Chapter 11: My Past
"So are you going to the party?" Caroline asks. Elena sets her surgical schedule and nods.
"You can come with me if you want!" Elena says. Caroline exhales. She'd love to only if that British guy Klaus wasn't engaged.
"What's with the loud exhale?" Elena asks, turning back and smiling. Caroline licks her lip. "It's nothing. I've no one. I'd be bored." Caroline says.
Elena laughs. "You'll have me." She says. "No, you're taken." Caroline says. Elena looks at her surprising. "What? No, I'm not" Elena says.
Caroline stands up. "Yes, you're. Taken by Mr. Stefan Salvatore." Elena laughs. "You know, Stefan actually called me his girlfriend." She says excitedly.
Caroline claps her fingers together. "Awww" she says. Elena face turns pale. "But it was probably by an accident because when I brought it up he.... ignored the subject." She says sadly.
Caroline dismisses her off. "He's probably afraid because you two are going so fast" she says.
Elena tilts her head. "Really? Are we?" She asks. "Of course, you two jumped into each other in every meeting" Caroline teases her.
"No, we don't" Elena refuses. "There's a hickey on your neck, Elena. Don't say you burned yourself with a curler because you don't use it. You've straight hair" Caroline says not even bothering to look at Elena to tell. She's sure that Elena's face has turned red.
"Okay, I'll be going with you. I'll come as a vampire." She says with her gleeful smile at Elena. Elena smiles at her.
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Stefan is ready with his dracula costume. He looks like a real life dracula except extra hot and spicy. He cannot wait to see how will Elena appear. He's hoping she'd come as a nurse. Nurses turn him on. But she's a doctor so maybe she'd not be coming as a nurse. Who knows. She'll look pretty in every way.
Suddenly he hears a bang on his door. He turns back to open it. As he opens it, he stands still. Didn't know his past will come back to haunt him again like right now.
A little gasp escapes his mouth. He looks terrified. Exactly the way he was when he was 13. Only 13.
"Aunt Monica" he whispers. Monica smiles sinisterly. "Hello, my boy" taking off her glasses.
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"Ohhh, cool party" Caroline says as she spins to see around. So many people are gathering, dancing, drinking. The music is loud so Caroline yells. "Looks like high school party" she says into Elena's ear.
Elena squints her face. "Like the parties we were never invited to " she reminds Caroline.
"Hey you two" Klaus approaches behind Caroline and Elena. He smiles at Elena then Caroline. "Where's Stefan?" Elena asks. "I don't know. I've been calling him for an hour but no response" Klaus shouts.
"Maybe he's in his room" Elena shouts. "Why don't I go and check him up" Elena says. It's the first time ever that Elena came to Stefan's house so Klaus shows her the way to his room. She nods and excuses herself.
She walks through the stairs. "Stefan?" She calls. "Stefan?" She calls again. The music is too loud that it's impossible for Stefan to hear so she thinks to open the door.
As she opens his door, she freezes. She never ever thought she'd ever experience something like this. Her face tenses up when she sees Stefan and then the woman. She's blonde, white skin. Probably around 50. She has wrinkles that are covered with make up.
And there she sees Stefan, her Stefan. On his knees, his face is covered in sweat. He looks at her like he wants to cry. His hands are behind me. That woman has long crop at her hand like she's punishing him or something like that.
"Elena" Stefan calls her sadly. The woman sees the situation bad so she laughs. "Oh, I'm just helping Stefan practice a scene that he'd be doing on his next episode." She says. Elena refuses to buy it.
"Hi, I'm Monica Hastings. Stefan's distant aunt." She says, walks toward Elena to give her hand to shake.
Elena wraps her hands, refuses to shake her hand with hers. "I need to talk to Stefan" she says, making a hard face. That woman face turns pale after getting rejected by Elena.
"Alone" she adds. The woman smiles wickedly. The woman turns to look at Stefan. 'We will rehearse later" she says as she walks past Elena.
Elena doesn't move until she walks out and walks far away. Elena immediately rushes to see Stefan who's still on his knees, shaking up.
"Hey, hey, look at up" Elena says bringing her hands to hold her face. He's still shaking up, sweat starts to drip off his face.
"I'm so scared, Elena. I'm so scared" he says breaking down in her arms. Elena holds him tighter. "Please don't leave me." He begs. Elena is crying with him. "I'm here, Stefan. I'm here. I'm not going anywhere." She says, trying her best to calm her down.
"Please don't leave me" he repeats it again holding on to her more tightly as he continues to cry in her arms.
Stefan :(
