Chapter 19
An: Early update for my amazing readers. I have also published a new story called – Problematic Situation and yes it is another Stefan and Caroline story. So check it out and no I have not abandoned Beginning of Love – I just have so much inspiration because I'm getting all angsty waiting for Vampire Diaries to return.
Elena was seated in the grill. She had needed time to get her priorities straight and truthfully she had been avoiding Damon since their fall out. He had been blunt and to the point and for the first time she couldn't answer his question. What did she really have with him? Was it love or lust? Elena scrolled through her contact list on her phone – stopping at the Salvatore brother's names. Who was she supposed to call – the bigger question however was who was she supposed to choose?
Peyton walked into the grill when she spotted Elena sitting in a corner booth. A frown marred her features as she looked at her phone. Peyton's curiosity was piqued. She made her way over towards her, making sure to slip into character before coming to a stop next to Elena's table.
"Elena? Right? Sorry I'm not so good with names." She apologized falsely. She couldn't let her catch on that she knew exactly who she was.
Elena glanced up, startled.
"Oh hey … Peyton." She smiled fondly at her.
"And evidently you are good with names." Peyton grinned.
"Do you want to sit down?" Elena offered. She didn't feel like being alone right now. There were too many dilemma's running wild in her head.
"Sure. I hope I'm not intruding." Peyton slid over into the booth, so that she was sitting opposite Elena.
"No. I'm perfectly alone today. Seems like I've been for quite a while." Elena said sullenly.
"That spells one thing. Boy trouble." Peyton smirked as Elena suddenly found the table more interesting.
"Exactly." Elena mumbled.
"I'm no expert in the field. Men tend to leave me for other woman. Or should I just say he left me because he thought he had feelings for his ex. Turned out she was just manipulating him and using him." Peyton said. It wasn't exactly a lie but she needed to gain Elena's gullible trust.
"I hope he crawled back to you." Elena smiled at her companion.
"No. He went after her twin. Her identical twin." Peyton said bitterly, staring at the woman in question.
"What? Are you serious?"
"I know. How shallow can a guy be?" Peyton sighed for dramatic effect. She hadn't played a helpless teenager in a while and she forgot that everything was supposed to be heightened.
"He sounds really shallow. Mine are different." Elena blurted out.
"More than one? As in multiples?" Peyton asked, with fake shock. Oh she knew exactly what was going on in Elena's little twisted brain.
"Two. " Elena sighed.
"Well I haven't got anywhere to be and quite frankly I think you need a drink." Peyton offered.
"Sounds perfect although I shouldn't be drinking." Elena couldn't afford to lose control. Who knew what she would do next? Right now she didn't even trust herself.
"Forget the drinks then. How about a milkshake? Chocolate?" Peyton smiled sweetly.
"Now that sounds define." Elena returned her smile.
There was nothing more perfect than being wrapped in a lover embrace. Stefan could feel Elena's kisses trailing up his neck. He groaned in pleasure. He tried opening his eyes, but there was a white light that was drenching the pair and he was helpless against the onslaught of wet kisses she was placing all over his body. His skin was vibrating with absolute ecstasy that he was sure that he would burst into flames soon.
"Open your eyes." A voice whispered as he felt a pair of hands cradling his head.
Stefan felt himself smiling as he opened his eyes and stared into the wanton blues eyes of Caroline. She was stroking his naked chest seductively. He couldn't breathe. This wasn't right, was it? He could feel himself being sucked into a vortex of her making. She leaned down and kissed him and he could feel himself falling and falling….
Stefan jerked awake. He felt his chest constricting with frantic breaths. His lungs felt starved and it was almost like they were greedily trying to suck up all the air in the room. He looked around him, his head moving with rapid speed in all directions possible. Until he realized that he was in the passenger seat of the car. His gaze fell on Caroline.
"Caroline. What the …" He asked shaken. He was disoriented and he had no idea what had happened.
"You're awake. Finally! I thought you were comatose for sure." Caroline grinned over towards him.
"Did I blackout?" Stefan asked, as he ran a trembling hand down his face. The dream had left a lasting tremor on him.
"Don't be silly. We stopped at a gas station. I needed to use the little girl's room then when I came back to the car you were sleeping. So I figured I'd take the wheel." She shrugged her shoulders and glanced back towards the road.
Oh no." Stefan whispered
"What?" She asked bemused. He clearly was not a morning person, well technically it wasn't morning but still, he looked like he needed to go back to sleep.
"You're driving." He gasped horrified. He glanced back and out the windows; checking to see if his car was still intact.
"Ah ha! So you did have a problem with my skills. I have you know my mom taught me how to drive. So I have pretty good understanding about which side of the road I have to be on and I memorized all the rules in the driver's manual." She replied stiffly.
"I just don't let anyone drive her." Stefan groaned.
"Drive her? You named your car?" Caroline couldn't help but burst into a fit of giggles.
"It's perfectly normal." Stefan argued.
"No. It's weird. What did you name her?" She asked in a barely audible tone. She was battling to speak due to the laughter that was trapped in her chest.
"I'm not telling you." He said stubbornly as he crossed his arms.
"Come on. You can't leave me hanging." She laughed as she glanced at him.
"Caroline! Eyes on the road." He croaked out.
"Pfft. Seriously I could whip your butt." She rolled her eyes before turning back to face the road.
"Oh really?" He said softly. Fate was really playing with his mind.
"Yeah. Let's have a race." She eagerly exclaimed. Damn she was genius sometimes.
"Uh no. Not with this car." Stefan winced. He couldn't risk his car getting tortured.
"We can always go to a formula one track. Compel the guys to let us go mad." She smiled, her imagination running wild.
"Or we could not do this. It's a bad idea." He frowned. She was going into full scale crazy mode.
"Come on, Stefan! Live a little. You're making me feel sorry for you. I see an old grumpy man when I look at you, pouting because you didn't get your apple juice." She teased.
"Did you just call me an old man?" Stefan asked wide eyed.
"Yeah. And technically you're also pervert." She chuckled. She was just giving him a gentle nudge, so that he would want to prove her wrong.
"Why?" He asked completely oblivious to the blonde's tactics.
"Eww you did date a seventeen year old and you're like two hundred years old." Caroline said pulling her face in distaste.
"Ok now you're on!" Stefan argued.
"Yes!" Caroline fist pumped her one hand in the air. There was a reason she was a cunning master planner.
"How come I feel like I just got played?" Stefan sighed out, realizing that he had fallen for the blonde's trick.
"Because you just did." Caroline grinned.