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Chapter 23
Honeymoon

The chauffer came out and opened the door for Elena and took the bags from Stefan. They got in and got comfortable for the ride to the beach-side resort. Elena laid her head on Stefan's lap and he stroked her hair.

"Everything alright?"

"Yeah, I just feel a little sick. Probably just jet-lag."

"Close your eyes and try to sleep, it might help."

"OK." she said, closing her eyes and falling asleep a little while after. Stefan listened closely to her, and heard something that wasn't quite normal, but he faintly recognized it. He listened closer to her stomach and there was a small flutter. She couldn't be, could she? No, that couldn't be happening again, right? He stomach tightened in answer. She was pregnant again. What was he going to say? What was she going to think? What if she wasn't and it was just his ears playing tricks on him? What is she lost the child again? A million questions rushed through his mind at once and he was close to tears, but he wasn't sure if they were happy or not.

"Quit it, Stefan. It's your kid." he chastised himself quietly. She stirred a bit and he went stiff until she relaxed again.

"Mmm, Stefan, is something wrong?" she asked, sleep in her voice. He hesitated for a moment about whether he should tell her now or wait, then decided.

"Go back to sleep, Love." he said.

"Mmkay." she said and went back to sleep. He leaned back and sighed quietly. The rest of the ride was pretty boring and consisted of Elena sleeping restlessly.

The limo pulled to a stop and the chauffer got out and opened the door and went to get the bags.

"Elena, get up." he said, shaking her gently. She sat up and leaned on his shoulder, "Come on, let's get you up to the room."

They got out and Stefan paid the driver and put the bags on a cart and started walking. Elena was lagging. He waited a moment for her to catch up and tried it again but she was half asleep.

"Stefan, you're too fast." she said. He chuckled and went back, lifting her up and putting her on the cart.

"Wee!" she said when they started moving and Stefan laughed.

"You sound drunk." he said.

"So do you when you don't sleep worth crap."

"Thank you."

"Was something wrong in the car?"

"I'll tell you when we're in the room." he said as they went to the front desk.

"Name?" the man behind the desk asked.

"Salvatore, Stefan."

"Yes, here are your keys, top floor, Honeymoon suite."

"My God, Stefan, what's next, singing maids and a pool boy?"

"How'd you know?" he asked, her face showed shock and he laughed, "Kidding." he said and she relaxed.

"Someday when I'm old and withered you're going to regret shocking me like that."

"Who says you'll get old and withered?:

"You and the entire town."

"Maybe."

"Don't play with me, Stefan." she said grumpily.

"Who said I was playing with you?"

"This conversation is giving me a headache, can we chance the subject?"

"Alright," he said , pushing the cart into the elevator and hitting the button to go to their floor. It lifted quickly and the floors ticked by, "Do you still want more kids?"

"Yeah, not for a while, though. The twins are a handful enough, one more would be too much right now." she said, The elevator dinged and the doors opened. They left and headed straight to the end of the hall, their room. Stefan took the bags off and moved the cart into the wall before getting the keys from his pocket and handing one to Elena.

"Would you do the honors?"

"Of course!" she said excitedly, putting the key in and taking it out. The light flashed green and she opened it quickly.

"Oh my gosh!" she squeeled, running in and jumping on the bed excitedly.

"Glad you like it." Stefan said, pulling the bags in and closed the door behind him.

"This is so cool! Look at the view! And the bathroom in as big as out bedroom and home! Oh my gosh!" she said, running around. Stefan laughed and sat in one of the chairs , waiting for Elena to calm down. Eventually she came and sat down.

"So, what was up in the limo?"

"Umm… well, I think you might be pregnant again." Stefan said. Elena laughed.

"Yeah right. If I was pregnant I'd be throwing up and I would have… Crap! You're right." she sighed,

"I'm really sorry. We can go back, if you want."

"Heck no! Why would we do that? You spent a fortune, why not enjoy it." she said, getting up, "and maybe I'm not pregnant."

"Maybe, now, do you want to nap or go to the beach?"

"Beach! Duh! I've been slimming for this forever." she said, getting her bag and going to the bathroom. Stefan changed into trunks and waited for Elena to come back out. She came out in a bikini and Stefan's eyes bugged. She giggled and turned around.

"Like it?"

"Definitely." Stefan said, getting up.

"Good. I don't look fat?"

"Far from it. If someone told me you had twins I'd think they were crazy." he said. Elena blushed.

"Stop it, you're lying."

"No, I'm not. Did you see yourself?"

"No, I try not to look at myself in the mirror too much anymore. I'm afraid I won't like what I see anymore."

"You're an amazing wife and a fantastic mother, how could you not like what you see?"

"I'm afraid I'll look old."

"Elena, you're 19, you don't even need make-up."

"Yes, I do. I have dark circles under my eyes from lack of sleep, my face hasn't lost much weight, and I'm getting a frown line on my forehead."

"Come here." he said, taking her hand and leading her into the bathroom. He took one of her make-up removing wipes and cleaned her face off, "Out of everything you named off, what do you see on your face?"

"Nothing." she said, her eyes pointing downward after she looked.

"Exactly. You're beautiful and you look like a goddess, even without you're make-up."

"Thank you, Stefan." she said, hugging him.

"No problem, now let's go have some fun." Stefan said and they left for the beach. It was right behind the resort and it was private so they wouldn't be bombarded by people trying to sell things. They get towels and spread them out before going into the water. It was the perfect temperature.

"I don't think I've ever been to the beach and gone into the water." Elena said.

"We do live in Virginia."

"Exactly, and I've never left the lower 48 states so this is a pretty big moment for me."

"Someday we'll take the kids here as a family vacation."

"Sounds good to me."

"Great."

"Hold on, do they do surf lessons here?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Do you know how awesome it would be to come back and tell everybody that I learned to surf?"

"Yeah, you really want to do it?" \

"Yeah!"

"Hold on a second, I'll find someone. " Stefan said, walking to land. Elena laid back in the water and chilled until Stefan came back.

"Elena, I got someone." Stefan called. A fimiliar looking man was standing with Stefan. Elena walked over.

"Aloha, Elena." he said.

"Aalona? Is that you?"

"Yes! How have you been!" he said, putting the board down and opening his arms, Elena hugged him.

"You two know each other?"

"Yeah. He was an exchange student freshmen year." Elena said.

"We dated." he added.

"Not for very long, then Caroline manipulated you."

"Yeah, she was evil."

"So, how have you been?" Elena asked.

"Good, nothing much has happened, what been up with you?"

"Great. I got married and have to beautiful babies now."

"That's great! I take it that he's your husband."

"Yes." Stefan answered, taking Elena's hand .

"Hey, dude, I'm not trying to take her away. Just rekindling an old friendship."

"I know, anyway, have a good time." Stefan said, kissing Elena and trudging back up to their spot. He watched with jealousy as they had a great time. He'd never been the jealous type but something about the guy made him feel off. Soon Elena came back up and she hugged Aalona goodbye.

"We should all meet up for dinner tonight. We could have a double date type thing."

"You know that double dating would involve you bringing a girlfriend, not sharing the girl."

"I know, I've got a girlfriend. Her name is Viviann."

"Great! I'll tell Stefan and we can meet out here before we go."

"Sounds great, see you at 6:30!"

"See you!" Elena said and walked back up to Stefan.

"Have a good time?" he asked.

" I had a great time, can we go out with Aalona and his girlfriend tonight?"

"Yeah, yeah."

"Thanks! I'm really tired, lets go back to the room."

" 'Kay."


Another long time for a chapter, I'm really sorry! And that this was pretty much a filler. Anyone else feel like Aalona's gonna be a shady guy? Notice anything off about the chapter? Any theories about what's to come? Tell in your review and see who's right! So, I've had a really busy week, Thursday was the only day other than today that I didn't have anything planned that was that big. I can't remember what I did on Monday, I went to a book disscussion on Tuesday, Wednesday I had a big audition (I didn't get it because our choir teacher picks the same people over and over again) and then I went out to dinner, and Friday we had our first school dance. Yesterday we went shopping and today I didn't really do anything. I was a movie and cleaned my room. Big whoop. And now every Wednesday I have to go to yearbook meetings. REVIEW and DFTBA!

-Erin :)