Through Rivalry Comes Love

Chapter 48

Stefan juggled three of Elena's bags and one of his own as he fished the keycard out of his pocket and opened the door to their hotel. Elena had offered to carry at least one of her bags, but he had refused to let her.

Once they were inside, Stefan dropped their bags at the foot of the bed. He watched Elena stand in front of the window, looking outside at the ocean that was just a short walk away. Slowly, he walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her and kissing her ear. "So sex and then dinner?" he asked, clearly having no issue with voicing his intentions to her.

Elena giggled. It was completely like him to be that forward about what he wanted. "It's going to be dark soon. I want to go walk along the beach first" she told him. Watching the sun set at the beach was something she had loved ever since she was a kid.

"Let's compromise" he told her. "Sex first, then dinner and then a walk on the beach" he said.

Elena scoffed. "How is that a compromise? You still get what you want first" she told him.

Stefan hugged her closer to him and kissed her neck slowly. "Please?" he asked, being completely cute and adorable and a pain in Elena's ass. Most of the time, she gave in.

But not this time. She wanted to see the sun set. "You can stay here and have sex with yourself" she informed him. "I am going to go and watch the sun set."

Stefan groaned. "You know I don't like doing it by myself" he whined.

This only had Elena laughing. "Then you can wait until we get back from our walk" she told him.

Stefan rested his chin on her shoulder and sighed. "There's only one fair way to decide this" he said. "Rock Paper Scissors."

Elena turned around and saw how completely serious he was. "You are hilarious Stefan" she told him.

"Come on, back to back" he said, turning his back to her. "If I win, we have sex now. If you win, we wait until later" he told her.

Elena placed her hands on her hips. "And what if I don't want to have sex at all tonight?" she asked.

"Not an option" Stefan stated. "Come on, back to back" he encouraged.

Elena sighed. "Unbelievable" she muttered, turning her back to his.

"Ready?" he asked.

"Yep" Elena said, less than thrilled.

"Rock, Paper, Scissors" Stefan said, turning around at the same time as Elena. She threw paper and he threw rock. "Fuck" he said. Elena just smiled. "Best two out of three" he told her, turning back around.

"No" she said defiantly. "I won. Let's go" she told him.

"You always have to do best two out of three. Rules are rules" he told her.

Elena groaned. Had he won, there would have been no best two out of three. "You do realize I am marrying you, don't you?" she asked. "Rock Paper Scissors is not how we will settle our marital disputes" she informed him.

"We'll see about that" Stefan grinned. "Ready? Rock, Paper, Scissors" he said, turning around again. "Yes!" he yelled, having thrown rock while she threw scissors. Elena crossed her arms and glared at him. "Last time" he said, turning around again. "Rock, Paper, scissors" he said, turning to face her. Then he grinned. "Looks like my scissors beats your paper" he told her. She did not look happy. At all. "Pants off, Babe" he smirked.

"I have a counter proposal" she told him. She was going to go on her walk first if it killed her.

Stefan crossed his arms. "I'll probably reject it, but let's hear it" he told her.