Chapter eleven.
Stefan's POV.
Today, it's Friday and Damon and Bonnie come to see us. I'm nervous, Damon is so pissed at Elena for leaving me. I understand him, Elena leave whereas she promised me to never leave me. Ella is exciting to meet is new uncle and aunt, she made them drawings. I feel that Elena is nervous as well. Maybe even more than me.
"Baby, it will be Ok." I say when she enters in the kitchen with a strapless black dress.
She smiles at me and kiss my neck. I turn around and kiss her shoulder softly. "This dress is a little short." I say because I don't want fuckers watching her when we are going to the restaurant, she is mine.
"Stefan ! It's not short and it's a gift from you." she says and rolls her eyes at me. I know she is right, I buy her this dress. She is just above the knee, with lace and very sexy. She has a little bit of make-up, she is breathtaking like always.
"I know but she is short, baby. And every fuckers will ogling you and I hate that." I say and she giggles.
"It's not funny !" I frown.
"Stefan, I love you and only you." she responds and wraps her hands around my neck. She kisses my cheek and I smile lovingly at her.
"Every fucker want in your panties ! I love you too, baby." I growl and she smiles.
"Stefan, we already talk about that years ago. Not every men want in my panties and I just want one man, you." It's melt my heart every time she says this.
"I know but I don't thrust them, they want what is mine."
"You will be here with me so they will see that I belong to you. Don't worry, babe."
"I want to kiss, now." I say and kiss her with all I have. She melts into me and I push her against me.
"Mama ! I lost my sandals !" Ella yells from the living room. I pull away from her and smiles at her.
"I come sweetie." she says and leaves the kitchen after kissing my cheek.
I hear the sound of the front door, I head towards the door and Ella runs to open it herself with her sandals.
"Baby girl, slow down." I smile and she hands me her arms so I pick her up. I take a deep breath before opening the door with her in my arms.
Damon's POV.
Taylor picks us at the airport, not very happy to see me because I know, he loves Elena like his own daughter. "Where is Stefan, Taylor ?" I ask when we are in the car.
"At their home, they are waiting for you and Miss Bennett before going to the restaurant."
"Ok. How is Elena ?" Bonnie asks him sweetly.
"She is good, Miss." he responds and continues to drive.
We are in front the front door and my hands are sweating from anxiety. "It will be Ok, Damon." Bonnie assures me.
"I hope so, baby." she squeezes my hand and the door opens.
My breath catch when I lay my eyes on the most beautiful girl in my brother arms.
"Hello Brother, hey Bon." he smiles at her and kisses her cheek, he shakes my hand.
"Hey Stefan. What's your name sweetie ?" she asks Ella.
"My name is Ella Salvatore." she responds happily.
"Come in guys. Elena finish to get ready and we can go." Stefan says and smiles at his daughter. "You go to see where is Mama, baby girl."
"Ok Dada !" she exclaims and runs towards the stairs.
"How are you guys ?" he asks and serves us a glass of wine.
"We are good, busy with work and the wedding." Bonnie responds and looks around her.
"Yeah, it's in four weeks, you find your dress already ?" Stefan asks her smiling.
"Yes but I don't tell you how is she."
I hear Ella giggling and Elena's voice enter in the room. I look at her and she smiles at me, before turning her attention towards Bonnie.
"Nice to meet you, Bonnie. Stefan told me a lot of things about you." she says and hugs her.
"Likewise, Elena." she smiles at her.
"Damon." she says and look at me.
"Elena, good to see again." I say and kiss her cheek.
She turns around and sit next to Stefan. "You want some wine, baby ?" he asks at her loving.
"No, thank you." she smiles at him and he kisses her forehead.
The dinner went well except the tension between Elena and me. I have to talk to Elena about the message I left on her voice-mail. "Babe, I go to the restroom." Bonnie whispers in my ear.
"Ok, baby. Ask Ella if she wants to go." I kiss her behind her ear and smile when she shivers.
She turns around and take Ella with her. Stefan excuses himself from the table and I stay alone with Elena.
"I'm sorry about what I said to you this day but you deserved it ! You left him when he needed you ! You were is whole life and you decide to leave him even if he begs you and you promised him to never do that !" I say when she doesn't say anything during few minutes.
"You think that I didn't know that when I leave him ?! You think it was easy for me to see him getting married to my worst enemy ? Because she does everything that I was force to leave him ! You think that I wanted to go through a pregnancy alone, without the father of my daughter to help me with my morning sickness until the ninth month of pregnancy. I didn't eat or sleep for days after I leave because I was dreaming of Stefan and I couldn't survive this without the man I love."
"Why you didn't tell him ? Or me ! I was your friend after all. Why she has a such power over you ?" I ask because I don't understand why she has this power.
"Because I thought that she had something against your brother ! I was pregnant and afraid for him, Ok ? You can't understand my position, I was unstable emotionally because of the hormones and I wasn't with the most important person in my life. What would you have done If you had been in my position ?" she glares at me.
"I think I would have talk to him because I trusted him ! You don't how I find him three days after you left, Ok ! He was a mess, he drunk of much that I thought he nearly made an alcoholic coma and he broke his wrist !"
I'm in the elevator to the apartment of Stefan. It's been three days since Elena left and he didn't return any of my calls, my texts, anything. I'm getting worried about him. His relationship with Elena is toxic, they can't leave without each other.
I'm in the lobby and wait until Anna comes to open the door. "Hey, Anna how is he ?"
"Not good, Sir. He doesn't sleep, he doesn't eat and he is drunk most of the time since Miss Gilbert left." she responds uncertain.
"Ok, thank you for calling me. I have planned to see him today anyway. Where is he, now ?"
"He is in her office, Sir, playing piano." she says and leave the room.
I go in Elena's office and hear Stefan playing. I knock and open the door. I'm stuck at the door I have never see him like that before, ever.
He is dressed like three day ago he had a beard, he is disheveled. his shirt is open. He doesn't look at me and continues to play. He is miserable looking like that, he has dark circles under his green eyes which have no life in them, like he doesn't exist anymore. My breathe catch when I look at his hands, they are bloody.
"Stefan stop !" I scream and push him away from the piano.
"Don't ! It brings me closer to her, please." he cries.
"She left, Stefan. You can't stay here forever." I try to tell him but he pushes me away.
"I want to be with her, Damon. I love her so much, it hurts." he says and I want to hit her right now because he is miserable without her.
"I know, little bro but right now you can't. So stop drinking and go take a shower." I exclaim and try to get him up.
"No, please just tell her I need her." he says suffering.
"Stefan, she doesn't answer her phone and Caroline either. You need to see someone, you want to talk to Bon ? Or Nik ?" I ask helpless.
"No, I just want Elena, I only need her to survive. I just want to know if she is Ok and where is she so I can pick her anywhere she is."
"We don't know where is she, we search everywhere to find her, every airport, every port and nothing. I'm so sorry little bro."
I watch him walking towards the wall and hit it several times before I react. I push him away from the wall and he is bleeding.
"You can't keep doing that, Stefan ! It will not bring her back near you !"
"It takes my pain away from one second. And during this second I can breath normally and this pain disappears from my heart just a little bit but after I remember that she left, leaving a fucking note and my heart aches so much that it hurts !" he responds and begin to play piano again, he always plays Für Elise to feel her closer to him.
I feel tears running down my cheek to see my brother so broken and I promise myself to never see him like this again.
"I know that he thought he was going to die because of the pain. I was like him, you know. It's normal that you hate me after what I did but you can not blame me to protect our daughter from her." she says with tears in her eyes.
"You didn't see him like I do ! He is my brother for God's sakes and you left him, instead of talking to him but I can understand why did that."
She can't answer because Stefan come back to the table and sit next to her. He smiles at her and kisses her forehead softly.
"You Ok, baby ?" he asks and wipes her tears away. She nods and leans in his touch.
"So little bro, you return to NY, ?" I ask innocently.
I hear Elena's breath catch in her throat at the mention of NY. "Thanks, Damon." he says harshly.
"Sorry, I thought you told Elena about that. You told her everything, normally." I reply and kiss Bon on the cheek when she and Ella return from the restroom.
"You want a dessert, sweetheart ?" I ask Ella. "Yeah Uncle Damon, an ice cream please."
"What taste sweetie ?" I ask.
"Chocolate and coconut with whipped cream like Mama." she smiles at me.
"You're cold baby girl ?" Stefan asks her before he puts his jacket on her shoulders.
"Thank you, Dada." she says and I look at him, he has bright eyes. It melt my heart to see him happy with his daughter.
She eats her ice cream and we leave the restaurant. Ella fall asleep in Stefan's arms when he takes her from her infant car seat. We stay in Elena's guest room for the night, we say good night and leave Stefan and Elena alone.
Elena's POV.
Damon and Bonnie leave us alone after they said their goodnight. "A glass of wine, baby ?" Stefan asks me when I sit on the couch.
"No, thank you. I had enough at table. You can take one if you want.." I say and he pours himself a glass of white wine. He sits next to me and takes me in his arms.
"I'm sorry about Damon." he says and inhales my hair.
"You did nothing wrong. It's all my fault, Stefan." I say and feel the tears coming in my eyes.
"I would have tell him, not to talk to you about that." he sighs.
"He has the right to be angry against me. I hurt you so much by doing this and I will not forgive myself for taking away your daughter." I say truthfully. He lifts my chin up and locks his eyes with mine.
"I forgive you Elena with all I have. But you have to promise me to never doing that again, because we are a family, now." he says and kisses my lips gently.
How he can forgive me for what I did ? How he can love me after that ? I don't understand. "Stop over thinking that, baby. I love you."
"I love you too." I say and I kiss him on the lips.
"I'm going to call Taylor, baby. I'll be right back." he says and kisses my forehead.
I hear Stefan yelling on the phone outside and try to listen what he is saying but I can't. I lie on the couch, waiting for Stefan. I try to keep my eyes open, thinking of my conversation with Damon. But when I open my eyes, I'm in Stefan's arms, on my stomach.
"You fell asleep on the couch, baby." Stefan whispers in my ear.
"And I'm naked." I grin.
"I love our skin to skin." he adds and caresses my back and goes back to my neck through my spine. I have goosebumps all over my body.
"Mmmm.." I murmur and get lost in the sensation.
"You like that, baby ?" Stefan asks and kisses my neck.
"Mmmm.." I turn my head towards him and smile.
He turns me and he rolls over me. He begins to kiss my neck, my jaw, my collarbone, my shoulder blade. He pushes me tightly against him and tilts his pelvis so I can feel his arousal.
All I can feel is Stefan's body pressing into mine ans the warmth of his breath whispering his love in my ear. We get lost in each other for the next two hours.
Stefan's POV.
I call Taylor to know how it happen that the paparazzo find me yesterday.
"Sir." he responds on the first ring.
"How the fucking press knew that I'm in LA ? And how they came near my daughter ?!" I explode because it can't be happen again.
"I don't know, Sir. I think someone tell them you were there. I stop them to publish photo take without your consent."
"I don't care ! You have to protect my family and specially Ella. It's the last time it happened, are we clear ?"
"Of course, sir." he says and I hang up.
I enter in the living room and smile when I see Elena on the couch, sleeping. I take her in my arms and go in our room. Our room, it's sound good.
I undress her and take time to caress her skin. I lie her in bed naked and put the blanket over her shoulders. I quietly undress me and climb on bed next to her.
She is on her stomach and moans apprehensively when I kiss her shoulder from her other. I turn her around and kiss her passionately. I made love to her before she falls asleep, sweating and hot.
I wake up and watch Elena sleeping in my arms. She is so beautiful, with her hair in mess, her lips parted from her breathing. She has her head in my chest and I smile. I kiss her hair and begin to unwrap my arms from her waist but she wraps hers tightly around my neck.
"Baby, I have to get up. Damon will be up soon, I let you sleep a little longer." I say and kiss her lips softly. I smile against her mouth and roll over her.
"I have to go." I murmur against her lips and she pouts.
"You can't kiss me like your life depends on it and leave after, Stefan." she says and moves away from my lips breathless.
"I'm sorry but I think I did a good job last night, didn't I ?" I smirk and kiss, nip her neck. She moans in anticipation form my next move. I kiss her lower and lower until her wet folds.
I make her come twice this morning, she gasps when I slide into her hard. She climax within two minutes and I come with two more thrusts into her wet pussy. She moans when I slide in and out of her, prolonging her orgasm. She winces when I withdraw myself from her.
"Sorry baby. You know that you're a screamer ?" I tease and get out of bed.
"I'm not." she says and I smirk when she blushes sweetly.
"You're beautiful when you blush." I say and go in the adjacent bathroom.
I shower quietly and gasp when I turn around and see Elena standing naked in front of me. "You shouldn't be here because you know that we will never leave." I say and step closer to her.
I kiss her hard and push her in the shower with me before opening the shower and fuck her for the third time this morning.
I prepare breakfast alone so I can think of what happen this last week with Elena and Ella. I'm so happy to have a beautiful daughter and her amazing mother besides me. I remember the first time Elena and I talk about kids.
I watch Elena sleep with the blanket around her waist but don't cover up her stomach. It's been two and half years that we are together and I think of our future, our future kids. I think of our unborn child growing inside my love in a few months. I know that she is scared about having children because of her fucking mother ! She has insecurities about that because of her own mother who didn't protect her like a mother does.
Miranda became a bitch to Elena and get her out of her house when she was nineteen years old. Miranda met John the step father of Elena after Elena's dad died from a cancer. He was violent with her during one year before she went to Paris, to escape from him.
The first time I see her scars, I wanted to rip his head off and I promise myself that she will never ever be hurt again by this asshole ! She has scars on her thigh from cigarettes ! He burns her, several times and I wasn't here to protect her. I ruined him, I did flow his business. there is nothing left for him.
Elena did not want to do anything with him, but I could not do anything against him after what he did to her. I love her so much, that anybody hurt her again will pay for that they did and even more for good measure. I feel Elena stir against me and I shake my head to clear my dark thoughts.
I caress her flat stomach, and imagine getting her pregnant with our child. Someone, we create together with our love. I smile like a pussy, I didn't know that something was missing in my life, because Elena is my everything, my whole life. But I imagine a little girl running after her older brother with Elena's laughs is something incredible.
"Humm.." she whispers in my neck and I kiss her forehead.
"I didn't want to wake you up, baby I'm sorry." I murmur in ear and bite gently on her earlobe.
"I can hear you thinking in my dream." she mumbles and kisses my neck softly.
"I was just thinking about-" I begin to say but she cuts me off.
"About children and my mother." she says and I lock my eyes with her.
"She did this to you, baby. She hurts you because she didn't want to listen to you. He touches you, hurts you and she fucking didn't listen to you." I say angrily and I stroke her cheek.
"I know and I hate her for that, but she still is my mother. She leaves him after she founds me screaming to try to stop him to burn me again.. on-" she begins but I can't listen to her tell me again this awful story because I want to kill this fucker for hurting the woman I love more than life itself.
"Don't baby, please." I say pleading. "I tried to imagine our baby growing inside you."
She hides her head in my neck and I feel her tears running on her cheek "You want to be a father ?" she asks and I feel her smiling against my skin in spite of the memories of her mother.
"I never wanted to become a father before you, baby. My father always told me that I would be an awful father as I was an horrible child.." I murmur, remember him telling me that he didn't want me and that I ruin his life.
"You will be an amazing father for our children, Stefan. I know that with all my heart." she says and kisses my lips softly.
"What do you think if we begin to try to make this baby ?" I smile and roll aver her, put my forehead on her.
"I'm scared.." she whispers and see tears in her beautiful eyes.
"We don't have to if you're too scared. I understand that it's a big step for you and you have just twenty-two, we can wait." I tell her and rub my nose against her.
"What if I don't love him or her like a mother have to, huh ? What if I take care of her or him like my mother do with me ? And what if-"
"Don't baby, don't doubt yourself about that. She was crazy and you're better without her. I just want you happy. You know that if you want to see her or talk to her you can, I will never prevent you to do what you want." I assure her even if I don't want that she talks or sees her mother but I understand, she loves her mother even after what happen between them.
"I'm happy with you, and only you. I don't need someone else except a little mini you with your allure of the Master of the universe.." she laughs and rubs her hand over my chest.
"You're are the Master of my universe, I can't live without you." I say and kiss her hard.
She runs her hands over his hair and leans into me, whispering softly "Who needs to talk about it, when we could just practice.."
I push her body into the mattress, she groans as my hands finds her sex. She wraps her legs around my waistline and I made love to her passionately.
I hear someone calling me name and shake my head to clear my memories. I turn and see Ella standing in the door watching me before she runs and jumps in my arms smiling.
"How are you baby girl ?" I ask and kiss her forehead.
"Good and you ?" she asks smiling.
"I'm good, you're hungry ? I made breakfast you can eat if you want." I say and I put her down.
"No, I want to wait for Mama and Uncle Damon and Bon-Bon." she says and sit on the chair next to me. I take a sip of my coffee and smile at Bonnie who enters in the kitchen.
"I think Mama will sleep a little longer than usual, baby girl." I say and see Bonnie winks at me.
"I can eat with Auntie Bon then ?" she asks and Bonnie has tears in her eyes.
"Of course you can. What do you want ?" I ask and I tend a handkerchief at Bonnie. I think Bonnie is happy that Ella considers her like her aunt.
Elena, Damon and Ella eat breakfast together in the kitchen while Bonnie and me talk in the patio.
"You're happy." she says and squeezes my hands gently.
"I am, because of you. You were right, I do love Elena, in fact I never really loved Katherine I just wanted to forget her by being with someone else." I say truthfully.
"You know, that I always hate her. She has something that I don't get and it's scary, as a skeleton in the closet." I laugh so hard that I have tears in my eyes.
"Don't laugh ! I'm sure that I'm right about that. She is sly and I can't stand her that's all." she pouts and laughs with me.
"If you think so, Bon. I just want to say thank you for everything you did for me for three years, when I was lost. I'm happy that I came with you see the author that I was tired of hearing about. I'm happy because of you and I will never thank you enough because you bring me the most important person in my life with my little girl. " I smile and hug her close to me.
"You're welcome, I'm glad you find happiness with a woman like Elena. She is as Caroline and I hope we will be friends in the future." she says and smiles when she sees Elena approaches near us.
"I'm sure, you will be best friend in no time, Bon." I whisper in her ear and kiss her cheek.
Elena's POV.
"Hey Lena." Damon says behind me and kiss my hair.
"Hi." I say softly. It's been a long time since he called me like that. I have a feeling, this is back to normal our relationship.
"How are you ?" he asks and sits next to me.
"I'm fine since we are good like before." I smile and he chuckles.
"We are until you don't hurt him again little one."
I begin yawning and put my hands on my mouth. "It's normal, you don't sleep before 2AM."
"I don't ! I fall asleep and sleep like a baby." I giggle.
"Liar ! You think that I didn't hear you screaming Stefan's name over and over again." he laughs when he looks up at me, I'm sure I look mortified.
"Ok, you're right. But are you really heard me ?" I ask, praying God that he didn't.
"Of course not little one ! I don't want to listen my brother sex life with you." I blush and eat my muesli. We talk during the breakfast with Damon and Ella is in her room playing with her dolls.
"I need to see, Stefan." I say after I finish washed the dishes.
"I will go play with my niece then." he smirks and leaves the room.
I head towards the patio and smile when I see Stefan hugged Bonnie with tears in his eyes. "Hey Bon, you sleep well in the guest room ?" I ask and sit on Stefan's laps.
"Yes, very good." she responds smiling and looks at Stefan's hand on my thigh.
"What do you think we go to the beach today ? What time is your flight ?"
"Yeah, I would love it. It was at 9PM but Stefan obligate us to take his jet with him." I tense but smile at her. I didn't know he is leaving tonight. Get a grip Elena you will see him soon.
"Oh yeah, of course. We can go in a little restaurant or I can cook with Ella. She loves it just like me."
"I think your cooking is a good option." she smiles. "I will search my swim suit in my bag, I tell Damon and we can leave when you're ready." she leaves and I turn around to cope Stefan.
"Why you didn't tell me you are leaving tonight ?" I ask accusingly.
"Because I was going to tell you, I just wanted to enjoy our last moments before I leave but I will be back shortly, I promise." he says and wraps his arms tightly around my waist.
"When ?" I ask and hide my head in his neck, inhales his incredible scent.
"In a week or so, baby." he says and I sigh.
"Oh Ok." I whisper.
"I'm sorry, baby. I don't want to go but it's been 2 weeks already that I wasn't in NY, I have a few business going on and I have to go to France for a week-end."
"Alright, so I don't see you during two weeks then." I murmur and he lifts my chin towards him. He looks into my eyes and kisses me deeply. He gives me all he has in him to me, his love, he promises me like he will be back in one piece. I return his kisses with equal force and moan when he bites my lower lip.
"I love you.." I say after pulling away breathless.
"I love you too, baby so much." it melts my heart to know that he loves me after all I did.
I leave Ella at Caroline's because I didn't want her near the paparazzi who follow Stefan everywhere. I say goodbye to Damon and Bonnie, hugging them. I tell them that we will go to New York soon with Ella. She is so excited about that and wants to visit Stefan's apartment because Damon told her that Bonnie decorates a room that became her.
"Bye mon Amour." I say to Stefan and kiss him gently.
"I love you mon Amour." he says and kisses me hard. I wrap my arms around his neck and push him towards me.
"I will miss you so much." I murmur against his lips.
"Me too, especially waking up next to your delectable body and kissing you everywhere I can." he whispers and I blush. "I love when you blush because I compliment you."
"Go, otherwise you will never leave."
"I want to make love to you in my jet next time." he says and kisses me on my lips gently before leaving me with tears in my eyes.
Two weeks later.
It's Friday, today and Stefan finally come home. I miss him so much like Ella does. She always asks me if her Dada come home soon and it breaks my heart to tell her that I don't really know because he can always have something important to do before returning home with us. I work exceptionally today to help Liv. I have not stopped working since noon and I hear my phone ring. I pick up and hear a voice I thought I will never hear again in my life.
"It's been a while sweetheart." the voice says and my blood runs cold.
A/N : So what do you think ?
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Bisous A.