A/N: AU where Stefan and Elena grew up being childhood best friends.

"Damon Salvatore—DON'T YOU DARE!" I crossed my arms at Damon when I saw that he and Kol were about to throw knives at each other.

"Kol, make wise choices." Stefan walked into the kitchen and grabbed the knife from Kol as he grabbed some water.

"I would never!" Kol said, pouting and Damon starts to laugh at him.

"Damon, you're acting very immature—you just had your 500th birthday last week," Stefan raised his eyebrows at his brother and shook his head.

"Damon. If you know what is good for you, YOU WILL GIVE ME THE KNIFE." I crossed my arms and he looks me up and down, almost challenging me.

I just stand close to him with a smirk on my face. Shocked by my facial features, Damon looks pretty much terrified. I pull his shoulder down forcefully so that I can whisper something in his ear. I noticed that both Kol and Stefan were watching, so I made sure to make the threat to Damon seem as realistic as possible.

When I'm finished, Damon's eyes are wide and he looks as though he's seen a ghost as he hands me the knife. I smile in his direction and bow at the two boys that are watching me.

"Gosh, she's really hot," Kol said, causing Stefan clench his hands into fists.

"I would spread the message to your friend. You don't have to, but I would advise that you tell him the same thing I told you." I looked him up and down and Damon ran over to Kol, almost not getting over there fast enough.

"I take it you threatened to rip his heart out." Stefan looked over at me and a chuckle escaped my lips.

"In the most graphic way possible. Now, I almost regret it. Keyword being almost." I smiled and took a drink of Stefan's water.

"They act like such children. It's understandable," Stefan nodded. "They were pretty much tormented as children. I guess they're trying to make up for lost time."

"This should be interesting because they're both vampires. It's never going to end," I groaned and Stefan laughed, taking his water back.

"We're going to need a lot more alcohol to get through this. That reminds me, we're running out."

"Do you want me to go get some more while you watch these two?" I looked Stefan up and down and he backed away from me. "Stefan! I'm human! What if I piss them off and they get a little too bloodthirsty."

"That would never happen."

"What makes you so sure of that?" I took Stefan's drink back and he spoke up when I handed it back.

"If they did that, I would have no issue ripping their heads from their bodies," Stefan smiled and it took me a minute to realize that he's serious.

"You would never do that!" He cocked his head at me and I pursed my lips together. "Hey, it's not like I want to be dead, but you never know with the two of them."

"I know them well enough to know that they would never hurt me like that, Elena." Stefan shook his head and Damon made a heart with his hands, winking in our direction.

"What's going on with Damon?" I furrowed my brows and Stefan shook his head in disapproval.

"Don't worry about him."

I looked at Damon and noticed that both him and Kol were looking at me...was Kol blowing kisses at me?

"Do they really want me to rip their hearts out that badly?" I finished off his water bottle and Stefan laughed at me, rolling his eyes.

"No, I'm pretty sure they're hoping that I ask you out. They're also listening in on our convers—"

"Did I just hear you say that they're waiting for you to ask me out?" I cocked my head at him. "What makes you think that?"

"Well, they do joke around that we act like their parents."

"That better not be the only reason because I really want to date you, but I'm not going to if that's the case." I ran a hand through my hair and Stefan bit his bottom lip, avoiding my gaze.

"If I'm being honest, I've wanted to ask you out for a long time. However, everything tried to get in between us, considering the fact that Katherine came back to ruin our lives. Then, Caroline turned into a vampire. After that—"

"Hey, I already know all the hell we've gone through recently. Continue to speech."

"I guess I finally snapped when Matt asked you out. I've never been so bitter in a long time, Elena," he bit his bottom lip, eyebrows furrowed. "I saw how happy you looked with him and it made me so mad."

"Are you just asking me out because you're mad at him?" I looked up and down and decided to mess with his head as much as I could.

"No, Elena, I would never. THIS IS SO FRUSTRATING." He covered his face with his hands, refusing to look at me.

"Are you really not going to ask me out because you're frustrated?" I forced him to look at me. "That doesn't seem like the start of a very good relationship."

"See? I was right—"

I closed any gap that was between us and pressed my lips to his, smiling when he reciprocated it.

"Yes, I would love to go out with you," I whispered, causing Stefan to kiss me once more.

"Seeing the adults of the group kiss is weird," I heard Kol say and Damon is making puking noises. Stefan and I roll our eyes at them in perfect unison. This should be fun.

Together, we were a beautiful crime if you were to ask Kol and Damon.