Chapter 10

Stefan had insisted he slept on the sofa, in case he did anything he would regret. Elena came down early in the morning and made him waffles, they were nowhere as good as his but he always like it when she tried to cook, so she made the effort. She decided to ring Jeremy to give him a warning, Stefan was meant to be going out today to buy the paint for Archers room and they were meant to be clearing the guest room out and painting it as well as putting up the crib which Ric had sent for them.

"He Jeremy it's me, how are things?" Elena could hear that Jeremy was busy with one of the twins as he was obviously on speaker as she could he who she thought was Miranda crying in the background and her brother trying to soother her. "Hello, Jer?"

"Yes I'm here, Miranda just fell over, is everything ok?" Jer had now turned the loud speaker off so he could have a more private conversation with his sister.

"I'm fine, its Stefan, he lost it last night, with a trauma patient from that explosion on the bridge, he feed on him after he was dead Jer" He could her the worry in her voice

"Hey, shhh it is going to be ok…what did he say?"

"he said after it, he just ran home and said that he didn't even feel a craving for blood and I believe him, but he isn't trusting himself, he said last night he was still going to go out with you, but I'm giving you a heads up, he is a bit on edge but I promise he won't do anything to hurt you."

"Ok Elena I trust you, and I trust Stefan as well. But thank you for the heads up. I'm going to head round at about 9 and pick him up anyway so I will see you then. Love you Elena."

"Love you too Jer" and they both hung up, and Elena went to go and eat her waffles.

"Stef, I made waffles do you want some?" he wouldn't budge, she had even tried poking him which she knew was not a good idea but she had to try it. She finally decided to wave the waffles in front of his face, and it did the trick, after about 5 seconds he was awake, but made a mad dash for the bathroom.

"Stefan are you ok?" Elena heard a noise that sounded a lot like Stefan throwing up, but that was odd as he never did. "I'm coming in."

"No, Elena don't I'm fine." It was too late she was already in and sitting on the floor next to him just in time for him to throw up again. It seemed as if he was throwing up blood and that was it, as if his body was rejecting it. "Elena I said don't come in. you don't have to see me like this." He started to sit up and lean against the cold tile wall.

"Yes I do Stefan, because you were there for me every morning when I needed you and you really helped, so I will be here for you." She went and sat next to him on the wall and they sat there in silence for the next 10 minutes or so, Stefan then announced that he felt well enough to have a shower and go out with Jeremy, he acted as if it had never happened and how could he as he hadn't been sick in around 140 years.

"Elena when are you going out with Caroline?" he walked in looking all sexy in skinny jeans and a tight fitting t-shirt.

"Care is picking me up in about 10 minutes, so I best be getting ready, there are some waffles I made in the microwave. I love you Stefan." She kissed him and he grabbed her round the waist pulling him closer, and then moved his hand up her t-shirt and round to the front to rest his hand on her stomach.

"Stefan not now ok, Jeremy is coming round at 9 so you only have about 45 minutes to get your stuff ready. Have fun today and I can't wait to see his room." She kissed him one last time and then headed to get her shoes on, Caroline pulled up on the drive and beeped her horn, she came back into the kitchen quickly "bye Stefan, and remember have fun ok." And she was gone.

Jeremy came by a few minutes early and Stefan answered the door and without another word, Jeremy started laughing, looking at what Stefan was wearing. "You wait Stef, in three months time all your designer clothes will have sick and poo on them, and you will end up buying clothes from Walmart." He came in and just patted Stefan on the back, "you ready to get to work? We need to get all the furniture out of there to start off with." Jeremy just took himself up to the guest room as if he owned the place, well thinking about it now he was the first one to see it other than Stefan and Elena. And before the twins were born he spent most of his free time here. They started off my dissembling the bed and taking it down to the garage, and then slowly taking anything else down bit by bit. At about mid-day the room was empty, surprisingly it was bigger than Stefan remembering it to be.

"Let's go and buy the paint, me and Elena settled on a green to go with Archer. Why do you think Jer?" he looked at Jeremy who was holding a beer in his hand.

"I think it's good, what type of green are you looking at?"

"Well we were thinking a light green to make the room look lighter, but we can see what we can find in the shop."

For a surprise Klaus had come down with alexander, Elena was really happy to see them, but neither of them were happy to go shopping for baby clothes, so Klaus went and showed Alexander round the town where his Step-Mum had grown up. They had promised to meet at café at 1 as it was one of Elena's favorite and it was apparently her day according to Caroline.

Elena and Caroline had spent a fortune on baby clothes and other items, it had been real fun picking out clothes and other things for Archer, but Elena was tired and wanted to go to café. They drove there and arrived at about 10 past 1, Klaus and Alexander had already found a table and they went and sat down next to them. Caroline sat next to Klaus who automatically kissed her and they could hear alexander say 'ewww' but they just laughed, he put his arm round Caroline's shoulder and Elena was happy to see Caroline with the man she loved. Elena sat next to Alexander who got up and went to sit on Elena's lap. "Hey Alex, be careful." Klaus gave alexander a stern look.

"But dad…don't call me Alex only mum can do that." Alexander kissed Elena on the cheek and then moved back to his own seat. Klaus smiled at Elena, one of his cheeky smiles and then he started to talk, his strong accent English accent always made Elena intrigued on what he had to say.

"So Elena, do you know if it's a boy or a girl yet?" she turned to Caroline who had suddenly started to look down at her lap.

"You didn't tell him?" Caroline shook her head now feeling really embarrassed. Klaus now looked confused so she decided to put him out of his misery. "It's a boy and me and Stefan with the help of your wife, decided on the name Archer." Caroline now looked at alexander, who seemed as bored as a 7 year old could be.

"What do you think Alex? You are going to have a cousin?" he smiled at the thought of it. He then turned to Elena.

"Do I get to play with him? And can mum and dad bring me down to come and see you, Stefan and Archer?" he seemed to like the idea of another child in the picture.

"Yes, you can always come down and see us, but right now I have to go and use the ladies room." Elena got up from the table and left to go use the ladies room.

"What do you think Alexander, you happy for Elena and Stefan?" Alexander shifted in his seat

"I am happy for them dad, but when do I get a little brother or sister? I am lonely when I am at home. After mummy died, I think that I will never get a brother or sister." Klaus looked at his son, who was very mature for his age, you have to be when you lose your mum at the age of 5. He hadn't a clue on what to say, because him and Caroline were looking into adoption.

"Well Alex, first thing is first, why don't you let your dad call you Alex as it seems that it annoys him when you don't let him call you it." She smiled and kissed Klaus on the shoulder. "And second, you know me and your dad can not have children but we are looking into adopting another child, we were just putting it off because of what is happening with Elena and Stefan."

"Caroline? It really is you, you haven't changed a day! How are you?" Caroline was puzzled then she realized who it was, Tyler Lockwood, her high school sweetheart, he hadn't changed much apart from he had got more muscular and had obviously not shaved in a while. They broke up now 8 years ago and she had been with Klaus for 7 years. Klaus was just staring at Tyler trying to figure out who he was

"Tyler, hey, you look good how are you doing?" It clicked in Klaus's mind now who he was.

"I'm doing good, I have a job in professional football, is this your husband and son?" Tyler now gave a nod toward Klaus and Alex, this was probably the most awkward thing she had been through in the last few years.

"Yes, Tyler this is my husband Klaus, and my step-son Alexander. Klaus, Alexander this is my…old friend, Tyler Lockwood. Alex I think your dad showed you his old house, the really big one." Caroline smiled at Tyler who was just standing their silently.

"oh yes, dad said that the house has been in your family for many years but when both your parents and your uncle died you couldn't stand living there anymore, so you sold it to Damon Salvatore who now rents it out to people all year round at a holiday home. It was really interesting, dad told me a lot about you family and the history of this town. Both his parents are from here, so he used to come back for holidays." Tyler was shocked at how mature Alex was, he was even more shocked when Elena walked round the corner.

"Tyler? It's been so long, how are you?" Elena went over to hug him, they were never really close but in the last year of high school they had grown closer. She sat back down and indicated for Tyler to pull one up.

"I'm good, you and Stefan still at it?" he laughed and nodded his head towards her stomach, it made her remember that whenever her felt it was an awkward situation he would nod towards things instead of pointing, and she could definitely understand why he was nodding now.

"Hey Alex, there is a model shop over there, why don't I take you and we can leave your mum and Elena to catch up with an old friend?" Alex was eager to nod and run over to the model shop on the other side of the mall. Klaus bent down and kissed Caroline on the head and then hugged Elena, then rushed off to catch up with Alex.

"Stefan and I have been married for 4 years now, the wedding was really close family and friends. And now I am 6 months pregnant and we have our little boy, Archer on the way. Time really goes when you leave school doesn't it?"

They carried on talking for a long time, Klaus popped in to say he was going to head back to the hotel now so he could let Alex play with all his new toys. He kindly said good bye to Tyler even though he didn't like the idea of him hanging out with Caroline. But it was nice for them to see an old friend, who didn't know about all the wolves and vampires running round mystic falls.