A/N: So here we go with the next chapter. Hah, I hope you'll enjoy it. And sorry that it took me sooooo long to update this. School and everything. Anyways, here are some new charcters and Stefan's hometown. ;)
Enjoy.
Bodon was a lovely little town with about 4000 inhabitants, surrounded by deserts and small forests. Even though there weren't many people living here, Elena thought the streets were pretty alive, people were talking, sitting in their gardens, drinking beer together or even grilling, while children ran around. Stefan had to drive carefully, not to hit one, because they just ran onto the street without any warnings.
Elena was sure that if she was the one driving, she would have already hit a kid.
She was starring out of the window the whole time, admiring this lovely place whilst Stefan drove them up to his house. It was a rather big house, compared to the rest of the town, it almost looked like a little hotel or pension. It was made of wood and had a gigantic porch which led to the back of the house, where probably the garden was, Elena thought to herself as she eyed the building and property.
Parking his old VW in front of the garage, he got turned to Elena as the energy went off. "Welcome in my home." he smiled, this sweet little smile of his and got out.
Elena nodded, looking after him. She wanted to get out too, but her caught the front door of the house swinging open and a tall, blonde girl jumped out, squealing Stefan's name.
"Stefan!" she yelled, running down the stairs of the porch and practically jumped into his arms. "You're here!"
Stefan was laughing and hugged her back, squeezing her tightly to him. "Yeah, I missed you too, Lexi." he grinned, leaning back to look at her. "I want you to meet someone." he said, furrowing his brows at her seriously.
"I already heard, boy." Lexi smirked, letting go of Stefan to walk around him and towards Elena who was out of the car and behind them by now.
"Huh?" Stefan frowned deeper, rubbing the back of his head thoughtfully. "Oh, Bonnie." he laughed to himself before turning around to watch Lexi and Elena. "Lexi, this is.."
"Elena. I know." she laughed, waving a hand at him dismissively. "Hi!" she greeted Elena, pulling her into a hug. "I hope he wasn't too annoying!" she laughed, pulling back to Elena who was laughing awkwardly.
"No, no." she shrugged. "But he wasn't too much of a fan of clothes.." she said, pointing at Stefan. And he huffed, pointing back at her. "One time! Because I had to sacrifice it for you!"
Lexi looked back at him over her shoulder, raising both of her eyebrows. "Ahh, c'mon, you run around half naked often. Admit it, you didn't sacrifice the shirt, you were happy to get rid of it."
"No! I run around half naked here because it's so hot!" he defended himself, picking up a stone to toss it at Lexi, making sure to hurt her a little.
"Ah! Bastard!" she yelled, and took off to run at him, but he was quicker and disappeared into the house, yelling. "Elena come on in!"
It was kind of an uncomfortable situation now, she didn't really know Lexi, nor the other people who lived in this house, nor Stefan, if she was honest. They had only met a couple of days before and even though he was nice and everything, this wasn't really normal. To live with someone just because he picked you up in the middle of nowhere and took you home with him.
Elena followed them in anyways.
She started to unzip the bag that she had brought along as she walked inside, diving a hand into it as she tried to find her phone. Sure the battery was empty, but she had a charger and could charge it now, after almost a week. She was so lost in her bag that she totally forgot her surroundings and suddenly bumped into someone, her bag dropping to the floor as she gasped and stumbled back.
"Idiot!" a girl's voice shrieked.
Elena looked up to find a brown haired girl. Probably her own age. And gosh, she was gorgeous. Long, curly brown hair, creamy skin, just like Elena's, brown eyes in which you could drown and a slender, tall body, like Elena. If Elena didn't knew it any better, she could mistaken her for her own sister.
"I'm sorry.." she stumbled and fell to her knees, picking her bag up before standing again. "I was lost in thought."
"Well, watch your feet next time!" she snapped. "Who the fuck are you?" she rested her hand on her hip, glaring at Elena.
"Umm.. I.. I.." Elena couldn't get a word out. She usually wasn't like this, but she was tired, because they had left in the middle of the night and she was new in this place and didn't know anyone and it was hot and eveything just sucked right now.
"Katherine!" Stefan came up behind Elena. "This is my new guest, Elena. Elena, Katherine. Katherine, Elena." he motioned between the two of them, smiling softly. "Please, be nice to her, Kat."
Katherine snorted and brushed past them. "Don't call me Kat." And with that she was walking away.
"I'm sorry, I ran into her." Elena sighed, rubbing her head as she hung her bag over her shoulders again.
"Not your fault, Katherine is.. complicated." Stefan said, choosing his words carefully. "She has to get to know you better.." he nodded, more to himself than to Elena, because he wasn't really sure if that was even true. "C'mon, I'll show you a room to sleep in!" he stated, tucking her up the stairs in the hallways to the next story.
The stairs led to a long hallway that was split in two at the end and there was another staircase that went even higher.
Elena couldn't believe how perfect the house looked, even though it was more rustic from the outside, the inside was elegant, with write walls and black doorframes. It looked like in the movies.
"In here.." Stefan pointed to one of the doors, opening them for her to look inside. "Would that be okay?" he asked and Elena peeked in. A big king-sized bed, two long closets, a few drawers and a desk, also a bookshelf. It left Elena stunned, it was so pretty, she couldn't believe she'd sleep in here the next few days. "It's perfect." she muttered, and it made Stefan grin.
"Good." he said, pressing a kiss to her temple. And he surprised them both by it, leaving them in an awkward silence. Until he broke it. "Um, the kitchen is downstairs, so is the rest of the living room area. The bathroom is next to your room and upstairs is Katherine's space." he said, going back to normal. "Ehh, I wouldn't go there if I was you." he added, stroking her arm before leaving slowly.
"Ey, Stefan?" Elena looked after him.
"Yeah?"
"Who else lives here?" she asked, fumbling with the zipper of her bag.
"Katherine, Lexi, Alaric and me." he said, shrugging. "Alaric is with Lexi, down there in the garden, you can see them out of your window." he nodded, turning to leave.
Elena walked into the room, tossing her bag onto the desk before she shuffled up to the window, looking down at the garden.
A pool with whirlpool, a big table with many chairs, green grass and pretty flowers. It was a beautiful sight. And there was Lexi, playfully fighting with a man. He was probably not much older, 20 years old maybe. He looked nice as well, smiling the whole time as Lexi tried to hit him with blow-up pool animals.
Elena didn't really expect all this. When she had first met Stefan with that old, blue VW, he looked like a nice guy from the country, buying casual shorts and sweaters and riding a horse maybe, earning money by helping old people with their gardens and stuff. But here he was, with some kind of mini family and a big house. How the hell did he live a life like that? And what kind of weird family were they? Four young people living in a gigantic house, all by themselves.
It was almost 9pm when Elena woke up on her bed, in nothing but her underwear. She must have fallen asleep after her shower, because her hair was still wet and wrapped into a towel. She groaned sleepily, pulling herself off the bed and getting dressed before she carefully walked down the stairs. Hearing loud laughing coming from down there.
"Elena!" Lexi grinned as she entered the kitchen. "Finally! I already thought you were dead, sleepyhead."
Stefan and Alaric were sitting at the table with a beer while Lexi seemed to be cooking something. "Yeah, I guess I was pretty exhausted." she smiled, shrugging her shoulders slightly. "You must be Alaric.." she looked over at him, smiling.
"Ric, please!" he said, lifting his beer to her. "Nice to meet you, Elena."
"Yeah, nice to meet you too."
She made her way into the kitchen and joined Lexi behind the kitchen counters, her eyes never leaving Stefan who was watching her as well, with a small smile. "Can I help you with anything?"
"Sureee! You could set the table!" Lexi nodded, pointing at the self with plates and glasses.
"Alright." Elena immediately got to work, lifting her arms over her head to grab the plates off the self that as hanging on the wall in front of her, but a hissing sound interrupted her, making her flinch back. "What the..?" she glanced down to find a fluffy black cat seated comfortably in the sink. "A cat?"
"Ohh, that's Katherine's. Snowball. She's harmless." Ric yelled quietly, explain it to Elena. "Barking but no biting."
"Snowball, huh?" Elena asked, frowning down at the deep black cat.
"Ask Katherine why the hell she called her that." Ric laughed, shrugging himself.
Elena let it go. Not wanting another awkward encounter with Katherine. Wherever that girl was right now. One had been enough, Elena wasn't going to force herself on Katherine when she clearly didn't want anything to do with her.
She simply continued setting the table and threw herself onto the chair next to Stefan, nudging her own shoulder against his. "Hey."
"Hey." he replied, bumping his shoulder back into hers. "How did you sleep?" he asked, as he shoved a forkful of Lexi's pasta into his own mouth, chewing happily.
"Like I was on cloud nine. God." she said dreamily. "The bed and room and the whole house is perfect." she laughed, chewing on the pasta herself. "Are you going to show me around tomorrow?"
"Of course!" Stefan exclaimed, excitement clear in his voice. "We didn't have any visitors in ages."
"That's true!" Lexi nodded in agreement.
Ric pointed his fork at Stefan. "That's because they're all scared off by you!" he stated, smirking as he chewed. "Oh, baby, this tastes fantastic, by the way."
"I know, I know." Lexi leaned over and pecked his lips.
"Not at the table, you two!" Stefan crinkled his nose in fake-disgust. "And I scare them off?" Stefan asked, his brows shooting skyward. "You! They are scared from you, Mr. Hairy-Chest!" he laughed, pointing his fork back at Alaric.
"Hairy Chest? Wow, the comeback of a kid." Ric muttered and Elena laughed out loud.
The dinner continued like that, Ric and Stefan shooting insults back at each other and Lexi and Elena giggling and laughing about how silly the boys were, until Stefan brought her back upstairs and to her bedroom.
Leaning against the doorframe as Elena turned around to smile at him. "It was a nice day. Thanks for bringing me here."
"No problem, really.." Stefan shrugged. "Could.. Can I talk to you a bit?"
"Ehm, sure." Elena stepped back into the room, letting Stefan some space to enter. They both sat down at her bed, and he cleared his throat. "Lexi and Ric were wondering if you could tell us a little more about yourself, tomorrow, maybe?" He looked at Elena, who was now playing with the hem of her shirt nervously. "I mean, not to push you, or anything. And we don't wanna know the story of your life or why you were traveling out there in the desert when I picked you up, but a little more information would be nice, y'know?"
"Yeah, sure."
"A lastname, from where you are, a birthday, maybe?" he laughed quietly, trying to bring some fun into the uncomfortable situation. But she just nodded and Stefan decided to leave it. "Tomorrow." was the last thing he said before he stood and walked back to the door.
"Gilbert." Elena said, loud enough for him to hear her. And he turned around to frown at her in question. "My last name." Elena explained, shrugging a shoulder.
Slowly a smile curved up at the corner of Stefan's lisp before he nodded at her and left the room. Making his way back down the hallway and to his own bedroom.
He entered and dropped down onto the bed, flicking his laptop open he opened the internet browser and googled; 'Elena Gilbert'
A/N: Next chapter is done. Gosh, I'm sorry about how long it took me to update this, but I was busy with school, but I am almost through now, so soon I'll have more time. ;)
Anyways, here are some new characters, heh. And a cat. :D I love cats, so I thought why not?
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