Oh My God. It's Stefan! It's HIS birthday today? Why did I not know this? Surely it should be somewhere in the news? Should I really be here? Praying that I looked okay, I watched Stefan shake hands with Matt while he pats Stefan on the shoulder who was looking as gorgeous as ever in a black suit.

"Hey man happy birthday" Matt says to Stefan who still had an arm hanging on Matt's shoulder. For a moment I wonder how they met. Stefan just stares between myself and Caroline and then back to Matt. Realising no one was talking, Matt snaps into business mode.

"Oh sorry. This is Caroline and Elena. These girls were my best friends in school. I spent every day with them for 8 years." Matt explains. Stefan in turn shakes our hands and a small greeting but adds onto mine with a smirk. "I told you I would see you soon Elena."

Matt, noticing my blush, shoots his head towards Stefan. "How do you know Elena?"

"She interviewed me yesterday for an article. Since she was such nice company I invited her here tonight." He answers with a chuckle. I smile back and manage a small thank you in his direction.

"So school eh? I wonder what you guys were all like as kids?" Stefan asks

Caroline being her usual self starts to babble on "Oh we went everywhere together. I remember we used to try and hide out after school to see what the school would look like deserted."

I giggled back "Matt almost wet himself because he was scared of the dark!"

"Oh come on I wasn't that scared! It wasn't as bad as you Elena when you bleached your hair and you almost dyed your hair green after being in the swimming pool!" Matt counteracted.

"I got lucky with that one I do admit. But at least I got off swimming for a few weeks...and learnt never to go blonde again" I answered making everyone laugh.

"Still makes me laugh to this day when Matt and I got caught making out in the changing rooms" Caroline said

"Wow! You guys were together in high school?" Stefan asked clearly intrigued

"Yeah... we... um...went out for a few years." Matt answered looking straight at Caroline who's face had suddenly turned sad while smiling at the memories those 'few years' meant to her. From the look of Matt's face everyone could tell that they meant something to Matt too.

"Elena, do you want to dance?" Stefan asked to break the tension. Quickly nodding and downing my third glass of champagne, I grabbed Stefan's open hand and walked with him to the dance floor. The sound of house music mixed with top 40 dance tracks blared through the room as Stefan and I moved our way into the middle of the floor passing vast amounts of people already crowding the floor. All of this time I could not help but smile with glee at the fact that I was holding Stefan's hand. When we reached the middle of the floor, the fast beat of 'Hot Right Now' by DJ Fresh ft Rita Ora had brought more people onto the dance floor, causing us to go closer to each other than expected. With what little space I had I started to dance with Stefan. He is actually quite a good dancer! For some reason I believed he was going to be terrible but I was nicely surprised.

I have no idea how long we were dancing for but by the time I returned to the world to grab a drink I was shattered and the place had less people in it. I was having such a good time with Stefan that I didn't want to stop dancing but I was so thirsty so Stefan came with me. Looking everywhere in the club we eventually found Caroline but she seemed to be sucking face with some blonde haired boy. Suddenly their faces part and I realise that Caroline is kissing Matt! Stefan moved into my peripheral vision clearly seeing my shocked face and gave me a puzzled look as if he didn't understand why I was shocked. Nudging my head over in the direction of Caroline and Matt and I heard Stefan give an audible sigh.

"This could go one way or the other" He said into my ear so I could hear. Sighing knowing that this would mean more months of those awful pajamas and eating lots of Ben and Jerry's if anything happened again, I went to the bar to get myself a drink before I could stop myself from separating the happy couple. Grabbing my drink from the bar, I grabbed Stefan's hand and moved to the middle spot in the dance floor to where we were before.

Feeling slightly guilty I had occupied a lot of his time I said into his ear "You know you don't have to dance with me Mr Salvatore."

Before I had a chance to move away from him, he replied "I want to" and moved away to show a grin that showed that he was slightly drunk but that he was enjoying himself.

Trying to hide the biggest smile on my face I put my head down and carried on dancing closely to him. Closing my eyes to feel the beat of the music more, I felt a hand suddenly appear on my right hip and then my left hip dragging me closer to someone. Refusing to not stop dancing to the beat, I continued to swing my hips and opened my eyes to see Stefan very close to me with his hands on my hips. Not particularly caring of people looking, we had appeared to have gone into our own little world. Loving the feeling of his hands on my hips I moved my arms onto his shoulders so they were more comfortable. The DJ really was on form tonight and before we knew it, the lights were coming up and Stefan and I had not moved from the dance floor or each other. Thinking it may be the right time to finish the night without making a fool of myself, I go to find Caroline.

After about 10 minutes of looking for her I check my phone. Of course, 2 missed calls and 4 texts have been left on my phone.

Caroline: Elena where are you? xx (11:10pm)

Caroline: ELENA! answer your phone! Where are you? Need to talk to you! xx (11:25pm)

Caroline: See you're on the floor with Stefan will leave you to it. With Matt anyway ;) xx (11:30pm)

Caroline: Matt and I have gone back to ours. Just a little pre-warning if you do come back! Good luck with Mr Hottie :) xx (1:14 am)

Great thanks Caroline! I have no where to stay tonight! Next thing I know I have Stefan behind me. "Everything okay?"

"Not really. I have no where to crash tonight since Matt and Caroline are shacking up in probably my living room" I say causing Stefan to laugh

"That's okay. You can stay at mine if you want." My head immediately snapped to look at him.

"What?"

With a mock look of being offended and shocked he answered "It's not that bad of a notion. I know you are a journalist and all, but I enjoyed your company tonight and I wouldn't want to leave you with no where to stay." Before I get a chance to interject Stefan continues "Don't worry, it won't be like that. I have a spare room you can use and you can leave any time you want in the morning. Just don't steal anything" He jokes. I considered my options and to be honest this was the only one that meant I was going to sleep somewhere decent tonight. Also my feet were very sore and I was starting to get tired.

So I nodded and accepted his offer praying on the inside that I don't mess this up.

Hey guys I know this is a short chapter today but this leads up to the big storyline I have in mind :D can't wait for you all to see it. I am at the moment 3 chapters ahead so I am still writing this as I publish it. If you would like to comment or make some suggestions on what you would like to see happen please do so! Every little helps :D