The holiday season had arrived in Mystic Falls, VA. Everybody was looking forward to Christmas, the holiday of good will towards your fellow man and peace on Earth. In the boarding house, the Salvatore brothers and Elena Gilbert were getting ready to celebrate Christmas. The house had been decorated. The presents were wrapped and placed under the tree. Christmas music was playing. And mistletoe had been hung over the door ways courtesy of Damon Salvatore, who wanted to annoy Elena. Elena rolled her eyes when she saw it as she weren't going to let her ex get to her or spoil her good mood. This did not please Damon at all and he hated to be ignored especially by Elena. And he would rant and rave at her, which would lead to a screaming match. Damon was still very much in love with Elena and he wanted her back. But he was too stubborn to admit it.
As for Stefan he was looking forward to Christmas because he would get to celebrate it with the people that he loved and his sexy girlfriend, Valentina was coming over to celebrate the holiday with him. Stefan had met Valentina about eighteen months ago when she had come to the boarding house to fix a clogged toilet. And that weren’t the only thing that had been serviced that day as she had serviced Stefan and unclogged his pipes. The sex that day had been very hot. But after that day, he never saw her again until a few months later in February when she would jog by the house. Stefan wanted to talk to her and get to know her better. But he never approached her. Damon even warned him that if he didn’t make a move that he was going after Val. (Which Damon did but Val rejected him) Stefan finally got the courage to ask Val out for Valentine’s Day. She said yes and they had a romantic date and then they had sex under the stars, the perfect ending to their date. After that night. Stefan and Val became an official couple. They were inseparable and spent as much time as they could together. Although they were in love, Stefan had a secret that he kept from Val. He never told her that he was a vampire and he was thinking about asking her to marry him.
Stefan walked in the living room as Damon was hanging more mistletoe and shook his head. “When are you going to leave Elena alone?” He asked
Damon smirked. “What makes you think that all of that is for Elena?” he demanded
“Damon how many times do we have to go through this? Your still in love with her. So why don’t you just suck it up and tell her?”
“I am not in love with Elena Gilbert.” Retorted Damon “When are you going to tell Val that you’re a vampire? In fact why haven’t you told her yet?”
“Go ahead and do what you do best Damon. Deflecting.”
Damon rolls his eyes. “Spare me your psychobabble bullsh*t baby bro.” Damon states as he pours bourbon in to a glass. “All I’m saying is that if you love this girl like you claim that you do; you will tell her the truth. Women love honesty Stefan and you have been dating for her for almost two years now.”
Stefan sighs as he had this discussion with Damon many times. The truth was that he was scared to tell Val that he was a vampire because he was scared that he would lose her and thing had been so perfect in between them. He had no idea how she would react when he told her his secret.
“You know that I’m telling you the truth.” Said Damon as he takes a sip of his drink
“The truth about what?” Elena states as she walked in the room.
Damon smiles. “Stefan hasn’t told his girlfriend that he’s a vampire yet and that is a conversation that you have on the second or third date while your getting to know the other person.”
