I hope you enjoyed chapter 12! 100 reviews! Woo! That's exciting (: So thank you for that. Here is the 13th chapter! I am sorry it has taken so long to get an update up but I do have finals that start on the 17th and end on the 25th, so after that updates will be more regular and consistent because I will be on summer vacation! I'm sorry for keeping you guys waiting but I just want to end these finals and then I can write that much more for you guys!

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Elena was sitting at the little bar by the pool with Caroline and Matt while Bonnie was upstairs sick in bed. Turns out she got food poisoning from the oysters they ate the night before, so she was just resting it off. Stefan was with Ric helping him finalize some of the details before their departure tomorrow morning.

Elena was quietly sipping on her drink while Matt and Caroline easily facilitated the conversation. Caroline was talking about some Spanish guy she met the night they went out to the club and Matt was trying to gage a way to try and approach the girl sitting by the pool. Caroline suggested that he take her a drink to which Elena whole heartedly agreed and even bought the drink for him. Matt took the drink and walked off in hopes of scoring a date tonight before they leave tomorrow.

When he left, Caroline moved over one seat and let out an exasperated sigh.

"What is with the dramatic sigh?" Elena asked while she finished off her drink

"We're leaving tomorrow and I have to say bye to Paolo" She said sadly

"Well, did you sleep with him?" Elena asked trying to gage how serious they had actually gotten.

"Well no, but why can't that happen tonight?" Caroline asked genuinely confused

"It can, but what about that British man back home? Nik" Elena asked

"He is one cutie and his accent dear lord" Caroline swooned

Elena was about to speak but the bartender coughed, making both of them direct their attention to him.

"Hey, I couldn't help but notice that you're running low on that drink, mind if I got you another?" The handsome man asked politely.

It was customary for the bartenders to not wear shirts, so Elena was kind of used to that however this was a different bartender and no matter how taken she was, she couldn't help but appreciate this man's body.

"Yeah sure!" Elena said turning back to Caroline not thinking much of it.

"Okay, I am going to go check on Bonnie and start getting ready for my last date with Paolo. You gonna be okay here?" Caroline asked while getting up.

"Yeah! Go ahead, Matt is still around and Tyler and Dana are in the pool. I'll be good, make sure Bonnie is okay though and give her some of the medicine that's in my suitcase" Elena said while Caroline just nodded and said her goodbyes.

Elena turned back around to the bartender but he was walking around the bar to come and hand her the drink. Elena smiled at the gesture and grabbed the drink from him as he took a seat beside her.

"So, where are you from?" The bartender asked her

"From America" Elena answered with a smile.

"Do you like working here, at the bar?" Elena asked with honest curiosity. I mean he gets multiple orders within a minute. It must be hard work trying to keep up with everything and get it all right.

"Yeah, I do. I mean I don't have to, it is my choice, seeing as how my father owns the place" He threw in casually.

Elena looked at him in awe. He was pretty much the future owner of this lavish hotel they were staying in.

"Wow, that is impressive" Elena said with marvel

"Yeah it is, if money is all you want in life" he said with a smile that Elena could tell he forced. Elena's guess was that his father was busy with all his hotel businesses that he might not be able to get the chance to spend time with his son.

"I suppose, but money isn't everything. And I'm glad you see that" Elena complimented

"I do, thanks. Oh, and I never caught your name?" He asked

"I'm Elena" she said while chuckling. They had gone through almost a whole conversation without introducing themselves.

"Elena, that's a pretty name, much like yourself. I'm Noah" he said with a smile that showed off his perfect white teeth.

Elena blushed at his compliment while thanking him.

Elena and Noah fell in to a light conversation, talking about their lives and what they wish to do. But Elena couldn't help but miss Stefan. She hadn't seen him all day and even last night she didn't get a chance to spend it with him. But Noah was an easy distraction and she didn't really care to be doing anything else at this point seeing how Stefan was busy.

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Stefan finally got free with Ric at 5pm and he made his way to his room to change out of his clothes and into his swimming trunks.

As he got to the pool he looked around to see if he could see Elena anywhere but he didn't. He did however see some guy holding her bright purple towel at the edge of the pool. Stefan was really confused so he approached the pool and he stopped when he saw Elena get out of the pool where she was with Tyler and Dana, but when she got out the man wrapped the towel around her shoulders from behind and kept his arms around Elena for a rather longer period of time than necessary.

This sparked a little something in Stefan. Anger? Fear? Jealousy? Anger because this man was getting cozy with his girlfriend. Fear because in that moment, he felt kind of self-conscious. What if she was enjoying this? And jealousy because he wanted that to be his arms around her.

He hadn't seen her in a while and he so desperately missed her and all he wanted was to kiss her, hold her, and fall asleep with her body lying next to his.

Stefan walked on over to them and he could visibly see that Elena was attempting to be nice because she was using that weird pitched voice and she was playing with her hands.

Elena looked up almost as if she could sense him coming and she let out the biggest breath of relief and gave his a big smile. One that Stefan didn't exactly return with equal fervor.

When he approached Elena he turned to the guy and gave him a smile before he began speaking.

"Hey, I'm Stefan, Elena's boyfriend. And you are?" Stefan asked with a sweet tone that could be very much deceiving.

"Oh, Elena's boyfriend…I'm Noah. And sorry man, I was just keeping her company, nothing more I assure you" Noah said with a smile as he began walking backwards.

"I guess this is goodbye Elena. It was nice meeting you, hope you have a safe flight back" He said with sincerity.

"Thanks, it was nice meeting you too, Noah." Elena smiled as he walked away.

Stefan still had his back to Elena when she reached out to touch his shoulder.

"Stefan" Elena said

Stefan turned around with an expression that wasn't exactly happiness on his face.

"What's wrong babe?" Elena asked moving to wrap her arm around his while hugging it to her chest, moving closer. She felt the need to be close to him, she didn't exactly realize how much she missed him.

Stefan rubbed her arm before breaking out of her hold, "let's talk upstairs?" he offered

"Yeah, let's go" Elena said

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When they got to Stefan's room, Elena walked in first putting her stuff down by the foot of the bed and turning around to face Stefan as he found a shirt on the back of a chair and pulled it over his head.

"So, are you gonna tell me what's wrong?" Elena asked raising her eyebrow at him

"Nothing is wrong really…I just caught a severe case of jealousy. That's all" Stefan said as he leaned against the wall he was standing beside.

"Jealous of Noah? You have nothing to be jealous about Stefan. You know I'm with you now, and you know how much you mean to me. Noah was harmless" Elena said walking closer to Stefan and stopping right in front of him.

"Looks like you were getting pretty cozy with him though. I mean, he did wrap his arms around you" Stefan said trailing off.

Elena couldn't help but smile at this side of Stefan. She hasn't seen this side of Stefan and truth be told, even if they were having a little tiff right now, she was loving it. It showed how much he cared about her and right now all she wanted to do was jump in his arms and kiss him senselessly.

"Yeah, he did. But they weren't as strong as yours" Elena said quietly reaching up and running her hands up and down his arms, squeezing his biceps appreciating all that he had to offer.

"I don't like how close he was getting to you" Stefan said moving from his position at the wall as he began to walk forcing Elena to walk backwards towards the bed before the back of her knees hit the edge of the bed and she fell over on the bed with Stefan right on top of her.

Elena was still wearing her bikini and all she had was a thin cardigan over her bikini and wherever his skin touched hers, it made her jump. She could feel every line of his body up against hers and she hummed in appreciation.

"But I love how close you're getting to me" Elena countered flirtatiously as her hand found their way to his back.

Stefan leaned forward and he could feel every curve and bump against his own body. He felt her breasts pressed up against his chest and he felt her stomach on his stomach and he felt his legs resting in between hers.

"I didn't like how he wasn't wearing a shirt" Stefan said loving the way her hands gripped his back. Stefan pressed palm against her bare side running it up her ribcage and back down all the way down to her knee that was bent and resting against his side.

Elena fought back the sigh of pleasure that was forcing its way up to her mouth, "I don't like how you ARE wearing a shirt" Elena countered running her hand up his back lifting his shirt up in the process.

Stefan reached behind him and took the shirt off and flung it across the room before he came back to rest in the same position.

"I don't like how he got to see you in a bikini, and not me" Stefan whispered hotly as his lips trailed from her collarbone, up the length of her neck, along her jawline to her ear where he stopped to whisper, "not fair"

Elena brought her hands back around to the front of his body up and down his chest and abs loving the feel before she reached down to try and take the cardigan off with the help of Stefan.

"Better?" Elena asked as she looked up at him from underneath her eyelashes.

Stefan had to stop for a moment because in this moment she looked beautiful. Her hair was splayed out in soft waves around her and her smoldering look was driving him crazy. Stefan raked his eyes up and down her body while licking his lips. He came back down to his previous position and he dragged the tips of his fingers from the top of her breasts to her naval.

Elena clenched her jaw and moved her body in the direction of his fingers as he brought his face back up and placed his lips in the bottom of her ear "much better" Stefan said with a certain hint of seduction in his voice.

At this point Elena was waiting for his lips to make contact with hers, she wasn't sure how much more she could take. But she sure as hell was enjoying this.

Stefan kissed her neck hotly, sucking in some areas and leaving open mouthed kisses in the other. He dragged his nose up the side of her face letting his lips rest right beside her ear, "I want people to know you're mine" Stefan whispered

Elena whimpered a bit before she brought her hands up to his head and ran her fingers through his hair teasing him with her fingernails, "I'm yours" Elena said before she angled his face up and their lips finally made contact after what felt like hours of their teasing.

Their lips moved in synchronization as they finally felt each other and tasted one another on their tongues. Stefan pulled away first, only to grab Elena's hand and pin them above her head with their fingers intertwined.

Stefan kissed his way down her neck and to her shoulder where he takes off the first strap of her bikini. As soon as this happened, Elena and Stefan realized that this is it. This is the moment they give themselves over entirely to each other and they can finally love each other.

Love? Did they love each other? They wouldn't know because they had never felt it, but they say that when you fall in love, you just know. It isn't something you can anticipate.

Stefan was about the take off the strap in its entirety when there was a knock on the door. Both Stefan and Elena let out a loud groan because they were getting very heated and they so desperately wanted one another in this very moment. Stefan dropped his head into the space between her shoulder and neck as he pretend to cry.

Elena just laughed as she ran his hand through his hair, before laying a kiss on his head

"Go get the door babe" she chuckled

"No" he said still leaving hot, wet kisses on her neck. He slowly moved his way over and began sucking on her collarbone to which she arched her back and half moaned and whispered "stef"

The second knock on the door was louder and Stefan was ready to rip the person apart limb from limb, whoever it was.

"Babe, go get the door!" Elena said pushing him off her

Stefan groaned and got up to open the door to reveal an impatient Ric.

Stefan froze and spoke loudly just so Elena could hear so she could hide just in case he decided to come in.

"Ric! Hey! What's up?"

Elena heard this and froze. Ric? Fuck, she was screwed. She just hoped Stefan could attend to his needs at the door and try and prevent him from coming inside.

"Nothing, I just wanted to give you a final list of everyone and their corresponding room number… Um, is there any particular reason you're yelling?" Ric asked giving Stefan a questioning look.

"Oh, sorry, no I was just listening to music and I had my music blasting so that's why" Stefan said making up a lie on the spot.

"Okay, yeah whatever. Here is the list, and our flight leaves at 6am in the morning so, be ready!" Ric said giving him the piece of paper as walked away down the hall towards the elevators.

Stefan made his way back inside to find Elena in the bathroom washing her face and towel drying it.

"I should get going, I still haven't started packing yet." Elena complained

"Why? We were having fun" Stefan winked as he walked closer and pinned Elena between the bathroom wall and his body.

Elena placed a kiss on his chest before humming, "yes we were having fun, but Elena needs to pack her suitcase up" she said speaking in third person.

Stefan sighed dramatically, agreeing and stepping away from her to allow her to move.

"I will see you tonight at 12am" Elena said as she grabbed her flip flops in her hand and walked to the door. She turned around to give Stefan one last kiss that lasted longer than she had meant it to. But as she turned around to open the door Stefan playfully smacked her ass.

"See you tonight babe" He winked at her as she shook her head and walked away.

Gosh, they loved each other.

Love?

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So that was chapter 13! Leave me a review letting me know what you think! And yes the word love is being thrown around; let's see what happens with that! Next update will be whenever I finish finals, so I hope you guys bear with me as I try and finish up school! Thanks (: