Stelena: Eternal Love (2)

23- Back To Business

Three weeks later

Caroline's POV

I was so excited to resume planning this wedding; I was rearing to go and start organising. I've had to wait for so long to completely finish planning it, but now the wait was over. It all seemed surreal, everything that's happened between the two of the them.
Elena asked Bonnie and I if we wanted to go round hers today to start the planning. I immediately agreed since I've been waiting to plan this wedding for what seemed like forever. Bonnie was also eager to come and start planning but obviously she wasn't as eager as I was, nobody ever was.
My wonderful boyfriend came into my sight. "Good morning," he greeted me with a cute smile.
"Good morning to you too," I said as he walked over and gave me a sweet kiss on my lips.
"Are you coming with us over to Stefan and Elena's?" I asked as I poured all three of us a cup of coffee, knowing Bonnie would be down in a minute.
"Sure, I'll talk to Stefan whilst you girls do the hard work," he replied with a smirk. I simply laughed and passed him his coffee.

A few hours later

We all got dressed and ready and were now making our way over to Stefan and Elena's house. As soon as I knocked, the door swung open to reveal a smiley Elena with an equally smiley Isabella in her arms.
"Come on in." She gestured us inside, waited for us to enter, and then shut the door behind us.
"So whose ready to start some organising?" I asked, maybe a little too enthusiastically.
"Caroline's been very excited to start planning," Bonnie joked behind me and received a laugh from Elena.
"Klaus, Stefan's upstairs if you wanted to see him," Elena said, whilst gently rocking Isabella. He gave Elena a nod and me a kiss on the cheek before going upstairs.
"Yeah, he's not really into planning and such, he's here to talk to Stefan," I laughed.
"Okay let's get started!" I said, before we made our way to their kitchen table, this was when my hyper-organisational skills came into play.

Half an hour later

Elena's POV

I was excited to be talking about weddings again since it meant we were one step closer to becoming married.
We all sat down at the table and Caroline made a page list of everything that needed to be done.
"Are we going to get Stefan?" Caroline asked and before I could answer Klaus and Stefan walked into the kitchen.
"No need, I'm already here." He kissed my head before sitting down next to me. Klaus did the same to Caroline before sitting down next to her.
"How's Bethany?" I turned to Stefan and asked.
"Sound asleep in the living room," he said before Isabella ran into the room.
"Daddy!" She laughs before she climbs up onto Stefan's lap.
"Hey gorgeous," He greeted her, a smile present on his face. 
"Isabella, do you want to help us plan mummy and daddy's wedding?" Caroline asked rhetorically from across the table.
She continued to playfully hit her hands on the table, I could tell she was getting tired.
"Oh Elena, have you got that thing...?" At first I was confused as to what she meant but finally it clicked and I quickly jumped out of my seat.
"Yes, I'll be right back," I said before walking away to fetch it from our bedroom. At the moment, it was been living in the bottom of our wardrobe, Stefan's seen it and we've briefly been through it but not enough in my opinion. I picked the heavy object up and carried it back down the stairs before placing it on the table. There were many different reactions to the large object I placed on the table.
"Has that binder grown Elena?" Caroline asked.
"Oh my god, what on earth is that?" Klaus asked, very surprised and laughing at the binder.
"Firstly, it's a wedding binder that the girls and I put together when we were younger. And yes Caroline, I may have added some more leaflets." I produce a small laugh before sitting back down next to Stefan. Caroline moved the binder towards her, opened it and scanned a few pages with a mesmerised face.
"This binder has so many ideas in it! Aren't we clever for making it?" I laughed at her enthusiasm and sarcastic question.
"What's first, Caroline?" Bonnie asked, bringing Caroline out of her mesmerised trance.
"Uh right, colour scheme!" She said, aiming it towards Stefan and I. We had our ideas on what we wanted for the wedding but not enough ideas to organise a whole wedding.
"Ooh we've got some sophisticated colour schemes in here," she slid the book to us and indicated to where the colour schemes were. Stefan and I looked at them and there was one that particularly caught my eye. I looked up to Stefan and see an adorable smile on his lips.
"I like that one," I said quietly, pointing to the one I liked. He nodded in return and smiled, I loved how we agreed so easily with each other.
"Which one are you guys liking?" Caroline asked, so we showed her the colour scheme we liked. We chose a greyed jade colour which could be paired with light grey to make a theme.
"Do you like that colour scheme, Isabella?" Bonnie asked Isabella, who appeared to be preoccupied with cuddling up to Stefan and yawning.
"I'd take that as a yes," I said turning to Bonnie, giving her an answer.
"Okay, next is the date. You can decide on a rough date but depending on the location you choose, it might change." We both nodded our heads in understanding and listened contently to Caroline's information.
"We were thinking around July, we don't have a specific date." Stefan answered, whilst rubbing Isabella's back. She currently had her arms wrapped around his neck, her head rested on his chest and her eyes were slowly closing. I smiled at the sight.  
"Ooh okay a summer wedding. I'll write that down and check that off my list." She ticked off another box on the list and moved onto the next thing on the paper.
"And what about location? I can arrange for you guys to have some tours of places you like." I loved how Caroline was so organised and was always so willing to help out. Stefan and I did have some ideas on where we wanted to have the wedding but we haven't gotten round to viewing any places yet.
"Yeah, that would be great. We've got some days where we're both free in the next couple of weeks," I explained.
"Okay so I'll arrange for you to visit some venues when you're free," she said before writing something down.
"Ah I'm so excited for this now! It seems all too real now," Bonnie exclaimed with a clap of her hands. I smiled at her excitement and felt Stefan's hand hold mine under the table.
"Yeah, me too," I said. I was also so excited to plan and have this wedding, I couldn't wait.

A few hours later

After having put Isabella to bed, I slowly and quietly made my way back to our bedroom. Stefan was lying on his stomach with a book in front of him, his hand in his hair. I stood at the door frame and let out a sigh of exhaustion.
"You okay, baby?" He asked, shutting his book and looking at me with a concerned expression.
"Yeah, I'm just tired." I smiled a tired smile to reassure him. "And the only place I want to be is in bed with you," I said, lying down next to him. His hand laid gently on my hip as his thumb lightly rubbed my sensitive skin. For a few moments, his hand left my hip to brush away the hair partially covering my face.
He smirked. "Tiring day?" He questioned, making me release a breathy laugh.
"Yeah, it's tiring planning a wedding." I said dramatically before we both started to get up and move to the other end of the bed.
"And there's more to come," he teased as I leaned slightly on him.
"Hmm." I leaned in and passionately kissed him on the lips, wanting to taste all of his perfect lips.
"I love you," he whispered against my lips.
"I love you too, baby," I whispered back with a smile on my face. I swore, every time he whispered those three words to me, I loved him even more. Our foreheads rested against each other's until I moved to lie down next to him. He lied behind, tightly but gently wrapping his arms around me in a comforting hug.
"I love having you in my arms," he whispered softly by my ear. I smiled and leaned my head on his chest, taking in his gorgeous scent.
"I love being in your arms, I sleep better with you." It was true, I didn't sleep as well without Stefan which was one of the reasons why I didn't get a lot of sleep in the hospital, the other reason being the fact that I had a newborn to look after. I was so dependant on Stefan now and I've become so attached to him, I think we both felt the same way about each other.
"And I sleep so much better with you," he snuggled his face into my hair.
"This is why you can never leave me, I need someone to cuddle with at night," I joked. I was barely holding in a laugh as he turned me over to face him.
"I hope that isn't the only reason why you don't want me to leave you," he smirked. I stifled a laugh, trying to be quiet so I didn't wake Bethany. He was partly leaning over me and our faces were just inches apart.
"You're right you're a excellent cook as well," I joked again. He leaned down and kissed me forcefully on the lips before kissing my jaw, followed by my neck.
"You're being such a little tease tonight missy," he said as he resurfaced so that we were face-to-face again.
"But you like it when I'm a tease." The grin on my face must've been massive at this point, moments like these always made me all giddy and smiley.
"That I do." I initiated the kiss this time and I made it a long drawn-out one, one that I definitely needed after a long day.
"But I guess you serve more purposes than just cooking and cuddles." I let out a feigned sigh at the end.
"So tell me, what other purposes do I serve?" He kissed my cheek lightly, making me smile softly.
"Well... you bring light into my life, you've been there for me and you basically make my life a thousand times better," I stated. I smiled more when I saw the cute little smile appear on his face.
"Only a thousand?" Now it was his turn to be the tease.
"A hundred thousand, a million, a billion, a trillion!" I exaggerated but kept my voice down since we really didn't want to wake Bethany.
"But seriously, just having you with me and love me makes my life so much better." I lightly ran my finger down his structured jaw as I felt his hands glide across my hip and down my back.
"I'm glad you feel that way, because I feel the exact same way about you." His adorably cute smile was seriously making my heart melt.
"I love your smile," I smiled. He continued to smile his amazingly cute and sexy smile and I produced a small giggle.
"And I love you," he concluded before kissing me on the lips.
"I love you more," I replied as we drew out of the kiss. He wrapped his arms around me as he laid behind me again.
"Not possible," he whispered into my hair. I smiled, knowing I've got the best the best fiancé. Not long after, I fell asleep wrapped up in Stefan's comforting embrace. I was as happy as I could be.

AN: Hope you like it! Would you guys like a steamy, romantic scene in a chapter in the future? Let me know and I'll write it- it won't be anything really mature or anything. Sorry for mistakes as I haven't proof read the chapter as much as I normally do since I wanted to update.
-Chelsea X