Heey all, thank you for the reviews/favorites on my other story, it really means a lot to me =)
This story is also about Stefan and Elena but there are no supernatural things in it at all, they're all humans. I admit the storyline is not original; there are many stories that are almost the same, but I thought it would be nice to see how things go for them.
I hope I finish writing it because normally I'm a lazy person =P
I'm sorry if there are grammar mistakes. Please review and let me know what you think 3

Disclaimer : I DO NOT own TVD or any of its characters

Dear Diary :
This is so much to take in, I must be dreaming, this can't be real! How is it possible that my parents died and I'm alive? That's not fair , they deserve to live , they deserve to grow old , they deserve to watch me and Jeremy graduate and then maybe one day get married , they deserve to know their grandchildren . They can't just die! Life is so unfair! And why am I even still alive, I should've just died with them instead of living like this, suffering for the rest of my life. What was the point of me surviving the accident if I'm going to spend the rest of my life battling Cancer? Aunt Jenna said that this was the positive side of the accident; she said that if it weren't for the accident they wouldn't have run tests on me and I wouldn't know I had cancer until it was too late. They are all trying to make me feel like I can be cured, but I know the truth, the cancer is hard to remove at this stage and I know I only have a few months to live. The idea of ending my life right now is tempting, but as much as I want to, I can't do it. Because I want my parents to be proud of me, I don't want to disappoint them. They would've wanted her to enjoy my last few months in life, they would've wanted me to live life and not just quit. And I know I'm not a quitter and never will be!

Elena was sitting on her bed reading her diary, it's been two months since the accident that killed her parents, and Elena was still trying to enjoy her life like she knew her parents wanted her to. She knew her death was getting closer every day, because the doctor told her that she had roughly 8 months until she dies. They couldn't perform a surgery to remove the cancer because it was already spread, but she took pills to ease the pain, they told her she could stay in the hospital but she didn't want to spend the rest of her life in the hospital. So made her choice and decided to continue living her life like she used to.

She had succeeded in keeping her illness a secret from people in town, only three people knew and she planned on keeping it this way. Those three people were her aunt Jenna , her brother Jeremy and her best friend Bonnie .She didn't need people's sympathy , she didn't want people to act like they love her and care about her only because she's dying .

Tomorrow was the first day of school, and she was afraid of what her classmates would think of her, she was a lot thinner and she looked kind of sick, but she knew people didn't care about anyone but themselves.

She woke up at 5:30 am after the worst sleep of her life; she kept tossing all night, and having nightmares. She got dressed and went downstairs and found her aunt making breakfast for her and Jeremy.

"Mmm… That smells really good "
"I'm glad. I wanted to make sure you had food in you before facing everyone at school today"
"Yeah … Thanks for reminding me"

Jeremy came down and they all ate breakfast and then Elena and Jeremy went to school.

The parking lot was full as usual, it was crowded with cars and people greeting and hugging each other after a long break. Jeremy went out of the car quickly and went to his girlfriend Anna, she's a sweet girl and she makes Jeremy happy. Elena was very happy that Jeremy was fine.

She took a deep breath and got out of the car, she opened the door without looking out of the car and with unnecessary force causing her to hit a passing guy.

"Heey… Watch it! "
"Elena looked up and saw this really handsome guy , he was tall , he had muscles , green eyes , light brown hair , full lips … God he was hot !
"I'm so sorry, I didn't see you "Elena said as she got out of the car."Did I hurt you? "
"No, I'm fine. I'm Stefan by the way "He smiled at her.
"I'm Elena. You're new here?"
"Yup, I and my brother had just moved here with our uncle "
"How did you find Mystic Falls so far?"
"It's … Fine "Elena laughed at the way he said it.
"Well, if you need help with anything just let me know "
"Thank you, I have to go but nice to meet you "
"Nice to meet you too"

Wow, she just forgot all her worries by talking to this complete stranger, how did that happen? She started walking towards the school, when people started heading towards her and hugging her and asking her how she's been. She lied to every one of them, saying that she's fine and everything is goon and forcing fake smiles, but as she suspected nobody noticed! Finally Bonnie came and helped her get rid of all the people and they headed to class.

They had History, they took their seats and waited for the lecture to begin, Mr. Saltzman was arranging some papers and everyone was talking, Elena put her head on the table trying to ignore all the noise around her, she only lifted her head when she heard the chair next to her being drawn, It was Stefan, he smiled politely at her and she smiled back.

Bonnie was going to talk to her when Mr. Saltzman stared the lecture so she texted her instead.

Elena looked at her phone, and laughed. The message said:
"OMG! You know him? And you didn't even tell me! He's HOT! "

Elena rolled her eyes at Bonnie and wrote
"I met him this morning and that's IT! And I KNOW he's hot! "

Despite Elena's fears, school ended quickly .She must have lied a 100 times but at least tomorrow no one will ask her again and she wouldn't have to lie any more .

There was a party at the Grill today, she wasn't in the mood to go but a friend of hers Caroline, made her promise to go. So she just went home ate something, got dressed and went to the grill.

Everyone was dancing and socializing except her, she was sitting on a table drinking a cup of tea all wishing the day would be over already!

"Hi"
Elena jumped at the sound that was very close to her and turned around .It was Stefan.
"Sorry for scaring you I didn't mean to "
She took a deep breath to calm her beating heart."Its ok, I guess now we're even after the morning's incident "
Stefan grinned, he was so beautiful when he laughed.
"We're definitely even "He sat on the chair next to her."So how are you?"
Elena hated to lie again "I'm good. "
"Are you sure you are? "
Elena lifted her head to look at him in surprise "'Why would you ask me that ?"
"Well, because you look tired and sad "
"You're the first one to notice "
"You wanna talk about it?"
Elena stared deep into his beautiful green eyes, she felt like she could trust him, even though they just met. But she needed someone to talk to and so she decided to go for it.
"It's just that … I had the worst summer of my life ; my parents died , I haven't been with so many people at the same time since last year , today is the first day for me to see all those people and I've been lying all day telling them that I'm fine and I hate lying . And I just want this day to be over "
Stefan stared at her quietly for a minute or so, Elena started to regret telling him. Finally Stefan talked: "You won't be sad forever Elena "
"How do you know that? I can't be happy without my parents!"
"Yes you can, you just need time "
Elena started to protest but he cut her off.
"I know that because I lost my parents too , I know you feel lost and sad and can't imagine how you're going to live in a world they don't exist in . But trust me, this is just a phase of your life and it will pass. But for the mean time you have to survive one day at a time."
Elena didn't know what to say, but luckily he didn't let the silence last that long.
"Would you like me to take you home?"
Elena resisted the urge to tell him that she doesn't know where home is anymore and just nodded.

She gave Jeremy her car keys and went with Stefan to his car , he was a perfect gentleman through the whole ride , he opened her door for her when she got in , he didn't take advantage of her being alone in his car like other guys would sure have , and he didn't talk to her about her parents anymore . But they did talk about random things like favorite movies, TV shows, books, music, cities and food. When he reached her house they stayed in the car for hours talking about their dreams about the future, what they want to be when they grow up, where they see themselves in 10 years. But they never talked about anything sad or anything that would remind both of them of their parents.

Elena's aunt saw them in the car the moment they arrived, but she let her stay there because she hadn't seen her smiling and talking like that in a very long time.

Eventually, Elena took a look at her watch and found out that it was almost midnight.
"Wow … We've been talking for hours!"
Stefan chuckled "I hope I didn't bore you "
Elena smiled in return " No you didn't , actually I had fun , I can't remember the last time I had so much fun "
"I'm glad you did "
"I have to go , but thank you "
"No need "
"I'll see you tomorrow "
"See you then . Good night Elena "
Elena wanted to hug him but she figured it was early for something like that." Good night Stefan"

Half an hour later, Elena was in her room smiling for a change, she felt happy. Stefan had made her forget about being sick and about possibly having no future; he made her feel like she will still be here in 10 years. And she found herself eager to go to school tomorrow and see him .She went to bed and slept like a baby. That was the first night since her parents' death that she didn't have any nightmares.