The Chip

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

"I seriously can't believe you did that. AGAIN." Stefan says, rubbing the back of his neck.

"You brought it on yourself Sugar cookie"

"whatever" he mumbles...

What happened was that I pinned him against the wall for about half an hour until I brought him down and now he was grumbling about it. I can't help it if he was an idiot!

"Anyways, aren't we getting our work schedules tomorrow? Shouldn't we get sleep?"

"Yeah, I guess we should." He says, giving me a look and we maintain eye-contact until some sort of a agreement is reached...

Stefan comes over to me and gives me a hug.

"I'm sorry for pinning you against the wall." I say, but my voice is muffled by his shirt.

"You have nothing to apologize for." He whispers into my head. "I'm sorry for being an ass"

"Steff, ca-can I talk to you about something?"

"You can tell me anything Anna Banana." he says into the top of my head.

"It's the nightmares. They're—"

"You don't owe me an explanation Anastasia."

"I know, but if we're going to living and working together for, who knows how long, I think you should know why I might wake up in the middle of the night screaming."

"Okay."

He sits on the bed and pats the space beside him to tell me to do the same. I flop down on the bed, and soon we're lying next to each other, staring at the ceiling.

I need to get this out. I need to tell someone. And it's as if I know that I can trust Stefan.

"The nightmares, are about—" I start choking up and he wordlessly grabs my hand and gives it a reassuring squeeze.

"They're about Tara. Tara Hearst. My closest friend in the world. Now, I've had an incredibly screwed up childhood. My parents were never around, and when they were it was only so they could show me off. They wanted me to be the model child, and I was. I as everything they asked of me and I tried so hard to be perfect. I don't know much about raising a kid but I know that my parents were really bad at it. Then Tara moved to town. She was the new girl from the south, and we were both in the same position. No one ever talked to us because we were too immortal to touch. There was only one difference. Tara's parents were gone because they had to work to survive and keep their family running, and they just didn't want her to be in the way or to be an inconvenience. For me, it was because my parents were the millionaires who didn't need me screwing up their perfect rep.

"So, obviously, we were immediately best friends when I noticed no one was sitting with her, and it's not like I had any friends either, I went up to her and we talked. After years of that, we developed a system of trust. We were the best friends ever. No one could touch the Perfect twins. She is the best person I have ever known and I've never trusted anyone else like I did with her. Soon enough, the war started up and they were asking anyone over 16 to enlist. The jobs paid well and so, her parents told her she had to graduate early and enlist. I didn't have to, and no matter how much I wanted to, my parents couldn't have their perfect daughter going into war like some street-urchin.

"Stefan. My best friend is out there, possibly dead. And I can't go in for her. I wanted to go. Those nightmares I have, they're all the same thing. Me sitting there at some fancy dinner with my goddamn parents watching her on a screen. She fights so hard, and brave. Commanding her troops and it looks like it's going to be okay until the bombs start raining. They fall and she screams out a goodbye to me before-before it blows her up. She screams for me every time. She tells me—She tells me she misses me. And. And I can't stand it. I can't stand watching the only person that has ever cared for me. The ONLY PERSON I HAVE EVER LOVED. I can't watch her burn in front of my eyes while—while I sit there like some fucking idiot"

I'm body is racking with sobs by now and Stefan is holding me tightly in his arms.

"Anna, now you have one more person to care about you. I love you, and I will always be here if you need to talk. Someone as amazing as you shouldn't ever have to go through that. But remember, no matter where Tara is, she must love you just as much. I mean honestly, how is it possible not to love someone as amazing as you."

This makes me feel warm on the inside, and don't get me wrong, I'm aware that I probably look like complete and utter shit right now, but I'm in his arms, and I know that Tara would be cheering me on from the sidelines right now.

I swivel so that I'm facing him, and our eyes lock in a look that sends shivers all from my spine. An agonizing few seconds later, Stefan has one hand under my chin and one on my back.

Finally, when our lips meet, it feels like fireworks are exploding in my mouth and a warm numbness spreads all over me so that I feel like I'm wrapped in the softest blanket ever. That's the moment when I realize that I don't want to let this go.

When we finally break apart from our kiss and resurface for air, we lie on the bed. The feeling of ecstasy still hasn't subsides and when e grabs my hand, all my nerve endings explode like a ball of fire has just run across them and lit them up.

And that's how we finally fall asleep, hand in hand, with our shaky, screwed-up pasts behind us.

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A/N

Okay guys, 

So, to be honest, writing this chapter made me cry. You guys might now know why because, to be honest it was mainly just Anastasia talking about her past. The thing is, Anastasia's relationship with Tara is so real to me because it's based off of me and my bestest friend in the entire world.  I had to really think about what it would be like to completely lose her and the thought of that made me want to die. I legit don't think I could survive without her, so I'm definitely dedicating this chapter to her.

Now that I've done that mini rant, I'd just like to give a gigantic shout out to Booknerdswiftie21 because she definitely inspired me with one of my lines for Stefan in the last chapter but I completely forgot to mention her.. Oops!

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