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Chapter Two


He almost didn't notice her but when he stopped beside her, how can anyone not notice. Though he can't find it in himself to care. But what had made him stop all of a sudden? What Stefan doesn't realize that with his humanity off his inner vampire has more of an influence over him. Every instinct in him was screaming at him to slow down his car and when he did he noticed her. Odd, he thought with his humanity off his instincts would just discard the safety and livelihood of others. He hasn't had his humanity on since he was ordered to turn it off by Klaus. Right now he had just finished tearing through some witches to gain information as per Klaus's orders. He had some downtime before Klaus needed him back.

From what he could see of her is that she is a very beautiful girl. She had long black luscious hair, pale fair skin, full lips, and the most beautiful emerald eyes he had ever seen. From what he could observe she's perhaps 5'5 even, a half foot shorter than him. She couldn't be more than a year younger than his physical age. Though he doesn't care, he was still curious. What was a young British girl doing wandering a lone road in Oregon? He didn't ask. There was something about her that made something turn in him. He's had his emotions off for a while now, his brother and ex-girlfriend has been looking for him but he doesn't need them to save him.

All he wants to do is make sure Elena doesn't kill herself in order for Klaus to make his hybrids. Klaus still needed deeds done and witches kept in line so he was able to leave the longing and judgmental stares behind for however brief a time. Tearing and draining some bodies did help him relieve stress,a ripper as his species liked to call him. Once she was seated in his car he headed towards town, Baker City. He was originally planning to drain her dry once she was in his car but something inside him made him stop. They drove in silence for about five minutes before he broke it.

"Soooo, any reason for why you crossed the pond to Oregon?", he said trying to gauge anything really something in him was yearning to know this girl. He has never heard of something like this happening with his species. Hailey was shocked. She was able to apparate another country?!? She quickly hid her shocked expression from Stefan. While he was contemplating his behavior Hailey was trying to find an excuse but what's better than the truth.

"I just needed a chance to clear my head, and what better way than traveling and wandering?", she wasn't lying she just didn't mention that she wasn't exactly intending to travel to America.

"Something big happen to you and your family? I heard about those terrorist attacks and weird tornadoes happening over in the United Kingdom.", he said in a curious tone. He was trying to gauge her reaction maybe she lost someone and decided to go across the world. She had a brief look of mourning before she said,

"My parents died when I was a baby and I am not close to the relatives that raised me but I did lose someone to the attacks.", she looks so sad, they were probably the reason for her traveling.

"I'm sorry to hear that." He said trying to convey human emotion without turning it on. But the look on her face told him that she expected his response. She must of heard it a lot. He should try to connect with her to open her up more. He still has no idea why his vampire was demanding information on this stunning girl… wait stunning? He shook his head and gave her a parody of his story, why he wanted to connect with her is still beyond him.

"When I was eleven my mom died and while she wasn't the best mother she was still my mom. She would steal from and lie to my dad who in turn would immediately blame and punish me and my older brother. I don't remember much from my childhood but I remember that my mom had stolen money from my dad. He thought my brother did it. He put out a lit cigar on my brother's arm as punishment. One night my brother had told my dad that he was moving away with his girlfriend, and my dad just … he was so angry. He took his gun and started threatening my brother. I panicked and and wrestled the gun out of my dad's hands. Next thing I knew was that my dad was dead and my brother hates me for putting him in a situation that he has to live with and keep with him forever.", he had to change the story a bit for why Damon hated him but it was the truth. Damon had hated him for so long because he forced Damon to become a vampire and for killing their father. What she said next would have genuinely surprised him if he had his humanity on. But he still let the emotion display on his face.

"Your brother is stupid for holding this against you. From what I gathered you had to have been decently young when this happened. You were just a kid and acting on emotion, instead of protecting you and doing his job as an older brother he left it to you to be the protector. I'm sorry that you didn't have family there to protect you and comfort you during that ordeal.", while she was talking tears had started to leak through her eyes when she thought about the young boy having must been so terrified of having to protect his brother and hurting his father.

He… hadn't thought about it like that. Back then he was already of age to have a wife and family, he was his own man. But she is right, he was only a kid when he was turned and transforming didn't help with his emotions. With Damon it always felt like he was the older brother, he always had to be the one getting him out of messes and protecting him. It's still like that to this day. He told her as much.

"I…never thought about it like that. Growing up it was more like I was the older one while he was the younger. Want to hear something kind of funny about us though?", he was hoping he could break the somber mood they created, he doesn't like seeing the tears on her face… he hardly knew her but she has such an affect on him.

"What? You two fight over girlfriends?", she said with a slight chuckle at the end. A silence stretched through the car when she finished chuckling. She looked up with wide eyes, feeling a twinge of disappointment and jealousy surge through her when thinking of Stefan with a girl. She squashed that feeling down quickly, she hardly knows this boy. He finally answered.

"Not my doing I assure you. The girl Damon was going to run away with had some obsessive love for me that I didn't return but she still tried to seduce me. Which added to my brother's resentment towards me I'm sure. And my last girlfriend has started to develop feelings for him and he has had feelings for her since he met her.", he tried pleading his case when he saw her expression. This girl has already made him show ten times more humanity than what his brother and ex had seen this past year. He felt himself settle when her expression cleared.

"Just…wow? I'm sorry that you have to deal with all that. I have never really had a relationship before so I don't know what it feels like but I have a feeling that you deserve better than that.", and she means it something in her was weeping for Stefan for being overlooked and poorly taken care of. She has never felt this way towards a boy before. She's had crushes but she has never felt this strongly before.

Hearing her say that she has no experience with others made something purr inside him with satisfaction… he should really ask Klaus what the hell he's experiencing. He needs a drink to clear his head but he also didn't want to leaver her side yet.

"Well, I know I need to clear my head with everything you've given me to think about. But instead of traveling, how about you and me grab a drink? There's a bar in town and the owner knows me pretty well that they don't card me at the bar.", he offered. She thought about it, while it may not be a smart idea to get a drink with a stranger and she's underage, her and Stefan just shared their woes they could at least grab a drink together. She'll trust him enough for tonight. She nodded her head and spoke her confirmation. Stefan shot an adorable grin at her that made her melt a little. Unknown to both of them Stefan had turned on some of him emotions to give her a genuine grin. Stefan pressed on the gas and made their way to the bar.

It was a weekend so it was pretty packed. Stefan made sure to hold Hailey's hand to not lose her in the crowd. While Hailey was looking around and distracted by the loud music he used compulsion to order them drinks. He hadn't been focusing on his hearing so it came as a shock when Hailey started gripping his hand and pressing herself against his arm.When he turned around to look at her, what he saw made him growl and snarl and nearly made him loose control of his vampire.

Hailey had a look of great discomfort and behind her was some guy who was leering at her as soon she and Stefan had walked in. He was making lewd gestures towards her and once her and Stefan made their way past him, he actually started following them towards the bar. She then felt a stinging on her butt and in her shock had started pressing herself closer to Stefan. When Stefan turned around to see what was wrong the leering man started speaking.

"Damn! That ass feels just as good as it looks hun. How about you leave junior and I'll show you what a real man can do.", the man leers at Hailey and before Stefan could think about ripping his head off she spoke.

"Oh please, as if you know anything about being a man if anything I'm pretty sure my friend here could show me all that a man has to offer." She said with malice and not moving from her spot latched to Stefan. The man snarled and was about to speak when Stefan grabbed the front of his shirt and lifted him slightly and spoke with a growl.

"Listen asshole, you are going to leave before I loose control and end up separating your head from your body if you keep messing with me and my girl.", he hadn't meant to said that last part but it felt right and it got the message across. It didn't look like it bothered Hailey too much either, especially with how her heart was racing when he gripped his arm around her waist. The man looks terrified and like he's about to wet himself. He took one step back when Stefan let go of his shirt and than he started gunning it towards the exit. They both laughed at the man's expense and did a mock toast for the ordeal. They spent the next few hours just drinking and talking. Getting to know each other through parody stories of their lives. For Stefan, unknown to him half of his humanity turned back on and he was falling in love, Hailey had brought out so many feelings.

He felt awed by her and a lot of attraction to her. She was kind and understanding but still strong and put power behind her every word. For Hailey, unknown to her she was falling in love. Stefan had suffered so much and when he lashes out due to the pressure he's met with scorn. He had to put up with all of that and he deserves to be a little brash and crazy sometimes. But just know with that creepy guy he's shown her that he can still show compassion and protectiveness. She's so used to being the protector that it felt nice to be protected for once.

When they were slightly wobbling towards the car Hailey had a spurge of courage when Stefan went to open the door on her side. She felt very strongly for Stefan and when he opened her door she went up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. He stood frozen for a while and just as she was going to pull away he wrapped his arms around her waist. They had their foreheads pressed together and they were breathing the same air. Neither will remember who made a move first but soon they ended up sealing their lips together.

For Stefan, he had never felt a kiss feel so electric and passion filled. For Hailey, she's never been kissed before and was almost overwhelmed with the feeling. The kissed got more heated but they soon had to break it to breathe. Have it to mind that Stefan is forever in a seventeen year old body and Hailey in a sixteen year old body. They are in the physical pinnacle in which their hormones are… disorderly. That and the alcohol, smart decisions were not even close to either of their minds. Stefan did not want Hailey out of his arms anytime soon and he remembers that the bar is coincidentally only a short walk from a small hotel. He knew it was risky to ask but he had a feeling that the attraction was not one sided. He again did not notice that he had a gauge on his emotions. He looked into Hailey's eyes and was reaffirmed in his decision.

"There's a hotel nearby, do you… maybe want to spend the night… with me." he asked with some hesitation. He didn't want to pressure her, he knew it would be her first time, he could smell the innocence on her and the lack of man that is not family.

Even though she was tipsy she still was sober enough to make a decision. She wanted to do it. After everything that she had gone through and recently learned she felt like if she didn't do it now she may never be able to. She has never felt a connection of attraction and trust like she does with Stefan. Not to mention she knows at least that he isn't using her for the title of having taken the "Girl Who Lived" virginity. She can't say that she knows for certain that she'll get this chance again.

"I would love to spend the night with you Stefan. I hope that you take care of me.", she said as she leans her forehead back onto his, kiss his lips chastely, and watched as the tension in him go away slowly from her touch.

"Thank you. I promise to make this special for you and that you won't regret it.", for the rest of night while Stefan was with Hailey he had the whole of his humanity back on and the two took part in creating the Master of Death's Heir.