"I think I'm pregnant. That's why I threw it on the fire."

STEFAN'S POV:

"How long have you thought this?" I asked Caroline

"A few days, maybe a week," she replied "I've been feeling strange for a few weeks though, and now I've missed my period. What if I am, Stefan?"

"Then we deal with it in whatever way we can." I informed her "But I promise you, if you are and we decide to keep it, I will not turn out like my father."

"I know," she admitted "I've seen how you are with Damon and Lily. There's no way you could be anything like him when the time comes for you to have your own child, and that could be sooner than expected…"

I smiled at her weakly… "Shall I pop to the drug store, get a test?"

"Get two or three," she replied "I want to be 100%."

Nodding my head in understanding, I pressed my lips against her forehead and left the house, exhaling a breath I didn't know I'd been holding as I shut the door behind me and stepped out onto the porch…

CAROLINE'S POV:

"Are you ready to do this?" I asked Stefan as the time to check the pregnancy tests came

He nodded his head and entwined his hand with mine… "On the count of three, yeah?"

"1, 2, 3." we mirrored in unison

"They're all negative…" I whispered

"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Stefan questioned

"I don't know," I admitted "I mean, I think I'd psyched myself up for them to be positive..."

"You had?" he inquired

I nodded my head… "I don't know why though, because I don't think I'm ready to be a Mom."

"And that's okay." he informed me "But you said you've been feeling strange for a few weeks, so maybe we should get you to the doctors, just to be extra sure, what do you say?"

"Okay." I replied

STEFAN'S POV:

I sat in the doctor's office waiting for Caroline to be examined behind the curtain. Turning my head as I heard the curtain open, the doctor made her way out and smiled at me warmly, Caroline making her way out too a couple of minutes later. Sitting down next to me, I entwined my hand with hers…

"From what I can see by the tests I've done today, I'd say you were suffering from stress." the doctor admitted "Your body feeling strange as you describe, and lethargic, is it's way of telling you you're doing too much and to slow down a bit."

"How am I meant to do that when my Mom's terminally ill?" Caroline inquired

"Let someone else take some of the burden," she replied "friends, other family members, perhaps."

"What about the possibility of Caroline being pregnant?" I questioned

"I don't think she is, but we will do a urine test just to be sure," she informed me "we can do it today, and send it off to the lab to be examined and have it back by tomorrow afternoon at the earliest. Is that something you'd want to do, Miss. Forbes?"

Caroline nodded her head… "I need to know."

"Okay," she replied "well if you'd like to take this, do what you need to do and then hand it in at reception, we'll contact you when your results are in."

CAROLINE'S POV:

"Are you feeling okay?" Stefan questioned as he walked out of my en-suite and moved to lay next to me where I was laying in bed

"Yeah," I replied "I'm just nervous and scared about what the results are going to be."

"Whatever happens, we're gonna be okay, I promise." he assured me

"Pinky promise?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at him

Smiling at me warmly, he nodded his head, linking his pinky finger through mine… "Pinky promise."

"Thank you." I replied, leaning forwards to press my lips against his

So Caroline's still not 100% on whether she's pregnant or not. What will happen if she is, and what will happen if she's not?