The Love that Consumed Me- Stefan

Chapter 8

VANESSA'S POV:

2 months after Chapter 7

Life with Stefan was perfect. He would sit next to me in History, covering his hand with a book as it began to move closer to mine, interlocking his fingers with mine, and stroking my thumb. He used my open window one night, and used his speed to run into my room. In a flush of panic, I screamed, not knowing who had just sped into my house. Was it another vampire? What did they want from me? I thought they had to be invited in?. As I reached towards the window, to check if anyone was outside, I felt a cold breeze of air rush towards me, gripping me at the waist. He turned me around, and I saw Stefan. feeling relief, but also a sudden burst of anger. Acting mad at him, I pushed him away and said "You dick, don't ever do that again", as he pulled me back into him, our lips only a few centimetres apart, and pushed his lips into mine, whispering "sorry ness" into my ear. "I have a place to show you" he said, as I excitedly jumped into his arms and out of the window. 

his car was waiting for me. He opened the door for me, and got in, driving at what felt like a 100 mph, and kept his hand on my thigh, stroking it as he started to move upwards. I felt a tingle in my stomach, an electric feeling of passion. "Focus on the road I said", but by then, we had already arrived. It was the lake just on the outskirts of Mystic Falls. There I saw a blanket, pillows and candles placed there. For us. He took my hand and guided me to the spot, where we laid, staring at the sky, a pitch black clear sky, with stars that looked like diamonds. As I pushed my head into his chest, finding a feeling of security in his arms, He wrapped his hand around my waist, and turned, so our eyes met in a loving gaze. "I wish I could be with you forever, just here, in this spot. Forever", "Me too" I said, as I ran my fingers through his hair. By the time we left the spot. It was morning. We had remained in that position, in the loving embrace of one another, for 10 hours. As we got to school that morning, I greeted Bonnie and Care, telling them about the best night of my life I had with Stefan. Just then, Elena walked in, but as I ran to hug her, she pushed me away, her cold stare piercing my heart. 

"What's wrong with Elena guys" "I'm not sure, but she seemed fine when we hung out at the Grill yesterday". I shrugged in confusion, then headed to class. That evening after school, I went to the Salvatores' house, Damon greeted me with an evidently cold reluctancy, but I continued on to Stefan's room. 

Whilst I was telling Stefan about Elena's actions this morning, and her ignoring me, bonnie and Caroline, Damon and Elena ran in. He had been listening to our conversation with his hearing, and shared a concerned look with Stefan. Elena was at the house too, but I noticed she had changed clothes. "Oh, hey Elena, what happened at school today are you mad at me?" "Ness what do you mean, I ditched school to be with Damon today", "b-but I saw you". Just then, it must have dawned on the three of them, Damon, Stefan and Elena turned pale, and gulped. "No" Damon said, "It can't be", followed Elena. The three of them said, in unison "Katherine"....

"Who's Katherine Stef". Elena looked worried as Damon handed me a picture of her, entitled "Katherine 1864". My jaw widened alongside my eyes, she looked just like Elena, a familiar relative of her, only separated from her by the wickedness in her eyes. "Katherine is the one who... turned me and Stefan". "What the hell Ness, you know about Damon and Stefan". "Yeah", I said,"It took a while for me to come to terms with it, but I'm fine with it now". "If you know about Vampires, then we might as well tell you about doppelgängers" Damon Began. Stefan continued, saying "Doppelgängers are like identical people, they come from the same bloodline in some way. Katherine and Elena both belong to the Petrova bloodline". I looked taken aback, unaware of all the components of the supernatural I was yet to find out about. "So, if you didn't come to school, that was Katherine?. But why was she so cold to me? She doesn't even know me". "Trust me blondie, Katherine knows everyone" Damon remarked as he scoffed, "Plus, she's had a thing for my baby bro for the past 150 years". I gasped, internally. Damon lacked the ability to sense my panic, continuing to say "well it's not like it was unrequited, we both fell in love with her". "Before they found at she was a backstabbing bitch, though" Elena added. 

This was too much for me, maybe I wasn't actually ready to come to terms with Stefan's world, his identity. Katherine....