Lost In The Abyss (A Stefan Salvatore Love Story)

VI

Stefan's POV

That was close.

Way too close.

I sprint home to the Salvatore boarding house and sit down in our living room. I hadn't seen Adaline in years. Sure I'd been following her in Italy but It's been decades. I would've never imagined for her to move here. I ran my fingers through my hair with a sigh. There's no telling how long it'll be before she shows up here looking around. The worst part about this is she still believes that my bother and I are dead. As much as I wish my brother to be dead rotting away in the ground he is very much alive and so am I. Well. As alive as a vampire can get.

I fill a glass with bourbon and sit back down to ponder what I should do. Just then I heard our doorbell sound. I opened the door to a very happy Elena Gilbert. She gave me a peck on the lips. "Hi Stefan!" She smiled at me and I smiled back. Sure, Elena was a dead ringer for Katherine. The brown hair, the eyes, everything down the the giggle. But that's not why I came back. That's not why I fell in love with her. At least I don't believe that's why...

"Hello? Stefan?" I was broken out of my trance by Elena.

"Oh. Sorry I was just thinking." I smiled at her.

"Bonnie, Caroline and the guys are going to the Grill later, wanna come?" she asked me.

"I'm actually gonna stay and relax here for a while, I don't really feel like socializing" I replied.

"Well that's fine! If you change your mind you know where to find me!" she said to me. She kissed my cheek and left me alone to my thoughts. I began to remember back to when it ll began.

I had been friends with Adaline for a number of years now. I loved her, but as a sister. She was beautiful in every aspect, but sometimes I couldn't get myself to think of her as more than a friend/sister. I was walking through the gardens one afternoon when father called for me inside. When I approached I was met with piercing brown eyes. They belonged to a woman I had never met before. Katherine Pierce. "Son this is Ms. Pierce. She will be staying with us for a while. Would you show her around the estate?" He asked. "I Would be honored to" I replied.

I quickly fell in love with Katherine. There was just something about her that made her so desirable. We had spent a few months together when my brother, Damon, came home from the war. She had suddenly spent less time with me and more with my brother. I became jealous. We constantly fought over her.

After a while we found out that she was a vampire. We also found out that Adaline was one as well, newly created by one of Katherine's workers.

The night that she was killed the council had rounded up all of the vampires and planned on burning them in a church. I ran everywhere that night trying to find Katherine. After hours of looking I tried to find Adaline. I thought I saw her, but I was suddenly shot. The last thing I remembered was Adaline sobbing over me. Then everything turned black. I had then woken up a vampire.

Katherine had turned both Damon and I. For years Damon and I resented each other. I spent all of my time trying to find Aladine, finally coming to the conclusion that Katherine was dead.

I had no luck.

After decades of searching I finally found her. I was having personal troubles in my life so I decided to wait until I got myself together before I revealed myself to her. That's when I found Elena. I was suddenly drawn to her here in Mystic Falls. As the year went by we fell in love.

I was pulled out of my daze and left to my thoughts. Something was changing and I could feel it. Every time I thought about Elena something felt a little off. Like the love wasn't completely there. I shook my head of these thoughts and I continued to drown myself in bourbon.