Recap Chapter 9: Stefan met Alexis's ex and felt defensive. Elena had a dream about Damon and tried to stay away from Damon but still ended up at the boarding house.

Cleaning

Chapter: 10

Stefan and Alexis were waiting, they knew what was coming they just had to wait for it to come. Suddenly a crash sounded from the other room and they were face to face with twenty plus vampires.

Charging forward, one of the vampires Stefan recognized as Alan from earlier came straight towards him. Stefan sidestepped Alan when he was about two inches away and grabbed him from behind. Catching him in an unbreakable hold Stefan asked, "Why are you doing this?"

"That's none of your business."

"It is." Stefan countered even though he knew he wasn't going to get anywhere. Alan just glared at him. Stefan took a stake he had hidden inside his jacket and put it straight through Alan's heart, he fell limp to the floor with a cry. Stefan took a quick glance over to Alexis to see that she already killed four of them. Two more were sneaking up behind so Stefan removed the stake from Alan's still form and went to help her. Going to her aid, one of the other vampires and took Stefan down from the back. Alexis saw a flashed to Stefan's side and took down the vampire while he was still watching Stefan.

There was still a good ten more vampires left. The first group was rather easy to take, to one extent or another they fought as if they were newly turned and never taught to fight properly.

Two more vampires raced behind Stefan and Alexis, sensing it Stefan turned just in time and shoved the stake through the vampire's heart. Alexis followed Stefan's lead, grabbed the other vampire, and snapped its neck.

No more vampires were visible but they knew they were still there. Slowly Alexis walked forward and got pushed against the floor by another vampire, fangs lengthened into her neck. Stefan jumped forward and pried the vampire off Alexis whom was unconscious. The other vampire lunged forward but Stefan was able to catch him and in one movement snapped his neck. After that all the other vampires coming rushing two him but thankfully he was older and more experienced he was able to take them down.

After all the vampires were taken care of and the bodies were deposed of, Stefan can run to Alexis's side. She was coming two now, she looked up at Stefan with her large dark blue eyes. A sort of spark went between the both of them as Stefan spoke, "I better get back home."

"Goodbye Stefan, Thank you."

Damon and Elena were sitting on the couch and the silence was getting too much for the both of them. Damon got up to pour himself a glass of scotch and sitting back on the couch, closer to Elena this time and not going unnoticed but she didn't say anything about that. "Did you hear from Stefan?"

Elena could see Damon tense at the question then answered, "No, why would I hear from him? I'm not his keeper."

"Your such an ass, I'm just worried about him."

"And that's why you love me." Damon countered with a smirk.

"I don't love you." She answered all too quickly for either of them to find it believable.

They went back to staring at the fire, many thoughts going through Elena's mind but one at the front that shouldn't be in her mind at all, loving Damon Salvatore.

Damon had been staring at her for a while now and she hadn't noticed. She was too deep in thought to notice or care. Elena glanced over at Damon the next second and she turned back her face flushed a bright pink from embarrassment.

"What's bothering that pretty little head of yours princess?"

"Nothing Damon, everything is okay." Elena turned to look at him.

"You're not a good liar Elena." He held her eyes but she looked everywhere but in his. Damon put a finger under her chin to make her look at him. "Talk Elena."

"There is nothing to talk about Damon; I better get home before Jenna worries." She lied and her erratic heartbeat gave her away. Her eyes never left his, she wanted to kiss him and just as if he could read minds, he was slowly leaning in and so was she. Their lips were a hair's breath away from touching and she could not take it, she leant in the rest off the way and took his lips with hers. It felt like a part of her was released. The kiss grew more urgent, her back was on the couch and Damon was balancing his weight on top of her. His hands were roaming up her shirt, across her bare stomach. She let out a moan of pleasure and whispered, "I love you."

Damon searched her brown eyes for any sign that she wasn't sure off what she was saying but found nothing, he bent back down a kissed her lovingly.

"Elena!" A voice called.

Damon and Elena broke away to see Stefan standing there with a mixed of emotions on his face, hurt, confusion, and another neither of them could decipher.

"Hello little brother."

"Stefan I'm sorry."

"Goodbye Elena." Stefan walked out the door without a backwards glance. Stefan walked down the street back to the airport thinking about his last day in Tennessee.

*FLASHBACK*

Stefan raced to Alexis's side just as she was coming around. Stefan helped her up to a sitting position and she look up to him with her dark blue eyes. They stayed in that position for what seemed like hours when in actuality it was only a few minutes.

Without knowing what he was doing, he leaned forward and she followed, there lips meant there was a spark. Her hands were behind his neck and his were around her waist. It felt right, there was no holding back.

A few minutes later, they broke apart and Stefan was the first to speak, "I better get home."

"Goodbye Stefan, thank you." Alexis whispered."

*END FLASHBACK*

A/N: Please Review!

I hope everyone is okay with Stefan and Alexis pairing.

What do you guys think about having Elena follow Stefan? (For closure.)

I hope I did the flashback right, it's the first time I put a flashback in my writing.