Finally chapter two :D Enjoy!
The next few days went by pretty fast.. Elena had gone home the next morning, gotten a surprise card from Jeremy that she hung up in her room and then she spent the rest of the weekend relaxing. On Sunday night, by the time it was 10pm Elena had finished her homework which was a new record, and it made her extremely happy because she could finally go to bed at a more normal hour.
The next morning when she finally did wake up, she felt awful. Her body ached, her head hurt, there felt like there was a sharp object rubbing up against the inside of her throat.. But she got up anyway, got herself into another one of her spring dresses that this time was a navy blue color and not strapless. She pulled on a pair of flip flops, straightened her hair and did her makeup and as always, just when she was about to go downstairs she got a text from Stefan.
When she finally did go downstairs, she sighed knowing that it was going to be hard getting through the day feeling like this but she wasnt the type to miss a day of school. Especially when she was in higher classes, making it so she had that much more work to catch up on if she missed school.
As she saw Stefan's car pull up, her mom was walking down the stairs and quickly said, "Have a good day honey" before Elena could get out the door. "You too, love you" Elena said back before going out to Stefans car, getting inside and looking at him.
"Woah, you alright?" Stefan had immediately asked and she looked at him confused. "Yeah, why?" she asked. "I dont know, you just look pale. Did you catch whatever Jeremy had?" he asked and she shrugged. "Maybe, but that doesnt matter. Lets go." she said giving him a reassuring smile and he sighed, beginning the drive to school against his better judgement.
Elena had gotten through the first half of the day for the most part, but by third period she couldnt take it anymore. Her head was pounding and she was in dire need of some medicine to make the pain go away. Not to mention sleep. So when the bell rang, instead of going to fourth period she went to the bathroom and pulled out her phone. Just as she was about to call her father, she remembered they were both at the hospital for the baby because her mother was getting an ultrasound.
She could almost cry, and she felt like an idiot for overreacting but she just wanted to go home. So she texted the only person she knew would take her, Stefan. She felt selfish for asking, especially since he was probably already in class but at this point she was desperate. He answered about two minutes later saying he was on his way and would meet her at her locker and the relief she felt was major.
She put her phone back in her bag and headed out of the bathroom, to her locker where not even five more minutes went by until she saw him walking toward her. "Hey, whats wrong?" he asked, worry flashing through his green eyes. She looked at him sadly, "I just need to go home. I think Im sick" she said, her eyes getting watery. He could tell she was on the verge of tears probably because she was stressed out.
"Hey, hey…" he said calmly, cupping her face. "Its okay. Lets get you home." he said moving so one of his arms was around her, while he took her bag with his other hand and walked out of the school. Once they got to to the car, the drive didnt take long to get to her house but when he looked over at her, she noticed she dozed off pretty quickly so he got out of the car and put her bag over his shoulder, leaving his in the car and then scooped her up into his arms.
He felt her stir a little, starting to wake up but he continued walking silently and opened her house door. Elena's dad practically rushed over worried and Stefan shook his head. "She isnt hurt. She is just sick. She thought you both were at the hospital getting an ultrasound." he explained, keeping his voice down. "We rescheduled that for next week at short notice" he said sighing, his eyes going to Elena and then back at Stefan. "Thank you for taking her home."
Stefan nodded and brought her upstairs to her bedroom, laying her down and taking her shoes off before grabbing her blanket and pulling it over her. By the time he had finished, her mother was at the doorway and he turned and gave her a friendly smile. "Thank you." her mother said and he nodded. "Its hard to say no to her" he said honestly and her mother smiled. "Yes it is." she replied.
"You can go home if you'd like, myself and her father can take it from here." she said and Stefan took his eyes off Elena and back at her. "Actually, is it okay if I stay?" he asked, feeling a bit nervous. Her parents were nice and they had always treated him well, but if they wanted him to go he didnt want to bother them any further.
Luckily, her reaction seemed happy by him wanting to stay. "Sure. Im sure she wants to see you when she wakes up anyway." she had said and that made Stefan smile a little at the thought. "Thank you" Stefan said and she nodded, leaving the room to go downstairs. With that, Stefan pulled a chair beside Elenas bed and watched her sleep for the next few hours.
Elena finally woke up, although it seemed as if it were only minutes. Stefan never realized how much time had gone by until he looked at his phone seeing the clock already read 5pm. "Stefan?" Elena asked, her voice a bit scratchy as her eyes only opens about halfway. She was probably still exhausted. Understandably so. "Hey" he said, his voice quiet not wanting to startle her knowing just waking up and hearing someone's regular voice sometimes could feel overwhelming. Especially when sick.
"How are you feeling?" He asked as Elena sat up, looking around a little bit at her surroundings and remembering what exactly got her there in the first place. "Like hell" he said honestly and he sighed. "I know" he said. Before anything else could be said though, he heard a knock on Elena's door, getting their attention and turned as it opened. "Stefan would you like to stay for dinner?" Elena's mother asked, a warm smile and Stefan nodded. "Sure." He said simply and her mother nodded, leaving me closing the door behind them.
That night, Stefan stayed for dinner and ended up staying the night, somehow, the concern in him outweighing the tiredness and keeping him awake which lead to his decision to skip school the next day and keep Elena company.
Four days went by and it was now Friday afternoon, Elena was feeling better and had gone back to school that day, and thanks to Stefan, she was pretty much all caught up on everything she had missed in the past few days.
Elena was in her room, Stefan not being there because he was home getting ready since they had planned on going somewhere that might together and possibly a few other friends. All her thoughts were interrupted when she heard her named being called from the bottom of the stairs. It was here father except his voice was different from his usual calmness. It sounded rushed and frantic and like he needed her to answer immediately. The thing is, that was exactly the case.
Elena rushed to the stairs where her father quickly explained that her mother was in labor and that he had her bag and was helping her into the car and they needed her to get Jeremy. She felt a wave of excitement and fear hit her. Excitement because she would finally be able to meet her baby brother or sister, but fear because it was a little too early.
She quickly rushed and went in Jeremy's room, picking him up although he was looking at her with confused eyes and went and grabbed her phone before carrying Jeremy down the stairs and putting him in the car that both her father and mother were ready in. She could hear her mother trying to control her breathing and tried to ignore the weird sense of emotions she was feeling in her stomach as she got into the backseat, put on her seatbelt, and her father made his way to the hospital.
Authors Note: The campy, happy, cute/perfect thing we have going here will be ending next chapter. Fair warning :) haha. Sorry about typos/anything else wrong. I started this a few weeks ago and finished this and my update for my other story today back to back and wanted to update asap.