For the first time in as long as she could remember, Caroline awoke the next morning with a smile present on her face.
She looked down and saw the arm that was draped over her waist. Slowly, as to not wake him, she turned over so she was facing him. He looked so peaceful as he slept. Her smile grew when he tightened his grip on her and unknowingly pulled her closer. She took her finger and gently ran it along his jaw line and made her way down his bicep. She really did love his arms.
She pulled her finger away when she saw his eyes starting to open.

"Morning", she whispered.

He smiled when his eyes met hers. "Good morning beautiful", he said back.

She could feel the blush take over her whole face and the butterflies that were going crazy in her stomach.

They lay there just staring into each other's eyes, enjoying being in the other's arms.

Stefan swore he could lay there forever and be perfectly happy, but before long, his fantasy ended as she started to roll away from him and get off of the bed.

He reached for her hand before she could fully leave the bed, "Where do you think you're going?", he asked with a smile.

"Well, I'd really like to go take a shower, if that's okay with you Mr. Salvatore", she responded back with a playfulness in her voice.

She saw him smirk back at her and watched as his eyes started to darken with what she was sure was lust. She wasn't sure she wanted to know what he was thinking, so before he could respond, she turned and walked into the bathroom.

Stefan wanted to do something nice for her after the emotional night that she'd had. So he decided to do what he did best; cook.
He made his way downstairs and into the kitchen and began to make her an amazing breakfast.

As she stood in the shower, with the hot water pouring around her, she felt a huge sense of relief. As difficult as it was for her to talk about, she was glad that she'd finally told Stefan the truth about her past. She knew she could trust him. She knew he wouldn't hurt her in any way like she'd been hurt before. She wanted him to know everything about her.

When Caroline made her way out of the bathroom, she saw that Stefan was no longer in bed. So, she got dressed and went downstairs to find him.
She walked into the kitchen and was shocked at the spread that was laid out before her.
In the 30 minutes that she'd been in the shower, Stefan had managed to make an entire breakfast buffet.
Pancakes, waffles, eggs, French toast, bacon, sausage, fresh fruit; it seemed like every breakfast food possible was on the table.

"Stefan, you made all of this!?"
When he turned around to answer her, his breath caught in his throat. She was standing there in a pair of shorts and one of his shirts. He didn't think he'd ever seen anything so sexy.

He cleared his throat and tried to find his words.

"Yes ma'am. I figured after last night, you should start today on a good note with a fantastic breakfast."

"Well this looks amazing and I am starving, so thank you! Also, I hope you don't mind but I haven't done any laundry lately and was out of shirts, so I borrowed one of yours."

"Not at all, it looks good on you", he said with smirk.

She looked down at her feet with a shy smile and he saw the blush that covered her cheeks as he said that. He loved it when she blushed.

"Well, have a seat and eat up before it gets cold!"

They sat together and ate while making small talk with one another.
Stefan knew he needed to ask her now before his nerves got the best of him and he chickened out again.

"Caroline?"
"Hmm?" she mumbled as she took another bite.
"Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?" he asked and let out a shaky breath after he finally got the words out.
She looked at him with a confused look on her face, "Don't we already have dinner together every night?" she asked with a laugh.
"Well yeah, I know, but I would like to take you out to dinner tonight, to an actual restaurant, if you'll let me."
Her eyes got big as she had a surprised look on her face.
Was he actually asking her out?
"Are you, uh- are you asking me on a date?"
He gave her a big smile, "Yes, I am asking you on a date Ms. Forbes."
Caroline felt her stomach do a million flips. She knew they'd reached a new level last night in whatever was going on between them, but she still hadn't expected him to ask her out.

It was taking her a while to answer and Stefan started to think that maybe he shouldn't have asked. What if she wasn't feeling what he was? He didn't want to ruin the friendship that they'd built and making her uncomfortable by asking her out.

"It's okay if you don't want to, really, it's fine", he said trying to back out of the question, already feeling like an idiot for thinking that she would say yes.

"NO! I'd love to go out with you tonight Stefan", she said quickly.

Stefan was sure his cheeks were going to hurt for a week with how big he was smiling at her.

"Great! I have a couple of errands to run, so I'll see you tonight, okay?" he told her as he got up quickly.
"Okay, I'll see you tonight" she responded with a smile of her own.

After he'd left the room, Caroline kicked her feet like a little kid. She was unbelievably excited.
Then one thought crossed her mind, crap, now I REALLY need to do laundry and find something to wear!

Sorry this chapter was so short guys. But next up, Stefan and Caroline have their very first date, and I promise there will be lots of fluff! The story will start to move quite a bit faster from here on out. I'm already in the process of writing Chapter 7 and that will be posted by tomorrow night. As always, reviews and comments are appreciated! Thanks everyone!