The Vampire Diaries-
Lost Love
Chapter 1. - Happy Birthday
Elena awoke in a quiet silence. The dim light from behind her curtains burned her eyes from the sudden brightness. Suddenly she heard a few whispers from behind her bedroom door. She layed down and closed her eyes trying to pretend she was asleep. But without warning, her best friends since Middle school, Caroline and Bonnie, entered her room. "Good morning!" Caroline whispered cheerfully. Bonnie said nothing but kept a wide smile on her face. Then there was silence. 'Were they still here?'. 'Did they leave?' Elena thought in her head. She opened one eye slowly to check. But the two girls were still there standing above her with huge grins.
"Caroline? Bonnie?" Elena asked wearily, already knowing it was them. "Yes!" Caroline still whispered. 'Why were they here?' Elena thought. Her head hurt of all the sudden rush. Then her Aunt Judith entered the room unexpected. "Happy birthday, Elena." Judith said softly as her younger brother Jeremy followed behind his aunt, with a large cake. With two number plastered on the top. One and nine. 'Oh my gosh!' Elena thought as her thoughts turned to expressions on her face. 'Thats why every body's here!' Today was Elena's 19th birthday. 'Girls, girls! Give her some room to breath!' Aunt Judith said as she placed the large cake on Elena's lap. Nineteen flames were lit. "Make a wish." Bonnie said with a wink and a grin. Elena thought for a moment, and blew out the candles. "So, what did you wish for?" Caroline asked ready to hear. "Can't say or it wont come true." Elena told her friend. "Please! You don't actually believe in that stereo-type stuff do you?" Caroline asked displeased. Bonnie and Elena shared a glance with each other. "Well, trust me. There has been alot of shocking things in my life time that I thought could never be true." Caroline had a questioning look on her face. And then another silence broke out.
Everyone was quiet for a while. Suddenly Bonnie spoke. "So Caroline! Tell Elena what we have got planned for her today!" Caroline's expression changed to cheerful again in a flash. "Oh my gosh, yes! I almost for got! Today Bonnie and I are taking you on a shopping spree!" Her friend almost yelled. Elena thought nothing. "Well, I mean, I dunno." Elena said. Elena wasn't one of your typical girls who just had to by the latest trends. In fact one of the things she hated most, was shopping. But she wasn't going to let her friends know this. Even though it was clear she didn't wanna go. But who knows how long they had been planning this suprise. She wasn't just going to let her friends down. She could already imagine it in her head.
"Caroline." Bonnie sighed. " I really don't think a 'shopping spree' is what Elena wants for her birthday suprise, of all people." "What are you talking about Bonnie? Elena loves to shop." Caroline told her friend thinking her point was proven. "Yes she did. But things of changed now since, well, the accident." Bonnie paused. "With her parents" She finished. Caroline stared at the floor, but after a moment her head shot back up. "Well thats just whats she needs! A little wakeup call of she really is!" Caroline said. "Or who she was." Bonnie sighed.
"Oh my gosh Elena! We are going to have so much fun!" Caroline said. "Yeah, like a little girls night out." Bonnie agreed. "Yeah. I mean it can't be to bad." Elena said as she got out of bed. The accident was 4 years ago. It's about time she get back to her old life. They would have wanted it. Her parents would have wanted it. She walked across her room as her friends exited her room letting her get dressed. As she reached her closet door, she thought. 'But even some of the special things, can never be regained.
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Elena walked down her stairs fully dressed, hair pinned up and straightened, fresh out of the shower, with her purse around her shoulder, ready to go. Shockingly she couldn't find the girls. She was expecting them to be ready at the door. She walked in her living room, and noticed that the two girls were watching, Gossip Girl. Caroline and Bonnie's favorite show. Elena never used to miss a episode. But things had changed. "Whats taking you guys so long?" Elena mocked and laughed a bit. The girls hadn't even noticed her when she came down stairs. But now they all were ready to go to the Mystic Falls Community Shopping District. Or as Caroline called it 'heaven on Earth'. Or as everyone else called it, 'the mall'.
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Elena could barley move her legs. She was so tired! Caroline took her to practically every store. Thats alot. Caroline practically bought the whole mall! She didn't know how she could carry so many shopping bags. Each felt like they were fifty pounds each. "Guys I'm getting real tired." Elena said wearily. She looked at her watch. It was already seven at night! 'How did the time go by so fast?' she thought. "I'm with Elena. My legs are so tired they are starting to get numb." Bonnie agreed. Elena felt like she was about to fall asleep right there, standing. "Well if you say so. The three girls exited the public mall and headed for the parking lot. Suddenly Caroline stumbled into a old friend and her current boy freind. Matt Donovan. "Oh sorry!" They both said at the same time. This made Bonnie chuckle a little, knowing Caroline was always such a klutz. Then as the two meant eye to eye, both of there faces flushed in red of embarrassment. "Oh. Uh. Hey. Uh. Matt." Caroline said stuttering terribly. Her cheeks were a hot red. "Hey. Umm-uhh, Caroline!" Matt said bouncing back to his 'cool'. There was another silence. Elena was starting to realize there were alot of accidental silences today.
"So what are you doing here?" Elena asked Matt, her former boyfriend. "Oh well thats a funny question." Matt paused. He reached in his pocket and unfolded a paper. Inside it was a charm bracelet, and hanging from it was the letter 'E'. He handed it to Elena. "Happy Birthday." Matt finished. "Oh my gosh!" Caroline modeled it's 'cuteness' from a distance. "Wow, Matt this is - uhh. Perfect!" Elena thanked him. Elena really loved it. It was the most decent thing she had seen all day. It was hard being surrounded by skirts and Paris tops all day. "No problem." Matt said. "Well, hey Iv'e really got to run." He turned to Caroline. "I'll call you later". Matt said and walked away to his car. "Wow" Bonnie said in amazement. "I love him!" Caroline almost screamed.
Today wasn't so bad after all. It was actually pretty great, to Elena's suprise! Maybe things were turning out better. Elena and the two girls entered Caroline's car, and hit the road, ready to go home.
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Since Bonnie's house was not as far away then Elena's. Bonnie was to first to leave. "Goodnight guys." She looked towards to back seat. Elena had fallen asleep coming back from the mall. "Goodnight Elena. Happy birthday". Bonnie whispered and got her purse and entered her house. Not to later they had entered Elena's drive way. Aunt Judith walked towards Caroline's car. "She's asleep." Caroline said getting out of her car and opening Elena's car door. "Poor girl." Judith said with a 'awe' expression. "I have got a suprise for her. Her boyfriend Stefan asked if he could wait upstairs in her room til' she arrived back home." Judith told Elena's friend. "Of course." Caroline whispered. But not quiet enough that Judith could still hear her. "What do you mean?" She asked questioningly. Judith shaked Elena, but she was still sound asleep. "Well don't you think it's weird how she spends practically all her time with him? I mean seriously." Caroline explained. Judith thought, she thought for a long time. "Caroline don't you think your exaggerating a bit? I mean there a couple! They might as well enjoy it while it lasts. As you can tell, I haven't had much luck." Even Judith laughed a bit at her hopelessness.
Suddenly Elena started to wake up. "Oh hey guys. How long was I out?" she asked. "Just go upstairs and lye down." Judith smiled as Elena wearily walked inside, half-asleep. "I'm not crazy." Caroline stated as she hoped inside her car and drove off. The first person Elena saw as she walked in was Jeremy's history teacher, Mr. Saltzman. This shocked Elena a bit. Mostly because she was tired and didn't expect to see him. I mean her aunt and Jeremy's teacher had flirted and went to dinner a couple of times, but I guess there actually taking it to the next level. But Elena truly didn't care. She was to tired to. Her main focus right now was going to bed. As she walked towards the staircase leading to her room, another person was standing in her way. Jeremy. "Wow looks like Aunt Judith is really hitting it off. Think there relationship will give me an advantage in History class?" Jeremy asked Elena. She glanced at Jeremy for a moment, but then continued walking. Finally she was upstairs and had reached her bedroom door.
She put her purse down and walked to her bed at plopped down on it face first. She wasn't exactly comfortable in her sleeping position, but she didn't care, she was to tired. "Tired?" A familiar voice appeared. She moved her head to see her current vampire boyfriend, Stefan Salvatore. She sat up at his beautiful muscular appearance. "Very." She said about to fall asleep. Stefan took a seat beside her on her bed. Well before you become knocked out again I just wanted to tell you something. She leaned against his chest as he spoke. "Mmm-hmm." She said feeling th e beat of his heart pound against her back. "Happy Birthday." He said softly and he ran his fingers through her hair. She turned her head towards him and said 'thanks'. She was wide awake now. "Not so tired anymore." She told him. "Wide awake." He finished. They sat there for the longest time, it felt like hours. Suddenly put of no where she had said, "This is like the perfect moment." She didn't know where that had came from either but she was glad she said it.
"Well if your not tired anymore, and this is the perfect moment..." Stefan paused. "Yes?" Elena asked. Stefan got up from his position, and standed in front of Elena. 'What was going to happen next?' She asked herself about a million times. Then Stefan leaned down and got on one knee. "Oh my god". Elena whispered. Stefan pulled a very small box out of his back jean pocket, and opened it. And inside was a ring. A couple of tears fell down Elena's cheek as Stefan started to talk. "Miss Elena Gilbert." He started off. "Will you take my hand in marriage and be my wife?" Stefan asked. Elena tried to say 'yes' but the words just weren't coming out. She tried a couple more times: Nothing. Stefan waited. Finnaly she manged to fix her voice. "Oh yes Stefan." She said softly putting her arms around him and hugging him as tight as he could. When she was done embracing him, he slipped the ring onto her finger. She sat on her bed and thought about her future with Stefan. It had to be perfect.
"I love you." I told Stefan. "I love you to, Elena Salavtore. He replied and smiled. I smiled back. "I have to go Elena. Someones's coming. I will let you rest." Stefan warned me. Then Aunt Judith came in, and Stefan was gone in a flash. "Hey are you okay? I thought I heard something." I hid my hand away from here view. She could not know I was engaged to Stefan. Not yet. "Oh I'm fine. Might wanna check on Jeremy, I guess." I told her. She looked very suspicious. "Well okay. Hey, where did Stefan go?" she asked. "He, uhh , had to go." I told her cautiously. "Well okay. Well Alaric is gone. He is so sweet! Maybe my luck is finally turning around!" Aunt Judith said happily. "Same here." I told Judith.
Authors Note - Interesting? Yeah well even more interesting LATER! How will Damon react to Stefan's Engagement? And how will Aunt Judith? All in next chapter!! REVIEW PLZ!!