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The house was dark. Too dark.

Elena rolled over onto her side so she could check the time on the clock on the nightstand. 12:48 A.M. That explained the darkness.

She rolled back over to cuddle into Stefan's chest, only to find out he wasn't there. She sat up in her bed quickly, her eyes darting around in the darkness. He should be here. He never left her while she slept, and it was for this very reason. He didn't want her scared.

She heard something fall outside her room by the stairs, making her jump. When she regained composure, she slowly slid the covers off of her, getting out of bed, walking over to her door on tip toes. When she was standing in the doorway, she could see through the darkness that the vase that sat on the table by the staircase fell off, but didn't shatter.

"Hello?" She called out, knowing someone had to be here. A vase didn't just fall off of a table, and she was the only one home. Alaric was at his apartment for the weekend, and Stefan obviously wasn't with her.

"Stefan, if this is some sick joke, you're so dead." She called out loudly, even though her voice was clearly shaking. She reached around and switched the light switch on, but they never came on. With a groan she slowly made her way down the staircase, scared out of her mind. The front door was open, and she made her way over to it, going to close it. Obviously, whoever was in her house had left.

Right when her hands touched the door, Stefan appeared in front of her.

"You scared me!" She yelled, hitting his chest lightly. Instead of laughing, like she thought he would do, he just stared at her with those piercing green eyes. With an awkward smile, Elena turned around to go back to her room, but Stefan grabbed her arm. When she turned around to face him, she saw nothing but black eyes rimmed with red veins, his perfect lips outlining gleaming white fangs.

"Run." He said huskily. Elena could tell he wasn't saying it because he wanted to protect her. It was as if he wanted a challenge. Even though she knew that, she ran. But she didn't get far. His mouth attacked her neck from behind, and she let out a blood curdling scream.

Elena awoke with a gasp, sitting up in her bed, breathing heavily. Her heart was racing and her skin was sweatier than Stefan could ever get her.

"You okay?" Stefan asked gently in a low, sleepy voice, sitting up slowly. He scooted closer to her and wrapped an arm around her slim, bare waist, drawing slow, small circles with his thumbs on her hip bone.

"Yeah. J-Just a d-dream." She stuttered, her whole body shaking. It felt so real. It was as if she already lived through it, or as if it was happening right now.

"Well it has you all shook up, Elena. You aren't fine." Stefan said firmly, wrapping his other arm around her, allowing her to rest her head on his naked chest. Stefan kissed her shoulder, and then her bare collar bone, letting his lips linger.

When he heard her heartbeat go back to normal, he pulled away slightly.

"Want to tell me about this dream?" Stefan asked, looking her in the eyes. He was so close, Elena could feel his cold breath wash over her face.

Elena looked away. She could barley see his face in the darkness, and it scared her.

"No, it was nothing." She lied, gently unwinding herself from his arms. She layed down, turning her back towards Stefan. He sat there for a moment before he layed down. He didn't touch her, but he did face her. After a couple minutes of unbearable silence, Stefan broke it.

"Was it about me?" Stefan asked quietly, lightly touching her waist with his fingertips. When she flinched, he got his answer. But he gave Elena the benefit of the doubt when she tried to cover up her mistake by scooting closer to him, turning around and pressing her naked chest into his and hitching a leg around his waist, letting his arms envelope her in a protective hug. His large hands gently pressed her closer to him on her lower back, his hands leaving a trail of fire on her skin. She rested her head on his muscular chest, her long eyelashes brushing his skin every time she blinked.

"No." She finally answered, even though they both knew she was lying. Stefan just kissed her hair, letting silence overtake them.

They both got no sleep last night.

Elena layed in her bed, totally sure Stefan thought she was still sleeping, who was getting dressed on the other side of the room.

What if her dream was right? What if he would be the death to her?

Elena shivered, mentally shaking the thought away. He wouldn't. He changed for the better. She just KNEW he wouldn't.

"Elena?" Stefan said tiredly, gently shaking her shoulder. Elena pretended to wake up. "I have to go home. I have to talk to Damon. I'll come over later?" Stefan asked, and it scared Elena. Not because of her dream, but he would always just say he would be back, not have to ask permission to come back. She didn't want that.

"Of course." Elena whispered, wrapping her arm around Stefan's neck, kissing him slowly, making Stefan putty in her hands.

After a couple minutes, Stefan finally pulled back.

"Kisses like that will never give me the willpower to leave." He whispered with a smirk, kissing her once more before exiting the room at vampire speed.

When Elena heard his car start, Elena grabbed her undergarments off the ground and slipped them on, along with a simple pair of jeans and a sweater. When she was finished slipping her boots on, she speed-dialed number two on her phone.

"Hello?" She heard the witch's voice on the other line answer, not sounding the least bit tired.

"I have to tell you something. Can we meet up at The Grill after we hang up? It's about Stefan." Elena got out quickly, and she could almost feel Bonnie tense on the other line. Ever since he left, Bonnie grew a hatred for him for leaving Elena, and hated Stefan even more once Damon and Elena started getting cozier.

"Sure, I guess." Bonnie said in a monotone voice, covering the conversation in an awkward silence.

"I wonder if Matt is working." Bonnie finally said, making Elena crack a smile.

"So what do you need to talk about?" Bonnie asked, sitting down at a table at The Grill.

"It's about Stefan." Elena said, sighing. Bonnie just rolled her eyes.

"Yeah, I got that on the phone earlier. But what about him, did prince charming screw up?" Bonnie said sarcastically, and it was Elena's turn to roll her eyes. She just wished Bonnie would let go of a grudge for once.

"I had a weird dream last night. And Stefan killed me in it. And when I woke up, if felt almost... real." Elena explained, getting shivers when she thought about Stefan in her dream. Black eyes with no fleck of friendliness. No sympathy in his face. Just hatred and hunger.

"Okay. Wow." Bonnie said, putting her bag on the floor. "Give me your hands. I can tap your mind and see it for myself." She explained, and Elena did as she was told. After a couple minutes, Bonnie's eyes snapped open.

"What is it?" Elena asked quickly, wanting to know what was going on.

"I have two theories." Bonnie said, breathing deeply. "The first one, it was just a dream. It happens sometimes when you get close to someone. It's your brain's way of telling you to be cautious."

"Well me and Stefan are already close. The other theory?" Elena asked.

"The other theory is that he hasn't changed one bit since he came back. He's the same, old ripper." Bonnie breathed out. Elena's eyes slowly narrowed.

"How could you say that?" Elena asked, tucking a lock of hair behind her ear. "He's changed. For the better. He's not a ripper anymore. He loves me, and I love him." She snapped at the witch.

"Elena, chill. I'm just warning you about the possibilites." Bonnie warned, trying to keep her cool. How could Elena be questioning her on a subject of what she knew best?

"Well you're wrong." Elena snapped, grabbing her bag and bolting from The Grill. She heard Bonnie call after her, but she didn't turn around. She just got in her car and drove to the Salvatore's.

She entered the boarding house before knocking, blowing right past Damon.

"What do you think you're doing?" Damon said with a smirk, stepping in front of Elena. She inwardly groaned. She didn't have the patience to deal with Damon and his immature ways.

"Going to talk to Stefan." Elena said curtly, trying to walk past Damon, but he side stepped her, staying in front of her.

"Talk to me." He suggested, winking.

"About the time you let Klaus in the house to compel Stefan to kill me? Or about the time you tried to seduce Katherine, thinking it was me? Or the time you told Stefan we had sex, when we didn't?" Elena snapped. Damon stood there, speechless. "I want to talk anymore, unless it's when your on your death bed." Elena finished, finally walking past him. She knew she was rude, but she wasn't in the mood.

"Stefan?" She yelled, walking towards the basement. He was probably down there to see how the hell Rebekah came back to life. He wasn't the the cell, and Elena heard a noise from the other room. It sounded almost like... slurping?

Cautiously, Elena walked towards the room, pushing the door open slowly.

There, in front of her, was Stefan sucking on a blood bag, dozens of empty ones sitting around him. He told her he was back to his 'bunny' diet. He lied to her.

"Bonnie was right." She said loudly, getting the vampire's attention. His head whipped around, and Elena was disgusted by the ring of blood around his mouth. "I'm out of here."

"Elena, wait!" Stefan called after her, and Elena let the tears go. This was the second time she didn't turn around today. And at least this time, she had a decent reason to not turn around.

I hope you liked this chapter! Short, I know. But my next one will be extra long! :)

And I'll also be starting a new Stelena story, and I'll still be working on this one. Pretty much, the summary is that everyone is human. Katherine is Stefan's girlfriend, Stefan plays football and Katherine cheers and they're popular and blah blah blah. Their relationship pretty much sucks, and when Elena comes along Stefan finds it harder to stay faithful to Katherine. It'll probably come out a couple hours after this chapter is up, and it'll be called "Devil Makes Us Sin." It'll be very smutty, so it'll be cool if you gave that story some love too :D