A/N: I am so sorry for the late update, but I have no other excuse but school! Also, there are not gonna be very many updates after this one. Perhaps 3-4 before I wrap things up! I sincerely hope you guys are still enjoying (:
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It was 7oclock in the morning when Katherine began to stir in her big comfy hotel bed, surrounded by pillows and sheets of white down. Damon was pressed deliciously against her back, her chest flat against the mattress with Damon's arm around her waist bending upwards to rest against her side.
Katherine still felt Damon's shallow breaths against her bare shoulder as she slowly opened her eyes to revel in the feel of Damon next to her. More like on top of her, but hey, she was not complaining.
Katherine slowly began to move, trying to get off her chest and onto her back when she felt Damon's warm lips press against her neck before he snaked his other arm around her waist, pulling her against his chest.
"Morning" Damon murmured as he closed his eyes trying to find more sleep. But Katherine wasn't having any of it. She wanted to start her weekend right, with Damon.
Katherine moved in his arms until she was face to face with Damon's sleepy face. Katherine brought her hand up to play with his beautifully disheveled hair before she scratched the back of his neck.
"Uh huh, get up" Katherine said kissing his nose. Damon whined a little before he brought a pillow around to place on his face, blocking out the sun and Katherine's voice.
"Damon you aren't eight, get up." Katherine insisted as she ripped the pillow off and threw it across the room.
"No" Damon said opening his eyes and staring into Katherine's big brown eyes. Damon stopped for second and felt his breath get caught a bit.
Katherine looked absolutely stunning in the morning light, as she held herself up on her elbow looking down at him. Her wavy hair fell around her shoulders and he could see her beautiful olive skin poking through in some places. She bore no makeup on her face and Damon could have sworn that he would have fell in love with her if he wasn't already.
"Damo—"Katherine began to say but what immediately cut off by Damon when he reached over to tuck a piece of hair behind her ear.
Katherine looked at Damon softly as he began to lean in closer to her, "You look, absolutely beautiful right now" Damon said quietly as he moved in to place a soft, innocent kiss on her naturally pink lips.
Katherine felt her heart swell at Damon's words and his sweet kiss on this perfect morning. She didn't get to see this side of Damon much. Their relationship was a lot of fun banter and bickering, but when these moments did happen, they were perfect.
Damon ended the kiss a lot sooner than she liked and moved back to look at her face again. Damon smirked at Katherine's eyes still closed.
"Yup, still beautiful" Damon whispered as Katherine finally opened her eyes. Katherine broke out into a beaming smile, putting her beautiful white teeth on display.
"I like it when you say things like that" Katherine said as she tackled Damon and threw her arms around his neck as she threw her body at him. They were both a giggling mess by the time they untangled themselves from each other and the sheets.
Damon laughed one throaty laugh before he placed a kiss on Katherine's forehead. Katherine ducked her head, accepting it, before she returned it on his bare shoulder.
"What happened to getting out of bed" Damon scoffed mockingly as Katherine ran her hands up and down his bare chest, loving the feel of his hard body.
Katherine stopped and sighed as she hid her face in between his shoulder and neck. Katherine was dreading having to see Stefan. She really missed him, and she has been nothing but a total bitch to him. She stormed off on him when he probably needed her the most, and she had been avoiding him ever since. She hadn't returned any of his texts, emails, or phone calls
"I don't wanna" Katherine said in a muffled tone. Damon brought his hand to her shoulder and pushed her gently so she fell backwards onto the bed as he laid down on top of her.
"Scared of Steffy Poo?" Damon questioned as his face lingered oh so close to hers. Katherine let out a deep breath.
"Yes" she said in a small voice. Damon laughed a little at her predicament. This was Stefan they were talking about. He couldn't hold grudges for shit.
"He won't be mad" Damon said getting up, determined to get Katherine in the shower. They were meeting Stefan and Elena for breakfast at 10am.
Katherine let a groan at the loss of contact but willed herself to throw her arms around Damon's neck refusing to let go.
"I know, but I don't have an explanation for my behavior" Katherine said clinging onto him as Damon got up and walked to the shower with Katherine hanging from his front; hands around neck and legs snaked around his waist.
"You were hurt" Damon said pointedly as he stepped into the shower and closed the door behind him, locking them in.
"Okay, I am going to talk to him and we are going to make up. I don't like not talking to him. I really miss him." Katherine explained sadly.
"Okay now are you gonna get down from my body?" Damon asked as Katherine still hung on to his chest like a child.
"No. Shower with me like this. I'm tired" Katherine said resting her head down on his shoulder.
Damon reached around to turn the water on; it was ice cold as it came out and hit Katherine's back. Damon laughed as Katherine jumped in his arms and jumped down out of the spray of the ice cold water.
Damon laughed hard as he changed the water to hot, letting it hit his chest. Damon smirked as the water cascaded down his body.
"You are not funny, Damon. Ass." Katherine said bitterly as she reached for the body wash and began washing her own body.
"What? You aren't gonna wash me?" Damon asked as she smirked at Katherine.
"Wash yourself" Katherine mumbled as she pushed Damon out of the way to wash off the soapy body wash on her body.
Damon scoffed as he pushed Katherine against the glass wall of the shower, still soapy as he pressed their bare bodies next to each other. Feeling everything the other had to offer.
"I. Want. You. To. Wash. Me." Damon said emphasizing each word as he breathed down her neck, making her wet skin feel cold and hot at the same time.
Katherine closed her eyes at the change in pace they just took. Katherine was not going to lie; Damon was ridiculously hot and he was all hers. Katherine reveled in the fact that that gorgeous body was all hers for the taking, and take it she did.
Katherine opened her eyes and pushed Damon till he hit the other glass wall and she jumped up in his arms, like before, and pressed her open mouth to his jugular.
"With this loofa or my tongue?" Katherine said licking the beaded water from his neck, up to his jaw.
Damon moaned as he closed his eyes, "tongue, definitely the tongue." He choked out as Katherine went lower down his body.
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"Stefan where is my bra" Elena said walking around his room in nothing but her panties looking for her bra that Stefan threw god knows where, after he woke her up in the middle of the night craving her body.
Stefan rolled around in bed and stuck his head out from under the covers before he flashed her one of his lazy smiles.
"I don't know" he said proudly and smugly as he reminisced the night before. It was a good night; they got quite a bit done. They thoroughly christened the apartment, to say the least.
"Stef, I'm serious. We need to meet Katherine and Damon in 40 minutes and I can't find this stupid bra that you decided to chuck across the room" Elena said bending down and looking underneath the bed.
"What are you complaining about" Stefan said as he leaned over on the side of the bed where Elena was bending over. Stefan, half on the bed and half of the floor at this point, grabbed onto Elena's hips and pulled her back into bed with him.
"It seemed like a good idea last night" Stefan commented as he brought her under the covers with him. And much to Elena's surprise, he was completely naked.
"Yeah last night was a different story" Elena said laughing and pushing against his chest trying to get up from his warm embrace that she loved so much.
Stefan let her get up but quickly reached over to his side table and grabbed his phone. He quickly sent a text and got up to where Elena was standing in front of his closet, presumably looking for a shirt of his. Much to his disappointment, she had found her bra.
Elena found one of his football jersey's from his high school days with his last name printed on the back in bold capital letters, SALVATORE.
"Mine" Elena said simply as she pulled it over her head loving the feeling of wearing his clothes. Elena smiled with her back still turned until she felt Stefan reach for her from behind and pull her into his embrace, her back to his chest.
"Mine" Stefan said with a serious voice ducking his head in between her neck and shoulder and buried in her long brown tresses that smelled like vanilla and honey hibiscus, a scent he learned to love.
"Yours" Elena said with a ring of solemnity in her tone as she turned around in his arms letting her arms wrap around his waist.
Stefan had found a pair of boxers and slipped them on right before he grabbed Elena, much to her surprise.
Elena placed a soft kiss against his bare chest as they both simultaneously tightened their grip on each other.
"Stefan" Elena said, feeling the shift in the atmosphere. Stefan looked down at Elena with his striking green eyes, waiting for what she has to say.
"I got into NYU for journalism, on an early acceptance." Elena said looking up at him with waiting eyes. She wanted to wait and tell him, but he deserved to know. After all, it would impact him almost as much as it would impact her.
Stefan broke out into a huge smile and hugged Elena while spinning her around in his room. Stefan was beyond happy for his girl. This was everything she wanted and now she got it. She was going to go so far in life doing the things she loved.
"That's my girl" Stefan said through a big smile as he put her down and pulled her into a slow and sweet passionate kiss expressing just how proud of her he was.
Elena returned the kiss, completely happy and utterly surprised at his reaction to the news. This would mean that she would have to move to New York, but apparently that wasn't on his mind.
When Stefan broke away, he was still smiling at Elena who couldn't help but smile back at him. He was so happy and it made her just as happy, if not more.
"I am so proud of you, baby" Stefan said holding her face in one of his hands as the other played with the skin on her lower back.
"Thank you" Elena said as she ran her fingers through his hair and let them linger behind his ears as she placed another soft kiss on his lips.
"I love you, Stefan, so much." Elena said looking into his eyes, willing herself to get lost in them. It's not like she wanted to be anywhere else.
Stefan broke out into his signature beaming smile, grabbed her face and laid a rough kiss on her waiting plump lips as he picked her up and brought her back to bed.
"I love you, Elena. And you deserve everything that is headed your way" he said softly as he fell on his back and brought Elena down with him, laying her on his chest.
"Stefan, I know that this is what I want to do. But there's more that comes with me just accepting their offer…" she said trailing off.
Stefan looked at her with knowing eyes. Of course he knew there was more. There always is. Stefan loved Elena with his entire heart, and they were only together for 4 months, nearing five.
"When do you wanna move to New York?" Stefan asked looking up at her with a loving face that made her melt.
"I haven't accepted the offer yet, babe" Elena said running her fingers along his face, letting them linger near his lips.
"Well that isn't even in question right now, because you are." Stefan said firmly. There was no way in hell Elena was going to let this opportunity up.
"But New York is so far away from you" Elena said close to a whisper, feeling the tears form already in her eyes from the thought of being so far away from Stefan. It would be the death of her. She thought that Cherishwood was far away, but wait until she moved to New York. It would be ten times as bad as now.
"But so close to everything you have ever wanted" Stefan said stressing the fact that this is what she has dreamt of her entire life.
Elena let out a big sigh as she fell on his chest completely; burying her face in his chest he rubbed her back comfortingly.
"Lena" Stefan said after utter silence for five minutes. None of them had said anything and that left them with nothing but their thoughts.
Elena groaned before she kissed wherever her lips could reach and clung onto his chest with a stronger grip.
"Hear me out. I have an idea" Stefan said moving her hair from her face and rolling around till they were both on their sides, face to face with one another.
Elena looked at Stefan with curious eyes. She wasn't crying, but it certainly looked like she would burst into a million tears if someone had said or done something wrong.
"What if I move to New York with you at the end of this year?" Stefan said quickly proposing his idea. He wanted to know what Elena thought of it.
"Stefan I can't have you do that for me" Elena said reaching for his hand and intertwining their fingers.
"But it's not for you, it's for us. And if that means that I could be with you while you were at school. I would do it" Stefan said slowly, looking down at their hands and then up at Elena.
Elena said nothing before she silently took his face in both her hands and kissed him with a force that was new to Stefan. He hadn't been kissed like this by her before, but he was not complaining at all.
Elena moved to straddle him, letting her ass rest on his thighs, clad in his briefs as she bent down, chest to chest with him as she continued to kiss him with an insane amount of fervor.
Stefan was the one who had to pull away for air before Elena rested her forehead against his as they exchanged breaths.
"You love me that much?" Elena questioned with amazement and wonder, as she breathed heavily against his lips.
"I love you that much" Stefan conceded before he closed the gap between them and caught her lips in a fiery passion, yet again.
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Stefan, Damon, Katherine and Elena all sat down around the table looking through the menu, deciding what they wanted to have for breakfast.
Katherine looked up from her menu and found Stefan nose deep in his as he held onto Elena's hand resting on the table.
Elena kicked Stefan underneath the table to get his attention, as Katherine put her head back into her menu as Damon rubbed her back comfortingly.
Stefan looked up to find Elena looking at him with both her eyebrows raised in a questioning manner. Why the hell was he not talking to Katherine? They had discussed this before they got here, they would sort it out so they could have a nice breakfast.
Stefan sighed he leaned over and placed a kiss on Elena's cheek. Just when he was about to turn around to ask Katherine to talk for a bit, Katherine got up out of her chair, grabbed Stefan by the collar of his shirt and dragged him out of the dining area and into the front lobby.
"Hey, let go I just ironed it" Stefan grumbled as he fixed his collar and annoyingly mumbled under his breath.
"Stefan the last thing I care about is your fucking collar, okay" Katherine got out all snarky and sassy, much to her esteem.
"Oh right, considering you care about nothing else. Not about me, not about my life, not about anything" Stefan complained as he shoved his hands in his pockets, already annoyed with this conversation.
"Oh God forbid I was hurt, you little shit" Katherine said. Katherine wasn't really good at apologies and being nice wasn't exactly her forte.
"I understand that you were hurt, but you didn't have to ignore me like a two year old" Stefan said sticking his tongue out at Katherine.
Clearly the fight was already over. They both knew it wasn't going to go on any longer than this. They didn't have it in them to be mad at each other. They loved each other way too much.
"I am going to cut that tongue right off if you don't put it back where it belongs" Katherine snapped as she felt a smile creep onto her face. She really missed Stefan, a lot.
"I didn't know what to say to you. I was a total bitch to you" Katherine sighed as her shoulders slumped in disappointment in herself.
Stefan moved to hug her close and placed a kiss to her head. "I'm over it. You should be too" Stefan said nonchalantly as Katherine hugged him back.
"Just like that?" Katherine questioned with disbelief.
"Just like that. I really missed you Katherine. I didn't know who to talk to and I had no one to bicker with. So be hurt all you want, but NEVER ignore me. Got it?" Stefan said pulling her away and gripping her shoulders at arm's length.
"I missed you too, more than I would like to admit to your ass. But got it, no ignoring" Katherine vowed as she went back in for a hug, promising that she would be there for him more often.
"I'm sorry I walked out when you probably needed me the most, Stef" Katherine said apologizing sincerely.
"Like I said, I'm over it. Now just pay for my lavish breakfast and we can call it even" Stefan joked as he let go of her wrapped his arm around her shoulder, both walking back to the table where the love of their lives sat.
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A/N: I hope you guys liked that and I hope you guys are still interested, leave a review letting me know what you think of Elena getting into NYU and Stefan's proposal! Remember, Elena hasn't agreed yet! Next update will be a time jump into the future, a year or two (: Thanks guys!