This starts off when Elena is in the driveway getting her laptop and see's Stefan pull up to her house:)

He looked over at me and I could see his eyes widen in surprise. "Elena?" He asked.

I smile shyly and nod. "Hi," I said waving my hand slightly. I couldn't move. My door was wide open and I was stuck to the ground.

He pointed to the house. "Do you live here?" He asked. I saw a small smile forming on his mouth.

I shook my head. "I mean yes, my parents do. I have an apartment not too far from here. And this is my parents LA house, their actual house is in Virginia." I explained.

He nodded. "I'm Riley. Stefan's sister." The petite girl piped up from next to him. She was a little shorter then I and probably a little skinnier. She had long beach wavy hair that I was already obsessed with. It was literally pinterest perfect, like Katherine's long curly hair. My hair was long and completely straight.

I smiled over at her. "I'm Elena." I told her. "Let's go inside, I think they would want to know you both are here." I said and closed the car door before starting to walk towards the front door.

Stefan and Riley were a few steps behind me, which is how I heard Riley whisper something to Stefan. "She's so pretty." She said. I smiled. I waited for Stefan's reply but I didn't hear one. He was smiling though.

We walked through the middle of the two steps that descended down and then led them to the kitchen. "Finally, you guys are here." Lily said as we all walked in.

My mom called everyone to the dining room table that sat a lot of people. I ended up sitting next to Stefan. Strictly accidental of course… Well, maybe I kind of kept moving until I casually sat down next to him. "So, Elena what do you do?" Lily asked after her conversation with my mother.

I finished swallowing my food before answering. "I'm a photographer." I told her. "I opened a gallery not too long ago but I also do photo shoots for anyone and I actually just finished a photo shoot for Vogue a few weeks ago." I told her.

Lily made that 'I'm impressed' face that everybody does. "That's so cool." She said. I nodded. Yes, I met your son because I was a stranger taking pictures of him while he was surfing and shirtless. "Stefan, did you know Elena likes to surf?" She asked him.

I looked up from my plate surprised that she brought that up. Stefan shook his head and smiled over at me. "No, I didn't. That's cool." He said.

I nodded and smiled awkwardly. "Stefan is a three time champion for the Surf's up competition." Lily said.

My head piped up quickly. I knew I knew him from somewhere I just couldn't put my finger on it. "Wow." I said.

My mom looked over at him smiling. "You know, when you came in, I knew you looked familiar." She told him. And when I took that picture of him, I was too blinded by the glow on his abs that I didn't even see whom he was. I know who he is. I don't only just like to take picture of surfer I am a surfer.

Ever since freshman year of college, Kat and I went to the beach all the time. We eventually learned how to surf and the five years since then, we both got better at it and haven't stopped surfing since. We followed the Surf's up competition. I seriously don't know how I could have missed that so much.

"Have you ever thought to enter in it? It's coming up again." Stefan asked me. Honestly, I have thought about it, but then every time I watch those surfers, I realized how much better then me they are so I never bothered.

I shook my head. "No, not really. I kind of just focus on photography right now." I answered. Never wrong to tell a small white lie once in a while right?

He just nodded and smiled. "Well, maybe we could just go out there for fun sometime." He said biting some pasta off his fork.

I looked over at him and just looked at him before smiling along with him. "Maybe." I said quietly to him.

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After lunch, my dad reminded me about showing him the pictures. I sat down at my place at the couch that I was at before. I quickly went to my pictures and luckily I didn't sync any of the pictures I took yesterday including the one of Stefan on my computer yet.

I placed the laptop on the coffee table in between the two chairs and the couch that I was sitting on. I turned it to face where they were sitting in the chairs and started pressing the arrow button on the bottom right corner of the keyboard.

My dad took over pressing the button to see all the pictures. "I take a lot of scenery and I travel to take pictures of the different lifestyles in different countries. That's what my photography is mostly about." I told them. My dad knew all this so I was kind of telling Giuseppe.

He nodded. "These are beautiful." He said. I nodded smiling, silently saying thank you. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Damon and Stefan talking and looking at me. I was going to turn my head to them to see what they would do, but I got a text and my butt buzzed.

I looked at my phone and it was Katherine. 'How's lunch with the fam?' It read. I smiled. 'Good. But you will not believe who joined us this afternoon,' I replied back.

It was a second before she answered again. 'Oh god, who?' She asked. 'Stefan Salvatore and family.' I told her. All I got back was the emoji with the mouth open and eyes exes. 'Yeah, I have to go now, but when I get back I'm going to tell you something that you will get so mad at yourself about.' I told her.

Yes, I was talking about how that Stefan Salvatore was the surfer we were obsessed with and rooting for in the Surf's up competitions. My dad and Giuseppe looked over at me when they saw enough. "They are amazing, Elena." Giuseppe said.

I smiled at him. "Thank you." I said. I moved my laptop towards me and was about to shut it when Riley came next to me.

"Can I see some of the photo's?" She asked sweetly. She seemed nice and friendly. I really wonder what it would be like to be friends with her. I nodded and went to the photos again. Soon, I felt someone else sit down on the other side of me and I look over to see Stefan.

He was smiling at me while holding a small glass of what looked like bourbon in his hand. "Can I see too?" He asked with a smirk.

I nodded smirking back the same way. I showed them some pictures and heard a few amazed gasps from Riley. I really liked looking back at these pictures. Every picture I see, I start to remember the day I took it and why. That's what kind of effect pictures have on me, which is why I became a photographer.

Riley complimented them and got up to go talk to my mom and her mom. Leaving Stefan and me on the couch alone. We were secluded from everyone else because his brother Damon, his dad and my dad went into the bar area that was in a completely different spot in the house.

I crossed my legs and move a little away from Stefan because I had more room now that Riley wasn't there. "So, Ms. Gilbert." Stefan said. "You did not mention when you were taking photos of me that you are a surfer as well." He said.

I felt my face get red. "I'm not as good as you are. I just do it for fun." I say. His green eyes were locked on my brown ones and the gaze was so intense.

He nodded. "I want to know how you didn't recognize me. From what your mother just told me, you and your friend were practically in love with me." He said teasingly. I glance at mother who is looking at me through the corner of her eye.

I tilt my head to the side. "Oh really? She said that?" I asked. He nodded. "I don't know how I didn't recognize you. I was just not myself yesterday I guess." I told him.

He raised his eyebrows slightly. "Oh, you know what that means?" He asked. I just shook my head biting my bottom lip. "That since you weren't yourself when I met you, I have to learn all about you. Tonight at dinner."

My mouth opened wide. "Wow," I said looking away around the room for a second. "Second day of talking and I'm being asked out on a date." I said. "And by Stefan Salvatore. Should I feel special?" I asked jokingly.

He laughed looking down at the drink in his hand. He's an early drinker I guess. "Yeah, I guess you are." He said. I laughed at him.

I wiggled my lips before answering. "Sure. I'll go to dinner with you." I told him. His eyes lit up but his smile stayed small. He's adorable.

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I got home and Katherine was in the kitchen with her earphones in and her hair in a messy ponytail. I could see the back of her neck was sweating. She had her armband that she and I each have to hold our phones while we run. So from what I saw, it looked like she came back from a run.

"Kat!" I shouted so she could hear me. She jumped and turned around to see me. She took out her earphones and let them hang down. I could slightly hear the faint noise of the music still playing. "Hi." I said.

She put her hand over her heart. "Shit, you scared me." She said. I laughed. It was silent for a second before she hinted something. "So, uh. How was the lunch with the in-laws?" She joked.

I rolled my eyes. "It was fine. But you know, Stefan Salvatore was there and it was kind of weird." I said. "Do you hate yourself yet?" I asked.

She looked confused at first but once she realized it, she gasped and covered her mouth. "Holy shit!" She exclaimed. "Are you kidding me? How the hell did we not even see that? How is that possible?" She asked.

I shrugged while laughing at her reaction. "I really have no freaking clue." I told her. "I have a date with him tonight." I blurted out after I turned around so I wasn't facing her anymore.

As I turned to face her, I could see her mouth gaping open at me. "What?" She asked quietly. I nodded. "Oh my god. My little Elena is getting out there again!" She exclaimed and wrapped her arms around my neck.

I rolled my eyes. "I got his number." I told her. Katherine pulled back still smiling widely. "He said he was going to text me what time he's going to be here."

She smirked. "Wow. Look at you getting out there and me staying in one night." She teased.

I giggled. "Yeah. Look's like it." I said. "I just really want to take a nap now though." I said before yawning. It was 3 in the afternoon. I didn't realized how long I was at my parents until just now.

Katherine nodded. "I'm going to shower then wake you up around 4:30 because we are going to need time to get you ready." She told me.

I nodded before walking into my bedroom. My room was a nice size, a nice enough size to fit a futon and a queen size bed. I put cute throw pillows on my futon and my bed was raised slightly and it had a big comforter on it. There were any pillows on too. Many tiny decorative ones were placed nicely on the bed.

The color theme was silver. I walked into my closet where everything had a place. I pulled out a pair of jogger sweat pants and a cropped sweatshirt. I quickly changed and made my way over to my bed. I was out in the two minutes after I laid my head down on the pillow.

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I felt someone shaking me vigorously. I got scared and jumped up only to see Katherine standing next to my bed smiling at me. "It's 4:30! Time to get your ass up and ready!" She exclaimed. I rolled my eyes and reached for my phone on my bedside table. I quickly got out of bed realizing I got a text from Stefan saying he would be there at 6. "Whoa, what's with the Kylie Jenner look?"

I shook my head annoyed and placed my phone back on the nightstand. "He's coming at 6!" I said. She quickly ran into my closet just as I was and we both started looking for things to wear. "He said dress up so that could mean anything." I said as we both went through my dresses that were on each side of the closet.

I heard the hangers scraping against the bars. "This one!" I heard her exclaim. She pulled out a simple black tight BeBe dress. It had an open slit on the back. If I put some jewelry on, it would look great.

I smiled at my best friend. "Perfect." I simply said and told her to get out so I can change. As I was putting it on, I looked in the full-length mirror and smiled to myself. I took a pair of bright red platform pumps and slipped them on. They were about 5 inches so I would be just getting to his height.

I walked out where Katherine was waiting. Her mouth dropped open wide. "Oh my god." She said. I giggled. "Girl, you look amazing!" She said.

I laughed. "Really?" I asked as I walked over to my dresser where all my jewelry was. I saw her nod at the mirror that I was looking into. I picked up a long necklace that had an E on it and hooked it on. I saw my silver Alex and Ani bracelets and I quickly put them on.

All that took an hour so it was now 5:30 and I didn't do my hair yet! I took off my heels because the more I wore then the faster my feet would start to hurt. Also, Katherine wouldn't be able to do my hair right if I was five inches taller. "I was actually thinking about getting ombre." I told her. I've always wanted it and after I saw all these pictures, I knew I wanted to get it.

She got crazy excited. "Oh my god! You should totally do it!" She said and kept curling strands of my hair.

We both heard the knock at the door and I quickly unplugged the curling iron. "Go get it! I'm not ready!" I told her.

She rushed out quickly. I took a few breaths before sitting on my futon and putting on my shoes. I stood up and smoothed my dress out before looking in the mirror one more time then walking out.

I walked out to see Stefan smiling awkwardly at Katherine. I saw his eyes light up when he saw me and I immediately blushed. "Hey," I said shyly.

Katherine smiled at me widely and stood behind Stefan. "He's even hotter in person," She mouthed to me. I rolled my eyes and locked my eyes with Stefan's emerald green ones.

He handed me a really nice bouquet of white roses, which happen to be my favorite. "Aw, thank you. They're beautiful." I said smelling them. "Let me just go put them in water," She said and started to go into the kitchen.

Katherine stepped in front of her. "I got it. You guys go." She said. I turned to Stefan and shrugged. "Have fun! And if you end up coming home tomorrow morning, can you be quiet because I'll probably be sleeping." She said with no thought of how much it was going to embarrass me.

I knew my face was a deep shad of red now. "Let's go, Stefan." I said not thinking and taking his hand, leading him out the door. "I'm so sorry. She doesn't think." I said as we walked down the hallway.

He shook his head. "Don't worry. My friend is the same exact way." He said. "Except he's British so it's more like, 'hope you have a bloody good time tonight, mate.'" He said in his best British accent.

I couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Oh my god." I laughed. "I'm sorry, but that was funny." I said.

He laughed as well and shook his head. "Don't worry. I know it was terrible, I just wanted to see what that smile looked like." He said squeezing my hand that I realized he was still holding.

I smiled and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear. I didn't know what to say. "Well, it worked." I said.

He nodded. "Yes it did." He said. We walked all the way down to his car. Let me just say, it was not easy getting into it, but he helped me and it was all good once I was in.