Remember Me

Chapter Sixteen

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Remember Me- Chapter Sixteen

"I want us to stay like this forever. You in my arms and the world moving around us. But, none of it will matter. Because, it's the two of us in this apartment and that's all I care about." Stefan had told her, leaning into her lips and kissing Elena delicately. His hands tracing down her backside as Elena rolled into him, pure joy on her face.

"We'll need to go out and get food sometimes. You know, so that we don't die." She remarked as Stefan laughed, kissing the top of her head and running his fingers through her hair. "Of course, Or, we could just have it delivered and save us both the trip of long lines at the grocery store."

Elena lifted herself up on her elbows as she laughed, leaning towards him to kiss his cheek. "But, I like doing those things with you. Simple, domesticated stuff. Grocery shopping, holding your hand in public. I don't really care what we're doing. As long as we're together." She commented, feeling Stefan's hand slip underneath the sheets. He rested them against her bare skin, gliding down to her hips. His mouth hovering over hers as she wrapped her legs around him and laid her back flat on the mattress.

"Do you know how much I love you?" He asked her, caressing her face as he watched her eyelids flutter shut and she smiled at him, guessing in a playful tone. "Just a little bit." Elena said, feeling his hands tickling her skin as she began to laugh and he leaned down to her neck, kissing and nipping her soft warm flesh.

"A lot more than just a little, Elena. You mean the world to me and I don't ever want us to be apart. No matter what happens, I'm always going to love you." He said, working his mouth up to her lips before he left a soft and gently kiss upon them. Elena placed her hand onto his chest, grinning from ear to ear as she said. "And, nothing ever will tear us apart. Nothing, Stefan. I don't want to ever be away from you."

Tears were streaming down her face when she slipped back into their bedroom. Stefan's back was turned towards her as she wiped her cheeks and exhaled deeply. The last thing Elena wanted to do was wake him up. So, instead she carefully slide one of her arms underneath him and then placed the other on top of him, pulling him back towards her. Stefan stirred in his sleep a bit, finally turning towards Elena.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" He asked, a groggy tone in his voice as he yawned out a breath and she cupped his face into the palm of her hand. She couldn't take it anymore, knowing that lung cancer was going to take him away from her was soul crushing and there didn't seem like there was much anyone could do about it. It was a grim diagnosis. Everything about his type of cancer didn't really promise a good outcome. All it seemed to promise was a painful and slow death.

"I don't want you to die. I just got you back. We just got each other back into our lives and...I can't do this, Stefan. I need you with me." Her voice cracked when she said it, her lips quivering as he lifted himself up from the mattress and sat up, turning to look at her. Stefan exhaled a staggered breath as he turned to her. His green gaze filled with sleepiness. After all, it was a little after 3am and here they were, talking.

"Elena," He began. Unsure of what to say, since Stefan felt like he had said so much already to nearly everyone. According to his oncologist, there really wasn't much else they could do. Except for wait and see if the chemotherapy made the cancer stop from spreading into his other organs and to see how he reacted from it. He shrugged his shoulders helplessly, not saying a word as he leaned over and pulled her towards him. Stefan felt her head rest against his bare chest as she listened to his heart beat and one of his arms rested against hers, his hand gliding up and down her skin in a comforting motion.