This morning was going to be a slow one. Not wanting to wake up from the amazing comfy double bed I stayed in last night I forced myself out of bed and decided to go downstairs for coffee. I'm worried that because we had an amazing kiss last night things are going to be awkward. So after siking myself up, I came downstairs in the dress I wore the night before and met Stefan in the kitchen drinking a cup of coffee.

"Morning" He said looking over his cup of coffee. All I managed was a groan.

"Not a morning person are we?" He asked laughing. Once again all I could muster was a groan. I really don't get how people can be up at 7am and be chipper. It is just not natural. Once I found the coffee, I poured myself a mug and sat down. To attempt to wake myself up more I rub my eyes and place my head in my hands.

"I wish I was still in bed. No one should have to get up at this hour" I moan quietly while Stefan stiffles a laugh into his coffee mug. "Nah. It means you don't waste your day this way."

"I beg to differ" I snide taking a sip of my coffee making myself feel a litte more human so I attempt to speak a longer sentence. "So what's your plans today? More work experience with the rents?" I joke

"That's harsh but no. I have a presentation I have to work on." He snides jokingly back. I take a look at him and I could not help but think about last night. The kiss was amazing and I wish we had gone further. Then again if we did it may have been awkward this morning and I really needed that ride back to my apartment if I want to be on time today.

"Anything exciting?" I ask genuinely interested

"Not at all" he jokes back. "But if it works out, my brother and I will have more control of the company by next year and we would have expanded even further than before."

"Sounds great." I answered "I hope it turns out well for you"

"Me too" he answers and continues his breakfast leaving me to wake up with my coffee.

After breakfast he drove me to my apartment. Walking up the stairs I was hoping that either Matt had gone or Caroline and him were still asleep. Either way I didn't want to be doing the walk of shame with the guy I stayed with last night especially when he was with me still.

Letting myself in I opened the door slightly to check that the coast was clear. I turn to him before I walk off "Thanks again for this. I really mean it."

"It's not a problem Elena. I had a great time last night." He answered.

"Me too." I answered and bent up onto my toes to give him a peck on his cheek and start to walk into my apartment. "Elena wait" was all I heard to make me smile. I didn't want him to go but I didn't want to push it either. I turned around to let him know that I heard him.

"How about a ride to work today? I'm working from home today so I don't need to be anywhere." He asked. He sounded kind of nervous as if I was going to say no and slam the door in his adorable face. 'He is so adorable' I thought. I nod and invite him into the apartment but place a finger on my lips to tell him to be quiet. All seemed quiet in the apartment so I told him to wait in the living room while I had a shower and got changed. We just about got into the middle of the living room when...

"Oh My God!" Was all that we heard when we both turned around to see Caroline standing in front of us in her knickers and a t-shirt with Matt standing next to her in just his boxers. Wow this wasn't awkward! I needed to get Stefan out of here immediately from Caroline gawking at Stefan and Matt trying not blush a violent red staring between myself and Stefan.

I mustered a quick "Car...Matt...Hi...excuse us" before I grabbed Stefan's hand and dragged him into my room just to avoid the questions. Slamming the door with more force than I really needed to, I took a deep breathe to regain myself.

"So... yeah... this is my room" I said to Stefan who was looking around rather awkwardly. I wouldn't really call it a room. It's more of a box but it has everything I need. The green coloured walls don't really do justice to the cream carpet I put in a few weeks ago. All it has is a bed, a wardrobe and a built in desk in the corner covered in pictures of family and friends. I would have been fine with Stefan being in my room, except that this was the one time I didn't clean up my room, and it had just occurred to me that a huge celebrity who I kissed last night has just walked into my room with my bed unmade, my dirty underwear lying on the floor and my bra hanging on the radiator drying from the wash I did before I went out...perfect.

"It's nice." He said

I laughed. "No it's not. It's a pig sty. But believe me it's better than being out there. I am going to be getting a lot of questions from Caroline later about last night."

"And I have a feeling the same from Matt for me." Stefan answered. "Although I know what he is like and he will tell all of what he did with Caroline."

"Lovely." I joke back running around the room trying to hide any incriminating evidence under my bed. "Anyway just give me two minutes and I will be ready to go to work."

Feeling like there was nothing else I could really do or say to hide my shame, I grabbed my clothes and towel and ran to the bathroom to have a shower and change. On the way I saw Caroline sitting on the sofa with Matt mouthing to me "Oh My God!" making me silently laugh and mouth back "I know!" Yes I definately getting interigated tonight.

When I was done, I checked outside to see if the coast was clear. In my ear I hear Stefan sing the tune to James Bond in my ear making me try not to laugh. All seemed fine so before we had a chance to run into the couple again, we started to run out of the apartment. Next thing I knew Stefan was sliding against the walls and peeping around the corners while holding his hands like a gun. Thinking to myself that I found it really cute I found myself doing the exact same thing and we both were trying out hardest not to laugh out loud.

We finally got into the car safely and we fully burst into laughter when we sat in the car seats. I couldn't believe how childish we were being but it was fun. We eventually calmed down and Stefan started driving to where I worked.

"So... I wonder what would have happened if we had been caught?" He asked

Trying my best not to think too much of the consequences since I will get it later anyway from Caroline, I answered "I don't think we would have made it out there alive." making Stefan laugh.

Once we reached a car park around the corner from my office Stefan parked the car to let me out.

"Thank you for that. I needed something like that to cheer me up." I said to him

"Anytime. It was fun."

"And thanks again for letting me stay at yours last night. I had a nice time."

"Well... If you would like a nice time again, why don't I take you out Friday?" He said turning to face me.

I smiled "Yeah. I would like that." With that I gave him my card, thanked him for driving me to work and gave him a kiss on the cheek. But before I could move away too far from Stefan, I felt his hand on my face which caused me to stop. It felt so soft and warm and I instantly melted into his hand while he said to me "I'm not letting you get away with just that Miss Gilbert." and his lips found mine giving me a long and soft kiss. I was back on cloud nine again for those few precious moments.

"Have a good day at work." He said to me after we parted and before I grabbed him and kiss him again in this car, I whispered a "You too" and got out of the car and walked off to work playfully blowing him a kiss in his direction before he walked off.

Walking into work this morning was a nightmare. News had somehow spread that I had spent the night at Stefan Salvatore's house - no doubt thanks to Caroline- and I was getting evil looks left right and centre from all of the girls I would normally share the gossip with. I knew this was going to be the reaction but if they knew the full story then they would probably see it differently. I was surprised that no one knew about Caroline hooking up with Matt.

Before I even had a chance to sit down at my desk, Bonnie came over to me looking very serious. Something was not right and she was not happy.

"Elena. My office. Now" Wow yes she is pissed. Wonder what got her going. I hope that she didn't catch a whiff of the gossip going around.

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*** Meanwhile ***

"Okay who are you and what have you done with Stefan Salvatore?" Stefan heard over the car speaker phone after he told his friend about the last couple of days with Elena on the way home.

"Sorry Lexi Still me." He answered.

"Stefan you are my best friend and I love you and all, but I've never heard you this giddy over a girl. I normally have to catch it in the papers when you take a girl for a date before I hear it from you. She must be special!" He heard her say. He had to laugh and took a long pause before responding

"She is." He said with a massive smile creeping on his face. "I'm taking her out to a nice restaurant Friday and I'm going to get to know her more."

"Right that is it. I'm coming over and I am helping you plan this thing out."

"Wait what! That's not necessary why?" He screamed down the phone.

"Because you clearly like this girl and you are not screwing this up! I will not let that happen to you! The other girls were after your money and your fame. She doesn't seem like that from what you have told me and you are going to make it special for her" Suddenly hearing a click from the other phone, Stefan put the phone down and continued to drive back to his house.

How was he going to make the night special and work out whether Elena wanted him for his money or not. He'd had a lot of girls before sleep with him and tell him that they loved him and worked out that they only wanted him for his money. The tabloids always showed him as a 'playboy' who couldn't keep a relationship because they always believed the girl, but it was far from the truth. He would like nothing more than that but money and fame got in the way. He just hoped that Elena was not like that. Something about her stumped him and he couldn't take her off his mind. He needed to see her again after sneaking out of her apartment like school children and being so close to her in the club and in his living room. He was just drawn to her and he wanted to make sure she had a magical night.

-

Walking into Bonnie's office, I take a seat and she sits behind her desk.

"Elena we need to talk. I need to know the truth about these rumours going around the office. What happened at that party last night?"

I sighed and realised there was no way of hiding from it. I might as well tell the truth to someone who may believe me. "Well... Long story short, we ended up meeting with an ex of Caroline's, talked with him, Stefan Salvatore came over, I danced with him and he offered to let me stay at his since Caroline was getting with her ex again." Before Bonnie had a chance to interject and twist anything that I just said I clarified to Bonnie "But nothing happened with Stefan I swear. We came back, we danced, drunk wine and then went to bed. I stayed in his spare room and he dropped me off this morning." Making sure I left out that we kissed last night.

But Bonnie wasn't upset. She had a beaming smile on her face. "I believe you Elena. Don't worry about what they think out there, they are just jealous. Are you seeing him again?"

"What?" I had to ask

"Clearly he likes you Elena. Otherwise he wouldn't have invited you to his birthday 30 minutes after you interviewed him, and he would not have invited you back to his apartment after the party. He would have let you go back to your apartment and deal with Caroline getting back with her ex."

Thinking it over, I had not really thought of it this way. We did kiss and he told me I was beautiful. But that's what a guy does when he wants sex. Maybe he is just going another way about it, coming off as Mr Nice-and-Sensitive by not sleeping with me and taking me to dinner Friday.

"He did invite me to dinner this Friday..." I started

"Good!" Bonnie beamed. "I want you to write about it. I want you to do an article and what it is like to date a celebrity! You don't have to say that it is him but I want you to write down what happened in the date. It will make an amazing article! The readers will love it!" Crap. Once Bonnie Bennett is on a tangent she will roll with it until it seems impossible.

"But I can't do that to him Bonnie. That goes against confidentiality surely. I can't write about my date with him and then make it public!" I said horrified that she even thought of the idea.

"That's the beauty of the article. You don't have to use his name, you just have to write down what the date was like and make a small story out of it. Most people fantasize about what it would be like to date a celebrity and you are actually getting the chance. This fulfills the fantasy for the readers who are not so lucky...So will you do it?" I was about to say no when she interjects saying "Great! You have two weeks to write a full article. We will make it a large double spread and you will get a promotion if the issue sells. We'll make it a weekly thing if it is successful and you two hit it off even more!" And she practically pushes me out of her office before I can say anymore objections. Great. This is not what I wanted to happen. No one was meant to know about me staying at Stefan's last night and someone got wind of it and told everyone! I haven't even managed to talk to Caroline about it today since it is her day off. I still need to write the article about the party and now I have this. I can't write this article! It must be against confidentiality somewhere in the law to not write about something like this.

I need to talk to Caroline...

What will Elena do? Do you think she will go ahead with it or will she go against it? Let me know what you think!. Thank you again for your amazing comments! Love you all for reading this! xx