then before, they all agreed it was best she didn't drive. And, Elena didn't drink at all tonight so they threw the keys to her.
Her phone buzzed but she didn't want to look at it because she was driving. "Kat, can you grab my phone?" She asked Katherine who was in the passenger seat. "I got a text but I can't read it." She said.
Katherine reached to get her phone that was in Elena's lap and turned the screen on to see a text from Stefan. "Oh, it's from Stefan." Katherine smirked.
Bonnie and Caroline jumped from their seats in the back and leaned towards the front. "Oh, read it!" Bonnie said eagerly.
Elena's mouth hung open. "Are you kidding? That's my private texts." She said trying to defend herself.
Bonnie rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on. I want to know more about this relationship between two my oldest, bestest, friends." Bonnie laughed.
Katherine opened Elena's text and read the text out loud. "'See you tomorrow, baby girl. I love you.'" She read. Elena smiled to herself and blushed. All three of the girl's mouths gaped open.
Caroline's eyes widened. "Baby girl?" She asked slowly but in a high-pitched voice. Elena was blushing uncontrollably.
Bonnie smiled widely. "Wow. I love you?" She asked.
Elena just nodded at all this. "Yeah." She said slowly. "Just say, I love you too." She told Katherine. She typed and sent and smiled to her friend in the drivers seat. Elena noticed they were all looking at her. "What?" She asked, shifting in her seat.
They shook their heads. "Nothing." They said in unison. Caroline and Bonnie sat back in their seats and Katherine looked out the window. Elena was confused but kept staring ahead smiling to her.
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