Putting her hands over her head, Elena took deep breaths. Standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom she held with her, a pregnancy test. Elena had missed her period that was due 2 weeks ago, and that could possibly mean that she was pregnant. Two lines appeared on the pregnancy test stick, Elena suddenly felt her heart drop. Feeling like she couldn't breathe or see, Elena took deep breaths, it was more than overwhelming. Was it a dream? Panicking heavily, Elena looked into the mirror and ran her fingers through her hair, was she really pregnant? How was it possible? Vampires couldn't procreate.
Stefan had been cleaning up Elena's lunch in the kitchen when he realised that she had been gone for a while. She had only said she was going to the bathroom so unless she had been sick he didn't really know why she would be gone so long. Wiping his hands on a nearby tea towel and throwing it back down on the counter, he made his way up the stairs of the Boarding House to his bathroom. The door was shut, and he could hear Elena in there. He knocked lightly on the door, speaking quietly but still loud enough so that she would hear. "Elena?" he asked. "Are you okay? Do you need anything?"
She heard footsteps approaching her and decided to try and calm herself down, the panting just made it worse. The whole thought of being pregnant overwhelmed her, it wasn't even possible and that just made Elena worry so much more. "Elena, are you okay?" Stefan asked once he had reached the door. Elena wasn't sure if she should tell Stefan and worry him, maybe she could just go talk to Bonnie about it, but they were a couple and as Elena had said once, "No secrets." She sighed softly before biting her lip nervously, "No.. I'm not okay." She said, her tone was shaky, you could tell she was extremely worried.
Stefan's brow furrowed in concern for his girlfriend behind the bathroom door. "Can I come in?" he asked, trying to mask his concern. He didn't want to make things worse if there was something wrong by letting her know that he was worried about her. He was practically dying not being able to see her and comfort her if she needed it, but he was going to respect her privacy and that included not barging into the bathroom unless she asked him to come in. "Are you sick?"
"You can come in." She said biting her lip nervously. What was she going to tell him? That she was pregnant? She was, well it read that she was, but it wasn't possible, it couldn't be. She took some deep breaths before standing over near the sink, feeling a tad nauseous, Elena waited for Stefan to enter the bathroom.
Stefan didn't hesitate to open the door and come in once he said that she could. He expected to find her on the floor curled around the toilet like she did when she was sick. But instead he found her leaning against the bathroom sink. He couldn't pinpoint her expression, it wasn't one he hadn't seen on her before and this just made this whole situation worse. Using his enhanced speed, he ran to her side. "What is it? What's wrong? Tell me," he said quickly, one arm reaching around to hold her and one going to her hair, stroking it soothingly to try and help her calm down. Whatever had her upset he was going to sort it out.
She bit her lip again and concentrated on the floor, she felt sick and she was also worried at the same time, it completely overwhelmed her. "I.. I missed it." She said eerily, before focusing her gaze back up to Stefan's eyes. Closing her eyes, she squeezed them shut slightly, "I took.. I took a pregnancy test," His reaction was probably going to be priceless which made her feel even more uneasy.
Stefan was just getting more and more confused as time went on. "You missed it? Missed what?" he didn't know what was going on, and he really wished she would just spit it out so that he could help her. His eyes shot up to her face when she said she had taken a pregnancy test. Suddenly it all clicked. Her period, she had missed her period. "Why would you take a test? It's not possible for us to..." he trailed off, the expression on her face making him shut up for a second. "Please explain to me what's going on," he begged.
"I was late, it's been 2 weeks, Stefan.. I had to take one." She said putting her hand over her forehead, questioning her feel even more uneasy, she didn't know herself. "I don't know what's going on, Stefan." Elena was shaken up, confused and worried, it wasn't exactly the best mixture.
"But we can't have a baby. I'm a vampire," he said, hoping that if he said it enough it would make whatever was happening go away. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. "It wasn't positive," he told her, but her expression told him that wasn't the case. "Was it?" he asked, his voice rising as panic started to set in.
"I know... but." She said looking up at him, the look in his eyes, they were both stunned. She looked back down at her feet, not wanting to answer him she bit her lip, and looked up at him, not even bothering to say a word, the look in her eyes probably gave him a hint to what the answer was.
The look on her face told him exactly what he was dreading. "Oh my God," he whispered, taking a step back and folding his arms across his chest. "How?" he said, mostly to himself. "I can't... It's impossible..." he was lost for words and couldn't help feeling a pang of sadness. This wasn't how things were meant to go. When people found out they were expecting a child there was meant to be hugging and happy tears, but all Stefan could feel was worry and dread. What did this mean? Was the baby human? How had they managed to do this? His head swam and he slid to the floor so he wouldn't pass out. He reached out and grabbed her hand, pulling him to the ground next to him. He rubbed small circles into the palm of her hand and tried to put on the calmest voice he could muster. "It's going to be okay," he promised.
"I don't know, I don't get it myself, Stefan." Elena said looking over at him. They were both at loss for words, it couldn't be, and vampires couldn't procreate. Finding out that you were pregnant was supposed to be one of the happiest moments of your life, apparently, but it wasn't for Elena, it read that she was pregnant, but it just couldn't be, she was in awe. She looked down at him as he pulled her down to the bathroom floor with her. "What are we going to do?" She said before putting her hand over her mouth, she felt something coming up and then dashed over to the toilet, making sure she got it all out.
The pair sat in silence for a moment, trying to come up with some kind of solution that would help them. Stefan was about to suggest that they take her to the doctor immediately, or ask Bonnie about what she knew and if she could possibly find out anything about their baby to be. But before he could get a word out Elena was heaving over the toilet. He rushed to her side, gathering her hair and holding it back. "It's okay, I'm here," he soothed, rubbing her back while he wished he could take this all away from her.
Being sick was one of the side effects from being pregnant, Elena didn't just get sick like that, she barely got sick anyway, and even if she was, healing her with blood was always an option. "Stefan, what do I do?" She said, they were both confused, Stefan was probably extremely confused to as how it was possible, it couldn't be, it was impossible. She backed herself away from the toilet and pushed her hair out of the way, looking over at him with her innocent but confused brown eyes.
He reached up and took her face in his hands, brushing his thumb across her cheek. "You're going to brush your teeth and then I'm taking you to the doctor. We're going to find out as much as we can about it. And then we're going to see Bonnie to see if she can help in any way." He spoke quickly, not wanting to waste any time. He leaned forward and pressed his lips to her forehead gently. "I will make sure you are going to be okay," he told her.
She bit her lip and nodded her head slowly, it was probably best to go see a doctor about it anyway, even if they couldn't give her the answers she needed, Bonnie could do the impossible. "I love you." She said, getting up slowly, gripping hand to hand with Stefan.
He helped her stand and grabbed her toothbrush for her, squeezing toothpaste onto it and handing it to her. "I love you too," he replied, his voice cracking with the emotion that came with that statement. Stefan had a sickening feeling that he would end up losing Elena because of this, and he couldn't let that happen. He couldn't lose her. Not again. "I'm going to go and get the car I'll be back up here in a second. Brush," he ordered, and disappeared to go and get the car. It was amazing really, how fast Stefan could move when he had a purpose. He had raced downstairs, driven the car out so it was waiting out by the front door, and raced back upstairs to fetch Elena all in the space of a minute. "Let's go," he said, his voice strained.
She took the toothbrush from his hands and looked behind her to see Stefan disappear outside to get the car. She looked upon herself in the mirror whilst brushing her tooth, it was so weird how something like this could change everything, it was astonishing, really. The minute she picked up the stick that revealed what was going to change her life forever was supposed to be a happy moment, but it wasn't, at all, it was just so hard to actually believe. She heard him dash back upstairs once had gotten the car ready and went back to the bathroom to go get her. "Coming." She said before taking one last look in the mirror and then suddenly walked out of the bathroom, taking a deep breath.
They walked out of the Boarding House in silence, neither of them knowing what they could possibly say to fill the silence. Stefan helped her into the car and shut the door behind her before going around to his side and climbing in. He started the car and they began their journey to the doctor. This would be the beginning of a long story that neither of them was prepared for.