I am so sorry for not updating sooner! Things got crazy and I just had no time to write! I hope the last chapter was satisfactory though! We finally got to the next step in their relationship! I hope you guys are enjoying and thank you so much for the reviews (:
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Love is one of those things where you don't know where it stems from. It creeps up on you and makes itself at home within the deepest corners of your being.
It fills you, warms you, excites you, pulls you, and it engulfs you. All you feel is your every nerve ending and you feel every fiber of your being beginning to glow with this love and affection you feel.
When you're with the one, you never want to leave their side. You want to make yourself home in the darkest corners of them and watch them light up. You want to allow yourself to feel them and you want to feel the deepest parts of you come alive.
You want to erase every trace of sadness and despair and you want to lift them up higher than the sky. You want to lift them up the way they lift you up.
So when you are lying in bed with the one, you don't want to leave. You want to feel each other molding into one. You want to feel every curve of their body pressed against your own. You want to hold them. You want to touch each inch of their skin and leave your searing mark. You want to show how much you love them.
The sun was shining outside the window as Stefan and Elena lay completely tangled in each other in the closest way possible.
Stefan was laying on back with a sleeping Elena laying on his chest with her hair making a dark curtain around her. Her hair tickled each part that it touched along Stefan's body and he could have sworn that he felt each and every individual strand. He loved it. He loved feeling so close to the woman he loved.
Her head was resting in the crook between his neck and shoulder and her deep breaths of sleep were being blown over his collarbone. He felt her naked chest rise and fall against his as she inhaled and exhaled.
Her arm was wrapped around his waist and her hand was intertwined with his, while his one leg was trapped between her two. Stefan's left arm came to wrap around her back and was resting on her lower back.
It was around 6:50am when Stefan first began to stir, as the sun felt nice against the part of his chest that wasn't covered by Elena's body.
When Stefan awoke, he brought his left hand that was resting on Elena's lower back, upwards as he began to drag his fingertips across her back making patterns and designs.
Elena was awoken by the tingling and burning sensation that could only be caused by Stefan's touch. She smiled against his chest before she moved and before she opened her eyes.
Stefan felt that beautiful smile against his chest and instantly, he knew she was awake.
Elena stretched along his chest as Stefan began rubbing circles on her back.
Stefan wrapped both his arms around Elena before he moved down to place a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"I love you" he whispered in her ear, in that sleepy morning voice that she loved.
Elena felt her heart swell up with happiness. He was amazing and she would not be getting any better than this.
She smiled to herself like a silly girl before grabbed his hand and intertwined them before she whispered back to him, "I love you"
Elena moved away to stretch on his bed away from his embrace, but that only made Stefan whine from the loss of contact.
He groaned and whined like a child who just got his toy taken away before he rolled over on top of Elena and let his head drop on her chest, reversing their previous position.
Elena laughed and smiled at his neediness as she buried her face into his hair before running her hand through it.
Her hand ran down the back of his neck and across to his shoulder where she gently massaged it.
"last night" she began a little quietly suddenly being embarrassed to talk about it.
Stefan couldn't help but have these flashbacks of the night before and how perfectly they fit together. They felt like they were finally together and they fit like a puzzle.
"was amazing" Stefan finished before he raised his head from her chest to look into her big brown eyes.
Elena slowly nodded agreeing with him as she stared into his eyes. God she loved him. She leaned forward capturing his lips into a good morning kiss.
Stefan moved so his body was on top of Elena's as the kiss grew and deepened in passion.
Elena ran her hand from his biceps up his shoulder up his neck, through his hair as she got a good grip in his bronze hair.
Elena bit down on his bottom lip dragging it into her mouth to slow down the growing passion. Stefan growled with lust before he opened his eyes to find Elena starting back at him with a growing smile on her face.
"Ow" Stefan said playfully when she let go of his lips. Elena giggled before she placed a kiss on his lips softly.
"Better?" She asked with a small smile playing on the corners of her lips.
"Much" he said kissing her forehead once before he rolled over on his back to lay beside her.
"When were you gonna tell me that you were a freak in the bed?" Stefan asked as he laughed when Elena hit him once against his chest, blushing from his compliment. Compliment, right? That is what it is, right? Elena thought.
"I'm not a freak" she mumbled as she hid her face in his chest.
"Don't go all shy on me now? After last night? What are you shy about?" Stefan asked not quite understanding why she was so shy.
"It's different talking about it, okay?" Elena said as she picked up her head, determined to end this conversation and her suffering.
"Babe, it isn't different! We had some pretty good sex! How many times was it? Three?" He asked with a cocky smile on his face.
"Stefan!" She yelled trying to scold him as she ducked underneath the covers.
Stefan laughed at how uncomfortable she was before he joined her underneath the covers. Elena had her back to him when he saw her.
"Come on, Lena. Last night was amazing. Definitely the best I ever had" he said winking at her, appeasing her a bit.
Elena smiled to herself still facing away from him. Was it really the best? She thought. That made her really happy, because she really enjoyed herself last night too.
Elena turned around slowly to face him. He had this million dollar smile plastered on his face when their eyes made contact.
"The best?" She whispered as she fought the smile that was beginning to form on her face.
"Well they always say making love is better than having sex" he said softly as he grabbed her hand and brought it up to kiss it softly.
"You really need to stop saying these things. You spoil me." She said thinking about how much he loved her and how he had a way with words.
"I wanna spoil you, you deserve it. I love you, Elena. I want you to remember that" he said making the conversation go serious all of a sudden.
"You've ruined me, you know? How is anyone else gonna compare?" Elena asked.
"Why are you thinking of anyone else but me?" Stefan asked playfully as he tackled her and began to place butterfly kisses along her neck.
Elena laughed and giggled at his playfulness this morning. She really loved this side of him and she wanted to wake up next to him more often.
"Stef-Stefa-Stefan" she got out as he began playfully kissing his way down her neck, her chest and to her stomach as he began to tickle her.
"Stefan stop it!" She giggled at him
"No" he said as he began blowing raspberries on her stomach
"Stefan stop it and get me some breakfast!" Elena got out before she grabbed him by the head and brought him up to kiss him as hard as she could. She kept on kissing him and kissing him until Stefan was the one who had to pull away breathless.
"What was that for?" Stefan asked breathlessly
"For making me feel special last night" she said before she pushed him off of her and got up out of bed to jump in the shower.
"Hey! You can't kiss me like that and then leave!" Stefan called out after her as she walked out of his room fully naked.
"Come and get me then!" She called to him from the bathroom where he heard her turn on the water.
"Good god" he groaned before he jumped out of bed butt naked to get his girl. Stefan was really lucky to have her in his life, and he wasn't going to let her go anytime soon.
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Katherine stood waiting on the street by the restaurant waiting for Stefan to make his appearance. It was just like him to come fashionably late, as he would call it.
She looked at her phone at it said that it was 7:09pm, so maybe Stefan was running 10 minutes late. No biggie, right?
Katherine turned around to look down the other side of the street only to see Stefan walking towards her with a big smile on his face once they saw each other.
"You're late!" She chastised when he came to stand in front of her with his hands in his pockets.
"10 minutes is nothing, Kat" Stefan said as he brought her in a hug and placed a kiss on her forehead.
Katherine rolled her eyes. She couldn't stay mad at this man even if she wanted to, he was just too precious.
"Get some food in me before I rip your head off" she said feigning annoyance, but Stefan knew better.
He just laughed and opened the door for her so she could step inside. They got led to their table by their waitress and they had just sat down before Katherine began speaking.
"So, 20 questions" Katherine stated because she knew Stefan knew exactly what she was talking about.
Stefan and Katherine had this thing where they play 20 questions when they haven't seen each other in a while. They love playing it and it always leads them to knowing everything they missed in each other's lives. They were best friends, after all.
"Alright, get started" Stefan said as he took a sip of his water.
"How are things with Elena?" she asked getting straight to the point
Stefan put his glass down and smiled at Katherine with a huge smile on his face. "Things are good" he said trying to suppress his bubbling love for that one girl.
"Just good?" Katherine asked raising an eyebrow at him.
"Hey, it's my turn, cheater" Stefan said. To that, Katherine just rolled her eyes. "So," Stefan began, "How are things with D" he asked.
"Better than expected, I love him" She stated with a smile on her face.
"Okay my turn. Why were you late?" Katherine asked with amusement
"I spent the day with Elena and then I had to go home to shower and stuff" he answered truthfully trying to fight back the smile that was forming on his face. Yes they spent the day together, and it was amazing.
"What's with the smile?" Katherine asked narrowing her eyes a little before the quickly widened.
"Oh my god you guys slept together!" She half yelled half whispered in excitement.
"What the fuck, how did you guess that?" Stefan asked incredulously. There was no way she could have known. He didn't even say anything to her! He hadn't even seen her since the dinner at his parent's last week.
"Stefan, you're my best friend. I know you inside out" she said nonchalantly as she flipped through the menu as she sipped on her water.
Stefan shook his head in disbelief, this woman was completely insane! But she was right, she did know him like no other.
"So, was it good?" Katherine asked
"It was amazing. So much better when you're in love with the person" Stefan said
"Believe me, I know" Katherine said with a soft smile.
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It was around 9pm when Caroline and Elena finally got comfortable within the party.
Caroline was all about dancing and drinking as Elena found herself in Bonnie's presence just enjoying the night.
Truth was she was missing Stefan. But she was determined to have a good time even with the pounding headache she had. Elena wasn't drinking tonight so she was perfectly sober and so was Bonnie.
Tyler kept the party really small unlike his previous parties. There must have been 30 people, max, present. It was very intimate and it was personal. Elena loved smaller parties because she felt like she could get to meet everyone and mingle a whole lot more productively.
Of course, Jake was there. Elena saw him once when she walked in with Caroline and Bonnie. She let out a big sigh as she saw his ridiculously spiked hair that only reminded her that Stefan's was better.
She kept out of his way for the whole night, only bumping into him once in the kitchen when she went to go get a drink.
She didn't say anything to him but she felt his eyes burn a hole in her. He was just staring at her intensely and she couldn't shake the feeling she got with his intense gaze.
Elena and Bonnie were just talking about random things before Bonnie turned the subject to her and Jeremy.
"You know, Jeremy's birthday is coming up. What should I get him?" Bonnie asked.
"Get him a video game and he'll never break up with you" Elena joked around.
"I'm not getting him a video game. Maybe I'll take him shopping. He could use some nice clothes" Bonnie said feeling proud of her idea.
"Jeremy would never go shopping" Elena said with confidence. She knew her brother, he would never agree to anything like that.
"Oh yes he would. If he doesn't wanna be single, he will" Bonnie said with a smile.
Elena just laughed at her and her brother's relationship. They were both good for each other and they made each other happy. That's all that matters.
"So, how are thing going with Stefan? Or should I say Mr. Salvatore" Bonnie giggled.
"Things are going really good Bon. I mean, we said we love each other and we even took the next step in our relationship." She said knowing that Bonnie knew full well what she was talking about.
"Things are pretty serious. I'm glad. You needed something like this in your life" Bonnie commented.
Elena was about to speak but out of nowhere a tipsy Caroline came and plopped herself on her lap.
"Lena" she said.
"Hi Care, you okay?" She asked taking the glass out of her hand and handing it to Bonnie who put it on the table.
"I'm good! But did you know that I just kissed Tyler? I thought I should tell you guys!" she said looking at Bonnie and then Elena.
Bonnie and Elena shared a look before Elena spoke, "Are you guys back together?" She asked.
"No, but we want to work things out. Take things slow. I just want to be happy" Caroline said.
"Well then I'm happy for you" Bonnie said.
"Listen, my head is killing me so I am gonna go look for some space" Elena said getting up and depositing Elena beside Bonnie.
Elena got up and found herself walking up the stairs to find an empty room to just have some time to herself and get away from the music and the loud chatter, her head was pounding.
She walked into the first room on her right in a hallway of rooms and she found someone passed out in the room. She couldn't tell who it was so she took the throw off the back of the chair in the room and covered their body before she walked out and closed the door behind her.
She walked to another room that was empty and she saw that the room had door that opened to a terrace so she walked towards it and stepped out for some fresh air to clear her mind.
It wasn't like she was drunk, she just wanted to be alone and she wanted desperately to get rid of this raging headache.
She took her phone out and looked at the time; it was 9:30 so she decided to text Stefan. She really missed him because they had been spending so much time together now, it was almost impossible for them not to be in each other's presence.
Right before she was able to send the text she heard the door behind her shut close indicating that someone was in the room.
She walked off of the terrace and into the room to see Jake standing by the door with a beer in his hand.
"Jake, what are you doing here?" Elena asked not wanting to deal with Jake, much less a drunk version of him.
"I want to know what you get out of sleeping around with Salvatore" he spit out, anger present in his eyes.
Elena was a bit taken back by his question, but she didn't want to show it. No matter what happened, she didn't want to confirm what he was saying.
"Excuse me?" She said trying to sound strong and confident, but her nerves got the best of her and it came out a bit weak.
"You know exactly what I am talking about" he said using the same tone of voice as he set his beer down and began to walk towards Elena.
"Jake, you're drunk" Elena said with a bit more determination. She was not going to let this come between her and Stefan.
"I just don't know why you wouldn't give me another chance. I kept on thinking about it and thinking about it. I know I made a mistake but god fucking dammit everyone does! I am no worse or better than anyone in this house right now. I fucking treated you right and I fucking wanted to start over with you but you were having none of it. I didn't know why the fuck you turned me down or why you slapped me when I kissed you" he said with a bit more anger.
Jake was getting everything off his chest and this was making Elena a little uneasy. She didn't know where this conversation was going, but she knew very well where it could be going. She wanted nothing to do with this and last thing she wanted was to find herself in a threatening situation.
Jake just began again where he stopped, "But Salvatore was always there. He came like a knight in fucking armor and he 'saved' the day and took off with you. Why would he do that for any student? I see the way you look at him and the way you look at him. I saw you guys at detention and I know you guys are fucking each other." He finally revealed.
But before Elena could say anything Jake moved to grab Elena by the arms and threw her on the bed.
"Jake" she warned raising her voice a little when there was nothing but anger in his eyes.
Elena didn't know what to do so she decided to just talk and see where this could go. She knew Jake for a long time. He would never hurt her, would he?
"Jake I know you're hurt but you have to understand that you hurt me too. We broke up, I didn't want anything to do with you. I don't want to be with you and It isn't because I'm sleeping with Ste-Salvatore but it's because you are not worth my time." She finally got out before got up from the bed.
She didn't get anywhere very fast before Jake spun her around and had her pinned against the wall kissing her roughly with his hangs roaming and gripping wherever he could get his hands.
"You aren't going anywhere" he got out against her lips.
Elena tried pushing against his chest and tried breaking free because this wasn't what she wanted. She never wanted any of this. These weren't Stefan's hands, they weren't Stefan's lips.
Jake detached his lips from Elena as she shook her head back and forth trying to rip her lips away from his drunk ones. She couldn't believe this was happening and she only wished that someone would come looking for her.
His hands came under her top to grip at the skin on her stomach and it made her sick. Not too long away those were Stefan's hands.
"Jake stop" Elena said loudly hoping someone would hear her. She pushed him off of her but he quickly came back and pinned both her hands over her head effectively trapping her.
"What? Salvatore doesn't touch you like this?" Jake asked tauntingly as his lips moved down her neck.
But before Jake could reach her chest he was suddenly gone and he was being pushed across the room by Tyler.
"What the fuck do you think you're doing in my house?" Tyler shouted at Jake before he punched him once making him fall to the ground holding his own jaw.
Tyler moved around to Elena who was now sitting on the floor sobbing with her head in her hands. Tyler bent down to Elena before he moved her hands from her face.
"Elena, are you okay?" He asked gently before he heard Jake getting up.
Before Tyler could turn around to Jake, in came Bonnie and Caroline through the door who quickly ran to Elena.
"Elena!" They both said at the same time.
"Get her out of here, I'm gonna deal with him" Tyler said motioning to a fuming Jake standing behind him.
Jake quickly walked to Tyler pushing him against the wall before they both broke out into a brawl. Punching, grabbing and pushing. Someone was going to get hurt tonight.
Caroline and Bonnie got Elena and went downstairs to sit in the living room with Elena as she cried and sat in between the two.
Upstairs she could still hear the fighting and she was sick to her stomach. All she wanted was Stefan. She wanted to be curled up next to him and she wanted to be in his bed with him holding her, comforting her.
"Call Stef" Elena got out in choked sobs. Caroline nodded and left the room leaving her and Bonnie in the room.
Caroline went outside the house and scrolled through the phone finding Stefan's number. It rang once and twice before a bubbly, laughing voice picking up the phone.
"Hello" Stefan said cheerily as Caroline heard Katherine in the background.
"Stefan, it's me Caroline. Elena, she needs you right now. It was Jake"
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