Stefan's POV
That day couldn't get any better, but it did; we didn't get much sleep that night, waking up next to Caroline, her facing me in her sleep with her left hand underneath my pillow and my hand resting on her soft bare back keeping her close to my exposed chest. She looked so peaceful in her sleep, unlike her normal bubbly self.
When she left me standing outside by myself and didn't come back for God knows how long, she scared the shit out of me. Does she not see that I need to keep her and Hope safe? The thought of them getting hurt drives me crazy. I guess she means much more to me than I thought.
So after our eventful 'night activities' let's say, I haven't take my eyes off of her. I watched her fall asleep carefully resting by her side and wishing that this moment could last forever.
I realised that I might not be able to explain what I feel for her but it is something. And when I'm with her, every bone in my body tells me to join her, to enjoy it. There's this part of me that just can't seem to shake her. Unlike anyone else she was always there for me, always beside me.
"Well.. Good morning" she said with a beautiful smile on her face while yawing
"Good morning to you too" I said with a matching smile on my face and after I caressed her soft cheek, I kissed those tempting lips. My hand finds hers, threading our fingers together, and my lips moving against hers with fervour that she all too happily matches and I almost loose it at that moment when her tongue runs of my bottom lip. I open my mouth, engaging her tongue in a passionate duel while my hand wanders down to her waist, pulling her impossibly closer to my body. When air finally becomes a necessity and we pull apart only far enough to lean our foreheads against each other, I don't even know how much time passed but I can't seem to look away from her slightly swollen lips.
"Hope" she finally whispers with a spark in her eyes
"And where are you going now?" I ask after she escapes my grip
"It's late, my going to pick up Hope" she says after she wonders around the room putting on her thongs and picking up my black shirt and putting it over her head
"You know... you should wear my clothes more often" I say with a slight smirk on my face, she turns around and sticks her tongue out at me. She looks so hot right now, "fine, I'll make some coffee"
"Thank you" and after that she quickly disappears in the living room, probably picking up our scattered clothes from last night of the floor, typical controlling Caroline.
After I got dresses in record time, I went into the kitchen preparing our coffee when I hear the doorbell. Maybe Caroline won't have to go and pick up Hope after all; I guessed it would be Alec with her at the door. I was not expecting the people that were standing behind the door.
"Surprise!" shouts Elena while Bonnie appears from behind Damon and Alaric wearing a huge smile on her face
"Bonnie?" She's back, Bennie's back "Oh my God we missed you" I say capturing her in a bear hug.
"I missed you too Stefan, I hear a lot of changed in these few months"
"We thought that it would be a great idea to come here and tell you personally" says Elena while holding onto my brother. I can see their really happy. "So.. Where's Care Stefa.."
"Stefan have you seen my phone? I can find it!" I let go of Bonnie when I see the stunned look on my brothers face and look behind be, to see Caroline still only in my black shirt. "Bonnie? Bonnie You're here" she takes a few steps forward probably trying to capture her in a hug to when she notices the grins on everyone else faces and turns around to run to the bathroom "Oh my god, I'll .. I'll get dresses and I'll be right back"
"Well Brother" starts Damon "We can all see that you really did keep busy those last few months"
"Damon" I warn him while the girls giggle.
...
While Caroline got changed, I invited everyone into the apartment and made breakfast with the help of Elena and Bonnie.
"Where's Hope? Is she still sleeping?"
"Actually" Caroline appeared out of nowhere "She stayed today with a friends of ours, I was on my way to pick her up"
"I can come with you, I really want to meet her" offers Bonnie and Elena follows behind them.
"We'll be back soon" she turns and they leave as alone in the kitchen.
We sat there in silence, but I knew it wouldn't stay that way for long when I saw the amusement in his eyes and Alaric trying very hard not to burst out laughing, staffing his face with pancakes "I'm glad you find amusement in this" I finally say while he finally gives up and laughs.
"Sorry, it's just I knew you would figure it out sooner or later" answers Damon
"Yes how? If I didn't even think about her as more than a friend"
"That would make a good girlfriend, look one - she's hot, objectively"
"Two - She puts up with you" adds Alaric
"Big plus, three - very, very organised"
"Organisational skills?" I ask, is he serous?
"There are no drawbacks to this woman Stefan" he says after he puts a piece of bacon in his mouth
"Eeee she did sleep with you Damon" points out Alaric while it was my time to laugh.
"See? Another plus" continues Damon but we don't get a chance to finish the conversation because the girls got back.
I see my girl walking towards the table introducing little Hope to Alaric and I walk up to them straight away to say hello to our baby. I pick her up in my arms and throw her in the air a couple of times making her giggle and sure not to drop the little angle. I turn with Hope in my arms, and Caroline on my left side to face the rest of my family smiling warmly up at us.
"We see you're happy" says Bonnie while I turn to look down at Caroline
"We are" Caroline answers for me grinning up at me with a slight pink tint to her cheeks.
"Okay" Damon interrupts our little moment "Uncle Damon wants to hold Hope for a second if that's alright" Damon with kids? Is that a really good idea I wondered.
"Maybe Alaric should hold her" Elena interrupts "he needs the practice" she says giggling
"Alaric?" asks Caroline confused
"Yeah, you see Bonnie's not the only reason we're here" he finally says "I'm getting married"
"Alaric that's great, sudden but great!" exclaims Caroline as she rushes to congratulate him
"That's great man, you deserve to be finally happy"
"He deserves to get some" Demon remarks as the rest of us start laughing and he gets a smack in the head from Elena.
"And I was wondering if you two would come with us back to Mystic falls for the wedding it's completely safe for vampires thanks to her brother. It won't be anything big, but I want you and Demon to be my grooms men and since Jo doesn't keep in contact with much of her family we would like you girls to be the bridesmaids." Alaric was one of my close friends, but I needed to remember why we moved in the first place, to keep Hope safe. I look down at the little girl now playing in Alaric's lap and wondered if it was safe.
"We will keep them safe Stefan, and anyway. Most of the vampires still think Mystic Falls is an off zone for the supernatural species" Elena reassures me.
"Well then" I look over at the excited Caroline "I guess we better start packing"
Carolines POV
For the rest of the day me and Stefan didn't really get a moment just for the two of us. We ate dinner in town after a busy day with all the packing and catching up. After that awkward moment in the morning, I thought for a while that Stefan would be ashamed for some reason of the thing between us because of Elena.
Elena reassured me multiple times during the time while we went to get Hope, that she was perfectly okay with me and Stefan being together, but I was still worried that him seeing Elena that morning would be a wakeup call for him and at the end of the day he would tell me that all of this was a mistake.
We decided to leave Jacksonville at night, so that Hope would be asleep and she wouldn't be complaining about the ten hour drive to Mystic falls. After me and the girls got a supply of Starbucks coffee for everyone, we split into two cars; Hope, Elena, Bonnie and me in one car and the rest of the boys in the other. We decided to make stops once in a while during the long drive just to stretch our legs, eat something or to change drivers.
"Oh I'm so tired" I said from the back of the car, sitting next to Hope trying to control my yawing
"After the night you had, Oh I'm sure" said Bonnie giggling throwing me a knowing look, thank God that it was Elena driving the car
"Hey! What is that supposed to mean?"
"You know damn well, how was it by the way?"
"BONNIE"
"What? I've been in that prison world for so long, I would want to get some action too" it amazed how Hope managed to stay asleep with all of us laughing really loudly at that last comment.
"Can we not.. talk about it just now? I don't know what it is yet, it hasn't been long. But I promise to tell you when it gets serious"
"From the way he was looking at you the whole day Caroline" Elena turned to look at me with a serious face on "I say it's already very serious" This coming from his first love must have meant something. "But any way, you Bonnie Bennet obviously have some sexual tension with Kai"
"Kai? Jo's brother? The one from the prison world?" I asked so confused right now "I thought that he was the bad guy?"
"He is!" Bonnie immediately answers, too quickly "And I have no idea what you're talking about Elena"
"Sure you do, and correction - he was the bad guy. After the merge with Luke, he got some of his qualities, and he obviously is trying really hard to make your forgive him.."
"Ok, ok. Quiet now- Damon is calling. Hello?" she answers the phone before putting him on the speaker phone
"There's a diner a mile away, I say we stop and get something to eat. I'm starving" he says
"I break would be nice, see you there"
...
It was like the old times, Damon making ridicules jokes with Stefan while the rest of us sat there laughing at them. I could see that even Bonnie and Damon became a lot closer because of the whole prison world thing. It was perfect.
I sat beside Stefan, opposite Elena and Bonnie engaged in a conversation with them while eating my fries. The whole time we were talking, Stefan's hand was present on my lap distracting me from the conversation, travelling up and down my leg under the table while he so easily joked with Damon.
Finally he turned his attention to me, lowered his head to my ear and said "I'm going to the car to check up on Hope. See if she's still sleeping" standing up and telling everyone else where he was going. Suddenly my legs missed his warmth, his warm gentle hands. "You coming?" he didn't stop or turn to face me, but I knew it was directed at me.
I walked to Elena's Range Rover where Hope seemed to be still asleep when Stefan suddenly slammed my back to the door of the car and captured my lips with his. In between the kisses he whispered "I waited all day just to do that" It was too long. Too fucking long. "Mine" slipped out of Stefan's lips while he kissed down my neck, wrapping my legs around his waist. My heart stuttered in my chest. My Stefan.
My hands came up to cup his face, fingertips running over his stubble. He didn't shave this morning, probably forgot with everything that was going on in the day. When I imagined this, our first kiss after being reunited was frenzied and desperate, trying to make up for the day and in reality it was exactly this with a hint of urgency. While his lips moved over mine, it was almost as if he was trying to savour every millimetre of me, while his hands still firmly under my thighs keeping me off the ground.
After what seemed like forever, he set me down and we broke apart, if only for an inch. Our foreheads were still pressed together when I opened my eyes.
"I missed this" he breathes out and his intense green orbs locked with my eyes
"Me too" I whisper back, while my fingers move slowly over Stefan's stubble.
His eyes move to something behind me and he chuckles "we have an audience"
Knowing that he's talking about our friends, I groan and burry my head in his chest "First this morning, now this. I'll never hear the end of this."
"Why don't you two go in the car with Hope, Damon and Elena while I'll go with Bonnie this time" Alaric proposed.
"Let's go" Stefan says with a laugh and tugs me towards the back doors of the car but not without stealing a kiss.
The drive from there was surprisingly quiet, Hope was still sleeping peacefully; Damon was driving while Elena hold on to one of his hands threading their fingers together. I on the other hand was falling asleep on Stefan's shoulder while his arm was protectively wrapped around me. When I walk up we were already in Mystic falls.
I'm so sorry it took me so long to write, i hope you like it though ;) Please comment and tell me what you think of the story so far, and any recommendations (what would you like to see happen)?