Begin Again

Chapter Thirty-Three

A/N: Hey all. So, sorry that I haven't updated in a while. I got a job, so I've been busy working. And today I finally got some time to write. So, hope you all like CH.33 :)

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Begin Again Chapter Thirty-Three

Stefan's P.O.V.

She has this lingering smile on her face when she places the trays on to the bed and sits back, leaning her head against the head board. "Do you think these are safe to eat?" Elena asks, crinkling her nose at me as I let out a laugh, shaking my head and picking up the fork in my hands.

"I'm assuming they are. I mean, what could possibly go wrong?" I ask her, cutting up a piece of the fluffy and crispy brown pancake that's covered with a ton of maple syrup.

She watches me with caution when I shove it into my mouth and start chewing, closing my eyes after a few minutes and swallowing it before I speak again. "They're good. You should try them." I tell her, seeing from the corner of my eye when Elena follows my lead and huffs out a breath before eating a bite of the pancake she's got on her fork.

"You were always way more braver at things than I was. You know that." She says, chewing slowly and swallowing the food in her mouth.

I smile, shaking my head and dropping my fork back on to the plate when I add. "It's funny how you think that because, I disagree. You remember that one time when I rushed you to the hospital and you were crying because you had fallen while working outside and you thought something bad was going to happen to the twins. Elena, you're stronger than you think you are, you were so brave then."

She laughs, shaking her head and placing her hand onto my arm, her fingers squeezing it tightly when she states. "I was just talking about trying new things, Stefan. You didn't need to go down memory lane again."

I tilt my head to the side, sighing out a breath and leaning into her, lifting up my hand to wipe a droplet of maple syrup that's on her lips. But, just as I lean towards her, Elena moves the trays between us, on to the floor and giggles out. "What are you doing?"

She turns her body away from me and places the trays of untouched food on the ground. I can hear the happiness in her voice as I pull her against my body, my lips kissing her shoulder, working their way up towards her neck when she tilts her head and breathes out. "Stefan...everyone's downstairs, we need to get up..we shouldn't start anything we can't finish."

My lips curl into a smile against her already heated skin when she places her hand onto my face and caresses my cheek. My eyes close when her fingers begin to slip off my cheeks and my mouth continues to leave moisten kisses against her neck. She tilts her head to the side more when I brush her hair off of her shoulder and continue my assault of kisses upon her skin. I can hear her breathing falter, feel her hands slip into my hair as my hands lay her down on to the bed so that she's looking up at me, laying on her back.

"Stefan, our breakfast is going to get cold." Elena remarks, placing both of her hands on to my face when she locks her eyes on me and I smile down at her, straddling her lap and placing my hands on to both sides of her body to hold myself up, our legs a tangled mess with each others when my hand slides against her exposed thigh and she leans her head back on the pillows behind us, closing her eyes. "Let it get cold, we can always eat something else later." I tell her, hearing her laugh out a staggered breath.

"You know. You're very wrong about me. sweetheart. I make sure to finish everything I start." I tell her with a slightly cocky tone, leaning down and capturing her lips against my own, tugging her lower lip between my teeth as she groans at the force of our kiss, heated, rough and filled with enough passionate to feel like her heart is about to implode underneath my hand as I slide it across her chest, slipping the straps off to her night gown again.