Eternal
Chapter 1
Hi everyone I'm back! Right now I'm still working on my Twilight fanfiction We Are Family, but I'm so happy to start my first The Vampire Diaries fanfiction! Hope you enjoy this, here's the first chapter.
Elena POV
I had to find him, I needed him here with me. He makes me whole and he helps me be who I am every day. As Damon drove towards his car through the streets of Chicago, my mind wandered towards what would happen if we didn't find him. All that Damon told me is that he found out from an old acquaintance that Klaus and Stefan were going to be at a bar that he and Stefan used to go to back in the 20's.
"We will find him, don't worry Elena. We will bring him home." Damon said, as if he knew what I was thinking.
"I know we will eventually, I just wish he knew." I said, rubbing my stomach absentmindedly.
Flashback
It had been seven weeks since Stefan left. Seven weeks since he had cured Damon and left town with Klaus. Seven weeks since he had left me and everyone else behind to begin his existence of torture alongside Klaus.
I was sitting in Stefan's room one Thursday morning when I heard Caroline shouting my name as she came through the front door.
"Elena!" Caroline screeched as she sped at vampire speed through the house, up the stairs and into the room.
"Hey, Care." I mumbled, still buried under the sheets.
"Elena! What are you doing, you should be at school?" Caroline huffed, getting on the huge bed beside me.
"Caroline, I'm not feeling well. I haven't felt well for a few days actually. And before you ask, it isn't Stefan. I'm missing him like crazy but this is different. I've just been feeling sick it's okay through I'll be okay in a few days. You can go back to school if you like." I told her.
"No, it's okay. We had Alaric this afternoon and he knows the secret so I doubt he'd ask questions and create a situation that could potentially raise suspicion." Caroline said, taking off her shoes and jacket before getting in the sheets.
"What do you think it is? Do you think it's something you've eaten or…?" She trailed off.
"Or what?" I questioned, sitting up in the bed.
"No, it's okay forget I said anything. It's impossible." She muttered, lowering her gaze.
"You think I'm pregnant? That isn't possible? Is it? I thought vampires couldn't procreate?" I screeched, glad that Damon had gone into town to meet the sheriff.
"No forget I said anything, like I said it's impossible." Care whispered.
I looked at the calendar on my wall and reached over to grab my phone from the beside cabinet. I began to count back the days on my fingers and when I looked up at Caroline she was looking at me expectantly.
"Well?" She questioned.
"I'm actually late, Caroline this is impossible. I didn't even realise I've been so stressed out recently" I said, burying my face in my hands.
"Well, how about this. I'll go into town and buy a test for you and if it's positive we can go to the hospital this afternoon before Jeremy comes home from school?" Caroline wondered, getting out of bed and reaching for her jacket and shoes.
I nodded and Caroline took off out of the house. I vaguely heard her car door slamming before I fell back asleep.
When I woke up, Caroline was sitting on the bed beside me, scrolling through something on her phone.
"You're awake! Finally, I've been waiting forever." Caroline whined, reaching into her bag and pulling out a pharmacy bag. I reluctantly reached for the bag and looked up at Caroline, who was nodding, encouraging me, before I got up off the bed and headed for the bathroom.
I came out of the bathroom four minutes later with the positive test in my hand and a smile on my face.
"You are?" Caroline asked, astounded.
I nodded, giving her my answer.
"I am, I don't know how but I am, maybe this is the thing that will finally bring Stefan home. Now all Damon and I need to do is find him."
Flashback End
That was six weeks ago and here we were, coming to find Stefan and bring him home, back to his family. Telling Damon about the pregnancy was probably the hardest thing I've done since Stefan left. I was expecting him to lash out as tell me that he hated me, but to my surprise he didn't. Since then Damon and I have really worked at our relationship, we figured out all of the romantic feelings and now we are both content with the brotherly and sisterly feelings that we feel for one another. Damon had even come along to the 10-week scan with me as Caroline count make it, and he was so happy when he found out that he had a niece or nephew on the way that he could protect.
"Here we are." Damon announced, pulling me from my reverie.
I was dark outside as we pulled up beside the dingy Chicago bar. I was so nervous, what if he hated me? What if he rejected me?
"Elena, Stefan loves you. Everything will be okay, I promise. I'm going to go inside, get Stefan out here and distract Klaus. As soon as the clock hits twenty-five to eleven I'm coming out, because I do actually want to survive this trip. That means that you have eleven minutes between now and then to tell him and convince him to come home." Damon squeezed my hand reassuringly before he got out of the car and walked into the bar.
I was pacing beside the car when Stefan came out of the bar, he looked around and then stopped dead in his tracks when he saw me.
"What are you doing here?" He asked coldly. I knew it was an act, I knew Klaus would be listening inside so I beckoned him away out of hearing range.
"Stefan, come home." I said, looking into his eyes, grabbing his face when he tried to look away from me.
"Stefan, please." I begged.
"Elena, I can't. You know that. Klaus would kill you if he knows that you are alive, don't you see that?" He asked, I couldn't tell whether he was worried or exasperated, or both.
"Stefan, I do know that. But I know you'll make sure that we are safe. Damon is inside risking his life right now to save you, I'm here right now because I love you, don't you see that?" I turned back the question on him.
"Elena I…" He trailed off, struggling for words. I could see that he was trying his hardest not to give in to me and keep me safe.
I was beginning to become frustrated, he just needed to see that I was safe back at home in Mystic Falls with him. I had taken up residence at the Salvatore boarding house when Stefan left and I don't want to change that any time soon.
"Stefan, you need to come home, we need you home." I said, taking his hand a resting it on my stomach.
Stefan looked up at me confused, his mouth kept on opening and closing, no words coming out.
"How… no… impossible…" he whispered to himself.
"Stefan, I know it's impossible and I have no idea how this happened but it has. This is our miracle Stefan, our baby and we need you to come home." I begged and he nodded, pulling me into his arms.
"Let's get out of here, before Klaus realises something is up." He whispered, putting his arm around my shoulders and leading me towards Damon's car. Stefan and I got into the back seat of the car and I reached into my jacket pocket for my phone.
To: Damon
Done. Let's get out of here, the key is in the ignition so be quick before he notices.
I pressed send and before I knew it Damon was in the car and starting the engine, reversing out of the lot wildly and speeding away from the bar.
"Woah! Easy Damon remember who is in the car!" I chastised as I unclipped my seatbelt and climbed onto Stefan's lap.
"Sorry, mom." Damon grumbled from the front seat as he put his foot on the accelerator, speeding towards the highway.
"You okay, Stef?" Damon questioned, turning around in his seat dangerously to speak to Stefan, who looked confused at his brothers caring tone.
"Where has this changed attitude come from" Stefan questioned.
"Well, got a soon to be sister-in-law and a niece in the back of the car to take care of, isn't that right brother?" Damon said, focusing on the road.
"Damon!" I shouted, reaching over to smack him on the back of the head so hard that it hurt him.
"Ow! What was that for?" Damon exclaimed, rubbing the back of his head.
"I hadn't told him! Thanks for ruining the surprise dickhead!" I said through gritted teeth.
"It's a girl?" Stefan asked, grinning.
I nodded and he pulled me to him I buried my face in his neck, I pulled back before kissing him passionately.
"Eww, get a room you two, a gentle reminder that you are in the back of my car." Damon complained from the front seat.
I turned around and kissed Stefan again, just to spite Damon. I heard Damon tut before he turned back around and reached over to change the radio station.
For the majority of the drive back home we sat in a comfortable silence, apart from Stefan asking us the occasional question about what had been going on at home. Stefan and I continued to sit together in the back seat and eventually I fell asleep, resting my head on his shoulder and my hand on my stomach.
…
The feeling of being lifted woke me.
"Shh, go back to sleep. We're home, I'm just taking you up to your room." I heard Stefan say and I nodded before realising what he said.
"No, Stefan I want to go home." I said, opening my eyes drowsily.
"You want to go back to the boarding house?" Stefan enquired.
"Yeah, didn't Damon tell you? I've been staying there since you left so that I could be closer to you." I mumbled, dropping my head back onto his shoulder.
"Okay, back to the boarding house it is." Stefan said as he turned around and walked back down the steps of my old porch and towards the car. I vaguely heard Stefan and Damon speaking before I felt the car move.
It usually took me about fifteen minutes to drive to the Salvatore house, but with Damon's driving skills and vampiric attitude, it took barely five. I was wide awake and on Stefan's lap when we pulled up to the house, I could not wait to see the surprise on his face when he saw the plan Damon and I had come up with.
Damon unlocked the door and walked inside, I followed behind him. We both turned around hair in time to see the surprise on Stefan's face when he couldn't get through the door.
"What's going on?" He asked, confused.
"Elena owns the house now." Damon said simply before he walked off into the drawing room, or rather his scotch in the drawing room.
"You what?" Stefan asked, still confused.
"Well actually it was Damon's idea. I now have the deeds to the house and since someone living lives here no vampires can just waltz into the house whenever they feel like it." I told him, pleased at the plan we had come up with.
"That's actually a great idea considering it came from Damon, but can you please let me into the house before the wolves get me." Stefan joked.
I folded my arms across my chest and took a step backwards.
"Elena." Stefan warned.
"What? I'm not doing anything!" I said innocently.
"Oh my, I am so going to get you for this." Stefan complained, stamping his foot impatiently.
"My, we are impatient today aren't we?" I joked, taking another step backwards.
Stefan pouted and stamped his foot again, making me laugh.
"Mr Salvatore, you are allowed to come inside now." I said and he sped inside the house before I could blink.
"I am so going to get you for that." Stefan said confidently from behind me, startling me.
"Can't wait." I said before I took off in the direction of the kitchen for a glass of water.
When I came back through into the drawing room, I noticed Stefan and Damon standing in front of the fireplace. I knew they were talking, you could see their mouths moving, but I was human so I couldn't hear what they were saying.
"What are you guys talking about?" I wondered, setting my empty glass on the coffee table.
"Nothing for you to worry about right now, we can talk about it in the morning. It's late you should be getting to bed, it's late." Stefan said, winding his arm around my waist and fanning his hand on my stomach. It was a small gesture, but it was a gesture that bought a smile to my face.
"But I…" I said, and closed my mouth when Stefan folded his arms across his chest and raised his eyebrows.
"Fine, let's go to bed." I said, starting to feel sleepy as I made my way up the staircase.
"I'll be up in a second, baby. Just going to have a word with Damon before I go up." He said.
"Okay, don't fight." I mumbled, knowing they would hear me from downstairs, as I walked into Stefan's bathroom and closed the door.
I showered and blow dried my hair before walking out of the bathroom to find Stefan lounging across his bed, waiting for me. I walked across the room to Stefan's full length mirror and untied my robe, so that I was only wearing his t-shirt.
"Nice shirt, where's that from?" He asked, grinning at me as I shook my head at him.
I stood in front of the full length mirror, pulling the hem of Stefan's t-shirt backwards so that you could see my protruding stomach.
"Stefan, look." I said, laughing as tears filled my eyes. Before I could even blink, Stefan was standing in front of me, his hands on my stomach, his eyebrows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" I asked, worried that he felt something.
"I just don't understand how this has happened, well, how this is possible" He said, pulling me into his arms, one of his hands still resting comfortingly on my stomach.
"I have no idea, Stefan, I didn't cheat on you I swear. You know, I said something to Caroline on the day that I found out I was pregnant. I said, maybe this is the thing that will finally bring Stefan home. Now all Damon and I need to do is find him, and I was right." I said, he reached up with his other hand to wipe away my tears.
"I know you didn't cheat on me, Elena, the thought never even crossed my mind, not even for a second. I'm just confused, I'm sure that this has never happened before."
"I am too. But maybe it's possible because I'm the Doppelgänger or maybe it just happened because we needed something to bring you home, and that miracle came in the form of our daughter." I said, smiling as he laughed alongside me.
"And you're absolutely 100% sure that you are pregnant? You've been to the hospital? How many weeks along did you say you are?" He questioned.
"I didn't say, but the doctor said I was between twelve and thirteen weeks. And yes, I am absolutely 100% sure that I am pregnant, I went with Caroline to the hospital on the day I took the test. I've also been for the ten-week scan, that is where we found out that we were having a girl." I said, sitting between his legs on the bed as he sat up against the headboard.
"You were with Caroline when you found out?" He asked.
"Yeah, it was a Thursday morning and I had skipped school because I wasn't feeling too great. Caroline skipped Alaric's lesson and came over to the house to make sure that I was okay. Eventually after our chat she guessed that I was pregnant and went in to town to get a test and when it came back positive I was so happy Stefan. I might only be eighteen years old but this is something that I've always wanted, I just didn't think we'd ever have it. She came with me to the hospital to make sure that I was, but for my ten-week check-up Caroline had made plans with Bonnie so I was going to go alone…" I was cut off by Stefan before I even finished my sentence.
"You were alone?" He asked, you could see his heart breaking, knowing that he could have been with me but he was with Klaus.
"Now if you would let me finish my sentence…" I trailed off, raising my eyebrows at him.
He nodded and put his hands back on my stomach.
"I was going to go alone, but when I walked into the maternity ward waiting room Damon was sitting there, he said that Caroline sent him because she didn't want me to be alone. Something changed when you were away, you know? Damon and I really sorted out everything between us and I honestly think he is happy for us. I know that he's still the same cocky bastard Damon that he has always been, but think that she's starting to being out his humanity more. Besides, I'm saying this with full knowledge that I will probably regret it tomorrow because I know you can hear me Damon!" I said, I heard a chuckle and I knew that he had heard me.
"I know what you mean, he seemed different when I was talking with him earlier, maybe this baby is the key to his human emotions, maybe the fact that he's going to be an uncle is making him happy." Stefan told me, rubbing circles on my stomach.
"Have you felt her move yet?" He wondered, placing a kiss on my forehead.
"No, not yet. The doctor said anything between thirteen and twenty-five weeks, and by then she'll be kicking me like mad." I laughed.
"I can hear her heartbeat you know, it's the most amazing sound. I'm still confused that after everything that I've done, I was able to help create something that is so pure." He mused quietly.
"Stefan, you don't understand yourself the way I see you. Stefan, regardless of what you have done, every feeling that you have is overshadowed by the love you have for me, and the love that you have for Damon. We were able to create something so pure because it's what you are Stefan, you were pure when you became a vampire and you still are now. I know what you mean though, about the heartbeat. The first time I heard it at the scan I cried my eyes out." I told him, placing my hands over his.
"How do you forgive me for what I did?" Stefan whispered.
"Stefan, there is nothing for me to forgive you for. You did what you did to save Damon and you succeeded. If Klaus decides to come here, let him. He can't get inside of the house and there is nobody left in this town who he could possibly hurt, he knows he can't. As long as I'm with you we'll be safe." I shivered at the thought of Klaus showing up here and taking Stefan away from me again.
"He won't touch you again, I promise." Stefan vowed to me.
"Stefan, I love you." I told him, getting in the sheets and resting my head on his shoulder.
"I love you, too. Sleep well, my love." I heard his reply before I fell into a fitful sleep.
Dream
"I'm here for the half vampire child, sweetheart. You will listen to me…" Klaus trailed off, stepping into a small clearing in the forest.
"No, you can't have her, she isn't yours to take." I shouted, tears streaming down my face.
"I'll take her if I want to, Elena. You don't seem to realise I always get what I want." Klaus taunted.
"No! You can't have her! Stefan! Stefan!" I yelled, knowing the clearing wasn't far from the boarding house.
I stopped shouting when Klaus started to laugh.
"They aren't coming to help, don't you see, they're already here. Turn around." Klaus taunted me further.
I clutched the baby girl wrapped in a purple blanket tightly as I turned around. I was not prepared for what I saw.
Stefan was lying flat on his back, blood running down the side of his grey face from a head wound and a stake in his chest. Damon was beside him, attached to a tree by a piece of metal going through his heart.
I could hear a girl screaming, I looked around the clearing, hoping to find her, hoping that she could help me.
"Please, help me!" I whispered, falling to my knees.
"Elena!" I heard Stefan's voice echo in my head.
"No, please, don't hurt her!" I cried as Klaus took a step forward to take my daughter away.
"Elena! Stop!" I heard Stefan again, only this time his voice was more forceful.
When I looked around the clearing again, it was only Klaus and I alive. There was no screaming girl, only me screaming for help.
End of dream
I sat up in bed to find myself cradled in Stefan's lap. I buried my head in his chest, breathing in his scent, hoping it would chase the dream away. To my surprise, it did.
"Stefan…" I cried.
"Shh, you're okay. Everyone is okay, everything's fine." He promised, kissing my forehead reassuringly.
"You were dead, so was Damon. Klaus was here to take her away from me, from us…" I trailed off, crying into his chest.
"He won't come anywhere near you, or her." Stefan vowed.
"What about Damon, is he okay?" I questioned.
Stefan nodded, rubbing his hand in circles on the small of my back.
"He's fine, he's right there take a look for yourself." He said.
True to his word, Damon was leaning against the doorframe of Stefan's bedroom.
I breathed a sigh of relief before resting my head back on Stefan's shoulder.
"Sorry for waking you, Damon. Go back to bed." I apologised.
"It's fine, I was still awake anyway." He reassured me, smiling slightly before closing Stefan's bedroom door as he left.
I sighed into Stefan's shoulder.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you up." I apologised again.
"It's okay, baby. I want you to wake me up every time you have a nightmare, no matter what time it is. Promise me."
"I promise." I said, feeling sleepy again.
"Good, now go back to sleep. We have to be up early tomorrow so we can talk before we head out to school." Stefan muttered.
I yawned before climbing off of his lap and snuggling in the bed beside him, falling asleep for the second time that night.
…
I was woken up early the next morning by someone banging on the front door. I heard Damon shout down the stairs at whoever was banging on the door before I stood up and reached for my robe.
"Stefan, time to wake up, baby." I said, sitting on the bed and running my hand through his hair.
"Be down in a second." He muttered, reaching up and rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Okay." I said, slipping on a pair of pyjama bottoms before walking down the stairs.
I found Caroline talking with Damon in the drawing room.
"Care, what are you doing here at," I looked down at my watch, "twenty minutes past six in the morning, and shouldn't Bonnie be with you?" I wondered, only just realising how early it was. Now I understand why Damon was pissed at our early visitor.
"Well! We have tonnes of stuff to talk about, Bonnie complained when I called at 6AM so she said she'd just meet us at school. Where is Stefan?" She asked, looking towards the stairs.
"Yes I know, Care, but twenty past six in the morning? Wait, how did you know that Stefan was home?" I asked, confused.
"Yes, twenty past six in the morning makes sure we have loads of time to talk, and Damon texted me." Caroline said nonchalantly, as if Damon texting her was a regular thing. I looked at Damon, smirking and raising my eyebrows at him. He rolled his eyes and ran at vampire speed out of the room, coming back thirty seconds later wearing a black t-shirt and jeans, closely followed by a tired looking Stefan, who was still wearing pyjama bottoms, and unfortunately, a shirt.
"Caroline, I would say half an hour to talk would have sufficed." Stefan said, throwing himself on the couch and putting a cushion over his face.
"Stefan, we have loads to talk about. First subject is a bit touchy though…" Caroline started but she was interrupted.
"To answer the question that you are about to ask. Yes, I think I am capable of going to school without tearing someone's neck out. Yes, I have been struggling over the last few weeks but I've decided to have a small amount each day until I'm used to it. Yes, I will be going back to my normal animal blood diet. Can I go back to sleep now?" Stefan told us.
"Oh, okay. Well it looks like that question is answered. Does he know?" Caroline asked me, looking directly at my stomach.
"Yes, he knows. But I would rather that she be kept under wraps for as long as possible, I don't need to be known as a slut and the little girl who lost her parents, why am I going back to school again?" I questioned, doubting that people won't notice my twelve-week baby bump.
"Elena, you are not a slut. We will do our best to keep her under wraps but if we don't we can pull you out of school and I'll teach you if you need it." Stefan reassured me, getting up off the couch and wrapping his arm around my waist.
"Yeah, what Stefan said." Caroline agreed, putting her hands on her hips.
"So you are going to continue going to school regardless of what is going on right now, you're all crazy." Damon said, reaching for his scotch.
"Damon, it's half six in the morning!" Caroline exclaimed, Stefan and I on the other hand were used to Damon's drinking habits.
"Yes, and?" He said, pouring it into a glass and rolling his eyes.
"Okay guys, can we at least go and get ready to go to school?" I complained.
"Yes, we need to be there early to make sure we avoid as many people as possible, Elena it's warm out so wear a dress, something floaty like that green dress you got last time we were at the mall." Caroline told, well ordered, me.
"Okay, boss. We'll be down soon." Stefan said, sleepily taking my hand and leading me towards the stairs.
...
An hour and ten minutes later, Stefan and I walked down the staircase to greet Caroline, who continued to tap her foot impatiently until we were standing in front of her.
"No Damon?" I enquired, noticing the now vacant armchair.
"No, my mom called him and he left. You ready?" Caroline asked us.
"Nearly, just need to get my shoes." Stefan said, wincing jokily when Caroline glared at him before taking off up the stairs at vampire speed.
"Does this dress make me look fat?" I sulked, turning sideways so Care could see.
"Elena! I told you, you aren't fat you're pregnant. There is a huge difference!" I heard Stefan shout down the stairs.
"Yes, but we know that, the people at school don't." I complained.
"Yes, but who cares. They can think all they want, the people that matter know the truth and screw everyone else." Stefan said from besides me, startling me.
I rolled my eyes and smacked his chest.
"Will you stop doing that, that's the second time in two days you've scared the hell out of me." I exclaimed, earning a laugh from Caroline and Stefan.
"Okay, miss moody. Let's go, you're driving I didn't bring my car." Caroline said, reaching for her bag and walking towards the door.
"Then how did… never mind." I sighed, not finishing my sentence when I realised that she'd ran here.
Caroline laughed and she was practically bouncing as she walked over to the red mini that sat in the driveway.
I sighed, thinking of Jenna. This was Jenna's car before Klaus showed up and…
I was broken out of my inner thoughts when Stefan stepped up behind me, wrapping his arms around my waist and placing his hands on my stomach.
"You okay?" He whispered.
"I will be, I just thought that she'd be here when I was going to be a mom." I sighed and Stefan kissed my forehead.
We stayed like that for a few moments before Caroline beckoned us towards the car, I realised that I had the keys in my hand and she was waiting for me to unlock the car.
"Sorry, Care." I apologised.
"No, it's okay. Don't apologise. Even though we weren't close, I kind of miss her too." Caroline said, a small frown appearing on her face.
I smiled at her and put my hand on her shoulder.
"Okay, let's get going, we don't want to be late and Stefan isn't driving!" Caroline exclaimed.
"Uh, why?" He asked, dumbfounded.
"Because I've seen you driving, some of the time you drive like a normal human being and then other times you drive like a maniac, don't even deny it." Caroline said, raising her eyebrows at him, daring Stefan to deny her statement.
"Sorry, baby but I have to agree with her. I've seen you when you are trying to get somewhere quickly." I said sheepishly.
"Elena, you are supposed to be on my side." Stefan whined playfully.
"I am, I'll drive." I announced, unlocking the car and getting into the driver's seat. Caroline got into the backseat, sitting in the middle and Stefan was sitting in the passenger seat before I even blinked. He smirked at the confused look on my face and I rolled my eyes, starting the car and reversing down the drive.
"So, just to clarify, who at school knows?" Stefan asked, running his hand through his perfectly messy hair.
"Well, the only people that should know are us three and Damon, I also told Jeremy and Bonnies and I think Damon told Alaric but other than that, nobody unless Care has told anybody." I said, looking at Caroline expectantly through the rear window mirror.
"I haven't told anybody, it nearly slipped out when I was talking to Matt but I stopped talking just in time. He kept talking about… no, never mind." Caroline brushed it off.
"He kept talking about what?" Stefan asked, intrigued.
"Well, since we aren't together and I'm spending more time with Tyler nowadays, it was the first time we had spoken in a while. He seemed really interested in you, he was asking loads of questions about you and he seemed too interested in what was going on with Stefan and why he left town so suddenly." Caroline told us quickly.
"Right, and you told him what?" I asked.
"As little as possible, I didn't answer the questions about Stefan and why he left town because I couldn't without giving away too much. I told him that you were okay, everything was fine just that you were missing Stefan like crazy, which was true so I wasn't technically lying to him. He even told me that he went around to your house at one point and spoke to Jeremy. He then told me that he wasn't happy to know that you had suddenly taken up residence at the boarding house."
"He wasn't happy? It doesn't have anything to do with him where I was staying, or am staying. I'll talk to him today, I usually see him on the way from home room to first so I'll talk to him then. Why didn't he just talk to me about this if he was so concerned, it's not like I've been skipping school?" I asked, confused at Matt's antics.
"Yeah I guess you could do that. I'm with you in home room and you're with Stefan in history first so you won't be alone with him either way." Caroline said as I pulled into the school parking lot, that was nearly empty. I drove through the lot and parked my car next to Bonnie's car, that she was leaning on waiting for us.
I stopped the car and got out, closely followed by Stefan and Caroline. I walked over to Bonnie and hugged her.
"Hey guys, glad to see you are back Stefan." Bonnie said, smiling at him.
"You don't seem that surprised to see him?" I asked, confused.
"Damon text me and told me." She replied, brushing it off. What was it with Damon texting people recently, especially Bonnie and Caroline?
"Right, anyway, how have you been I feel like I haven't spoken to you in ages." I asked her, Bonnie told me that she was fine, just looking forward to the day being over so she could get back to bed.
"But that's enough about me, how are you and bump?" Bonnie whispered, looking around to make sure that nobody in the quickly filling parking lot had heard us.
"About that, we would prefer it if she was kept under wraps for as long as possible, only about six people know, Stefan and I included. And, we are great, even better that her daddy is home." Looking up at Stefan and grinning when he pulled me into his arms. I felt Stefan stiffen when someone called my name from across the lot.
"Elena, there you are I've been looking for…" Matt stopped talking when he saw Stefan standing behind me.
"Hey, Matt. How's things?" I asked normally.
"Everything's been great, I went over to your house but Jeremy said you weren't there." He said.
"I know, I haven't really been at home a lot recently." I said, smiling in his direction, hoping that he didn't look down and notice the baby bump I was hiding under my dress.
Matt was about to speak when we were interrupted by the first bell.
"Well, I'd best get going. I'll see you at the game right?" He asked hopefully.
"Yeah, maybe. I'll see you Matt." I waved goodbye as he walked back across the lot to where his friends were standing.
"Come on, let's get you inside." Stefan said, putting his arm around my shoulders and leading me towards the school doors, Caroline and Bonnie walking behind us. Stefan walked alongside me to my home room classroom, not letting go of my hand once. A few people were surprised to see Stefan walking through the corridors, most of them girls who shop him lustful glances as he walked by them. He kissed me goodbye and then walked down the corridor towards his classroom, he waited until I had walked inside with Caroline before going into his own room.
Home room passed by tragically slowly, and by the time I was packing up my textbook and walking out of the door, Stefan was already there waiting for me.
"Have fun?" I asked sarcastically.
"Just as much fun as you had, I'm sure." He replied.
"Anyone ask you any questions?" I asked him as we walked through the crowded corridor to first period, my hand in his.
"Nope, I don't think anyone really cares enough about my sudden disappearance. Besides, people tend to avoid me, it's their basic instinct. What was it you called me again, mysterious?" He joked, nudging me slightly with his hip.
"Oh shush," I blushed, "that was before I didn't know why you were being mysterious, now I completely understand why you were. Do you think you would have told me if I didn't figure it out?"
"Oh yeah, definitely. I was falling for you and you, always so inquisitive, kept on asking me questions I couldn't give you any answers to. So basically, in the end it would have been easier to tell you rather Han listen to all of the questions that you had for me." He said, reaching up and putting his arm around my shoulders, he had been avoiding putting his hands on my stomach so that he wouldn't attract attention to it, and frankly I was missing the comfort his touch bought. We got to our classroom and went inside. Even though the lesson didn't start for another ten minutes and students were not allowed in the classroom yet, I hadn't seen Alaric in nearly two weeks. I walked into the classroom behind Stefan to find Alaric sitting behind his wooden desk and Damon leaning against one of the desks talking to one another.
"What's going on? What's happened?" I asked, worried.
"Why would you think something is going on?" Damon asked, confused.
"Because every time I seem to walk into this room and you are here, something has happened or someone has died." I said calmly as possible.
"Elena calm down, nothing has happened and nobody has died, yet." Damon said nonchalantly.
I folded my arms across my chest and groaned, turning around and leaning against Stefan, my head resting on his chest. I took his hands and bought them to rest on my bump, knowing that it would calm me down. Suddenly I stepped away from Stefan, doubling over in pain.
"Elena!" Stefan shouted, picking me up and sitting me on Alaric's desk and holding my face in his hands, his eyes were searching mine for any sign of pain. Luckily for me, the pain came and went. Thank god we were in Alaric's classroom when it happened, not in a crowded corridor. Suddenly, I winced when the pain came again, and I realised that it wasn't pain.
"Stefan, feel." I said, taking his hand and placing it on my stomach. Tears were streaming down my face and his facial expression turned from one of worry to one of happiness.
Caroline chose this moment to burst into the room.
"What happening? I heard Elena, wait why are you all smiling?" Caroline asked, confused.
"She's kicking!" I said through the tears.
Caroline dropped her bag onto the ground and rushed over to me, if Stefan wasn't a vampire he would have been on the floor.
"She is? Can I feel?" She asked quietly.
I nodded my head and she raised her hands, placing them on either side of my bump. I groaned in pain again and Stefan was at my side, I lifted one of Caroline's hands and moved it to the spot where she was kicking. I saw Caroline smile and a tear slip down her face. I reached up to wipe it away, Caroline stepped away and pulled Stefan to the spot where she was standing. He raised his hand slowly and placed his hand on the space Caroline removed her hand from only moments before. He grinned a broad smile when she kicked again. Tears were running down his face and soon I was encased in his arms.
"That's our daughter, Stefan." I said, giggling into his shoulder. I winced again when she kicked the same spot. Stefan pulled away from me and cradled my face in his hands.
"I'm okay, really I am. She's a strong kicker I'll give her that, must get her strength from the vampire side of her because I've never known a woman to be in so much pain when their baby kicks." I said, breathing through the pain of her next kick.
Our moment was interrupted when the door of Alaric's classroom burst open and in walked Tammin Williams, a girl who moved to Mystic Falls after her sister married into a founding family.
"Oh I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" She asked boldly, her eyes zeroing in my stomach, where Stefan's hands still rested.
"Oh…" She said, grinning. You could see the clocks turning in her head.
"Oh for goodness sake." I groaned, I turned to look at Damon.
'Can't you just compel her?' I mouthed at him.
Damon raised one finger at me, telling me he was going to wait to hear what she said.
"My, my if it isn't little Elena, what have you got yourself into?" She chastised me, thinking she had a right to have any opinion on the matter.
"It's none of your business." Stefan said coldly. Tammin was one of the girls who constantly pined after Stefan.
The girl smirked before she turned on her heel and sped out of the room before anyone could stop her, yelling, I could hear her and I'm sure everyone else can too. Damon ran towards the door but turned back around when she started shouting, rolling his eyes at her level of childishness.
"You will never guess what! Elena Gilbert is knocked up!" She yelled, laughing.
I buried my face in Stefan's chest as he held me to him tightly.
"I was a fool to think I could hide her from people." I murmured.
"Shh, it's alright. Come on, we'll go home." Stefan assured me, kissing my forehead.
"No, we will do this lesson and then we can go." I said and I felt him nod.
"I'll excuse you myself once the lesson is done, I'll deal with Tammin too, horrible piece of work that girl is." Alaric said.
"I know right, I remember when she showed up and tried to beat me to the it girl top spot." Caroline laughed.
"Nope, that spot is reserved for you, Blondie." Damon said with a smirk on his face.
Caroline rolled her eyes and was about to make a sarcastic remark back at Damon when the door opened again. I turned around, expecting it to be Tammin or another high school student looking for the gossip, but luckily it was Bonnie and Jeremy.
"We heard, what happened?" Jeremy asked, out of breath from running here.
"She started kicking and Tammin burst in here. She noticed what was going on and decided to shout it in the corridors, wait aren't you two supposed to be in classes?" I asked, still crying.
"No, we were on independent study in the library when someone came in and started telling everyone. This is spreading like wildfire what are you guys going to do?" Bonnie asked, folding her arms.
"Screw them. We're doing this lesson and then Alaric is excusing us…" I trailed off.
"We'll be back though, tomorrow probably. But if it gets too much we won't be coming back, I'll teach Elena if I have too but I'm not having her here around all of these vicious people. Why don't you two come over for dinner tonight, Caroline and Alaric too?" Stefan asked the group.
Everyone agreed to Stefan's offer, everyone went their own way. Bonnie and Jeremy left to go back to the library, promising to be at the boarding house for seven. Damon left after shaking hands with Alaric, saying that he would see us at home. Caroline, Stefan and I walked across the classroom to our desks that were now in the back corner. Caroline sat down in her chair to the left of mine and Stefan leant against my desk, still holding my hand.
"An hour, baby. That's all and if you want to go home, I'm sure Alaric will excuse us earlier if it was necessary." He murmured as Alaric walked over to let the rest of the class in, as class did technically begin five minutes ago. Stefan looked up from me when students began to enter the classroom. A few were laughing, speaking quietly, pointing in our direction, I could feel Stefan's hand shaking.
"Stefan, no. Ignore them they are pathetic. Getting angry isn't going to help anyone right now." I whispered, knowing he would hear me. He nodded and stood up to sit in his seat beside mine, he reached over and took my hand in his, rubbing the back of my hand with his thumb.
"Okay, class, everyone in their seats quickly, take your history textbooks out and turn to page 97." Alaric said.
"Now, can someone please tell me a fact about the Russian Partnership?" He asked the class.
After that the class passed slowly. Alaric set independent questions and revision for a test that was supposed to be taken next Friday. For the whole class, Stefan never let go of my hand, he managed to finish his questions in under a minute so he entertained himself by reading a book that I recognised from the library back at the boarding house.
"Okay guys, unfortunately that's all we have time for today so have the questions on page 103 done by Thursday." Alaric said before he excused the class. Stefan and I made our way to the front of the class.
"See you at seven!" Caroline said as she walked out of the door.
"You sure you're going home?" Alaric made sure as he signed the absence slips and handed them to Stefan.
"Yeah, we will see you tonight?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'll see you tonight." Alaric said as we walked out of the classroom and down the hall. As we walked down the hall hand in hand, everyone was turning around and stopping their conversations to look at us.
"Come on, baby, let's go this way." Stefan murmured into my ear as he lead me towards a fire escape. We got to the car and got in when I realised we gave Caroline a ride to school.
"One minute, I need to call Caroline." I said, taking my phone out of my purse. The line rang four times before she answered.
"Hey, what's up?" Caroline greeted me.
"Hey, nothing is up I just realised that we gave you a ride to school and we're leaving now." I said solemnly.
"Oh, I literally just asked Bonnie for a ride home after school, don't worry about it." She told me, giggling.
"Oh, brilliant. I'll see you later." I said.
"Bye, honey." Caroline replied before hanging up.
"Okay, let's go." I said, Stefan put the key into the ignition and started the car.
"Everything will be okay, you know." Stefan broke the comfortable silence, squeezing my hand.
I smiled at him brightly.
"I know, as long as bump and me have you, I know everything will be fine. I really do love you, you know?" I said, reaching over to touch his cheek.
He moved his face sideways and placed a kiss on my palm.
"I know, baby. I love you guys, too." Stefan replied as we pulled into the driveway.
"Good, Damon's here he can help me cook for tonight." Stefan said happily.
"I could help." I replied, getting out of the car and slamming the door behind me.
Stefan just laughed and re-took my hand in his as we walked through the front door.
"Nope. Sorry, Elena but your cooking could probably kill me and that isn't the easiest thing to do." He joked, kissing me chastely before walking into the kitchen to prepare for the evening of fun ahead.
Hi everyone! I really hoped you enjoyed the first chapter of Eternal, the next chapter will be up as soon as it's finished! About the history subject, I'm not 100% sure of the history topics they teach in the US, but I'm currently doing the Russian Partnership on my A Level History course.
Really hope you liked it, See you soon!