HERE IS THE NEXT CHAPTER, I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. THANK YOU FOR THE REVIEWS ON THE FIRST CHAPTER. THIS STORY IS MY SECOND ATTEMPT AT WRITING, I'M VERY NEW AT THIS BUT THE IDEA OF THESE TWO KEEPS POPPING IN MY HEAD SO I HOPE YOU KEEP REVIEWING.
I DO NOT OWN VAMPIRE DIARIES OR THE CHARACTERS, JUST THE STORY IDEA.
CHAPTER TWO
'Should have let her help me bring in the boxes' Stefan groaned as he tried to open the gate to the apartment, as he tried the handle one of the boxes marked "dishes" slipped from his grasp. They were the last three boxes he had to carry into the apartment and well he didn't feel like making two trips.
'Mate I got you' someone said as Stefan felt the weight of the box taken from him.
'Thanks dude, my roommate would have killed me if I trashed our dishes' Stefan replied as he took in the guy that had helped him. He was just a bit taller than Stefan, had blonde hair, blues eyes and he spoke with a British accent.
'No problem mate, I'm Nik by the way' he said as he opened the gate and walked in ahead of Stefan into the apartment building 'so you're moving into apartment four I'm guessing'
'Yeah, my friend and I are. I'm Stefan by the way' he said as they made their way up to the third floor
When they reached the landing he could hear Elena talking, this being because he left the door to the apartment open to get the rest of the boxes, he could hear Elena was on the phone.
'Matt I told you to stop bothering me, you made me choose and I did. I don't want to be with you anymore' she sounded exasperated, why couldn't Matt just leave Elena alone. He stopped and motioned Nik to stop as well.
'how many times will I have to say that Stefan has nothing to do with this? It has to do with the fact that you cheated on me, bye Matt, don't call again please' she gave a heavy sigh and Stefan guessed she had ended the call.
Nik gave him a questioning look 'mate, was your girl fighting with her ex?'
'yeah, I mean she's not my girl, but yeah that was her ex' he sighed as he continued to walk
'well apparently that chap thinks you guys are something more' Nik replied as he wiggled his eyebrows
Stefan rolled his eyes 'he's crazy, Elena and I are just best friends that's all' but Matt wasn't the first person to think that Elena and him were more than just friends, many classmates thought that they were dating, but that was only because they knew each other really well and were comfortable with each other.
He knew Elena didn't see him as nothing more than just a friend, but if he was being honest, he had liked Elena since he had seen her the first day of school in their biology class, but he had been afraid to make a move. When he finally had the guts to make a move, she had started seeing Matt. He was happy when she dated him because she seemed happy with him, but now that Matt was no longer with her he could make his move, couldn't he? No, he couldn't, she didn't feel the same way about him and that would ruin their friendship, he was not about to ruin that; they had become so close that if he lost her he didn't know what he would do.
They got to the apartment and Stefan introduced Elena to Nik and they made pleasant conversation with Nik before he left them to finish unpacking. Nik had told them that he worked down the street from where they were going to be working and also that his brother was a surgeon at the hospital as well. He had also invited them to a party he would be throwing that weekend in his apartment which was on the second floor.
'he seemed nice, I loved his accent' Elena said as she finished putting away the dishes
'yeah he seems cool'
'how many apartments are in here again?'
'four I believe, two on the first floor, one on the second and then ours' Stefan said as he finished setting up the television, 'there, we now have entertainment' he smiled at Elena.
'I'm beat' Elena sighed as she threw herself onto the couch. They had arrived at the apartment at around six and it was now nine and they were barely finishing with putting everything in its place.
'and you didn't carry anything up here, imagine me?' he replied as he made her scoot to one side of the couch and he sat down beside her
'you're right come here I will give you a message' Elena said as she turned Stefan so that he was sitting behind him with her legs wrapped around his waist. This wasn´t the first time they had done this, but it was the first time that Elena felt that electric charge she had not felt with him since she had started dating Matt. She took a small breath and put her hands on his shoulders and started to massage.
'that feels amazing' Stefan said as he closed his eyes. He had always loved her massages but today he was feeling this electric pull every time she touched him, he always felt it when she touched him, but he had learned to ignore it because she had been with Matt but now it was like his body knew and wanted him to make a move.
'there, now I don't feel so bad about letting you bring everything in' she said as she laid her head on his back. She liked how easy this was, maybe they could be more, and everything would be that easy, but she quickly stomped on that thought. She knew that he didn't want her that way so that couldn't be. She sighed a bit before she removed her legs from his waist.
They watched some television and ordered a pizza for dinner. They talked about their plans for their first week, they had coincidentally landed the same time shifts so they would go to work together and come home together. They planned on going shopping the following day for anything they had forgotten to pack. They had also agreed they would stop by Nik's party the following night seeming that they both liked the guy. Elena looked at the time and it said it was 1:00 am.
'I think we should get some sleep' she said as she stood and stretched
'yeah it's pretty late'
'we haven´t picked rooms yet' Elena realized as she noticed that their luggage was still sitting by the entrance
'I don't care really, which ever room you want to take is fine by me'
'well me too, I mean they are probably the same anyway right'
The bedrooms where across from each other, so one of them had a view of the street in the front of the house and the other had a view of a small forest area in the back that looked so nice. Looked like there was a hiking path in their backyard.
'can I have the bedroom with the view to the backyard' Elena asked. Stefan knew that she would want that room and he was not about to deny her that
'sure, go ahead' he replied as he walked over to the bags and picked hers and put them in her bedroom
'thank you, you're the best you know' she said as she hugged him by the entrance of her room. As she hugged him she felt that electric charge once more.
'I know' he said as he too wrapped his arms around her small frame. God, he could stand like that forever
'Stefan?'
'Yeah'
'thank you'
'for what' he asked puzzled
'for asking me to move with you, I mean you knew I didn't want to live Matt and I'm sure you probably wanted your own pad, but thank you'
'come on Lena, no need to thank me. I wouldn't want to live with anyone that isn't you' he didn't realize what he was doing until he had already done it, he gave her a kiss on the head. He quickly let her go 'goodnight Lena' he said quickly and walked into his room.
Elena just looked at his closed door, had he kissed her on the head? Maybe he did feel something for her after all, no she was just getting ahead of herself. Friends did that all the time right? Wondering what that meant Elena went to bed and that night was the first time she had a romantic dream that involved Stefan Salvatore, her best friend and her roommate.
It was Saturday afternoon and Elena and Stefan were on their way back from the store, when Elena´s phone rang. She looked at the caller ID sighed and let the phone keep ringing.
'Matt?' Stefan asked as he glanced at her
'yeah, I've told him to stop bothering me. I mean he ended the relationship, not me. Shouldn't he not be bothering me. He is either calling me, texting or even bothering me on social media' she let out with a groan
'well, can you blame him. I mean he had you, failed you and lost you. He now realizes what a loss that is, because well look at you' he said giving her another glance and a small smile. Hearing that from him made her heart skip a beat
'quit it that's not funny, don't make me look like a perfect girl when I'm not' she said sticking her tongue out at him. Her phone buzzed once again telling her she had a voicemail, without hearing she deleted the message.
'are you really over him?' Stefan asked afraid that she might answer that she still loved him
'to be honest, I don't think I ever really loved him, I mean he was great but there was never that pull with him, everything was really simple and easy and maybe that's why I stayed' she said as she glanced out the window 'maybe that's why I'm not taking it so hard anymore, except that I wish he would just stop bothering me'
'you know, we could do something to stop that' he paused and glanced at her
'what do you have in mind? At this point I'm willing to do anything to get him off my back'
'well, you know how he said that we had something' he said motioning with his finger 'well let's go with it, have him believe that we are together, maybe if he sees you've moved on he will too' Stefan finished not realizing what he had just done until it was done. Of course Elena wouldn't go for it, it would be too weird for her, so he kept his eyes on the road waiting for her to turn his offer down.
Elena was quiet for a little while. If she said yes, she would get Matt of her back and more importantly she would be able to do things that a girl in love does with a boy because they were going to be acting, but on the other hand if she said yes she would only end up hurt from being so close to having him and still too far. She knew she should say no, but the need to be more with him was too much.
'that's not a bad idea but are you sure you want to do that?' she asked, she didn't want him to give anything up just to help her. 'I mean that means you won't be able to date anyone until we are convinced that he has moved on and leaves me alone'
'first of all, are you crazy? Of course, I want to help you get rid of your obsessed ex, and second, who said I wanted to date? So yeah I'm sure?' he said as he parked in front of their apartment building.
'okay then, let's do it then' she said as she smiled at him
'good, then from this moment on you are my girlfriend' he said putting air quotes around girlfriend
'wait, should we tell our friends and family of what's going on, I mean they are going to see social media and will probably freak'
'but isn't that what we want, that Matt honestly believes it and if he starts asking what better that they answer honestly. I think we shouldn't tell anybody. He was really going out on limb here. He had resolved that he was going to get Elena to see him as something more than just a friend, so with this plan he was going to make her fall in love with him.
'okay then, nobody but us knows. Shake on it' she held out her hand and they did their secret handshake they had developed their freshman year.
'I believe we should start by posting a pic on Instagram' she said as she pulled out her phone 'smile' he did and instead of smiling she kissed his cheek while she closed her eyes. 'gotta make it believable' she smiled as she posted the pic.
