"Elena, I have to go." He whispered to her ear. "No, you don't" she mumbled sleepily. She was sleeping on his arm and the other one was wrapped around her hip.
He rubbed her delicate hip. "I've a very important meeting today." He said. He had been spending a lot of times with Elena, mostly in bed. Elena groaned. She lazily turned to look at him.
"But this feels so good." She said stroking his face. He smiled, closing his eyes. "Yeah, I know. This feels good. But we have to more active and productive." He said to her, taking a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"In bed, yes, yes." She said jumping off and straddled on his stomach, he groaned on her sudden sit on him and laughed at her childishness. She leaned down to kiss his lips.
"Mmm, I love the taste" she mumbled against his lips. "We've not brushed our teeths." He reminded her.
She pouted. "Mood destroyer." Stefan rolled her over and hovered over her. "Mood fixer." He said, touching her where she ached for him the most. She moaned, biting her lip. That was probably the sexiest thing he could ever see.
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"Aren't you too overdressed and over presentable to actually go outside at 7 PM?" He heard her saying. His sister-in-law, Lexi. "Yeah, I had a meeting." He said. "And you're coming very often lately." He added, calling her out. Lexi never liked Stefan. And she had plenty of reasons not to like him.
"Some little birdie said you've been cheating on my sister." She said, angrily. Stefan huffed. There was really nothing to hide. "I wouldn't say that. But I'm seeing this woman who's making me the happiest." He said proudly, shoving his hands into his pockets, standing straight.
Lexi rolled her eyes. "I can see that. You don't seem sad, loner anymore. You really got over my sister quickly." She said wrapping her arms, holding herself tighter.
"You're sad that I'm finally moving on with my life? I've given five fucking years to Caroline, hoping she'd be better but she kept getting worst. Ended up killing my two precious children." He screamed out.
Lexi clenched her jaw. "How dare you!! She didn't kill Ron and Harry." Lexi screamed. "She fucking did. I've tried to run away from it for so long, hiding the truth but I can't anymore. She's the reason I've lost my two children. I will never get my boys back." He said, looking angrily at Lexi who also was fuming, hearing him.
"Despite all that, I loved her, took care of her but not anymore. I can't. I deserve a normal happy life. And I've got the second chance and I'm not letting some sneaky bitch take that away from me. Now, will you excuse me, I've this beautiful loving woman, waiting for me somewhere." He said walking faster from his house, not interested to argue with Lexi anymore.
"Hey!" She gleefully smiled at him, hugging him tighter. "Hey!" He hugged her softly. Elena felt his muscles tensed. "Hey! You okay?" She asked, sliding her hand up and down on his arm. He looked down and inhaled breathly. "Yeah, no. I mean.." he bit his lip.
"Talk to me, please." She said, being sad for him. He caressed her cheek. "You don't have to be sad for me. I love your smile." He said softly.
They sat down. "I... I never told you where my boys were. I love that you didn't ask me again and respected it." He said sadly. Elena nodded.
"They're dead." He said after being quite for few minutes. Elena's breath hitched. She thought the boys were probably at their grandparents or some older guardians since their mother wasn't able to look after them.
"Five years ago, on May 15th, they passed away." He said, a tear came out his eye. Elena's eyes were teary.
"How... How could they both be dead in a same day?" Elena's voice broke as she asked. Stefan stuck his lip out as he said. "I don't know. I don't know how it happened. They were in the bathtub. They drowned." He said.
Elena put her hand against her mouth. "And Caroline?" She asked. "She was sitting on the floor, watching them." He said breaking down. He brought his fingers on the corner of his eyes.
Elena got up and went to Stefan. She held him tightly as he wrapped both of his hands around her waist.
"Shhhh!! It's okay. It's okay." Elena said kissing his hero hair. "I loved my boys so much. I wish I could have them back." Stefan said crying harder.
"Shhhh!!" Elena cried with him. They stayed like that for a moment.
"Did she?" Elena finally gathered the strength to ask. Stefan stayed quite. "Probably." He said. Stefan held her more tighter. "I should have never left them alone with her. I trusted her so much. I thought she was on the medicines. How could a mother do that to her children!!!." He said as he looked up at Elena.
"It was an accident, Stefan. It wasn't your fault or hers. It just happened." Elena said, calmly. If only Caroline were in her sense, she would never commit something so brutal, to her own children.
Elena and Stefan stayed wrapped into each other arms. They didn't want to let go off of the comfort that they were providing to each other.
