𝗗𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 | 𝘴.𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘥.𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 (REWRITING)

Chapter | 3

Now you might be thinking, how do you mould yourself into a wall April?

Well step one, you find motivation for wanting to merge with a wall, for example your long lost lover walking into a room who, by the way you thought was dead. Just an example, obviously.

Step two, you push yourself into a wall and fail miserably as it is a solid object and you are not that amazing.

Step three, alert everyone in the room to your position because your hands were crumbling parts of the wall.

There you go, I hope it works better for you then it did for me.

So I was crumbling parts of the wall with my hands and Stefan looked at me, his eyes widening as he rushed over to stand in front of me.

I couldn't look him in the eyes, I looked everywhere but him, how could I look him in the eyes when i didn't even try to look for him when Katerina told me he was dead, how could I believe her when I knew that they wouldn't go down without a fight.

My breathing was shallow and I brought my hands away from the wall as they shook, Rebekah must've figured it out as she stepped away, just close enough to stop anyone intervening but far enough away to give us some space.

"April?" His voice, that voice, the one that told me he loved me, that he would protect me, that he would die for me. The voice that could say any one word and make my heart flutter.

Although he said it quietly, I could hear the emotions in it, disbelief, hope maybe even happiness.

Nobody in the room dared to speak, not even the original brother, the one who believes he owns the world.

"Stefan" I spoke, barely even a whisper but I knew almost everyone in the room could hear it.

"You're dead, I'm hallucinating again" he breathed out and it was then that I decided to look at him.

How much I missed looking into those gorgeous eyes, those beautiful green eyes, the eyes I looked into for comfort, for hope, for love.

The tears in my eyes blurred my vision slightly but I tried to blink them away, not wanting to miss looking at his face.

"I thought you were dead too" I laughed through my tears and the sides of his mouth twitched upwards.

I couldn't bear the distance between us, not after all the time apart, not when he was so close, but not close enough.

We both stepped forward at the same time and he wrapped one of his arms around my waist whilst the other was on the back of my head as I hugged his chest. He buried his face into my neck as I dug mine into his shoulder.

Happy and sad tears dripped down my face and I didnt even try to stop them as my body racked with sobs. I couldn't believe it, yet here he was holding on to me like a lifeline as I was to him.