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Chapter 12 (Elena POV)

Caroline had set up everything she needed to be able to get married to Stefan at Hilton Head. She and Stefan were officially set to get married on July 10th. So, the biggest part of the wedding was planned and settled but we still had to find er dress, flowers, invitations, a cake, and whatever else. She had decided on a soft green color similar to lime paired with a creamy white for her colors. It wasn't surprising that she'd chosen a shade of green because Caroline's favorite color had always been green. She was hardly ever a big fan of pink but she absolutely loved green. Her Miss Mystic Falls dress had been one of her favorite shades of it.

After we talked about colors and she'd decided, she talked about how amazingly green Stefan's eyes were.

We were now heading to a flower shop to see if we could find anything that was, and I quote, Perfect enough for her wedding.

"Care, I obviously know that you and Stefan are engaged, but do you have an engagement ring?"

"Oh, Yeah, I have one. I've never seen it though. I knew I didn't want to get married until you'd woken up so I'd stopped Stefan from opening the box as he proposed. There were a lot of times over the years that I was really curious, especially when I was planning so many weddings. But, I made Stefan promise to not let me have it until you were awake." She looked over at me with a grin on her face. "I so can't wait!"

I laughed, "Well, I'm sure you'll love it."

We'd spent about two hours in the flower shop until Caroline and I had found her perfect flowers. She'd chosen bright white roses and green hydrangeas. She'd also picked white calla lilly's to be added into her bouquet to stand out against the roses and hydrangeas. I was Caroline's Maid of Honor and possibly her only bridesmaid, so I'd taken over the job of making her bouquet instead of having a florist do it for her. She'd loved the idea.

Caroline mentioned that Damon would more than likely be Stefan's best man but she wasn't sure if there would be any other groomsmen. They both had friends, of course, she just wasn't sure if they wanted any of them in the actual wedding. Jeremy, Alaric, and Matt were going to be invited. Enzo may show up because Caroline had thought of inviting Sarah Salvatore, Stefan and Damon's great-something-something niece. Stefan had kept in touch with her after leaving Mystic Falls because he hadn't trusted Enzo at all. Though, Eventually, Stefan and Enzo are now on friendly terms.

Enzo and Sarah had apparently dated for awhile. She'd eventually ended up a vampire because Enzo had upset Lily. She'd turned Sarah to get back at him; Lily was staked few weeks later. Her 'family' was also killed.

Caroline told me that Damon and Stefan had somewhat mourned Lily after she'd been staked. She didn't believe that they had mourned the vampire Lily Salvatore, but the human that was their mother. Stefan had continually tried to get through to her up until her death, but it was useless. Lily wasn't interested in her sons at all and certainly didn't care for them.

Caroline and I finally headed off to the house. Damon had called to say they were back about an hour ago and that they'd gotten everything he'd wanted from Illinois. When we pulled into the driveway, there was a new car parked next to Damon's blue Camaro. As Caroline pulled into the garage, I saw that the new car was a Chevy Chevelle. The hood of the car was black while the rest of the body was a cherry red color. It was a really cool are and I loved it. You could tell it was older and I knew it was Damon's other car that he had obviously very rarely driven. It looked practically brand new.

If Damon wasn't going to drive it, I sure as hell would.

Caroline and I went inside the house and noticed that Damon and Stefan were nowhere to be found. Caroline walked back out into the separate garage that usually housed Stefan's red Porsche, but it was gone. The boys had obviously gone somewhere after arriving at the house.

Caroline went through her phone and texted Stefan. They were apparently at a local 'nice' restaurant waiting for us. Caroline sat her phone down.

"Stefan said the keys to the other car are up in your room if you want to drive it. Which if you do, cool. I hate driving." She said, exasperated. "Stefan and I like to play the game of, 'whoever touched the keys last drives." She looked around, "Well, you want to go change? If we're going to a nice restaurant, like Stefan said, I doubt we want to go in jeans, sneakers, and a t-shirt."

Caroline headed upstairs and I followed her a few minutes later. On the way up, I texted Damon.

"A nice restaurant?"

My phone buzzed as I walked through our bedroom door,

"I was threatened to keep my mouth shut."

I snorted.

"And you're actually listening?"

"He said if I didn't he'd glamour the waitress and bar tender to think I was under 21. I have no choice at the moment if I want to drink."

As I sat my phone down, I heard Caroline yell from her room.

"Elena! Oh my god!"

I walked out of my room and over to hers.

Caroline was standing around barefoot in a long sleeve, v-neck, navy blue dress that was knee length. She was staring at a small gray box that was sitting on her vanity in the middle of all her makeup.

"Well, Caroline! What are you doing? Open it!"

She looked at me, gobsmacked. Then stepped closer to her vanity to sit down and grab the little box.

She opened it then gasped with wide eyes. "Elena, look! It's so pretty..."

I walked around to stand behind her and looked. It was a very pretty ring; Stefan had obviously done a great job picking it out. It was a silver ring that was very unique; I'd never seen anything quite like it.

Caroline was still staring at it.

"Care, It's your ring that you've very literally been waiting years for to see. Put it on."

She looked up at me with a smile and finally slid the ring on her finger. She twisted it around her finger for a few seconds.

"Ok! I have to finish getting dressed! And you have to go get dressed, too!" She bounced up off the stool and went into her closet to grab a pair of shoes.

"Alright, I'm going, I'm going."

Caroline looked really good. She'd put on a long silver necklace to go with her glittery silver dress and strappy heels. She'd also put on silver lead earrings and tied her hair up in a high ponytail.

I'd put on a melon colored dress and curled my hair into big waves. I had pearl earrings on along with a matching necklace and the pearl bracelet I'd worn to Alaric and Jo's wedding. I was also wearing nude colored open-toe heels. We looked each other over and headed out to the car.

I'd decided to drive so Caroline wouldn't have to. Plus, I really liked that car.

The restaurant we were meeting Stefan and Damon at looked very nice from the outside. If I had to guess, it was probably some sort of steakhouse. Which doesn't exactly sound very extravagant or anything, but it truly did look very nice. Caroline and I were small town girls, and the nicest restaurant in Mystic Falls was The Grill.

We went inside and instantly spotted Damon and Stefan. The restaurant was pretty big and but being that Caroline's a vampire; It didn't take long to find them. They were sitting in the back in a small booth.

Caroline got to the table faster than I did and was immediately in Stefan's lap with her arms around him.

"I guess you like your ring, then?" Caroline nodded and Stefan grinned at her.

Damon was giving them a look that was dripping with disdain but he brightened up as soon as I sat down.

"They're absolutely sickening." Damon said, putting his arm around me. "You look amazing by the way,"

I giggled and kissed him.

I'm pretty sure Damon believes that everyone is sickening, excluding us.

We left the restaurant a few hours later. We spent the whole time talking and laughing with each other. Caroline and Stefan were both equally elated about getting married and couldn't keep their hands off of each other.

The best part about leaving the restaurant was seeing Damon drunk. Drunk, Human Damon was very clumsy, happy, and friendly. He did still made a few snide comments towards Stefan as the night went on. As we left, he was slightly stumbling towards the car and I was right behind him. Stefan was amused but he made sure Damon got in the car without any trouble before he went over to his.

Even if Damon wouldn't admit it, he was happy for Stefan.

When we'd gotten home, Damon and Stefan went downstairs. Caroline and I grabbed a glass of wine, took off our shoes, and followed them.

There were all kinds of things in the basement. Caroline had dubbed the basement as Stefan's when they bought the house; He was allowed to do whatever he wanted and put whatever he wanted in it. He had obviously taken that to heart.

There was a pool table, 60" Flat screen TV, a corner filled with toys and board games, a few arcade games were in the opposing corner. Stefan also had a dart board on the wall closest to the pool table and there was a stereo system near the TV. Needless to say, it was pretty much any guys dream. Even Damon loved it and he seemed especially interested in the pin ball machine.

Caroline and I walked over and sat down on the couch that was next to the corner of arcade games. Stefan was messing around with his stereo system and going through CD's while Damon had started to play pinball.

"Stefan, if you play Bon Jovi, I'll break the stereo. Got it?" Damon said, not taking his eyes off of the pinball machine. Stefan had sat down on the floor cross legged, with his book of CD's in his lap. He ignored Damon ad continued to flip through the pages.

Damon was quite literally immersed into the game; it was so cute and boy-like. I snapped a picture of him with my phone. He rarely acted like this, the only other times I could think of were the few times he'd played video games with Jeremy.

He glanced up and shook his head when he heard the shuttering sound of my phone but quickly went back to playing the game.

I looked over to Caroline and saw she was going through her twitter feed on her phone while sipping her glass of wine.

"What? No more wedding planning?" I said, with my eyebrow raised.

She shrugged her shoulders. "Well, it's only May 19th. The wedding's not until July 10th, so we have about a little less than a month and a half. The venue, colors, and flowers are set. So, I figured I could give us a few more days then we'd figure out if we wanted a reception." She smiled at me "If we do, I think we'll just either come here or something. It's not going to be a huge wedding. Which is odd, for me, I know. We just don't know very many people right now and we don't really need a big wedding. The important people we know and love will be there." Caroline had a dreamy look in her eye.

"Yeah, at least we have almost all the biggest things done. But, you do still need to find a dress. Actually, we should probably start looking for soon. God knows how long it could take, and we definitely don't want to run out of time."

She nodded, "Yup, we should start that soon. Plus, we need to find your Maid of Honor dress."

"Are you not going to have any other bridesmaids?"

"Nope. I do know a few people, but I don't want them in my wedding. They could be invited, though."

"Okay. Kind of makes things easier for me, I guess. Then, I only have to worry about your Bouquet and whatever decorations we would decide on."

I heard the buzz of the speakers and stereo come on, so I guess Stefan had finally decided on something.

AN: Well, there was chapter 12. Let me know if you guys liked it! I hope you did.

And, like always, if you'd like to see Elena and Caroline's outfit, go to my WeHeartIt (look for the link on my profile). You can also see the Chevelle and Caroline's engagement ring.