#25 I have a very bad case of...

Background color
Font
Font size
Line height

Hey guys!
So guess what it is today!?!? *drum roll* It's My Birthday!!! (finally!) So, as a treat to all of my wonderful readers (a.k.a. you guys), I will be double updating...Enjoy!!!!

I like Stefan Thompson.

I can't believe I just said it. Oh My. God. What am I going to do? I can't believe I just confessed. Oh. God. This is really happening. After our intense staring contest, I finally looked away to hide my blush. I saw Stefan walk up to me. "I am sorry. For everything that happened. And how I reacted and everything. I am sorry." He said. Nessa. Stay strong. Do not fall for this. You have to be angry. Why am I not angry at him?! Ugh! "Yeah. Whatever." I finally spoke. "So you forgive me?" Yes. Of course. "No." I tried hard to not drool over his sexy jawline. Oh. My. God. Get yourself together Nessa.

"I said I am sorry." He tried to convince me. Yes. I forgive you. Gathering up all the courage that I had, I walked away from him, without saying a word. I went up to Lena, who was smirking at me. "You know that song was for you right?" She asked. I hummed in response. "I had no f*cking idea that he could sing that good." Selena cheered, trying to gain my attention. I, again, hummed in response.

What is happening to me? I can't let this happen again. I mean, why would Stefan like me back? I am just a useless person. I don't deserve him. And I can't have my heart broken again. Not after Anthony. Ugh! Why is life so difficult!?

"Earth to Nessa?" Claire said, waving her hand in front of me. "What?" I snapped. "What you want to do next?" She asked. "How about we empty those awesome picnic baskets? I mean, the food tastes fantastic. From where did you order it? I have tried every restaurant. None taste that good." I exclaimed. They all were smirking at me. "What?" I raised my eyebrows.

"We didn't order it. Stefan made it all." As soon as the words left Ryan's mouth, my eyes went wide open. "Yeah. He planned this whole thing." Melvin joined. What? Wow! I was speechless. I mean he did all this?!? Why? For one apology? "Let's start eating!" I said, acting like the new information did not affect me. I could see Stefan's face drop.

As everyone, started raiding the picnic baskets, I went up to Stefan. "Okay. I forgive you." I sighed. "Really?" He asked, smiling like a small kid earing his lollipop. "Yeah." I chuckled. "But, you have to make more of all this for me," I added, pointing at the food. "Anything for you, Princess." He smirked. I just rolled my eyes and continued eating my awesome Pasta.

***********
Time passed by. We played some more games and watched two more movies. Finally, everyone fell asleep at 4 in the morning. And now, as I was lying on the bed, I heard the sound of a camera clicking. My eyes shot open to meet Stefan's sleepy ones. Wait a minute. Bed? How am I on a bed? And I realized that I was sleeping on top of Stefan. I quickly, got up, and tried to hide my face, which I was pretty damn sure, looked like a tomato. "Good Morning Princess." He smirked at my reaction. I just rolled my eyes and made my way to the washroom, to get ready for the day.

**********
All the eight of us missed school, which for the first time in my life, I didn't mind. I mean, I was really not in the mood to go to school after the amazing birthday I had. Best day of my life. Currently, I was in the hospital, making my way towards Ethan's room. I entered the room, to find my mom sitting beside him. I was about to walk out when I heard her call my name. "Nessa, come in, sit." I went and sat near the window.

"Good morning sis! How was your birthday sleepover?" Ethan asked. "Awesome." I smiled. "Did Prince Charming apologize?" He asked. Prince Charming? Oh! He means Stefan. I could feel my face heat up, at his name. "Yep. He did." "Good. Otherwise, I was going to kill him." He smirked. My mom came and sat beside me. "Happy Birthday Dear!" She said, handing me a box. I thanked her, and opened the box, to see the most beautiful phoenix pendant ever. I gasped.

Phoenix was the symbol of the Elites. This pendant is a very important family heirloom. It was passed down from all the generations of the leaders. And now my mom was giving it to me.

I closed the box and gave it back to my mom. "I don't deserve it. I am not worthy of it." I sighed. "Yes. You are." My mom kept the box back in my hand and hugged me. I hugged her back. I missed my mom. "Hey! Even I have something for you." Ethan said.

He removed a box from under his blanket and motioned me to take it. I opened the box to see a beautiful snowflake charm bracelet. "Wow!" I gasped. "It's just like the pendant I gave you." He smiled. And my face dropped and I could feel my body tense at the mention of the pendant. I had lost it. "What happened?" Ethan asked. "You don't like it?"

"No. It's beautiful. How can I not like it?" I chuckled. "Then why so serious?" He asked. And I told him about what happened to the pendant. "Its okay, Nessa." He said. "It's not," I argued. "It is." Our fight was interrupted when Shirley walked in with Selena. "Hey, Nessa!" Selena said and I walked over to her. Shirley went and sat beside Ethan. "I'll leave you guys alone." My mom said as she started walking out of the room. "Bye, mom!" I unknowingly said, which made my mom stop in her tracks.

I haven't called her mom since I realized that I was adopted, which now when I think of it, is very rude. So I am not surprised that it left my mouth. She smiled at me and then walked out of the room. "So, what's your plan today?" Stefan asked me and Selena. I looked at Selena. "I am going to school for some Basketball. You want to come?" She asked me. "Basketball? Me?" I raised my eyebrows.

"Yeah. You don't have to play. You can go and play soccer." She suggested. "Okay. Now, that is what I would do." I chuckled. We said a quick goodbye, sat in my car, and drove off to school.

I and Selena parted our ways at the soccer ground. She went inside towards the court while I stayed outside. Normally, no one is allowed to come to school for just this. But those are some perks we enjoy, being the captains. I went to the girl's locker room and got changed.

I came out to see Josh, playing with someone. I walked over to them. "Hey, Coach!" I greeted. "Hey Cap! Come on. Join us!" He suggested. "You don't have to ask me twice." I chuckled and went over to the other person practicing. He was kicking goals while Josh was the goalkeeper. "Hello, Princess!" And that was the moment I regretted coming here.

Why! Why! Why does he have to be here? Okay, Nessa. Calm down. Ugh! I sarcastically smiled at him. He just chuckled and continued kicking goals. We played for about an hour and then I headed back to the locker room to change, deciding to take as long as I could to change. Now, why would I do that? Well, Stefan told me he is going to take me somewhere. Why did I agree to it? I have no idea!!

As I was done changing, I heard the locker door open. I took my bag and went to see who had entered. It was Lunchtime, so no one comes here. And I am pretty sure Stefan won't enter. He is gentleman enough to wait for a girl to change. Aww! Look who is praising. Shut up! Selena was still playing with Ryan who seemed to have come here with Stefan. I was about to head out when someone pulled me back. My head directly hit a hard chest. "What?-" "Hello, Sweetheart!" Anthony smirked.

I could feel the anger boiling inside me. "How the hell did you get here?" I glared at him, as I tried to get out of his hold. Keyword- tried. His muscular arms wouldn't even budge. "Well, I have many contacts. And I missed you!" He smirked. I was still shooting daggers at him. "Let me go!" I growled. "Not ao fast." He said as one of his hands went up to my face and he smashed his lips on mine.

I quickly pushed him back and slapped him. "How dare you? Get off me!" I shouted. Without paying attention, his hand slipped inside my shirt. What the f*ck!? Thats it. I kicked him where the sun never shines. He quickly left me and stumbled behind. "You f*cking slut!" He shouted. "How dare you?" I shouted as I punched his face. I was able to punch him one more time when he grasped my hand. "You have to pay for it now." He deadpanned as he pushed me. My head banged on the locker and the world went blur for a minute. Thats when I heard the door open again and Stefan entered.

Without thinking he came at Anthony. He shoved him towards the ground and sat on him. He started punching him. "I" punch "told" punch "you" punch "not" punch "to" punch "lay" punch "a" punch "finger" punch "on" punch "her." I heard a bone crack and I knew something was broken. I went over to Stefan and pulled him away from him. "Calm down!" I confronted him. "Yeah? Calm down? Thats what you want me to do?" He glared at me. I ignored his comment and looked at his knuckles, which had blood on them. Thankfully, it was not his. "Calm down!" He angrily muttered as he walked out of the locker room.

I looked down at Anthony. He had a broken nose and a busted lip, with blood all over his face. But, he was still smirking. I walked over to him, kicked him in his balls, making his smirk disappear, and walked out of the room, preparing myself to face an angry Stefan.

"Calm down?!" He was still repeating what I said to him. I could literally see smoke coming out his ears. "How do you expect me to calm down? Did you see what he was doing?" He came to me as soon as he saw me walk outside. "I was handling myself pretty well," I told him. "You were? Well, it didn't seem like it. You looked like you were so scared that you would let him do whatever he wanted to you." He glared at me. This pissed me off. I am not weak.

"Oh yeah? Thats what you saw. Well, get your eyes checked. I didn't need your help." I glared at him. "You didn't? Do you know what I think? I think that you were pretty much enjoying yourself in there." He growled but regretting it the next second. "You never change!" I shouted and then started walking away from him as fast as I could. "Wait! I am sorry! I didn't mean it!" Stefan called out to me.

He ran after me and stopped in front of me. "I am sorry! Its just that, seeing you like that...it just...I couldn't control my anger. I just didn't want you to get hurt." He sighed. "Well, your words hurt more than what happened in there." I glared at him and tried to walk away, but he held my hand and pulled me back. "I know! I am sorry! I am very bad at words. I just want anything to happen to my Princess." He apologized. 'My Princess.' That sounded so perfect! First time I agree with you. "Well, I can take care of myself." "Of course you can! I never doubted that. But still." He sighed.

"Okay." I give up. I cannot stay angry at him. Ugh! "Okay? As in I forgive you okay?" He raised his eyebrows. "Yeah. Yeah. Don't push it." I said and he chuckled. "Let's go. I told you I am taking you somewhere." He said as he held my hand and pulled me towards his car. I could feel a tingling sensation where his hand met mine. Oh God! I have a very bad case of Stefan-ittis.

**********
We entered a cafe and took our seats. I texted Selena on the way, telling her that I had kept my car keys in her locker and that she and Ryan could take my car as we had taken Stefan's. A waitress came and took our order. And thats when I realized something- it is very hard to refrain from punching the waitress when she flirts with someone you like. Ugh!

Thankfully, the waiter who came to serve our food was different. We quietly ate our, both engrossed in their own thoughts. The thing that I was most surprised with was that the things between me and Stefan weren't awkward after our kiss. I think I have to thank the rumor about me kissing Kevin for that. The fight we had made it simpler for me to talk with him. I hope it was the same thing for him.

We finished our food and we headed out. He drove us towards the woods. We stopped at the entrance and we started walking. I knew exactly where he was taking me. We reached the clearing, which still looked exactly the same as last time. The only difference was that there was a box in the middle of it.

I kneeled down and opened the box, to see a note written inside. 'Follow all the red arrows till you find the next box.' Oh My God! This was like a miny treasure hunt. "What is this?" I asked him, excitedly. "It's your birthday gift. Do what the notes tell you to do and you'll find it." He smiled. And I did just as the note told me to. I saw a red arrow pinned to one of the trees. I walked up to that tree. I looked in the direction where the arrow pointed and found another arrow. This went on for some time. I excitedly walked followed where all the arrows led me. Stefan followed closely behind me. Finally, I reached a tree arrow, which pointed to a rope hanging from the tree. It read 'pull the rope.'

I did as it said, and suddenly, another box fell from the tree in front of me. "When did you get the time to do all this?" I asked Stefan, clearly astonished by all the effort he had taken for me. He just shrugged. Without wasting more time, I opened the box.

'I am a fruit that contains some water...
And can provide milk and oil for cooking...
If you ever want to find me...
The tallest tree is where you should be looking...'

I read the riddle and chuckled. I knew exactly what it meant. The riddle lead me to the tallest palm tree in the woods. That was the place where I and Selena had met Abby and Tessa. I and Selena had just moved here, and we had got lost in the woods. Abby and Tessa helped us find our way out. And thats when we started hanging out together. I looked around the tree. There was another box at its base. I am loving this treasure hunt.

I opened them and took out the note. 'Follow all the blue arrows.' I just chuckled and did as it told me to. Finally, after following the blue arrows, I reached another box. I opened it and removed the note.

'You are seriously going to get in trouble for punching me! You don't know who I am. I will make sure you end up in hell.'

Although the note seemed like a warning, I started laughing. Stefan joined me. "Seriously?" I asked him, remembering the first-ever conversation we ever had.

I, Selena, Abby, and Tessa were trying to make a sandcastle, but we were failing pretty badly. Suddenly, a girl came up to us. "Hello! I am Claire! Do you mind if I help you guys with this?" She asked. She tried to sound as cheery as possible but I knew she was pretty nervous. "Yeah! Please! We really need some help!" I chuckled. As she was about to sit down, some boys came from behind and pushed her. She lost her balance and fell directly on her face. All three boys started laughing.

"How does the sand taste? I don't know! I have never kissed it." One of them commented. Abby and Lena helped Claire up while I took a step forward toward the boy who made the comment. "You better apologize." I glared at her. "What if I don't? What are you going to do, Princess?" He smirked, while his friends laughed. I just smirked at him. "What happened? Got scared, Prin-" He was about to say 'princess' but I cut him off by punching him. The boys stopped laughing while all the girls, except Selena, gasped. She was used to my behavior.

"You are seriously going to get in trouble for punching me! You don't know who I am. I will make sure you end up in hell." Stefan shouted. "Even if you were the President's son, I would punch you on the face whenever and however I want." I glared at him. "You are going to pay for it." He shouted as he and his friends walked away.

"Wow!" Tessa exclaimed. "Yeah! That was awesome! You should have seen the look on my brother's face when you punched Stefan Thompson-" Abby was cut off by Selena. "Wait a minute. The Stefan Thompson? As in the son of Joseph Thompson?" All of them nodded. "Wow! He is one of the richest people in America." Selena sighed. "So what?" I asked. "Thanks for standing up for me. Bit he seriously can make someone life hell." Claire sighed. "Well, thats going to change," I smirked.

I reached the same spot where we were trying to build a sandcastle. But I didn't see any box anywhere. "Where is the box?" I asked Stefan. Stefan chuckled at my childish curiosity and removed a small box from his pocket. "Happy Birthday!" He chuckled. I snatched the box from his hand and glared at him. "You had the box all this time?!" "Yep." He said, popping the 'p'. I playfully glared at him as I opened the box, revealing a beautiful necklace. It was similar to the necklace Ethan had given me. The only difference was that there was an additional heart that had Princess carved into it. Wow!

"This is so beautiful!" I gasped. He really had thought about the gift. He knew how much the snowflake pendant meant to me. And he had added his touch to it. "Glad you liked it." He smiled. "Liked it? I loved it!" I chuckled. "Let me help you put it on." He offered and I followed. As his hands brushed over my shoulder, I could feel a cold sensation which led to my face heating up. Oh God! Not again! It happens okay? No need to comment on it brain!

"You do remember that you owe me a day right?" Stefan snapped me out of my thoughts. "Yeah yeah. Because of a stupid deal." I rolled my eyes. "Well, be ready at 5 on Saturday. You have to do everything and agree with everything I say." He smirked. "Okay. Whatever!" I rolled my eyes. I have no idea how I going to spend my whole day with him.

A/N:

Hey guys!
Hope you like this chapter...

This is the first chapter of today's double update!! Next chapter will be up soon...

This is a whole new different side of Vanessa. The always tough and strong girl who now, cannot control herself in front of her crush. Which side of Vanessa do you like?

See you soon...

You are reading the story above: TeenFic.Net