Chapter 11 - All of me loves All of you

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That night her memories invaded her dreams. Little by little everything that'd happened in the past two years cam flooding back. When she woke up the next morning it was as if she'd just awoken from a dreamworld. She wondered if that's what it was. The space beside her in the bed was empty. He wasn't here... He wouldn't be. It was all a dream.

She stood up reluctantly and decided to get some fresh air. She made her way to the porch and she sat down on her moms old chair and enjoyed the view as the sun began to rise.

"Hey.. I was wondering where you disappeared to." Hearing his voice made her jump in place.

"You're here.." She whispered.

"You didn't think I'd leave in the middle of the night did you?" He smiled, sitting down beside her.

"I remember... Everything." She said before using a more serene tone. "You left Katherine at the altar?"

"Yeah." He said, his smile getting wider. "She encouraged me to come to you."

"She broke off the engagement?!" Caroline almost yelled.

"She realized that my heart wasn't hers anymore." He smiled, grabbing her hand.

"So whose is it then?" She gulped, not sure how she felt about what he was about to say.

"Do you even have to ask?" He laughed.

"Where does this leave us?" She asked.

"Why don't we figure that out tomorrow?" He asked rhetorically. "Right now I just want to be with my best friend.. If that's okay with her."

"It's great." She smiled. "Let's take a walk."

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The next few days were spent in what Caroline assumed was eternal bliss. Lazy mornings, long nights, quiet walks,visits to see her mom, perfect moments and so much more. They were so happy and seemed to be easily growing into their newfound relationship. They never figured it out. He whispered "I love you." And she said it back. Nothing else mattered.

Caroline got a call the day before they planned on leaving the cabin, it was from the hospital. She panicked, thinking that something horrible happened to her mom...but they were calling to say that she'd been discharged.

"This is all so perfect." She said to him, on the way to the hospital.

"Yeah." He agreed, glancing at their intertwined fingers from the corner of his eye as he continued to drive straight ahead.

"Too perfect." She said. "I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop."

"Stop." He interrupted her. "You're allowed to be happy, Caroline. You deserve to be happy. You're the strongest, boldest, and most beautiful girl I've ever met..you're extraordinary. You deserve to smile sometimes... You've got an amazing smile."

She smiled at him. God, how lucky was she to end up wrapped up in the arms of someone as incredible as him. "You're not too bad yourself." She joked, still unable to shake the her expression turned sour. "Oh my god I feel like I'm going t-"

She never got to finish the sentence. Before he knew what was happening, Stefan watched Caroline run to the bathroom and start throwing up in the toilet. He quickly followed her but before he could enter she quickly shut the door.

"Caroline, what are you doing?" He asked.. Why was she being so weird?

"I don't want you to see me like this." She sobbed, before throwing up again. "I probably stink...and look horrible."

"You've been throwing up for all of two minutes." He laughed before giving the door a little push and smirking as it opened. "And you didn't lock the door."

"Stefan, please don't come in." She begged.

"Caroline... I love you." He whispered, kneeling down beside her and tying back her hair. "I don't care how you look."

"I-" another unfinished sentence as she continued to further empty the contents of her stomach. "Ugh!"

"It's probably the Chinese food from last night." Stefan said. "You never really liked Chinese before so I don't know why you wanted to be all bold and adventurous about food."

"You love Chinese." She smiled.

"Great, so you're sick because you were trying to make me happy." He laughed.

"No, no." She said playfully punching him, the urge to throw up more and more vague by the second. "I want to be bold and adventurous."

"You are." He whispered. "Just not with food."

"Stefan." She whispered, scared.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"I need to tell you something. The reason im-" she was cut off by the sound of ringing. It was his phone.

"It's work." He sighed. "Just wait right here... I'll be back in a second."

She watched as he walked out of the bathroom to answer his call. She got up after flushing the toilet and turned on the tap, the sound of the water falling seemed to be soothing her. She listened as Stefan spoke to his boss,Klaus. Klaus could really be a dick sometimes but whenever Stefan needed time off or was in debt, he was always there for him. She respected him for that. (Not even liked, just respected.) but she had to admit, he was gorgeous. Not as beautiful as the man who just barely left her side two minutes ago...but gorgeous. The internship was really eating away at all of Stefan's time. Before she used to be jealous of his job, it saw him more than she did. That was when they were just friends. How would she feel now?

"What happened?" She asked once he came back into the room.

"That was Klaus." He said, he looked like he was still in shock. "He wants to hire me. Full time.. A proper lawyer. He offered me a job, care."

"That's great." She said, pulling him into a hug. "I'd kiss you right now, but my breath smells horrible.

"But there's a catch." He sighed.

"What?"

"The branch of the firm here in Virginia is full. He wants me to start up the branch in New York."

"New York?!" She gasped, clutching her stomach. "Wow..um, that's pretty far. What about college?"

"It's not that far if you think about it, Klaus said I continue working for my degree with his brother, Elijah. He used to be a professor at Stanford. ." He said. "But I won't go if you don't want me to."

"Are you insane? Of course I want you to go."

'Liar.' She heard a voice in her head singing.

"Are you sure?" He asked. "You're the only thing that matters to me... I don't want to leave if you're not sure."

"I'm sure, Stefan." She put on her best fake smile. "We can make this work."

"Okay." He smiled, kissing her forehead before heading out to call klaus again.

'You're a liar.' That same voice sung once again.

'You should've told him... You should've told him... You should've told him.'

It wouldn't stop.

'You should've told him you're pregnant.'

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*AUTHORS NOTE:

So I'm afraid this story is coming to an end now. There's going to be one more chapter before an epilogue. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. Please leave reviews as they motivate me to write faster.

Thank you so much for sticking around.*