CAROLINE'S POV:

I woke up the next morning, my back pressed against Stefan's chest, his arms wrapped around me tightly. Sighing contentedly, the memories of what had happened the night before flooded back to me - Stefan's romantic proposal, and then our celebrating for hours and hours afterwards, until we'd finally fallen asleep happy and spent in each other's arms. Lifting my hand from where it had been resting on my stomach, I smiled widely as I admired my engagement ring, my smile widening if possible as Stefan's lips pressed against my neck.

"Your eyes will go square if you keep staring at it." he mumbled against my skin

"That's just a myth to get kids to move away from the TV." I informed him "Dork."

"What did you say?" he questioned

"I called you a dork." I admitted, turning onto my side to face him "Because you are, but you're my dork."

"You're insulting me after everything I did for you last night?" he asked

I nodded my head… "Better get used to it, husband-to-be."

"Is this how it's gonna be, wife-to-be?" he inquired

I nodded my head… "I'll be wearing the trousers."

"Can you not wear shorts?" he questioned "Your legs are one of my favourite things."

"And why do you like them so much?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at him

Squealing in surprise as he flipped us over, his body pressed against mine as he sat up, his hands finding my legs and wrapping them around his waist, our crotches pressing together…

"Can you not guess why?" he asked

"I see what you mean." I replied "And as much as I'd love to stay in bed all day, we're in New York City, so we're getting up and we're going sightseeing!"

Pressing my lips against his, using it as a distraction to push him off of me, I climbed from the bed and began to root through my suitcase, finding something to wear for the day…

"Instead of just laying there looking at me like a lost puppy, why don't you get out of bed and order us some breakfast?" I suggested "Or better still, you could join me in the shower and then we can eat breakfast on our way out?"

Smiling at me warmly, he vamp-sped over to me and pressed my body against the now closed bathroom door, brushing his lips against mine before moving away from me to set the shower going…

STEFAN'S POV:

"There you are!" Caroline proclaimed as I returned to where I'd asked her to wait for me "Where've you been? You've been gone ages!"

"Sorry, my surprise took a little longer than I thought it would." I admitted

"Surprise?" she questioned

Smiling at her warmly, I nodded my head as I handed her an envelope. Taking it from me, she looked at me before opening the envelope, a gasp escaping her lips as she pulled out two Broadway show tickets…

"I'm not dreaming, am I?" she asked

"Nope," I replied "Caroline Forbes, will you be my date tonight?"

She nodded her head vigorously and flung herself into my arms, her arms wrapping around my neck tightly, her head burying into the crook of my neck… "Thank you, thank you, thank you."

CAROLINE'S POV:

"How do I look?" I asked Stefan as he made his way out of the en-suite bathroom

"Beautiful, as always." he replied, wrapping his arms around my waist from behind, pressing his lips against the skin of my neck "Have you rang your Mom yet?"

I shook my head… "I'm going to wait till we get back, tell her face-to-face. She's planning to visit anyway."

"Don't you think she'll be offended if we wait?" he questioned

"I think she'd be more offended if I told her over the phone." I admitted "Are you almost ready? We're gonna be late."

"I'm ready when you are, m'lady." he informed me

Smiling at him warmly as he held his hand out to me, I took it willingly and let him lead me from the room, down to our awaiting cab…

CAROLINE'S DRESS:

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Stefan and Caroline are having a ball in New York by the sounds of things. What else do you think is to come?